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.
Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical education in exchange for service in the state as a doctor. Sur…
S01E02
Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence
⭐ 5.2
Jul 19, 199045 min
Ed asks Dr. Fleischman to help him convince his uncle, a traditional tribal medicine man, to seek medical treatment for a health problem. A self-reliant Maggie chides Joel about be…
S01E03
Soapy Sanderson
⭐ 7.0
Jul 26, 199045 min
A hermit takes Joel's advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly administered by Maggie and the good doctor, who has definite id…
S01E04
Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens
⭐ 7.0
Aug 2, 199045 min
Joel's mind is on helping Maurice sell Alaska as the "new Riviera" to two Japanese businessmen in hopes of becoming the "attending physician"--and playing golf--at their proposed r…
S01E05
Russian Flu
⭐ 7.3
Aug 9, 199045 min
A virulent strain of flu, whose only treatment is a smelly Indian concoction brewed up by Marilyn, keeps Joel from enjoying a visit by Elaine, his New York fiancée who is developin…
S01E06
Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes
⭐ 6.8
Aug 16, 199045 min
A young man from Saskatchewan further rocks the already delicate relationship between Shelly and Holling. Ed suffers from writer's block and a lack of focus as he tries to begin wo…
S01E07
A Kodiak Moment
⭐ 7.2
Aug 23, 199045 min
Maurice feels his mortality after his brother dies, and decides to adopt Chris as the Minnifield heir, but the title doesn't sit well on the younger man. Shelly distracts Holling w…
S01E08
Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People
⭐ 8.0
Aug 30, 199045 min
The approach of the Aurora Borealis and the constant light produces some strange behavior among the residents of Cicely. Chris abandons the radio station to build an unusual piece …