A Day at the Beach in 'Call the Midwife' Leads to Calamity for the Turners
Normally, a day at the seaside would sound lovely. I was certainly looking forward to a nice beach day this week on Call the Midwife, but it was pure naiveté to believe that our favorite Poplar townspeople could enjoy some ice cream, sun, and sand castle building without any major drama.
What's most upsetting is that the day started so well. Trixie (Helen George) passed her driving test. The seaside adventure was supposed to celebrate her accomplishment and support Violet's (Annabel Apsion) first event as mayor. The nuns made it down to the beach along with student nurses Joyce Highland (Renee Bailey) and Rosalind Clifford (Natalie Quarry). Even Nurse Crane (Linda Bassett) made it down to the sand to take pictures of everyone enjoying the sunny day.
It was all enjoyable until our patient of the week went into labor on the beach. Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins (Georgie Glen) drove Lindy Webster (Lydia Fleming) back to town to deliver her baby at the maternity ward. Lindy's husband, Melvin (Tom Anson), left much to be desired on the responsibility front, but we'll get back to that later.
