Cicely, Alaska

 

 

What is Your favorite TV series?

 

 

 

My favorite television series of all-time is Northern Exposure. I own all six seasons on DVD and have been known to binge watch entire seasons at a time, especially during the winter because it almost makes me feel like I'm in Alaska. I've watched it so much I almost feel like the characters are friends of mine and when I see the actors in other roles, I say things like, "Oh look, there's Maurice!". The funny thing is that I only watched a few episodes when the series originally aired - I was too busy in college to watch much TV. But I saw enough to get me hooked, so when they were released on DVD I snatched them up.

 

The adventuresome spirit of living in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska is enticing. The small community filled with eccentric characters and the Native American culture draws me in. The cinematography is beautiful and the soundtracks they used were composed of fairly diverse genres, but always appropriate and often funny. The writers did an excellent job developing the characters and creating believable dynamics between them. The script is always clever and quirky, and often thought provoking.

 

I can't say that I have a favorite character because that just wouldn't seem right to choose. I love Joel because he is such a hot-head and so awkward as a fish-out-of-water. I've had a long-standing crush on Chris-in-the-morning. Maurice is a pompous old teddy bear. Ruth Ann is the wise old sage. Marilyn is comic relief. Ed is like a kid brother. Shelly and Holling are an unlikely couple but they have hilarious chemistry. I see myself in Maggie entirely too much.

 

Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend. If anybody needs me, I'll be snuggled up on the couch dreaming of seeing the Northern Lights in Cicely.....