Crossroad Springs

S1E1. What a pleasant surprise. It's so nice to be entertained. This episode made my evening. I grew up on a farm. This show has a feel to it that I can relate to. Good script. A team of great acting professionals. GAF has hit a home run with this. This show has lived up to its billing. As a viewer, I'm a happy camper.

I'm so grateful we splurged for the Pure Flix account to watch this in advance. It was worth every penny.

Crossroad Springs is exactly the kind of drama series I've been waiting for, and I was thrilled to hear Bill Abbott's big announcement that Season One will include additional episodes. That makes me even more excited to see how this season unfolds.

The Hamilton family feels so real... navigating challenges, sacrifices, and unexpected turns while holding on to faith and one another. Pastor James Hamilton's motto, "family first," is woven beautifully through each storyline. The chemistry among the actors makes the family dynamic believable, and it was a delight to see familiar faces I've grown to recognize during the five years I've been tuning in to Great American Family.

I especially connected with how the siblings are starting fresh in different seasons of life. James finding his footing between ministry and ranch work, Janet balancing her medical practice with a budding romance, and all of them discovering the strength of community. It's not a picture-perfect family; it's one that reflects perseverance, reconciliation, and the courage to embrace new beginnings.

Not every part of ranch life matches my own world, but the themes certainly do. Like the Hamiltons, I know what it's like to leave behind one path and step faithfully into another later in life. This series is heartfelt, inspiring, and calming, a reminder that no matter where life takes us, faith and family remain our strongest anchors.

Yay! Finally, a TV series that tells the underrepresented story so many of us live. Juggling career and personal situations is hard enough, but when there's older relatives and their work/health struggles too, so much has to be sacrificed, often for a very long time. I'm really glad the main 35+ characters are childless - it matches the dramatic fertility rate drop from my parents' generation to mine ... college fees, years of training, demanding work hours/frequent redundancies and expensive housing meant having children is not an option for so many born in the last 50 years. I find all the above overwhelming at times, and big flashy shows add to the stress, Crossroad Springs is the quiet and calming television I need - I love that there's not too much background music but rather songs are part of the characters' daily lives.