Doctors: 5th > 9th July 2010 - Episode guide

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Love Thy Neighbour
Monday 5th July 2010

Emily Shepherd (30s) climbs out of her car after a restless night’s sleep in it, and walks up to her nearby house. As opens the front door she finds an effigy of herself stabbed with pins and a note saying ‘Go Now’ on the doorstep. Angela Lombard (60s), Emily’s housekeeper, is concerned for her when she realises she’s slept in her car again. She makes her tea and biscuits as Emily discusses making some changes to the décor. They’re interrupted by a brick crashing through the front door with another note attached to it. Angela wants Emily to call the police but she resists and begins to cough. Angela insists she must at least see a doctor. Emily goes to see Daniel who’s surprised to discover she’s a Vicar. He diagnoses a chest infection and in reception Angela approaches him and thanks him for his help when the previous vicar was ill. Angela can’t believe Emily told him nothing of the attacks.

Later Angela returns to the Campus armed with biscuits and the effigy and tells Daniel what Emily has been going through. Daniel arrives at the rectory but Angela tries to deter him from seeing Emily, but she comes through and invites him in. He returns the effigy Angela left at the Campus and thinks Emily should call the police and consider a move to another Parish. Emily refuses. Angela tries to get Daniel to leave but Emily offers him some of Angela’s biscuits. As Angela makes a grab for the plate, a hooded man throws eggs at the window. Emily suddenly vomits. Angela is shocked to see Emily so ill. Daniel notices the pins in Angela’s sewing tin are similar to those in the effigy and he makes her reveal she’s responsible for the hate campaign. Angela says she’s not alone in the Parish in her belief that the pulpit is no place for a woman. Angela has given Emily rat poison - all she wanted was to make Emily go away. Emily forgives Angela but says she must accept the consequences of her actions and asks Daniel to call the police.

Karen returns from her Health Care Assistant’s (HCA) course raring to get started. She practises taking Cherry’s blood pressure but annoys Julia by abandoning reception. Michelle presents her with a mauve uniform and Karen is put out as she thought she’d be wearing a blue one. She goes shopping and returns with a variety of different coloured uniforms and after an impromptu fashion show everyone agrees the cerise pink one is the best. Despite her initial enthusiasm Karen reveals to Jimmi she fears she won’t be up to the job.

Julia decides to talk to the staff to discuss their performance and needs. The chats are a disaster. Julia can’t get hold of Simon, Jimmi forgets and Zara cleverly distracts her with a shoe website. The chat with Karen is more successful who thanks Julia for the chance to train as a HCA. Jimmi is preoccupied by preparations for a big court case he has to give evidence in. Simon is put out Cherry has made plans for a night out with Michelle without consulting him.


Through A Glass Darkly
Tuesday 6th July 2010

Peter Verdon (30s) prepares breakfast for his daughter Becky (6) while his wife Erica (20s) talks on the phone. Stressed by the conversation she angrily shouts at Becky when she tries to show her a drawing. Peter pulls her up on it and she throws a bottle of water at him before walking out. Ruth is pleased to see Peter, he and Erica old friends but she hasn’t seen them in a while. Peter tries to convince Simon that there must be a physical reason for the change in Erica’s personality, but Simon can’t do much unless Erica asks for help herself. Later Peter returns with Erica and Ruth is put out by Erica’s cold response. Erica is not happy that Peter led her to believe he was ill.

Erica tells Simon that Peter accused her of having an affair with her boss, and refuses to let Simon examine her. On the way out Erica screams with fury at Peter for his deceit, and Ruth asks Simon to do something, but he calls his next patient. Ruth follows them out and sees Erica hitting Peter. Erica drives off, leaving Peter, and pulls over upset in a country lay-by when he calls her. As she reaches out for her phone her hand starts to tremble in spasm. Ruth tries to convince Simon there’s something other than marriage problems responsible for the change in Erica. She pleads with him to put his personal issues aside to consider an alternative possibility but this upsets him. Ruth goes to Peter’s house and finds him worried because he can’t get hold of Erica. He doesn’t understand how she could have changed so much. She encouraged him to quit his job to pursue his dream of being a photographer.

Erica arrives back and erupts with anger, and Peter grabs her as she lunges for Ruth. Erica locks herself in the bathroom and takes some pills. Inspired by Heston, Simon arrives and gets Erica to reveal she’s been taking weight loss medication she bought on the internet. The tablets she’s been taking has been withdrawn from sale because of serious side effects. Erica suddenly collapses in a seizure. When she recovers she reveals she got included more at work when she started to loose weight and it made her feel good. Peter is upset she felt she couldn’t talk to him. They thank Ruth for her help.

Simon arrives late for work and Ruth is concerned about him. After her disastrous staff chats, Julia tasks Heston with talking to Simon and Daniel to Zara. Zara resists Daniel’s attempts to get her to open up, and refuses his offer of dinner as she’s going to a wedding. When he offers to accompany her she inadvertently compliments him by saying she doesn’t want him to upstage the groom. Julia helps a nervous Jimmi get ready for his court case.

Even though he has more important things on his mind he finds time to help Karen practise taking blood, although she makes a fatal error and blood sprays out of Jimmi’s arm covering his clothes. Jimmi’s OCD starts to kick in and it takes Julia to sort out the mess. She sends Jimmi home to get changed and begins to wish she hadn’t encouraged Karen in the first place. Heston tries to have a chat with Simon, but Simon diverts the conversation by asking Heston’s opinion on Erica’s case.


Ties That Bind
Wednesday 7th July 2010

Linda Bolton (60s) is not best pleased with husband Neil when he presents her with just a card for their 40th wedding anniversary. The promise of a surprise present at dinner doesn’t go down too well when Linda secretly checks the post and discovers that the ‘surprise’ is a trip to the same caravan park they’ve visited every year. She moans to Cherry but Cherry is more preoccupied with Linda’s high blood pressure. Linda is full of excuses and balks at the idea of joining Cherry’s exercise class but when she jumps on the bathroom scales she realises she needs to make a change. Cherry encourages Linda at the class, but when one of the women collapses Cherry has to convince Linda to help her – which she successfully does.

When Linda returns home she hears a voicemail from daughter Chloe thanking her dad for the caravan reservation, so when Cherry drops by with a bunch of flowers to thank her, Linda is overwhelmed and decides she needs to do something different. She gets glammed up and drags Cherry off for a drink, telling Neil she’ll meet him at the restaurant later. At the bar Linda tells Cherry to make the most of her single life, so Cherry decides to make Linda appreciate what she has. They get chatting to a group of men but Linda is reluctant to join in and is soon overwhelmed by the whole environment. Mission accomplished for Cherry when Linda realises she wants to go home to Neil. Rushing through the door she sees Neil who’s surprised to see her home. He appreciates her glam appearance and nervously produces her surprise present; a trip to Paris although he wasn’t sure if she would like it? Linda is overwhelmed and gives Neil a big kiss of thanks!

Zara is surprised to see friend Tony (30s) freaking out on his wedding day. He begs her to help him but she dismisses his medical concerns as a case of cold feet. Tony is relieved it’s nothing serious but when Zara starts to question his feelings he starts to have serious doubts. As Zara goes on about the commitment a marriage entails Tony starts to panic and begs Zara for help but doesn’t expect her solution which is to kiss Tony in full view of Sam (40s). Sam is distraught and looks to Tony for answers but Zara butts in and tells Sam that Tony doesn’t want to get married.

After Sam has left it’s evident that Tony is having second thoughts and accuses Zara of taking his doubts out of context; he wants the wedding back on and it’s her job to sort it out. But when Zara spots Sam with another man she reveals the discovery to Tony but he laughs it off and reveals the man is Sam’s brother. He’s had enough of Zara and tells her to go but Zara won’t give up. She makes Sam listen to her and admits that it was her fault the wedding got called off; she misinterpreted wedding day nerves for a more serious problem. Zara reunites the happy couple and manages to salvage the wedding; acting as witness alongside Sam’s brother Toby.


Who’s Coming To Dinner
Thursday 8th July 2010

Pre-op transsexual Sarah Stainton (44) and Elaine Stainton (44) are looking forward to meeting their daughter’s fiancé and parents for the first time. Heston is a huge fan of Sarah’s as she is a renowned writer of historical mysteries. Sarah wants to have the operation as soon as possible but is taking it slowly for his wife Elaine.

Sarah and Elaine are discussing what dresses to wear to the dinner when their daughter Vicky arrives home. She is delighted to see her mum but can barely look at her dad in a dress. Vicky drops the bombshell - she wants her dad to meet her fiancé in a suit as he doesn’t know the truth about Sarah. Sarah and Elaine arrive at the hotel and Sarah is becoming increasingly uncomfortable in her suit. Startled to see Heston who is at the hotel for a wine tasting event, Sarah runs off to their room. Elaine talks to Heston about what its like to be with Sarah, and Sarah returns from the room, still with the suit on for Vicky. As they wait for Vicky and Tony she grows more uneasy, but when they arrive its Elaine who is unable to take any more and runs out.

Sarah catches up with her but is interrupted by Vicky who tells her to leave. Vicky criticises Sarah, but Elaine defends her, telling Vicky Sarah put on the suit for her even though it was torture. They arrive back to the hotel room and a horrified Elaine finds Sarah contemplating throwing herself off the balcony. Heston is summonsed from the wine tasting. Vicky is distraught blaming herself and Elaine has to reveal its not the first time Sarah contemplated suicide. Heston helps Sarah see that she has come too far to die as a man. He talks her down from the railings. Grateful for his help Sarah promises to dedicate her next novel to Heston. Sarah thinks Elaine should leave and find someone else. Elaine is unsure how either of them will feel after the transition but promises to support Sarah. Vicky returns with a dress for Sarah to wear.

Karen is still feeling terrible about what happened with Jimmi and drives him mad trying to make it up to him. Thankfully he made it to court in time. Zara and Daniel make fun of Karen. Jimmi amazes Karen by trusting her again to take blood from him. It all goes well and Jimmi suggest she needs to find more volunteers to practice on. Curious about the wedding, Daniel questions Zara but isn’t happy when she infers a liaison with the groom’s brother. Julia invites Simon to supper the following day, which he accepts, but worries she wants to make him one of her causes when he finds out he is the only guest.


Tuning In The Shine
Friday 9th July 2010

Melissa Wise (26) and her partner Ryan Thomas (27) are getting ready for a wedding. She scolds him when he nearly wakes their baby Sammy. Melissa takes a call and excitedly tells Ryan the big hotel she wanted has had a cancellation so they can get married in a couple of weeks! Ryan is upset she didn’t consult him, and her father’s offer of financial help upsets him further. Imogen arrives to babysit and clocks the tension between them but says nothing. She listens to Sammy’s contented breathing on the baby monitor and settles down to her books. Ryan knocks back the booze at the wedding reception and Melissa feels sorry for the bride and her budget wedding.

Suddenly Melissa announces to the room the date for her and Ryan’s wedding and invites everyone. Ryan tells everyone Melissa is mistaken and then drags her outside. They arrive home mid argument with Melissa thinking Ryan is seeing someone else. Ryan retreats to Sammy’s room and Imogen goes to speak to him but he misunderstands and tries to kiss her. Back downstairs Imogen is torn over whether to tell Melissa but she is so upset she can’t bring herself to. Imogen offers to give Sammy his bottle and take him upstairs. She finds Ryan packing a bag to leave but he won’t listen to her pleas to stay. When she returns to Melissa Imogen overhears Ryan on the baby monitor talking to Sammy. He loves them both but doesn’t feel he will ever be good enough.

Imogen gives the baby monitor to Melissa who listens to what Ryan is saying. Melissa pleads with him to stay, when suddenly Imogen rushes in to get them to come upstairs as something is wrong with Sammy. Imogen keeps her head while Melissa and Ryan crumble. She remembers what Karen said and uses a glass to test the rash. It goes but Imogen thinks they need to get him checked by a doctor. Ryan and Melissa come to a decision to stay together but slow things down and postpone the wedding. Karen is really proud of Imogen when she takes a call from Melissa that Sammy is alright.

Karen wants Imogen to do a favour for her but she is unavailable as she is babysitting Sammy. She draws a blank with Jack as well. Daniel is missing Izzie who is on holiday with her mum. He tries to get someone to go out with that evening but no one is available and even Jimmi bails on him. Ruth and Cherry are shocked by a racy fan letter for Daniel. Ruth lets slip that something happened between her and Daniel and desperate to find out more Cherry makes her promise to a night out at the Icon. Daniel arrives at the Icon and is delighted to overhear Ruth and Cherry having a conversation about his prowess in the bedroom and more so when Cherry admits to fancying him! Simon and Julia have a lovely meal but Simon gets angry when he feels she starts to give him the third degree.


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