Prisoners' Wives

Gemma has the perfect life: a beautiful home, a doting husband, and a baby on the way. But her world comes crashing down when her husband, Steve, is arrested for murder. During her first visit to the prison, Gemma meets the glamorous Francesca, wife of a career criminal, and Lou, who is bringing her seven-year-old son to visit his father for the first time.

Needing money after her house is seized, Francesca gets a job as a hospital cleaner and finds herself enjoying her new independence and the company of her coworker, Lukasz. Gemma takes action to clear Steve’s name, and respectable mother Harriet tries to visit her son, Gavin.

When Gavin is beaten and threatened by other inmates, Harriet considers doing the unthinkable to save him. Francesca and her children move in with her father after their eviction, and Gemma uncovers disturbing details about Steve’s business that make her question their whole relationship.

Harriet and Gavin start to reconcile, even as Francesca and Paul grow farther apart. Gemma hides her cooperation with the police from Steve, and Lou’s supplier, Tapper, uses Mason in a drug-dealing scheme that leads to disastrous consequences for Lou.

Out on bail, Lou stays at Harriet’s house, but the women quickly clash. During Family Day at the prison, Steve begins to suspect that Gemma is talking to the police, Lou breaks the news to Sean about what happened, and Gavin gets annoyed that his mother seems more interested in Lou than in him.

Sean is released from prison and moves in with Harriet, Lou, and Mason. Harriet and Gavin finally start to mend their relationship, while Francesca has an opportunity to earn some money from a drug deal. Gemma enters witness protection when Andy threatens her and reveals the truth about Steve.