It's hard to pick out the best in any type of media, be it music, books, tv, whatever. Everyone has their own thoughts as to what makes something good. What one person thinks is great I think stinks, while my best of life might make someone else puke. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think Northern Exposure was and is, if not the best, one of the best shows television ever produced.
Back when it was first on the air in the early ninties most tv critics agreed. Lately I've read comments that a lot thing Northern Exposure didn't age well. I have to disagree. I'm in the middle of watching the second season on DVD right now and I still think it is great. Season Three has been out for a short while and I plan on getting it before the week is out.
Northern Exposure was a show that mixed reality and the magic. Ed and his spirit companion "He Who Waits", Maggie's Mom flying, the beautiful girl who stole Chris In The Morning's voice...you never knew what could happen on this show. But the best feature of the show was its heart. It was a show that in the end wanted us to feel good about ourselves, about being human. No, every show didn't end with a sermon or some life changing for the better event, sometimes things happened you didn't like, sometimes bad things happened, but beneath it all there was a wonderful soul to the show. It was a show that could make me laugh and cry all within the same hour.
So here's to Joel, Maggie, Chris In The Morning, Adam, Maurcie, Shelly, Hollings, Ed, Marylin, Ruth Ann and all the others. You did something only the best movies, music, books can do and so few do...you moved me, you made me think, you made me feel. What more can you say?
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That was some good TV! I loved Chris and his tangents. and Marilyn - she had one expression for everything and would come up with some pearls of wisdom every now and then. I always wanted Joel's truck. Remember the 'rutting' episode? Ah - that was fabulous stuff.
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