Northern Exposure
Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1990-07-19
Synopsis
A self-reliant Maggie chides Joel for being helpless when he's beset by problems; Ed's uncle Anku, a medicine man, refuses medical treatment; and Chris reads Walt Whitman over the airwaves, angering Maurice, who prefers show tunes on his station.
In the series
This episode is part of Northern Exposure (1990–1995) on CBS.
New York doctor, Alaska weird — quality TV with moose cameos.
Key cast
- Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischman
- Janine Turner as Maggie O'Connell
- Barry Corbin as Maurice Minnifield
- John Cullum as Holling Vincoeur
- John Corbett as Chris Stevens
- Cynthia Geary as Shelly Tambo