Some spoilers about the penultimate episode of Season 11 of When Calls The Heart can be found in this story ahead of the finale hitting the 2024 TV schedule ! Man, When Calls The Heart has been an absolute saga over the past few seasons, starting with its intense love triangle in Season 8 and most recently giving fans the gooey moment they wanted from the very beginning when Elizabeth kissed Nathan on the series. Listen, Kevin McGarry knows it’s taken a long time. To get why the Elizabeth and Nathan kiss is a pretty big deal, you need to know a couple of things.
First, that Elizabeth lost the love of her life Jack earlier on in the run of the show when Daniel Lissing decided to exit for other roles. That happened in Season 5, and it took some time for Elizabeth to want to move forward and date again. Secondly, when she did, she got involved in a love triangle with Nathan and Lucas and ended up with the latter, which honestly upset some of the When Calls the Heart fanbase , who had been watching Nathan and Elizabeth get close since he entered the picture in Season 6.
Obviously, stuff with Lucas hasn’t worked out this season, giving Nathan his first window of opportunity in a while, and ultimately, finally, he took it. McGarry knows the movie was “six seasons coming” and in an interview with TV Guide he explained he knows why it's been so brutal for the fanbase to stick with this storyline for so long. It's six seasons coming.
Some of the fans are like, ‘Just kiss alr.
