When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 11: Long Time Running

At the saloon Elizabeth and Lucas stare at another newspaper with Lucas's face on the front page, and Lucas says the fame embarrasses him while Elizabeth reassures him he did the right thing.

Mike brings cake for them to taste for the wedding and Rosemary interrupts to announce Lucas has another newspaper interview.

As Lee and Bill play golf, Bill says the judge in Union City approved an injunction halting all water diversion projects immediately, and Bill says the governor can still veto it.

Lucas tells Nathan the voters need to turn out for Cunningham, who is running for governor, and Nathan later runs into Elizabeth, who says Hope Valley's jeopardy has shown her she took raising Little Jack there for granted.

At the mercantile Mike panics when Mei comes in and grabs a random book to cover his face, and he tells her he is reading his favorite romance novel, Night of the Lonesome Heart, and lends it to her.

In the Coulter offices Elizabeth is distracted from wedding talk by the water diversion scheme, and the phone rings with news that Cunningham has withdrawn, leaving Governor Balfour unopposed.

At the saloon they hear Cunningham pulled out for health concerns but say they do not believe it and suspect he was threatened or bribed.

Elizabeth tells Lucas the public will work out what Balfour is up to, and Mr. Mitchel arrives to say Cunningham's old team wants to call Lucas because they are looking for a new candidate.

In Bill's office Nathan brings Robert Wolf, who says he saw workers setting up camp and Montague among them, and Bill says Montague is picking up the water diversion work again.

Nathan suggests riding up there to make their stay unpleasant.

In Lucas's office he asks Elizabeth whether she will support him if he runs, and she says she will if it is what he wants, and they tell the others he is going to run.

They cheer him on and prepare a champagne toast, and while Elizabeth is alone Rosemary tries to get her real feelings and Elizabeth says it is for the future of Hope Valley.

At the saloon Mei returns the novel and says she loved it, and Mike confesses he never read it and she tells him to read it so they can discuss it on a date.

Bill and Nathan ride together and note that if Lucas campaigns he must move to Capital City, a 22-hour train ride away, which is hard for Nathan to hear.

They confront Montague at the makeshift campsite and he says he is on governor property so it is none of their business, and he says the injunction only applies to private property.

At the Coulter offices Rosemary asks Henry to watch Goldie while she steps out, and she and Lee later see him through the window carefully looking after their daughter.

Elizabeth and Lucas walk into town as a 'Lucas Bouchard for Governor' banner is raised and the town offers support, while Montague drives up and sees the sign and Nathan worries what this means for Elizabeth.

At the saloon reporters ask Lucas about leaving Hope Valley and he says he must run and that Elizabeth will come with him whatever city he moves to.

In his office Elizabeth tells Lucas he should not have answered for her and they should discuss such things together first, and he apologizes while she admits she has not thought it all the way through.

At school Emily cries about Elizabeth leaving and Elizabeth reminds her nothing is official yet, and Emily tells her there is no one better than her.

Minnie, Joseph, Angela, and Cooper bring Lucas a donation jar and he thanks them, and after they leave he asks Mike to watch the saloon while he is gone.

At the schoolhouse Nathan tells Elizabeth he is not pleased about her possibly moving to Capital City because she means too much to the community and the children.

Elizabeth tells him that if Lucas wins they will figure it out and she will leave with Lucas, and Nathan is secretly devastated.

Rosemary wonders whether Lucas would have been considered for governor if she had not written that article about him, and Lee tells her Lucas is the man for the job.

At Elizabeth's house Lucas works on his speech and asks whether campaigning is what she really wants, and she says she wants to be there when he wins and they should take things one step at a time.

Later Rosemary and Elizabeth look at old photos and Elizabeth asks whether Little Jack can stay with Rosemary while she campaigns, and she says her heart does not want to go.

At Lucas's office he is packed and ready and Elizabeth wants to share something but the chiming clock interrupts, and they leave to catch the train as the town offers final support.

At the train station Lucas thanks Elizabeth for being by his side, and before he boards she tells him she has changed her mind and cannot go with him to Capital City.

She says he is destined to be governor but her whole life is in Hope Valley and that is where she wants to raise her son, and when he offers to stay she tells him he must go.

Elizabeth cries and says her heart is not in it, and Lucas says he knew something was missing between them and was afraid to raise it, and they agree they are on two different paths.

Lucas wishes her all the happiness in the world and leaves to board his train.

The episode ends the engagement. At the train station Elizabeth tells Lucas she has changed her mind and cannot go to Capital City, saying her whole life is in Hope Valley and that is where she wants to raise her son. When Lucas offers to stay she tells him he must go, and after she says her heart is not in it he says he knew something was missing between them, and they agree they are on two different paths and both deserve someone else before he boards the train.

Whether the wedding is formally called off is not confirmed within the episode, since the couple part without stating what happens to the pending ceremony. Whether Lucas wins the governor's race is unresolved within the episode, as is the fate of the injunction after Montague says it only applies to private property and continues working on governor property. Custody arrangements for Little Jack are not settled, since Elizabeth only asks Rosemary whether he can stay with her while she campaigns, and that plan changes when she decides not to go.