BBC CASUALTY: He's gone and we just move on (no notice needed)

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New thread. New era. New series.

Double bill next Saturday.

I was disappointed with Charliexit. I hope Zoe stays.

She's not staying

I found it underwhelming.

Ffs. He's still alive

He will come back

They should have killed him off

I'm glad they didn't kill Charlie off but I was disappointed in the ending. I wish they'd found to weave some of the early episodes into it. Casualty was so gritty back in those days. I'd have liked a reminder of them.

Yes I thought that, there's so much old footage, there was no need to get someone to play him to make up a storyline.

I wonder if they can use old footage, given that they’re being shown on UKTV (Drama? Play?) these days. Does selling the rights to show them mean they couldn’t use them? I have no idea, I’m just speculating.

I quite liked being underwhelmed by a gentle, positive departure for a change. Too much depressing, gritty tv around these days, and I get enough overwhelmingness in real life 😂

At least he got a send off !
I was a bit "concerned" at one point that he would just walk out the doors ...with a whimsical look over his shoulder!😅

I'm sure when he announced he was retiring from Casualty, in real life, there was a massive thing in the press that it was going to be a huge story line, one that people wouldn't see coming, he was going out with a bang... Well, I think that was a whimper more than anything. It all seemed rushed/hastily thrown together. And also totally unbelievable!
And it was also said that it would be in 2 years time! (This was last year sometime)
So I've no idea what happened there?

I think Casualty has lost its appeal over the last couple of years. I always watch it, but I'm always disappointed, because it's lacking something and I don't know what.

Yeah it needed to be HUGE not a alright see ya bye.

I'm really glad he didn't go out with a bang. I really wanted him to retire and not have some incredibly dramatic death.

I assume the bang was the accident in the first half. We don’t get many of those.

The trouble with art (and I use the term very loosely, in the sense of all entertainment is art - even Gladiators or TOWIE or…) is that it’s subjective and everyone is looking for something slightly different from it. Or, you can’t please all the people, all the time.

I was thinking that Casualty has been in one of its better phases lately. Any long running show will wax and wane a bit, but there have been some strong storylines and some engaging cast members, and it’s generally been hitting the mark as much as it ever has, for me.

As much as I’ll expect to see Charlie popping up whenever DT gets bored, his exit was very much in the Casualty vibe. They do like the occasional soppy ending, between the miserable ones, and the daft “just walking out with no notice” exits. And we got a nice big explosion to start it all off. Classic Casualty.

And we got a nice big explosion to start it all off. Classic Casualty.

But it was also classic Casualty in that we started with a kid and a toy ambulance, and we thought he'd get run over, but he was merely the catalyst for all the drivers crashing into each other, and a drug dealer trying to escape, causing the explosion, rather than stories about the hospital staff.

Surely the drama was him nearly dying? I think the low key exit was in keeping with his character.

I mean, I thought rather a lot of it was fixated on staff storylines (as, in my opinion, it always has been, and I’m fine with that), but yes - the kid and his toy ambulance was a lovely set up for a “it’s going to go bang but how?!” moment in the classic Casualty style.

Agree that they should have used actual casualty footage for the flashbacks rather than the far fetched little stevie bollocks.

The whole program needs to go back to the wobbly ladder/stick caught in a combine harvester/abandoned factory patient centred story lines, no one cares about the staff dramas even if they are massively cheaper to film.

Has anyone watched tonight? Who are all these people?! Did I blink and miss introductions 🤣

I feel I’ve jumped forward and missed 3 episodes or something

They always do that! It's so weird

The new consultant is from Waterloo Road.

Oh hang on there’s 2 episodes on iPlayer for the new series so potentially I have skipped one by accident 😳🙄🫣

i am so confused - was it a double bill tonight? Or did I miss one last week?!

Anyway, I quite like new consultant - he’s all calm and measured a bit like Dylan.

Also brief explanation of why cousin is there, so that’s good.

🤣

Double bill this evening

Double bill this evening and due to a comment the new Consultant made, it’s been over a month since Charlie left, hence the new faces.

I really enjoyed both episodes.

Except for Rida……I can’t put my finger on it but I just don’t like her character 🤷‍♀️