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Hope Valley & The Forsytes | Which Pilot Should You Watch First? · Cozy Comfort Club Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello,
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  SPEAKER_00: and welcome to Cozy Comfort Club,
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  SPEAKER_00: the podcast where we talk about comfort movies,
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  SPEAKER_00: cozy stories,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the little moments that make them memorable.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Leah,
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  SPEAKER_00: and if you enjoy Hallmark movies,
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  SPEAKER_00: cozy mysteries,
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  SPEAKER_00: literary romances,
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  SPEAKER_00: or anything that feels like a comforting escape from everyday life,
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  SPEAKER_00: you are definitely in the right place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here, I talk about how movies feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: I share what worked,
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  SPEAKER_00: what didn't,
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  SPEAKER_00: and even the moments that made me cringe,
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  SPEAKER_00: all so you know it's worth adding to your watch list.
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  Okay,
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  I was not expecting to have this many thoughts after watching
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  these palettes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today,
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  SPEAKER_00: we are talking frontier survival,
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  SPEAKER_00: resilience,
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  SPEAKER_00: starting over,
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  SPEAKER_00: and wealth,
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  SPEAKER_00: secrets,
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  SPEAKER_00: family drama,
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  SPEAKER_00: and a little chaos in 1870s London.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let me just say,
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  SPEAKER_00: one of these shows made me feel like I needed to slow down and breathe,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the other one had me pausing,
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  SPEAKER_00: rewinding,
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  SPEAKER_00: and gasping out loud.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's get into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just a quick note before we get started,
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  this episode will contain spoilers for both Hope Valley and the
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  Foresight's
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  SPEAKER_00: Palettes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you haven't watched yet, you may want to come back later.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right,
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  SPEAKER_00: now,
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  SPEAKER_00: starting with Hope Valley,
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  SPEAKER_00: 1874,
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  SPEAKER_00: immediately in the first scene,
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought of Oregon Trail.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't know what that says about me, but that is exactly the vibe.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we hear Land of Opportunity.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see the American Eagle.
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  SPEAKER_00: The scenery is beautiful, and it just pulls you in.
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  SPEAKER_00: We meet Constable Alexander Vaughn,
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  SPEAKER_00: played by Lachlan Quamby,
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  SPEAKER_00: and he's graduating from the Northwest Mounted Police.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't even say anything yet, but I'm like, okay.
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  Side note,
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  did anybody else have a little crush on him from Providence
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  Falls?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I'm not gonna lie, I did.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's one of the reasons why I'm watching now.
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  Then we meet Rebecca,
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  played by Bethany Joy Lenz,
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  and her daughter Sarah.
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  Their wagon wheel breaks,
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  and you can immediately tell this has been a struggle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Sarah's like, are we leaving our things?
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  SPEAKER_00: And Rebecca's just trying to hold it together.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I really, really admire how she was able to handle everything.
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  So they leave their belongings behind and then they find a
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  wheel and then they fix
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  SPEAKER_00: it and they keep going.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I thought, OK, that's a little bit of luck right there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because listen, these women are not sitting around complaining.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are figuring it out.
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  SPEAKER_00: No Google, no YouTube tutorials, just vibes and determination.
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  SPEAKER_00: They arrive in gold country and things escalate quick.
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  SPEAKER_00: We meet Tom,
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  SPEAKER_00: played by Hallmark Hunk,
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  SPEAKER_00: Benjamin Ayers,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Hattie,
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  SPEAKER_00: played by Jill Hennessy,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you can already tell there's history between those two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not any romantic history, but they know each other very well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then, boom, there's an explosion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Horse takes off with Sarah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tom runs after her, saves her life, and that's how he meets Rebecca.
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  Also,
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  quick side note,
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  Bethany Joy Lenz,
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  I think she's singing the intro.
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  SPEAKER_00: I heard that from Girls Gone Hallmark.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I love that for her.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is a multi-talented queen.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we learned the explosion was a distraction for gold theft.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rebecca and Sarah came from the Dakota Territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this journey has been long.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Sarah, she doesn't really want to play with the other kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said, she's either shy or she's been through it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And probably both.
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  We find out Rebecca's husband was a doctor during the war and
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  he had passed away.
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  And I don't know if they fully explain how,
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  but you can feel that trauma on her.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is alert.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is cautious.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is not letting her guard down.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that night,
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  SPEAKER_00: they camp on Tom's land,
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  SPEAKER_00: and when he offers them a place inside,
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  SPEAKER_00: she's like,
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  SPEAKER_00: uh-uh.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said, yep, you don't know that man from Tom, Dick, or Harry.
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  Anyway,
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  meanwhile,
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  Tom gets that message,
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  and it says,
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  you were right to leave when you did.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said, okay, we will be revisiting that later.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we meet Peggy, Nash, Clayton, the whole crew.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Peggy offers to watch Sarah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, again, ma'am, I just met you.
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  SPEAKER_00: But this is a different time.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're just trying to survive day to day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so now we have the boarding house.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Rebecca bought it sight unseen.
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  And I said,
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  oh,
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  no,
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  because from personal experience,
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  that is not a good idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sure enough, it's falling apart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leaks, vines, all of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm not going to lie.
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  There were a few green screen moments where I was like,
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  OK,
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  Hallmark,
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  I see you.
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  We know it's a Hallmark movie when we get that obvious green
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  screen moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hattie says dreams are only good for breaking your heart,
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  and that made me a little sad to hear because that's clearly
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  her lived experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we also learned Rebecca and Sarah are running from something,
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  SPEAKER_00: and they are not safe back home.
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  And so at this point,
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  hope is literally the only thing that's going to keep them
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  going.
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  SPEAKER_00: And not the cow just casually greeting them in the tent.
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  SPEAKER_00: I said, absolutely not.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would have never survived 1874.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rebecca treats Tom's hand and we see the obvious chemistry.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really like these two together.
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  Then we get the childbirth scene and I said,
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  oh,
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  Lord,
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  no epidural,
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  no nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: That woman is strong.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Rebecca steps up and she just delivers that baby.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is where I was like, OK, this is who she is.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rebecca is capable and she's resilient and she's not giving up.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the end, Rebecca decides to stay.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's fixing the boarding house and she's building a new life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And her motivation is her baby girl, Sarah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Tom's like, I don't think that's a good idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, you don't want to be responsible for this boarding house.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I thought to myself,
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  SPEAKER_00: OK,
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  nothing will motivate anyone more than a man telling you you
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  can't do something.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we know she's going to make something out of this.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then there's a fight that breaks out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tom versus Doyle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Doyle is a prospector and he is responsible for the boom, that explosion.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so right when it escalates,
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  SPEAKER_00: By the way, Tom was like, I don't want to do this.
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  I'm not trying to fight in front of these kids and these women,
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  but come on then.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Constable Vaughn shows up and I said, OK, now we're getting somewhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: And right as he's showing up, we get a sneak peek of the season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's jump into these Holt Valley ratings, okay?
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  SPEAKER_00: So the cozy rating is a four out of five.
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  SPEAKER_00: This felt very cozy in a grounded, lived-in way.
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  The frontier setting,
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  the sense of community,
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  and the slower pacing all contributed to that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not overly romanticized cozy.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's more about resilience, survival, and starting over.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Rebecca and Sarah's journey especially brought that emotional warmth,
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  SPEAKER_00: even through the struggle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the episode rating or the pilot rating is a four out of five.
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  SPEAKER_00: This was a strong pilot.
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  SPEAKER_00: It introduced the characters well.
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  It gave us enough intrigue with Tom's past and Rebecca's
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  situation and had some
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  SPEAKER_00: really powerful moments,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially the childbirth scene.
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  SPEAKER_00: It held my attention,
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  but I do think this is a show I'll enjoy more as I binge rather
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  than week to week.
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  SPEAKER_00: My overall CCC or Cozy Comfort Club score is an 8 out of 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a solid start.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has heart, strong characters, and a clear direction.
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  For me,
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  it's something I want to settle into over time rather than keep
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  up with weekly.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the rewatch scale, I gave it a 3.5 out of 5.
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  I would definitely rewatch this,
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  but more so as part of a full season binge.
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  This feels like a story that will be even better once
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  everything builds together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  SPEAKER_00: if Hope Valley felt like survival,
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  SPEAKER_00: resilience,
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  SPEAKER_00: and starting over slowly,
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  SPEAKER_00: the foresight said,
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  SPEAKER_00: let's add money,
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  SPEAKER_00: secrets,
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  SPEAKER_00: jealousy,
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  SPEAKER_00: and generational drama and trauma.
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  SPEAKER_00: We open in London, 1877.
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  SPEAKER_00: Butterflies, florals, lace, the visuals are beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we have Grandmama Anne narrating.
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  And I already said,
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  okay,
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  she is giving violet,
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  crawly energy from Downton Abbey.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I say Grandmama, but really they call her Grandmama.
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  SPEAKER_00: We meet June as a child,
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  SPEAKER_00: and her mother,
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  SPEAKER_00: Frances,
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  SPEAKER_00: played by Tuppence Middleton,
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  SPEAKER_00: is remarrying into the Foresight family.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may know Tuppence from Downton Abbey, A New Era.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Frances is remarrying into the Foresight family.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said immediately, this woman is strategic.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is not here for love.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is here for legacy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, this family cares about wealth, reputation, and status.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We meet Jolian Jr.,
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  SPEAKER_00: who I will call Joe,
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  SPEAKER_00: and who everyone else calls Joe,
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  SPEAKER_00: the heir,
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  SPEAKER_00: and his cousin Soames,
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  SPEAKER_00: who was already mad about him becoming the heir.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, this is about to be messy.
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  SPEAKER_00: So fast forward, we find out Joe is artistic.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's impulsive.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's traveling.
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  SPEAKER_00: Immediately, he gives Benedict Bridgerton energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've watched Bridgerton, then you know exactly what I mean.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can't get him to settle down.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he was forced to by his family.
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  SPEAKER_00: So June is entering society.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, it's not about what she wants.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about what benefits the family.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then we meet Louisa.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have Francis and June going to the dressmaker for June's ball gown,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: because she's entering into society.
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  SPEAKER_00: And immediately we know that something is off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Louisa's barely looking at Francis and Francis knows something too,
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  SPEAKER_00: because we already know a woman like Francis always knows something.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meanwhile, Soms is making moves behind the scenes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when he gets shut down, I said, OK, he's not going to let that go.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he sure enough didn't.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we meet Irene, graceful, passionate.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's a ballet dancer, beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when she and Soms meet, they have that stare.
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  SPEAKER_00: You guys know that stare.
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  SPEAKER_00: I talk about it almost every episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said, OK, we know something's coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: But her stepmother hears foresight and immediately sees dollar signs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so her husband is literally struggling.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like he's about to die.
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  SPEAKER_00: His heart is like, I'm sure, beating out of his chest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe,
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what's going on,
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  SPEAKER_00: but he's over there falling apart and she's like,
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  SPEAKER_00: foresight?
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, I'm Clarissa.
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  Everything falls apart and Soames secretly sells shares
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  connected to Irene's family
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  SPEAKER_00: and leaves them broke once Papa Heron,
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  SPEAKER_00: that's Irene's dad,
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  SPEAKER_00: passes away.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course he doesn't tell them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Already I'm like,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: this snake,
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  SPEAKER_00: you can't trust him at all,
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  SPEAKER_00: but whatever,
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  SPEAKER_00: he's just gonna leave that out.
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  Also,
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  that boxing scene at 27 minutes,
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  that was a thirst trap with Joe Jr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then if you want another thirst trap, polo scene.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't remember the timestamp.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking around 30 something, 32 minutes.
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  SPEAKER_00: They knew what they were doing.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a dinner scene and it's tense.
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  SPEAKER_00: Frances is running everything behind the scenes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said it before and I'll say it again.
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  SPEAKER_00: She didn't become this way for no reason.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need her backstory.
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  SPEAKER_00: June enters society.
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  SPEAKER_00: She looks beautiful, but obviously she's miserable.
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  SPEAKER_00: She doesn't want this life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, she thinks she doesn't.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Joe Sr.
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  SPEAKER_00: tells Joe Jr.
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  that,
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  you know,
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  I'm going to pass the torch,
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  and now you're the chairman of Foresight & Co.
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  And across the room,
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  Soames and his daddy,
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  James,
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  they're already plotting.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I said, okay, we know the haters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Really stay busy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then Louisa and Joe reconnect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joe Jr., that is.
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  SPEAKER_00: I always have to say Joe Jr.
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  SPEAKER_00: so we don't get confused with Joe Sr.,
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  SPEAKER_00: And when I tell you his entire face changed,
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  SPEAKER_00: I said,
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  SPEAKER_00: wait,
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  SPEAKER_00: number one,
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  SPEAKER_00: he truly looked like a Disney prince in that moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: His eyes lit up.
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  SPEAKER_00: My goodness.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to find out who did the casting for this.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we find out they met in Venice.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were in love, but she was a lady's maid.
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  And then she says,
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  you wouldn't have been allowed to love me right after he says,
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  I loved you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, this was, oh my goodness.
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  SPEAKER_00: I even thinking about it, it's like my heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's how much I love this episode, guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's the final twist.
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  SPEAKER_00: Get ready.
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  And if you don't want to hear it,
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  you might want to end the episode right here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so Frances shows up at Louisa's house or, you know, at her shop.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what it is, but anyway.
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  SPEAKER_00: The kids, she kept shielding the kids from the foresights.
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  And we already,
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  I think the audience or the viewers,
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  we know,
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  something's not quite right.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the kids walk in, they are twins.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's a boy and a girl.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the little boy says his name is Joseph or something.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we found out that his name is actually Jolian.
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  SPEAKER_00: I gasp.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he is Julian III, technically.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are Joel's children.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he had twins.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he has no idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay?
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  SPEAKER_00: That's how we ended that episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could feel it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, you're like, ooh.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these are the moments I am always waiting for because...
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  SPEAKER_00: I love shows like this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love good, salacious gossip, okay?
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_00: Anywho, let's jump into the ratings for the foresights.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to start with the cozy rating, of course.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was a five out of five, guys.
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  I know you guys are going to hear this and be like,
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  okay,
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  we already know where this is going.
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  But this might be surprising with all the drama,
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  but it still felt so cozy to me.
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  The visuals,
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  the costumes,
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  the interiors,
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  the soft lighting,
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  it all felt rich and immersive.
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  It's that period drama cozy where everything looks beautiful
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  even when things are
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  SPEAKER_00: falling apart underneath.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the episode rating, I'm going to give it a 5 out of 5.
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  SPEAKER_00: This was an incredible pilot.
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  The pacing,
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  the character dynamics,
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  the tension,
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  it pulled me in immediately.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every scene felt intentional,
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  and the storytelling kept building in a way that made me want
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  to keep watching.
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  SPEAKER_00: My overall CCC score is a 10 out of 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is one of my favorite pilot episodes that I've ever watched.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has drama,
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  SPEAKER_00: depth,
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  SPEAKER_00: strong characters,
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  SPEAKER_00: and multiple storylines that already feel layered and complex.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that is very hard to do on the first episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, my rewatch scale is a five out of five.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have to admit, guys, I already rewatched it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first time,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: I like to take little notes for the podcast,
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  SPEAKER_00: but the first time I'm like,
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  SPEAKER_00: there's no way I'm going to enjoy this if I'm sitting here taking notes.
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  I watched it first and then went back and took my notes because
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  it was that good.
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  SPEAKER_00: I didn't even craft.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wasn't crocheting no nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was just watching.
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  This is the kind of show where you pick up on new details every
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  single time,
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  every single scene.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this week really made me think about what starting over looks like.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in Hope Valley, it's slow, it's hard, it's survival.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the four sites,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's power,
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  SPEAKER_00: control,
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  SPEAKER_00: reinvention,
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  SPEAKER_00: and sometimes hiding the truth to protect what you've built.
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  SPEAKER_00: And both of those feel real.
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  SPEAKER_00: So my question for you this week is,
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  are you in a season where you're quietly rebuilding or one
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  where you're trying to
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  SPEAKER_00: take control and shape something new?
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's our Cozy Comfort Club episode for today.
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  If you enjoyed this episode,
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  don't forget to follow Cozy Comfort Club wherever you're
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  listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you want to stay updated on what we're watching next,
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, go find something cozy to watch.