Following the grief that surrounded the midwives’ work this week, the episode concludes as the women and all those across Poplar prepare for a local Horticultural Show planned by the Buckles. It’s a small but welcome distraction. Prior to their departure, Lucille spots Charlie waiting for her outside Nonnatus House to hand deliver a photograph of baby Warren, and she’s touched by the gesture.
When the midwives arrive at the show with their flower displays in hand, the park is alive with music, children’s laughter, contests and beautiful blooms. It’s a refreshing outlet for everyone, and while the pure joy of the families around them would have sufficed, they’re pleasantly surprised and impressed when they come across Sister Monica Joan’s horticultural offering. In honor of St. Raymond Nonnatus Sister Monica Joan has organized the best “flower” arrangement of all, with a live parade of adorable newborn babies. After all, St. Raymond is the patron saint of expecting mothers, children and midwives. As a crowd gathers to witness the spectacle, dozens of mothers recruited by Sister Monica Joan come forward to place their babies on blankets surrounding a statue of St. Raymond Nonnatus. As they do so, Lucille contributes to Sister Monica Joans’ beautiful work with her own flower child and places her photo of Warren alongside the other children. Though the midwives rarely forget a birth (even Sister Monica Joan remembers her patients), Warren’s is one that Lucille will hold onto forever.
There has been so much loss on “Call the Midwife” over the years, but Warren’s death was like a suckerpunch to the gut, and we were not ready. As we move closer to the season finale, we can only hope that something uplifting is on the way - even if that just means saving the midwives from the doom of the Urban Renewal Program. See you next week, “Midwife” family!
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