Call the Midwife (TV Series) Episode #11.1 (2022) User Reviews

Easter already??

[studioAT · 8/10 · 3 January 2022]

Airing not long after the 2021 Christmas Special it seems that Poplar is already in Easter mode.

Underneath all the niceties and 'Puppet on a String' what remains impressive about this show is that it is able to cover some very dark and unpleasant topics, but never in a way that is too off-putting. And that's not an easy achievement.

Megan Cusack continues to be a joy as the new recruit to the team, while Sister Hilda continues to be a fab character.

There's nothing new here, and after 11 series you might wish there was, but this show remains a jewel in the BBC's crown.

I miss Miranda

[kris-gray · 8/10 · 5 January 2022]

Here we are again with the ever so schmaltzy Call the Midwife. The main thing I like about it is there aren't really any bad people in it. No nasty character running through the series that you want to see end badly.

There is nothing really new here, they manage to cover all kinds of situations with the new births, it has the feel good factor and I like it.

The only problem I had with this episode and it's only a small one, they have a good balance of ethnic characters which is true of the East End in the 50/60s. But, it is unlikely that there would have been a female detective sergeant back then.

I seen the BBC have commissioned another 2 series, let's hope they can keep up the high standards and I think the best actor is the boy who plays Reggie I believe he is the son of Leslie Grantham, talent runs in the family.

One of the most skippable episodes of this show

[benm-41751 · 5/10 · 30 December 2023]

I love Call the Midwife, and one thing you accept with a long running and heartstringy show like this is that there will be many cycles of similar storylines for characters that will sail by. Some of them will impact you personally more than others, and some episodes will go by more forgettably.

That said, I think the first episode of Season 11 is one of the most skippable of the whole series. You could miss this one and not miss much at all. At least half of this episode is dedicated to one storyline, where a dark history is uncovered of a woman who gave birth twice and hid both stillborn babies. An investigator shows up, and I suppose the tension is that it seems the mother might be charged for these past events. This storyline didn't do anything for me, it was dark and slow moving. Usually a strength of this show is that it gives all the one-off characters their own ups and downs which make them feel real, but this drab dissociating lady and her old mum were quite one-note and I didn't really care what became of them. While their story is unsettling and heartbreaking to think about, it also is set far in the past which doesn't help me to feel invested. It was a rare broken seam in the show's patchwork to see her plodding through a dry page of script with her quivering voice, go about other things, and then tune in again minutes later to find her still going. Sorry to sound mean but I expect more from this show!

A couple of nice things happen: a couple with a lot of heartbreak for last season return with a much happier ending to their story, and the student midwife in residence is finally able to tell her daughter that she is in fact her mother. I think that's the only moment of the episode that moves the plot of a familiar character forward.

I do have faith that the rest of this season will be more interesting, but it was a shame to open it with so much time wasted on a miss.