Episode 1 - Fathers and Sons
Episode 2 - Memento Mori
Episode 3 - Modern Times
Episode 4 - A Friend in Need
Episode 5 - Strictly Melodrama
Episode 6 - The Great Race
Episode 7 - Stranger in the Night
Episode 8 - Someone to Believe In
Episode 9 - Thursday's Child
Episode 10 - Best Laid Plans
Episode 11 - Otherwise Engaged
Episode 12 - Enter Prince Charming
Episode 13 - The Minister's Wife
Alec gives Felix more chores and begins preparing him for the day his son will take over the farm. However, Felix loves his job at the hotel and dreams of saving up to own his own tea room. When he tries to please everyone, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
Hetty's fiftieth birthday turns disastrous when she is dismissed by her publisher and an upset stomach becomes life-threatening. She has an appendectomy and is later given a birthday party by the King family.
When the Avonlea Cannery goes up for sale Hetty buys it and agrees to let Olivia and Jasper run the cannery. After a few false starts and with help from the King family, the Dales manage to can all the lobster, making a good profit. Hetty insists Jasper and Olivia buy the cannery from her.
Sara discovers that the cause of Davey's bad behavior at school is because he can't read or write. Together they embark on teaching Davey to learn both. In addition, Olivia finds out that Izzy doesn't always want to dress like a tomboy, and Rachel Lynde visits her son, whom everyone believes is in jail.
Avonlea is hosting the annual drama competition and Hetty plans to win. She makes a wager with Eleanor McHugh, betting a secret family recipe. After asking Janet to play the lead role, Hetty callously recasts the role offering it to Isabelle Carrington, famous stage actress. However, Isabelle haughty attitude becomes too much and Hetty fires her. To get out of an impossible situation, Hetty pleads for Janet to reaccept the lead role.
Felix wants to enter a steeplechase, but Janet, fearing for his safety, forbids him to enter the event. When Felix is injured in a fall he becomes afraid of his horse, similar to an event Janet had in her childhood. Janet eventually allows him to enter the race so he will overcome his fear.
Alec hires itinerant farmhand Caleb to help around the farm. Very little is known about Caleb until he is attacked by victims of a fraudulent scheme from his past and the truth is revealed. Alec realizes Caleb has paid his debt to society and offers Caleb full time work, but he declines, knowing that he would bring danger to the King household.
Mr. Hodgson, a visiting politician, asks Alec to run for office, and Felix is smitten with his daughter, Adeline Hodgson. When items start disappearing at the hotel, new waiter Elbert is suspected, until Felix discovers Adeline is to blame. When Mr. Hodgson tries to buy Felix' silence, Alec declines to run for office.
The King family is shocked when Cecily becomes ill with tuberculosis. When Janet realizes she will be unable to nurse Cecily back to health by herself, a nearby doctor convinces Janet that Cecily should be moved to a sanitorium where the girl will have a much better chance to recover.
By accident, Jasper invents a remarkably hard plastic. He enlists the help of his look-alike cousin, Jeremiah, to help market the new discovery. However, Jeremiah gets everyone to invest in a fraudulent scheme before he plans to skip town.
Gus is promoted to assistant manager at the hotel, Felicity is accepted to medical school, and both have to make some of the hardest decisions of their lives. Meanwhile, Izzy engineers a date between her father and Muriel Stacey with the help of Davey and Dora.
A new minister arrives in Avonlea with his wife Viola and son Booth, and Janet feels Viola may be a kindred spirit. Furthermore, Sara deceives Hetty and sneaks out to listen to ragtime music with Booth.
Janet gets into all sorts of trouble with Viola, the minister's wife, who is a bit eccentric. In addition, the minister tries to add humor to his sermons, much to the town's disapproval, and Sara and Booth attempt to spend time together, but are hindered by Hetty's constant interfering presence.
