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Northern Exposure: Season 03
Running Time: 60 min.
Release By: CBS

After what amounted to a brace of "trial runs," the quirky seriocomic series Northern Exposure entered its third year on CBS with a full season's worth of episodes -- more than enough to thoroughly explore the mystical eccentricities of the citizens of Cicely, AK, and the constant bafflement of the town's premier "outsider," New York-bred doctor Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow). As season three begins, local mail pilot Maggie O'Connell (Janine Turner) is struggling to overcome the demise of her boyfriend Rick Pederson, the most recent victim of "Maggie's curse," whereby all of Ms. O'Connell's beaux meet bizarre and perversely amusing deaths. Elsewhere, Joel is kidnapped by mercurial hermit Adam (Adam Arkin) and his hypochondriac live-in girlfriend, Eve (Valerie Mahaffey) -- a crime that the rest of Cicely seems willing to overlook, inasmuch as Adam is a brilliant gourmet chef (later in the season, Adam and Eve are wed, and their nonplussed former "victim" Joel is among the guests). Also, Joel's taciturn Eskimo receptionist, Marilyn (Elaine Miles), falls in love with a traveling carnival mime (Bill Erwin), in an episode built around the talents of the amazing Cirque du Soleil troupe; Joel's now-widowed former fiancée (Jessica Lundy) pays a memorable visit; Maggie's slightly addled mom (Bibi Besch) drops in on her daughter -- and promptly burns down her house; and Bernard Stevens (Richard Cummings Jr.), enigmatic "doppelganger" of local radio DJ Chris Danforth (John Corbett), unexpectedly returns. Among the season's best episodes are "Jules et Joel," with Rob Morrow in a dual role; the multiple Emmy winner "Cicely," with virtually everyone in the cast playing their 1909 counterparts (who'd a thunk that Joel Fleischman might have been Frank Kafka in a previous life?); and the unforgettable "The Body in Question," in which the town gets all worked up over the discovery of an 18th century Frenchman whose corpse has been encased in ice for two centuries (yes, this is the "Frozen Pierre" story...remember?). Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Northern Exposure: Season 03 Cast and Crew:

Rob Morrow - (Dr. Joel Fleischman)

Janine Turner - (Maggie O'Connell)

Barry Corbin - (Maurice J. Minnifield)

John Cullum - (Holling Gustav Vincoeur)

Darren E. Burrows - (Ed Chigliak)

Cynthia Geary - (Shelly Marie Tambo)

John Corbett - (Chris Danforth)

Grant Goodeve - (Rick Pederson)

Elaine Miles - (Marilyn Whirlwind)

Peg Phillips - (Ruth-Ann Miller)

Northern Exposure: Season 03 Episodes:
Northern Exposure: Cicely
Northern Exposure: Seoul Mates
Northern Exposure: Burning Down the House
Northern Exposure: The Body in Question
Northern Exposure: The Bumpy Road to Love
Northern Exposure: Only You
Northern Exposure: Oy, Wilderness
Northern Exposure: Animals 'R Us
Northern Exposure: Jules et Joel
Northern Exposure: Roots
Northern Exposure: A-Hunting We Will Go
Northern Exposure: Get Real
Northern Exposure: Dateline: Cicely
Northern Exposure: Our Tribe
Northern Exposure: Things Become Extinct
Northern Exposure: Democracy in America
Northern Exposure: Three Amigos
Northern Exposure: Lost and Found
Northern Exposure: My Mother, My Sister
Northern Exposure: Wake Up Call
Northern Exposure: The Final Frontier
Northern Exposure: It Happened in Juneau
Northern Exposure: Our Wedding

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