Episode: 6.23

Title: Tranquility Base

Written by: Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, and Jeff Melvoin

Directed by: Michael Fresco

Aired: July 26, 1995

Log line: The new lodge at Tranquility Base opens and Maurice is confronted with a decision about his new "life partner," Chris realizes how much he misses Maggie at the festivities, and Michelle decides to make up her own mind for a change. 

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Episode: 6.22

Title: Let's Dance 

Written by: Sam Egan

Directed by: Michael Vittes

Aired: July 19, 1995

Log line: Manners make the man when Phil unwittingly offends a Tlingit elder, and Chris joins Marilyn’s cotillion class in order to deal with his two left feet. 

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Episode: 6.21

Title: Ursa Minor

Written by: 

Directed by: Sam Egan

Aired: July 12, 1995

Log line: Ed adopts an orphan bear then can't get rid of him; Chris cheats on Maggie inside his lucid dreams; Michelle takes up waitressing at The Brick and Maurice seeks to increase Cicely's population.

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Episode: 6.20

Title: Buss Stop 

Written by: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Directed by: Daniel Attias 

Aired: April 24, 1995

Log line: Everyone wants to take centre stage when Michelle organizes a production of Bus Stop, but as opening night approaches, stage fright brings much of the cast to a standstill. 

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Episode: 6.19

Title: Balls 

Written by: Jeff Melvoin

Directed by: Scott Paulin 

Aired: June 4, 1995

Log line: A doubles bowling tournament brings out the best and worst in everyone as Phil and Michelle strike out, Chris finds Maggie the perfect partner, and Ed and Heather's future plans keep colliding. 

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Episode: 6.18

Title: Little Italy

Written by: Stephen Cragg 

Directed by: Jeff Melvoin

Aired: March 15, 1995

Log line: Everyone's behaving badly when Phil gets in the middle of an Italian family feud, Ruth-Anne looks for another "quirky" resident tale for her radio show, and Holling punches a moose head in the middle of the bar. 

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Episode: 6.17

Title: The Graduate

Written by: Sam Egan

Directed by: James Hayman

Aired: March 8, 1995

Log line: There are some important lessons to be learned when Maggie takes over ownership of the movie theatre, Chris takes his oral exams for his master's degree, and Holling comes face-to-face with the child he's supported financially for years. 

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Episode: 6.16

Title: Lucky People 

Written by: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Directed by: Janet Greek 

Aired: February 15, 1995

Log line: Change takes its toll when Michelle and Phil realize they've just invested all their money in a place they hate, Maurice tries to buy his way into a family, and Maggie and Chris make an unexpected connection over a run-down Model T. 

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Episode: 6.15

Title: The Quest

Written by: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Directed by: Michael Vittes

Aired: February 8, 1995

Log line: Fable and folly become one when Joel and Maggie search for the mythical Jeweled City of the North, leaving behind a resentful Chris.  

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Episode: 6.14

Title: The Mommy's Curse

Written by: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Directed by: Michael Lange

Aired: February 1, 1995

Log line: Maggie is convinced she's inherited the dead-boyfriend curse from her mother when her mother's new beau passes away peacefully during a pool game. 

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Episode: 6.13

Title: Horns

Written by: Jeff Melvoin 

Directed by: Michael Fresco

Aired: January 18, 1995

Log line: There's something strange in the newly tapped Cicely water when the residents start taking on the traits of the opposite sex. 

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Episode: 6.12

Title: Mi Casa, Su Casa

Written by: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Directed by: Daniel Attias

Aired: January 11, 1995

Log line: The residents learn that moving up in life doesn't always include moving on physically when Shelly and Holling look for a new home and Ed's housesitting assignment has him remodeling his personality.  

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6.11

Title: The Great Mushroom 

Written by: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider 

Directed by: James Hayman

Aired: January 4, 1995

Log line: On Joel's birthday, Maggie sets off to Manonash to rescue him from an untimely death; what begins as a dinner party turns into much more for the Capras. 

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Episode: 6.10

Title: Realpolitik

Written by: Sam Egan

Directed by: Victor Lobl

Aired: December 15, 1994

Log line: There's more than one new game in town when Maggie embraces her role as mayor, and Phil and Joel play a metaphysical round of golf.  

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Episode: 6.9

Title: Sons of the Tundra

Written by: Jeff Melvoin

Directed by: Michael Vittes

Aired: November 28, 1994

Log line: A new doctor and his wife arrive in Cicely, where life is moving along as usual: Holling yearns to join a men's club, Joel searches for a new hunting knife, and Ed sees the future after eating a magical trout. 

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Episode: 6.8

Title: Up River

Written by: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Directed by: Michael Fresco

Aired: November 14, 1994

Log line: Ed sets out up the river to retrieve Joel, who has settled there in a primitive native village, while Chris wrestles with his own domestic troubles when he has his trailer remodeled. 

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Episode: 6.7

Title: Full Upright Position

Written by: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Directed by: Oz Scott

Aired: November 7, 1994

Log line: As they leave together on an all-expenses paid trip to Russia, it's blue skies ahead for Joel and Maggie ... or is it? 

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Episode: 6.6

Title: Zarya

Written by: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Directed by: Jim Charleston

Aired: October 31, 1994

Log line: It's lights, camera, action as Ed films Marilyn telling the story of her grandfather, his relationship with a Russian princess and their plans to meet in Cicely. 

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Episode: 6.5

Title: The Robe

Written by: Lorraine Senna Ferrara

Directed by: Sam Egan

Aired: October 17, 1994

Log line: The stakes are high when Shelly considers making a deal with the Devil to allow gambling in Cicely. 

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Episode: 6.4

Title: The Letter

Written by: Meredith Stiehm 

Directed by: Jim Charleston

Aired: October 10, 1994

Log line: Missives abound in Cicely as Maggie reads a note she wrote to herself as a teenager and Shelly wonders about a threatening chain letter; Joel's worry that he may have cancer leads to a new lease on life. 

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Episode: 6.3

Title: Shofar, So Good

Written by: Jeff Melvoin

Directed by: James Hayman

Aired: October 3, 1994

Log line: The ghost of Yom Kippur allows Joel to examine his present, past and even future behaviour - and the effects are haunting. 

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Episode: 6.2

Title: Eye of the Beholder

Written by: Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Directed by: Jim Charleston

Aired: September 26, 1994

Log line: Ed takes a part-time job as a private investigator but is troubled by his first surveillance; an auction for the expansion of the Cicely library brings unexpected consequences for both buyers and donors.

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