Ed asks Dr. Fleischman to help him convince his uncle, a traditional tribal medicine man, to seek medical treatment for a health problem. A self-reliant Maggie chides Joel about being helpless around the house. Chris angers Maurice when he reads some... (more) poetry by Walt Whitman and uncovers some facts about the poet's life that Maurice would prefer not knowing.

Armenia Miles, Elaine Miles, Frank Salsedo, Gary Taylor, Grant Goodeve, Hannah Johnson, Jan Poore, Ken Schneider, Leslie Rueschenberg, Mitch Hale, Peg Phillips, Sandra DeJong