"When the Bough Breaks..." is the 37th episode of series 25 of Casualty, and the 771st episode of the show overall. It was directed by Paul Murphy and written by Sasha Hails.
Synopsis[]
Desperate teenager Steven breaks into Tess's house seeking help for his sick baby and claims to know her, but she is too gripped with fear at the intrusion to take anything in. But when Steven and the baby's mother later arrive at the Emergency Department with the fitting baby, Tess recognises that Steven and her son used to be friends.
Steven is then taken ill and diagnosed with cirrhosis and it becomes apparent he won't be allowed a new liver due to his drinking. Determined not to lose another patient, Tess swaps Steven's blood tests with her own so that his blood alcohol will be clear.
But when Henry forces Tess to accept the blame for Daniel's death it's the last straw for her. Will the team support Tess as she makes her stand?
Cast[]
- Suzanne Packer as Tess Bateman
- Tristan Gemmill as Adam Trueman
- Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead
- Sunetra Sarker as Zoe Hanna
- Jane Hazlegrove as Kathleen Dixon
- Matt Bardock as Jeff Collier
- Georgia Taylor as Ruth Winters
- Ben Turner as Jay Faldren
- Charles Dale as Big Mac
- Tony Marshall as Noel Garcia
- Lucy Gaskell as Kirsty Clements
- Tom Chadbon as Henry Williams
- Nicholas Ball as Frank Fontayne
- Jack Bence as Karl Fontayne
- Karen Henthorn as Helen Leigh
- Reece Noi as Steven Baker
- Rebecca Ryan as Maeve Summers
- Joanna Scanlan as Mary Griffin
