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    S01.E02: Ava's Story

    in Accused

    Didn't she have a baby that she gave up for adoption?  Maybe that was considered good enough. ITA that she was not a good candidate for surrogacy.  There's a growing movement among some feminists to ban all adoption and surrogacy because the biological mother/child bond is too strong and giving up a child is traumatic for them.

    I don't know if anyone else watches the British soap 'Coronation Street" but they've been doing a recurring storyline about a young couple who have quadruplets, one of whom is deaf.  They were planning on cochlear implants for that child, but a deaf woman kidnapped him and convinced the mother that cochlear implants are abuse and don't work.

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    S12.E00: Christmas Special 2022

    in Call The Midwife

    I noticed that the woman who didn't want Susan in the Nativity play was the same one who complained about the  meths drinkers.

    I saw a few stories that Lucille was going to have a sad storyline, but I didn't really see anything that indicated that.  She seemed to be rather neglected if you ask me.

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    Gone With the Wind (1939)

    in Movies

    5 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

    Apparently the guy who played the baby version of Beau Wilkes is still alive. His name is Patrick Curtis and he's 83 years old. He wouldn't have had any memories of the movie, though.

    He was married to Raquel Welch.  I think he was her second husband.

    Tales of Yesteryear: MotW and Miniseries of Yore - General Discussion

    in Tales of Yesteryear: MotW and Miniseries of Yore

    7 hours ago, merylinkid said:

    Is that the one where they sent a Catholic and a Protestant kid to live with a family in the US for the summer so they could see the other side wasn't evil?    There was a bombing during that time and one kid -- whose dad had been killed by their own side as a "traitor" -- was all "How many did we get?"

    I don't remember as it's been some time since I saw it; it is on YouTube though.  I remember it's about 2 families - one Catholic, one Protestant - who are close friends and how they stop being friends because of what is going on.  The son of one family and the daughter of the other family fall in love.  i remember there is a scene where a woman is tarred and feathered for consorting with the enemy.

    S11.E08: Episode 8

    in Call The Midwife

    18 hours ago, Chewy101 said:

    I don't care about the side-eye, but who is actually watching these kids?

    The Turners have a nanny but she's only been mentioned once. She's probably more of a child minder to be fair.

    What's That Book?

    in Books

    On 4/29/2022 at 9:11 PM, SusanM said:

    I wonder if anyone can help me figure out which book I am vaguely remembering here.  It was a YA novel, probably written in the '70s (maybe the '60s) anyway the story is basically about a teenage girl who becomes pregnant - I don't remember if she knows this throughout the book or not but I do remember a lot of the book is her trying to figure out what to do and being afraid to tell her parents.  The ending she has told her parents who, IIRC, are disappointed but supportive, and the part I remember best is her parents letting her meet with the boyfriend to talk and there is a line that goes something like "they remembered back to the time when they were young".

    It may have been super cheesy and preachy but if it was I didn't notice it at the time! When I was reading it as a teenager I thought it was very good.  I'd love to read it again but have drawn a total blank on it.

    Does anyone have any clue what this book is or maybe an author of the era who was writing teen drah-ma type books?

    Are you thinking of "Phoebe?"  I remember she was trying to figure out a way to tell her parents and her boyfriend and she had all these different scenarios of what would happen when she did.
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    Call The Midwife In The Media

    in Call The Midwife

    Some more news about the Christmas special:

    Spoiler

    Rhoda Mullucks is expecting another baby.  A new nun named Sr. Veronica is coming in.  They didn't say but I wouldn't be surprised if she were black or Asian.  

    Also, they'll be using that ventouse (?) Nancy was so keen on at the convention for the first time.

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    Call The Midwife In The Media

    in Call The Midwife

    I had a Barbie who had a dress very similar to what Trixie is wearing at least in terms of the material.  

    It's not in this article, but they were finally able to get a picture of the entire Turner family together.  

    S11.E08: Episode 8

    in Call The Midwife

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    On 5/12/2022 at 9:47 AM, Suzn said:

    I don't think every woman has to have a man, marriage, children, but in Trixie's case, she has always been someone who wanted all that.  She also likes nice things and pretty clothes.  I think she has earned getting whatever she wants and I will be disappointed with the show if she doesn't.

    I don't think they're end game, sadly.  I started following a bunch of CTM people on Instagram a few weeks ago when they started filming on the 2022 Christmas Special.  Olly Rix did a bunch of Instastories of his dog in his set trailer.  Today, after not posting anything for a few days, he posted one of him working out; apparently, he's really into boxing.  Also, in that interview I posted last week, when they asked him if he had any acting plans coming up, he didn't say he was working on filming the new season of CTM. 

    Also, I noticed he had facial hair in that Instastory - a mustache and serious stubble like he hadn't shaved for a few days.

    It's also possible that he's got some time off from filming and is taking advantage of the downtime to get back to the gym.  

    I guess we shall see what we shall see.  I wonder if Helen George will drop any hints at that event she's attending with Laura Main, Stephen McGann and Heidi Thomas.  BTW, did you know that Jack Hawkins who played Christopher has written a book about doing spreadsheets?  He seems to enjoy living the good life in LA.   Also, Cliff Parisi has a pilot's license and a daughter studying to be a midwife. Actually, I think she may be a midwife.  He had a couple of pictures of her in her scrubs.

    If I'm right about Trixie and Matthew not being end game, maybe the whole point of their storyline isn't about her finding true love, but about her having a relationship with a man end and being strong enough not to go back to alcohol.

     

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