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Ghost Canyon

'Northern Exposure - The Complete Sixth Season'
(Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, John Corbett, et al / 5-Disc DVD / R / (1990) 2007 / Universal)

Overview: Recipient of 39 Emmy nominations and winner of the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, 'Northern Exposure' comes to an offbeat and inspirational conclusion. And so, the sun sets on Cicely, Alaska. While 'Northern Exposure' somewhat jumped the moose in its last season, there are enough characteristically "weird, almost surreal" moments to make season 6 a nice place to revisit!

DVD Verdict: After watching the first 5 seasons in the past five months, I was excited about seeing the sixth season again as well....(or so I thought!) I think I hurt and cried more this time than the first when Dr Joel left us! Maybe it was the knowing of the series coming to an end, or the truth that Rob Morrow and Dr Fleischman were as much a part of the show as flour and sugar are part of a great cobbler (sorry, if you're from the South you know how much that means! Plus I have a great blackberry cobbler recipe if you need one!) Anyway, I watched a few of the episodes and had to stop. I was getting so emotional with the thought of our beloved Dr Joel on his way out the door. I think what made it so much worse is that the Doc took on that whole new attitude toward nature when he moved in with the natives near the end. It was as though you really wanted to love him now. Which is what we wanted all along. But I hoped and prayed he would marry Maggie in the process. The NY attitude could have still worked with this I am sure. These writers could pull off most anything.....Except.....enter the Capras. How dull, hum drum can you get? I guess loving Dr Joel so much makes yo hate them even more.

Finally I watched the very last episode and it was the best that could happen I guess considering. I moped around for a few days, down and out about the end season. I did get a boost from a fan that wrote "A Northern Exposure Valentine...To the Better End" which you can Google and read for yourself. What a great rewrite of how the show should have really ended. I feel closure now after reading (the fans') verson and will keep it in my head as the true ending. Sometimes now I watch NUMBERS and try to see bits and pieces of Joel in the Epps character, and of course, he is not there. Great acting by the way. He even sounds completely different.

I know, get over it! The series as a whole was one of the best on TV. I beleive that had Rob not left it could have still been around. So many things worked togther for the cast, crew, plot...etc. Ahh well, ........ it's now time for us all to rest, I guess! This is a Full Frame Presentation (1.33:1) and comes with no Special Features.

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