Season 1
(1990)
Overview
Fresh out of New York's Columbia University, cocky young Dr. Joel Fleischman is looking forward to his comfortable position in Alaska's largest city. Upon his arrival, Joel finds himself a fish out of water as he's instead assigned to a tiny Alaskan village where the offbeat locals would love him to stay forever.
Cast
as Joel Fleischman
as Maggie O'Connell
as Maurice Minnifield
as Holling Vincoeur
as Ed Chigliak
as Chris Stevens
as Shelly Tambo
Episodes
Pilot 7.0
July 12, 1990
Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical ed…
Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence 4.9
July 19, 1990
Ed asks Dr. Fleischman to help him convince his uncle, a traditional tribal medicine man, to seek medical treatment for…
Soapy Sanderson 6.8
July 26, 1990
A hermit takes Joel's advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly ad…
Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens 7.0
August 2, 1990
Joel's mind is on helping Maurice sell Alaska as the "new Riviera" to two Japanese businessmen in hopes of becoming the…
Russian Flu 7.2
August 9, 1990
A virulent strain of flu, whose only treatment is a smelly Indian concoction brewed up by Marilyn, keeps Joel from enjo…
Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes 7.0
August 16, 1990
A young man from Saskatchewan further rocks the already delicate relationship between Shelly and Holling. Ed suffers fr…
A Kodiak Moment 7.2
August 23, 1990
Maurice feels his mortality after his brother dies, and decides to adopt Chris as the Minnifield heir, but the title do…
Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People 7.8
August 30, 1990
The approach of the Aurora Borealis and the constant light produces some strange behavior among the residents of Cicely…