# Northern Exposure **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337 "2006-10-29T16:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/1 "2006-10-29T16:42:17Z")
Are any cable channels currently showing reruns of _Northern Exposure_? I don’t really want to buy the DVDs, I just wanted to see if this show was running anywhere now. I don’t recall it being rerun in the last 5 years or so, so I would think it should be about due. Any other NE fans out there? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/2 "2006-10-29T16:44:57Z")
I haven’t seen it recently. It was way ahead of its time in terms of format and humor. It would probably do well as a new show today. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/3 "2006-10-29T16:46:08Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Any other NE fans out there? [/QUOTE] I liked it. Janine Turner was _cute!_. And her character was a pilot. The series sure died when Joel left town. Sorry, I don’t know if it’s still being shown anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/4 "2006-10-29T16:51:04Z")
If you don’t mind paying the monthly subscription fee, you could probably get them from Netflix. Of course, in the time it would take you to watch them all, you’d have paid about the same amountof money as if you’d just bought the DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/5 "2006-10-29T18:01:36Z")
I have the first three seasons on DVD - if you do buy it, warned: the first two ‘seasons’ are only something like 7 or 8 episodes each. IIRC, it was a summer fill-in show before being picked up for a full season. But they come packed in a nifty little down parka with a moose zipper pull. The third season is a full 20-some episodes. I’m planning on buying the fourth season soon. It holds up well, in my opinion. I watch it on the Playstation while riding my excercise bike. Easy way to knock off 50 minutes of exercise. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/6 "2006-10-29T18:10:18Z")
Ah, I was allowed to go to bed at 9 on mondays instead of the usual 8 (yeah, as if I were really sleeping, I was usually sneaking a book and flashlight into bed) just to see NE. Ed is still my favorite, I had \*such \*a crush on him! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/7 "2006-10-29T18:52:38Z")
I loved that show and watched it from beginning to end. Some time I might rent the DVDs but I don’t think I’d buy the collection. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/8 "2006-10-29T19:15:50Z")
I bought Seasons 1 & 2 from Best Buy for $19 during some special. It’s a wonderful show, I have S3 on my Netflix queue…though I am probably going to sell off S1 & 2 at some point. I just bought it because it seemed cheap and I was bored that weekend. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/9 "2006-10-29T19:38:52Z")
NetFlix might be the best way to go. I loved the show until Joel left, my wife is a Northern Exposure Fanatic. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/10 "2006-10-29T19:54:41Z")
Northern Exposure played a pretty large part in my decision to move to the Arctic. I have Season One (avec bright orange parka) but I haven’t had S2 or S3 around the house. I’m thinking that I need to hit up my neighbour Bibliocat for them one day. I will buy the lattes next time! I promise! ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/11 "2006-10-29T22:14:03Z")
Oh yeah. Big NE fan here. I agree it was way ahead of it’s time in humor and writing styles. It was the first time I had a chance to observe a trebuchet up close albeit in a piano launch. Great stuff. I liked the lady pilot also but was leery of her ill-fated history with men ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/12 "2006-10-29T22:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] I liked the lady pilot also but was leery of her ill-fated history with men [/QUOTE] Oh. Right. Well, there’s still Dorinda Dursten (Holly Hunter) in _Always_. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/13 "2006-10-29T23:38:41Z")
I loved the show, but understood the concept of “Jump the Shark” well before Joel left. It was around the time Anthony Edwards started walking around town in a space suit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/14 "2006-10-29T23:46:32Z")
IIRC Rob Morrow was holding out for a higher salary. So they basically wrote him out. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/15 "2006-10-30T00:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] I loved the show, but understood the concept of “Jump the Shark” well before Joel left. It was around the time Anthony Edwards started walking around town in a space suit. [/QUOTE] I agree with that. The characters began to change into caricatures. Was that in season 4? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/16 "2006-10-30T00:47:16Z")
I liked this show, but it wandered all over Channel 4 schedules until it eventually disappeared. I seem to remember that _Bakersfield PD_ was around at the same time, but that ended up in the same black hole of scheduling hell. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/17 "2006-10-30T12:19:47Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I’m thinking that I need to hit up my neighbour Bibliocat for them one day. I will buy the lattes next time! I promise! [/QUOTE] Of course. No lattes required. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/18 "2006-10-30T12:41:19Z")
Probably the best show of the early 90s. And the episode _Roslyn and Cecily_, the origin myth of the founding of the town, is one of the best episodes of any show ever. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/19 "2006-10-30T13:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=threeorange] Probably the best show of the early 90s. And the episode _Roslyn and Cecily_, the origin myth of the founding of the town, is one of the best episodes of any show ever. [/QUOTE] I bought this one for my wife recently. I think I am partial to the Fling episode however. The flight of the burnt out piano to the sounds of Enya is a lasting moment. That and the obligatory reference to the Holy Grail. I love how crestfallen Chris looked when Ed informed him about a cow being flung had already been done. [QUOTE=Krokodil] I loved the show, but understood the concept of “Jump the Shark” well before Joel left. It was around the time Anthony Edwards started walking around town in a space suit. [/QUOTE] The Edwards character was a little too quirky even for NE but it was worth it for the episode where he left and he did the Environmental version of the “Grapes of Wrath” speech. From Memory, so faulty: Wherever there is refrigerator leaking Freon, I’ll be there. Wherever there is a leaky oil drum, I’ll be there. Whenever a big corporation does illegal dumping, I’ll be there. Etc. Jim ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337/20 "2006-10-30T15:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Janine Turner was _cute!_. [/QUOTE] She was with her (Husband?) two girls on the Merry Go Round horse next to us at Six Flags, Arlington this last July 4th. She looked, in a word, stunning. Loved the show. Who hasn’t known a Ruth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/378337.md?page=2)