Road to Avonlea — Season 1, Episode 4: The Materializing of Duncan McTavish

Episode synopsis

Everyone in Avonlea knows everything about everyone. Exasperated, Marilla Cuthbert, ""creates"" a beau for the ladies of the sewing circle. To Marilla's distress, a traveling salesman with the same name she 'made up' shows up in town. Marilla faces Duncan McTavish and tells him the truth. Realizing the predicament she is in, Duncan helps Marilla stop all of the wagging tongues in Avonlea.

About Road to Avonlea

In the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty and Olivia King, to be near her late mother's side of the family.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Journey Begins
• E2The Story Girl Earns Her Name
• E3The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's
• E5Old Lady Lloyd (aka Song in the Night)
• E6Proof of the Pudding
• E7Conversions
• E8Aunt Abigail's Beau
• E9Malcolm and the Baby
• E10Felicity's Challenge
• E11The Witch of Avonlea
• E12The Blue Chest of Arabella King
• E13Nothing Endures But Change