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Northern Exposure
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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E01
Episode 1
★ 7.3The Bumpy Road to Love
1991-09-23 · 45mMaggie 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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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Only You
1991-09-30 · 45mMaurice 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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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.4Oy, Wilderness
1991-10-07 · 45mMaggie 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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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.2Animals 'R' Us
1991-10-14 · 45mMaggie 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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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.2Jules et Joel
1991-10-28 · 45mOn 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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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.5The Body in Question
1991-11-04 · 45mChris' 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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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.8Roots
1991-11-11 · 45mJoel'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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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.0A-Hunting We Will Go
1991-11-18 · 45mJoel 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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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0Get Real
1991-12-09 · 45mA 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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E10
Episode 10
★ 8.0Seoul Mates
1991-12-16 · 45mThe 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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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.2Dateline: Cicely
1992-01-06 · 45mMaurice 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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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.2Our Tribe
1992-01-13 · 45mJoel 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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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.8Things Become Extinct
1992-01-20 · 45mThe 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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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.5Burning Down the House
1992-02-03 · 45mMaggie 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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E15
Episode 15
★ 7.2Democracy in America
1992-02-24 · 45mThe 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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E16
Episode 16
★ 7.7Three Amigos
1992-03-02 · 45mThe 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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E17
Episode 17
★ 7.6Lost and Found
1992-03-09 · 45mThe 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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E18
Episode 18
★ 7.2My Mother, My Sister
1992-03-16 · 45mAn 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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E19
Episode 19
★ 7.2Wake Up Call
1992-03-23 · 45mAs 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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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.7The Final Frontier
1992-04-27 · 45mMaurice 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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E21
Episode 21
★ 7.2It Happened in Juneau
1992-05-04 · 45mJoel 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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E22
Episode 22
★ 7.5Our Wedding
1992-05-11 · 45mAs 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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E23
Episode 23
★ 8.2Cicely
1992-05-18 · 45mJoel 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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Rob Morrow
Joel Fleischman
Janine Turner
Maggie O'Connell
Barry Corbin
Maurice Minnifield
John Cullum
Holling Vincoeur
Darren E. Burrows
Ed Chigliak
John Corbett
Chris Stevens
Cynthia Geary
Shelly Tambo
Elaine Miles
Marilyn Whirlwind
Peg Phillips
Ruth-Anne Miller
Teri Polo
Michelle Schowdowski Capra