‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Season 5 Episode 6 recap: Glass Half Full
All Creatures Great and Small has concluded its fifth successful series on Channel 5!
Based on the much-loved collection of stories by author James Herriot, Channel 5’s hit period drama follows the often touching and fun adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales.
Here’s a plot recap for the sixth and final episode of Season 5 – ‘Glass Half Full’ – which aired on Channel 5 on Thursday 24th October, 2024:
EPISODE 6 – GLASS HALF FULL
James starts to behave very out of character whilst examining Tricki and his health takes a turn for the worst. Helen rushes him to bed, leaving Jimmy with Mrs Pumphrey and an already overburdened Mrs Hall, who is making strawberry jam for the WI. Meanwhile, Siegfried, needing an extra hand in Carmody’s absence, recruits a reluctant Tristan to help.
When Siegfried and Tristan treat a Scuffling horse for a simple rash, something rather unexpected happens. Things go from bad to worse when their car breaks down. Tristan and Siegfried start to walk home, swigging from homemade wine gifted to them by Dobson. Old tensions between them simmer as they try to figure out the best course home.
Meanwhile, back at Skeldale, James drifts in and out of reality, hallucinating. Believing that he’s back at RAF Abingdon, James’s sadness surfaces and expresses his guilt that his comrades suffered and he survived. Helen is worried for James but, as he opens up to her more, she reaches a new understanding of what he’s experienced.
Mrs Pumphrey finds herself fulfilling something of a new role and Mrs Hall holds everything together.
Now giddy from the homemade wine, Siegfried reveals how things went south with Miss Grantley and is secretly pleased when Tristan insists she’d be lucky to have him. Siegfried and Tristan come to a new understanding about their wartime experiences and, arriving in Darrowby, find some fun together too. James apologises profusely to Mrs Pumphrey, who catches Siegfried in a compromising position.
Where can we watch it?
All Creatures Great and Small series is airing weekly on Channel 5 in the UK. S1-4 is available on My 5 is free to stream for TV licence payers.
USA: PBS Masterpiece’s All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 will hit your screens on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, it will be shown on PBS and streaming via PBS Passport, PBS.org and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video channel.
Canadians with PBS Passport access will also be able to watch All Creatures Great and Small full seasons online/
Season 1 is available on Netflix UK and Ireland.
Details for the Australian release are not yet available but will be shared as soon as we know more.