Shaz Wylie, Bad Girls

Shaz Wylie (Lindsey Fawcett). Introduced in Season 2, Shaz Wylie was a prisoner at Larkhall sentenced to life after she murdered three people by spiking the oysters she sold them in a supermarket. She had a violent upbringing, with an abusive step-father and was portrayed as being extremely immature. She arrived in prison with little guilt over what she’d done and in her head, the three deaths were just unfortunate consequences of her revenge plot, and her boss should take the real blame. However, after meeting the widow of one of her victims, Shaz was given a rude wake-up call and started to consider her actions.

Shaz’s bright demeanor immediately got the attention of her cell-mate Denny Blood, and before long, their friendship became physical. She went through many hard times on G-Wing, particularly after getting caught upon escape with fellow inmates Shell and Denny, and being returned to Larkhall. With Denny away in Spain and unable to protect her, Shaz became a target for bullies such as Al McKenzie, and started to alienate her other allies, such as Yvonne. While she was slowly starting to grow up and take control of her life, Denny eventually returned and Shaz reverted back to her previous immaturity.

After being transferred away following a fight with fellow inmate Maxi – and Maxi’s subsequent suicide – Shaz was allowed to visit Denny in Larkhall. However, she brought a stash of magic mushrooms with her and when a bomb went off, Shaz was too high to grasp what was going on, and burnt to death.

Appearances:

• 33 episodes. Regular character in Seasons 2-4

Female love interests:

• Denny Blood (Alicya Eyo, lesbian, main cast, 59 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.