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  • Sep 20, 1993
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  • Sep 20, 1993

Summary 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 the tiny Alaskan town, Cicely, to pay for his education. The location is remote, the peo...

Created By: Joshua Brand, John Falsey

  • CBS
  • Sep 20, 1993
  • CBS
  • Sep 20, 1993
Northern Exposure
Season 5
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 20, 1993
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Summary 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 the tiny Alaskan town, Cicely, to pay for his education. The location is remote, the peo...

Created By: Joshua Brand, John Falsey

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Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1993 • 46 m
Three Doctors
Ed is trying to figure out why he keeps waking up in strange places. Dr Fleischman is suffering from mysterious symptoms, but naturally doesn't trust the locals' diagnosis. Shelley has been singing for months.
Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1993 • 46 m
The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop
Episode 3 • Oct 4, 1993 • 46 m
Jaws of Life
The dentist comes to town and everyone is scared. Maurice is cast in wax. Chris finds out he's going to live past 40.
Episode 4 • Oct 11, 1993 • 45 m
Altered Egos
Episode 5 • Oct 25, 1993 • 45 m
A River Doesn't Run Through It
Maggie is asked to be homecoming queen. Ed reflects on success. Maurice gets beat on a business deal.
Episode 6 • Nov 1, 1993 • 45 m
Birds of a Feather
Episode 7 • Nov 8, 1993 • 45 m
Rosebud
Episode 8 • Nov 15, 1993 • 1 h
Heal Thyself
When Leonard brings Ed along on a shaman visit, the patient grows closer to him, which is sabotaged by a creature called the Green Man.
Episode 9 • Nov 22, 1993 • 45 m
A Cup of Joe
Chris tries to get a pilot license. Ed discovers an old diary and learns an disturbing fact. Marilyn acts as a sleuth.
Episode 10 • Dec 13, 1993 • 45 m
First Snow
Cicely begins to winterize as the first snow comes. One of Joel's patients tells him she's going to die. Shelley tells a terrible lie.
Episode 11 • Jan 3, 1994 • 46 m
Baby Blues
Shelley faces the reality she'll soon be a mother. Ed has a Hollywood agent scout him. Maggie throws Shelley a baby shower.
Episode 12 • Jan 10, 1994 • 46 m
Mr. Sandman
The citizens of Cicely start having strange dreams. They soon realize they're sharing each others dreams. Holling has a revulsion to food.
Episode 13 • Jan 17, 1994 • 45 m
Mite Makes Right
Maurice purchases a rare violin, then has problems with the person he hires to authenticate it. Maggie becomes obsessed over dust mites. Maggie and Joel start dating.
Episode 14 • Jan 24, 1994 • 45 m
A Bolt from the Blue
Joel has to talk a park ranger out of a fire tower. Maurice plans a fireworks show, but has objections from Adam. Ed gets struck by lightning.
Episode 15 • Jan 31, 1994 • 46 m
Hello, I Love You
Ruth Anne and Walt get stranded on a trip. Every time Shelley goes to the Laundromat she sees her daughter at a different age.
Episode 16 • Feb 28, 1994 • 46 m
Northern Hospitality
Joel throws a dinner party for his friends. A guy commits suicide and blames Chris for a song he heard. Shelley takes off for Canada.
Episode 17 • Mar 7, 1994 • 45 m
Una Volta in L'Inverno
Ruth Anne tries to learn Italian. Walt abuses a prescription. Joel gets snowed in on his way to a conference. A herd of Caribou block the streets.
Episode 18 • Mar 14, 1994 • 46 m
Fish Story
Joel hooks a legendary fish. Ruth Anne runs off on Chris's motorcycle and runs with a motorcycle gang. Holling has an artistic crisis.
Episode 19 • Mar 28, 1994 • 1 h
The Gift of the Maggie
Maurice's heater blows up and his house catches on fire. Chris has an encounter with a cunning deer. Maggie tries to help Joel.
Episode 20 • Apr 11, 1994 • 46 m
A Wing and a Prayer
Maggie tries to build a plane with Maurice. Ed witnesses a private moment between Walt and Ruth Anne. Ruth Anne confides in Ed and Ed tells everyone.
Episode 21 • May 2, 1994 • 46 m
I Feel the Earth Move
Ron and Eric plan their wedding, Holling is hired to cater, Maggie begins to experience earthquakes and Joel peeks inside Marilyn's diary.
Episode 22 • May 9, 1994 • 45 m
Grand Prix
Maurice sponsors a wheel chair race. Ed takes on a case as a shaman. Marilyn's boyfriend Ted takes a job and becomes obsessed with money and success, which causes a rift.
Episode 23 • May 16, 1994 • 45 m
Blood Ties
Cicely has a blood drive which Maurice turns into a competition and a running bet. Maggie's old beau Jed comes for a visit. Ed hires a P.I. to help find out if a woman in town is his birth mother.
Episode 24 • May 23, 1994 • 46 m
Lovers and Madmen
Maurice bribes a doctor to get a violinist released as he prepares a big birthday for Barbara.
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