'Call the Midwife' Welcomes Rosie Jones in Heartwarming Season 13 Premiere

It's finally time to return to return to Nonnatus House, almost three months after we last saw them all in the December 2023 Christmas special, and spring is in the air. Poplar welcomed warmer weather and a new batch of midwifery students in the Call the Midwife Season 13 premiere. While the new season ushered in new hopes and new beginnings as 1969 rolled in, it also brought along a lot of new drama to welcome us back into the fold.

The episode began with the arrival of the new students: Norelle Morris (Shamia Phills), Kathy Downes (Rachel Nicholson), Rosalind Clifford (Natalie Quarry), and Joyce Highland (Renee Bailey). The latter two became the latest additions to Nonnatus House as they began their midwife rotations, and were quickly introduced to how integral the sisters and Trixie (Helen George) have become to the community.

Of course, the biggest question on everyone's mind was whether Trixie would decide to stay at Nonnatus House or take a new, more stable nursing position. (It says a lot that Matthew is allowing her to work at all, and not simply insisting she quit wholesale.) However, before Trixie could officially make up her mind, all hell broke loose with a new patient.