Northern Exposure

Adam the hermit's (Adam Arkin) hypochondriac wife (Valerie Mahaffey) holds Joel (Rob Morrow) hostage; Maggie (Janine Turner) goes on a drinking binge after learning her deceased boyfriend Rick was unfaithful.

Joel (Rob Morrow) searches for the chemical that makes Chris (John Corbett) irresistible to women; Maggie (Janine Turner) learns she needs glasses; Chris experiences unrequited love.

When engine trouble forces Maggie's (Janine Turner) plane down, she and Joel (Rob Morrow) are stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness.

Maggie (Janine Turner) finally settles unresolved issues with her late boyfriend Rick (Grant Goodeve) when she encounters a stray dog that she believes is his reincarnation.

The well-preserved 200-year-old body of a Frenchman washes up on the shores of Cicely with a journal that could change history.

Maggie (Janine Turner) convinces Joel (Rob Morrow) to comfort his ex-fiancee, Elaine (Jessica Lundy), who is mourning the death of her husband; Adam (Adam Arkin) becomes the chef at Holling's (John Cullum) bar.

Joel (Rob Morrow) shoots his first bird when he joins Holling and Chris (John Cullum, John Corbett) on their annual hunting trip; Ed (Darren E. Burrows) searches for a special birthday gift for Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips).

Cicely turns into a circus when a carnival bus breaks down in town; Ed (Darren E. Burrows) helps Joel (Rob Morrow) study internal medicine; Holling (John Cullum) thinks his relationship with Shelly (Cynthia Geary) is over.

Joel (Rob Morrow) gets his first Christmas tree; Maurice (Barry Corbin) meets the Korean family he didn't know he had; Holling (John Cullum) surprises Shelly (Cynthia Geary) with an old-fashioned Christmas.

When Holling (John Cullum) learns he owes back taxes, he asks Chris (John Corbett) to become a partner in the bar; Maurice (Barry Corbin) offers Adam (Adam Arkin) his own newspaper column.

Joel (Rob Morrow) unintentionally insults Marilyn's (Elaine Miles) tribe and can make amends only by going through the tribal initiation process; Holling (John Cullum) closes the Brick.

Because his family has a 120-year life expectancy, Holling (John Cullum) faces a midlife crisis at age 63; Ed (Darren E. Burrows) films a documentary on the art of flutemaking.

During an unexpected visit from her mother (Bibi Besch), Maggie's (Janine Turner) house burns down and she learns her parents are divorcing; Joel (Rob Morrow) helps the town chimney sweep (John M. Jackson).

During the mayoral election, Holling (John Cullum) runs for re-election against an angry woman (Rita Taggart), Joel (Rob Morrow) is appointed commissioner, and Ed (Darren E. Burrows) votes for the first time.

Maurice and Holling (Barry Corbin, John Cullum) are saddled with their dead friend Bill's wife (Joanna Cassidy), who insists on accompanying them to his final resting place.

Joel (Rob Morrow) encounters the ghost of a man who committed suicide in his cabin 40 years ago; Maurice (Barry Corbin) is visited by his former commanding officer.

Shelly's (Cynthia Geary) visiting mother (Wendy Schaal) attempts to pass Shelly off as her older sister; Adam (Adam Arkin) experiences symptoms of sympathetic pregnancy for Eve (Valerie Mahaffey).

Maggie (Janine Turner) meets an enigmatic stranger; Marilyn's (Elaine Miles) cousin (Graham Greene), a healer, observes Joel (Rob Morrow) to learn about conventional medicine.

Holling (John Cullum) must confront unresolved feelings when his old nemesis, Jesse the bear, is found dead; an influx of Japanese tourists annoys Maurice (Barry Corbin).

Joel and Maggie (Rob Morrow, Janine Turner) are forced to share a hotel room when she flies him to Juneau for a medical conference; Chris' (John Corbett) brother (Richard Cummings Jr.) returns from Africa.

The town prepares for Adam and Eve's (Adam Arkin, Valerie Mahaffey) wedding; Maggie (Janine Turner) is angry when she learns Joel (Rob Morrow) tricked her into believing they slept together while in Juneau.

Through flashbacks, a 108-year-old former resident (Roberts Blossom) recalls the history of Cicely, founded in 1909 by two women (Yvonne Suhor, Jo Anderson) who envisioned a Utopian community.