So I love period pieces. I was drawn to WCTH for that reason. I appreciate a nice clean series, as it is hard to find these days. I did enjoy the first season. It was somewhat cheesy, as I expected being a Hallmark production but I am ok with that. Then things seem to go somewhat wrong from there on. I have listed the things that have gone wrong and too be fair the things I think are ok with the series.
1> The thing that bugs me the most is the make-up, hair styles and clothing. What the heck are they thinking? This is 1910 era and most important it is the Canadian frontier! Where the heck do these women get their make-up , their dyed hair and the clothes from? Which by the way is not period correct with the exception of the long skirts. As for the make-up would it really be available in a Canadian frontier town in 1910? Apart from that, would frontier women really spend money on make up when they had children to feed? I ask why Hallmark changed the more natural face of the women in season 1 to make-up that looks professionally done to the point they look like models about to do a professional magazine spread! Enough said on that! As for the hair colour and styles? Again I ask WHY? Not correct for period, and dying their hair or lightening it? Would they really have been concerned with that in a frontier town? Never mind being able to buy such products!
2> These people look as though they have the best products for keeping themselves and their clothes clean. Really?????? No running water to have a shower everyday or wash their perfect hair. It boggles my mind again why Hallmark has made this show so laughable. What a disgrace to the writer of the book series.
3> In Season 1 it shows muddy dirty streets. Did I miss something here??? All of a sudden the town is as clean as can be. All graveled streets with no trace of any horses ever doing their business... Really????
4> The town is full of incredibly good looking people. Where are the roughened hard working people that would be evident in a 1910 era mining town? I realize this is a television show, but Hallmark, try to keep it a bit real! You did at least try in season 1. What went wrong? There must be one heck of a dentist in that town i might add!
5> The story lines have gotten so bad. So predictable. Especially where Elizabeth is concerned. I just finished season 4, so let's see. New kid comes to class. No mother, just father. Kid has problems. Elizabeth steps in, saves the day and all of a sudden its back to happyville with that permanent smile on Elizabeth's face with her glossy red lips and whitest smile you ever saw!
6> A woman mayor in 1910? Really???????? Just Really?????? What has happened to Henry Gowan? I actually enjoyed his bad guy role. At least he wasn't sickeningly sweet all the time! He had some substance to him. Now they have turned him into another sappy guy to add to all the other sappy guys. Good looking sappy guys I might add!
7> I really need to pick apart the episode where Cody has to have an operation. So Abigale is waiting at her house with Elizabeth and not sure who else. Where was her boyfriend Pastor Frank during this time? Then Elizabeth asks her to go try to sleep? Really? ???? She is waiting to see if the kid is even going to live? You think she could sleep? Of course in morning she is in full make-up. She actually had the desire to do full make-up. Do i need to say it? Really?
8> Why does Rosemary just walk into Elizabeth's house without knocking? She just walks right in at all times of the day. What if Jack and Elizabeth were not available for company? What if Elizabeth was walking around in her unmentionables? Or what if she wasn't in full make-up? How horrible would that be!!!!!!!!!!!
9> Back to Cody episode, The doctor that comes to town decides he has the flu, not that I have medical knowledge, but I do know flu comes from a virus. He would have had to catch that virus from someone. The doctor that comes to town doesn't even ask if something like this is going around? I get the story line was to get the yummy Dr. Sheppard back in town, but it was just so transparent. Of course Elizabeth jumps on her horse, finds him somewhere out in the great wide open and saves the day. She is also in full make-up. Ha Ha.. Oh don't forget that Doc that came to town ends up in the saloon drinking and is in no shape to operate at that point!
10> What season does western Canada have? Alberta to be exact. It seems to always be one season on this show. Not summer, not winter with snow. Just always cold enough for the women to wear their stylish coats that I could buy today at my local mall in the year 2019!!!! Anyhow, I live in Canada, not in the west but there is extreme COLD during winter and snow. I just don't get what season they are always leading us to believe it is.
11> Why does Abigale wear her hair down while cooking at her cafe??? Is that realistic?
Ok enough of all this negativity....
I better get to the good things about the show! ? I do like it is a period show. I understand it is based on books and they couldn't change the time.
I do enjoy they are keeping it clean.
I do enjoy the people they have cast. I think they are doing the best they can with what they have been given. I do wonder if they shake their heads at some of the HUGE flaws, but I guess they have no say.
Will I continue to watch? Probably. I just hope they listen to what people are saying and make some changes.
I did give it a 5 after all, but that was based on season 1 mostly.
End of my rant!
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