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lonelier-version-of-you · 10 months

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So... tonight's Casualty... I was expecting/hoping that Donna would get more screentime than she did.

I love that she's got a storyline anyway, though. And overall, I thought it was great... apart from anything and everything to do with Faith. She's been dragging this show down for me for, like, forever, and I'm tired of it. Sigh.

I'm very glad that Donna's got a big story, and Jaye Jacobs is already playing it brilliantly! It's a very sad storyline, though. But I find it all too believeable, the way things are these days, that a nurse like Donna could have to work so many long shifts that she ends driving home utterly exhausted and causing a car accident. :( So much so that I'm not even going to criticise this for being repetitive, because.... this is one situation that I can fully believe could happen to two different nurses from the same hospital. (Whereas normally I'd get annoyed by two similar storylines happening not long after each other.) And, again, I'm just glad Donna has a storyline, because she didn't exactly get tons of those in her second stint on Holby.

I cannot say often enough how happy I am that Donna has moved to Casualty - Jaye Jacobs is a wonderful actress and Donna was a character who needed/deserved so much more than she got on Holby.

I particularly appreciated the scenes with Donna and Cam, and Donna and Rida. I love her encouraging the newer nurses. Also, it was cool to see Mia tonight! I love the continuity.

Rida was absolutely incredible tonight! This is by far her best ep yet IMO. She might have even taken over from Jodie as my favourite of their friendship group, just because of this. She's so lovely and kind and just generally fantastic. She's an excellent nurse.

I hate Faith and every storyline to do with her, but I won't dwell on that. What I will say is I'm so happy she broke up with Iain. I mean, it was pretty much just out of selfishness and projection (her calling him "controlling" made me laugh out loud - how hypocritical!!), but I'll take it. He deserves someone who treats him well.

Cam didn't get a ton of screentime, but I still want to acknowledge that I liked his scenes a lot. He was so nice tonight. :)

The Jan and Ffion reunion/hug scene was absolutely fantastic. That might have been the best part, at least for me. Di Botcher and Stirling Gallacher were brilliant.

And now Teddy knows about Sah and Paige kissing!! I'm very interested to see where this storyline goes, because I do think we've got a chance of a polyamory story between the three of them, and that would be great to see. I've wanted a polyam relationship on Casualty for a while (we've seen at least one with patients before, but I don't think it's ever been done with main characters). Plus, I feel like Sah wouldn't tell Teddy this soon if it was going to be an affair storyline or something like that. I'm fully in favour of this possibly becoming a polyamory SL!!

The lack of Jacob tonight made me sad. I know he can't be in every ep, but wouldn't it be nice if he could??

Anyway, I'm hoping we get some Jacob scenes next week! And that we get a Sah/Teddy/Paige relationship at some point.

#BBC Casualty #Casualty spoilers

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riverstardis · 2 years

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born lucky:

we’re finally here!!! and let me just say my train home was cancelled and then the next one only had half the number of carriages as usual. so twice as many people but half as much space… at rush hour. yeah so i’ve just spent about an hour and a half stood up crammed on a train breathing too much of other people’s air so i am so ready for this

actually before i start i wanted to say the description of the episode makes it sound like the crash was ethan’s fault because it says that it happens after he takes his eye off the road but in the episode they definitely don’t show him taking his eye off the road and they make it quite clear that it was caused by the other driver so idk where they got that from?????

anyway here we go!

jeff and tamzin snogging in the ambulance station “steady on, we’re on duty, what if dixie comes out?” “yeah could be a bit awkward couldn’t it? being caught by your wife?” LMAO

jeff telling tamzin he loves her and then dixie comes out sjskdkdk

ethan trying to tell connie about his satnav on his phone when she hands him a map and she just ignores him and walks away sjskdkd

connie sent charlie retirement plan info

a pre ffion stirling gallacher!

cal: “they’re letting you drive? obviously in no rush” ethan: “oh yes i forgot the ability to push an accelerator to the floor is one of the key signs of manliness” cal: “remember, our funding depends on this so let’s make sure your little stutter doesn’t make a guest appearance, alright?” ethan looks so hurt when he says that💔 most of cal’s jibes are just brotherly banter but i think he crossed a line there

cal watching a patient in reception from afar and max and noel are like “you know as a doctor who can go right over and talk to a patient” “some say it even helps” and cal’s like “haven’t you guys got any phone to answer? floors to clean? other people to annoy?” and they’re like “no no i’m on a break actually” SJDKFK

“flexible retirements becoming increasingly popular” “yeah with people who want to retire!”

rita getting a “consolation cupcake” for whoever has the worst shift and lofty thinks it’s gonna be him because he’ll fall over or drop something

ash sitting in the passenger seat and ethan’s like i assumed mrs beauchamp was going to sit there and ash’s like “because she has longer legs?” and lily goes “because she’s the boss” ash: “i understand the hierarchy but surely this is a question of leg room and leg room alone” ethan: “well it’s a brave man that puts her in the backseat” and then when ash sees connie coming he immediately goes “anything for an easy life” and gets out and goes to the back SJDKFKD

ethan trying to show connie his satnav on his phone again and she’s just like “does it have a mute button?”

“right, allons-y!” ETHAN QUOTING DOCTOR WHO ALERT

and then he tries to set off and it’s all jerky and he’s like “sorry, trying to find the biting point” sjskdkfk he can’t drive manual

cal watching the woman from earlier and her son again and max asks him about her and he says he thinks he slept with her in the past and then lofty comes over “what am i missing?” max: “cal slept with a patient” lofty: “surely one would remember if you slept with a patient. he’s a 9 year old child i’m not entirely comfortable with this conversation?” cal: “his mother, lofty. i think i slept with his mother” and robyn overhears and goes “she’s only been here an hour!” LMAOOO

and cal says it was about 10 years ago and then he goes to treat the kid

tamzin’s hinting VERY strongly that jeff should ask her to marry him… tamzin mate you were engaged to someone else just a few weeks ago???

the team in the minibus are lost, lily and tess are trying to read the map and ash unbuckles his seatbelt so he can lead forward to see. well as soon as anyone unbuckles a seatbelt in casualty you know a crash is about to happen

aaand CRASH

see it doesn’t even show ethan at all in the moments before the crash let alone him supposedly taking his eyes off the road???

cal and robyn going back to the patient and cal see’s the mother’s mother there and is like “yep definitely slept with her” robyn asks how he knows and he goes “because i slept with her mother too”😬 and robyn laughs at him

lily screaming saying she can’t feel her arm and ethan’s unconscious and has a weak pulse

jeff asks dixie for a divorce

the mother complaining about how long they’re having to wait and cal’s like believe me i’m trying to get you out a quickly as possible and she goes off on one like “i’m sorry, is this a bit difficult for you? is this embarrassing? like, say, the moment i walked in on my mother and my boyfriend!”

and the son’s sat right there😬

cal and the mother’s mother talking and she’s like “she struggles. he’s a handful” “aren’t all kids?” “well, actually, we’re in the process of having him assessed. he’s borderline adhd.” “must be hard” here we go🙄

she say’s the kid’s got his father’s eyes and cal’s like wait huh?

dixie and jeff attending the crash “it’s our lot. it’s our lot, dix” 🥺

connie climbs out of the passenger side window which is now on top

tess saying ethan’s resp rate’s dropping and lily going “get him out! please get him out!” 🥺🥺

the mother confirming cal’s suspicions that he’s her son’s father

charlie has connie as ‘wicked witch’ in his phone SJSKDKKF and he looks annoyed as he answers until she tells him what’s happened

cal trying to talk to the kid asking him he does for fun other than falling off climbing frames and he talks about video games and cal finds out that the kid plays games that are too old for him and that he’s staying up 2 or 3 in the morning to play them

charlie telling them all “i’m afraid there’s been a car accident involving our doctors and tess. paramedics are on sight treating casualties, two of which appear to be serious” and cal immediately looks SO scared🥺🥺

“the driver of the other vehicle is on his way in now” “and how about the driver of our vehicle?”

“how did it happen?” “the way it sounds is the other vehicle just swiped then straight off the road” SEE???

connie, tess, and lily arriving and cal asks connie how ethan is and she says he’s stable but trapped but then after cal’s gone charlie asks how he really is and she’s like “not good”

lily going “morphine! morphine!” sjskfkfk

ethan only just waking up

when tamzin and big mac arrive tamzin’s like “woah! how fast was the other car going?”

tamzin: “is that ethan?” jeff: “yeah. worst case scenario is the vehicle fully ignites.” NOO

ethan going “it’s really cold” weakly🥺🥺🥺

tamzin mouthing i love you to jeff while he’s talking to ethan

lmao lofty having one lucky day because of the consolation cupcake and he doesn’t know about the crash and goes up to louise, noel, and robyn like “today couldn’t get any better”💀

“the next casualty’s coming in from the crash site, it’s ethan. he’s not in a good way.” :(

they need another doctor because connie’s wrist is injured and cal’s family but “they’re all tied up right now” apparently so of course cal ends up having to treat him

cal nervously waiting for ethan to arrive and going to talk to the kid’s mum and offer some financial help but when her mum turns up and they start laughing at him and come clean that the kid isn’t actually cal’s they were just trying to give him some payback

“you know you can laugh all the want, i mean i probably deserve it, but can you just do me one favour? before you go down the route of diagnosing your son with adhd and shoving him full of medication, take a long hard look at how you’re bringing him up.” “what do you know?” “that he’s playing his computer until the early hours! yeah, i see it in kids his age all the time. they get labelled as problematic when actually all they are is sleep deprived”

i really don’t get why they couldn’t just have had them think the kid was a troublemaker or something until cal realises it was actually a parenting problem like why did they even have to bring adhd into it?!?!?!

anyway let’s just put that down to cal being upset and worried about ethan and lashing out to try and get them back because they embarrassed him rather than that being what he actually thinks of adhd shall we?

cal’s face as ethan is brought in😭😭 he has head and chest injury

“so all this to get out of some public speaking, eh? there are easier ways, mate.” typical cal to cope by joking about it

connie having a go at the driver of the other vehicle and then going to her office and breaking down crying🥺

cal doing an almost constant stream of jokes while treating ethan :((((

dixie voicing her concerns to jeff over tamzin having only just been engaged to someone else and trying to convince him not to go back in the bus to treat ash until the fire crew have made it safer but he goes “you know me, what’s life without a bit of risk, eh?”🙃

charlie suspects the driver of the other vehicle has dementia

the mother’s mother thanking cal and saying he’s right about the kid’s behaviour and she thinks her daughter knows it and cal’s like “i just don’t like it when kid’s get labelled, that’s all” 🤔🤔

ethan going off while he’s at ct.

he has a cardiac tamponade and he needs a pericardiocentesis but connie can’t do it with her wrist so cal has to do it

ash isn’t looking good

cal’s struggling and ethan goes into vt😬 he manages it in the end

the other staff all watching cal come out of resus and charlie gives him the consolation cupcake “as tough shifts go, i think yours is pretty hard to beat”

jeff saying he’s going to propose to tamzin🥲🥲

dixie saying she’s happy for him because tamzin makes him happy but tells him to get a good solicitor because she’s taking him for everything he’s got including the dog sjdkfkfk

there’s people standing outside the incident tape or whatever it’s called filming the crash scene

jeff rushing to get ash out “see, easy!” “what’re you like, collier?” “born lucky, eh, nine lives” NOOO JEFF GET OUT OF THERE

welp there he goes…

dixie’s reaction😭😭😭😭

cal going and sitting by ethan’s bedside and talking to him while he thinks he’s still unconscious🥹🥹🥹🥹

“my safety net”🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼

YOU ARE MY LITTLE BROTHER AND I LOVE YOU

ethan opening his eyes as cal leaves <333

charlie ripping up the retirement plan and having a go at connie about how he’s not gonna give up while she’s just trying to tell him there’s been an explosion at the crash site

also i was just thinking i’ve heard “there’s been an explosion at the crash site” somewhere else too and yeah it’s what ruby says to iain in the market attack ep (and yet we don’t see anyone being worried about ethan???? anyway)

tamzin and dixie💔💔💔💔💔

#this got so long whoops #i am incredibly normal about this episode #i’m kinda curious what they cut out on drama now #classic casualty #born lucky #bbc casualty #casualty

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