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Recipient of 39 Emmy nominations and winner of the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, Northern Exposure comes to an offbeat and inspirational conclusion. For this final season, newcomer Dr. Phil Capra (Paul Provenza) joins Dr. Joel Fleischman (Emmy nominee Rob Morrow), Maggie (Emmy nominee Janine Turner), Chris (Emmy nominee John Corbett) and the rest of the quirky citizens of Cicely, Alaska. Digitally restored for optimum picture quality, this must-own five-disc set includes all 23 beloved episodes and over 30 minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes. See the finale of this groundbreaking, heartwarming adventure that's as stunning as the Northern Lights themselves!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4220 in DVD
• Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
• Released on: 2007-03-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Dimensions: .85 pounds
• Running time: 1058 minutes

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And so, the sun sets on Cicely, Alaska. While Northern Exposure somewhat jumped the moose in its last season, there are enough characteristically "weird, almost surreal" moments to make season 6 a nice place to revisit. The auspicious season opener, "Dinner at Seven Thirty," is a typically disarming and disorienting quirk fest that recasts the characters in a parallel New York universe. Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) is married to a high society (and high maintenance) Shelly (Cynthia Geary), Maggie (Janine Turner) is their au pair, Ed (Darrin E.Burrows) is an Armani clad corporate raider, Holling (John Cullum) is a Piano Man, Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) is the leader of an internal medicine group, Chris (John Corbett) is an inarticulate fashion photographer, and Maurice (Barry Corbin) is the luxury-highrise doorman. "I'd rather practice medicine in some hick rural outback than stay here another minute," Joel rebels, returning things to what passes for normal in Cicely. Another early gem is "The Robe," with guest star Charles Martin Smith (American Graffiti) as no less than the Devil who tries to corrupt Shelly.

But then the series goes off the beaten path. Joel, following a bumpy courtship with Maggie, goes "Up River" to live in a remote fishing village (His final episode is the bittersweet, "The Quest," in which he departs for good for his "jeweled city"). Enter new doctor Phillip Capra (Paul Provenza) and his journalist wife, Michelle (Teri Polo), brie-eating yuppies from Los Angeles. < I>Northern Exposure remained a fish-out-of-water comedy, but these two characters are as bland as tilapia. Though not nearly the hard cases that a resistant Joel was, they, too, succumb to Cicely's charms, and by series' end, Michelle is having hallucinatory forest chats with Joel's former New York rabbi. Happily, the rest of the characters are still good company. Between Ruth-Anne and trapper Walt (Moultrie Patten) and Maurice (Corbin) and Officer Barbara Semanski (Diane Delano), love really blossoms this season. But as Iris Dement sings in the heartbreaking lament, "Our Town," which ends this series on a lovely grace note (and is one of the few originally broadcast songs to survive the transition to DVD), "Nothing good ever lasts." Northern Exposure lasted six seasons, which is good enough. To paraphrase a postcard Joel sends to Maggie in "The Quest," Cicely is a state of mind, and thanks to DVD, there is no need to "kiss it goodbye." --Donald Liebenson

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Best TV Series Ever: The Final Season
With some of the original air dates in debate:

1.) Dinner at Seven-Thirty
Original Air Date: September 19, 1994
Joel drinks orange juice from Ed's refrigerator, but it is actually a healing potion for body aches.

2.) Eye of the Beholder
Original Air Date: September 26, 1994
Ed busts an insurance scam; Maggie donates a family heirloom for a charity auction; Maurice donates a case of "turned" red wine.

3.) Shofar, So Good
Original Air Date: October 3, 1994
Rabbi Schulman plays the ghostlike character in "A Christmas Carol"; Maurice holds the annual fox hunt.

4.) The Letter
Original Air Date: October 10, 1994
Maggie discovers a letter she wrote to herself when she was a teen; Shelly learns the fallacy of chain letters; and Chris meets the new town barber.

5.) The Robe
Original Air Date: October 17, 1994
Shelly meets the devil; Ed works with Joel to prove himself to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and Chris becomes a ventriloquist.

6.) Zarya
Original Air Date: October 31, 1994
Marilyn tells a story about Russian treaty negotiations.

7.) Full Upright Position
Original Air Date: November 1, 1994
Joel and Maggie board a plane bound to Russia; Maurice brings his young cousin into his business; Chris gets inside electricity.

8.) Up River
Original Air Date: November 14, 1994
Joel goes to Manonash; Chris remodels his trailer; Ruth-Anne surrenders to love.

9.) Sons of the Tundra
Original Air Date: November 28, 1994
New doctor, Phillip Capra and his wife, Michelle, come to Cicely. Holling wants to join Sons of the Tundra; Ed sees the future.

10.) Realpolitik
Original Air Date: December 12, 1994
Maggie is elected Mayor; Dr. Capra plays a round of golf with Joel; Marilyn buys a dog.

11. The Great Mushroom
Original Air Date: January 4, 1995
Maggie goes to Manonash; the Capras entertain house guests; and Ed discovers a cure for shingles.

12.) Mi Casa, Su Casa
Original Air Date: January 11, 1995
While house-sitting, Ed throws an outlandish bash on Maurice's dime; Marilyn goes to Manonash. Shelly and Holling look for their first house.

13.) Horns
Original Air Date: January 18, 1995
Joel is free from his "imprisonment"; Maurice produces Cicely Water, which affects the town's people in strange ways.

14. The Mommy's Curse
Original Air Date: February 1, 1995
Maggie's mother brings her boyfriend to town; Walt works for Ruth-Anne at the store; Holling and Dr. Capra hang out together.

15.) The Quest
Original Air Date: February 8, 1995
Joel and Maggie search for the Jeweled City of the North; Chris sues Dr. Capra; and Michelle Capra writes a review of the Brick.

16.) Lucky People
Original Air Date: February 15, 1995
Dr. Capra has a shocking realization; Cicely celebrates Founders Day; and Maurice buys gifts for Holling's daughter.

17.) The Graduate
Original Air Date: March 8, 1995
Chris earns his Master's degree; Maggie purchases the local movie house; a young man claims to be Holling's son.

18.) Little Italy
Original Air Date: March 15, 1995
Dr. Capra discovers "Little Italy"; Ruth-Anne is on NPR's "All Things Considered."

19.) Balls
Original Air Date: March 22 1995
Cicely has a bowling team; Ed quits working for Maurice. Lester Haines makes Ed an offer.

20.) Buss Stop
Original Air Date: April 12, 1995
Michelle Capra directs the play "Bus Stop."

21.) Ursa Minor
Original Air Date: May 3, 1995
Ed adopts a bear cub; Maggie walks in on Chris using lucid dreaming; Maurice is upset about Cicely's population decline.

22.) Let's Dance
Original Air Date: May 10, 1995
Officer Semanski has feelings for Cal Ingraham; Dr. Capra insults Mrs. Whirlwind.

23.) Tranquility Base
Original Air Date: May 17, 1995
Finale: The cast of characters go to Maurice's Tranquility Base. Michelle gets lost in the woods; Maurice asks Barbara to marry him; Iris Dement's song, "Our Town" is the vocal backdrop for a wonderful montage.

The best show in the history of television
Northern Exposure is the best show ever made in all of television history.
This is the final season, and though Joel leaves the show to many peoples dislike, the rest of the characters keep the show interesting up till the finale episode. The way Joel's experiences in Alaska end up changing him are very significant as we see in the final season, and this has always been in my opinion one of the most existentially sincere and compelling character changes ever developed in any television show. This is the result of writing that is comparable to high literature if you compare the character of Joel from the first episode to the final one he appears in, and the entire series of NX becomes a protrayal of a man who goes through the most poignant and profound experiences of self realization.

Bittersweet final season
This television series, up until this final year, had well established itself not only as a landmark series, but also had maintained a fairly consistent level of quality. That is, until this final year. Joel Fleishman's (Rob Morrow) character would see reduced time on this series until he ultimately left the show alltogether. The producers brought on a few new actors in an attempt to reinvigorate the "fish out of water" scenario, but they both proved to be dissapointing. That, and coupled with a good chunk of lackluster writing left longtime fans with a very very bittersweet ending to this series. Even the last episode was not even written to be their finale, (it was also a very dull episode as well) and only a few spare moments were done in reshoots to close out the show. Overall, I think this particular season is really lacking and is not in the same class as what had been established in the previous five years.