It's the height of World War I, with various characters enlisted, avoiding enlistment, or wanting to enlist, while the women search for a way to feel useful.
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'Sanditon' Recap: Season 2 Episode 2
Alison has a chance at the romance she dreams of while Georgiana rejects any further suitors and Charlotte begins her work as a governess to two strong-headed young women. Esther fears Edward's intentions.
'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 11 Episode 2
A frightening event leads to a big change in Miss Higgins' life, while a patient has her own upending diagnosis. A woman prepares to have her fourth child and is happily independent but fears a social worker might interfere with her life.
'Before We Die' Recap: Episode 1
When Hannah's lover, also a police officer, disappears, she begins to work with Billy to understand the case her lover was working on and where he might be. Her difficult relationship with her son and ex-husband don't help matters.
'Sanditon' Recap: Season 2 Episode 1
Sanditon is back! Charlotte has returned to the seaside town in the wake of a tragedy, this time with her sister in tow. An army regiment has arrived for the summer, while other new and exciting personages abound.
'Call the Midwife' Recap: Season 11 Episode 1
It's Easter in Poplar, and spring brings a new beginning for Nancy as she begins work as a midwife. Changes uncover a horrible story from the past, and a couple hopes that their second baby will fare better than their first.
'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 2 Episode 7
It's Christmas again in the dales, which means Tristan is home from school awaiting his exam results, James and Helen must figure out the holidays and decide their future, and Siegfried and Mrs. Hall are perhaps ready to progress in their respective relationships.
'Around the World in 80 Days' Recap: Episode 8
Phileas Fogg's rush to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days is coming down to the wire. But his past looms large when he reaches New York. And that's not even the only obstacle that remains, in the season finale.
'Vienna Blood' Recap: Season 2 Episode 6
Max continues to investigate the cloistered world of a monastery, especially after another person is killed and evidence piles up against a man he believes is innocent, in the season finale of Vienna Blood.
'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 2 Episode 6
James' parents are coming to visit, and he's preparing to introduce them to Helen and give them disappointing news. But a sudden decision leads to more good news, even though it's first interrupted by a difficult veterinary situation.
'Around the World in 80 Days' Recap: Episode 7
As Phileas Fogg and his companions cross America's West, they reluctantly help a U.S. Marshal as he escorts a prisoner, and eventually end up in the middle of an old Western shoot-out in a saloon.
'Vienna Blood' Recap: Season 2 Episode 5
The sudden death of an extremist monk brings suspicion on a devout Jewish man who called out the monk's invocations of hatred and leads Max to go undercover to investigate a cloistered world.
'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 2 Episode 5
Hugh returns to Yorkshire just in time for Mrs. Pumphrey's annual cricket match between a team captained by him and one by Helen's father. A jealous James tries to prove himself by replacing a sulking Tristan on the team.
'Around the World in 80 Days' Recap: Episode 6
Fogg and his companions end up marooned. Some revelations turn Fogg against Passepartout, but the Frenchman is determined to save his friendship. Fix begins to realize the nature of her own relationship with Passepartout.
'Vienna Blood' Recap: Season 2 Episode 4
As Oskar continues to try to learn more about the murder suspect Lazar Kiss, he is drawn into a secretive world of geopolitical maneuvering. Max continues to try to understand the players in the case, eventually realizing some gaping mistakes.
'All Creatures Great and Small' Recap: Season 2 Episode 4
It's Tristan's birthday, and Siegfried has finally decided to give him more responsibility as a vet—with some supervision, of course. James has to have a difficult conversation with Helen, while a dinner party becomes awkward.