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The towns-women change her into some night clothes and make her comfortable under a heavy quilt Walt had given her. Ruth Ann, always the pragmatist, always the wise one, was also someone who had needs for companionship and intimacy. Burying Walt 6 months before was a lot harder on her than she let on. An assortment of locals enter and leave, silently keeping him company, or maybe having a moment with Ruth Ann. Nothing needs to be said. Now for you…. So just listen.

My biggest regret was not letting Walt know my true feelings for him earlier. Much earlier. Be happy…". Seeing a goose feather lying on the quilt, he puts it in her hand, closes her hand, and rests her arm alongside her.

As he tucks her in underneath the quilt he says, "to help you go lightly into the next life Ruth Ann…". They are just as much members of the Cicely family as anyone. Ruth Ann was a friend to all, and generous as a business woman, some accounts could never be settled. Chris is standing at the head of the coffin, only the mountains and the sky behind him, seemingly waiting for the crowd to gather closer and settle down.

Chris who always seems to take things harder than most , who is never at a loss for words, finds he is finally out of the bountiful prose that comes so easily to him…. Do my eyes and ears deceive me?

Maurice still behind the wheel , sees the plane heading in the wrong direction, he does a quick turn around, and heads back to the airfield…. Joel : to Maggie after a few beers You're kinda pretty in a, like, clean sort of way. Joel : after Edna attacks her husband Walter twice in two days The way I see it we have three options: divorce , separation, or you two can start talking to one another.

Now, how many hands do I see for divorce? Marilyn raises her hand; Joel doesn't miss a beat Separation? OK, then you two should talk to each other. Joel : My toilet is broken. Maggie : I know, you've told me. Joel : No, actually that's not true. It never really worked so maybe not working is its natural working condition. Maggie : What's wrong with it?

Joel : What is wrong with it? How am I supposed to know what's wrong with it? Maggie : Common sense, maybe? You're a doctor. You're smart. You're brilliant. Toilets are dumb. Joel : I think this is a complicated problem.

We're not talking about your average toilet malady. There is something very, very wrong with this toilet. Maggie : You tried to fix it? Joel : Yeah, I listened to it with my stethoscope and I used a tongue depressor! Now, I asked you three times. I cannot live without a toilet! Maggie : Holling spent the best years of his life without a toilet. Didn't you, Holling? Holling : In the bush ; didn't bring no port-a-johnny.

Joel : Look, um I had a friend who joined the Peace Corps and went to the African National Republic and, uh, he had a toilet! Holling : It's terrible what's happening in Africa.

It's one of the reasons why I stopped killing the big guys. Joel entering his office and sees Ed sitting in his seat : Oh, hi Ed! Make yourself comfortable. Can I get you a cup of coffee--maybe a footrest? Ed : Ehh, no thanks Ed : He is a doctor. Joel : Oh really?

Which kind? Ed : Witch. Joel : Which which? Ed : Which what? Joel : Which doctor? Ed : Right. Ed : Indians don't knock ; it's rude. Joel : No? What the hell do Indians do? Ed : Use the key. Joel : Who is that? Chris : Mindy? Joel : She from around here? Chris : No. She's from, uh, Boston. Joel : Yeah? Where'd you find her? Chris : In the woods.

Joel : In the woods? Which woods? These woods? Chris : Mm-hmm. Joel : Y-You found a girl from Boston that looks like that, in these woods? Chris : Yeah. Joel : Wh-What was she doing here? Chris : Just walkin'. Joel chuckles. Chris : Soapy once told me that the thing he loved most about country music was its sense of myth. There's heroes and villains, good and bad, right and wrong.

The protagonists strolls into bar, which he sees as a microcosm of the big picture. He contemplates his existence and he asks himself, 'who's that babe in the red dress? Well, you know the way I see it, if you're here for four more years or four more weeks; you're here right now. You know, and I think when you're somewhere you ought to be there, and because it's not about how long you stay in a place. It's about what you do while you're there.

And when you go is that place any better for you having been there? Joel : Uh, no, not really. Chris : laughs What was your question? Joel : What am I gonna say to Maggie?

Chris : I don't know. Joel : It would help if I hadn't had to sleep in a kennel. I-I can't even think straight. Chris : I think you oughta just be honest. You know, don't skirt the issue. Joel : I know.

And, quite often, much more. A place where Joel could be swallowed by a whale--and meet his rabbi inside. Where Chris could hurl a piano through the air and call it art. Where Maggie could dance with a man who may actually have been a bear. Where a black man and a white man could, literally, be brothers. It was all quite wonderful--funny and sweet and enchanting. New characters were introduced to compensate.

Nominated for 39 Emmys 10 cast members were cited over its run and praised for its writing, it mined material few other dramas of the time had, from Native American mysticism to lesbian partnerships to Jungian debates.

Equal parts philosophical and cartoonish, it was Plato meets Pluto. Facebook Twitter Email.