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19 hours ago, jason88cubs said:
I find it funny when Nels said the Ingalls can provide more like that, than the Oelson;s can
Like what? A father who breaks his ribs, and always screws up?
Yes, Nels was a good dad, Harriet spoiled the kids, but he didn't. They really weren't "bad" most of the time and Willie turned out to be more mischievous than a bully etc. Albert did some not so nice things, wasn't Charle's fault per se. He smoked, caused havoc with that, lied about the bees, put in ad so Nel's would lose items in his store he paid for, got on drugs. I think Willie was much less stress.
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16 hours ago, zoey1996 said:
When I was in the hospital for my daughter's birth, I'd had an infection that led to me losing my voice. The nurse there told me they were glad to have it quiet, as a women who had given birth the prior week was a screamer.
Poor Joyce! I understand why she did what she did. Her husband was awful to her. I hope there is a way for her to continue as a midwife.
@DonnaMaeA Swede is also known as a rutabaga.
That's odd, I worked in hospital for 14 years and near OB ward. Some yelled, mostly young, but most grunted and gave those noises they do when pushing. I asked my doc once why some women yelled like they were stabbed and he said most aren't needed, they are usually young and scared and not focusing . Some have back labor which is awful but they high piercing screams are not common.
I'm lucky my 3 without drugs weren't bad, it wasn't a cakewalk but fairly quck and without fanfare. I'm glad they show the spectrum on CTM.
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On 4/29/2024 at 10:56 AM, Straycat80 said:
It seemed like Jonty was with a nanny more than with his parents. And apparently his Grandmother, Matthews Mom, didn’t care about his welfare either by cutting off money to her son. And what happened to his bio Moms family? Don’t they care about him? Now the poor kids loses Trixie and gets taken to a different country.
I didn't see it but I don't think it was much of the story. It was always about Matthew and Trixie. She cared for him but you didn't see the bonding, the motherly love you would from others. That was the script. She didn't even have a script line about "who is going to watch him in US while you work? " Can you imagine as a mom having your husband take your child far away and just some tears....no this wasn't written well all around.
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On 4/25/2024 at 9:26 PM, Blergh said:
Anyone recall the abused kid named Graham who virtually all the adults in the town and even Mrs. Oleson wanted to have his male DNA Donor horsewhipped? It seems they were ready to read him the Riot Act when Caroline piped up that if the punished the abuser, they'd hurt the victim- so ALL they did was have Charles sober the abuser up. It seems the abuser drank and hurt his kid ALL because his late wife died in childbirth bearing him but that didn't stop him from having this tiny boy do virtually ALL the work in their house and farm ! Yeah, they were one-shot but does anyone truly think that getting an abuser off the sauce one time but otherwise attempting to mete zero consequences for abuse would guarantee the abuser to forever quit abusing their victim?!
Graham was adorable and of course Charles like with Albert, got his Pa off the sauce and "well" in a few days...he even told him about his stash. No AA needed, St Charles led the way. If it was only this easy in real life.
Sadly it's very hard to just give up alcohol when it was that bad and that long but you wanted to believe it.
It's not that funny, but one time I laughed when Caroline said that about not separating the boy from his dad, thinking she would get another child, little did she know what the future entailed . : )
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12 hours ago, QQQQ said:
Wait, are you saying farmers in the 1800s didn't have time to hop California-bound trains so dying kids could see the ocean?
That was an odd (but sweet) story. Charles didn't have money either for that and did break the rules but of course for the greater good. Thank God, the newsman was there......with some sarcasm.
Again the kids cause their parents angst and leave others to worry and do their chores and just break the law. When you first see it and then watch it later, at least I saw it differently. At least it wasn't Mary, she would have been grounded for life. ; )
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I think I read CTM has 2 more years. I keep thinking when I watch it, how wonderful to end it with a reunion of some of the old cast at possibly a funeral . Sister Monica Joan is the oldest and if she had a peaceful death and they honored her with a memorial/funeral, and word got out to old friends, how lovely to have them all come to see the woman, the Sister who interacted and loved them so much. Chummy, Jenny, Patsy, Delia etc.
Most have said they are open to a cameo or one time visit but I know negotiations and money etc would also be part of it. I think since wakes bring so many together who never see each other, it might be a mix of sadness and joy which is what the show is so good at.
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On 4/26/2024 at 11:07 PM, HappyHanna said:
Maybe I wasn't paying attention enough in earlier seasons, but I was a little shocked by Matthew's mother in the board scene. Didn't Matthew's father have to sell her tiara (the one that Trixie wanted to wear for the wedding)? In the board scene she put all the blame on Matthew, ignoring the previous mismanagement.
You might be right but I put all the bad writing which is odd for the show, onto what happened behind the scenes and they made as much fit their agenda as they could. Next year will be interesting.
SpoilerDoes Trixie come back alone or with Jonty (doubt it) or ? Please no letting Matthew get hit by a bus....
I have no idea if the rift meant he's gone 100% or if he agrees to something but I never was invested in him but liked Trixie.
I was a minority in that maybe, I didn't want them married, it was "too pat" with his wife dying and so obvious. I didn't like the "savior" part and it all just rubbed me the wrong way. So whatever happens, it happens but I look forward to everyone else more.
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Re Lucille, she left and they didn't plan on it. She wanted Cyril to stay on the show and not lose his job. They did what they could in not killing her off (thank you!) She might make a cameo for some money to finalize things but I hope the pink elephant is dealt with next year.
From an interview then https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20230302165734/call-the-midwife-leonie-elliott-addresses-cyril-zephryn-taitte-future/
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On 4/21/2024 at 2:29 PM, debbie311 said:
I'm recovering from knee replacement surgery and just started watching Suits on Netflix. For some reason I never watched it when it was first shown. I was a legal secretary before I retired so find it interesting/amusing.
I was wondering why I never really heard of it but it was a good run. I FF through a few parts as I got to know the characters and didn't want to hear certain dribble but most was entertaining. It was my first love/hate watch in a long time. I haven't found a replacement. Few years before being sick had me find The Good Wife and I loved that. Better acting and I missed that too.
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7 hours ago, iMonrey said:
I know they almost never revisit any of the weekly stories, but it seems to me we leave Deidre's story open-ended on several fronts. One, whether or not she'll be able to properly care for her new baby and get her boys back, and two, whether the abusive husband she left comes looking for her. Her troubles are not over.
Is Cyril still in a state of limbo with Lucille? The last thing I remember is that she went back home and decided to stay there for an indefinite amount of time. So they never officially divorced? Are they still in touch? Has he considered moving there to be with her?
No Violet or Fred this week. Also, I've noticed they've done precious little with Sister Julienne this season. Maybe a lot of her scenes are getting trimmed by PBS but she hasn't been involved an any significant storyline that I can recall.
They've left it hanging and concentrated on other characters. The actress who played Lucille (although not up to her) really wanted them to give him another story line and felt bad her desire to leave effected him. I think the divorce will happen but it will be after he sees there is life without her and comes to grip with it. Probably be in one episode and slowly they might have him start to see the "not religious " midwife who will be a different type than Lucille (she also needs a divorce)
I think they kept Sr Julienne on the back burner with so many new faces but she is the heart of Nonnatus House and probably will be there to mentor when needed. I liked the old episode where her old beau Charles came and then this one I almost forgot about. Season 9 where she takes off her habit.
Call the Midwife | Season 9, Episode 5 Clip: Sister Julienne's Revelation | PBS - YouTube
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10 hours ago, Blergh said:
Mr. Standish," I'll close the saloon to suit your sleep schedule the day I give credit to a complete stranger offering zero assets or collateral!"
and there was never anything but the "big, bad city" where everyone is drunk, nasty and mean and people die (John Jr) or get on drugs (Albert) or Walnut Grove where everything was "perfect" but people were still mean, bigoted at times, got raped, swindled, abused their kids, the list goes on. It was like they had to knock you over the head with how awful the city was but what did they do.....move there again!
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7 hours ago, crazy8s said:
I don't think he ever had a good crop before that either.😂
I think he did once and Mary got kicked by the horse....those chores can be a pain. It took him forever to pay for the shoes for the kids, all the crap he bought, poor Nel's. Good thing they had a nice cushion.
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I had to laugh reading about his friendship with Jonathan in The Inheritance when Garvey buys the farm and he's like "anyone but you!" I wanted Mr Edwards to pop in and say "Ok I'll buy it, I'm upgrading from my shack". ; )
In the recap they reminded me that Nel's had to take a hit from fending off the real auction participants knowing "Charles would be good for all the goods"
Yea.....I don't think he ever had a good crop after that.
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Patrick talked of how Merle was so kind to him when his dad when sick. He never told him he knew but he was there for him. This is a nice interview.
I didn't realize that Patrick and Matthew were both adopted like the Gilbert kids.
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On 4/11/2024 at 9:11 PM, Blergh said:
Does anyone else wonder why Jonathan Garvey had no family members ever interact with him? I mean not only did Alice have a memorable episode with her mother (and ex-husband) but even Nels and Harriet had memorable episodes with different branches of their respective families.
Merle's acting on LHOP was a bit wooden, probably how he thought of the character. Mr Edward's was more lively. Maybe he thought he was too boring or one dimensional to have more of a story line. You are right though, Harriet did, Nel's the Ingall's, Mrs. Whipple, the lady who faked her wake, etc.
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53 minutes ago, Suzn said:
I took it that they were a mixed couple and a good fit for her son.
Yes, that was nice. I wonder if they had him have a son (the up and coming dentist) to have him possibly be in the show again or at least have Ms Higgins mention him or go to his graduation etc.
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3 hours ago, Suzn said:
She knew details of the couple adopting her son. She said the woman was of Dutch extraction and the man was Hindu. I think she knew their names.
She must have just seen the woman was Hindu and the name Victor didn't matter. I just thought it was odd back then that they would connect people. Some even today have a hard time
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5 hours ago, txhorns79 said:
It wasn't entirely clear, but my guess is she left some record with the agency that adopted him out? I loved that Phyllis was a rock for her during the storyline.
The last twenty minutes was all tears. I appreciated that Millicent's son's family took to Millicent instantly, and it was nice she got to be with her son prior to his death. When she mentioned being there for his first and last breaths, I lost it a little bit.
I also really liked Trixie's brother taking a hard line with her on her pill use, and that moment when she accidentally set herself on fire was legit scary.
The Mother of the Year contest was lovely as well from Reggie talking about his two mothers to the surprise ending where Sister Julienne was honored.
Also, good for Joyce for standing up to her sleazebag of a husband.
Yes, I wish they didn't rush finding her son and his death in one episode. I found my only complaint was the constant going back and forth with so many plots. Ms Higgins is talking about her son, a woman is screaming in labor and back and forth, it felt choppy to me this episode vs others. Maybe because one one was more emotional than others. I didn't feel anything bad was going to happen with May so I wasn't as invested.
I didn't know if you could leave something back then, but maybe in the that country you could. I wonder if Harry will make an appearance or at least have Ms Higgins say she is visiting him or going to graduation.
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4 hours ago, Notabug said:
Actually, at least in my part of the country, it is progressing towards universal access. The large city where i practice had two competing teaching hospitals which each chose a competing record system, so, if a patient went to one, the other had no access.
However, as the record system chosen by one of them (Epic) has shown itself to be most popular; the other hospital system is in the process of switching to it and I can now, as a practitioner, get patient information from their proividers, too. Once the transition is complete, I'll be able to obtain virtually the entire chart from the competing provider. Pharmacies have also adopted EMR systems (it's the law in the US, including requiring an accessible portal for patients); so, if you get immunized at a pharmacy, it will show up on your record, too.
I've also been able to obtain records from providers in other states as long as their provider also used Epic. When someone tells me they don't remember their last mammogram or Pap, i can often find out within minutes. Really helpful.
Since every provider has to give patients electronic access, it may be that patients who use different providers from different systems may have to download more than one app; but patients, at least, have a means of accessing all their immunization records.
We are switching to epic in a month and Yale Hospital's Epic and Hartford, another hospital will all connect so you don't have to have multiple accounts. My smaller group, Gyn has a different one but she can log into Epic without a problem.
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16 hours ago, pasdetrois said:
I wonder if grandmother's syphilis was too late to treat. Dr. Turner sure was making a lot of silent faces. I think she said it had been at least a year since her chancre disappeared.
The Trixie and Matthew storyline is now loathsome. Get rid of both of them or do better, writers. I'm not interest in drunk weepy Trixie. The actress wore a noticeable wig in this episode.
Her hair has looked kind of odd lately, stiff and brassy. Is that why?
I didn't realize there was only one more. Was the shorter season planned or cut short for other reasons? I guess they had less time to move them along, but fans had pretty good ideas they didn't agree with and thought this was better, but they also could have not had the downfall, Trixie a money hungry "Lets spend" kind of girl and just had them move somewhere where she could drop in to visit but not so far. The son Jonty is a bit of thorn, if he stayed and she was "motherly" to him, who would mind him and if Dad takes him, which is happening, who will watch him when he's busy at work. A stranger? Poor kid, he loses his mom, second mom didn't really connect, now Dad is taking him off to another country, he'll be resilient but not want to connect much.
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Finale already!!! : (
I haven’t cried with this show in a while, but that hug with Miss Higgins and her son broke me. Very emotional and very real story. Love her relationship with Phyllis too and I still hope a little bit, that Sgt Woolf can visit her again. They were sweet.
I didn't understand how Ms Higgin's knew about "Victor" when she thought of him as "John" or how they knew where she was or had a photo of her young. Was it explained and I missed it? I'll suspend reality either way because it was well done despite.
This synopsis didn't explain it either https://www.whattowatch.com/features/call-the-midwife-season-13-ending-explained-a-devastating-death-and-trixies-exit
The Mother's Day award twist was nice and well deserved but Reggie's planter was definitely sweet and would be much loved by his mom.
I'm glad May's story line was tied up in a bow and mercifully Trixie was put off to the US before she fell down the rabbit hole and was aloof or cold with any more patients. They ruined her character and it wasn't needed. Her brother was welcome respite. I'm also happy the blackmailer got his walking papers and was afraid that would go on longer and be a soap opera like side story. Maybe a divorce will be neatly done by next season.
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I didn't see any pics of Sherri at Simi but maybe like Lynwood she came later. I doubt highly though both of them were in the same place without one photo together. She was on CT's list to come and I thought how it seemed odd not to have him too ; )
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2 hours ago, proserpina65 said:
I seem to remember her being just as shallow about engagement rings when Tom proposed, but that was quite a few seasons ago. I could be misremembering.
There was, of course, the whole freak out about the tiara before the wedding.
I was so shocked Sister Julienne told Matthew about how unimpressed she was with Tom's ring...she's a nun and telling him to buy her a big ring. Ugh. It was so out of character as many fans pointed out to butt in that way. It wasn't like he was poor. (yet)
I'm glad if we get a break from them for a while.
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5 hours ago, Blergh said:
I saw footage of JG's Simi Valley Q&A session and a few things stood out. One is that he said that he got the part of Willie because he somehow made ML laugh a great deal instead of having going through an audition process and that he had liked hearing ML laughing. So, no, there was nothing about ML taking up the reins as 'father-figure' for JG after Paul Gilbert's death (which MG said ML had done for her) but it seems they got along very well.
FWIW, he said he was 'currently' single but whether this means that he'd ever been married or had had a significant others (much less offspring) went completely unaddressed.
BTW, he laid great praise at the late Miss MacGregor for being an 'acting genius'!
Yes, he said they'd be alike now with his spiritual journey and hers. Mike seemed to be fatherly more with the girls , mostly Laura but Richard Bull said Jon was ignored by their mom vs MG. She was more popular etc. He could have used it but I'm sure Katherine and Richard were there too. Obviously he felt little emotion leaving and wanting little to do with anyone which could have been home or work or both but I don't think he didn't love his TV family. If he sent any feelers out it was to Alison and early on some other cast members heard from him, Hard to remember there weren't phones unless attached to a wall or cordless and no email etc.
Although the money was good, I think he knows if he does other panels or events, questions will get more personal. You can control a panel, have questions you vetted from fans but once they know something they wont ask the same things. To be gone for 30 years from events and then be "naked" is hard. The elephant in the room that he didn't keep in touch with MG and sporadically with Alison and others wont get ignored forever. The silence from all the kids he knew there on the set and lack of info does too. I thought it was wonderful the French writer Alison tours with now, got the long interviews with Katherine and Richard and they spoke of him while others just barely mention he was there. If he chooses to write a book and not tour with it too much (you have to do something) he would risk opening old wounds but he can gloss over some and concentrate on what memories he has and if he has any photos, share those. Time will tell, but I don't see it unless he needs the money. This is the sweet spot, fans are still interested but it will slowly ebb. (except for the rabid fans who want to date him, lol )
There is a woman on his Instagram in photos with him, who she is, have no idea. Time will tell with that too, if a very significant other or friend.
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S13.E08: Episode 8
in Call The Midwife
I wonder if someone who watches in UK can fill that in. Sometimes I see posts, I'll ask on FB. They really rushed that plot and
I wonder if when they decided not to renew Matthew they needed something else for what they had planned for them.
Who knows? I liked the story, it was just crammed with so much, you wanted to savor the emotions and feelings more without cuts to labor.