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I think he's going to be fairly heavily featured in the next season. Doesn't he play Amy's new love interest, or am I mixing him up with someone else?

Robert Cormier has died in an accident So unbelievably sad, he was just 33 years old.

I lost it there for a couple of weeks when I was watching House of the Dragon on Sundays, but I've decided that show is a little too much for me so I'm back. This was the worst. These people are well into their 30s (Evan might be in his 40s?). I get that it's Hallmark where everyone acts like a teenager when it comes to relationships but it just seems so juvenile and dumb. Bring back Connor and Margaret who actually act like adults with sexual tension, not high schoolers who freak out at the prospect of holding hands.

This has been an issue with CS since the beginning. I'm from the area where the O'Brians supposedly live and considering that they have a gigantic house on the water plus a plane means they would be multi-multi-millionaires. Like, Evan would have more money, but a match between Abby and Evan would hardly be a massive socioeconomic difference. And now add Connor's house/apartment that is also huge and that character is supposed to be probably in his mid-20s? It means he would have a trust fund. I don't think anyone in the show has ever mentioned money problems so at least it's not inconsistent the way that some Hallmark movies are, where people are "poor" but live in beautiful giant mansions, but yeah. The O'Brians are loaded.

I feel like this is a Hallmark thing, where everyone has the same hairstyle. For the guys they all had side parts with a lot of gel, and the women went from mermaid waves to bobs with bangs. I blame the bobs-and-bangs on Erin Krakow, who has (had? I don't follow her so I don't know) them in real life and became a trend-setter. Everyone more or less looking the same contributes to the interchangeability of all their actors and actresses. I really loved Conor's girlfriend's hair last season, because it was something completely different.

Is Diane Ladd gone entirely? Or is she still going to be in one or two episodes? She was such a central character to the O'Brien family dynamic, if she's completely gone it's going to be hard to explain that. Unless they kill off her character of course, which I suppose is possible.

Double post.... Evan bought a yacht for a first date? Did I get that right? Yikes. He seems completely opposed to who Hallmark usually has as its male lead. The male lead is usually the everyman, the rustic cowboy, the handsome guy next door. The billionaire businessmen are the boyfriends that the women leave when they return home to run their family's Christmas tree farm or whatever. And yet Evan is pretty clearly being set up as endgame. But I also can see where they're going with this. Jay is reminding me of male second leads in K-dramas, which, if you're not familiar with them, the second lead is almost always the better choice, and yet for some reason he always get passed over for the weird and often slightly toxic main guy, who get "fixed" by the love of a good woman. (ew)

I'm excited but also a little sad. I feel like I never watch Hallmark anymore. The movies are way too formulaic, annoyingly so, and all the series are gone, with the exception of When Calls the Heart, which I also don't think I'll be watching anymore because it has run its course for me. Chesapeake was the last thing I was watching on Hallmark that still felt like it had some life in it. I'm not saying it shouldn't end because, echoing what I said earlier in this thread, I feel like the storylines have all come to a logical conclusion, but it also felt like the only series that had some actually decent writing. I feel like my Hallmark days are over unfortunately. Netflix series like Virgin River have replaced it for my dose of cheesy serial dramas with romantic intrigue, and every network makes made for TV movies nowadays.

Annette O'Toole was stunning in the 1990 miniseries It. She and John Ritter (RIP) were the "sexy" ones there. I still think she's a beautiful woman, she looks very appropriate considering that she's 70. I feel like the role is what's making her unattractive.

Re: Cameron, shows like this seem to think there are two possibilities for Jack/Mel. You can either be madly in love with one of them, or you despise them. It seems impossible for people to be like, yeah, you're fine. I'll have coffee and a chat with you but that's about it. I don't even mind them introducing a rival for Mel's affections who was actually still breathing. Jack's alcoholism and control issues would provide ample opportunities for Mel to reconsider her relationship with him, and would make a stable and handsome doctor look good by comparison. Add in a tragic backstory where he, like Mel, was trying to reinvent himself and they'd have a lot to talk about and bond over. But there were just so many missed opportunities. They made him boring and bland. Hot, but bland. I do love Brady and Brie, which is weird because I despised Brady at first. All the characters I initially loved I'm starting to roll my eyes at, and all the characters I initially hated are rapidly growing on me.

Yeah I was mostly kidding when I said that (though it would be a lot of fun!). Hallmark occasionally throws a bone to the LGBT community to fulfill their diversity quota, but for the most part they still tiptoe around that issue, and norcalgal is right, despite WCTH's overall extreme tendency towards anachronism, I'm sure they would use the time period as an excuse to not feature any LGBT characters. Which honestly is a lost opportunity, given how successful and popular the Thomas character on Downton Abbey was (he's gay, for those who haven't watched the show, and it's the same general time period).

Oh Virgin River. You're still bonkers but I love you. The crazy thing about this season is, I've almost come to terms with the timeline. Charmaine goes from not showing at all to at least six months along practically overnight? Ok, whatever. But now what's starting to annoy me is Calvin and the drug people. I feel like that subplot probably made more sense in the books, which I'm guessing were written pre-legalization of marijuana. As it stands, it just doesn't make sense at all that there would be this massive underground pot growing operation that has spies and corrupt police officers scattered around. You don't need to do that anymore. In the real world, California has Mom and Pop Pot Shops everywhere.

I want Fiona and Mei to return as flappers (it is 1920-ish after all) with short hair and in a relationship with each other.

For me it was the mugs. So many mugs. All the time. Everyone everywhere is always holding a mug. Mugs = instant cozy according to Hallmark. In a way though it made Connor's hyperactivity make sense. If anything everyone else should be hyper as well, a la the Gilmore Girls -- and if you haven't watched that, the main character's favorite drink was coffee, with predictable results. I'm also re-watching all the previous seasons. I'm gonna miss this cheesy little show. I haven't seen anything about Trace returning, and I know Jesse Metcalfe said he'd only come back if Abby and Trace ended up together, so I'm guessing that's not happening. I like both Evan and Jay though so I won't be disappointed no matter what the endgame is.

I don't know how they could bring back Ty. He died onscreen. It's one thing to have a character die offscreen and have there be some sort of misunderstanding, which is easier to do in shows that aren't set in the modern era so DNA isn't a thing yet. But in a show set in the modern era which plainly showed him dying, I just don't think you could bring him back. And to my knowledge Ty didn't have any twin brothers. I'm not sure if they're even going to make another season. This show was already dying and I think Covid might have been the final nail in the coffin. It's been, what, two years since they filmed the last season?

That's really sudden if it's the case. Hallmark cancelled Chesapeake but they said the the final season would be the last, and Chesapeake doesn't have the same kind of following, one that I know of at least. I don't recall seeing any chatter about this being the last season of WCtH. I actually feel like this season has a feeling of penultimate finality to it. A lot of loose ends are getting tied up, but there are also a lot of open questions. If they want to fit in a resolution of Liz and Lucas (i.e., them getting married and having more kids), who Nathan ends up with (if anyone), what happens to Fiona/Mei/Faith, does Henry leave to get back with Abigail, does Abigail ever come back, is Bill dying, etc. I feel like they'd need another season to answer all of these questions, since that's a lot of stuff to conclude in a single episode, if this week's episode is the last. They could also maybe be going to way of Good Witch as well, where the series wraps as a show but they do movies/Christmas specials about it. Edited to Add: I also know, via a study abroad I did in college, that in Australia at least, "series" = what Americans think of as "season." Is it the same in Canada? Is this just a terminology mix-up?

My husband and I are 12 apparently, because as soon as Evelyn said to Daniel Boulud, "I'm so happy you ate my taco," we looked at each other and burst out laughing. I feel like Buddha is the obvious winner here, unless he totally screws up in the finals. I'm not disparaging comfort food at all but that's what the remaining three make, while his food is Michelin 3 star worthy, and in this universe, that's what wins.

I can't decide if I'm happy or not about Rosemary. On the one hand, I'm happy for her and Lee, and in the books there is a major character who goes a long time thinking she's infertile and then poof gets pregnant multiple times so Rosemary is that character of the show. However, infertility is very real and back then there was no IVF or fertility meds, so it feels like a missed opportunity for Hallmark to not portray the pain it creates, as well as how adopted children are wonderful too. I know we already had an adoption subplot with Cody, but did anyone actually like that kid? Agree. But Liz and Rosemary are the new Liz and Abigail where the plot kind of depends on them being friends. In real life I'd have serious issues with someone who did this.

Them being "deep as a puddle" is exactly why I'm so nostalgic for the old days of the show. In the Jack era, he actually had a personality apart from his relationship, and so did she! They both had their own passions. And it meant there was struggle too, since Jack couldn't turn his back on his feelings of duty, which was constantly in conflict with his relationship, and she couldn't turn her back on her students. And sadly his duty was ultimately what got him killed and separated them for good. I hate that he died and I think it was the end of the show in spirit if not in practice, but at least it was realistic considering his character. Meanwhile, what exactly is Lucas' passion? The saloon? His former work in New Orleans? I have no idea. He's not a bad guy but he's just sort of empty. And so is Elizabeth these days. She used to be kind of a social justice warrior, fighting for impoverished kids and their right to an education. Now she barely even seems to be a teacher. She's a writer I guess, but her book was about herself. She's a lot more self-absorbed.

Yeah I guess I figured since this isn't a major city, it's supposed to be well off the beaten path, it would take longer, but you're right, trains were efficient-ish by 1918. I remember Liz originally arrived in Coal Valley via a stagecoach, and now there are cars, but there may or may not be electricity? And power appliances? But they still rely on candles? But they also have electric string lights at Christmas? The technological advancement, or lack thereof, of the place is wonky. Still, even with planes nowadays, coast-to-coast travel isn't easy. People in this show just bop all over North America and it seems to happen a little too fast considering the time period.

Lol, this show is so terrible. You need a million candles to light up your "frontier" home but there are washing machines? One of the moral leaders of the town (the unmarried teacher) can have a friend-with-benefits and no one cares? People take trips to places like San Francisco and Chicago which back then would have meant weeks of travel, and yet when the plot demands it they instantly teleport back to Uncanny Valley? And all of these people living in this supposed backwater all have passports and can travel back and forth between the US and Canada as often as they want? I love it. It's so awful. Please let Nathan turn out to have an evil twin...

Never underestimate the power of pretty people in pretty costumes to draw viewers. There's a huge market for romantic period dramas, especially with people older than 30, who are a too-often ignored demographic. And once upon a time, WCtH actually was a decent show, it was heartwarming while still being interesting, things actually happened, and it had multiple couples with tons of chemistry. A lot of people, me included, are still watching probably out of a combination of loyalty and an "I've come this far" attitude. Count me as another who doesn't think Nathan and Liz will ever be a thing. They have nothing in common, very different personalities, and the show has already beaten that dead horse enough.

Watch them kill him off-screen unceremoniously and in a completely undignified way, then some new mysterious guy will show up who feels honor bound to protect his "widow" and take over the duties of the saloon. We've already established that this show is completely off the spacetime continuum so why not go full Groundhog Day. (I'm kidding of course, though I'm guessing Liz will be all, "This is what happened with Jack! He never came home!" only to have Lucas walk through the door completely unscathed and carrying a ring.)

Hallmark does this all the time. This is like the fourth person who was implied to have a shady past only to have it turn out to be a nothingburger. Ironically the one person whose past actually was kind of bad was Nathan himself.

Yeah I feel like we might be getting towards the end of the series, and Liz and Luke getting married would make sense. The only new loose end they've introduced is Mei, everyone else seems to be headed towards their respective endgames. And there aren't many original cast members left, characters are dropping like flies. Hallmark already cancelled Good Witch, and Chesapeake Shores is getting one last season, so ending WCtH would be consistent with them wanting to end their serial shows and possibly start fresh with some new ones. Of course, all that being said, I also didn't think the series would survive past season six, and I was wrong there, so I could very well be wrong again. But ten seasons is a long run.