Fans of the Australian prison drama ‘Wentworth’ wish to know whether Joan "The Freak" Ferguson, governor turned inmate, is really dead.
*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
The previous seven seasons of Wentworth have delivered reasonably a ride for audience who prefer the Australian female inmate drama to our more pedestrian Orange Is the New Black, or who have turned to the Aussie sequence after completing the entirety of OITNB.
And whilst we now have lined what happened to Kaz in the Season 7 finale, and cleared the air round some questions surrounding Rita and her sister Ruby, we commit this entire story to Joan "the Freak" Ferguson.
If you are questioning whether or not the governor-turned-inmate is dead or alive, here's the whole thing we know.
Here's a handy guide a rough reminder of Ferguson's backstory.
We first met Joan Ferguson (portrayed impeccably by way of Canadian-Australian actress Pamela Rabe) in Season 2's premiere. From the get-go, she is a completely no-nonsense governor decided to position an finish to the medicine at Wentworth through any means important.
After looking to build an alliance with Franky, who rejects any strive at running in combination, Ferguson cuts Bea's medication and manipulates the Wentworth dynamics so that Bea replaces Franky in the prison's Top Dog place.
Meanwhile, she turns Will Jackson in opposition to Matthew Fletcher because she believes Mr. Jackson is accountable for the death of her ex, Jianna Riley, at the jail she worked in before arriving to Wentworth. Season 3 ends with Ferguson being arrested after an extended string of dramatic occasions that result in her setting Wentworth on fireplace.
Season 4 begins with Ferguson anticipating trial, fallen from her position as governor of Wentworth and now a lowly prisoner. By the end of the season, Joan kills Bea — Bea, extra as it should be, thrusts herself into a knife and makes it appear to be Ferguson has killed her — and is then charged along with her murder.
So, is Ferguson in point of fact dead in Wentworth?
Joan specializes in turning into Top Dog in Season 5 and scares all the inmates directly through demonstrating how she will snap fingers and strangle the ladies. After chopping Lucy Gambaro's tongue and gifting it to Vera on her birthday, Ferguson briefly rises to energy and is elected as Top Dog by way of the inmates.
By the end of Season 5, Joan, who's lost the trust and friendship of the majority of the Wentworth workforce, is terrified for her existence basically inhabitants. She comes up with an break out plan to cover in a picket box the place she'll supposedly be driven out of the prison in a truck. However, it finally ends up being Mr. Jackson who takes her away. But as an alternative of surroundings her loose, he buries The Freak underground.
Ferguson screams for lend a hand however is not noted as soon as she realizes how crucially her plan has failed.
However, in Season 6, Mr. Jackson is haunted by means of Ferguson, and turns into satisfied she's still alive. But is she? Will brings Vera and Jake at the side of him to double-check the box at the burial website online and ensure she's indeed dead.
And they do discover a decomposing frame at the website online. But it does not seem to be Ferguson... By Season 7, she continues to be presumed dead, however in the season finale, whilst Rita is being transferred out of Wentworth, she comes across a gaggle of homeless people dwelling under a bridge. As it turns out, considered one of them happens to be Ferguson, who proves to be alive in spite of everything.
Catch up on all seven seasons of Wentworth on Netflix.
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