When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 11: Run to You

At the café, Molly and Florence read the news in The Valley Voice that Governor Bouchard has cancelled the resort project. They both agree that the co-mayors' statement swayed them. Minnie refills coffees at the table and comments that this also means the end of the towns being merged.

At a nearby table, Elizabeth mentions to Rosemary that her article has caused quite a stir. Elizabeth spots Nathan speaking with Henry from a distance and notes that the two of them seem preoccupied. Rosemary says Bill seems that way too, and that she thinks something else is going on. Nathan and Elizabeth wave to each other, and Rosemary says that what is going on between them is beyond slow and steady — it is trepidatious. Elizabeth tells her that there has been a lot going on recently, but Rosemary wants to know what is holding Elizabeth back now.

Elizabeth says that nothing is holding her back now, and shares another look with Nathan.

At the Mountie office, Nathan comes in as Bill frantically tries to get the phone to work. The phone and telegraph lines are down and they need a repairman from Buxton to come and help. Bill asks after any more news on Casimir Shaw, and Nathan relays that headquarters have issued a warrant for his arrest. Bill says he cannot believe there is not so much as a photograph of this man, and that they only have Lucas's description of Shaw from the night he was shot to go on. Nathan says he wishes Lucas would let him bring in reinforcements to investigate it further.

Bill thinks Rosemary should know about this, but Nathan disagrees. Bill asks whether Nathan has told Elizabeth, and Nathan confirms that he has not. Bill tells Nathan that he really does move like molasses in January with this whole Elizabeth situation. Nathan says that he is letting Elizabeth take the lead.

Outside the Mountie office, Elizabeth runs into Nathan, who apologises for being so busy. Elizabeth stumbles over her words and mentions that since Allie is watching Little Jack and she needs to exercise Sergeant anyway, would Nathan like to join her on a horse ride? He says he can get away from work and would love to keep her company. They agree to meet at the stables later.

In town, Henry sees Edwin leaving for a job interview in Capital City. For Edwin it is not personal, but he is leaving because Lucas stopped listening to him a while ago. Henry notes that Edwin is leaving when things are getting hard, but Edwin says Lucas's ratings will tank. Edwin says there are no hard feelings and goes to shake Henry's hand, but Henry does not shake it.

At the saloon, Rosemary talks to Lee about the mystery of Lucas's shooting and about Bill's seeming decrease in interest in it. Lee says that Lucas has barely been out of his office since calling off the resort project. Rosemary says she requested a follow-up interview from Henry, who turned her down flat. Henry then enters the saloon and heads straight to Lucas's office.

In Lucas's office, Lucas tells Henry that he is happy Edwin quit, because he was always too focused on the next election. Lucas says he should have abandoned the resort project sooner, but Henry reminds him that there was no way for him to know it was going to become hijacked. Lucas asks whether he can count on Henry to help him rebuild confidence in his administration, and Henry says yes.

In the saloon, Elizabeth excitedly tells Rosemary that she cannot walk home with her later, because she is going on a horse ride. Lee and Rosemary know that this means time with Nathan. Elizabeth asks Rosemary to tell Allie that she will be home late to get Little Jack.

Outside the café, Lily draws a picture of her Grandma's house and tells Faith how she used to count the stars out of her window there. Faith says that Lily's room here does not have a great view of the sky. Minnie overhears and offers Faith a nightlight that Joseph built for Cooper, which projects stars.

At the pharmacy, Mei reads a letter from her brother, Bo, who is coming to Cape Fullerton. Mike asks whether he can come with her to see Bo, too, because he would love to meet him.

In town, Rosemary spots Bill and tells him that they both know Lucas cancelling the resort had nothing to do with whether it was financially feasible. Bill says not to concern herself with it, but Rosemary does not think they should be keeping things from one another, because they are a team. Bill says that a team has trust, and that she will need to trust him on this one. He then points out that Randall Rockwell from the Benson Hills Beetle is here for her, and in the distraction Bill gets away from Rosemary's questioning.

In Rosemary's office, Randall congratulates her on scooping him with a statement from Governor Bouchard about the resort cancellation. He says he noticed that the statement was vague and that he believes there is more to the story. Randall suggests that they work on the exposé for print together.

At the café, Rosemary and Randall sit with Lucas to discuss his shooter. Lucas says he is happy to discuss any issue but that one, because the dark days are behind them. Lucas pays and leaves. Outside, he spots Jeanette's car, and he enters his office to find Jeanette there. She tells him that he needs to listen to her.

As Mike and Mei walk, Mike asks whether Bo could come to Hope Valley instead of them going to Cape Fullerton. Mei agrees, and Mike tells her that it could be years before her whole family is in town again. He gets down on one knee and tells her how much he loves her. Mike asks Mei whether she will marry him, and she says yes.

Elizabeth meets Nathan at the stables for their horse ride. As Nathan comments that they seem to get interrupted a lot and that their timing is not always the greatest, Henry asks for Nathan to come with him because the governor needs him. They need to find Bill, and Henry says there could be trouble.

In Lucas's office, Lucas asks Jeanette why she is here and not hiding from Shaw. She says there is no place he cannot find her, and that he did find her. Jeanette says they need to cooperate with him, and that he is on his way to Hope Valley. Nathan calls in Mountie backup, and Bill recruits Lee and Mike to help.

At the mercantile, Joseph gives Faith the starry nightlight for Lily. Nathan arrives wondering when the phones will be back up, but Ned is not sure.

Through a spyglass, someone observes the people in town; it is Casimir Shaw. Bill catches Lee and Mike up on what is happening as they meet up with Nathan and Henry to devise a plan. Lee wants to tell Rosemary, but they tell him not to, and that it is the Governor's order.

Rosemary sees Elizabeth in town and wonders what happened to her horse ride. Elizabeth tells her that they had to reschedule because Henry needed Nathan, and Rosemary wonders what is going on around here. Rosemary asks whether something happened with Elizabeth and Nathan, but Elizabeth does not know. She says she needs to talk with him, and Rosemary agrees.

In Lucas's office, Jeanette tells Lucas to negotiate a cut with Shaw to avoid danger. Lucas tells her that doing business with Shaw goes against everything he stands for. Jeanette tells him that it is just business and that he should be more flexible. She reminds him that when they hit rock bottom in New Orleans, he told her that they can be anyone they want. Jeanette leans in to kiss Lucas and he rejects her; what he wants, he says, is to be a good and honest man. Jeanette tells him that he is no longer the person she used to know.

Shaw watches the town from afar and sees a signal from Jeanette with a mirror and light. Jeanette sees Rosemary and Randall head into The Valley Voice. Nathan and Bill meet up on horseback and discuss that they have not found anything or anyone despite Jeanette's information. Lucas joins them even though he was supposed to stay put in his office.

At The Valley Voice, Rosemary and Randall discuss their mutual findings in Lucas's case. Rosemary learns that Randall never met his alleged source, but that he did vet the information through the Mounties, who were duped just as he was. Rosemary wonders whether the source could be the shooter trying to throw them off the scent. Randall reveals that his source sent him a letter the other day urging him to keep his mouth closed. Rosemary works out that Randall came here so that he could expose his source in her paper under her byline, because he was worried about his and his family's safety.

As Rosemary leaves to warn the governor that he is still at risk, Randall notices that Jeanette's handwriting matches that of the letter he received from his source.

Rosemary sees that the saloon has a closed sign up; she enters anyway looking for Lucas and finds Jeanette at the bar. Jeanette asks her whether everything is alright and tells her that Lucas is busy. As Rosemary turns to leave, Jeanette asks what Randall has been telling her. Rosemary asks whether Jeanette really was his source, and Jeanette confirms that she was; she asks whether she can explain.

At Elizabeth's house, Elizabeth finishes making dinner for Little Jack. Allie comes in with Goldie and tells Elizabeth that she has not heard from Rosemary and that the phones are still down. Elizabeth asks Allie and Goldie to stay for dinner.

Back at the saloon, Jeanette reveals to Rosemary that she was there the night of Lucas's shooting and that Shaw forced her to lie to Lucas. She tells Rosemary that Lucas regained his memory of the night and recalled her being there. Rosemary is shocked to hear this, and Jeanette is surprised that she did not know. Jeanette says she would never do anything to hurt Lucas and that Shaw made her do all of it. Rosemary says that the note to Randall came from Jeanette, not from Shaw — and just then, Casimir Shaw enters the saloon.

Randall leaves The Valley Voice and runs into Elizabeth, who asks after Rosemary; he tells her that Rosemary went across to the saloon to find the governor.

Back inside the saloon, Shaw holds Rosemary at gunpoint and makes her sit down. Jeanette tells Shaw that the governor has failed to see reason. Shaw wants to take care of Lucas, but Jeanette says to leave that to her. Elizabeth enters the saloon and Rosemary tells her to run. Shaw saw her coming and hid behind the door; when she makes to leave, he locks Elizabeth inside the saloon as well and holds her at gunpoint.

Outside in the woods, Nathan, Bill and Lucas discuss their next moves. Randall approaches in his car and tells them that he and Rosemary believe Jeanette was his attempted assailant.

Back at the saloon, Shaw asks what to do with Rosemary and Elizabeth, and Jeanette says she wants to keep them hostage. Rosemary and Elizabeth plead to be let go. Jeanette pulls out a gun, which she holds to Rosemary, and says that her hands are tied and that she is following Mr. Shaw's orders.

Randall tells Lucas, Nathan and Bill that he believes his source was Jeanette Aucoin and that he does not think she was being forced by anyone. They all wonder whether Jeanette is not Shaw's victim but rather his partner.

At the saloon, Rosemary tells Jeanette that it is fairly obvious who is in charge here. Rosemary tells Jeanette that she has to hand it to her and that she is very brilliant — there is no Shaw. She is Shaw. Jeanette tells Rosemary, “Bravo.” Lucas says he once told Jeanette that they can be anyone they want to be, and that he never realized she would take it so literally. Jeanette is Shaw.

Bill, Nathan and Lucas approach the saloon carefully and spot Rosemary and Elizabeth being held hostage inside. Bill relays the scene to the others and they work on a plan.

Now that it is dark outside, Jeanette wants to leave with her accomplice. As they prepare to bring Elizabeth and Rosemary out of the saloon at gunpoint, Lucas enters. He is held at gunpoint and searched by Jeanette's accomplice as she greets him. Lucas pleads with her and reminds her that she did not shoot him, her accomplice did, and that she saved him. Over a flashback to the night of Lucas's shooting, Jeanette tells Lucas that if it was not for her pushing her accomplice's arm, the second bullet would have hit his heart. Lucas says he owes her for that, and she agrees.

Nathan quietly sneaks into the saloon from Lucas's office in the back. Lucas asks Jeanette to let Rosemary and Elizabeth go, as they are not involved, but she notes that they are all involved now. Nathan enters the room with his gun drawn as an armed Bill barges in from the front door, telling them to put their guns down and their hands up. Nathan tells Jeanette that it is over, but she says not unless they want their governor in one piece. Jeanette's accomplice grabs Bill's gun and knocks him to the ground; he takes Lucas at gunpoint, but then directs his gun at Elizabeth.

He takes Elizabeth up the stairs while Jeanette keeps her gun on Lucas and Bill.

More Mounties arrive at the scene for backup. Rosemary grabs a gun on the floor and throws it to Bill. Rosemary makes a run towards Nathan and they head up the stairs. Lucas steps between Bill and Jeanette's drawn guns and tells Jeanette that he knows she will not shoot him. She asks Lucas not to make her do this.

Jeanette's accomplice drags Elizabeth outside onto the balcony, where the Mounties and Nathan have him surrounded. Nathan puts his gun down and asks to speak with the accomplice, telling him that if he gives them information on Jeanette, he can go.

Lucas tells Jeanette that he underestimated her, that everyone did, and that no one would take her seriously, which is why she had to become “Shaw.” Lucas tries to reason with her and is able to get close enough to grab Jeanette's gun from her. Bill heads upstairs for backup, and Lucas holds Jeanette as she cries.

Outside on the balcony, Nathan and Elizabeth make eyes at a potential exit. As Bill enters the scene, Jeanette's accomplice shoots towards him but misses. Nathan grabs Elizabeth and they jump off the balcony onto a haystack in a truck below. Bill tells the accomplice to drop his gun, and he does.

Elizabeth and Nathan open their eyes to one another in the haystack. Nathan helps her down and Rosemary and Elizabeth hug. Lucas stops the Mountie who has Jeanette and asks her why she came back here, when she could have continued to hide behind “Shaw.” She tells him that they all have their weaknesses.

Later, Elizabeth reads with Little Jack, and says that after a night like tonight all she wants to do is count her blessings, because everyone she cares about is safe. Meanwhile, Nathan returns home and Allie gives him a big hug. Mike and Mei cuddle together on their couch. Minnie and Joseph share a dance and a laugh. Faith and Lily turn on her new star nightlight together. Lee, Rosemary and Goldie hug and smile.

As Elizabeth journals on her front porch, Nathan walks up and lets her know that they are taking Jeanette and her accomplice away to Capital City. He says he does not know what he would have done if something had happened to her today. She brings up his comment earlier about their bad timing. Elizabeth says she is so sorry for hurting him in the past and for letting fear get in the way. Her heart lifts when she thinks of him, and he feels like home to her. She could not say it before because she would not let herself, but she tells Nathan that she is in love with him.

She asks him to please say something; Nathan comes closer and kisses Elizabeth. He tells her that he has never stopped loving her, and kisses her again.

“Run to You” ends on Elizabeth's front porch, not on the siege. Nathan walks up to tell her that Jeanette and her accomplice are being taken away to Capital City, says he does not know what he would have done if something had happened to her today, and Elizabeth brings up his earlier comment about their bad timing. She tells him she is sorry for hurting him in the past and for letting fear get in the way, and that she could not say it before because she would not let herself, and then tells him that she is in love with him. She asks him to say something; he comes closer, kisses her, and tells her he has never stopped loving her. The episode ends there and does not show how they tell Little Jack or Allie, which is left unresolved.

The Shaw thread is closed by identification rather than by trial. Rosemary tells Jeanette that there is no Shaw and that Jeanette is Shaw, and Lucas says he once told Jeanette that they can be anyone they want, and that he never realized she would take it so literally. The episode confirms that Jeanette was behind the shooting and that she saved Lucas's life by pushing her accomplice's arm so the second bullet missed his heart. What it does not confirm is who her accomplice is: he is never named, and the episode does not establish his identity or his relationship to Jeanette beyond his being her accomplice.

Two other threads are left deliberately open. Jeanette is taken to Capital City with her accomplice, and Lucas asks her why she came back when she could have kept hiding behind Shaw; her answer, that they all have their weaknesses, does not explain it. The episode does not confirm what charges she faces or what happens to her next. And Randall's exposé is unresolved: he brought his source to Rosemary's paper, and the episode does not show whether the story runs, whether Rosemary prints it under her own byline, or what it costs Randall.