- Joel has to talk a park ranger out of a fire tower. Maurice plans a fireworks show, but has objections from Adam. Ed gets struck by lightning.
- Joel has been called by US Forest Service officials to help them get Ranger Stan Burns to descend from his fire tower. The assistance of Alaska State Troopers has even been called in. Stan has spent years in the lookout and is remiss to come down and join society even though the tower has been deactivated. He thinks no one likes him. Joel is able to convince him that he is a friend and will help reinsert him into the community. Chris and Ed are fishing the Frying Pan River in the face of an approaching storm. As they run for cover, Ed is stuck by a lightning bolt and blasted out of his boots. Afterwards, he seems okay. Maurice is readying a big celebration for Presidents' Day, complete with a grand fireworks display arranged by a prestigious New York firm. He comes home shortly before the day of celebration to find Adam in residence. Adam declares that the pyrotechnics firm is run by unsavory characters who betrayed the US-backed anti-Sandinista's in Panama. Maurice is dismayed when the New York firm's equipment is vandalized, and they leave. Adam says not to worry, he'll cook up some fireworks of his own. Now that Stan is down from his tower, he begins talking the ears off of anyone who starts a conversation with him. People start avoiding him, reinforcing his original thought that no one likes him. Joel has a heart-to-heart visit with him, indicating that he is more his doctor than his friend. He diplomatically suggests that not everyone is as interested in what he has read as he is. Maybe they would visit if the conversation were more two-way. Ed searches for meaning surrounding his lightning strike survival. Leonard and Marilyn help him realize that it's just part of nature, that it has helped him appreciate things he would otherwise have not noticed. Presidents' Day arrives with Maurice fully expecting no fireworks. During his speech, there is a sizzle behind him. It is Adam setting off a plethora of grand, home-made fireworks. Stan is happily visiting with Cicely folks.—Garon Smith
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