Northern Exposure - Season 5 [DVD]

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• Northern Exposure - Season 6 - Complete [1994] [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow

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Welcome back to Cicely, Alaska, where whimsy and magical realism are always in season. While Northern Exposure's heart is as big as all outdoors, its charms are starting to wear a little thin in its penultimate season, particularly John Cullum's New Age-y DJ McDreamy, Chris (one longs for that season 1 episode in which he lost his voice). But there is compensation in such sweet, unexpected moments as the one in "A River Doesn't Run Through It," in which bush pilot Maggie O'Connell (Janine Turner) finds the tape recorder of Dr. Joel Fleishman (Rob Morrow), who is out in the field, and, missing his voice, sits down to listen to one of his tapes. The long-awaited thawing of what Joel calls their "bizarre" relationship is this season's biggest development. Their efforts to "go out" and be nicer to each other are frustrated by such nuisances as a dust-mite allergy ("Mite Makes Right"). Another blessed event is the birth of Shelley's (Cynthia Geary) so-called "Little Pooper," but not before she freaks at impending motherhood ("Baby Blues") and has a series of laundromat encounters with her future child at different stages in her life, from Barbie-playing adolescent to aspiring Dallas Cowboy cheerleader ("Hello, I Love You"). Aspiring young filmmaker and shaman Ed (Darren E. Burrows) finds himself at a crossroads in "Rosebud," one of his better episodes, in which he is charged with organizing a film festival to put Cicely on the map. Peter Bogdanovich, as himself, regales one and all with his Orson Welles stories, and encourages Ed to finally make a movie. A quintessential love-it-or-hate-it Northern Exposure episode is "Mr. Sandman," in which the Northern Lights cause the residents to swap their dreams. The season ends on a heartwarming grace note with "Lovers and Madmen," in which Joel, who has always kept himself aloof from the close-knit community (in "Rosebud," he resists joining the volunteer fire department), at last accepts that he has become a "Cicelian," after discovering a frozen wooly mammoth. Too bad the series couldn't have ended here before finally jumping the caribou in its last season. --Donald Liebenson

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Dr. Joel Fleishman (Rob Morrow) never wanted to leave New York, but the lure of paying off his medical school bills by working in a remote area seems too good to pass up. However, the quirky citizens and sheer inconvenience of small town Alaska have him pining for the next flight back to Manhattan. Though Joel grudgingly stays, it takes him a while to adjust. What with the town's feisty mayor/pilot, Maggie (Janine Turner); ex-astronaut turned pompous millionaire Maurice J. Minnifield (Barry Corbin); and Joel's problems with the cycles of the sun, the weather, and everything else about the wild country, each episode provides a wealth of rich character studies and complex, universally appealing humour.

Northern Exposure - Season 6 - Complete [1994] [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow 5.0 out of 5 stars (4)  £16.38

Northern Exposure - Season 4 [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow 4.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £14.18

Northern Exposure - Season 3 [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow 4.9 out of 5 stars (9)  £13.58

Northern Exposure - Season 2 [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow 4.2 out of 5 stars (6)  £11.98

Northern Exposure - Season 1 [DVD] DVD ~ Rob Morrow|John Corbett 4.8 out of 5 stars (25)  £4.98

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   44 of 46 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars High standards maintained, 24 Jan 2007 By  J. Norrish "jnorrish" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Despite this being the fifth series of NX, there are no signs of contempt or staleness creeping in. This marvellous series continues to charm us with excellent and unusual plotlines, brilliant acting and breathtaking scenery. If you're a fan, then you'll already know this, if you aren't, I suggest that you shell out a tenner for series one, then collect them all in sequence. I for one can't wait to add series six to my collection as well. This is the only show I've gone to such lengths to watch again so many years after it was originally aired. It hasn't dated a single bit, I'm elated that they've all been released to DVD. Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   5.0 out of 5 stars northern exposure series 5, 13 Feb 2009 By  Mrs. A. D. Maston "Northern Girl" (Bristol England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    My husband and i had forgotten all about Northern Exposure until he bought me series one last xmas, then we remembered how funny it was and have been hooked ever since now onto series 5 which is just as good as those before. Unfornunately there were only 6 made so we are getting near the end. Much better than most things now on TV Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 2 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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