“Call the Midwife” has taken on a variety of different topics this season, whether it be disabilities, prison sentences, adoption, and the idea of moving on after sudden heartbreak and loss. But, one of the bigger surprises of the finale was how much it was focused on preparing for death compared to preparing for birth. […]
As we near the finale of “Call the Midwife,” it doesn’t really feel like good things are being set up to happen for most of our favorite characters. Instead, what we have here are some more people thrown into devastating situations, and for Jenny Lee, her definition of “good news” right now is just being […]
Going into tonight’s new episode of “Call the Midwife,” we had many questions. For example, were we going to be seeing any more of Jenny Lee, and would we continue to miss her? In the absence of Jessica Raine, we do have to say that the show is doing an admirable job of having enough […]
With Jenny off trying to find herself and recuperate following the death of Alec, “Call the Midwife” on Sunday night took a very different sort of approach: It was almost in some ways a procedural episode, given that most of the hour was geared around two people who despite the mental disabilities, tried to find […]
“Call the Midwife” has seen Jenny go through all sorts of various struggles over the course of the series’ run, but on Sunday night’s new episode, we saw some of the biggest problems to date when it comes to the character of Jenny. Let us start with what were the obvious circumstances that put her […]
“Call the Midwife” returned to BBC One on Sunday night with another eventful episode, as there was almost everything from more troubled births to surprising proposals to references to “My Fair Lady.” One of the biggest stories of the entire episode, though, was finding out more about Stella, a young woman who was going through […]
After watching last week’s “Call the Midwife,” we wondered whether or not there was a television series out there right now that makes us feel as consistently depressed. We’ve never questioned whether or not this is a well-acted or well-written series; instead, it has been more about whether or not it is something engaging to […]
“Call the Midwife” is probably one of those shows that you either very much enjoy watching, or you find to be rather dry and boring. It is not a show that really makes some sort of grand overtures in the same way that many American series do; heck, it makes a Steven Moffat production feel […]
