Season 7 is the seventh and final season of Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). It premiered with "Out of the Ashes" on January 14, 1996, and ended with "So Dear to My Heart" on March 31, 1996.
Summary[]
The King family copes with difficult personal and community changes that threaten to change their lives forever.
Felicity and Stuart open a foundling home for orphans. Izzy's Aunt Lilian visits and plans to take Izzy to Boston, but Felix attempts to get her to stay.
The Avonlea schoolhouse is threatened with closure and Hetty challenges Carmody to a contest to keep it open. The Avonlea cannery burns to the ground and Jasper and Olivia plan to leave for England.
Felicity accepts Stuart's marriage proposal, but when she receives word that Gus may still be alive, the wedding is postponed.
Road to Avonlea’s seventh and final season is the dramatic culmination of over seven years of excellence in dramatic programming.
Cast[]
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Episodes[]
| Road to Avonlea Season 7 Episodes | ||||
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| No. | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Out of the Ashes" | Stefan Scaini | Marlene Mathews | January 14, 1996 |
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Felicity sinks deeper into depression while stewing over the memory of Gus. Stuart McRae becomes the new town banker and arranges for the villagers to decide the future of the Lloyd estate. Stuart and Felicity help turn the run-down estate into an orphanage and their collaboration results in a romantic relationship. | |||
| 2 | "Love May Be Blind... But the Neighbours Ain't" | Allan King | Raymond Storey | January 14, 1996 |
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Felix and Izzy's friendship is threatened when a rumour is spread that Felix kissed Izzy. Olivia believes that Jasper is discontented with their marriage and Eulalie gossips that they are getting a divorce. | |||
| 3 | "Davey and the Mermaid" | Allan King | Jeremy Hole | January 21, 1996 |
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Chaos ensues in Avonlea when Snibb’s Traveling Midway arrives just in time for the Fall Fair. Hetty King vows to keep Davey Keith away from the show, but the lure of Melusina the Mermaid is too strong and Davey becomes infatuated with the beautiful sideshow creature. | |||
| 4 | "Woman of Importance" | Allan King | Janet MacLean | January 28, 1996 |
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The Pettibones have a houseful when Morgan is expelled from the military academy and Arthur Pettibone returns from medical school. Izzy, feeling excluded from Clive and Muriel’s new relationship as husband and wife, contacts her eccentric and seemingly affluent aunt, Lillian Hepworth. | |||
| 5 | "Secrets and Sacrifices" | William Brayne | Laurie Pearson | February 4, 1996 |
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When Janet King’s sister Abigail MacEwan and her affluent husband Malcolm return to Avonlea, tension increases in the King family. Abigail’s constant criticizing of Janet’s family and their circumstances gets on everyone’s nerves… especially Cecily’s. | |||
| 6 | "Ah... Sweet Mystery of Life" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Marlene Matthews | February 11, 1996 |
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Hetty King and Simon Tremayne surprise everyone with their marriage plans, but when Clive Pettibone brings the district superintendent, Mr. Tumbridge, to the Avonlea school, Hetty becomes very distracted. | |||
| 7 | "King of the Great White Way" | F. Harvey Frost | Hart Hanson | February 18, 1996 |
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A famous Broadway song-writing team, Rudy and Betty Blaine, turn the White Sands upside down when they arrive for a brief holiday. Rudy is suffering from writers block and is hoping a change of scenery will get his creative juices flowing. | |||
| 8 | "Total Eclipse" | William Brayne | Heather Conkie | February 25, 1996 |
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When Cecily King accidentally sets fire to a large sum of money meant for charity, she turns to Felix King who devises a plan to get the money back and impress Tremayne at the same time. | |||
| 9 | "From Away" | Stefan Scaini | Laurie Pearson | March 3, 1996 |
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Two English orphans, Ian and Bret McNulty, arrive in Avonlea to live at the Foundling Home. Despite attempts to win their friendship, Davey Keith can’t seem to make peace with the tough new kids. | |||
| 10 | "After the Ball is Over" | Graeme Lynch | Raymond Storey | March 10, 1996 |
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Abigail coerces Janet King into planning a huge party for Great Aunt Eliza’s 90th birthday. Aged cousin Winifred arrives for the party, bringing with her memories of Owen Briar, a lost love that both Eliza and Winifred had shared. | |||
| 11 | "Return to Me" | F. Harvey Frost | Raymond Storey | March 17, 1996 |
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A mysterious telephone call interrupts Felicity King and Stuart’s wedding plans and leads Hetty King and Felicity to search for Gus Pike in Charleston, South Carolina. | |||
| 12 | "The Last Hurrah" | William Brayne | Laurie Pearson | March 24, 1996 |
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Archie Gillis and Eulalie Bugle support a plan for Avonlea to amalgamate with Carmody. Jasper Dale returns from England to find that Olivia has taken in poverty-stricken cannery worker Lottie Cooper and her baby girl. | |||
| 13 | "So Dear to My Heart" | Graeme Lynch | Marlene Matthews | March 31, 1996 |
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Hetty King, Felicity King and a blind Gus Pike return to a very different Avonlea: The Dale Cannery has burned down, there’s a newborn baby in the Dale home and many people are leaving. | |||
Behind the scenes[]
External links[]
Season 7 at the Internet Movie Database- Season 7 at Road to Avonlea Guide
- Season 7 at Sullivan Entertainment
