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The Best Episodes of Casualty Season 17

Every episode of Casualty Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Casualty Season 17!

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Casualty Season 17 Episode 1 - Déjà Vu
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    S17:E1

    Three months on, Nikki returns to work and finds the experience still haunts her and has to deal with a stabbing victim on her first shift. Jack is embarrased when she finds out about his spontaneous marriage proposal by her bedside. While taking his children out to the fair, Harry finds himself on-duty after a helicopter crash and is forced to deal with the injured as well as deal with his rebellious daughter. He feels guilty when he finds his heroic actions have infact cost lives. After being arrested, Lara is terrified for her future and looks to David's wife to verify her story in court.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Joss Buckley

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  2. Casualty Season 17 Episode 2 - Protection
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    Lara begins her court trial and suffers flashbacks and the bad memories associated with her assault. New SHO locum Heather Lincoln arrives and doesn't go unnoticed by Simon, who gives her a guided tour – Colette teases ‘Does the tour include the cold showers?'. Later Dillon unwittingly starts to undress in the staff room, unaware Heather is enjoying the view. Heather, is quick to forget about a drink with Simon after shift, and is about to proposition Dillon, when Simon walks in. Heather gets Duffy's back up by bluffing her way through a patient's case and getting Harry on her side – and Duffy becomes more unhappy when her mother is brought in to the department, seriously ill with breast cancer. Finn is unhappy when he finds he is named in Comfort's divorce papers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Casualty Season 17 Episode 3 - Judgement Day
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    It's the day of Lara's trial, but she's not feeling positive since Melanie Collier denied her husband raped her. Lara tries to convince the jury her act was self-defence. Lara is shocked, when they return their verdict. While Duffy is in court, her mother, Kate, is brought in after her condition worsens. Kate tells Charlie she wishes not to be resuscitated. Duffy is angered by Charlie's attempts at sympathy and finds a shoulder to cry on in new security guard Ryan. Dillon and Harry clash with Charlie over how to treat two sisters, who are found to be drug mules.

    Director:Anthony Garner
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Casualty Season 17 Episode 4 - Thicker Than Water
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    Simon gets into hot water when he becomes too involved with a patient and her sister. Josh is not himself and his relationship with Colette is feeling the strain.

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Casualty Season 17 Episode 5 - What Little Girls Are Made Of
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    A father threatens legal action against the hospital when his son is the victim of a misdiagnosis. Duffy resolves to move on after her mother's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Casualty Season 17 Episode 6 - What's Love Got to Do With It?
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    S17:E6

    Roxanne finds it increasingly difficult to juggle work and motherhood. Both Duffy and Comfort are surprised to learn that they each have an admirer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Casualty Season 17 Episode 7 - The Ties That Bind
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    S17:E7

    Punch-ups, riot acts and romance from Holby. Love blossoms for Duffy. Harry reads Simon and Dillon the riot act over their punch-up, but Heather has the final say.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Casualty Season 17 Episode 8 - It's a Boy Thing
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    Josh finds himself in the middle of a conflict between a father and his son; Anna tries to uncover the cause of a patient's illness; and Jack lies to Tony about their father.

    Director:Jeremy Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Casualty Season 17 Episode 9 - Innocence
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    S17:E9

    Lara faces judgement day in the appeal court; a suspected overdose patient forces Roxy to confront ghosts from her past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Casualty Season 17 Episode 10 - Return of the Native
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    S17:E10

    It's Lara s first day back and when Heather's incompetence lands her in deep trouble, Simon and Dillon unite to seek revenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Casualty Season 17 Episode 11 - Up to Your Neck in It
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    S17:E11

    Josh rescues a boy from drowning after his father's car rolls into a river. Nikki is refusing to talk to Jack after his behaviour.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Casualty Season 17 Episode 12 - Gimme Shelter
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    S17:E12

    Lara realises how vulnerable the events of the past few months have left her. Meanwhile, Nikki is reprimanded for endangering a patient's life, but later redeems herself when called upon to deal with a little girl whose mother has been violently murdered

    Director:Euros Lyn
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Casualty Season 17 Episode 13 - Blame
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    S17:E13

    Lara faces new problems when the police officer who helped put her in jail is brought into the department. An horrific RTA dredges up painful memories for Josh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Casualty Season 17 Episode 14 - Feuds and Fury
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    S17:E14

    A Christmas-tree thief chops off his own thumb and a farmer injures his leg while trying to catch him. Things don't look good for the thief's thumb and there's a valuable lesson to be learned about the care of severed digits. The plastic surgeon suggests replacing the thumb with a big toe. It's then revealed the bloke who nicked the tree is the brother-in-law of the farmer who has been brought in with the injured leg, and therein lies a 15-year family feud. Jack is forced to silence a victim of his father's empire when Eddie's gang confronts him. Lara spends an evening with Harry's kids, unaware of Beth's true feelings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Casualty Season 17 Episode 15 - Some Comfort, No Joy and a Bit Too Much Love
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    S17:E15

    Spirits are high at the staff Christmas party. As Simon and Colette disappear outside for a kiss, they are unaware that Josh's life is on the line.

    Director:Jim O'Hanlon
    Writer:David Joss Buckley

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  16. Casualty Season 17 Episode 16 - Living for the Moment
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    S17:E16

    Diane, a patient admitted early on, has Parkinson's but her symptoms are not consistent with that disease. Could the fact that her police inspector husband's been feeding her ecstasy tablets help explain her condition? Then what about the young man who woke up the night after the party with a cut on his head? Is he a clumsy drunk or just wasting valuable resources of the department? Having avoided her since the incident at the Christmas party, Simon finally admits to Colette that he wants nothing further from her. The question on everyone's mind is why did Colette ever marry Josh? Meanwhile, Roxy becomes extremely close to a male patient; and after Nikki catches Fin and Comfort kissing she uses the knowledge to her advantage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Casualty Season 17 Episode 17 - Friend or Foe
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    S17:E17

    A runaway electric saw is brought to life by a naughty youth, who breaks into a shed. When it's blown up, the youth is not looking too good. Laura casts doubt on a young mother and Duffy sees a nursing colleague doing possibly the worst thing a person in nursing, could do. Also, Jack's dad gets what has been coming to him and there's a Mr Lambert who is still fighting the Korean War. Simon's flirtation with a new arrival infuriates Colette, and Josh seems blissfully unaware of his marital problems.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Casualty Season 17 Episode 18 - Collision Course
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    S17:E18

    Harry is determined to rid the department of time-wasters. But when a private patient is brought in suffering from post-operative complications, he wonders if he has been too quick to judge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Casualty Season 17 Episode 19 - Sins of the Father
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    S17:E19

    Josh and Comfort stumble across a badly-injured Jack, while Dillon's Good Samaritan skills are put to use on a neglected teenager with learning difficulties. Meanwhile, Simon's new girlfriend, Jane, visits the department with a close friend suffering from a mystery illness.

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Casualty Season 17 Episode 20 - Spiteful God
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    S17:E20

    It's trying times for everyone in this episode. While Josh can't accept that he and Colette are history, receptionist Jack is having to do some dirty work for his gangster dad. Meanwhile, paramedic Fin's daughter Emma, is brought in to casualty with what looks like a nasty tummy bug. Fin is busy tending a young footballer with a broken leg and can't attend to her and she gets worse. Not the best time for Charlie to return and there's a further blow for him when Duffy announces she's leaving to get married and set up a business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Casualty Season 17 Episode 21 - Flight
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    S17:E21

    Duffy's intended, Ryan, is obviously a wrong ‘un and yet everybody is wishing her well as she leaves Holby to set up home and a business with him. Receptionist Jack's foray into his gangster dad's twilight world forces him to make a big decision. Elsewhere, Harry and Beth's relaxing sailing trip becomes a rescue mission when he spots another vessel in distress, which turns out to be packed with illegal immigrants from Kosovo. But not all of them are as helpless as they appear… The police close in on Jack.

    Director:Jim O'Hanlon
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Casualty Season 17 Episode 22 - Love Hurts
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    S17:E22

    It looks as if long-suffering Duffy's beautiful dream may turn into a nightmare, as security guard Ryan proves to be nothing like the perfect man she'd hoped for. Dillon and Colette take it upon themselves to fight it out for her old job, and clash over the treatment of a malnourished toddler. Meanwhile, things seem to be running rather more smoothly for Tony and Ben, who decide their evening together was perhaps more than just a non-night stand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Casualty Season 17 Episode 23 - Hitting Home (1)
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    S17:E23

    Ryan is still AWOL with Duffy's money, and this week Duffy puts her house up for sale in order to get the moeny back. Fin and Comfort are called to a suspected break-in and attack, and at the hospital Lara is treating her. Lara is concerned about her and offers her the chance to talk, she doesn't take it up. Harry treats Anna's mum, who wants to meet boyfriend Merlin. Tony asks Ben to move in with him. Comfort tries to talk to the attackee(referred to as battered wife from now on) and tells her that she is always in the eyes of God. Colette maenwhile is doing a pregnancy test in the toilets, which comes out positive. It is Simon's baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Casualty Season 17 Episode 24 - Hitting Home (2)
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    S17:E24

    The paramedics are called out to Sheila's house but are surprised to find it's her daughter-in-law Jenny who's in need of help, pushing Comfort into a confrontation. Has the family abuse gone full circle? Meanwhile, one of Jane's clients is rushed to Holby City with a suspected heart attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Casualty Season 17 Episode 25 - Dire Straits
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    S17:E25

    Events take a tragic turn when Jeff tactlessly threatens a highly-strung man while on a call-out with Nikki, and the arrival of an attractive neurologist causes problems between Harry and Charlie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 17 Ratings Summary

"Déjà Vu" is the best rated episode of "Casualty" season 17. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by David Joss Buckley, it aired on 9/14/2002. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Protection".