Learning Curve

"Learning Curve" is the 143rd episode of Casualty and the 15th episode of the 9th series.

Synopsis
Jude sees Evans threatening Matt to try and stop him testifying in Ash's defence. A boy is savaged by a neighbour's dogs after going to retrieve a Frisbee and left needing plastic surgery. The dog owner tries to blackmail the boy's grandmother into keeping quiet by threatening to report him for trespass but Mike has her thrown out of the hospital. Teenager Ian receives treatment after getting into a fight before taking his girlfriend Charlotte and two other boys, Mark and Paul, out for a drive. Mark tries to assault Charlotte and Ian stops him but crashes the car. After learning what happened, Ian's stepfather tells him he's proud of him. Teenage girl Esther collapses and Mike and Eddie learn she has recently given birth; her strictly religious parents kept her out of sex education class. After Charlie and Jude support her, she takes Josh and Liz to where she hid the healthy baby boy but her parents disown her, meaning they will both have to be taken into care. Emma puts an end to her and Adam's attempt at a reconciliation, while Mike and Rachel elect to be just friends.