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The Best Episodes of Northern Exposure Season 2

Every episode of Northern Exposure Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Northern Exposure Season 2!

Binge this in 5h 15mPeaking at 8.7/10

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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 1 - Goodbye to All That
    8.0/10(442 votes)

    #1 - Goodbye to All That

    S2:E1

    Joel receives a "Dear John" letter from Elaine, who has decided to marry an older judge, and a concerned Ed enlists Maggie to help him deal with it. Holling regrets buying a satellite dish for Shelly, who soon develops into an international television junkie.

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  2. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 2 - The Big Kiss
    8.4/10(474 votes)

    #2 - The Big Kiss

    S2:E2

    Ed's wish to know who his parents were summons up a 256-year-old Indian spirit named "One-Who-Waits" who offers to help him find out. Chris finds his voice has been stolen by a beautiful woman passing through town, and comes to believe in a folk cure he hears about-that he must sleep with the most beautiful woman in town, Maggie.

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  3. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 3 - All Is Vanity
    8.3/10(445 votes)

    #3 - All Is Vanity

    S2:E3

    Holling decides to be circumcised to please Shelly, Chris and Maurice organize the town to keep watch over an anonymous man whom died in Dr. Fleischman's office, and Maggie persuades Joel to pose as her boyfriend to please her father.

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  4. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 4 - What I Did For Love
    8.0/10(415 votes)

    #4 - What I Did For Love

    S2:E4

    Joel's plans for a vacation to New York are sidetracked by Maggie's dreams about his death in an airplane crash and his suspicions about the enthusiastic doctor sent to temporarily replace him. Maurice's annual visit from an astronaut "groupie" is interrupted by his sleeping problems.

    Director:Steven Robman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 5 - Spring Break
    8.7/10(532 votes)

    #5 - Spring Break

    S2:E5

    Things get a little crazy as the town waits for the annual ice breakup and the annual ""running of the bulls"" down the streets of Cicely. Joel and Maggie find themselves irresistibly drawn together, Maurice is attracted to a dominating state trooper sent to uncover the villain behind the annual rash of petty thefts and Holling challenges all the customers to a fight.

    Director:Rob Thompson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 6 - War and Peace
    8.0/10(462 votes)

    #6 - War and Peace

    S2:E6

    A Soviet celebrity returns to Cicely for some relaxation, some borscht and a deadly serious chess match with rival Maurice. Holling suffers a bout of torturous dreams and Chris helps Ed win the heart of a farm girl with his erotic imagery of a motorcycle.

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  8. Northern Exposure Season 2 Episode 7 - Slow Dance
    8.4/10(449 votes)

    #7 - Slow Dance

    S2:E7

    The infamous O'Connell curse seems to have claimed another victim when a falling satellite hits Rick. Maurice has mixed feelings about selling some property for an outrageously high price to a couple he disapproves of, and Shelly becomes confused when Holling is really enjoying his reunion with an old lady friend from his distant past.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Goodbye to All That" is the best rated episode of "Northern Exposure" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 442 votes. Directed by Stuart Margolin and written by Robin Green, it aired on 4/8/1991. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Kiss".