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A newly graduated doctor is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
9 June 1956, Seneca Falls, New York, USA
8 April 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 September 1943, Galveston, Texas, USA
13 August 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 August 1946, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
3 November 1954, London, England, UK
8 February 1943, Barre, Vermont, USA
31 August 1961, Limerick, Pennsylvania, USA
March 4, 1927 in Fairhope, Alabama, USA
30 July 1939, Kingston, New York, USA
29 May 1942, New York City, New York, USA
3 July 1959, West Berlin, West Germany
17 November 1951, Sarasota, Florida, USA
2 November 1923, Seattle, Washington, USA
10 August 1935, San Diego, California, USA
3 February 1956, Lebanon, 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
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.
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.
