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I was beginning to think family type series were truly a thing of the past, but when the series, "When Calls the Heart" finally began, I found a show that resembles the type of shows from the past that I still love! Thank you, Hallmark for bringing a a show to the 21st century with values of the past. It is decent, heart-warming, and one you look forward to seeing on a weekly basis, just like shows from the 70's and 80's. My family and I have gotten to the point that the only television series we enjoy watching is by purchasing DVD's of shows from the past like the "Waltons", "Little House on the Prarie", or "Anne of Green Gables" and watching them for hour long entertainment.

Hallmark, I appreciate you bringing a wonderful series with a thoughtful script and great actors/actresses to television. You are wise to acknowledge a market of weekly series that are family friendly, which has been greatly lacking for quite some time!

Last year Hallmark released a very good series, CEDAR'S COVE. And i felt in love with the series. Though many of the TV junkies might not enjoy it and called it a clichés, it was a great series for me. So that's how my affair with Hallmark began.

After that i became obsessed with finding out about every movies and series from hallmark. And i was mostly disappointed with most of it's previous shows but some TV movies were just as sweet and memorable like "Love enduring" series.

Then at the end of last year they released another TV movie "When calls the heart" starring Stephen Amell and my affair with hallmark again took it's passionate course after our lover's spat. It was like a make up sex. HAHAHAHAHAHA....! The movie was great, with it's well scripted humor it made me laugh and i enjoyed every moment of the movie.

And this relation began to grow when hallmark announced the movie has a follow up series premiering this year. Many of the viewers will say and i agree that this series might be full of clichés and chick-full romance but i don't care because i am romantic at heart. So any fan of the genre will love this series. It has all the elements of a great contemporary romance comedy.

With a great cast and with sweet and humorous script and with many beautiful and breathtaking Canadian Valley scenery, it has already captured my heart with it's pilot episode and hope this show to continue for a while at least up to 4 or 5 seasons.

Absolutely love the program and all of the characters. Fairly certain however, that Crest White Strips and braces were not available in this time period. It's extremely distracting when every single character has blinding white, perfect teeth, and perfect makeup.

It is so refreshing to see a wholesome, quality show on the air. This show is reminiscent of the "Little House On The Prairie" days - not surprising given who's involved in bringing it to us!

This is one of those shows that appeals to all age groups; it's one that the family can sit down and watch together. It's great to finally have one of those again.

The cast and crew of this show is superb. The show is very well done and is set in a gorgeous location.

I cannot recommend this show enough and hope that its success in Season One means that more Seasons are coming.

This is one of those shows that I will be purchasing when it comes out on DVD/Blueray. It's one that I want in my collection.

I am officially a When Calls the Heart addict! I can't get enough. I watch nearly everything on the Hallmark Channel, so last fall when they showed the movie that starred Stephen Amell and Maggie Grace I, of course, watched it & fell in love! I then got all of the books by Janette Oke & read them practically without putting them down! (Yes, I do work & it really interfered! LOL) I eagerly anticipated the series as they advertised it for what seemed like forever. This is a series that has struck a chord in my heart that's long been unfulfilled. I have always been a fan of Little House on the Prairie, The Walton's and the Love Comes Softly series. I wish I lived in those times when life was much more simple and people really did love their neighbor. This new series, When Calls the Heart, is what I've been wanting for a long time - good family programming that I don't have to censor or watch it when others aren't around because I'm ashamed of it's content. This is a time when men were chivalrous, women were strong and children did as they were told out of respect for their elders. It's such a nice change from what we see on other programs that are on right now. I'm praying that Hallmark & other channels realize that there are people out there longing for this kind of programming. I'll be so heartbroken if this doesn't get a second season. So, for now, I'm loving me some clean romance between the pretty schoolteacher Elizabeth & the handsome gentleman, Jack. Love that smile & the red Mountie jacket! Loving Lori Laughlin too - she's always been great!

The Hallmark team, with Michael Landon,Jr and Janette Oke have a winner here.

A seemingly period piece with contemporary issues , from overbearing parent' s expectations, and complaints about homework and disinterested students and let us not forget the mayor's wife dropping the founder's day play on the teacher; to the cooperative set up of the classroom with its many distractions and interruptions which really to do occur in today's public classroom. Being a public school teacher I could relate and thought the teacher anxiety over the play was portrayed nicely. Loved the scene when Elizabeth trips and Jack catches her.

Episode 7, dealing dyslexia. and the conflict with the parents was again portrayed well. Parents and teachers both meaning well, yet not sure what is really best for the child.

Episode 8, simply the best most moving, of the season a "wounded warrior" (recovering coal miner) from a life changing experience(lost of a leg)- how the individual,the family, and community responded to a person who is different in body and spirit now. Beautiful scene between Jack and Adam around the campfire about a child's perspective when a parent(father)- is injured- being male made it even more meaningful for- since fathers are often children's first heroes.

Episode 10 Had the more of western feel with the bank robbers and Jack in the saddle and alone so much and the camera picking up the landscape and scenery, was beautiful. The camera shots the morning after, when the characters were returning to town just stunning.

Please do not stop with just one season. Nice to have a family drama and meaningful stories for all family members to watch and relate to.

Better than Westworld. All the robots live in a perfect utopian world. Nothing goes wrong and everyone has a smile.

FINALLY!!!!!!! This is filled with something for everyone in the family, love, drama, suspense, comedy. My family is hooked! It is safe for littles to watch and that is what I love most, We won't watch a show our children cannot watch, so our viewing is limited a lot. This is an amazing show and our whole family loves it. Our children learn some history in it along the way as well. How many children 7 and under do you hear playing using the term "Constable"????? Oh yes our children use that term regularly now! Our children even desired to write by the light of the lantern only just like Miss Thatcher....they wanted to experience "the old days"! Thank you Hallmark for your family friendly viewing! You have a family of new fans!

This show is so sweet and heartwarming but also so very silly. I love all the characters and the premise. The wardrobe and hair and makeup are so wrong but I admit they look really good. The town is way to pretty and clean. This is supposed to be Western Canada and they are always heading off to Hamilton which would be at least 6 days away by train. Why would the telephone head office be in San Francisco? Thats another country. What happened to Rip the dog?Why are they eating food like lasagna and spaghetti ? Way too sophisticated and urban for small town Canada..Wouldn't women ride sidesaddle? Also women would not enter a saloon. Speaking of saloon where are the prostitutes? Its a mining town !!!! Why are there no Asians? Asians built Canada's railroads and had a huge presence in our small towns.Anyway enough of the history lesson.. Its a guilty pleasure and I love it in spite of how silly it is.

I really loved the first season of this show. It was very atmospheric, costumes were great and all the faces were naturally beautiful. Then suddenly all the women look like they're just out of a beauty salon. Lots of makeup, crispy clean and new clothes, fancy Hollywood hairstyles. There's no way pioneer women looked like that. It's so disappointing they ruined the atmosphere of the frontier town.

I never watch Hallmark shows / movies. Usually they are just to schmaltzy. But I always try. This one caught my eye and has kept it. Right from the start it has a modern vibe to it. As if the actors are playing the characters a little more modern than the typical Hallmark show but at the same time, it is a refreshing change of pace from a typical network show.

The show concerns Elizabeth Thatcher the daughter of a rich shipping magnate who comes to work for her first teaching assignment in the small town of Coal Valley. Recently the town suffered a tragedy in that many of the men were killed in a mine explosion. Someone new to the town as well, is the constable, Jack Thornton... a Mountie. Jack had been assigned there just recently and didn't know why until.. he found out who Elizabeth was and realized her rich father must have had something to do with it to keep her safe. He is not happy at first but over a few episodes they become friends and most likely to couple up.

So far the show has been interesting and concerns life in Coal Valley after the tragedy.

PLEASE do something about the characters' hair and makeup. It's distracting to watch a period piece (100 years ago?) with 2019 hair, makeup and wardrobe. You can do better.

This is a wonderful show for the whole family. I watch together with a 10 year old and 13 year old. They love it! We can't wait each week to see what will happen next. Wonderful writing.. great acting...We love all the characters. How cool to make an episode dealing with Dyslexia. My child was diagnosed a year ago and thought that was great to see Miss Thatcher helping her student! We love Jack !! We love Abigail and all the cast. Great costumes and scenery. My daughters (10yrs) favorite scene was when Elizabeth called Jack her guinea pig!! My 13 year old loves it when Jack takes care of the bad guy. Mine is any time Jack walks into the scene. :) Thank you! Please continue with more seasons!

Bring back Lucas. Don't want to see Elizabeth hook-up with Nathan, another mounty. I really like Nathan but he needs a different love interest. Otherwise, really enjoy this program, but a real turn off if Nathan is back in the picture with Elizabeth. Also, this turn of events makes Elizabeth appear shallow, a scattered brain. What about standing by your man? She couldn't have been very in love with him. They could work something out for a term of govern orship. He leaves to run for office and she looks for Nathan? Plot not worthy of the writing that has brought the program to this point. Please don't go there.

One of the shows I'm looking forward to, this year. The costumes look grand, the sets look fantastic and a promising cast. Together they seem to create this feel of authenticity of greater times, classic times. It's unbelievable how I was convinced by just the working stills and screen shots of the show available here at IMDb. I love history and it is only natural for me to like "When Calls The Heart" as it is based on another time. To be honest, it was an accident that I found this show because I was looking for Johannah Newmarch's work/filmography and bumped onto this show at the hallmark channel website I think. And I'm oh so glad that I did. Not only Johannah Newmarch, the cast includes a lot of lovely actresses as well. Cannot wait to watch!

I do not watch very much television, but "When Calls the Heart" has touched my soul. Each week I look forward to watching; I do not have to worry about the language or what my grandchildren might see watching the show in the same room. Children today need the principles modeled by the characters in the story. The people of Coal Valley have undergone unbelievable tragedy and they have been forced to endure incredible hardships. Their faith in God, their perseverance, their neighbors, help them survive. I enjoy the period pieces and old westerns. The Hallmark Channel has a real gem in this series, I hope that they realize the impact that this show is having on so many people. Thank you Janette Oke, Michael Landon Jr., and Brian Bird for such a wonderful series. Please do not let it end with only one season.

I intend to purchase the rest of the season on DVD as soon as it becomes available.

I'm a fan of sentimental, sweet and love-y shows, so I enjoyed the first season a lot. I'm Canadian, so I loved that it was sent in a small town in Canada. I loved the characters, the set, the costumes, the storyline - it was all good.

But then the second season happened and everything changed. The characters became blander, the town became more refined. Women were wearing outfits that was not at all believable for that time period or setting. And the fact that they were wearing makeup and styling their hair also annoyed me. Jack wore denim jeans in one episode, which is also not believable. The costume designer took many liberties here, clearly. As did the hair and make up team. From there, it just went downhill.

I want to love this show as much as I love "Sarah, Plain and Tall," "Anne of Green Gables" and "Little House on the Prairie" but it's just making it so hard to. It'd be amazing if they just followed the era! Bring back the magic of the first season, please and thank you!

(And judging by the many reviews here, I'm clearly not the only one who thinks this)

Larry Levinson is the master at producing Romance movies and now a continuing series I have on my can't miss list. The casting is perfect and story line moves. It is predictable - but if you are a Leo - you don't like bad romantic surprises - Larry Levinson shows don't have bad romantic surprises. I look forward to NCIS,Chicago Fire, Blue bloods and When calls the Heart - which puts it in the rarefied air of top TV programing in my book. If you haven't watched this show before - catch up " On Demand' with previous shows and you will see the snail pace romance that evolves by the show leads - it is prefect program timing - my wife and I love it.

This show was pretty good for the first 7 Season. I could close my eyes on the historic inaccuracies and the overacting of some characters for the feel good stories I could sit down and watch with my whole family. Unfortunately, Season 8 took everything good about this show and completely destroyed it. Gone are the feel good stories instead you are feeling like throwing up after every episode. In light of how Season 8 ended I am done with this show. There really is no going back from the disaster that this show has become.

I came across this when scrolling through channels and was confused which time period it was set in. Not until I saw the cars did I realise it was set in the early 1900s.

The hair and makeup of the women and even the hair of the men, are not of this period. The women's hairstyles are very much of the current era and their makeup/eyeshadow too.

This series had great potential but I find these basic errors completely off-putting.

Even the language/slang used are too modern.

Poor show!

Years ago when this show began, it practically saved my life. I had just lost my husband. This story was everything I needed and didn't know. The love between the characters, the town always pulling together to help each other. The school teacher and the original mountie. All of it. Just love the show! I stopped watching in S8 because I disagreed about the choices they, as writers were making, but thank God those decisions have been turned around. Bad decisions were made, but being humble, and learning from those mistakes is why we are grateful. Rosemary and Lee are friends of Elizabeth and Mountie Nathan. I won't name all the characters, they are fantastic.

Want to report some nasty people that have been less than nice in their reviews. ****