The colors are so bright! Remember that first time we see the “washing line street?” The clothes were gray and dull–still coming out of the post-war years.
The only thing that hasn’t changed is the habit (much to Sister Hilda’s dismay).
“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Fred Rogers often told this story about when he was a boy and would see scary things on the news: “My mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers — so many caring people in this world.”
Well, I’ve seen the series finale. Not without reading spoilers first – anyone who watched it blind has my true respect!!! Here are a few of my thoughts, on the finale and the series in general:
I did go in blind. Not a single spoiler, not one speculation. *And* I had plans that kept me from watching until after the episode premiered to watch!!!
In previous seasons—say for example s3 (the first one I saw as it premiered)—I would have chewed off my foot to escape anything that kept me from watching as soon as I could. This season I didn’t even think of changing my plans. Though I was not expecting much (foreboding ravens and no kisses aside), I was very pleased.
Yes, it’s gone a bit soapy, and there’s been a lot of repetition (remember how the little twin was buried in another’s coffin back in s4e2?), but I love how Call the Midwife keeps trying to be a force for good in the world.
