'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 9, Episode 5

I can only speak for myself, but I found this week’s episode of Call the Midwife to be both gleeful and touching. Folks in Poplar are certainly aquiver about the arrival of the nun-centric The Sound of Music! Meanwhile, our actual Nonnatus Sisters are front and center in the plotlines this time around. Frances and Hilda strive to provide services and reassurance while Sister Julienne must examine the accusation that she is out of touch with the population she has vowed to serve.

The Calthorpes and Sister Frances

Sister Frances is visiting Albert Calthorpe (Jay Simpson) who has just come home from the hospital. He is diabetic and has only one lung so her new patient is very susceptible to chest infections. But it turns out Albert’s devoted wife Grace (Samantha Spiro) is the one Frances really needs to worry about. The woman who dotes on her husband one minute is short with the cheerful but timid nun the next.