Holby City Spoilers 23 November 2010

Tuesday 23 November
8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE
www.bbc.co.uk/holbycity

When Hanssen warns Connie that cuts still need to be made on Darwin, he puts Elliot in the firing line, as the medical drama continues. Connie can't save him because of his bumbling ways, and Elliot is complicit in holding back the truth from a patient whose child has died.

Jac feels that she has to be indispensable in order to impress Hanssen. But her attempts fall flat as she takes a patient's life into her own hands by making the wrong choice in theatre, resulting in a patient having to wear a stoma bag.

Penny and Michael encourage Frieda to come back on to the day shift permanently. She's reluctant about working with smooth operator Michael. Can he persuade her to go back to AAU after she helps crack a difficult medical case?

sounds more and more like connie might leave voluntarily to save others from the cut

Spoiler:

The actress Amanda Mealing is leaving

so I reckon she must do as well.

Connie Beauchamp has a fight on her hands this week, when she discovers that new Director of Surgery Henrik Hanssen has a surprising name at the top of redundancy list – Elliot Hope. Can Connie save her closest colleague Elliot from being a victim of Hanssen’s brutal cost-cutting measures?

Knowing that Hanssen means business, Connie battles to force an unwitting Elliot into bucking up his act. But circumstances conspire against Elliot when he makes a decision to delay informing a patient their daughter has died until after she has undergone a tricky operation. Though his decision is, in Elliot’s opinion, for the best in the long-term, when Connie discovers his actions, she’s angry with him for jeopardising his job.

Can Connie cover for Elliot?

Also this week: Jac proves she's still got a lot to learn when she makes a botched effort at leading a consultant's meeting; Frieda is caught sleeping on the job.