The BEST episodes of Casualty season 17
Every episode of Casualty season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Casualty season 17!
They're fighting to save patients while their personal lives are brimming with drama and intrigue. Everything's at stake on the emergency ward.
#1 - The Point of No Return
Season 17 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/12/2003
Ryan returns and Duffy has to make a life-changing decision. Jack tries to persuade a reluctant Tony to accept Eddie's offer of a kidney, and Simon is shocked when Jane leaves hospital early and refuses to let him care for her. Meanwhile, Anna is devastated when her mum reveals the truth about Merlin.
#2 - Love Hurts
Season 17 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/8/2003
It looks as if long-suffering Duffy's beautiful dream may turn into a nightmare, as security guard Ryan proves to be nothing like the perfect man she'd hoped for. Dillon and Colette take it upon themselves to fight it out for her old job, and clash over the treatment of a malnourished toddler. Meanwhile, things seem to be running rather more smoothly for Tony and Ben, who decide their evening together was perhaps more than just a non-night stand.
#3 - Hitting Home (1)
Season 17 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/15/2003
Ryan is still AWOL with Duffy's money, and this week Duffy puts her house up for sale in order to get the moeny back. Fin and Comfort are called to a suspected break-in and attack, and at the hospital Lara is treating her. Lara is concerned about her and offers her the chance to talk, she doesn't take it up. Harry treats Anna's mum, who wants to meet boyfriend Merlin. Tony asks Ben to move in with him. Comfort tries to talk to the attackee(referred to as battered wife from now on) and tells her that she is always in the eyes of God. Colette maenwhile is doing a pregnancy test in the toilets, which comes out positive. It is Simon's baby.
#4 - Hitting Home (2)
Season 17 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/22/2003
The paramedics are called out to Sheila's house but are surprised to find it's her daughter-in-law Jenny who's in need of help, pushing Comfort into a confrontation. Has the family abuse gone full circle? Meanwhile, one of Jane's clients is rushed to Holby City with a suspected heart attack.
#5 - Dire Straits
Season 17 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/2003
Events take a tragic turn when Jeff tactlessly threatens a highly-strung man while on a call-out with Nikki, and the arrival of an attractive neurologist causes problems between Harry and Charlie.
#6 - Fool for Love
Season 17 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/8/2003
Josh, in his new job as duty officer, clashes with Finlay over the treatment of a heart attack patient, while a face from the past ruins Ben's plans for a romantic evening with Tony.
#7 - Keep It in the Family
Season 17 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/15/2003
After the death of an adopted patient, Merlin is compelled to search out his own birth parents, while Simon rushes Jane into casualty when she is diagnosed with a tumour, and Harry `s secret dinner date with Selina is interrupted when Tally crashes her car during a driving lesson with Beth.
#8 - A Hard Day's Night
Season 17 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/22/2003
Harry returns to work after the death of his wife; Simon takes an unprofessional interest in Jane's operation; when Colette is attacked by a patient's relative, she is forced to reveal her pregnancy.
#9 - Side Effects
Season 17 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/29/2003
It's Harry's first day back at work after his wife's death, and he puts himself in danger after overstepping the mark. Meanwhile, Bex calls the police when he sees Jack sneak into the hospital to see Tony.
#10 - An Act of God
Season 17 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/5/2003
With the power down and the ED in chaos, Harry takes drastic measures to save a patient. As Merlin looks forward to meeting his birth mother, she has second thoughts, and Duffy is in for a shock when a familiar face returns to Holby.
#11 - Flight
Season 17 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/1/2003
Duffy's intended, Ryan, is obviously a wrong ‘un and yet everybody is wishing her well as she leaves Holby to set up home and a business with him. Receptionist Jack's foray into his gangster dad's twilight world forces him to make a big decision. Elsewhere, Harry and Beth's relaxing sailing trip becomes a rescue mission when he spots another vessel in distress, which turns out to be packed with illegal immigrants from Kosovo. But not all of them are as helpless as they appear… The police close in on Jack.
#12 - Stuck in the Middle with You
Season 17 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/19/2003
New paramedic Luke spends his first day at work trapped in a cellar with a young girl following a gas explosion, Harry's behaviour leads some members of the team to question whether he's returned to work too soon, and Anna's relationship with Merlin is put in jeopardy.
#13 - Getting Through
Season 17 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/26/2003
While treating an injured man, Lara suddenly finds herself in a life-threatening situation, Merlin discovers a terrible secret about Anna but is unable to discuss it with her, and Jack is distraught when his father wakes up from his transplant operation suffering from septicaemia.
#14 - Hurt the One You Love
Season 17 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/3/2003
Anna tells a desperate Merlin that they can't be together, and Jack and Tony say their final goodbyes to Eddie as he succumbs to a post-operative infection. Meanwhile, Simon is heartbroken when Jane stakes a claim for her independence and leaves.
#15 - An Accident Waiting to Happen
Season 17 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/10/2003
Colette receives some terrible news, but gets no sympathy from Simon. Bex and Luke's secret is revealed. And Jack and Tony say goodbye to Eddie
#16 - Out on a Limb
Season 17 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/17/2003
Bex spreads the word when she overhears Jack say he's planning to propose to Nikki. Josh joins Colette to hear the test results. A Holby United player is brought in.
#17 - Baby Blues
Season 17 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/31/2003
Colette tells Simon that he's responsible for the genetic abnormalities of their unborn child, and talks through with Comfort whether or not she should keep the baby.
#18 - Last Man Standing
Season 17 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/7/2003
Josh swallows his pride and finally faces Colette, who is finding it very hard working with both him and Simon. Preparations for the wedding are well under way.
#19 - Three in a Bed
Season 17 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/14/2003
Josh and Simon's feud starts affecting their jobs, with serious consequences for Simon's future. Bex revels in the latest tidbit of gossip, to Lara's disgust
#20 - A Special Day
Season 17 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/21/2003
Niki is on her way to church with Dillion when the see a man lying on the road. Dillion gets out but the man shoots him and kidnaps Niki. He appears to be working for the man who Jack owes money to (don't know his name). Back at the reception everyone is waiting for Niki. Dillion is brought into the hospital starting a search for Niki. Jack gets a call from Niki's kidnapper saying that he wants all his money back, all £300,000 and Jack must bring it to him on a bridge. Jack only has £100,000 left. He tells Tony not to tell anyone. Jack pretends that he's stuck in traffic and manages to follow Niki's kidnapper back to a canal boat. Niki's kidnapper and another man are in the boat. Once the kidnapper leaves to go meet Jack on the bridge, Jack bursts into the boat but the man with the gun gets the upper hand. Back at the hotel Tony tells the police officers what is happening but only if he can go with them to find Jack. On the boat Jack tries to persuade the gunman to leave them and they
#21 - Up to Your Neck in It
Season 17 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/2002
Josh rescues a boy from drowning after his father's car rolls into a river. Nikki is refusing to talk to Jack after his behaviour.
#22 - Protection
Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2002
Lara begins her court trial and suffers flashbacks and the bad memories associated with her assault. New SHO locum Heather Lincoln arrives and doesn't go unnoticed by Simon, who gives her a guided tour – Colette teases ‘Does the tour include the cold showers?'. Later Dillon unwittingly starts to undress in the staff room, unaware Heather is enjoying the view. Heather, is quick to forget about a drink with Simon after shift, and is about to proposition Dillon, when Simon walks in. Heather gets Duffy's back up by bluffing her way through a patient's case and getting Harry on her side – and Duffy becomes more unhappy when her mother is brought in to the department, seriously ill with breast cancer. Finn is unhappy when he finds he is named in Comfort's divorce papers.
#23 - Judgement Day
Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2002
It's the day of Lara's trial, but she's not feeling positive since Melanie Collier denied her husband raped her. Lara tries to convince the jury her act was self-defence. Lara is shocked, when they return their verdict. While Duffy is in court, her mother, Kate, is brought in after her condition worsens. Kate tells Charlie she wishes not to be resuscitated. Duffy is angered by Charlie's attempts at sympathy and finds a shoulder to cry on in new security guard Ryan. Dillon and Harry clash with Charlie over how to treat two sisters, who are found to be drug mules.
#24 - Thicker than Water
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2002
Simon gets into hot water when he becomes too involved with a patient and her sister. Josh is not himself and his relationship with Colette is feeling the strain.
#25 - What Little Girls Are Made Of
Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2002
A father threatens legal action against the hospital when his son is the victim of a misdiagnosis. Duffy resolves to move on after her mother's death.