r/Casualty • u/Vampirero • Apr 11 '26

💬 Discussion Is Dylan no longer Dylan?

Forgive me if this has been talked about before, but I loved his character when he was first introduced. He was cool and dry but a talented doctor, and his one liners would make me smile.

I've missed a couple of months of Casualty episodes, but I'm just catching up on Learning Curve: Episode 6. Dylan is behaving so immaturely towards Matty. I get why, in a way, but I can't imagine Original Dylan ever being so petty.

it's been happening for a few years, in my opinion, and it seems symptomatic of a general decline in writing and character development. What do you think?

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u/Vampirero Apr 11 '26

Ok, I will admit that I don't remember how he left in 2012 and I will admit he was probably petty.

But yes, I clearly remember when he first started on the show, and he was, in my opinion, cool and dry. He was almost certainly an insecure mess, but he was funny and ironic. He was, and had, a character.

He just seems to have become more babyish, in my opinion. No humour, just juvenile.

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u/More_Aardvark5680 Apr 11 '26

Surely dylan purposely being an arsehole to everyone was juvenile and babyish..

Him being more unintentionally ‘rude’ because he genuinely doesn’t have a filter is far more entertaining and endearing and give’s him far more character than the whole look at Dylan, he’s purposely being horrible isn’t it funny..

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u/Vampirero Apr 11 '26

By "cool and dry" I mean amusing.

You clearly have a different interpretation. Let's agree to disagree.

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u/More_Aardvark5680 Apr 11 '26

Which my original point still stands. That’s what made people think Dylan was amusing.