This episode needs to get out of the way and let the magic happen. I never missed this show when it was on for the first time. My wife and I set aside time to watch it religiously. Here we are introduced to the situation. Joel Fleischman, a New Yorker, just out of Columbia medical school, finds himself with an obligation. To pay off 150,000 dollars in educational fees, he must spend four years in service to Alaska. He thinks he will be in the nicer areas in Anchorage, but instead he is sent to Sicily, a backwoods town full of fascinating characters. Try as he might, there are no loopholes and he is now stuck here. He acts like a petulant little boy. He insults the community and the people. His biggest problem is Maurice, a transplanted NASA astronaut who is going to be watching him. He sort of runs the town. He also meets Maggie who he rents from. She is a bush pilot. There are a couple of native people: Ed Chigliak and his receptionist, Marilyn. I won't go on into more characters. Since it's be 30 years since I watched this show, I will treat it as if I had never seen it.
