SERIES 9, EPISODE 7
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The seventh Series 9 ‘Call the Midwife’ episode was a happier experience compared to the sixth episode. There is emotional drama going on here, which might be a little upsetting for some viewers.
This is especially concerning character arcs and a certain married couple with a baby, but I enjoyed the seventh episode of Series 9 of ‘Call the Midwife’. I found it a pretty gripping episode throughout.
For me, the highlight of the episode is that it features guest star Ellie Wallwork as blind mother Marion Irmsby. Ellie Wallwork is blind in real-life. I know that because she’s been in ‘Doctor Who’. 🙂
She was in the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘It Takes You Away’ and she played a blind girl in that. I was happy to see her in this ‘Call the Midwife’ episode after recognising her from being in ‘Doctor Who’.
Incidentally, Ellie Wallwork has been in a ‘Call the Midwife’ episode before as she played a children’s home inmate in Series 2, Episode 4. Not that I would have known this as it must’ve been a small part. 🙂
Helen George as Trixie helps Marion out when she’s about to have her baby. But Marion’s sister, Lucy Briggs-Owen as Beryl, isn’t happy that her sister’s having a baby and she calls for Social Services.
Incidentally, Lucy Briggs-Owen has done some Big Finish audios over the years, including ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Avengers’. I believe this is the very first time I’ve seen Lucy Briggs-Owen on-screen. 🙂
Marion is pretty determined to prove her sister wrong and she has Nurse Trixie and her husband Dylan Llewellyn as Stewart to help her out. Can she cope with the pressure to look after her baby? 😐
I like how this episode tackles a blind person having a baby in this ‘Call the Midwife’ episode. It’s something I quite admire and found fascinating as I’m sure there are blind mothers in the real world.
There are trials and tribulations in this process, but young Marion is not one to give up without a fight. I like how the issues are resolved in the end with meeting another blind mother in the episode.
Meanwhile, Lee Armstrong as Dr. Kevin McNulty performs a successful operation of helping a mother give birth to her baby, under supervision by Stephen McGann as Dr. Turner. This looks good.
Things don’t go well however when he shows signs of strain since his shoulder injury flares up and he jeopardises a mother’s birth here. McNulty also has too many tablets and injections of pethidine.
It was upsetting to see Dr. McNulty perform badly in delivering a baby by himself when he’s alone with the mother. It causes Ella Bruccoleri as Sister Frances to lose confidence in him in the episode. 😦
This is sad, especially when he and Sister Frances seemed to be getting on well with each other in this and the previous episode. He also seemed to make a good impression working at the hospital. 😦
Speaking of the mother in jeopardy – Sophie Melville as Yvonne Smith – she came into the maternity home to have her baby delivered, escaping her abusive husband who’s constantly drunk in the story.
It was pretty disturbing to see the husband – Ciarán Owens as Victor Smith – enter the hospital twice, all drunk and dishevelled, and being abusive to his wife. Something bad could have happened.
It was nice to see Zephryn Taitte back as Cyril with Leonie Elliot as Lucille in the episode. Cyril and Lucille agree to help out Linda Bassett as Nurse Crane with the boy scouts when she’s overworked. 🙂
It’s good that Cyril was willing to devote time to be with Lucille whilst helping Nurse Crane. I like how the romance between Cyril and Lucile is blossoming so far whilst watching them in ‘Call the Midwife’.
This episode also features the return of Ann Mitchell as Elsie Dyer, Valerie’s gran, who is in prison. We haven’t seen her for while since Series 8. Jennifer Kirby as Valerie goes to visit her gran in prison.
It turns out that Valerie’s gran hasn’t been eating very well. Valerie becomes very concerned. This is the start of a sad end for Valerie’s gran and possibly the beginning of the end for Valerie’s character.
Series 9, Episode 7 has been very good in terms of solid emotional character drama and gripping plot revelations. I enjoyed the story about the blind mother having her baby and seeing Ellie Wallwork. 🙂
I was looking forward to how things would be resolved with Dr. McNulty’s predicament and the issue of Elsie Dyer’s ill health in the prison. I had no idea what to expect in watching Series 9 back in 2020.
‘Series 9, Episode 7’ rating – 8/10
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