Is it curtains for Curtis?

Is it curtains for Curtis?
Is it curtains for Curtis? (Image credit: BBC)

It's the final episode of the series and also Alice's wedding day but instead of making her vows with her fiance by her side, she's in custody swearing to DI Moreland she has no idea where Curtis is. After Alice is released she gets a message to Curtis through Jeff. She meets with him and begs him to allow her to go on the run with him. He instead turns himself in and Alice returns to work in tears... Meanwhile, Adam's under immense pressure. The emergency department is in chaos following the coach crash and he's demoralised when he overhears Henry telling Jordan he's lucky he's not suspended after covering for his boss knowing he has a brain tumour. Still, it's not all bad, while there's a lull at work Jessica proposes! It's Jordan's last day in the emergency department and he's determined to work right up until the end. He gets wind of a surprise farewell party Charlie's throwing for him and slips out of the hospital without any sad farewells. Is this the end of the line for Jordan? Things look up for Alice and Curtis when Cathy Malone confesses her son Callum killed Tony! Curtis is released and races to the hospital. Unfortunately, Callum discovers his mum grassed him up and starts a riot. Blaming Alice he drags her to the hospital rooftop and pulls a gun on her... Curtis charges at him in an attempt to get his future wife free and a horrified Alice watches helplessly as Curtis plummets from the roof. The Emergency Department battles to save him - but his injuries are too severe and he dies, leaving Alice inconsolable.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.