Series 1
Dealing With What the Lord Has Sent Us
Jenny Lee arrives in the East End and is shocked to learn that poor people live in poverty.
I Don’t Know Nuthin’ About Birthin’ No Babies
A new midwife arrives; Jenny takes in a stray with a seriously depressing story
Loving Husbands
Jenny befriends an elderly war veteran and helps out a childhood pal; Chummy gets a date; Trixie and Cynthia get a little surprise during one delivery
Love Hurts
Welcome to the nightmares episode! A young couple has their baby snatched, while another set of soulmates endures a hideous tragedy. Also: Trixie needs to get a life and learn compassion
Someone to Watch Over Me
Instead of babies, we deal with the aged tonight. Specifically, Nonnatus House’s maid, whose extremely close and loving relationship with her cancer-stricken brother is gross and evil in Jenny’s judgmental mind. Speaking of Jenny, a past love resurfaces, forcing her to address her future with Jimmy.
Not Right in the Head
Sister MJ has gone off the deep end, it seems, but that doesn’t keep her out of court for stealing. Chummy, meanwhile, has to deal with her nightmare of a mother, putting her relationship with Noakes in serious jeopardy.
Unto Us, a Child is Born
It’s Christmas time, which means we get teen pregnancy, an abandoned baby, a homeless woman mourning her dead children and workhouse past, and Chummy going insane over a nativity play. Hurrah!
Series 2
Pimp Slap
For the first episode of series 2 we get a battered wife, a man pimping out his own daughter, and, incongruously, laughing gas
Sudden Death
The laughs keep coming on this show. This week, the sudden death of a seemingly healthy infant throws doubt on Cynthia and ruins her confidence to the point where she basically has a breakdown. Jimmy reappears in Jenny’s life, and Chummy and Noakes ride off into the African sunset.
Sister Wives
Jenny gets sent to help out in the surgical ward of the London Hospital, where she grapples with a difficult doctor and winds up with Jimmy as one of her patients. Sadly, she misses all the twisted excitement of a pair of crazy twins, one of whom is pregnant, who put all their faith in 300-year-old medical knowledge.
The Broken Ones
The birth of a baby with spina bifida sends the parents and Jenny into something of a guilt tailspin
Desperation
Sister MJ’s desperate for something to do, the mother of the week’s desperate to not be pregnant anymore, Trixie’s not as desperate for a man as she thought
Barely Breathing
A TB outbreak in Poplar sends Bernadette and Turner on a mission to bring in an x-ray van; Jenny manages to bring together an estranged father and daughter
Comings and Goings
The show deals very flippantly with both emotional abuse and racial prejudice. Cynthia’s treating a diabetic jerk who’s cruel to his downtrodden wife, while Jenny’s new patient is a recent immigrant whom the bigoted Poplar ladies think must be riddled with diseases. Off in her country hospital, Sister Bernadette weighs her life choices
We Are Family
Fred’s rather endearing daughter, Dolly, and Chummy both bring new life into the world, but not without complications for both. Jenny gets a date, courtesy of Jimmy, and Bernadette makes up her mind
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