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Probably not but I never understood the rich guy with Trixie. I know she wants someone like that but it took away something to have a person who could just wave his money and have things happen. Their struggles were real and this felt too convenient but not totally unbelievable. I was probably in the minority but I groaned when his wife died, I remember saying "Oh no, they aren't going to hook them up? Is this a soap opera?" He seemed wooden to me but others loved him and I am glad but obviously they didn't love him or his character that much sadly.

Yes some names are better changed.lol Katherine and Karen both loved the stage and that bonded them initially. I loved her character, Harriet, and wished Michael did more where she wasn't so mean but showed her good side but she did have those. She also never hesitated to help when someone was in need and stuck up for women and was a strong force for that time. Karen had some chances to shine but she poured way too much coffee and probably felt envious at times of Katherine's meatier scripts. My older sister rarely watches but when someone brought it up at lunch, she was like "I will never forget the "Make her a widow!!" episode. I laughed so hard. " That is one of my favs too.

I know, but my point (and I see yours too) is that the all the hullabaloo over the wedding and his character being like a "savior" which was a bit convenient, was talked about promoted a lot. Helen said "you never know" back in 2012, she didn't know if she'd stay or they'd want her, but lately her role has been very positive and obviously Trixie was beloved by most. It's pretty drastic to me to just cut someone after a big wedding but we aren't privy to real meetings. Whether contract/money issues, or something behind the scenes, not having time for him with 2 new characters, I don't think he'll be as missed as others who left, but I wish they didn't have him get married if he wasn't as least going to make guest appearances. (those they don't seem to like)

I'm having trouble loading the link at the moment but I feel that some stars know they are there for the long haul and some left because they wanted too but for him to say after a huge wedding that took way too much time, he thought they'd write him off? IDK, I think when you work anywhere, you hear gossip and you have meetings and for him to think a main and loved character would get married and then he'd be cut.....it's strange. Why do that to Trixie? Just leave her be to date unless they thought as someone mentioned, they didn't need him physically there. Still odd. Now if she wanted to leave or got pregnant again, that might bring new issues but I will hold off and see. Lots of gossip but an earlier interview saying that does give me pause. Most wanted to leave who left. I couldn't imagine in an interview, Barbara's husband saying that after their wedding if she didn't die of course. ; )

Yes, I was surprised since it was written like he was surprised (but by the Sun) when I read he said they never had the vision of seeing me in the cast for the next 2 years. So, they didn't like him or thought Helen wasn't staying. For them to say that BEFORE the wedding, he wasn't that popular or going to get a lot of air time. I'm probably in minority but I disliked the Trixie get the handy widower after a certain number of months, instant son and he was rich so he could be Santa to everyone if needed. Bleh He said in article " Call the Midwife star hints at exit for Matthew after wedding to Trixie “I don’t know if the show wants me until 2026. They might not want to go there. I don’t know,” he said. From this article and I would bet a buck he knew something then. https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1740046/Call-the-Midwife-Matthew-Aylward-exit-Trixie-wedding

They can have Lucille ask for divorce, breakdown etc. They can never show Matthew or replace him. Killing him would be like killing the show, too ridiculous. If Trixie left or did parttime, easier. With new people it will be ok, if he decides to guest if possible, it’s all they need. He commented they didn’t seem to want him earlier in year for duration of show

I never liked Matthews character but why marry and have him be savior to then write him out? Contract/pay issues?

That one doesn't hold the appeal anymore except Ernest was from my state/town and I like him. I did like seeing Harriet having a past and how it must have stung that he had a choice to marry but chose not to marry her. Nel's didn't seem to know but she did well with him too.

I meant the preacher one was "ehh", the Irish one was funny enough to make me smile too...her Irish sayings every other sentence. How could Nel's not be drawn in. Well maybe not THIS drawn in.

. I liked seeing the ending with him and Harriet too taking a walk. . I liked seeing her soft underbelly with Preacher takes a Wife with her old beau and some past history The rest of that episode was ehh though.

How did you know he helped write that one and The Silent Cry before it?? 😉 He must have been so excited....at least this young woman was adopted by a kind, albeit older couple who didn't mind she was going blind at 2. Usually they have to go through awful prospects first.

Yes and they weren't as mean and gruff as the usual adoptive family but I guess in LHOP, they normally don't get to keep the kids. They were I guess just clueless because they were. The next episode had the blind painter and it wasn't horrible (although it was nice to see Ma sans kids the whole episode) Caroline was used a lot, traveled about and and no mention of Carrie or Grace. I think it was understandable what happened re the adoption but the bio mom's reluctance to tell her daughter she was blind was odd. I guess the show would have ended early but that drama to me was silly. Then everyone kept calling her the "mom" and I felt sorry for her adoptive mom. Maybe bio mom wasn't a term then but even the painting which was sweet of her and her bio mom at the end, nothing was said of the woman who raised her and they never showed her again. I'm sure she loved both but I wish they showed it. Was nice to have no Laura, little of Charles and more Caroline.

Watching the sweet one with the orphans. Seemed odd to my daughter, but I told her they separate families even today when adopting 3 might not be doable. Not ideal though. The thought that they felt the boy they wanted would ever just adjust knowing his mute brother was at the orphanage alone was head-shaking sad. So adorable though. Houston to Mr Ingall's "You don't think separating orphans is right do you? Charles "Of course not" Never met one I didn't take (we'll forget the Sanderson's though) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0633124/mediaviewer/rm1440233472/?ref_=tt_md_6

Thanks, I've heard her discuss that before, not sure why Michael wanted to get rid of her and the baby, (she could have been hurt but not killed) but I always skip that episode if on. Seemed more glaring than others (except rape) to get ratings boost that week. I didn't blame Melissa Sue for wanting to leave soon after, how much more was she going to do? She wasn't allowed a child, every time they got ahead, they fell back again. She couldn't even share her blindness with Adam anymore. Michael sometimes listened to costars but wouldn't on this one even though it made no sense at all. Excerpt from interview with Melissa Sue on that horrible scene: “Adam bursts through the bedroom door,” Anderson wrote in The Way I See It. “I am still sitting on the edge of the bed, cooing at the baby in the cradle. He urges, ‘Mary, come on. There’s a fire. We have to get the kids out.’ He pulls me with him.” The Little House alum felt it was unrealistic that a mother would leave her baby’s side in the face of danger. “I must of had some sort of discussion with Mike [Landon] about this scene because I am right in front of that cradle,” Anderson remarked. “Why don’t I grab the baby when Adam tells me about the fire?” Despite Anderson’s opinion on the pivotal placement in the scene, Landon kept the original blocking in place. “These are the kind of arguments you don’t win,” she said. “I must not have, because Mike did not move me to another part of the room where I wouldn’t have been so close to that baby.” Anderson also disagreed with the scene where Alice goes in to save the infant but is distracted by cries from down the hall and “leaves the baby”. “Again, I have a real problem with this,” Anderson wrote. “This just would not happen.” When Alice goes back to rescue the child, she tries to break a window to escape. Some viewers thought she was trying to use the baby to shatter the glass — a scene that is still debated to this day. Both Alice and the baby boy perish in the flames. After the devastating fire, Mary goes into a catatonic state from grief and spends much of the second part of the plot humming to herself. Anderson admitted she grew weary of the overly dramatic storylines. “I could tell that the writers were having trouble coming up with ideas for Mary and Adam,” she explained. “You know you’re in trouble when your character is suffering more tragedies than on a soap opera. This was the problem: It was either feast or famine"

lol, yes, but I meant and didn't write it well, that the father killed him when he heard what he did. Those dads all had the etched in gruff/mean look and said "boy" instead of "son" when talking and you could feel the pent up explosive anger. I didn't blame the kid for running and I didn't think you'd see him again.

I'm off work and it's raining so sorting through clothes to give away and watching LHOP. The one where Albert runs away after helping burn down the blind school. I understand Jonathan saying he was wrong to blame God but why did he keep telling Albert it wasn't his fault, while he kept saying it was? Things happen, saying he forgave him, he didn't mean it, etc but he kept saying, "It wasn't" and he was as wrong as he was blaming God. Just odd to me. They were smoking, stole pipe and left it to smolder. It's not quite the same as when I almost (thank God realized it) put a plug in for Xmas tree and later smelled something fishy. The outlet was faulty and if it did make a fire, I didn't do it recklessly. Just something I didn't quite catch before. A lot of unbelievable things in the episode but that seemed a bit too glossed over. Forgiveness is wonderful but accepting responsibility is too. I found myself wondering about the other boy, he wasn't there at dedication from what I saw and his dad seemed the typical mean and gruff parent of other children in WG. He might still be alive.....

Noah and Linda marching. Hope it ends soon

Link to reunion if anyone was interested.

I rewatched it on Hulu, was fun to see it when I wanted and like you, some of it I remembered, some was blurry and some I didn't. When it got less good later, (before it got better) I had twins and wasn't watching as religiously and could only catch them on summer reruns. I'm glad I forgot ANYTHING with a helicopter and how they ruined so many episodes. I did like the last few with growth from some new people and seeing some "oldies" come back. : ) No medical show ever came close and some still bring laughs and tears. The FB and Instagram site are kept up well and they did a nice youtube reunion worth watching.

My daughter sent me this article on ER. I agree. From The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/08/er-tv-show-drama-recommendation/675051/

Most of these events are never in the NE where I live but if anyone is interested this page has a list of some of them. I would like to see Alison and if Karen came to CT to sell her book, I'd stop by if I could but most of them left were not on long or babies. Melissa Sue is living her life in Canada but I wouldn't mind meeting her if it wasn't too far. Sadly, the ones I'd love to have met have long passed. Katherine and Richard (but I can't see her liking it) https://www.facebook.com/groups/893761798323874/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=947089779657742

Did you finish? I didn't like him often but at the end I did. The kindness with the three of them, Harvey especially. I didn't like his wife as much and the stuff with some of the staff and cats were silly, but I thought he seemed redeemed. That's the trouble when they can't blur the lines with a "bad" character who is also a close friend one episode and then an enemy and then a "I'd do anything for you" type again. All in all, I bought the deep friendship by the end.

Something with a contract but Amazon prime has it. Do you have Prime? I didn't like the first "Mike is back" episode but later in the season it's better, I thought it was very good. Louis goes through so much, some things kind of silly but he rises to the occasion more and more

I binged when I didn't feel well and it was something to watch when bored. I did find a site where it gave synopsis of each episode and did FF through some trials and I really disliked some costars or guests (one of Harvey's ladies for instance) but all and all, enjoyed it. The end was worth it. They threw in enough to keep me watching but it was a love/hate watch for a bit. I miss it I must say. I really loved Louis by the end. : ) Last binge I felt that way about was The Good Wife which I loved and watched few years ago when home with laryngitis. It gave me many weeks of pleasure and I'm glad I didn't see it earlier because I could watch it as I pleased and no commercials.

I wouldn't travel but in my state, might be fun. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-house-nashville-riverboat-dinner-cruise-tickets-648228237107