#bbc holby

[minsungies]

nothing has been ok since berena left

[friedaaaaaaargh]

Hecate Hardbroom - The Worst Witch (2017-2020)

Melisha Tweedy - Chicken Run (2000) / Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

Frieda Petrenko - Holby City (1999-2022)

Appreciation for three iconic characters, all with black hair, and an iconic bun.

[grimdarkgoldcross]

OMG FAITH SIOBHAN AND STEVIE GIRLS NIGHT

[echoesofdbc]

*Customer drives into "Campbell's Motors"*

Customer; Hi, hello nice to meet you. Mrs Campbell I presume?

Bernie; Ah, no. I'm Bernie. Mrs Wolfe...

Customer; Oh, I'm so sorry. I just presumed...

Bernie; Mrs Campbell is my wife.

Customer; Oh! That was very sweet of you to name your garage after her.

Bernie; Ha! No... It was mostly to annoy her actually...

Customer; Oh? So why did you name it "Campbell's Motors"?

Bernie; *pause* Because I turn her on.

*Serena furiously walks out of the office having overhead Bernie*

Serena; BERNIEEE!!!

[and-to-you-its-just-words]

So I’m finally watching the last season of Holby City in its entirety and while I’m throughly enjoying some of the storylines, it feels very much like they are trying to get too many storylines done. Dom’s mom got sick but then he and Carole disappeared for like 10 episodes while the Jenni/Evie trafficking story happened and then that was dropped. Jac is dying but it doesn’t get mentioned for almost 10 episodes and then she’s suddenly having panic attacks in the stairwell. They’re trying to establish Henrik and Russell (which I am very much here for) but it’s getting buried under everything else. Josh’s eating disorder is a great storyline but again it’s starting to feel like it’s getting lost. Not to mention whatever is going on with Eli and Amelia and we still haven’t got Nicky back yet.

And for some god forsaken reason they’ve brought Oliver Valentine back and expect me to give a shit.

[ghastlybespoke]

The essential Gaskell storyline episodes list. Episodes you absolutely must watch for the storyline are in bold, episodes that aren't must-watches but have Johnrik scenes are in italics, episodes that don't have John in them but are important for storylines he's involved in are in parentheses. (A lot of this is copied from post/697935241117040640/ on my blog lol.)

(Series 19 episode 58 “It Has To Be Now”) - This one doesn’t actually have Gaskell in it, but it sets up the history between Henrik, Roxanna, David Hopkins, and John. Basically, it's the prologue to the Gaskell storyline.

Series 19 episode 61 “Group Animal - Part One” and episode 62 “Group Animal - Part Two” - This two-parter is where John actually arrives. I’d say it’s THE best two episodes of Holby ever.

Series 19 episode 63 “We Need To Talk About Fredrik” - This one isn’t too important, but I’d recommend it anyway because it does a lot to start showing what sort of character John is.

Series 19 episode 64 “Always Forever” - Again, not too important, but it starts developing his character.

(Series 20 episode 1 "The Prisoner") - John isn't in this, but it's very important for the Oliver storyline, which John is quite heavily involved in.

Series 20 episode 2 “Ready or Not” and series 20 episode 3 “There By The Grace Of…” - This is where John’s medical trials start.

Series 20 episode 4 “Hanssen Is As Hanssen Does” - More important trial stuff.

Series 20 episode 5 “One Day At A Time” - John operates on his first trial patient.

Series 20 episode 6 “Not Your Home Now” - Some generally important plot stuff here, particularly related to Henrik’s storyline which of course ties into John’s. You could skip it if you really wanted though.

Series 20 episode 7 “Precipice” - Important interactions between John and Roxanna.

Series 20 episode 9 “Ache” - Skippable, but there’s some stuff with John and Roxanna that’s worth watching.

Series 20 episode 10 “Square One” - Really important, unskippable stuff about John’s trial.

Series 20 episode 13 “No Matter Where You Go, There You Are - Part Two” - More trial stuff, plus some Johnrik interaction. The two episodes before this aren’t that important to John’s storyline, though they are important to other stories.

Series 20 episode 14 “Tete a Tate”, series 20 episode 15 “Tate Gallery”, and series 20 episode 16 “New Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be” - All important episodes for the trial.

Series 20 episode 19 “Bubble Wrap” - This is a HUGE episode for John’s storyline, especially the trial.

Series 20 episode 20 “Blind Spot” - Some minor stuff wrt John’s trial, and some good Johnrik scenes, but very skippable. It’s more important for Henrik’s storyline than John’s.

Series 20 episode 23 “None But The Brave” - John agrees to do surgery on Jac.

Series 20 episode 24 and 25 “Primum Non Nocere - Part One” and “Primum Non Nocere - Part Two” - Jac has her operation.

Series 20 episode 26 “Fallen Idol” - Roxanna comes to see John in Portugal and finds out about the patient he’s treating there.

Series 20 episode 28 “Into The Light” - More important stuff about John’s trial. There’s also a guest appearance by Ethan from Casualty!

Series 20 episode 30 “Two for Joy” - Important stuff regarding John and Jac.

Series 20 episode 32 “Bygones”, episode 33 “Bargaining”, and episode 34 “All Business” - REALLY important stuff regarding John and Jac.

Series 20 episode 36 “Keep Your Friends Close” - Roxanna travels to Lisbon to investigate John’s work, and asks Henrik to keep an eye on John while she’s away.

Series 20 episode 37 “All Lies Lead To The Truth” - The big confrontation between John and Roxanna. This has the most awful scene where Roxanna claims she never loved her husband David and wanted to be with Henrik instead, but sadly, it's essential to the storyline.

Series 20 episode 38 “One Man And His God” - A flashback to John, Henrik, and Rox’s university days.

Series 20 episode 39 “Undoing” - Follows on from the previous two episodes. This is THE biggest moment in John’s storyline. Prepare yourself - it's very dark and horror-y.

Series 20 episode 40 “Inscrutable” - Follows on from the end of “Undoing”, but John only appears at the very beginning and very end of the episode, so it can be skipped. I'd strongly recommend watching it anyway, but it feels unfair marking an episode where John appears so little as a must-watch, so I won't.

Series 20 episode 41 “The Three Musketeers” and series 20 episode 42 “Stains” - Really important stuff, building up to John’s last episodes…

Series 20 episode 45 “Report To The Mirror - Part One” and series 20 episode 46 “Report To The Mirror - Part Two” - The reveal of John’s backstory. The truth comes out about the trial. And part two is John’s final episode.

Series 20 episode 47 “One Of Us” - An epilogue to the storyline, clearing up the cliffhangers from “Report To The Mirror”.

thank you so much :)! ill try my best to make my way through this, but it might take me a while as life's been pretty busy and it might be for a bit longer, but ill definitely try and get through at least the important ones, thank you again, :)

[lesbianishstuff]

*gay screaming* I’m in shock. I don’t forgive what they did…. But look what they did!!!

[dandyfair]

Ok so I’ve waited to get to this point for a while but I’m drunk and thinking about Bernie and Serena...and naturally my mind goes to this: with the amount of shiraz Serena consumed between her knowing she was attracted to Bernie and actually doing something about it...how in the hell did she not do something about it sooner?