A youth is beaten up in the back room of a club while attempting to track down his gambling addict mother. An elderly woman suffers an accident with decorating equipment.

Toxic fumes are released into the atmosphere when chemical additives accidentally spill while being delivered to a swimming pool. Gloria is evicted by her former lover.

A mugging brings a shy woman and the man she admires together and one of Richard's old flames turns up. It's a sad night in A & E, as Matt has had enough of attending the sick and needy from behind the reception desk and is off to serve the hot and thirsty in his brother's bar in sunny Crete. His leaving party goes awry but can he really leave Jude behind?