Category: Northern Exposure

“You Gotta Let Go of that Cow”

Inspired by a fantastic lunch with Matt Bauer I was reminded of this scene from Northern Exposure: There is much truth in these 3 minutes.

Northern Exposure is Identity

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date June 5, 2006
Categories In Northern Exposure, Television

We’re working through Season 3: Disc 5 of Northern Exposure (specifically My Sister, My Mother). In it, we find a nameless baby, Adam riding a roller coaster of emotions, and Shelly’s mom pretending to be her sister. Add these story-lines to the series’ general fish-outta-water-ness and there’s a lot of identity theory – Jewish or […]

Northern Exposure Series 3 Disc 4 – The Ones We’ve Waited For

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date May 30, 2006
Categories In Northern Exposure, Television

According to Netflix, this particular disc of Northern Ex has been sitting our our shelf for a month. We’re a couple episodes into it, and it’s the best disc yet. Between the cow piano-flinging and mid-life crises, this is the series at it’s best.

A Perfect Day for Cicely, Alaska

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date February 18, 2006
Categories In Northern Exposure, Television

“I have grown really tired of contact sports…you can break an ankle, but can you die?”- Joel Fleischmann It’s -1Â°F this Saturday in the Twin Cities (weather.com says ‘feels like -18Â°F’, Thanks). Fortunately, NetFlix sent over Northern Exposure Season 2, Disc 2 this morning. This disc contains “All is Vanity”, the episode where Maggie has […]

Reflections on Northern Exposure

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date August 2, 2005
Categories In Northern Exposure, Television

“Football’s a good enough sport, but can you die playing it?” More than a decade ago, while flipping channels, I was first exposed to Northern Exposure. Maggie asked Joel to have dinner with her football-loving father under the pretense Joel was her extreme sports-loving boyfriend. (Not sure I got the above quote right, and google […]