‘All Creatures Great and Small’
When to watch: Sunday at 9 p.m., on PBS. (Check local listings)
Season 3 of this tender period drama is finally here, and wedding bells are ringing for our countryside veterinarian and his sweetheart (Nicholas Ralph and Rachel Shenton), though one can barely hear them over the mooing of ailing cows. If you wanted to catch up on earlier episodes, you certainly could, but if you just wanted to bask in something where an indulged dog is carried into a church on a cushion, you could start here and absolutely get the gist: utilitarian yet chic boots, good; impending war, not good; unceasing circle of life and death, neither good nor bad but the rich backdrop of our experiences.
… an hour, and I want something serious.