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

[AnImaginaryCat]

New thread. New era. New series.

He would still be just Dylan, even if he were autistic.

Yes I know but it's just my opinion

Personally I think it’s quite a clever way to bring the fact that Dylan does present as autistic into the story, although clearly not in a good way for the character. I wonder where it will go.

I’m the mother of two fantastic children who are funny and clever and quirky and kind, and also autistic.

I remember doing a course on autism and the trainer did say many highly intelligent people are on the spectrum somewhere. So Dylan could be but he could also just be like he is.

I wasn’t paying enough attention last week but did Dylan cover for a mistake that the Dr who had lost his dad ? That resulted in them dying ? Or was it genuinely missed ? I wasn’t quite sure.

Genuinely missed but may have been found if they had done a scan that Rash wanted to do but Dylan said wasn't needed, I think.

I kept saying to my DH last night “ Who would want to do this job ? “ All the layers of pressure and hassle at every turn . Not to mention all the vomit 🤮

What happened last week was that Rash wanted to scan a patient that he was concerned about but Dylan said it wasn’t necessary. As a result a problem was missed which then caused the patient to die.

It wasn’t that anybody did anything wrong as such, just that if Dylan had agreed to scan the patient as requested by Rash then it was unlikely he would have died.

I imagine that Rash was left feeling very dismissed and guilty about the avoidable death, and Dylan also felt guilty that he hadn’t taken Rash’s concerns seriously and the patient died as a result.

Also that the issue was very rare, so Dylan took the view that most doctors would have taken based on the patient’s symptoms, which was to wait and see. This is every doctor’s nightmare really, as pragmatically they have to go with the most obvious approach rather than throw in every test going in case.

I remember there being a storyline where he fell out with his dad because of his autism.

No you're thinking of his OCD
Dylan and autism have never been mentioned in the show before. Only on here

Not before yesterday anyway

It’s definitely been hinted at over the years, I remember when he was treating an autistic patient and was the only one who understood her - He referred to himself as Neurodivergent to Zoe in the same episode..

Not just on here to be fair. I think the idea that Dylan could well be autistic has been discussed in a lot of places.

Well ok sorry for putting just on here 🤣
I can't read everywhere 🤣

Which episode was the one about him saying he's neurodivergent?
I want to watch it now

Don't ever remember him saying that

I don't recall that either.

However (having just done this) I don't suggest you google "Dylan casualty autistic" together to find the episode it might have been. It throws up a spoiler.

Well don't, unless of cause you want a spoiler!!

I thought something had been mentioned along these lines before but OCD would make sense

Thanks

I've googled already 🤣 but not found any spoilers mind.
There's nothing official saying Dylan's left. Just loads of reporting about the content of last night's episode. Which leads me to believe he's not truly left

Yes there was a whole storyline around his OCD (and it definitely said he had a diagnosis for that,)

Unless there's something else you're referring to that I've missed

hello casualty fans. I have a weird question - I don’t watch casualty. Has there been a scene in this new series where an ambulance gets held up by a black car that won’t get out of the way at all?

Sorry, didn’t mean to sound pedantic! It was more just that it’s not just the opinion of the specific posters on here; the character reads as autistic to a lot of viewers clearly.

There was one a while back where the ambulance could not leave the site(prison?) with the patient.

Oh, could be. Do you know when that was or else happened in the episode? Must have been after the end of January.