'All Creatures Great and Small': Season 2. Episode 6 Recap
Episode 6 of All Creatures Great and Small, originally the finale of Season 2 (PBS airs the 2021 Christmas special as Episode 7), begins with James and Helen in line at their local movie theater, waiting for the projectionist to turn up. He arrives on a bicycle, the line shuffles in to the theater, and James and Helen find themselves sitting behind a farmer, Mr. Cranford (Mike Harding), who has been shooting him dirty looks. As they settle down to enjoy the show, Mr. Cranford turns round and tells James, “She’s dead.”
Horrified, James and Helen peer at Mrs. Cranford, who is taking a nap beside her husband. No, not her, her husband says. It’s the cow James treated recently; and neither did he get the salve he’d been promised. As dates go for the couple, it could have been worse.
These are tense times for everyone. Pathe News covers the story of Neville Chamberlain flying to Munich for negotiations with Hitler. Helen probably speaks for most people when she assures James it will get sorted, but we know what’s going to happen. James is also anticipating the visit of his parents in a few days, knowing that he must tell them about his decision to stay in Darrowby. Certainly it’s best to do it in person, as he claims, but ... it’s too late now to do otherwise.
