By Fires Unseen

Season 1, Episode 17, Aired
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Nick returns from a trip from San Francisco with a big surprise. . . a fiancee!! While he is completely smitten with her, the rest of the family isn't so quickly won over. They see the truth, that she's just not ready to leave behind the life of parties and numerous suitors, to which she has become accustomed.moreless
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  • Nick and Heath and a pretty fiancé a bad combination, stay tuned to find out what happened.

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    By daisyduke71, Apr 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    After being in San Francisco for five days, Nick comes home with a fianc named Hester. The family is not as smitten with her as Nick is. They think that she is not ready to leave her parting ways. She meets Heath and starts trying to get close to him. When the family goes on a planned vacation she is asked to go with them at first she declines but then goes. She keeps trying to get Heath's attention. After a party at a mining camp, Hester is seen in the woods crying by Heath. He goes to comfort her and Nick gets the wrong idea and starts fighting with Heath. While he is chocking Heath, during the fight, Eugene steps in and Heath kicks Nick who ends up falling down a very steep hill. During the fall he hurts his back rather badly. Heath creates a device that makes it so they can transport Nick, and he also can't move and rehurt himself. They come to a river and they can't cross so they set up camp, while Eugene goes to get the doctor. Nick asks Hestor to help him escape. She does and he doesn't get very far. He falls and Heath helps him back to the tent. The doctor comes and says if it wasn't for Heath, Nick would have been laid up for a long time, instead he said he would be able to be moved in 5 days. Hester then tells the truth about what Heath was doing before the fight. She leaves and goes back down the mountain. Before she leaves she tells Nick that she isn't ready to settle down. At the end of the episode was my favorite scene where Nick falls right into the arms of Heath who catches him and they share a laugh. It was one of the best episodes.moreless

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    • During one of the scenes, Victoria tells Hester that Jarrod was four years old when Nick was born and that he almost died from pneumonia. Edit

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    • Hester: Beauty, breeding and strength…all that a woman could ask for in a horse…(suggestively, to Heath)or in a man for that matter. Edit
    • Hester: Well, I'm marrying Nick, not the valley. The adjustment to living on a ranch will take a little time, but- Jarrod: I'm not talking so much about the ranch. To be perfectly honest, I was just wondering if you'll be able to give up the game of – well – suitors, if you will. Edit

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