EPISODE

6. Zarya

Marilyn's tale of her grandfather's encounter in Alaska with Russian princess Anastasia unfolds on-screen in filmmaker Ed's vision of Cicely's early days. It involves a secret meeting that took place with Lenin and the princess.

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This builds on the third-season episode "Cicely", with flashbacks to the early days of the town. Marilyn starts having dreams of a story her grandfather used to tell her at the same time as she begins having leg pains. Ed thinks that filming her as she relates what she can remember will help her recall the ending and cure her. Princess Anastasia ( Tushka Bergen ) and Vladimir Lenin ( Christopher Neame ) meet in Cicely to negotiate her possible return to her homeland. Romance blooms between Lenin's personal physician (Rob Morrow) and Anastasia's lady-in-waiting (Janine Turner), while Marilyn's grandfather (Anastasia's native guide, played by Darren Burrows) becomes infatuated with the princess.

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