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Previously on Hope Valley, 1874.

I promised myself nothing and no one could ever take her away from me. Who

take Sarah?

Jim's parents.

What?

See?

Just takes a gentle touch.

Settlers are required to get land patents now. I already own the land,

Constable.

Remarkable.

Yay!

We're almost there. Oh, I like it. Welcome to our new bedroom.

I love it.

Thank you. You're welcome.

All right, can I bring in my thing? Yeah.

Good.

Boy, it certainly seems to have made her day.

Yeah. How do you look at these curtains? I stayed up all night working on these,

but something's not quite right. Oh, no, Rebecca, they look fine. I don't know.

I've got to do all the guest rooms in these, and if the pattern's not right,

going to have to start all over again. Rebecca.

How you doing?

What do you mean?

Well, you seem a little preoccupied with being occupied.

Oh.

I'm probably trying to get the boarding house in order.

Yeah, but nothing's going on.

Well, uh... Jim's birthday in a few days.

Probably just distracting myself.

Okay.

First one since he passed.

Oh, that's pretty hard.

How's Sarah?

I haven't found a way of talking to her about it yet. She's been so happy.

Okay,

I know exactly where I'm going to put the bed.

Where? Rebecca!

It's here! Oh!

Oh, that's good. Oh,

it's beautiful!

Thank you, ma 'am. Do you still want it in the middle?

Yes, I do. Just here.

Yes, over, over, over. Stop.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, wow, Clayton.

This is where my borders will start and end their days. Us too. Us too.

Clayton, you truly outdid yourself.

It was Olivia's design. Well, we did it together.

Rebecca, the whole place looks so beautiful. It could be shown in a

I don't know about that. I still have to finish all the boarders rooms and, oh,

I've got to make lunch for the mess tent.

Oh, everything doesn't have to happen at once. It actually does because I've got

to pay Vince for all the furniture that's on the way. Mama, don't forget

the mattresses Jenny and I have been making at the ranch. Yes, we'll get

today.

When are you taking on boarders? No time like the present.

Alexander.

You're back.

All is well in my territory.

You miss me?

We always do.

All right. Welcome back. Your room is not ready yet, sadly.

I guess I'll just have to take it as is.

Are you sure? Because I haven't been expecting borders, so it's not nice.

Be sleeping outside.

Besides, I like the neighborhood.

Must have a lot of work to catch up on, Alexander.

Actually, I do have a lot of paperwork for you back at the trading post.

Folks are bringing by their applications for land patents.

I'll be right over to pick those up.

As soon as I'm settled?

Uh, yes. All right.

Follow me. I'll show you to your room.

Sarah, are you all right?

Yeah. I... I didn't know that a policeman would live here.

Is there hope in the valley?

I want to see it come alive.

I want to see you come alive. Here's a door in the coming skies.

I want to be here when it dies.

I want to see hope come alive.

I want to see you come alive.

All right, here it is. Just four walls and a ceiling and a floor.

It's perfect.

I hope to have a mattress for you tonight. A mattress would be grand.

It was $5 a week, we agreed. Oh, yes, thank you. Oh, this is

$7.

Yes, about that.

My commanding officer has authorized me to make your boarding house my base of

operations.

I'm sorry? If that's okay with you, of course.

It might just mean using your parlor every now and then for Mountie business,

which I try to keep to a minimum.

If the additional $2 a week isn't enough... It's fine.

Grant, he will need you to sign this contract.

If you're worried about me bringing danger to your door, I assure you, the

reason I'm out here is to protect folks like you and your daughter.

All right.

I'll have a look.

But there wouldn't be any police in the Northwest.

That's what I was told. I didn't know about them starting an entirely new

Now there's a policeman living with us.

He does seem well -intentioned.

But perhaps we ought to be careful how much we say to him about where we're

from.

But they won't find it?

That's right.

Whoa.

Easy, easy, easy.

We can't afford both of us having broken legs.

Somebody's got to break in this here stallion. Hey, easy, easy.

I've got to be straight with you, Tom. I don't got a good feeling about this.

Thunder and I here, we got a bit of an understanding, don't we?

It's going to be a short, smooth ride.

If you say so. Here we go.

There you go.

Certainly short.

Not exactly smooth.

Very funny.

Okay.

He was taken back. Give him a little break.

Are you okay, Mr. Moore? Like you want to get hurt.

I tried to warn him.

I'm fine. Thanks for asking, Sarah. See, Sarah, only his pride is broken.

Well, that's a good one.

Can I go find Jenny? Yes.

But don't forget, we've got to serve lunch at the mess tent.

Okay, Mama.

So, what's the secret to breaking a horse, anyway?

Well, it's just finding common ground.

Ah,

that's just not one of your strong suits.

Clayton tells me you've been putting my lumber to use.

I have, yes. I'm almost finished with all the rooms in the boarding house.

That's good.

You should be celebrating.

I should be, except that Constable Vaughn is moving in.

A little too close for comfort.

I can't believe I moved us all the way out here to avoid crooked policemen, and

now he's making the boarding house into a police station.

The only difference, of course, being that Vaughn is too much of a by -the

-books man to be crooked.

Suspicion breeds suspicion.

Try not to give them anything to be worried about.

Yeah, you're right.

Mama, look!

We can carry it ourselves!

That's a big load for small fry.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me help you here. Let me help you here. You

ready? Here. I got you. Go. Come on. Use your legs. Use your muscles. Use your

muscles.

What is going on here?

Look at all this water.

Hold up there.

What's going on? It's the alfalfa. It's flooded.

The

chutes are

drowning.

Think it's from the rain?

No.

This water came fast.

It's too much for the soil.

It's coming from the stream.

It's coming from the stream.

I'll come with you. No. You and John go get some ranch hands and start digging

drainage ditches as quick as you can or all this work will have been for

nothing. You got it.

Save the crop, Nash.

Let's go.

We're going to have to hurry if we're going to make soup in time for lunch.

Okay, Mama.

And then I'll go back to the boarding house and keep working on the rooms.

All right.

Okay.

Mrs. Clark?

Brought you a little sourdough. Thank you so much, Rachel.

How did you do this without an oven?

In a pot.

Under fire pits. Well, that must not be easy.

You know, you're welcome to use the oven at the boarding house anytime.

I don't mind taking you up on that. All right. I was wondering, maybe I could

keep bringing you sourdough.

Maybe I could keep making you sourdough in exchange for meals.

Lars and I have been saving up to move into a place.

I think that's a great idea.

Should we be reserving you a room?

Lars has been away a lot.

Panning.

And, um, getting him to commit.

Yeah.

I understand.

Let me help you.

Thank you.

You know, I remember after Sarah was born, Jim went away to war.

And then after, it's hard to be on your own.

Got to look out for each other.

Archie Doyle and Tom Moore.

This is going to get ugly.

A dam?

That's right.

Your dam upstream flooded my property, Doyle.

Oh, that wasn't my intent.

Well, what did you think was going to happen?

Well, first off, who says this is your land?

Me. And second, that mounted police officer said we could prospect here, and

that's exactly what we're doing.

You tell him, Paul.

There's nothing you could do.

Actually, there is.

I've applied for a land patent to keep you off my land for good.

Yeah.

I applied, too.

Soon.

This will all be ours.

Sandbags doing anything?

Yeah, helping stem the flow away from the field.

Water keeps coming, though.

Doyle's got no right.

Well, the problem is that Mountie's made him believe he does, which is why I

gotta put a stop to it.

Want some backup?

No.

I'm gonna handle this one on my own.

Nice work, boys.

All right.

I think this is everything.

Coffee, beans.

That was delicious. Gorg bacon.

Oh, good morning.

Come on in. I've made you a plate. Much appreciated.

Hi. Taking up on your offer to bake bread in your oven.

Oh, fantastic.

Constable, it looks like we'll have fresh bread in a few hours.

Fresh bread?

Doesn't get better than that.

Mama, furniture is here!

Oh, he's so weak early.

You see, that's why I love my job.

People are happy to see me.

I don't get that in my line of work.

Vince, you're early.

Well, I reckon you'd be eager to get a hold of this stuff.

Oh, I am. I just don't have your money all quite together right now.

Well, I hear you're a woman of your word, so don't worry about it.

Thank you.

I'll help out. Great. OK, yes. Hey, how about we all pitch in? Hello.

Hey.

Cat can go over there. Oh, if you want.

Oh, gosh.

Cheers. Over by the dining table.

We can play that there.

Whoa,

whoa. Are you all right?

Maybe you should have a seat in one of your brand new chairs.

That's all right. I just have to get this finished so I can get to the mess

and pay for all of it.

Maybe you should take a moment for yourself.

When was the last time you ate?

I'm all right. Don't worry about me.

Finally.

Morning. Hello.

You see the constable?

Yes, he's inside.

Ah, thank you.

You okay?

Yes, I think I just... Would I help you?

Oh, hey, whoa, yeah, Rebecca.

Rebecca.

Whoa. Oh, what happened?

I don't know. She collapsed.

What's wrong with Mama?

She'll be okay, honey.

Rebecca.

Rebecca.

Hey.

You all right? What's that up to?

I got you.

There you go.

Take it slow.

Oh, sweetheart, I'm all right.

Yeah. Been overdoing it is all.

Yeah, a lot.

Thank you, everyone.

Oh, we got to get to the meth tent. Oh, I don't think that's such a good idea.

Now that you got a new bedroom, let's get you where it's quieter.

Yeah. Here, come on.

Okay.

Hey, Olivia.

Sarah.

Vince delivered a fresh patch of rock candy to the trading post. Why don't we

get some?

Come on.

Oh, that's the next excitement for me.

Boy, that's gonna show.

I'd better get to my bread.

Constable, I was actually coming here to talk to you. Before you say anything, I

know about the dual applications.

Great. What are you going to do about it?

I'm going to review the law, and I'll make a determination.

No, you said that all I had to do was file a land patent.

I never said that filing a loan would settle the matter.

Doyle has damned my stream, and he's putting my crop in jeopardy.

I need that feed for my cattle this winter, and I need you to get him off my

land.

I'm Mr. Moore.

I'll hold an emergency hearing tomorrow to resolve it.

Good.

Here you go.

No, thank you.

You must have given me quite a fright seeing your mama like that.

A little rest and she'll be right as rain.

That's what they said when my papa got sick.

Except he never got better.

That must have been really hard for you.

I know I was really sad when I lost my pa too.

You really miss him?

Of course you do.

Poppy used to take me on long walks, and then he'd give me a piggyback ride when

I got tired.

What a beautiful memory, Sarah.

I think about him all the time, but talking about him makes Mama sad.

Ginger tea?

Just like you asked for. Oh, thank you. This will help with the dizziness.

You really need to take better care of yourself.

I will as soon as this boarding house is in order.

Sarah's really worried about you being okay.

Well, I'll get up and show her that I'm fine. No, no, she's fine. She's with

Olivia right now.

Rebecca, distractions only help for so long.

Maybe I just need some fresh air.

Ellen, you're up for it. There's something I'd like to show you.

It's my first real nugget.

It's a good one.

Okay.

Half an ounce.

I can give you $10 for that.

Uh, I thought it'd be more.

Sorry, Lars. It's what it's worth.

Constable, Tom Moore is still giving me trouble at the creek.

He says you damaged his crop.

For I have just as much right to my livelihood as he has his.

Your land patent applications cover the same territory.

So tomorrow I'm holding a hearing to decide who prevails.

Let me ask you this.

Who followed first?

You did.

So I win.

Doesn't that decide it?

I'll see you tomorrow at the boarding house.

10 a .m.

I'll be there.

Rachel.

You finished early today.

Yeah, I made a fine. Ten greenbacks for it.

Lars, that's two weeks' rent at the boarding house.

What's wrong?

I need to tell you something, Rachel.

What is it?

We can't move in.

The money we have will barely cover food and whatnot.

Oh. You could find more.

All the time I've been here, that's the biggest nugget I've found.

It takes that long again.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

I let you down.

All these promises of striking a ridge and maybe

buying our own farm one day.

You haven't let me down one bit, Lars. No.

I followed you out here.

Because this was our dream.

Now when you look at me, you always see a failure. When I look at you,

I see a wonderful husband and father.

A kind, hardworking man.

You may have been looking for pay dirt in that dream.

I hit pay dirt the day I married you.

I feel the same about you.

We're going to figure this out.

Together.

This is stunning.

This is Frank's lucky fishing spot.

I always assumed me and Frank would grow old together, but my life changed in

the blink of an eye.

Heart attack.

Jim died of pleurisy a week after his last birthday.

It's a long illness.

And his care and Sarah's well -being naturally became the most important

It took up all the time. And then afterward, it just became about keeping

safe.

How long after Jim died did you start planning this trip to the Northwest?

Weeks. Rebecca, see, you never had time to grieve.

I heard Sarah talk to Olivia earlier.

I think she'd really love to talk to you about her father, but she's worried

about upsetting you.

Uh -oh. I didn't mean to make her feel that way.

After Frank died, I tried to be strong for Olivia.

I had to show her and everyone else that I could just carry on, so nothing had

happened. But grief has a way of catching up with you, whether you like

not.

That is the truth.

So I started coming out here to be with Frank.

And the memories just made me smile.

I used to sit on that rock and say, oh.

Honey, have faith. I'm going to catch a big one.

I didn't tell Olivia there were mermaids in the lake and treasure

in the river.

Well, he wasn't wrong about that.

You're right.

You're right.

But it helped me get through my grief and appreciate the time we actually had

together.

I envy you that.

You don't got to envy me.

You just got to take some time to feel your feelings.

Give yourself some grace.

Yeah, I guess I can mend up a boarding house till it sparkles.

Not alone will mend my broken heart.

Come on.

Yeah. Oh, sweetie, I just... Sometimes I think I have to do everything at once.

I'm learning my lesson now.

I was afraid.

I'm sorry.

I'm sure you were after the way Papa left us.

It must have worried you even more.

You know tomorrow's his birthday?

I thought you forgot.

You thought I forgot? I will never... I will never forget.

He's always going to be a part of our lives.

I just wish I could talk to him one more time.

Let me tell you what he told me a thousand times.

That being your papa changed his life.

He said that?

He did.

And that was another wonderful thing.

What did he tell you before he left us?

He said that he loves me and that I'm kind and smart and I'm trustworthy and

that he was grateful for the time that he had with us.

That's right.

I think it's okay for us to be sad that he's gone, Sarah.

Then we can be happy for the time that we had with him.

I want to show you something.

I was waiting for the right time to show you what he wrote to you in the back of

this portrait.

To Sarah, you will always be the source of my greatest pride.

Love, Papa.

Remember the day that we posed for the photograph?

Yeah, Papa kept making me laugh.

He did. He loved making you laugh.

What are some of your other favorite memories of him?

Picking apples in the fall.

I loved that.

We would go to the countryside and get bushels full.

We ate apple every time.

He loved it. Apple cake, apple strudel. Apple pie. Apple pies. Who knew pie

making was going to come in so handy?

I'd really like to leave this photo out, if it's alright with you.

Yeah. Some place we can see it every day.

Yeah.

Would you help me with this, Sarah?

Yeah.

Hello. Hi.

What do you have there?

I just have supplies for Rebecca.

Burning the midnight oil.

I'm preparing for a hearing tomorrow.

Oh. I have to make a decision about a land dispute.

Police officer and a magistrate all rolled into one.

Impressive. Thank you.

It's more out of necessity than anything else.

The fact is, just 300 of us Mounties have been sent out here to cover almost

.5 million square miles.

Not a lot of magistrates running around, so they gave us that responsibility as

well. Have you ever had to make a decision over there?

I just hope I'm up to the task.

Tom Moore and Archie Doyle both got strong opinions on how this should go.

Well, just remember...

You're the one Oh

Lars

Rachel. Oh, what do you got there?

Well, um, we were hoping that you might be able to buy some of this panning

equipment off of us We made a decision.

We're um, we're packing up and we're moving on Oh, no, you're giving up

prospecting? Truth is, I was never good at it, and my family needs a proper roof

over their heads.

Well, where will you go?

We thought we'd try Union City.

Maybe I could work at the candle factory there.

No, no, tell you what, how about I send you some credit and you just stay on a

little while longer?

And, Rachel, I could easily sell you a delicious sourdough.

We sure do appreciate the offer, but...

It's simply not going to be enough for our future.

Well, we'll give you a good price for the equipment.

Yeah.

We're just really going to miss you.

We'll miss you too.

Can I let you in on a secret?

You've been our favorite prospectors.

Welcome.

Let's begin.

I've made my decision.

I've made my decision.

That's enough.

Settle down, you two.

Let's begin.

Okay.

Gospel?

What's everyone else doing here?

We all wanted to know if we were going to lose our land to these Johnny -come

-lately. Oh.

Well, take a seat.

Hi. Hello.

You feeling better?

Much. Thank you.

Oh, I suppose this concerns all of you as well?

Well, you got that right.

Your ranchers aren't the only ones who got numbers.

Looks that way.

Jeremiah, I give too.

Sorry, Tom.

So am I.

Let's get started.

Hey,

easy on the table.

While you're in my establishment, you will treat the furniture and each other

with respect or I'll send you outside.

Yes, ma 'am.

Sorry.

Tom Moore and Archie Doyle.

Matter at hand concerns the two of you, so I will allow each of you to make a

statement, and then I will make my decision as to who gets the property.

Mr. Moore, first you.

Because I've been working this land over three and a half years before there was

any law on these parts.

But now that there is, I filed my application.

I poured my soul into this ranch. It's taken my blood, sweat, and tears.

And the fine folks who live and work here are counting on me to continue

so.

There should be no question who it belongs to.

That's all I gotta say.

You should stand, Paul.

I stand for no man.

This rancher thinks he can plant a flag in the ground and claim everything he

sees as his own.

No, it don't work that way.

My daughter here, she's smart as a whip.

She read a newspaper article about this law.

Come on.

It said that to get a land patent, you gotta be the first person to file an

application for that property. That's me.

It also says that to file the application, you have to work the land,

have done by damming that creek and prospecting. So, by law, that property

belongs to me.

I need a few minutes to collect my thoughts.

Why?

It's the law. It's the law.

Hey!

If things get out of hand while I'm gone, neither of you will get the

Can he do that?

He should be able to.

I don't think he can do that. I don't think he can do that either.

Here we go. Here we go. I have made my decision.

The new land patent law is clear.

First to file the application gets the property.

And it is my finding that Archie Doyle filed his application before Tom. You

have got to be kidding me.

However, I remember the words of my commissioner

who said, in a world of right and wrong, uphold

what is right.

Tom Moore's been working this land for years, long before the prospectors

arrived.

This new law was targeted at the vast territory that remains wild, unclaimed,

not a ranch like his.

And it is for that reason that I will be accepting his application and not Mr.

Baker's. There you go.

Eureka! There we go.

So you're saying I can't prospect on the creek?

Even though I followed the rules.

Not on the property that I've ruled belongs to Tom Moore. And you can't do

anything to the waterways that would damage his land either. There you go.

your damn off my property, Doyle.

Should have stood up, Paul.

There are other streams, not on his property, but nearby.

But it would take me nearly a day to get to them.

There's a thing called an easement.

It allows people to cross another person's property.

Under the circumstances, I'm going to rule that you also have an easement to

to those streams. Wait, wait, wait.

I thought this ruling was going to keep him off my land entirely.

Then you thought wrong.

No. Yes, and that's it.

Good day to you all.

It still isn't right.

I'm taking this up with your superior. Go ahead. On a fast horse?

It'll take you a week to reach him, but be my guest.

Now, I think Mrs. Clark would very much appreciate having her dining room back.

Well,

how do you feel?

I can't say I'm happy about the fact that Doyle gets to cross my land, but it

could have gone worse.

Constable Vaughn seems like a fair man who wants to see rail jobs done.

Yeah. It's beautiful when he's done here.

Thank you.

Hey.

This is Clark.

Hello.

Couldn't leave without saying goodbye?

Leave?

You've been real good to us.

What do you mean?

I don't understand why.

It's time to face facts.

I didn't have much luck as a prospector.

My mate, more working for you.

We'll never forget you.

Wait. I have a business proposition for you.

If you stay and run my mess tent, then you can live here for free, room and

board.

Really? Really. I can't continue to run the mess tent and the boarding house,

and it's a part -time job, so you can still try your hand at panning for gold.

That sounds too good to be true.

What do you say?

Yes.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Crisis averted. Go get your things. I'll show you your room.

How's the field looking?

We did it.

I thought we were going to be just fine, boss.

Well, that is great work.

Gentlemen, you saved the crop.

Thank you.

I'm forever grateful.

Just doing our job. We?

I should say, they did.

We're useless with this cat.

Don't sell yourself short. Even with a cat, you're my most steady hand.

That should be deep enough.

Take a good one.

This is for you, Papa.

Happy birthday.

Well, that apple seed will grow into a tree.

And now every time we look out our window and see it, we'll think of Papa's

sweetness and his hope for our future.