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Series 16 Episode 4 - by Paul Cornell - 06//10/01
Comfort watches in CRASH, while the team fail to save the life of a man, Nikki meanwhile phones her Mum, telling her of the pressures of the job and that she thinks she can't cope.
Comfort and Nikki's next call is to a regular schizophrenic man, Al, who keeps a collection of his own urine at home. He has his ear cut off and is taken in, though they are unable to re-attach it.
They then attend a scaffolding collapse at a building site, with several casualties. Four die at the scene, and Nikki is shocked by the way Comfort copes with the dying patients, and finds herself being sick. Two workers, Joe, who is paralysed and Mike, who is suffering from internal bleeding both die in hospital, and George, who suffers a broken arm is not happy with Nikki's 'beginner' approach.
Their next call to a recreation ground turns out to be a hoax, when students are trying to film them for their course. Nikki is angry and is annoyed that Comfort fails to let it get to her. The students turn up again outside A&E to try and get more footage.
Comfort and Nikki next go to a church, in which vicar Richard Benson has collapsed. He has cancer of the prostate and through having taken no medication is awaiting death. In the ambulance he confesses to Comfort that he has abused a young teenager. In Resus Comfort tells Patrick to not try to hard to save him, which she later regrets. She returns to CRASH later when he dies, to pay her last respects.
Nikki, who by now if feeling like quitting, goes to her last call at the British Legion club, an elderly angina patient, Arthur, goes into arrest. Nikki shocks him back to life.
In the staffroom Comfort talks to Nikki about how to cope and cuddles her for support. She says she'll see her tomorrow and heads off to the pub, where PC Russell has invited her to, for a drink. Comfort, meanwhile goes home and cuddle up to her husband, Rob, on the sofa and cries infront of a weepy film.
Series 16 Episode 3 - by David Lane - 29/9/02
A motorcyclist goes into a petrol station and threatens the Asian cashier for money. He turns nasty and shoots him, then speeds off on his bike. He is then involved in a collision when he swerves to avoid a child in the road and hits a car. Nikki and Josh go to the scene, Josh takes off his helmet as he has breathing difficulties, which Nikki has first doubts about doing. The Asian shop keeper dies, and Sergeant Rachel tells the disbelieving motorcyclist's mother that he will be questioned.
New SHO Lara Stone arrives, with her manager Philip Greenwood wanting press coverage for her. She also sets male staff's pulses racing, but she gets straight stuck in to her job, and her abrupt approach causes friction between herself and Dillon. Patrick asks her for an after shift drink, but is forced to cancel after promising a night with Rachel.
A mother, Sarah, is brought in breathless after suffering an anaphylactic shock. Her young son, Liam, has helped her phone 999. She discharges herself only to be brought in the next morning with the same symptoms. The team discover he estranged husband, Jim, has given her this reaction, with a bag of horse hair, which he knows she is allergic to, in an attempt to get close to her again.
Max goes to dinner with Amanda and her son Ben, whose birthday it is. They are trying to get Ben to live with them, but he thinks Max is trying to buy his affection. Max discovers Chloe working as a waitress in the restaurant to gain extra money.
Charlie attends a supper club with a dating agency, and is attracted to Jan, who has just moved into Holby. They get on well, but Charlie is shocked to discover the next day that she is Chief Executive of Holby Hospital. Jan offers him a new Clinical Nurse Specialist post. Charlie turns down their dinner date thinking it will become too complicated.