Staying the Course

Staying the Course
Season	14
Episode	10
Overall	228
Duration	45 minutes
Air Date	March 21, 2021
Written by	Heather Conkie
Directed by	Dean Bennett
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Staying the Course is the tenth episode in the fourteenth season of the CBC drama Heartland. It originally aired March 21, 2021.

Synopsis

Amy works with a challenging horse to help a friend of Clint's; she also revives a dream to rebuild the jumping course that she and Spartan practiced on so many years ago.

Cast

Starring Amber Marshall as Amy Fleming Michelle Morgan as Lou Fleming Alisha Newton as Georgie Fleming-Morris Chris Potter as Tim Fleming Shaun Johnston as Jack Bartlett Guest Starring Kevin McGary as Mitch Cutty Jordan Burtchett as Quinn McGregor Aidan Moreno as Rick Adderly Ava Tran as Parker Kerry James as Caleb Odell Michelle Nolden as Jessica Cooke

Co-Starring Ziya Matheson as Katie Fleming-Morris Ruby & Emmanuella Spencer as Lyndy Borden Animals Shadow Phoenix

Trivia

• After a FaceTime talk with Peter and a talk with Mitch, Lou calls off her engagement to the latter male because she still has feelings for Peter and doesn't want to start another family with Mitch.
  • It appeared that Peter wasn't ready to see his ex-wife marry a new man.
  • This is the first time an engagement has been called off.
    • Amy and Ty's nearly suffered the same fate thanks to Ahmed, but was eventually rekindled.
  • Mitch saying for him and Lou to have a child to fill his void was the reason Lou called off her wedding.
• The ice rink that Mitch created for Katie's birthday appears again in this episode.
  • Georgie and Quinn are the only ones that don't attend that night towards the end of the episode.
• Tim snores very loudly in this episode.
• Caleb and Carson only appear in one scene.
• Jessica returns and confesses to Tim that she was afraid per leaving after he gave her a dark place to do her filming.
• Thanks to Parker's charity campaign, Cooper is able to keep his place going.
• Ty's appearances in this episode are through archival footage.
• This is the final episode for a few things
  • Final episode that Georgie makes a physical appearance.
    • She and Quinn aren't seen again after the horse jumping competition.
  • Final time where Ziya Matheson plays Katie Fleming-Morris.
  • Final time where Nellie (Georgie) and Nathan (Mitch) appear in the same episode together.
  • Final episode that Mitch appears as well as his final appearance overall.
• This is the first episode to have a time lapse take place with it being six months, as it took that long for Amy to rebuild the course Ty made for her.
• Archival footage from After the Storm is used in this episode.
  • This is the second time archival footage that was first scene in one episode is recycled again in another one.