When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 6: The Heart of the Problem

Allie, Angela, Cooper, and Toby arrive at the hot springs only to find them overrun by tourists, including a snooty visitor named Edwin Mitchel, and the kids ask Mike for advice, and he encourages them to come back later, which leaves them unsatisfied.

In the kitchen behind the cafe, Joseph and Minnie plan a barbecue community dinner.

In town the kids pass Lucas and Elizabeth and complain about tourists hogging the hot springs, and Lucas volunteers to help if the kids find a good solution.

Strolling through town with the new baby, Lee and Rosemary run into Florence, Molly, and Nathan outside the mercantile and share stories about the baby's name, while the former bandit Harry tells Nathan he worries about his family's farm in Eagle Creek.

At the schoolhouse Elizabeth lectures on problem solving using the hot springs as an example and tasks the class with finding a fair compromise for all parties.

Minnie gets Florence and Molly's feedback on her barbecue sauce and they suggest she host the community dinner at the cafe.

In the saloon the kids brainstorm dividing the two pools into a children's pool and an adults' pool, and Mr. Mitchel overhears and insists children should have no access at all, while Lucas suggests they discover what the tourists would agree to before proposing their own ideas.

On the road outside Eagle Creek a concerned Nathan finds barren fields next to a worn-down sign.

At the mercantile Ned fawns over Rosemary's baby as Elizabeth enters, and Rosemary notices a music box whose melody makes her emotional, and she dodges Elizabeth's questions and hurries out.

Sitting with Harry at the mercantile, Nathan talks with him about Eagle Creek and learns that big city people bought up the town just before it went downhill.

Back at the cafe Lee taste tests Joseph and Minnie's barbecue sauces and Minnie informs Joseph that Eagle Creek lost their pastor, and she implores him to find a way to help.

In town Allie struggles to get tourists to negotiate about the hot springs and rants to Nathan, and Elizabeth and Lucas stop by and hear that tourists refuse to compromise, and Allie shares some of Lucas's advice.

Bill meets Madeline at the saloon and delivers the property contracts for her to sign, and he invites her to the community dinner, but she unexpectedly refuses and simply thanks him for his help with the land purchase.

At Faith's office Rosemary opens up about longing for the support of her own mother, and Faith comforts her and says she too was raised without a mother, and Rosemary tells Faith more about the loss of her mother.

Elizabeth joins Rosemary at her home and invites her to confide, and Rosemary says she is mourning her mother and shares that the music box triggered a memory, and she questions how her mother could have left her.

Bill asks Nathan for help fixing up the cabin on the land he is selling to Madeline, and Nathan encourages Bill to put himself out there because it is clear that he likes Madeline.

Joseph stops by Elizabeth's while Minnie checks on Rosemary and Lee joins them worried about his wife, and Joseph assures them through Bible scriptures that the best thing they can do is support Rosemary through her grief.

Inspired by Elizabeth, Lee and Joseph retrieve the trunk that Rosemary had Lee get rid of, which is filled with her mother's belongings, and Lee presents it to Rosemary and they open it together.

Inside they find a framed picture alongside a stack of letters addressed to Rosemary from her mother, and she begins to read them as she watches over her daughter.

In the morning Rosemary shares the letters with Elizabeth, reassured that her mother did love her, and she explains that her father claimed full custody when her parents split and her mother died before Rosemary turned eighteen.

Outside the schoolhouse Lucas and Elizabeth discuss the hot springs, and Joseph praises Henry's community service garden and invites him to the community barbecue.

Jamie waters some garden beds and Madeline comes by to tell him they are returning to the city because her late husband's affairs have been sorted, and Jamie tells her he likes Hope Valley and does not want to leave.

At the saloon Elizabeth, Lucas, and Mike meet with the kids and decide to offer additional activities for the tourists, and they share the idea with Mr. Mitchel, who says he will entertain it.

Minnie and Joseph welcome their guests to the community dinner and Minnie gives an opening toast encouraging everyone to vote for their favorite barbecue sauce.

Madeline and Jamie arrive late and join the festivities, and Jamie grabs food with Cooper while Bill joins Madeline and Lucas and Elizabeth invite Mr. Mitchel and his wife to their table.

Lucas formally welcomes Madeline to Hope Valley as she watches Jamie play touch football with Bill.

Elizabeth welcomes Henry to the barbecue, which Joseph invited him to, and Bill congratulates Minnie and Joseph on the delicious food and successful event.

Everyone breaks off to play party games and even Mr. Mitchel enjoys himself, and he accepts the children's proposal to substitute some hot springs time with other activities, which is a victory for the kids.

Nathan and Bill bond over the physical demands of being a Mountie and Bill encourages Nathan to make a move with Faith, so Nathan invites her to dance.

Allie and some classmates invite Little Jack to the library and Rosemary and Lee arrive with their daughter, and they finally introduce her as Goldie, short for Marigold, after Rosemary's mother.

The next day Bill bikes past tourists exercising, and the kids enjoy their time at the hot springs as Elizabeth and Lucas look on while Toby splashes Mr. Mitchel, who arrived early.

At home Rosemary finishes reading her daughter a story from Grandmother Goldie and warmly reflects on her mother while letting the music box from the mercantile play.

The episode resolves the hot springs dispute and Rosemary's grief. Mr. Mitchel accepts the children's proposal to substitute some hot springs time with other activities, which the recap calls a victory for the kids, and Rosemary reads her mother's letters and says she is reassured that her mother did love her, then names her daughter Goldie, short for Marigold, after her mother.

Several threads are left unresolved within the episode. Why Rosemary's mother left and why the letters were never delivered is not confirmed within the episode, since Rosemary only learns that her father claimed full custody and her mother died before Rosemary turned eighteen. Whether Joseph will take on the Eagle Creek pastorate is raised but not settled here, and Nathan's investigation into the barren fields and the out-of-town buyers continues past this episode. Madeline's reasons for refusing the dinner invitation and for buying the land are not explained within the episode, and her son Jamie's wish to stay in Hope Valley is left open after she tells him they are returning to the city.