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With lockdown not ending anytime soon the obvious way to spend the time is rewatching MM from the start 🥰

I’ve almost finished season one and have been reminded of someone I think most of us have forgotten, but someone who is important to William’s character and in turn, his relationship with Julia.

LIZA!

Look how happy they were 😭

Liza was someone that William planned to spend the rest of his life with and as he tells Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘I know how painful it can be watching the woman you love slowly die...’

With any grief, any loss, it stays with you and becomes a part of you so I think losing Liza had a profound effect on the way William sees love, relationships and therefore his relationship with Julia.

He tells Doyle that when faced with the inevitability of losing the one you love all you can do is, ‘cherish every moment you have left with each other.’

This made me think of the last scene of season thirteen. William forgives Julia for almost being unfaithful and the way he does so seems so effortless. Of course, he points out that he’s thought of other women; but that aside it’s as if by this point he realised how pointless it is to dwell on the ‘what if?’ of the situation. What if she did stray? It doesn’t matter. She didn’t. So let’s focus on what’s to come and cherish the time we have together.

Despite seeing dead bodies almost everyday, and losing his mother, I think it was the loss of Liza that taught him how fragile we are, and in his own words, how we have to cherish our time with each other.

William and Julia’s relationship has been tested so many times, yet they pull through every time. In season fourteen I’m sure we’ll see them stronger than ever, making the most of their time together. I think we have Liza to thank for that... at least just a little bit ❤️

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEASON FOURTEEN?!

Right. Time to get out those theories, hopes, and dreams 🥳💙

A man of honour who has grown quite a lot over the 13 seasons.

Effie, you’re doing amazing ❤️

I don’t ship Effie and George but there’s no doubt she’s a brilliant lawyer, friend, partner, and person all round.

The finale in particular showed this. She chose to defend Violet with good reason, and reached out to William to make sure there were no hard feelings, expressing that she was just doing her job.

She was genuinely grateful for Henry looking into George’s sitiuation, and even when Henry implied he was off with another women, George’s well-being was what mattered to her.

After watching ‘In the Company of Women,’ I actually like Louise now... when she’s not being an arse to SH4.

Dixon? I really don’t understand why some people like him. Even when he’s not actively drooling over Julia, his ego is unbearable. He’s selfish (ever think about William and what you’re doing to their marriage?) and he’s so entitled, thinking if he keeps pushing he’ll get Julia.

Louise may be ruthless at times but it’s obvious as to why she has to be... but she knows when to rein in it. In ‘The Accident’ she accepted how inappropriate she was acting and decided to help with the situation instead. When George was with Nina and she still had feelings for him, she only made her move AFTER he and Nina broke up the first time, and didn’t push it when she realised he still loved Nina. We may want to throttle Louise sometimes but she deserves respect.

THAT SCENE.

No, Julia. No 😢

Her hair in a plait and wearing blue made me think of season 1 and it made me think that maybe she’s not actually falling for Dixon, but she’s trying to recreate the excitement she felt when we first saw her in 1895.

She was fairly new to the morgue (couple years maybe?) and her relationship with William was just starting to blossom. Looking at her life now, she’s been married, widowed, married again, lost two babies (counting Roland) and left the morgue because she felt that suffocated by death. The only thing in her life right now that’s providing her with satisfaction and positivity is working at the hospital.

Not to downplay what she’s going through, but I think Julia’s having a bit of a mid-life crisis. And that song Dixon sang? ‘Let me call you sweetheart...’ he’s inviting her to have that new, exciting, and hopeful experience of a new relationship again. As if she can go back in time and relive what she had with William.

I don’t know, I don’t think she would have cheated had Dixon not shown an interest. He’s pretty much a tool to relive the past I think.