Dr. Joel Fleischman slowly starts accepting his desperately desolate fate, despite a defective shower leaving him to choose between swallowing his pride in order to get Maggie's plumbing help or bathing in the utterly icy lake. Popular DJ Chris Stevens' 'irreverent' comments on even Walt Whitman get him sacked from Maurice's radio K-Bear, but the boss soon offends everyone else in Cecily. Ed Chigliak's suave way gets reluctant Joel to make confusing house-calls on Ed's uncle, paradoxical medicine man Anku, who treats Joel to a Kentucky takeaway, traditional dancing and a sauna but refuses to be treated for his fatal cancer.
Northern Exposure
Brains, Know-How and Native Intelligence
season 1 episode 2
episode aired on july 1990
Episode rating
Cast of episode
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- Dr. Joel Fleischman
- Maggie O'Connell
- Ed Chigliak
- Chris Stevens
- Maurice J. Minnifield
- Marilyn Whirlwind
- Ruth-Anne Miller
- Holling Vincoeur
- Shelly Marie Tambo
- Uncle Anku
- Rick Pederson
- Mrs. Whirlwind
- Mindy
- Woman #1
- Woman #2
- Shirley
- Man #1
- Man #2
- Gary