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Series 17 Episode 22 - by Edel Brosnan - 02/02/02
Things are steaming up in the A&E department - when the boiler packs up - Spencer tries to fix it himself as the odd job man, Shifty, is busy fixing other things. Lara is back from a course in Dublin and ends up flirting with Patrick all shift. Nikki is still trying to urge Jack to see a doctor about the lump in his testicle. Jack talks to Dillon, who gives him the same advice. And eventually at the end of his shift he goes to see Max - who refers him and says he did the right thing, and saved his own life.
After Simon and Annabel's wedding, Simon makes his speech and announces he knows his wife and best man, Jules, slept with eachother the previous night, which leads to a brawl at the reception. Annabel tries to sort things out with Simon in a cubicle but he says it's over, and wanted her as humiliated as possible.
Lara treats a volleyball player, Naomi, with a displaced coli's fracture. She faces an operation but wants to come back in the morning as she wants to attend a job interview first. Patrick disagrees with Lara's decision to allow her to discharge herself, but is forced to back down.
Sales Rep, Bob Driscoll, comes in wanting to pick up a G&N prescription, Dillon treats him in triage. Not thinking it's serious, he goes to see Patrick. Meanwhile, Bob discharges himself, but collapses with an MI in the car park. He recovers in Resus.
Comfort and Finn pick up Eddie, who is coming in for a transplant. Tanya, who he is having an affair with, wishes to come with him, but he tells her to return to her family. Tanya gives Comfort her phone number and a photograph of them both. In the ambulance, Eddie's condition deteriorates and he suffers a heart attack. He refuses treatment, but Patrick tells him they have to cancel off his transplant operation anyway and if he refuses treatment he will die, Eddie reluctantly agrees to treatment. Comfort, upset at the situation, calls Tanya to break the news.
Lara and Patrick play fight and cuddle in the staffroom - about to kiss, Max calls Lara away.
Series 17 Episode 21 - by David Lane - 26/01/02
An authorative Max arrives for his first shift back since he was suspended and takes no prisoners - telling off staff for being unprofessional. Jan tries to build bridges between them but receives a frosty reception. Duffy arrives in late, and is then called away when her babysitting mother calls in unwell. Duffy tries to flag a taxi outside - but hairdresser, Viv, pushes her aside and takes the taxi. Taxi driver, Malcolm, turns out to be a fake and drives her to a disused warehouse, and tries to attack her - she fights back by stabbing him in the chest. Viv is brought in distressed, and the paramedics later pick up Malcolm, after his car hits a wall. In A&E - Viv recognises him and Malcolm tries to escape. Duffy, forced to bring baby Paul into work, receives a warning from Jan but shouts back she had no choice, that the hospital should have a cr�che and that the only reason she doesn't do agency nursing is to loyalty of the staff. Max, has a go at her too, until she breaks down in tears - after thinking it could have been her on a hospital bed not Viv.
Since Chloe's departure, Agency Nurse Melanie is brought in as a replacement. Anna is also left without a flat mate - Nikki decides to move in with her. Nikki tells Jack she has noticed a lump in his testicles and suggests he seeks doctor advice, he brushes it aside. She asks Comfort's opinion, which angers Jack when he finds out Nikki has gone behind his back with personal matters.
Tim Woods is brought in, with a fractured femur, after falling from a roof. He has been having an affair with Emma. Her husband, James, is furious and as the paramedics take Tim away, kicks him in the back. In A&E, the staff find this has made his injuries worse by damaging his spine and he faces being wheelchair bound. In reception, James lashes out at Emma - she later tells him she's leaving him.
Cricket coach, Andy Jennings, depressed by losing his job and having no money, tries to kill himself by poisoning himself with carbon monoxide in his car. One of his pupils, Mark, discovers him - and makes him realise his life's worth living.
Lara teases Patrick about her meeting an old med school friend Peta, who was her 'soul mate' - Patrick acts jealous until he realises Peta is female! Outside A&E Lara and Patrick kiss. The staff gather at Anna's flat to welcome Nikki as her new flat mate - Jack tries to put on a brave face, but is hiding his medical fears.