The Best Episodes of Northern Exposure Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(442 votes)

   #1 - Goodbye to All That

   S2:E14/8/1991

   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.

   Director:Stuart Margolin

   Writer:Robin Green

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   Director:Stuart Margolin

   Writer:Robin Green
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   8.4/10(474 votes)

   #2 - The Big Kiss

   S2:E24/15/1991

   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.

   Director:Sandy Smolan

   Writer:Henry Bromell

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   Director:Sandy Smolan

   Writer:Henry Bromell
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   8.3/10(445 votes)

   #3 - All Is Vanity

   S2:E34/22/1991

   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.

   Director:Nick Marck

   Writers:Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov

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   Director:Nick Marck

   Writers:Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
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   8.0/10(415 votes)

   #4 - What I Did For Love

   S2:E44/29/1991

   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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   Director:Steven Robman

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.7/10(532 votes)

   #5 - Spring Break

   S2:E55/6/1991

   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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   Director:Rob Thompson

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.0/10(462 votes)

   #6 - War and Peace

   S2:E65/13/1991

   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.

   Director:Bill D'Elia

   Writers:Robin Green, Henry Bromell

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   Director:Bill D'Elia

   Writers:Robin Green, Henry Bromell
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   8.4/10(449 votes)

   #7 - Slow Dance

   S2:E75/20/1991

   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.

   Director:David Carson

   Writers:Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov

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   Director:David Carson

   Writers:Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov