The Voice of the Last Frontier Jen and Tim Longo

Season 5! Episode 23! BLOOD TIES! It’s the annual blood drive in Cicely, Alaska, which sets off Ed maybe finding his birth mother but finding a sweet father figure instead, Maurice getting all toxic-ly masculine about blood collection, Chris getting all toxic-ly masculine about surrendering his blood, Jed The Creep getting all toxic-ly masculine about hunting Maggie, and Joel getting all toxic-ly masculine about HIS woman and HIS town and HIS ability to draw blood! It’s a really good one, guys! 

Season 5! Episode 22! GRAND PRIX! Welp . . .buckle up for another problematic one! There’s a substitute doctor in town and he is DR. SAPERSTIEN FROM ROSEMARY’S BABY not really but guys pick another name! Maurice holds a wheelchair marathon because he once had to use crutches for a day so now he cares about accessibility. The white writers demonize Lester as a Selfish Rich Man ™ while Ed wrestles (literally) with another person’s internal demon, and Ted and Marylin rediscover their love of a peaceful life free from the sadness of greed. Chris dresses like a cosplay serial killer and Marylin is GORGEOUS backlit by the sun beside the river!

Season 5! Episode 22! I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE! 
Eric and Ron are getting married! Holling tries to cater the wedding with canned apricots and honey baked ham so he can buy a sump pump! Maurice is still a Bigot with a Heart of Gold ™ ! Joel is shocked and indignant that Marilyn doesn’t write about him in her journal! Maggie thinks Joel being nice to her is making her sick! Fruit Basket Cake is delicious! 

Season 5! Episode 20! A WING AND A PRAYER! Maggie is making an IKEA airplane and Maurice and Joel mansplain to her about how to do it! Ed spreads hot goss about Ruthanne and Walt going to Boneville and then has a moral unraveling over it! A Catholic priest comes to town to baptize Miranda and Shelly is heartbroken when he reveals himself to be a mediocre white dirt bag of a jerk who gaslights her and tells her “Don’t worry about it, dear.” Come for the recaps, stay for Jen’s rage! Another beautiful, cry-worthy ending, though!

Season 5! Episode 19! THE GIFT OF THE MAGGIE! Maurice, Chris, and Joel perform in a three-ring circus of Bruised Man Ego Syndrome! Orchids! Mystical death-defying bucks! Joel needs doctor friends! Jung is NOT great! Robin Green gives us another gorgeous script with scenes that made cry! It’s another banger, everyone!

Season 5! Episode 18! FISH STORY! Joel isn't sure he wants to share his faith with Maggie even though he's done it about a million times already but okay and then he hooks Jonah the Whale and meets Rabi Schulman in Loon Lake to learn some Life Lesson (TM) Ruthanne gets sick of people tossing her salami and joins a biker gang for a night of fro yo consumption! Holling paints amazing paint-by-numbers but lets Maurice convince him he's not a 'real' artist so Chris steps in and saves the day! Then, another gorgeous ending! We cried. AGAIN!