- Episode Four: "Curley," is divided into six chapters: 1."Getting Lost," 2. "The Concert Party," 3. "An Ultimatum," 4. "Solitary Confinement," 5. "We've Got To Help," and 6. "Music Is His Food."
- As he practices for his impending driving test, Old Curley is thrown into a panic by an impatient driver behind him. His mind returns to Changi and the time he was caught stealing food. Thrown into 'The Hole' and left to rot in the dark for six weeks, Curley must try not to lose his mind, while his mates desperately think of a way to give him hope.
- In preparation for his upcoming driving test, Curley (Slim de Grey) is driving around the streets. Temporarily blinded by the sun, he takes a wrong turn and slows down to get his bearings, the car behind him beeps loudly as it overtakes with a roar. Curley is scared, bathed in perspiration and shaking. He is suddenly back in The Hole in Changi- a small, dank, underground chamber, the only light from a hole in the iron trapdoor above his head. When Rowdy comes to the barracks to ask the boys to take part in a POW concert, Curley (Mark Priestley) cooks up a real showstopper. Backed up by Tom on piano, he and Gordon sing Side by Side, portraying Nakamura and Aso as a master and his dog. While the performance brings the house down, Aso is outraged, recognising he and Nakamura have been made fools of. Aso doesn't have to wait long for revenge-a few weeks later catching Curley stealing from the warehouse. He interrogates a terrified Curley and asks him to reveal the identity of "The Secret Nine". After threatening to shoot Curley, he throws him into the Hole, where he is left to rot. Alone in the dark, Curley struggles to remain sane, surviving on whatever the guards choose to throw down to him. As the weeks go by, the rest of the Nine are desperate to contact Curley in some way to keep him alive. They devise a plan to distract the guards and manage to drop a comic drawn by Tom into the hole, smeared with strawberry jam. After six weeks, Aso opens the trap door. Almost blinded by the light, Curley begins to crawl towards his mates, laughing - a survivor.
- In preparation for his upcoming driving test, Curley (Slim de Grey) is driving around the streets. Temporarily blinded by the sun, he takes a wrong turn and slows down to get his bearings, the car behind him beeps loudly as it overtakes with a roar. Curley is scared, bathed in perspiration and shaking. He is suddenly back in The Hole in Changi- a small, dank, underground chamber, the only light from a hole in the iron trapdoor above his head.
When Rowdy comes to the barracks to ask the boys to take part in a POW concert, Curley (Mark Priestley) cooks up a real showstopper. Backed up by Tom on piano, he and Gordon sing Side by Side, portraying Nakamura and Aso as a master and his dog. While the performance brings the house down, Aso is outraged, recognising he and Nakamura have been made fools of.
Aso doesn't have to wait long for revenge-a few weeks later catching Curley stealing from the warehouse. He interrogates a terrified Curley and asks him to reveal the identity of "The Secret Nine". After threatening to shoot Curley, he throws him into the Hole, where he is left to rot.
Alone in the dark, Curley struggles to remain sane, surviving on whatever the guards choose to throw down to him. As the weeks go by, the rest of the Nine are desperate to contact Curley in some way to keep him alive. They devise a plan to distract the guards and manage to drop a comic drawn by Tom into the hole, smeared with strawberry jam. After six weeks, Aso opens the trap door. Almost blinded by the light, Curley begins to crawl towards his mates, laughing... a survivor.
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