#nurse crane

Spoilers for 5.5

• As much as I love Patsy I was delighted to see Delia doing something aside from her and being something other than “Patsy’s secret girlfriend”. I’ve always wanted Delia to train as a midwife, and she might now! Just thought she was excellent in that scene. Although there was nowhere near enough Patsy and Delia (especially Patsy) this episode.
• The whole scene with the woman delivering her own baby whilst Delia talked her through it was fantastic, I don’t know I just really thought it was really something special.
• I also really liked it when Patsy walked through when Delia just got off the phone and gave her that look of just being proud of her. Also she did that look when they were all clapping Delia around the table and having top banter. For the hundredth time (or fourth probably) everyone is really funny this series.
• When Nurse Crane was telling the woman about her mother I was almost crying, but then again I cried at Deathly Hallows Part.2 on Friday night even though I’ve seen it countless times so maybe it’s just me.
• Tim is the best I love him, he researches psychology like I do which was awesome to see, it’s also really nice to see someone almost my age being right and having their parents agree with them if that makes sense. Lots of the Turner family tonight! 
• I just really liked this episode everything was great including Tim and Nurse Crane my all time favorites. Looking forward to next week where I’m assuming we’ll see more Patsy, Delia and more of the younger midwifes in general.

Spoilers for 5.4

• It was just a top quality bit of television wasn’t it? BBC and Heidi and everyone else that makes Call the Midwife just make everything so well and handle all the stories perfectly.
• I like that there are more scenes with all the midwifes and Delia together, the one on the steps was really good before Trixie got all funny with Barbara. Again like I’ve said each time Delia’s really funny.
• Patsy and Delia had a good wee bit there when Patsy got home from work, Delia looked so cute with her hair down and everything was lovely. It was clearly a perfect moment for a kiss mind you, but again classic Call the Midwife it’s pretty much lewd if a couple bloody brushes arms.
• Everyone in our living room was going “Trixie no, stop it!” when we saw her with the baby cham, thank God Tom took it off her before she had any of it.
• I’m really glad Trixie and Tom were talking and sorted things out between them. I’m not sure if everyone agrees with me but I think Tom and Barbara are great together.
• Nurse Crane has suddenly become a fast favorite for me. She’s hilarious, mostly accidentally, and she gives quality advice, all of her scenes are the best.
• You’d think there would be a limited amount of nursing related story-lines to keep everyone interested but apparently not. The Cunningham baby being left in the sluice with the windows wide open was grim. I’m usually not Sister Julienne’s number one fan but I actually really liked her this episode. I feel like she’s usually just there to calm everyone down and to be the voice of reason, also to represent the old way of thinking and to be proved wrong by one of the younger midwifes such as Trixie in 5.1. There’s nothing wrong with that, it was just nice to see her involved in a story-line completely.
• I also really liked the Bible verse, I believe it’s Isaiah 43:1, that she said as the baby died. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t that the same one from 4.2 that Tom used at the baby April Bisset’s funeral, I can’t say I’m religious but I just love it.
• One of my brothers and I thought the boy, Ian, was going to attempt suicide. Another thing I like about Call the Midwife is that they don’t just have characters kill themselves to get the point across that they’re in a horrible situation, they do it excellently without that. They did it in 4.3 with Tony Amos too.
• Good to see the Turners having some good scenes, and two scenes with top banter from Tim. They haven’t really had anything since 5.1 so I’m very glad. Also I love Tim. Also Angela is cute.
• I’ll finish with another top quote from Barbara, “Now, if you don’t mind, I really need to get on with these fuzzy felt apostles”. God I love her.

Spoilers for 5.3

• Patsy’s face when she was rushing home and up the stairs because she knew Delia was home.
  
• Just those two together, they’re so cute.
• Delia being at Nonnatus and it being shown that it’s going to be murder for them to try and stay a secret whilst all living together. Plus Delia being funny about it, she’s actually really funny this series I like her a lot.
• Saying that, I’m pretty sure Nurse Crane and maybe even to some degree Sister Julienne, know about Patsy and Delia. I don’t think Trixie is too far off the mark either and it’s just a matter of time before Sister Monica Joan says something poetic about it to one of them. 
• Patsy did more of this last episode but she says a lot of things which are clearly about how she has to hide her relationship/sexuality, she usually says it to someone like Nurse Crane or Trixie as well, someone who is sharp enough to catch on to what she really means.
• I really like Nurse Crane being involved with all the other midwifes and giving them advice but also having a laugh with them. The scenes when they’re all at Nonnatus talking together are great. She was very good to Trixie about her AA meetings as well.
• Again I really like Barbara and Tom together, I don’t think Trixie and Tom were right for each other at all.
• Sister Winifred and Mrs Whitmore’s storyline was excellent, I guessed she was going to go for the coat hanger which was awful when she did. I notice that nobody seems to like her as a character but I quite like Sister Winifred, she can be awfully judgmental at times but she learned from her mistakes this time.
• Is it bad that I don’t miss Sister Evangelina at all? She made things worse most of the time.
• The symbolism of Sister Monica Joan planting the weeds with Patsy, I kid you not I’m going to learn how to gif as soon as my prelims are over.
• Overall the best moment was when Barbara called Nurse Crane a brick. What a good word.