Wake-Up Call

Summary
has sprung in Cicely and with it come es, free s at The Brick, a rebirth of sorts for Shelly, a diagnostic refresher for Joel, and an awakening of passions for Maggie.

Plot
It is morning at The Brick, and Holling is celebrating springtime by serving any time of the day for free. However, Maurice is suddenly disgusted by the same old. He tells Holling to open his eyes to all the other kinds of coffee available and marches out.

Meanwhile at KBHR, Chris' predict the onset and he also announces the spotting of a  at the corner of Spruce and Main. Maurice comes in and complains about Chris playing the same old music as always. Clearly, there is something deeply unsettled about Maurice.

In Joel's examining room, Shelly is visiting because of a mild she is suffering from. She attempts to make with Joel, who merely responds with polite uncaring. Shelly remarks that Joel seems mad but Joel explains that he is merely trying to distance himself from the so he can make a proper. He concludes that she has due to "", and advises her to put some  on them.

At The Brick, Maggie is reading Ed a from her old  friend, Elizabeth Schroeder, formerly Elizabeth Carrey. Elizabeth has just had a 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, and Maggie is suddenly aware of her own. She thinks that, since she never met anyone, she'll have to wait for the "wave of s".

In Joel's office, he is visited by Leonard Quinhagak, an who has arrived to observe Joel so he can get some ideas of conventional medicine. Joel confides in Leonard that his practice is extremely, then goes off to talk with Marilyn, who arranged the visit. She said that she asked Joel while he was playing, and Joel contests that it was an unfair thing to ask. Nevertheless, Joel agrees to let Leonard watch.

Climbing into bed, Shelly finds the sheets "" and, when Holling touches her even slightly, she recoils in pain. Although she is wearing to protect her hands, the rash has seemed to spread to other parts of her body, and she is in pain. When she wakes up, she screams, as she sees that she is all over her body. Holling also cannot believe his eyes.

Late at night, as Maggie watches television, she hears a noise outside. Going out with her, she finds a few overturned s. The next morning, Chris announces her sighting over the radio as a warning about bears. Later the next day, when Maggie is driving near the forest, her truck becomes stuck in the mud. A tall muscular man with long blond hair walks out of the woods and pushes her car as she accelerates, enabling her to leave. She thanks him quickly as she drives off and sees him watching her in her.

Shelly shows up at Joel's office and Joel has trouble making a diagnosis. However, Leonard makes small talk with Shelly, making her more at ease. Joel is upset by Leonard's interference and finally prescribes for Shelly. After she leaves, Leonard asks unusual questions about Shelly's personal life, to which Joel doesn't know the answer. Leonard says that he spends hours, even days, talking with patients and is amazed that Joel can make a diagnosis so quickly. It is evident that his compliment is also a thinly veiled insult.

That night, Maggie hears her garbage cans being overturned once again. As she leaves her house to check, the man who helped her earlier walks by, saying he recognized her truck. He tells Maggie that maybe the bear is looking for her, a comment which leaves Maggie ed and a little confused. He introduces himself as Arthur but doesn't accept when Maggie invites him in. Just before he leaves, he tells Maggie that she has beautiful eyes, and she glows at the compliment.

Again, Shelly comes in to visit Joel, but Joel is gone. However, she sees Leonard and they begin talking. She tells him a story about an egg she took care of once, and Leonard compares the hatching of the egg to Shelly's current rash, saying that she's shedding her skin. Shelly is cheered by this concept, and leaves in a much happier mood.

Out in the, Maggie spots Arthur standing in a. As she looks on, he. He tells Maggie that he lives alone, and carries her across the river to his home, a out on the middle of the forest. He has drinks set out, as if he was expecting her. They drink, which Arthur makes himself, and then they. Maggie is profoundly content and Arthur tells her that he saw her one day in her plane and he knew what was missing from his life.

At Maurice's house, Ed and Maurice are cleaning out his. Maurice comes upon an old set of s that his grandfather used to play and he is moved by the memory. Meanwhile, Joel returns to his office, at Leonard's diagnosis to Shelly. Leonard explains that he could be wrong and nothing is certain. He also tells Joel that his practice is boring because he is boring, and he should try to obtain a better toward his patients. Joel is angry and insulted by Leonard's. Leonard says that being angry is better than being boring and leaves.

Maggie passes Joel on the street in a wonderful mood. Joel is curious when she offers to fix anything that's wrong with his cabin and is surprised when she calls him "Joel" instead of "Fleischman". Joel heads over to The Brick, where he finds that Shelly's rash has completely gone away. He considers Leonard's words and goes to visit him later at Marilyn's house. He tells Leonard how he never got along with patients until he diagnosed a patient that no one else could and saved his life. Joel thanks Leonard for reminding him of that feeling and Leonard smiles.

Maggie returns to the cave to visit Arthur only to find the cave cleaned out. As she leaves she spots a brown bear, who looks at her for a moment in recognition, then leaves. She considers for a moment that the bear was Arthur.

As Chris reads about the beauty of springtime, a montage is shown of everyone's activities: Maggie is sitting on a by the river, staring ly out into the distance; Holling and Shelly are sharing a ; Marilyn is ; Ruth-Anne is ; Ed is hitting s out in a field, a bucket of baseballs at his side; Joel is laughing as he talks to a patient; and Maurice is on his, playing his bagpipes to the late evening sun.

Quotes
Chris (on-air): Greetings, Cicely, on this most exceedingly beautiful spring morning. A morning swollen with new life, a morning on which, if I had the voice, I would let loose with song. It's hard to believe just a few short weeks ago we were eating our in the wintery dark. Now, well it's still kind of dim our there, but I can see the golden glow of waiting in the wings, about to make its entrance. Winter's on the, no doubt.



Leonard (to Joel about Shelly after she leaves the office): Shelly seems pretty well-adjusted. She makes good. How does she get along with animals?

Music

 * "Guitars and Cadillacs" by
 * Invention #8 by
 * "Musette Madeleine" by Roland Kovac
 * "" by ?
 * "" by ?
 * "" by
 * "" by
 * "Coolin Medley" by

Trivia

 * Chris' late Uncle Roy's knee predicted the onset of rain.
 * Maggie went to high school with Elizabeth Schroeder nee Kerry who just had a baby boy.
 * Maurice has used for the past 30 years.
 * Maurice loved in the  because "they re-built you from scratch".
 * Maurice never understood his mother's obsession with spring cleaning, until now.
 * The MacAllisters are on the distaff side of Maurice's family. They were Royal Highlanders, 42nd regimen, Black Watch.
 * Maurice's grandfather, after, came to the U.S. and bought a farm in northern where Maurice spent his summers and were the happiest times of his life.
 * Shelly's Aunt Marge gave her an egg to hatch, but her father said she was "".
 * In Joel's third year of he was terrible with patients. He was considering  until the fisherman with the.
 * Chris has that herald the.
 * At there's a place called the Bali Hai.
 * Shelly mentions again (previously in the last episode) doesn't seem to care for.
 * Leonard has been practicing medicine since he was 12 years old for almost 30 years.
 * Leonard has a sister over in King Salmon who is a waitress.
 * Maggie's brother (still nameless) just moved to.
 * First time Maggie's new cabin is shown?
 * Shelly cuisine:, s, ,
 * Shelly's earrings: s with s (visits Dr. Joel with scaly hands), s (Shelly visits Dr. Joel as Leonard observes, asks questions), s (Shelly is scaly all over, talks with Leonard), s (Shelly has new skin, talks to Joel in The Brick)
 * Ed's movie reference:  (1960) (Ed finds a in Maurice's belongings)