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20. Homesick

The romantic mood of Maggie's dinner for Mike is doused by his announcement that he's leaving; Shelly's redecorating takes its toll on Holling; and Maurice brings north the family home.

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With Mike now completely healthy, he feels obligated to leave Cicely and Maggie behind to continue his environmental crusade, leaving Maggie feeling betrayed. Now that Shelly and Holling are married, she becomes dissatisfied with how their bedroom looks. Holling tells her to redecorate it any way she wants, but is secretly appalled by the result. Maurice has his boyhood home moved from Oklahoma to Cicely to save it from demolition. The contents of a hidden childhood cache stir up the shameful memory of his theft of his brother Malcolm's beloved toy fish.

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