All Creatures Great & Small (S03)

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Clearly, I remembered to toss a post up for series/season 3.

(This year I'm just adding episode remarks in the comments on this one post, especially with the season nearly being over. Contextual note: For the first two seasons on PF, I tried to have a separate post for each episode as my family watched the show each week. In this archival process, I might follow suit with season 3 and have a bunch of comments on just one post per season.)

Originally posted on Pillowfort on 15 February 2023.

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S03E02: Honeymoon's Over

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Recap.

So, Siegfried offered James a partnership in the practice for the explicit purpose of enticing him to not sign up for the armed services, but this episode really features some growing pains around that. Not practice ending, but you know, having an argument and eating in tense silence growing pains.

I did like Helen helping with balancing the books. My condolences for the math, but it was a nice touch, especially in light of a loud but obnoxious present day guy getting weird about farmers' wives doing finances in the comment section on something. I know, I should pretty much never read the comment section on most sites, but he was really particular about farmers being the people out working the fields and not doing the books in a way that was defensive.

I can't remember if the shot of a newspaper with a headline about conscription is in this episode or the next one. Timing wise, I think we should be near April or May. "In April 1939, an additional 34,500 men had been conscripted into the regular army and had only completed their basic training on the eve of war. [...] In May 1939 the Military Training Act 1939 introduced limited conscription to meet the growing threat of Germany." (Wiki)

TB progress is... Eh? James signed the practice up with MAG [Ministry of Agriculture] to do TB testing in Yorkshire, but like, Helen is absolutely correct that the farmers aren't interested in it. Helen's father eventually agrees to take part, though.

As one might guess from the episode's title, James and Helen return from their honeymoon at the start, and they settle into the bedsit [like, an attic living area] in Skeldale House. Helen doesn't have absolutely horrible cooking skills in a full size kitchen, but the itty bitty stove in the bedsit leads to burnt food. She takes leftovers from Mrs Hall's breakfast, James takes leftovers, and no one's disappointed when Mrs Hall invites them back down to eat with everyone else.

Originally commented on 15 February 2023.