Northern Exposure

To celebrate her thirtieth birthday, Maggie spends the weekend camping alone to reflect on her life and cleanse her soul. Marilyn asks Chris to help her learn how to drive. Maurice rambles endlessly into a recorder about his past in an attempt to write his memoirs.

Joel is "light loony" and, with his enormous amount of excess energy, coaches the Cicely Quarks in their annual basketball game against Sleetmute. An old friend drops in to visit Ruth-Anne and outfits the town from his collection of fashionable ensembles.

Chris kills a dog with his truck and quickly falls in love with its owner (Amy, the Pi Lady). Maurice buys an extremely expensive Augsburg clock and with its delivery comes a highly trained specialist to install it.

Chris must decide what to do with his deceased friend’s remains (Tooley). A heavy-metal rock star mistakenly arrives in Cicely instead of Sicily.

A mysterious new resident (Mike Monroe) quarantines himself in Cicely, arousing Maggie’s interest and Joel’s disbelief. Ruth-Anne must also cope with a new addition to the community - her materialistic son, Matthew, who gives up his career as an investment banker in Atlanta in search of a simpler life.

The Flying Man returns to Cicely (along with Mummenschanz) to woo Marilyn; Ed finds a ring that once belonged to Federico Fellini; Maurice has Mike rewrite his will to include his recently discovered Korean son, Duk Won.

Everyone is shocked when Holling’s unknown illegitimate daughter arrives in town - especially Holling who believed he was sterile. Maggie assists Marilyn in her search for her dream house. Ed is excited about his annual visit from Princess, a crane he took under his wing when she was abandoned as a baby.

Cicely readies itself for the annual Day of the Dead parade and Thanksgiving Day feast; Joel discovers he owes the state of Alaska a fifth year of service.

An ex-member of the KGB visits Cicely to sell Maurice his official Russian dossier; a health inspector surveys The Brick for the first time in more than thirty years; Maggie makes a vow to herself to live each day as if it were her last.

Chris’s past finally catches up with him and he is apprehended and tried for breaking parole in the state of West Virginia many years earlier.

Ed becomes environmentally conscious; Maggie discovers ancient Indian relics in her backyard; Chris befriends a young delinquent and teaches him about life on the road.

Chris takes his vacation at a monastery; Ruth-Anne pays Maurice the remaining amount owed on her store; Joel becomes incredibly antsy when he has no patients.

Ed’s spiritual guide leads him to his natural father; Maggie and Mike share their first kiss; traveling piano tuner visits the Brick to adjust its ancient upright.

Maggie bribes Joel into accompanying her to her grandmother’s birthday party in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Much to Joel’s distress, Marilyn goes on vacation by herself; Holling attempts to earn his high school diploma; the regional teacher spends two weeks in Cicely and almost becomes a role model for Maggie.

Drastic tension between Maggie and Joel and they finally ’do it’; Maurice is unhappy when Chris saves his life; Ed is intrigued by death.

Maggie forgets having sex with Joel; Ed faces an arranged marriage; a rare bird is seen (a Siberian Tit) and Holling and Ruth-Anne go out to see it.

Maurice befriends Cicely’s first homeless man; Joel goes on strike when his vacation is denied; Ruth-Anne, Chris, and Holling perform their various winter rituals.

When a totem pole is carved for the Whirlwind family, a family feud originating from an incident in 1934 is resurrected, dividing the Native Americans in Cicely.

When Mike gets test results showing he is completely healthy, he feels obligated to leave Cicely and Maggie behind to continue his environmental crusade.

To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Minnifield Communications, Maurice plans an extremely elaborate party; Adam and Eve return to Cicely with their new baby.

When Joel’s uncle dies, he discovers that the important bonds in times of trouble are not necessarily from a common religion, but rather a sense of community.

At the coming of spring, Maggie and Holling find affirmation of life in Shelly’s pregnancy.

Duk Won seeks approval of his betrothed; Ed dubs a movie in Tlingit; Holling wants more sex.

When an old tree considered to be a Cicely historical landmark appears to be dying, Joel dons a tree doctor’s hat and gives his prognosis. Joel hurts himself every time Maggie is nice to him. Shelly starts singing instead of talking.