#evan crowhurst

[friedaaaaaaargh]

Artistic impression of Fletch yeeting Evan last episode, drawn by the incredible artist that is me.

[holbyconfessional]

Holby City S21 E31 -  Things My Mother Told Me (and other tales)

Oh my.  It’s been quite some time since I last posted my thoughts on an episode.  This has mostly been due to some Holby City storylines that I found a little tough to swallow, and the fall out kind of impacted on Casualty too.  But, I have still been watching (although sometimes saving several episodes and binging together rather than watching as they aired).  The question is - do I restart these musings of mine?  Or lay it all to rest?

Whatever happens, I feel compelled to jot a few thoughts from tonight.

Firstly, I don’t care what they’re telling me, Bernie Wolfe is NOT dead, until I see a body (or at least until some cast member does!).  Currently, in my head canon, she was held at gunpoint by some enemy insurgents, forced to remove her body armour before being marched off at gunpoint to a secret base, where she is now being kept as a POW, until such time as Serena leaves HC.  At this point, she will make her miraculous escape and return just in time to head off into the sunset.  NOTHING you can say will make me believe differently.  Just saying.

All the above makes Alex’s statement tonight that she was the love of Bernie’s life to be particularly galling.  I have seen various folk saying Alex can’t be trusted and she’s lying, etc.  FWIW, I think she’s telling the truth as she’s choosing to see it.  I can understand why she and Bernie might have ended up together.  As much as we all feel we know Bernie and Serena better than anyone, at the end of the day they are characters owned and created by the HC writing team, and if they think Bernie would never have been able to settle down and live a suburban life with Serena, as much as it galls, we have to accept that that is their vision.  And frankly, even if Serena was the one great love of Bernie’s life - we don’t all get our happily ever after, many of us do  have ‘one that got away’, and we do have to settle for good enough.  And to my mind, Alex would be the perfect partner for a non-tameable Bernie.   (Before anyone yells at me, my Bernie is totes happy sitting round the fire with Serena every day til she’s 95...)  I’m just saying I get that she’s not ours.  She’s theirs, to do with as they will.

Also, massive, proud LGBT Berena fan that I am - I also respect that essentially, Berena have NOT been treated differently to any other couple in the show.  Folk seem to think that lack of representation in general media means that they should be seen to be living happily every day.  Doesn’t work like that.  That’s not true representation, that’s singling out a LGBT relationship for special treatment.  I think that Berena have been handled the same way every. single. other. couple in the show have too.  And that’s true respect.  (Though I STILL totally hate it, and wish they could indeed have been shown to be happy every single day forever).  But realism just won’t abandon me.

Final word on Berena, I really actually want to like Alex.   But goodness me, was her character skeezy the last couple of episodes.  Her handling of Cameron showed the total opposite of respect to Bernie’s memory, and the final scene with her and Serena - <shudder>.  For a moment, I actually thought she was going in for the kill...

Next, I will move on to the intial reason I stopped reviewing - Dom.  Please understand, I appreciate adoption is a very emotive subject, and furthermore, I totally agree that Carole should have told Dom from an early age about his adoption.  BUT - I have not been able to stomach the way he has been treating her since he found out.  She may not have given birth to him, but she’s wiped his bum, soothed him when sick, taught him to ride a bike... apart from actually growing him, she is more his mother than anyone else could ever be, and I couldn’t stand the way he was treating her.  I know he’s a huge fan favourite, and I don’t hate him, but I do see him as I always have (and now more than ever), as the most self absorbed, spoilt little brat ever.  He really does think the world should revolve around him, as he’s repeatedly shown in his relationship with Lofty, and continues to show with his interactions with Carole and now Ange.  Therefore, I applaud tonight for finally, first Hanssen, and then Ange, opening his eyes to how unreasonable he was being toward Carole.

Briefly on to my reason for not starting to review again after Dom stopped me (!!!).  Evan.  I literally struggle to watch scenes with Evan in them.   He has made my skin crawl from the moment he appeared in show, and I’ve considered stopping Holby all together until he’s gone... (hasn’t happened yet, though).  I know his abuse is reasonably hot on the heels of Isaac’s, but whilst I hate and in no way condone what Isaac did, for some reason I’m finding Evan’s manipulations so much more insidious and frankly scary.  I know we have a long run to go yet before Chloe is out of his clutches, but by goodness, I hope it goes quick. Side note - I also know Ange doesn’t seem to be a popular character.  But I can’t for the life of me work out why.  She is an AWESOME mother - to Chloe.  She might not be prioritising Dom, but whilst he’s her flesh and blood, he’s barely more than a stranger, so to my mind, it’s totally reasonable.  Especially since she IS there for Dom.  Just not ahead of Chloe.  She’s also an awesome doc.  Imagine being an NHS patient faced with waiting lists?  Wouldn’t you want an Ange doing some overtime with volunteer staff so you could be helped quicker??!!

Brief mention to Cameron (and Nicky).  Poor, poor Cam.  I hope this storyline ends well for him.  His treatment of Nicky is pretty shoddy after their one night stand, but heck, girl, did you expect different?  You know what state he was in, you know how he feels about Chloe.  I hope they don’t make Nicky into too much of a victim over it, because she’s not stupid and it’s not a shocker when he’s drowning that deep in grief...

Finally, Ric.  Is this the big mistake that’s going to kick off a big storyline?  And whether it is or not, seems like only yesterday that Ric was jailed over some supposed mistake which had some secret reason behind it,  PLEASE don’t be going down the same route again.  That’s just tired.  Give Ric something interesting to work with that doesn’t involve malpractice.  Please!!!!!

[twilightwonderer]

Today marks the day that I am officially forming the ‘Kill Evan Crowhurst’ committee.

Membership is free but comes with the very real possibility of a life long jail sentence. Don't say I didn't warn you...

[naomi285]

Dom

All i can say is- yes come on dom! He really stepped up for his little sister tonight and it was just wonderful, there is no way id mess with him if i was evan!

[fakeholbyfacts]

[asthmatic-bigbird]

EVAN CROWHURST IS A CUNTBAG 2K19

[dominicscopeland]

woke: every dom vs evan scene

broke: literally every other scene

[lonelier-version-of-you]

What’s your opinion on all of the new characters we have had in the last couple of months and do you think there is any need for the new character that will be introduced over the next couple of months

I’ll give my opinion character by character, as that’s probably easiest.

Ange: I love her. I’m really enjoying her character so far, and I can’t wait for the storyline with Dom. I just really hope they don’t pair her with Fletch.

Cameron: He could drop off the face of the Earth for all I care. In fact, I almost forgot to include him, and I would’ve had I not checked the Holby character list on Wikipedia. I fucking hate him, he’s annoying as fuck, Morven made the right decision when she left him.

Chloe: Chloe is my favourite of all the new characters - I couldn’t decide if I liked her or Ange more, but the latest episode has confirmed for me that Chloe is definitely my fave. She’s fantastic, I find her character very intriguing, and I hope she stays around for a long while yet.

Evan: No. No, I knew he was going to be boring and bland from the moment he was announced, and so far that’s exactly what he is, with a side order of creepiness - sneaking up on Chloe like that (it would be one thing if they saw each other every day and were still together, but when they’ve broken up and he hasn’t seen her in months it’s just outright creepy), sharing her private details with Dom without her consent… I hate him and I’ll be very mad if they try to redeem him. Fuck Evan. Chloe deserves so much better than him.

Kian (I assume he’s the “new character” you reference): He seems pretty cool from what I’ve heard and seen of him, his rivalry with Jac will be interesting to watch for sure. Oh, and thanks to @realladyjaguar, I already ship him with Henrik. Would I say he’s needed? I’m not sure. Do I welcome his introduction? Certainly.