This episode reminds me of Fahrenheit 451. DrMike's mother sends crates of books to share with the town. The first library is opened. Sully has a book by Walt Whitman and begins to read a poem to DrMike which makes her feel uncomfortable. She believes it's inappropriate and wants it kept away from the kids. When the reverend and the townspeople decide many of the books in the library are obscene they close it, take books from those who have checked them out. Horace is reading about vampires. Eventually a mob of townspeople burn many of the books. Michaela walks into the church and describes some plots from a book in which a father sacrifices his own daughter, a man is married to more than one woman and God makes a bet with the Devil. Everyone at church is astounded by this book, even the reverend, til they realize it's the Holy Bible("Footloose" and dancing?). The library reopens with all the books. Jake begins to take reading lessons from Dorothy. Brian learned from a frog jumping contest. And Michaela decides she would like to share the erotic Walt Whitman poems with Sully as they snuggle up in the evening on the front porch.
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