Ed learns the responsibilities of parenthood when he begins caring for a lost bear cub. Maurice discovers that Cicely’s population is declining. Chris uses a device that allows him to…

Chris begins taking dance lessons from Marilyn but she disciplines one of her other students into giving him the lessons only she doesn’t want to be seen talking to him,…

A hermit takes Joel’s advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly administered by Maggie and the good doctor, who has…

Joel’s mind is on helping Maurice sell Alaska as the “”new Riviera”” to two Japanese businessmen in hopes of becoming the “”attending physician””–and playing golf–at their proposed resort. Meanwhile, Holling…

A virulent strain of flu, whose only treatment is a smelly Indian concoction brewed up by Marilyn, keeps Joel from enjoying a visit by Elaine, his New York fiancée who…

Maggie is asked by the three guys in Cicely’s high school senior class to be their homecoming queen and she accepts. Ruth-Anne faces an IRS auditor who besides trying to…

Joel’s parents come to Cicely and his father’s know-it-all attitude gets on Joel’s nerves and his mother gets back to nature. Holling’s dislike of sports causes Shelly to ponder their…

Ed hits an impasse in his film career when Maurice has him begin to organize Cicely’s first film festival and he can’t seem to get things going to Maurice’s satisfaction….

Ed accompanies Leonard on a house call and has success with his first try at being a shaman. Joel teaches a childbirth class which Holling finds amusing and makes Shelly…

Chris suffers an anxiety attack during the written part of the exam, when he decides to become a pilot. Holling and Ruth-Anne’s friendship undergoes a strain when a diary that…

As the town prepares for winter, a healthy elderly patient tells Joel she is dying, much to his disbelief. Maggie decides to redecorate her house before winter sets in and…

Joel receives a “”Dear John”” letter from Elaine, who has decided to marry an older judge, and a concerned Ed enlists Maggie to help him deal with it. Holling regrets…

An agent stops by to see Ed about his idea for “The Shaman” but he wants a few “little” changes made to better sell the script. Chris seeks to discover…

Ed’s wish to know who his parents were summons up a 256-year-old Indian spirit named “”One-Who-Waits”” who offers to help him find out. Chris finds his voice has been stolen…

Holling decides to be circumcised to please Shelly, Chris and Maurice organize the town to keep watch over an anonymous man whom died in Dr. Fleischman’s office, and Maggie persuades…

The aurora borealis causes the residents of Cicely to swap their dreams, exposing secrets. Maggie has Holling’s dream about being a cab driver in Quebec, driving his overbearing father around….

Joel’s plans for a vacation to New York are sidetracked by Maggie’s dreams about his death in an airplane crash and his suspicions about the enthusiastic doctor sent to temporarily…

A musician tries to stop Maurice from storing, in his safe, a 1.6 million-dollar violin he’s just bought as an investment. Maggie becomes obsessed with ridding her house of dust…

The ranger from up in the fire tower asks for Joel when he is distraught over losing his current job. Joel talks him down, but after 15 years of being…

Things get a little crazy as the town waits for the annual ice breakup and the annual “”running of the bulls”” down the streets of Cicely. Joel and Maggie find…

A Soviet celebrity returns to Cicely for some relaxation, some borscht and a deadly serious chess match with rival Maurice. Holling suffers a bout of torturous dreams and Chris helps…

Ruth-Anne and Walt take the long way back home when they pick up a couple of oak display cases; however they run into vehicle trouble. Before giving birth, Shelly goes…

Joel discovers that his friends consider him remiss about entertaining them, so he plans a dinner party; later he worries about potential food poisoning. Holling tells Shelly that he is…

The infamous O’Connell curse seems to have claimed another victim when a falling satellite hits Rick. Maurice has mixed feelings about selling some property for an outrageously high price to…

Ruth-Anne tries learning Italian, so she can read Dante, and gets some help from Shelly. Walt needs sunlight to overcome his depression, so he gets his light glasses and becomes…

While fishing Joel hooks “Goony,” Cicely’s fabled sea-monster. Ruth-Anne takes Chris’s motorcycle ride when customer demands get to be too much for her, then she joins a middle-aged motorcycle gang…

Maurice’s home catches fire and after it’s extinguished there is a danger of asbestos, so he takes some space at Holling and Shelly’s place. Later when Holling won’t accept any…

Joel takes a spiritual journey to New York City after drinking orange juice that contains some Indian folk medicine and sees how life might have been. There he and his…

Ed tells one person about the fact that he saw Ruth-Anne and Walt together and later she tells him about the relationship but doesn’t want it to get around so…

Ron and Erick are getting married but the preparations are driving them apart. Holling undercuts another caterer for the wedding reception, but when he realizes the cost of the ingredients,…

With Renaldo, Ed participates in an investigation of possible insurance fraud being perpetrated by Hayden Keyes. Maggie & Maurice both regret their donations to the library fund-raising auction. A dollhouse…

Ted tries to impress Marilyn with the rich client he’s just landed and learns what makes them different. Maurice organizes Cicely’s 1st International wheelchair race and demands too much from…

Maurice’s plans for a fox hunt with his visiting English noblewoman must be put on hold when the fox escapes and gets into the protective custody of Ruth-Anne. Firing Marilyn…

Though he promotes it on the air, Chris has reservations about making a donation for Maurice’s blood drive. Ed discovers his rare blood type is shared by another person in…

A letter Maggie wrote to herself as a teenager makes her re-examine her current life against the ideals she had at fifteen. Shelly ignores a chain letter, and then bad…

Joel is the only one awestruck by his discovery of a frozen woolly mammoth. Chris gets reacquainted with a girl whose beauty he remembers from high school; however, when she…

Ed wakes up in strange places with no clues about how he got there. Joel contracts “glacier dropsy” which gives him the feeling of pins pricking his nose, a fear…

Maggie investigates the owners of an antique shop who are exhibiting strange behavior. Maurice begins to see the signs of age when he is called a senior citizen, meets old…

Maurice is chosen to be a wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s, in London, for their rugged individualist’s exhibit. Chris is faced with having to live longer than he planned on,…

Bernard is surprised when he discovers his new love once lived with Chris for 6 months. Joel starts to fear that he is losing his New York edge. Marilyn screens…