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Joel:
“I
will under no condition, NO condition, spend the best years of my
life in the worst place on Earth!”
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| Log
line (1): |
Dr.
Joel Flesichman, an inveterate New Yorker, arrives in Alaska with
plans to fulfill his medical school financing obligation by practicing
in metropolitan Anchorage. However, he is quickly informed that his
services are not needed in Anchorage, but in a small, remote village
by the name of Cicely. |
| Synopsis
(1): |
As
soon as Dr. Fleischman (Rob
Morrow) sets his eyes upon the small town of Cicely, Alaska,
his "fish out of water" experience begins. From the ride into town
with Ed
Chigliak (Darren
E. Burrows), a backwoods yet worldly Native American who professes
an affinity for rhythm and blues, to the oil and water relationship
he develops immediately with his attractive landlady, local bush
pilot Maggie
O'Connell (Janine
Turner), Fleischman encounters more than he can handle, despite
his urban roots. When he tries to finagle a way out of his contract
through legal loopholes, he is quickly and definitively informed
by a gun-wielding town patriarch, retired astronaut Maurice
Minnifield (Barry
Corbin), that leaving is not an option. |
Background
(Production
Bible): |
Joel,
from Flushing, Queens; never west of the Mississippi; played doctor
with Katie Kaplan in second grade; 75 scholarship applications;
graduate of Columbia University Medical School; residency at Beth
Zion; Alaska pays $125,000 for his education - four years of service.
If he reneges, $10,000 fine and 18 years in jail.
Maggie O'Connell,
28: from Grosse Point, MI: Joel's landlord; air taxi pilot; came
to AK with mountain climber & grad student boyfriend; he was writing
book "Mountain of My Misgiving" (got published) took a nap on a
glacier and froze to death. Her plane in original draft: Cessna.
RICK
PEDERSON: Maggie's current live-in.
Maurice came
to AK 20 years ago, bought 15,000 acres, started Minnifield Communications
- the key if you've got something to sell.
HOLLING
VINCOEUR, 62; best friends w/ Maurice. Maurice brought SHELLY,
18, Mise Northwest Passage, to Cicely to marry him; she told Holling
if he wanted her, she was his; he did: started temporary feud with
Maurice. |
Facts
to Wax
(Production Bible): |
Cicely
& Roslyn founded the town 97 years ago (Maurice).
ED the
Indian: 18 (works for Maurice).
CHRIS
STEVENS, 27, disc jockey.
RUTH-ANNE,
65, owns General Store.
7 miles
from Joel's cabin to General Store.
9th Annual
Arrowhead Co. Summer Wonderland Festival.
Elaine's
from Brooklyn, Canarsie; third year law student. |
Synopsis
(Production Bible): |
27-year-old
inveterate New Yorker JOEL FLEISCHMAN arrives in Alaska to repay the
state for financing his medical education. Antictpating Anchorage,
Joel is informed by state rep PETE GILLIAM that he will be serving
in Cicely, the worst place on Earth, according to Joel. He's ready
to walk, when ex-astronaut MAURICE MINNIFIELD tries to persuade him
otherwise with a shotgun in a rowboat. Joel's fiancee Elaine, a law
student at Columbia, tells him his contract is binding: he's stuck
in Cicely for the next four years. Meanwhile, Joel mistakes his landlord,
pilot MAGGIE O'CONNELL, for a hooker, counsels a wife who is trying
to kill her husband, examines beaver teeth and acquires an office
assistant named MARILYN. |
| Guest
stars (9): |
Businessman
- John Aylward
(Also appeared in 1.5, 2.2,
4.3)
Stewardess - Denise
Dal Vera (as Denise Kendall)
Edna -
Lois Foraker
Walter - Art LaFleur
Richard
'Rick' Pederson - Grant
Goodeve
Patient #2 - Anne Gordon
(also the Animal Handler for the series)
Patient #1 - Tom
Hammond (also appears in 6.16)
Pete Gilliam - Robert
Nadir (also appears in 4.11,
6.13)
Clem Tillman -
David J. Guppy (as Dave Guppy) (Also appeared in 1.5,
2.2, 3.5)
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Music:
(Note music listed is from the original TV airings. The DVD may differ.) |
• Louie,
Louie - Richard Berry (performed by the Kingsmen on Ausgerechnet
Alaska, the german soundtrack)
[when Joel meets Ed, who gives him a ride into town in his truck]
• Family
Tradition - Hank Williams Jr.
[Joel bursts into the Brick, and promptly makes a phone call to
say he wants out of his contract]
• Truly
Do - Bud and Travis
[Joel sits at the bar and talks to Holling and Ed]
• Jolie
Louise - Daniel Lanois (on the Northern
Exposure: Music from the Television Series)
[Joel hears Holling's story of the feud between him and Maurice]
• Get
Your Life - Livingston
[Maggie and Joel meet, and Joel mistakingly assumes she is a prostitute.]
• Good
Golly, Miss Molly - Little
Richard (on Ausgerechnet
Alaska, the german soundtrack)
[Barbeque montage]
• Singing
the Blues - Guy Mitchell (on Ausgerechnet
Alaska, the german soundtrack)
[Joel and Ed eat mooseburgers at the barbeque] |
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One of my favorite scenes - Joel throws a tantrum in his truck. |
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Additional
Notes: |
Trivia: At the 9th Annual Summer Wonderland festival at the end, Chris is in the background crowd.
Reference: "Crowberry. Not bad. Tart. Not unlike Petite
sirah." The Petite Sirah grape is most likely an offshoot of
the Duriff Rhone grape, grown in France, and is not related to the
Syrah grape. Until the 1970's, Petite Sirah's claim to fame was
as a blending wine. Since then Petite Sirah has emerged as a noble
varietal in its own right.
(from the former Kevin Wright's NX Culture site).
Reference: Ed quotes some medical jargon from the TV show
St. Elsewhere is mentioned
- this was also from creators Brand & Falsey.
A hippy came
through and painted the Roslyn Cafe mural, he was "so high
on the weed" that Maurice had to paint the apostrophe himself.
See the ENTIRE
transcript - with pictures - at Lambic's
Site
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| Ed's Movie References: |
Woody Allen's Manhatten |
Footnotes
and additional research
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