Matthew Aylward should not be coming back to call the midwife after what he did to Trixie

While I liked Matthew Aylward (Olly Rix) when he was first introduced Call the midwife Season 10, his arc in season 13 was not only annoying, it also started to make Trixie (Helen George) look bad too, and that I couldn’t have. With season 14 of Call the midwife Confirmed, everyone has to be wondering exactly where all our characters will be when the long-running period drama returns. Call the midwife Is set in 1950s London, in the East End, where a group of nurse midwives work, with each season taking on a different historical illness of the time.

Matthew Aylward first appeared in season 10, episode 1, as a barrister and property developer who gets together with his then-pregnant wife, Fiona (Joe Herbert). Trixie helps Fiona deliver a healthy baby boy, Jonathan, but she is diagnosed with acute leukemia and dies soon after. Matthew and Trixie begin dating in season 11 and are married in the season 12 finale. For most of his time Call the midwifeMatthew was a pretty cool guy. Supportive, loving and surprisingly progressive (for the era, don’t expect too much); In season 13, he blows it all up.

It’s unclear if Matthew Aylward will return for Call the Midwife season 14 but he shouldn’t

Actor Ollie Ricks has already signed on for another series, Casualty

In season 13, Matthew is out of luck. Despite his massive amounts of generational wealth and years working as a barrister, a job I assume is lucrative, Matthew loses all his money, and his assets are seized. Now I’m no English cutie with my hands in philanthropic jeans and multiple family businesses, but if, somehow, I were given everything that belonged to Matthew Aylward, I think I’d find a way to save enough for a rainy day. I’m not sure how you literally lose it all at once.

So he goes from rags to riches, now dependent on his wife’s income as a midwife, the horror! He is a paragon of liberal thinking for 1950s London, mind you, not modern London. As a person who was usually one to solve problems, his confidence suddenly plummeted, and if there is one thing that once proud people like to do when they fall, it is lash out. Seriously, if a person you know is being a jerk out of nowhere, ask him how his football bets are doing; He will either storm off or start crying. In any case, you will get your answer.

In the last episode of season 13, episode 7, Matthew suddenly announces his plans to move to New York City with Jonathan, as a new business opportunity is waiting for him there. Be aware, as an American, I love when an international show’s way of getting rid of a character is that it’s a “business opportunity in America, you can make it in America!” Someone point me to one of those glowing “business opportunities” too. I want to buy Philadelphia Eagles tickets.

Matthew basically offers Trixie an ultimatum: come with him to New York or stay behind. For a moment, it seemed like Matthew would be joining the ranks of Call the midwife Characters who left the show, but in the season finale, it appeared that Matthew changed his mind about the permanence of the move. However, because Ricks did not appear in season 14 photos, and because he joined the cast of Casualty (via Hello!), He probably won’t be back for Call the midwife Season 14. Good riddance, Matthew (not Ricks, who is talented and cool and nice).

Matthew completely mishandled his relationship with Trixie

Matthew kept Trixie in the dark, away from his problems

For all of Matthew’s failings, I probably wouldn’t be so disappointed in his arc if he hadn’t completely mishandled how he deals with his troubles. All his financial failures make Matthew almost unrecognizable. Despite the steady and loving relationship he shared with Trixie throughout Call the midwifeSuddenly he started acting like a jerk. Trixie’s white knight began to act sad, secretive, angry and rude, and because he never told Trixie what was going on, she was completely in the dark.

I guess we’re supposed to sympathize with Matthew at this point. His confidence is shaken and he doesn’t know how to act, but he’s known Trixie for years at this point. He can tell you what is going on and what his fears are. She is, God forbid, a difficult midwife, not an ephemeral lady who could not understand that there was not much money. Trixie has seen a lot worse than a guy who needs to get a job. Worse yet is his ultimatum to leave for New York. This is not a job in the countryside, this is a completely different life across the Atlantic.

Get real, Matthew. Either you knew she wasn’t going to take the deal, which means you didn’t really give her a choice, or you were dumb enough to think she’d throw her entire life away on what is effectively a wild goose chase for more money, Which is at best disrespectful to her intelligence. Matthew thinks that this is how he fixes things, but in fact he just ran away.

Trixie deserves better than her bad romance storylines

Call the midwife needs to allow Trixie to grow romantically

All of these issues are exacerbated by the many bad romance plotlines Trixie has been given over the years. The Call the midwife Stern and Helen George deserve much better. For too long in the series, Trixie has been handed romance plotlines that end nowhere. The romances themselves are fine, and George has chemistry with everyone she’s on screen with, but too many times, those relationships end in heartbreak. Tom Hereward (Jack Ashton) and Christopher Dockerill (Jack Hawkins) are two infamous cases.

Trixie has grown and matured in so many other aspects of the seriesHer struggles with alcoholism is a notable storyline, but for whatever reason, the showrunners for Call the midwife Refuse to give you a tough romance that doesn’t end in heartbreak. Part of me understands that if Trixie is the main character, she will necessarily need an extraordinary number of challenges, but let’s change it a little from constant romantic tension.

Matthew Aylward didn’t need to go anywhere (unless Rix wanted out secretly) and Call the midwife Could have taken a page from many male-led TV shows: leave the relationship intact, but just don’t show the spouse as often. He could even go to New York, and Trixie encouraged him. It doesn’t even have to be a big plot. He’s just gone and maybe one day he’ll come back. I don’t really care what happens to Matthew Aylward, I just want the best for Trixie.