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Who Is Wanda Cannon? 6 Facts About the Val Stanton Actor on Heartland

Wanda Cannon is the actress who plays Val Stanton, the mother of Ashley and Jesse Stanton, in Heartland. Her character is a tough woman who is easy not to like but adds some necessary drama and animosity to the show. It is also the hallmark of a great actress to play a character that is unlikeable like Val is– and to do it well!

She was born in Kitchener, Ontario, and mainly grew up in Saskatchewan. She then lived in Toronto for many years before moving to her current home in Vancouver. Wanda was born in February 1960 and is a Pisces. Read on for some more facts about her!

Also Read – Who is Kerry James?

Wanda Cannon Started Out as a Musical Theater Actress

Wanda Cannon actually got her start in the acting world by working in musical theatre. She acted in live theatre and then was able to transition into television and then onto film, too. She still takes part in theatre by directing and acting in theatre plays, alongside her television and movie roles.

On the Heartland Q and A blog, Wanda has said that her acting on screen was a gradual development that happened over the years, after she was beginning to become more well known in the live musical theatre world.

Wanda Cannon’s Biggest TV and Movie Roles

Of course, we know Wanda from her role as Val Stanton on Heartland, but she has many other credits to her name, too! One of her most prominent roles was as Betsy in For the Moment, which was a romantic war drama. The role won her a Genie Award nomination in 1994 for Best Supporting Actress.

She also acted in several Hallmark movies, including Angel of Christmas, Christmas List, and Love In Winterland. She was a regular on the Canadian TV show My Secret Identity from 1988-1991 and played Katherine Weir in The 6th Day, as well as Caroline Monroe in The Final Cut. The 6th Day and The Final Cut, along with For the Moment, as mentioned above, are some of her biggest and most well-known roles to date.

Further Reading – Who is Ziya Matheson?

Wanda Cannon and Cindy Busby are Close Friends

Cindty Busby is the actress who plays Ashley, Val Stanton’s spoiled daughter, on Heartland. Therefore, Wanda and Condy would have many scenes together and spend a lot of time around each other on set. This has led to a strong friendship between the two actresses, built on shared laughs, collaboration, and time spent together!

Besides Cindy, Wanda has gushed about the rest of the Heartland cast, too, saying that the amazing team makes it fun to come to work every day and put on the show. Being on set was what finally got Wanda to learn to ride horses, too, even though she grew up on a farm!

“Val has many sides”

Wanda does seem to have a soft spot for her character Val Stanton on Heartland. Though the character comes across as harsh and abrasive, Wanda says that there is more to meet the eye– and the character shouldn’t be judged too harshly by viewers. After all, the character can be kind and gentle, too, at certain points. She is not only the willful, intense mother that will manipulate people to get what she wants– which is how she typically appears when she is on the screen!

Wanda does her best to portray Val as a three-dimensional character and show her side of the story, too. She does always keep Val’s edginess, though, because, without it, Val would lose her strength.

What Happened to Val Stanton on Heartland?

Val actually disappears for a bit on Heartland. She is gone after Season 4 and does not return until Season 7. In Season 7, viewers learn that Val began living in Florida after Ashley left to go to college. She disappears again until Season 11, where she resurfaces to get involved with Georgie’s showjumping career.

Val wants help fixing Flame, her expensive jumping horse, in Season 11, and asks Amy to help her. Georgie assists Amy with this, and she and Flame forge a strong bond. Once Val sees how well Georgie jumps with Flame, she invites Georgie to compete with the horse. However, she ends up pressuring Georgie to choose between showjumping with Flame and trick riding with Phoenix, and of course, Georgie chooses to stick with Phoenix. She was pressuring Georgie about doing that because she felt like she wasn’t seeing results fast enough, and she wanted results quickly! Val blamed Amy’s abilities for this lack of progress.

Unfortunately, this is the last we see of Val. It would be great to see her return to the show, at least to give us and the other viewers closure and to wrap up her storyline a bit better! It can be assumed that her character is back in Florida, but it would be even better to know for sure where she is and what she is doing.

5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Wanda Cannon

Here are some additional fun facts about Wanda Cannon.

She loves to scuba dive.

If she wasn’t an actress, Wanda would have worked with marine animals.

She loves to cook, work out, and host her friends at home.

Her favourite actress is Gena Rowlands.

Cindy Busby used to call Wanda Cannon her West Coast mom.

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jordm · 6 years

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Heartland 11x11 - Somewhere in Between review

I really really enjoyed this episode. It felt like such a sharp departure from last episode; where the drama was more low-key but also felt more realistic and home-based, which is why most of us fell in love with the show. From Chris Potter (Tim’s) struggle, which many of us can relate too, even if not on an illness level to seeing Ty/Amy get back to basics/work; it was just a feel good hit ya in the spot episode. More of this please!

^ also how cute is Buddy and Lisa’s horse in this picture!

Katie is in Vancouver with Peter and this makes me happy for many reasons, but mostly because she’s with fam and Peter stepping up and being the parent since Lou is kinda... gone. And also because maybe they finally realized it can’t hurt to mention where people are so we know they’re alive?

Speaking of mentions, Cass is finally taking a long due vacation with Caleb and is making Ty pay back dividends by babysitting the troublemaker Jasper.

Also, there’s a snow appearance (but no Lou!)

TIM

When Casey goes to Jack to talk to him about Tim, I can’t help but feel bad. She’s in the dark, for what Tim thinks is a good intention on his part, and knows in her gut that it’s something deeper than “I don’t love you anymore.” To that end, Jack is also worried about Tim also hearing about how he broke up with Casey and it’s a testament to how far their relationship has come since season one.

Anyways, Tim still doesn’t want to tell anyone and Jack disagrees. He hates keeping secrets and frankly I’m just surprised he didn’t tell anyone yet. I understand both Tim and Jack’s POV; with Tim not wanting to burden anyone and not wanting to be more “real”, with Jack thinking about how Tim needs more support than just him.

One of my favourite parts about this storyline is all the Marion flashbacks and memories. Tim babysitting Lyndy and telling her a fairytale about “Princess Marion” and the no-so prince “Prince Tim” was adorable and really demonstrated how much he loved his daughters (even if he really only sees one of them).

“She would have loved you so much” - Tim about Marion loving Lyndy

When Casey demands that Tim tell her the truth about the real reason why they broke up, he tells her he doesn’t love her anymore. Luckily, Casey can see through the truth, and calls him a coward, probably not suspecting the actual real reason in anyway. Eventually though, he tells Casey the actual real real reason (I’ve said real way to many times in this paragraph); that his biggest regret was not letting Marion in and being honest with her- the result being she left him to help herself when he was going through his addiction, and that this is his way of giving him a way out. But Casey, god bless her heart, isn’t going anywhere and I’m really glad he can now add Casey to his support system.

Tim later visits Marion’s grave (this is probably what inspires that Marion memorial ride thing) and one can only hope through his little epiphany he’s finally starting to get past his regrets from the past and will finally tell his family (which I suspect he might based on spoilers).

To close this ridiculously long section, I enjoyed Tim’s character development here. It happened over 3-4ish episodes and that was a refreshing change as opposed to other storylines. I hope now that his character doesn’t regress and continues to move forward.

JACK & LISA

LISA IS BACK GUYS! Lisa is back. And she’s working with Val on the hunt ride thing, which is an odd pairing, especially since they weren’t aruging... too much.

I really enjoyed Tim’s advice to just go with Lisa on the hunt thing because it means something to her. It spoke to his situation; he realized that time is precious and he/we should be treasuring every moment we have with our loved ones.

Jack adorably asks Amy to help him ride English and dons the outfit, surprising Lisa. A happy Lisa makes me happy; especially when Lisa realizes she’s been focusing too much on what’s happening with Val and Dan and hasn’t noticed Jack being miserable (or maybe it’s because of the snow?). More Jisa adventures please?

AMY & TY

It was refreshing to see Amy have a nightmare about Mongolia. Great acting on Amber’s part, and I only hope that this nightmare shows them that they can’t do this running off business again.

“Don’t leave me” - Amy to Ty (when ironically, she was the one who told Ty to go to Mongolia)

Amy’s client today is Oliver, a retired racer who has issues with trail rides and whose owner wants to re home Oliver, so Amy enrolls Oliver in the hunt since their may be potential buyers. I liked how Amy seemed to mildly distressed when the owner arrived early and she couldn’t spend more time with her family, as well as how she initially struggled (even if I wish she struggled a little more) to figure out what was wrong. Even though it seemed like a quick fix, it was nice to see her struggle to contain Oliver when Dan was talking.

Lastly, the scene of Ty and Amy running around the house getting ready to leave for work and getting Tim acquainted with everything, and then Amy pulling back for a second kiss was nice. It felt natural, as did the last scene; although as I said previously in another post, I feel like Lyndy twins might assist with that!

“Well look on the bright side she’s never gonna ask us to dog sit again”

GEORGIE

Val isn’t happy she got third. And because Val isn’t happy, Georgie can’t be even though everyone else is thrilled. Can’t Val just be happy for once? When Val tracks down Amy at the hunt, Amy assures her that Georgie really wants to win the fall finale, so Val says she’s going to come watch a practice. Yeah, that’ll go well.

Anyways, I have a suspect feeling that somehow Dylan (of whom Val offered to be a new rider should she continue to be impressed with Georgie), despite his insistence that his season will be over if Arrow is lame, will ride Flame in the fall finale, as we Georgie ride Phoenix in the fan extra day (oops spoiler?). And we saw Georgie jump Phoenix no problem this episode.

But that’s just worry because Wyatt is back. He has since ended things with the girl back in Calgary, a little too late but whatever. Georgie is “over it” but doesn’t want things to back to how they used to be. That is, least until the end of the episode when she realizes Wyatt had good intentions when warning her about Dylan, even if he currently had no intention of saying yes.

I feel kinda bad for Wyatt, but I applaud Georgie for not going straight back into a relationship, rather friends. She needs more friends.

And Dylan tells Georgie to take some time off and have some fun is good advice but I don’t know if Val would approve of this advice.

VAL

I just think Dan and Val are an odd pairing and I want to see more of this and less of Val being hard on Georgie. She doesn’t even have her mother here for petes sake!

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE

Call Me Again - Evan Olson

Grace - Rose Cousins

#heartland #11x11 #review #somewhere in between

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heartlandians · 6 years

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Regarding Georgie: 1. I agree with whoever said it, I’m glad she Wyatt are friends again, but didn’t just jump back into being a couple. 2. I was nervous about the Val/Dylan thing and Wyatt telling Georgie. I could see it blowing up with Georgie overreacting or I could see Dylan actually being the bad guy and Georgie getting hurt more. It was a relief that she just confronted him and he didn’t get upset and it sounds like he has no intention of taking Flame from Georgie (Although that probably IS what Val is hoping for). It was just the right amount of drama and got Georgie and Wyatt talking again. Of course, Dylan could still turn out to be the “bad guy”, but he’s not yet. Submitted by: heartlandmusings

#replies #submission

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londontheatre · 6 years

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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanking massacre, as well as the first production at the Finborough Theatre building in its 150th anniversary year, the European premiere of Into the Numbers by multi-award-winning American playwright Christopher Chen opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 2 January 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday 4 and Friday 5 January 2018 at 7.30pm).

In December 1937, in Nanking, then capital of China, occurred one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century – the rape, torture and murder of 300,000 Chinese civilians and the systematic mass execution of soldiers by the Japanese army.

In 2004, Iris Chang, famed author of The Rape of Nanking, a chronicle of the massacre that brought it back into public consciousness, committed suicide at the age of 36. What begins as a standard lecture and interview with the celebrated author, soon descends into a surreal nightmare. As ghosts from her research appear, she tries desperately to find order in the midst of mental chaos.

Into the Numbers by the Obie Award and Dramatist Guild’s Lanford Wilson Award-winning playwright Christopher Chen, is a thrillingly innovative theatrical exploration of the philosophical and psychological implications of researching genocide, as well as the toll media saturation plays in the process.

Director Georgie Staight returns to the Finborough Theatre after her four-star (The Daily Telegraph) sell-out production of Carmen Nasr’s new play Dubailand.

Playwright Christopher Chen work includes Caught (La MaMa Theater, New York City, and Volta Festival at Arcola Theatre), Home Invasion (Site Specific with The Flight Deck, California), The Hundred Flowers Project (Crowded Fire Theatre, San Francisco), The Late Wedding (Hub Theatre, San Francisco), Mutt (La Val’s Subterranean), Passage (Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia), The Window Age (Central Works, Berkeley) and You Mean to Do Me Harm (San Francisco Playhouse). His honours include the 2017 Obie Award for Playwriting for Caught; the 2017 Dramatist Guild Lanford Wilson Award; 2017 Drama League Nomination for Outstanding Production for Caught; the 2015-2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Fellowship for Theater; the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award through which he was the 2013-2014 Playwright-in-Residence at the Vineyard Theatre New York; the Barrymore Award; PHINDIE Critics Award; the Glickman Award; the Rella Lossy Playwriting Award; shortlist for the James Tait Black Award; nomination for the Steinberg Award; second place in the Belarus Free Theater International Competition of Modern Dramaturgy; a MAP Fund Grant; a Ford Foundation Emerging Writer of Color Grant; and a finalist for the PONY and Jerome Fellowships. His current commissions include American Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre, LCT3, Manhattan Theatre Club, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Playwrights Horizons. His work has been published by American Theatre Magazine, Dramatists Play Service, Theatre Bay Area and Theater Magazine Yale.

Director Georgie Staight returns to the Finborough Theatre after her sell-out run of Dubailand, nominated for an OffWestEnd Award. Direction includes Roosting (Park Theatre), White Light (Arcola Theatre as part of PlayWROUGHT), Flood (Tristan Bates Theatre), Safe (Jermyn Street Theatre), Dreamless Sleep (Arts Theatre and The Bunker) and Next of Kin (Bristol Old Vic Studio). She is also a playwright and has had her writing produced at Theatre503, The Bunker, Arcola Theatre, Arts Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. Writing includes the adaptation and world premiere of Deborah Levy’s Billy and Girl (Karamel Theatre), Let There Be Light (reading at Chichester Festival Theatre) and Dreamless Sleep (The Bunker). Assistant Direction includes Our Town (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) and Legally Blonde: The Musical (Bernie Grant Arts Centre). Georgie trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and is Joint Artistic Director at Flux Theatre.

The cast is: Elizabeth Chan | Iris Chang Theatre includes B!rth (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), The Sugar-Coated Bullets of Bourgeoisie (HighTide Festival), The Odyssey (Almeida Theatre), Caught, Hamlet is Dead (Arcola Theatre), Light Shinning in Buckinghamshire (National Theatre), Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse), Chimerica (Almeida Theatre, Headlong Theatre and West End), The Wheel (National Theatre of Scotland), Greenland (National Theatre), Don’t Shoot the Clowns (Fuel Theatre), An Argument About Sex (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh) and Cinderella (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith).

Television includes Coronation Street, Motherland, Carters Get Rich, The Last Dragonslayer, Last Tango in Halifax, Cucumber, Holby City, Black Mirror – The Entire History of You, Spirit Warriors and Silent Witness.

Timothy Knightly | Brett Douglas / Interviewer / Doctor Productions at the Finborough Theatre include The Heaven. Theatre includes The Distance (Sheffield Theatres and Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond), Romeo and Juliet (The Tobacco Factory, Bristol and Tour), The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond), Natural Affection (Jermyn Street Theatre), The Ashes (Nottingham Playhouse), Lady Windemere’s Fan (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), Ruben Guthrie (Wimbledon Studio Theatre), The Amazing Vacetti Sisters (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Water Engine (Old Vic Tunnels), Leon and the Place Between (Unicorn Theatre) and Absolution (Theatre503) . Film includes The Inbetweeners, The Birthday, The World Turns and Lucky. Television includes The Evermoor Chronicles, Not Going Out and All Saints.

Jennifer Lim | Nanking Relative / Victim / Ensemble Productions at the Finborough Theatre include Acceptance as part of Vibrant 2015 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights. Theatre includes The Good Woman of Setzuan (National Theatre), A Colder Water Than Here (Vault Festival), World Factory Tour (Metis Arts), The Fu Manchu Complex (Ovalhouse), Wild Swans (The Young Vic), Speaking to Him (Birmingham Rep), Cleaning Up (Theatre Venture), Hecuba (Foursight Theatre), Daughter of the River (Mu-Lan Theatre Company) and Pork Bellies (Theatre Centre). Rehearsed Readings include The Kumamoto Care Home Murder (Theatre Royal Stratford East) and You Need Some of This (Theatre503). Film includes A Monster Calls, Far Away, Piercing Brightness, Ten Thousand Waves, Womb, Still, Act of Grace, Hostel, Code 46 and Rogue Trader. Television includes Spirit Warriors, Holby City and The League of Gentlemen. Radio includes And the Rain My Drink and The Story of the Stone.

Amy Molloy | Minnie Vautrin / Ensemble Productions at the Finborough Theatre include Over the Bridge. Theatre includes Disco Pigs (National Tour and Irish Tour), Cyprus Avenue (National Theatre of Ireland – Abbey Theatre, and Royal Court Theatre), Playhouse Creatures (Bruiser Theatre, Belfast), Teaset (Pleasance Courtyard, Baron’s Court Theatre and White Bear Theatre), Little Boxes (Theatre503), Rock Paper Scissors (Brockley Jack Studio Theatre), Let Me Count the Ways (Rich Mix London), Tejas Verdes – Chilean Trilogy and Villa – Chilean Trilogy (The Mac, Belfast), The Parachutist (Cockpit Theatre), My Cousin Rachel (Gate Theatre, Dublin), Big Maggie (Druid Theatre, Galway), Belfast Girls (King’s Head Theatre), October, and Building Site (Arcola Theatre), John Gabriel Borkman (BAM Harvey Theater, New York City, and National Theatre of Ireland – Abbey Theatre), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (The Curve, Leicester), Black Milk (Brian Friel Theatre, Belfast), Kitty and Damnation (Lion and Unicorn Theatre),The Surveyor (New End Theatre, Hampstead), Once a Catholic (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), The Seagull (Chelsea Theatre), A Laughing Matter (Pleasance London) and Come on Over (Tristan Bates Theatre). Film include Raided House, The Sea and Black Ice. Television includes Virtues, The Fall, Call the Midwife and 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover.

Mark Ota | Deputy Japanese Ambassador / Soldier / Ensemble Theatre includes Poker Face, I Went To a Fabulous Party (Kings Head Theatre), How to Hold Your Breath (Royal Court Theatre), My Mind is Free (Edinburgh Festival), (Up)Rooted (SLAM), Theatre Madness Festival (Stratford Circus), Home is Where (Rich Mix), The Hotel, Romeo and Juliet (Jackinabox Productions), Speaking to Him (Birmingham Rep), Cleaning Up (Theatre Venture), Hecuba (Foursight Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Moving Stories), The Tempest, As You Like It, The Memory of Water and Constellations (Arts Educational Schools London). Rehearsed Readings include The Sun (Yellow Earth) and Bird Bones (London Playwrights Lab). Film includes The Watchers, Silentville, Walking With the Ferryman, Mountain, Woman Forever Woman, Moumoku Samurai, Memory Lane and Lullaby.

Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED Box Office 0844 847 1652 http://ift.tt/NsSQwL Tuesday, 2 – Saturday, 27 January 2018

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All Saints, Prisoner star Judith McGrath dead at 70: reports | Judith McGrath

But it was her longstanding run on All Saints that was perhaps most memorable. She plays a woman married to man who comes out as transgender in the hit Amazon series Transparent. Cast from left: Fiona Spence, Val Lehman, Judith McGrath, Colette Mann and Jane Clifton. Veteran actress Judith McGrath has died at age 70.

MTV Networks announced Thursday that its chairman and chief executive, Judy McGrath, was resigning. She was the only original castmate to star across all 12 seasons of the popular soap, which also featured two-time gold Logie winner Georgie Parker. She was one of the original cast members of the latter, starring as Yvonne 'Von' Ryan from the first episode through to the program's closure in 2009.The cause of death has not been made public. RUMOURS have been circulating that Judith McGrath will be reprising her stint as a prison warden in the cult series Prisoner which is having a rebirth of sorts on Channel 10 in their new drama Inside Out.

McGrath was known for her work in some of the country's premier television shows, including Prisoner, A Country Practice and All Saints. Photo: John Woudstra. ''I actually feel quite overwhelmed because the fans are so nice, they just adore the show,'' Spence said.

#Judith McGrath

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jordm · 7 years

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Heartland 11x03 - Decision Time review

For the first time in awhile, I didn’t watch live. Thankfully, I have a good reason. HAPPY [belated] TURKEY DAY! Or, as most people know it, Canadian Thanksgiving.

To preface, this episode, many characters have… well, decisions to make as the title suggests; some more serious than others. They’re at a fork in the road and need to choose which way to go.

GEORGIE

Dear Val; of course she has other priorities. She’s in school. And you know, kind of wants to graduate? But I don’t think that’s the other “priority” Val was concerned about; I think Val was talking about Extreme Team. To Val’s credit (and later Amy’s), I do see where she was coming from. Both equine sports take up a lot of time and dedication (no half measures- breaking bad reference anyone?) so doing both, combined with school; like Amy pointed out, eventually, something would eventually slip through the cracks. She could wear herself out and get hurt, her school work could neglect, she could find herself way too over worked. To Val’s detriment, the way she presented/explained this and essentially forced Georgie to choose, even if it was for the best of all parties, wasn’t quite so smooth and I don’t think it was until Amy finally told her the same thing in a nicer, more nurturing way that Georgie finally understood it.

While I do understand why she sided with Val, or I guess Flame; and I do think that with Show Jumping you have the potential to go further/on a more international stage, I am a little sad that she is quitting Extreme Team. Extreme Team was always so exciting to watch since there are so many new tricks and they always look death defying. Plus, all last season Georgie worked so hard at it to get the headliner spot and to perfect her tricks; it really is a shame it’s all going to go to waste, so to say. Or maybe i’m just sad that she might have to give away Checkers or Trouble, because even though we know nothing really about Checkers especially, it is still kind of sad to give away any horse, as she might do next episode.

Either way, I look forward to seeing what drama Val brings in the future and how Georgie does. In some way, her picking Show Jumping allows the show to let Georgie “grow” more story-wise. We saw her grow as a trick rider all season. Now we get to see Georgie struggle to compete in jumping as she gets back into it competitively (because she hasn’t been doing in awhile) and face new adversaries (like Val, new opponents, struggles etc.) which may not have been brought out if she chose Extreme Team since we already saw it play out last season. So I guess this is a really long winded way to say, I’m okay with this decision.

OLIVIA & ADAM

How awkward was Olivia calling Adam her boyfriend in front of Georgie? Also is it just me, or does Olivia and Adam just not mesh as a couple? They seem to have opposite personalities; and if Adam can’t be himself with Olivia/is different around Olivia then with others, then that isn’t good right? Oh well. This leads to Adam and Georgie agreeing to not be awkward around each other anymore; even though i’m not sure it’s something you can agree on. Isn’t that something that has to happen naturally? You can’t instantly not be awkward around each other… it takes time.

Lastly, Olivia’s reaction at hearing that Georgie is quitting made me think that she secretly wanted the solo headliner spot.. but then why would she even give Georgie the option to do a double stunt? Why even offer it? I don’t think she hurt Georgie on purpose- she’s not that malicious but I do think she thought her quitting as a result of (a) her getting hurt and (b) Val issuing an ultimatum was just a nice bonus. To Adam’s credit, Adam didn’t seem to agree with Olivia’s reaction, even if he didn’t say anything.

I still say they’re an awkward couple. A little mismatched. But, I guess we again, don’t know much about their dynamics as a couple. So, meh.

JADE

Here’s a prediction: Avery and Jade will be friends by the end of the season. Or at the very least, competitors who respect and have no animosity towards each other. After all, they are the only girls we’ve seen so far in this rodeo school, who show any promise.

My first thoughts on Avery was that she didn’t ask for it. She didn’t ask to be called out by her brother to show off her skills. She was perfectly content watching, as she was doing. She even seemed nice, trying to befriend Jade and trying to provide feedback from her experiences as a girl bulldogger, saying she can’t just bulldog the way the guys do- which is true.

Jade isn’t receptive at first and even shrugs her off, due to her thinking Avery was just there to show off. Now, I don’t blame Jade for thinking this, as this was my first thought about Avery from the first look- look at this girl who wants to show off and even looks a little smug. A girl who just happens to be watching and happens to be good? Seems pretty coincidental. We are quickly proven this wrong as we see the kind of person she is (mentioned above), someone who genuinely loves the rodeo and likes to compete, while helping others. Jade seems to see the error of her ways after Avery tells her she only came because of Jade and tells Avery she wants her to stay, with her even asking Avery to be partners in team roping, and accepting that Avery being there made her better. I look forward to seeing where this relationship between the two of them goes.

CALEB & TIM

So it turns out that the students seem to respect him and trust his methods more than Tim since y’know that’s how he learned and he did amazing at the circuit last year (did we know this?). I think they seem to forget that Tim, way back when, also was a big thing. But recency bias is a real thing.

Predictably, Tim doesn’t like it. When he gives one-on-one lessons to Jade, when she says she isn’t ready for a real steer, Tim pushes her to use a real steer anyways, since I do think deep down he didn’t want to admit that Caleb may have been partly right in his methods. He even ends up hurting himself when he ends up trying to one up Caleb by demonstrating bulldogging instead of him, which turns out well for Caleb since he defends Tim and makes Tim question firing Caleb. Caleb is even working on recruiting more students!

I’m glad Tim is coming around to working with Caleb because they both bring two different experiences, past and present to teaching and one can only gain by hearing both sides. Plus, even though Tim doesn’t really like Caleb’s methods all the time, and Caleb can’t really draw (and should probably stick to writing or verbalizing out his ideas), I do think they can make a good team. For example, if Caleb takes the newer students to work with the dummy to practise and then Tim takes the more experiences on the real steer.

AMY & TY / CASS & CALEB

They finally leave the house with Lyndy! And boy is she adorable. Every time they do a closeup on her face, stretching her legs or doing anything, I’m jelly. I love babies, especially when they’re happy and playful.

Cass and Caleb apparently had the same idea as me and when they see Amy and Ty at Maggie’s with Lyndy, they fawn over Lyndy and basically ignore Amy and Ty. They even make Amy and Ty move over so they can be closer to Lyndy. What good god parents!

“But be honest, it’s really her you want to see” - Amy

It was so cute to see Amy reading to Lyndy to put her to bed and then Ty and her’s moment in the kitchen where they tell each other they love each other and how everything is going so well. So. Basically things are going to go downhill, because that’s basically jinxing yourself, no?

True to form, poor Lyndy get’s sick that night. In a panic, Ty consults the world wide web- and finds out Lyndy only has 7 minutes to live. Joking. But he does find out that she could die… which I guess could be true of any illness- to be fair. On top of that they get no sleep because they spend the night in the ER and Lyndy is teething! Mental note to anyone: do not self diagnose via google.

After Cass and Caleb come over with take out to see their super cute god daughter, only for Cass to be thrown up on, Cass and Caleb decide that they are going to wait to start a family, which is all good; they do have a dog now! I am also a firm believer that it is better to wait and be 100% sure you want a kid than have a baby just because its the “next step”. I only wish we got to see this said discussion between Cass and Caleb about the choice to start a family/not start a family, instead of hearing about it. But again, I wasn’t really expecting to see it.

Lastly, how cute was Lyndy near the end when the three of them were in the loft as a family and she had her first laugh?! I love these Tamy family moments. Plus I love the Tamy/Cassaleb… Casleb? Calandra? friendship.

Okay. So i’m still working on the Cass/Caleb ship name. They both start with Ca… soo ideas anyone?

MITCH

Mitch, like everyone else and half of tumblr, is not convinced his new job is indeed great, as it seems. Jack doesn’t seem convinced, Tim isn’t buying it… Mitch isn’t buying it. Maybe his new employers are buying it?

Jack asks him to dinner at the ranch because well, he hasn’t been there in awhile. Sure. Jack clearly has something up his sleeve, but what is it? (Well from the promos we know he’s going to bring back Mitch in some capacity, so I guess the suspense is more what is Jack gonna offer?) Either way, i’m all for it. more Mitch. With a beard please.

Anyways, Mitch only agrees to come to dinner when he hears Lou is still in NYC. Yep. Still. Although I digress, that it’s probably only been a week in Heartland time. Again, not the point, but also kind of the point. It makes me wonder what Lou will think when she comes back and sees Mitch has re-integrated himself into the family since she’s been gone.

After dinner, Jack can tell Mitch isn’t so fond of city life and asks Mitch to work with him (because working for him would be a step back)/be his partner in the cattle business, and might I add without Tim��s input. Then again, Tim is so busy with his rodeo school, Jack has often been left on his own so I don’t blame him.

Welcome back Mitch! Please don’t just get back with Lou when she gets back just because. I’d also like to hear more about Mitch’s new job and exactly what is so wrong with it (if it is indeed not just because it’s the city. There has to be other factors).

STRAY ENDS/RIDICULOUSLY CUTE MOMENTS

- Amy can still trick ride! It’s so nice to see that Amy still has her ability to magically be good at any equine sport.

- Lyndy’s smile when Val arrived at the ranch… or anytime there was a close up of Lyndy laughing, smiling, holding her legs. Ugh. I just want to eat her up.

- Jack holding the tiny calf in the saddle while riding the horse

- A really nice final scene with everybody at the table eating together, for once, as a nice nod to Thanksgiving since it is actual Thanksgiving in real life. Lyndy really was born into a loving family, even if they don’t all show it.

GENERAL THOUGHTS OF THE SEASON

Despite the total lack of Lou, honestly, this season has already been so much better than last season. We have no indication of Ty leaving (at least to Mongolia), Amy and Ty are parenting together, heck; Amy and Ty are together. Georgie is dealing with non-boy problems, a nice change of pace, especially since she dealt with her past plus I’m expecting (and hoping) more Lisa than last season.

I love that we already have character development from all characters in some way and that we are learning new things about recurring characters, ilke Lisa. The new characters don’t even seem that bad. Avery, as a “foe” to Jade competitively, Charles who gave depth to Georgie’s past and heightened her relationship with Peter and Lyndy (who seems like the exception since she was kind of in all last season already) is adorable as heck. So let’s hope they keep this up- with more Lisa, Lou, Peter, Cass, Caleb and Scott please.

I’m going to end this with some (two) really really cute pics of baby Lyndy that I thought was adorable, among others.

SONGS IN THIS EPISODE [@heartlandians]

Sweet Enola - Written by Christopher Rider, Performed by Cree Rider

Right Here, Right Now - Written by Christopher Rider, Performed by Cree Rider

Take me Home - Written by Maureen Ennis, Performed by the Ennis Sisters

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