List of Northern Exposure episodes

A list of episodes for the television series Northern Exposure.

The Northern Lights and the mood induced by them cause dreaming to intensify among the residents. Dr. Fleischman hears about "Adam" (Adam Arkin), the local version of the Bigfoot monster. When his truck breaks down one night on a lonely road after a house call, he encounters the mysterious creature, who turns out to be an odd, hostile hermit living deep in the woods. However, nobody in Cicely believes him. Bernard (Richard Cummings Jr.) shows up. He sold his condo in Portland, bought a motorcycle and rode north without quite knowing why. He and Chris find themselves strangely in tune, even sharing the same dream. They finally learn that they share the same father and the same birthday. Satisfied, Bernard returns to Portland. Joel brings along Ed and Maggie into the woods to prove that Adam is real.

Joel hits, but does not seriously injure, a 108-year-old man named Ned Svenborg (Roberts Blossom) with his pickup truck late one night. In flashbacks, the man tells current residents the story of Cicely's founders, two lesbians, Cicely (Yvonne Suhor) and Roslyn (Jo Anderson). In 1908, these "free-thinking" women drove into the then-nameless frontier town to escape Montana's conservatism. With civility and dignity, they realize a utopian dream, transforming the town into a Parisian-style artists' colony, complete with literary salon, theater, dance, and with a famous outside visitor to "The Paris of the North". Eventually the town is named after one of the women.

To celebrate her 30th birthday, Maggie spends the weekend camping alone, with Ed's advice, to reflect on her life and cleanse her soul. Marilyn asks Chris to help her learn how to drive, but may not like his teaching methods. Maurice rambles endlessly into a tape recorder about his past in an attempt to write his memoirs, driving the townspeople to their limits. Fleischman comes to the aid of O'Connell when she faces her dead ex-boyfriends.

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