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The Best Episodes of Wind at My Back

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The Best Episodes of Wind at My Back

A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s.  Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep...

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  1. Background image for Secrets and Lies
    9.3/10(28 votes)

    #1 - Secrets and Lies

    S5:E12

    Grace confronts Van about his identity.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Crack In The Mirror
    9.2/10(28 votes)

    #2 - Crack In The Mirror

    S5:E11

    The Masked Rider comes to town. Grace receives a strange letter.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Trick Cyclist
    9.1/10(30 votes)

    #3 - The Trick Cyclist

    S5:E3

    Members of the family struggle with how to take care of May while maintaining their own lives. Maisey worries that she will be shipped off as May is unable to look after her.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Pay Back
    9.1/10(35 votes)

    #4 - Pay Back

    S5:E13

    Grace decides how she will deal with Van. Honey and Max talk to Hub about his future.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Champ
    9.0/10(30 votes)

    #5 - The Champ

    S2:E6

    Joe arrives in New Bedford to promote a group of wrestlers.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Spanish Prisoner
    9.0/10(30 votes)

    #6 - The Spanish Prisoner

    S5:E5

    Grace and Van arrive at Lakeview Estate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Oh Happy Day
    8.9/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Oh Happy Day

    S5:E2

    The situation with Grace causes stress for May. Grace and Van's thoughts turn to wedding plans. Honey's salon reopens, but she has trouble attracting business. Hub meets a young girl who needs help.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Coming of Age
    8.7/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Coming of Age

    S5:E1

    A mysterious stranger arrives in New Bedford and expresses interest in Grace. Fat tries to prove to himself that he is no longer a little kid. Honey is unable to reopen her salon as Callie refuses to rent her the space.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for A Girl In Trouble
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #9 - A Girl In Trouble

    S4:E3

    Alice returns to New Bedford. Grace thinks about buying a car.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Four Walls and a Roof (1)
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Four Walls and a Roof (1)

    S1:E1

    Financial hardships of the Great Depression hit Honey Bailey and her family, changing the life they had known.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for By Gosh Or By Golly
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #11 - By Gosh Or By Golly

    S2:E7

    The workers refuse to return to the mine until it is deemed to be safe.

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for A Meeting of the Clan
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #12 - A Meeting of the Clan

    S2:E11

    May's cousin Jesse arrives from Nova Scotia.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Back In My Arms Again
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Back In My Arms Again

    S1:E13

    With Honey away at a hairdressing course, Fat learns that Matilda and Hugh plan to leave the country with Violet.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Agony Column
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #14 - The Agony Column

    S2:E3

    Grace's on-air advice column becomes popular.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for A Family Again
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #15 - A Family Again

    S4:E11

    Honey returns from the sanitarium, and worries about Hub's involvement in Alice's situation.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for A River Rages
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #16 - A River Rages

    S4:E4

    A famous novelist comes to New Bedford.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Triple Trouble
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Triple Trouble

    S2:E4

    A rebellious tomboy arrives in New Bedford with his grandfather.

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    Director:Donald Shebib
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for A Ghost of a Chance
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #18 - A Ghost of a Chance

    S2:E10

    The kids try to find a ghost at the New Bedford Hotel.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Public Enemies
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Public Enemies

    S3:E7

    A local crime gang, dubbed the Burlesque Bandits, is terrifying the citizens of New Bedford; a mysterious newcomer is curious about Maisey.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for No Way of Telling
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #20 - No Way of Telling

    S1:E3

    Honey's brother disappears with her savings. Meanwhile, the boys search for clues to a bank robbery.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Train To Nowhere
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Train To Nowhere

    S1:E8

    Honey and Grace help Max adapt one of his unsold radio plays for the local drama society, only to see it consume Aunt Toppy's life.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for All This And Heaven Too
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #22 - All This And Heaven Too

    S4:E1

    Grace Bailey plans a quiet vacation at the family cabin, but bumps into the Fletts and an old family enemy. Toppy moves into her new home. The Sutton family visits Honey at the sanitarium (offscreen).

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Never Sleep Three In A Bed
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Never Sleep Three In A Bed

    S2:E2

    Max faces resistance from Hub and Fat.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for A Formal Affair
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #24 - A Formal Affair

    S4:E12

    Laura invites Hub to a ball in Toronto. Doris comes to New Bedford for a visit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for New Girls In Town
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #25 - New Girls In Town

    S5:E4

    May's nurse arrives in New Bedford. A new girl enters Fat and Pritchard's class.

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    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Secrets and Lies" is the best rated episode of "Wind at My Back". It scored 9.3/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Stefan Scaini and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/2001. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Crack In The Mirror".