Should ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Go There With Siegfried and Mrs. Hall? (POLL)

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 Episode 1, “To All our Boys.”]

Veterinarian Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West) gave Skeldale’s housekeeper Mrs. Hall (Anna Madeley) a look that would make you believe he’s in love with her in the All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 premiere on Sunday, January 12 on PBS. The episode marked a tonal shift for the series as it depicts the hardships of World War II, albeit it doesn’t completely abandon its warm nature. Everyone’s contributing to the war effort in 1941 Darrowby, and for Mrs. Hall, that means signing up to be blackout warden alongside the prickly Mr. Bosworth (Ted Lasso‘s Jeremy Swift).

Siegfried was nothing short of awestruck upon first sight of Audrey in uniform near the episode’s end (see above), and she was surprised by his response. He was thoroughly impressed by her decision to serve and told her not to worry about household duties as much while she’s committing herself to the cause. Some fans of the Masterpiece drama have long hoped that the widowed Siegfried and Audrey would get together, as they feel the characters have been flirting for a long time. What’s more, the inspiration for Siegfried’s character, veterinarian Donald Sinclair, was married to a woman named Audrey. Now that Mrs. Hall is single following her Season 4 split from fiancé Gerald (Will Thorp), will the show lean into this romantic possibility? The actors have said that their relationship gets more complicated in Season 5.