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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.

Created by:
Joshua Brand, John Falsey
Cast:
Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin, John Cullum
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
CBS

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Season 3

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Still from The Bumpy Road to Love E01

Episode 1

★ 7.3

The Bumpy Road to Love

1991-09-23 · 45m

Maggie is devastated when the unveiling of a statue in Rick's memory uncovers his life and loves away from Cicely. Maurice stumbles in his pursuit of Officer Semanski when she learns he favors tax loopholes. Joel is kidnapped and held prisoner by the reclusive Adam and his hypochondriacal mate Eve.

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Episode 2

★ 8.0

Only You

1991-09-30 · 45m

Maurice sulks over what he believes is an unflattering photo taken by Holling, Maggie worries about needing glasses and getting old, and Joel tries to explain Chris' uncanny appeal to women, who is busy chasing the one woman immune to his charm.

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Still from Oy, Wilderness E03

Episode 3

★ 7.4

Oy, Wilderness

1991-10-07 · 45m

Maggie and Joel are forced to rough it when her plane is forced down by mechanical problems, and Shelly receives a visit from her former best friend, who is seeking a divorce for her boyfriend, Shelly's husband back in Saskatchewan.

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Still from Animals 'R' Us E04

Episode 4

★ 7.2

Animals 'R' Us

1991-10-14 · 45m

Maggie becomes convinced that the stray dog that's adopted her is Rick reincarnated. Maurice tries to convince Marilyn to join him in a multi-million dollar scheme to produce and market ostriches. Ed looks for help in making a movie about Cicely.

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Still from Jules et Joel E05

Episode 5

★ 7.2

Jules et Joel

1991-10-28 · 45m

On Halloween Joel hits his head, presaging a visit from his twin brother Jules. Chris and Ed set out to meet a criminal from Chris' hometown in West Virginia, and Holling pays an old debt.

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Still from The Body in Question E06

Episode 6

★ 7.5

The Body in Question

1991-11-04 · 45m

Chris' discovery of the frozen body of a Napoleonic Frenchman raises many questions for Joel, has Maurice dreaming of the economic benefits for Cicely, Shelly worrying over fertility and Holling confessing over his despicable ancestors.

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Still from Roots E07

Episode 7

★ 7.8

Roots

1991-11-11 · 45m

Joel's former fiancé Elaine, now a widow, comes to visit. Chris' half-brother Bernard returns just as Chris is having dreams of Africa. The reclusive Adam takes a job with Holling to pay his insurance premiums.

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Still from A-Hunting We Will Go E08

Episode 8

★ 8.0

A-Hunting We Will Go

1991-11-18 · 45m

Joel decides to explore the fascination of hunting by accompanying Chris and Holling on their annual pilgrimage. Ed becomes worried and over solicitous when he learns that Ruth-Anne is seventy-five years old.

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Still from Get Real E09

Episode 9

★ 7.0

Get Real

1991-12-09 · 45m

A stranded bus of carnival performers brings romance to Marilyn, doubts about her future to Maggie, the mysteries of magic to Chris, and a break to the studious Joel; Shelly however, is pained when Holling becomes fixated on her large feet.

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Still from Seoul Mates E10

Episode 10

★ 8.0

Seoul Mates

1991-12-16 · 45m

The holidays in Cicely see Joel experimenting with an unfamiliar Christmas tree, a clumsy Maggie suddenly left alone, Shelly pining for the religious pageantry of her childhood, and Maurice meeting a family he never knew as everyone awaits the pageant of the raven.

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Episode 11

★ 7.2

Dateline: Cicely

1992-01-06 · 45m

Maurice hires a colorful but questionable new investigative reporter for his newspaper, Maggie tries to enlighten Joel about the ""talking"" trees, and Chris becomes a co-owner of the Brick when Holling needs money to pay an unexpected tax bill.

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Still from Our Tribe E12

Episode 12

★ 7.2

Our Tribe

1992-01-13 · 45m

Joel agrees, under pressure from Marilyn, to be adopted by a grateful village elder, but wonders if he'll survive. Maggie becomes concerned when Holling shuts down the Brick while Shelly's away, ostensibly to wax the floors.

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Episode 13

★ 7.8

Things Become Extinct

1992-01-20 · 45m

The death of his uncle sends Holling out to his still and into an orgy of self-doubt, Joel feels isolated as he searches for proof of other Jews in Alaska, and Ed widens his own horizons when he films Ira Wingfeather producing his unique wooden flutes.

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Still from Burning Down the House E14

Episode 14

★ 7.5

Burning Down the House

1992-02-03 · 45m

Maggie receives an unexpected visit and some unwanted news from her mother. Meanwhile, Chris searches everywhere for just the right cow to fling for his conceptual art piece and Joel becomes obsessed with a local chimney sweep that he believes is a former pro golfer.

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Episode 15

★ 7.2

Democracy in America

1992-02-24 · 45m

The mayoral incumbent, Holling, faces opposition from an old friend with a long memory. Chris grows eloquent over the democratic process. Ed worries over casting his first vote. Election commissioners Joel and Maggie argue over the decor of the polling place.

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Still from Three Amigos E16

Episode 16

★ 7.7

Three Amigos

1992-03-02 · 45m

The death of an old friend sends Maurice and Holling packing off into the snowy wilderness to bury him at No-Name Point. But the way is hard, including an unexpected run-in with the man's attractive widow.

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Episode 17

★ 7.6

Lost and Found

1992-03-09 · 45m

The hypochondriac, Eve comes to town to ask about her latest symptoms, but Joel is preoccupied with the ghost of a lonely old soul haunting his cabin. Maurice receives a visit from his old Army commander, who needs to borrow money.

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Still from My Mother, My Sister E18

Episode 18

★ 7.2

My Mother, My Sister

1992-03-16 · 45m

An abandoned baby gets attention from the whole town and helps awaken Adam's paternal instincts while Shelly's life is unsettled by a visit from her youthful, giddy mother and her new boy friend.

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Still from Wake Up Call E19

Episode 19

★ 7.2

Wake Up Call

1992-03-23 · 45m

As spring blossoms, Shelly suffers from a skin rash, Holling gives away eggs, Joel gets a new outlook on patient care from a tribal medicine man and Maggie experiences a spiritual and physical re-awakening with a handsome stranger.

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Still from The Final Frontier E20

Episode 20

★ 7.7

The Final Frontier

1992-04-27 · 45m

Maurice becomes curious about the influx of Japanese tourists to the area during the Northern Lights, Holling sets out to discover if Jesse the bear is really dead, and Maggie leads the curious townspeople in trying to discover what is in a mysterious package covered with foreign stamps.

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Still from It Happened in Juneau E21

Episode 21

★ 7.2

It Happened in Juneau

1992-05-04 · 45m

Joel foresees sophisticated delights when he travels to Juneau for a medical conference but winds up with good old Maggie, meanwhile back in Cicely, Chris finds himself tongue-tied with the return of Bernard, his cosmic doppelganger.

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Still from Our Wedding E22

Episode 22

★ 7.5

Our Wedding

1992-05-11 · 45m

As their wedding approaches, Adam debates with Joel about women and Eve lets a gung-ho Shelly take over the wedding plans as she worries about more important matters. Maggie and Joel try in their own ways to come to grips with their experience in Juneau.

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Still from Cicely E23

Episode 23

★ 8.2

Cicely

1992-05-18 · 45m

Joel meets an old man who's returned to Cicely after many years. The man tells him the story of two remarkable women, Roslyn and Cicely, whom transformed the town into ""the Paris of the North"" back in 1909.

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Cast

Rob Morrow

Rob Morrow

Joel Fleischman

Janine Turner

Janine Turner

Maggie O'Connell

Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Maurice Minnifield

John Cullum

John Cullum

Holling Vincoeur

Darren E. Burrows

Darren E. Burrows

Ed Chigliak

John Corbett

John Corbett

Chris Stevens

Cynthia Geary

Cynthia Geary

Shelly Tambo

Elaine Miles

Elaine Miles

Marilyn Whirlwind

Peg Phillips

Peg Phillips

Ruth-Anne Miller

Teri Polo

Teri Polo

Michelle Schowdowski Capra

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