Episode
Casualty: Not Waving but Drowning
Overview
A father's desperate attempt to get closer to his daughter leads him to commit a crime which backfires. A surfing beach is turned into a battleground after chemical waste is dumped into the sea. Matt is attacked, and Charlie and Baz finally clear the air. Matt and Jude try to come to a new understanding.
Details
- Series
- Casualty
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1995-03-18
Episode context
Not Waving but Drowning is Episode 23 in Series 9 of Casualty. It aired on 1995-03-18.
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Episode 22: Nobody's Perfect
Ignorance and fear lead to disaster for an air taxi company. A moral argument causes a family rift, and a body found in a skip gives the staff a few surprises.
Episode 24: Duty of Care
A patient with a grievance causes panic at Holby City and it is left to Baz to try and defuse a potentially explosive situation. An horrific injury on a farm poses problems for Josh and Liz when an old woman insists she does not want to be helped. And it's a day of reckoning for Charlie and Baz.
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Episode 21: Exiles
A hold-up in an off-licence goes badly wrong and a phone call from a desperate young girl poses problems for Charlie. A violent fight at an ice-hockey match leads to family recriminations. A mystery illness causes concern for Baz and Eddie, and Kate discovers Charlie's secret.
Episode 20: Branded
A new arrival of an old flame makes it a memorable shift for Charlie, while a woman's past leads to the destruction of another's future, and a young mother's children cause Eddie and Kate to disagree.
Episode 19: Out of Time
It's Ash's first day back. Mike's plans for the future surprise Rachel. A cosmetic operation for a woman leaves her in need of emergency treatment, and a lorry driver and her baby are separated in violent circumstances. Ash has to confront some unsettling emotions on his first day back.
Episode 18: Trials and Tribulations
Ash's case finally comes to trial and Matt has an important decision to make. Jude's personal and professional lives collide when a young man with AIDS is rushed into casualty.
Episode 17: Heartbreak Hotel
Tension are running high at Holby prison where an inmate decides to take advantage of the riotous situation and a warder with a secret foolishly risks his job. A prison riot puts the staff under pressure as they have to deal with the inmates first, before the public, but one wants an unscheduled visit to sort out his martial problems. A surprise do for a prison officer, leaving the service, shocks his wife, when she finds out he's leaving her for another woman. Matt has a bad day when first he tells Ash why he can't testify in court and then finds Jude refuses to talk to him. Then his drunken father is brought in after his mother turn on him, so Matt pressures her to get outside help. Dr Eddie Gordon has last minute swotting to do for her exams and Mike and Rachel are getting closer.
Episode 16: Stitching the Surface
Kate is out of her depth when a young girl's confession unearths dark family secrets. The staff have two cases dealing with elderly people, who are at the mercy of their off-springs. One has to endure being beaten by her son but it's the reverse in the other case, where the father feigns suicide, to get his daughter to take him in. A young girl, injured at a railway station, confides in Kate that she's abused by her father, but is she telling the truth? Jude falls out with Matt over he refusal to testify at Ash's trial because he's been threatened and Mike finally asks Rachel out.
Episode 15: Learning Curve
The team uncovers the secret behind a young girl's mysterious collapse – but what will her religious parents say when they learn the truth? Meanwhile, another youngster pushes his parents to the limit. Matt is threatened by the thug who helped his mate bring charges against Ash and later tells Jude about it. A young boy is attacked by two dogs when he breaks into their home and the owner's concerned about her pets being destroyed. A schoolgirl faces a life in care when her religious parents turn their back on her and her baby son. A car crash helps bring a family together and Emma ends her relationship with Adam. Mike clears the air with Rachel, after returning for his holiday.
Episode 14: End of the Road
Jude finds herself embroiled in a suicide attempt. A teenage prank turns a birthday party into a tragic disaster. Mike owes Rachel an explanation, but her response takes him by surprise. The suicide patient disappears but becomes a victim of a road accident, when he's knocked down by an ambulance, driven by Liz and later dies. Ash comes in to ask Charlie if he would be a character witness in his coming trial.
Episode 13: Talking Turkey
Mike's dreading spending Christmas alone, but after Rachel's invitation, he might not have to. Meanwhile, the festivities give Charlie and Ash a chance to show some goodwill towards each other. But tidings of comfort and joy are absent for a girl who's brought in to casualty after being violently sick by a railway line. Has she just had too much to drink, or is it something more serious. The shift starts off badly with the death of two young boys and the death of a policeman causes heartbreak for his wife and lover. Two young girls arrive and the staff have to deal with their problems. One of them is pregnant and the other has an eating disorder, leaving both sets of parents are shocked.
Episode 12: Under the Weather
An adventure down the sewers for two young boys leads to a race through Holby for Liz and Josh. Matt has evidence that an A&E patient isn't the person she claims to be and Jude tries to solve the puzzle of an old soldier's recurring nightmare.