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Series 16 Episode 16 - by Stuart Morris - 26/12/01
Greg discovering Patrick's affair with Rachel, fights with him in CRASH. After it is broken up, Charlie not knowing the circumstances wants to press charges, whereas Jan thinks Patrick should keep a low profile. The police question Patrick over Rachel's death.
Comfort and Nikki are called to the a pub, where regular schizophrenic Al has locked himself in the toilets. A group of football fans crowd the toilets, and Nikki kicks one of them who tries to kiss her. While there, a coach of fans crashes into the pub, Patrick goes to the scene to help with the many injured, including driver, Brian - who in CRASH suffers a heart block. Philippa and Lara disagree on keeping in A&E, Lara thinks they don't have time to wait and pacemakes him in Resus, saving his life. Terry, is also brought in with pelvic injuries and a dislocated hip replacement - he refuses morphine, while the team put his joint back in place. As the football fans enter A&E, Jan decides the only way to keep them happy is to bring down a TV so they can watch the match in reception. In the pub, schizophrenic Al is trapped in the pub with a man, Woody, who has a pool cue through his chest. They have trouble moving him, until Al reminds them the cue comes in two halves which can be taken apart. In A&E Woody thanks Al and makes friends with him. Angela is also brought in with an arm injury, and breaks up with her boyfriend when he'd rather watch the game than go with her to x-ray.
Three woman, Karen, Sandra and Liz come in - Karen is suffering from nausea and sweating - and throws up over Jack. They are all on a diet including no alcohol. Karen reveals to Liz that Sandra was sleeping with her fianc� - Liz goes into the toilets and drinks vodka. She is also then taken sick. Lara and Chloe discover their sickness is caused by eating wild mushrooms - and drinking alcohol with it. When Sandra reveals to be going on a date with Jack that evening, they don't tell her what caused their illness!
Lara invites Patrick to her friend's cottage to relax. While she is in the bath, Patrick goes out to collect wood for the fire - Greg, however, has followed them. They fight, and he takes Patrick to a lake, and tries to drown him
Series 16 Episode 15 - by Katherine Way and Andrew Rattenbury - 22/12/01
Spencer brings in two large singing Santa's with no off switch - Charlie tells him to get rid of them. Natalie recovers in a ward with Colette beside her. Natalie's foster mother, Sue, also arrives to see her, which Colette finds hard to deal with. Josh is beginning to think his and Colette's relationship is cursed and Charlie sets on a surprise mission to get them married in the hospital that day. The female vicar is delayed, and Duffy calls upon Kev the Rev - who is wandering around in reception preaching, and is also hit by an irate patient's husband - to carry out the ceremony, however his wife turns up and tells them he is not a real vicar! The real vicar finally turns up and carries out a quick ceremony, they also have a reception in the board room, which Max also attends, before Josh and Colette are whisked away in a limo to their honeymoon - with the Singing Santa's tied to the bonnet.
A young boy, Scott, is brought in by his mother after he breaks his arm, after falling of stage for the dress rehearsal of his nativity play. Duffy treats him and Scott reveals that it was Duffy's son, Jake, that pushed him off stage. Duffy talks to Jake when he arrives in A&E, who upsetly tells her Scott was making fun of him about his father's death. Charlie comforts Duffy who is concerned her family aren't coping.
Shaun Bayliss leaves his lawyer firm's work party after being teased by his boss. His female colleague, Zoe, comes after him and finds him drunk. He then gets on to a bridge and falls onto a roof below, severely damaging his leg. Patrick is called out to deal with his injuries. In A&E Shaun tells his boss that he will take him to a tribunal, and Zoe sticks up for him.
Patrick spends his last night with Rachel, before her husband, Greg, returns. Rachel tells him she wants to tell Greg about their affair, which worries Patrick. They argue and she storms off, thinking he doesn't love her. At work he tries to call her. Meanwhile, Rachel, gets out of her car to deal with a woman who had just been mugged - she runs after the youths but is attacked herself. She is brought in, shocking the team and is also found to be pregnant - Patrick pushes Philippa out the way to treat her himself, but all efforts fail and she dies. When Greg turns up - Patrick tells him the news, and Greg is shocked to discover the baby could not be his as he had been overseas for five months. Lara tries to comfort Patrick and later in Resus, Patrick tearfully says his goodbyes to Rachel - Greg watches behind him realising something had been going on between them.