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Glen Dylan Lloyd Thomas (20 February 1987 – 31 March 2018)[1] was a porter who worked in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. In June 2016, Glen met Robyn Miller in the ED of Holby General Hospital whilst she was setting up her mortality café. They later entered a relationship. By October, wedding plans had set in for them but he left town at the last minute. In November 2017, Glen returned to Holby, to Robyn's surprise.

Biography

Glen first met Robyn in the ED as she was coming out of a lift. They bumped into each other and he apologised, although she was busy putting up the flyers for her first mortality café that evening. He attended the mortality café meeting at The Hope & Anchor that evening and revealed to Robyn that his wife had died six months before and he was sorting things out at the hospital earlier that day. He later gave Robyn his number so she could inform him about the next mortality meeting.[2]

He attended the meeting the following week and shared an awkward kiss with Robyn. This resulted in her apologising and she walked out and returned to work.[3] When Robyn's colleague David Hide worried about her friendship with Glen, David tried to track down the doctor who treated Glen's late wife. However it transpired that he never married. He tried to explain his actions to Robyn, but she ordered him to leave.[4]

In late August[5] Glen was admitted to the hospital after falling and sustaining some facial lacerations. At first they presumed that he was drunk but upon reviewing his CT scan, they discovered that he had a brain tumour. When he woke up, he was informed but he told them he already knew. Later on, David informed Robyn about him being in the department, and he explained his actions from before and his diagnosis. She forgave him and they shared a kiss later in the day, and she tried to persuade him to have treatment.[6]

In September, Robyn took a few hours off work to go with Glen to get his biopsy results. He was told that he had two years to live, something which upset Robyn and made her think about what they could do with the time they had left.[7] The following week, Robyn decided to take some time off work so she and Glen could travel to Disneyland Paris.[8]

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Robyn sitting by Glen's bedside below a banner asking him to marry her.[9]

In October, Glen lied to Robyn about being at a rugby match so she wouldn't come with him to see the oncologist. He was informed that he had months to live, not years. On his way back, he collapsed and had a fit in the corridor and was found by Dylan and David. When Robyn met him in the ED, he told her to leave as he wanted some alone time which deeply upset her. Just before his scan, Dylan encouraged Glen to reconcile with Robyn after he found the ring he had for her. He contacted Robyn by text, but by the time she'd gotten to the ED he'd been taken in the lift up to the neurosurgical ward. Whilst in the lift, Dylan was forced to perform an emergency operation which saved Glen's life. Whilst he was recovering, Robyn sat at his bedside with her "marry me?" banner which she'd put up in the pub earlier ready to surprise him.[9]

By the following week, wedding plans had set into motion and they planned to get married later that day. During her shift, Robyn discovered that she was pregnant and although Dylan encouraged her to tell Glen, she decided to keep it from him and reveal the news as a wedding present. Just before the wedding was due to take place, Glen wrote a note for Robyn and gave it to David. Robyn was heartbroken as Glen had told her that he'd left and therefore wouldn't be marrying her.[10]

Later in the month, Robyn tried to track Glen using the tracker on his phone. Max and David came across a man who had Glen's phone. Although he initially denied knowing Glen, he admitted that him and Glen had gone to chemo at the same place. He also revealed that Glen had decided to leave and gave his possessions to him to throw away.[11]

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Glen with Dylan and Zsa Zsa on their way to Hadlington Clinic.[12]

In January 2017, whilst searching for Charlie the day after his stag, Dylan found Glen beaten up outside a pub in Barry. The next day, Dylan told Glen that Robyn was pregnant and the child was his. Having previously resigned himself to his fate, Glen was now determined to see his child before he died. With the baby due in May, Dylan decided to contact his old tutor and renowned surgeon Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson to help extend Glen's life. Zsa Zsa sympathised with his plight and flew to the UK to operate on him for free. She told him that the procedure had a 50% chance of causing catastrophic brain damage, Glen tossed a coin and agreed to the operation.[12]

In March, Dylan called Glen to tell him that Robyn had given birth prematurely. One night, Dylan secretly took Glen to visit his daughter on the neonatal ward. The following month, Glen had the operation. As Dylan asked him questions to monitor his speech and memory functions, Zsa Zsa noticed a bleed and Glen began to seize. Although Zsa Zsa managed to remove a large portion of his tumour and extended his life, Glen was left in a coma.[12]

In June, Glen regained consciousness but he had lost all vocal capacity and had diminished movement on his entire right-hand side. He attended speech therapy sessions and learned how to speak properly again. However, after he injured his knee during physiotherapy, he decided to give up. Dylan, determined to see Glen reunited with Robyn and his daughter, convinced him to press on.[12]

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Glen at Charlotte's christening.[12]

In November, Glen returned to Holby on the day of Charlotte's christening. Robyn wanted nothing to do with him as she felt that he abandoned her and Charlotte. When Dylan gave her a heartfelt video message from Glen that he had recorded months prior, she allowed to witness the christening, much to his delight.[12] The following week, Robyn and Max was not impressed when Glen started working at the ED as a porter.[13]

Behind the scenes

Owain Arthur initially portrayed Glen Thomas on Casualty for just over four months in 2016. He reprised his role the following year and continued to portray Glen until the character's death in March 2018.

References

  1. Episode 30 (S32, E30)
  2. "The Best Day of My Life" (S30, E37)
  3. "You Make Me Sick" (S30, E38)
  4. "Where the Truth Lies" (S30, E41)
  5. Events partially took place in an episode that aired in July, but took place in-universe in August.
  6. "Sticks and Stones" (S30, E43)
  7. "Fall on Me" (S31, E02)
  8. "Strike Three" (S31, E03)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (S31, E07)
  10. "The Big Day" (S31, E08)
  11. "Night of the Loving Dead" (S31, E09)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Episode 13 (S32, E13)
  13. Episode 14 (S32, E14)
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