When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 9: Deep Water

A new day starts in Hope Valley and Elizabeth is reminded her wedding is six weeks away.

Elizabeth enters Bill's office and finds Nathan there, and they tell Bill that workers have been building a well on the land he sold to Madeline.

Elizabeth watches Little Jack at the playground while they wait for Allie, and Allie arrives with Scout as Elizabeth heads off and runs into Nathan, and they agree Allie has been wonderful with Scout and Little Jack.

Rosemary notices something is wrong and Elizabeth says Little Jack and Allie have grown close, and Rosemary asks whether it bothers her given her history with Nathan.

Rosemary reminds Elizabeth she is marrying Lucas soon and says Nathan will find someone else.

At the cafe Mei and Mike hum 'All Through the Night' at the same time and Mike tells Mei her pitch is perfect, and in the kitchen Faith wonders to Fiona and Molly about Mei and Mike together until Minnie tells them to stay out of it.

Rosemary and Elizabeth discuss wedding plans when Florence enters and says the governor is arriving tomorrow, which is a huge problem because Rosemary promised a radio broadcast, a bandstand with an original song, and a black-tie ball.

They are shocked but assure Rosemary they can pull it together and make a pact to keep it secret so Hope Valley does not panic.

Nathan notices Elizabeth hurrying to the saloon and she stops at the mercantile trying not to reveal the secret, and Ned delivers a package to Elizabeth and a telegram to Nathan.

At the saloon Elizabeth opens the package to find a book with a note included, and when Lucas arrives she tells him about the telegram and he cringes at the events lined up and offers support.

Elizabeth learns Bill already knows the governor is coming, and Bill tells her he found out Montague is lying about building a well.

Elizabeth shows Bill the book Jamie returned by mail for the library with a note and says Jamie should have returned it in person, and she concludes Montague is lying about both the well and the return date.

Mike overhears and says he does not believe Madeline and Montague are engaged.

At the jail Allie tells Nathan she feels everyone is hiding something and Nathan tells her to find out while he goes to Rock Creek.

In Rock Creek outside a cabin, three Pinkertons are behind trees with guns drawn and Nathan catches them, and one of the men, Westover, says they are security and an old farmer named Clifford has taken one of their men hostage inside.

Nathan talks Clifford into releasing the hostage in place of himself and Clifford does, and inside the cabin Nathan demands to know what is going on.

At the saloon Fiona tells Mike and Mei they are in charge of music for the governor and slips in that he arrives tomorrow, so they need an original song by then.

In the cabin Clifford tells Nathan he still has paperwork from the people who bought his land, and when he turns for it Nathan takes his gun and tells him to finish the story at headquarters, where Clifford mentions Montague.

At the lumber offices Elizabeth stands with Joseph and Lee over bandstand plans and Joseph says they can pull it off but worries when they learn the governor arrives tomorrow.

After reading a telegram meant for Nathan, Bill learns about the Pinkertons and reaches Rock Creek in time to knock one out and get Nathan and Clifford out.

In the cafe Mike and Mei practice their song and Cooper and Toby laugh, and Cooper tells them about a song Angela and Allie wrote that may work.

At the saloon Mr. Mitchel tells Lucas and Mike the hot springs water has disappeared and reveals he is the governor's advance man, saying the governor is not arriving tomorrow but tonight.

On main street Ned and Florence hang a banner and Rosemary and Elizabeth are pained to find the governor's name spelled wrong, and Rosemary fears the plans are a nightmare.

Lucas and Mike tell them the governor is actually coming in three hours and Elizabeth walks a dazed Rosemary, and they overhear Mei, Angela, and Allie rehearsing a song that turns out to be a version written to encourage Rosemary as their leader.

Elizabeth, Rosemary, and Goldie pass Florence and Molly hanging a corrected banner, and Lucas admits he needs more time on some tasks while Rosemary stays calm instead of panicking.

They look at the half-built bandstand Joseph and Lee are struggling with, and Elizabeth offers supplies from her wedding but Rosemary refuses, and Henry offers to pitch in with help from the kids.

At Rock Creek, Bill, Clifford, and Nathan stand at the tree line and Nathan sees through a telescope that Westover is yelling at his men, and Westover notices them and fires as Bill and Nathan mount their horses and Clifford runs off.

Elizabeth, Florence, and Molly learn of the violent standoff at the mercantile and Elizabeth leaves to find Nathan, and she finds neither him at the jail nor the barn and tells Henry she fears something bad happened.

They hear a commotion outside and Elizabeth runs out to see, and it is Nathan returned safely.

Henry notes her emotional reaction and Elizabeth goes to the library to let out her feelings privately.

On main street the governor arrives and Rosemary hurries the singers onto the stage as the choir performs and Hope Valley assembles, and Mr. Mitchel takes the governor inside while Bill and Nathan ask the group to talk in private.

In the lumber offices Nathan tells Elizabeth, Rosemary, Lucas, Bill, and Lee that Union City Holdings, headed by Montague, is constructing aqueducts to take water from Rock and Eagle Creek to Union City.

They learn Madeline was working for them all along and Lucas tells the group to keep this a secret.

Henry tells Elizabeth he notices the range of emotions she has about Nathan, and she says she is fine and was only worried about a friend.

The episode resolves the reception and names the threat. The choir performs, the corrected banner goes up, the bandstand is finished with Henry's help, and Nathan returns safely from Rock Creek. In the lumber offices Nathan tells Elizabeth, Rosemary, Lucas, Bill, and Lee that Union City Holdings, headed by Montague, is constructing aqueducts to take water from Rock and Eagle Creek to Union City, and that Madeline was working for them all along.

How the town will stop the scheme is left unresolved within the episode, because Lucas tells the group to keep it a secret and no plan of action is agreed. Whether Governor Balfour knows about or is involved in the aqueduct project is not confirmed within the episode. Clifford's fate after he runs off in a different direction during the shooting is unresolved within the episode, and Madeline's motives and Montague's next move remain open. Elizabeth tells Henry she was only worried about a friend, but the feelings Henry names are not addressed further in this episode.