Northern Exposure — S05E18 — Fish Story
1994 · 45 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · DIR. Bill D'Elia
Overview
While fishing Joel hooks "Goony," Cicely's fabled sea-monster. Ruth-Anne takes Chris's motorcycle ride when customer demands get to be too much for her, then she joins a middle-aged motorcycle gang for a midnight ride. Holling gives up on his paint-by-numbers after Maurice ridicules his work. Joel meets his Rabbi in the middle of the lake after "Goony" takes him for a ride. The town, especially Maurice, demand action when it appears Ruth-Anne may not be coming back.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,222 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 I'm surprised to see bread
00:02:28 you know.
00:04:20 You must be bringing up
00:06:08 And the battle's still ragin'
00:07:31 And I want jam nuts
00:09:11 The jerky is on the corner
00:11:19 and he paints over the lines too.
00:12:52 Well, it's no fun for me anymore.
00:14:13 with these and these.
00:17:13 Whew!
00:19:15 Oh, boy.
00:20:58 and I make the switch.
00:23:16 Shoot.
00:25:19 Do you wanna clear out
00:26:55 Something big?
00:28:45 I don't think you've lost him.
00:31:01 When you're sick in the hospital,
00:33:03 in 50 years.
00:34:40 The meaning behind all of this.
00:36:29 The biker movement was started
00:38:11 - Fine with me.
00:40:16 We live in a very confusing age, Joel.
00:42:41 I guess I fell asleep.
00:44:44 justice and peace."
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
Elaine Miles
Marilyn Whirlwind
Peg Phillips
Ruth-Anne Miller
Stephen McHattie
Turk Tortelli
James L. Dunn
Hayden Keyes
George Barril
Owen
Moultrie Patten
Walt Kupfer
Jerry Adler
Rabbi Alan Schulman
John Fleck
Frog
Mickey Jones
Tiny
Haynes Brooke
Store Clerk
Amy Caton-Ford
Waitress
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,222
Dialogue density27.2 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line00:44:44
Production Record
DirectorBill D'Elia
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Northern Exposure, season 5, episode 18: Fish Story.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4396/season/5/episode/18
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