Family Plots

Smoke and Mirrors (1x2)

: 19, 2004

We get a glimpse of Shonna's home life as she gets her kids ready for school. Rick has a company meeting and suggests a contest for them all to quit smoking. After a final cigarette in the garage, the crew begin their smokeout challenge. Shonna gets the challenge of her professional career when she is asked to reconstruct a woman who died in a car crash with severe facial and head trauma. The deceased family arrives to view their mother's remains. The stress to make the body presentable leads to the end of the smokeout as one by one, they all return to smoking. Rick eventually wins the bet. This episode aired as a double feature with the premier episode on April 19, 2004. Synopsis from A&E: The staff of Poway Bernardo Mortuary in Southern California picks the wrong day to try to quit smoking when head embalmer Shonna gets one of the most challenging reconstruction cases of her career--a woman who died in a horrific car crash. With the family desperate to view their mother one last ti