MC Notes: 4.6 On Your Own

4.6 On Your Own

Joel: Ed, are you hallucinating?

Ed: Oh, yeah, but not right now. (6)

Original Air Date(1): November 9, 1992

Production Number (7): 77607

Written by(1): Sy Rosen and Christian Williams

Log line(1): The Flying Man returns to Cicely to woo Marilyn; Ed finds a ring that once belonged to Federico Fellini; Maurice has Mike rewrite his will to include his recently discovered Korean son, Duk Won.

Synopsis(1): The Flying Man, Enrico Bellati, who fell in love with Marilyn while traveling through Cicely with the circus last year, returns. Now with a group of Mummenschanz, Bellati, temporarily grounded with a broken leg, proclaims his love for Marilyn. Although Marilyn admits her feelings for him, she refuses to leave her home to join him in his travels.

Ed, unable to finish his movie due to a mind block, finds a ring which once belonged to the great film director, Federico Fellini, and is inspired by it.

When Maurice receives a package from his newly discovered Korean son, Duk Won, he is reminded that he must include Duk Won in his will....

Maurice asks Mike Monroe, the only lawyer in town, to rewrite it for him. Maggie volunteers to act as Mike's legal secretary until things between them become too close for comfort.

Details(2): Joel works on improving his handicap with a Soundstroke putting device. Maggie works as a legal aide for Mike. She also displays a new talent for cooking, making a Kelp loaf for lunch. In his will, Maurice bequesths his uniforms to the Smithsonian Institute. Mike ventures out of the bubble without his space suit.

Guest Stars (7):
Enrico Bellati "Bob" - Bill Irwin
Godfather - Vito Scotti
New Perception Players - Mummenschantz (Roberto Barca, Floriana Frassetto, Bernie Schurch)
Italian Man - Dick Kyker
Host - Frank Roberts
Pete - Bill Yallup, Jr.

Music: (3)
• Heartaches by the Numbers - Dwight Yoakam
[Shelly talks to Mummenschantz.](8)

• Theme and Variations (Mozart)
[Maggie and Mike talk about the environment.](8)

• Rue Pertisienne
[Ed dreams he wins the Film Institute Awards.](8)

• Rue St. Michel
[Ed sees Fellini.](8)

•Stabat Mater
[Mike and Maggie work in the bubble.](8)

• That's Amore -Dean Martin
[Mike and Maggie walk down the road together.](8)

Shelly's Earrings:
Gold vases? [Serves Block Head and TP Roll in the Brick.]
Basket of eggs [Ed sees Fellini in Brick.]
Tropical birds [Ed asks for red wine and realizes he is changing into Fellini.]

Joel: The hardware store is hitting the road, huh?

Marilyn: uh,huh.

Joel: It hasn't been too bad having a few more nuts and bolts in tow.

Footnotes and additional research:
1. The Revised and Updated Northern Exposure Book, 2nd Ed. by Louis Chunovic (1995)
2. Revised NE Bible: New and Improved fro 94-95 season! Memo from: Ursula Wendel and Cynthia Cohen- Gugisch
3. Print-out of Jude Shabry's music list from the Moose's Guide to Northern Exposure.
4. Intertain 2000 collection of NX music online
5. Geoff's Miscellany- episode guide for 4.6
6. Kevin Wright's Culture NX Quotes for Season 4.
7. MCA TV Promotional Kit dated 9/27/95
8. The Northern Exposure Book, 1st Ed. (1993) by Louis Chunovic

Created 1/9/02

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