Series 16 Episode 27:
YOU CAN’T TAKE THEM ALL HOME WITH YOU
Written by Leslie Stewart

Another day in A&E and things are hotting up between Lara and Patrick - even the bump Lara gives Patrick’s car can’t dent his feelings for her. Things are going less well for poor Dillon who's trying to disengage himself from Gemma, without much success. Charlie's pulled a few strings to get her a hostel place but she’s reluctant to leave him. Dillon, however, is only too eager to see Gemma move on.
It’s Tony’s first day as the department’s EDA and the staff play a little practical joke on him with bedpans! He slips back into his old security role when a patient gives Lara a vicious slap. Tony is all for calling back-up but Lara restrains him. She guesses, correctly, that the patient is a manic depressive and that they just need to calm the situation. On seeing Lara’s shiner, Patrick comments that this is becoming a habit with her!
Dillon drops Gemma off at the hostel on his way to work. She’s clearly upset to be leaving him and cryptically says that everything has to come to an end. Spencer's relationship with his daughter Gilly is also looking problematic. Anna tells Spencer she thinks Gilly's dealing ecstasy in the toilets at work. Spencer says it's rubbish but Anna urges him to speak to about it.
Patrick is still trying to persuade a reluctant Lara to leave Holby and follow him to London. She says she can’t afford just to leave in the middle of her contract and she clearly thinks he’s being selfish asking. The pair of them keep bickering about it. And Dillon’s problems are far from over, Gemma’s brought into A&E after she cut herself in the hostel. She tells Dillon that she trusts him and wants him to help her. He insists that he can’t and says that he’ll catch up with her later. Dillon’s clearly concerned but Charlie insists that he needs to break ties with her now, he’s done all he can for her.
Patrick takes Lara to the jewellers, allegedly to look for a new watch but it’s clear there’s more to it. The jeweller knows Patrick and brings out a perfect diamond - it looks like Patrick wants to propose. But he still hasn’t actually asked Lara. He says it’s a stone to die for but Lara wants to know is she? Patrick dodges the issue.
Gemma discharges herself from A&E and then calls Dillon in hysterics to say she needs him. He asks Charlie if he can leave early to find her but Charlie refuses saying he’s needed there. Dillon accuses Charlie of having forgotten what it is to really care for people, that he’s too busy with flowcharts and reports these days. Charlie says if he leaves early he’ll discipline him. Dillon's furious.
Patrick lures Lara into his car and babbles out a wedding proposal. She wants him to repeat it but he refuses clearly embarrassed by the whole thing. He eventually gets her to repeat it instead and he cheekily accepts! But does that mean Lara's ready to follow Patrick wherever he goes?
Dillon eventually leaves A&E and heads straight home. He’s horrified to discover Gemma unconscious on the floor, she’s taken an overdose. He rushes her into A&E but it’s too late and there’s nothing the team can do. Dillon’s distraught and says he could have saved her if only Charlie had let him go earlier. Charlie tells him he needs to learn what battles are worth fighting in life as he has. Dillon is furious that Charlie seems to be comparing them and says that he can’t imagine anything worse than ending up like Charlie. He storms off, leaving Charlie to mutter that 'you can’t take them all home with you'. But has Dillon learnt that lesson?

Episode first broadcast Saturday 9th March 2002

Additional Cast
Gemma          Sheena Irving
Mrs Glover          Carole Nimmons
Oliver          Stewart Harwood
Mr Truman          Timothy Watson
John          Michael Sherlock
Ben          Keith Henderson
Mike          Dominic Mafham
Keith          Richard Lloyd King
Mr Walker          Eamonn Riley
Mrs Walker          Fenella Norman
Assistant          Michael D’Cruze

Taken from the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/casualty

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