Episode 10179/10180 (2nd January 2025)

==Plot==
Part One: Jacob begins the first day of his four-week placement at A&E and receives his induction. Moira and Cain arrive at the hospital for her radiotherapy consultation session. A man, Henry who has been waiting all morning after being dropped off by his daughter chats to Jacob trying to find out when he will be seen. A stab victim is brought in carrying a bank card in April's name. When he find April's purse on the floor, Jacob rings Marlon. Moira and Cain wait for Moira to be called in for her appointment. Marlon and Rhona frantically arrive at the hospital but are told April has been taken down to surgery. Moira is told she will have a programme of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for six weeks over five days a week, starting on the 14th January. Jacob explains to Dr. Todd about April's disappearance and she tears a strip off him for calling Marlon and Rhona against procedure. She explains to them both that April has lost a lot of blood and she needs to be assessed for internal injuries. They are told they may be in for a long wait. Henry chats to Jacob again before Sarah is brought in by Charity after she has been drinking. Sarah collapses to the floor.
Part Two: Henry tries to help Jacob as he tried to tend to Sarah but Jacob snaps at him. Dr. Todd arrives and tends to Sarah as Jacob fills her in on Sarah's medical history. Moira is fitted with her mask as Cain reassures her he'll be waiting outside for when she comes out. Rhona tries to get Marlon to stay calm. Anna arrives at the hospital and takes April's purse from Marlon. Cain ignores phone calls from Charity as he waits for Moira. Sarah comes around in her hospital bed. Anna asks if April has any friends in the Finchcliffe Road area of Leeds as that's where the stab victim was attacked and they suspect she was involved in an attempted street robbery. Sarah's blood tests come back fine and she kicks Jacob out of her room. She tells Charity that she was feeling rubbish after being given the brush off by Jacob and went out with her mates instead. However, when her friends were all talking about their achievements, it made Sarah feel even worse. Henry confides in Cain about his wife who died from lung cancer and he confides in Henry about Moria's brain tumour. Henry encourages him to support her. Charity finds Cain in the waiting room. Jacob witnesses Marlon being told that April has died.
Part Three: Marlon is told that April died during surgery and is asked to make a formal identification. Charity takes Cain to see Sarah. She is worried she has annoyed Jacob. Jacob apologises to Henry for snapping at him and worries he's not doing a good job. Henry helps to reassure him. Marlon tires to steel himself ahead of identifying April's body but has another shock when the girl he is asked to identify isn't April. Moira breaks down as her scans conclude. She leaves the hospital room to find Cain has disappeared. Dr. Todd furiously informs Jacob that the stab victim was not April and that if Marlon and Rhona choose to make a complaint, it could have huge ramifications for the hospital and for him. Marlon is relieved the girl was not April but is more determined than ever to find her before he is forced to go through that again for real. 
Part Four: Jacob tries to apologise to Dr. Todd. Sarah apologises to Jacob for kicking him out but confronts him over giving her the brush off. He lays into her telling her that she should be making something of her life. He accompanies Dr. Todd who is assessing Henry and learns he has coronary heart disease. Dr Todd wants to send him for a cardiac MRI scan and Jacob offers to call his daughter but Henry does not want her disturbed and explains she is working as a firefighter. Henry encourages Jacob to keep believing in himself. Cain returns to find Moira waiting for him. He explains about Sarah's alcohol poisoning scare and she admits she's worried about the treatment she has to go through. Jacob goes to apologise to Sarah but learns she has discharged herself. Marlon believes the police now think April is a murderer and sets off to search for her again. Rhona picks up his belongings which he has left behind. Jacob returns to Henry to find he has died. He encounters Marlon and Rhona outside the hospital and tries to apologise. In the process, Rhona drops Marlon's phone and picks it up to notice a text on his screen from Laurel, thanking him for keeping quiet and saying she couldn't cope without Marlon. Jacob ponders to Dr. Todd whether he should quit. He learns that Henry's daughter passed away when she was five from meningitis and she explains that Jacob did good to gave him the chance to talk about her before he passed away. He walks back into the hospital to continue.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Jacob Gallagher - Joe-Warren Plant
*Moira Dingle - Natalie J Robb
*Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Rhona Goskirk - Zoe Henry
*Charity Dingle - Emma Atkins
*Sarah Sugden - Katie Hill
===Guest cast===
*Dr. Caitlin Todd - Caroline Harker
*Nurse Prior - Matthew Stathers
*Henry - James Graeme
*Paramedic - Paislie Reid (10179 only)
*Radiation Oncologist - Francesca Jackson (10179 only)
*Rich - Joshua John (10179 only)
*Clinical Technologist - Katie Bernstein
*Anna - Rhea Bailey
*Surgeon - Ashley Campbell (10180 only)
==Locations==
*Hotten General Hospital - Entrance and car park
**A&E (Reception, waiting room, cubicles, side corridor and relatives' room)
**Oncology (Waiting room, oncologist's office and mask-fitting room)
**Mortuary and corridor
==Notes==
*This hour-long episode was shown at the earlier time of 7:00pm.
*This special episode is entirely set in Hotten General Hospital as we see Jacob Gallagher's first placement in A&E where several of the other characters find themselves.
*TV Times synopsis: Jacob has a baptism of fire on his first day working in A&E, and Moira and Cain arrive for her appointment.
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 4,138,000 viewers (28th place).
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