Original title
Mixed Blessings
Released
11/6/2007
Origin country
CA
Production companies
Laughing Mountain Communications, Prairie Dog Film + Television
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
26
A widowed Ukrainian plumber and a widowed Cree waitress fall madly in love resulting in a riotous fireworks display of conflicts with friends and family.
A widowed Ukrainian plumber and a widowed Cree waitress fall madly in love resulting in a riotous fireworks display of conflicts with friends and family.
Josie is laid off at the restaurant, so Hank and Tazz launch a boycott to see her re-hired. Tazz resorts to sabotage, the police are forced to intervene, and in the aftermath, when Hank makes a house call, romance flowers.
Hank and Josie rendezvous at the house again, but Josie wants to break it off. Desolate, Hank attends a bush party with Tazz, but runs into Vicky, his daughter. After a long night of despair, Hank makes a final appeal to Josie, and the episode ends in Las Vegas, with an Elvis impersonator as Best Man.
Once again Josie wants to end their relationship, despite their new married (but still secret) status. Hank insists on sorting it out, and during an arranged tryst, Mick drops by with friends. Hank is forced to make to make a naked escape, only to land in jail, where he and Mick have their final confrontation.
The marriage is finally outed and Josie announces plans to do it again, a traditional Native ceremony this time, outdoors. Mick refuses to attend, and, during the ceremony, when the groom's family retires by canoe to a distant island, they're stranded, then manage to set the island afire.
The two families make the move to one house-Josie's-but Vicky isn't cooperating. As Hank and Josie look to buy a new house, Vicky finally shows up on the back of a motorcycle, and Hank loses it, bringing out his shotgun "for cleaning."
Mick will be drumming at the local pow wow, and issues an invitation to the family which does not include Hank. Hank and Mick clash again over the matter, Grandma intercedes, and the entire family attends the pow wow, where Hank tries a little Native culture, with mixed results.
Hank lands a new job, but gets busted for not having a genuine plumbing certificate. He then enrolls at the local trade school where he encounters Mick. Doreen tells Hank about a foreclosure on a big new house and pushes him to take it.
Kate tells Mick about his "real" father. Its bingo night for Doreen, Kate and Kookum. Doreen and Kate square off when a winning bingo card falls off the table.
Vicky declares herself a vegetarian when Uncle Charlie shows up with a Moose carcass. Walt goes "green" after visiting the dump with Hank. Hank and his kids visit their mom's grave site.
At Donnie's hockey tournament, Hank and Tazz engage in a rising conflict with a hockey dad from an opposing team. Following a tie, there is a slight incident with the Zamboni and nobody wins. Kookum is arrested for stealing a hockey trophy.
Josie is pregnant? Hank had a vasectomy and denies the baby could be his. The family comes together to celebrate a new addition.
Kookum finds a new beau; Vicky starts dating an Indian boy (Dot); a family picnic eases tensions.
Hank and Josie are reminded of what it's like to be new parents.
Kate's biological clock kicks in; Doreen transforms into "bridezilla"; Tazz gets cold feet.
Mick's father mysteriously shows up to smooth out some old bumps; Hank and Mick begin to bond.
Hank becomes jealous when Josie's ex-boyfriend receives special attention; Tazz tries to drive Mark out of town.
Mick and Hank graduate together; Tazz crashes the grad dinner.
A back injury leaves Hank on the couch; Josie loses her patience; Kate becomes inspired to live wild and free.
Josie feels walks off her shift to help Hank with a plumbing task.
The Kowalchuks meet their new neighbor; Josie feels threatened.
Josie begins working for Hank; Kate schemes to have Josie run a cafe on the Reserve.
The family plans a surprise anniversary party for Hank and Josie.
Hank takes on the roles of boss and father figure, Tazz feels threatened.
Hank and Josie decide to take a romantic vacation.
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