Doctors: 12th > 16th July 2010 - Episode guide

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Gibberish
Monday 12th July 2010

Julia finds her neighbour Lorna Robson (70) wandering around her garden without a coat on. It’s clear to Julia that Lorna is suffering from some form of dementia. Lorna’s daughter Gill Ferry and her husband Bob Ferry are discussing their plans for the day, Gill has a doctors appointment while Bob is doing some DIY. Julia takes Lorna home as she talks about her husband as if he’s still alive. As Julia leaves Lorna’s, she spots a middle age man letting himself into Lorna’s house. Gill sees Lorna and is alarmed that she’s has been out of the house. Lorna tells Gill that Julia took her home and Gill goes to thank Julia for her help. Julia offers to fix some lunch for Lorna while Gill goes for an appointment, and reassures Julia the man she saw is a friendly neighbour who keeps an eye on Lorna.

Julia takes lunch to Lorna and finds out she has a man visitor called Anthony who she’s keeping secret from her daughter. Gill tells Julia that Anthony was her dad and he died four years previously. Gill returns home and tells Bob what happened with Lorna, and suggests putting Lorna in a care home, but Bob talks her out of it. Julia sees a man go into Lorna’s house but when she goes to investigate Lorna won’t let her in. Julia looks in the window and sees Lorna and the man kissing. Lorna is excited as she thinks they are getting married. Julia calls Gill and they go to Lorna’s and are horrified to discover Lorna’s fancy man is Bob! Bob tries to talk his way out of it but Lorna confirms their worst fear. A devastated Gill calls the police as Bob rushes out of the house.

Karen wakes a furious Rob up by trying to find a vein in his arm to practice taking blood. She later tries to convince Jack to let her practice on him. Jack is horrified and tries to escape from Karen and is saved when Imogen returns home and agrees to take his place. Karen goes a bit over the top and Rob is gobsmacked to find Imogen blissed out and Karen taking still taking blood from her. Imogen thinks it’s cool and wants the blood for an art project. Cherry tries to get Michelle excited about her 30th birthday, but Michelle doesn’t want to talk about it. She later opens up to Heston about how bad she’s feeling about her birthday and feels her life is passing her by. Later Heston hands Michelle a piece of paper with an appointment he’s made for her which could be life changing! Julia tries to apologise to Simon after their disastrous meal, but Simon shuts her out. Daniel unsettles Cherry and piques Jimmy’s curiosity by being unusually nice to Cherry.


Miss Pringle Investigates
Tuesday 13th July 2010

Charlie comes to the rescue of inquisitive septuagenarian Elsie Pringle (78) after she falls, and as she explains to him that she believes her neighbour has gone missing, much to Elsie’s irritation, they’re interrupted by the buxom housing manager Lara Preston (35). Elsie believes Lara is responsible for her neighbour’s disappearance but Charlie is reluctant to help her investigate. Later as the apartment is emptied Elsie slips inside in search of her neighbour and when she hears Lara approaching she has to hide. She calls a speechless Charlie for help as she is now in the back of the ‘loot van’! When she reaches a warehouse she calls him again and asks him to come and get her. Feeling guilty Charlie finds her but brings reinforcements in the form of Rob. Rob cynically tells Charlie that Elsie is a bit of a regular, you name it she’s reported it!

When they find Elsie, she’s convinced that Lara has killed her neighbour Harry and stolen his antique furniture, and Rob asks Charlie to take her home; he’ll come and see her later. However Elsie is stumped when, as she gets home, Harry comes up and introduces himself. Inside Elsie is about to give up but spots Lara and Harry talking outside, Harry gives Lara something shiny. Meanwhile Charlie is taking pictures of Lara from Elsie’s front room - admiring her from afar! When Rob comes to question Elsie it transpires there were stolen goods in the van after all. Elsie is adamant that Lara is involved but has no proof, and suddenly remembers Charlie’s photo’s in which Rob recognises Harry as a well known fence. Lara is arrested and Elsie proven right all along.

In spite of Immie and Rob’s cynicism Karen insists Jack has a surprise 19th birthday party, however Immie’s ears prick up when Karen mentions inviting Jack’s old friend (and Immie’s first crush) Gaz. Karen then ends up having to bribe Jack to have ‘birthday tea’ with the family the next day. After their invitation to the party, Cherry confesses to Simon that she has a crush on Jimmi but wonders if he feels the same way? Michelle visits Housman Ward where she’s shown around by Major Anna Rudolf. It’s a lot to take in but Michelle is confident she can cope until she bumps into amputee Andy Millet (18), ramming his wheelchair into a door in frustration.

His absolute rage throws Michelle, who tries every which way to talk to Andy but nothing seems to help and his confrontational manner scares Michelle who’s only rescued by the arrival of Anna. Anna is disappointed when Michelle is tempted to give up so easily; she thought she was made of stronger stuff? Just as Michelle is about to leave Andy finds her and apologises – he has down days sometimes but don’t let that put her off.


Some Like It Hot
Wednesday 14th July 2010

Rob is narked when Karen phones him from work checking if he’s fired up the barbecue yet – he insists it’s all under control as he returns to his beer and paper. Immie mocks Rob’s ignorant view of the art world as they decorate the garden, and when Jack turns up they have to tell him about the party and Rob has to put his fatherly foot down to make sure Jack attends! When Immie realises that Gaz will be coming she’s desperate to find the right outfit and Cherry helps her out. Heston and Immie catch up over her art, and Immie drags him inside when she sees Gaz arrive. Rob is annoyed when he finds them talking together.

Meanwhile Gaz and Jack catch up, things are awkward as they find they’re now very different people. Gaz has signed up for the army and is soon leaving for Afghanistan and Immie is devastated to hear the news. They poignantly say their goodbyes. Cherry is gutted when Jimmi has to dash off to the police station and might not be able to make the party – Simon mocks her! At the party the punch gets stronger and stronger, and Cherry and Julia indulge! Naturally Charlie takes the opportunity to stalk Julia but Heston plays protector however Julia still manages to fall into a plant pot!

Jimmi’s evening at the station goes from bad to worse. He tries to send a message to Cherry but is distracted. Back at the party Cherry is disappointed that she has no news from Jimmi, and when Simon goes home early, Cherry says Heston will give her a lift home. Jimmi does manage to leave Cherry a message but Daniel has stolen her phone to take a photo. The gang all leave worse for wear barring Heston! Dawn breaks over the next morning and Cherry wakes with a stonking hangover in a strange bedroom, her clothes strewn across the room, but worse still Daniel sits on the bed half naked next to her… ‘Morning’….

Michelle and Ruth tell Karen they won’t be able to make the barbecue because they have plans. They go to The Icon where Michelle confesses to Ruth she’s not sure whether to take the attachment to Housman or not. Ruth’s worried Michelle might leave The Mill and is almost reassured that Michelle is so doubtful, but she can see how much the place has got under her skin. Ruth encourages Michelle to go for it; she has so much to offer the soldiers, and Michelle is convinced.


Nappy Rash
Thursday 15th July 2010

As her embarrassed husband Milo (50) watches on, Iris Millard (50) has her binoculars set on neighbour Maggie Lenton (50) as she carries boxes of baby products into her house. Seeing Zara arrive Iris dashes to intercept her and tells her she is Maggie. A furious Zara – unintentionally helped by Milo - soon discovers that Iris is trying to get medical information about Maggie. Iris insists that Maggie is running an unlicensed nursery for illegal immigrants and wants Zara to investigate, but she gives her short shrift! Zara goes to see the real Maggie and is furious that she’s called her out for her psoriasis on her elbow, but she’s intrigued to see Milo there too.

Back at home Milo insists to Iris that it’s all in her head, but it’s clear who wears the trousers in their marriage. He does convince her to go and see her sister as she had planned though, and he’ll keep an eye out. However when Iris returns she sees ‘activity’ behind Maggie’s curtains, and when she hears babies crying she calls Zara and blackmails her into coming over. They enter Maggie’s house to discover her dressed as a nanny and three grown men, including Milo, dressed up as babies! Iris is fuming but Zara sees no harm in it as it’s amongst consenting adults and tells Iris to live a little and Milo to get some backbone. He does and ends up moving out and after Maggie the nanny speaks goes to stay next door!

Cherry wakes with a banging hangover and is utterly devastated to find her clothes strewn around the room and Daniel half naked with a wicked grin across his face! Mortified she has no memory of the night before, Daniel teases her by giving nothing away. Cherry’s devastation continues as she bumps into Jimmi as she’s desperately trying to leave the house. He assumes her presence there is innocent until he sees Daniel looking smug. At The Mill Cherry tries to keep her head low and Jimmi chastises Ruth for gossiping. Cherry confides in Simon that she has no memory of what happened, and he tells her she should just ask Daniel. Meanwhile Charlie is probing Daniel for all the gossip and Daniel divulges nothing, but they’re overheard by a fuming Zara and Jimmi.

Later Cherry cautiously approaches Daniel and he’s about to tell her what did or didn’t happen, until he sees her repulsion at the idea of sleeping with him, so decides to give nothing away! It’s Michelle’s first day at Housman and she puts on a brave face but can she cope? She calls Ruth later saying it’s much harder than she thought, and Ruth cheers her up with the gossip from last nights party. Later Michelle meets Chris Dunford (21), and Anna asks her to talk to him. He wants to know if he’ll walk again, and Michelle begins to get spooked again, but then starts to tell him stories about her crazy colleagues which he finds funny and comforting, and Michelle is pleased as she’s made a connection.


How Green Is Your Home?
Friday 16th July 2010

Ruth calls round to see Ed (30) who she rather fancies, and he talks her into staying and potting plants with him. She agrees to meet him for some guerrilla gardening on a strip of land by a local supermarket on her lunch break. As they’re leaving, Ed has a run in with neighbours John (38) and Debs (38) – who poke fun at his environmental convictions. Things are going well at lunch, until Debs and John emerge from the supermarket. After another volley of exchanges, John ‘accidentally’ runs over the plants Ed has just planted as he drives off. Passing John and Debs house on the way home, Ruth is shocked as Ed lets down their tyres.

Realising who it was, John storms round to Ed’s to confront him; Ed’s a fool, he doesn’t fit in, he should mind his own business, and then he shoves Ed to the ground. Out of frustration Ed punches the shed and injures his hand. Ruth takes him to the Mill and Michelle and Julia comment on how good looking he is. Ruth blushes as she agrees to go on a picnic with him that evening, and Ed picks her up on a tandem, and the pair wobble off for their picnic. But when Ed sees John and Debs drive past loaded down with rubbish, he decides to tail them, and sees them fly tipping. Ed borrows Ruth’s camera phone and brazenly films them, and Debs gets worried as she could lose her job with the council if the video gets out.

John tries to force Ed to hand the phone over, but Ruth takes it and stands her ground – if John doesn’t leave them alone, she’ll call the police. After they’ve left, Ruth confronts Ed about is actions – does he really think this is the right way to go about change. Why doesn’t he concentrate on like minded people? Ed considers this, before announcing her words have given him the push he needed – he’s moving to Devon to join a green commune. Does she want to join him? Ruth is sad that he’s going, but knows it’s the right thing for him. Perhaps she could come to visit.

At Housman, Anna encourages Michelle to talk to Chris again as he seems to like her. Chris is pleased to see her, until she mentions Jess, a medic travelling with his platoon who was brought in injured at the same time as him. Chris shrinks back into his shell , and is unresponsive to Michelle’s leg tests. Later, Chris, tells Michelle what happened to Jess; he was running to get help for her after bandaging the wounds as best he could, and that’s when he was caught in the explosion. Michelle tells him he sounds like a hero. Back at the Mill, confronted by an all over the place Cherry, she tells her to give it a rest and tells her about Chris. Cherry gets the point. Later Michelle tells Julia she’s never felt so challenged. At Houseman we see Chris in bed, watching as he carefully moves his foot from side to side, but when Anna arrives and asks if he’s had any joy yet, Chris says no. Cherry is in such a tizzy that she makes a minor mistake and Zara calls her incompetent, which makes her cry.

Simon confronts Daniel and asks if he really slept with Cherry because she’s in a right state and it’s affecting her work. Daniel realises he’s gone too far and tells Cherry the truth – she was far too drunk and despite her lurching efforts, he simply put her to bed and slept in the spare room. At the end of the day Jimmi has a word with Daniel. He’s going away for the weekend, and he’d like Daniel to be out of the house by the time he gets back - its about time Daniel got his own place. Astonished Daniel asks if its because of the other night, but Jimmi says he’s not overjoyed at meeting Daniel’s latest conquests in the kitchen the morning after, and why can’t he stop behaving like a med student? Is he working his way round the practice – is Karen next?! Daniel is peeved and asks if Jimmi is jealous? Jimmi goes cold and simply replies, as he said, out by Sunday night, and leaves.


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