Plot summary
Ed gets Joel to talk to his medicine man uncle ( Frank Salsedo ). The man is seriously ill, but refuses to seek conventional medical treatment out of a fear of losing face with his patients. Maggie berates Joel for not being able to fix his toilet, calling him helpless. Joel decides to try to fix his shower when the hot water stops working. When Maggie hurts her knee, she goes to Joel, but he gives her a hard time for "being helpless". Chris is fired from the radio station after speaking of poet Walt Whitman 's homosexuality on air. Joel makes a house call to Maggie (and makes up with her) after having a talk with Uncle Anku, who takes Joel's medical advice after a talk with his wife.
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