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It's the December holiday season, and the Christian and Muslim children at the church/mosque are fighting over how to decorate the building. This fight, especially the sight of an ornament looking like a mosque made out of Christmas tree light bulbs, makes Amaar remember back to the one and only major fight he had with Reverend Magee the first year the mosque was located in the church. Without asking, Duncan used the prayer hall as a practice space for the Christmas pageant's choir, then decorated outside the prayer hall with Christmas decorations. Amaar and Duncan were able to overcome these problems amicably, with Duncan even inviting the Muslim congregation to their Christmas party. But the last straw for Amaar was when the Anglican congregation, without Duncan's OK, moved into the prayer hall for the Christmas party since there was no other available space in town. Amaar disallowed the Christmas party in the prayer hall, much to an angry Duncan's chagrin. One other battle that year happened between Sarah and Yasir, who decided to place Hamoudi Contracting invoices in the Christmas cards Sarah was sending out. And Sarah wondered why they weren't receiving any Christmas cards in return.

Amaar is ready to propose to Rayyan, but he almost forgets to ask Yasir for her hand in marriage beforehand. In the intervening time, Rayyan is aware that Amaar is about ready to ask her. The unfortunate thing for Rayyan is that everyone else in town is also aware that Amaar is about ready to ask her. That fact ruins the mood for when Amaar is about ready to ask. So both Amaar and Rayyan, with a little help from Sarah (at times too much help), try to come up with individual plans to make the actual proposal special. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne is on every Mercyite's enemy list both for kicking out the Muslims from the church and denigrating Mercy as a town. Since there is no indication that he will be leaving Mercy anytime soon, he has to try and find a way to get at least the Anglican congregation to be back on his side.

Amaar makes an off the cuff comment to Rayyan that he's not sure if he wants to have children. Rayyan is initially shocked and tries to hide the fact that she does want children. Based on a comment by Sarah, Rayyan believes Amaar will change his mind if only he had time to spend with a baby. So on a date with Amaar to watch a movie at home, Rayyan decides to combine it with a babysitting stint for a friend. The evening of babysitting has an unexpected result. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne is still trying to find some way to get back into the good graces of the town. He thinks that befriending Amaar, a popular guy, will do the trick. But Amaar will have nothing to do with the reverend. Sarah, who the mayor considers a good friend adviser, gives some pointers to Reverend Thorne in befriending Amaar. But in trying to be Amaar's friend, the reverend has a mishap that takes its toll on Leslie, probably Reverend Thorne's best friend, on who Sarah is required to perform some major surgery.

In their continuing Christian/Muslim battle of superiority, Reverend Thorne and Baber decide to play bridge. The reverend chooses Sarah as his partner when she shows enthusiasm and a knowledge of the game, while Baber chooses the mayor as his partner. But Baber and Ann are aware, as the reverend soon is as well, that Sarah is a horrible player. When the reverend decides to lie to Sarah to get out of playing with her again, he ends up feeling guilty, especially after she finds out. Never having felt guilt before, he has to find out what the social norm is to deal with guilt and make amends. Meanwhile, Amaar is made aware that there is a wide economic disparity between himself and Rayyan, who many are calling his sugar mama. Based on a comment by Baber, Amaar thinks the perfect solution at least to make himself feel better is for them to have a prenuptial agreement to protect Rayyan. What will Rayyan think about this idea?

In running Hamoudi Construction in Yasir's absence, Sarah runs into a roadblock when she wants to bid for a lucrative contract in Odena. The roadblock is the potential client, a conservative Muslim named Suhail who won't deal with a woman. Sarah decides she needs a fake male figurehead for the company to act the boss while she makes the actual bid. In her mind, Baber is the perfect candidate, he who agrees since it will give him a chance to boss Sarah around, whether that is part of the agreement or not. Dealing with Suhail and Baber ends up being a little more problematic than Sarah first anticipated. Meanwhile, Amaar, while doing some counseling, inadvertently tells a somewhat negative story about Rayyan. This story gets back to Rayyan, who doesn't want Amaar to talk about her, especially of negative and/or personal stories, as she feels it violates her privacy and makes her look bossy. Amaar agrees and is sorry for his past indiscretion in this matter. When Amaar tells others that he can't talk about Rayyan, Rayyan is even angrier as again her giving Amaar a directive makes her look bossy. Rayyan thinks the only way for Amaar to really stop talking about her is to give him a taste of his own medicine, the information for which gets into the wrong hands.

The roof in the church collapses, destroying Amaar's apartment. Amaar learns that he can never live there again as when Sarah tries to get a building permit to make the necessary repairs, the city informs her that the zoning of the building does not allow any residential use. Stuck for a place to stay at least for that night, Amaar reluctantly takes Thorne up on his offer to stay at his place. As Amaar tries to find a new place to stay, he finds that there seem to be few to no options. Even the few leads he has for either short or long term accommodations seem to fall through at the last minute. Is this bad luck or the work of a lonely Anglican reverend who wants a roommate? Meanwhile, Sarah is doing whatever she can to halt the aging process, or at least to appear young. She is even more determined when she learns that Cassie McTavish, a dear but ultra-competitive friend, is passing through the area. When Sarah sprains her ankle, she refuses to use a cane, thinking it makes her look like an old lady. Sarah and Ann come up with a scheme to allow Sarah to walk without a cane during Cassie's visit.

Thorne has stress related insomnia. The prescription from Dr. Hamoudi is "relaxation". As such, Rayyan suggests to Amaar that he hang out more with Thorne to reduce the stress in Thorne's life. Amaar reluctantly agrees as although he is still staying with Thorne, he still doesn't truly trust him. But the two really do start to bond to the detriment of Amaar and Rayyan's relationship. Meanwhile, Ann's popularity with the Muslim demographic is dropping. So when she accidentally spills some paint on a rug in the mosque in the shape of a cross while helping Sarah, and after Baber, Faisal and some of the other conservative Muslims find the stained carpet believing it's a hate crime, Ann refuses to confess believing such a confession to be political suicide. But when that incident spirals into an all out war of the conservative Muslims versus the conservative Anglicans, new buddies Thorne and Amaar may prove that cooperation is the key to finding the culprit... or is it?

Amaar and Rayyan decide that they should purchase a post-wedding item, namely a mattress. It's a good time for Rayyan to test them as she's been working a lot of overtime and is in need of a good sleep. While shopping, Amaar learns something about Rayyan when she falls asleep while lying down on a mattress and that even she did not know about herself: she snores. She denies that she has ever snored. Or does she not know only because she's asleep when she does it? Meanwhile, Sarah works her hardest to do good deeds so that she can be voted local hero. She thinks her prayers have been answered when a young drifter named Phil arrives in Mercy. Sarah decides to help Phil out, and if Nate shows up after she calls him so that he can photograph her helping Phil, so much the better. But when Baber and Thorne learn what Sarah is up to, they decide to hone in her territory by being nice to Phil so that they can be voted local hero. Phil plays each off the other to get as much as he can. But if Phil has to choose between the gifts each is offering him, who will he choose?

Amaar and Rayyan learn that Thorne has been lying about being busy at work and about his whereabouts. In reality he's been hanging out at the library as he's attracted to Rose, but he's lost his nerve to ask her out. When Amaar and Rayyan learn what's going on, Amaar wants Thorne to follow his heart, whereas Rayyan feels the need to meddle. At first Rayyan thinks that the more experienced Thorne should leave the innocent Rose alone. By the time that Rayyan learns that Rose is attracted to Thorne, she has to convince Thorne to ask her out. Will Rayyan's meddling eventually get the two lonely souls together? Meanwhile, the health inspector shuts down Fatima's for more than health violations, but there are a couple of construction related issues she has to fix before she can reopen. Sarah sees that the job will be an easy one, but Fatima is reluctant to hire a friend. Fatima and Sarah to come to an understanding about the work, but that understanding may not truly be understood by both parties.

Thorne is still finding it difficult to relate to people in a meaningful way. As she is liked by everyone, he turns to Sarah for advice. She tells him to be himself, which he interprets as "don't lie". As that tactic offends many people, Thorne decides that he needs to practice his people skills with people he doesn't care if he pisses off. Much to Sarah's chagrin, he chooses to join Sarah's quilting circle, as he doesn't care if he never sees the women in the group or sew ever again. But when one of those two factors change, he faces a conundrum. Meanwhile, there is a vacancy on the mosque board. Some of the women want Rayyan to fill the vacancy, which no one has expressed interest in taking. She doesn't consider it until Baber tells her that a woman can't be on the board. After some strategic moves on both the pro and anti-women camps, Amaar learns that the mosque constitution does not allow women board members. Amaar feels he has to uphold the constitution as it represents the wants of the community in the community run mosque. Amaar and Rayyan have to reconcile their personal feelings versus what's happening with the mosque board.

Yasir has decided to come home for a short visit in two week's time. Amaar and Rayyan want to capitalize on his visit and get married while he's at home. But planning a wedding for two week's time, especially one where there are certain community expectations, is not an easy task. Feeling overwhelmed, they decide to take Sarah up on her offer to be their wedding planner. But when Sarah's ideas end up being the polar opposite of what Amaar and Rayyan had envisioned, will they have the heart to tell her? Meanwhile, the tax department has contacted Thorne concerning an anomaly with his last income tax return. Being scared of authority, especially when his money is involved, Thorne believes he needs professional help. Baber is the tax specialist in town, but will either Thorne hire him or conversely will Baber work for Thorne?

Rayyan and the other Muslim women in Mercy are figuratively and literally letting their hair down in Rayyan's hijab-less bridal shower. But things at the party don't go quite the way Rayyan was hoping when a man - the pizza delivery guy - infiltrates the festivities, with the unexpected consequence of Rayyan getting locked out of her own party and out of the house without her hijab, and with her arms and legs exposed. Rayyan's problem gives Sarah renewed purpose in life. Amaar is also having his bachelor party, which is planned by his best man. Despite both Nate and Thorne hoping they are the party planner (meaning that they would be named best man), the job falls to Reverend Magee, returned from his posting in Nunavut especially for the wedding. Duncan plans the perfect mix of fun and decorum suitable for a Muslim shindig, but Thorne, still reeling from not being chosen Amaar's best man and still needing to show anyone up that bests him, does whatever he can to hijack the party from under Duncan's plans. Thorne chooses an unusual activity, but Amaar uses it in an effort to build bridges between Duncan and Thorne.

Dr. Connor, Rayyan's replacement while she and Amaar go on their upcoming honeymoon, has just arrived in Mercy from Edmonton. Sarah and Ann are concerned that Mercy won't meet his big city sensibilities and that he won't stay. The exact opposite problem arises: he wants to leave Edmonton so badly that he decides that he wants to stay in Mercy permanently. Can a small town like Mercy support two doctors? If not, Sarah and Ann have to try and figure out a way for him to want to leave. Meanwhile, Rayyan and Amaar are in the midst of making the decisions for their wedding. In reality, Rayyan is making the decisions while Amaar is just physically there to nod his head in agreement. One other decision they will have to make is whether Amaar should accept the job he is offered in Montréal. And Thorne is feeling more acclimatized to Mercy as a place to live, but he still can't see himself there forever. He has to decide where Rose fits into his long term future, unless she makes the decision for him.

Yasir is back in town, as are Amaar's parents, for Amaar and Rayyan's wedding. Things have changed in Mercy since Yasir left, and he's feeling a little obsolete. Meanwhile, Amaar and Rayyan have decided that Amaar will speak to Yasir and Rayyan will speak to Sarah about their decision to move to Montréal. But each time Amaar and Rayyan get close to telling Yasir and Sarah respectively, something stops them. They feel that they need to tell Yasir and Sarah before the wedding, but time is quickly running out.