Where the Heart Is

Count On Me (6x11)

: 30, 2002

Beth is out jogging and comes across an old man, Ray, injured at the road side. He's been knocked over by a motorbike - which Beth sees speeding off. Worried, Beth tries to call an ambulance but Ray refuses to be fussed over and won't involve the police. While accompanying Karen on her rounds, Beth spots the bike outside one of their patient's houses. It belongs to Graham who suffers from emphysema. Despite the severity of his condition, he refuses to be an invalid and tries to carry on a normal active life. He lives with his 17-year-old daughter, Jeanette who is fiercely protective of her father and resentful of the nurses' interference. When quizzed by Beth and Karen, Graham admits that it was him on the bike - he still rides it from time to time despite the nurses warnings that he's too ill. During the night, Ray has a relapse and Beth rushes him into hospital. Ray is furious when Graham and Jeanette turn up at his bedside and angrily turns them away. Beth notices that Jeanette is t