Air date: May 9, 2020 (CBC); March 23, 2021 (PBS)note
"Big Sulky": Qyah's oldest tree falls down in a storm, so Molly and Tooey create an exhibit to remember it.
"Big Sulky" contains the following tropes:
- Hidden Depths: Mr. Patak knows a little Russian and is able to translate Big Sulky's original name.
- Mourning an Object: Everyone in Qyah is sad to see Big Sulky has been knocked down, so the kids put together an exhibit at the library to commemorate it. The opening of the exhibit ends with the planting of a spruce sapling in Big Sulky's place.
- Naturalized Name: Big Sulky's original name, Visokiy, means "tall one" in Russian. Visokiy was corrupted into "Big Sulky" by an English speaking settler who got the name from the Russians.
"The Funny Face Competition": After finding a book that inaccurately portrays Alaska Natives as perpetual frowners always dressed in regalia, Molly organizes a funny face competition to set the record straight.
"The Funny Face Competition" contains the following tropes:
- Age Insecurity: When asked her age for a caption in Molly's funny face competition book, Merna responds, "None of your business."
- Between My Legs: When Merna arrives at the tribal hall, the townspeople are framed between her legs as they gasp.
- Braids, Beads and Buckskins: The author of the book Molly wants to fix insisted that everyone he photographed wear regalia for every day tasks and refrain from smiling, as that was the perception his audience had of Alaska Natives.
- Camera Fiend: Nina takes the pictures of everyone for Molly's book.
- Childhood Friends: Merna and Midge have known each other since they were girls, and Merna used to attend Qyah's funny face competitions.
- Chirping Crickets: Grandpa Nat opens the competition with a joke that falls flat. Daniel makes a very poignant cough in response.
- Dedication: Molly dedicates her book to Auntie Midge's Uncle Isaac, "the original funny face champion," so that everyone knows he was a very happy man, not at all like what was shown in the previous book he featured in.
- Defeating the Undefeatable: Tooey pulls out a win against Aunt Merna, the champion of legend.
- Eyelid Pull Taunt: Midge does this while practicing for the competition.
- Hidden Depths: Aunt Merna puts her stone face to good use to catch her opponents off guard when she makes some hilarious faces.
- Hurricane of Puns: As each contestant falls to Merna's faces, Nat makes a joke that incorporates the contestant's occupation.
- Reaction Shot: The episode includes multiple shots of the contestants laughing at Merna's funny faces.
- Serious Business: Funny face reigning champion Aunt Merna treats the contest like this, despite its theme. She even travels hundreds of miles from Sitka to compete, and it's implied she's been traveling for this competition since she was a child (she grew up in the Yukon).
- The Stoic: The winner of the contest is the person who can avoid laughing at anyone else's funny faces. Aunt Merna has been the reigning champion since she was a child.
- Town Contest Episode: Molly, Tooey and Auntie Midge bring the funny face competition back to Qyah, and most everyone in town competes.
- Uncatty Resemblance: Dolt'ol is just as stone-faced as Merna.
