"What a Ballsup!" Mishaps Abound in 'All Creatures Great & Small'

All Creatures Great & Small opens with the reveal Tristan and Florence Pandhi are no longer enemies, and as suspected, very attracted to each other. Tristan is coming into his own, revealing strength of character as well as easy charm, but Siegried has trouble dealing with change. He’s been waiting for Tristan to grow up, but the power in Skeldale is shifting, and he’s not used to his younger brother’s new assertiveness.

Charles: “But please, for the love of God, do not make a balls-up of any more forms."

Good news for those of us who appreciate the presence of a benign grunting, chirping mop: Pekinese Tricki Woo is visiting since Mrs. Pumphrey is in London. He’s lording it over Jessie, the resident dog, and becoming Siegfried’s best, if not only, ally in the house. Be warned, though, the highly repressed relationship between Mrs. Hall and Gerald stumbles, again.