this be a good series with strong point and weak point . dick and joanna leave the hustle and bustle of the big city to operate an historic inn in rural vermont so that he could write his how to book in peace and quiet . except for their employee leslie and the loudens do not fit in with the eccentric villager . their other employee and george and have to translate some of the culture shock of life in vermont to a clueless dick louden . character actor who comprise the townsfolk be very eccentric and nothing like real vermonter . this be a weakness in the plot because it would be well suit for the shock of a civilized couple to relocate into a red state . chester the mayor and jim his sidekick be some of the annoy semi regular and who contradict dick wisdom and insight . kirk and the neighbor and who chase after leslie and operate the minute man cafe and doesn not know much about the restaurant business . in season two and leslie leaf town and invite her cousin stephanie to take over the domestic responsibility at stratford inn for the remainder . she be very much about herself and her unparalleled beauty and which work here to set the series in motion . when preppy tv station producer michael come to town to convince dick to star in a weekly vermont today series and he and stephanie hit it off and and the series launch into full steam . marian and arthur vanderkellen and a the wealthy parent of stephanie and make recur appearance to pamper their daughter and without try to understand this sort of village she have escape into . uncouth backwoods brother larry and darryl and darryl expand their role to become regular and a another bright spot in the series and in addition to joanna and george and who bring plenty of charm . this then become a wonderful series and far above average and and worth the watch .