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Post by amber jade on Sept 26, 2015 21:21:24 GMT
Quality episode there. The storyline really highlighted the problems of today in some societies. Very sad with the man losing his wife and son
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Post by Holey on Nov 14, 2015 23:59:37 GMT
An enjoyable Casualty tonight. Lots going on. Interesting how they had Lilly mentoring Alicia. Lilly is a bully, it will be interesting to see if after this, she changes. I hope we haven't seen the last of Chelsea Halfpenny. In an interview she said it was a semi-regular role and the door has been left open for her. I hope so.
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 15, 2015 1:22:53 GMT
It was actually a reasonable episode tonight - for a change.
Rita has become bearable since being teamed with Ian and Alicia's storyline has been quite moving. Not sure whether she is naive or very clever in getting revenge by outright saying she's been driven out by Lily's bullying but that she is a brilliant doctor and wishes her the best. Of course it won't end there and surely her Dean will look into it and find her another placement, plus maybe question if lily should be mentoring foundation Doctors. - even assuming Connie doesn't refer it to HR as she should. I'm unclear as to whether Lily genuinely believes she was just being 'hard but fair' and would be the same with anybody or if it stemmed from jealousy at Alicia being naturally gifted and popular. Probably a bit of both, plus unresolved grief.
I still want Jacob to go away.
Always good to see Robert Beck. God i had a crush on him during his Brookside days.
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Post by Holey on Nov 15, 2015 16:28:45 GMT
It was actually a reasonable episode tonight - for a change. Rita has become bearable since being teamed with Ian and Alicia's storyline has been quite moving. Not sure whether she is naive or very clever in getting revenge by outright saying she's been driven out by Lily's bullying but that she is a brilliant doctor and wishes her the best. Of course it won't end there and surely her Dean will look into it and find her another placement, plus maybe question if lily should be mentoring foundation Doctors. - even assuming Connie doesn't refer it to HR as she should. I'm unclear as to whether Lily genuinely believes she was just being 'hard but fair' and would be the same with anybody or if it stemmed from jealousy at Alicia being naturally gifted and popular. Probably a bit of both, plus unresolved grief. I still want Jacob to go away. Always good to see Robert Beck. God i had a crush on him during his Brookside days. I knew i had seem him somewhere, less hair threw me. I think he is married to Jane Danson?
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 15, 2015 16:31:11 GMT
Yes, he is married to Jane Danson.
He's had no hair for some time now. He was the guy Tony Gordon paid to kill Liam in Corrie several years ago and folicle free then too.
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Post by Holey on Nov 15, 2015 16:35:46 GMT
Yes, he is married to Jane Danson. He's had no hair for some time now. He was the guy Tony Gordon paid to kill Liam in Corrie several years ago and folicle free then too. Oh right, I can remember Liam being killed, didn't realise it was him.
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Post by Lotty27 on Nov 15, 2015 18:05:35 GMT
Good episode last night, I'm rapidly finding Holby a bit trying yet enjoying Casualty whereas a few months ago it was the opposite!
I enjoyed Alicia's narration and particularly liked her kicking the boot in to Lily at the end, Lily has been unbearable with her (and not just since her dad died) but also I thought Connie would have noticed the state of Alicia (not just physically covered in blood) when she walked back in seemingly dazed and shocked from what she'd just been through in the ambulance bay. I think this girl has been let down by Connie a bit too, she's a junior doctor after all, learning as she goes along (and also developing a tougher skin). In comparison Connie drives me mad how soft she is with Jacob free-rolleye-smileys-323 Wish they'd just shag and get it out of the way, she might go back to normal then!
I can see why Charlie tried to talk to Lily privately to make her change her ways but part of me is also annoyed with him that he didn't also have an unofficial word with someon higher up but at least he's a witness to what was happening. I think Lily is a good character but she's as frosty as an iceberg and seems to lack empathy, if I'd been that teenage patient I'd have been wanting the 'nice doctor' back too! I hope it isn't the last we've seen of Alicia as she was a really nice character portrayed really well by Chelsea Halfpenny (compared to OurAmy on ED who drove me up the wall lol!)
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Post by Lotty27 on Nov 15, 2015 18:09:08 GMT
It was actually a reasonable episode tonight - for a change. Rita has become bearable since being teamed with Ian and Alicia's storyline has been quite moving. Not sure whether she is naive or very clever in getting revenge by outright saying she's been driven out by Lily's bullying but that she is a brilliant doctor and wishes her the best. Of course it won't end there and surely her Dean will look into it and find her another placement, plus maybe question if lily should be mentoring foundation Doctors. - even assuming Connie doesn't refer it to HR as she should. I'm unclear as to whether Lily genuinely believes she was just being 'hard but fair' and would be the same with anybody or if it stemmed from jealousy at Alicia being naturally gifted and popular. Probably a bit of both, plus unresolved grief. I still want Jacob to go away. Always good to see Robert Beck. God i had a crush on him during his Brookside days. Was gorgeous wasn't he? Wasn't he shagging his sister? smiley-yikes smiley-biglaugh Good actor though, pity he's on TV a lot more (unless he's the main child-carer in his and Jane's marriage and the arrangement suits them? Always made me laugh in interviews when she said that she also had a mad crush on him when he was in Brookside and can't believe she ended up marrying him )
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 15, 2015 18:21:57 GMT
No, you're thinking of Nat and Georgia Simpson who were a couple of years later - same house though and they shared the floppy haired poshness.
He played Peter Harrison - went out with Beth Jordavhe (Anna Friel) for a little while before she was a lesbian, Anna the Polish nanny had a crush on him and was his lodger and his main plot was being accused and cleared of Rape of Diana Corkhill - Rod's wife.
I think he might be the primary carer of the kids, yes but they are getting older now (wasn't the second one born not long after Simon the devil child joined) so hopefully he'll start turning up more. He's pretty versatile. Perhaps he could go back into Emmerdale to really put the cat amongst the pigeons in the Lawrence/Berniece relationship?
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 15, 2015 18:25:16 GMT
No 9 tended to be my favourite house in Brookside in so much as my favourite characters lived there and it always looked the most nicely decorated. I think it was because it was the 'professional'g'posh' house most of the time
Heather Jonathan Gordon Davies (fancied him too) Terry and Sue Sullivan The Harrisons The Simpsons
It was only the Banks and the Murrays that broke the pattern.
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Post by Holey on Nov 15, 2015 23:50:35 GMT
Mine would have to be number 5, because of the Grants. Brookside royalty
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Post by Holey on Nov 21, 2015 23:45:57 GMT
Poor Cal. Mind you we knew this was going to happen. I think Lilly is heading for a breakdown.
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 22, 2015 3:46:49 GMT
I think it was obvious that the baby wouldn't be Cals from the moment that he and Ethan welcomed her into their lives. Why on earth would anybody trust a word a proven Con Artist like Taylor said? I mean obviously he didn't or he wouldn't have done the DNA test (unless that was to get Legal parental responsibility) but do we even know for sure the baby is Taylors? Horrible thought (how did Taylor get her, where is the real Mother and Father) but it is possible. There can be big money in baby selling and maybe something went wrong so they needed a 'safe house' for the baby so she thought of Caleb?
Very hard to believe that neither Cal or Ethan would have thought about immunizations when she was so young when dumped on them it was unlikely she'd had any before they took responsibility.
I didn't actually want to punch Jacob into next week today but then he didn't appear much.
In equal billing, in his pace, Lily and Louise.
Did lily bully Alicia? Yes Is she responsible for Alicia quitting? Yes Was it soley due to grief? No, because it had started before his sudden death. Was it partly jealousy at Alicia having natural people skills and talent as a Doctor? Yes, I'd say so. Is she copying Connie's 'no nonsense', 'demand the best to get the best' mentality? Again i'd say yes. Was lily thrown in at the deep end with a mentoring role before she was ready? Yes. Is Lily wrong in still denying she did anything wrong? Yes Was Alicia wrong in quitting rather than trying to talk to somebody? Yes.
Wrong everywhere, including all the people in the department that saw what was happening and did nothing and have no right to be pious or judgemental now.
Step forward Louise who is every bit as rude, nasty, judgemental as Lily in different ways.
Yes, it can be difficult to say something, to make an official complaint as you can be labeled a trouble maker, it can damage your career and it can damage the people you complain abouts career. But sometimes it needs to be done and she (as she is the one sounding off so much now) could have gone to her Nursing line managers with her concerns so they could unofficially approach Lily's line managers - Zoe or Connie.
Charlie tried, he's the only one that did, but it was clear he hadn't got through to Lily and of all people Connie would listen to him "off record" so he should have talked to her.
Yes, Connie should have known, but there is a chain of command and she can't be everywhere. She should have been keeping more of an eye of Lily (as she did with much more senior Regs than her on Holby - Sam, Joseph, Jac, Greg were ll Seniors and exam qualified as consultants but we're still deemed to be training under her so she was responsible for them) but people on the team should also have kept her informed as she can't always be +on ths shop floor'. Zoe especially just seems to have abdicated all responsibility and she is still a consultant so Lily should be managed by her.
Dixie - taking anti depressants is not the worst thing in the World you know.
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Post by Lotty27 on Nov 22, 2015 5:24:37 GMT
Yes it's strange isn't it the way they all seemed to have seen Alicia being bullied by Lily but only Charlie broached the subject with Lily! Did any of them comment on it to Alicia? Say a comforting word or two or did they all stand back and do nothing? I still say that Charlie should have had an unofficial word in Connie's ear if he was so concerned once he realised that his tactful approaches weren't working. Louise was a pain in the backside and very unprofessional (what's new for the nurses at Holby lol!) but TBH I think Lily deserved it, she was an utter bitch to Alicia and wanted to kick her down for all the reasons you've mentioned in your post KitKat but now she's got this affirmation from her dad and we're supposed to care? Hey, he WAS proud of her after all, yippeee! Sorry, but I find it very hard to care at the moment TBH. However it wasn't nice seeing Lily being excluded either. It's going to be interesting to where this storyline goes and if Alicia comes back - mentored by someone else of course! I don't think that Lily is the mentoring type, she needs mentoring in mentoring herself before she's let loose on anyone else! Lily's a good, complex character mind, I'd hate her to leave. I felt for poor Cal tonight. He really was turning over a new leaf and being sensible and grounded thinking he was a dad but now this No surprise he's not the biological father but I couldn't help hoping against hope! What will happen now? But more importantly, how did two doctors not think about immunisations?!?!? Agreed about Dixie too. That woman's partner definitely looked trouble but it doesn't mean that the woman (I'm terrible with names) was on anti-depressants because of her, it's not the end of the world FGS! I have a love/hate relationship with Dixie, most of the time I like/can tolerate her then she'll do something that makes me want to run her down with her ambulance (e.g. the way she went on after Jeff died). Good episode again tonight. I'm enjoying Casualty at the moment.
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Post by kitkat1971 on Nov 22, 2015 15:13:01 GMT
Oh Dixie was unbearable after Jeff's death wasn't she.
Of course a very close friendship is a type of love, one of the strongest in fact and they'd been through a lot together but she was his wife in name only. His fiancee (can't remember her name) was the one that lost her future when Jeff died and should have been the focus of the people's attentions. And poor old Ash. He didn't ask for Jeff to get him out and put himself in danger.
Dixie wants to believe the relationship is bad so she can sweep in.
It's a long way from the show I fell in love with 29 years ago but Casualty has certainly become watchable, if not "must see tv" again and I'm enjoying it more than Holby for the first time since Holby began I think. I don't have to force myself to watch Casualty (though the lead in from Who helps with that as I'm already 'settled') in the way I currently do with Holby, even though again i've generally already got BBC1 on because of EE.
I have more to say on Holby, will transfer to that thread.
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