[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 Episode 3, “Homecoming.”] The boy is back in town. Callum Woodhouse ‘s Tristan Farnon returned home from war in one piece in All Creatures Great and Small on Sunday, January 26 on PBS .
And it didn’t take long for him and big brother Siegfried ( Samuel West ) to get back into the swing of their signature squabbling, even if Siegfried did swear he would never utter a cross word to his baby brother again if he came home without a scratch. It also didn’t take long for the brothers to band together to give a ornery client a taste of his own medicine. The charming family reunion was also highlighted by baby Jimmy’s christening and a poignant private moment between Siegfried and Tristan at the episode’s end.
“Homecoming” began with James’ ( Nicholas Ralph ) parents arriving to Darrowby for the christening, and his mother and Helen ( Rachel Shenton ) struggled to connect. Mrs. Hall ( Anna Madeley ), meanwhile, received a telegram for Siegfried about Tristan that made them both fear the worst.
But it was happy news: Tristan would soon be home from Cairo, where he was serving as a military veterinarian, and they later learned that it would be for a considerable amount of time. The animal cases of the week were a dog with a phantom pregnancy, an experience that gave Helen and her mother-in-law the chance to connect through motherhood, and a goat whose owner was secretly refusi.
