‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Finale Brings a Surprise Death & Love Confession — What’s Next?

[Warning: The below contains spoilers for the All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 finale, “Comfort and Joy.”] Merry Christmas! Pass the murkey. The first Yuletide since the end of World War II brought togetherness, sacrifice, laughter, and love to the sixth-season finale of Masterpiece’s All Creatures Great and Small on PBS Sunday, February 22. Once again, the show, based on the books of James Herriot, demonstrated how lots of small stories can add up to one great series. The episode did have an unexpected death: the passing of that mischievous goat Hilda, whose favorite pastime seemed to be annoying Siegfried (Samuel West). The pain on the face of her devoted owner, Mrs. Stokes (Susan Hilton), was palpable…