In this episode of Wishbone, both Joe and poet Henry Longfellow's Capt ain Miles Standish learn that it is better to serve one's self than to depend on another to carry out an important task. With their hearts b oth broken by unrequited love, Joe and Miles end their relationships w ith their best friends, David and John Alden, whom they think intentio nally stole their true loves away from them. Yet, they finally realize that their anger is unfounded and reinstate their friendships.