Northern Exposure (1990)

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (24,767 votes)
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1990)

7.85 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.8 60 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.9	826
2	Brains, Know-How and Native Intelligence	8.0	645
3	Soapy Sanderson	7.6	581
4	Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens	7.4	520
5	Russian Flu	8.0	578
6	Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes	7.5	490
7	A Kodiak Moment	7.6	480
8	Aurora Borealis	8.8	644

Season 2 (1991)

8.27 avg 7 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Goodbye to All That	8.0	451
2	The Big Kiss	8.4	481
3	All Is Vanity	8.3	453
4	What I Did for Love	8.0	417
5	Spring Break	8.8	539
6	War and Peace	8.0	467
7	Slow Dance	8.4	453

Season 3 (1991)

8.12 avg 23 episodes 8.2 → 9.0 50 min avg

Big finale
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Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Bumpy Road to Love	8.2	420
2	Only You	8.0	399
3	Oy, Wilderness	7.9	384
4	Animals R Us	8.0	384
5	Jules et Joel	7.6	403
6	The Body in Question	8.1	389
7	Roots	8.2	366
8	A-Hunting We Will Go	8.3	375
9	Get Real	7.9	369
10	Seoul Mates	8.5	436
11	Dateline: Cicely	7.9	340
12	Our Tribe	7.9	346
13	Things Become Extinct	8.2	358
14	Burning Down the House	8.5	398
15	Democracy in America	8.0	361
16	The Three Amigos	8.5	427
17	Lost and Found	8.1	338
18	My Mother, My Sister	7.4	316
19	Wake Up Call	8.1	357
20	The Final Frontier	8.3	347
21	It Happened in Juneau	8.0	335
22	Our Wedding	8.2	315
23	Cicely	9.0	594

Season 4 (1992)

8.01 avg 25 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 48 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Northwest Passages	8.4	357
2	Midnight Sun	8.4	331
3	Nothing's Perfect	8.1	316
4	Heroes	7.5	318
5	Blowing Bubbles	7.7	299
6	On Your Own	8.0	312
7	The Bad Seed	7.5	281
8	Thanksgiving	8.1	313
9	Do the Right Thing	7.6	273
10	Crime and Punishment	8.5	320
11	Survival of the Species	7.2	304
12	Revelations	8.1	288
13	Duets	8.2	287
14	Grosse Pointe, 48230	8.0	295
15	Learning Curve	8.3	298
16	Ill Wind	8.5	304
17	Love's Labour Mislaid	8.1	271
18	Northern Lights	8.4	307
19	Family Feud	7.9	261
20	Homesick	7.7	273
21	The Big Feast	8.6	309
22	Kaddish, for Uncle Manny	8.6	302
23	Mud and Blood	7.7	242
24	Sleeping with the Enemy	7.7	252
25	Old Tree	7.4	297

Season 5 (1993)

7.71 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Three Doctors	8.0	253
2	The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop	7.6	247
3	Jaws of Life	7.5	239
4	Altered Egos	7.4	230
5	A River Doesn't Run Through It	7.3	248
6	Birds of a Feather	7.8	251
7	Rosebud	7.8	252
8	Heal Thyself	8.0	255
9	A Cup of Joe	7.6	224
10	First Snow	8.4	275
11	Baby Blues	7.4	248
12	Mr. Sandman	8.4	266
13	Mite Makes Right	8.0	244
14	A Bolt from the Blue	7.6	236
15	Hello, I Love You	8.1	277
16	Northern Hospitality	7.6	241
17	Una Volta in L'Inverno	8.0	251
18	Fish Story	7.6	249
19	The Gift of the Maggie	7.8	240
20	A Wing and a Prayer	7.6	229
21	I Feel the Earth Move	7.6	230
22	Grand Prix	6.5	238
23	Blood Ties	7.6	217
24	Lovers and Madmen	7.8	222

Season 6 (1994)

7.27 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.2 46 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dinner at Seven Thirty	7.9	260
2	Eye of the Beholder	7.3	213
3	Shofar, So Good	7.7	239
4	The Letter	7.6	220
5	The Robe	7.1	230
6	Zarya	6.7	243
7	Full Upright Position	7.2	226
8	Up River	8.4	271
9	Sons of the Tundra	7.2	220
10	Realpolitik	7.0	220
11	The Great Mushroom	7.6	220
12	Mi Casa, Su Casa	7.6	224
13	Horns	7.5	225
14	The Mommy's Curse	7.1	204
15	The Quest	8.4	341
16	Lucky People	6.8	208
17	The Graduate	7.3	214
18	Little Italy	6.7	224
19	Balls	7.1	215
20	Buss Stop	6.8	209
21	Ursa Minor	6.5	207
22	Let's Dance	6.5	209
23	Tranquility Base	7.2	271