Northern Exposure · SEASON 1

Pilot

Episode 1 · 1990-07-12

★ 7.3
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Season 1Episode 1★ 7.3/10
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Episode overview

Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical education in exchange for service in the state as a doctor. Sure, it'll be tough for a guy from New York to adjust to Anchorage, but... then he learns Anchorage doesn't need him, and he's been assigned to Cicely, a small remote town owned and dominated by the strong minded Maurice Minnifield, a former astronaut set on developing his little part of Alaska into a vacation paradise and equally decided to make Fleischman honor his professional obligations.

45 minutes

Season 1 episodes