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(1) Summer of Sorrows
Sunday, October 4, 1998 (7:00 pm EDT)
Tragedy strikes New Moon as Aunt Elizabeth (Susan Clark) is lost at sea. Adding to Emily (Martha MacIsaac), Laura (Sheila McCarthy) and Jimmy’s (Stephen McHattie) worries is the fact that Elizabeth has borrowed heavily from the family’s Scottish relatives to finance New Moon. These unknown relatives are the de facto owners of their home.
(2) And So Shall They Reap
Sunday, October 11, 1998 (7:00 pm EDT)
The Murray’s are devastated by the loss of Elizabeth (Susan Clark). Jimmy (Stephen McHattie) confesses his deep love for her. Emily (Martha MacIssac) realizes that Elizabeth was their protectress. Trying to escape her fear, Laura (Sheila McCarthy) is becoming addicted to laudanum. Having offered the Scottish Murray’s all her worldly possessions in return for New Moon, Emily receives a letter announcing that the relatives are on their way to P.E.I. to claim what is theirs.
(3) A Shadow in His Dreams
Sunday, October 18, 1998 (7:00 pm EDT)
Emily is full of conflicting emotions after Elizabeth's death. Although she had rebelled against Elizabeth's rigid discipline, they had started to develop a relationship with a measure of love. Emily is deeply troubled by the pain suffered by Laura and Jimmy. Jimmy breaks down and tells Emily how ELizabeth had been like a mother to him. Laura takes increasing doses of laudanum, suffers inertia and takes to her bed. Malcolm Murray sends a letter saying he won't accept Emily's "wee diamond" as payment on the loan, and that he and Isabel are coming to PEI to claim New Moon as their own.
(4) Where Angels Fear To Tread
Sunday, October 25, 1998 (7:00 pm EDT)
Tension mounts after Isabel Murray takes over New Moon. Emily is forbidden from attending school. She must, instead, earn her own keep. Isabel also decrees that, in order to feed the family, Jimmy must slaughter one of his beloved cows. And she relieves Laura of the household keys.
(5) The Witches' Spell Book
(also called: "Curse of the Poppet" when shown in the USA)
Sunday, November 8, 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Playing hide and seek with Emily and Ilse, Teddy falls down an embankment. Before they can reach him, Mad Man Morrison bundles Teddy off to Dr. Burnley. Teddy's possessive mother believes that Emily is trying to steal her son away and secretly plots to link Emily romantically with Mad Man Morrison. Guest star: Greg Malone as Mad Man Morrision.
(6) By the Rivers of Babylon
Sunday, November 15, 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
New Moon is for sale and snooty Stuart plans to buy it. As Laura's addiction to laudanum worsens, Isabel commits her to an asylum without consulting the family. Emily rallies Jimmy, Dr. Burnley and Uncle Malcolm.
(7) A Time To Heal
Sunday, November 29, 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Life can get so complicated. Emily and Ilse are growing up and starting to ask questions about the facts of life. Questions not asked in Blair Water. To the town's consternation, Dr. Burnley is conducting milk pasteurization tests. Fed up with smallmindedness, Dr. Burnley accepts a position in Boston at the Massachusetts's General Hospital. It would also give him a chance to find a mother for Ilse as his love for Laura Murray remains unrequited. Emily and Ilse attempt to run away together but before they can get anywhere, Malcolm falls deathly ill giving Dr. Burnley a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of Isabel and the people of Blair Water
(8) The Devil's Punchbowl
Sunday, December 6th., 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Reverend Nicholas Pitch, a preacher from away, appears in Blair Water encouraging townspeople to rid their souls of the Devil. Immediately, devil sightings are rampant sending Emily, Ilse, Teddy and Perry scrambling for answers. Who is the Devil? What does he or she or it look like? Hysteria reigns. The Devil is sighted everywhere; friends blame foes, friends accuse friends, relatives fear relatives. Laura Murray suddenly turns calm. Reverend Pitch attributes her renewed sense of well-being to the devil leaving her body. Emily and her friends conduct an exorcism to drive Him out of Blair Water once and for all. Guest star: William Hutt as Reverend Nicholas Pitch.
(9) Pins And Needles, Needles And Pins, When A Man Gets Married, His Trouble Begins - Part One
(also called "Evangeline" part 1, when shown in the USA)
Sunday, December 13th., 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Emily and her friends pray to St. Agnes, the Patron Saint Of Young Women, in hopes of ensuring a happy marriage for themselves. The plea is sent by the girls but the lucky person who finds LOVE is, actually, Jimmy Murray. The Kinches, a hard scrabble Catholic family of four, seek refuge at New Moon after their farm is wiped out by a tragic fire. Jimmy is drawn to the daughter, Eve, whose gentle soul befits that of a Saint. The joys of first LOVE for Jimmy and Eve radiate throughout New Moon but when Eve's abusive father, Abner, finds out, he is outraged. Emily and Ilse do everything they can to bring the shy lovers closer together. Eve is pregnant. Is Jimmy the father?
(10) Crown of Thorns - Part Two
(also called "Evangeline" part 2, when shown in the USA)
Sunday, December 20th., 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Deeply in love for the first time, Jimmy Murray plans to build Eve a dream house overlooking the ocean. Still, Eve is pregnant. Emily decides it must be immaculate conception" and shocks the town by distributing a petition to have Pope Leo XIII of Rome recognize Eve as a Saint. A secret rendezvous between Jimmy and Eve is interupted by the arrival of the Kinch family. There is a struggle and Abner Kinch is killed. But by who? Refusing to give testimony, even on his own behalf, Jimmy risks everything for the woman he loves.
(11) When The Bough Breaks
Sunday, December 27th., 1998 (7:00 pm EST)
Baby Ollie is abandoned by his father on the Murray's doorstep. Isabel determines that Ollie will be sent to an orphanage. Horrified, by this, Emily, Ilse, and Perry decide to reunite Ollie with his mother Maida Flynn. Tucking Ollie in a wheelbarrow, the three embark on a clandestine quest full of high hopes and romantic thoughts about motherhood. Their youthful idealism and their hopes of finding Maida dissolve before Aunt Thom, Perry's thieving aunt and her new co-hort, Madame Marlena, a swindling clairvoyant shatter.
(12) Love Knots
Sunday, January 3rd., 1999 (7:00 pm EST)
Forbidden by Isabel to enter the "Island Romance Contest", Emily writes "Isabella of the Highlands", an innocent love story with Isabel as the protagonist who loves and loses the great poet, Lord Byron. Ilse finds the story and secretly submits it into the contest. The story wins first prize and is printed on the front page of the Charlottetown Patriot. Emily is shocked but Isabel is outraged and hauls Emily and Laura to Charlottetown to renounce the award. Mr. Bowles, who was thought to be in Paris, shows up with a pregnant Margaux Lavoie. Emily watches Laura succumb to his excuses. In the end, the tangle of love knots unravel; some hearts are broken and bittersweet lessons are learned.
(13) The Book of Hours
Sunday, January 10th., 1999 (7:00 pm EST)
Emily imagines four different outcomes for Laura's wedding day. As each day ends, the action rewinds, springing us back to the beginning. "The Book of Hours," Emily of New Moon's SEASON FINALE, provides fans with an opportunity to see their favourite characters act out their wildest hopes and dreams all in the context of Emily's imagination. The question remains: Does Laura Murray marry Mr. Bowles? Guest stars: Martha Henry, Peter Donaldson, Anna Cameron, Phyllis Diller, Joan Orenstein.
First Season Episodes
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