Every season, the Drama After Dark team gathers ‘round the conference room table to watch the latest and greatest in British dramas. We're thrilled to be bringing you coverage of perennial PBS favorite, Call The Midwife. This show has everything: hard-working nurses, sassy nuns, and gut-wrenching emotional trauma that somehow keeps you wanting more. I’m here to recap the season as it happens just in case you, dear reader, miss an episode and haven’t yet been able to catch up on WGBH Passport.

PBS’ Call The Midwife returns in just about a week, which means that unless you’re VERY dedicated and have the week off, you won’t have time to binge the…

They tell me this is the final episode of the season. Am I ready to acknowledge that fact? Absolutely not! Charlotte takes to the beach to process Sidney’s declaration from last episode — and maybe in hopes of "gathering some shells"? No judgments here! She gets back home in time to see an awkward-looking Sidney and Tom, who is positively thrilled that everything is finally going so well with Sanditon. Undeterred, Charlotte stops by to visit Georgiana and tries to convince her to reconsider her whole "I'm the founding member and president of the I Hate Sidney Parker Club" thing. Charlotte's evidence: he’s nice, he bought out Otis’ debts, and he’s tender!

We're back in Sanditon and Charlotte is looking real sad. Why? Because she’s watching Lady D’s VERY still body. But don't panic, gentle reader: she's not dead yet! Per Dr. Fuchs, Lady D's condition is still very serious and she likely won’t last the night. Clara starts sobbing crocodile tears, Folgers Bro goes to “pay his respects” i.e. hover creepily by the bed hoping to get a last dig in, and Folgers Sister actually looks legit upset. The Parker family heads out, with Mary suggesting that they might want to postpone the regatta, given the situation. Tom's not into that plan: if Lady D dies, they'll be without an investor and fully bankrupt. This is obviously a bitter pill for Mom Parker to swallow, but she asked for honesty, so swallow she does.

Episode 6 opens with Charlotte waking up JUST as her carriage arrives in London, which belies a level of public transportation napping skills of which I am extremely jealous. The city is just as inhospitable as you’d expect it to be for our country mouse. Charlotte tries to get directions to the street where Otis lives only to be ignored by her fellow passengers and a string of almost comically terrible Central Casting Slum People, who sneer and barf in her general direction. Charlotte gets to Otis’ address and SURPRISE, he doesn’t actually live there. Maybe if Charlotte had bribed the proprietor she would have had more success, but as it stands, he's not super helpful. She does find out that the guy is essentially functioning as a PO box for Otis, and thus has no idea where Otis is.

Charlotte is apparently having a grand old time walking through Sanditon, but don't be deceived: she's also on a mission! Like a proper smartypants spy, Charlotte has smuggled info to Georgiana inside a book. Governess is skeptical, but Charlotte is prepared: the book is called Self Control so it’s “educational” and Charlotte would be happy to read it with Georgiana. Governess is annoyingly content to keep needlepointing right where she is, but Georgiana is ALSO prepared: she fakes being too shy and self-conscious of her reading to do it in front of anyone but Charlotte. Governess buys it because they’re both being so sweet and polite (oh Governess, you fool). Charlotte starts reading the book super loud while Georgiana catches up on her correspondence. Otis wants to hang, and Charlotte isn’t sure how to make it happen given that Georgiana’s basically under house arrest. I'm not too worried about it, they're resourceful enough to think of something.

Chez Parker, Charlotte is getting a wee bit homesick, because apparently she's been here in Sanditon for a whole month? IDK, I guess time flies when you're "collecting seashells" i.e. glimpses of naked hotties. Mom Parker says it seems like Charlotte has become a part of the family (awww), but Tom is too distracted to weigh in, which comes across as a little hurtful. Step your game up, Tom! He does eventually agree, adding that Charlotte fits in because she doesn't completely hate Sidney, despite the fact that he's "an acquired taste" like anchovy paste — once you decide you like it, you can't get enough.

We’re back in our favorite seaside destination just in time to see the trades back at work building Tom Parker's personal Tower of Babel. Sidney wakes up on a table in Cheers: Sanditon looking sexily disheveled, and like all people suffering from a misguided hangover, is not thrilled about the nearby construction. In the tradition of bros the world over, Crowe and Babs show up to make fun of Sidney's struggling self.

I personally have never been verbally eviscerated by a hottie at a ball, but can't argue with Charlotte's coping strategy: a bracing swim in the sea followed by a walk through town. The only downside is that she runs into Sidney who is still wearing his leather pants and a scowl, and studiously avoids eye contact. Not gonna lie to you, readers, I'm cooling on him.

Every season, the Drama After Dark team gathers ‘round the conference room table to watch the latest and greatest in British dramas, often courtesy of our…