Avonlea Episode Summaries & Notes

Summary
Sara Stanley is forced to live with her deceased mother’s relatives, the King Family, in the charming town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. Her journey down the Road to Avonlea takes her and the entire King Family through tales of romance, fancy, tragedy and comedy. Sara’s story is intertwined with many unforgettable L.M. Montgomery characters from the cast of the original Anne of Green Gables mini-series.

Episodes
1.1: The Journey Begins
1.2: The Story Girl Earns Her Name
1.3: The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s
1.4: Materializing of Duncan McTavish
1.5: Old Lady Lloyd
1.6: The Proof of the Pudding
1.7: Aunt Abigail’s Beau
1.8: Malcolm and the Baby
1.9: Conversions
1.10: Felicity’s Challenge
1.11: The Witch of Avonlea
1.12: The Blue Chest of Arabella King
1.13: Nothing Endures But Change

Highlights
Sara Stanley first arrives in Avonlea. First appearance of Jasper Dale. Author W.O. Mitchell guest stars as Alexander Abraham. Zoe Caldwell guest stars as Old Lady Lloyd. First appearance of Peg Bowen. First appearance of Aunt Abigail Ward. First hint at future romance between Jasper and Olivia.

Summary
Sara and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults’ dismay and disapproval. In addition to the light-hearted and fun-filled stories that dominated the first season of Road to Avonlea, each of these episodes is a textured and compelling exploration of life in the mythical farming village of Avonlea. The second season is a treasure trove of adventure, mystery, romance, family rivalry and comedy.

Episodes
2.1: Sara’s Homecoming
2.2: How Kissing was Discovered
2.3: Aunt Hetty’s Ordeal
2.4: Of Corsets and Secrets and True, True Love
2.5: Old Quarrels, Old Love
2.6: May the Best Man Win
2.7: Family Rivalry
2.8: The Sea Ghost
2.9: All That Glitters
2.10: Dreamer of Dreams
2.11: It’s Just a Stage
2.12: A Mother’s Love
2.13: Misfits and Miracles

Highlights
Sara’s father dies, making Sara’s stay in Avonlea permanent. First appearance of Gus Pike. Felicity gets her first kiss, foreshadowing a future romance with Gus. Janet King announces she’s pregnant with 4th child. Hetty enlists Gus to go to school, making him a regular character. First Avonlea appearance of Muriel Stacey. First appearance of Davey and Dora Keith. Peter Coyote guest stars as Romney Penhallow. Jasper and Olivia get engaged. First and only appearance of Roger King. Michael York guest stars as Ezekiel Crane. First appearance of Abe Pike. First appearance of Great Aunt Eliza. Madeline Kahn guest stars as Pigeon Plumtree. Daniel King is born.

Summary
While Olivia’s simple wedding plans get wildly out of hand once Hetty takes over and alienates everyone in the family; Sara trades places with a street-smart waif that passes as her double. She lands in serious danger when she runs away from home with Gus Pike. The volume ends with the death of Marilla Cuthbert, which ties this episode into the story between Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.

Episodes
3.1: Ties that Bind
3.2: Felix and Blackie
3.3: Another Point of View
3.4: When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid Part 1
3.5: When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid Part 2
3.6: Aunt Janet Rebels
3.7: A Dark and Stormy Night
3.8: Friends and Relations
3.9: Vows of Silence
3.10: After the Honeymoon
3.11: The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King
3.12: High Society
3.13: Old Friends, Old Wounds

Highlights
Jasper and Olivia get married. Felix’s horse Blackie dies. Christopher Lloyd guest stars as Professor Dimple. Sarah Polley also plays Jo Pitts. Christopher Reeve guest stars as Robert Rutherford. Kate Nelligan guest stars as Sydney Carver. Ned Beatty guest stars as Wally Higgins. Marilla Cuthbert dies.

Summary
Sara and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults’ dismay and disapproval. In addition to the light-hearted and fun-filled stories that dominated the first three seasons of the series, each of these episodes is a textured and compelling exploration of life in the mythical farming village of Avonlea.

Episodes
4.1: Tug of War
4.2: Lady and the Blade
4.3: Incident at Vernon River
4.4: Evelyn
4.5: Moving On
4.6: Boys Will be Boys
4.7: The Dinner
4.8: Heirs and Graces
4.9: Hearts and Flowers
4.10: Felicity’s Perfect Beau
4.11: The Disappearance
4.12: Home Movie
4.13: Hearth and Home

Highlights
First appearance of Selena Dale and the rest of Jasper’s family. Montgomery Dale is born. Hetty stops teaching and begins her writing career. First appearance of the Pettibone Family. Felix accidentally shoots Digger. Treat Williams guest stars as Zak Morgan. Meg Tilley guest stars as Evelyn Grier. Gus officially starts courting Felicity. First appearance of Simon Tremayne. Felicity, Gus and Arthur love triangle begins. Gus proposes to Felicity. Robbie Benson guest stars as Jonathan Ravenhurst Blackwell.

Summary
Sara has blossomed into an independent and self-assured young lady, but one that still has a penchant for trouble. Now a fully-integrated member of Avonlea society, she begins to think about the day she must leave the security of her new home. Once again, the stories in this volume range from uproariously funny to poignantly emotional.

Episodes
5.1: Fathers and Sons
5.2: Memento Mori
5.3: Modern Times
5.4: Friend in Need
5.5: Strictly Melodrama
5.6: The Great Race
5.7: Stranger in the Night
5.8: Someone to Believe In
5.9: Thursday’s Child
5.10: Best Laid Plans
5.11: Otherwise Engaged
5.12: Enter Prince Charming
5.13: The Minister’s Wife

Highlights
Hetty stops writing pulp fiction and starts writing about P.E.I.. Bruce Greenwood guest stars as Caleb Stokes. Cecily King is diagnosed with Tuberculosis. Felicity turns down Gus’s marriage proposal and he leaves Avonlea. Stockard Channing guest stars as Viola Elliot. Sara has her first kiss. Janet goes on drunken joyride in Miss Stacey’s car with Viola Elliot.

Summary
Road to Avonlea takes on a more mature tone this season as the characters of Avonlea grow and continue to face overwhelming hardships, as well as pleasant surprises. Sara Stanley shocks Avonlea when she announces she is leaving to study in Paris, and Felicity King finally accepts Gus’s proposal of marriage – only to learn that he is lost at sea.

Episodes
6.1: The Return of Gus Pike
6.2: Lonely Hearts
6.3: Christmas in June
6.4: Fools and Kings
6.5: Comings and Goings
6.6: The Trouble with Davey
6.7: Great Expectations
6.8: A Fox Tale
6.9: The More Things Change
6.10: Home is Where the Heart is
6.11: What a Tangled Web We Weave
6.12: A Time to Every Purpose
6.13: Homecoming

Highlights
Gus Pike returns & Felicity agrees to marry him. First and only appearance of Eliza Pike. Romance between Clive Pettibone and Muriel Stacey begins. First appearance of Molly Atkinson as Cecily King. Sarah Polley’s only season 6 appearance. Rachel Lynde suffers a stroke. Felix and Izzy’s friendship becomes romantic. Clive and Muriel get married. Faye Dunaway guest stars as Countess Polenska. Maureen Stapleton guest stars as Maggie MacPhee. Cecily returns home from the TB Sanitarium. Felicity learns that Gus has been lost at Sea.

Summary
Road to Avonlea’s seventh and final season is the dramatic culmination of over seven years of excellence in dramatic programming. In this season, the King family copes with difficult personal and community changes that threaten to change their lives forever.

Episodes
7.1: Out of the Ashes
7.2: Love May Be Blind, But the Neighbours Ain’t
7.3: Davey and the Mermaid
7.4: Woman of Importance
7.5: Secrets and Sacrifices
7.6: Ah… Sweet Mystery of Life
7.7: King of the Great White Way
7.8: Total Eclipse
7.9: From Away
7.10: After the Ball is Over
7.11: Return to Me
7.12: The Last Hurrah
7.13: So Dear To My Heart

Highlights
First appearance of Stuart McRae. Felicity opens the Avonlea Foundling Home. Felicity accepts Stuart McRae’s marriage proposal. Dianne Wiest guest stars as Lillian Hepworth. Hetty and Tremayne get engaged and disengaged. Eugene Levy guest stars as Rudy Blaine. Ryan Gosling guest stars as Bret McNulty. Felicity discovers Gus is still alive. The Dale Cannery burns down. Gus and Felicity get married.