Northern Exposure - War & Peace (Season 2)

The Russophilia in this episode reminded me too much of James Michener's book "Poland". I could have played a drinking game reading that novel and gone through bottles of vodka with a sip for every time a character opined in the vein of how Chopin's music makes the soul fly with its grand Polish glory. I like Chopin well enough, but that made me gag. In this episode, the scenario seemed somewhat implausible, and the Russian karaoke scenes were too obviously dubbed. The storyline became so ridiculous that they had to break of the fourth wall to escape. Seemed cheap. Rated 5.