Northern Exposure

Season 61990

After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.

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8 Episodes

E01 Pilot

Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical education in exchange for service in the state as a doctor. Sure, it'll be tough for a guy from New York to adjust to Anchorage, but... then he learns Anchorage doesn't need him, and he's been assigned to Cicely, a small remote town owned and dominated by the strong minded Maurice Minnifield, a former astronaut set on developing his little part of Alaska into a vacation paradise and equally decided to make Fleischman honor his professional obligations.

July 12, 1990

E02 Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence

Ed asks Dr. Fleischman to help him convince his uncle, a traditional tribal medicine man, to seek medical treatment for a health problem. A self-reliant Maggie chides Joel about being helpless around the house. Chris angers Maurice when he reads some poetry by Walt Whitman and uncovers some facts about the poet's life that Maurice would prefer not knowing.

July 19, 1990

E03 Soapy Sanderson

A hermit takes Joel's advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly administered by Maggie and the good doctor, who has definite ideas about how to dispose of the windfall.

July 26, 1990

E04 Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens

Joel's mind is on helping Maurice sell Alaska as the "new Riviera" to two Japanese businessmen in hopes of becoming the "attending physician"--and playing golf--at their proposed resort. Meanwhile, Holling has proposed to Shelly when he learns that she is carrying his child, when the wedding day arrives, he is somewhat reluctant to go through with ceremony.

August 2, 1990

E05 Russian Flu

A virulent strain of flu, whose only treatment is a smelly Indian concoction brewed up by Marilyn, keeps Joel from enjoying a visit by Elaine, his New York fiancée who is developing a friendship with Maggie.

August 9, 1990

E06 Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes

A young man from Saskatchewan further rocks the already delicate relationship between Shelly and Holling. Ed suffers from writer's block and a lack of focus as he tries to begin work on his blockbuster movie. Maggie and Rick tiptoe around ""Maggie's curse"" when he shows symptoms of a serious medical problem.

August 16, 1990

E07 A Kodiak Moment

Maurice feels his mortality after his brother dies, and decides to adopt Chris as the Minnifield heir, but the title doesn't sit well on the younger man. Shelly distracts Holling when she tags along on a journey to capture an elusive bear on film. Joel is irritated when Maggie takes over the childbirth class he's disdained and makes a success of it.

August 23, 1990

E08 Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People

The approach of the Aurora Borealis and the constant light produces some strange behavior among the residents of Cicely. Chris abandons the radio station to build an unusual piece of modern sculpture and to get acquainted with a new soul mate that has come into town on some predestined mission. Joel journeys into the back woods to visit an isolated forest ranger and, when he gets stuck coming home, remembers the stories of a strange Bigfoot-like creature named Adam rumored to be roaming the area. Joel is rescued by Adam, who turns out to be real and a damn good cook, only when he returns to town no one believes him.

August 30, 1990

Northern Exposure

E01 Pilot

E02 Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence

E03 Soapy Sanderson

E04 Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens

E05 Russian Flu

E06 Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes

E07 A Kodiak Moment

E08 Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People

Road to Avonlea

Waiting for God

Gute Freunde - Der Aufstieg des FC Bayern

The Emmy Awards

Il commissario Manara

Unsealed: Conspiracy Files

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Picket Fences

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Men Behaving Badly

On Patrol: Live

Felicity

Night Court

NewsRadio

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Jeeves and Wooster

Just Shoot Me!

Wrecked

American Gigolo

TURN: Washington's Spies

E01 Pilot

E02 Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence

E03 Soapy Sanderson

E04 Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens

E05 Russian Flu

E06 Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes

E07 A Kodiak Moment

E08 Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People