The BEST episodes of Holby City season 16
Every episode of Holby City season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Holby City season 16!
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 - Life After Life
Season 16 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/2014
Emma is about to have her surgery as Jac attempts to defeat her demons and be there to support her daughter. Arthur and Dominic continue to clash with some potentially disastrous consequences.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Ring in the New
Season 16 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/31/2013
Guy's failure to mend his relationship with Zosia has him finally admit defeat and accept his daughter's wish of keeping it purely professional. How long will it take until their feelings bubble to the surface? Serena is still blue from the humiliation she faced because of Edward's actions. With her morale at an all-time low, can she be brought back from the brink? Mary-Claire is finally putting the past behind her, but Harry just will not let it go. Will their friendship survive the recent Edward debacle?
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - A Heart Man
Season 16 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/22/2014
Elliot faces his fears about his brain surgery and decides to proceed despite complications, but his future at Holby may be in jeopardy along with his health. Raf resolves not to let what happened between Amy and Harry destroy his marriage. However, when he's asked to help advance Harry's career, he struggles with a painful decision. A disgruntled Herzig patient claims Elliot has been negligent. Jac effectively neutralises the problem, but in doing so has she protected his interests or helped undermine his position
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Captive
Season 16 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/9/2014
Jesse's paranoia builds as Guy is on the verge of discovering his affair with Zosia.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Every Dog Has Its Day
Season 16 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/26/2014
Elliot finds a kindred spirit when he treats a shanty-singing fisherman.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Little Star
Season 16 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/18/2014
Jac and Jonny prepare for their day in court, both determined to win Emma. However, Jac's carefully-laid plans are thrown into disarray by a powerful force from her past. Even at death's door Paula proves she still has the power to tie Jac in knots - will Jac rise above her machinations? With his divorce finalised and living at home with his mum, Sacha isn't sure his day could get worse, but when news that he treated a Nazi war criminal hits the front pages, Sacha puts his own feelings aside to go to Essie's aid.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - All Before Them
Season 16 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/30/2014
Reeling from the news that Amy cheated on him, Raf demands that she take a paternity test.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Collateral
Season 16 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/3/2014
While dealing with the consequences of recent events, Amy is caught in the middle of Raf and Harry's fractious personality clash. Guy offers to transfer Harry, but Amy decides to deal with him herself. Mo enjoys her celebrity status as Doctor Mo while being dismissive of Adele's career aspirations. Chastised by Adele for forgetting her mother's birthday, Mo has to reassess her priorities. And when a star-struck patient turns violent, she also has to acknowledge Adele's professional know-how. Guy informs Zosia that she has scored only 22 per cent for her bedside manner in a recent assessment. She needs to address her lack of patient empathy but has trouble with a patient who refuses pain relief. Jesse helps her raise her game.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Forgive Me Father
Season 16 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/16/2014
Raf resolves to give Harry a chance to prove himself. But when he sees an opportunity to undermine the ambitious registrar, he makes a dramatic intervention with disastrous consequences for Harry. After her traumatic break-up with Jesse, Guy's concerned for Zosia's health. But when he asks Amy to make an informal assessment, he is resistant to her professional opinion. When she notices women flirting with Jonny, Adele wonders if he is ready for a relationship after Bonnie's tragic death. Perhaps she knows a suitable candidate?
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - The Spirit
Season 16 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/15/2014
Elliot is forced to confront his biggest fears on the day of the Herzig launch.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Crush
Season 16 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/27/2014
Amy desperately tries to put her mistake with Harry behind her, but her day takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she's finally got what she always wanted. However, she's forced to question at what cost when it's clear Harry is going to be in her life for a very long time. Serena's world is torn apart when her mother arrives at Holby and causes a near-fatal accident with her warden, forcing Serena to accept some painful truths about her mother's future. Meanwhile, desperate to escape Dr Mo, Adele finds her way onto Darwin. She finds herself immediately on the wrong side of Jac but with Jonny's help she manages to prove her worth and show her true potential.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Wild Child
Season 16 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/29/2014
Raf and Amy's relationship in under real pressure which results in a heart-wrenching betrayal. Jac finds the going tough as her past threatens to repeat itself.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Cold Heart, Warm Hands
Season 16 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/15/2014
Raf and Amy are set to discover whether their final round of IVF has been successful. However, Raf soon gets consumed in a diverting case - a patient who has been technically dead for several hours but whom Raf believes is a candidate for a Lazarus-like resuscitation. Torn between his wife's emotional needs and cutting-edge medicine, Raf's priorities are tested and his marriage buckles beneath the strain.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Exit Strategy - Part Two
Season 16 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/2014
uy is pulled up before the board after Zosia backs a patient's complaint against him. However, Guy is more worried about protecting Zosia's career than his own, especially when tensions mount and Zosia begins to crumble. The last person Zosia wants help from is her father, yet Guy is the only one who can give her the answers she so desperately craves. Are either of them ready to handle to truth? Ric's in deep trouble after covering for his daughter by claiming responsibility for David's accident. Ric is prepared to deal with the consequences of his actions, but when David plays a dastardly hand, is Jess as willing? Ric is pushed to his limits. As a surgeon, he follows a strict moral code, but as a father he'll do anything to protect his daughter. It's not long before news of Jonny and Bonnie's engagement gets out, and as Bonnie ploughs ahead with plans for the wedding, Jonny finds himself looking to Jac for her response. Will Jac finally let him go or stake her claim once and for all? The real question is - what does Jonny actually want?
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Instinct
Season 16 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/2014
Beth is still in a coma and Guy is determined to try and boost the Tressler Neurosurgical Foundation's profile. Dominic is determined to prove himself after showing up late for work.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Anything You Can Do
Season 16 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/2014
It is Jonny's first day as the clinical nursing manager on Darwin. However, he is struggling to juggle all of his new duties. With Jac breathing down his neck, he is forced to assert his authority and use his new skills to help save the life of a vulnerable patient. Zosia, still reeling after the disastrous consequences of last week's surgery, has a new-found bond with her father. When Catherine O'Malley, a top transplant surgeon, arrives and Guy suggests Zosia assist her, Zosia can't help but feel Guy has an ulterior motive. It looks like Harry has gotten away with his reckless actions from last week. Rather than own up to his mistakes, Harry is busy making last minute holiday plans. However, Raf has other ideas for him.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Father's Day
Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2013
Still reeling from Chrissie rejecting his offer to elope, Michael jeopardises his career when faced with a heartbreaking case. Michael goes all out in his attempt to save a father and his teenage son. When her mistake almost costs a patient his life, Gemma is forced to question whether she really belongs at Holby. Elliot is still in hiding after last week's Herzig operation ended badly. Fearing that Guy Self will use this as the perfect excuse to shut down his legacy, Elliot cannot face another patient. Unwilling to tolerate his self-pitying, Jac steps in and forces him to get back into surgery. Mary-Claire is left feeling increasingly isolated by Edward's snide remarks and accusations of incompetence. When a machine malfunctions on the ward, Edward is the first to blame her and questions whether she should be allowed near patients.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Prince Among Men
Season 16 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2014
There's a new registrar on AAU and he's determined to revolutionise the ward. When a patient arrives in a critical condition and the hospital lacks a vital piece of equipment necessary to save him, this wayward hero decides to build his own version. In an attempt to inspire his junior doctors, Sacha has arranged for a 2,000 year old Egyptian mummy to be scanned at Holby. But his plan backfires, when, under pressure from Guy to get Zosia interested in surgery, she expresses more interest in the mummy. Left with no choice, Sacha forces her into theatre, where her lack of dedication and skill nearly proves fatal. After three weeks, Jac is still unable to bond with her baby. Sick of her lack of maternal instinct, her paediatric consultant takes a stern approach, making Jac realise just how beautiful motherhood can be.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Exit Strategy - Part One
Season 16 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/2014
Jess gets ready to undergo surgery as Ric finds it hard to step back as a doctor and let Serena deal with the case. Guy is feeling under pressure following the withdrawal of the Tressler fund.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Masquerade
Season 16 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/10/2014
A determined Amy throws her weight behind helping Harry shine. Jac's childcare nightmare gets worse when Elliot lends a hand.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Affair of the Mind
Season 16 - Episode 43 - Aired 8/5/2014
Mo feels the pressure of running Darwin as Zosia causes concern with her constant partying. Serena's mother takes a turn for the worse and she finds herself being confronted about it from all sides.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Art of Losing
Season 16 - Episode 45 - Aired 8/19/2014
As news of Jac's new appointment as head of cardiothoracics spreads, Elliot is gracious in defeat. But Jac, with a further twist of the knife, tells Elliot that he will no longer be in charge of the Herzig. Faced with the fact his Darwin daughter has stolen his life's work - can Elliot forgive her? Sacha and Essie are thoroughly loved-up and Dominic is pleased to benefit from Sacha's happy mood on the ward. However, the benefits are short-lived when Essie realises Sacha may be moving too fast. When a patient appears to recognise her from the papers, Essie is forced to consider whether she has really dealt with her past and is ready to face the future. Fletch assures Colette his new laissez-faire management style will be a breath of a fresh air on AAU after her jobsworth ways. Colette remains to be convinced that Fletch is taking the job seriously, and suspects he may have hired a new nurse for how she looks on the surface rather than her qualifications. Will the new addition to AAU be able to charm Colette as well as Fletch?
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Star Crossed Lovers
Season 16 - Episode 44 - Aired 8/12/2014
The new nurse arrives on the ward in the form of Fletch from the ED as Elliot returns to work.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Mummy Dearest
Season 16 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/23/2014
When Serena admits her mother to AAU, the women's relationship comes under scrutiny, particularly when Adrienne makes some damning allegations. And though she tries to keep them separate, Serena's personal and professional worlds collide with dramatic consequences. After ousting Elliot as lead consultant on Darwin, Jac has bridges to mend with the team. Instead, she antagonises Elliot by ignoring his advice and showboating with a daring surgical procedure. While his flatmates have busy social calendars, Dominic's private life is non-existent. But when a one-night stand - a nurse in a tiger onesie - offers the possibility of longer-term romance, can Dominic resist?
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - 'Going, Going...'
Season 16 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/26/2014
As Holby prepares for a big charity gala, Guy tasks Arthur with making sure an old patient of his gets the full VIP treatment on Keller, but when Zosia forms a close bond with the gentleman and pushes for a decidedly unconventional approach, Arthur is left scrambling in her wake. Arthur begins to wonder if Zosia is really coping. Jac is determined to make her mark on Darwin and when Mr T brings a special case to her attention, Jac throws herself wholeheartedly into the fray. As the rest of the team get caught up in the excitement of the high-stakes case, Jonny is the only one who questions what's really driving Jac's determination to bury herself in her work. When Billy Tressler arrives on AAU to observe Harry at work, Raf struggles not to let the Tressler family get under his skin.
Watch Now:Amazon