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Name: Better the Devil You Know
Duration: 1 h 20 min

Series 8 Episode 45
Better the Devil You Know
Duration: 80 minutes
Subtitles available

Abra returns to the hospital, but Ric isn't happy to be working with him - especially when he learns the surgeon's attitude has not changed.

Contains Mature Themes

S8 E1 · The Outsiders
Chrissey is conviced she is pregnant and Ric confronts his own prejudices.
S8 E2 · City Crimes and Misdemeanours
Lola's daughter is involved in a car crash.
S8 E3 · More Equal Than Others
A new surgeon arrives at the hospital.
S8 E4 · Butterfly Effect
Donna's past comes back to haunt her.
S8 E5 · Bird on a Wire
Ric pushes to perform extreme surgery on a patient, with dire consequences.
S8 E6 · Learning Curve
Diane takes her consultants exam and passes, but is she ready for promotion?
S8 E7 · Comfort of Strangers
Amy returns to the hospital, but her poor behaviour prompts Donna to call social services.
S8 E8 · Prometheus Unbound
Abra returns to Holby and asks Ric to perform a transplant operation.
S8 E9 · The Long Goodbye
Owen brings his daughter to work, and realises he has to think about his priorities.
S8 E10 · Deny Thy Father
A car chase involving Lee Campbell and Sean Doyle casues an accident in a tunnel.
S8 E11 · Mother Love
Connie sees an opportunity to advance her own career.
S8 E12 · Pride Before a Fall
Ric has plenty of problems on his hands as the new ward opens.
S8 E13 · Yesterday Once More
Mark learns the truth about Chrissie's parentage.
S8 E14 · Brother's Keeper
Jess returns to work, and suspects a patient is being abused.
S8 E15 · Roots
Connie treats a patient who used to bully her at school.
S8 E16 · I'll Be Back
Jac and Diane take an instant dislike to one another.
S8 E17 · Flight of the Bumblebee
Sam performs a risky operation that he has never done before.
S8 E18 · Out on a Limb
Lola's daughter reveals her plans to go travelling with her boyfriend.
S8 E19 · We Gave Her All Our Love
Connie performs an experimental procedure on a woman who needs a heart transplant.
S8 E20 · Into Your Own Hands
Nick and Diane discover a package of cocaine inside a patient.
S8 E21 · Let It Shine
Jac accuses Nick of putting a patient's life on the line to further his own career.
S8 E22 · Leap in the Dark
Connie and Elliot disagree over the best treatment for a patient needing heart surgery.
S8 E23 · Snake in the Grass
Nick performs an unnecessary operation, with dangerous consequences.
S8 E24 · Passing On
Connie's patient collapses and there is not enough time to arrange a heart transplant.
S8 E25 · Quality Time
Elliot fears for his wife's failing health - a secret he is keeping from their daughter.
S8 E26 · Honesty
The tension between Ric and Nick reaches crisis point during an operation.
S8 E27 · Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
Tricia returns, distracting Mark so much he makes a big mistake while treating a patient.
S8 E28 · Short Cuts
Nick rushes an operation so he can deal with a more glamorous case.
S8 E29 · Lead Us Not into Temptation
Helena suffers complications following Nick's rushed surgery.
S8 E30 · Games of Chance
Helena's post-mortem reveals the error made during Nick's surgery.
S8 E31 · One Tender Kiss
Diane's told to work under Ric's supervision following the inquiry.
S8 E32 · Abracadabra
Abra's determination to perform an operation leaves him in trouble.
S8 E33 · Invasion
Don Bosman returns to the hospital to retrieve Helena's body.
S8 E34 · Promises to Keep
Elliot's wife needs treatment when her tracheotomy becomes infected.
S8 E35 · The Truth Will Out
Nick performs a difficult operation to impress Lord Byrne and land a job at St James'.
S8 E36 · Extreme Measures
A waiter accuses Connie of killing his fiancee and lets off a bomb at a charity soiree.
S8 E37 · I Am Not What I Am
Matt tries to raise money after his landlord evicts him over unpaid rent.
S8 E38 · Looking After Number One
Bradley outlines his cost-cutting plans for the hospital, dividing opinions among staff.
S8 E39 · Conscience
Lola treats a baby whose mother has been accused of neglect.
S8 E40 · Metamorphosis
Michael faces his appeal hearing, and tries to patch things up with Connie.
S8 E41 · Team Holby
Connie gets mixed reactions when she tells Elliot and Gina she might leave the hospital.
S8 E42 · Horses to Water
Matt spends his first day in the hospital as a doctor.
S8 E43 · Bad Blood
Matt and Donna row over Bridie's death, with both blaming the other.
S8 E44 · Nothig Ventured, Nothing Lost
The hospital staff have their work cut out after a car pile-up.
S8 E45 · Better the Devil You Know