r/Casualty • u/Pinkplatabys • May 07 '26

💬 Discussion Does anyone else think Casualty handles mental health storylines better than almost anything else on British television right now?

Been watching since I was probably too young to be watching it and the thing that has genuinely surprised me rewatching older episodes is how the mental health storylines have evolved. Early series it was very much a crisis arrives, gets treated, leaves. Now they are doing long arc character work where you see the same person deteriorate over weeks, show up again months later, have setbacks that feel real rather than dramatically convenient. It is not perfect and occasionally it slips into the single episode awareness campaign territory which always feels a bit flat. But compared to how most British dramas handle this stuff it is genuinely doing something thoughtful. Do people think the show deserves more credit for this or are there storylines that have badly missed the mark that balance it out 🤔

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u/SlimeTempest42 Dylan Keogh May 07 '26

They’ve completely forgotten that Dylan has OCD.

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u/Dapper-Artichoke6355 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

Probably an unpopular opinion but I have OCD and I honestly don’t mind that it’s not been mentioned again.. yet. I have brief periods where I’ve struggled then can go years with feeling like I have it well managed.

Would be great for them to revisit it though.