Call the Midwife – Season 13 Review

I really enjoy this series. Call the Midwife is a period drama set in the East End of London in the 1950’s and 60’s. It provides a charming and sometimes sad look into the lives of the midwives of Nonnatus House and the pregnant women and new mothers they so dedicatedly care for.

Plot

Call the Midwife is in its 13th season, and thankfully not much has changed about it over the years. There are plenty of vibrant characters with their own stories and personalities throughout the series, and a strong focus in each episode is placed on the cases worked by the Nonnatus House midwives. As you watch through the seasons, you are able to see the lives of familiar characters play out. Even though you might wish them the best, as with life tragedies often accompany good fortunes.

This season sees the introduction of two new midwives in training, Joyce Highland (Renee Bailey) and Rosalind Clifford (Natalie Quarry). Both ladies fit in with the nuns and other midwives wonderfully, although there is drama later in the season when Joyce’s abusive husband finds and begins to extort her.

Joyce isn’t the only one to see unwanted drama this season, though. Everyone’s favorite handyman, Fred Buckle (Cliff Parisi), experiences a big health scare. It reminds his wife, Violet Buckle (Annabelle Apsion), just how important their relationship is to both of them as she runs for public office. The Turners (Stephen McGann and Laura Main) also begin to stress as an accident at the beach leads to May’s (April Rae Hoang) biological mother becoming unsure as to whether they are fit parents.

Will Trixie (Hellen George) relapse as her marriage experiences stress like never before? Will Joyce’s husband report her to the police for becoming a midwife under an alias? Will Fred recover from tetanus? Watch season 13 of Call the Midwife to find out!

My Thoughts

Season 13 of Call the Midwife just seems like another 8 episodes. If not for it beginning with the introduction of two new midwives in training, you might not even notice it is a new season at all. The last episode doesn’t seem like a season finale either, other than some loose ends being tied up. I don’t know how I feel about that, but I can’t complain because this show is more of a relaxing drama and isn’t accustomed to leaving a season on a huge cliffhanger.

If you like slow moving period dramas or medical dramas, I would definitely recommend you try out Call the Midwife. Just keep in mind this series doesn’t shy away from the gory details of birth!