Northern Exposure — S01E02 — Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence
1990 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 329 VOTES · DIR. Peter O'Fallon
Overview
Ed asks Dr. Fleischman to help him convince his uncle, a traditional tribal medicine man, to seek medical treatment for a health problem. A self-reliant Maggie chides Joel about being helpless around the house. Chris angers Maurice when he reads some poetry by Walt Whitman and uncovers some facts about the poet's life that Maurice would prefer not knowing.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,261 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:47 It was a day not unlike any other
00:02:21 A doctor's appointment?
00:03:42 who joined the Peace Corps and went
00:05:43 It won't take long.
00:07:21 to dinner tomorrow night.
00:08:47 as right up there
00:11:02 Well, you know,
00:12:27 Mindy?
00:14:18 Well, here's the plumbing section.
00:16:08 looking at is probably nothing more...
00:17:46 It's just before the cavalry rode in?
00:19:47 Mmm. I had them once or twice...
00:22:43 I'm a physician. I'm not a mind reader.
00:24:23 to feel uncomfortable.
00:26:00 No. No.
00:28:34 to come here.
00:30:36 from an ungrateful mob,
00:32:48 and I would examine them and treat them,
00:35:17 tried to do to me last night--
00:37:36 Y-You are going to die
00:39:37 and then I ran all the way home...
00:41:54 Uh, maybe when I come home
00:44:14 Uh, I felt it.
00:46:37 Fix the shower.
Cast & Characters
Rob Morrow
Joel Fleischman
Janine Turner
Maggie O'Connell
Barry Corbin
Maurice Minnifield
John Cullum
Holling Vincoeur
Darren E. Burrows
Ed Chigliak
John Corbett
Chris Stevens
Cynthia Geary
Shelly Tambo
Grant Goodeve
Rick Pederson
Armenia Miles
Mrs. Whirlwind
Frank Salsedo
Uncle Anku
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,261
Dialogue density28.0 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line00:46:37
Production Record
DirectorPeter O'Fallon
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes329
Factoids
Episode
Northern Exposure, season 1, episode 2: Brains, Know How and Native Intelligence.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4396/season/1/episode/2
Rating source
IMDb rating preserved from the supplied subtitle archive; it may differ from the current IMDb rating.
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