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Dr. Joel Fleischman is depressed when grumpy old patient Soapy Sanderson completely ignores his medical advice, and is stunned when he and Maggie are named joint executors of his 140 acres forest estate where only wolves live.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Stephen Cragg
- 1990-07-26
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After the passing of one of Cicely's most-loved eccentrics, Soapy Sanderson, Joel and Maggie battle over the proper handling of his 100 acres of land, left to them in his will.
Early in the morning, Maggie lands her plane outside a cabin near the woods, where she picks up Soapy Sanderson, an elderly man who lives alone as a hermit with a team of dogs (huskies). There is an obvious closeness between Soapy and Maggie from a long friendship. Maggie brings Soapy in to Joel's office, and Joel is upset that they are several hou...
Joel (to Maggie): I don't like people committing suicide. All the ethical considerations aside, it's just plain bad for business. Maggie (to Joel): A man--a dead man--puts you in his will, and naturally you would think there's some ulterior motive. Maurice: Chris, you play this crap at 6 in the morning and you'll be looking down so many barrels, yo...
"Unity" from The Rhythm of the Caribbeanby Dermot Stewart"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells (performed by Dolly Parton on Ausgerechnet Alaska, the German soundtrack)"The Knoxville Girl" by The Wilburn Bros."I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" by Patsy MontanaMaggie reminds Soapy of his wife, physically and, they both "sang their own song." Soapy's doctorates are in mythology and theology.Maggie says Cicely is a town of 815 with 16 hours of daylight.Shelly's earrings: gold dangles with beads"Northern Exposure" Soapy Sanderson (TV Episode 1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
While in Cicely for his doctor's visit, old hermit Soapy takes Joel's admonition to think about his future a little too much to heart, as Joel and Maggie discover when they find his body---and learn that they are left as partners in his estate.
It’s got restaurants. It’s got citizens filled with existential fraught. It’s the town of Cicely, Alaska from the television series Northern ...
- 12 min
- 12.9K
- Northern OverExposure Podcast
Jul 25, 1990 · Soapy Sanderson. S1 E3: Maggie (Janine Turner) admires Joel (Rob Morrow) when he proposes donating some recently inherited land back to the Indians, until she discovers his true motive. With Darren E. Burrows.
A hermit takes Joel's advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly administered by Maggie and the good doctor, who has definite ideas about how to dispose of the windfall.
