Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Northern Exposure Season 5 (1993-1994)

Northern Exposure Three Doctors 5x01 Three Doctors
Ed wakes up in strange places with no clues about how he got there. Joel contracts ""glacier dropsy"" which gives him the feeling of pins pricking his nose, a fear of shrimp, a tender ...
Sep. 20, 1993
Northern Exposure The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop 5x02 The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop
Maggie investigates the owners of an antique shop who are exhibiting strange behavior. Maurice begins to see the signs of age when he is called a senior citizen, meets old friends who've ...
Sep. 27, 1993
Northern Exposure Jaws of Life 5x03 Jaws of Life
Maurice is chosen to be a wax figure at Madame Tussaud's, in London, for their rugged individualist's exhibit. Chris is faced with having to live longer than he planned on, a consequence ...
Oct. 04, 1993
Northern Exposure Altered Egos 5x04 Altered Egos
Bernard is surprised when he discovers his new love once lived with Chris for 6 months. Joel starts to fear that he is losing his New York edge. Marilyn screens her potential dates ...
Oct. 11, 1993
Northern Exposure A River Doesn't Run Through It 5x05 A River Doesn't Run Through It
Maggie is asked by the three guys in Cicely's high school senior class to be their homecoming queen and she accepts. Ruth-Anne faces an IRS auditor who besides trying to figure out ...
Oct. 25, 1993
Northern Exposure Birds of a Feather 5x06 Birds of a Feather
Joel's parents come to Cicely and his father's know-it-all attitude gets on Joel's nerves and his mother gets back to nature. Holling's dislike of sports causes Shelly to ponder their ...
Nov. 01, 1993
Northern Exposure Rosebud 5x07 Rosebud
Ed hits an impasse in his film career when Maurice has him begin to organize Cicely's first film festival and he can't seem to get things going to Maurice's satisfaction. Joel makes ...
Nov. 08, 1993
Northern Exposure Heal Thyself 5x08 Heal Thyself
Ed accompanies Leonard on a house call and has success with his first try at being a shaman. Joel teaches a childbirth class which Holling finds amusing and makes Shelly embarrassed ...
Nov. 15, 1993
Northern Exposure A Cup of Joe 5x09 A Cup of Joe
Chris suffers an anxiety attack during the written part of the exam, when he decides to become a pilot. Holling and Ruth-Anne's friendship undergoes a strain when a diary that Ed has ...
Nov. 22, 1993
Northern Exposure First Snow 5x10 First Snow
As the town prepares for winter, a healthy elderly patient tells Joel she is dying, much to his disbelief. Maggie decides to redecorate her house before winter sets in and gets a new ...
Dec. 13, 1993
Northern Exposure Baby Blues 5x11 Baby Blues
An agent stops by to see Ed about his idea for ""The Shaman"" but he wants a few ""little"" changes made to better sell the script. Chris seeks to discover his feminine side. Joel and ...
Jan. 03, 1994
Northern Exposure Mr. Sandman 5x12 Mr. Sandman
The aurora borealis causes the residents of Cicely to swap their dreams, exposing secrets. Maggie has Holling's dream about being a cab driver in Quebec, driving his overbearing father ...
Jan. 10, 1994
Northern Exposure Mite Makes Right 5x13 Mite Makes Right
A musician tries to stop Maurice from storing, in his safe, a 1.6 million-dollar violin he's just bought as an investment. Maggie becomes obsessed with ridding her house of dust mites ...
Jan. 17, 1994
Northern Exposure A Bolt From the Blue 5x14 A Bolt From the Blue
The ranger from up in the fire tower asks for Joel when he is distraught over losing his current job. Joel talks him down, but after 15 years of being alone he needs time to adjust. ...
Jan. 24, 1994
Northern Exposure Hello, I Love You 5x15 Hello, I Love You
Ruth-Anne and Walt take the long way back home when they pick up a couple of oak display cases; however they run into vehicle trouble. Before giving birth, Shelly goes on a spiritual ...
Jan. 31, 1994
Northern Exposure Northern Hospitality 5x16 Northern Hospitality
Joel discovers that his friends consider him remiss about entertaining them, so he plans a dinner party; later he worries about potential food poisoning. Holling tells Shelly that he ...
Feb. 28, 1994
Northern Exposure Una Volta in L'Inverno 5x17 Una Volta in L'Inverno
Ruth-Anne tries learning Italian, so she can read Dante, and gets some help from Shelly. Walt needs sunlight to overcome his depression, so he gets his light glasses and becomes addicted, ...
Mar. 07, 1994
Northern Exposure Fish Story 5x18 Fish Story
While fishing Joel hooks ""Goony,"" Cicely's fabled sea-monster. Ruth-Anne takes Chris's motorcycle ride when customer demands get to be too much for her, then she joins a middle-aged ...
Mar. 14, 1994
Northern Exposure The Gift of the Maggie 5x19 The Gift of the Maggie
Maurice's home catches fire and after it's extinguished there is a danger of asbestos, so he takes some space at Holling and Shelly's place. Later when Holling won't accept any remuneration ...
Mar. 28, 1994
Northern Exposure A Wing and a Prayer 5x20 A Wing and a Prayer
Ed tells one person about the fact that he saw Ruth-Anne and Walt together and later she tells him about the relationship but doesn't want it to get around so he'd better keep quiet, ...
Apr. 11, 1994
Northern Exposure I Feel the Earth Move 5x21 I Feel the Earth Move
Ron and Erick are getting married but the preparations are driving them apart. Holling undercuts another caterer for the wedding reception, but when he realizes the cost of the ingredients, ...
May. 02, 1994
Northern Exposure Grand Prix 5x22 Grand Prix
Ted tries to impress Marilyn with the rich client he's just landed and learns what makes them different. Maurice organizes Cicely's 1st International wheelchair race and demands too ...
May. 09, 1994
Northern Exposure Blood Ties 5x23 Blood Ties
Though he promotes it on the air, Chris has reservations about making a donation for Maurice's blood drive. Ed discovers his rare blood type is shared by another person in town, so ...
May. 16, 1994
Northern Exposure Lovers and Madmen 5x24 Lovers and Madmen
Joel is the only one awestruck by his discovery of a frozen woolly mammoth. Chris gets reacquainted with a girl whose beauty he remembers from high school; however, when she arrives, ...
May. 23, 1994
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Season 5 Characters

Dr. Joel Fleischman played by Rob Morrow
Maurice J. Minnifield played by Barry Corbin
Maggie O'Connell played by Janine Turner
Holling Vincoeur played by John Cullum
Ed Chigliak played by Darren E. Burrows
Chris Stevens played by John Corbett
Shelly Marie Tambo played by Cynthia Geary
Marilyn Whirlwind played by Elaine Miles
Ruth-Anne Miller played by Peg Phillips
Dave the Cook played by William J. White
Walt played by Moultrie Patten
Walt Kupfer played by Moultrie Patten
Owen played by George Barril
Hayden Keyes played by James L. Dunn
Officer Barbara Semanski played by Diane Delano
Leonard played by Graham Greene (II)
Lester Haines played by Apesanahkwat
Eugene played by Earl Quewezance
Cal Ingraham played by Simon Templeman
Nedra Larkin played by Harriet Medin
Ronald Arthur Bantz played by Doug Ballard
Erick Reese Hillman played by Don McManus
Edna Hancock played by Rita Taggart

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

05x21 - I Feel the Earth Move Season 5 / Episode 21: - I Feel the Earth Move

Maurice J. Minnifield: Is it me or has the whole world gone stark staring mad? "Mrs Patricia Hillman requests the honor of your presence at the presence of her son Eric Reese Hillman to Ronald Arthur Bantz."
Chris Stevens: Arthur? I didn't know he had a middle name.
Maurice J. Minnifield: Boy, this whole farce makes a mockery of the covenant of marriage.
Chris Stevens: What are you gonna wear?
05x03 - Jaws of Life Season 5 / Episode 3: - Jaws of Life

Maurice J. Minnifield: [Maurice catches Ed talking to his statue] Look, Ed. If you've got something to say, you say it to me. You got that?
Ed Chigliak: Okay, Maurice. But, uh -
Maurice J. Minnifield: But what?
Ed Chigliak: Well, it's just that he's a little easier to talk to.
Maurice J. Minnifield: The statue?
Ed Chigliak: Well, he doesn't throw my thoughts off like you do sometimes.
Maurice J. Minnifield: I don't throw your thoughts off, son! What are you talking about?
Ed Chigliak: Well, kind of like now, Maurice.
Maurice J. Minnifield: I'm not in the business of throwing people's thoughts off! Is that clear?
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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 14 - Originally Ranger Stan Burns was portrayed by John Procaccino in "Northern Exposure" (1990) {Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People (#1.8)}.
  • Episode 03 - Goof (continuity error): Shelly occasionally manages a complete change of wardrobe from one shot to the next, while flawlessly serving food and drinks at the Brick.
  • Episode 05 - Myra Haines was played by two actresses, Sue Morales here, and Marianne Jones in "Northern Exposure" (1990) {A Wing and a Prayer (#5.20)} .
  • Episode 20 - This was the only time Heather Haines was played by Chenoa Egawa. She was portrayed three other times by Charmaine Craig.
  • Episode 21 - Features American television's first scripted gay wedding.

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