Jac's back! HOLBY CITY thread (no spoilers, please)

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New thread for us to discuss all things Holby.

@ChoccyJules

I was also confused by the Dom and Ange interaction: when she said your Mum would be proud of you I thought she meant Carol and was pushing him away.

Ah I thought she was acknowledging that he sees Carol had his mum

Re Dom and Ange - she’s not the greatest actress, so it was kind of hard to work out what she meant by that. It seemed really offhand to me.
And the scene with Josh - can we say “total lack of chemistry” and “no way do they fancy each other”?

I did think it was funny that when they were all paged to an emergency, Josh put on a pale cream coat. Given there was a high possibility of blood, puke etc, that seemed more than a bit dense. But Josh has never struck me as the smartest chap.

Could someone help please. Where was Joseph? I loved Anton Meyer. A bit disappointed he didn’t turn up.

Ah I thought she was acknowledging that he sees Carol had his mum in a day when he'd spent all shift saying "Mummy do you love me" to her. Poor Dom

Found it. ‘You are not meant to know - in the ambulance….’

The UK transplant association have said on fb and twitter that there were a huge amount of people signing up to the organ donation register after last night’s episode.

Death obviously had to be quiet because resuscitation etc may well have damaged the organs so the transplant story couldn’t have played out.

TBH though I didn’t like that the heart went to someone in the hospital, or that the names of the recipients would be read out to her friends and family. That’s just not how organ donation works, and the idea that someone would be given a heart from someone who just happened to die in the same hospital, and was a member of staff no less, is just totally unrealistic.

But it did raise the profile of organ donation so swings and roundabouts.

@TrashyPanda

Another one who didn’t like what they did to Henrik.

I liked the “quiet” death. It’s realistic. It’s how many people would like to go - peacefully. It was a dignified end for Jac.

“Nothing in (her) life became (her) like the leaving of it”

Nikki’s breakdown was great acting.

Yip totally, Nikki started me, loved her.

or that the names of the recipients would be read out to her friends and family they weren't read out to her friends, Angel Jac read them out to us

But yes the "oh look, you're here, top of the register and a match, hope you skipped lunch!" stuff always annoys me.

@SleepingStandingUp

But yes the "oh look, you're here, top of the register and a match, hope you skipped lunch!" stuff always annoys me.

But that’s typical Holby. There is always someone in the hospital who is an exact match.

I wouldn’t mind watching it from the beginning again.

But yes the "oh look, you're here, top of the register and a match, hope you skipped lunch!" stuff always annoys me. not least because the call to transplant and going to the theatre actually takes hours, and even when you’re called there are usually two other recipients who are also called and only then is it established whether the match is ok or not. They don’t just pitch up and say “you’re an exact match let’s pop off to theatre.” Most transplant patients will get a false call at some point, not that all do, but if they’re going to promote organ donation they should at least do it properly.

it's an entertainment show, not a fly on the wall documentary. It would be pretty dull if they showed all the dull minutiae.

In the past they have shown transplant patients being called in and then turned away when the organ goes elsewhere instead though. Always for dramatic effect of course.

@AlternativePerspective

But yes the "oh look, you're here, top of the register and a match, hope you skipped lunch!" stuff always annoys me. not least because the call to transplant and going to the theatre actually takes hours, and even when you’re called there are usually two other recipients who are also called and only then is it established whether the match is ok or not. They don’t just pitch up and say “you’re an exact match let’s pop off to theatre.” Most transplant patients will get a false call at some point, not that all do, but if they’re going to promote organ donation they should at least do it properly.

I think they did promote it properly. Not realistically of course because their hands are tied in terms of what they can fit into an episode. The message is the same though, about organ donation and that it the important factor. There are other medical programs that show real life and will follow such things through each step but for a TV drama I think HC absolutely nailed the message.

It was a great ending.

Classic Holby is on every week day on the Drama channel. It's a shame the current one had to end but I thought it was well done. I think it's 2011 on the Classic one so quite a few episodes to watch. I like seeing current characters who sometimes only had bit parts then but who became regular characters.

@HalleLouja Tbf it was a general bitch. Greys Anantomy does it too.

Proper ugly crying here. Wish they'd pulled the plug on Casualty instead of Jac.

I woke up this morning and I had no idea what day it was. I automatically thought 'Has Holby been on yet this week? No. Oh bugger - it must be Monday', and it was a good few minutes before I realised it was actually Thursday. It's been such a fixture for so long - the week feels shapeless without it :(