All Creatures Great and Small
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Everyone is still a little all over the place this season, right?
We need some more cohesion.
Jamess parents (the Scottish contingent) are visiting and Helen is flustered.
Everything has to beprepped.
This means flowers, cake, general cleaning, and presumably other hosting-related things.
James is less than thrilled about this, as he suspects the speech will not be of short duration.
He is likely correct.
However, Siegfried is having aday, which begins with his carburetor not working properly.
I take the shows word for that.
Or I didnt until I looked it up and learned that fan beltsdo not seem to exist anymore.
What a wild ride.
Anyway, Siegfrieds car is working sporadically, so he is grumpy.
We never find out!
Will we find out next week?
What was Maggie delivering!
I honestly assumed it was tampons or something (which existed then!
Mr. Bigginss farm has seven gates, and Siegfried is mad at all of them.
To be fair, they look terrible to deal with.
Mr. Biggins is upset because his goat is still sick after Siegfried treated it.
And Jimmy, of course.
Mrs. Herriot says things to Jimmy, such as, Does your mom not feed you?
I do not know how Helen maintains her composure.
(There are so many reasons why they could be red.)
The Herriots stay until evening and plan to be over again in the morning before the service.
Helen looks very ready for the visit to be over.
Its news about Tristan.
How long has he been gone?!
He tells Mrs. Hall that hell never offer Tristan a crossword again if he comes home in one piece.
No one believes you, Siegfried, but its a nice sentiment.
He gets in his car to drive to the station, and it, of course, wont start.
Then it starts, but it justputtersdown the road.
I do not know about this, Tristan.
But also welcome home.
Tristans been gone eighteen months, apparently, and now he knows how to fix a carburetor.
Siegfried is surprised by his newfound skills and generally adult manner.
Tristan is home because hes been reassigned to Doncaster to train recruits.
Im unclear on whether this means well be seeing him regularly or not.
I think I can handle Tristan in maybe one out of every three episodes.
More if he had actually changed, but … well, lets hold on and talk about the christening.
So Jimmy gets christened in a teeny tiny stone church.
Why are you putting drips of water on this baby and making it cry?
(Because of God.)
Jenny goes with them because she rebels in small ways, which is fine.
Live your dreams, Jenny.
Tristan tells Siegfried he forgot his wallet, so Siegfried has to pay for everyones drinks.
Siegfried is so irritated that he willingly goes over to Mr. Biggins to ask about his goat.
Mr. Biggins proceeds to shout about how Siegfried is just taking his money and not curing his goat.
So now Siegfried, Tristan, and Mr. Biggins are going to look at the goat again.
No one tells the group at the house who is preparing lunch.
So now the goat will be cured.
This plot was unnecessary to the story when enough people were breaking off to have their own small adventures.
But here we are; Helen can now have her in-laws visit without intense anxiety.
Mrs. Herriot says shes doing a wonderful job.
But I have remaining questions: Where will Richard sleep when he returns from his exams?
What was in the mystery package?
And does the nanny goat have a name?
I am somewhat despairing of the last one being answered.
Knowing Biggins, he probably named her goat.
