Plot summary
Joel invites Maggie along on an all-expenses-paid trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he is to give a speech. Tensions boil over when their Russian airliner is stuck on the ground for an entire day, with all the passengers left aboard. With their relationship strained to the breaking point, Joel surprisingly proposes to Maggie, and she accepts, though they later decide to live together first. Maurice tries to mold his cousin's son (from the white trash side of the family) into the heir apparent of his business empire. Chris struggles to get inside electricity artistically.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, List of Northern Exposure episodes. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.