Northern Exposure (Season 3) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 684 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1992)

Britt Gillette's Northern Exposure (Season 3) DVD Review

Nominated for 39 Emmys, including 4 nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in just six short seasons, Northern Exposure is one of the most unique television shows of its time. Half-drama, half-comedy, the show built itself a large cult following, experiencing widespread critical acclaim as well as viewer popularity. The brainchild of St. Elsewhere creators Joshua Brand and John Falsey, Northern Exposure premiered in July 1990 on CBS, lasting only five years (cancelled in July 1995). But the show's cutting edge wit and originality have earned it a place among the most hallowed and venerable of TV classics…

Northern Exposure follows the exploits of recent medical school graduate Joel Fleishman (Rob Morrow) who, failing to read the fine print in the government papers accompanying his student loans, is forced to practice medicine for several years in the frozen tundra of Alaska. Even more unsettling is that he'll be the only doctor in the small logging township of Cicely, a place filled with oddball characters and never short of strange occurrences. The wealthy entrepreneur, ex-NASA astronaut Maurice Minnifield owns Cicely and is determined to turn it into an ideal vacation paradise (with Fleishman being part of his plan). Other notable characters throughout Cicely include beautiful bush pilot (and Fleishman love interest) Maggie O'Connell (Janine Turner), KBHR radio deejay Chris Stevens (John Corbett), aspiring filmmaker Ed Chigliak (Darren E. Burrows), and husband/wife team Holling (John Cullum) and Shelly Vincoeur (Cynthia Geary) who run the local watering hole, The Brick. With its classic "fish out of water" theme, Northern Exposure provides some memorable moments as hero Joel Fleishman learns to appreciate the finer points of rural Alaska…

The Northern Exposure (Season 3) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "The Bumpy Road to Love" in which Maggie learns of Rick's extensive past of lovers when a statue is commemorated in his honor. Meanwhile, a disagreement hinders Maurice's pursuit of Officer Semanski and Joel is kidnapped by a reclusive mountain man and his hypochondriac wife… Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "Jules et Joel" in which Joel gets injured, prompting a visit from his twin brother Jules, and "Things Become Extinct" in which Joel experiences feelings of isolation as he searches for other Jews living in Alaska…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Northern Exposure (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 16 (The Bumpy Road to Love) Air Date: 09-23-1991
Episode 17 (Only You) Air Date: 09-30-1991
Episode 18 (Oy Wilderness) Air Date: 10-07-1991
Episode 19 (Animals 'R' Us) Air Date: 10-14-1991
Episode 20 (Jules et Joel) Air Date: 10-28-1991
Episode 21 (The Body in Question) Air Date: 11-04-1991
Episode 22 (Roots) Air Date: 11-11-1991
Episode 23 (A-Hunting We Will Go) Air Date: 11-18-1991
Episode 24 (Get Real) Air Date: 12-09-1991
Episode 25 (Seoul Mates) Air Date: 12-16-1991
Episode 26 (Dateline: Cicely) Air Date: 01-06-1992
Episode 27 (Our Tribe) Air Date: 01-13-1992
Episode 28 (Things Become Extinct) Air Date: 01-20-1992
Episode 29 (Burning Down the House) Air Date: 02-03-1992
Episode 30 (Democracy in America) Air Date: 02-24-1992
Episode 31 (Three Amigos) Air Date: 03-02-1992
Episode 32 (Lost and Found) Air Date: 03-09-1992
Episode 33 (My Mother, My Sister) Air Date: 03-16-1992
Episode 34 (Wake Up Call) Air Date: 03-23-1992
Episode 35 (The Final Frontier) Air Date: 04-27-1992
Episode 36 (It Happened in Juneau) Air Date: 05-04-1992
Episode 37 (Our Wedding) Air Date: 05-11-1992
Episode 38 (Cicely) Air Date: 05-18-1992

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 24 May 2005