I think the show is great. I do not like what Erin Krakow and the Director are doing by changing Elizabeth's love interest with Lucas its not possible. I think they are destroying Jeanette Oak book in how she tells the story that Elizabeth does go back to Mountie but you and Erin Krakow are messing up the story line of this book and I do not appreciate it.
Elizabeth and Lucas should not nor ever started he is very shady and he his very dangerous man that my destroy or hurt Elizabeth and Baby Jack when you all forgot that Lucas put Elizabeth in danger when was healed hostage in his bar by a thief who had a gun pointed at Elizabeth and the other hostages. Lucas is a card shark a thief and a crook who I think has the land surveys being looked at and keeping it from Elizabeth and Hope Valley.
If there is a season 9 for When Calls the Heart than you need to fix all the mistakes from Season 8 that did not Jeanette Oak book and put Elizabeth's love interest in giving Nathan a second chance and Lucas out of the picture since he is the one who is putting pressure on Elizabeth and Nathan is giving her freedom to figure things out even though he told her that he is in love with her he is not putting the pressure on Elizabeth and she does need to give Nathan a second chance for both of them to heel for their losses and their love and give themselves a chance in finding Elizabeth's heart to open a full of love she had with Jack and baby Jack a happiness they deserve and Lucas needs to stay away from Elizabeth and find another love interest.