Northern Exposure - The Complete Sixth Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Daniel Attias, James Hayman, Janet Greek, Jim Charleston, Lorraine Senna
Actors: Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, John Corbett, Cynthia Geary, Barry Corbin
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 2831
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 1058 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: MCAD61030351D
UPC: 025193035127
EAN: 0025193035127
ASIN: B000LSAJ5M
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1990
Release Date: March 6, 2007
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/06/2007 Rating: Nr
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And so, the sun sets on Cicely, Alaska. While Northern Exposure somewhat jumped the moose in its last season, there are enough characteristically "weird, almost surreal" moments to make season 6 a nice place to revisit. The auspicious season opener, "Dinner at Seven Thirty," is a typically disarming and disorienting quirk fest that recasts the characters in a parallel New York universe. Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) is married to a high society (and high maintenance) Shelly (Cynthia Geary), Maggie (Janine Turner) is their au pair, Ed (Darrin E.Burrows) is an Armani clad corporate raider, Holling (John Cullum) is a Piano Man, Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) is the leader of an internal medicine group, Chris (John Corbett) is an inarticulate fashion photographer, and Maurice (Barry Corbin) is the luxury-highrise doorman. "I'd rather practice medicine in some hick rural outback than stay here another minute," Joel rebels, returning things to what passes for normal in Cicely. Another early gem is "The Robe," with guest star Charles Martin Smith (American Graffiti) as no less than the Devil who tries to corrupt Shelly. But then the series goes off the beaten path. Joel, following a bumpy courtship with Maggie, goes "Up River" to live in a remote fishing village (His final episode is the bittersweet, "The Quest," in which he departs for good for his "jeweled city"). Enter new doctor Phillip Capra (Paul Provenza) and his journalist wife, Michelle (Teri Polo), brie-eating yuppies from Los Angeles. < I>Northern Exposure remained a fish-out-of-water comedy, but these two characters are as bland as tilapia. Though not nearly the hard cases that a resistant Joel was, they, too, succumb to Cicely's charms, and by series' end, Michelle is having hallucinatory forest chats with Joel's former New York rabbi. Happily, the rest of the characters are still good company. Between Ruth-Anne and trapper Walt (Moultrie Patten) and Maurice (Corbin) and Officer Barbara Semanski (Diane Delano), love really blossoms this season. But as Iris Dement sings in the heartbreaking lament, "Our Town," which ends this series on a lovely grace note (and is one of the few originally broadcast songs to survive the transition to DVD), "Nothing good ever lasts." Northern Exposure lasted six seasons, which is good enough. To paraphrase a postcard Joel sends to Maggie in "The Quest," Cicely is a state of mind, and thanks to DVD, there is no need to "kiss it goodbye." --Donald Liebenson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 NE #6 July 21, 2008
Ann J. Hussey (Louisiana)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I went for the later episodes thinking I may not have caught the early ones. I loved what I did see. Two problems: I could not see how to watch the '2nd disc' which is part of 1st disc. The 1st disc I had never seen and was not happy with. Although good, It was not anything like what I remembered watching, ergo, dissappointed.
 Sad. May 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did not enjoy this season. The first five, maybe, were good, but the rest were terrible. CAUTION! SPoiLER!
JOEL GOT LONG HAIR AND THE NEW DOC IS TERRIBLE!
The first half of the fifth was the best.
ADAM ROCKS!
 Best Episode is in this Season April 8, 2008
Judith B. Hastings
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Arguably the quirky likablility of Northern Exposure reached its pinnacle in the Horns episode, one of the last. The reversal of gender roles between Maurice and Barbara was priceless, although you did have to know who they were before and my son didn't notice any difference in Barbara. I loved seeing Maurice's machismo humbled by his own water and the words out of Shelley's mouth must be preserved for posterity. "When women do it it's a disease!" I don't know if DVD players will be around for my granddaughter's children but if they are, this one is going in my Will.
Great show!! March 25, 2008
Lindi L. Petzoldt (Cle Elum, Wa. USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am so happy that I could finally buy the last season of Northern Exposure on dvd; I live about 10 miles from Roslyn, Washington where it was filmed. It's a favorite in this neck of the woods!! Roslyn has a "moose fest" every year; please come!!!
Sad, a Crash Landing March 19, 2008
David S. Jenkins (On the Road)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Never having watched the show when it originally aired I became entirely addicted to the DVD sets, and have blissfully devoured them all. For my money Northern Exposure is the second greatest TV series in the history of the medium, second only to The Fugitive.
I avoided watching the final season due to the dreadful comments of many Amazon reviewers but I finally gave in... and I'm sorry I did.
There are many specific problems and one that's more ethereal.
First, replacing Dr. Fleischman with another doctor whose attitudes, inability to adjust and general whininess exactly mirror his predecessor was a foolish move. It's hard to imagine the creative team who gave birth to this brilliant show making this decision - it reeks of one mandated by clueless studio executives.
Second, Paul Provenza as the new doctor and whoever as his wife, under the blanket of a dead script, create characters who could put a speed freak to sleep. Dull as dishwater and at times immensely aggravating.
Third, the entire cast seems to have had the wind taken out of their sails. Many are walking through their roles. Marilyn's usual stoney simplicity which for five seasons was cleverly rendered and at time hilarious in the final season now becomes shockingly boring. Too often season six has what the others never did - BAD acting.
Fourth, the reliance on fantasy, dreams, illusions, etc. is wildly overworked. The season opener's recasting of the characters in New York is clever and it entertains. But let's drop it there, please. Watching Provenza at one point turn into a werewolf while his wife serves him dinner is beyond painful. It's not clever. It's stupid.
The harder to pin down problem is that the magic is gone. The indescribable mix of sharp writing and quirky charm that makes Northern Exposure so unique is entirely absent. One always had the feeling that the characters loved each other. There's no love in these scripts.
If you feel like I do that there was always some fairy dust sprinkled on the streets of Cicely... you'll find that every bit of that dust has blown away...
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