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Part One. New colleague, Toby de Silva, is immediately thrown into the deep end when he joins Holby City's A&E Department when a bomb goes off on a Coach, and is unfortunate enough to experience what is possibly the worst first day any employee has ever had to endure.
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Live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel... host Ricky Gervais takes the stage. His beer (presumably Fosters) is already waiting for him. The over-under on the amount of time it takes him to make a Charlie Sheen joke is 30 seconds."It's going to be a night of partying and heavy-drinking," Gervais says by way of welcome. "Or as Charlie Sheen calls it: 'breakfast.'"The under wins.On to a "Tourist" joke. He quashes the rumor that the only reason it was nominated was so the HFPA could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. "They also accepted bribes," he says.He gets bleeped for "for Christ's sake."He mentions "I Love You Phillip Morris" wasn't nominated. "Two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay, so the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists," he zings. As the guests in the room look around and wince, Gervais assures them the hypothetical actors in question aren't in the room. "My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke."There's a Hugh Hefner is old joke, and some unfortunate pantomime.He senses light laughter and gets right to presenting.Scarlett Johansson is up first to give out best support actor in a movie, to Christian Bale for "The Fighter." Hopefully no one steps in his line of sight as he makes it to the podium, you know how he hates that.Bale acknowledges he didn't used to know who the HFPA was. "And now I know who you are and I suddenly realize how wise and spectacularly perceptive you guys are," he jokes.He gets played off the stage and the mike cuts out as he's trying to acknowledge Robert De Niro.LL Cool J and Julie Bowen are out next for best actress in a drama TV series, which goes to Katey Sagal for "Sons of Anarchy."She thanks her costars and FX execs and her manager of 30 years. She gets cut off just as she's thanking the show's exec producer, and her husband, Kurt Sutter.Julianne Moore and Kevin Spacey acknowledge Miss Golden Globe, Joe Mantenga's daughter, Gia. They present mini-series or TV movie, to "Carlos".The people who assigned the seats are batting o-fer on winners, as people keep having to make the long trek from their seats in Siberia in the back of the auditorium.Whoever is accepting for "Carlos" gets played off as well, but seems to think the music is just mood and not a cue to shut up.Ricky Gervais waits as the whole crew try to make their way off the stage. He introduces the next presenter as the star of Hudson Hawk, Hart's War and Mercury Rising and as Ashton Kutcher's dad: Bruce Willis.He's there to introduce comedy nominee "RED."Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester present next, but nobody hears what they're saying because Meester's dress has a slit that goes higher than the voice of the winner: Chris Colfer from "Glee."He's barely putting words together as he gets on stage and thanks the show creator Ryan Murphy, his "fairy godfather."He dedicates the win to his costars, "but most importantly to all the amazing kids that watch our show and the kids that our show celebrates and are constantly told 'no' by people because of who they are....well, screw that, kids."Next up is Michelle Pfeiffer to present best picture nominee "Alice in Wonderland."Phillip Burke, the president of the HFPA, comes out and congratulates everyone on their congratulating.Milla Jovovich and Kevin Bacon present best actor in a TV drama to Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire."He pulls out his notes and promises to talk fast "before that sad music comes on." He thanks HBO and his costars and his family.On to best TV series drama, which goes to "Boardwalk Empire." Terrence Winter opens with "holy effing crap."Mark Wahlberg takes the stage. Fun fact: he's an exec producer on the show. Winter wraps up: "To my family and friends back in Brooklyn: I can't believe I'm sitting at a table with Al Pacino either."Andrew Garfield presents "The Social Network" but gets totally tangled on the word "inspiringly" because, well, it's not a word.Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Lopez are next and introduce best original song after he awkwardly talks about her dress and makes a "Ski Party" joke. Uh, sure."You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque" wins and Diane Warren and thanks Cher for being "the eternal bada--- you always are."Next is best original score, which even Alec Baldwin seems bored by. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win for "The Social Network."Trent Reznor thanks the people on the movie and doesn't look the least bit like a hard core rocker with his reasonable length hair and tux.And then, it's time for Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld, the girl from "True Grit" (yes, she's taller than him). They introduce best animated movie. The winner is "Toy Story 3". (Cut to Tom Hanks and, inexplicably, Jennifer Love Hewitt.)The director Lee Unkrich accepts, acknowledging the presenters and asking if they were even born when the first one came out.Gervais is on to drinking wine introduces the next star as from Ironman, then wonders if it's a porn title. He continues with "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and "Bowfinger" to make his point, then says he's also from Betty Ford and the Los Angeles county jail.Robert Downey Jr. comes out and not only takes the jab in stride, but gamely jabs back."Aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean-spirited with mildly sinister overtones, I'd say the vibe of the show is pretty good so far," he says.He moves on to his intro."I don't think an actress can say she's done her best work... until she's slept with me, Julianne." Cut to Julianne Moore. Then Anne Hathaway, Annette Bening, Emma Stone and Angelina Jolie, the nominees for best actress in a comedy.Downey continues, saying that somehow the women did their best work without him."I guess I'm just saying, if I could, I'd give it to all five of you," he wraps up, pointedly. Maybe he'll want to host next year.Annette Bening wins for "The Kids are All Right" and the camera immediately cuts to Jane Lynch, who recently married her girlfriend.Bening thanks Julianne Moore, her costar, for asking her to make the movie. She thanks the 1962 Golden Globe winner for "Most Promising Actor," her husband Warren Beatty.Ricky Gervais is back out, saying the next presenter has been in ten of the top grossing movies of all time. "He has played a boxer...and Rambo."Sylvester Stallone presents "The Fighter".Geoffrey Rush and Tilda Swinton are next presenting best actor for mini-series or TV movie. Al Pacino wins for "You Don't Know Jack."Al Pacino and his four-inch high brown hair take the stage and he rhapsodizes about the joy of playing a real person. He appears to be about half the size of Tilda Swinton, even with the hair.The music does not play him off. You don't play Al Pacino off.Then for actress in a mini-series or TV movie. We learn why Jennifer Love Hewitt is there: she's nominated for the Lifetime movie "The Client List."But she loses to Claire Danes for "Temple Grandin."Next is Zac Efron to introduce "The Kids Are Alright."Ricky Gervais comes out next, introducing the next actor as one he cast in his show, "he's now leaving that show and killing a cash cow for both of us... please welcome the ungrateful Steve Carrell."He and Tina Fey introduce the nominees for best screenplay. "Screenplays we could have written, if we had time," Fey says.That one about the rock climber that, Carrell says, he would have given his right arm to write. Har.Aaron Sorkin wins for "The Social Network." He says the people at Sony believe "people who watch movies are at least as smart as the people who make them."The table applauds Scott Rudin as the "best living producer."He commends David Fincher for making scenes of typing look like bank robberies.Next is supporting actress for TV. Jane Lynch wins, she hugs Sofia Vergara almost immediately."I am nothing if not falsely humble," she says, and acknowledges "Glee" writer Ian Brennan for writing Sue's "deranged" lines.More Ricky, who introduces the next category as one "no one in America cares about." Foreign films!"In a Better World" from Denmark wins. Smugly check that off on your Golden Globe ballot if you guessed it right.Helen Mirren is up next to introduce "The King's Speech."Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams presents best actress in a TV series, which goes to Laura Linney from "The Big C." She's not there to accept.Jane Fonda introduces "Burlesque."Next, best actor for TV. Kaley Cuoco (and her impossibly long hair extensions) announce her costar Jim Parsons as the winner.He thanks "my writers" then catches himself, saying "the writers - 'my writers,' how crass."Jeremy Irons introduces the nominees for best supporting actress in a movie. As they cut to Helena Bonham Carter we see she's wearing a tumbleweed on her head. That's some hairdo.Melissa Leo wins for "The Fighter" and thanks anyone she can think of.Matt Damon is up to present the Cecil B. Moore award to Robert De Niro, who he says he hadn't heard of until about five years ago when he was in "The Good Shepherd."He quotes from "The Godfather" - doing the Fredo part. And then "GoodFellas" - the Joe Pesci lines."And who could forget 'Taxi Driver' where he was literally unrecognizable as a blonde 13 year old hooker?" Damon jokes, before a montage of De Niro - including "Analyze That."Then Bobby D takes the stage and the crowd stands and applauds - and he lets them."Thank you, Matt - and I loved you in 'The Fighter'," he says.To the HFPA: "I was very gratified when you made the announcement two months ago - well before you had a chance to review 'Little Fockers,'" he says.He says some of his movies were missing from the montage, but the punchline is censored.He says he's releasing some of his movies on DVD for people who may have missed them "I'll be selling them in the lobby right after I pose for more pictures with the remaining members of the Hollywood Foreign Press."He gets another standing O when he leaves.Then it's Megan Fox to introduce "The Tourist."Annette Bening introduces best director. David Fincher wins for "The Social Network".He reads his acceptance speech, thanking the crew "without whom I'd just be a bitter old man with a lot of opinions."Jimmy Fallon and January Jones present best TV comedy to "Glee." We hear their rendition of Journey for the third time.Ryan Murphy thanks people as the entire cast and crew takes the stage. His acceptance speech takes less time than their entrance.Alicia Keys introduces "The Black Swan".Next, Halle Berry introduces best actor in a comedy, in which Johnny Depp is nominated twice. Paul Giamatti wins for "Barney's Version.""I'm a little jacked up because I ate five boxes of the free Godiva chocolates," he says. He thanks his three movie wives, and says he got to "smoke and drink and" something that gets censored.Joseph Gordon Levitt gets up and quotes Betty Davis in introducing "Inception."Jeff Bridges strides on stage next and introduces the nominees for best actress in a drama. The winner is Natalie Portman, who pregnantly takes the stage and thanks her grandmother in Cincinnati and parents, who are in the audience.She mentions her fiance Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed the movie and had a line, saying he didn't want to sleep with Natalie's character."He's the best actor, it's not true! He totally wants to sleep with me," she says.Ricky Gervais introduces the next two presenters as a man whose movies have made $3.5 billion and he's won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes... and Tim Allen.He and Tom Hanks introduce the nominees for best comedy."We remember when Ricky Gervais was a slightly chubby, kind comedian," Tom Hanks says. "Neither of which he is now," concludes Allen.The winner is "The Kids Are Alright".Sandra Bullock introduces the nominees for best actor in a drama. Colin Firth wins for "The King's Speech".He thanks the HFPA for the mid-life reassurance. "Right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley Davidson."He calls director Tom Hooper and his costar Geoffrey Rush the two other sides of his "man love triangle."Michael Douglas gets a standing ovation as he comes out to announce the final award of the evening. "There's just gotta be an easier way to get a standing ovation," he says.Onto the nominees for best picture (drama). "The Social Network" wins. (Insert status update joke here.)Producer Scott Rudin accepts. Kevin Spacey is among the crowd on the stage, as a producer. He thanks Mark Zuckerberg for allowing them to tell a story about social networking through his life.Ricky Gervais comes out to say good night. "Thanks everyone in the room for being good sports," he says, even though they weren't.Finally: "Thank you to God - for making me an atheist."
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The lights go up in the Kodak theater and out comes Morgan Freeman. He opens with history: apparently movies have changed since they began, but we still really like them (paraphrase).
The curtain opens and the video begins. Billy Crystal strapped to a chair in black and white silent "The Artist", being totured to host (so say the cards between scenes). He makes a plug for his movie "Parental Guidance" coming out in November.
Then it's the always-game George Clooney, doing the scene from "The Descendants" where he begs his comatose wife to wake up. Except it's Billy. George fully commits, even going in for the kiss on the lips. George asks Billy to host and promises the youngest, hippest writers in town.
Cut to guys around the table in "Moneyball" -- all oldsters. Jonah Hill agrees he doesn't have enough jokes.
Cut to the car from "Midnight in Paris" pulling up to Billy -- with Justin Bieber inside, "I'm here to get you the 18 to 24 demographic".Pan back to Sammy Davis Jr. (Billy) in the car with Biebs, off to hang out with Hemingway and then go kill Hitler. Billy puts on his Miracle Max and wishes them good luck storming the fuhrer.Biebs signs off with "Good luck, Bob".
(Wrong name intentional.)
Then cut to Billy from the scene in "The Help" -- scarfing down Minny's s*** pie. It tastes delicious.
And then we see the first woman in the Oscars pooping in a sink -- the scene from "Bridesmaids".
He runs and sits down to watch movies from "Hugo" as Tom Cruise busts in the room through the window a la "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol".
Billy chases his reels of movies out the window and ends up in "Tin Tin" racing down the hill on a bike, through motion capture.He flies through the air, into his tux and passed reels of scenes from the nominated movies.He comes out on stage and waves to all the pretty people in the crowd.
He acknowledges the applause. "Wow, that was extremely loud and incredible close," he says.This is the ninth time he's hosted. "Just call me 'War Horse'."They're in the "Chapter 11 theater".
Billy tries a James Earl Jones imitation, quoting "baseball" from "Field of Dreams". It's funny because James Earl Jones says it quickly?
"So tonight, enjoy yourself because nothing can take the sting out the world's economic problems like millionaires presenting each other with golden statues," he closes.
And then it's time for "It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar". He breaks into song. "You didn't think I wasn't going to do this did you?"There are nine movies, a lot to cram in."War House" gets the "Mr. Ed" treatment. "Hugo" to "That's Amore"
"There's no Pesci, no Bob, there's no killing -- no mob, that's Hugo. Tell the truth, for the sequel I prefer you don't be so arty -- ax the kid, shoot Ben Kingsley in the head, 'cuz you're Marty!"He heard "The Tree of Life" even freaked out God."The Descendents" bit ends with a joke about George ending up in bed with Oscar tonight.
Tom Hanks is out to present the first award. He invites everyone in the audience to take note of their seat relative to seal filler Carl Swabo (cut to an old guy in a powder blue tux), who has been filling seats at the Oscars for 59 years. He is currently filling Jennifer Lopez's seat, who is backstage.
He introduces Achievement in Cinematography. The winner is Robert Richardson for "Hugo".He says what everyone is thinking: "I can't believe somebody put cinematography first, it can only go up from this point." Then he thanks some people.
Achievement in Art Direction is next. "Hugo" wins again. 
We're back and Billy is back at the "Your Name Here" theater, which he says was designed to look like the movie palaces of our youth.
Time for a trip down movie memory lane, clips from "Forrest Gump" followed by "Titantic" followed by one of those vampire movies the kids today like so much. Hey, it's "Princess Bride"! And Patrick Swayze in "Ghost" and "Jaws" and "Raiders" and top scenes from movie history -- "You can't handle the truth!"
Luke uses the Force, ET wants go home, Jake Lamotta wins, Dustin Hoffman is walking here! Meg Ryan fakes it in a diner.
Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez are out next for Achievement in Costume Design. The nominees are accompanied by introduction from the designers or stars of the movie, talking about why the costumes matter. 
The Oscar goes to Mark Bridges for "The Artist". "I want to thank the Academy for making a lifelong dream come true," he says.
Back to J-Lo and Cameron for Make-up. Glenn Close says she wouldn't have done the movie without the wig man. Warrick Davis, from "Harry Potter", says it's odd to look in the mirror and see nothing of yourself.
J Lo and Cameron return to announce the winner, with their backsides pointed at the audience. The bit doesn't take and they tell the audience to loosen up. Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland for "The Iron Lady" win. "Thanks Meryl, for keeping me employed for the last 37 years," Helland says.
Cut to a pre-recorded bit with stars talking about why they love the movies. Morgan Freeman remembers seeing the original "King Kong". Adam Sandler's first movie was "Diamonds Are Forever". Reese Witherspoon's family went to the movies every Sunday night.
Brad Pitt saw "The Gargantuas". Steve Carell members getting to stay up past his bedtime.
Hillary Swank remembers connecting to the outsiders on screen.Tom Cruise remembers recreating scenes in his backyard.
Barbra Streisand (fixing her hair) remembers dreaming in the movies.
Adam Sandler remembers talking about Sean Connery, "his performance and his chest hair and saying, can I please do that?"
Sandra Bullock comes out to present best foreign language movie and deadpans that because of the giant international audience, she's been asked to present in Mandarin Chinese. She warns us that because her mother spoke German to her growing up, her Chinese has a slight German accent.She starts speaking German.
The subtitles remind us movies are universal.
Clips from the nominees roll. The Oscar goes to "A Separation", from Iran. It's the first Iranian movie to ever win an Oscar.
The director thanks his studio and says he knows Iranians are watching and he knows they're happy at this moment, "not just because of an important award or a film, or a film maker, but because at the time when talk of war, intimidation and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture. A rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics. I proudly offer this award to the people of my country, people who respect all cultures and civilizations and despise hostility and resentment. Thank you so much," he says.
Billy is back out. "A dark knight, an american psycho, a charismatic crack addict - you'll get to choose one on Super Tuesday," he zings. But right now, "be careful, you're in his eye line", welcome Christian Bale.
He's introducing Actress in a Supporting Role, who have nothing in common except that four are first time nominees. We see clips from the movies. They skip the bathroom scene from "Bridesmaids" and show Melissa McCarthy hitting on her real life husband on the airplane.
The Oscar goes to Octavia Spencer from "The Help". She's helped up on stage by her director, and tires to avoid tripping on her dress. She gets a standing ovation.
She thanks her family in Alabama, the state of Alabama, her "Help" family. She fights back tears. She sees the "please wrap up" and says she's wrapping up and "freaking out". Christian Bale helps her off stage.
Billy says that moment for Octavia is what the Oscars are all about and when he saw it, he wanted to hug the first black woman he saw, "which from Beverly Hills is about a 45 minute drive."
He explains to us about focus groups and how they began in 1939 at MGM and Louis B Mayer taped their reactions. He introduces footage from a screening of "The Wizard of Oz".
Bob Balaban comes out in black and write, the audience is Christopher Guest's regulars. Fred Willard loves the flying monkeys. Christopher Guest "didn't get the thing with the kids". The munchkins.Eugene Levy found them irritating and suggests they cut the rainbow song. Catherine O'Hara butchers "Over the Rainbow", "If dirty little monkey fly...."
Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper are out next to present editing. Cooper quotes Ridley Scott saying collaboration between a film editor and director is a like a marriage.
Tina's turn: "And just like in marriage, they spend all their time in a dark windowless room, ordering in food and looking at pictures of other people."
Achievement in Film Editing, with clips of cast and crew talking briefly about the process.The Oscar goes Kurt Baxter and Angus Wall for "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", who won last year for "The Social Network".
They say they weren't expecting it and their rambling proves it, although they do name check "the Roones" (Rooney Mara) from on stage."Let's get out of here," one says after a few seconds."Yea, we're editors."
They leave.
Achievement in Sound Editing. The Oscar goes to Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty for "Hugo".They get on stage, one leaves the mike for the other."You go," he says."No, Hugo," says the other.The audience groans. Sound editor humor!
"I just want to thank everybody who's here tonight, and everybody who isn't, and everybody who's ever been born, or may be born, or born again or reborn. If I've forgotten anybody, then you probably know who you are," says one.
Then Achievement in Sound Mixing.The Oscar goes to Tom Fleischman and John Midgley for "Hugo".
Back after a break to Miss Piggy and Kermit in a loge. Piggy wants to get on the stage. "It's about time Spielberg left some for the rest of us!" Piggy says. They're there to talk about their memorable first movie experience. Kermit was at a drive-in, trying to avoid getting run over by a Studebaker.They introduce a bit by Cirque du Soliel, with music by Danny Elfman.
The Cary Grant scene on a open road from "North by Northwest" leads to two men in suits flying through the theater over the heads of the audience. Then "Metropoolis" is the backdrop for a tumbling routine in which four people are flipped, seated, from the feet of other performers. a man and woman from the audience are taken up on stage in their seats.
The cast watches the audience, reacting to the screen. There's lots of spinning and flying and contorting and Cirque du Soleil-ing. the couple in their seats is suspended high over the stage. A woman stands on her hands on an audience chair. It's worth a YouTube.
They get a standing ovation.
Then Billy Crystal is back. "Wow, I pulled a ham string just watching that," he says.He segues into talking about age. Christopher Plummer is 82. "He may be walking up on stage tonight, because apparently he wanders off," he says.
Welcome Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.Downey Jr. comes on late after Tebowing in the wings. He's followed by a camera crew on stage. He's filming a documentary called "The Presenter".He warns her not to talk when he's talking because "it'll be a nightmare in post". They want to have it on NetFlix by midnight.The camera crew crowds Gwynnie. She pulls Downey Jr. close, zoom in by the camera, and tells him he's being disrespectful and disruptive. He tells her he turned down "The Descendants" to prep for this.
He introduces the nominees.The Oscar goes to "Undefeated", by TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas. "A year ago today we were sitting in our editing room, depressed, thinking no one was ever going to see this movie and a friend said, 'Don't worry, a year from now you're going to be at the Oscars'. And we said, 'You're an idiot'. We'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to him and say, 'You're a lot smarter than we thought'."We have the first bleep of the evening as one tries to acknowledge how crazy it is. "Documentary!", another covers.
They get played off.
Following that bleep, Chris Rock is up. He says he loves animation because you can play anything you want to be. Fat women can play thing, a white man can play an Arabian price. A black man can play a zebra or a donkey.He hates when people say it's hard work, it's the easiest job in the world. "I go in a booth and I go, 'What's the line?' and the guy goes, 'it's time to go to the store' and I go 'it's time to go to the store.'""And then they give me a million dollars!"
Best Animated Feature Film nominees roll. The Oscar goes "Rango", directed by Gore Verbinski.
He says the movie was like playing and thanks the studio for letting him try something different.
Cut to Billy Crystal in his dressing room. He opens the door and is greeted by Melissa McCarthy in character, suggesting they make the dressing room "an undressing room". She puts her foot up on the door, then puts the other foot up. It's time for best visual effects, presented by Ben Stiller and Emma Stone.
She goes full "Price is Right" presenter, then says it's her first time presenting. She suggests they banter and he shut her down, but really he's OK with it. Or she'll make up a song about "Real Steel" and "Hugo," she tries a few notes. She invites Jonah Hill up on stage to dance, but he gives her the no-go.Ben Stiller says you don't want to be the presenter who tries too hard."Like the guy who would dresses up in full 'Avatar' or something?"
Time for the nominees, with more commentary from cast and crew. For "Real Steel" they built the robots and then remade them as CGI. The Oscar goes to the team from "Hugo".
"I know it's an honor to be nominated, but it's a huge thrill to win," says the winner.
Billy Crystal is back and tells us the Harry Potter movies made $7.7 billion dollars. "And yet they only paid 14 percent income tax, which is interesting" he jokes.
Welcome Melissa Leo, 2011 Best Supporting Actress winner.She says some standard highfalutin actor praise to introduce the scenes. (Jason Segel is sitting behind nominee Nick Nolte and looks a little frightened.)The Oscar goes to Christopher Plummer for "Beginners". It's his first win, making him the oldest actor ever to win.He gets a standing O. (And he's wearing a velvet tux, thankyouverymuch.)
He soaks in the applause. He examines his statue. "You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?" he says.He confesses that when he emerged from his mother's womb, he was already rehearsing his acceptance speech. But, he jokes, lucky for you, he's forgotten it. He acknowledges his fellow nominees and his director and costar Ewan McGregor - "who I would happily share this award with if I had any decency, but I don't."He thanks his agents provacateur, who have tried so hard to keep him out of jail.
He thanks his "long suffering wife, Elaine, who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize."
Billy Crystal introduces a bit, about how he has the ability to know what nominees are thinking.Cut to Brad Pitt. "This better not go to late, I have six parent-teacher conferences in the morning," Billy offers.Morgan Freeman: "For 20 days and 20 nights, the emperor penguin...."George Clooney: "Billy didn't tell me that kiss was being filmed."Viola Davis: "I want to thank my agent, I want to thank my writer and my director for creating the role of a strong black woman that wasn't played by Tyler Perry."The dog from "The Artist": "If I had 'em, I'd lick 'em."
Then the president of the Academy to drone about promoting excellence in the motion picture industry. He gives a special thank you to Billy and the producers. (A subtle kick at Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy.)
After that dry bit, Billy thanks him for "whipping the crowd into a frenzy".
Introduces the musical interlude, Oscar theme by Hans Zimmer. An elaborate set of sheet music rises majestically from below the stage for a few bars. and after that grand display, Billy concludes with "Meh" and jokes that this is why there's a buffet.
Penelope Cruz and Owen Wilson are out next to introduce Best Original Score.The Oscar goes to "The Artist," Ludovic Bource.He stops to shake the hands of his fellow nominees on the way up. He tells his wife in French that he loves her.
Will Ferrell and Zach Galfianakas are introduced and come up out of the orchestra pit, solemnly banging cymbals in white tails. They stop to crash in Brad Pitt's face, then take the stage. Zach mispronounces his own name."As serious musicians, it is our pleasure to step out a minute from our day jobs to present the Oscar for best original song," says Will.
Zach points out that one of our nominees will join the ranks of 'When You Wish Upon a Star", "Moon River" and "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp".Clips of the nominees play - all two of them.
There's lots of fumbling of cymbals as they try to open the envelope. Bret McKenzie wins for "The Muppets", he says he was a huge fan of the Muppets growing up and he was genuinely star struck when he met Kermit the Frog. "But once you get to know him, he's just a normal frog. And like a lot of stars here tonight, he's shorter in person," he says.Then he thanks the people on the film (although not Jason Segel, who wrote it, starred in it and who the camera cuts to the audience).
Cigarette girls pass out popcorn into the commercial.
Billy proposes to the front row that they chip in and buy the Dodgers.
Billy botches his intro of Angelina Jolie and does mock rewind, to get out her intro as "the original girl with the dragon tattoo."No one hears what she says because the slit in her dress goes all the way up her leg, which she shows off.She introduces best adapted screenplay.
The Oscar goes to Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon for "The Descendants".Nat and Jim are former members of the Groundlings, which explains why Jim sticks out his leg saucily, a la Angelina. Alexander points out his mom in the audience and says that his mom made him promise he'd dedicate the award to her, "just like Javier Bardem did".
Angelina is back to introduce the nominees for Best Original Screenplay. The Oscar goes to Woody Allen, for "Midnight in Paris". Naturally, he's not there.
More stars talk about what makes a great movie. Reese Witherspoon confesses "Overboard" is her favorite movie.Robert Downey Jr. suggests that's a great question to have Werner Herzog complicate. He obliges, but saying "it sticks to you forever". Huh?
Robert De Niro likes "A Place in the Sun".Warren Beatty says "every once in a while you get the truth from a movie".Brad Pitt sees moments of nobility.Sasha Baron Cohen says he always tries to make movies he would want to watch. "And I just happen to want to watch some really sick stuff."
Adam Sandler says one day he wants to eventually tell the truth, which adds a whole new backstory to "Jack and Jill".
Mila Jovovich strolls out to wrap up the scientific and technical awards. High speed digital cameras were recognized, as was a new gyro-camera system.
Billy is back and introduces the entire Bridesmaids cast. (Alas, Melissa McCarthy and Kristin Wiig have already lost their categories.)Kristin says they're there to show that size does matter.But not length, says Maya."As my grandma used to say, it can be short and still make your toes curl. And I believe in my heart that my grandma was referring not to wieners, but to short films," Maya goes on.
"I'd rather have a short film, with some heft that's nice to me than a long film that just lies there and makes you do all the work," Kristen says.They introduce the nominees.
The Oscar goes to "The Shore", by Terry George and his daughter Oorlagh George.Terry introduces his daughter, the producer. "Now I don't have to wait for her wedding to tell the world how great she is," he says. He dedicates the award to the Irish. She salutes her mom.
Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy give a solemn intro about short documentaries until someone shouts out "Scorsese!" at which point they remove the travel-sized vodkas from their dresses and do a shot.The Oscar goes to "Saving Face" by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Daniel thanks HBO and hands it over to Sharmeen, who thanks the heroes on the ground in Pakistan, including the plastic surgeon who is working on the women in the film. She urges the women of Pakistan who are working for change not to give up on their dreams.
On to best animated short film.The Oscar goes to "the Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore".They sing the praises of movies and thank the people who inspired and moved them.
Michael Douglas is out next to present Directing. He tells a story about Oscar-winning director Leo McCarey trying to borrow money from a bank, being asked what a director does. "Leo paused, then he went to another bank," he says.
The Oscar goes to Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"."I have an Oscar...I forgot my speech. I am the happiest director in the world right now, thank you for that," he says. He thanks the producers, the cast and crew and the dog," he says.
Meryl Streep is up next. Billy notes she's won twice of the 17 times she's been nominated so the other times she had to put on a happy face and be glad when someone else won. He suggests she get an Oscar just for that.
She wraps up the Governors Awards, honoring Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones and Dick Smith (make-up artist). James Earl accepts his honorary Oscar onstage in London where he's performing in "Driving Miss Daisy".Oprah starts crying and calls her recognition "unimaginable". Dick Smith calls it one of the best nights of his life.
The three honorees get a standing O from the crowd.
Then it's time for the In Memoriam segment, including two former Oscars producers, Laura Ziskin and Gil Gates. Billy speaks personally about Gil, a dear friend, who brought him to the awards.
The segment is set Esperanza Spaulding singing "What a Wonderful World". They show clips of some of the actor's most famous lines, including Peter Falk saying "As you wish".
More actors talk about movies, including Julia Roberts talking about relating and Phillip Seymour Hoffman saying you can feel them in your gut.Robert Downey Jr. talks about the finish product ideal being threatened by anyone being selfish or fearful.
"You're fighting with every ounce you have to make sure you will love it forever and when it doesn't turn out that way, it's painful. That's why people are weird who make movies, it's because they care more about their film than themselves," Jonah Hill says.
Edward Norton talks about marveling at great films.
"I've never had any of those feelings," Billy Crystal says when he comes back.
Natalie Portman is out next to present Best Actor. She talks to each man in the audience, complementing Damian Bichir for helping the audience relate to someone they usually don't think about in "A Better Life".
George Clooney "managed to make us believe you were just a regular guy...you subtlely and movingly conveyed the tricky mix of betrayal and grief" in "The Descendants".
Jean Dujardin "spoke volumes" in the silent film "The Artist".
Gary Oldman in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" with incredible nuance and restraint earned his first nomination.
Brad Pitt, "we were not watching a baseball story, because of your work we were watching an under dog story" in "Moneyball".
The Oscar goes to Jean Dujardin for "The Artist".
"I love your country," he says. He reads from his speech, noting that Douglas Fairbanks hosted the Oscars in 1929. Tickets cost $5 and the ceremony lasted 15 minutes. "Times have changed," he says.He pays homage to Douglas Fairbanks, acknowledges his wife and shouts out "awesome!" in French. ("Formidable!")
"They must be going nuts in France right now, or whatever they have in France in place of joy," Billy says.
Last year's Best Actor winner Colin Firth is out to address the Best Actress nominees.Glenn Close for "Alfred Nobbs": "the range of roles you've played over the years displays a brilliance of somewhat bewildering proportions".
Viola Davis for "The Help": "An actress who we've admired for many years has ventured even deeper into our imagination and will remain there for many years to come."
Rooney Mara: "In a very short space of time you presence has come to seem indispensable." (They show the scene of her torturing her rapist, yikes.)
Meryl Streep: "Mamma Mia...We were in Greece, we danced, I was gay and we were happy. I probably fathered your only daughter, they were perplexing times." He calls her "unreasonably good", making it a "little bit more difficult for the rest of us".
Michelle Williams: he calls her his mentor when they first met, and they can leave aside the fact that she was 12 and he was 35.
The Oscar goes to Meryl Streep, who has come dressed as Oscar.
They stand up.
"Oh, come on! When they called my name I had this feeling that I could hear half of America going, 'Oh c'mon, why her again?' But whatever," she says.She starts by thanking her husband for everything she values in her life.Then she thanks her make-up artist Roy Helland.
"I really understand I'll never want to be up here again, I really want to thank all my colleagues, all my friends. I look out here and I see my life before my eyes, my old friends, my new friends," she says.
"This is such a great honor, but the thing that counts the most with me is the friendships and the love and the sheer joy we have shared making movies together."
And then there was one, notes Billy.
Tom Cruise is out to present the award for Best Picture. They show clips from each.The Oscar goes to "The Artist".
They bring the dog up on the stage. Thomas Langmann, the producer, pays tribute to Oscar winner Claude Berri. Michel tells his kids it's 6:30 a.m. in France and they should go to bed in 30 seconds. He thanks his wife, the film's star Bérénice Bejo and says she's the soul of the film. Then he thanks three people: Billy Wilder, Billy Wilder and Billy Wilder.
Billy comes out and says good night.







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Teenager Alicia Dans returns to the ED after collapsing at school, but Linda suspects her problems are psychological and that she has developed an unhealthy fixation with Tom. Meanwhile, a woman takes extreme action against her nuisance neighbours, and Lloyd is upset by a racial taunt. Medical drama, guest starring Clare Calbraith (Downton Abbey).
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A young female is bought into the ED after a camper van crashes into her tent and the team must decide how far to go to save the fathers life when a mother and daughter are so at odds. |
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Plumber Graham and son Jake find a hidden stash of cash when working on fixing a leaky water tank however before they are able to get anywhere they fall through rotten floorboards into the room below whilst Tom intends to propose to Sam. |
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When two police officers are attacked Iain's past life memories are deeply stirred. Lily oversteps the mark in patient care whilst Big Mac soon discovers whether he has the job as Emergency Care Assistant. |
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Lily suspects anabolic steroids are to blame for a violent dispute between a group of rugby players and a confrontation at a eulogy ends in disaster for PC Drummond when he suffers a fractured leg. |
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Tom Glynn-Whitehead stars. Part one of two. Teenager George meets a streetwise youth named Skelly, but when Skelly takes them back to the wrong house they must escape through a window with consequences to their actions. |
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Part two of two. The two youths are in danger from the sexual predator, but after an argument escalates, one of the lads are left fighting; Sam helps a former wartime spy regain her home and Ash treats a girl with strange eating habits. |
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When two brothers swerve off road into a concrete block, their situation can only get worse when one of the brothers refuse medication on the scene whilst Big Mac starts his first shift as Emergency Care Assistant. |
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Sam and Tom's wedding plans are disrupted after the electrocution of Peter Trenton, who has a previous run in with Fletch which shorty leads to the devastating arrest of one of the staff. |
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Fletch faces a disastrous new years eve after he witnesses an explosion at a bar making his problems escalate with Peter Trenton, the man accusing him of assault, meanwhile Robyn helps a silent singer find his voice. |
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Zoe and Tess fight to save the life of Dixie's on-off girlfriend Carol, meanwhile a tussle at a market leaves teacher Alice being pushed through a glass-fronted stall, with new doctor Ethan and Lily treating her inside the ED. |
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New doctor Cal is called out to attend an incident involving a limo hanging precariously off the bridge, whilst his brother Ethan uncovers the truth about an art student whose sight was endangered by flying glass. |
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Dixie is arrested for assault after a man she and Rita believe is a rapist hits his head and is knocked unconscious. Meanwhile Cal and Ethan strive to regain the voice of a little boy. |
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Rita helps the rape victim confront his fears and press charges and Zoe helps an ex-Tiller girl face up to the truth of putting her daughter up for adoption. |
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It's Jamie's final day in the ED and he works with Cal and Ethan after a father and son's bike race goes tragically wrong. Despite persuasion all Robyn and Jeff can do is watch Jamie leave, but is it true love at last? |
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Despite specific orders, Iain runs into a burning building to save a male who is searching for his fiancée; and Lily turns into a magician's assistant after Yvonne gets injured. |
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Fletch's daughter runs away from home only to land herself in unthinkable danger, whilst Robyn must work to discover why a teenage girl is lying. |
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Lily makes a special connection with a mother with learning difficulties, but Ash learns she's failed to follow his instructions. |
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Iain is called to a fire at a B&B but when he discovers Kenny and Beth at the scene he attempts to help the distressed ex-soldier, what will be the outcome? |
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Iain and Big Mac are held hostage by an angry ex-soldier. |
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Ethan's conscience is tested to its max when an activist asks him to keep secrets and Zoe and Rita help a prisoner whose desperate to repair the broken relationship with his mother. |
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New Consultant Connie Beauchamp is faced with a big situation on her first day on the ED, elsewhere Ash takes his wayward daughter back in hand. |
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Zoe, Lily and Connie pull together to treat a father and his ADHD daughter, whilst Dixie helps a husband come to terms with his wife's dementia. |
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The paramedics are called out to treat Jim and Martha after a prank by a group of girls goes wrong. As Jeff and Dixie drop off the patient they see an aggressive motorcyclist flee a scene, with the victim in pursuit. As they follow, the motorcyclist skids and ends up with a badly broken leg.
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Fletch helps build bridges between two brothers who seem to be united by drugs. Cal treats a patient convinced he has a brain tumour and Ella is bought in again after an allergic reaction to drugs at a party. |
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Dixie risks her job to take a patient to see his dying mother. Elsewhere an unusual birthday treat goes awry when cocaine is sniffed. |
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Dixie is given three months' suspension by the Ambulance Trust. Zoe questions whether there was another way to save a life when a man is bought in after falling on a metal spike. |
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A wedding day car crash causes Ash and Fletch to pick up the pieces along with Rita, Ethan and Robyn and Ash realizes the truth of his own daughter when a patients experience with drugs turn sour. |
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Cal tries to help two sisters and their despairing father after a horrific accident at a family-run Italian restaurant. Tess treats a pregnant teenager whose father is putting pressure on her to do what he thinks is best. |
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Cal treats a young barrister who was run over by a bicycle whilst rampaging through the courts, but as Lily sends her off for a psyche assessment without the admission of Cal all ends in potential disaster - can anyone save Anna from jumping the ED roof? Elsewhere a father can't understand why his son is gay and believes his accident is related to his sexuality, can Connie convince otherwise?
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Rita faces concerns when a terminal patient, Peter, is taken ill after a fire at a care home. Lily treats a patient convinced he has toothache. |
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The ED lands chaos with increasing numbers. Connie fights to save a man with dementia, while Ethan and Rita treat a bulimic teenager. |
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Zoe sticks up for the ED when the press arrive, but after a horrific helicopter crash Zoe is forced to consider her actions - is this the last straw? |
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A highly competitive father and son ignore Ethan's advice to take it easy after a car accident, which results in Jeff meeting his new love interest. |
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Tess helps Rachel, a leukaemia survivor come to realize he isn't yet ready for a family. Meanwhile, a carjacking turns nasty. Rita reveals a shock by telling an anonymous source over the phone she "wants a divorce from the man who's ruined her life."
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Rita is thrown when a face from her past arrives injured at the ED, distracting her from her interview. Lofty and Cal help reunite a family and Jeff and Samantha's relationship continues to grow. |
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Cal and Ethan work together to solve a medical mystery. Tamzin grows jealous of Jeff and Samantha's relationship, while Rita turns to drinking after her revelation continues to cause trouble in the ED. |
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Jeff finds himself in a dangerous situation when Samantha's secret turns up, whilst Max helps a young couple stand up to their families. |
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Rita loses her temper when a patient turns out to be dishonest, Cal helps a schoolgirl come to terms with her HIV after being bullied at school and Max helps a rock legend come clean. |
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Connie's old boss Andrea returns to the ED the same time her young heart patient is admitted, but Connie's concerns are soon raised when Andrea becomes insistent on operating. Ash decides to cover for Rita, while Lofty treats a distressed young male.
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Robyn and Ethan assist the paramedics when a floor collapses at a wedding. Max bonds with an unhappy teenager, while Lofty thinks creatively to help a deaf woman come forward about her abuse. |
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Connie decides to take a select number of her staff out on a day following the hospital's recent success, but when Ethan takes his eyes off the road for a second too long the team are embroiled in a horrific road traffic collision - with devastating consequences for one character.
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A few old faces gather as an emotional day arrives for the staff. Ethan leaves his bed to attend the funeral, while Dixie distracts herself. Iain returns, while a new Tea Lady, Honey, catches the eyes of Noel. |
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Connie is left questioning herself when a man dies mysteriously in the ED. Dixie can't help but blame Ash for Jeff's death. Cal works closely with Ethan and Charlie on a virus which connects two patients. |
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Connie has a complaint made against her by the dead man's daughter. Zoe returns to the ED and brings a surprise returnee - Dylan. Ash and Dixie clash over Jeff, creating an awkward tension in the ED. |
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Rita and the staff struggle to deal with a football riot which overspills from a pub to the ED. But things soon turn dangerous as a flare is set off, resulting in a man's face being severely burned. Rita is promoted to senior staff nurse. |
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Lily investigates what she believe is a murder case when two patients die in mysterious ways after being involved in a car crash. |
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Lily treats a woman with Lyme disease. A woman is admitted after collapsing when she claims she has just beaten cancer, but it appears her lies are catching up on her when her boss uncovers the truth. |
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Amy Hills, an air hostess, is crushed under hand luggage, knocking her unconscious. When she arrives at the ED, her relationship with her husband strains. Connie continues to personally blame Rita for Grace's departure. Iain receives a verbal warning.
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Lily falls asleep whilst driving home on her moped, causing her to collide with a school girl.A man is admitted after a meth lab explosion. Rita and Connie's feud comes to a head, with Rita getting her staff to abide by their role, instead of doing extra jobs for the doctors.
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Zoe faces every doctors most difficult decision: treating a six year-old who has been run over by her father, or saving a pregnant mother from an RTC. Initially prioritising the young girl, she dies. When the pregnant lady arrives, her and her daughter die. Zoe then reflects and wonders what she would have done differently. Then, she retakes her day, this time prioritising the six year-old. She dies, but the pregnant woman's daughter survives. However, Zoe then reawakens and realises she's up half an hour early - she manages to save the six year old and the pregnant woman.
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Connie is horrified when Alfred asks her to help him die. A pregnant young lady gives birth in the back of the ambulance, but Connie is concerned the young girl was coerced into agreement when her teacher storms in claiming it to be her baby. Ethan and Cal treat a bully and a victim when the victim tweaks a science experiment - causing an explosion in the lab.
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Connie is questioned over the murder of Alfred Maxwell, but things take a nasty turn as Connie tells the police to investigate her office, which she claims has the medication she gave to Alfred. Just minutes before the police arrive Rita snatches the medication - leading to Connie being charged for murder. Lofty and Robyn argue as he kisses another patient.
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Connie is suspended following the arrest, and is not granted bail. Charlie and Rita continue to fight over the medication which potentially could set Connie free - struggling with a guilty conscience she hands them over, setting Connie free. A young girl slashes her wrists and is admitted, but reveals she's in a sexual relationship underage and with a man in his thirties. An elderly female with dementia is admitted. Charlie gets a call from Louie's girlfriend - he's been beaten up and needs urgent help.
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Connie and Charlie go to Bucharest in search of Charlie's son Louis who is in trouble with the wrong people. |
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Zoe and Dylan get to the bottom of a botched team-building exercise when a girl's leg is caught in an animal trap and two friends are entangled in barb wire. Louie is attacked by junkies, causing his heroin addiction to become well-known by the staff.
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An attack on a room full of racist supporters leads to chaos in the ED when the victims are brought in along with the perpetrator and, when the situation escalates further, the police instigate an evacuation, with Jacob ending up in the firing line.
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Lofty is finally getting the hang of his new role, but can one fatal error make his victory short lived? |
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New Consultant Elle Gardner prepares for her first at the Emergency Department, however she finds herself being held hostage alongside Zoe by Shelle. The pair work together to save Vince who has been slashed across the arm. After an eventful day, Hanssen expresses his concerns regarding the running of the ED and asks Elle to tell him if she feels the department is not running smoothly. Zoe leaves for America, and it's the end of Zoe and Max's relationship as Zoe lets Max go and says her final goodbyes to him.
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Connie and Elle come to blows after Elle encourages Jacob to attend a factory explosion without consent from Rita. David hides further into his shell, while Dylan's father is admitted to hospital again, and as he begs Dylan for forgiveness, Dylan refuses to accept him back into his life.
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Big Mac struggles with his painkiller addiction and steals more drugs from the hospital. When Charlie learns he's been stealing painkillers he threatens to report the incident to Rita. Aware he has nowhere else to go, Big Mac finally attends his first narcotics anonymous meeting.
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The day of Cal's planned strike arrives, and battle lines are drawn. Lily tries to get through to Gemma, with life-threatening consequences. |
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Lily's life hangs in the balance as Gemma flees the scene of the accident. Cal's strike takes a cruel turn as Ethan's life is placed in danger. As Cal goes to great lengths to protect Ethan, there are devastating consequences for the whole emergency department.
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Alicia turns to blogging to expose the weaknesses of the ED. Patients are forced to wait in ambulances. New F1 doctor Bea Kinsella gets a rude awakening.
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Alicia continues to blog anonymously about the state of the ED. Ethan receives a backlash for his alternative solution to try and calm the ED down. Gemma begins work as a porter.
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Ethan's attempts to satisfy the hospital administrators cause him to make a severely unpopular move. Glen hopes to secure his future with Robyn.
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Tragedy strikes for Robyn and Glen on their wedding day. Jacob endeavours to spend more time being a father to Blake.
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Glen makes a heart-breaking decision after Robyn learns his tumour is back. Bea shadows Dylan, fearful his alcoholism is affecting his work performance.
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Ethan receives a distressing surprise from pregnant patient Leigh-Anne. Charlie delights in becoming the clinical nurse manager again. Sam tries to get through to Dylan but has little success.
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Bea arrives at the ED as a patient, leaving her colleagues worried about her. Robyn returns to work following Glen's death. Ethan resigns from his clinical lead duties.
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Connie returns as clinical lead, with a big plan for the hospital. Ethan comes to the aid of a severely distressed Leigh-Anne. Alicia holds a party at her new flat.
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Sam and Iain face an impossible decision as they stand neck deep in water with their patient. Bea's secrets are uncovered after she returns to Holby.
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Connie learns a shocking truth about her friend Maggie. Bea struggles to find her confidence again on her first shift. Ethan and Alicia reconcile.
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Alicia struggles to digest the previous night's events. Leigh-Anne requests to only see Ethan when she admits her son again. Jacob tries to get Blake to study for his exams.
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Alicia tries her hardest to avoid Eddie. Sam and Jacob discuss who Sam could beat in a boxing match. Bea receives a phone call about her father.
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Connie and Elle go on a road trip from hell. Bea notices something is wrong with Alicia. Gem and Rash must look after Connie's goldfish.
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Alicia reaches breaking point as Ethan makes a shocking confession. Connie is determined to find out who killed her goldfish. Blake misreads Sam's signals.
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Bea makes Alicia talk. New paramedic Ruby faces a first shift from hell. Noel is determined to celebrate the NHS's 70th birthday.
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Bea encourages Alicia to talk to someone about her ordeal. Ruby attempts to make amends with her colleagues. Jacob lies to Sam and tells her Blake knows about their relationship.
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Alicia is reluctant to go to the police and report Eddie. Connie opens her new trauma theatre. After receiving dating advice from Eddie, Rash tries to ask Gem out.
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Iain makes a shocking confession to Jan. The whole department struggle to come to terms with recent events. Ciara comes crashing back into Dylan's life.
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Alicia returns to work earlier than planned. Dylan is tasked with clearing out Sam's locker. Eddie is brought to the stand to make his plea.
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Iain and Dylan brawl on the day of Sam's funeral. Jacob and Blake remember Sam. Alicia treats a young patient with unexplained bruising.
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Ruby and Iain face a shift from hell together. Duffy hides a diagnosis from Charlie, and confides in a old flame instead.
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Jacob must face up to the past when his schizophrenic mother arrives at the hospital. Gem's jealousy gets the better of her. Iain struggles to control his emotions.
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Dylan has gone missing, so David calls for back-up in his quest to find him. Rash reels from his split with Gem.
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Dylan faces Ciara once again when she takes a turn for the worse. Louise's leadership style frustrates the nurses. An inspection team arrives at the ED.
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Iain's mental health takes a sharp turn. Duffy is traumatised by her actions. Ethan and Alicia plot to reunite Rash and Gem.
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Dylan and Ciara prepare to make their great escape. Duffy panics when Charlie answers her phone. Student nurse Marty is eager to please on his first shift.
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Dylan aids the injured as Ciara becomes desperate to make her getaway. Jade takes things too far as her and Marty fight for a patient they both fancy.
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Iain seeks comfort in Ruby after a difficult day. Duffy makes a shocking self-diagnosis after being admitted to the ED. Dylan pushes David away.
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Iain pushes Base away after being beaten up. Duffy asks Charlie to keep their break-up between them. Marty chooses his career over Jade.
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Alicia learns the values of her own opinions. Duffy gets herself checked by a doctor. Marty and Jade spat over living arrangements.
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Alicia makes a big career move. Marty's lies catch up with him. Elle hands the clinical lead status back to a returning Connie.
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Iain finds himself in a quandary. Ruby and Gem search for a new place to live. Louise goes out of her way to help her patient.
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Iain faces the consequences of his actions. Jan learns the truth about her son. Louise vows to stand up for her nurses when Jade is bitten by a patient.
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Louise employs body cameras in a bid to protect the nurses. Connie isolates herself from the team. Gem helps Rash decide whether he wants to specialise in paediatrics or cardiology.
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Louise fights for her nurses, and then hands in her resignation. Iain reaches out to a face from his past. A terrified Connie is unable to remember who assaulted her.
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Iain contemplates concluding his life after believing he has taught Ruby all she needs to know. Dylan is inspired by maggots. Marty plays counsellor.
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Gem must come to terms with the truth about Iain. A guilty Ruby goes out of her way for a patient.
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New Registar Archie Hudson has a baptism by fire in Holby ED... while Duffy finally lets Charlie in on her secret
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Locum registrar Will makes quite the impression in the ED. Charlie pushes his nurses to the limit to hide Duffy's secret
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With Gem's help, Rash makes the choice to follow his dream of traveling. Will risks Connie's wrath to help a patient.
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Iain goes above and beyond on his first day back as a paramedic. Charlie steps on Duffy's toes trying to defend her right to work. Connie offers Will another interview.
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Elle leaves Holby ED with her head held high. Ruby puts her foot down with Dani. Jacob makes a shocking discovery involving his mum.
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The Holby ED is shaken up by the arrival of a brash new troubleshoooter , Ciaran. Jacob decides to fight to protect his mum. Iain steps up to support Jan.
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An attempted mugging and motorcycle accident bring a number of casualties to the hospital, forcing Ruby to admit what's been going on with Dani and causing Jade to connect with a deaf patient.
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Iain gets embroiled in a tricky case with a familiar face while Jade gets more than she bargained for with Marty.
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Connie takes the opportunity to prove herself, but it ends in disaster. Duffy proves her worth in the ED but gets caught in the middle of Connie's mistake.
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Connie is forced to choose between her addiction and her career. Duffy has a hard day and finds herself back in the ED.
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Rash returns to the ED. Ethan attends the scene of a market attack in Holby. David's son Ollie arrives in the ED out of the blue
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Archie takes justice into her own hands to support a wronged patient. An old friend from Iain's past helps him think about his future. Rash makes a rash wager.
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David and Ollie continue to butt heads. Rash decides to fight to stay at Holby. A new member joins the paramedic team.
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Ethan worries when Effie and other trial patients are brought in with mysterious symptoms, an elderly man's cluttered home leads to two injuries and Jade gets a chance to find out about her past when she runs into her old case worker.
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Faith brings her son in after a minor accident only for Dylan to discover a more serious problem, a police raid on a warehouse break-in results in an injured environmental activist and Charlie struggles with Duffy's confusion.
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Charlie wakes to find Duffy has gone missing in freezing tempretures and falling snow. Can he find her before it is too late? An emotionally charged episode in which we say farewell to Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, the nation's most beloved nurse.
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After learning her parents are taking Harmony abroad, Ruby makes a difficult decision over a train accident. Connie tells Rash to deal with Nicola and Howie when they return and Dylan tries to avoid Faith.
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A joyriding incident leaves a teenager fighting for his life as all involved try to cover their backs. Connie and Jacob try to help Charlie when he is brought in drunk and injured, and Fenisha tells Will she is pregnant by someone else.
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An overworked Noel becomes suspicious when a teenage girl seems terrified of the family therapist. Fenisha meets a struggling single mum as she ponders having an abortion and Faith finds it hard being at work while Luka is having chemo.
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A deaf wrestler injured by a falling lighting rig turns out to be an ex-boyfriend of Jade's, while Fenisha is disciplined for ignoring orders to help him. Jacob tries to assist a wheelchair-bound former marine.
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Jade is reunited with her mother on a day when she also has to deal with a cyclist who hasn't been eating and a heart transplant patient who hasn't been taking his medication.
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Lev has to face facts about himself while looking after a fellow Russian who has been stabbed, Jan and Fenisha treat a woman who has crashed her car while in labour and Charlie struggles to adjust to being back at work.
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Off duty Ethan and Fenisha help out when an overprotective dad crashes a van into the crowd at a convention. Jacob learns Nate still isn't receiving help at home and Faith asks Dylan to keep her company after Luka has a scan.
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Jacob feels he has let Nate down when he is brought in with a blood clot, Lev meets a man from the gay chat app after receiving more bad news and two warring siblings end up at the hospital after an accident at their father's funeral.
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David feels an affinity with an agitated patient, Xander's arrival with a pregnant friend prompts a confrontation between Dylan and Lev, and Ethan confides in Fenisha about his HEMS experience.
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Fenisha ends up treating Jan during a cave-in, Dylan and Faith find a teenager's problems are down to family secrets and Jacob suspects an MS sufferer doesn't know the full story.
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