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Post by kitkat1971 on Apr 22, 2015 12:38:42 GMT
Yes all 4 kids are his. The youngest one was born during his time in Casualty when he was having an affair with Tess who also fell pregnant (at 52?!?) and had a termination. The marriage broke up and he moved out. Natalie went out to celebrate their divorce being finalized and fell, undiagnosed blood clot or something and she died a few hours afterwards.
The very next week he was bouncing around AAU sorting out other people's love lives, getting everybody to go to the Pub and he hasn't stopped since. Fair enough they were divorced so he might not be grieving the way somebody would if they were still together but surely he should be concerned about his 4 children that have lost their mother?
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Post by amber jade on Apr 22, 2015 17:37:12 GMT
Yes, Fletch pleading poverty when constantly at the Pub was somewhat jaw dropping. Also, why are they in such a small flat? Was that the marital home? I'd love for St Adele to be kicked out for accessing records but she won't be. Even if she is caught (which would have to be a spot check or somebody complaining, they can't trace every one as a matter of routine) i bet Elliot or somebody would say they'd asked her to do it due to Mr Mo having a CT problem. Which he is bound to have - relatives always do. I don't understand why they're in that flat either. Surely when the mum died the house she lived in with the children would've been available to Fletch? I'm sure I saw the house in an episode of Casualty (and possibly her life insurance would have paid off the mortgage?)
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Post by kitkat1971 on Apr 22, 2015 18:08:15 GMT
Didn't Fletch state she didn't have life insurance?
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Post by amber jade on Apr 22, 2015 19:11:30 GMT
Didn't Fletch state she didn't have life insurance? Did he? Oh I must have missed that. Oh dear
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 19:21:51 GMT
Holby improves no end next week with the return of Hanssen
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 5:29:16 GMT
The characters in Holby City are much more likeable than in Casualty IMO. I haven`t seen this weeks yet...will watch it in the morning.
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Post by Miss Havisham on Apr 23, 2015 10:46:58 GMT
Didn't Fletch state she didn't have life insurance? Yes he did say she had no insurance Not sure where the hospital is. Isn't it in London or thereabouts ? If so, Fletch's rent would be well over £1000 a month, more like £1500 perhaps That's a huge chunk off his salary before he's even put a slice of toast on the table
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Post by kitkat1971 on Apr 23, 2015 11:40:21 GMT
Didn't Fletch state she didn't have life insurance? Yes he did say she had no insurance Not sure where the hospital is. Isn't it in London or thereabouts ? If so, Fletch's rent would be well over £1000 a month, more like £1500 perhaps That's a huge chunk off his salary before he's even put a slice of toast on the table No the Hospital is in the West country. Holby is effectively Bristol under another name as it has docks and we have been told Bath is the next major town. Plus we saw the Severn bridge quite often when Casualty first started. So rent would be considerably less than that. I don't see why he wouldn't be able to manage the rent/mortgage he had on the former marital home as I don't Natalie worked so it would always only have been his salary and he has actually received promotions since they split so will be earning more.
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Post by Miss Havisham on Apr 23, 2015 14:19:39 GMT
Well that does surprise me. I always thought the hospital was Greater London
Fletch is one of those guys that you just want to be happy I wasn't watching when he had the affair with Tess. So my feelings for him have never been anything but good !
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Post by amber jade on Apr 23, 2015 17:57:44 GMT
Well that does surprise me. I always thought the hospital was Greater London Fletch is one of those guys that you just want to be happy I wasn't watching when he had the affair with Tess. So my feelings for him have never been anything but good ! I didn't see the actual affair either as only started watching Casualty when Connie appeared, but I saw the fallout. Fletch and Tess seems a very odd pairing to me though!
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Post by Miss Havisham on Apr 25, 2015 12:47:43 GMT
Well that does surprise me. I always thought the hospital was Greater London Fletch is one of those guys that you just want to be happy I wasn't watching when he had the affair with Tess. So my feelings for him have never been anything but good ! I didn't see the actual affair either as only started watching Casualty when Connie appeared, but I saw the fallout. Fletch and Tess seems a very odd pairing to me though! When i 1st heard that Fletch had had an affair with Tess, i thought the same ! i cant see the two of them together for some reason. Isnt she a good bit older than him ?, not that it matters He acts like one of the lads, whilst Tess is a bit Head Mistress in my eyes
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Post by kitkat1971 on Apr 26, 2015 19:54:57 GMT
Well that does surprise me. I always thought the hospital was Greater London Fletch is one of those guys that you just want to be happy I wasn't watching when he had the affair with Tess. So my feelings for him have never been anything but good ! Casualty had a few years where they basically tried to erase any references to where it was set, they wanted it to be a 'could be anwywhere' feel to it so as not to put people off watching it due to geographical bias. But as I say, the first couple of seasons it was constantly referred to as basically being in Bristol (where it was also filmed of course) and most of the regular cast and guest artists had strong West Country accents (Duffy's disappeared between seaasons). Even within the last few years on Holby it has been referenced, one example was when Jac's mother turned up and she discovered her Grandad was still alove and living in Bath, the next major town. Even a couple of weeks ago Guy said something about them getting SuperCentre status would make Holby the most important CT centre in the South West. I didn't see much of the affair either. Only started tuning in when i heard Tess had fallen pregnant as it was soooo ridiculous.
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Post by Miss Havisham on Apr 28, 2015 10:43:34 GMT
Fletch was just an an OK character , but rose to Superstar status the way he handled the kids when his wife died His scenes last week made me quite tearful !
Fletch's daughter was terrific with Harry Tressler to. I miss Harry already, though he's annoyingly good looking
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 19:07:59 GMT
Fletch was just an an OK character , but rose to Superstar status the way he handled the kids when his wife died His scenes last week made me quite tearful ! Fletch's daughter was terrific with Harry Tressler to. I miss Harry already, though he's annoyingly good looking Has Jac left for good now?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 21:08:44 GMT
I missed the explanation of Paul's condition, the young man with the two headed coin who had the op on his brain and which no trials had been done on humans before.
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