Cardiac Arrest: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cardiac Arrest Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Shallow End
Apr 19, 1995
Due to a bomb scare at the General, the hospital is overrun with patients. New doctors are introduced. Phil Kirkby (played by Andrew Clover) is eager, but tries too hard to impres
A Cold Heart
Apr 26, 1995
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 r
The Comfort Of Strangers
May 3, 1995
In this powerful episode, the main storyline is that of Heather Parsons, a girl who brought in with flu, but later develops meningitis and dies. The blame for misdiagnosis is laid
Bad Blood
May 10, 1995
Kirkby becomes attracted to a woman who is brought in with a sickle cell crisis, however it turns out she is faking some of her symptoms in order to get a ""fix"" of painkillers.
Factor 8
May 17, 1995
The investigation continues in to the death of an elderly patient. Nurse Chandley is interrogated by the hospital manager Paul Tennant. Eventually Andrew finds out from a conversa
The Critical Hour
May 24, 1995
A film crew arrives at the hospital to make a promotional video. The director of the crew (played by none other than Game On's Neil Stuke) is revealed to be the boyfriend of Dr. Mo
Running On Vapours
May 31, 1995
Dr. Mortimer is diagnosed with AIDS. His diagnosis is leaked, and the hospital manager Tennant tried to convince him to take a leave of absence, but he refuses. DeVries gets some
The Betrayed
Jun 7, 1995
The teenage daughter of Sister Landers is brought in with an abcess. When trouble develops during her operation to remove it, Mortimer steps in. Maitland gets back together with D