After braving the endless miles of wilderness and a bizarre moose encounter, Dr. Phillip Capra and his wife, Michelle Schowdoski-Capra are in Cicely. Fresh from Los Angeles, they try to adjust to a less than state of-the-art way of life when their cabin needs refurbishing, the office needs upgrading, wild animals come and go at will in their house and they have a brush with the supernatural. Nevertheless, they decide to commit themselves to the change in scenery and sign a two-year contract.<br /><br />Holling desperately wants to join the exclusive men's club, Sons of the Tundra, and is willing to pay the ten thousand dollars to do it. Even though he isn't the usual sort to be initiated into the club, Maurice invites Holling to a club dinner to meet the members. Shelly's anger at their blatant discrimination against women leaves Holling questioning the morality in joining such a club even though the business advantages would be great When the snobbish club refuses his initiation because his greatgranddaddy was a Huguenot, Holling happily moves ahead to expand his business without them.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Ed eats a raven spirit disguised as a trout and develops the ability to see the near future. When he foresees Hayden accidentally breaking his foot, he visits Phil in advance for treatment advice.<br /><br />Phil, believing Ed to be delusional, doubts his ability until Ed predicts the dent in Phil's car just before it happens.<br /><br />Joel, now a burly, bearded mountain man dressed in buckskin and furs, surfaces with a phone call to Maggie from Manonash asking for the Kensai Toothpick hunting knife she had ordered last year for his birthday but sent back because he didn't want it. Later, in perfect Adam fashion, he briefly appears at Holling's to trade fur pelts for a hunting knife and disappears as quickly as he arrived.