Product: Northern Exposure: "Seoul Mates" [VHS] (1990)
Rating: 5.0
Christmas Show, northern Exposure
I remembered this Christmas episode from season 4. I decided I had to see it again, and planned to show it Christmas Eve. I still have VCR'S around the house, so I was delighted to buy a video of it. I was even happier when it arrived..it was brand new..never opened. The show itself was as I remembered, Shelly missing her Catholic Church Mass, Joel wondering if he should get a Christmas tree, O'Connell fretting over having to go home to see her parents, while the rest of the town was preparing for the native American celebration of the Raven. Shelly remains dejected, just not feeling Christmas without the Catholic Mass from her childhood memories. As everyone is getting ready for the Raven performance, Shelly announces that she is going to drop by the little church for a minute and she will meet up with Holling later. She walks to the church, hoping to somehow connect to the spirit of Christmas that eludes her. She enters the empty little church, it is aglow with candles...behind her, Holling steps out of the shadows and sings Ave Maria. Shelly is transformed with joy. As the show closes on Christmas eve, the whole town attends the performance of the Raven..a story of how the Raven brought light to the world, where there had been darkness. Christmas morning shows us Sisley full of sun and joy..all of its people feel the glow the the light and spiritual renewal.