When Calls the Heart Season 12 Episode 7: Dance the Night Away

Elizabeth writes in her journal about the sense of possibility in the autumn air. Allie and Oliver follow the map in the woods together. At the mercantile Rosemary opens a package of play scripts with Minnie: Lee took her to a performance of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and it has inspired her to put on her own show, which she says she will direct, produce and star in. Elizabeth has written a guide for her new curriculum with Fiona's encouragement, and Fiona wants to send it to publishers and other educators.

Elizabeth tells Fiona that everything with her and Nathan feels new and exciting and that they are enjoying every moment, and she kisses him outside.

At the saloon Ava sings “Ain't We Got Fun” as she delivers drinks to customers' tables. Lee and Hickam review the numbers and say that Ava's tab is too expensive to support, and they wonder whether her parents really are supposed to arrive soon as she claims. Lee shows Rosemary the printed audition notices for the play, and Mike says he was thinking about auditioning and relays that Ava was interested as well. Ava tries to approach Rosemary, but Rosemary hurries out of the door to distribute flyers. Elizabeth enters and asks Lee whether he got “them,” and Lee hands her a small brown envelope.

Nathan comes to Elizabeth's with two surprise train tickets to Union City that she left on his desk, and she tells him to trust her. He tickles the plan out of her: they are going to the new Buster Keaton movie at The Palace that day, and she has arranged childcare and a taxi. Nathan kisses her and leaves to get ready.

At the mercantile Ned studies the script for the audition, and Fiona tells someone on the other line of the phone that she will consult with Mr. Weaver and get back to them. Elizabeth arrives with copies of her curriculum ready to mail out, and Fiona mentions that sometimes you should query a publisher first before mailing the entire manuscript, but that it is good to be bold. Elizabeth leaves to work more on the curriculum before mailing it.

Hickam auditions theatrically for Rosemary and Elizabeth at the schoolhouse, and after he stutters Rosemary ushers him off the stage. Rosemary tells Elizabeth that she cannot find the right actor for Algernon, and Mike takes the stage to try again. Rosemary promises Hickam that he was great and wonders to Elizabeth who in this town is “swashbuckling” and “bold” enough for the Algernon character. Elizabeth whispers something in her ear, and the two of them leave to find out whether “he” will do.

Allie and Oliver review their map together at Bill's office, and Bill encourages them to take their findings right to the Governor, so they leave to do so. Nathan comes in and Bill tells him that per a report from Inspector McGill, two double-headed eagle coins like the one they have have shown up in Amsterdam. Rosemary enters and overhears, and notes that it still does not address where the Garrison gang hid the rest of the gold; she suggests getting the public involved with a Valley-wide treasure hunt, but Bill and Nathan think it is too much publicity.

Rosemary then asks Bill about a British accent he once took on undercover, he shows it off, and she declares that he will be her Algernon — which he reluctantly agrees to. Joseph and Henry work on props and sets for the play together at the schoolhouse, and Joseph tells Henry that Minnie and the choir are always looking for good soloists. He sings as they work.

Edwin lets Allie and Oliver into Lucas's office to speak with him about the cattle crossing, and they present their maps suggesting that the cattle take a different route to a larger body of water to save the stream from contamination. Lucas tells them that they make a great team and asks to keep the map. Nathan and Elizabeth enjoy their night at the movie in Union City and share a dance while Nathan sings outside the theatre.

Toddy Davis notices Nathan and calls him “Danny,” mentions that he has just got back from the Netherlands with quite the haul of collectibles, and Toddy's wife Trudy joins them and encourages Toddy to invite “Danny” and “Diane” up to their party. The two of them try to turn the invitation down but are corralled into the car and into the party.

Rosemary gets distracted with Ned by the props amidst rehearsals, so Ava chimes in to help Bill, Lee and Mike run lines. Ava tells Rosemary that she knows the script from a production in the past and wants to be involved, and Rosemary tells her she can be in charge of props, but for the rehearsal only.

Nathan and Elizabeth change into party clothes at Toddy and Trudy's and join the party, and Nathan brings Elizabeth up to speed on the Toddy case and on his identity. Trudy gets Elizabeth to dance and Nathan and Toddy join in, and when Trudy asks Elizabeth how she met Nathan, Elizabeth deflects and asks how Trudy and Toddy met.

Lucas enters the café and approaches Edie with the map Allie and Oliver made; Edie encourages him to take the next steps to draft it as a proposal, but when Lucas asks for her help with the legal language she says she is late for a meeting and leaves before they can have dinner together.

Back at the party Elizabeth and Nathan struggle to get their story straight about their relationship. They tell Toddy and Trudy that their song is “You Made Me Love You,” so Trudy tells them to sing it on stage for the party, and they do, and the crowd applauds. Edie comes to Lucas's office later that night as he drafts the land proposal, presents a deck of cards and asks whether he wants to play a game with her.

Lee and Rosemary discuss the play as they do the dishes at their house. Rosemary tells him there are more roles to fill, and Lee wonders why she does not cast Ava, who seems to know the material so well. Rosemary says that Ava is so dramatic and takes up all the oxygen in the room, and then tells him that she feels a little threatened by her. Lee tells Rosemary that she is brilliant and that there is no one like her, and she thanks him for always standing by her. They tell one another that they love one another and share a kiss.

At the saloon Lucas beats Edie at gin and tells her that she has a tell — fiddling with her ring finger — and says he believes she did not come just to play cards. She asks him to drop the land proposal, because it would save a lot of people a lot of trouble, including him. Lucas asks where this is coming from, and Edie says it is a matter of attorney-client privilege. She says they can still be friends playing cards, and they continue playing.

Back at the party Toddy tells Nathan that he might have something for the eccentric and wealthy “client” Nathan describes to him, and shows him a 24-carat pocket watch with the same double-headed eagle medallion design as the gold coin. Toddy says he got it from a rancher in one of the valleys past Benson Hills, that the rancher had got his hands on a case of them, and that he died last year. Toddy tells Nathan he could sell him a few, and Nathan says he will talk to his “guy.”

Rosemary looks at old articles about her acting in “Miss Innocence” and tries on old prop gloves, and when Lee asks for her help she puts the gloves down and joins him. Mei joins Fiona at the salon as she waits for a call from Mr. Weaver about whether he has accepted the offer on the salon, and asks whether Fiona is ready to let go of the place; Fiona says she is not, and that she still does not know what to say to the marriage proposal. Fiona tells Mei she never dreamt of her wedding or the perfect life, and Mei tells her that she has a spark and should follow it.

The phone rings and Mr. Weaver tells Fiona that he is accepting the offer on the salon. Mei tells her that as one adventure ends another begins, and hangs a “SOLD” sign on the door.

Elizabeth tells Rosemary about their night and their performance as Danny and Diane DeMarco. Rosemary wonders whether Elizabeth finds it odd that this heiress from Baltimore, Ava Riella, is running around town like a one-woman Vaudeville act, and Elizabeth reminds her that she did something a bit similar when she first arrived in town. Elizabeth tells Rosemary that she finally did send her curriculum in the mail — “leap and the net will appear.” Rosemary says she will offer Ava a role in her play too, and the two of them cheers their tea cups to “more adventure.”

The episode ends on three unresolved notes rather than one. In Union City, Toddy Davis shows Nathan a 24-carat pocket watch with the same double-headed eagle medallion as the gold coin and says he bought it from a rancher in a valley past Benson Hills who died last year, and that he could sell Nathan a few. Nathan says he will talk to his “guy.” The episode does not name the rancher — that identification is left to Episode 8 — and it does not establish that the watch came from the train robbery.

In Hope Valley, Edie Martell comes to Lucas's office at night, loses at gin, and asks him to drop the land proposal because it would save a lot of people a lot of trouble, including him. Lucas asks where it is coming from and Edie answers only that it is a matter of attorney-client privilege. Her reason is not given in this episode; the episode also does not show Lucas agreeing to drop the proposal or refusing to, so the proposal's status is left open.

The third note is the quietest. Rosemary admits to Lee that she feels threatened by Ava, and then tells Elizabeth that she will offer Ava a role in the play too. The episode does not resolve what role that is, and it leaves Ava's competence — and the question of why she knows the script so well — unexplained. Ava's tab at the saloon is also left where it was: Lee and Hickam state that it is too expensive to support and that they doubt her parents are coming, and nothing in the episode changes that. Fiona's salon sale closes, and she has still not said no to the marriage proposal.