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00:14Perhaps it was hubris, or just stubborn pride, that set me on my journey west.
00:19My first instinct was to refuse the offer of a teaching post in Coal Valley.
00:24My education certainly qualified me for the post,
00:27but I feared my privileged upbringing might leave me ill-prepared and unequipped
00:31to brave the hardships and dangers out west.
00:34♪
00:39It was my sister, Julie, who bolstered my resolve because she so doubted my fortitude.
00:45She tried to frighten me with tales of cowboys, whiskey runners, and outlaws.
00:50But it only emboldened my determination to prove to her and my parents
00:54that I am Elizabeth Thatcher, a strong, independent, capable woman.
01:01I can face any obstacle with courage, grace, and dignity.
01:08♪
01:26♪
01:43Hey.
01:48Hello. Good afternoon.
01:51I'm Elizabeth Thatcher. I'm your new teacher.
01:55Well, hello. I'm Abigail Stanton.
01:58Kat Montgomery. Florence Blakely.
02:02We were expecting you two days ago.
02:04Yes. I'm sorry.
02:07The stagecoach was robbed and my belongings were stolen.
02:10I... I traveled by foot for hours before I was rescued.
02:15Are you all right?
02:16Yes, I'm fine. Thank you.
02:18Why don't we go somewhere we can all sit down and have a nice chat?
02:22Follow me, Miss Thatcher.
02:24Thank you, Mr. Yost.
02:26This teaching post is one of the only things the Pacific Northwest Mining Company no longer owns.
02:32We mothers decided to take charge of our children's education.
02:36Please sit down. So we started a school.
02:38Unfortunately, the church burned and the classroom is currently located here in the saloon.
02:43The... the school is in this saloon?
02:47It's the only place big enough to hold our children, Miss Thatcher.
02:50We had requested a mature, experienced teacher.
02:53Someone who would not shrink from the challenges that Coal Valley presents.
02:57I realize I am perhaps not what you expected.
03:00But I assure you, I am acquainted with the most modern teaching theories.
03:04The superintendent of schools did tell you what happened here?
03:10No, he didn't.
03:13Three months ago, there was a terrible explosion in the mine.
03:17Forty-seven brave men lost their lives, and many of us lost our husbands and our sons.
03:23Many of the children became fatherless that day.
03:27I'm so sorry, I didn't realize.
03:29What she's saying is that we don't have any need for a princess.
03:33I assure you, I'm not...
03:34It would be the mothers who are paying your salary.
03:37And for many of us, our children are the only thing we have left.
03:40And, well, their education is all that we have control over.
03:44So, whomever we entrust them to must be fearless.
03:48You would not just be teaching them to read and write.
03:51You will be fighting for their future.
03:56In Latin, that means, knowledge itself is power.
03:59You need to get back on the stagecoach and go back to Latin or wherever it is you come from.
04:03Please, please, just... I've come so far.
04:06Just give me a chance to prove myself to you.
04:09Well, it will take the stagecoach one week to return.
04:12We could give her a short try.
04:15In the meantime, there's a teacherage where you can stay and get settled.
04:19Thank you. Thank you so much.
04:21I promise, I am not afraid of rolling up my sleeves...
04:25I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
04:31Vermin and I are not usually on such friendly terms.
04:36Friendly terms?
04:38One week is going to be a long time.
05:06Huh?
06:07Oh, my gosh.
06:29Oh, my God.
06:36Huh?
06:39Huh?
07:06Huh?
07:37Elizabeth, you're up early.
07:40I hope you were able to sleep after what happened last night.
07:44I wanted to apologize before I left for the school.
07:50I had no idea my dress was hanging so close to the fire and...
07:55and, of course, I will reimburse the town for burning down the teacherage.
07:58Elizabeth, it's okay. It was an old business.
08:01Thank you for taking me in and for loaning me these clothes and...
08:09You must think I'm silly and incompetent.
08:12No.
08:14I know how hard it is to come to a new place and find your footing.
08:19When my husband Noah and I first moved to Coal Valley with our son,
08:23we were living in a small house.
08:25It was a small house.
08:28When my husband Noah and I first moved to Coal Valley with our son, Peter,
08:32we were so young.
08:34We didn't know anything.
08:37But we found our way.
08:40And I know you'll find your way, too.
08:44Thank you for saying that. That's very kind of you.
08:49Well, I'm off for my first day of school.
08:53Good luck.
08:54I know the first few days might be a bit bumpy, but I have every confidence in you.
09:19I'm a qualified teacher.
09:21I'm trained at one of the best colleges. I can do this.
09:24I can absolutely do this.
09:30My Rosaline can't see the blackboard if she's in back.
09:33She needs to be in the front.
09:34Oh, well, that's fine.
09:36My boy's a whiz with numbers. He can't spell a lick.
09:39My mom says she's glad you're here.
09:41I'm glad to be here, too.
09:43Morning.
09:45I got cheese for lunch.
09:47Oh, I like cheese.
09:48You give out schoolwork for home?
09:50Uh, I hadn't...
09:51I think work should be done in class and not at my supper table.
09:54We're paying your salary and...
09:56Yes, well, I want my son to be smart so we don't have to work in no coal mine.
10:00You hear me?
10:01Ladies, ladies, please, let's give Miss Thatcher a little breathing room.
10:04We should feel blessed that she has come this far to teach our children
10:09in these less than ideal circumstances.
10:13Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past, and is dead to the future.
10:23I was quoting Euripides.
10:26I...
10:27Sorry, I just need a drink.
10:31Not a drink, drink. I don't drink.
10:37Good day.
10:38Good day.
10:40Good day.
10:48I'd like to talk about what I expect from you.
10:53I expect you to pay attention when I am speaking.
10:58I expect you to raise your hand when you would like to speak.
11:01Please don't leave your seats without asking, and please, please don't talk while I am...
11:10Children, wait.
11:12You didn't ask for permission.
11:14Sit down, please, stop.
11:16You're already breaking my rules.
11:18I'm warning you, everyone who leaves this classroom without permission will receive a written notice to their parents.
11:22Miss Thatcher?
11:23Yes, what is it?
11:25I'm Rachel, and no disrespect, but you shouldn't try and stop them.
11:30Why is that?
11:31The whistles from the mine.
11:33It means some more of the daddies have been found.
11:36Found?
11:37Yes, ma'am.
11:38Now their folks can take a membrane proper.
11:58Everyone follow me.
12:05Neighbors.
12:07We have done what we promised.
12:10Today we dug out the last of the lost men.
12:14Now I know these past few months have left us all feeling like, well, like there ain't nothing right in this world.
12:23But besides finding the brave men who lost their lives, we found something else today.
12:30And I hope it'll bring comfort to at least one Cole Valley family.
12:37Yeah.
12:40I fixed you, teacher.
12:44Forgive me, Pop.
12:54Ladies, I promise that I'll take good care of this plank until it's decided what we're going to do with it.
13:03A miner, one of our own, spent his last minutes on this earth writing those words to his family.
13:12We should be the ones who decide where it goes.
13:21Going back to my office, Mr. Spurlock?
13:30Kindly step aside, Mr. Palmer.
13:32This ain't your decision, Mr. Gowen.
13:35This is a matter for the miners and the widows to decide.
13:39And you're neither, sir.
13:41Step aside, Mr. Palmer.
13:43For what?
13:45Or you'll run me down?
13:47Is that what you want, Mr. Gowen, huh?
13:50One more dead miner?
13:52Move back.
13:54Who's that, Miss Thatcher?
13:56That's a mountain.
14:03Sir, would you like to tell me what's behind this commotion?
14:07We had a mine disaster in this town recently.
14:10I'm aware of that.
14:12Today, this was found.
14:16But the identity of the deceased miner who wrote it is unclear.
14:21Now, understandably, everyone is very emotional about it.
14:25But this is a distraction that we can ill afford.
14:28No one is going to be thinking about that job until we find the owner of that message.
14:34There is no reason why both can't happen at the same time.
14:38Folks!
14:40The only fair way to judge who should have it is for all the widows to submit a sample of their husband's writing to Mr. Gowen as evidence.
14:48I'm sure he can come to a decision in three days.
14:51And who might you be, young man?
14:54My name is Jack Thornton.
14:56I'm the new constable of Coal Valley.
15:10Baskets...
15:13contain...
15:17Oh!
15:19Hello.
15:21I didn't know anyone else was here.
15:22Good morning.
15:24I'm staying in one of the rooms upstairs until something more permanent can be arranged.
15:30I'm Elizabeth Thatcher. I'm the new teacher here.
15:33But I guess you've probably already gathered that.
15:36Constable Jack Thornton, but I guess you already gathered that.
15:41I'm sorry. I'm afraid I may have left you with some of my chalk dust.
15:45No. No chalk dust.
15:48No, I feel cheated.
15:50I have to say, I'm a little surprised that Coal Valley merits a full-time Mountie.
15:55That makes two of us.
15:57My original posting was in Cape Fullerton, but that suddenly changed.
16:01Oh. I imagine Coal Valley will be a little quieter for you than a busy shipping port like that.
16:07Wait. You... you know the place?
16:10Very well. My father's done business in Cape Fullerton for many years.
16:13And what's your father's name?
16:15William Thatcher.
16:17William Thatcher. The shipping tycoon.
16:19Well, I don't think of him that way, but yes, I suppose he is.
16:24No, it's all making sense.
16:26What is?
16:28Miss Thatcher, a week ago I had never even heard of Coal Valley.
16:33And while I was planning my trip to Cape Fullerton, I was told I was being reassigned here.
16:37Reassigned at the request of a very powerful man.
16:40Surely you don't think that...
16:42What? That a very wealthy man's daughter might be why I now have to eat coal dust for the next God knows how long?
16:47I'm absolutely sure that's why I'm here.
16:49To keep William Thatcher's princess from stubbing a toe in a town she had no business coming to.
16:54To be candid, sir, I think you're way off base with that remark.
16:58And just so we're clear, even if my father did pull strings to get you here, I don't need you.
17:02I can take care of my own stubbed toes, thank you very much.
17:05You know, on second thought, it's obvious I won't have to be here long because you won't last a month in a town like this.
17:12Well, Constable Thornton, I think you'd better settle in and get used to a steady diet of coal dust.
17:17I'm a Thatcher. We don't run from a challenge.
17:21Now if you'll excuse me, I have reading materials to prepare for my students.
17:25Good day to you, sir.
17:26Good day to you, sir.
17:57Therefore, I am strongly requesting an immediate transfer to a new post.
18:02Salutations, Constable Jack Thornton.
18:07If that's it, I will get this sent right away, Constable.
18:27Seek your violations.
18:40You compare his signature on our marriage license to that piece of wood and you'll see it's the same writing.
18:47I was asleep when he left for the mine that day.
18:51That board is his goodbye to me and my children.
18:56Thank you. I'll consider it, Mrs. Crocker.
19:01Next!
19:08Good morning, Mrs. Montgomery.
19:10My Joseph left little notes like that all the time.
19:14He would be working nights and I would find them by the icebox or on my pillow.
19:18It makes sense to me that, well, he'd leave one last note for us.
19:28I'll let you know.
19:32Next!
19:49Next!
20:00Who can identify this part of speech?
20:09Is it a noun?
20:13A verb?
20:18Anyone?
20:23It's a verb.
20:29All right, boys and girls, listen up.
20:33May I have your attention, please? I'd like to see all of your eyes.
20:39Your parents have charged me with giving you an education so you can become anything you wish.
20:44Maybe a doctor?
20:47Or a dentist?
20:49You're dead wrong.
20:50Boys, remember the rules. No talking while I'm talking.
20:52Is to!
20:54Boys, you're not listening to me.
20:57Stop it!
20:59Stop it this minute!
21:01Shut up!
21:15Oh.
21:18Oh, Elizabeth, just in time for dinner. Would you mind setting the table for three?
21:24Remember how you said the first few days might be a little bumpy?
21:31Well, you were right.
21:34Black and blue, too, it appears. What happened?
21:38Some boy's gotten a tussle over the message on the wood.
21:41I stepped in the middle and caught the worst of it.
21:44Never step between two coal boys when they're mixing it up.
21:51I need to get them interested in their lessons, but I've never been through anything like what they've been through before, and I don't know how to help them.
22:00When my Peter was little, I was the only teacher he had.
22:04He was so bored during his lessons, sometimes he would nod off like an old man in a rocker.
22:11So what did you do?
22:12Levity. I added a little levity to the learning.
22:17Levity.
22:21Oh, would you mind?
22:30You.
22:32You?
22:34Nice shiner.
22:36It's my first, actually, but I think I earned it.
22:39Got those bags packed yet?
22:41Why, had your fill of coal dust already?
22:43Good evening, Constable.
22:44Evening, Mrs. Stanton.
22:46We're glad you could make supper on short notice.
22:48To tell you the truth, I'm not too popular in town yet. Supper invitations aren't exactly pouring in.
22:54Well, we're very happy to have you here, aren't we, Elizabeth?
22:57Happy isn't the word for it.
23:11Do you like it?
23:12Very much, ma'am. The artist has a wonderful grasp of color and composition.
23:18You know art, do you?
23:20A little. My mother taught me to appreciate different techniques and subjects.
23:24Is she an artist herself?
23:26No. A teacher.
23:30A most honorable profession.
23:33In any event, a very talented artist.
23:36Was.
23:40My late husband. God rest his soul.
23:48No, Stan.
23:57So, Constable, why the Mounties?
23:59Yes, Constable. Please tell us why someone like yourself chose such an honorable profession.
24:04And while we're at it, how did you come to be in Coal Valley?
24:08Why don't you answer that question?
24:12I'm sure I wouldn't know.
24:15In that case, just lucky, I guess.
24:17But as to being a Mountie, that is in my blood.
24:21My father made a career of being a peace officer, and my mother told me,
24:24never let a day go by without serving somebody else.
24:27My son Peter considered joining the Royal Northwest Mounties, but
24:31his father convinced him that coal mining was also a noble profession.
24:35It is, ma'am. One of the noblest.
24:41I'm so sorry for your loss.
24:46I can't imagine how hard it must have been for you to have them both go into that mine every day.
24:50Well, most days I didn't think about it, you know.
24:53I just went about my business and I pretended I didn't know what they were doing or
24:57how deep into that mountain they really were.
25:01And then their shift would end and in they'd come, sometimes laughing,
25:05sometimes grousing, always covered in that coal dust.
25:09Did they ever talk about the danger?
25:13He didn't need to.
25:16It's an unspoken contract that every coal miner makes between himself and his family.
25:24Mrs. Stanton, can you tell me what you remember about the day of the explosion?
25:30I'm sure Mrs. Stanton doesn't want to discuss that subject now.
25:33It's okay, Elizabeth. I don't mind.
25:39I remember...
25:42everything.
25:47The explosion was so loud it shattered windows and rattled the whole house.
25:52And it dawned on me what had happened.
25:56No one said a word.
26:00We didn't need to.
26:03All we could think to do was run.
26:07There are no words for what we felt.
26:12What was in our hearts.
26:18But they never came home.
26:25Thank you so much for coming, Constable.
26:28Was it really necessary to make her relive the worst day of her life?
26:31I'm inquisitive. I gather information. It's part of who I am.
26:35It's insensitive. But apparently that's part of who you are too.
26:38You won't have to deal with me for very long.
26:40I put in a transfer request and I am hoping for a quick response.
26:43Good. Because this town does not require the services of a second-rate Mountie who runs from a challenge.
26:48I hardly consider this town a challenge.
26:51Really?
26:53Seems to me that a town whose church burns to the ground and whose mine explodes,
26:57killing half the town's population would warrant investigation.
27:01In the short time that I am forced to stay here, Miss Thatcher,
27:04I fully intend to investigate all suspicious events that have taken place.
27:09Which is why I was asking questions tonight.
27:12So you think you can see something or talk to someone for a few moments
27:16and juice all sorts of facts that everyone else has missed?
27:19Sometimes.
27:21How clever.
27:23I knew after just two minutes of talking to you that you weren't wearing your own shoes or dress
27:28and that you weren't disappointed when you found out I was coming to dinner.
27:31How could you know that?
27:33You're walking on the outside of your feet to compensate for your shoes pinching and dresses three inches too short
27:37and a little tight around the waist.
27:40And not being disappointed about seeing you at dinner?
27:46That was just a guess.
27:49How dare you?
27:51I never...
28:19I'm sorry.
28:50Shouldn't you be in school, son?
28:52I'm not your son.
28:56I'm just walking. It's not a crime to walk, is it?
28:58No, but truancy is a crime, young man.
29:00Gabe!
29:03There you are.
29:04This boy should be in class.
29:06Tell me, do you normally allow your students to wander around the streets during school hours?
29:09Gabe was running an errand for me.
29:12I'm sorry.
29:14I'm sorry.
29:15Tell me, do you normally allow your students to wander around the streets during school hours?
29:18Gabe was running an errand for me, if you must know.
29:23An errand?
29:24Yes. School business.
29:26Thank you for your concern, constable, but we are perfectly fine.
29:31Thanks.
29:33You left to use the outhouse half an hour ago. I was worried about you.
29:36No need to worry about me. I can take care of myself.
29:39Well, during school hours, I expect you to stay in the classroom unless you have permission to leave.
29:43School doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore.
29:47Gabe! Gabe, come back here!
29:53Eternal God,
29:56our hope in every time of trouble,
29:59send Thy Holy Spirit to comfort and strengthen us
30:04that we may have hope of life eternal
30:07and trust in Your goodness and mercy.
30:14Please, take a moment of silence
30:18to remember your loved ones.
30:38When did you notice the plank was gone?
30:41When I got back from the funeral.
30:45Anything else taken?
30:47Not that I can tell.
30:50But, seeing as you started the ticking clock for me to find out the true owner of the message,
30:57I thought I'd give it to you.
31:01Seeing as you started the ticking clock for me to find out the true owner of the message,
31:07you better get out there and find out where it went.
31:10Just so we're clear, Mr. Gowan, I work for all the people in Coal Valley.
31:14I'm not a miner and I'm not on your payroll, so I don't take my orders from you.
31:19Does all the people include me?
31:23Of course.
31:25Then I would appreciate your presence when I have to tell the townsfolk that the plank has gone missing.
31:31I'll see what I can find out.
31:33You should start with that rabble-rouser, Franklin Palmer.
31:37If I didn't need every able-bodied man that I can get right now,
31:40I would have fired him on the spot for challenging me in front of everyone.
31:44Palmer is not your man.
31:46I saw him at the funeral.
31:48Now I'm going to make the rounds and figure out who wasn't there.
32:02So, I thought if I got to know a little more about your son,
32:06I might be better equipped to understand where this behavior is coming from.
32:11Fighting. Disrespectful. Gabe.
32:16Don't be afraid.
32:18I'm not afraid of you.
32:20I'm not afraid of you.
32:22I'm not afraid of you.
32:24I'm not afraid of you.
32:26I'm not afraid of you.
32:28I'm not afraid of you.
32:30Don't tell me he hit you.
32:32What? Oh, no, no, no. That's, um...
32:35I was a little clumsy.
32:39What can you tell me about Gabe's relationship with his father?
32:43Joseph?
32:46Well, he was a wonderful man.
32:48Gabe adored him.
32:51Idolized him, even.
32:54I think it made Joe uncomfortable.
32:57How so?
33:00Well, he knew that one day,
33:03Gabe would wake up and see him as he really is.
33:08Was.
33:11Just a man.
33:16Would you like me to get that?
33:18Yes, please.
33:23You.
33:24You.
33:26Invite yourself to somebody else's home for dinner
33:28so you can ask all sorts of insensitive questions.
33:30Constable?
33:32What can I do for you?
33:34I'm making the rounds, letting folks know that I'm here to serve, ma'am.
33:37Oh, well, that's comforting. Thank you.
33:40This is my daughter, Emily.
33:42Hi. Thank you for introducing yourself, Constable.
33:44Ma'am.
33:46Children, get washed up for dinner.
33:54Students, please bring your slates, chalk, and rags up to my desk,
33:57and then you are dismissed.
33:59Thank you. Thank you.
34:01Files.
34:24Shh.
34:55Come on.
35:15What are you doing here?
35:17What are you doing here?
35:19Following him.
35:21Me, too.
35:22You know what?
35:24It is the one.
35:26The one what?
35:28You don't know, do you?
35:30Of course I know.
35:32You don't know why you're here in many ways.
35:34I'm here because I had an instinct that Gabe was going somewhere
35:37that he didn't want anyone to know about and that he might need help.
35:39Yes, help.
35:41He seemed troubled.
35:43Instinct is for Mounties, not for teachers.
35:45Let me handle this.
35:47Students are for teachers, not Mounties.
35:53Fair enough.
35:55Do this together.
35:57Whatever it is, where do I go?
35:59You'll find out in just a minute.
36:14What do you want?
36:16Is that the plank?
36:18It's mine.
36:19You stole it from Mr. Gowan's office, didn't you?
36:24It ain't stealing if it's yours in the first place.
36:37You must miss it very much.
36:39Please, let me keep it.
36:41I just know it was for him.
36:44It's not that simple.
36:46If you're so sure of Gabe,
36:48why didn't you wait for Mr. Gowan to give it to your family?
36:50Pa never trusted Gowan.
36:53I heard him tell Ma that he never did the right thing.
36:56That's why I had to take it.
36:59I know he wrote it for me.
37:02He had to write it for me.
37:06Sometimes people die without I love you's or I forgive you's.
37:12But just because that happens,
37:13it doesn't mean they wouldn't have said it if they could have.
37:19I know who did manage to say it before he died.
37:24It's time to tell his wife.
37:28Abigail?
37:30Yes, Elizabeth.
37:32Constable.
37:34Gabe.
37:38I don't understand.
37:40They say this is yours.
37:42Yes.
37:44I know it is.
37:48You've known all along, haven't you?
37:53Then why didn't you try to claim it?
37:55I think you did want it.
37:57But you were worried it would cause a rift between you and the other women.
38:02I knew it would set me apart from them
38:04if I had something meaningful to remember my Noah by
38:07and they didn't.
38:09I'm sorry, Miss Stanton.
38:11I shouldn't have taken it.
38:38Thank you, Gabe.
38:47It's okay, Gabe.
38:50It's okay.
38:57There's one more thing that you and I need to do.
39:01And your next word is...
39:04Territory.
39:05Territory.
39:09Territory.
39:36In closing,
39:38I hope I've conveyed that despite the hardships I experienced coming here,
39:42I am for want of nothing.
39:44I am standing strong on my own two feet.
39:46A proud Thatcher,
39:48just like you raised.
39:50Your loving daughter,
39:52Elizabeth.
40:06Post script,
40:08I would, however, mention that they have me teaching the children here
40:11in an actual saloon.
40:13So school supplies or anything of cultural value you could send me,
40:16I would be eternally grateful.
40:22Good afternoon, Miss Thatcher.
40:24Afternoon, Constable Thornton.
40:31Do you think that we could dispense with the constable?
40:33And could I persuade you to just call me Jack?
40:36Does your request mean you've come to the conclusion that you'll be here a good long while?
40:41Not at all.
40:43Making it a week is hardly the test of time now, is it?
40:48I concur with your assessment of time.
40:50However, I still disagree with your assessment of me.
40:54We will be here a good long while.
40:57Therefore, you may call me Elizabeth.
41:00Fine.
41:01Fine.
41:03Elizabeth it is.
41:05Have yourself a good day,
41:07Jack.
41:15Post post script,
41:17please greet my younger sister for me
41:19and pass along that I've yet to see any whiskey runners.
41:22However, I have run into some cowboys,
41:25outlaws,
41:27and one very handsome, annoying Mountie.