Board Thread:Casualty Discussion/@comment-8117023-20160828170641

Well, where do I begin?

I thought, for the most part, this episode was pretty good. However, I do not think that it lived up to the amount of promotion it got.

The helicopter crash was a bit tame in comparison to what the ED has had to deal with in the past; it was hardly their darkest hour. Are we going to forget the events of "Boiling Point" and "Next of Kin", for example? Two instances of a fire taking out the entire department are not as devastating as a crash which only takes out the courtyard and the entrance? Nope, not buying that.

I'm not even going to accept that what happened in the episode had the biggest emotional impact either. Both "Killing Me Softly" and "Silent Night" beat this episode in that respect because, for starters, two regulars - one of which had been on the show for 17 years at that time - were involved and one of them died. In this most recent episode, the only people killed in the episodes were extras who were given little to no time to develop their character. Although it is said that Grace may not recover, the fact that there is a possibility that she could survive her injuries lessens the blow.

Quite frankly, "Charlie's Anniversary" was better (please don't get me started on the timeline inconsistencies though).

I quite liked the new title sequence - it was certainly better than the one they introduced in series 28. The update to the theme tune evoked memories of series 21 (crikey, it's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since that series first aired) in me so that itself is a good sign.

I liked the little subplot with Pat St Clement's character but I do think it was too coincidental that a patient would have something as extremely rare as a lithopaedian on Charlie's anniversary.

Charlie, Duffy and Josh - do I even need to say anything? :D

I also enjoyed seeing some of the old cast back.

For as much as I don't like Connie, I geniunely felt the grief and pain she suffered in the episode.

I hate Jacob. I absolutely can't stand him and I can't see for the life of me why anybody likes him. He infuriates me whenever he's on screen. His outburst was hard to watch but it felt really good to see Charlie giving him his comeupance.

The scene where Jacob shouts for Connie in an ambulance - utter pillock.

I couldn't stand Amira, the new agency nurse. She needed a good smack at times. I really do hope that she doesn't become a regular later on in the series - I really do not want to see this two-bit, bootleg Zoe come through the entrance again. 