'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 8 Episode 8
Before we dive into the final episode of Call the Midwife's eighth season, it would probably be a good idea to review what occurred last week. Sister Frances aced her first solo delivery, a father-to-be with a sex addiction jeopardized the health of his wife and child and the identity of Poplar’s injurious back alley abortionist was revealed to be Nurse Dyer’s own gran, Elsie. For more details, check out the complete recap of episode seven here.
The season finale was a very eventful installment, so let’s mention the good news first. We learn that Nurse Crane’s release from hospital is imminent! However, what initially looked like a fast friendship with Dr. Turner’s secretary has become something of an annoyance for Phyllis. Miss Higgins’s handmade get-well card declaring Nurse Crane a frail invalid can’t have done much for their rapport.
So when Sgt. Woolf (whose first name turns out to be Aubrey) shows up for a bedside visit, Phyllis is happy for the intrusion. In fact, Nurse Crane can barely disguise her pleasure when Miss Higgins and Sgt. Woolf start openly flirting in front of her. I’m sure you join in me in looking forward to Phyllis taking her rightful place as the keeper of the rolodex and healer of women with all this Sgt. Woolf nonsense behind us.
