When Hope Calls: Brookfield 3.2

Cricket and I chat about the second episode of the third season of When Hope Calls: Brookfield. Debbie gets a bakery and everyone has investment ideas for Sam. 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:18

Chatters, chatties, welcome home for a Great American Chat, a podcast where we chat about great American media. I'm Chad Maurice with Cricket. I was waiting for you to say your name.

SPEAKER_04 0:31

I know. I'm like, is he gonna say it or am I gonna say it?

unknown 0:33

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 0:35

With Cricket, we are back to chat about when Hope calls Brookfield episode two of the third season. And we're starting a little early tonight because there's a virtual screening of the next episode with uh with uh uh cricket's uh uh Love Boy Trevor Donovan.

SPEAKER_04 0:56

Let me help you out there. And Gillian Murray.

SPEAKER_00 1:00

And Gillian Murray, that's why we start a little early so Cricket could get there and watch that. That starts at nine o'clock.

SPEAKER_04 1:09

Shoot, sorry, the phone just dropped. Sorry. Apologize. It's getting all excited, it couldn't contain itself, you know. I know, right? Even the phone is, you know, excited.

SPEAKER_00 1:25

What's up? Cat's here.

SPEAKER_01 1:26

Hi, Kit Kat.

SPEAKER_00 1:28

She she noticed that the post said we were starting early.

SPEAKER_01 1:32

Yes, she did.

SPEAKER_00 1:34

So uh what's going on, Cricket?

SPEAKER_04 1:36

What's happening with you or the network or not much, just uh exciting to be able to watch tonight and see Trevor and Jillian, and hopefully they'll give us some inside scoop on uh the relationship and maybe where it's going.

SPEAKER_00 1:51

Never know. But uh other than that, yeah, just uh there is some little news if you've seen on social media that uh they're filming a Christmas movie in Kentucky. Yes with Brandon Clark, who's directing it, who directed the Little Women's Christmas.

SPEAKER_04 2:06

Yep, I did see those pictures on Instagram, yep.

SPEAKER_00 2:08

And it's another ensemble Christmas movie, yes, a bunch of people.

SPEAKER_04 2:13

Yes, I did see that.

SPEAKER_00 2:14

And then there was a post today that Ryan Pavey is gonna be in a great American Family movie.

SPEAKER_04 2:21

I saw that too with Laura Osmus, right?

SPEAKER_00 2:24

Yeah, that is wild.

SPEAKER_04 2:26

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 2:26

That is wild.

SPEAKER_04 2:27

Is that the Christmas, the Silver Bells one, or is that a different one?

SPEAKER_00 2:30

No, this is a different one. Okay, yeah, it's a different one. The Silver Bells one, I think, is the Brandon Clark one, I think.

SPEAKER_04 2:37

Okay, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:39

So that's some exciting things. So uh let's get into the the second episode here. You know the title Debbie's Bakery?

SPEAKER_04 2:51

I don't know. I'm just saying.

SPEAKER_00 2:53

Okay, all right, that's not bad. It was actually called called Dreams.

SPEAKER_04 2:58

Huh?

SPEAKER_00 2:59

I'm not sure what it's referring to. Dreams.

SPEAKER_04 3:01

Okay, maybe Debbie's bakery. So yeah, I kinda am right, I bet. Could be dreams because it's Debbie's Bakery came to life, and then we have Sam, who we find out in a little while, is gonna make his dream come true. So I can see that.

SPEAKER_00 3:15

Yeah, that's what I figured. Maybe they're referring to all the the people pitching ideas to Sam. Yes, and they want their dreams or something. I don't know. To come to life, yeah. Yeah, I guess. I don't know. That's what I'm going with. All right, let's get on to the all right. The scene starts off, or I mean the episode starts off. We got Nora, Charlotte, Steve, and Maggie are off to Debbie's new bakery, like they mentioned last week. She's gonna she's gonna be getting a new bakery, no longer need to sell her goods on the street. They are talking about all the baked goods they want to get at her bakery. Steve asks Maggie if Sam is her boyfriend. She says we are not using labels right now. So then they arrive at the bakery and they give Debbie a picture the kids drew, which was pretty cool, and an apron that Hannah made. Yeah, what what'd you think of Debbie's bakery?

SPEAKER_04 4:13

I thought it was really cute and quaint, and yeah, I thought it was very nice. Very nice. I wish I had one in my little town here. Yeah, yeah, you don't see we kind of have one, but it's not really a bakery, it's like a little restaurant.

SPEAKER_00 4:30

Is it yeah, you don't see too many bakeries unless you're in like a big city.

SPEAKER_04 4:35

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 4:36

Yeah. All right, I'm gonna let you do the next next scene.

SPEAKER_04 4:40

Okay. So the next scene we have Tess, and she's stopping by the hotel where Fearless Fletcher is having his hungry man breakfast, as you call it. Um, did they actually call it a name? Is that what it was called?

SPEAKER_00 4:53

Yeah, she called it a hungry man special.

SPEAKER_04 4:55

Okay, so she did, because I was kind of laughing, going, Oh, do they mean like the big TV dinner hungry man? Because you know, they were named that. So I was like, maybe that's the spin-off from it or something. Um, but so she thanks him for taking care of uh huntsman, and Ronnie comes up and and she's like, Hey, that that's on me. And he goes, Well, um, oh no, Michael doesn't accept free stuff. And and Fletcher's like, oh no, I'll I'll I'll let her buy it for me this time, you know. And then Ronnie gets irritated because the hotel has to eat the cost of his breakfast because she, you know, then looks at him and says, Okay, see you, gotta go. So, yeah, so he was not happy.

SPEAKER_00 5:35

Yeah, that the this scene was funny, Ronnie, Ronnie's reaction.

SPEAKER_04 5:42

Yep, it's about time he got put back on his own stuff, you know.

SPEAKER_00 5:46

Yeah, yeah. Hey, Victoria's here. Hey Victoria, so glad we are finally getting an interior for Debbie's bakery. Took them a bit to build that set, yeah. Yeah, yeah, so that was a good scene.

SPEAKER_04 6:02

Yeah, I thought so too.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

Yeah, yeah. Ronnie, Ronnie had a lot of good scenes in this episode. Yeah, yeah. So Ronnie tells Joe that he wants to add a third story to his uh to his hotel, and he plans on uh Sam paying for it. He tells Joe, Sam has more money than he knows what to do with. And Ronnie wants some of that money, obviously. Joe says, So you're going to ask him for a loan? And Ronnie says, Oh no, I don't plan on paying him back. I'll just name a room after him. Grumpy overhears them and says, I have an idea for an investment. While Sam and Maggie are trying to have brunch, Ronnie pitches his third story idea uh to Sam. Grumpy interrupts and tells Sam he has an idea for an investment. Sam tells them to bug off. He wants to focus on his girlfriend. And Maggie gets flattered and says that she is honored to be called that.

SPEAKER_04 7:03

Yep. She got all red in the cheeks and everything. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 7:09

What do you think of labels calling people boyfriend, girlfriend?

SPEAKER_04 7:13

I mean, I don't think it really matters, really. I mean, if the connection's there, I mean, unless it matters, you know what I mean? Like if you're coming into an awkward situation and some guy's hitting on your girl, you can say, Hey, what are you doing, man? That's my girlfriend. You know what I mean? Like, you can use it for intent, you know. But I think honestly, for two people who are connected in a relationship, yeah, you don't need labels.

SPEAKER_00 7:39

Yeah, I know. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 7:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:43

Let's see where they leave. Oh, word gets out that Sam is looking for something to invest in. So a crowd forms in town waiting to talk to him. Grumpy and Ronnie tell the crowd to get lost, but Sam says he will take the time and hear everyone's ideas. So Ronnie sets up a special private area in the hotel for everyone to pitch Sam their ideas. Harley tells him he wants to be an orchid farmer, and Ronnie cuts him off and kicks him out.

SPEAKER_04 8:15

Yes. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 8:17

An orchid farmer.

SPEAKER_04 8:19

Hey, that's a let me tell you, I can't even keep orchids alive. So to the fact that he can farm them and keep all different types of them alive, that's amazing.

SPEAKER_05 8:28

Oh, that's an orchid right there.

SPEAKER_04 8:29

Oh, yeah. I mean, they don't even require much, but like when I lived in Okinawa, they, you know, the temperature was just right. It's very hot, humid, whatever, and you just need a little bit of moisture for these flowers. But I can never keep them alive. I do exactly what they say on the label, and I still end up killing them.

SPEAKER_00 8:47

Oh really?

SPEAKER_04 8:48

Yeah, I don't have a green thumb, I don't think.

SPEAKER_00 8:50

Oh, wow. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 8:52

So yeah, I haven't found the secret to that yet.

SPEAKER_00 8:55

Yeah, Sam, Sam, Sam tells Ronnie, I never knew that Harley knew so much about orchids or it's true though.

SPEAKER_04 9:05

He never talked about it before.

SPEAKER_00 9:10

So hold on a minute.

SPEAKER_04 9:18

So he's gonna take a break for just a second and then um we'll come back. I'm gonna go ahead and go into the next scene. So so Hannah um is at the house or whatever she's designing um at the Lawrence Ranch, and she um goes outside and uh why it's out there in the in the barn or whatever. And so she gives him this gift of this summer coat because you know he has his long coat for the winter, and it's a nice coat, by the way. Um, but she wanted him to have something that was a little shorter and a little less hot, basically. So um she gives him this gift, and I thought it was really funny because it has the W on it for Wrangler, and I did see that. So I was like, maybe she's the one who started Wrangler. But um, he did say to her, you know, thank you for trying to juggle her career and taking care of the ranch. And so he did say he appreciated her. So I think that made her feel pretty good. So we'll wait for Chad now. He's back. I I went ahead and did uh Hannah and the designs and talked about the jacket that she gifted uh Wyatt.

SPEAKER_00 10:27

All right. Oh, okay. How far do you? How far do you?

SPEAKER_04 10:31

I just stopped right there. So if you want to do the next one, go ahead.

SPEAKER_00 10:34

Where? Where'd you stop?

SPEAKER_04 10:36

Where Lucy rides over.

SPEAKER_00 10:38

Oh no, keep going. You can keep going.

SPEAKER_04 10:40

Okay. Well then Lucy rides over and um she tells Wyatt and Hannah. Uh, she tells Wyatt and then Hannah asked her to come and she said she needs help with her designs. And so Hannah and Lucy are in the house, and she's having her try on the designs and model for these, you know, pictures or photographs. And it was really cool. She's using this old timey camera, you know, and it shows the little, you know, the the closing of the lens as she's taking the picture. I thought that was kind of cool accent there. Um, and so she just looks uncomfortable. Lucy just is not feeling it, you know. And so um she like is awkwardly posing, and then she says, Oh, try to elongate your neck. And so they have these awkward photos of her doing all this weird stuff. And then she's telling her to soften her gaze, you know, she's trying everything Hannah is to to get Lucy to look more comfortable doing this. Well, then why it goes.

SPEAKER_00 11:36

Yeah, wait, what does that mean? Soften your gaze.

SPEAKER_04 11:39

Like instead of so intense, just kind of be relaxed.

SPEAKER_00 11:43

Oh, is that what she meant?

SPEAKER_04 11:44

Oh yeah, like relax your gaze, like don't be so intent, like staring at one particular thing. Just soften your gaze, like you know, you're just looking, you're not staring, basically.

SPEAKER_00 11:54

Oh, I gotcha. Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:55

So that's what I think it means anyway.

SPEAKER_00 11:57

All right, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:58

Um, so then Wyatt comes in and he tells Lucy how good she looks. In your words, you put how hot she looks, because you know you like Lucy. Um, but she says, you know, she says, I feel like such a fool. And he says, that's because you're not in your natural environment or habitat. And she he goes, You are an outdoor cat stuck indoors. And so then Hannah gives her this idea, she's right, you know, let's take her outside. So then they go outside and um she takes Lucy outside and tells her to feed a carrot to a horse. Well, she kind of did the same thing again. She awkwardly holds the carrot up by the horse, like, you know, like not even feeding it. And so she's like, Wyatt says to her, You look like you've never fed a horse in your life. And Lucy finally relaxes, she finally pretends the camera isn't there, and then she starts to act more natural. And Hannah gets some really, really good pictures. So it just took her a little bit to warm up. So and then as they're doing that, Hannah realizes that Wyatt is standing close to her talking to her, and then realizes he's got her new jacket on. He made that she made him. And guess what? She takes another photo, and I have to say they both look good together. They do, they do, and I think Hannah she like paused for a second as she was looking at the picture and looking at them, and she realized that you know, hmm, a little jealousy maybe, but also that they make a good couple.

SPEAKER_00 13:28

Yeah, I mean, they're good, they're obviously gonna bring Wyatt and Hannah together, but I'd rather see Wyatt with Lucy.

SPEAKER_04 13:34

They have a good chemistry. I agree, Chad. I do. Yeah, I agree. Well, maybe there's somebody else in the cards for Hannah. You never know.

SPEAKER_00 13:46

Oh, oh yeah, Victoria agrees with you. So out on the street now. Sorry. Oh, yeah. Well, Jackie's here. Hey, Jackie.

SPEAKER_04 13:54

Yep, Jackie and Melissa and Victoria. Yep. I even saw Gene in there. Gene's in there too.

SPEAKER_00 14:00

Oh, yeah, I saw Gene's name pop up.

SPEAKER_04 14:02

Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you, but I had to do a shout-out real quick.

SPEAKER_00 14:04

Out on the street, Nora runs into Fletcher, they have an awkward conversation. She tells him her former assistant is going to the authorities about their boss bribing the judge. Nora tells him she wasn't involved, but he's not so sure. He doesn't say anything. He says he can't comment on an active case. And if you remember in the last episode, he asked her how she could not have known.

SPEAKER_04 14:32

Right.

SPEAKER_00 14:32

And and um Yeah, I forget what she said. Something like what?

SPEAKER_04 14:39

You really think I did that or something?

SPEAKER_00 14:42

Yeah, something like that. Then he tells Charlotte and Steve that Rufus can go back to the orphanage with them. And then we get some cute scenes coming up later with Rufus and and Charlotte.

SPEAKER_03 14:53

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 14:55

Uh so let's see. Yeah, they were a little awkward in this in this episode, but then they make up at the end.

SPEAKER_03 15:01

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 15:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:03

All right, you can you can do this next one.

SPEAKER_04 15:05

Okay, so uh Lucy's father, uh, he's having some financial difficulties. Um, he had asked Harley for a loan, and Harley said, No, I can't do that, but talk to Sam because he's looking to invest in something. And so then Tessa overhears their conversation, and I think it gives her an idea. Um, and so yeah, so she goes, and we don't really know what she does at that moment, but they kind of drop the scene there, and then you see um Lucy's dad getting going in to talk to Sam.

SPEAKER_00 15:38

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh yeah, okay, that was the hardy one. Okay, Nora tells Maggie about the awkwardness between her and Sam. Maggie tells her that she and Sam are official. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 15:58

We already knew that, but yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_00 16:00

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 16:01

That's true.

SPEAKER_00 16:02

All right. All right, go ahead, talk about the hotel.

SPEAKER_04 16:04

Okay, so then back at the hotel, um, Nora and Steve show up, and Steve pitches. So they walked up with this big pan that had all these like science, you know, things in it. Okay. So he pitches a chemistry set to Sam and he shows him how to make a volcano. And, you know, Sam pretty much says, Well, you did a great job, but unfortunately, you know, I'm like, how can you turn a child down?

SPEAKER_00 16:31

Oh, yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_04 16:32

I was shocked by that. I'm like, what? Oh my gosh, like seriously? I couldn't believe that. I was I was taken by that. I I I still don't get that. So um, but yeah, but then we see if you want me to continue. Lucy's father then asks, um, huh?

SPEAKER_00 16:50

Yeah, yeah, go ahead. Talk about Lucy's father.

SPEAKER_04 16:53

So then Lucy's father asks Sam for a loan, but Sam turns him down, and Sam says to him, he says he doesn't want to be the bank or be a bank. And so Lucy's father is disappointed and he walks out, you know.

SPEAKER_00 17:06

So yeah, now that this surprised me. Sam not only turns down the poor kid and his chemistry set, but he turns down Lucy's father, who's in financial problem trouble and needs a loan.

unknown 17:18

Right.

SPEAKER_00 17:19

Wow, that was that was pretty cold. Yeah, pretty harsh. Yeah, that was. Yeah. Oh, she thinks Lucy is going to end up with the preacher eventually. Oh, that's a plot twist. Oh, that's yeah, okay. Okay, Victoria agrees with me that Lucy and Wyatt look awesome.

SPEAKER_04 17:42

Yeah, they are, they look good together.

SPEAKER_00 17:45

So Grumpy tells Nora he needs her services, he wants to get his invention patented. Nora needs to know what his idea is, but he won't tell her. She tells him it will take four weeks to get a patent. Grumpy says, I can't wait that long. Sam's money will be gone by then. Fletcher walks in and tells Nora he will pick up Rufus later. She says, Okay, but excuse me for now because I'm with a paying client. And Grumpy says, Paying? I thought this was a free consult.

SPEAKER_04 18:22

Yeah. I'm like, man, you should have thought about that before you just jumped right in the conversation.

SPEAKER_00 18:28

Yeah. So um, what do you thought? What do you think uh Grumpy's invention is? What do you think he's he's talking about?

SPEAKER_04 18:34

I don't know. Because whatever it is, it has to be a machine. Is it the wait? Who had the bread slicer?

SPEAKER_00 18:43

Oh, that's Debbie. That's later on in the episode. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 18:46

Okay, sorry. I was thinking I couldn't remember who that one was. Okay, yeah, I have no idea what his invention would be.

SPEAKER_00 18:51

Yeah, later on in the episode, he says there's gonna be one in every house in the book field.

SPEAKER_04 18:56

Yeah, I'm thinking a refrigerator. Oh, you think maybe they already have one. Like, I don't know because I haven't I don't remember seeing what all's in their kitchen, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 19:07

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_04 19:07

So it's either maybe it's an ice maker or maybe it's a oh that's a good uh that's a good thought. But they I don't know. Because I'm trying to think back then, what did they not have at that time frame that became really big?

SPEAKER_00 19:21

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_04 19:22

A bicycle? No, they already had bicycles, didn't they? I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 19:26

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 19:27

Household, I don't know. I'm thinking a uh ice box or a fan. I don't know. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 19:34

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_04 19:35

Be interested to find out though.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

Yeah, definitely for sure. Yeah. Uh Maggie stops by the hotel and asks Sam out to dinner. Outside the hotel. Ronnie tells the crowd only one idea per person, and then Harley sneaks back in, sneaks in with samples of his orchid orchids to show Sam. All right, you can take this one over at the clinic. Go ahead.

SPEAKER_04 20:04

Sure. So then we we see the scene with uh Maggie and Fearless Fletcher, and he's getting a physical. And he says that the Mountie headquarters wants to know if he's ready to go back into the field, like to be ready to, you know, leave Brookfield. He picks Maggie's brain for some information on Nora, and he says Nora is upset with him and wants to know if Maggie knows anything. So um they do the physical or whatever, and then Maggie tells him he's perfectly healthy and she wants to know if he's being sent back out of the field, and he doesn't know for sure. He says he would like to stay in Brookfield, but he has to follow orders. And so you kind of get this idea that maybe, you know, he's he's listening to what Jim Reynolds, Mounty Jim Reynolds, is saying about he wants to get back in the line of fire, and that's what I think is happening. And he's second guessing. Um, you think so in this scene right here. So then he walks outside, um, and then Ronnie and Joe say hi to him, and he has a reflective moment and he looks over at the orphanage, thinking about how he would like to stay. So he's second guessing himself, but then he's also he knows that he has to do this physical and prove that he's ready to go for any kind of you know work.

SPEAKER_00 21:18

But we all know he ain't going anywhere.

SPEAKER_04 21:21

No, he's not, he better not.

SPEAKER_00 21:27

Okay, so this was a good scene. This is a funny scene. This next one, Ronnie stops by Debbie's bakery to buy a brownie, but instead takes her free samples that she was going to use to try to get people into her bakery. Boy, Ronnie is so tight, he refuses to spend any he is.

SPEAKER_04 21:43

He is so tight. He probably use he'd probably use bread crusts if they were on the floor. I mean, waste not what not, you know.

SPEAKER_00 21:52

Yeah, he tells her about everyone pitching ideas to Sam. She says that she has an. Idea, a machine that slices bread so people can buy pre-sliced bread. And she wants to know if he will pass that idea on to Sam. Ronnie laughs in her face and says, Huh, I can't present such a ridiculous idea to Sam. So she gets mad and she grabs her free samples and takes the tray back.

SPEAKER_04 22:20

Yes. I was like, good for her, man. You don't want to. I mean, that was so rude.

SPEAKER_00 22:26

I know. So rude. Yeah, that was that was one of my favorite scenes. The the expressions on uh the actor that plays uh Neil, Neil Crohn or whatever his name is, the actor that plays Ronnie. The expressions on his face were were hilarious in that scene.

SPEAKER_04 22:43

I know he was so disappointed she grabbed the plate back. Oh man.

SPEAKER_00 22:50

All right, you got you can do this next one.

SPEAKER_04 22:53

So the next thing we saw, we see Tess and she finds Sam sitting outside. It's kind of around the side of the building, and he's sitting there eating a cookie, and um he's kind of just kind of sitting there reflecting and moping, and she says, Hey, I might have an investment for you. And he's like, Oh yeah. And and he and so um she then goes and finds Lucy's father and tells him, uh, I might have an answer. She you don't see what they talk about, her and Sam, but they like the scene ends, and then it shows her going to talk to Lucy's father, and she says, I might have an answer to your financial problems. And so he kind of like perks up because he's like, Really? You know, you do?

SPEAKER_00 23:32

Mm-hmm. Yeah, we find out later what happened. Over at the orphanage, Charlotte has taught Rufus how to find things for her. She drops a doll on the ground and Rufus picks it up and carries it back to her. Then Rufus helps her walk up the front steps. Now, as soon as I saw this scene, I thought Rufus needs to become Charlotte's seeing eye dog, right?

SPEAKER_04 23:59

Yes. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 24:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 24:02

I think so too. Or they're gonna have to find her one, one of the two.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Oh, oh yeah, oh, okay.

SPEAKER_04 24:10

Maybe Rufus has a brother or a sister that you know needs a home.

SPEAKER_00 24:14

Uh-huh. Okay. You know. All right.

SPEAKER_04 24:16

Or maybe Rufus has to retire. I don't know how old Rufus is. So, you know, it's I I think they introduced that for a reason, and I think that that is really cool. Like they're bringing in a C and I dog or a um um you know, a service animal to help to help her.

SPEAKER_00 24:34

Yeah. Yeah. We'll we'll see what so we'll see what happens there.

SPEAKER_04 24:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:40

All right, go ahead. You can do this next one.

SPEAKER_04 24:42

So the next scene we see Ronnie, and he finds Tess and he pitches the idea to her about a third story to the hotel. And Tess says, You should take it up with your new partner or with your partner. And he goes, That's what I'm doing. And she's like, Oh no, no, with your new partner. And he's like, She goes, I sold my half of the hotel to Sam. So he's like, What? You know, he's all shocked. And so he runs to Sam and Sam's like, I'm not listening to any more pitches. And Ronnie's like, Great, let's get to work on planning a new third story. And Sam's like, No, can do. I'm not investing money into that, into the hotel. I'm gonna be helping you run. And he says, you know, because I'll be helping you run the hotel and make improvements, and Ronnie is thrilled, very thrilled. You can just see it on his face.

SPEAKER_00 25:29

Yeah, we we gotta chat about this. You remember when Sam struck it rich and he was looking for things to invest in. This was last season, right? And so he was going around town doing these odd jobs, trying to figure out something he'd be good at. Remember, he worked at Tessa's farm and found out that he was allergic to hay because he was thinking about buying a farm, investing in a farm. That he's well, I guess farming's not for me. Well, one of the things he did, he worked at at the hotel, and he said front desk. Yeah, and he decided that working at a hotel wasn't for him, and he wasn't gonna invest in a hotel. Nope. So I'm like, what's going on here? Did the writers like forget about what they wrote last season or what?

SPEAKER_04 26:11

I don't know. And maybe it's because he already had a partner, maybe he wasn't offered to have half the business. Maybe he was just offered to make improvements versus having a piece of the hotel. Maybe that's the difference. I don't know. I thought the same thing, though.

SPEAKER_00 26:24

Yeah, I didn't get it because he already tried the hotel and it didn't work out for him.

SPEAKER_04 26:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:29

But now you don't know either from the hotel. Yeah, I didn't I didn't quite get that.

SPEAKER_04 26:34

Yeah, I didn't either. I just wonder what he's gonna do, like what his role's gonna be.

SPEAKER_00 26:38

Uh-huh. Oh, I'm sure he's gonna drive Ronnie crazy.

SPEAKER_04 26:42

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 26:43

Yeah, that that that's gonna be his role.

SPEAKER_04 26:46

Yeah, that's true. Yeah, Melissa, Ronnie is a tightwad.

SPEAKER_00 26:52

Oh, yeah. Oh yeah, for sure. All right, you can finish out this uh this so after that.

SPEAKER_04 27:00

Um Sam tells Maggie that he bought half the hotel and that he's gonna be partners with Ronnie, and he says how lucky he is to have her in his life.

SPEAKER_00 27:11

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_04 27:13

Yeah, that's all I see.

SPEAKER_00 27:14

Was that all about Maggie says I'm lucky, I'm the lucky one, Maggie says. Gotcha.

SPEAKER_04 27:20

I can't see.

SPEAKER_00 27:21

Well, over at the bakery, Debbie is frustrated that no one is staying to eat or her pastries. They are just purchasing them and running out like they did when she was set up on the street. Joe and Maggie look in the window and see Debbie sulking because no one is there. So they get an idea, but they don't they don't show them. You know, somehow they get everybody. Yeah, somehow near the end, the bakery is packed with full of people, but they don't show how Maggie and Joe got the people there, you know.

SPEAKER_04 27:58

I don't know how no, it was just them two looking at each other, and I I knew what they were doing. I knew it was gonna happen.

SPEAKER_00 28:04

Yeah, somehow they got everyone to go to the bakery. I don't know how. He's there, he wants to know what Grumpy's invention is, and that's uh uh when Grumpy says he's not telling, but one day there will be a newsome, he calls it. A newsome in every home in Brookfield and maybe throughout the world. So I'm curious to know what this invention is because it's gotta be something that's common that we use today.

SPEAKER_04 28:34

That's what I mean. It's gotta be something that was invented back then.

SPEAKER_00 28:37

Yeah, they're gonna they're gonna give Grumpy credit at inventing something that we use today. Just like you don't you don't watch um when calls the heart. Um but one of their characters, Ned, I think his name is, um, he invented the band-aid. And so they Oh wow. That's cool. They gave his character credit for inventing the band-aid.

SPEAKER_02 29:01

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 29:03

So I think that's where that might be what they're gonna do with with uh with this guy.

SPEAKER_04 29:09

It's gotta be something like a it's gotta be like a mixer or something. I don't know. It's gotta be something that you know definitely benefited, you know.

SPEAKER_00 29:18

Something that everyone uses. It's gotta be a common household item.

SPEAKER_04 29:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:24

Well, that's gonna be our that's gonna have to be our uh challenge, Chad, for our next episode is did we figure out what we think it might be?

SPEAKER_00 29:32

Oh, oh, that's a good idea. Oh, we could write down challenge accepted. All right. Well, you're gonna see the next episode at nine o'clock, so I know.

SPEAKER_04 29:48

I'll know before you.

SPEAKER_00 29:50

I'll try. Well, I'm what what year do you think this show takes place in? When calls the heart takes place in 1920?

SPEAKER_04 30:00

No, not 1920s. I'm gonna say 1901, maybe. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 30:05

Because it's a spin-off of When Calls the Heart, and that show takes place well when when it started, I think it was around 1910 or something like that, 1908 or something like that.

SPEAKER_04 30:17

I think it was like 1920s, but I could be wrong.

SPEAKER_00 30:20

Now they're in the 20s, when calls the heart. So I don't know when this show. I'm guessing it takes place the same time period, maybe.

SPEAKER_04 30:28

Yeah, because remember Lori Laughlin came in, so it has to.

SPEAKER_00 30:32

Oh, yeah, that's right. That's right. She left Oak Valley, that's right, and came to town. That's right. So it's got to be in the same time, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:39

The same era. Yeah. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:42

So I wonder. Yeah, we gotta figure that out. I wonder what things what things were invented.

SPEAKER_04 30:48

Look at you. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 30:49

What I'm gonna look this up. Hold on.

SPEAKER_04 30:52

I know you are. I was waiting for it.

SPEAKER_00 30:54

Invented in 1915. Here we go. Let's see, let's see what happens. All right, 1915. Major inventions and products introduced. Electric automobile starter, uh, Pyrex glass, neon lighting tubes, maybelline mascara.

SPEAKER_04 31:15

That's it, no, I'm just kidding.

SPEAKER_00 31:16

And the trench coat.

SPEAKER_04 31:19

Go to 1920.

SPEAKER_00 31:21

Want me to go to 1920?

SPEAKER_04 31:23

Yeah, do 1920s, because I think that's the era they're in right now.

SPEAKER_00 31:27

So all right, let's see. 1920. Inventions focused on household conveniences. Okay, there you go. Entertainment and health, including the pop-up toaster. Oh, there's an idea. Pop-up toaster, the vacuum cleaner.

SPEAKER_04 31:46

I bet that's it, right there.

SPEAKER_00 31:48

Uh, the television and sliced bread. Okay, they mentioned sliced bread in this episode.

SPEAKER_04 31:54

Interesting.

SPEAKER_00 31:55

Yeah. So those are ideas. It could be a toaster, it could be a vacuum cleaner.

SPEAKER_04 32:00

I bet it's a vacuum cleaner. What's that vacuum cleaner? The Kirby.

SPEAKER_00 32:04

What was it?

SPEAKER_04 32:06

When was it which when was it invented?

SPEAKER_00 32:09

Kirby. Um, oh yeah, here it mentions the band-aid, 1920. That was on the other show. Yeah, okay. Ah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 32:22

What's a famous vacuum cleaner? The real old ones, remember?

SPEAKER_00 32:28

The real old ones?

SPEAKER_03 32:29

Yeah, there was the one day.

SPEAKER_00 32:32

There's Hoover and Kirby.

SPEAKER_04 32:34

It's Kirby and Hoover. I bet it's I'm saying Kirby, but I bet it's the Hoover.

SPEAKER_00 32:40

But he's gonna call it the Newsome.

SPEAKER_01 32:44

Well, I mean, he's gonna change it. He's gonna change it.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

I bet it's a vacuum cleaner. I bet you're right.

SPEAKER_01 32:49

Yeah. Yep, I think so too.

SPEAKER_00 32:52

All right. You heard it here, folks. That's our that's our guess. That's right.

SPEAKER_03 32:56

We guessed it.

SPEAKER_00 33:00

All right, let's see. Oh, you finish up the story about Lucy and Tess and her father.

SPEAKER_04 33:05

I don't think I have that one.

SPEAKER_00 33:07

You got it. It's labeled number 18. Scene 18.

SPEAKER_04 33:10

I don't have that one.

SPEAKER_00 33:12

I sent it to you.

SPEAKER_04 33:13

Hang on, let me see. Let me look again.

SPEAKER_00 33:15

I sent them all to you.

SPEAKER_04 33:17

Hang on.

SPEAKER_00 33:17

Should be on the last slide.

SPEAKER_04 33:22

Okay. Oh, we do. Okay. So let's see here. Lucy thanks Tess for helping out her father. Um, and Tess is uncomfortable with thank yous, as we all know, or any kind of you know, positive thing sometimes. Um, but she says here in Berkfield, us ranchers watch out for each other. And so she was obliged to do it for him, which is kind of surprising because wasn't he like at her in the very beginning of the whole series, like in this uh second season?

SPEAKER_00 33:54

Yeah, with Tess.

SPEAKER_04 33:55

Weren't they going at it at one point for some reason?

SPEAKER_00 33:58

Um I'm trying to think what happened with them.

SPEAKER_04 34:01

Yeah, there was something, and he was coming out.

SPEAKER_00 34:03

Tess wanted him to do something, and he wouldn't do it. What was what was going on there?

SPEAKER_04 34:10

I know it was something, but I I just remembered that, and I was like, Well, that's really nice, you know.

SPEAKER_00 34:15

She wanted to organize a ranchers meeting because something was something to do with cattle. I forget what the storyline was. It had something to do with cattle, um, but yeah, he didn't want to help her or something. I remember she wanted to buy more cattle or sell cattle or something. I forget what it was, and he wasn't interested, or something like that.

SPEAKER_04 34:34

Yeah, yeah. So yeah, but she she comes around and she uh wants to help him, so that was really nice.

SPEAKER_00 34:41

Then the episode ends over at the orphanage. Michael surprises Nora with snickerdoodles because she mentioned earlier in the episode that was her favorite cookie. He apologizes for thinking the worst of her when he heard about her bribery scandal. He says he is not good at trusting people, but he is trying. And then they share a hand-holding moment as the episode ends. So, yeah, so they made up at the end there. And this I gotta ask you about this. While this scene's going on, Steve interrupts them and tells Nora that Eleanor says dinner is ready. No, I thought Eleanor left. I thought she left town. I I must be remembering that wrong.

SPEAKER_04 35:28

I thought Eleanor was just there to help her initially.

SPEAKER_00 35:32

Yeah, that's what I thought.

SPEAKER_04 35:33

I thought because the girl's name that stayed in was Jenny slash Dolores.

SPEAKER_03 35:39

But Jenny, but didn't she go somewhere though?

SPEAKER_00 35:42

We still haven't seen her. No, she was still around.

SPEAKER_04 35:45

Was she still there? I don't know why, but I was thinking she was.

SPEAKER_00 35:47

She was doing the fireworks with Ronnie at the hotel for Sam's.

SPEAKER_04 35:50

Yeah, and she made the cake or whatever. Yeah, I do remember.

SPEAKER_00 35:54

Yeah, so she must be off the show because we don't even there's no mention of her.

SPEAKER_04 35:58

Yeah, there really isn't, is it?

SPEAKER_00 35:59

Yeah. And I thought remember when remember when some that strange woman came to town and was helping out. She was gonna help with the orphan temporarily. She came to town because Eleanor left, but I must be remembering it wrong. That might must not be what happened.

SPEAKER_04 36:16

I don't know. I thought Eleanor was leaving, and that's why Jenny was staying.

SPEAKER_00 36:20

I guess Eleanor's still around. I guess, yeah, I guess she never left. We just don't see her anymore.

SPEAKER_01 36:25

Yeah, we just don't see her.

SPEAKER_00 36:28

Because I do remember a scene where Jenny slash Dolores was helping Eleanor in the kitchen. I do remember that scene. Remember?

SPEAKER_03 36:36

They were cooking together, yes.

SPEAKER_00 36:37

Yeah. So they were setting the table or whatever. So I guess Eleanor didn't leave. So this I thought this was a really fun episode.

SPEAKER_04 36:48

I did too. I thought it was really good.

SPEAKER_00 36:50

Yeah, I did.

SPEAKER_04 36:51

It was over real quick, and usually when that happens, it's because you really enjoyed it, you know.

SPEAKER_05 36:56

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_04 36:56

Like it all flowed together nicely. It had a different kind of feel to it, you know. Got to see a new bakery and then got to hear all their ideas and see some beautiful orchids. And yeah, we forgot to mention the one scene when Sam comes into Maggie's office and he surprises her and he puts all the orchids on her um, like her, I don't know what you would call that, her bar area or whatever. And they were all different colors, and they were all really pretty. Those were that was a really pretty scene. I like that. I thought that was very special.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

He said he got them from from Harley.

SPEAKER_04 37:28

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 37:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 37:30

He's like, yeah, he really knows his orchids.

SPEAKER_00 37:34

Yeah, this was a really fun uh episode. There were a lot of funny scenes, entertaining. The the scenes with Debbie's bakery and the scenes with Sam and all his investing people pitching their investment ideas to him. Uh what else? I thought the Rufus and Charlotte scenes were were were were touching.

unknown 37:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:54

And of course the scenes with Lucy's father and showing uh Tess showing her her nice side.

SPEAKER_04 38:00

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 38:01

And what I really liked is all the the designing scenes with Hannah because we got to see a lot of Lucy wearing some fancy dresses. I know.

SPEAKER_04 38:10

I was like, oh, I know Chad's eating this up right now. He is loving these scenes. They were really nice pictures, though, I have to say, when they would take the candid shots, and the ones before that were so funny. I mean, I was like, it was almost it was almost looked painful to even try to make that pose that Lucy was doing. And I was like, man, I wish I could ask her, like, you know, was it uncomfortable to me even try to do those poses?

SPEAKER_00 38:35

Yeah, that one she was shaking her neck out.

SPEAKER_04 38:37

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 38:38

Right. How's this? You know, it was good though. It was fairly good.

SPEAKER_00 38:45

Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. Yeah, so that wraps up uh the second episode. You're gonna see the next episode, like in 35 minutes here.

SPEAKER_04 38:56

Yes, I am.

SPEAKER_00 38:57

What are your uh what's that?

SPEAKER_04 39:00

No, I said, so did you bring your mystery item?

SPEAKER_00 39:03

Oh, I was gonna ask you, what do you think you're gonna see in the next episode?

SPEAKER_04 39:08

Um, I don't know. I'm hoping Trevor and Jillian are in it, but I'm not sure if they are.

SPEAKER_00 39:15

Oh yeah, yeah. Well, there wasn't there a post on X or something that Trevor was in this next episode.

SPEAKER_04 39:22

I don't remember.

SPEAKER_00 39:23

I thought, no? I don't remember. I thought somebody posted something.

SPEAKER_04 39:28

They may have, but I can't remember if they said Jillian was in it too. I can't remember because I don't know what I no, you're right. There was a post saying that he would be in this episode in episode three, yes.

SPEAKER_00 39:38

Yeah, I think I think so.

SPEAKER_04 39:39

But I don't remember the context of it of what who and what's actually in that scene with him.

SPEAKER_00 39:44

So yeah. I think we're gonna see the preacher in this next episode, I predict. I think he's gonna come back to town and start getting settled in.

SPEAKER_04 39:56

Mm-hmm. See if he brings another book for Nora.

SPEAKER_00 40:01

I think he and Nora might have some good scenes, I think.

SPEAKER_04 40:04

I don't know. I'm I don't know. I'm getting a little nervous. I know that uh fearless Fletcher is you know feeling that way he is about her, but then I'm like, what kind of vibe are they giving us with the preacher? I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 40:19

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_04 40:20

So I'd be interested to see.

SPEAKER_00 40:25

Oh, I was reading some of Victoria's comments. She was talking about inventions. She said on When Calls the Heart, they got a telephone, they got a car. Yeah, I remember all that. They got traffic light, traffic light, uh-huh. And they got a refrigerator. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 40:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 40:43

Alright.

SPEAKER_04 40:45

She thinks it's a Hoover, too.

SPEAKER_00 40:49

Yeah. All right. So mystery items, I gotta confess, I completely forgot to bring one. I totally forgot about it.

SPEAKER_04 40:58

Okay, well, I might be able to uh accommodate you tonight.

SPEAKER_00 41:02

All right.

SPEAKER_04 41:03

Because I brought two, so you want to try to guess what they are? Yeah. I always bring a backup, Chad. Come on now.

SPEAKER_00 41:10

See, I can't even remember what happened in the what the item. The only thing I remember was an orchid, a chemistry set, and baked goods, snickerdoodles. That's like all I can remember. I don't know. You didn't bring anyway. All right, you want to try to guess mine? This is you always bring something I'm never gonna guess, so I gotta think what what would it be.

SPEAKER_04 41:31

Think hard, Chad. Think hard.

SPEAKER_00 41:33

Think hard, think hard. Uh a camera? No.

unknown 41:40

No.

SPEAKER_00 41:41

Alright, I don't know. I don't know what. What? It's a game. The Goonies game. Wait, who can't be gonna be gonna do that?

SPEAKER_04 41:49

Don't you remember? In in the bit Debbie's bakery, she you can play games. Remember they showed all the little games that were on the table and she moved them over to the Oh, did they show games on the Yes? So I had to work on Goonies games.

SPEAKER_00 42:03

I remember her saying you could have bake pastries and play games. I do remember that.

SPEAKER_03 42:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 42:09

Oh, cat, that's a good guess. A carrot. I could have brought it up. Oh, that is a good one too.

SPEAKER_04 42:14

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 42:15

I should have that would have been really good.

SPEAKER_04 42:16

I didn't have any cares, so that was not gonna happen. All right, so you want to make another guess? This is for this is this one is kind of not the same, but kind of. But I and I'll tell about it too.

SPEAKER_00 42:28

All right, wait a minute. Let me think, let me take a guess. Kind of like a game, but not really sort of sort of.

SPEAKER_04 42:33

No, it's not a game.

SPEAKER_00 42:35

It's not a game.

SPEAKER_04 42:36

No. Think about what all happened in the show.

SPEAKER_00 42:44

What character does does it involve? Give me a clue.

SPEAKER_04 42:47

Nora.

SPEAKER_00 42:49

Nora. Nora. What was in the what didn't items did Nora have? Oh, she had the snickerdoodles at the end. What? Alright. I don't know. I I give up. I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 43:05

So it's not exactly the same, but it is a frame type picture.

SPEAKER_00 43:10

Oh, a picture that she gave Debbie, right?

SPEAKER_04 43:13

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 43:14

Yes. Oh, okay. Oh, that's another item.

SPEAKER_04 43:20

Oh, Tracy made that? What's it say?

SPEAKER_00 43:22

It's backwards. I can't read it.

SPEAKER_04 43:23

It says friends are the sisters we choose.

SPEAKER_00 43:26

Oh, friends. Oh, that's nice.

SPEAKER_04 43:28

Yeah. So that's my other item I bring.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

Oh, the other item I just thought up was an apron because they brought it up. Oh, yes. Yes. Yep. Yeah, I didn't even think of that. Oh, man.

SPEAKER_04 43:39

Yeah. Well, you know what, Chad? Next time, let me worry about the mystery gifts and you worry about the title.

SPEAKER_00 43:49

No, I gotta remember those mystery items. I completely forgot all about it this time. All right.

SPEAKER_04 43:56

So I got you, Chad.

SPEAKER_00 43:58

That wraps up next episode. Premieres is say Wednesday tomorrow on Pure Flix. Yep. Yep. Sunday on Great American Family. And if you log on to YouTube or if you're a member of Great American Pure Flix Premium, you can watch the episode uh tonight at nine o'clock. I think anyone can watch it on YouTube. I think.

SPEAKER_05 44:19

I think so. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 44:20

I'm not sure, but I think so. All right. Until uh next week.

SPEAKER_04 44:26

All right. Hey, been a pleasure.

SPEAKER_00 44:30

Till next time. You keep the faith, keep smiling, keep your friends close, and keep your great American family closer.

SPEAKER_03 44:37

Bye. See you online soon.