"Schoolboy Crush" is the 1009th episode of Casualty and the fifth episode of the 31st series. It was preceded by "Pride Comes Before a Fall" and followed by "Party Pooper". The episode was directed by Rick Platt and written by Kayleigh Llewellyn. It is David Hide's first centric episode. The events of this episode take place on 18 September 2016, the day after the previous week's episode. This episode is the first since the series premiere to show the ED's interior entrance scaffolding free.