Ed (Darren E. Burrows) is troubled by a nightmare he had about the environment, and he tries to come up with a way to save the world. Written by Denise Dobbs, this episode was first broadcast on 4 January, 1993.

While Ed struggles with his vision of the future, Maggie (Janine Turner) makes a discovery about her own environment when she digs up her front yard and makes some discoveries about a woman who lived on the land long before she arrived. But that becomes a whole thing when Maurice (Barry Corbin) starts to interfere with things.

And that pulls Chris (John Corbett) and Joel (Rob Morrow) into things as the discussion on who owns the artifacts. But Maggie is only going to take so much, especially after she’s inspired by a dream of her own involving the Big Bad Wolf (Robert Nadir).

And in The Brick, Holling (John Cullum) deals with Brad Young (Edan Gross) a young boy who is on the run from a local camp, and who has a huge crush on Shelly (Cynthia Geary). After some advice and direction from Chris, Brad makes his pitch to Shelly, and she has to let him down easy.

All of this talk of environment and love plays out with Brad as those in Cicely who take them under his wing can influence things for the better.

And Ed, well Ed decides to collect and save seeds, to preserve plant species before they are all gone.

We have to love our environment, each other, our history.

And I love how Maggie unites the women of the town to preserve the site, and creates a legacy for the women to come.

Revelations is a fun episode. Written by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, this episode debuted on 11 January, 1993.

Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) pays off the rest of her store loan, making everything hers, and no longer any concern of Maurice’s. Can he convince her to refinance and become her landlord again?

This all leads to a crisis with Maurice, and how he’s seen in the town, and who he can and can’t control. And Ed, Ed is caught in the middle as both Ruth-Anne and Maurice want him to stay with them, and only them. So Shelly suggests a little Parent Trap action. Can Ed get the pair sorted, and keep his life in order?

Joel is wondering what to do when no one in town gets sick for the past two weeks.

Chris heads off to a monastery on a journey of self discovery, and his brother Bernard (Richard Cummings Jr.) takes over his responsibilities in the town. And hey! There’s Stephen Root as Brother Timothy, one of the monks at the monastery, and Chris soon finds that his spiritual leanings aren’t always in line with those of the monks, and it’s not going to be as smooth going as he thought.

He can’t keep quiet, he has to talk, share. His conception and execution of monastic life seem to be at odds, and it’s messing with his head. Poor Chris. And he seems to be hooked on another one of the monks in the building, something that brings everything into question.

In the end both he and Joel have problems being completely at peace with their environment, and this ends up being a gentle reminder to slow down, and appreciate beauty in all its forms.