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I hope to have active links soon. (But it may take a while as I generate content for those “other links”.) This is a work of fan art. No copyright infringement is intended.

(Cross-posted over on Facebook.) So the goat and the Thoroughbred are inseparable, eh? Love it! Jack and Lisa do belong together, don’t they? What? You thought I was talking about Fairfield Flyer and “Floppy”? I think the parallels between the animals and the humans were obvious. I may be a weirdo, but I remember WAY back to Season 1 when we first met Lisa: Scott tells Amy that Lisa’s a “bit of a Thoroughbred herself”. And we all know Jack has referred to himself as an “old goat”, so there you have it. I was quite frankly upset at Lisa’s attitude about the cloning issue. Her presumption that the Association would come ‘round one day just like the Olympics and the sport of Polo did is not the greatest defense. Cloning isn’t illegal, but it just seemed weird she would go to that expense when it’s not sanctioned for race horses by (what I can only assume to be) the Heartland universe’s version of the Jockey Club (which strictly forbids clones from being registered). But I digress. The cloning issue served to create some very unpleasant tension between anti-horse-cloning Amy, and the financially strapped Lisa. These two are so rarely at odds, this was painful to see. I’m thankful Miracle Girl Amy was able to not only get to the root of the problem, but to find a solution, as serendipitous as it was. Also glad to see Lisa’s gratitude, so all’s well that ends well on that front. I’m not going to even touch the Mitch and Lou plot point, because it just frustrates me too much, and I’ve ranted about it enough in other quarters. Jen! (Last name for Jen? Anyone?) Jen is turning out to be one of the best new characters on the show in recent memory. Ms. Durupt is just extremely likable in the role. She seems to be the only one who can handle Lou, which is a feat in itself, and worthy of praise. Her double-duty handling of Maggie’s and the Dude Ranch also seems to answer a question that was never addressed in any capacity on-camera: Lisa is clearly no longer involved in the Dude Ranch’s operations. Hmm. Wonder when that change occurred, and what happened to her portion of the business. (Did Lou buy her out? Tim? Huh? I don’t know. Someone help me remember before I lose my Heartland cred for good.) Georgie and Wyatt. As others have said, I’m glad they’re not rushing things. The attraction is mutual, but they are already handling their stuff in a more mature way than the all-we-know-to-do-is-kissface Mitch and Lou. (OOPS. Sorry. Said I wouldn’t talk about them. Sorry.) Wyatt’s serenading of Georgie was charming. (Dempsey Bryk has a pretty good voice!) Good on Wyatt for not being all embarrassed to get up there and sing a song to a girl he likes. It wasn’t even on a dare! Bet he’s been learning the ukulele for the sole purpose of impressing her. Hehehe. Nice that Adam and Wyatt could hit it off and bond over an obscure band and vinyl. Loved that Jack and Lisa were able to make up after their blow up. Emotions were running way too high as Lisa’s situation reached boiling point. I’m not sure how long the sale of Fairfield Flyer will keep things afloat for Lisa, but I hope she doesn’t lose the family farm. Heartland may indeed be “home”, but the ties to Fairfield are strong. We’ll see what goes on as the season progresses… Final thoughts: Katie’s enthusiastic “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” when Lou said she could stay at Heartland was interesting. It was like the kid was dreading going back to NYC, despite Lou’s contention she loved being there. Ty’s brief “Parlay” chat. Too brief, but nice he’s able to check in with his family. Keep saving the world, one wolf at a time, Ty.

I threatened to do it, and here’s the first stages. Yeah, it’s a work in progress. I’ve had to make some compromises on font style and image choice, since the video quality isn’t that great for copying (and of course I couldn’t find a header with the exact tree-lined shot of Fairfield that was used in the episode for the website, but this was good enough, I think). The closest font is Times New Roman, but it’s not exact, and I can’t quite get the kerning to behave. But that’s okay. I’m going to see if I can borrow someone’s server space to make the site “live” when I’m through putting it together on Muse, just so some of the links are interactive and click-able, etc.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the paralells between the characters (Lisa and Jack) and the animals (Fairfield Flyer and the prized goat) were very deliberate in this episode.

I’m just happy the episode ended the way it did… more to come later, as I gotta take off for the next little while.

3. I’m glad Jack said something about Lou being too busy in NY to take Katie & I can only hope that, at some point, someone will call her out on her hypocrisy that we’ve discussed.

Hmm.. Don’t know why it’s distorting at the end, there. The original video file doesn’t do that. (Tumblr, what’s wrong with you?)

Heartland - 11x05 - Measuring Up

I think we simply don’t have enough data, so I’m going to try to cease worrying about it.

Heartland- Amy Fleming & Ashley Stanton (request)

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