Northern Exposure: It Holds Up

Yeah, it has a real sweetness and charm. Great writing, too. It's nice to see the slowness of the place and nary a cell phone.

I still think about “Chris in the Morning.”

Visited Roslyn WA where it was filmed during Christmas 94 so show not shooting, but cool to see General Store, Radio Station and Doctor's office.

Pity the poor losers who never got to appreciate this borderline masterpiece, and who have to settle instead for the brain-dead, horseshit likes of the Housewives, Survivor, Miss Andy Cohen and the Kuntrashians.

I watched the entire series again a few years back. I think it was on youtube. Somehow the series always seems like home to me.

That's what I thought, R5. It was the most familiar feeling, probably because it was my first proper series addiction as a teenager.

When does Chris start growing his hair?

I can't wait for Marilyn to get to her funniest line. Somehow she made these two words funny:

"Good 'lectrician." [turns and walks out without moving her arms]

Ruth Anne always had anything Joel needed at her store.

I used to lust after Chris in the morning and even Aidan on SATC, but finding out the actor is a right wing douche killed it for me completely.

What? John Corbett's right wing?

Isn't Maggie a right winger?

Maggie is heavy into Jesus.

She always lacked gravitas, that Maggie.

Of course, Northern Exposure has already been "cancelled" once, but I have a feeling it's about to happen again

Shattered to discover that the actor who played Chris/Aidan, whose frenulum was sheer nirvana to me, is a Trumpster.. Everything I value in life must now be brutally rearranged.

The only thing I didn't like was how TORTURED Joel and Maggie's relationship had to be. If you told me they only had sex the one time, I'd believe you. Thinking of that "things that needed to be said on TV shows" thread, then by all means: "You know, I'd really love to hatefuck you."

Didn't Maggie hate fuck Joel at one point?

One of these days I will get around to binge watching this show.

I found the premise too tortured to watch. I was a native New Yorker who took a job in Seattle once, and hated it more than anywhere on earth. That poor Joel had to live somewhere even more Seattleific than Seattle was more than I could bear. That miserable cunt Maggie merely seemed typical of the people I met in Seattle.

Also, I have never been able to stand Chris in the Morning's voice. His Walgreens commercials kept me from shopping there for as long as they have been a convenient alternative where I live. I still choose CVS or Rite-Aid.

It was the first time I didn't love a Brand-Falsey program.

Thx the Dailymotion heads up OP. I was also looking for this recently for a nostalgic re-watch and couldn't find it. **I recently also did Two Guys A Girl and a Pizza Place.

I was surprised considering the GenX cult following for Northern Exposure that there weren't more YouTube uploads for it also when I was trying to source online episodes?

You're right, it holds up like I thought it would too. So far my give re-watch episode has been S01E06.: Ed's movie imaginings (Raiders of the Lost Ark and Fleischman as Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy priceless = ESP check the Trump reference = ouch! and then some.

I agree very much with the poster upthread that there IS something very like 'comfort viewing' about its down home kinda easy humoured style. Quintessential GenX viewing.

Shame it's a flipped file upload though.

Ugh! autocorrect - ^^ "fave" re-watch episode!

Janine Turner is a Trump supporter and fucking nuts in every way.

[Quote] I recently also did Two Guys A Girl and a Pizza Place.

How was it?? Does it hold up?

God bless the "Northern Exposure" crowd. Where else ya gonna hear the Judy Collins version of Bob Dylan's "I Pity The Poor Immigrant?"

Not bad R20 - Reynolds, refreshingly, was so much less self aware swaggery than he is now onscreen was my overall impression, and the more charming for it I think. Richard Ruccolo is a perennial Woof! in my book too.

In general, it's much less specific in period references than say, Friends - more innocuous and gentle fluff mostly. I enjoyed the revisit.

I'm enjoying Exposure more though - has legs and some real meat on its bones in comparison for the time spent.