Do the Right Thing

Summary
A former spy claiming to have a  on Maurice shakes up Cicely with tall tales of espionage; another visitor, a young  with a nose for detail, puts in his two-cents worth at The Brick; and the death of another friend has Maggie on her best behavior.

Plot
Viktor Bobrov (guest star David Hemmings), an ex-Russian KGB spy, arrives in town to sell Maurice his official dossier prepared by the Russian government. Since Maurice is in the midst of writing his memoirs, he purchases the file. Upon reading the information, he discovers the KGB knew of the one time he breached security in 1960 when Maurice attended a meeting and discussed the  fiasco. Chris helps Maurice deal with his guilt by making him realize that everyone makes mistakes, even.

Viktor barters with Joel to pay for a medical examination in exchange for the dossier of Yevgeny Fleischman, a possible, although highly unlikely, relative of Joel's. As the doctor pores over the file, he becomes immersed in Yevgeny's life, learning that he was involved with a Jewish dissident group in the, and ends up calling him to try and connect.

Jason (guest star John Hawkes), a young health inspector, visits The Brick for the first time since 1959. Holling takes personal offense at being told how to run his business. Realizing the importance of the inspection, Holling goes so far as to send Shelly to the movies with the young official in an attempt to achieve a higher grade.

When a neighboring pilot dies in a plane crash, Maggie becomes preoccupied with death and decides to live each day as if it was her last. Eventually the stress of constantly being a generous loving, kind person (including confessing stealing a record album from Chris) causes her to begin developing an. Eventually, a neighbor revving his truck engine early in the morning is enough to snap Maggie out of her niceness and she erupts in anger at the man.

Quotes
Joel: People are simply incapable of prolonged, sustained goodness.

Music

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 * "A Funeral in My Brain" by David Schwartz

Trivia

 * Shelly's earrings: s with eggs and bacon (talks to Victor about ), multi-colored toliets (takes Maggie's for a grilled steak), standing cows? or policemen? (discusses movie with Jason, the health inspector), Hawaiian  dolls (discusses the repairs and stuff from the health report with Holling)