Hello everyone,
Welcome to part two of my thoughts on the When Hope Calls Christmas special! I had a lot of fun with part one and hope you all enjoyed it. Let’s dive in to part two!
Just a heads up, like in part one, this post might be a big spoiler if you haven’t seen the When Hope Calls Christmas special.
Thing I’m going to talk about in this post:
1. Abigail and Cody arriving in Brookfield
2. Jack talking to Abigail
3. Ronnie Stewart
4. The orphans
1. Abigail and Cody arriving in Brookfield
I love Abigail Stanton and Cody. I have missed their characters and it was so refreshing to see them come to Brookfield. I love seeing her relationship with Cody as I feel we didn’t get to see enough of that relationship in When Calls the Heart. Abigail is such a mother figure not only to her son Cody but also to others.
In one part of the Christmas special she encourages Gabriel, after asking for her advice, to tell Lillian how he feels. I really love the scene and it's fun to see Abigail connecting with another Mountie after being very close with Jack in the past.
She helps Lillian with the orphanage as Grace is not around to help and has such a sweet relationship with the orphans. Cody also seems to have fun playing and talking to the orphans. One part though, she encourages one of the orphans to have “faith which can lead to joy.“ But faith in what? Faith in God leads to joy. I see that in a lot of movies. People just say, "Have faith," but faith must be rooted in something. I wish they would put more Christian lines and comments in the show like they had in the early seasons of When Calls the Heart.
There were no hints of a love interest in Brookfield for Abigail. We know that her character has had many romance stories and has also suffered the loss of her husband and son in the past. We do though see her mail a letter to Henry Gowan. This is interesting because he has just left Hope Valley in season eight of When Calls the Heart. She tells the mail women that it is very important that the letter arrives at its destination. We did though see some romance between Abigail and Henry in season five of When Calls the Heart right before she made her sudden leave midseason. I’m interested to see what all of this leads to.
I’m not sure if Abigail and Cody will be staying in Brookfield but I would love to see them in future episodes and seasons.
2. Jack Talking to Abigail
I have mixed feeling about this scene. I get it, they wanted Daniel Lissing to be apart of the Christmas Special, but Jack is dead which makes that difficult. I did get a bit emotional though, watching the scene. Jack was the only real reason I watched When Calls the Heart. I never cared much for Elizabeth’s character even from the beginning. He tells Abigail to tell Elizabeth that he’s proud of her and the way she’s raising little Jack. Lori Locklyne did very well in this scene and you could really see the emotion in her face. It was also nice to get a proper “Goodbye” from Jack and get a reminder of him and how much we loved his character.
3. Ronnie Stewart
Ronnie Stewart has really grown on me throughout season one and the Christmas special. In the Christmas special he has a white beard and I really hope he keeps it through season two. He is still trying to grow his hotel and make a name for himself. Although, he’s a bit of an odd character I think that’s what I like about him. In the Christmas special we really see the kind warmhearted side of him as he buys gifts for the orphans instead of buying a new car for himself. I have thought of what a romantic relationship would look like for Ronnie. Right now though, I do not see anyone in Brookfield as a prospect for him. Still, I am looking forward to what the future holds for him.
4. The orphans
I love the orphans. They are all so sweet and well behaved. Some have left from season one but also some new ones have come. All of the children who play them are wonderful actors and actresses and seem to have great personalities. I especially like Virginia. She seems super sweet and spunky. In the future I think it would be neat to see some of them grow up, get married, and live in Brookfield with their own family.
In a part of the Christmas special the children believe that Mr. Stewart is Santa Claus. I thought this was a really cute idea.
The children end up writing letters to him and leaving them on his desk. I would like to get to know each child individually more in season two. Get to know their back stories, their wants, likes, and dislikes. I can’t wait to see what season two has in store for them!
Well, that concludes part two of my When Hope Calls Christmas post. Thank you for reading and I would love to have conversations with you all about the show, in the common section! Let me know if there is a topic from When Hope Calls that I should do a post on.
Until next time,
Beth
