icky ▁Sto ke ▁( Series ▁ 8 ) ▁ ▁Epis odes ▁ ▁Series ▁ 1 ▁( 1 9 9 9 ) ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁beginning , ▁Bad ▁Girls ▁de alt ▁with ▁controvers ial ▁subject ▁matter . ▁Early ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁series ▁included ▁particularly ▁shock ing ▁moments ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁pre gn ant ▁prisoner ▁mis car ry ing ▁in ▁her ▁cell , ▁Z andra ▁P lack ett ▁( L ara ▁C az alet ) ▁being ▁v ici ously ▁strip - search ed ▁by ▁fellow ▁in m ates ▁for ▁conce aled ▁dru gs , ▁and ▁Rach el ▁H icks ▁( Jo anne ▁Fro gg att ) ▁comm itting ▁suic ide ▁due ▁to ▁being ▁bul lied . ▁The ▁central ▁story ▁arc ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁series ▁revol ved ▁around ▁the ▁developing ▁rom antic ▁relationship ▁between ▁Nik ki ▁W ade ▁( M and ana ▁Jones ), ▁a ▁prisoner ▁serving ▁a ▁life ▁sentence ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁a ▁polic eman ▁who ▁attempted ▁to ▁ra pe ▁her ▁girl friend , ▁and ▁Helen ▁Stewart ▁( Sim one ▁L ah bib ), ▁the ▁Wing ▁Governor ▁who ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁series ▁one ▁engaged ▁to ▁her ▁boy friend , ▁Se an . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁script , ▁unw illing ▁to ▁comprom ise ▁the ▁real ism ▁of ▁the ▁programme , ▁contained ▁much ▁strong ▁language ▁( for ▁example , ▁the ▁reference ▁to ▁Nik ki ▁W ade ▁as ▁a ▁" rug - m unch er " ▁and ▁Den ny ▁Blood ' s ▁( A lic ya ▁E yo ) ▁glo ating ▁over ▁the ▁lik elihood