Box set: Northern Exposure All The Seasons
| Release Date | 2011 |
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Northern Exposure: Season 1
Universal Studios (1990)
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#1134
Plot
Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) graduated from Columbia University medical school where he attended thanks to a scholarship from the state of Alaska. Though he was slated to work in Anchorage, instead he gets assigned to be the General Practitioner of the tiny Alaskan town, Cicely, to pay for his education. The location is remote, the people are weird and quirky, and Joel wants to return to New York. The show thrived on the "will they or won't they" dynamic between Fleischman and Janine Turner's Maggie O'Connell.Cast
| Darren E. Burrows | Edward Chigliak | |
| John Corbett | Christopher Stevens | |
| Barry Corbin | Maurice J. Minnifield | |
| John Cullum | Holling Gustaf Vincoeur | |
| Cynthia Geary | Shelly Marie Tambo Vincoeur |
Crew
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| Producer | Matt Nodella | ||||
| Writer | Joshua Brand |
Episodes
Disc 01
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.Director: Joshua Brand
Writer: Joshua Brand / John Falsey
Guest starring: Denise Kendall, John Aylward, Anne Gordon, Tom Hammond, Robert Nadir, Lois Foraker, Art LaFleur
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.Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Stuart Stevens
Guest starring: Gary Taylor, Ken Schneider, Mitch Hale, Jan Poore, Sandra DeJong, Hannah Johnson, Leslie Rueschenberg, Armenia Miles, Frank Sotonoma Salsedo
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.Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Sean Clark
Guest starring: William Douglas Smith, Anthony Curry, Michael Paul Chan, Lenny Imamura
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.Director: Stephen Cragg / Karen Hall
Writer: Jerry Stahl / Karen Hall
Guest starring: John Murray, Nick Ramus, Phil Lucas, Darryl Fong, Christa Miller Lawrence, John McLiam
Disc 02
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.Director: David Carson
Writer: David Assael
Guest starring: Sylvia Langdon, Lyn Tyrrell, Mark Mitchell, Ralph Van Hollebeke, Charles Russo, Martha Baskin, Dave Guppy, John Aylward, Jessica Lundy
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.Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: Joshua Brand / John Falsey
Guest starring: Buffalo Child, Jeffrey Carpentier, Jerry Morris, Brandon Douglas
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.Director: Max Tash
Writer: Steve Wasserman / Jessica Klein
Guest starring: Elise Nelson, Lisa Budak, Wayne Waterman, Kellee Bradley, Teri Thomas
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.Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Charles Rosin
Guest starring: Sandy Miller, Lou Hetler, Ryan O'Neill, John Procaccino
Edition Details
| Edition | Complete Box Set |
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| Series | Northern Exposure |
| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Screen Ratio | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 2 |
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