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Aaah, thank you, I'd forgotten who John Adams was! And I liked him, so I hope the fact we meet his sister means we'll see more of him this season.

What was his secret?

Yes, that's what I alluded to. There were actually more survivors (1000) than losses (513), so I'll be really p*ssed if tptb decide they need to kill off Audrey's son (as opposed to having her worry etc until they know) for drama. They hardly even let any animals die on that show! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse That said, a huge scare and then Edward turning up for Christmas... That would make a fine Christmas episode! As for Siegfried & Audrey, I'm all for it, but they'll need to rekindle that spark of the first seasons. Whether people see that as romantic or not, it was there in their banter and arguments, and it has gotten lost somewhere during the horrible previous season...

Yes, I thought he had accidentally taken in something hallucinogenic, maybe via the fruits from the garden they showed him eating...

Well, so much for that "huge" Mrs Hall storyline...

I thought this episode wasn't as good as the first two, but still better than season 4, so I'm good... Not a fan of the moustache, though.

I quit mid-episode. This season just doesn't work for me. This show used to be so charmingly quirky, witty, etc., and now it just feels like they're just painting by numbers. AND painfully unfunny, like Paul Rudd's character. I guess I'll have to read up on who killed Sazz.

A general spoiler for Ms Hall... I'm not sure where to put this,hope this is all right. Source: an interview with Rachel Stenton. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/all-creatures-great-small-mrs-hall-exclusive-newsupdate/ Not sure I like the sound of the final sentence... Something to do with Great to see Anna is getting something to do other than knit or dote over a baby... or so I hope! The article has further spoilers regarding other characters, such as OK, I hope I did that properly! ETA: OMG, I'd totally forgotten about

nvm

Well, after last season was less to my liking than the ones before, dare I say I'm cautiously optimistic! This looked a bit more like the ensemble show of old. Hopefully not just a one-off. James' brucellosis was a surprise (and I assume not in the books), but I think it's for the best. Well, not the illness, but that James is back. I'm definitely not watching this show for the war scenes. Carmody feels like part of the family now. I like the new dog, seems to be a sight hound mix. And Mrs Hall returns to form! Is it just me, or did Siegfried like her uniform?

This is definitely not my season. And I don't even want to get started about the "Irish" Rudd... ETA: Someone explain the rent scheme to me, the math ain't mathing?

Well deserved. Congratulations to Hiroyuki, Anna, the director, and everyone on the show!

I'll have to rewatch before season 2, I've forgotten so much!

I do believe Sazz is really dead, but I prefer to speculate about the opposite. I grant you the point about laziness etc.

Hmmm... thinking again of DNA testing... If that was not possible with the ashes, Sazz could have dropped in that implant to get them on the wrong track. Maybe she is secretly working for the FBI, which would explain why they are involved (although I honestly think tptb just don't gif a fig about real life procedures with LE). Cruel? Sazz was dating Charles' murderous ex-girlfriend. When Charles was apparently dying in a particularly slow, gruesome way, Mabel and Oliver found 20 more things they had to do before getting him into hospital. M & O just recently left C alone in the apartment where they believed someone had tried to kill him. (Hmmm... starting so see a pattern with M/O vs C!) Just saying, irl these people would be awful friends! The explanation for Sazz'... er, stunt could be that she was in danger and had to disappear, and only our trio of class-A detectives (cough) could figure it out.