Everyone is still a little all over the place this season, right? A little scattered. We need some more cohesion. That being said, I crave mundanity and people in quaint towns running small errands while wearing sweater vests, so all remains right with the All Creatures world.
James’s parents (“the Scottish contingent”) are visiting and Helen is flustered. Everything has to be prepped . This means flowers, cake, general cleaning, and presumably other hosting-related things.
Jimmy is going to be christened, and, as a godparent, Siegfried has composed a speech for the event. James is less than thrilled about this, as he suspects the speech will not be of short duration. He is likely correct.
When James asks Siegfried how long the speech will last, he replies, “This is the beginning of Jimmy’s spiritual journey, James.” However, Siegfried is having a day , which begins with his carburetor not working properly. I take the show’s word for that.
They show us something that I very confidently thought of as the fan belt, but also, I do not know what a fan belt is or does. Or I didn’t until I looked it up and learned that fan belts do not seem to exist anymore . What a wild ride.
Anyway, Siegfried’s car is working sporadically, so he is grumpy. Then Maggie the Barmaid gives him a mystery package for Mrs. Hall, and Mrs.
Hall won’t tell him what it is. We never find out! Will we find out next week? What was Maggie delivering! I honestly assumed it was tampons or some.
