Northern Exposure: Aurora Borealis (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Aurora Borealis" (Season 1-Episode 8, August 30, 1990), is sub-titled "A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups." Strange things are happening in Cicely, especially for Chris and Joel. Chris (John Corbett) is working on a sculpture but is drawn to a stranger in town, Bernard (Richard Cummings, Jr.). After talking about Jung and the collective unconscious Chris and Bernard start acting alike and end up talking alike. When Chris encounters Bernard, and Jung, in his dream they discover the truth: the two are brothers. Meanwhile, Joel (Rob Morrow) is returning from a house call on a forest ranger when his truck breaks down. Suddenly, a strange hulking figure appears from the woods, scavenges some things from Joel's truck and beckons for the doctor to follow. Thus Joel encounters Adam (Adam Arkin), the mysterious figure everybody in Cicely has been talking about. Turns out Adam is a superb chef. But the next morning Adam is gone and when Joel returns to town, no one will believe his strange tale. A landmark episode of "Northern Exposure" that introduces two of the most fascinating recurring guest stars in the show's run. Perhaps even more imporant, Dr. Fleischman finally meets somebody who complains more than he does. "Aurora Borealis" was written by Charles Rosen and directed by Peter O'Fallon. Did you know?: In Sweden "Northern Exposure" was known as "Det ljuva livet i Alaska," which translates as "The sweet life in Alaska."

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Northern Exposure: Northern Lights (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)Northern exposure is brilliant at it's worst and in this magical episode, it combines every character nuance, every dynamic to it's upmost. Chris, ever my personal hero toils over a piece of performance art that, shockingly to both himself and the viewer fails to come together: "there's no there there" he laments. Mistaken for a hobo by Cicely's first homeless person, they share a pure moment in which class and situation are immaterial - brilliant! Maurice flaunts his famous bigotry brought up smart by a surprising twist in the hobo's story while Bernard ponders so incisively the psychological and metaphysical reasoning behind class attitudes. Joel meanwhile battles with his personal dejection and "abandonment issues" as Cicely first denies him his holiday and then begins a lawsuit against him when he protests. The episode ends as brilliantly as ever with truly the most captivating and enchanting set imaginable, set to an appropriately whimsical score. Brilliant an absoloute 5 star cracker.

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Northern Exposure - The Complete Fifth Season (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)NORTHERN EXPOSURE SEASON 5 EPISODES
1.) Three Doctors (episode 77704)
Joel contracts Alaskan flu; Ed wakes up in strange places; Shelly loses her singing voice.
First aired Monday, Sep 20 1993
2.) The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop (episode 77705)
Maggie probes odd behavior by an antique store's owners; signs of aging disturb Maurice; Joel investigates Jewish influence on American Indian language.
First aired Monday, Sep 27 1993
3.) Jaws of Life (episode 77707)
The mobile dentist's annual visit creates anxiety; a wax sculpture of Maurice is too authentic.
First aired Monday, Oct 4 1993
4.)Altered Egos (episode 77702)
Bernard's new love cohabited with Chris; Marilyn screens dates by their medical history; Joel fears the loss of his New York edge.
First aired Monday, Oct 11 1993
5.)A River Doesn't Run Through It (episode 77708)
Maurice tries to outsmart a wealthy American Indian in a land deal; Maggie is asked to be homecoming queen.
First aired Monday, Oct 25 1993
6.)Birds of a Feather (episode 77701)
Joel's visiting parents adapt easily to Cicely; Holling's disdain for sports causes Shelly concern over their baby's athletic future.
First aired Monday, Nov 1 1993
7.)Rosebud (episode 77703)
Ed faces a career impasse while organizing the Cicely Film Festival; Joel makes excuses for not joining the volunteer fire department; guest Peter Bogdanovich.
First aired Monday, Nov 8 1993
8.)Heal Thyself (episode 77711)
A demon makes Ed doubt his future as a shaman; Holling's jokes during Lamaze class infuriate Shelly; Maggie misses the laundromat.
First aired Monday, Nov 15 1993
9.)A Cup of Joe (episode 77712)
A terrible secret threatens Holling and Ruth-Anne's friendship; aspiring pilot Chris is anxious over the written exam.
First aired Monday, Nov 22 1993
10.) First Snow (episode 77709)
The town prepares for winter; a healthy 80-year-old patient tells Joel she is dying.
First aired Monday, Dec 13 1993
11.) Baby Blues (episode 77710)
Depressed Shelly flees her baby shower; a Hollywood agent wants Ed to change his script; Chris seeks his feminine side.
First aired Monday, Jan 3 1994
12.)Mr. Sandman (episode 77706)
The aurora borealis causes residents to swap dreams, exposing secrets.
First aired Monday, Jan 10 1994
13.) Mite Makes Right (episode 77715)
A musician stalks Maurice, who mulls buying a violin as an investment; Maggie is obsessed with dust mites.
First aired Monday, Jan 17 1994
14.)A Bolt From the Blue (episode 77713)
Joel tries to talk down a terminated ranger from his fire tower; Adam ruins Maurice's President's Day fireworks display.
First aired Monday, Jan 24 1994
15.)Hello, I Love You (episode 77714)
On the day she is to give birth, Shelly sees her child in the future; their relationship frustrates Joel and Maggie.
First aired Monday, Jan 31 1994
16.)Northern Hospitality (episode 77716)
Friends think Joel is a freeloader, so he throws a dinner party; Chris revises his play list after a song he played drove a listener crazy.
First aired Monday, Feb 28 1994
17.) Una Volta in L'Inverno (episode 77718)
Joel and Maggie wait out a storm in a secluded cabin, then Ed shows up; Shelly helps Ruth-Anne study Italian.
First aired Monday, Mar 7 1994
18.) Fish Story (episode 77722)
While fishing, Joel hooks a fabled sea monster; customer demands drive Ruth-Anne to steal Chris' motorcycle; Maurice ridicules Holling's painting.
First aired Monday, Mar 14 1994
19.)The Gift of the Maggie (episode 77717)
Joel feels professionally isolated, so Maggie flies in another doctor; Maurice stays with Holling and clan after his furnace explodes.
First aired Monday, Mar 28 1994
20.) A Wing and a Prayer (episode 77720)
Maggie hires Maurice to help her build an ultra light, then fires him when he gets bossy; Ed betrays Ruth-Anne's confidence.
First aired Monday, Apr 11 1994
21.) I Feel the Earth Move (episode 77721)
Maggie thinks Joel's kindness is making her ill; Maurice tries to duck Ron and Erick's wedding; Holling is the caterer; guest Joyce Van Patten.
First aired Monday, May 2 1994
22.) Grand Prix (episode 77723)
Maurice organizes a wheelchair race; Ed helps a contestant; Ted tries to impress Marilyn with a rich client.
First aired Monday, May 9 1994
23.)Blood Ties (episode 77725)
Maurice turns a local blood drive into a competition; a surviving boyfriend visits Maggie.
First aired Monday, May 16 1994
24.)Lovers and Madmen (episode 77724)
Maurice sneaks a violinist out of a sanitarium to help him woo Semanski; Joel is surprised he is the only one awestruck by his discovery of a frozen mammoth.
First aired Monday, May 23 1994

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Northern Exposure - The Complete Fourth Season (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)Season Four of Northern Exposure introduces us to the strange "Bubble Man", depicts Chris flinging a coffin, and leaves us with a pregnant and musical Shelly. There's lots more to enjoy in this mid-series season!
Here is a brief decription of each episode (from http://home.comcast.net/%7Emcnotes/WhatEp.html )4.1 Northwest Passages
To celebrate her thirtieth birthday, Maggie spends the weekend camping alone to reflect on her life and cleanse her soul. Marilyn asks Chris to help her learn how to drive. Maurice rambles endlessly into a recorder about his past in an attempt to write his memoirs.
4.2 Midnight Sun
Joel is "light loony" and, with his enormous amount of excess energy, coaches the Cicely Quarks in their annual basketball game against Sleetmute. An old friend (Gillis Toomy) drops in to visit Ruth-Anne and outfits the town from his collection of fashionable ensembles.
4.3 Nothing's Perfect
Chris kills a dog with his truck and quickly falls in love with its owner (Amy, the Pi Lady). Maurice buys an extremely expensive Augsburg clock and with its delivery comes a highly trained specialist to install it.
4.4 Heroes
Chris must decide what to do with his deceased friend's remains (Tooley). A heavy-metal rock star (Guest star Adam Ant) mistakenly arrives in Cicely instead of Sicily.
4.5 Blowing Bubbles
A mysterious new resident (Mike Monroe) quarantines himself in Cicely, arousing Maggie's interest and Joel's disbelief. Ruth-Anne must also cope with a new addition to the community - her materialistic son, Matthew, who gives up his career as an investment banker in Atlanta in search of a simpler life.
4.6 On Your Own
The Flying Man returns to Cicely to woo Marilyn; Ed finds a ring that once belonged to Federico Fellini; Maurice has Mike rewrite his will to include his recently discovered Korean son, Duk Won.
4.7 The Bad Seed
Everyone is shocked when Holling's unknown illegitimate daughter arrives in town - especially Holling who believed he was sterile. Maggie assists Marilyn in her search for her dream house. Ed is excited about his annual visit from Princess, a crane he took under his wing when she was abandoned as a baby.
4.8 Thanksgiving
Cicely readies itself for the annual Day of the Dead parade and Thanksgiving Day feast; Joel discovers he owes the state of Alaska a fifth year of service.
4.9 Do The Right Thing
An ex-member of the KGB visits Cicely to sell Maurice his official Russian dossier; a health inspector surveys The Brick for the first time in more then thirty years; Maggie makes a vow to herself to live each day as if it was her last.
4.10 Crime and Punishment
Chris' past finally catches up with him and he is apprehended and tried for breaking parole in the state of West Virginia many years earlier.
4.11 Survival of the Species
Ed becomes environmentally conscious; Maggie discovers ancient Indian relics in her backyard; Chris befriends a young delinquent and teaches him about life on the road.
4.12 Revelations
Chris takes his vacation at a monastery; Ruth-Anne pays Maurice the remaining amount owed on her store; Joel becomes incredibly antsy when he has no patients.
4.13 Duets
Ed's spiritual guide leads him to his natural father; Maggie and Mike share their first kiss; traveling piano tuner visits the Brick to adjust its ancient upright.
4.14 Grosse Pointe, 48230
Maggie bribes Joel into accompanying her to her grandmother's birthday party in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
4.15 Learning Curve
Much to Joel's distress, Marilyn goes on vacation by herself; Holling attempts to earn his high school diploma; the regional teacher spends two weeks in Cicely and almost becomes a role model for Maggie.
4.16 Ill Wind
Drastic tension between Maggie and Joel; Maurice is unhappy when Chris saves his life; Ed is intrigued by death.
4.17 Love's Labour Mislaid
Maggie forgets having sex with Joel; Ed faces an arranged marriage; a rare bird is seen (a Siberian Tit) and Holling and Ruth-Anne go out to see it.
4.18 Northern Lights
Maurice befriends Cicely's first homeless man; Joel goes on strike when his vacation is denied; Ruth-Anne, Chris, and Holling perform their various winter rituals.
4.19 Family Feud
When a totem pole is carved for the Whirlwind family, a family feud originating from an incident in 1934 is resurrected, dividing the Native Americans in Cicely.
4.20 Homesick
When Mike (guest star Anthony Edwards) gets test results showing he is completely healthy, he feels obligated to leave Cicely and Maggie behind to continue his environmental crusade.
4.21 The Big Feast
To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Minnifield Communications, Maurice plans an extremely elaborate party; Adam and Eve (guest stars Adam Arkin and Valerie Mahaffey) return to Cicely with their new baby.
4.22 Kaddish for Uncle Manny
When Joel's uncle dies, he discovers that the important bonds in times of trouble are not necessarily from a common religion, but rather a sense of community. 4.23 Mud and Blood
At the coming of spring, Maggie and Holling find affirmation of life in Shelly's pregnancy.
4.24 Sleeping With the Enemy
Duk Won seeks approval of his bethrothed; Ed makes a movie in Tlinget; Holling wants more sex.
4.25 Old Tree
When an old tree considered to be a Cicely historical landmark appears to by dying, Joel dons a tree doctor's hat and gives his prognosis. Joel hurts himself everytime Maggie is nice to him. Shelly starts singing instead of talking.


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Northern Exposure: Cicely (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Cicely" (Season 3-Episode 23, May 18, 1992) finds Joel encountering Ned Svenborg (Robert Blossom), a 108-year-old man who tells him the story of how the little Alaskan town of Cicely came to be back in 1909. It seems way back when the community was a cultural mecca known as "the Paris of the North," established by a free-thinker named Cicely (Yvonne Suhor) and her companion Roslyn (Jo Anderson). As Ned tells his story, Joel imagines the town's present citizens as the characters in Ned's tale: Ed becomes the young Ned, Maurice is the power hungry Mace Mobrey, Chris is his hired gun Kit, Shelly is the young harlot Sally, Holling is Abe the man who loves her, and Maggie is missionary woman Mary OKeefe. Joel, of course, is Franz Kafka, who is struggling with an idea for a story about metamorphosis. As Ned tells the tale of how Cicely was intended to be a utopian paradise and her tragic fate, Joel appears to have some appreciation for what a special little town he is stuck in by a simple twist of fate. Of all the Cicely history episodes, this one is definitely the best. The final episode of the third season, "Cicely" was written by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, this episode was directed by Rob Thompson. Did you know?: In Italy "Northern Exposure" was known as "Un medico tra gli orsi," which translates as "A doctor between the bears."

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