LIFE OR DEATH

Shortland Street TV2, 7pm, weeknights We can imagine the reaction in the writers’ room of Shortland Street, when they are told it’s time to reel out another cliffhanger ... er, how about an explosion, a plane crash, a murder? Ah, that’s right: been there, done that. This week, Dr Esther Samuels suffers a potentially fatal heart attack. Sorry doctor, you live by the Street, you die by the Street. (May or may not contain a spoiler.)