All Creatures Great & Small (S02)
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queer_scribblingSeason 2 Episode 1: Where The Heart Is.
More recaps from Mullany on Telly Visions. A few thoughts from me (and my family):
James' visit to his mum and dad includes Easter of 1938, which for those of us who are time ambivalent was 17 April. Honestly, lambing season is not specific enough for me to know when in 'spring' it was. Please put a month and a year on the screen.
Personally, I didn't find the storyline about the budgie who died of stress at being handled (Peter, a green budgie) being replaced by a sky blue budgie in order to avoid telling the owner that Peter died to be super funny. I mean, it was played as being funny, but if you stop and think about it, it's actually - you know - not quite that funny.
The family was not surprised that Siegfried's little lie about Tristan passing both of his exams in the season 1 Christmas episode has turned into an inconvenient chicken coming home to roost. We did like how Mrs Hall got Siegfried to admit that Tristan didn't pass one exam, though.
I'm feeling a bit 'eh' about the recovering from Helen calling off her wedding in the Christmas episode thing we have going on. I understand that it's unavoidable, but I'm also not feeling it.
Originally posted on Pillowfort on 17 January 2022.
Season 2 Episode 2: Semper Progrediens.
Recap courtesy of Janet Mullany. Not very many additional thoughts, since I'm posting this late.
I didn't catch a lot of Gerald Hammond's lines, probably due to having issues parsing new accents. Supposedly, he mentioned daylight savings time coming up, but that doesn't line up with last week's timing around Easter in 1938.
When do the clocks change? (gov.uk):
Originally posted on PF on 30 January 2022.
Season 2 Episode 3: We Can But Hope.
Recap courtesy of Janet Mullany.
It's so helpful being able to read Mullany's recaps because you would not believe that I watched the show if I had to spell the different names I thought I heard.
The Dalby herd of young cows have husk (or parasitic bronchitis). (A part of me is cautious about getting to a horse with one of those truly weird named things like moon fever.)
My family knew there'd be a door left open as soon as the hens were introduced. (In theory, your chickens should come back in the evening to roost, so we weren't horribly concerned.)
Tricki Woo is back! He's much more agreeable with Siegfried, since James is away to the cows with husk. (At least one's died, and it's very likely the rest of them will too.)
The disagreement about Mrs Dalby staying on the farm or selling it, which occurred during James and Helen's date, was a bit awkward. It was melded with a conversation about Helen and if she'd ever want to leave her dad's farm, and to me, it seemed a little dismissive of James needing to leave his family in Glasgow to be here in Darrowby [Yorkshire]. True, he doesn't have experience with intergenerational farming on one piece of land, but he does have relevant experience with leaving his family to go somewhere else. I'd kind of like Helen to remember that.
It wasn't a serious argument or anything, so they kind of don't talk about it outside of James admitting that he didn't understand why Mrs Dalby wanted to stay until after he'd talked to her again.
I'm pretty sure I couldn't hear the radio dude's voice well enough to get all the details, but there was a cricket match. From the recap:
Originally posted on PF on 30 January 2022. (For anyone confused on the dating, my family records each episode airing on Sunday and watch it on the following Friday when we have a free block of time, so we're a week behind.)
Season 2 Episode 4: Many Happy Returns.
Recap courtesy of Mullany (though I'm side-eyeing some phrases).
It's Tristan's birthday. (I have a bad feeling that if I knew more about cricket that I may have some idea of what month it's supposed to be.)
Siegfried finally reveals the lie he told in the Christmas episode, but you know, he was a bit upset at the birthday party (and perhaps a wee bit tipsy), so he sort of just blurted out a reference in front of everyone instead of talking privately. Now, Tristan knows that he passed one exam and failed the other.
My family was wondering if it might be possible to send Tristan off to Glasgow instead of having all this tension between James and Helen about whether he's going to accept the job offer or not. Tristan might benefit from working for someone he's not related to.
Originally posted on PF on 13 February 2022.
Season 2 Episode 5: The Last Man In.
Recap courtesy of Mullany.
Me and my family, trying to make sense of what characters are 'explaining': Sure would help if we knew anything at all about cricket...
Originally posted on PF on 4 March 2022.
Season 2 Episode 6: Home Truths.
Recap courtesy of Mullany.
Heads up on animal death - A dog gets hit by a car and ultimately doesn't survive.
The recap has a question about wondering if the group shown camping next to the river and a riverboat are "travelers or destitute", but honestly, when I was watching with my family, I thought the group was a reference to the GRT community. (I can't actually find anything online that confirms this right now, but erring on the side of that might be something to keep in mind when talking about Mrs Donovan and how the character was written.)
Personally, it was a bit annoying how much Siegfried was pushing marriage. James didn't think he was ready for it, so the least someone could have done was listen to him. But, no, there was like an accidental proposal and then getting fatherly permission and an official proposal. (I feel very non-partnering when watching this show...)
The Chamberlain stuff was a reference to The Munich Agreement in September of 1938. It's been kind of noticeable throughout this season, at different moments, that World War II is on the horizon, but this is a definite 'pay attention' moment. (Generally, I just wish I was better at parsing out what the radio excerpts have been saying.)
Originally posted on PF on 4 March 2022.
More recaps from Mullany on Telly Visions. A few thoughts from me (and my family):
James' visit to his mum and dad includes Easter of 1938, which for those of us who are time ambivalent was 17 April. Honestly, lambing season is not specific enough for me to know when in 'spring' it was. Please put a month and a year on the screen.
Personally, I didn't find the storyline about the budgie who died of stress at being handled (Peter, a green budgie) being replaced by a sky blue budgie in order to avoid telling the owner that Peter died to be super funny. I mean, it was played as being funny, but if you stop and think about it, it's actually - you know - not quite that funny.
The family was not surprised that Siegfried's little lie about Tristan passing both of his exams in the season 1 Christmas episode has turned into an inconvenient chicken coming home to roost. We did like how Mrs Hall got Siegfried to admit that Tristan didn't pass one exam, though.
I'm feeling a bit 'eh' about the recovering from Helen calling off her wedding in the Christmas episode thing we have going on. I understand that it's unavoidable, but I'm also not feeling it.
Originally posted on Pillowfort on 17 January 2022.
Season 2 Episode 2: Semper Progrediens.
Recap courtesy of Janet Mullany. Not very many additional thoughts, since I'm posting this late.
I didn't catch a lot of Gerald Hammond's lines, probably due to having issues parsing new accents. Supposedly, he mentioned daylight savings time coming up, but that doesn't line up with last week's timing around Easter in 1938.
When do the clocks change? (gov.uk):
In the UK the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and back 1 hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October.The build up of gas in the rumen having enough pressure to send partially digested grass flying everywhere was a bit funny while treating the cow, I'll admit.
The period when the clocks are 1 hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). There’s more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings (sometimes called Daylight Saving Time).
When the clocks go back, the UK is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Originally posted on PF on 30 January 2022.
Season 2 Episode 3: We Can But Hope.
Recap courtesy of Janet Mullany.
It's so helpful being able to read Mullany's recaps because you would not believe that I watched the show if I had to spell the different names I thought I heard.
The Dalby herd of young cows have husk (or parasitic bronchitis). (A part of me is cautious about getting to a horse with one of those truly weird named things like moon fever.)
My family knew there'd be a door left open as soon as the hens were introduced. (In theory, your chickens should come back in the evening to roost, so we weren't horribly concerned.)
Tricki Woo is back! He's much more agreeable with Siegfried, since James is away to the cows with husk. (At least one's died, and it's very likely the rest of them will too.)
The disagreement about Mrs Dalby staying on the farm or selling it, which occurred during James and Helen's date, was a bit awkward. It was melded with a conversation about Helen and if she'd ever want to leave her dad's farm, and to me, it seemed a little dismissive of James needing to leave his family in Glasgow to be here in Darrowby [Yorkshire]. True, he doesn't have experience with intergenerational farming on one piece of land, but he does have relevant experience with leaving his family to go somewhere else. I'd kind of like Helen to remember that.
It wasn't a serious argument or anything, so they kind of don't talk about it outside of James admitting that he didn't understand why Mrs Dalby wanted to stay until after he'd talked to her again.
I'm pretty sure I couldn't hear the radio dude's voice well enough to get all the details, but there was a cricket match. From the recap:
Back at Skeldale House, England’s win in the Test Match is celebrated (I believe it’s the 1936 match against India) with much rejoicing.... I don't understand a thing about cricket, and I doubt that'll change after this show.
Originally posted on PF on 30 January 2022. (For anyone confused on the dating, my family records each episode airing on Sunday and watch it on the following Friday when we have a free block of time, so we're a week behind.)
Season 2 Episode 4: Many Happy Returns.
Recap courtesy of Mullany (though I'm side-eyeing some phrases).
It's Tristan's birthday. (I have a bad feeling that if I knew more about cricket that I may have some idea of what month it's supposed to be.)
Siegfried finally reveals the lie he told in the Christmas episode, but you know, he was a bit upset at the birthday party (and perhaps a wee bit tipsy), so he sort of just blurted out a reference in front of everyone instead of talking privately. Now, Tristan knows that he passed one exam and failed the other.
My family was wondering if it might be possible to send Tristan off to Glasgow instead of having all this tension between James and Helen about whether he's going to accept the job offer or not. Tristan might benefit from working for someone he's not related to.
Originally posted on PF on 13 February 2022.
Season 2 Episode 5: The Last Man In.
Recap courtesy of Mullany.
Me and my family, trying to make sense of what characters are 'explaining': Sure would help if we knew anything at all about cricket...
Originally posted on PF on 4 March 2022.
Season 2 Episode 6: Home Truths.
Recap courtesy of Mullany.
Heads up on animal death - A dog gets hit by a car and ultimately doesn't survive.
The recap has a question about wondering if the group shown camping next to the river and a riverboat are "travelers or destitute", but honestly, when I was watching with my family, I thought the group was a reference to the GRT community. (I can't actually find anything online that confirms this right now, but erring on the side of that might be something to keep in mind when talking about Mrs Donovan and how the character was written.)
Personally, it was a bit annoying how much Siegfried was pushing marriage. James didn't think he was ready for it, so the least someone could have done was listen to him. But, no, there was like an accidental proposal and then getting fatherly permission and an official proposal. (I feel very non-partnering when watching this show...)
The Chamberlain stuff was a reference to The Munich Agreement in September of 1938. It's been kind of noticeable throughout this season, at different moments, that World War II is on the horizon, but this is a definite 'pay attention' moment. (Generally, I just wish I was better at parsing out what the radio excerpts have been saying.)
Originally posted on PF on 4 March 2022.
