When Calls the Heart's Erin Krakow REACTS to SHOCKING Season 10 Finale (Exclusiv
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00:00 By the end of season 10, we see that Lucas and Elizabeth
00:04 very respectfully decide to end their engagement.
00:09 - I'm so sorry, Lucas.
00:10 I can't bear the thought of hurting you.
00:14 I really wanted to make this work.
00:17 - I know.
00:18 - I did.
00:19 But no matter how hard I tried to convince myself.
00:22 - Your heart isn't there.
00:23 - What was your reaction when you found out?
00:25 - I think it's a really good, authentic,
00:30 challenging, emotional story.
00:33 And it may be tough on some of our fans,
00:38 but what I really appreciate about it
00:41 is it's a story of two people who,
00:44 they still have a very deep love for one another.
00:47 - It was so delicate the way they handled it.
00:49 - Oh, I'm glad you feel that way, thank you.
00:51 I felt that way as well.
00:52 But I think that they were just being true
00:56 to what was in their hearts.
00:58 And you can't argue with that.
01:00 They're being true to their authentic selves.
01:02 So, I mean, I think it was the right move.
01:07 - I wish I could give you all of my heart.
01:09 But I just can't.
01:13 And you deserve someone who can.
01:17 - We both do.
01:21 - I love Lucas for so many reasons.
01:23 And I really loved, especially over the past couple seasons,
01:25 watching him step up to the plate, be a man who commits,
01:28 be a man who is there for not only Elizabeth,
01:31 but for little Jack.
01:31 - Yes.
01:32 - What do you think it was
01:34 that ultimately kind of drove them apart?
01:37 - I think it was several things.
01:39 I think, you know, one,
01:40 Lucas always had these big dreams and grand gestures.
01:44 You know, he's wanting to surprise Elizabeth
01:46 with a house on a hill somewhere.
01:47 And Elizabeth wants to stay in her modest row house
01:50 and be close to her community.
01:52 When thinking about political aspirations,
01:55 Lucas is really intrigued by that.
01:57 I mean, not at first necessarily,
01:59 but he's excited about moving to the big city
02:02 and making these changes for the town, for the community.
02:06 Elizabeth doesn't really share those dreams.
02:09 And-
02:09 - And that's okay.
02:10 - That is totally okay.
02:12 Because they can be individuals
02:14 who still really care about each other,
02:16 but aren't necessarily meant to be together forever.
02:19 - Yeah.
02:20 - And I think that there's just
02:22 maybe something else happening in Elizabeth's heart
02:26 that she can't quite deny as much as she once tried.
02:30 - So before I go down that path,
02:35 before we tackle that.
02:36 - Yeah, good luck.
02:37 - We see Lucas goes off to Capital City.
02:40 He has been elected as governor
02:42 and we see Elizabeth makes the choice
02:44 to stay back in Hope Valley.
02:45 - Yes.
02:46 - As we now are going into season 11,
02:48 congrats on being renewed.
02:50 - Thank you.
02:51 - Are we gonna get answers about
02:53 whether Lucas is gonna pursue this whole
02:55 governor situation he has on his hands?
02:58 Or do you think his heart will ultimately
03:00 pull him back to Hope Valley?
03:02 - Both.
03:05 I mean-
03:05 - You can do both in this world?
03:07 - We do do both.
03:08 - Okay.
03:09 - I mean, it's absolutely happening.
03:11 We're not gonna lose Chris McNally.
03:12 - Oh, thank you.
03:14 Thank you.
03:14 - I mean, he's fantastic.
03:15 I can't imagine that.
03:16 - Yeah.
03:17 - Our show just grew and changed
03:19 when we brought in Kevin and Chris.
03:20 He's gotta stick around.
03:22 But in season 11, I mean, not to spoil too much,
03:24 but we are continuing to explore
03:25 this political route he's on.
03:27 - Okay.
03:28 - Yeah.
03:29 - So we'll get more answers about
03:29 what Lucas's future looks like.
03:31 - Yes, a lot more answers.
03:33 - Okay.
03:34 Now, you mentioned earlier that Elizabeth's heart,
03:37 whether she wants to admit it or not,
03:40 might be pulled in a different direction.
03:42 And we saw little glimpses of that
03:44 throughout season 10.
03:46 - Elizabeth.
03:48 What do you want?
03:51 - What I want
03:55 is for him to win.
03:59 - Tell me about that scene
04:00 and why you feel like that was maybe a pivotal moment
04:02 in some shifts of feelings.
04:05 - It was a huge moment between Nathan and Elizabeth
04:08 just as people who care about each other.
04:10 I think Nathan was really challenging Elizabeth
04:12 to be true to what she was feeling.
04:14 What do you really want here?
04:16 At the end of the day,
04:17 do you wanna go be a governor's wife in the big city?
04:21 Is that what you really want?
04:23 If not, Nathan aside,
04:26 you need to reconnect to what's in your heart.
04:28 - Is that the life you want?
04:30 - Is that the life you want?
04:31 And I think it was that conversation
04:34 that really shook Elizabeth.
04:36 She doubled down.
04:37 She said, "I am going.
04:38 "I'm going with Lucas.
04:40 "I'm gonna go support him."
04:41 But in the wee hours of the morning
04:44 when she's sitting at her table with Rosemary,
04:47 tearfully talking about what's truly in her heart,
04:50 she realized it wasn't that.
04:52 And I don't know.
04:53 I don't know if she would have come to that realization
04:55 if Nathan hadn't challenged her
04:57 to really think through what she wanted out of her life.
05:00 - I hope.
05:01 I hope it makes you happy.
05:04 Be safe.
05:09 - I don't wanna call them sparks
05:10 because they're two very respectful people
05:12 and nothing was going on.
05:13 But I think at the end of the day,
05:14 it is inevitable that these two people
05:16 have so much in common.
05:17 They both held out.
05:19 She's now single.
05:20 Nathan never wound up pursuing a romance with anybody else.
05:24 Should we still hold out hope
05:26 that these two might really give it a go?
05:29 - Yes.
05:34 I guess I'll just say yes.
05:35 I mean, it never hurts to have hope.
05:37 Though I'm sensitive for any of our viewers
05:40 who may have just watched all of this go down.
05:44 I know it's very fresh for them.
05:46 And for that reason,
05:47 I'd just like to say that we take our time
05:51 with any of this.
05:51 We are intentionally being as respectful as we can.
05:55 But it's really important
05:57 that Elizabeth have love in her life.
05:59 And we're on that journey.
06:01 - It is.
06:02 And I'm glad you said that
06:03 because after Jack's death,
06:04 I mean, Elizabeth really took a couple seasons
06:07 to even warm up to the idea
06:08 of maybe getting engaged again.
06:10 - Right.
06:11 - Do you see a world where maybe Elizabeth and Nathan
06:13 could end up together?
06:14 - I do.
06:16 - Okay.
06:17 - Yeah.
06:18 - You think it makes sense?
06:19 - I absolutely think it makes sense.
06:20 And I think that everybody deserves a happy ending.
06:22 So that's what we're after.
06:25 - This is your camera.
06:26 Do you wanna look in there
06:27 and say hi to the Hardys and offer them maybe a message?
06:30 - Hi Hardys.
06:32 I know it's been a rollercoaster of a season.
06:34 And I just wanna say,
06:36 thank you so much for coming along on this ride with us.
06:38 We have a lot of very exciting, romantic stories
06:43 left to tell and happy stories for all characters involved.
06:48 - And my final question is season 10,
06:54 of course in true "When Calls the Heart" fashion,
06:56 it ends with an epic cliffhanger.
06:59 It's so picturesque.
07:00 Elizabeth is sitting there on that log
07:02 and who comes riding up to offer like a comforting word?
07:06 Nathan.
07:06 - Yeah.
07:07 - What are you doing?
07:09 - I was just...
07:12 - Bill, what is it?
07:16 It's Lucas.
07:18 I need you both now.
07:20 - We have a lot of questions, of course,
07:23 going into season 11.
07:25 What can you tell me about where this story is heading?
07:28 - Well, I can say that the good news is
07:30 those questions will be answered.
07:32 And pretty much right away.
07:33 So we're not gonna have to wait too long in season 11
07:36 to get those answers.
07:37 - Answers about if Lucas is okay?
07:39 Answers about whether Nathan and Elizabeth
07:42 decide to give it a go?
07:43 - We'll find out about Lucas' well-being right away.
07:47 - Okay.
07:48 - And the Nathan and Elizabeth journey
07:51 may be a bit slower,
07:53 but we will be dropping hints as much as we can.
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