Northern Exposure

- Season 5

(1993)

Ed is trying to figure out why he keeps waking up in strange places. Dr Fleischman is suffering from mysterious symptoms, but naturally doesn't trust the locals' diagnosis. Shelley has been singing for months.

The past comes back to haunt the residents (of Cicely) when Maurice works himself into a minor heart attack while over-fretting his age. Maggie relives a childhood fantasy, and Joel traces the history of Cicely to long-forgotten Jewish predecessor.

The dentist comes to town and everyone is scared. Maurice is cast in wax. Chris finds out he's going to live past 40.

Obsession reaches new heights when Chris is dismayed that his ex-lover can't find any difference between him and Bernard in bed. Joel worries about losing his New York "edge". And Marilyn snoops through the medical files to find her perfect man.

Maggie is asked to be homecoming queen. Ed reflects on success. Maurice gets beat on a business deal.

Family matters come to the forefront when Joel's parents, Nadine and Herb, visit. Nadine finds a unique connection with Marilyn and the eagles. Meanwhile Shelly is concerned that Holling will miss out on special father-son moments with their new baby after he announces that he's bored with sports.

Ed is struggling to find his path in life and it doesn't help when Maurice wants to use his Hollywood contacts to organize a film festival. Joel's own path seems to have gone up in smoke when his truck ignites after he turns down Ruth-Anne's offer to join the volunteer fire department.

When Leonard brings Ed along on a shaman visit, the patient grows closer to him, which is sabotaged by a creature called the Green Man.

Chris tries to get a pilot license. Ed discovers an old diary and learns an disturbing fact. Marilyn acts as a sleuth.

Cicely begins to winterize as the first snow comes. One of Joel's patients tells him she's going to die. Shelley tells a terrible lie.

Shelley faces the reality she'll soon be a mother. Ed has a Hollywood agent scout him. Maggie throws Shelley a baby shower.

The citizens of Cicely start having strange dreams. They soon realize they're sharing each others dreams. Holling has a revulsion to food.

Maurice purchases a rare violin, then has problems with the person he hires to authenticate it. Maggie becomes obsessed over dust mites. Maggie and Joel start dating.

Joel has to talk a park ranger out of a fire tower. Maurice plans a fireworks show, but has objections from Adam. Ed gets struck by lightning.

Ruth Anne and Walt get stranded on a trip. Every time Shelley goes to the Laundromat she sees her daughter at a different age.

Joel throws a dinner party for his friends. A guy commits suicide and blames Chris for a song he heard. Shelley takes off for Canada.

Ruth Anne tries to learn Italian. Walt abuses a prescription. Joel gets snowed in on his way to a conference. A herd of Caribou block the streets.

Joel hooks a legendary fish. Ruth Anne runs off on Chris's motorcycle and runs with a motorcycle gang. Holling has an artistic crisis.

Maurice's heater blows up and his house catches on fire. Chris has an encounter with a cunning deer. Maggie tries to help Joel.

Maggie tries to build a plane with Maurice. Ed witnesses a private moment between Walt and Ruth Anne. Ruth Anne confides in Ed and Ed tells everyone.

Ron and Eric plan their wedding, Holling is hired to cater, Maggie begins to experience earthquakes and Joel peeks inside Marilyn's diary.

Maurice sponsors a wheel chair race. Ed takes on a case as a shaman. Marilyn's boyfriend Ted takes a job and becomes obsessed with money and success, which causes a rift.

Cicely has a blood drive which Maurice turns into a competition and a running bet. Maggie's old beau Jed comes for a visit. Ed hires a P.I. to help find out if a woman in town is his birth mother.

Maurice bribes a doctor to get a violinist released as he prepares a big birthday for Barbara.