Series 17 Episode 10 � by Julie White � 16/11/02
Lara is staying at a guest house, but is told to leave, when press camp outside. On her way to work, she accidentally runs over a dog. Harry, passing by, spots her and helps save the dog, and they take the dog with them to work. The board have told Harry that Lara is required to be supervised and not allowed to treat patients in Resus.
Colette tells Simon that Josh will be doing salsa dancing with her from now on. Roxy sees Duffy and Ryan kissing and spreads it round the department. Tony is annoyed that Jack is seeing their father.
Kirsty Tucker is brought in with a head injury after a fall at work. She tells Simon that she wants to discharge herself as she needs to attend a fertility clinic appointment, so Simon pushes her up the scanner queue. He is called away and Lara is left to treat her, and Simon is angry when Kirsty leaves. However later she is brought back in after collapsing at the airport. She is suffering an ectopic pregnancy. Simon is angry at her partner when he discovers they were selling her eggs in America.
An old lady, Nora, arrives in A&E, confused with cuts to her knees. She is also suffering from dehydration and an infection. Her son, Matthew arrives, but she disappears up on to the roof. Roxy manages to stop her from falling, by luring her down by showing her the dog.
A man, claiming to be Rhys Walker, is brought in after his car hits a wall. He suffers a tension pneumothorax. Heather leaves Lara to sort out his antibiotics but he collapses. They discover, he is not Rhys but Dave Snape, a joy rider � who is allergic to the drug.
After a stressful day, Lara is frustrated at being unable to do her job properly. Tony tries to offer Lara words of support since he was also in prison.
Annoyed at Heather�s incompetence, Simon and Dillon join forces to play a trick on her, on her last day. In the on call room they tie her up. Harry confronts her to say he will give her a bad reference. Charlie sees Duffy and Ryan leave together and wonders why he was the last to know. Lara tries to find herself a room for the night.
Jack and Nikki go to a club. Jack is jealous when Nikki spends the night talking to the photographer, Jay, who took her pictures for the paper. He gets Jay chucked out and outside, Jack punches him to the ground. He runs away as Jay is left unconscious.
Series 17 Episode 9 - by Greg Evans - 9/11/02
Josh doesn�t tell Colette when he goes to check out his health fears at the medical centre � Finn reveals to her he has gone to get tests. Colette confronts Josh who says he is suffering the male menopause and has been prescribed viagra. Colette is relieved. Eddie gives Jack club tickets for him and Tony. Tony refuses to take anything from his father. Jack is jealous when sexy photos of Nikki eventually get put up in the staff room.
Roxy returns to work after her suspension and is glad to be back. Her first patient is a 14 month old baby, Gareth, who has suffered scalding. Harry is impressed when she manages to calm the baby down.
Mark Christie goes to visit a student, Molly, who he has been having an affair with. He finds her collapsed in the bath and calls 999. The team at first suspect an overdose. Roxy is shocked to discover Mark, who is the father of Nicole. Harry eventually diagnoses Molly with suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. When she wakes up, Roxy talks to Molly who reveals how she ended the relationship with Mark and his only concern was that Molly had threatened to tell his wife about his affair. Molly discharges herself to go and see his wife, leaving an unknown Mark waiting in reception for her.
Teenager Dom steals the bag of an old lady, Kath, and runs off into the path of car. They both end up in hospital. Dom has a fractured wrist and Kath, suffers and fractured hip. Dillon spots cancer on her x-ray which Heather misses, but she passes off the diagnosis to Harry, as her own. Harry tells Kath the cancer is widespread and fatal. Kath confronts Dom, who admits his older brother put him up the theft. When his angry mother comes to collect him, Kath says Dom wasn�t involved in the crime, and he says he will come and visit her.
Lara goes to court on her appeal. Melanie confesses the truth about her husband and Lara is released � Dillon meets her at the station. Jan is unwilling to have her back in the department, but Charlie and Harry pull a stunt to get Lara back on the team. They all welcome her back in the pub after work.