Episode
Casualty: What Friends are For
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- Series
- Casualty
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1997-09-27
Episode context
What Friends are For is Episode 4 in Series 12 of Casualty. It aired on 1997-09-27.
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An underage prostitute, Lucy, is lured to a garage by a client where she is beaten up by a group of men and dumped outside the hospital. Jack warns George about getting too involved in the case. Lucy's friend Julie turns up and it transpires she set up the beating because Lucy was planning on quitting the game. Lucy initially leaves with Julie but later returns to see George. Liz argues with her husband John, who thinks she is not spending enough time at home. A young woman brings in her older neighbour; they are involved in a dispute over a fence and the older woman tripped over. Sam manages to get them talking. A young man with a history of mental health issues pushes his mother (Brigit Forsyth) down the stairs. Richard and Kate convince her to have him sent to a psychiatric hospital.
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Episode 9: Whatever It Takes
Episode 10: A Taste of Freedom
Episode 11: Bad Company
Episode 12: Moving On
Episode 13: Power of Persuasion