Season 5 (1993-1994)
| Series # |
Episode # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 1 | "Three Doctors" | Daniel Attias | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20) |
| The whole town pitches in when Joel is stricken by "Glacier Dropsy"; Ed is confused when he is called to be a shaman; much to her disappointment, Shelly finally stops singing. | |||||
| 65 | 2 | "The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop" | Michael Fresco | Rogers Turrentine | September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27) |
| When the world reminds Maurice of his age, he frets himself into having a heart attack; Maggie relives childhood fantasies of being Nancy Drew, detective extraordinaire; Joel is thrilled to find traces of Yiddish in Cicely's language and history. | |||||
| 66 | 3 | "Jaws of Life" | Jim Charleston | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04) |
| Maurice is tormented by a wax replica of himself; Chris discovers that he may live long enough for youthful indiscretions to catch up to him; the dental mobile comes to Cicely. (Joel is out of town and does not appear in this episode.) | |||||
| 67 | 4 | "Altered Egos" | John David Coles | Jeff Melvoin | October 11, 1993 (1993-10-11) |
| Chris is disturbed that Bernard's girlfriend, who is also Chris' ex-lover, cannot tell them apart in bed; Joel is obsessed that he is losing his New York edge; Marilyn snoops through Dr. Fleischman's medical files to pick a healthy man. | |||||
| 68 | 5 | "A River Doesn't Run Through It" | Nick Marck | Jeff Melvoin | October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25) |
| Maggie is Homecoming Queen; Maurice reluctantly admits a business defeat; Ruth-Anne is audited. | |||||
| 69 | 6 | "Birds of a Feather" | Mark Horowitz | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01) |
| When Joel's parents trek to Cicely, it ends up being a soul-searching time for all three; Holling shocks everyone when he reveals that he is bored by sports. | |||||
| 70 | 7 | "Rosebud" | Michael Fresco | Barbara Hall | November 8, 1993 (1993-11-08) |
| Maurice enlists Ed's expertise to organize a film festival in Cicely; Joel is pressured to join Cicely's volunteer fire department. | |||||
| 71 | 8 | "Heal Thyself" | Michael Katleman | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | November 15, 1993 (1993-11-15) |
| Ed is taunted by the Green Man; Holling shocks Shelly when he is disruptive during birth class; Maggie misses the weekly laundromat gossip-fest when she buys her own washer and dryer. | |||||
| 72 | 9 | "A Cup of Joe" | Michael Lange | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | November 22, 1993 (1993-11-22) |
| Holling and Ruth-Anne discover that their grandfathers knew each other - and one ate the other; Chris attempts to become a licensed pilot; Joel discovers that Marilyn is a supersleuth. | |||||
| 73 | 10 | "First Snow" | Daniel Attias | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | December 13, 1993 (1993-12-13) |
| Joel is traumatized by the natural death of an older patient and friend; Maurice is devastated when Shelly lies about ever loving him; Maggie has a nagging sense that something is missing when she spruces up her house for winter hibernation. | |||||
| 74 | 11 | "Baby Blues" | Jim Charleston | Barbara Hall | January 3, 1994 (1994-01-03) |
| Shelly is nervous about childbirth; Ed discovers cutthroat showbiz; Maggie and Joel dislike kids. | |||||
| 75 | 12 | "Mr. Sandman" | Michael Fresco | David Chase and Diane Frolov | January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10) |
| When the Aurora Borealis goes haywire, everyone in Cicely is swapping dreams; Holling develops a severe psychosomatic aversion to food; Maurice deals with his fetish for women's footwear. | |||||
| 76 | 13 | "Mite Makes Right" | Michael Vittes | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | January 17, 1994 (1994-01-17) |
| Maggie becomes obsessed with dust mites; Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he invests in a rare violin; Chris reaches an artistic impasse on a sculpture. | |||||
| 77 | 14 | "A Bolt from the Blue" | Michael Lange | Jeff Melvoin | January 24, 1994 (1994-01-24) |
| Maurice and Adam (guest star Adam Arkin) clash over the hired help for a fireworks display; Joel tutors a patient on the art of conversation; Ed is struck by lightning. | |||||
| 78 | 15 | "Hello, I Love You" | Michael Fresco | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | January 31, 1994 (1994-01-31) |
| Shelly finally gives birth; Ruth-Anne and Walt (guest star Moultrie Patten) are stranded overnight; Maggie and Joel become less competitive. | |||||
| 79 | 16 | "Northern Hospitality" | Oz Scott | Barbara Hall | February 28, 1994 (1994-02-28) |
| Maggie teaches Joel a lesson in social etiquette; Chris is shaken when a KBHR listener blames him in his suicide note; Shelly takes Randi to Canada to see her roots. | |||||
| 80 | 17 | "Una Volta in L'Inverno" | Michael Vittes | Jeff Melvoin | March 7, 1994 (1994-03-07) |
| Joel and Maggie are forced to take refuge in an airfield shack during a snowstorm; Ruth-Anne studies Italian with Shelly as her unlikely tutor; Walt (guest star Moultrie Patten) becomes addicted to a special light visor to help his depression caused by the short days in northern areas. | |||||
| 81 | 18 | "Fish Story" | Bill D'Elia | Jeff Melvoin | March 14, 1994 (1994-03-14) |
| Joel has an otherworldly experience when Maggie wants to prepare a Passover dinner for him; Ruth-Anne abandons the store for the open road; Holling takes up paint-by-numbers. | |||||
| 82 | 19 | "The Gift of the Maggie" | Patrick McKee | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | March 28, 1994 (1994-03-28) |
| Maurice learns about the give-and-take of friendship; Joel is depressed when he has no one to "talk shop" with; Chris learns a life lesson from a benevolent deer. | |||||
| 83 | 20 | "A Wing and a Prayer" | Lorraine Senna | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | April 11, 1994 (1994-04-11) |
| Ed spreads gossip about Ruth-Anne's love life; Maggie builds a home-kit airplane; Holling and Shelly baptize Randi. | |||||
| 84 | 21 | "I Feel the Earth Move" | Michael Fresco | Jed Seidel | May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02) |
| Ron and Erick (guest stars Doug Ballard and Don R. McManus) tie the knot after eight years; Maggie develops a severe nausea that she thinks is caused by Joel. | |||||
| 85 | 22 | "Gran Prix" | Michael Lange | Barbara Hall | May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09) |
| Maurice brings the world-renowned sport of wheelchair racing to Cicely; Ed battles External Validation (guest star Ben Reed) to help a patient; Ted (guest star Tim Sampson) learns of the loneliness of wealth. | |||||
| 86 | 23 | "Blood Ties" | Tom Moore | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | May 16, 1994 (1994-05-16) |
| Maggie's childhood male friend from Grosse Pointe arrives in Cicely; Joel loses his confidence during the annual blood drive; Ed thinks he's finally found his mother. | |||||
| 87 | 24 | "Lovers and Madmen" | James Hayman | Jeff Melvoin | May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23) |
| Joel discovers a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth; Maurice breaks a concert violinist out of an asylum for a private performance; Chris gets a rude awakening when his high-school crush visits. |
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