JudyObscure

That's what I'd always heard so I was surprised to see these aren't twins. Jimmy is played by five different babies (and not quints.) The head shape is very different. "Rachel Shenton: I have so many cute and funny moments with the babies. The bulk of my time has been spent with them. Of course, babies aren’t legally allowed to work more than a few hours a day and our filming days are 12 hours, so we had five different babies, five different Jimmys, in total."

I'm glad I was forewarned about the multiple babies, because the one downstairs sure didn't look like the one upstairs, I thought for a second he'd had an accident on the way up. Heh. They're all cuties, though. Helen is such a good actress, her worry for James was palpable and she manages to make her face light up every time she looks at her baby. My favorite moments are the dogs doing stuff. Jess's eyes looking over the edge of the table when they eat is so real and funny and they all three were wanting a taste of the strawberry preserves. After remembering that Miss Grantley was from "Middlemarch," I had to go to Tubi and watch all seven hours again. Still as good as I remembered it.

I've wanted to follow a soap all my life, but work always kept me from it! Now I'm retired so I plan to be all over this one! Bring on the cheaters, the secrets, the hissy fits, the fabulous clothes and the DRAMA!

He's so funny! One of my favorite episodes of The Durrells in Corfu was the one where he delivered a baby and became the hero of all the pregnant women and babies in the village.

Miss Grantley is played by Juliet Aubrey who I hadn't seen since 1994 when she was Dorothea in Middlemarch. I'm surprised I recognized her, but I thought she was great back then. Somehow I can't see her character lasting long. Poor Siegfried is going to have to read that whole manuscript if he wants to progress the pair-bonding.

I thought it was interesting that Nima said Bob wanted to go to a strip club so Nima said to Bob, "Why do you want to do that you're a married man?" and then Bob went off on him. It sounds unlikely, but I actually saw that conversation happen between two men who were part of our social group long ago. The married man, who was usually an easy going nice-guy, suddenly got very angry when he was criticized that way. These guys like Bob who "everyone loves," are used to being liked and admired and don't always take it well when someone goes against them.

I know the show likes to paint all the victims as perfect people and that's a nice thing, but to hear people describe Bob's non-stop, weekend long drug binges as "he likes to enjoy himself," and "he can work so hard because he plays so hard," as if being stoned for 48 hours makes you a smarter and more creative person on Monday? Just stop, young people might actually start to believe that stuff.

Poor James, I didn't think his yelling at the dog was that bad, he was startled as much as he was angry. If yelling at a dog breaks it's spirit my dachshund wouldn't still be barking out the window five hours a day. I did love it when Shep made the postman throw his letters in the air! We haven't seen Tricky run like that since the time he was on his way to his amour!

I love the fact that the Netherlands felt so bad about the next generation's health that they made a national effort to feed their children better and now they're the tallest people on the planet.

We lived in England for three years while my USAF husband was stationed at one of their Royal Air Force bases. I loved their beautiful country, but was very disappointed in the food, particular their pastries and other desserts which were never half sweet enough for my American grown taste buds. Do I buy big 5 lb bags of sugar? Not when I'm on a no-sugar diet like I have been for the past five months, but I can feel myself getting ready to come up for air and then it will be like a confectioners- bakery around here for a while. {Poor little English toddlers with cold heads and no cookies...}

Did babies wear hats all the time? Do they still? I can't remember my son even owning one. It just seems odd to me to see a Jimmy indoors with one on. I hope he takes it off for a bath or something so I can see him a little better. I always like seeing Helen and Jenny together, the casting was great for those two, when they get talking together it's like the battle of the dimples.

Good idea. That would tie in with the trail of blood down the stairs and on the door jam. I can picture Melody holding a gun on Gary telling him to go outside and walk to the burn pile, Gary not taking her seriously until she shot his arm or something, then him walking ahead of her all the way. I do think defense attorneys work the "she was too old, too small, too sick" angle to a silly degree. We all know people can summon strength when they have to. Melody was hardly seen on the fourth, she might have been in bed with sore muscles most of that day. Also, a "120 pound woman" is probably no weaker than a 180 pound woman covered in fat. I weighed 110 most of my adult life and was able to move furniture around whenever I felt like it, using sliders and sheets, etc. Whoever killed Gary, Melody was such a terrible wife and mother, and such a huge constant liar, I don't care if she sits in jail for 30 years.

I don't forget those things either, I took a dislike toward Nancy from her rather entitled days when wearing all the latest fashions seemed more important than being with her daughter. The writers haven't managed to make me really love a character for a long while now. At least I still have some of those older ones I care about like the Turners, Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins.

I wish they'd throw out the fire challenge altogether. Too many times we've seen the expert who has been making fire all season lose the challenge. It's disheartening to see someone who has struggled to make it so far go out on the whim of a breeze. I think that challenge should always be one of endurance.

Oh yes, moving from one plot to another so quickly that I don't become invested in any. I would have preferred they keep the focus on the evicted couple with the sick child. Their dire poverty reminded me of the early series when I was still caring. They are not only trying to do too much, they are obviously splicing in at least two babies being born in every episode because they know we like that and it becomes ridiculous when they don't do it with any finesse. Reggie has been very well brought up by his family and his school and the first thing he would have been taught was his phone number and when to find a phone booth and call home. The midwives would all have been warned about personal safety when dealing with men and told to call the police over bleeding bums and wait for their arrival before lending first aid. Trixie's cameos seem to pop in from another place and time. Me too, Andy, me too.