(Series 21, ep. 2 ‘China Crisis’ by Joe Ainsworth 8.1.19) Happy new year, Holby fans! The review for this episode is over at Metro, and now I’ve come out of Christmas hibernation I can summon up a few additional random thoughts about it.
Tom Campbell-Gore succumbed to the Curse of the Holby Relative/Friend/Staff Member fairly easily, didn’t he? It’s a shame, really, as I was rather enjoying his arrogant ways. And enjoying Serena putting him in his place very much.
I rather like Ange at first sight, though she does remind me of Colette Sheward in a practical, sleeves-up, no-nonsense kind of way.
Has the YAU (I hear that in my head as a James Brown sort of ‘Yow!’) been conceived so that Holby can nurture the next generation of young acting talent by bringing in lots of Young Adults? It would be very commendable if so, but I do get a bit vexed by these ‘units’ that take over perfectly sensible wards. It’s usually Darwin that gets corners of it stolen by other departments, but they always get their territory back in the end. I wonder how long the YAU will last before someone decides they need the beds back?
Essie does love a Special Uniform, doesn’t she?
Cameron’s appearance on Darwin prompted some of the best lines of the week (‘That’s all I need, another pound shop Hugh Grant’ and the line about ‘Foetus and Fauntleroy’ from Jac), but I think my favourite line in the whole episode was ‘Serena Campbell. No Gore.’
The scenes between Lorraine Chase and Jaye Jacobs were beautiful.
HOLBY CITY BEHIND THE SCREEN
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The Young Adult Unit is a bit of a farce. No mention of it until this week, but apparently 18 months in the making (so said new character?). Just a door added to a pre existing ward and viola: a “unit”. You have to LOL and remember it’s a drama because in real life, we’d be waiting 18 months just for a door, let alone a Unit 😜😜
Wasn’t it “Foetus Lord Fauntleroy”?
And what is it about Holby and using the country’s leading heart specialists for other jobs (Connie A&E, TCG young adults…) Surely there are hearts to fix (particularly given almost no one works on Darwin anymore)?
Nope. ‘Foetus & Fauntleroy’ – Nicky and Cameron.