Northwest Passages

Summary
The fear of grips Maggie when her 30th  sheds light on everything lacking in her life. Her solution: an Indian ritual laying the past to rest. Meanwhile, Maurice composes his s and Marilyn asks Chris to teach her to.

Plot
Maggie decides that her 30th birthday is the perfect time to cleanse her soul so she can begin the next segment of her life with a clean slate. To do this she acts upon an ancient Indian ritual that allows one to resolve issues with people in one's past, living or dead, by sending them a via the great river. While alone, and after "mailing" letters to all of her dead boyfriends, Maggie is overcome by a sharp pain and a high fever, which cause her to. In her delirium she visits with all of her past boyfriends before being rescued by Joel and Ed and treated for.

Chris is amazed by the fulfillment he derives from being a teacher when Marilyn asks him to give her driving lessons. Maurice takes a stab at writing his memoirs and drives everyone crazy with his neverending note-taking and muttering into a minature tape recorder. Eventually Ruth-Anne takes charge and stops his madness.

Quotes
Shelly (to Maggie): Yeah, but 30! You get and. Your and your !

Music

 * "The Bird Dealer" from  by
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 * "Grand River" on Jumpin' the Strings by
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 * "Layin' Back" by ?
 * "Unfinished Blues" by George Blondheim from 
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Trivia

 * One of Maggie's best friends growing up in Grosse Pointe is Lynnie Lawrence, now a proud mother of two.
 * Maurice is from.
 * Shelly is "looking down the snout of the big two one" (almost 21 years old).
 * Joel's grandmother's name is Lillian.
 * During her hallucination, Maggie discovers another dead ex-lover, Steve Escandon. They went to see  in their college years and slept together.
 * Steve (another of Maggie's boyfriends) worked on an when he was struck by lightning.
 * Shelly's earrings: s (Shelly talks to Maggie about turning 30)