Emily of New Moon - Season 3

The tragic Maida Flynn returns to collect her child, Little Ollie Murray, abandoned in Blair Water over a year ago. In the time she has been away, the father, Oliver Murray Sr., has perished in the Klondike, leaving his son a considerable amount of gold. Everyone fights over the treasure. Everyone except Maida Flynn who desperately tries to convince Emily and Ilse that she loves Little Ollie more than life itself.

Emily makes a wish for Jimmy to be a man of great wisdom. Instead, a bolt of lightening strikes him, leaving him comatose on the side of the road. Emily is paralyzed with fear thinking that she has wished death upon her beloved cousin. But Jimmy wakens a genius. His life now careens into realms beyond even Emily’s fertile imagination; inventions, honours, worldly acclaim. When he meets Eve, his long lost love, his cup brimmeth over. TO BE CONTINUED...

Jimmy Murray is made Director of the First Institute of Scientific Discovery. He plans to build an automobile, harness electrical energy but most ambitiously, to build a bridge which will connect Prince Edward Island to the Mainland. The world bows to his ingenuity. However, all Jimmy really desires is Eve’s hand in marriage; their love continuing to blossom in spite of Isabel’s objections. The beautiful wedding ends in tragedy. Eve is arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of her father. Only Jimmy can save her.

It’s no secret that Three-toed Alice Miller, Perry’s mother, murdered her husband with an ax ten years ago. Despite teasing from the school children, Perry has long since buried the memory and started a new life. When Aunt Thom arrives in Blair Water, Perry immediately senses trouble. His instinct foreshadows Aunt Thom’s plans to bust Alice Miller out of prison. Emily, Ilse, Teddy and Perry travel with Aunt Thom to an oratory contest in Shrewsbury but before long, Perry is made accomplice to aiding and abetting his mother’s escape. Suddenly, the oratory contest becomes secondary to the emotional battle between a loving Mother and Son who don’t know how to say the words, “I love you.”

The Murray family is horrified when the ship carrying Malcolm Murray is put under quarantine for small pox. Ignoring Dr. Burnley’s warning about the disease, the children sneak Malcolm out of the contaminated area, hidden in a coffin. To the family’s shock, Malcolm has brought with him Robbie Burns, a six year old black boy who’s mother died on board. A mixture of prejudice and ignorance follows the boy as Emily attempts to integrate him into the community. The small pox epidemic swoops down on them and death seems imminent. Panic ensues. The community is terrified of the only possible prevention: vaccination. When Malcolm falls ill, all hope vanishes.