They may have finished Season 9 on a major high note, but "When Calls the Heart" co-executive producer and writer Elizabeth Stewart hinted that Elizabeth's presumed happily ever after with Lucas (Chris McNally) isn't necessarily guaranteed. "All I can say is that the course of true love never did run smooth!" Stewart teased in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
Although Stewart acknowledged that "plotting out a season is always an organic process, built step by step," she confirmed that the season was always going to end with Lucas proposing. Per Us Weekly, Kevin McGarry, who plays Elizabeth's other longtime love interest, Nathan, is also slated to return for Season 10, so their love triangle might not be over just yet.
As Good Housekeeping reported at the time, when Elizabeth chose Lucas at the end of Season 8, tons of Hearties were up in arms because they felt Nathan was the better choice. Erin Krakow, who plays the torn lead, suggested that those viewers should "reframe your support of one gentleman caller over the other into support for Elizabeth and her journey to find love again."
We'll have to wait and see what happens, but, suffice to say, the journey ahead for Elizabeth and Lucas could be a difficult one.
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