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Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Rob Morrow | ... | Dr. Joel Fleischman | |
Barry Corbin | ... | Maurice J. Minnifield | |
Janine Turner | ... | Maggie O'Connell | |
John Cullum | ... | Holling Vincoeur | |
Darren E. Burrows | ... | Ed Chigliak | |
John Corbett | ... | Chris Stevens | |
Cynthia Geary | ... | Shelly Marie Tambo | |
Brandon Douglas | ... | Wayne Jones | |
Elaine Miles | ... | Marilyn | |
Grant Goodeve | ... | Rick Pederson | |
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Jerry Morris | ... | Earl the Barber |
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Jeffrey Carpentier | ... | M.C. |
Buffalo Child | ... | Dave the Cook |
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. Written by Skeeter700
With "Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes", Northern Exposure stumbles upon a formula that it will use adroitly for much of the rest of the series, namely, letting the supporting cast of townspeople carry the main storylines while Morrow's Dr Fleischman functions as a cynically bemused straight man, in some ways, standing in for the audience as we witness their bizarrely eccentric behavior. And, quite often, the result is great television. In this case, we get to finally learn about Maggie's 'black-widow' tendencies, as well as Shelly and Holling's 'May-December' relationship. And, following on from the events in "Soapy Sanderson", we're also treated to witnessing the first steps of Ed's fledgling film career. This episode is a perfect example of how the quality and diversity of this cast, along with their wonderful foibles makes this show, at times, so watchable.