Casualty star George Rainford has said that times are going to get pretty dark for his character, Ethan Hardy, following his brother Cal’s death.
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Last week’s episode saw Cal stabbed to death by dangerous Scott Ellison, who was trying to get revenge on Ethan for not saving his dad’s life.
While Cal’s actions saved his brother, they’ve also destroyed him as well as he can’t get past blaming himself for Cal’s death.
Tonight’s episode will see Ethan listen to the voicemail Cal left just before he died, which makes him realise that the blade was actually meant for him.
Ethan then decides to take matters into his own hands when justice isn’t served.
George told Inside Soap: “In the immediate aftermath, he’s just numb. He has a voicemail message from Cal, which he can’t listen to. But he’s coaxed into it by Charlie, because it could have some information about what happened to Cal – and it does.
“It’s Cal warning Ethan that Scott is after him, so in that moment, Ethan realises it should have been him who took the knife. It obviously brings up all manner of emotions like guilt and anger, and he’s just mortified.
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“Ethan’s wracked with guilt, and he doesn’t know how to cope with that. Ethan has a very strong moral compass, so he wants justice – and he has trust in the system that will bring him that justice.
“When he hands over the information he has to the police, he thinks that it will be dealt with. But actually, it’s not resolved so successfully – and in the episodes that follow we’ll start to see the morals challenged, and it all gets darker quite quickly.”