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Eric and Andrea are back in Hope Valley — 1874 edition. Episode 6, "Common Ground," gives us a boarding house with actual curtains, a courtroom scene that lands, a horse that does not, and Rebecca finally hitting a wall. Literally. Two episodes left in season one and things are starting to come together. Mostly.

What we liked: the boarding house is looking genuinely charming, Benjamin Ayres and that horse had a very short introduction, Alexander's courtroom ruling surprised us in the best way, and Hattie delivers the line of the episode by the lake. What we didn't like: the pacing is still the pacing, that flooded alfalfa field dried up faster than it had any right to, and a young girl speaking up in an 1874 courtroom required some suspension of disbelief even by Hallmark standards.

Plus: the evil mother-in-law cliffhanger we had to rewind twice, a quick gold price history lesson (half an ounce was worth about ten dollars in 1874 — the writers actually did their homework), and a Minnesota Timberwolves update that snuck in because Eric is going to give you a Wolves update regardless.

Next week: Andrew Walker in a horse racing movie. We have complicated feelings about horse racing movies. We have uncomplicated feelings about Andrew Walker.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 — Welcome to Hope Valley 1874 Episode 6 0:45 — Episode 6 Overview: Common Ground 2:10 — What We Liked: The Boarding House, the Lake & Lars's Family 4:30 — Benjamin Ayres vs. The Horse 5:15 — Alexander's Courtroom Ruling 8:00 — What We Didn't Like: Pacing, the Prospector's Daughter & That Alfalfa Field 12:20 — The Evil Grandmother Cliffhanger (We Rewound It Twice) 14:00 — Gold Prices in 1874: The Show Did Its Homework 15:10 — Standout Scenes: Hattie by the Lake & Alexander's Speech 17:30 — What We're Hoping For in Episodes 7 and 8 19:15 — Wolves Update (Eric Cannot Help Himself) 20:10 — Next Week: Andrew Walker and Kentucky Roses

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