Northern Exposure: Season 2

Joel receives a Dear John letter from his fiancée Elaine, who married a retired federal judge, which leads to him having to reckon with his fear of rejection that see him imagining a younger version of himself talking to him about having to get it together. When a depressed Joel tells Ed about not having closure with Elaine, Ed gets Holling and Maggie to try and give him a sense of closure, complete with Maggie wearing a dress in the midst of winter. Meanwhile, after Holling installs a satellite

When Ed wants to learn more about his parents (who abandoned him as a child), he receives help from One-Who-Waits (Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman), his 256-year-old Indian spirit guide. Meanwhile, a gorgeous woman (Jessika Cardinahl) passing through town steals Chris' voice. One-Who-Waits tells Chris (via Ed) that the only way to get his voice back is to sleep with the town's most beautiful woman - and Chris (and the rest of the town) believes Maggie is the one.

Holling turns Shelly on when he faces off against a drunken roughneck and then decides to get a circumcision after intercourse with her to be "more in style". When an unknown man dies in Joel's waiting room, the locals try to ascertain his identity and then become attached to him, refusing to give him up to the state coroner. Maggie is embarrassed when her dad arrives on a surprise visit and gets more than she bargained for when she begs Joel to pretend to be her boyfriend.

Maggie has some surreal dreams that portend Joel's death should he fly to New York for his vacation, and is unsure about whether to tell him about them. The townsfolk fall in love with his substitute Dave, making Joel jealous. Eventually a town meeting is held in which Joel is given an impromptu funeral before he leaves so he can be there for it. Joel has his own surreal dream about the crash of his flight where Maggie appears. In the end, Joel changes his mind and does not fly. Meanwhile, Mauri

Spring arrives and Maggie and Joel find their dreams invaded by each other. Maurice is smitten with state trooper Barbara Semanski (Diane Delano). The citizens of Cicely have their yearly bout of spring fever, experiencing all kinds of weird feelings, stolen radios, and Holling's urge to pick fights and "do some damage"; Holling winds up challenging the cop to a boxing match, which reaches a boiling point when the ice starts to crack. Ed becomes a "detective" to solve the case of the stolen good

A Russian opera singer and international celebrity (Elya Baskin) makes his yearly trek to Cicely to bring gifts to the townsfolk. His visit reopens old wounds with Maurice, however, who is intent on another challenging chess game. Ed loses his virginity to Light Feather Duncan (Dana Andersen), who is only excited by his flowery letters, which Chris writes for him (in the manner of Cyrano de Bergerac); the plans to woo her go awry after she finds the source of the letters and is more attracted to

A satellite plunges out of orbit and crashes into Maggie's boyfriend Rick, killing him instantly and fusing with him; Joel has to inform Maggie about Rick's death. A disgruntled wife tries to persuade Maggie to date her husband in the hope that he too will fall victim to the "curse". At Rick's funeral, his casket, complete with satellite parts sticking out, is rolled into the church, with Maggie storming out after no one can stop laughing at the sight. Joel, not wanting to believe in the curse,