Product Description
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This 7-time Emmy award-winning series is a remarkable
blend of quirky humor and heartwarming storytelling. With an
ensemble cast including Rob Morrow (Quiz Show), John Corbett (Sex
and the City), and Janine Turner (Cliffhanger), Seasons 1 & 2 of
Northern Exposure take you back to where it all began. Fresh out
of New York's Columbia University, cocky young Dr. Joel
Fleischman (Morrow) is looking forward to his comfortable
position in Alaska's largest city. But upon his arrival, Joel
finds himself a fish out of water as he's instead assigned to a
tiny Alaskan village where the offbeat locals would love him to
stay forever. Relive the complete first and second seasons of the
show TV Guide calls "one of television's truly fine series."
Bonus Content:
Disc 1:
* Deleted Scenes
* Unexposed Footage
*
Disc 2:
* Deleted Scenes
* Unexposed Footage
*
Disc 4:
* Deleted Scenes
* Unexposed Footage
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Northern Exposure - The Complete First Season
Whether it's a snowy nude sprint down Main Street, the
mysterious appearance of a long-lost relative, or the improbable
death of yet another of Maggie's boyfriends, life's never dull in
the remote hamlet of Cicely, Alaska. Colorful characters and
quirky plots propelled Northern Exposure into the hearts of
millions of viewers, earning the CBS "dramedy" series seven Emmy
awards between its 1990 debut and its demise six seasons later.
In season 1, we meet Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), an urban
New York yuppie who consents to four years of rural servitude
after Alaska pays his medical-school tuition. Joel's
fish-out-of-water adventures drive the show, but it's the quirky
ensemble of characters--Chris, the DJ/philosopher (John Corbett),
Holling, the bartender (John Cullum), Maurice, the town patriarch
(Barry Corbin), Ed, the filmmaker (Darren E. Burrows), and
Maggie, the bush pilot (Janine Turner), among others-that keeps
the series consistently entertaining. The town develops its own
offbeat personality as well, a Mayberry-meets-Twin-Peaks blend of
Native mysticism, Aurora Borealis-induced dreams, unlikely tales
of long-lost family members, and rumors of a Bigfoot-like
creature known simply as "Adam." Northern Exposure provides a
utopian escape--a place where life is interesting but never
dangerous, everyone's inful, the mystical becomes real, and
nobody's burdened with a mundane 9-to-6 desk job. Cicely is a
delightful place to visit, even if it's only for an hour at a
time. A mid-season replacement, season 1 consists of just eight
episodes on two DVDs. Each episode includes 5-10 minutes of
outtakes and deleted scenes. --Shane Burnett
Northern Exposure - The Complete Second Season
The colorful cast of characters from Cicely, Alaska, returns for
a new set of adventures in Northern Exposure: The Complete Second
Season. While much of the first season was devoted to
establishing the plot, each of the seven episodes in season 2
helps us to know the offbeat ensemble of Cicely residents a
little better. Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), the New York
urbanite stationed in small-town Alaska to pay off his
medical-school tuition, still complains constantly about his
assignment, but it's clear the town's growing on him when he
passes up an rtunity to return home (if only temporarily). We
learn from town patriarch Maurice (Barry Corbin) that retired
astronauts have groupies, and when a beautiful woman steals the
voice of DJ "Chris in the Morning" (John Corbett), it's no huge
surprise when the long-deceased spirit of "One Who Waits"
provides Chris with an ancient Indian cure.
But it's the chemistry between Joel and Maggie (Janine Turner)
that really makes the series sizzle. The season is book-ended by
a pair of breakups that leave first Joel, and then Maggie single,
clearing the way for the romance to come in later seasons. The
season includes "Spring Break," one of the best-loved episodes
from the series. With the impending arrival of spring, libidos
run amok, a wave of petty crime hits the town, and the men in
town blow off steam au naturale in the annual "Running of the
Bulls."
Season 2's packaging and extras are virtually identical to those
from season 1. The two-disc set comes sheathed in a collectible
mini zippered nylon "parka," and each episode includes deleted
scenes and bloopers. There are no retrospectives or interviews
with cast and crew, and no printed materials accompany the discs.
--Shane Burnett