When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 7: Best Laid Plans

Fiona watches as Mike leads happy tourists through the end of his calisthenics class, and he tells her it is his third class of the morning.

Lucas walks over and shares that the tourists will be even happier to learn they are taking Hope Springs to the next level, and when Elizabeth overhears and wants to know more Lucas says it is a surprise.

Nathan walks Faith to work for the second time in a week and tells her he will stop by for lunch.

At the saloon Bill gives Madeline a land title contract that transfers ownership from him to her, and they both sign, and Bill offers her a tour but she declines because her husband needs her out of town.

Bill finds her departure sudden but wishes her a safe trip.

Elizabeth finds a book on her schoolhouse desk and her former student Rosaleen enters and confesses she borrowed it years ago, and they embrace as Rosaleen says she is only visiting for a week from the big city.

Outside the saloon Jamie tells Nathan that he and his mother are needed in Union City, and Madeline hurries Jamie into the car as they leave Hope Valley.

Bill tells Nathan he should fix up the cabin on the land he sold Madeline before she gets back.

In his office Lee plays with Goldie while a line forms outside, and Rosemary alerts him to the line and suggests hiring a babysitter, and when Lee hesitates she proposes delegating work instead.

At the cafe Minnie and Joseph discuss Joseph taking a pastor role in Eagle Creek, and Joseph pauses because it would mean leaving Lee while Minnie reminds him Lee would want what is best for him.

At the saloon Lucas reveals Hope Valley's first radio to Fiona, Ned, and Mike, and their enthusiasm turns to frustration when they cannot figure out how to turn it on.

Molly hugs her daughter Rosaleen, and when they see Henry his presence triggers painful memories and Rosaleen questions why he remains in Hope Valley after her father and the other miners died.

Joseph meets Lee at his office and Lee offers him a partnership in the company, and Joseph is so honored that he never mentions preaching at Eagle Creek and is left torn.

On his rounds Nathan finds an unresponsive man slumped over in a wagon and brings the man, Witt, to Faith's office.

Faith says Witt is dehydrated and gives him water, and Witt is belligerent and expects a male doctor instead of a woman.

At the saloon Fiona suggests an antenna for the radio but the men undermine her, and later she visits the blacksmith shop and shows she knows exactly which wire is needed, impressing Joseph as he gives her supplies.

At the mercantile Elizabeth notices Rosaleen has not shared her future plans with her family, and Elizabeth tells Lucas she is worried Rosaleen will give up on nursing school.

Lucas suggests offering Rosaleen a job at the hotel so she can save money for school.

At Faith's office Mike tells Faith to stand up to Witt and Mei agrees, and Witt refuses Faith's care and listens to Mike only after Faith suggests Mike pretend to be the doctor.

At the jail Nathan finds Bill gathering old items to spruce up Madeline's cabin, and Elizabeth and Nathan later see Bill carrying a butter churn and he says he is only being neighborly.

Elizabeth tells Rosemary about Bill's land sale, Lucas's surprise, and the hotel job offer for Rosaleen, and she later urges Rosaleen to tell her mother she wants to be a nurse.

Elizabeth tells Joseph she is worried about Henry and Joseph says Henry carries a heavy burden, and later Elizabeth encourages Henry to talk with Rosaleen.

Henry overhears Rosaleen say she kept quiet about nursing school for financial reasons and he goes to Lucas to ask a favor.

Lucas and Ned fail to make the radio work and notice Fiona has added an antenna, and they ignore her effort and insist on other methods.

Lucas asks Rosemary to run an anonymous ad for a Hope Valley Scholarship, and Rosemary wants to put the radio in the paper but Lucas says to wait until it works.

Joseph and Minnie tell Lee and Rosemary that Lee offered Joseph a Coulter Lumber partnership and Joseph says it did not feel like the right time to raise pastoring at Eagle Creek, and Minnie says she understands.

Elizabeth walks into the saloon and spoils Lucas's radio surprise, and Lucas tells her Henry brought him the scholarship idea for Rosaleen's sake but wants to stay anonymous, and Elizabeth says giving money is not the best way to heal.

Nathan checks on Faith and invites her to the saloon, and Faith tells him nothing has changed since the last time they tried and she thinks they should try being friends.

At dinner Joseph and Minnie tell Lee and Rosemary that Joseph is meant to pastor, and although Joseph is leaving the company Lee and Rosemary extend their support.

Lee worries who will fill Joseph's place and Rosemary tells him God will show him the way, and when they arrive at the saloon Fiona is on a ladder adjusting the antenna while Ned assists.

Inside, Florence, Molly, and Rosaleen share the exciting scholarship news with Elizabeth.

Fiona turns the knob on the radio and the crowd hears static before music plays, and the crowd applauds and dances.

After Witt says Mei could not be the pharmacist, Mike reveals he is not a doctor and Faith asserts that she is the actual doctor, and Mike demands Witt show them respect and Witt apologizes.

Richard catches a mistake on a work order at Lee's office and Lee offers him a job, which Richard happily accepts.

Bill and Nathan arrive at Madeline's land and hear hammering, and Bill is surprised to find Madeline's fiance working on the property.

At the community garden Elizabeth urges Henry to tell Rosaleen that he is behind the scholarship, and Henry says he is afraid she would refuse it and he wants her to be well more than he needs forgiveness.

Faith tells Nathan that friends can still dance, and the two dance.

The episode resolves the radio storyline and the scholarship. Fiona turns the knob and the town hears music, dances, and applauds, and Florence, Molly, and Rosaleen share the news that the scholarship exists. Joseph chooses the Eagle Creek pastorate over the Coulter Lumber partnership with Lee and Rosemary's support, and Lee offers Richard a job after he catches a work order error.

What is left unresolved within the episode is who Rosaleen believes funded the scholarship: Henry insists on anonymity and tells Elizabeth he is afraid Rosaleen would refuse his money, so whether she accepts it or ever learns his role is not confirmed within the episode. Madeline's fiance is found working the property after Madeline said she was leaving town, and his purpose and his relationship to her land purchase are not explained within the episode. Whether Joseph's departure for Eagle Creek is finalized, and who will fill his place at Coulter Lumber, is likewise not settled here. The episode closes with Faith telling Nathan that friends can still dance, and the two of them dancing.