I just recently started watching and finished the second season today. Season 2 feels wrong in so many ways. The hair, the clothes, the town. Season 1 was charming and felt more real to the period. In season 2 most of the women are wearing their hair down and the clothes don't seem right. Also, the town just looks too pristine. Just had to say. Maybe others feel the same way.
shareLOL! - I'm so glad I'm not the only one that's being driven nuts by the hair and makeup!
When a young woman turned 17, the hair went up. Women were only caught with their hair down in an emergency. Mostly they wore caps as well, especially outdoors.
Why, oh why, do these shows take such liberties. They don't need to do that. I would much rather they be period authentic... well, not period, but era.... :O
You're right about the caps! Even up until the 1960's both men & women always wore hats, especially outside! Women may have worn them a little less often, but a man NEVER went outside the house without his hat & these guys do it all the time! It's stupid. :(
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I agree! Although I think past shows like Downton Abbey (set in 1912-1926) and Mad Men (set in 1960-1970) has spoiled us for dramas that are well written & meticulous to their period/era specific fashions. (Although even Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, despite how clean her town was too, was better at depicting their period costumes back during its run in the 1990s, than WCTH often is now. lol)
shareI completely agree with everything here. As much as I enjoyed the overall plot, they just changed everything else in season 2. I do love the clothes in season 2 but they did indeed not look right for that particular time period. If you want to do a time period tv show do not switch it up to look completely different by the second season. Also, I don't like that the show didn't keep the whole storyline of the movie. There are unexplained things that are not seeming to be answer. Have no idea if I'll continue to watch the show at this rate.
shareI wonder if the producers of the show ever read these comments. If they do, I wonder how they will react? I watch, hoping for something better and picking apart all the show's problems. My wife just laughs at how clean the women's clothes are and I just love the perfect GRAVEL streets. What audience are they trying for? I know it's "G" rated and that's great, but come on folks. Can't they make look at least a little realistic??!! Don't they hire consultants who can offer some suggestions? We will give it another try next season, but unless it gets a lot better, we're gone.
shareI've been watching this show every night and was shocked by the changes in season 2. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Everything looks far too beautiful for a poor mining town. Even if the saw mill took over and the mine closed, the change wouldn't've have been so abrupt. Season 1 had old-fashioned charm.
I'm on the 4th episode and another thing annoying me is Elizabeth, and how oblivious she acts around her friend Charles. She really doesn't see his affections? And she continues to entertain all his attentions, it's like she forgot about Jack. Sometimes it all feels very soapy.
I'll have to keep watching.
The fancy modern hair colors and styles are extremely distracting. I'm trying to ignore all the changes and just focus on the stories into the later seasons. I still love just looking at actor Daniel Lissing. He's a beautiful man.
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I really appreciated all these comments. We are not getting When Calls The Heart on Pay TV here in Australia unless Foxtel is running it, which we don't have. So glad to have these warnings about Season 2. We may not go there. We are still getting DVD's of Season one of a bookstore locally.
Sorry to be right off track here but I have to say it totally peeves me that seeing we can view Region 1 DVDs on our compatible player (Region 4 with Dual ability) why can't Hallmark put subtitles on the movies?
Some of the audio quality on Hallmark stuff is absolutely atrocious, so the lack of subtitles is not fair at all.
Thanks so much for all the fantastic feedback. My wife and I will be warned not to go on to Season 2, but I love the main characters Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing.