As Sister Evangelina prepares to go on sick leave, a new midwife arrives at Nonnatus House, and they immediately clash. Meanwhile, Sister Julienne encounters a face from the past, and Barbara feels under pressure.
With Sister Evangelina due for sick leave her replacement arrives - the older midwife Phyllis Crane, a no-nonsense vegetarian who soon crosses swords with the nun, Barbara being caught in the middle. However Phyllis displays a kindlier side when Barbara and Patsy attend a particularly difficult birth. A mystery benefactor offers a bequest to the convent - the dying Charles Newgarden, who dated Sister Julienne before she became a nun . She finds the meeting painful but the building is in need of repair and she cannot afford not to accept his offer or to relive their night at the cinema from thirty years earlier.—don @ minifie-1
The roof at Nonnatus House is in dire need of repair and a solution to the problem may have presented itself when Sister Julienne hears from someone from her past - someone with whom she was once very much in love. Sister Evangelina's operation has been scheduled and her replacement, Phyllis Crane, arrives at Nonnatus House. Their styles are different and a clash is inevitable. Sister Evangelina thinks Phyllis is hard and uncaring about the patient while Phyllis thinks she is tradition-bound. Barbara and Patsy face a difficult birth and have to deal with a stillborn birth. Phyllis steps in and shows her softer side leading to a reconciliation with Sister Evangelina.—garykmcd