Wentworth season 2

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Wentworth
Season 2
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Starring
No. of episodes12
Release
Original network SoHo
Original release20 May (2014-05-20) –
5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
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The second season of the crime drama television series "Wentworth" premiered on May 20, 2014, on the Australian network SoHo. The season, consisting of 12 episodes, was executive produced by Jo Porter, Fremantle Media's director of drama. The storyline continues three months after Bea Smith's actions in the previous season, including the murder of Jacs Holt, and the rise of Franky Doyle as the top dog among the inmates. The introduction of a new governor, Joan Ferguson, brings further complexity to the season's events. The season gained several nominations and awards. [1]

Contents

Cast

Episodes


Distributor

Set details

DVD Audio

  • English: Dolby Digital 5.1 (regions 1, 2 & 4)
  • English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (region 2 Germany)
  • Deutsch: Dolby Digital 2.0 (region 2 Germany)

Blu-ray Audio

  • English: DTS-HD 2.0 (region B Germany)
  • Deutsch: DTS-HD 2.0 (region B Germany)
  • English: DTS-Master Audio 5.1 (Region B Australia)

Subtitles

  • Deutsch (DVD & Blu-ray Germany)

Discs

  • 4-DVD set (region 1)
  • 4-DVD Deluxe Edition set (region 2 UK)
  • 4-DVD set (region 2 Germany)
  • 3-Blu-ray set (Region B Germany)
  • 4-DVD set (Region 4)
  • 3-Blu-ray set (Region B Australia)

Rating

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAus. viewers
111"Born Again"Kevin Carlin Pete McTighe 20 May 2014 (2014-05-20)75,000 [4]
Three months after Jacs Holt's death, Bea has been sentenced to twelve years for manslaughter and is confined to the psychiatric ward under heavy sedation. Franky has risen to top dog status and is ruling the compound with notably more malice than before. Erica Davidson has left Wentworth and has been replaced as Governor by Joan Ferguson, a tyrannical and intelligent officer who decides that changes need to be made at Wentworth. When Franky declines Ferguson's offer of an alliance, she becomes fixed on ending Franky's reign. Seeing a potential contender in Bea, Ferguson forces her off the sedatives and returns her to the compound. Bea, consumed with grief realizes that, now is the time to exact her revenge against Brayden Holt for killing her daughter, Debbie.
122"Whatever It Takes"Kevin CarlinJohn Ridley27 May 2014 (2014-05-27)99,000 [5]
Bea receives a visit from her husband, Harry, who asks for a divorce. Bea refuses unless he helps her exact revenge against Brayden. Bea sets Harry up to meet Brayden and he commits arson against the Holt business in a failed attempt to kill him. A new Korean inmate who doesn't speak English arrives. Kim learns that she had swallowed drugs that the police have yet to discover. Franky refuses to call for help and tries to force her to defecate the heroin out. When the drugs rupture in her digestive system she overdoses and dies. Doreen meets a male prisoner named Nash, who is enlisted on a project to build a garden in Wentworth. Ferguson gets Vera drunk and learns of Fletch's affair with Meg.

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