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Previously on When Calls the Heart.

Danny boy!

So, Toddy...

He's an estate dealer. Trades in illegal coins.

The Importance of Being Earnest.

You could be in charge of props.

Some two-bit rancher got his hands on a crate of these.

If we could find a way around the stream.

Riders!

There's a wildlife corridor that the cattle can take

to an even bigger summer pasture.

Drop the proposal.

Pretend like you never heard about this other pasture.

One adventure ends and another begins.

You did it? You sent the curriculum?

So, are you ready?

- I think so. - Mm.

I just hope I don't bore your listeners.

We interviewed Jed Campbell on the history of alfalfa.

Ooh.

Our listeners will be thrilled to hear

from Hope Valley's finest educator.

Only educator.

Laying out her vision for a new curriculum.

Now, I should tell you, we have had a last-minute change-up

in your Daily Dialogue partner.

Oh, no!

Not to worry. Her name is Eileen Bennett.

She's a Superintendent

from the Department of Education.

An administrator?

She was lovely on the telephone, and to be honest,

we were lucky she was able to fill in.

I feel like I'm flying blind here.

Surprise is the spice of life, I always say.

There's nothing wrong with a little drama.

Spoken like a true theater director.

How are you feeling about the play?

It's coming along. Busy, busy.

You still haven't asked her yet?

I... am... waiting for the right moment.

Rosemary...

you said you wanted to lighten your load,

focus on directing.

There is no time like the present.

Excuse me! Ava!

Hi, Ms. Coulter. Hello.

How goes the production? I am so excited to see it.

Well, uh, I am finding that I need a little help.

- So... - Oh.

Ava.

Mmhmm.

Would you like to play, Gw--

Gw...

Would you like to play goo goo goo goo?

Yes. Would you like to come on board

as our assistant stage manager?

Mmhmm. Yeah.

You would help Elizabeth with organizing the schedule

and... and figuring out the tech and wrangling the talent.

Sure.

I love to wrangle.

Wonderful.

We will see you at rehearsals.

Great.

I'm getting there.

This curriculum frees students to follow their interests

and pursue real-life applications

of what they've discovered.

Because when students' curiosity leads the way,

there's nowhere we can't go.

Oh, and to think this is all happening right here

in Hope Valley.

Now, Superintendent Bennett, I would love to hear

your perspective on Mrs. Thornton's

very exciting new curriculum.

Well, first, it's such a pleasure

to hear from one of our inspired young educators.

Oh.

Can I ask Mrs. Thornton?

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth.

What kind of results are you seeing overall

with this curriculum?

In terms of?

Measurable improvements in academic performance.

Oh, well, I only just started this year,

so I don't have test scores to compare yet.

But our students are already finding success

applying their lessons in the world.

In fact, one of them, Allie Grant,

is addressing the Cattlemen's Association today

with a solution to an issue over grazing rights.

Well, that sounds marvelous,

but that's just one pupil, and a very talented one, no doubt

with a very special teacher.

Thank you, but--

And while I appreciate your ambition,

without measurable, standardized results,

it's simply not practical to expect

every teacher to find today's math lesson

in the path of a butterfly.

I mean, it's a worthy experiment for a one-room schoolhouse,

but it's a bit naive to imagine that something so fuzzy

might serve the mission of public education.

Wouldn't you say that the mission

is to unlock the best in all of our students?

Our mission, Mrs. Thornton,

is to prepare students to succeed in the world.

And that means learning to compete.

Rome was hardly built by following one's curiosity,

now was it?

Uh, well, what a thrilling dialogue

between two very compelling points of view.

Now, Superintendent, let's talk about...

*

Sorry, we're a little swamped. Are you checking in?

Yes, thanks.

How long will you be staying with us, Mr.--

I'm not sure yet. Let's start with two nights.

Okay.

And can I get a map of the area?

Of course.

There you are.

Now that has all the highlights of Hope Valley,

including the Hot Springs.

I'm looking for something bigger.

Might do some exploring.

Ah.

Yost Mercantile should have a larger map of the territory.

It's just across the street.

No luggage to check in.

You see any?

Fuzzy? Naive? Do I seem fuzzy to you?

Well, not in the way she meant it.

She called us a one-room schoolhouse.

Like we're out in the hinterland.

Technically--

And I don't need to be schooled on the mission of education.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Who cares what she thinks.

Everyone who was listening.

Oh, and that crack about Rome wasn't built by curiosity.

It absolutely was.

Well, maybe next time you answer her

a little less like Mrs. Thornton

and a little more like Diane DeMarco.

Diane doesn't get into arguments with school superintendents.

No. No one would dare.

Do you wish I was more like Diane?

No.

No, I just...

I just like knowing that she's in there.

All right, how about this?

How about tonight I make you and little Jack

a cheer-up dinner?

Is that a thing?

It is now.

And I forbid you from allowing Mrs. Crabapple

to stand in your way.

Forbid.

That is a very strong word.

Beg.

Plead.

Highly recommend.

Diane will take it under advisement.

What about an episode celebrating the suffragists?

She seemed so nice on the phone.

Or we could do an episode celebrating

the anti-suffragists.

She turned out to be like the wolf that swallowed grandma.

Or how about an episode about

doing away with women voting altogether.

Fiona, why on earth would we do that?

Good afternoon, ladies.

Roland Rockwell, Benson Hills broadcasting.

Good to meet you.

Oh.

Oh. Good to meet you.

Yes. Uh... of course.

Uh, please have a seat, Mr. Rockwell.

Rockwell? As in--

I believe you know my cousin, Randall.

Yes, Randall.

As I remember, he isn't a fan of radio.

He's wrong.

Radio is the best thing since the gas-powered engine,

which is why I bought this station.

So you are our--

Boss. Overlord. Just kidding, partner.

Now let's talk about this Daily Dialogue show.

Isn't it wonderful? That was Fiona's idea.

We wanted to showcase radio's potential

to inform and inspire people.

Un, un... there's no other way to say this...

it was boring.

Boring? Says who?

I've never been accused of being boring in my entire life!

From the letters we've been receiving,

and as you know, letters are everything,

you're losing out to Farmer Dave with the Moo Minute.

What could the Moo Minute possibly have that we don't?

I guess people like to hear animals.

That's hardly high-quality content.

Well, quality is subjective

and the public's attention is fickle.

You got to grab them and keep them listening.

Well, then we have a list of ideas somewhere.

Yes, we do. It's, um... Fiona... um...

Oh!

The Hope Valley Players present

Oscar Wilde's, The Importance of Being Earnest.

A new version, adapted for the radio.

A play?

Mmhmm.

For the radio.

Maybe.

Is it funny?

Well, it's Oscar Wilde.

It's funnier than livestock.

It's new.

It's entertainment.

I like it.

Let's go live with it tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Surely it's not that urgent.

We already have an interview scheduled with a local judge.

Yes.

Great.

There's another 60 minutes to the Moo Minute.

Fine.

We'll do it.

Tomorrow.

Sounds good... partners.

Toddy said that he's been getting the coins

in small batches over the last five or six years,

from some rancher in Benson Hills.

Did he happen to grace you with a name?

No.

But he said when the rancher died last year,

he was cut off and he sold the bulk of the coins.

Let me guess... Amsterdam.

Bingo.

Okay, so we've got a rancher in Benson Hills

that died last year.

It doesn't leave us many options, huh?

Just one... Ernie Martell.

We're gonna have to talk to his heir.

You've read the proposal.

You're all very well-versed in the challenges

of the current pasture land.

We have Allie Grant and Oliver Garrett here today

who have found a solution that we believe works for both.

Let's cut to the chase

before we hear from a couple of adolescents.

I see no need to change what's working for all of us

because of some theoretical wolves.

I provide a top-notch pasture for all the ranchers

of this Association at a very generous rate.

This isn't just about money.

It's about the entire ecological system.

Little girl, this is a conversation for grown-ups.

Perhaps it's best if you run along back to school.

Mr. McGinty, that is enough. Miss Grant is my guest.

The path in question has been washed out for years,

and it's permanently blocked.

McGinty.

That was you.

You were dragging trees--

Allie.

This has been a very enlightening conversation,

but I think we're just about done here.

As a matter of fact, we were hoping we could take a vote.

Be my guest.

But I'll be abstaining.

Am I alone?

Counselor...

perhaps we could rope this meeting in.

Thank you for meeting with us, Governor.

I believe I speak on behalf of all of us

when I say that the Cattlemen's Association formally...

declines your proposal.

What just happened?

Politics, my young friend.

Miss Martell...

I told you to drop the proposal.

You knew McGinty would railroaded the entire thing, didn't you,

and that no one would listen.

I represent the entire Cattlemen's Association.

I saw the way you looked at each other.

We never stood a chance.

I was just doing my job.

I think that any further communication on this matter

should be directed through my office.

Wait.

We're on the radio now?

So no audience?

On the contrary,

a bigger audience than you ever could have dreamed of.

Hundreds, no thousands of people will be listening

in the theater of their imagination.

And it's tomorrow?

Yes, well, we don't want to lose any freshness,

spontaneity and all, hm?

And we don't need costumes anymore

or sets for that matter.

Sounds like our job just got a lot easier.

Mmhmm.

Florence?

Can I still wear my hat as Lady Bracknell?

Yes. We may all wear a few costume pieces

if you feel it helps with your character.

There you go.

Now, for those of you who still haven't memorized your lines.

Everybody is looking at me.

Have no worries,

you may now read it off your script.

It's a radio play, hm?

Should I tell her about my scratchy throat?

Try saying a line.

I have often observed.

I have often observed in married households,

the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.

Oh, you do sound a little hoarse.

Hickam!

Are you having a little attack of the nerves?

No, no, I'm just over-rehearsed.

You can always make some herbal tea.

Or you could sit in the steam bath.

That always works for me.

We have one in our private house near the tennis courts.

What about the Hope Valley Hot Springs?

Oh, well, I could warm up the old vocal cords.

All right, well, whatever it takes.

Now, artists, the show must go on.

Thank you so much.

Gwendolyn.

Therefore, therefore...

Sound good.

You saw his boots.

Isn't it obvious?

McGinty's blocking access to the other pasture.

We should probably keep our voices down.

Or what?

I'm not gonna be bullied by some rancher.

Maybe there's another way around.

Did I hear one of the ranchers giving you a hard time?

They all are.

Really just one.

But they all followed him like sheep.

Well, people are mostly herd animals.

Who's their leader?

A.J. McGinty.

We think he's up to something.

Probably is.

He shouldn't get away with it.

Yeah. I'll tell you what,

bullies are rarely as smart as they think they are.

He'll make a mistake.

What's important is that you give him room

to make that mistake... and be ready.

Ready for... what?

You'll know when you see it.

We've been over and over this map.

No one knows it better than we do.

And that was the golden solution.

Let's keep looking.

Did I hear you and Rosemary are doing a radio play now?

She's taking the lead on that.

I need to get back to San Francisco.

Oh.

So the salon sale went through.

And... I have a wedding to plan.

So you're really going to marry the man

who proposed so many times you called him "that man" again.

It turns out his name is Harold.

Fiona, I'm confused.

I thought you didn't love him.

He's kind.

And he's a lawyer with friends in high places.

So maybe I can finally be

one of the people who really makes a difference.

But all the work you're doing on the radio,

isn't that making a difference?

It's moving toward entertainment,

which is great,

but it's not what I want to be doing.

This way I can spend my time and energy

doing work I care about.

As long as you're sure this is what you want.

I am.

And I'd love if you were next to me on my big day

as my Maid of Honor.

Oh.

It would mean so much.

What do you say?

Fiona, yes, of course.

Whatever you want.

Don't be disappointed in me.

Never.

About that stamp, it's not authentic.

Constable Grant, I understand you wanted to see me.

Yes. Miss Martell, please come in.

Have a seat.

This is Judge Avery.

How do you do?

The Governor siccing the law on me now.

Or is this not about land rights?

It's actually regarding an investigation.

Your late uncle, Ernest Martell.

He, um...

he was a good man, by all accounts.

He was.

To your knowledge,

did he ever have any association with the Garrison Gang?

Ernie?

If he had any criminal associations,

he hid them very well.

Did he ever talk about coming into some money?

Any type of hidden reserves?

Cash? Coins? Gold?

Oh, you mean like pirate booty? Doubloons? Pieces of eight?

All I know is that he was broke at the end.

He made me promise to keep our name on a failing ranch

and left me with a mountain of debt.

So if there was any hidden loot,

I can assure you I would be in a very different situation.

If this is involving my family, can you tell me what's going on?

We have reason to believe that your uncle

was in possession of some unique

double-eagle-pattern gold coins.

Stolen by the Garrison Gang

in the Great Rocky Mountain Train Robbery of 1907.

Well, I don't know what to say. I'm shocked.

Well, if you have any information

about their whereabouts,

we would greatly appreciate your cooperation.

If I do find anything, you two will be the first to know.

Thank you.

Oh, Ernie, what have you gotten us into now?

Hi Sonny. Yeah, it's Woody.

We're all set. I got a room at the saloon.

Yeah, just one. Not made of money... yet.

It's not a problem.

You can sneak in through the balcony.

Just let me tell you how.

Why is everybody so quiet?

Allie and I had some disappointments today.

But we'll be all right.

What happened?

Politics.

Bureaucracy.

You both got to stand up

and make your case in front of somebody in power.

Sometimes it takes more than one try.

I just wish I understood why.

Do those ranchers not care about anything

other than themselves?

Sometimes it's hard for people to see things

from another perspective.

But your dad's right. We've just got to keep trying.

I lost my favorite marble.

Oh, we'll help you look for it.

And we'll keep trying with the ranchers.

Can I please have more stew?

Oh, you've got a hearty appetite.

It's tough work losing a marble, right?

I got it.

Thanks.

I don't know what that lady said to you on the radio,

but I've never loved school more.

I feel like the whole world's opened up,

even if not everyone's ready to see things

from my perspective.

Thank you, Allie.

I got your message.

We might have a problem with our play, Rosemary.

Hickam!

What is wrong?

Try saying something, Mike.

Laryngitis.

Sorry.

Well, let this be a lesson to you!

Of what? I don't know.

But it is a good thing you are replaceable.

I'm afraid it's not just Mike.

Bill!

Sorry.

Sorry.

How did you--

They thought going to the hot springs

would be good for their voices.

Which it might have been had it not also been the perfect place

for everyone to catch Mike's cold.

Everyone?

Who else did you bring?

Oh, no.

Lee?

I'm sorry, sweetheart. I didn't know it was contagious.

So now I don't have a Jack.

I don't have Lane the butler.

And you were supposed to be my perfect Algernon.

All right, we'll just have...

we will just have...

Yes.

I don't know, Molly!

I need a cup of tea!

You can always recast.

Oh, Rosemary.

Here you go, fresh baked.

Thank you, Minnie.

Oscar Wilde said this play was cursed.

I'm beginning to believe him.

I never should have sent them to the hot springs.

It's all my fault.

I'm sure you didn't mean to sabotage the entire production.

You did say the show must go on.

Maybe not every show.

Have a muffin.

How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins

when we're in this horrible trouble

I can't make out.

It seems to me to be perfectly heartless.

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner.

Butter would probably get on my cuffs.

I say it's perfectly heartless

you're eating muffins at all... under the circumstances.

Minnie, your accent.

Well, it's almost as good as mine.

Where did you train?

Oh, I certainly didn't train.

She's good at everything she tries.

You're a great Algernon. Have you ever played him?

Perhaps in another life.

Why wait?

Do we dare?

Men have been playing women on stage for centuries.

Why not the other way around?

Exactly.

Of course we dare.

This will be a production,

the likes of which no one has ever seen or heard.

Minnie, would you be my Jack?

Oh. Are you sure? It's such a big part.

You're perfect.

Oh, but we're still missing Hickam.

Who can play the butler?

Mike and I have been rehearsing together.

So you already know the part?

Perfect.

Then we just need someone to play Gwendolyn.

That we do.

Who are you thinking?

Well...

Ava.

Yes.

Would you like to play

the role of Gwendolyn in our production?

Yes!

Oh, well, you certainly have the chops.

Oh, that means so much coming from you.

I mean, you're such a wonderful

writer and director and actor and producer,

and everybody loves you,

and you have this beautiful family and...

I'm sorry. I guess what I'm trying to say is,

I just hope my life turns out to be like yours one day.

Ava, that's very sweet. Thank you.

But I think you have

your own exciting life unfolding.

And you're so wise.

Let's go put on a radio show.

To the microphones.

Minnie.

Oh, I know it's getting late, and I have to go.

If only I could.

Stage fright, huh?

I don't know how I agreed to this.

Acting in a play with an accent on the radio.

Well, now, Governor,

you just have to buck up and get on with it, ain't you?

Oh, stop it.

Oh, you fancy a cuppa?

Oh, Joseph.

You think I don't know my accent's terrible.

I know my accent is terrible,

but I also know that you are going to be really great

in this play

because you're really good at everything, Minnie.

Oh, no I'm not.

No, you're not good at gardening.

But running this cafe, quoting scripture,

being an incredible wife and mother--

Now hold on. How am I not good at gardening?

Baby, you're a plant killer.

But you're also very punctual.

So let's not keep these folks waiting.

All right.

All right.

Now, if you get nervous, you just look at me.

I'll be right there with you

And bing, Bob's your uncle.

I need to get changed.

Yes, you do.

- Shall we? - We shall.

- All right. - To the microphones.

Gwendolyn, it is a terrible thing

for a man to find out suddenly

that all his life he has been speaking

nothing but the truth.

Can you forgive me?

I can, for I feel that you are sure to change.

And I am engaged to be married to Cecily, Aunt Augusta.

I beg your pardon.

Mr. and I

are engaged to be married, Lady Bracknell.

Cecily... at last!

Gwendolyn, at last!

My nephew,

you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.

On the contrary, Aunt Augusta.

I've now realized for the first time in my life...

the vital importance of being earnest.

Now I know you're supposed to give these

at the beginning of the performance,

but I didn't have a chance.

They're beautiful. Thank you.

I'll just put these in water.

I also didn't have a chance to give you these.

What are they?

Uh, Ned had them for you, but you were busy,

so he asked me to drop them off.

There's so many of them.

Yeah.

They're all for me.

Yeah.

Mm.

Uh, this is from a history teacher

writing from Manchester County.

What is it?

"Superintendent Bennett and all her ilk

"are simply afraid of what might happen

"if we lived in a world of cooperation

"instead of competition."

I could have told you that.

Actually, I think I did.

Oh, look at this.

Huh.

"These are drawings of third-grade class made

"on a stargazing trip.

"The teacher taught a whole unit on stars.

"The stories of the zodiac,

"the history of astronomy and math."

Nathan... they're doing it. They don't need permission.

Doesn't sound like you do either.

I have to write them all back.

Or you could answer them on the radio.

Of course.

You are brilliant.

No. Well...

That's your domain.

You can go on home now, Edwin.

It's late.

You're far from your ranch.

I couldn't bear to leave things the way that we did.

I believe that was entirely your doing.

You're right.

If I could explain.

Years ago, there was a mudslide.

Blocked the route to the old pasture

that ranchers had been using for generations.

McGinty offered an easy out, McGinty's Meadow,

use of his pasture for free... for the first year,

but they didn't have a lawyer,

and they didn't read the fine print.

Every year after the price went up

and when they tried to renegotiate,

they realized that they had signed a loan.

And McGinty is free to seek repayment

plus interest and penalties anytime he wants to.

He all but told us that if we vote against him,

he will call in the loan,

which would wipe out all of us faster than that mudslide.

That is what I inherited from my uncle.

A failing ranch held by a loan shark.

I may represent McGinty,

but I am also deeply in his debt.

I haven't seen your little tell

so, I guess, I believe you.

But why tell me now?

Because you deserved the whole story.

And an apology.

I happen to know a thing or two about reputation.

You were protecting your uncle's.

I was also protecting yours.

And those children.

McGinty doesn't play to lose.

Neither do I.

Elizabeth.

What are you doing here so late?

I have a special delivery.

Are these all--

From my discussion with the superintendent on your show.

There are so many.

Who knew the radio could be so powerful?

Oh, wait. You did.

I was starting to doubt myself.

Well, I never did.

And whatever the people are saying,

you can't deny you've made an impact.

Fiona...

I know you have a decision to make.

No, I don't.

I said yes.

It's done.

I can't go back now.

Can't you?

It would break his heart.

I know how you're feeling.

Calling off my engagement

was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Because I knew on paper we made sense together,

but my heart was telling me something wasn't right

and he deserved more.

I wish I had all the time in the world

to follow my dreams and my heart at the same time.

Selling the salon buys me a year,

and after that I don't know what I'm going to do.

Fiona, I don't know what's best for you.

Only you know that.

But what I do know is

if you spread your wings, you're very likely to fly.

And we'll all be here in Hope Valley watching you soar.

So what do you think?

- It's what you said you wanted. - Lots of letters.

None of them saying they were bored.

People who are bored don't write letters.

And yes, it appears your arguing show

was a success.

Daily Dialogue.

I've even received letters at the station

for both the school teacher and the play.

People liked the play?

They did.

But I have to admit, I'm rather upset.

How could you be upset?

My entire family won't stop doing a British accent

It's become very annoying.

Ladies...

you're a hit.

Your arguing show has real potential.

Daily Dialogue.

It gets us respect and listeners.

So let's go bigger.

I just acquired a license for a new station in Port Townsend

that can reach as far as Seattle.

And I want the two of you to go there

and do what you're doing here,

be in charge of programming.

Well, I can't leave Hope Valley. My life is here.

I'll go.

Why not?

My next big adventure.

Here you go.

Thank you.

I was gonna wait to give this to you at your wedding.

I hardly deserve a gift for calling off an engagement.

Gifts?

You make the rest of us look bad.

Oh, I gave her a pound cake.

Oh, but she's my wife, so it's from both of us.

Open it.

It's for whatever fills your heart next.

Galileo Galilei changed the way

we understand the world and our place in it.

Simply by seeing what no one had been able to see before.

There can be a cost to opening our eyes

and challenging our beliefs

and Galileo paid dearly for it.

We must always protect the trailblazers and seekers,

the wanderers and explorers.

It's not an easy path, and we owe them a great debt.

So to all the adventurous teachers who wrote to me

to ask questions and share your ideas, thank you.

You're leading us all forward.

And now, thanks to a brilliant suggestion

from someone very dear to me.

We thought it might be fun to read some of your letters

so that we can all share our ideas.

Our first letter is from Mrs. Grafton of Stanford Falls.

Hi, Mrs. Grafton.

She wrote in to say that she has a third grader

who hates math but loves dinosaurs.

So she decided to use a dinosaur puppet to teach long division.

Oh, oh, that's marvelous. I love that idea.

And what if you look at the repeating patterns

in reptilian scales.

You could use that for multiplication.

Clever.

And maybe everyone in your classroom can design

their own puppets and write stories about them.

Dino-stories.

Elizabeth, you just couldn't hold back.

I couldn't.

The possibilities are endless,

see what your students come up with.

There truly is no limit when we inspire one another.