In July, Louise once again grew angry with Big Mac when he took pity on a homeless man. However, when she mistook him for a doctor he failed to correct her which led to her walking away when she found out the truth about his career. In March 2013, Mac took part in a half marathon in Holby, and seemingly met the women of his dreams.
He returned to work in mid October despite protests from both Noel and Louise, however he was able to help a patient in need but soon found his good intentions questioned by Dylan. Louise found him on the floor and alerted the medics and he was rushed into resus and saved. He later went to retreat to the store cupboard for some time alone but suffered a heart attack in there.
He was successful but later horrified when Snapper died and he couldn't help but blame himself. He initially refused surgery so Linda asked Mac to try to persuade him to sign the consent form. Later in the day, his old friend Snapper came into the ED after being injured in a strong storm in Holby. In September, Mac was left feeling isolated from his friends after having an argument with Louise. During the Holby riots that July, Mac took care of a young boy found on the streets and Linda's niece and nephew whilst chaos descended upon the ED. He was praised for his heroic actions by everyone. In January 2012 following renovations of the ED as a result of the fire, Mac managed to catch a young boy when his father accidentally dropped him off of a balcony outside the ED. Petrified, he later got a blood test, MRI and urine samples done, and eventually Noel and Jay took advantage of him by telling him the only way he could remove the curse was to draw around the whole hospital in chalk, which he did. In June 2010, Mac was supposedly cursed by a woman named Grace. In March, Mac set up a fake profile in order to get a date with staff nurse Kelsey Phillips, but ultimately stood her up due to nerves. Lewis told them that he only did it because Tess took him out of resus due to his lack of experience, and that he wanted to be there saving lives. After she was able to tell them who was responsible, the hospital was sealed off, and Big Mac was eventually able to apprehend Lewis. In January 2008, Big Mac found and carried Tess into resus after she was injected with an unknown substance by new nurse Lewis. However, Tess soon stormed in and sent them all back to work. By December, Mac had built friendships within the ED, particularly with the nursing staff whom he shared a new years celebration with in the staff room. He attributed this to his bad back, and also told the rest of the staff that he wouldn't be able to push patients who weighed over 15 stone. A couple of weeks later, Mac failed to clean up a puddle on the floor which Adam later slipped on. On his first day, he was revealed to be a computer whiz, and he traced the creator of the Toxic Shark blog that was describing events happening in the ED. Mac started working as a porter in Holby City ED in November 2007. Time in the emergency department (2007-16) This also made Mac become a hypochondriac as if his mother had taken her symptoms seriously, she may have still been alive. He went back home to his mother who was diagnosed cancer and Mac spent a lot of time in hospitals due to this. He eventually became a cook instead, but the fear of being shot took over and he deserted. He eventually joined the army as a veteran of the Falklands War of 1982, where many of his fellow soldiers were killed while he survived. As a result, Big Mac's mother smothered him, giving him what he wanted and this made him lazy.
2 Time in the emergency department (2007-16)īig Mac was born to a shy, and deaf, mother and a father who left him when he was 5 years old.