The BEST episodes of Holby City season 12
Every episode of Holby City season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Holby City season 12!
This series is a spin-off from the long running BBC medical drama Casualty. Set in the same hospital as its sister series, this show follows the everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of Holby City General Hospital.
#1 - All Cried Out
Season 12 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/20/2010
Kate, a Trust member with the task of allocating funds left in a will, is shown around the hospital by Ric. Ric comes up with the idea of the funds be invested in the NHS rather than Holbycare. Michael isn't happy when he realises that Ric is getting the better of him both professionally and personally sand he ends up announcing on the ward that he and Annalese are finished and that he's having dinner with Kate. Elliot doesn't like all of the attention that his OBE has received.
#2 - X-Y Factor
Season 12 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/20/2010
Chrissie finds it hard to embrace Sacha's family especially when his mother, Esther starts talking about wedding. Chrissie ends up telling Sacha they wont be a family but he will always be a father to the baby. Michael, Ric and Joseph battle to save Paula’ when the operation for the kidney transplant hits some problems. After Paula pulls through, Jac celebrates her birthday with her mother for the first time in many years. Michael isn’t happy when Cunningham says he wants him to share the Director of Surgery responsibilities with Connie. Michael attempts to convince him to let him job share with Ric instead
#3 - What Goes Around
Season 12 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/27/2010
Paula goes missing whilst Jac is caring for her at home. When Jac finds her she also meets also her grandfather and half-sister too. Jac realizes she has been conned by her mother and vows to move forward with her life without her family in it. When Faye finds out she is pregnant she has to decide whether to tell Linden or not
#4 - Apply Some Pressure
Season 12 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/4/2010
The porters have gone on strike and the hospital has come to a halt. Cunningham is impressed after Mark manages to sort the problem out single handily and he later suggests that Mark should consider applying for the CEO post at the hospital. Connie finds out about Ric and Michael's director of surgery job-share and she tries to get involved with Joseph's research project. Michael realises he has to let Ric in if he is to save his marriage.
#5 - Take No Prisoners
Season 12 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/12/2010
Mark still wont apply for the CEO position because he is not happy with the politics involved. When he discovers a patient whose quality of life could be enhanced significantly by new laser treatment he has a change of heart about applying for the position. After Oliver gains a promotion things go wrong. Penny is moved back to AAU after it comes out that she slept with a patient. Maria has to cope on her own when Donna disappears for the whole day.
#6 - Time and Tide (1)
Season 12 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/18/2010
The hospital finds itself full of patients following a flash flood in the south west of the country. The basement is is danger of flooding. As Connie and Joseph operate on Elaine the back-up generator fails.
#7 - Time and Tide (2)
Season 12 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/19/2010
Mark finds himsef in demand when everyone turns to him for advice on the emergency flood situation. Donna and Maria are stuck in a lift with a critical patient following the power cut. Connie finds her patient going into crisis in theatre. A visiting doctor supports Penny.
#8 - Brutally Frank
Season 12 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/25/2010
Mark learns that he has got the CEO job and informs the staff that he will be helping out with day-to-day duties as it is his last day. Connie feels guilty after Elaine is diagnosed with brain damage. Donna is determined to prove herself in her new position.
#9 - Taking Over
Season 12 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/1/2010
Greg Douglas, the new registrar arrives on Darwin Ward much to Elliot's surprise. When Greg's thinks that paediatrics patient Ben could have his life-saving operation in America with out having to wait it makes Elliot question him. Linden finds out that Faye is pregnant and she tells him she isn't sure who the father of the baby is. Linden offers to stick by her but she still has to tell Joseph.
#10 - Cross My Heart
Season 12 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/8/2010
Greg and Joseph have to retrieve a heart for a transplant but when they arrive at the hospital it quickly becomes apparent that everything is not well. After Elaine dies, Connie attempts to make peace with Kevin but she believes he is out for revenge. After Kevin ends up rescuing her from an attack by an ex-patient's relative Connie's hopes of them sorting out their problems are dashed by Kevin's subsequent character assassination of her. Connie ends up turning to Greg for some support.
#11 - Thursday's Child
Season 12 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/15/2010
Faye discovers that the baby she is expecting is a boy and finds herself caught between Joseph and Linden's opposing views on a Chorionic Villus Sampling test.
#12 - Fool's Gold
Season 12 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/1/2010
Michael is determined to keep his marriage break-up a secret and he throws himself into his work in an effort to forget about it. After he becomes frustrated with a tricky patient he ends taking his irritation out on Elizabeth and Donna. After he looses a patient in theatre, Michel ends up hitting rock bottom. Elliot is determined to raise the remaining funds that are needed to treat Ben.
#13 - Swimming with Sharks
Season 12 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/6/2010
A complaint is given to Mark about Sacha making inappropriate comments about a patient. After checking up on Sacha's past he discovers he was accused of sexual harassment at the last hospital he worked at. After Mark confronts Sacha, he complains to Michael that Mark has abused his power. Mark remains suspicious about Sacha even after all the charges are dropped. Elliot works out that he has been scammed by Maggie when the laser fails to show up and is then forced to perform a laser-less interim procedure on Ben.
#14 - Secrets You Keep
Season 12 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/13/2010
Elliot is finally able to perform Ben's life-saving laser surgery. It is revealed that Elliot paid for the laser himself with the proceeds from his house after the truth about him being scammed by Maggie is revealed. Mark reports the crime after Elliot refuses to call the police. Linden attempts to stop his personal issues with Joseph from affecting his work. Sacha and Jac compete against one another to get a rise out of Elizabeth but Jac takes the joke a step too far.
#15 - Bette Davis Eyes
Season 12 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/13/2010
Jac attempts to remain unaffected by her mother's situation. After her condition deteriorates though Jac is forced to admit to Michael and Joseph that she's the mother who left her. Jac ends up offering her mother a new kidney. After Chrissie goes into early labour she has to have an emergency C-section. Mark finally learns that Sacha is the father of the baby.
#16 - Two in Five Marriages
Season 12 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/27/2010
Linden is fed up with Joseph and his constant involvement with Faye and the baby. Joseph decides that he wants to be present at the birth which results in Linden announcing that he and Faye are moving to Scotland. When questioned by Faye, Linden admits to her he doesn't know how much longer he can go on with things as they are at the moment.Kate turns turn Michael offer to be his date for a charity event and their affair comes to an end. After Michael defends her, Connie ends up agreeing to go with him.
#17 - Dandelions
Season 12 - Episode 44 - Aired 8/3/2010
Ric is concerned about some test results and ends up clashing with Michael over the Moyles Fund. The continued sexual tension between Greg and Connie interferes with their care of some patients. Faye ends up alienating Linden by pushing Joseph for a divorce.
#18 - Man with No Name
Season 12 - Episode 45 - Aired 8/10/2010
With the battle for funds reaching new levels, Michael and Ric both must pitch their ideas to the board. After Ric runs into Annalese their connection becomes more conspicuous by the minute. Greg who is suffering with a hangover has to teach Oliver all day much to Connie's amusement. Penny is pleased to be made the unofficial boss on the Acute Assessment Unit, but her happiness soon wains when she and Frieda encounter disturbed patient.
#19 - Skipping a Beat
Season 12 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/17/2010
Greg attempts to make Connie see that they need to be discreet about their relationship. Connie ends up teasing him though in front of a visiting American surgeon. Michael's continued resentment of Annalese ends up seeing him have a night of hard drinking. Linden is not happy when he learns who has been named as the third party responsible for breaking up Faye's marriage.
#20 - Transgressions
Season 12 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/24/2010
Ric realises that Michael's break-up with Annalese has hit him hard, after witnessing his increasingly chaotic behaviour. Ric decides to end things with Annalese. Michael continues to feel down. Oliver ends up standing up to Greg over a patient and ends up making a bad error of judgment. Oliver ends up managing to gain Greg's respect though.
#21 - 'Til the Grave
Season 12 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/25/2010
Michael learns from Annalese that she has been seeing Ric following their separation. When Michael confronts Ric about the affair he ends up getting a surprise. Penny begins to have doubts about her career choice during her first day as an F2.
#22 - The Last Day of Summer
Season 12 - Episode 49 - Aired 8/31/2010
Ric ends up resigning from the board and he tells Annalese that she should stay with Michael. Ric finds his life ending up in Michael's hands. Oliver's attempts to please Greg leave him overestimating his abilities.
#23 - Get Busy Living
Season 12 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/7/2010
Frieda is riled by Penny who sucks up to a lazy and arrogant locum called Glyn. When Penny sees Frieda performing a procedure that only a doctor could do she ends up realising that Frieda is a trained doctor. Lady Byrne offers moral support to Joseph as Faye prepares to receive the Lowes test results. The results come back as being negative. After Lady Byrne reveals that she's been making plans for the baby, Faye informs her and Joseph that she wants nothing from either of them.
#24 - A Failure to Communicate
Season 12 - Episode 51 - Aired 9/14/2010
Jac is made acting consultant on Keller ward but ends up clashing with Ric over a difficult patient. Greg finds out that Oliver has been telling tales to Connie, blaming him for Oliver's botched procedure. Greg comes up with a way to get even with Oliver though.
#25 - Test Results
Season 12 - Episode 52 - Aired 9/21/2010
Linden returns from his religious retreat and he ends up avoiding Faye. Instead he finds himself turning his attention to a young doctor's development. Jac attempts to sort out her problems with her Keller team-mates after losing their trust over the way she treated Ric.