‘When Calls the Heart’ Boss Teases What Will Happen Next in Season 11
Hearties, When Calls the Heart Season 10 might have just ended, but the good news is you can breathe a sigh of relief if you, too, were worried about one of the main characters’ fates after a major finale cliffhanger.
The Season 10 finale on October 15 ended with Lucas (Chris McNally), just elected governor, being surprised by someone as he left his office in Capital City. A car pulled up — all we saw were the headlights — and he asked, “What are you doing here?” Then, in the final moments of the episode, Bill (Jack Wagner) tracked down Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) and Nathan (Kevin McGarry), who looked poised to share a major moment. “It’s Lucas. I need you both now” was all he said before the three rode off. Our first thought? Lucas was injured, but perhaps he was kidnapped? (We refused to even consider he was killed.)
Fortunately, showrunner and executive producer Lindsay Sturman has ruled out Lucas’ death. “We can assure everyone that Lucas is back for Season 11. He’s a huge part of Hope Valley and always will be. But there’s definitely a cliffhanger and a few mysteries packed in there, and it will all be revealed next season,” she told ET. She also promised that “Lucas is a huge part of Season 11.”
That doesn’t mean Lucas might not have been injured, threatened, or taken. But is he back in Hope Valley and perhaps wasn’t in any state to try to find Elizabeth and Nathan?
As for the moments that Elizabeth and Nathan shared nearing the end of the season, Sturman did note that she’s still dealing with the end of her and Lucas’ engagement (they were supposed to get married on the day of the election). “They’re confused, and in a stew of emotion,” the showrunner said of the two characters before Bill’s interruption.
There are quite a few places that When Calls the Heart could take what seems to be a reignited love triangle. Whatever’s going on with Lucas could lead him and Elizabeth back together. Elizabeth could realize her next “great love,” as she’d spoken about while noting she was looking for something safe while mentioning Lucas at her late husband’s grave in the finale, is Nathan. Someone new could come to town for any of the three. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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It doesn't matter either way. She will never be happy. She tends to go after and encourage the heroes of the story and them dumps them when things get complicated or scary. I am no longer a hearty. Although I love this cast, I am over the character of Elisabeth and her furloughed looks of doe-eyed passion for another man. I will not be returning. I AM DONE. See Elizabeth that is how you make a decision!
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This show has gotten ridiculous! Elizabeth is a nightmare for any man at this point. She doesn't deserve Lucas or Nathan. The show has gone on too long, and the writers are just throwing in anything they can think of. I am also out. No interest in following this dumb plot.
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To be honest why did Elizabeth choose Lucas over Nathan if that's was going to be the case between them then? Why did she tell Nathan that she's not inlove with Nathan, she see Throton in Nathan she would be loving the idea of Jack Throton and it wouldn't be fair for neither one of them? Why did she choose to take off her wedding ring in order for her to move on from Jack Throton finally to Lucas and excepted his proposal if she wasn't inlove with Lucas in that way anymore talking about her heart wasn't truly in the relationship between her and Lucas? I mean did she really love Lucas? Was she really truly inlove with him and meant it or was she just stringing him along just to make Nathan jealous? Why would the writers put Nathan and Elizabeth together romantically when it wasn't hinted at between Elizabeth and Nathan in the first place it was hinted at between Elizabeth and Lucas Nathan reminds her too much of Jack Throton so why would they put her with a man that reminds her too much of her late husband Jack Throton. Elizabeth does deserve a that she can truly loves and her heart is fully in the relationship and towards him. Get Lucas and Elizabeth back together romantically again they do love each other exspecialy if something happens to Lucas.
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Elizabeth’s heart has always belonged to Nathan. They have far better chemistry than her and Lucas. WCTH writers are finally back on the right track.
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Disappointed that she decided not to marry Lucas. He was trying to give her and little Jack a better life. She’s to wishy washy. Girl make up your mind and stick to it. This is getting ridiculous. Don’t even want to watch anymore.
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I am disappointed, I wanted Elizabeth and Lucas to get married.
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If this story was real life, Elizabeth would be
honored to go with Governor Lucas for only
4 yrs. Then come back to Hope Valley &
Lucas can run his business again. And,
they Live Happily Even After.
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I think that the writers of the show are trying to keep up with the hype that is going on with other shows. They fail to understand that the audience they have now was attracted to the show, because of its innocence, hope, faith, and love. Not the dead sea should I or should I not Elizabeth Thorton. They failed to see that they wouldn’t have lost their large chunk of fans the way they did if they had just stuck with why they put this show on the screen, from the books, in the first place. It saddens me to say goodbye to the show, but he sends me more on the task at hand. Finding another show to sway my fellow fans to watch, that’s worth watching.
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I’m now over the show. It’s turning into a bad soap opera. She went with Lucas and that storyline should have carried through
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It’s already ridiculous. Nathan or Lucas, Lucas or Nathan oh please! Her character already thinks she’s the queen of Hope Valley and who watches Jack all the time when she’s in town pretending to be the First Lady??
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I am so dessapoint about this show ... Why they do that? I do not undestand...They just ruined the hole show in season 10... they ruined the beautiful love story betewen Lucas and Elizabeth that was bulit in 3 season... Elizabeth show us a depper love to Lucas in season 9 many times... so many romantic moments... kisses, conversation about life, Lucas was a father figure for litle jack, they was a great bond... Elizbeth show us she is sure, absolutely sure about her love for Lucas, she was so emotional in their marriage proposal... and Lucas just wanted a family in hope valey with Elizabeth and Little jack... he said that many times... and now in season 10??? Where is Elizabeth stong honorable Woman... she just became a teenager who doesn't know what she wants, and just broke Luca´s heart...
and this new show runner, she just destroed everthing that was built from John the hole story was thrown in the garbage...every characters were mischaracterized... Elizabth... Lucas... Rosemary.... everyone...Are you kidding me? It is over to me in season 9
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Elizabeth cannot be going back and forth between Nathan and Lucas it shows back character she acts so innocent but she's really playing with their heads and teaching the students that it's okay to go back and forth with men
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I feel sad for Elizabeth. She was scared to pick Nathan for fear that he could get killed, and she couldn't go through that again. I feel sad for Lucas who truly loved Elizabeth and little Jack. Glad to hear that Lucas wasn't killed off. He is an ambitious man and settling to be a bar owner was never a thing I thought would happen. In my opinion Jack should have never been killed off. I love this show and will stick with it to the end. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last season coming up.
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This was a horrible season. I recorded it and watched whenever I got around to it. It didn't make any sense to eliminate a beautiful and true love story after portraying it as genuine. The only thing that would remedy the situation is to make Elizabeth beg Lucas to take her back because she now realizes what she lost or have this be a part of the plot to save Hope Valley. All else has killed this wonderful show.
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I think Kathy is the bed only wants to be with Nathan because he reminds her of her dead husband
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I love Lucas and Elizabeth!! I hope that at the end of Season 11 they find their way back to each other. I hope Nathan finds true love with someone else. Faith 👍.
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I wish Daniel Lissing (Jack) would come back and surprise them all. They could write into the story that he had amnesia, was a prisoner of war, mistaken identity when he supposedly died in the mudslide..... Elizabeth will never love another man as much as she loved Jack. When she put Jack's Mountie hat on little Jack, I cried. I've been watching all along, but I kind-of lost interest when they killed off Jack. It just isn't the same. I think Lucas is up to no good anyway. Remember when he had money shipped in under the fish and ice and when those thugs held Elizabeth hostage when they came looking for him and Bill and Nathan came to the rescue? Elizabeth is a smart woman. How could she not know something isn't right with him? I think he came to Hope Valley to get away from someone. I think Nathan is a better choice for her, if they aren't willing to write Jack back into the story. Alley and little Jack are so good together and I think Elizabeth should just look beyond Nathan being a Mountie. He is a good man.
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