Jenna Lyons is a smokejumper on a crew led by The Alien, a guy who takes pride in running his crew hard. On a rare occasion he allows them to rent a hotel, Jenna contracts a case of scabies.

Kyle McAffe becomes a landscaper with Jack, a brilliant ceramicist, perfectionist and drunk, then goes on a “Jack tour” of Portland, OR.

Melissa loses her mind after giving birth and experiencing a month without sleep, ends up playing Monopoly with God, and coming through the other side with grace and beauty.

Jim was bike messenger in San Francisco leads to a transformation in the emergency room after a conversation with the resident hospital nun.

Frances places in her father's casket a black and white photo of him and her daughter and a sprig from his favourite dogwood tree. She then shares with us the story of her father, honouring his life, and his death.

Finally arriving in London to be with his girlfriend after a long-distance relationship, Jeremy instead takes the train to Amsterdam for an extravagant formal dinner. Over the course of the next year he cooks all over the world, memorizing portions of Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan.

Tamara returns to Michigan to care for her elderly grandmother, a hoarder who is prone to exaggeration.

Josh Wagner explains how an experience with a street vendor and a conversation with a woman on a bus while traveling in India caused him to decide to always carry a receipt or two on his person.

Michael lives in Greenpont in Brooklyn, NY. He rents from Mario Fortunato, and a mysterious delivery to the Fortunato Brothers Cafe gets him a cannoli as payment.

Jennifer Edwards acquires a brood of chickens that contains an unexpected rooster.