A Life Less Ordinary

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05'There's someone so fragile relying on me.

0:00:05 > 0:00:08'She knows nothing of who I am.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11'That I...'

0:00:13 > 0:00:16That I run and I hide

0:00:16 > 0:00:19because that's what's in me, Charlie.

0:00:19 > 0:00:24- We can keep visiting her as long as she's in here.- I can't.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27Today, I will see my real mum for the first time.

0:00:27 > 0:00:31'I will find out if my brother is actually my real brother.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34'Chorea movements, dystonia, her speech.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36'She's got Huntington's, Charlie.'

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Yeah, 50-50 chance she's passed it on, isn't there?

0:01:21 > 0:01:23SIREN WAILS

0:01:44 > 0:01:46TYRES SQUEAL

0:01:55 > 0:01:58HORN BLARES

0:02:00 > 0:02:03HORN BLARES

0:02:05 > 0:02:07TYRES SQUEAL

0:02:09 > 0:02:12HORN BLARES

0:02:40 > 0:02:43HE GASPS

0:03:14 > 0:03:17HE SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN

0:03:17 > 0:03:19I'm going to try and help you.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26Where is she?

0:03:28 > 0:03:30HE REPLIES IN RUSSIAN

0:03:30 > 0:03:31Speak English.

0:03:33 > 0:03:35Hold this.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Press hard. Harder!

0:03:38 > 0:03:41Tell me where she is!

0:03:43 > 0:03:45She's gone.

0:03:48 > 0:03:50Hey, hey. Come on, stay with me.

0:03:50 > 0:03:53Stay with me, stay with me.

0:03:53 > 0:03:54Stay with me! Come on!

0:03:54 > 0:03:55Come on.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59Come on! Come on, come on.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01HE PANTS

0:04:01 > 0:04:03Come on! Hey! Come on, stay with me.

0:04:05 > 0:04:07HE PANTS

0:04:19 > 0:04:22FAINT KNOCKING

0:05:03 > 0:05:07Lofty, we're going to need another high-sensitivity troponin

0:05:07 > 0:05:09for Mr Chest Pains in cubicle four, please.

0:05:09 > 0:05:12The bruiser with needle phobia who tried to break my arm?

0:05:12 > 0:05:14That's the one.

0:05:16 > 0:05:19You couldn't sling up a litre of dextrose up in cubicle two, could you?

0:05:19 > 0:05:22You won't catch me with a hangover.

0:05:22 > 0:05:23My body's a temple this year.

0:05:23 > 0:05:25Lean, mean, nursing machine.

0:05:25 > 0:05:28He reckons he's giving up chocolate and alcohol for the year.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31I've got a tenner on the fact that he'll only last a week.

0:05:33 > 0:05:35That's not like you.

0:05:35 > 0:05:39Fumbling bloods, and giving your patient another dose of hell.

0:05:39 > 0:05:41Aw, Lofty's not that bad.

0:05:41 > 0:05:42Cal...

0:05:43 > 0:05:47Listen, I miss Matilda as well...

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Look, Ethan. I'm fine.

0:05:49 > 0:05:50OK?

0:05:52 > 0:05:54I'm moving on.

0:05:54 > 0:05:55You should try to as well.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57(OK.)

0:06:04 > 0:06:08So, it's not just me getting the cold shoulder, then.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13Rang you all over Christmas. You couldn't return one call?

0:06:14 > 0:06:16I've been busy, Charlie,

0:06:16 > 0:06:19and I've got stuff on my mind, all right?

0:06:31 > 0:06:34I have seen this situation, known people...

0:06:34 > 0:06:36No, you've known patients,

0:06:36 > 0:06:39strangers just passing through for a few hours.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44You've got no idea, Charlie. How could you, possibly?

0:06:46 > 0:06:48So let's not do this, all right?

0:06:48 > 0:06:51Have you told him?

0:06:54 > 0:06:58- What, and ruin the start of his new year?- Cal...

0:07:02 > 0:07:05- LOFTY:- I'm just going to take some bloods.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Right, Mrs Thompson.

0:07:11 > 0:07:13Oh, Evelyn, please. Nice to meet you.

0:07:14 > 0:07:18It's all right, I have used the hand wash.

0:07:20 > 0:07:24Hester Price. I've brought all Evie's medications.

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Whoo! Did you rob a pharmacy?

0:07:27 > 0:07:31Well, I can e-mail a full list, with all dosages, etc,

0:07:31 > 0:07:33if that would help?

0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Not as much fun.- Yeah, but it would save me a few days. Thank you.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39At first, I thought it was a pulled muscle.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41From Pilates.

0:07:41 > 0:07:45And then it shifted and I thought, well, maybe it's a hernia.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49Any weakness in the legs?

0:07:49 > 0:07:52It's only my polymyalgia, and that's completely burnt out.

0:07:52 > 0:07:54That's my miracle.

0:07:54 > 0:07:56I used to take lots of steroids...

0:07:56 > 0:07:59It's left her with huge muscle weakness.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02Does that stop you from lifting your legs?

0:08:02 > 0:08:03It usually does.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06If Mrs Thompson could answer the questions...

0:08:08 > 0:08:11Can you get her sat up, please, Lofty?

0:08:11 > 0:08:13Oh...

0:08:13 > 0:08:17Oh, it's so nice having a man for a nurse.

0:08:17 > 0:08:20It makes complete sense, too, with the lifting.

0:08:20 > 0:08:22Haven't you got beautiful eyes?

0:08:24 > 0:08:26Can we try again?

0:08:27 > 0:08:29SHE GASPS

0:08:31 > 0:08:35- It's gone sort of numb. - What, in both?- Hmm.

0:08:36 > 0:08:41- Right, can you try your right leg? - No, I can't! I-I can't!

0:08:41 > 0:08:44But you can't anyway, Evie.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46Sometimes I can.

0:08:46 > 0:08:47Which is it?

0:08:54 > 0:08:55Right, um...

0:08:57 > 0:08:58What about incontinence?

0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Have you...- Oh... No.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07OK.

0:09:07 > 0:09:08I'll be right back.

0:09:16 > 0:09:18Who rattled his cage today?

0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Cal...- I know, I know.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30There's some sort of old biddy's charter that gives them

0:09:30 > 0:09:32the right to prattle on endlessly

0:09:32 > 0:09:34while patients are dying all around.

0:09:34 > 0:09:37- No, actually, Cal... - HESTER COUGHS

0:09:37 > 0:09:39..Hester wanted a word with you.

0:09:42 > 0:09:46Evie was too embarrassed to tell you, but last night, she...

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Well... This would never, ever happen normally.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53What are we talking about, exactly?

0:09:55 > 0:09:57Ah! Incontinence?

0:09:57 > 0:09:59Yes.

0:09:59 > 0:10:01Right. Thank you.

0:10:01 > 0:10:05- CT, please, Robyn. - Why? Why is this such a big worry?

0:10:05 > 0:10:07I'll discuss it with you both.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Please don't tell Evie your worries until you're sure.

0:10:09 > 0:10:12She needs to know exactly what's happening to her.

0:10:12 > 0:10:15Why upset her about something that may not happen?

0:10:15 > 0:10:18I am sorry. Are you Mrs Thompson's next of kin?

0:10:18 > 0:10:21I'm her life partner and her lover.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23I know her inside out, so please allow me

0:10:23 > 0:10:27- to be the judge of how she will best cope with this.- OK.

0:10:27 > 0:10:30With respect, her condition might be very serious,

0:10:30 > 0:10:33and I can't conceal important information from her, OK?

0:10:37 > 0:10:40HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Mrs Thompson, hi.

0:10:42 > 0:10:46- We're arranging an urgent CT scan for you.- But why? Hester?

0:10:46 > 0:10:48- It's all right.- Doctor...

0:10:48 > 0:10:51There's, um... There's certain conditions I'd like to eliminate.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56Is it my spine? I have read somewhere..

0:10:56 > 0:10:58The base of your spinal cord might be compressed,

0:10:58 > 0:11:01which could explain the unexpected incontinence.

0:11:01 > 0:11:03Now, if there is pressure on the nerves,

0:11:03 > 0:11:06there's an appreciable danger of paralysis,

0:11:06 > 0:11:08and we're going to have to move really fast.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11All right... All right, all right.

0:11:19 > 0:11:22In your own time, Lofty(!)

0:11:22 > 0:11:23She's terrified.

0:11:23 > 0:11:25And so is the next patient.

0:11:26 > 0:11:29She's got you, our fragrant Lofty and her bestie

0:11:29 > 0:11:32fussing and fetching tea for England.

0:11:32 > 0:11:33Hester's her partner.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36Yup. I know. And it's a beautiful thing.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38Let's get on with it, shall we?

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Oh...

0:11:51 > 0:11:54Hey-hey! It's all right. Are you OK?

0:11:54 > 0:11:56I've got that.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00I'm sorry. My partner's probably very ill,

0:12:00 > 0:12:04and she's just gone for a...a scan.

0:12:04 > 0:12:07Try not to get ahead of yourself, you're in the right place.

0:12:07 > 0:12:09SHE COUGHS AND GROANS

0:12:09 > 0:12:11That sounds rather nasty. Have you got any pain?

0:12:11 > 0:12:13- SHE GASPS - I'm a doctor.

0:12:13 > 0:12:17I... I just can't get rid... rid of this cough.

0:12:17 > 0:12:19No. OK. Why don't you let me check you over?

0:12:19 > 0:12:21No, I can't.

0:12:21 > 0:12:25- I've got to get back. - Look, I'll have a quick listen,

0:12:25 > 0:12:27we'll take you for an X-ray.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29Really, it won't take long.

0:12:29 > 0:12:30OK?

0:12:32 > 0:12:35- It's just this way.- Thank you. - All right.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38SHE MOANS SOFTLY

0:12:38 > 0:12:39I'm still here.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42SHE MUTTERS

0:12:42 > 0:12:44Nice and still.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46This shouldn't be happening...

0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54Well, that makes sense of the symptoms.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Did you measure it?- 6cm.

0:12:59 > 0:13:02- OK. Show me.- Right.

0:13:02 > 0:13:06Here, this thickening suggests it's actually been leaking already

0:13:06 > 0:13:08and then healed over.

0:13:09 > 0:13:11Good spot.

0:13:11 > 0:13:13Well, that makes for a ticking time bomb.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15And very tough for her.

0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK.

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Talk her through it gently.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27This is the cause of your pain, Hester.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29You have pleurisy.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31It's inflammation of the lung lining.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34Don't worry, rest and meds will solve that.

0:13:34 > 0:13:38- But you have also fractured a rib. - Ohh...

0:13:38 > 0:13:40Well, there's nothing to do about that, is there?

0:13:40 > 0:13:43No. Pain relief and rest.

0:13:43 > 0:13:44Oh!

0:13:44 > 0:13:46Well, right...

0:13:46 > 0:13:50Thank you very much, Doctor, you've been very kind.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52Not at all.

0:13:54 > 0:13:56Hang on just a moment.

0:13:56 > 0:13:58Sorry, Hester.

0:14:01 > 0:14:03There might be something else.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06Unfortunately, X-rays aren't the best for that sort of thing.

0:14:06 > 0:14:10If it's OK, I'd like to do a CT and take some bloods.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12There's no need.

0:14:14 > 0:14:15Do you think you can see mets?

0:14:15 > 0:14:17I'm not sure.

0:14:17 > 0:14:20I've been in remission for 12 years.

0:14:20 > 0:14:21I thought I had it beaten.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23For breast cancer?

0:14:23 > 0:14:24Hmm.

0:14:24 > 0:14:27Our GP's been treating me for a chest infection

0:14:27 > 0:14:29but I sort of knew.

0:14:30 > 0:14:32A CT will show us more.

0:14:32 > 0:14:34I can get you into an urgent clinic now.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37No, no. Thank you. No.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Gosh, I need to think this through.

0:14:40 > 0:14:44And my partner mustn't know anything at the moment, please.

0:14:44 > 0:14:46No, no, of course.

0:14:47 > 0:14:50You should share your worries with your partner, though.

0:14:50 > 0:14:53Hester, please, don't do this alone.

0:14:53 > 0:14:54Hmm.

0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Mrs Thompson, I've got the results from your CT scan.- Oh.

0:15:01 > 0:15:03No, no, not without Hester here.

0:15:03 > 0:15:04I'll go and fetch her.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07Robyn, we really shouldn't waste any more time.

0:15:07 > 0:15:10I need you to listen to me very carefully.

0:15:10 > 0:15:11Yes.

0:15:11 > 0:15:13Oh, Hester the doctor's got results.

0:15:13 > 0:15:16Maybe we're better off not knowing.

0:15:16 > 0:15:17OK. Um...

0:15:19 > 0:15:23We've found an aneurysm. It's a weakening in the wall of your aorta.

0:15:23 > 0:15:26That sounds serious.

0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Well, if the aorta were to rupture, then, um...- I'd die.

0:15:29 > 0:15:33Which is why we need the vascular surgeon to review you

0:15:33 > 0:15:35and repair it very urgently.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Evie's already had a coronary and two cardiac stents.

0:15:38 > 0:15:43At her age and with her health, surely operating is not a good idea?

0:15:43 > 0:15:46Well, um, it's all highly complex, Mrs Thompson.

0:15:48 > 0:15:52The general anaesthetic, the operation itself,

0:15:52 > 0:15:55at your age, all contain enormous uncertainty.

0:15:57 > 0:15:58But...

0:15:59 > 0:16:03..it gives you a chance you simply won't have if the aneurysm bursts,

0:16:03 > 0:16:06and it will burst, without question, very soon.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09So operating really is your only hope.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14The surgeon will be down shortly to talk to you, OK?

0:16:15 > 0:16:17Yeah...

0:16:20 > 0:16:24Hmm. This morning was just another day.

0:16:24 > 0:16:26Well, you'd had a terrible night.

0:16:26 > 0:16:28But it was over.

0:16:30 > 0:16:33And you brought me some tea and you held me,

0:16:33 > 0:16:35and we were going to do something.

0:16:35 > 0:16:38We were going to come here, and then go home...

0:16:40 > 0:16:43..finish off the bottle of red and House Of Cards.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48I'm going to leave you, Hes.

0:16:48 > 0:16:50Don't be silly.

0:16:51 > 0:16:53I'm going to die, Hester.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55No, no. He said they they can operate.

0:16:55 > 0:16:58It's all happening too quickly.

0:16:58 > 0:17:01They could put me on a trolley and wheel me away

0:17:01 > 0:17:05and we'd say goodbye, and it could be for the last time.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07I can't bear it, Hes.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09How could we let this happen?

0:17:09 > 0:17:11We won't. We won't.

0:17:11 > 0:17:14No. No! We'll say stop.

0:17:14 > 0:17:16Stop this!

0:17:16 > 0:17:20We'll say, "Thank you very much, we're going home."

0:17:20 > 0:17:23The painkillers are working so it can't be that bad.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25It's like Thelma And Louise!

0:17:25 > 0:17:29Come on, get my clothes. We can order a takeaway.

0:17:29 > 0:17:32Yes. All right. All right. We need to talk this through carefully.

0:17:42 > 0:17:44Cal, you better come. It's Evie Thompson.

0:17:44 > 0:17:48- She's dressed, and they're leaving.- What? She can't.

0:17:51 > 0:17:53I need to go home, Doctor.

0:17:53 > 0:17:56Mrs Thompson, standing up, walking, the car journey,

0:17:56 > 0:17:58they are all hugely risky.

0:17:58 > 0:18:03At our age, going to sleep at night is a risk, Doctor, believe me.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06There's no point trying to persuade her.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09- I do understand. - See, I don't think you do.

0:18:09 > 0:18:11If you knew more about it, you'd feel better.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14I can stay with you, we can answer your questions.

0:18:14 > 0:18:18No. You make a lovely nurse.

0:18:19 > 0:18:22And thank you for your time, Doctor.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Actually, there is ALWAYS a choice.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28HE SIGHS

0:18:45 > 0:18:47All right?

0:18:47 > 0:18:50Tell me...tell me honestly -

0:18:50 > 0:18:53do you see any abnormal movement?

0:18:55 > 0:18:56Stop this.

0:19:00 > 0:19:03"Insomnia, irritability, mood swings..."

0:19:05 > 0:19:09Well, now, don't mistake your own personality for symptoms.

0:19:11 > 0:19:13You are going home unwell.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16I've seen enough of this to back that up.

0:19:18 > 0:19:19You need time to think.

0:19:22 > 0:19:27Right...here's the really great thing about Huntington's.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31The test doesn't actually tell you when it's going to begin.

0:19:31 > 0:19:35So you have to just sit back and wait for it,

0:19:35 > 0:19:40and when it does finally start to demolish you, guess what?

0:19:42 > 0:19:45They have no idea how long it's going to take to finish you off.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48You are under a massive amount of stress.

0:19:48 > 0:19:49You know that.

0:19:49 > 0:19:53For you own sake and everyone else's, please just go home.

0:19:53 > 0:19:56So what, now I can't do my job?

0:19:57 > 0:20:00You didn't think to consult me before discharging Mrs Thompson?

0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Hmm?- She was adamant.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05Did you try talking to her? Try a different approach?

0:20:05 > 0:20:09She knew the score, so she made her decision, Connie.

0:20:09 > 0:20:12Helping patients achieve good endings

0:20:12 > 0:20:17is as much part of our job as saving lives, Dr Knight.

0:20:17 > 0:20:20Young or old, they can't process bad news.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23They freeze, they panic and they want to run away.

0:20:23 > 0:20:25And you have just let her do that.

0:20:25 > 0:20:30So, why don't you...ring her up

0:20:30 > 0:20:34- and apologise for your inadequate junior doctor?- Agh!

0:20:34 > 0:20:38It's not all about you And, yes, I will call her.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47Go on, Charlie. Why don't you...

0:20:48 > 0:20:51..give me some of that really great advice of yours?

0:20:57 > 0:20:58Right.

0:21:00 > 0:21:04You push off home or you get back to work.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07That's my advice.

0:21:35 > 0:21:38MUSIC IN CAR: Dancing Queen by ABBA

0:21:41 > 0:21:46# You can dance, you can jive

0:21:46 > 0:21:50# Having the time of your life... #

0:21:50 > 0:21:52MUSIC STOPS

0:21:52 > 0:21:55# ..Ba-ba-ba... #

0:21:59 > 0:22:00'My name is Luke, I'm 17 years old.

0:22:02 > 0:22:06'I live with Mum and Dad, and my mum has Huntington's disease.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08'Come on, wake up.

0:22:10 > 0:22:13'Huntington's disease is caused by a faulty gene

0:22:13 > 0:22:16'which affects the central-nervous system,

0:22:16 > 0:22:18'causing the brain cells to de-generate over time.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21'A wrong decision every now and again.'

0:22:29 > 0:22:36Right, what's next? A box set? Catch up?

0:22:36 > 0:22:38Or a movie?

0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Oh, something with gorgeous George, before he got married.- Aw.

0:22:44 > 0:22:46PHONE RINGS

0:22:46 > 0:22:48Oh... Leave it.

0:22:48 > 0:22:50Please.

0:22:52 > 0:22:55'Please leave your message after the tone.'

0:22:55 > 0:22:57ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS

0:22:57 > 0:22:58'This is Connie Beauchamp.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01'I'm lead consultant in the Emergency Department

0:23:01 > 0:23:02'at Holby City Hospital.

0:23:02 > 0:23:05'There's no gentle way to say this, Evelyn.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08'You should be in hospital where we can help you, where we can...'

0:23:08 > 0:23:10ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS

0:23:10 > 0:23:12Maybe she's right.

0:23:12 > 0:23:14But you agreed?

0:23:14 > 0:23:15But what if we're wrong?

0:23:15 > 0:23:17What if it kills me?

0:23:17 > 0:23:21I've got, what, days, months,

0:23:21 > 0:23:23maybe even a year,

0:23:23 > 0:23:27and that's time to spend together here.

0:23:27 > 0:23:30That's the only time that I want.

0:23:31 > 0:23:34We could do all the things we enjoy.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36Spend my pension.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39Drink champagne.

0:23:39 > 0:23:42Go to St Ives, stop dieting.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44Get married.

0:23:44 > 0:23:46Over my dead body.

0:23:46 > 0:23:48Which is no longer funny.

0:23:48 > 0:23:50SHE CHUCKLES

0:23:58 > 0:24:00How will you be?

0:24:00 > 0:24:03Well, your cooking was never great(!)

0:24:05 > 0:24:08There's something I need to tell you, Evie.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10Oh...

0:24:12 > 0:24:14Pour me some more.

0:24:14 > 0:24:17SHE GASPS

0:24:17 > 0:24:19Sounds serious.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21Come on, then.

0:24:21 > 0:24:23Ooh...

0:24:26 > 0:24:27Now...

0:24:31 > 0:24:33You're the love of my life, Evie.

0:24:33 > 0:24:37Oh, don't be soft. I told you, don't say things like that.

0:24:37 > 0:24:40How did it take so long for us to find each other?

0:24:40 > 0:24:42Oh, don't, love.

0:24:43 > 0:24:45You have to hold something back.

0:24:47 > 0:24:49I can't.

0:24:50 > 0:24:51And I don't want us to.

0:24:52 > 0:24:55So let's not.

0:24:56 > 0:24:59MUSIC BLARES OUT

0:25:38 > 0:25:39Hey.

0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Is this guy... - You want time with her?

0:25:43 > 0:25:45How long?

0:25:45 > 0:25:47Come on, I'll see you home.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50THEY SPEAK IN RUSSIAN

0:25:53 > 0:25:56You don't pay...you don't have.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10Hey! Here.

0:26:12 > 0:26:15- <- I want to see everybody up on the dance floor!

0:26:15 > 0:26:18- <- Join the bride and groom. Show them how it's done, people. Come on!

0:26:18 > 0:26:21MUSIC: Rocket Man by Elton John

0:26:27 > 0:26:30# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

0:26:30 > 0:26:34# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

0:26:34 > 0:26:38# I'm not the man they think I am at home

0:26:38 > 0:26:40# Oh, no, no, no

0:26:40 > 0:26:42# I'm a rocket man

0:26:44 > 0:26:49# Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

0:26:55 > 0:26:58# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

0:26:58 > 0:27:03# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

0:27:03 > 0:27:06# I'm not the man they think I am at home

0:27:06 > 0:27:08# Oh, no, no, no

0:27:08 > 0:27:11# I'm a rocket man

0:27:12 > 0:27:17# Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

0:27:20 > 0:27:24# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

0:27:27 > 0:27:31# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

0:27:35 > 0:27:38# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time... #

0:27:51 > 0:27:53HE GROANS

0:27:58 > 0:28:00Do you want me to cook?

0:28:04 > 0:28:06- What time is it?- Nine.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08Oh, I've got to work

0:28:08 > 0:28:11- But it's Saturday.- Yes, still work.

0:28:15 > 0:28:17Do you think I would do that?

0:28:23 > 0:28:25Is she yours?

0:28:26 > 0:28:28No.

0:28:30 > 0:28:33She's beautiful.

0:28:35 > 0:28:36Please don't.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45So, that guy last night, your pimp.

0:28:45 > 0:28:48What's he got over you?

0:28:48 > 0:28:49Why were you so scared?

0:28:51 > 0:28:53Maybe you weren't.

0:28:53 > 0:28:55Maybe you were just playing me.

0:28:55 > 0:28:56Don't you dare judge me.

0:28:56 > 0:28:59I thought you were different.

0:28:59 > 0:29:00You have no idea.

0:29:00 > 0:29:02Just look at your lovely life!

0:29:04 > 0:29:07You've got a life, too, Katya, so do something about it.

0:29:10 > 0:29:13Look, he's a scumbag pimp.

0:29:13 > 0:29:15Just leave him.

0:29:15 > 0:29:18Oh, clever doctor Cal, you think you know everything,

0:29:18 > 0:29:20but you will never know, never!

0:29:20 > 0:29:22Tell me, then. Huh?

0:29:22 > 0:29:27What it's like to be scared! Scared every minute, every day.

0:29:27 > 0:29:29How could you?

0:29:36 > 0:29:38SHE GASPS

0:29:40 > 0:29:42Evie!

0:29:42 > 0:29:45It...it's happening again...

0:29:47 > 0:29:50- ..only it's much worse. - I'll get the painkillers.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53I've had as many as I can.

0:29:53 > 0:29:55SHE GASPS

0:29:55 > 0:29:58It...it started again, like they said.

0:29:58 > 0:29:59We can't do this.

0:29:59 > 0:30:01But we decided.

0:30:01 > 0:30:02No, not like this.

0:30:02 > 0:30:05Not with you in this terrible pain.

0:30:05 > 0:30:07You need help, Evie.

0:30:07 > 0:30:10Not in an ambulance, please.

0:30:10 > 0:30:11Oh, my darling.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13Oh, please.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21CAR APPROACHES

0:30:35 > 0:30:37SIREN WAILS

0:30:46 > 0:30:48TYRES SQUEAL

0:30:53 > 0:30:56HORN BLARES

0:31:07 > 0:31:10TYRES SQUEAL

0:31:15 > 0:31:17HORN BLARES

0:31:23 > 0:31:26Here we go. It's not too bumpy, is it?

0:31:26 > 0:31:29I'm sorry, darling.

0:31:31 > 0:31:33HORN BLARES

0:31:33 > 0:31:35TYRES SQUEAL

0:31:42 > 0:31:44SHE SCREAMS

0:31:54 > 0:31:56HESTER GROANS

0:31:56 > 0:31:58EVIE GROANS

0:31:58 > 0:32:00Evie? Oh, my love!

0:32:00 > 0:32:02Oh, Hest...

0:32:02 > 0:32:04Hold on, lovely. Hold on.

0:32:12 > 0:32:14OK. Try and...try and open the door for me.

0:32:14 > 0:32:18- I can't.- OK. Try one more time. Come on.- I can't...

0:32:18 > 0:32:20Open the door.

0:32:20 > 0:32:21I'm trying...

0:32:21 > 0:32:23OK. Can you undo your seat belt?

0:32:23 > 0:32:25No. I can't.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27OK.

0:32:27 > 0:32:28SHE GASPS

0:32:30 > 0:32:32- I know you.- Dr Knight.

0:32:32 > 0:32:37- Please, please, will you help Evie?- OK. Are you injured?

0:32:37 > 0:32:40- No, I don't think so. - OK. Talk to me.

0:32:44 > 0:32:45It's all right, Evie.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47He's coming.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52No...

0:32:52 > 0:32:54Leave me, please, it's over.

0:32:54 > 0:32:57It's not over. I'm getting you out.

0:32:57 > 0:33:00- I'm dying. - You are alive and kicking,

0:33:00 > 0:33:02- and you are coming back to the hospital with me.- No...

0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Yes, you are. - It's over, Hester. I'm done.

0:33:05 > 0:33:09All right. Evie. Evie! Look at me. Look at me.

0:33:09 > 0:33:10Focus!

0:33:10 > 0:33:13Right. There we go.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15You're not dead, dying or done.

0:33:15 > 0:33:18Your aneurysm hasn't ruptured yet, it can't have done.

0:33:18 > 0:33:20You'd be dead by now if it had.

0:33:20 > 0:33:22You...used my name...

0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's the only way to get you to listen.

0:33:24 > 0:33:26My pain...

0:33:26 > 0:33:28The aneurysm's probably leaking.

0:33:28 > 0:33:32- We need to get you out of here. - Ohh...- OK.

0:33:32 > 0:33:35Can you move? SIRENS APPROACH

0:33:35 > 0:33:37- No, I think my leg is broken. - Right.

0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Let's get you out now.- OK.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47- OK.- Agh!- Let's go.

0:33:50 > 0:33:53Come on, mate, let's get you out of here.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56- No, it's fine.- Come on, this thing could go up any minute.- No wait.

0:33:56 > 0:33:58Get out.

0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Hello?- Get out!

0:34:02 > 0:34:04Iain, Iain, Iain, Iain, Iain, Iain, it's me.

0:34:04 > 0:34:06Hello. Can you hear me, love? Hello?

0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Hello?- You all right? - Yeah. I am fine, I'm fine.

0:34:08 > 0:34:10Wait.

0:34:10 > 0:34:12- Dix!- All right, Evie?

0:34:12 > 0:34:14SHE MOANS

0:34:16 > 0:34:17Cal?

0:34:17 > 0:34:20What's going on, bud?

0:34:20 > 0:34:22We got a potential leaking aneurism in the back,

0:34:22 > 0:34:24and the seatbelt is stuck in the front.

0:34:24 > 0:34:27Right, we need to get them out of here sharpish.

0:34:27 > 0:34:28All right, sweetheart.

0:34:28 > 0:34:30- We are going to take great care of you.- Thank you.

0:34:30 > 0:34:33There's no more time. We need to go now.

0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Nearly there, nearly there. - Cal, we need to get a move on.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38I got it, let's go, go, go.

0:34:38 > 0:34:41Steady. We've got query fractured right tib and fib, all right?

0:34:41 > 0:34:43THEY ALL SHOUT

0:34:43 > 0:34:44Keep going!

0:34:44 > 0:34:46Right.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48SHE GASPS

0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Evie!- It's OK.

0:34:52 > 0:34:54Right, let's try and sit you up.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58- Cal, get out!- Evie!

0:34:58 > 0:34:59- Cal!- Look at me, look at me.

0:34:59 > 0:35:02Look! We're going to get you out of here, OK?

0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Yeah? Stay with me. Whatever you do, look at me.- Yes.

0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Nice and calm, stay with me. - I am.- That's good.- Yes, yes.

0:35:08 > 0:35:11All right. That's it, one more.

0:35:11 > 0:35:12Stay with me.

0:35:12 > 0:35:14I got you, sweetheart. Up you get.

0:35:14 > 0:35:17- I need you to sit here for me, please.- There we go, we've done it.

0:35:17 > 0:35:20- Here we go.- Yes.- Now, I am going to swing your legs around.

0:35:20 > 0:35:22Good girl. Nearly there, nearly there.

0:35:22 > 0:35:24Go. Just go, go.

0:35:24 > 0:35:26SHE MOANS

0:35:38 > 0:35:39Cal.

0:35:39 > 0:35:40Cal. Cal!

0:35:40 > 0:35:43Cal. Cal, sweetheart, talk to me.

0:35:43 > 0:35:44Cal? Cal!

0:35:44 > 0:35:49Thank you. Thank you, mate(!) You all right? You OK?

0:35:49 > 0:35:51Yeah?

0:35:51 > 0:35:53No! What are you doing?

0:35:53 > 0:35:55No, bud, come back here.

0:35:55 > 0:35:59- Cal, come on, come away. Cal, come on, away.- Someone's in there.

0:35:59 > 0:36:00- What, in there?- Yeah.

0:36:00 > 0:36:03No, come on, we've got to move.

0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Ohh!- Katya! Hey!

0:36:11 > 0:36:12Come on. All right?

0:36:12 > 0:36:15Hey, come on. You're all right.

0:36:15 > 0:36:17- Cal, come on, let's go. - Stay with me.

0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Let's go now.- Stay with me. OK.

0:36:19 > 0:36:22- OK? You got her?- Yes, I got her.

0:36:22 > 0:36:25- OK, OK. OK.- Come on.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27HE GROANS

0:36:27 > 0:36:29All right, come on.

0:37:15 > 0:37:17..O neg and cross-match ten, please.

0:37:17 > 0:37:19Evelyn, I'm Mrs Beauchamp, I'll be looking after you.

0:37:19 > 0:37:21Can we get better access and analgesia in, please?

0:37:21 > 0:37:23She's a bit short of breath.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25- I'll keep an eye on her sats. - Yes, please.

0:37:25 > 0:37:27Let's do something about the pain.

0:37:27 > 0:37:30Can we titrate ten more of morphine, and some Ondansetron, please?

0:37:30 > 0:37:33There's really no need for you to be here, Dr Knight.

0:37:33 > 0:37:35Hester's doing OK. I'd really like to be here.

0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Right, I need a trauma line. - OK.

0:37:38 > 0:37:41Can we let the vascular surgeon know?

0:37:41 > 0:37:43I'll get consent once we stabilise her.

0:37:43 > 0:37:45Right, we're going to need FBCs, U and Es,

0:37:45 > 0:37:48glucose, clotting and LFTs, please.

0:37:48 > 0:37:51Can you let Transfusion know we need two units of FFP as well?

0:37:51 > 0:37:53BP's in her boots. She's in shock.

0:37:53 > 0:37:55Are you ready?

0:37:55 > 0:37:56Yes, I'm ready.

0:37:56 > 0:37:59SHE MOANS

0:37:59 > 0:38:00MONITOR BEEPS

0:38:00 > 0:38:02She's very flat.

0:38:02 > 0:38:06Just keep looking for the vein, you'll find it.

0:38:06 > 0:38:08SHE MOANS

0:38:13 > 0:38:15- CONNIE:- Yep.

0:38:15 > 0:38:18- I need to be with Evie.- I think you've fractured your sternum.

0:38:18 > 0:38:21- It's why you're struggling with your breathing.- Partly...

0:38:21 > 0:38:23Hester...

0:38:23 > 0:38:25You'll talk to her again, I promise.

0:38:25 > 0:38:28Hes... Hester...

0:38:29 > 0:38:31(Have you told her yet?)

0:38:31 > 0:38:33No. I couldn't.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35I need to be with her.

0:38:35 > 0:38:36Please...

0:38:36 > 0:38:38Ethan, let's get the trolley over.

0:38:38 > 0:38:40OK, let's do this.

0:38:40 > 0:38:42OK, gently, though, please.

0:38:42 > 0:38:43Gently.

0:38:43 > 0:38:46Just keep your oxygen on for me, please, Hester.

0:38:46 > 0:38:49If her systolic hits 90, we can go. How are we doing with Theatre?

0:38:49 > 0:38:51- They're ready.- All right. We need to get her straight up.

0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Can we just have one minute? - No. We're short of time.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56- They need this. - No, the surgeons are waiting.

0:38:56 > 0:38:58It may be all they have.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Be really quick about it. Go.

0:39:03 > 0:39:06Let's get a bit closer. Closer.

0:39:06 > 0:39:08There we go. OK, Hester...

0:39:10 > 0:39:13..you can talk to her. She'll hear you.

0:39:14 > 0:39:17Evie?

0:39:17 > 0:39:18Darling?

0:39:21 > 0:39:23Oh, my dear love.

0:39:31 > 0:39:35It was always yes, sweetheart.

0:39:49 > 0:39:53You are...everything.

0:40:03 > 0:40:05I am really sorry. We need to go.

0:40:06 > 0:40:08Goodbye, my love.

0:40:09 > 0:40:11I'll see you soon.

0:40:11 > 0:40:13- CONNIE:- Let's go.

0:40:14 > 0:40:16No, Dr Knight.

0:40:16 > 0:40:18You stay here, you need a full examination.

0:40:18 > 0:40:21Dr Hardy, help with Evelyn, please.

0:40:21 > 0:40:23The surgeons are waiting.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30OK, well, sats are looking better.

0:40:30 > 0:40:31OK, great.

0:40:31 > 0:40:35Whoa, you just survived an exploding car and saved three lives.

0:40:35 > 0:40:37I got lucky.

0:40:37 > 0:40:42Well, stay lucky. Let's clean the forehead and get some dressing on.

0:40:42 > 0:40:44Then the police can have a word.

0:40:46 > 0:40:48Um...

0:40:48 > 0:40:49Could you...

0:40:51 > 0:40:52Could you make them wait?

0:40:52 > 0:40:54What are you talking about?

0:40:54 > 0:40:55I'm not ready to...

0:40:55 > 0:40:57Just say it, Cal.

0:40:57 > 0:41:00OK, look, I had a skinful last night and I didn't get to bed till three...

0:41:00 > 0:41:03- What, you think you were drunk? - No, I was fine to drive.

0:41:03 > 0:41:05Really?

0:41:06 > 0:41:08Yeah...

0:41:08 > 0:41:10I don't know.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12I hadn't eaten, so I can't be sure but...

0:41:14 > 0:41:17It doesn't take much to tip a breathalyser, does it?

0:41:17 > 0:41:20Look, I didn't cause the crash,

0:41:20 > 0:41:23but what if I'm just over?

0:41:23 > 0:41:25I can't risk it. This is my whole career we're talking about.

0:41:25 > 0:41:27All right, let's talk this through...

0:41:27 > 0:41:29I can't lose my job, Charlie.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Look, the girl was in danger.

0:41:35 > 0:41:38I didn't stop to think it through.

0:41:38 > 0:41:40He tried to kill her.

0:41:41 > 0:41:44- You believe me, yeah?- Look, you know it's not about that, Cal.

0:41:44 > 0:41:45Come on, Jacob, mate.

0:41:47 > 0:41:50We can't shield you, you know that.

0:41:55 > 0:41:57Smoke inhalation can be quite nasty,

0:41:57 > 0:42:00so let's keep you in under obs for a couple of hours.

0:42:01 > 0:42:06Let's get some saline into him, plenty of rehydration and oxygen.

0:42:08 > 0:42:10I'll tell the police they can wait.

0:42:10 > 0:42:12Yeah. Good call.

0:42:12 > 0:42:14- Fine.- Mm-hm.

0:42:16 > 0:42:18The girl you saved is about to be moved up to the ward

0:42:18 > 0:42:20if you want to go and see her.

0:42:21 > 0:42:23Thank you.

0:42:23 > 0:42:25OK.

0:42:31 > 0:42:34You've always got to go one better, don't you?

0:42:34 > 0:42:36Nice one.

0:42:36 > 0:42:38So, sweet cheeks,

0:42:38 > 0:42:40we're more alike than I thought.

0:42:42 > 0:42:44He saved three lives in terrifying circumstances,

0:42:44 > 0:42:48so I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52See?

0:42:52 > 0:42:53You really are just a pussycat.

0:42:55 > 0:42:56Don't tell anyone.

0:43:09 > 0:43:11Did he...die?

0:43:13 > 0:43:14Yeah.

0:43:14 > 0:43:17So I'm free?

0:43:20 > 0:43:21Look...

0:43:23 > 0:43:25..he had you trapped.

0:43:26 > 0:43:28I didn't think it through.

0:43:28 > 0:43:31No, you were right.

0:43:31 > 0:43:32I had to leave him.

0:43:37 > 0:43:40You need to get yourself a visa.

0:43:40 > 0:43:42I was thinking, maybe I can...

0:43:42 > 0:43:44No, Cal.

0:43:44 > 0:43:47Thank you, but Nikolai stole my life.

0:43:49 > 0:43:51And I just gave in.

0:43:51 > 0:43:54So now I have to turn this around.

0:43:54 > 0:43:55However hard...

0:43:57 > 0:43:59..I need to be in control.

0:44:01 > 0:44:02And I have to do this by myself.

0:44:04 > 0:44:06Do you understand?

0:44:09 > 0:44:10Yeah, I do.

0:44:20 > 0:44:22Hey, have you got a moment?

0:44:25 > 0:44:26Ethan, what's wrong?

0:44:27 > 0:44:29I'm really sorry, Cal.

0:44:29 > 0:44:30Evie?

0:44:32 > 0:44:34HE SIGHS She died in Theatre?

0:44:36 > 0:44:39- She didn't get actually get there. - Oh!- She went into PEA.

0:44:41 > 0:44:42There was nothing we could do.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49I'll break it to Hester, if you like.

0:44:49 > 0:44:50No, I should do it.

0:45:19 > 0:45:24HOARSELY: You... You both knew it would be soon.

0:45:24 > 0:45:25How did you face that?

0:45:28 > 0:45:31My cancer...

0:45:33 > 0:45:35..made time so intense...

0:45:39 > 0:45:40..so real.

0:45:43 > 0:45:49I learnt to stop wasting what I had...

0:45:52 > 0:45:57Maybe that's easier if you're older.

0:45:59 > 0:46:02None of us knows how long we have.

0:46:04 > 0:46:06I'm not as brave as you.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08That's not what I saw today.

0:46:09 > 0:46:11That was different.

0:46:15 > 0:46:20To be frightened, yet still be brave,

0:46:20 > 0:46:22that's real courage.

0:46:33 > 0:46:35It's all over now.

0:46:39 > 0:46:41You need to get some rest.

0:46:42 > 0:46:44Stay with me.

0:46:44 > 0:46:45Please?

0:47:04 > 0:47:06Ahem. That's a tenner you owe me.

0:47:09 > 0:47:10I thought we needed cheering up.

0:47:12 > 0:47:15Yeah, you're right. We can start tomorrow.

0:47:15 > 0:47:16Cheers, Babe.

0:47:22 > 0:47:25Hey, Cal.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31- Hey.- They want you back in bed.

0:47:33 > 0:47:34Right.

0:47:36 > 0:47:38Hester?

0:47:40 > 0:47:42Is she all right?

0:47:43 > 0:47:45She's dead.

0:47:51 > 0:47:54But... Her breathing wasn't good but it wasn't critical.

0:47:56 > 0:47:58But she wasn't in any distress!

0:47:59 > 0:48:01What have we missed?

0:48:01 > 0:48:03I think she just decided to go.

0:48:05 > 0:48:07She said it was over.

0:48:10 > 0:48:11Oh, Cal.

0:48:13 > 0:48:15If anything had happened to you...

0:48:16 > 0:48:19No, look at me. You are not on your own.

0:48:21 > 0:48:22Come here.