zoey1996

Thanks for the info. Wondering when the broadcast will be, and when they'll release the info. :-(

I watched Thursday's game, and Brian did have a rough go of it, and did get lucky when the other two (IIRC) a) didn't get FJ and b) bet enough to lose to Brian. I didn't think Alex's remarks were "dickish" at all.

Oh, I wonder if they've re-created the Olney, England pancake race. http://olneypancakerace.org/ That would be fun! I went to the Highland Gathering at Braemar last year, and also spent a couple of days in Edinburgh. Sheep, Shetland Sheepdogs, all good. Also a visit to a whisky brewer could be interesting, though that's probably a stretch.

IRL, Rose died of pneumonia in the Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918. In 1916, they rented Highcliffe Castle. While there, Rose established a convalescent hospital for American soldiers. I've visited the castle, but didn't get over to the gravesite where Mr. Selfridge was buried. I greatly enjoyed the Thanksgiving scene. My daughter lives with her English husband in England, and they have Thanksgiving for friends and family every year, usually on the Saturday before or after the US Thanksgiving. She's talked of how, even now, some ingredients for our traditional Thanksgiving feast are difficult to find, as did Rose! Lady Loxley, you go girl! I too thought she hadn't found the procurement list, so was happy to see Harry take on Loxley with evidence in hand.

I'm wondering if Dave has some fine motor skills issues. I've know men around his age who get shaky when trying to do detailed work with their hands, so if that's the case, that could be why he had Connor do the illuminating/calligraphy and balloon shaving tasks. That doesn't explain why Connor ended up with the poetry memorizing/reciting, however. I do like both Dave and Connor, and now that the Cowboys and the Afghanimals are out, anybody but Brenchel would be OK with me.

I didn't think that Dr. Turner's reaction indicated he had something to hide. I thought it was the reaction of someone who had just completed battling bureaucracy in order to get polio prevention up and running, not to mention researching an unusual tropical disease, and the care of his other patients, and was just tired and didn't want to deal with more paperwork that night. Also, he's a doctor, she's a former nun, and they're already raising a child. What more could the agency need to know? I know, they need to know a lot more, but that was just his initial reaction that night. Adoption through the proper channels even then required a lot of paperwork, home visits, etc. And I believe that both Shelagh and Patrick would want to go through proper channels to adopt their child. Sister Monica Joan confused me. She seemed to both condemn and embrace the science behind being able to see the earth from space. My grandfather, born in the late 1890's never believed that astronauts actually went in to space. He died before the moon landing in 1969, but he wouldn't have believed that either. Loved Trixie's outing with the curate, and the Scouts. I was happy that the Irish couple married, and that he, the Roman Catholic, ran to get the Anglican (protestant) priest to baptize the baby.

In that time period, and to a certain extent, even today, priests (and ministers, etc.) and nuns are expected to be celibate until they marry. An Episcopal/Anglican priest can marry, and I have known a former Roman Catholic priest who became an Episcopal priest and married. I agree, I don't think Sally was capable of consenting initially. And again, back then, it (premarital sex) happened, and happened a lot! but young women were still expected to be "good girls" and therefore virgins when they married. "Friends with benefits" was an alien concept.

How does having dark hair mean you can't look like a Jew from Germany (or Poland)? I know dark-haired people of Jewish heritage whose parents were from Germany. I will say, I thought the woman who was pregnant looked a bit Italian before I knew more about her, but I believed her as Jewish when the evidence pointed that way. I didn't notice the red string on the baby's wrist. I have read that Jews may touch the mezuzah whether entering or leaving the room. This is the first episode that I have gotten more than a little teary-eyed over. The loss of any young person is incredibly sad. Jenny felt so bad that her last encounter with Alec was a fight, then he was recovering so nicely and they had mended the relationship, before suddenly he died. It was nice to see Sister Winifred begin to experience the joy in helping a mother deliver her baby. I'm sure there is more backstory there, and I'm interested in learning more. It looks like another midwife arrives next week. I'd think it may be difficult for the new one to fit in, as no one could easily replace Jenny, but instead will have to find her own way.

I saw "The Producers" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, but it's been enough years back that I wasn't certain if the exterior shot was of that one (which was mentioned), or a different building altogether. I'm happy Sister Evangeline got Fred's/the midwives' money back. Talk about the wrath of God! Also happy that Sister Julienne was able to find a placement for the inmate and her baby. But Shelagh - no baby for her, it seems. But I'm satisfied that they didn't go the pregnancy, will she lose the baby or her life with her. Going through that with Chummy was enough!