Ranczo

March 5, 2006

A Polish-American woman inherits a mansion in a small village of Wilkowyje. She arrives in Poland with a plan to renovate it.

March 12, 2006

Everyone in Wilkowyje learns Lucy decided to move permanently. The mayor and his wife plot to change her mind.

March 19, 2006

Lucy wants to take up teaching in a local school. Headmaster's enthusiasm about an actual American working for her clashes with mayor's strict opposition.

March 26, 2006

Lucy sees many problems in the village, all of which come from alcohol. She focuses on the illegally brewed kind first.

April 9, 2006

A flu epidemic breaks out in Wilkowyje. Witebski, the Polish teacher, comes up with the idea of starting a local newspaper.

April 23, 2006

Mayor fills the second edition of the newspaper with anticlerical propaganda. Lucy unwittingly starts a dog shelter.

April 30, 2006

Lucy's shelter fills up. Kusy gets Witebski to issue a fake segment about the European Union household dog subsidies.

May 7, 2006

Mayor spreads a rumor that Lucy wants to breed goats. Hadziukowa wishes to join the business.

May 7, 2006

Lucy asks doctor Wezół to do a lecture on contraceptives. Kusy continues the struggle to stay sober.

May 14, 2006

Lucy is kidnapped. Kusy gets the priest and mayor to act. Kidnappers' wives take matters into their own hands.

May 14, 2006

A supernatural event worries the village. Lucy finds a solution, but it requires the priest and mayor's cooperation.

May 21, 2006

A European Union delegation visits Wilkowyje. Due to certain circumstances, the priest will replace the mayor.

May 21, 2006

The mayor is sure he will win the oncoming election, when he finds out Lucy is a candidate as well. He sends a spy to join her committee.