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Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 8 - The Devil's Punchbowl
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Devil's Punchbowl

    S2:E8

    The Devil is in Blair Water, or so says the Reverend Nicholas Pitch who has arrived in Blair Water to rid the town of him. Hysteria immediately follows as the townspeople are suspicious of everything and blame the Devil. Meanwhile, the younger townspeople start to ask questions about the Devil. Hysteria continues in what can be likened to the Salem witch trials. In all this it is Laura who become calm (the Devil has of course left her).

    Director:Don McBrearty
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 4 - Where Angels Fear To Tread
    5.5/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Where Angels Fear To Tread

    S2:E4

    New Moon is on tender hooks after Aunt Isabel Murray arrives to 'take over'. Emily is horrified when Isabel tells her sher will no longer be allowed to attend school and that in place of it she will have to earn money. Next she tells Cousin Jimmy to kill one of his own cows for food and takes the household keys off Laura.

    Director:Giles Walker
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 11 - When The Bough Breaks
    5.5/10(11 votes)

    #3 - When The Bough Breaks

    S2:E11

    Poor Baby Ollie is again being handed about after he is left on the Murray's doorstep. Hoping to reunite Ollie with Maida Flynn, his mother, the children devise a plan. However their plans are not to be as Perry's Aunt Thom and new ‘friend' the Madame Marlena shatter the plans.

    Director:Jimmy Kaufman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 13 - The Book Of Hours
    5.7/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The Book Of Hours

    S2:E13

    In a surprise ending for the season we watch four separate outcomes for Laura's wedding day. Each is seen in the imagination of Emily and for a change we get to see the full talents of the actors get a chance to shine. However, this episode also leaves the question, which was the real thing?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 12 - Love Knots
    6.0/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Love Knots

    S2:E12

    Isabel, knowing full well of Emily's plans, forbids her to enter into the ""Island Romance Contest"". Having written the story of ""Isabella of the Highland"" Emily reluctantly puts it away only for Ilse to find and submit. When it wins first prize Isabel wants Emily to renounce the award and takes both her and Aunt Laura to Charlottetown to do it. Ian Bowles makes a return to the series with a pregnant Margaux Lavoie. Laura must face the truth as the lies and deceit become too much

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 5 - The Curse of the Poppett
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    #6 - The Curse of the Poppett

    S2:E5

    Teddy falls down an embankment while playing hide and seek with Emily and Ilse. The girls try to reach him, but before they can Mad Man Morrison picks up Teddy and takes him to Dr Burnley. With this in mind, Teddy's possesive mother then plots to to convince Teddy that Emily and Mad Man Morrison are romantically involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 4 - Bridge Of Dreams (2)
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Bridge Of Dreams (2)

    S3:E4

    As Director of the First Institute of Scientific Discovery and with great plans set out in front of him, Jimmy only really wants Eve to be his wife. Aunt Isabel as always objects to the marriage but it goes ahead and the wedding is beautiful. However the happiness is short-lived when Eve is arrested for murdering her father Abner Kinch and her fate lies in the hands of Jimmy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 3 - A Shadow in His Dreams
    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #8 - A Shadow in His Dreams

    S2:E3

    Emily begins to realise that despite how tough Aunt Elizabeth was, a part of her truly loved her and missed her now. Laura increases her intake of laudanum, then suffers inertia and stays in bed. Uncle Malcolm replies to Emily and says that he will not take the diamond she found as payment (not enough) and that they are coming to claim what is now theirs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 1 - Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies

    S3:E1

    The series returns and we find that Laura's wedding has not yet happened and that she is fighting a battle of the heart whether to marry Ian or not. Emily is now thirteen years old. Not wanting to see Laura marry Ian, Emily and Ilse are overjoyed when the news that Laura is thinking of cancelling the wedding reaches them. Things don't got to plan however when fortune's wheel decides to turn and Laura never gets to tell Ian as New Moon battles to find answers…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 2 - The Return Of Maida Flynn
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #10 - The Return Of Maida Flynn

    S3:E2

    Ollie Murray who has been without his mother for a year is finally re-united with her. In the time which she has been gone much has changed in Blair Water, especially the death of Ollie's father, Oliver Murray Snr. who died in the Klondike. Maida sets out to prove her love for her son, but there is still the possibility that Maida is only after the gold which Oliver Snr. left his son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Emily of New Moon Season 4 Episode 7 - Seller Of Dreams
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Seller Of Dreams

    S4:E7

    Overjoyed at finishing her first book she goes to see Teddy to see what he thinks of it. Only he breaks her heart when he is brutally honest about it bringing back memories of Dean Priest. Emily then falls down the stairs and remembers back through a series of flashbacks the moments in her life that have shaped her future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Emily of New Moon Season 1 Episode 5 - Paradise Lost
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Paradise Lost

    S1:E5

    Emily and Ilse are curous about who Lofty John exactly is and go searching on his property to find out more. After catching Emily he forces her to eat a 'poison' apple and sends her home. Despite trying her best to be brave she prays to her father who is on the road to heaven.

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Emily of New Moon Season 1 Episode 10 - The Ghost of Whyther Grange
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Ghost of Whyther Grange

    S1:E10

    Ilse Burnley wants to learn about her dead mother because her father never talks about her. Emily, whose own father is dead, feels sympathy for her and wants to help find some information. While visiting her Great Aunts they tell her the tales about what has happened to Ilse's mother. After running away Emily snares her foot in a rabbit snare and is rescued by her Cousin Dean Priest (2nd cousin, twice removed).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 9 - A Fall From Grace
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #14 - A Fall From Grace

    S3:E9

    The truth is sometimes better left on the shelf and that is what Emily learns when she tries to overcome her writer's block. Deciding to write about what she knows she sees Rhoda's mother, Velma, as the perfect subject. ""Confessions of an Adulteress"" causing more problems when Rhoda falls for Harrison Bowles who is visting New Moon, soon Rhoda is losing control of all angles of her future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 12 - A Man May Work From Sun To Sun, But A Woman's Work Is Never Done
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #15 - A Man May Work From Sun To Sun, But A Woman's Work Is Never Done

    S3:E12

    Laura is still refusing to return to Ian and Emily helps her out by finding her employment at a mill. There Laura finds out just how hard the working conditions are for women in the 19th century. However, Ian finds out where she is and tries to force her to return back to his home. When Emily and Ilse find this out they go to visit her at the mill but Laura appears to have disappeared.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Emily of New Moon Season 2 Episode 6 - By The Rivers Of Babylon
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #16 - By The Rivers Of Babylon

    S2:E6

    When Aunt Laura's addiction to laudanum worses, Isabel takes the step of putting her in an asylum without asking anyone else. Meanwhile, New Moon is up for sale and Stuart is planning on buying it. Emily doesn't want Laura in the asylum and goes to get help via Jimmy, Dr Burnley and Uncle Malcolm.

    Director:Giles Walker
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 8 - Had A Wife And Couldn't Keep Her
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Had A Wife And Couldn't Keep Her

    S3:E8

    Emily and Ilse write an article ""Kicking the cat"" for the newspaper. The problems begin once people start taking the advice of the column and misunderstandings in love begins. Then Mr Carpenter returns and falls in love with Isabel Murray.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 10 - The Bequest
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #18 - The Bequest

    S3:E10

    Family bickering at it's best abounds at New Moon when it is left to Isabel, Laura, Emily and Jimmy. Isabel, who doesn't want to share wants to get the documents confirming this nulled and does everything she can. It is Uncle Malcolm who shows a side of him when Isabel goes too far to keep New Moon and he finally realises the truth about his family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Emily of New Moon Season 4 Episode 1 - Rites Of Passage
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Rites Of Passage

    S4:E1

    Emily is feeling very insecure with her future as she begins to take the entrance exam for college hoping to get the scholarship - which Ilse and Teddy are also trying to get. On the way to exam they meet Jack and Emily pays for him to do the exam as well. Ilse tries to play matchmaker to get Jack and Emily together so she can go after Teddy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Emily of New Moon Season 1 Episode 3 - The Book of Yesterday
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #20 - The Book of Yesterday

    S1:E3

    Emily is horrified when Aunt Elizabeth informs her that she must attend school. After a dreadful first day of being teased by the other students and meeting the mean teacher Miss Brownell, she meets Ilse Burnley and they become friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Meech

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  21. Emily of New Moon Season 1 Episode 9 - The Wild Rover
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #21 - The Wild Rover

    S1:E9

    Miss Brownell leaves her post as teacher and marries the school inspector. Her replacement is Mr Carpenter, a once university professor. He encourages the children to find their own talents, the only problem is that he drinks. Emily, Perry, Cousin Jimmy and Aunt Laura have to get Mr Carpenter cleaned up for his final evaluation after he staggers to New Moon drunk.

    Director:Michael Kennedy
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 7 - In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death (2)
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #22 - In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death (2)

    S3:E7

    Small pox spreads through Blair Water and Robbie Burns dies. Trying to help as many as he can, Dr Burnley turns his house into a hospital. Ilse then also falls ill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Emily of New Moon Season 3 Episode 11 - Command Performance
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Command Performance

    S3:E11

    While her friends all head off for Shrewsbury Emily is left behind in Blair Water because her Auth Ruth refuses to have Emily stay with her. Bitterely disappointed, Laura tries to cheer her up by telling Emily that she has left Ian for good. An ally of sorts then comes to Emily's help and her future takes a turn for the good, but things aren't so good for Laura who discovers something unexpected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Emily of New Moon Season 4 Episode 6 - Away
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Away

    S4:E6

    Emily is feeling as happy as can be and has been writing for weeks and sending her work off. As she is waiting Rhoda takes off with Emily's mail before she gets a chance to see it. She does this for a while as Emily is receiving acceptance letter and money cheques from a New York publisher Thelonius Grand. Her plans goes astray when the publisher days that he is coming to the island to meet Emily. It all comes out in the end although Rhoda nearly pulls off the scam only to have Emily give her a gift. Ian also leaves New Moon and is believed to have committed suicide. He gave his rights up to Laura for New Moon and she is left to raise Margaux's son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Emily of New Moon Season 1 Episode 6 - The Enchanted Doll
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #25 - The Enchanted Doll

    S1:E6

    While searching through the attic Emily comes across her mother's, Juliet, doll. Aunt Laura restores it for Emily. Then Aunt Laura meets Ian Bowles and falls in love with him...until she finds out the truth about him which sends her back home in tears.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Devil's Punchbowl" is the worst rated episode of "Emily of New Moon". It scored 5/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Don McBrearty and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/6/1998. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Where Angels Fear To Tread".