Review: 21.37 Close Encounters

Re-cap:

Josh was taken aback when Dixie gave him a stiff talking to for bossing her about on his first day back. Elsewhere, Tess rushed off to tell Sam that she'd made it through to a dance competition with Abs. Unable to find Sam, Tess quizzed the others and quickly sussed that he hadn't showed up for work. Overcome with guilt, Alice confessed she'd told Sam that Tess and Abs were seeing each other. Elsewhere, Nathan put pressure on Selena to have an abortion. But later that day, he managed to bond with a pair of unruly kids who shared his passion for sci-fi. Delighted with his new found parenting skills, Nathan urged Selena to keep the baby. After searching Sam's room, Greg and Alice discovered that he'd left without his medication. Frantic with worry, Tess broke down in tears and headed off to look for Sam. Charlie, Abs, Kelsey, Alice and Greg all volunteered to help.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments by the EGB:

I'm glad Stitch was only in the ep for a little bit, we saw the positive effects that his influence on Guppy's had; he was more confident with which cases he could deal with, by taking a more complex case than he was meant to, and just being more confident in general in actually dealing with patients.
Last night's ep was one of the funniest ones I've seen in a long while! The Doctor Proctor scene was absolute genius! "BS Syndrome"!! And there were quite a few brilliant one-liners too, loved Abs' "Kels, nicotine patch, highly recommended" And even Nathan managed to make me laugh... - Nezza

Scrubness * sigh * - Sapphire

Ok so...
- Doctor Proctor thing was funny! Aww josh.
- Not much Guppy but in scrubs.
- Nathan was sweet.
- Thought at the end when everyone was going to help look for sam was sweet to, but why didnt Guppy? - Guppyfan-no1

My interesting comments because not many other people commented:
Where was Guppy with the Sam-search? Everybody was there, he should have been there. I guess he was studying or whatever, but still.
Nathan doesn't know what he wants. Get rid of the baby, keep the baby! Only because those children actually liked him doesn't mean his child will be the same. He should make up his mind. Why would Selena keep the baby anyway? I mean..it's Nathan's! - June

Overal Rating: 7/10
+ Scrubsness
+ Guppyness
+ Nathan and those children
+ Good old Abs/Kelsey fun
+ High humor factor
+ Stitch being away
- Sam being missing

Review: 21.36 Aliens

Re-cap:

After six months in Pakistan, Josh landed at Holby airport, ready to start a new life. But when the plane got stuck on the tarmac, a young Muslim boy threw a suspect bag on the floor and jumped off. Josh examined the boy and toldthe police they were dealing with a diabetic rather than a terrorist but they forced him to back off. Elsewhere, Alice voiced her suspicions to Samabout Tess and Abs. Back at Casualty, Josh passed on his diagnosis of the Muslim boy. Elsewhere, Selena broke the news to Nathan that she was expecting his baby. Confounded by his insensitivity, she told him she wouldn't be keeping it. Having diffused the terrorist alert, Josh realised that he'd always be a paramedic and told Charlie he'd withdraw his resignation. Outside, a shocked Sam watched Abs greet Tess and walk off arm in arm.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments by the EGB:

Am pleased to see Josh back, yea the terrorist stroyline was quite good, dont think we've really had much of a storyline in Casualty like that before. (...) Poor Alice she doesnt no what to think about Tess and Abs, is quite funny though. Suprised that there wasnt much Stitch this week, which i suppose is a good thing, he was on his best behaviour this week, well sort of. Whenever Stitch is on camera i always look for Guppy! He normally tags along behind him. - Guppyfan-no1

I agree, not enough Guppy! - However, as many others have said...nice scrubbs!! Also glad Josh is staying! - Mazluvzmilly

I thought the terrorist storyline was quite old-school Cas really, I'm glad to see that they haven't stopped shying away from controversial/political storylines. I thought it was really good, definitely the best storyline we've had in an ep for a long time (bar the Christmas/Cambodia eps of course!). (...) I wish the SWs hadn't spent so long faffing around with Sam & Alice, there was this one scene last night where they were so cute together. I kinda wish Alice hadn't told him about Tess & Abs now... - Nezza

From there, we got derailement to his shirt and his hair. Hairlengt was supposed to be next weeks topic, but they couldn't restrain theirselves...

Overal Rating: 7/10
+ Guppy action
+ Scrubs!
+ Not much Stitch
+ Tess & Abs
+ Patient storylines
+ Josh is back
- Nathan being rude to Selena about the baby..

Review: 21.35 Lush

Re-cap:

Guppy took Stitch up on a challenge to see who could deal with the most routine cases. In his haste, Guppy scared a woman half to death and nearly killed a young boy. Alice was gobsmacked to see Tess and Abs practicing an intimate dance routine.
Elsewhere, Dixie made a snide comment when Greg showed off his and Cyd's holiday snaps. Stitch alarmed Charlie by forcing Guppy to make a life or death decision.
Meanwhile, Jeff encouraged Dixie to talk about her feelings for Cyd and fixed her up with a mate. Alice told an incredulous Kelsey that Abs and Tess were seeing each other.
Elsewhere, Selena was absolutely horrified to discover that Nathan was the father of her baby.

From: Bcc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

I LOVE GUPPY I LOVE GUPPY I LOVE GUPPY! (just in case you havent realised i loved him in this eppy!) (...) Also i felt so proud of him when he managed to get the op thing right, i found the way Stitch joking with him actually quite funny, although was very mean and still dont like him. - Guppyfan-no1

I hate Stitch with an absolute passion!! The bet was putting patients lives at risk, putting the ED in danger, and putting Guppy's medical career at risk. If Guppy really wants to not have another day like that he's got to wake up and see Stitch for what he really is. He may be a very good doctor, but he just doesn't seem to have the patients interests at heart; and if this continues it's going to get much worse than it did last night. Ok, so I can't blame Stitch about what happened with the methadone, but at the time Guppy's focus was on the bet, and not on the patient. And what was all that in resus about?? Unnecessary pressure! (...) And Alice's reaction to seeing Tess & Abs dancing cracked me up! - Nezza (she had a lot of constructive comments)

I think it's all less dark then we previously thought.Sadly though I think Guppy will do something stupid before he sees stitch for what he is.At which point Harry will return. - Sapphire

Yay Harry to the rescue (as always), I'd like to see Harry return to bail out Guppy, Stitch is a nasty peice of work, but I was nice to have a decent Guppy storyline for once. Can see Charlie phoning Harry saying 'you've lost your mentee, come and get him back under your wing' - shelliwood

I understand what you mean, hes [Stitch] the kind of character you love to hate, he makes it intertesting I just dont like the new guppy! - Hana

AAAHHH GGRR, I hate Stitch how can he make a challenge like that, and Guppy agreeing on it, wake up Guppy!! You can't go on like this. He's changed (and not for the better) not even carring for a young child, that's not nice .How can he still go for a drink with Stitch after all that happend that day. - Lizzy

The rest was mainly jacket talk.

End Rating: 8/10

+ Guppy's Jacket
+ Lots and lots of Guppy action
+ Good Guppy storyline
+ Abs & Tess
+ The baby being Nathan's
- Guppy going for a drink with Stitch instead of Charlie
- The baby being Nathan's (you decide again)
- Stitch
- Stitch influencing Guppy

Review: 21.31 Stitch

Re-cap:

While on a jolly at a casino, Bardon mocked Nathan's inability to recruit a new consultant. This was overheard by a mystery man called Stitch. Later, a knifing took place and Stitch saved the victim while Nathan looked on.
Dixie urged Cyd to go home but she refused to listen. She convinced Greg to help her look for Kira's baby and after searching all night they finally found her. Greg seized his opportunity and kissed Cyd.
Nathan introduced Selena to Stitch but she was unimpressed with his handy work. The tension grew between them as Stitch questioned her judgement.
Meanwhile, Alice persuaded a reluctant Tess to allow Sam on a paramedic shift.
Stitch conned Nathan into offering him the consultant job with an enormous salary. Knowing he'd lied, Selena told Stitch to turn it down but he accepted anyway. Nathan was delighted and thrilled he'd found his man.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

Greg & Cyd!! Yaay! And she was right, there was a baby! And wasn't she cute ^^ - Me

Stitch dont like him at all! - Saira

I really liked this eppie! I think Stitch is one of those characters that you love to hate! well for me anyway. Awwww Guppy was soooooo sweet in this eppie, and there was quite alot of him, mainly in resus, treating a patient, which was good! With the GREEN SCRUBS! - Guppyfan-no1

Did you see guppy when stitch was having that arguement with selena in ressus?? He was just stood there like a lost dog!! he so didn't know who to listen to!! And score!! more scrubs!! - Guppy is Yummy!

End Rating (by Guppy is Yummy due to lack of rating): 9/10
+ Guppy in scrubs
+ Guppy action
+ Greg & Cyd!
+ Cyd was right
+ Enormously cute child
+ Alice persuading Tess
+ Stitch
- Stitch (you decide!)
- Nathan being all...Nathan-like

Review: 21.30 A World Elswhere

Re-cap:

Still reeling from Greg's infidelities with Andrea, Cyd refused to make amends with the apologetic paramedic. During a shout, she felt a strong connection to an Irish lass called Kira who later died.
Jeff persuaded a psychic to predict a winner on a horse race. Expecting to come up trumps, he rallied the troops for a party. A humiliated Jeff promptly cancelled the celebration when the horse lost. Nadia failed to impress Abs with Kylie tickets.
Elsewhere, convinced Kira's spirit was trying to communicate with her, Cyd informed Kira's parents that their daughter had a baby. Horrified, Kira's father demanded Cyd be dismissed for causing unnecessary distress.
Meanwhile, Dixie and Greg became gravely concerned for Cyd's welfare.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

First things first : Scrubsssss!! I'm not really sure what to think of last night's ep, tbh, it was all a bit strange really... After reading the spoilers I thought I'd enjoy it more. (...) Loving the whole Kelsey v Nadia thing that's going on too, and how Kelsey gave her ticket to that bloke! - Nezza

Anyway, i found the storyline with Cyd was kinda scary the way they had hte effect of the freaky music when they get holding that hairband freaked me out! hehe. Kelsey was wicked, give the ticket to that tramp, Nadia' face was class. - Guppyfan-no1

Wow...not a really popular episode... lack of comments make this hard.

End ratings (by Nezza as nobody rated, tsk tsk.): 6/10
+ Guppy in scrubs
+ Kelsey versus Nadia
- Cyd acting scary
- Weird episode

Due to lack of comments and not having seen this episode myself, rating and commenting was hard. Please forgive me..

Review: 21.29 Sweet Charity

Ok, ok, worst updater ever. I know. I've just been busy, you know? Anyway, ready to start of with review nr. 1, the Comic Relief special:

Re-cap:

Killjoy Nathan pulled the plug on the staff's Comic Relief fundraising efforts and advised them to stop wasting NHS time. Outside, Abs geared up for a sponsored sleep-out in his camper van.
Former nurse Megan Roach turned up at Holby to see her grandson, Colum. Whilst she was reminiscing with Charlie, Colum had a psychotic episode. He jumped into Abs' van and dangerously sped off.
Back in Holby, Sam cleverly tricked comedian Angus Deayton into hosting a charity 'slave' auction. Meanwhile, Abs' van veered off the road after Colum lost control. Luckily, they both managed to escape with their lives.
At the auction, Nadia made an extremely extravagant bid for Guppy. Elsewhere, Megan gave Nathan a talking to. Her words hit home and to everyone's astonishment, Nathan made a generous donation to the Comic Relief swear box.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

That ep was totally worth the hype, a definite highlight of series 21 so far for me! Practically all of the staff were absolute legends, and even Nathan at the end of the ep had me in stitches! (...) The patient storylines were really interesting too, those kinda storylines would've worked in any ep. The splinter though, I couldn't watch! - Nezza

What a fabulous eppy! (...) Dixie with the no kissing sign,= haha! hilarious. Angus Deayton fainting= haha! class... - Guppyfan-no1

And Abs with red hair! Only I was a bit bummed out that the van was kinda smashed when the accident happened... - June

I loved Sams line "now you are my puppy, I've always wanted to say that", loved it, haha.More Guppy action, yeah. Him and his red wig, haha. And in his white sheet , only bumed that Nadia 'won' him, wasn't to happy about that.. - Lizzy

End ratings (by EGB members): 9/10

+ Guppy's shirt
+ Guppy in toga
+ The patient storylines
+ Abs' red hair
+ Nathan going good at the end
+ Dixie & Jeff action!
+ Lots of comic relief!
- Nadia winning Guppy (you know he's ours...)
- Abs' van being smashed

Review: 21.28 Combat Indicators (part 2)

Re-cap:

Cyd tried to avoid Andrea but they were forced to work together on a live bomb site. Despite Cyd's best efforts, a young boy died. Greg comforted her and was annoyed with Andrea for being so dismissive.
Back at Holby, Kelsey was star struck by a news anchor who was injured in the blast. He asked Kelsey to star in a special report but ditched her in favour of Nadia. To get her own back, Kelsey sabotaged the report.
Greg realised that there was no longer any spark between him and Andrea and told her it was over. Elsewhere, Selena warned Nathan that she would make things very difficult for him if Andrea didn't leave.
Andrea told Nathan that she was leaving. Not missing a trick, Nathan informed Selena that he'd given her the boot. Meanwhile, Greg tried to get back with Cyd but, to Dixie's delight, shewasn't interested.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

Bye bye Andrea!! I'm so glad she's gone, she was so heartless! (...) Kelsey the supernurse!! She's an absolute legend, the vomit!! Nadia didn't deserve to be on tv... (...)I really liked how all the patient storylines all revolved around one event, it worked really well in that ep. - Nezza

Jeff was sweet when he got emotional. - Guppyfan-no1

I liked this episode, there where great story lines.Where was Guppy , whe miss you, whe need you. Come back to us, haha. (...) I hate Nathan, with his "I did what you asked" to Selena, when Andrea whas the one that left, he was too scared to ask himself. - Lizzy

Cyd and Greg: Awww!
Guppy: HOT!
Nathan: Evil!
Kelsey: Classic!
Nadia: Bimbo!
Jeff: Aww!
Andrea: Grr! - Guppy is Yummy

End ratings (by EGB members): 7.5/10

+ The bomb storyline
+ Andrea leaving
+ Kelsey
+ Jeff being all adorable
+ Greg breaking up with Andrea
+ Dixie's comment to Andrea
- Cyd rejecting Greg (though understandable)
- Nathan
- Andrea
- Lack of Guppy

Review: 21.27 Combat Indicators (part 1)

Re-cap:

Harry's replacement, Lieutenant Colonel Andrea Peterson, immediately rubbed the staff up the wrong way with her brusque manner. Selena gave her a talking to but got a distinctly frosty reception. Nadia persuaded Guppy to give a suppository because her fingernails were too long. When Andrea asked him why he was doing a nurse's job, he covered for Nadia saying that she'd been called away. Greg was stunned when he realised that the new doctor was his ex. Andrea told Greg that she'd left her husband and reminded him that he'd promised to wait a year for her. Andrea found Greg in the back of an ambulance and asked him if he loved Cyd. Unable to answer, he kissed her. Just as things were heating up, Dixie and Cyd flung open the door.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comment from the EGB:

I liked the patient storylines, and I thought how they dealt with them was a bit different to what's usually done, there wasn't like one obviously main one all the way through. - Nezza

I couldnt stand Andrea at all, and her bedside manner was just awful! I hated her more than Nadia, and thats saying something. I cant believe she was the love of Gregs life. (...) Ok why did Guppy stick up for Nadia? Has he gone insane? No of course, hes lovely, but still. - Guppfan-no1

Although I loved the comment about the razor and what she said too Nadia, I really really don't like Andrea. How can she split up Greg&Cyd, there a lovely couple. - Lizzy

Jeff and Dixie omg They are jokers.. i luv jeff! he is soo funny and a typical bloke innit. - Saira

End Rating (by EGB members): 7/10

+ The patients storylines

+ Jeff & Dixie

+ The shirt? (You decide, good or bad)

- Andrea

- Nadia (still)
- The shirt?

Review: 21.26 The Killing Floor

New to the EG Blog, reviews. Time for last saturdays episode: The Killing Floor.

Re-cap:
Selena turned up with a smile on her face after spending the night with Harry. Disappointed when Harry didn't call, she sought reassurance from Maggie. Just at that moment, a huge bouquet of flowers arrived. New nurse Nadia cheekily parked her sports car in Nathan's spot. Kelsey delighted in informing him of the culprit but was denied a showdown when he discovered that Nadia's father had made a generous donation to the trust. Fed up with Nadia's little princess ways, Kelsey turned down her offer of a drink. As she was leaving, Nadia discovered that her car had a flat tyre. To Kelsey's horror, Abs, Sam and Guppy fell for her sweet-talk and proved more than willing to help. Nathan intercepted Selena's text message from Harry thanking her for a wonderful night. Ridden with jealousy, he deleted it and told her that the flowers were from him. Distraught, Selena left a message for Harry asking him not to call.

From: Bbc.co.uk

Comments from the EGB:

"I thought that was a good eppy! But Oh Guppy don't go falling for Nadia!!!" - Guppy is Yummy

"Cyd & Greg!! How cute?? Shame we didn't see any more of them together though...Nathan grrrrr!! Nasty piece of work!! Saying the flowers were from him and deleting Harry's text! I think I end up hating him more every week!" - Nezza

"Argh, Nadia is so annoying, although it looks like shes gonna be an interesting character, with sum good storylines- but they better not be with Guppy (as in they better not b together!)" - Guppyfan-no1

"Guppy + Shirt = Hotness!! " - Guppy is Yummy

End Rating (by June): 7/10
+ The lovely shirt gives like 5 points to that rating
+ Evilness by Kelsey to Nadia
+ Guppy action
- Nadia
- Nathan deleting Harry's message to Selena
- The guys falling for Nadia
- Selena's call to Harry