All Creatures Great and Small

This episode is about Siegfried convincing himself it's okay to injure a horse to protect Tristan and Mrs. Hall deciding she's into Gerald.

Siegfried takes Tristan to the train and tells him not to do anything stupid. Siegfried gives Tristan the RAVC envelope and tells him he doesn’t have to go, but Tristan says he does. When Tristan tells Siegfried the animal always comes first, Siegfried says not in this case, then they fight about Siegfried trying to keep Tristan out of the fighting, and they have a nice sibling heart-to-heart that I would have appreciated much more if I liked the rest of the episode. We see Siegfried looking at them kissing, and my life raft here, as I watch my ship sink, is that this might finally spur him to realize his feelings for Mrs. The major and Siegfried strike a deal that if River can race, the major will put in a word to keep Tristan at home. Tristan, still bored, follows Siegfried to the major’s and sees that River is injured. This episode is about Siegfried convincing himself it’s okay to injure a horse to protect Tristan and Mrs. He chats with Maggie, and THIS is another thing: The vibe this episode is weird between him and Maggie. [whose badge is a CENTAUR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps), but Siegfried hides it or at least doesn’t show it to him. Also Siegfried needs to control things, and Tristan being off, not under Siegfried’s supervision, in an extremely dangerous situation must be maddening for someone with his personality. Eva is enamored of The Wizard of Oz, which makes sense since it has just premiered and also is about a girl whisked away from home due to a cataclysmic event beyond her control. Timeline-wise, this is set after the season-three finale, so James and Tristan are waiting to be called up, and now there’s a little Jewish girl named Eva staying at Skeldale House as part of the

As for those who hope to see Siegfried and Mrs. Hall romantically linked? 'I couldn't say what will or might or should happen,' West teases of Season 4.

He responds to the mood of a scene extraordinarily well. If he feels that the mood is upbeat and comic, he’ll be fast and funny, and if it needs to be slow and thoughtful, he’ll be calmer.” “I’m completely comfortable around rats,” says West, who has owned a few in the past. But the fallout from Siegfried’s scheme brought about a long-needed heart-to-heart between the brothers, whose 19-year age difference makes their relationship akin to that of father and son. We tend not to talk about our emotions and when we do, it has to really matter,” West says. “I really like that Siegfried’s got these depths and that they’ve come to the fore.” Plenty of viewers would like to see Siegfried and Mrs. Siegfried’s been made, as all of us are, by his mistakes, and he’s not allowing Tristan to make his. In the finale, he had some of both, and they came into conflict as Siegfried, who always puts an animal’s welfare first, seemed prepared to jeopardize River’s life by allowing him to run in a race he wasn’t fit for. As an army veterinarian at the end of World War I, he had to shoot some of the horses who had served alongside the soldiers because transporting them back to Britain was too costly. Tristan, expecting a simple handshake as he was about to board a train and leave England’s Yorkshire Dales to begin his World War II military service, appeared shocked and then overcome with emotion at the gesture. The horse’s owner offered to use his connections to keep Tristan out of the army, even though the young veterinarian — who was raised by his brother and his late wife after their parents died — had volunteered to serve.

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It’s not a problem to fix but a shift in all the dynamics. As Siegfried and James find ways to continue their practice in the face of the coming war, Tristan joins the ranks of the Darrowby enlisted. It’s not to say there won’t be difficult times in it and while there may be a slight shadow hanging over us, but we’re also at a stage where people are just getting on with their lives as well.” It reminds everyone that they love what they do and they want to pass that on to that person and infect them with it.” Neither of them particularly have been a place to be with anyone, in any sort of meaningful sense. “It’s a delicate dance of working out what point and what moments they are being friends at what moments they’re being family. “And it was great to have little Eva in the house. Having everyone trying their best to have a good Christmas for a kid who’s away from their parents is filled with a lot of sort of heart and joy and warmth. Now, it’s become a years-long process to integrate the real world so that the town of Darrowby doesn’t become a fantasy. Hall ( [Anna Madeley](https://www.indiewire.com/t/anna-madeley/)), Siegfried (Samuel West), and Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) have a cultural exchange of sorts, including celebrations of both Christmas and Hannukah. That really brought home to all of us the truth of what we were doing.” “All Creatures Great and Small” continues to arrive at a point in world history where every new season has been able to draft off of something greater.

Interview with "All Creatures Great and Small" writer Ben Vanstone for the show's Seasoon 3 Christmas finale.

How much of what she wants to do – opening up her house and the victory garden – is from the book and how much of it is what research tells you wealthy people did during the war? And it felt to me – especially with our characters, one of them about to leave – it felt like the episode could be quite a downer. And I thought it would be interesting to get a sense of bringing popular culture into the show. but it's kind of a story about COVID as well, in the sense that the idea of testing is for the greater good and to stop the spread, but it could also be It was because it was in the milk. We felt that it would be impossible not to play that story in the moment, I think that being the characters they are that they would naturally have a sort of prick of conscience or I love that the people love the show enough to want things for our characters and to almost have imagined worlds. Hall and Siegfried as the de facto mum and dad with James and Tristan as the boys in a way. In the past, we would have seen Tristan trying to dodge responsibilities and dodge work, and it felt right for the story that actually, he's managed to pull this off pretty well. We can see that James really feels he should enlist, but it turns out that Tristan is the one to go off to war by the end. Something that was broken was a little bit mended in her with Edward, and that allows her to take a little step forwards with Gerald." We wanted that character to have their place in the story, as well as wanting to make sure that we open up

All Creatures Great & Small Season 3's finale occurs during an emotional Christmas season as call-ups and big decisions loom large.

However, as Tristan boards the train, he mentions the bar bill he’s racked up, and true to form, he doesn’t need a ticket. Tristan refuses, and the pair retire to the kitchen, where the brothers resume the all-too-familiar fight with Mrs. The following day Tristan leaves for his military service, with Siegfried driving him to the train station. Mrs. This time Siegfried admits his jealousy of the baby who supplanted him (Tristan) and how he’s done everything he could for him. She enlists Jenny to keep Gerald in the house and ply him with food and drink. The Major whispers to Siegfried that Tristan is safe. Alone with River, Siegfried begs forgiveness for what he may have to do — it’s his little brother, he’ll do all he can do for the horse, and, ominously, he’ll be there at the end. Siegfried tells the Major he’ll give River an injection just before the race, shocking Tristan, who challenges him and is told to shut up. He makes the decision to take River back to Skeldale House for intensive treatment and snaps at Tristan when he questions his brother’s judgment. Hall collects her wits and invites him to a Christmas Eve party, not the lavish affair Skeldale House used to give because it's inappropriate when the country is at war, just drinks with a few friends. Seeing Siegfried’s reaction, the Major suggests that if Siegfried can heal River’s injury in time for the Boxing Day Meet, he’ll “have a word” with the Colonel, who is in charge of the prestigious race to keep Tristan at home.