Complete story — includes the ending
Maurice receives word that his brother Malcolm has died, making him the last of the Minnifields. He persuades Chris to become his heir and tries to mold him in his own image, but this drives Chris away. Now without an heir, Maurice announces his plan to live forever. Ed informs Holling that Jesse, the bear that nearly killed him, has returned. Holling, Ed, and Shelly try to track it down, but get sidetracked when Holling spends most of his time in a tent with Shelly while Ed sees and takes a photo of the bear on the ride home. As part of his contract, Joel has to teach a childbearing class in another community. He charters Maggie's plane to take him there. They argue when he recommends the women just ask for an epidural rather than natural childbirth, which goes awry when a student starts to have contractions, which helps Joel and Maggie bond a bit. The episode's title is a takeoff of the Eastman Kodak company slogan "a Kodak moment".
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