Season 6 (1994-1995)
| Series # |
Episode # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1 | "Dinner at Seven-Thirty" | Michael Fresco | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | September 19, 1994 (1994-09-19) |
| Joel experiences an alternate reality in Manhattan after accidentally drinking one of Ed's healing creations. After seeing what life would be like as a doctor married to a more successful lawyer (played by Cynthia Geary/Shelly Tambo), Joel comes to the conclusion that life in Cicely is not all that bad. | |||||
| 89 | 2 | "Eye of the Beholder" | Jim Charleston | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26) |
| Ed exposes an insurance scam involving Hayden Keyes, while Maggie has second thoughts after donating a family heirloom for a charity auction. | |||||
| 90 | 3 | "Shofar, So Good" | James Hayman | Jeff Melvoin | October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03) |
| On Yom Kippur, Joel gets the Christmas Carol treatment and comes away the better for it; Ed helps Holling forgive himself for not being there for his first daughter; Maurice holds the annual fox hunt, hoping to impress an attractive English aristocrat guest, but the fox gets away beforehand. | |||||
| 91 | 4 | "The Letter" | Jim Charleston | Meredith Stiehm | October 10, 1994 (1994-10-10) |
| Maggie does some soul-searching after she reads an old letter written by her fifteen-year-old self to her as an adult; Joel starts to smell life's flowers when he has a cancer scare; Shelly learns that her destiny is not shaped by a chain letter; Cicely gets a new barber, who is hostile to Chris. | |||||
| 92 | 5 | "The Robe" | Lorraine Senna | Sam Egan | October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17) |
| Joel relishes the opportunity to conduct a medical study in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (still stung that it turned him down for admission years ago), but Ed ruins it; Shelly is tempted by the offer by the Devil (in the guise of a spa salesman) to fulfill her wildest dream; Chris uses a ventriloquist dummy to offer straightforward opinions, in contrast to his more nuanced responses, and becomes irked when people prefer the dummy to him. | |||||
| 93 | 6 | "Zarya" | Jim Charleston | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | October 31, 1994 (1994-10-31) |
| Ed employs storytelling techniques of an old tale about secret negotiations between Princess Anastasia (Tushka Bergen) and Vladimir Lenin (Christopher Neame) in Cicely to cure Marilyn's pain in her leg. | |||||
| 94 | 7 | "Full Upright Position" | Oz Scott | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07) |
| Joel and Maggie are off to Russia for a week of adventure, or not; Maurice tries to mold his young cousin into an heir apparent; Chris tries to get inside electricity. | |||||
| 95 | 8 | "Up River" | Michael Fresco | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | November 14, 1994 (1994-11-14) |
| Joel settles at a native village after paddling up the river for a house call; Chris gets a life lesson when he remodels his trailer; Ruth-Anne struggles with her realization that she is madly in love with Walt. | |||||
| 96 | 9 | "Sons of the Tundra" | Michael Vittes | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | November 28, 1994 (1994-11-28) |
| Cicely welcomes a new doctor and his wife, Phil and Michelle Capra, to their quirky way of life; Holling wants desperately to join the prestigious Sons of the Tundra men's club; Ed sees the future after eating a magical trout; and Joel makes a brief appearance in search of a new hunting knife. | |||||
| 97 | 10 | "Realpolitik" | Victor Lobl | Sam Egan | December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19) |
| Maggie is elected mayor of Cicely, and Chris has an unexpected reaction to her new circumstances; Phil plays a metaphysical round of golf with Joel; Marilyn's attempt at dog breeding is a flop. | |||||
| 98 | 11 | "The Great Mushroom" | James Hayman | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | January 4, 1995 (1995-01-04) |
| Maggie treks into the Manonash village to visit Joel, who she fears is in imminent danger. | |||||
| 99 | 12 | "Mi Casa, Su Casa" | Daniel Attias | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | January 11, 1995 (1995-01-11) |
| Marilyn travels to Manonash for a potlatch and questions Joel's conception of himself; Maurice leaves Ed to housesit while he goes off on a hunting trip; Shelly and Holling shop for their first home. | |||||
| 100 | 13 | "Horns" | Michael Fresco | Jeff Melvoin | January 18, 1995 (1995-01-18) |
| Maurice's newest venture, bottled Cicely Water, causes some unusual gender role reversal effects; Joel learns that he is free of his contract and can leave Alaska; mental hospital escapee and violinist Cal Ingraham is depressed without an audience. | |||||
| 101 | 14 | "The Mommy's Curse" | Michael Lange | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | February 1, 1995 (1995-02-01) |
| Walt tries working for Ruth-Anne and ends up moving in with her; When her mother's boyfriend dies, Maggie is convinced there's a family curse; Holling's new friendship with Phil has Maurice seething with jealousy. | |||||
| 102 | 15 | "The Quest" | Michael Vittes | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | February 8, 1995 (1995-02-08) |
| Joel and Maggie embark on a search for the mythical Jeweled City of the North; Chris sues Dr. Capra for medical malpractice; and Michelle is assigned to write a food review of the Brick. | |||||
| 103 | 16 | "Lucky People" | Janet Greek | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) |
| Phil and Michelle have the horrible realization that they are stuck in a place they hate; Maggie and Chris restore Roslyn and Cicely's Model T for the Founders' Day parade; Maurice goes on a buying spree for Holling and Shelly's baby daughter Miranda. | |||||
| 104 | 17 | "The Graduate" | James Hayman | Sam Egan | March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08) |
| Maggie learns the harsh realities of running a business; Chris gets his Masters degree in Comparative Literature; Holling's dark secret is revealed (he's been sending money for 25 years to help support Patrick Dulac and his mother). | |||||
| 105 | 18 | "Little Italy" | Stephen Cragg | Jeff Melvoin | March 15, 1995 (1995-03-15) |
| Phil discovers Cicely has an Italian neighborhood and gets caught in a vendetta between two families; Maggie plays marriage counselor for Holling and Shelly; Ruth-Anne is interviewed on National Public Radio's show All Things Considered. | |||||
| 106 | 19 | "Balls" | Scott Paulin | Jeff Melvoin | June 4, 1995 (1995-06-04) |
| Phil and Michelle have marriage problems; Cicely has a bowling team; Lester Haines offers to finance Ed's film, if Ed no longer sees Heather. | |||||
| 107 | 20 | "Buss Stop" | Daniel Attias | Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green | June 24, 1995 (1995-06-24) |
| Michelle directs the townsfolk in Bus Stop and almost has a nervous breakdown. | |||||
| 108 | 21 | "Ursa Minor" | Patrick McKee | Sam Egan | July 12, 1995 (1995-07-12) |
| Ed becomes a surrogate parent to a bear cub; Chris uses lucid dreaming to explore his growing love for Maggie; Maurice is concerned the population is dwindling. | |||||
| 109 | 22 | "Let's Dance" | Michael Vittes | Sam Egan | July 19, 1995 (1995-07-19) |
| As Officer Semanski and Maurice take Cal back to the hospital, Barbara starts to fall for Cal; Marilyn teaches cotillion; Phil's manners are not good so he attends cotillion. | |||||
| 110 | 23 | "Tranquility Base (Our Town)" | Michael Fresco | Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green and Jeff Melvoin | July 26, 1995 (1995-07-26) |
| Cicely's couples converge on Maurice's summer lodge, "Tranquility Base". |
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