'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 9 Episode 1
Spring has arrived and that means the return of Call the Midwife on PBS! I’d like to welcome you back to another round of episode recaps in which we highlight the often poignant, but mainly uplifting, stories of Poplar residents and their steadfast caregivers, the sisters and nurses of Nonnatus House.
The debut episode of Season 9 begins in January of 1965 with the death of Sir Winston Churchill, a passing which saddens citizens across the U.K. Meanwhile, Poplar experiences an alarming outbreak of diphtheria and an abandoned baby is reunited with its troubled mother.
Indeed, the somber event of Churchill's death brings out a decidedly sorrowful side of our normally chipper Mr. Buckle. He starts going through his old medals and other mementos and comes across a snapshot of his first wife, Betty, who died in the Blitz. The current Mrs. Buckle comments on how lovely Betty was and gently validates the loss Fred is feeling. Later, Violet shows compassion for her husband’s melancholy by surprising Fred with Betty’s photo in a frame. She encourages him to add it to all the other family pictures on display. Violet can be a bit of a nag once in a while, so this gesture of patience and affection in the face of her spouse’s pain is even more touching.
