[aired Oct. 14, 2007 on CBC]
Well, this show just went down as my favourite new show of the year. I love almost everything about it. The sibling dynamics, the horses, the drama and the prairies all work to together to make Heartland the best show CBC has had in years.
Not all shows have to be dark and edgy to be good. Nor do they have to have gratuitous violence and sex to be entertaining. I miss good wholesome family dramas. Give me the early 90s with shows like Dr. Quinn and Road to Avonlea any day.
The characters are well-written and the actors who play them are incredibly well-cast. Sure, there were a few awkward scenes, but that's to be expected with a new series (I've watched enough pilot episodes in my time to know that).
Heartland takes place on a ranch at the edge of the prairies, right near the Alberta foothills and revolves around two sisters, Lou (Michelle Morgan) and Amy (Amber Marshall) and their grandpa Jack (Shaun Johnston), after the death of the girls' mother and Jack's daughter. Lou is in her 20s and has lived in the big city for years, but she returns home for her mother's funeral. Amy, only 16, still lives on Heartland and is left badly injured in the same accident that killed her mother. Both girls don't get along at all and Jack is left to act as the peacemaker. Lou eventually decides to stay after realizing the ranch needs her in order to bring it out of debt. Also starring in the show are Nathaniel Arcand, Graham Wardle, Aedan Tomney, Jessica Amlee, Chris Potter, Wanda Cannon and Cindy Busby. This large ensemble cast gives the show plenty of complexly intriguing characters well worth tuning into the show for.
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