It’s the spring thaw in Cicely and everything seems to be going a little nuts something indicated from the get-go when we get a look at Maggie’s (Janine Turner) latest dream in the opening teaser.

Spring Break was written by David Assael and was first broadcast on 6 May, 1991.

Holling (John Cullum) is trying to pick fights with his bar’s patrons. Ed (Darren E. Burrows), influenced by Charlie Chan films, is intent on tracking down a kleptomaniac who only strikes once a year, this time they stole Joel’s (Rob Morrow) radio out of his truck.

Maurice (Barry Corbin) falls for a by-the-book state trooper, Barbara Semanski (Diane Delano) who is called in to investigate the crime when things escalate, they stole Maurice’s boombox. It seems Cicely doesn’t have a police force… they only have crime once a year, during the spring thaw.

In fact, everyone’s libido seems to have gone a bit amuck, something that Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) has no problem talking about sex, masturbation, or the like, while everyone else seems to be a little reticent to deal with it, although they all talk to her about it.

Things escalate at the bar where everyone is gathering for a potluck… Joel and Maggie throw themselves at each other, before they realize what they are doing. So they go their separate ways to take care of things, Maggie has her boyfriend, and Joel settles for erotic dreams, which are constantly interrupted.

Happily when the thaw finally causes the ice to crack everyone snaps back immediately to a more relaxed state. It’s rather hilarious, and enjoyable. Ed figures out who the thief is and Maggie and Joel a confrontation, that leads them to realize they are both fantasizing about one another… but despite verbalizing it, and having a cigarette afterwards, will they ever act on it physically?

On, and Cicely’s men celebrate the cracking of the ice, and the spring that by a running of the bulls… they run through town naked…

War and Peace is the penultimate episode of season two. Written by Robin Green and Henry Bromell, this episode was first broadcast on 13 May, 1991.

The wonderfully familiar face of beloved character actor Elya Baskin comes to Cicely as Nikolai Appolanov who is apparently a regular once a year in July (he’s early this year), he is welcomed by everyone except Maurice.

A party ensues! And Joel is delighted to meet him because Nikolai is a world-famous musician and chess player, he saw him at Carnegie Hall.

Holling is having nightmares that are impacting his social skills, and Shelly (Cynthia Geary) is less than impressed with how he is treating everyone, though even he is delighted to see Nikolai. He goes to see Joel, who prescribes some valium. But Holling is going to have to face his dreams sooner or later.

And Ed, well Ed falls in love when he catches sight of Lightfeather Duncan (Dana Anderson) at Ruth Anne’s. He turns to Chris (John Corbett) for some romantic advice and help, and thanks to using Chris’ aid in writing letters, progresses in the relationship, but will the truth out?

Maurice and Niklai square off over the chessboard. But things get out of hand. Will the two find peace? or will they be always at war because of their conflicting viewpoints? In fact, there’s a duel challenge, but how will the town and characters deal with it? The characters break their characters, discuss script revisions, and how the audience would react if Maurice actually killed Nikolai. Hilarious!

Next time, we finish season two and dive into season three, which gets a full twenty-three episodes.