Cal to Holby would be amazing, particularly as I stopped watching Holby months ago

Casualty continues to be my gulity-not-very-pleasurable-pleasure.

Cas on air

I've decided to watch it tonight...whilst chatting to my sister via FB - Alicia bugger off back to Newcastle and never grace our screens again. While you're at it take Cal with you.

The girl falling out of the balcony into Cal's arms was just LOL-tastic. Sad about the boy badly burned and the Dad struggling. Connie and the Christmas decorations, Duffy and Charlie - don't wanna sound ageist, but I don't give a crap.

I know EE has struggled, but Casualty is lucky it's managed to see 30!

Bonus - Seb's sexy hairy chest - Ian needs to get topless as he's a fine specimen of man.

On the plus side, there's been some top notch shirtlessness tonight with Cal and Sebastian.

Good episode, even with the Love Triangle from Hell. Glad Ethan actually did the selfish thing for a change! But I can see this dreadful storyline dragging out a good bit more. Hope I'm wrong!

Connie just has a proper reason to be vile to everyone now.

I love Dylan so much "do you want a biscuit?" and such awkwardness. He was trying his best to support someone with a horrible father....

Olly from Game of Thrones... #justice4olly

Lily looked fabulous.

Something that has always bugged me: why do they have lockers in the break room? Should they not have a separate changing room?

Glad Ethan finally told Alicia how he feels. I hope they get together!

I feel really bad for Seb, but Dylan's hands up, back pressed against the wall reaction made me laugh out loud (whilst I was cringing for poor Seb).

Handel and Dylan...

There were a few things I liked in that ep (and a few I didn't). But Dylan listening to Handel comes top. Along with the kid's transplant coming through and Noel's acting in the Nativity play. Neigghhhhhh

Dylan really didn't see it coming, did he?

It's an improvement from last week's episode as I didn't enjoy the Wizard of Oz references and the special effects.

I understand Connie is in a downbeat mood because of her current situation with Grace but she shouldn't be rude to the staff members tonight. I miss Holby's Connie so much and I hope the new executive producer brings back the old Connie. I presume she's back part time which explains why Elle is Clinical Lead now. They still haven't made it clear if she's still Acting Clinical Lead but Elle exerted her authority a few times so I guess it's permanent?

Yikes the almost kiss was so awkward and I felt sorry for both characters because although it was one sided, Sebastian felt a lot of remorse in the aftermath. Dylan's facial expression was hilarious and kudos to Will Beck. I really enjoy the pairing of Seb and Dylan but it's a shame we may not see any more of them in future.

Ryan's back! Glad they brought back the original actor. There will be more complications for 'Chuffy'. Not bothered about the Alicia/Ethan/Cal love triangle.

I literally had a screech to a halt/read again moment...

New exec prod!?! What do you know? Please tell. Is that for Cas or Holby?

My "favourite" Connie moment was when she told Ethan off for looking unprofessional after he got a box in the nose from the patient's dad

Just did a quick Google, and it appears Oliver Kent is moving into a new role as overall head of continuing drama series, so it's a safe bet someone will need to step into his shoes on both shows:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...os-oliver-kent

Agreed... he is just my type!

I actually preferred the Wizard of Oz episode. The patient storylines were okay but felt unfinished. Nice to see Sam Troughton but giving him a history with Connie from Darwin made the fact he once played an aggrieved relative who took Henrik Hanssen hostage even more obvious. The storyline threatened to collapse with the cheesy nativity stuff but recovered well, only to get an unlikely happy ending which actually seems to be just a temporary respite. Similarly, the storyline with the two girls just got dropped with no real resolution: We didn’t even see the girl’s reaction to her friend’s death. (And I swear I’ve seen her somewhere before. Give me a mo. Oh, three previous roles in Casualty. Probably one of them.)

Which just leaves the regulars to mess it up. I was interested in Connie for one scene, then she reminded me what an utter disgrace she is as both a mother and a human being and I found myself once again wishing that fall off the cliff had finished her off. I couldn’t even root for Elle, who was supremely irritating. Connie may have a valid reason for getting rid of the decorations, but she just came across as a power-mad control freak who no longer has any power or control yet everyone lets her get away with stuff anyway. Did Max really not see Dylan and Seb when he took the photo? (I initially thought he was photographing them.) Charlie and Duffy were okay but I didn’t recognise Ryan at all. Lily's lost any semblance of likability and deserves all she gets from Grayling. And are we really meant to cheer Ethan effectively cracking onto his brother’s girlfriend? Isn’t that actually worse than Cal making a play for Alicia knowing Ethan likes her but doesn’t want to be with her? Doesn’t help that his internet date actually seemed a better match…

Parteeeeeeeyyyyy!!!!!

Thank you

Agreed.

The only downside for me was, as always, the tiresome Connie.

The great Connie's presence made a huge difference to this episode.

Missed the episode.last night but did anyone notice if there was a dedication at the end to Bernard Gallagher (Emergency Medical Consultant Ewadt Plummer 1986-8) who passed away last Sunday?

Gosh - I didn't know that. Very sad news. I've been catching up on iPlayer and I didn't notice a dedication at the end, though I could be wrong. It would be great if Casualty did do something in that regard, though.

As for the episode last night, I agree that it was an improvement on last week's bizarre Wizard of Oz themed episode. There was just about the right balance between light and dark and for once, I could tolerate Connie. Maybe I'm a Scrooge but I did love the moment when she threw the small Christmas tree in the bin, reminding the staff that the decorations were an infection risk. It jars that they have someone like Dylan saying the ED is "understaffed" yet what you see for most of the episode is Elle, the clinical lead, whose main concern seems to be putting up decorations, along with other medics and admin staff doing the same.

Once again, Dylan / William Beck steals the episode. The writing for him is superb - yet so sloppy elsewhere. "Do you want a biscuit for a procedure we practised last week?" Love it, love it, love it. I'm not sure where this partnership between him and Seb is going, especially after the latter came on to him (genuinely funny moment when Dylan was taken aback) but it's great to watch.

More like the grating Connie, to me (I know it's seemingly sacriledge to dislike her, along with Holby City's Jac Naylor. But I don't care).

Such a shame she didn't die during the anniversary episode.

I was going to post you the link but someone has already provided the link for you

I think he's leaving Casualty and Holby as executive producer but he will still be involved in both shows unfortunately. I think Erika Hossingron needs to go too.

This series has been really poor and it's evident that Kent and Hossington spent too much time on the 30th anniversary episodes but they didn't have any good plans for this series.

The ED Department needs a shake up and I'm bitterly disappointed the board promoted Jacob to CNM. Very unrealistic!

I'm enjoying two storylines and that is Grace's condition and the Seb/Dylan stuff. I can't wait for the new trailer coming out soon and I hope there's some strong material coming up next year. I want less love triangles and more medical storylines.

I have to give credit to the writers for continuing Grace's storyline and it's a slow burner and I'm glad she hasn't recovered after 5 minutes because it needs to be realistic. Emily Carey did a fantastic job when Grace was struggling to eat her meal

Dylan is the only reason I watch these days. Almost everyone else in it gets on my nerves and/or is totally unconvincing.

Yes, the news about Bernard Gallagher broke mid week but very quietly. Only a brief death notice rather than full obituary in the print copy of The Guardian. I didn't notice an acknowledgement or dedication on screen but I don't think they've ever had one for a former cast member dying.

I find Casualty so hard to watch now. I have to force myself to sit through it.

I did agree with Connie. Anybody could come into A&E at death's door, or with a relative at death's door any moment and aside from the very real infection risk, they emotionally probabky wouldn't want the debateabke happiness if Christmas shoved down their throat.