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Series 17 Episode 32 - by Robert Scott Fraser - 19/4/03
New paramedic Luke Warren arrives on the scene looking rugged and ready for action. He is thrown in at the deep end on his first day when he is trapped in the cellar of a house with teenage girl, Samina, after a gas explosion rips through and destroys the rest of the building. He bravely performs a life-saving procedure with guidance from Lara, who calls instructions through the small window. Though they have been sparring all day, Lara is quite taken with his cheeky arrogance. The girl in his care recognises him as an ex-footballer and she is not the only one surprised to see him in his new role. Bex is shocked when he turns up at reception but immediately puts him straight about why they are no longer married.
She is her usual catty self towards Jack, too, when he returns as janitor, finding him disgusting jobs so that he doesn�t get illusions about usurping her as receptionist. Jack is understandably worried on the day of Tony�s transplant operation. Everyone is tense but as Tony and Eddie are wheeled off, Nikki comforts Jack and even lets him kiss her.
Colette informs Charlie that she's four months pregnant. Lyn demands that Anna tell Merlin the truth and Lara confronts Harry, suggesting his behaviour is causing patients to suffer. She tells him he must not isolate his family because he feels guilty, he eventually tells Lara that it's himself he blames for Beth's death, not Tally.
Series 17 Episode 31 - David Joss Buckley - 12/4/03
Ryan needs Duffy to hear him out. He shows up at every opportunity to persuade her that he truly loves her and wants a second chance. She wavers, realising she is still in love with him. The proof she needs is in his safe return of all the money and the offer of a new life in New Zealand, already in her name. It is hard for Duffy to say goodbye to Charlie but, with a final heartfelt kiss, she leaves him staring longingly after her and is whisked away.
Les Dennis guest stars this week as Pip Benson, a bullying boss whose employee tries to kill herself after he has made her life a living hell. When she dies, her husband is furious and knows it is Benson�s cruelty that has killed her. He follows him back to the garage and, in the fight that ensues, Benson falls, knocking flammable liquid to the floor. His cigar drops to the ground as he struggles to compose himself and he suddenly goes up in flames.
Merlin is in for a shock when it transpires one of his friends has drug-raped another. He is not the only one to uncover a disturbing revelation, though. Anna offers to go and meet Merlin�s real mother when he is given a second chance, but is scared. Outside, the only person she sees is Lyn. After asking her why she is there, a moment of hesitation provides Anna with the shocking truth.
Jack comes in to see Tony with Eddie, whose kidney matches, but is upset when he stubbornly refuses it. Nikki reminds him that the decision could cost him his life and Eddie offers an explanation for why he left their mother.