Things are starting to go wrong for Cath/Ally. This episode opens with Cath at her father's deathbed- now she is working as a Doctor she desperately wants to help but there's nothing anyone can do. It's not a plotline which is lingered on but is well portrayed all the same. Whittaker manages to show us the depth of her sadness without resorting to overly dramatic floods of tears that some actors may have gone for. For me, the death of her father is symbolic of Cath losing control of her life. There's nothing she can do to keep her dad alive and I feel she is just as powerless in ensuring her secret stays safe.
Indeed, it's already got out to one person as boyfriend Andy discovers that Dr. Ally is really Nurse Cath. The series has so far focussed on Jodie Whittaker's character but here it spends quite a long time with Emun Elliott's Andy. He's absolutely furious with the situation and very nearly spills the beans but doesn't when Bridget tells him Ally is perhaps the best Doctor on the ward.
I think Andy realises that although what Cath is doing is morally wrong she does make a good doctor so he's not overly worried about that side of things. What he is most upset by is the fact that she has never revealed the truth to him. He whisks her off to a remote Scottish mountainside and tries to get her to open up. We have the best moment of the series so far as he calls after Ally and when she doesn't respond uses her real name, Cath.
Fortunately for Cath it turns out Andy is not going to reveal her secret. He loves her and has decided he wants to help her keep the lie. It's a huge risk for him but he obviously consider it worthwhile. It was a worrying moment but soon Cath is moving in with Andy and she finally has the confidant she so desperately needed.
Things don't stay good for long as Cath finds herself working a Friday night shift with Bridget as the only other doctor. When a patient with a dental abscess comes in Cath wants to investigate fully but Bridget tells her to not to and to discharge him. Soon he is rushed in with the abscess blocking his airway and a messy procedure needed to save him.
Then Cath faces the ultimate dilemma. Bridget asks her to doctor the paperwork and though it clearly goes against Cath's very strong ethics she feels she has no choice- she can't risk an investigation. It then becomes apparent Bridget has been drinking on the job and has done so regularly.
It's a really difficult situation. Cath now faces the choice of throwing her friend Bridget to the wolves or risk her real identity being found out in an investigation. Just how far will she go to keep her secret? I fear the department is in danger of losing its three main doctors with Ally/Cath and Andy keeping her secret and Bridget being an alcoholic!
As well as this dilemma, there's also the problem that Karl, Cath's ex, is headed to Edinburgh angry that she has been telling people he hit her. Surely Cath is going to be found out in the final episode but I'm not quite sure how that will be...
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