Mark Talmadge

Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

I finally broke down and bought the Northern Exposure: The Complete Series after experiencing playback problems with some of the double sided DVD's with the individual sets and I have to say, I'm enjoying this series from the very beginning ...

All single sided DVD's and in thinpack DVD cases ... oh, heck yeah ... Now, all I need for is Universal to release Magnum P.I. in this format with only single sided DVD's in thinpack packages.

Brian Magnuson

Re: Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

My wife and I also just finished watching the entire series from start to finish as we always loved individual episodes back in the day but never were able to start at the beginning nor had we seen any of the final season.


I would love to see a thread in the TV forum discussing this series, however, it would probably be pretty quiet with crickets chirping and tumbleweeds rolling throughout.

Jeff Ulmer

Re: Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

One of my favorite series of all time. Sure would have been nice to get this complete from the start, but oh well. Agreed on the sixth season, even though I though Morrow's arc wasn't that bad.

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dberthia

Re: Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

My absolute favorite series of all-time. I still try to pretend those late episodes without Joel never happened. As indicated above, after Morrow left, the characters started to act out of character. There was a lot more bickering, and many of my favorite characters became unlikeable. The new doctor and his wife were about as interesting as inert gas. If they could have wrapped things up with Joel's departure, this series would have been perfect.

BTW, the replacement of the original music really detracts from these DVDs- very disappointing.

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Mark Talmadge

Re: Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

I have to admit that while I initially watched the entire series when I received this set, I'll only watch the first five seasons. The last season just simply never existed and I hated the way they wrote Morrow out of the series: by creating a space/time warp that connected Alaska to New York City.

Brian Magnuson

Re: Northern Exposure: The Complete Series

Yeah, what was up with that? I took it more symbolic with the journey he and Maggie took to find it, but it went way beyond a suspension of disbelief with the last season just becoming wacky with Joel's rabbi and the whale, etc. And I agree with the new doctor and his wife being one of the least interesting additions to a television show ensemble of all time.