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With Reverend Magee's departure from Mercy comes his replacement, Reverend William Thorne. Reverend Thorne is dismayed with his new assignment in many ways: that Mercy is not exactly a bustling metropolis, that the size of the Anglican congregation is small, but most specifically the fact that the Mercy Mosque is located in the church. He can't do anything about the size of Mercy, but he can work on the latter two issues. He does his best to make sure that Amaar is not only aware that he and the mosque are unwelcome in the church, but that he considers Muslims as enemies. Reverend Thorne's wish of getting the mosque to vacate the church may be easier to accomplish than he imagined. Meanwhile, Rayyan, despite still dreaming of J.J. in bad ways, feels that she is over the fact of him leaving her at the altar. However, no one will let her forget as rumors abound in town that Rayyan is still devastated, crying and walking around in her wedding dress. But as she returns wedding gifts, Rayyan comes across one that makes her think that perhaps she should try to reconcile with J.J.

It's time for the annual Mercy Mixer to take place, an event which was in the past co-hosted by Amaar and Reverend Magee to bring together the Muslim and Christian communities. It's aim was high on the education, medium on the social and low on the fun. Reverend Thorne wants nothing to do with it, instead wanting to hold his own Fun Fair solely for the Anglican community in hopes of bringing them back to the church. Reverend Thorne changes his mind after he makes a trip to the bank and sees the depleted savings of the church. He then devises a way to have the mixer, get the mosque to pay for it, and have it more of an Anglican Fun Fair. Will Amaar catch on? Meanwhile, Yasir thinks that Rayyan should start dating again. He believes the perfect person for her to date is his new foreman named Yousef, who is a recent immigrant to Canada. Rayyan, seeing what her father is doing, decides to have a little fun with him. Sarah also can't help but get in on the family games. But Yousef may have other thoughts, even if he can't articulate them properly to Rayyan, Yasir or Sarah.

Amaar is having yet another issue with Reverend Thorne. Thorne tricked Amaar into improvising a sermon, while Thorne used the one that Amaar was originally going to deliver. Not only does Amaar's improvisation bomb while Reverend Thorne's sermon receives much praise, Thorne's sermon is reprinted in the newspaper crediting Thorne for the inspirational words. Amaar devises a plan to get back at Thorne by purposely writing a bad sermon for Thorne to steal, but will Thorne take the bait? Meanwhile, Rayyan figures that with the house that Yasir and Sarah bought as a wedding gift for her and J.J. sitting empty, it is time for her to move out on her own. But Yasir, not wanting his daughter to move out until she is married, decides to sell the house from under her. Although Rayyan can no longer move into that house, this move by Yasir may place a permanent wedge between father and daughter.

Rayyan is relishing the fact of living on her own, if only her parents would leave her alone. Yasir and Sarah, with a key to her house to be used only for emergencies, have been over every day since Rayyan moved out and have even let themselves into the house using that key. Sarah and Yasir, wanting to respect Rayyan's adult wants, propose not to visit for one week uninvited or else they will give back the key. Yasir and Sarah try their best at respecting Rayyan's wishes, but one thing or another always brings them back to her house. Not wanting Rayyan to take away they key, they continually need to break into the house without her knowledge. Meanwhile, others, in Yasir and Sarah's supposed absence, have been coming over to visit Rayyan, despite the fact that she sometimes wants some time alone. Two of her visitors are Amaar and their chaperon Reverend Thorne, who agrees to this role if only as a ruse to continue his hard conversion sell of anyone non-Anglican to his church. And Rayyan's next door neighbor Fred, hearing prowlers (who in reality are Yasir and Sarah) forms a mob watch of the Prairie Dogs to protect the neighborhood.

Fred and his radio show are hosting a car giveaway contest, the winner being the person who can keep his/her hands on the car the longest. Sarah thinks the contest will be a good opportunity for her and Yasir to spend some quality time together, since Yasir has been busy with work of late. Yasir, on the other hand, sees other things more important than participating in the contest, and by association - in Sarah's mind - spending time with her. The contest gives Amaar the idea that a fund raiser - a 30-hour famine - is a good and quick way to raise the rent for the mosque, as Reverend Thorne won't give them an extension. The Reverend makes an underhanded measure to ensure the fund raiser is a failure. Amaar has to devise a way to combat Reverend Thorne's tactic.

Neighbors Rayyan and Fred go through a myriad of emotions in their relationship as neighbors. Fred rants on air that a mishap that occurred on Rayyan's property is some sort of Muslim conspiracy. Things change when Rayyan saves Fred's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver on him. After that, Fred will do whatever he can to please Rayyan. But Rayyan finds that a little gratitude from Fred may be too much to take. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne is planning on making major renovations to the church. Despite working on six other contracts, Yasir is desperate to get this one as he sees it as the most lucrative. He may have a tough challenge seeing as to the reverend's view on his Muslim neighbors, but also because not being Christian, Yasir doesn't know the first thing about church architecture. Yasir figures he can overcome this issue with help from ex-Anglican Sarah. But when Reverend Thorne implies that he won't get the contract because he's too busy, Yasir tries to get out of his other six contracts, even without the guarantee of winning the church contract.

Yasir breaks a delivery sent to Reverend Thorne. Yasir is reluctant to confess to this error. On Sarah's advice, Yasir decides the easiest thing to do is order another to replace the broken one. Luckily, the replacement can be shipped in 24 hours, meaning that Yasir and Sarah only have to hide the fact that Yasir broke the first one for a day. However, when the replacement arrives, it's not exactly like the original. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne learns that Yasir broke something, and when the reverend learns what it is, he is not angry but decides to use this knowledge to put Yasir and Muslims in general in a bad light. But Yasir unexpectedly does a positive thing with the replacement. Meanwhile, Baber and Layla are continuing their difficult father/daughter relationship. On a whim, Baber thinks it would be a good idea if Layla went to live with Rayyan for a while, as Rayyan is under the belief that she knows what it takes to be a good parent. However, will Rayyan and Layla get along as guardian/child any better than Baber and Layla do?

Both Amaar and Reverend Thorne want to mount some sort of advertising campaign to attract new people to the mosque and church respectively. With some extra time on her hands, Sarah, who does public relations work for a living, volunteers to help whomever wants. Since Reverend Thorne asks her first, she decides to help him instead of Amaar, despite the fact that she is a Muslim herself. As she goes through this process with Reverend Thorne to great success, Sarah has to reconcile the "PR whiz" side of herself with the "Muslim" side of herself. One step to accomplish that is to convince Reverend Thorne to erect a new sign for the mosque in front of the church, to which he agrees. The actual sign, however, is not quite what Amaar would have had in mind. Sarah and Amaar have to come up with a plan to get Reverend Thorne to remove the sign, as he won't do so on his own. Meanwhile, Layla is still living with Rayyan. Baber wants her to move home. Rayyan wants her to move home. But Layla is content where she is. The only way Layla may consider moving back with Baber is if he apologizes to her, which may be impossible as he's just terrible at apologizing to anyone. Baber and Rayyan have to get the help of a true schemer in the form of Yasir to help. But perhaps a little honesty might go much further in accomplishing their mission.

Amaar inadvertently agrees to an exhibition fund-raising boxing match with Reverend Thorne, who has a boxing background. Reverend Thorne does whatever he can to provoke Amaar, and is so sure of his victory that he makes a wager on the match. Amaar, seeing the boxing match as a metaphor of the battle between the Muslims and Christians, doesn't want to partake. As he progresses in his training, he admits to his trainer, Rayyan, what he really fears. Rayyan, trying to be supportive but still wanting Amaar to go through with the match, comes up with a plan. Will Amaar still go through with it? Meanwhile, Yasir is getting exasperated by Reverend Thorne's constant changes in the church renovations. The last straw for Yasir is after the reverend requests a change after Yasir has already completed that certain aspect of the job. When Yasir finds out that Sarah failed to give him a message beforehand from the reverend about that change, Yasir has to grovel for his job back.

Following his exhibition boxing match with Amaar, the match which Amaar won by a knockout, Reverend Thorne is sporting a neck brace and can barely move. Amaar learns the true nature of the reverend's injuries, and the reason for the brace. Meanwhile, Rayyan, the doctor, attends to an injured Baber at the mosque. As such, word goes around town that Rayyan makes house calls, a rumor she vehemently denies to all who will listen. Regardless, she is asked to make one house call after another, but it's Fred's calls, or his supposed calls, to which Rayyan does not respond. And Mother Hamoudi is having health problems of her own and Yasir is contemplating going to Lebanon to take care of her. Sarah, who has never got along with her mother-in-law - Mother Hamoudi did suggest that Yasir take a second wife - has to figure out a way to seem supportive while still holding a secret grudge against Mother Hamoudi.

With Yasir away in Lebanon to take care of Mother Hamoudi, Sarah is running Yasir's business, most specifically the church contract, which is already four weeks behind schedule. As the reverend is threatening not to pay because of the delay, Sarah has to crack the whip with the subcontractors. Cracking the whip isn't Sarah's style, but it is Rayyan's. With the church and mosque shut down for the weekend because of the necessary electrical rewiring, Nate suggests to Amaar that he go camping. Despite not being a camping person, Amaar ultimately thinks it is a good idea as it will allow him to be alone and reflect quietly. But he will have to reflect in a noisy environment when Nate, Baber, Faisal and Fred tag along. But in their collective haste, they forget many of the necessary essentials for camping, such as food and shelter. And without transportation (as Joe, their driver, decided to not stay), the fivesome have to decide how to survive the weekend, not only without food and shelter, but also with each other. The fivesome becomes a sixsome when Amaar runs into another Mercyite communing with nature.

After an off the cuff comment by Amaar, Nate prints in the newspaper that Amaar is going to lead the fund-raising drive to save the Mercy Arena from ruin. Although Amaar wants the arena to be saved, he doesn't want to lead the drive. But forced to do so, Amaar, after reading about it, thinks that the $100,000 money that comes with being named the town to host Kraft Hockeyville is the way to save the arena. To sway the voters of Kraft Hockeyville, Amaar, with Nate's help, is going to make a documentary movie about the hockey spirit in Mercy. Reverend Thorne, who has a minor in filmmaking, has other plans for the movie. Meanwhile, Sarah is still running Hamoudi Contracting in Yasir's absence. The Mayor has allowed Sarah only to finish the church contract, but is not allowed to take on any more contract work, or else be fired from her job at City Hall. Can Sarah keep it a secret from the Mayor that she's been contracted by Fred to renovate his bathroom?

Self-absorbed self-help guru Dr. Lois Kettlebaum is passing through Mercy on her way to Regina for a book signing. Her stay in Mercy is a little longer than she expected as her beloved pet dog Fluffy escapes. As her harried chauffeur looks for Fluffy, Dr. Kettlebaum in private is an emotional wreck over Fluffy, while her public persona doles out advice to the many in Mercy who seek it. Sarah doesn't like what she hears, and Baber has a connection of another kind with Dr. Kettlebaum. Meanwhile, Amaar inadvertently opens a letter addressed to Reverend Thorne, the letter which divulges some very personal information. Amaar and Rayyan try to decide how best to get the letter back to the reverend without his knowledge while discussing what to do with the new found information. And Yousef learns his second English word.

With Yasir still in Lebanon, Sarah has been spending much of her time at his construction business office in the church. She has turned her attention to organizing things at the church, much the way she has organized her life with Yasir. Although they appreciate her efforts, Amaar and Reverend Thorne are at their wits end when Sarah takes her self-appointed organizational duties to an extreme. They have to figure out how to get her to stop without hurting her feelings. Meanwhile, Rayyan thinks about her best friend from college, Holly Weldon, who Rayyan dropped from her life when she became serious about Islam since Holly was not Muslim. Rayyan regrets doing that and wants to reconnect with Holly. Rayyan is surprised that not only does Holly not hold a grudge against her, but that she wants to come to Mercy for a visit. When Holly arrives, Rayyan may regret reconnecting with her old friend as Holly believes she has a mutually-exclusive relationship with Jesus, and that her mission is to save Rayyan from Islam and by association eternal damnation.

Sarah is waiting for a telephone call from Yasir from Lebanon which doesn't occur when expected. Feeling a bit lonely, Sarah decides to spend that "waiting" time to have coffee with the attractive new concrete salesman, Robert. Their morning coffee "dates" become a ritual. In her having coffee with Robert, Sarah's fellow Muslims believe she's doing something unseemly and un-Islamic. Is she? Meanwhile, while listening to Fred's radio show, Reverend Thorne thinks that a good way to bring about bad faith amongst his congregation toward the Muslim community is to have a radical Muslim viewpoint on Fred's show. His star candidate for this task is Baber. Although Reverend Thorne manages to talk Baber into appearing on Fred's show, Baber's views result in a slightly different reaction than expected. But for their own betterment, two usual adversaries decide to join forces to get Baber off the air.

The annual Mercy chili cook off is upcoming, this year without five time defending champion Yasir who is still in Lebanon. Sarah, his assistant in those wins (if truth be told, she acted only as his ladle caddy), vows to keep the Hamoudi winning tradition. With her new assistant Ann by her side, non-cook Sarah would have a fighting chance if either she or Ann could read Yasir's messy handwritten award winning chili recipe. Five time silver medalist Fred smells a victory for himself this year, especially as he has a new old family recipe to submit. Ann takes drastic measures to help Sarah win, but Sarah isn't sure if winning by devious means is worth it. Meanwhile, Baber has been conspiring with the conservative faction of the mosque ever since he learned that Amaar was the reason he was fired from his radio program. Baber's latest cause is banning women from wearing pants in the mosque, which he believes is un-Islamic. Rayyan is opposed to Baber's view on this issue. Reverend Thorne, seeing a way to get Amaar into trouble, fans the fires on this issue. Amaar, who initially uses a ploy suggested by Nate to neutralize the issue, gets caught in the middle, especially when Baber's cause is endorsed by the Board, its members who realistically are Amaar's bosses. Amaar has to decide how to do what he believes is right without jeopardizing his employment.

Baber is acting as Imam after the Board fired Amaar. While Amaar communes with nature in a tent on Joe's property and prays to figure out what he will do with his life, Sarah and Rayyan add more than their two cents worth in letting Amaar know what he should do. Amaar's prayers may be a direct answer in what will happen with his future, which he wants still to be in Mercy. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne's plan is to make Baber and the mosque seem so conservative and extremist in the eyes of his Christian congregation that they demand the mosque vacate the church. Conservative Baber does decide to join forces with an even more fundamental faction of the Islamic faith that currently does not belong to the mosque. The question becomes who wants to associate with this new view of the Mercy Mosque, those who's which include the Christian congregation.

Reverend Thorne has finally got his wish: he's managed to kick the Muslims out of Mercy Anglican without looking like the bad guy. The next step is to get Hamoudi Contracting out as well. Amaar goes looking for another space in Mercy for a mosque, and comes up with what looks to be the only solution: the soon to be demolished Mercy Arena. Back at the church, Sarah tries to make life difficult for Reverend Thorne. But Reverend Thorne's life may be difficult enough without Sarah's help as what may be Reverend Thorne's wish is not that of Archbishop Tom Edmonds, who sees Mercy Anglican as the Anglican diocese's jewel in the prairies due to its vision of tolerance. Unaware of what Reverend Thorne has done, the Archbishop is coming for a visit expecting to see the mosque in the church. Before the Archbishop's arrival, Reverend Thorne has to figure a way to get the Muslims back without letting them know he needs them back. Will there be a fairy-tale ending?