List of Wishbone episodes
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Season One
| Episode | Featured work | Wishbone's role | Contemporary story | Other notes |
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| A Tail in Twain | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the Town of "St... |
Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Tom Sawyer Abroad , and Tom Sawyer, Detective .Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom... |
Wishbone and the kids explore Jackson Park, where they discover a man digging up the "No Name Grave." (series premiere) | Two-episode show VHS release |
| Twisted Tail | Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to... |
Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (character) Oliver Twist is the protagonist of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He was the first child protagonist in an English language novel.-Background:... |
A crime wave hits Oakdale and juvenile offenders are suspected. Joe can't believe that his new friend Max is responsible, but Max is also friends with a rowdy older boy. | VHS release |
| Rosie, Oh Rosie, Oh |
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a... |
Romeo Montague Romeo Montague Romeo is one of the fictional protagonists in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is the son of old Montague and his wife, who secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet... |
Found without his collar, Wishbone is taken to the pound, where he falls in love with a female dog named Rosie. After being rescued, he conspires to lose his collar again so that he can get back to his love. | |
| Homer Sweet Homer | The Odyssey | Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle.... |
The kids try to save Jackson Park from developers. | VHS release |
| Bark that Bark | African-American folktales ("Anansi the Spider" and "The People Could Fly") | Anansi Anansi Anansi the trickster is a spider, and is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often acts and appears as a man... /Wana |
David overloads on responsibilities and refuses to ask for help. | Narrated by Homer Vincent (Akin Babatunde), not Wishbone |
| Cyranose | Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (play) Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life.... |
Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand... |
The kids struggle over a challenging poetry assignment they have to do for English class. | |
| The Slobbery Hound | Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve... |
When Wishbone is blamed for neighborhood messes, he must find the dog who is the real culprit. | VHS release |
| Digging Up the Past | Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon... |
Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon... |
Wishbone and the kids meet an elderly woman who lived in Joe's house as a child. | |
| Bone of Arc | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte, who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary... |
Louis de Conte | Samantha joins the boys' soccer team. | VHS release |
| The Impawssible Dream | Don Quixote | Sancho Panza Sancho Panza Sancho Panza is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs,... |
Joe aspires to make it into the Encyclopedia of World Records for making the most free throws ever recorded. | DVD release |
| Fleabitten Bargain | Faust Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical... |
Faust Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical... |
A salesman will give Joe a virtual-reality machine, but only for Wishbone in exchange. | |
| Sniffing the Gauntlet | Ivanhoe Ivanhoe Ivanhoe is a historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott in 1819, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages," while... |
Ivanhoe Ivanhoe Ivanhoe is a historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott in 1819, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages," while... |
Samantha can't go to school on the day of a big spelling bee, leaving David to win it for their team. | |
| The Hunchdog of Notre Dame | The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The French title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on which the story is centered.-Background:... |
Quasimodo Quasimodo Quasimodo is a fictional character in the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death. The role of Quasimodo has been played by... |
The boys become jealous when Samantha helps an awkward boy named Nathaniel. | DVD release |
| Golden Retrieved | Silas Marner Silas Marner Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a dramatic novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion.-Plot summary:The... |
Silas Marner Silas Marner Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a dramatic novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a reclusive weaver, in its strong realism it represents one of Eliot's most sophisticated treatments of her attitude to religion.-Plot summary:The... |
Joe only realizes how much Wishbone means to him when the dog goes missing. Meanwhile, Wishbone is adopted by a kind older man who names him "Spot." | |
| A Tale of Two Sitters | A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.... |
Charles Darnay Charles Darnay Charles Darnay, or Charles St. Evrémonde, is a fictional character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.-Overview:A French aristocrat by birth, Darnay chooses to live in England because he cannot bear to be associated with the cruel injustices of the French social system... |
Joe and David refuse to properly babysit David's little sister Emily and her friend Tina since it would interfere with their plans. Instead, the girls are left alone inside, where they wreak havoc on the Talbots' home. | |
| Frankenbone | Frankenstein Frankenstein Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first... |
Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein was born in Napoli, is a Swiss fictional character and the protagonist of the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley... |
David's science project causes unending trouble when it comes to life. | VHS release |
| Hot Diggity Dawg | A Journey to the Center of the Earth | Professor Lidenbrock | Wishbone digs for buried treasure in Wanda's yard. | DVD release Came also in Children's Favorties |
| One Thousand and One Tails | One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) | Ali Baba Ali Baba Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves... |
When David has a run-in with cybercriminals on the Internet, the FBI is accidentally sent to the Barnes' home. This causes Wishbone to think the cops are after Emily, who has stolen Wanda's purse. | |
| Mixed Breeds | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Gabriel John Utterson | Wanda falls for an Elvis impersonator named Luke Dublin, jeopardizing her relationship with Mr. Pruitt. | |
| The Canine Cure | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature... |
Nathaniel Bobelesky, who is allegeric to almost everything, including dogs, spends the night at Joe's house | |
| The Pawloined Paper | The Purloined Letter The Purloined Letter "The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important... |
C. Auguste Dupin | Joe tries to get back a word puzzle before anyone sees it. | |
| Bark to the Future | The Time Machine The Time Machine The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction... |
The Time Traveller | Joe tries to use a calculator instead of his own intellect. | |
| Paw Prints of Thieves | Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes.... |
Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes.... |
Joe and a cafeteria worker take perfectly good food headed for the dumpster so that it can go to the local food bank. | DVD release |
| Furst Impressions | Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England... |
Fitzwilliam Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy Fitzwilliam Darcy, generally referred to as Mr Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist... |
The kids agonize over finding dates for the Oakdale school beach party social. | |
| The Prince and the Pooch | The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction... |
Tom Canty/Edward VI of England Edward VI of England Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant... |
Joe tries to coach a tee-ball team that includes Emily and Tina. | VHS release |
| The Count's Account | The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844... |
Edmond Dantès Edmond Dantès Edmond Dantès is the protagonist and title character of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel, The Count of Monte Cristo.Dumas may have gotten the idea for the character of Edmond from a story which he found in a book compiled by Jacques Peuchet, archivist to the French police. Peuchet related the tale of... |
David thinks of a clever way to get revenge against Damont. | |
| Salty Dog | Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the... |
Jim Hawkins Jim Hawkins Jim Hawkins is a BBC radio presenter.-Personal:Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire in England.-Career:... |
Samantha convinces the boys to help her look for "Blackbeard's Horseshoe" inside a condemned barn. | VHS release |
| Little Big Dog | David and Goliath | David David David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary... |
After he and Samantha break a side-view mirror off his parents' new car, David tries to hide the damage. When the mirror breaks off and Mr. Barnes prepares to sue the manufacturer, Emily convinces her brother to come clean. | This episode was featured the the VHS tape "Kids For Character: Choices Count" |
| A Dogged Exposé | A Scandal in Bohemia A Scandal in Bohemia "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published in The Strand Magazine and the first Sherlock Holmes story illustrated by Sidney Paget.... |
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve... |
Samantha tries to find out who is distributing embarrassing pictures of her. | Second episode in which Wishbone portrays Holmes |
| A Terrified Terrier | The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane . Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound—a "red badge of courage"—to... |
Henry Fleming Henry Fleming Henry Fleming may refer to:*Henry Fleming , English politician, Member of Parliament for St Germans 1690–1698 and 1700–1708... |
Neglecting David and Sam, Joe decides to hang out with more popular kids. | VHS release |
| Shakespaw | The Tempest The Tempest The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,... |
Ariel | The kids attempt to put on their own production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. | |
| Muttketeer | The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March–July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard... |
D'Artagnan D'Artagnan Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of... |
Wishbone tries to join the kids at school. | |
| Hercules Unleashed | Hercules and the Golden Apples | Hercules Hercules Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene... |
Samantha tries to find a gift for her father's 40th birthday. | VHS release |
| ¡Viva Wishbone | Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe , also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady... |
Juan Diego | Joe buys a music box for his mother, but it gets broken and the store's policy doesn't allow him to return it. | Narrated by Senora Julia (Sylvia Caplan Rawley), not Wishbone |
| The Entrepawneur | Metamorphoses | King Midas Midas For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the... |
Joe becomes overbearing towards Sam and David when he tries to run a grocery delivery business. | |
| Pantin' at the Opera | The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera Le Fantôme de l'Opéra is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in "Le Gaulois" from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910... |
Viscount Raoul de Chagny | Books start disappearing at the local library after the kids meet the supposedly dead former librarian. | |
| Dances with Dogs | "The Song of the Deathless Voice" (1995) | Lee Natonabah (Apache actor Adan Sanchez), a Native-American friend of Joe's, speaks about Navajo culture and story-telling. | Narrated by Lee Natonabah, not Wishbone | |
| Rushin' to the Bone | The Inspector General | Osip | Wishbone gets the chance to be a star. | |
| Picks of the Litter | Various | Various | Wishbone tells bits of his favorite stories to a female dog. | Clip show Clip show A clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows feature the format of a frame story in which cast members recall past events from past installments of the show, depicted with a clip of the event presented as a flashback. ... ; excerpts of 1, 5, 10, 24, 4, 12, 16, 9, and 2, above. (season 1 finale) |
Season Two
| Episode | Featured work | Wishbone's role | Contemporary story | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820... |
Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane is a fictional character in Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1820.-Origin:... |
Joe and his friends celebrate Halloween with a scavenger hunt. (season 2 premiere) | Two-episode show VHS release |
| The Prince of Wags | Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV , and Henry V... |
Prince Henry (Hal) | Joe is elected captain of his basketball team and learns what it means to be a leader. | |
| A Bone of Contention | The Courtship of Miles Standish The Courtship of Miles Standish The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims.-Overview:... |
John Alden John Alden John Alden is said to be the first person from the Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620. He was a ship-carpenter by trade and a cooper for Mayflower, which was usually docked at Southampton. He was also one of the founders of Plymouth Colony and the seventh signer of the Mayflower Compact... |
With Joe and David wanting to ask the same girl to the school dance, Wishbone is reminded of John Alden in The Courtship of Miles Standish. | |
| Groomed for Greatness | Great Expectations Great Expectations Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.... |
Pip | Wanda's cousin arrives to create a sculpture for Jackson park. | |
| War of the Noses | The Black Arrow The Black Arrow The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and... |
Richard Shelton | Wishbone tries to get out of an appointment with the vet, while at the same time he sets out to rescue his red chair. | |
| Moonbone | The Moonstone The Moonstone The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The story was originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are considered Wilkie... |
Franklin Blake | Football star Daryl "Moose" Johnston Daryl Johnston Daryl Peter "Moose" Johnston is a former National Football League fullback who played his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 1999.-High school career:... comes to town and his Super Bowl ring goes missing. Could this have something to do with one of Wishbone's occasional digging crazes? |
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| Barking at Buddha | Monkey Monkey (book) Monkey: A Folk-Tale of China, usually known as simply Monkey, is an abridged translation of the sixteenth century Chinese classic novel Journey to the West by poet and novelist Wu Cheng'en, of the Ming dynasty... (Journey to the West Journey to the West Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was written by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century. In English-speaking countries, the tale is also often known simply as Monkey. This was one title used for a popular, abridged translation by Arthur Waley... ) |
Monkey | Jimmy and Marcus want to impress Joe and his friends. | |
| Pup Fiction | Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan was written approximately during 1798–99... |
Henry Tilney | Wanda receives a series of mysterious notes in the mail. | |
| The Roamin' Nose | The Aeneid Aeneid The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter... |
Aeneas Aeneas Aeneas , in Greco-Roman mythology, was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed. The journey of Aeneas from Troy , which led to the founding a hamlet south of... |
A gas leak in the neighborhood forces the neighbors from their homes. (series finale) | |