Maggie is to me about as real as they come.  She's got the whole
independent woman-pilot-landlord-surviving in Alaska alone thing going
pretty well.  Her whole neurotic/passion without the acknowledgment or
touch relationship with Fleshman feels like the most honest, real
relationshipon TV. I know several devoted followers of the show who
still can not distinguish between Northern Exposure and reality (((((ok,
i'm one of them))))) Maggie and Ed are more concrete and emotionally
real to me than many people I see everyday.
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mike bischoff
northeast missouri state university.