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When Lacey's ex-fiancée Stephen (Peter Oldring) visits from Toronto, Hank thinks she is being stalked by an obsessed lunatic, so he poses as her boyfriend to protect her. Meanwhile, Davis and Karen try to track down this "stalker," spinning his reputation out of control. Meanwhile, Emma tries to get Oscar to see a doctor for his annual checkup.

Mayor Fitzy's plan to promote Dog River seems to be working, as an American tourist shows up by accident. Hank is made the goodwill ambassador to Bill, the tourist, but feels that he's nothing more than a typical ignorant American. Meanwhile, Wes' liquor store becomes the new hip place to be as the brand new ATM machine he has put in, seems to be attracting crowds.

Davis gets a serious case of cell phone envy when he sees that Brent has a smaller one than he does. Soon, the two attempt to outdo one another by buying a smaller one than the other one has, then a smaller one, then a smaller one, and so on. Meanwhile, Oscar becomes addicted to the thrill of winning little stuffed animals on the new claw game in the bar and soon decides to seek help for it.

Upset to hear a comedian who once visited Dog River repeat a joke he told him when he was there, Brent plans to have the last laugh when he learns the comedian is returning to Dog River to do a show. Hank wants to do a set for comedy night as well, but cannot think of any material. Meanwhile, the ladies start a book club, which Brent makes into a movie club when he joins.

Brent's cousin Carl (Mike Wilmot) visits and pushes all his buttons, so Brent tries to prove to everyone just how big a jerk Carl is. Oscar tries to boycott the liquor store because Wes will not give him $1.20 for his old empties which are beer bottles no longer used. Meanwhile, Hank is unprepared for Dog River's annual talent show.

Karen and Hank go on a fishing trip together at which she learns he is a different person when he fishes. Brent and Lacey engage each other in a battle of wits with the help of the new roadside sign. Oscar tries to prove his memory is as good as it ever was, prompting Brent and the whole town to have a little fun at his expense.

When Wanda's tooth hurts and nobody is willing to kick her in the jaw, she makes an appointment for the dentist in Saskatoon. But somebody must babysit her hell-raising six-year-old son Tanner, and nobody in town is willing to, as many have incurred the boy's wrath. Finally, in trying to impress Lacey, Brent agrees to watch Tanner, at which the town places bets on how and when he will be injured. Lacey soon joins Brent in trying to tame the little nightmare. In a moment of sheer desperation, Brent phones the only person who can possibly save the day: Emma.

Big-city girl Lacey Burrows moves from the bustling metropolis of Toronto, Ontario to the small farming community of Dog River, Saskatchewan when she inherits her late aunt's coffee shop, which is connected to Corner Gas, the local gas station, run by Brent Leroy. Lacey also meets several of the locals, including: Brent's parents, sensible and calm Emma and cantankerous old Oscar; Davis Quinton, senior officer of Dog River's two-person police force, and enthusiastic rookie officer Karen Pelly; Wanda Dollard, the intelligent but sarcastic employee of Corner Gas; and Hank Yarbo, the local idiot and Brent's best friend. Lacey's renovations on the coffee shop are met with much disapproval, mostly from Hank, who protests the changes. Until Brent intervenes.

His name is Marvin Drey and he's come to Dog River to check up on a few things concerning Corner Gas after a rather heated phone conversation with Oscar. Thinking that his only way out of jail, (which no one said he was going to in the first place), is a zany ploy, Oscar enlists the help of, of all people, Hank.

Dog River's Mayor Fitzy tries to figure out a way to attract more tourists, and soon settles on Hank's idea of building the World's Biggest... Thing. Unsure of what to build, Fitzy's grandmother suggests, that because of Dog River's farming heritage, the town build the World's Biggest Hoe! It could be coming out of the ground, covered in soil and be the World's Biggest Dirtiest Hoe. Brent completely disagrees, but can't bring himself to tell Fitzy's grandmother why Dog River can't build a great big dirty hoe. Oscar has his own problems though, he thinks that the lovely Lacey has a crush on him.

Al rushes to finish fixing the basement step before his favorite movie, "Hondo," comes on TV. But, in an attempt to get some new batteries for his flashlight, he finds himself locked inside the store. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly attempt to celebrate Buck's birthday, much to Buck's dismay.

Liz Parker is an average teenager, until one day she is shot during an altercation at the Crashdown café, where she works. A fellow classmate named Max Evans rushes to her side and miraculously saves her from death. Liz later learns that Max, along with his sister Isabel and their friend Michael Guerin, are not really from around here. To be exact, Max, Isabel and Michael are aliens, who are survivors of the 1947 UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. But, Max, Isabel and Micheal's secret is not totally safe, as the local Sheriff, Jim Valenti is beginning to suspect something is amiss.