Episode
Casualty: Blood's Thicker
Overview
Family loyalties are stretched to breaking point when a young tearaway is forced to choose between saving his brother and freedom. And Charlie has a decision to make which will change his future – and that of the department. Matt joins the staff on the reception desk and Josh, now manning a motorbike, has a fight on his hands, trying to save a young tearaway's brother but he dies later, of his injuries. The staff are shocked when they find a stab victim has sold one of her kidneys and she now faces kidney failure.
Details
- Series
- Casualty
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1994-09-17
Episode context
Blood's Thicker is Episode 1 in Series 9 of Casualty. It aired on 1994-09-17.
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Episode 6: Negative Equity
A long-standing feud over territory explodes into violence, forcing a young man to make decisions about his future. Mike races to a shooting and swift action on his part saves the shot man's life. Dr Gordon is reluctant to tell a patient that she's dying. Mike and Rachel make a pleasant discovery about each other. Adam makes a breakthrough in his relationship with his ex-wife.
Episode 7: A Breed Apart
Ash's professionalism is put to the test by anti-racists and Fascist demonstrators. A demonstration march gets out of control when anti-racists and Fascists clash and Josh witnesses an attack on a black youth but can't help. A DIY enthusiast saves the day as he applies his skills to the problems in casualty and an old man unwillingness to being admitted puzzles Charlie. Kate gets Rachel to talk, after she went missing and admits she needs help.
Episode 8: In the Black
Mike is called to the rescue when Josh is trapped underground with an injured miner. Brave paramedic Josh puts his life on the line when a man is trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft. Mike is called to the rescue, as he Josh face a tough bonfire night shift. Eddie Gordon loses her patience with a hysterical young girl brought in for biting a security guard's hand, after being caught shop lifting. When the girl's mother hears about the charges, she reveals the security guard is the girl's father and his wife is devastated. Ash's world is set to collapse when the police pay him a visit with regards to last Saturday's fight and he's taken away for questioning and Eddie makes the situation worst for him, when questioned.
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Hostile rivalries at a village rugby match end in tragedy, and team medic Mike Barratt finds himself back in A&E. Ash, deputising for Charlie, is informed his case has been referred to the Crown Court and it doesn't help when Matt turns up at work in a foul mood. Jude's on hand to talk to him and he confides his family's having problems with his brother. Josh is back in his old job and Liz, his new partner, has an amusing first meeting with Mike Barratt on the rugby field. An affair and a brief lapse of judgement have unfortunate consequences for a son and father at the local swimming pool. Ash and Matt apologise to each other and shake hands.
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