Brooke Shields’ return to Hope Valley as Charlotte Thornton was each emotional and highly effectivehowever one scene particularly was crucial to maneuver When Calls the Coronary heart ahead.
Warning: Spoilers under from season 13, episode 10, of When Calls the Coronary heart.
“It’s a brand new chapter for everyone,” Shields, 60, completely instructed Us Weekly of the long run for Charlotte and her household after the occasions of Hallmark Channel sequence’ Sunday, March 8, episode.
Throughout the episode, Mountee Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry) requested for Charlotte’s blessing to ask for her daughter-in-law Elizabeth Thornton’s (Erin Krakow) hand in marriage.
After Charlotte gave Nathan her stamp of approval, he instructed her he wanted yet another blessing, that of Charlotte’s late son and Elizabeth’s late husband, Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing). So collectively, they went to Jack’s grave, marking the primary time Charlotte had been there since his demise throughout season 5.
“Initially, I used to be like, ‘Oh God, I gotta cry.’ Type of like, ‘Oh man,’” Shields recalled to Us of her preliminary response to studying the scene. “You need to actually psych your self out to have the ability to, , entry all that stuff.”
As soon as she bought into the second on the gravesite, the place Charlotte spoke to her son after Nathan requested him to marry his widow, Shields stated she felt calm.
“I used to be relieved that they had been in a position to write a narrative line that encompassed (Nathan’s) reward to her, her reward to herself, to have the ability to mourn her son,” Shields defined. “She hadn’t been again, and the flood of all these feelings brings individuals collectively differently.”

Hyland Goodrich, Brooke Shields, Jaeda Lily Miller.
Jeff Weddell/Hallmark ChannelCharlotte broke down in tears as she spoke to her son for the primary time since his demise, telling him, “You’re with us, Jack. You’re in our hearts and also you all the time will probably be.”
The highly effective scene was each the closing of Jack and Elizabeth’s chapter and the mark of a brand new starting for Charlotte’s household as an entire. (Jack and Elizabeth share one son, Little Jack, performed by Hyland Goodrichwhom Charlotte could be very concerned with.)
“I believe that chapter won’t ever be closed for a mom, however I believe that (it) gave room and freedom for no matter new varieties of relationships to be shaped and nurtured,” Shields instructed Us. “It was bringing her son again, and letting herself try this. After which letting herself and this new coupling to sort of see the place it was going to go.”

Brooke Shields, Erin Krakow.
Jeff Weddell/Hallmark MediaIn relation to the long run, Shields instructed Us that she would like to be introduced again at any time when Nathan and Elizabeth get married — though he has not formally proposed.
“We hope she makes it house safely. We all the time have to fret about that,” Shields stated of her character’s quick future with fun. (When you rewatch the top of the episode the place Charlotte is picked up in a automobile to move to the massive metropolis, you will notice Shields’ real-life daughter Rowan Francis Henchy at the back of the automobile.)
Shields famous that if Elizabeth decides to marry Nathan then “all people has to type of resolve who matches the place proper now and what does that imply, and the way do you respect the desires of the household? And but, actually sort of go, ‘OK, does that particular person have a spot right here or not?’”
Shields revealed that Charlotte “could or could not” match into the brand new blended household, however stated, “This proper now’s in type of a really impartial approach for everyone to type of ask completely different questions as a substitute of not understanding the solutions.”
The actress instructed Us that it’s “very up within the air” as to when Charlotte will return to When Calls the Coronary heart following her three appearances thus far this season.
“They haven’t instructed me something,” Shields confessed. “Everyone’s getting into a really new chapter. They’ve these different lives that they should carry on going. So I believe it’s going to be based mostly on what occurs with Nathan and Elizabeth.”
She teased that what Little Jack “wants” all through this subsequent part may even affect whether or not Charlotte comes again ahead of later.
When Calls the Coronary heart airs on Hallmark Channel Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
