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Post by vicky on Feb 6, 2017 16:43:59 GMT
Three episodes in and I am beginning to have serious doubts about the future of Call the Midwife. The first one seemed up to the usual standard but the other two have been quite poor....especially the acting. As someone has already said, Pam Ferris is sorely missed and we have seen very little of Judy Parfitt or Jenny Agutter. In fact, there hasn't been much sight of any of the usual main characters, including Fred and his missus. Hopefully that will change now the awful Sister Ursula has left and Trixie is back. What was the point of introducing Sister Ursula in the first place? The worst acting (apart from the Turners) comes from the peripheral characters though. Some of them give the impression they were recruited from the local church hall. I am very afraid that the theme has had its day and should probably have bowed out when Sister Evangeline died. I hope I am wrong and it gets back go the old Call the Midwife again.
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Post by marion on Feb 6, 2017 17:25:41 GMT
When she was still a nun and they were falling in love, I rather liked the Turners. Now!!! What a contrast, I think they are awful. And PLEASE send that bloody Timothy off somewhere. He is too creepy for words.
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Post by sootycat on Feb 7, 2017 12:23:38 GMT
Thank goodness that dreadful nun has gone. I expect nurse Crane gave her a lift to make sure she had gone  Loved Sister Monica Jones new way to watch telly. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 17:34:25 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen anything so obvious as the gas appliances in that flat. The minute the first one was shown my thought was "uh oh - someone's getting carbon monoxide poisoning in this episode".
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Post by Miranda on Feb 12, 2017 20:21:41 GMT
Who was Sister Mary Cynthia?
ETA: Just googled it. I missed the first one of this series so didn't know what Sister Ursula had done
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Post by vicky on Feb 13, 2017 12:26:00 GMT
That was an improvement; more like it used to be I thought. I had forgotten the girl from the pub who helped with the rescue from the explosion in ep. one. I like her and think she will be a good addition to the team. It will make a nice change not to have a "posh girl" as one of the midwives. Surely, they weren't all so plummily spoken in those days were they? Well, I know they weren't because my sister in law was a district midwife in the 1950s and she didn't speak like Trixie, Barbara, Patsy and Chummy.
I think I missed something last night. The mum who was going to give her baby away: how was her eviction from her flat resolved? I don't remember anything more being said about that and yet, by the end, she seemed to be living happily somewhere with her children.
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Post by sootycat on Feb 13, 2017 12:30:19 GMT
I was really pleased the nurse from the explosion was given the job, I reckon she will fit in really well.
Did Sister Monica Joan ever get her TV back I wonder?
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Post by beverley61 on Feb 13, 2017 12:32:23 GMT
That was an improvement; more like it used to be I thought. I had forgotten the girl from the pub who helped with the rescue from the explosion in ep. one. I like her and think she will be a good addition to the team. It will make a nice change not to have a "posh girl" as one of the midwives. Surely, they weren't all so plummily spoken in those days were they? Well, I know they weren't because my sister in law was a district midwife in the 1950s and she didn't speak like Trixie, Barbara, Patsy and Chummy. I think I missed something last night. The mum who was going to give her baby away: how was her eviction from her flat resolved? I don't remember anything more being said about that and yet, by the end, she seemed to be living happily somewhere with her children. I think the brother-in-law sorted everything out for her in return to giving them the baby. |
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Post by vicky on Feb 13, 2017 12:40:00 GMT
That was an improvement; more like it used to be I thought. I had forgotten the girl from the pub who helped with the rescue from the explosion in ep. one. I like her and think she will be a good addition to the team. It will make a nice change not to have a "posh girl" as one of the midwives. Surely, they weren't all so plummily spoken in those days were they? Well, I know they weren't because my sister in law was a district midwife in the 1950s and she didn't speak like Trixie, Barbara, Patsy and Chummy. I think I missed something last night. The mum who was going to give her baby away: how was her eviction from her flat resolved? I don't remember anything more being said about that and yet, by the end, she seemed to be living happily somewhere with her children. I think the brother-in-law sorted everything out for her in return to giving them the baby. Oh yes, of course he did. He wrote a cheque for the rent didn't he? I'd forgotten that bit. Thanks for jogging my memory! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 14:01:05 GMT
Glad I'm not the only one getting annoyed with the Turners', pass the sick bag, especially with regards to Timothy who makes my flesh creep! The writing is getting a bit obvious, as soon as I heard they needed a new midwife, I said to the OH they'll hire the woman from the pub.Having said that I shed a tear for the woman who lost her baby and was hoping the surgeon would have still offered her the operation.
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Post by LoopyLobes on Feb 13, 2017 14:09:39 GMT
I hope she'll have the operation to put a stitch in the next time she's pregnant, assuming she'll get pregnant again. Very sad last night.
Back to the rent thing - the brother-in-law did sort out Marnie's rent in 'payment' for her handing the baby over, but what now she's taken him back?
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Post by vicky on Feb 13, 2017 16:04:44 GMT
Oh, the surgeon! Didn't you want to thump him? HE would decide what was best and let her know in due course.  What a horror....but they were like that in those days. How different it is now when they put the facts to you, discuss the pros and cons and let you, the patient, decide.....thank goodness! |
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Post by beverley61 on Feb 14, 2017 12:44:40 GMT
Oh, the surgeon! Didn't you want to thump him? HE would decide what was best and let her know in due course. What a horror....but they were like that in those days. How different it is now when they put the facts to you, discuss the pros and cons and let you, the patient, decide.....thank goodness! Nice if you can get a surgeon who does that, there are still plenty who give you the pros and cons and then tell you what you can't have at their hospital and it's no good looking up NICE guidelines because surgeons/trusts make up their own flow charts and counteract them, and it's no good using Choose and Book because certain departments are allowed to overrule and rearrange appointments at their discretion. So it's all still happening just under the guise of you being involved!! |
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Post by monic on Feb 19, 2017 21:00:42 GMT
Wonder what effects they will portray as a result of Sister Mary Cynthia's Electric shock therapy.
Were there really supported accommodation homes like the one Reggie ended up in at that time?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 23:09:09 GMT
I think there were homes monic15 but not like that one is supposed to purport. A very different view of 'mongol' children as they were known as then was far from what they're known today.I'm not saying these homes were cruel far from it but they didn't expect I believe that Down's children could achieve what they do today.  All very predictable I'm afraid and the OH is getting tired of telling the story before it unfolds.  The ruddy voice of Vanessa Redgrave talking such utter twaddle is also grating on us, the OH does a very good impression of her every week.  Oh and Timothy looking for his cricket bat, I'd like to silence him once and for all with it.  |
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What a horror....but they were like that in those days. How different it is now when they put the facts to you, discuss the pros and cons and let you, the patient, decide.....thank goodness!
