3:47PM, Apr 29, 2009
Freddie's wife Jackie is a tortured soul.
Deeply in love with her man, but torn to pieces by his reckless lifestyle and chronic infidelity, Jackie's mantra – "This time things'll be different" – is the delusional catchphrase of women throughout time who are wedded to the criminal lifestyle.
To cope with all the pain, Jackie has gotten herself hooked on pills, which only increases the boiling tension in her household.
She fights constantly with her mother, and a simmering tension with her younger sister Maggie is a constant presence.
Growing up in East London with Maggie, Freddie, and Jimmy, things were always so much simpler.
With Freddie rising through the ranks of the criminal underworld, he's spending even less time at home and with the children as usual – and Jackie's reaching a point where something's got to give.
