Episode 507: Gone, But Not Forgotten

On his first solo overnight hike, Wembley meets Mudwell the Mudbunny, a wonderful friend with a short life span. When Mudwell dies, Wembley learns about life's greatest mystery.
Meanwhile, Doc and Sprocket find a lost parrot. When Doc finds where the parrot belongs to, Sprocket doesn't want the parrot to leave.
==Notes==
* Richard Hunt described shooting this episode as an emotional experience for him: he had lost a great many friends to HIV/AIDS, and at the time of shooting had just lost his lover Nelson Bird,NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Richard Hunt at Reeves Teletape Studios whom he described as the love of his life. According to episode writer Laura Phillips, the allegory to the friends lost in the AIDS epidemic was intentional. Phillips remarked that Hunt understood exactly what they were trying to do with the episode, and Mike Quinn observed that Hunt knew what he was doing.Richard Hunt: The Gay Man Behind the Muppets (time index 11:08), citing conversations between Hunt biographer Max Stein with Laura Phillips and Mike Quinn Hunt himself passed away from AIDS-related complications five years after the episode aired.
==International Versions==
UK Version: B.J. moves into the Lighthouse only to find Sprocket has been left behind. As Sprocket is still upset about P.K.'s departure, B.J. tries to make conversation with him.
==Supporting cast==
* Mudwell the Mudbunny (Richard Hunt)
* The World's Oldest Fraggle (Dave Goelz)
* Lizard (Rob Mills)
==Songs==
* "Just a Dream Away"
==Video releases==
* Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)
* Fraggle Rock: The Complete Final Season (Lions Gate Entertainment, 2009)
==Sources==
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