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* HeroesWantRedheads: Hero Jack is interested in the redheaded Elizabeth
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Additional stars in later seasons include Kevin McGarry as Mountie Nathan Grant and Chris McNally as saloon owner Lucas Bouchard.
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Additional stars in later seasons include Kevin McGarry [=McGarry=] as Mountie Nathan Grant and Chris McNally [=McNally=] as saloon owner Lucas Bouchard.
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* TheBarber: After losing her telephone operator job, Fiona decides to open a unisex hair salon. Naturally, the men in town are horrified, refusing to give her a try until their women force them to support their friend's new business.
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''When Calls the Heart'' is a 2014 Hallmark Channel series based on Janette Oke's Canadian West series. It stars Creator/ErinKrakow as Elizabeth Thatcher, Creator/DanielLissing as Jack Thornton, and Creator/LoriLoughlin as Abigail Stanton.
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''When Calls the Heart'' is a 2014 Hallmark Channel Creator/HallmarkChannel series based on Janette Oke's Canadian West series. It stars Creator/ErinKrakow as Elizabeth Thatcher, Creator/DanielLissing as Jack Thornton, and Creator/LoriLoughlin as Abigail Stanton.
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* DeterminedWidow: Most of the supporting cast at the beginning of the series.
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* HappilyAdopted: Cody and Becky; Allie
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* LibraryEpisode: Considering the tiny community hadn't had a library until Lucas and Elizabeth got one started, it's only reasonable that everyone would be pretty excited about it.
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* OrphansOrdeal: After escaping from an orphanage and hiding in the woods, Cody and Becky go through a number of ordeals. Ultimately, they are taken in by Abigail and HappilyAdopted.
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* SecretDiary: Viewers often hear Elizabeth's voice-over as she sits writing about events that occurred in the episode. This dovetails nicely with the memoir she writes in later seasons.
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* CompromisingMemoirs: After Elizabeth publishes her experiences as a widowed mother on the Canadian frontier, everyone in town is eager to read it. Naturally quite a few townspeople mistakenly think she wrote about them, getting upset with her over supposedly negative or inaccurate depictions.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: When viewers meet Henry's long-estranged son Christopher, it's clear that despite being raised by a stepfather, Christopher exhibits many of Henry's negative tendencies. By then, Henry has gone through enough in life to try warning him before it's too late.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Averted. Despite the reality of the time period, the show features quite a few women with careers and businesses.
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* SaloonOwner: Although the original was never a character, his successor Lucas becomes a love interest for Elizabeth, and one of the major forces behind most town activity.
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* FriendlessBackground: Born to sharecroppers, the only thing Henry ever wanted in life was to be rich. Unfortunately, that tended to mean backstabbing a lot of people and hanging out with others bound to do the same to him. It's not until he hits rock bottom that he begins to see the value in friendship.
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* TheBarber: After losing her telephone operator job, Fiona decides to open a unisex hair salon. Naturally, the men in town are horrified, refusing to give her a try until their women force them to support their friend's new business.
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* FeigningHealthiness: Bill, through most of Season 9
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Ned's daughter Katie is less than thrilled when her father plans to marry [[spoiler:Florence]], though she soon makes her peace with it.
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** Ned's daughter Katie is less than thrilled when her father plans to marry [[spoiler:Florence]], though she soon makes her peace withit.it.
** Allie gets to like Elizabeth so much, she is desperate for her and her uncle Nathan to get together, so they can all be a family. She goes through some matchmaker hijinks before both gently tell her it's not going to happen.
** Ned's daughter Katie is less than thrilled when her father plans to marry [[spoiler:Florence]], though she soon makes her peace with
** Allie gets to like Elizabeth so much, she is desperate for her and her uncle Nathan to get together, so they can all be a family. She goes through some matchmaker hijinks before both gently tell her it's not going to happen.
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* OnlyShopInTown: Ned's store often serves as the backdrop for townies' interactions and various plot progressions.
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* OnlyShopInTown: Ned's general store often serves as the backdrop for townies' interactions and various plot progressions.
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* OnlyShopInTown: Ned's store often serves as the backdrop for townies' interactions and various plot progressions.
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* DisappearedDad: The reason Nathan has been raising his niece Allie after his sister's death when the girl was four.
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* CompanyTown: When the show begins, everything centers largely upon the coal mine - the employer for most men in town and the reason most of the families initially came west.
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* CommunityThreateningConstruction: At one point, the townies fear that the railroad's expansion might hurt their small community; at another, it's the possible re-opening of the mine that once killed dozens of local men.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Cat Montgomery is one of the first townies to be friendly to Elizabeth. After the first season, her character mysteriously vanishes - although her children are still seen at school.
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* AcademicAthlete: Allie is shown as gifted at both.
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** Subverted slightly as of season four. At least one black woman appears as an extra in the background for many scenes, and in one episode, the town's new welder is black. By season 6, there are numerous black townies, as well as a few Asians. In season 8, a black family - Joseph and Minnie Canfield, and their children Angela and Cooper - become regular characters.
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** Subverted slightly as of season four. At least one black woman appears as an extra in the background for many scenes, and in one episode, the town's new welder is black. By season 6, there are numerous black townies, as well as a few Asians. In season 8, a black family - Joseph and Minnie Canfield, and their children Angela and Cooper - become regular characters. Season 9 brings an Asian character, Mei Sou.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Ned's daughter Katie is less than thrilled when her father is planning to marry [[spoiler:Florence]], though she soon makes her peace with it.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Ned's daughter Katie is less than thrilled when her father is planning to marry [[spoiler:Florence]], though she soon makes her peace with it.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Almost from the time she first arrives in town, Elizabeth bonds with Abigail. Although Elizabeth has a mother, the little we see of her indicates that she doesn't have much in common with her daughter and certainly doesn't understand why she'd want to come to Hope Valley. Abigail, on the other hand, had a son, but he died a few months prior in the mine collapse.
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** Almost from the time she first arrives in town, Elizabeth bonds with Abigail. Although Elizabeth has a mother, the little we see of her indicates that she doesn't have much in common with her daughter and certainly doesn't understand why she'd want to come to Hope Valley. Abigail, on the other hand, had a son, but he died a few months prior in the mine collapse.
** Almost from the time she first arrives in town, Elizabeth bonds with Abigail. Although Elizabeth has a mother, the little we see of her indicates that she doesn't have much in common with her daughter and certainly doesn't understand why she'd want to come to Hope Valley. Abigail, on the other hand, had a son, but he died a few months prior in the mine collapse.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Nathan has raised his niece Allie since age four. In Season 8, he [[spoiler:officially adopts her.]]
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* ParentalSubstitute: Almost from the time she first arrives in town, Elizabeth bonds with Abigail. Although Elizabeth has a mother, the little we see of her indicates that she doesn't have much in common with her daughter and certainly doesn't understand why she'd want to come to Hope Valley. Abigail, on the other hand, had a son, but he died a few months prior in the mine collapse.
** Nathan has raised his niece Allie since age four. In Season 8, he [[spoiler:officially adopts her.]]
** Nathan has raised his niece Allie since age four. In Season 8, he [[spoiler:officially adopts her.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In the pilot, it's revealed that many families in town lost men in the recent mine collapse. Abigail, however, lost two - both her husband and only son.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It isn't until Ned's wedding ceremony that the townspeople learn his actual name is [[spoiler:Edwin]].
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Suprisingly averted, considering the time period. None of Elizabeth's students seem to have more than one or two siblings. Several are only children.
