EPISODE
SEASON
Northern Exposure - Season 1
A newly graduated doctor is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
3 October 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 February 1937, New York City, New York, USA
8 November 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
January 15, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
7 April 1960, Pendleton, Oregon, USA
12 September 1933, Oregon, USA
September 17, 2018
But what makes Northern Exposure so special is that despite showing these characters dealing with emotions they struggle to understand themselves, it does not take their concerns seriously.
September 17, 2018
But, like Joel, a good many viewers may discover that the characters kind of grow on you. A first-rate cast makes it all the more easy. As Ed says to Joel about the gamey mooseburgers, you'll get used to it.
September 17, 2018
But what made Northern Exposure exceptional then and now was the way it defied genre.
September 17, 2018
It's a simple setup: how woefully out-of-place this over-amped self-absorbed guy is in a rural setting. But the series is stocked with good actors playing vivid characters in a realistic environment.
September 17, 2018
It has been somewhat forgotten since, which is a pity, because its pleasures, while gently unassuming, are considerable.
September 17, 2018
Morrow could not be better as Fleischman, a devotee of the great indoors now roughing it in the Great Northwest, his eyes holding a hint of terror as he beds down in his cabin each night grasping a golf club to fight off rats.
