When Calls the Heart Season 12 Episode 8
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00:00Previously on When Calls the Heart.
00:07Daddy boy!
00:08So, Toddy...
00:09He's an estate dealer, trades in illegal coins.
00:12The importance of being earnest.
00:14You could be in charge of props.
00:17Some two-bit rancher got his hands on a crate of things.
00:20If we could find a way around the stream...
00:22Riders.
00:23There's a wildlife corridor the cattle can take to an even bigger summer pasture.
00:27Drop the proposal.
00:28Pretend like you never heard about this other pasture.
00:30One adventure ends and another begins.
00:32You did it?
00:33You sent the curriculum?
00:35So?
00:36Are you ready?
00:37I think so.
00:38I just hope I don't bore your listeners.
00:41We interviewed Jed Campbell on the history of Alfalfa.
00:44Our listeners will be thrilled to hear from Hope Valley's finest educator.
00:48My educator.
00:49Laying out her vision for a new curriculum.
00:53Now, I should tell you we have had a last-minute change-up in your daily dialogue partner.
00:58Oh, no!
00:59Not to worry.
01:00Her name is Eileen Bennett.
01:01She's a superintendent from the Department of Education.
01:03Administrator?
01:04She was lovely on the telephone.
01:06And, to be honest, we were lucky she was able to fill in.
01:10I feel like I'm flying blind here.
01:12Surprise is the spice of life, I always say.
01:16There's nothing wrong with a little drama.
01:21Spoken like a true theater director.
01:24How are you feeling about the play?
01:27It's coming along.
01:28Busy, busy.
01:29You still haven't asked her yet.
01:31I am waiting for the right moment.
01:35Rosemary, you said you wanted to lighten your load.
01:38Focus on directing.
01:40There is no time like the present.
01:45Excuse me!
01:46Ava!
01:49Hi!
01:50Hello!
01:51How goes the production?
01:52I am so excited to see it.
01:54Well, uh, I am finding that I need a little help, so...
01:59Oh?
02:00Ava?
02:01Mm-hmm?
02:03Would you like to play Goo...
02:08Goo...
02:11Would you like to play Goo-goo-goo-goo?
02:17Yes!
02:18Would you like to come on board as our assistant stage manager?
02:23Mm-hmm, yep.
02:25You would help Elizabeth with organizing the schedule,
02:30and figuring out the tech, and wrangling the talent.
02:35Sure!
02:37I love to wrangle!
02:39Wonderful!
02:40We will see you at rehearsals.
02:43All right.
02:46I'm getting there.
02:52This curriculum frees students to follow their interests
02:55and pursue real-life applications of what they've discovered.
02:59Because when students' curiosity leads the way,
03:01there's nowhere we can't go.
03:04Oh!
03:05And to think, this is all happening right here in Hope Valley.
03:09Now, Superintendent Bennett,
03:11I would love to hear your perspective on Mrs. Thornton's
03:14very exciting new curriculum.
03:17First, it's such a pleasure to hear from one of our inspired young educators.
03:23Can I ask, Mrs. Thornton?
03:25Elizabeth.
03:26Elizabeth.
03:28What kind of results are you seeing overall with this curriculum?
03:32In terms of?
03:33Measurable improvements in academic performance.
03:36Oh, well, I only just started this year,
03:38so I don't have test scores to compare yet.
03:41But our students are already finding success
03:44applying their lessons in the world.
03:46In fact, one of them, Allie Grant,
03:48is addressing the Cattlemen's Association today
03:51with a solution to an issue over grazing rights.
03:54Well, that sounds marvelous!
03:57But that's just one pupil.
03:59And a very talented one, no doubt,
04:01with a very special teacher.
04:03Thank you, but...
04:05While I appreciate your ambition,
04:08without measurable standardized results,
04:11it's simply not practical to expect every teacher
04:14to find today's math lesson in the path of a butterfly.
04:19I mean, it's a worthy experiment for a one-room schoolhouse.
04:23But it's a bit naive to imagine that something so fuzzy
04:29might serve the mission of public education.
04:33Wouldn't you say that the mission
04:35is to unlock the best in all of our students?
04:39Our mission, Mrs. Thornton,
04:42is to prepare students to succeed in the world.
04:46And that means learning to compete.
04:49Rome was hardly built by following one's curiosity,
04:53now was it?
04:56Well, what a thrilling dialogue
05:01between two very compelling points of view.
05:06Now, Superintendent, let's talk about...
05:26THE HIGHLIGHTS
05:38Sorry, we're a little swamped.
05:40Are you checking in?
05:41Yes, thanks.
05:42How long will you be staying with us, mister?
05:44I'm not sure yet. Let's start with two nights.
05:46Okay.
05:47And can I get a map of the area?
05:49Of course.
05:51There you are.
05:52Now, that has all the highlights of Hope Valley,
05:54including the hot springs.
05:56I'm looking for something bigger.
05:58Might do some exploring.
06:00Ah.
06:01Well, Jos Mercantile should have a larger map of the territory.
06:04It's just across the street.
06:06No luggage to check in?
06:08You see any?
06:11Fuzzy? Naive?
06:13Do I seem fuzzy to you?
06:15Well, not in the way she meant.
06:17She called us a one-room schoolhouse,
06:19like we're out in the hinterland.
06:21Technically.
06:22And I don't need to be schooled on the mission of education.
06:24Hey, hey, hey, hey.
06:26Who cares what she thinks?
06:28Everyone who was listening.
06:30Oh, and that crack about Rome wasn't built by curiosity?
06:34It absolutely was.
06:36Well, maybe next time you answer her a little less like Mrs. Thornton
06:40and a little more like Diane DiMarco.
06:43Diane doesn't get into arguments with school superintendents.
06:46No. No one would dare.
06:49Do you wish I was more like Diane?
06:52No.
06:54No, I just...
06:56I just like knowing that she's in there.
07:00All right, how about this?
07:01How about tonight I make you and little Jack a cheer-up dinner?
07:05Is that a thing?
07:06It is now.
07:07And I forbid you from allowing Mrs. Crabapple to stand in your way.
07:12Forbid?
07:14That is a very strong word.
07:18Beg.
07:20Plead.
07:22Highly recommend.
07:24Diane will take it under advisement.
07:32What about an episode celebrating the suffragists?
07:35She seemed so nice on the phone.
07:37Or we could do an episode celebrating the anti-suffragists.
07:41She turned out to be like the wolf that swallowed Grandma.
07:44Or how about an episode about doing away with women voting altogether?
07:48Why on earth would we do that?
07:53Good afternoon, ladies.
07:55Roland Rockwell, Benson Hills Broadcasting.
07:57Good to meet you.
08:00Good to meet you.
08:01Yes, of course.
08:03Please, have a seat, Mr. Rockwell.
08:06As in...
08:07Believe you know my cousin Randall?
08:09Yes, Randall.
08:12I remember he isn't a fan of radio.
08:15He's wrong.
08:16Radio is the best thing since the gas-powered engine, which is why I bought this station.
08:20So you are our...
08:23Boss? Overlord?
08:25Just kidding. Partner.
08:27Now, let's talk about this daily dialogue show.
08:30Isn't it wonderful? That was Fiona's idea.
08:32We wanted to showcase radio's potential to inform and inspire people to...
08:38There's no other way to say this. It was boring.
08:41Boring? Says who? I've never been accused of being boring in my entire life.
08:45From the letters we've been receiving, and as you know, letters are everything,
08:49you're losing out to Farmer Dave with the Moo Minute.
08:53What could the Moo Minute possibly have that we don't?
08:56I guess people like to hear animals.
08:58That's hardly high-quality content.
09:00Well, quality is subjective and the public's attention is fickle.
09:03You've got to grab them and keep them listening.
09:07Well, then, we have a list of ideas somewhere.
09:13Yes, we do. It's, um...
09:16Fiona.
09:17Um...
09:18Oh!
09:21The Hope Valley Players present...
09:24Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
09:28A new version. Adapted for the radio.
09:32A play?
09:33Mm-hmm.
09:36For the radio.
09:40Maybe.
09:42Is it funny?
09:43It's Oscar Wilde.
09:46It's funnier than livestock.
09:48It's new. It's entertainment. I like it.
09:52Let's go live with it tomorrow.
09:54Tomorrow? Surely it's not that urgent.
09:57We already have an interview scheduled with a local judge.
10:00Great. There's another 60 minutes to the Moo Minute.
10:03Fine. We'll do it. Tomorrow.
10:07Sounds good, partners.
10:14Toddy said that he's been getting the coins in small batches over the last five or six years from some rancher in Benson Hills.
10:20Did he happen to grace you with a name?
10:22No. But he said when the rancher died last year, he was cut off and he sold the bulk of the coins.
10:28Let me guess. Amsterdam.
10:31Bingo.
10:32Okay. So we've got a rancher in Benson Hills that died last year. It doesn't leave us many options.
10:38Just one.
10:40Ernie Martell.
10:44We're gonna have to talk to his heir.
10:50You've read the proposal. You're all very well versed in the challenges of the current pasture land.
10:56We have Ali Grant and Oliver Garrett here today who have found a solution that we believe works for both.
11:01Let's cut to the chase before we hear from a couple of adolescents.
11:06I see no need to change what's working for all of us because of some theoretical wolves.
11:12I provide a top-notch pasture for all the ranchers of this association at a very generous rate.
11:20This isn't just about money. It's about the entire ecological system.
11:25Little girl, this is a conversation for grown-ups. Perhaps it's best if you run along back to school.
11:30Mr. McGinty, that is enough. Ms. Grant is my guest.
11:34The path in question has been washed out for years, and it's permanently blocked.
11:41McGinty.
11:46That was you. You were dragging trees to block the...
11:52This has been a very enlightening conversation, but I think we're just about done here.
11:56As a matter of fact, we were hoping we could take a vote.
11:58Be my guest, but I'll be abstaining. Am I alone?
12:07Counselor, perhaps we could rope this meeting in.
12:15Thank you for meeting with us, Governor.
12:17I believe I speak on behalf of all of us when I say that the Cattlemen's Association formally declines your proposal.
12:42What just happened?
12:44Politics, my young friend.
12:59Ms. Martel.
13:04I told you to drop the proposal.
13:06You knew McGinty would railroad the entire thing, didn't you? And that no one would listen.
13:11I represent the entire Cattlemen's Association.
13:13I saw the way you looked at each other. We never stood a chance.
13:17I was just doing my job.
13:21I think that any further communication on this matter should be directed through my office.
13:35Wait, we're on the radio now?
13:38So no audience.
13:39On the contrary, a bigger audience than you ever could have dreamed of.
13:46Hundreds, no, thousands of people will be listening in the theater of their imagination.
13:54And it's tomorrow?
13:56Yes. Well, we don't want to lose any freshness, spontaneity and all.
14:01And we don't need costumes anymore, or sets for that matter.
14:04Sounds like our job just got a lot easier.
14:08Florence.
14:09Can I still wear my hat as Lady Bracknell?
14:12Yes, we may all wear a few costume pieces if you feel it helps with your character.
14:20Now, for those of you who still haven't memorized your lines.
14:27Everybody's looking at me.
14:29Have no worries. You may now read it off your script. It's a radio play.
14:36Should I tell her about my scratchy throat?
14:41Try saying a line.
14:44I have often observed...
14:47I have often observed in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.
14:55Oh, you do sound a little hoarse.
14:57Hickam, are you having a little attack of the nerves?
15:02No, no, I'm just over-rehearsed.
15:06We can always make some herbal tea.
15:08Or you could sit in the steam bath, that always works for me.
15:13We have one in our private house near the tennis courts.
15:16What about the Hope Valley Hot Springs?
15:19Oh, well, I could warm up the old vocal cords.
15:23All right, well, whatever it takes.
15:25Now, artists.
15:29The show must go on.
15:38Therefore, therefore.
15:40You sound good.
15:42You saw his boots.
15:44Isn't it obvious? McGinty's blocking access to the other pasture.
15:49We should probably keep our voices down.
15:51Or what? I'm not going to be bullied by some rancher.
15:56Maybe there's another way around.
15:59Did they hear one of the ranchers giving you a hard time?
16:02They all are.
16:05Really, just one?
16:07But they all followed him like sheep.
16:10Well, people are mostly herd animals.
16:12Who's your leader?
16:14A.J. McGinty.
16:17We think he's up to something.
16:18He probably is.
16:21He shouldn't get away with it.
16:24I'll tell you what.
16:26Bullies are rarely as smart as they think they are.
16:31He'll make a mistake.
16:33What's important is that you give him room to make that mistake.
16:39And be ready.
16:41Ready for what?
16:44You'll know when you see it.
16:51We've been over and over this, ma'am.
16:54No one knows it better than we do.
16:57And that was the golden solution.
17:01Let's keep looking.
17:16Did I hear you and Rosemary are doing a radio play now?
17:21She's taking the lead on that.
17:24I need to get back to San Francisco.
17:28Oh.
17:30So the salon sale went through.
17:34And I have a wedding to plan.
17:39So you're really going to marry the man who proposed so many times you called him that man again?
17:47It turns out his name's Harold.
17:52Oh.
17:57Fiona, I'm confused.
18:00I thought you didn't love him.
18:04He's kind.
18:07And he's a lawyer with friends in high places.
18:12So maybe I can finally be one of the people who really makes a difference.
18:19But all the work you're doing on the radio, isn't that making a difference?
18:24It's moving toward entertainment, which is great, but it's not what I want to be doing.
18:31This way, I can spend my time and energy doing work I care about.
18:41As long as you're sure this is what you want.
18:45I am.
18:47And I'd love if you were next to me on my big day, as my maid of honor.
18:54Oh, it would mean so much.
18:59What do you say?
19:01Fiona, yes, of course.
19:06Whatever you want, don't be disappointed in me.
19:13Never.
19:17Without that stamp, it's not authentic.
19:21Constable Grant, I understand you wanted to see me?
19:24Yes, Miss Martell. Please come in, have a seat.
19:27This is Judge Avery.
19:28How do you do?
19:30Is the governor sticking the law on me now?
19:32Or is this not about land rights?
19:36It's actually regarding an investigation.
19:38Your late uncle, Ernest Martell, he, uh, he was a good man, by all accounts.
19:44He was?
19:46Did he ever have any association with the Garrison Gang?
19:49Ernie.
19:51If he had any criminal associations, he hid them very well.
19:55You ever talk about coming into some money?
19:57Any type of hidden reserves? Cash? Coins? Gold?
20:04Oh, you mean like pirate booty? Doubloons? Pieces of eight?
20:10All I know is that he was broke at the end.
20:13He made me a promise to keep our name in a failing ranch, and left me with a mountain of debt.
20:18So, if there was any hidden loot, I can assure you I would be in a very different situation.
20:24If this is involving my family, can you tell me what's going on?
20:30We have reason to believe that your uncle was in possession of some unique double eagle pattern gold coins.
20:37Stolen by the Garrison Gang in the Great Rocky Mountain train robbery of 1907.
20:43Well, I don't know what to say. I'm shocked.
20:46Well, if you have any information about their whereabouts, we would greatly appreciate your cooperation.
20:51And if I do find anything, you two will be the first to know.
21:08Oh, Ernie, what have you gotten us into now?
21:14Hi, Sonny. Yeah, it's Woody.
21:21We're all set. I got a room at the saloon.
21:27Yeah, just one. Not made of money. Yet.
21:33It's not a problem. You can sneak in through the balcony. Just let me tell you how.
21:36Let me tell you how.
21:42Why is everybody so quiet?
21:45Allie and I had some disappointments today, but we'll be all right.
21:50What happened?
21:52Politics.
21:54Bureaucracy.
21:56You both got to stand up and make your case in front of somebody in power.
22:00Sometimes it takes more than one try.
22:02I just wish I understood why.
22:05Do those ranchers not care about anything other than themselves?
22:09Sometimes it's hard for people to see things from another perspective.
22:13But your dad's right. We've just got to keep trying.
22:19I lost my favorite marble.
22:22Oh, we'll help you look for it.
22:25And we'll keep trying with the ranchers.
22:27Can I please have more stew?
22:30Oh, you've got a hearty appetite.
22:33It's tough work losing a marble.
22:35I got it.
22:37Thanks.
22:39I don't know what that lady said to you on the radio,
22:44but I've never loved school more.
22:47I feel like the whole world's opened up.
22:51Even if not everyone's ready to go.
22:54Even if not everyone's ready to see things from my perspective.
23:01Thank you, Molly.
23:14I got your message.
23:16We might have a problem with our play, Rosemary.
23:19Um...
23:21Hickam!
23:23What is wrong?
23:25Try saying something, Mike.
23:29Laryngitis.
23:31Sorry.
23:33Well, let this be a lesson to you of what I don't know.
23:37But it is a good thing you are replaceable.
23:40I'm afraid it's not just Mike.
23:43Bill!
23:45Sorry.
23:46It's all right. Sorry.
23:49How did you...
23:51They thought going to the hot springs would be good for their voices,
23:53which it might have been,
23:55had it not also been the perfect place for everyone to catch Mike's cold.
23:59Everyone? Who else did you bring?
24:01Oh, no.
24:03Lee?
24:05I'm sorry, sweetheart.
24:07I didn't know it was contagious.
24:09So now I don't have a Jack.
24:13I don't have Lane the butler.
24:16And you were supposed to be my perfect outternon.
24:21All right, we'll just have...
24:23We will just have...
24:25Yes?
24:27I don't know, Molly!
24:30I need a cup of tea!
24:34You can always recast.
24:37Oh, Rosemary.
24:38Rosemary.
24:45Here you go. Fresh baked.
24:47Thank you, Minnie.
24:49Oscar Wilde said this play was cursed.
24:52I'm beginning to believe him.
24:54I never should have sent them to the hot springs.
24:56It's all my fault.
24:58I'm sure you didn't mean to sabotage the entire production.
25:02You did say the show must go on.
25:05Maybe not every show.
25:07Have a muffin!
25:12How can you sit there calmly eating muffins when we're in this horrible trouble?
25:18I can't make out.
25:20It seems to me to be perfectly heartless.
25:27Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner.
25:31Butter would probably get on my cuffs.
25:33I say, it's perfectly heartless you're eating muffins at all.
25:38Under the circumstances.
25:42Minnie! Your accent!
25:44Well, it's almost as good as mine.
25:46Where did you train?
25:48Oh, I certainly didn't train.
25:50She's good at everything she tries.
25:53You're a great Algernon. Have you ever played him?
25:56Perhaps in another life.
25:58Why wait?
26:00Do we dare?
26:02Men have been playing women on stage for centuries.
26:05Why not the other way around?
26:07Exactly.
26:09Of course we dare.
26:12This will be a production the likes of which no one has ever seen or heard.
26:17Minnie, would you be my Jack?
26:20Oh, are you sure? It's such a big part.
26:24You're perfect. Oh, but we're still missing Hickam. Who can play the butler?
26:29Mike and I have been rehearsing together.
26:32So you already know the part?
26:34Perfect!
26:36Then we just need someone to play Gwendolyn.
26:40That we do.
26:43Who are you thinking?
26:45Will.
26:49Eva.
26:51Yes?
26:53Would you like to play the role of Gwendolyn in our production?
26:56Yes!
26:59Well, you certainly have the chops.
27:02That means so much coming from you.
27:04I mean, you're such a wonderful writer and director and actor and producer.
27:07Everybody loves you and you have this beautiful family.
27:10I'm sorry, I guess what I'm trying to say is I just hope my life turns out to be like yours one day.
27:15Eva, that's very sweet. Thank you.
27:19But I think you have your own exciting life unfolding.
27:23And you're so wise.
27:25Let's go put on a radio show.
27:28And to the microphones!
27:39Vinnie.
27:42Oh, I know it's getting late and I have to go.
27:47If only I could.
27:49Not be a stage fright, huh?
27:51I don't know how I agreed to this.
27:53Acting in a play with an accent on the radio?
27:55Well, now, Governor, you just have to buck up and get on with it, ain't ya?
28:00Well, you fancy a cuppa?
28:02You think I don't know my accent's terrible?
28:05I know my accent's terrible.
28:07But I also know that you are going to be really great in this play.
28:12Because you're really good at everything, Minnie.
28:14No, no, I'm not.
28:16No, you're not good at gardening, but running this cafe, quoting scripture, being an incredible wife and mother.
28:22Now, hold on. How am I not good at gardening?
28:25Baby, you're a plant killer.
28:28But you're also very punctual.
28:31So let's not keep these folks waiting.
28:34All right.
28:36All right. Now, if you get nervous, you just look at me.
28:40I'll be right there with you.
28:42And bing! Bob's your uncle.
28:46I need to get changed.
28:48Yes, you do.
28:49Shall we?
28:50We shall.
28:51To the microphones!
28:56Gwendolyn, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly
29:01that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.
29:05Can you forgive me?
29:07I can.
29:09For I feel that you are sure to change.
29:13And I am engaged to be married to Cecily, Aunt Augusta.
29:22I beg your pardon?
29:23Mr Moncrief and I are engaged to be married, Lady Bracknell.
29:26Cecily, at last.
29:31Gwendolyn, at last.
29:38My nephew.
29:40You seem to be displaying signs of triviality.
29:43On the contrary, Aunt Augusta.
29:46I've now realised for the first time in my life
29:49the vital importance of being earnest.
30:48Now, I know you're supposed to give these at the beginning of the performance,
30:51but I didn't have a chance.
30:53They're beautiful, thank you.
30:57Just put these in water.
30:59I also didn't have a chance to give you these.
31:02What are they?
31:03Ned had them for you, but you were busy, so he asked me to drop them off.
31:07There's so many of them.
31:08Yeah.
31:09They're all for me?
31:10Yeah.
31:15This is from a history teacher writing for Manchester County.
31:19What is it?
31:21Superintendent Bennett and all her ilk are simply afraid of what might happen
31:24if we lived in a world of cooperation instead of competition.
31:30I could have told you that.
31:31Actually, I think I did.
31:36Oh, look at this.
31:44These are drawings a third grade class made on a stargazing trip.
31:48The teacher taught a whole unit on stars.
31:50The stories of the zodiac, the history of astronomy and math.
31:54Nathan, they're doing it.
31:57They don't need permission.
31:59It doesn't sound like you do either.
32:01I have to write them all back.
32:03Yeah, or you could answer them on the radio.
32:08Of course.
32:12You are brilliant.
32:14Oh, wow.
32:17That's sort of your domain.
32:20Yeah.
32:31You can go on home now, Edwin.
32:33It's late.
32:39You're far from your ranch.
32:41I couldn't bear to leave things the way that we did.
32:47I believe that was entirely your doing.
32:51If I could explain.
33:05Years ago, there was a mudslide.
33:08It blocked the route to the old pasture that ranchers had been using for generations.
33:13McGinty offered an easy out.
33:16McGinty's Meadow.
33:17Used his pasture for free.
33:20For the first year.
33:22But, they didn't have a lawyer.
33:25And they didn't read the fine print.
33:28Every year after, the price went up.
33:31And when they tried to renegotiate, they realized that they had signed a loan.
33:36And McGinty is free to seek repayment plus interest and penalties anytime he wants to.
33:42He all but told us that if we vote against him, he will call in the loan.
33:48Which would wipe out all of us faster than that mudslide.
33:53That is what I inherited from my uncle.
33:57A failing ranch held by a loan shark.
34:01I may represent McGinty, but I am also deeply in his debt.
34:07But I am also deeply in his debt.
34:12I haven't seen your little tell.
34:15So, I guess I believe you.
34:18But why tell me now?
34:20Because you deserved the whole story.
34:24And an apology.
34:30I happen to know a thing or two about reputation.
34:33You were protecting your uncles.
34:35I was also protecting yours.
34:40And those children.
34:43McGinty doesn't play to lose.
34:45Neither do I.
34:59Elizabeth.
35:01What are you doing here so late?
35:02I have a special delivery.
35:10Are these all from my discussion with the superintendent on your show?
35:15There's so many.
35:17Who knew the radio could be so powerful? Oh wait, you did.
35:27I was starting to doubt myself.
35:28Well, I never did.
35:30And whatever the people are saying, you can't deny you've made an impact.
35:39Fiona.
35:42I know you have a decision to make.
35:46No.
35:48I don't.
35:50I said yes.
35:52It's done.
35:54Can't go back now.
35:56Can't you?
35:59No.
36:01It would break his heart.
36:06I know how you're feeling.
36:09Calling off my engagement was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
36:15Because I knew on paper we made sense together.
36:20But my heart was telling me something wasn't right.
36:25And he deserved more.
36:28I know.
36:33I wish I had all the time in the world to follow my dreams and my heart at the same time.
36:40Selling the salon buys me a year.
36:44And after that, I don't know what I'm going to do.
36:47Fiona, I don't know what's best for you.
36:50Only you know that.
36:51I don't know that.
36:54But what I do know is, if you spread your wings, you're very likely to fly.
37:02And we'll all be here in Hope Valley watching you soar.
37:22So, what do you think?
37:25It's what you said you wanted.
37:27Lots of letters.
37:29None of them saying they were bored.
37:31People who are bored don't write letters.
37:34And yes, it appears your arguing show was a success.
37:37Daily dialogue.
37:39I've even received letters at the station.
37:41For both the school teacher and the play.
37:43People liked the play?
37:45They did.
37:47But I have to admit, I'm rather upset.
37:49How could you be upset?
37:51I stopped doing a British accent.
37:53And it's become very annoying.
37:56Ladies, you're a hit.
38:01Your arguing show has real potential.
38:03Daily dialogue.
38:05It gets us respect and listeners.
38:07So, let's go bigger.
38:09I just acquired a license for a new station in Port Townsend that can reach as far as Seattle.
38:15And I want the two of you to go there and do what you're doing here.
38:18Be in charge of programming.
38:20Well, I can't leave Hope Valley.
38:22My life is here.
38:24I'll go.
38:28Why not?
38:30My next big adventure.
38:44Here you go.
38:50I was going to wait to give this to you at your wedding.
38:55I hardly deserve a gift for calling off an engagement.
38:59Gifts?
39:01Make the rest of us look bad.
39:03Oh, I gave her a pound cake.
39:05Oh, but she's my wife, so it's from both of us.
39:09Open it.
39:19It's for whatever fills your heart next.
39:32Galileo Galilei changed the way we understand the world.
39:37And our place in it.
39:39Simply by seeing what no one had been able to see before.
39:43There can be a cost to opening our eyes and challenging our beliefs.
39:48And Galileo paid dearly for it.
39:54We must always protect the trailblazers and seekers.
39:58The wanderers and explorers.
40:04It's not an easy path, and we owe them a great debt.
40:08It's not an easy path, and we owe them a great debt.
40:12So to all the adventurous teachers who wrote to me to ask questions and share your ideas,
40:17thank you. You're leading us all forward.
40:22And now, thanks to a brilliant suggestion from someone very dear to me,
40:31we thought it might be fun to read some of your letters so that we can all share our ideas.
40:36Our first letter is from Mrs. Grafton of Stanford Falls.
40:42Hi, Mrs. Grafton.
40:44She wrote in to say that she has a third grader who hates math, but loves dinosaurs.
40:51So she decided to use a dinosaur puppet to teach long division.
40:56Oh, that's marvelous. I love that idea.
41:00And what if you look at the repeating patterns in reptilian scales?
41:03You could use that for multiplication.
41:06Clever.
41:08And maybe everyone in your classroom can design their own puppets and write stories about them.
41:13Dino-stories.
41:16You just couldn't hold back.
41:18I couldn't.
41:20The possibilities are endless. See what your students come up with.
41:23There truly is no limit when we inspire one another.
41:33Thanks for watching.
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