Is Linden falling for Faye again?
Faye Morton's return to work following her son Archie's death has been troublesome. Help is on hand though when old flame Linden offers her a listening ear when she needs one. Realising that Faye could do with some support, Linden contrives to get Faye moved on to his ward for the day, while at the same time neglecting the needs of his daughter Holly, on work experience at the hospital. During a dramatic shift Linden’s scheming throws Faye into the deep end when she’s called upon to help deal with the death of a young boy, bringing back sad memories of Archie's own demise. As Linden and Faye work together to support the grieving mother of the dead boy, it looks like old feelings are hard to suppress and Linden’s beginning to fall for Faye once more. Will he be able to control his emotions? Meanwhile, Donna and Maria clash as Maria's determination to further her career results in her upsetting most of the nursing staff. Elsewhere, Ric tells Thandie that he wants a divorce.
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.