'All Creatures Great & Small's Season 6 Trailer Brings the War to a Close

It took three seasons, but World War II is finally coming to an end in All Creatures Great & Small. After the Season 5 Christmas special closed out with the end of 1942, the show is hitting its first significant time jump and picking back up in mid-1945 for Season 6. This is not a bad way to handle the back half of the war, as 1943 and 1944 were both challenging years on the home front and the battlefield for the U.K.. That sort of depressing struggle is the opposite of what the series is designed for: escapism from the horrors of our current reality.

It also means, for those keeping track at home, that James and Helen have had an entire extra baby since we last saw them, with a girl, Rose Herriot, joining James Jr. (known to all as Jimmy), and bringing them up to a family of four.

However, though All Creatures does its best to keep things light, we should not expect the series to become more hijinks-focused in the post-war era. This is still the same show that decided to make World War II a significant set piece, and the aftereffects won't just disappear into some forgotten realm. While James came home relatively quickly and did not return, Tristen did multiple tours as an Army vet and has seen some things done to both humans and animals that would give anyone a severe case of PTSD. He and Siegfried now have something else in common that neither has the language to express.