7.3
/10
Rick Pederson is a fictional character portrayed by Grant Goodeve in the TV series Northern Exposure.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot (season 1), they were 38 years old.
They appear in 10 episodes out of a total of 110 aired

Rick Pederson

by Grant Goodeve

character

Episodes10

  • 8
    /10

    Pilot
    episode S1.E1 july 1990
    A doctor from New York City adjusts to life in a rural town in Alaska.
  • 8
    /10

    Brains, Know-How and Native Intelligence
    episode S1.E2 july 1990
    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.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens
    episode S1.E4 august 1990
    Shelly becomes pregnant and a wedding is arranged, but Holling has a deep-rooted fear - both his father and grandfather lived over a century, while their wives died young, leaving them alone and grieving for over sixty years each. Holling vowed to avoid their fate. Meanwhile, Maurice and Fleischman entertain a Japanese investor interested in building a resort in Cicely.
  • 8
    /10

    Russian Flu
    episode S1.E5 august 1990
    Dr. Joel Fleischman has his hands full when his fiancé Elaine flies to Cicely for a visit. He becomes so busy trying to defend himself against the townspeople's charges that he is a KGB agent releasing the Russian flu upon them and competing with Marilyn over the best treatment for the illness, that he has no time to spend with his betrothed. Instead Maggie, entertains Elaine, which only further annoys Joel.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes
    episode S1.E6 august 1990
    There's much to deal with in Cicely when Shelly's husband arrives with the hopes of taking her back to Saskatchewan, much to the astonishment of Holling. Furthermore, Maggie's boyfriend fears he will soon die as the next victim of the O'Connell curse and Ed searches for inspiration while working on his movie script.
  • 8.8
    /10

    Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People
    episode S1.E8 august 1990
    While Joel gives Ed golf lessons, the Indian warns him Adam is around, the never actually seen monster-prankster, blamed for all kinds of weirdness for some 15 years. Passing the night in his car in the woods after diagnosing a park ranger Burns, Joel is apparently robbed, actually taken in, by very human loner Vietnam vet Adam. Chris is delighted his instinctive sculptural inspiration fits the astronomical phenomenon Aurora Borealis (northern light). Chris accepts help from lost motor-biker Bernard, and discovers they share a lot, even an identity essential.
  • 8.1
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    Goodbye to All That
    episode S2.E1 april 1991
    The townspeople try to cheer up Joel after his fiancee dumps him.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Slow Dance
    episode S2.E7 may 1991
    Rick's death by falling satellite further enhances Maggie's reputation; Maurice meets prospective hoteliers.
  • 8.2
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    The Bumpy Road to Love
    episode S3.E1 september 1991
    When a statue is risen in Rick's memory, Maggie learns of his infidelity through a stranger's eulogy. Meanwhile, Adam returns and makes Joel go with him to treat his hypochondriac wife.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Northwest Passages
    episode S4.E1 september 1992
    On Maggie's 30th birthday, she decides to perform an ancient Native American ritual for saying goodbye to her dead boyfriends. Joel and Ed later have to rush in for the rescue when she turns out to be ill.