Plot summary
This builds on the third-season episode "Cicely", with flashbacks to the early days of the town. Marilyn starts having dreams of a story her grandfather used to tell her at the same time as she begins having leg pains. Ed thinks that filming her as she relates what she can remember will help her recall the ending and cure her. Princess Anastasia ( Tushka Bergen ) and Vladimir Lenin ( Christopher Neame ) meet in Cicely to negotiate her possible return to her homeland. Romance blooms between Lenin's personal physician (Rob Morrow) and Anastasia's lady-in-waiting (Janine Turner), while Marilyn's grandfather (Anastasia's native guide, played by Darren Burrows) becomes infatuated with the princess.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, List of Northern Exposure episodes. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.