Ep 12. The Wedding

Hope & Faith season 1 episode 12, titled "The Wedding," is a heartwarming episode that revolves around a wedding. Hope's sister, Sydney has come to visit, and the family is ecstatic to have her. Sydney has been happily married to her loving husband for over a decade, so the family is surprised when she announces that she is getting married again.

Sydney's fiancé, Steve, is a rich businessman who has everything he wants except a family. Sydney explains that he has fallen head over heels in love with her, and they have been inseparable ever since. The only problem with their relationship is that Steve has never met Sydney's children, whom she shares with her late husband. Steve is eager to become a part of their lives and have a big family with Sydney.

Hope and her sister are busy planning the wedding. Even Faith gets involved, helping with the decorations and preparations. But the kids are a little apprehensive about the whole thing. They have just come to terms with their father's death and worry that Sydney remarrying means forgetting him.

As the wedding day approaches, things get crazy and only add to the children’s stress. The wedding planner quits, Faith steps up and takes over. However, her good intentions do not always translate into the best decisions and situations become more chaotic and stressful than before. Hope tries to calm everyone down, but with everyone stressed by the wedding and Faith's decisions, it's easier said than done.

Steve's family is eager to attend the wedding, but since they come from a different cultural background, they have different expectations. Steve's mother is a fussy and demanding woman who has been married several times and is very set in her ways, which clash with the preparations for the wedding. Sydney also has one son who is unwilling to accept Steve as his stepfather. The situation becomes even more challenging when the child's father arrives unexpectedly, trying to reconnect with Sydney.

The tensions culminate on the day of the wedding when everything that can go wrong does go wrong, and it seems as though Steve's family is about to ruin everything. The wedding may end up as a disaster if the family does not set their differences aside and come together for the couple they love.

In the end, however, all is not lost as unexpected compassion and unexpected surprises cause everything to finally come together on the Big Day. The episode comes to a touching ending with a beautiful wedding and the family coming together.

Hope & Faith season 1 episode 12 displays the unfettering importance of family and the transcending power of love as the family comes together, set aside differences and support Sydney and Steve in their new life together. In true pastor form, the reverend delivers an inspiring and emotionally charged homily which sums up the whole episode's theme of family, love, and togetherness.