S2·E2 A Cold Heart

This episode features a patient who has prolonged hypothermia. Claire and Dr. Mortimer provide extended resus. During the long process, Dr. Mortimer reads from a sex novel.

As a result of a managerial meeting, it is decided that junior doctors are expected to cover the specialist Ear, Nose and Throat cases, to the objection of Mr. Docherty who believes the plan is madness. He is proved right in episode 5.

Alf Grocott, a terminally ill patient is introduced. He is told that he has lung cancer, however he tells Dr. Collin that he does not want his daughter told. Alf's daughter also tells Dr. Collin not to inform her father of the diagnosis.