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Encyclopedia > Chris Stevens (Northern Exposure)

Chris Stevens is a fictional character in the television series Northern Exposure. He was played by John Corbett. FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Northern Exposure was a quirky, surreal, character-driven American dramatic-comedy television series. ... John Corbett as Aidan Shaw on Sex and the City John Corbett (May 9, 1961 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American actor who has co-starred in two successful television series to date: Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995 and Sex and the City (spanning 20 episodes from 2001...


Fictional Biography

The character Christopher Danforth Stevens was born in Wheeling West Virginia to a traveling salesman. His father spent half his time with Chris and his mother and half with a second family in Oregon; Chris and his half-brother Bernard Stevens, born the same day, knew nothing of each other until they met as the result of a dream thirty years later. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... The traveling salesman problem (TSP), also known as the traveling salesperson problem, is a problem in discrete or combinatorial optimization. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ...


Lacking a steady father figure, Chris grew up a hoodlum. As an adult he experimented with several drugs and was imprisoned for Grand Theft Auto. He learned much from his fellow inmates; when he was paroled in 1986, he was broadly educated in the ways of the world. He travelled to Alaska to seek his fortune and became a DJ at a small radio station in Cicely, Alaska. Father with child For other uses, see Father (disambiguation). ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, Canada is an institution that is part of Corrections Canada. ... for other meanings of Grand Theft Auto, see the Grand Theft Auto disambiguation page. ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the context. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Northern Exposure is also the name of a short series of artic-themed trance music albums mixed by Sasha and John Digweed. ...


Chris's lineage is "short lived," with his father and uncle Roy Bower dying at the ages of 42 and 43, respectively. As such, Chris believes he will die around age forty as well, causing a mid-life crisis on his thirtieth birthday. He lives simply in his Airstream trailer next to a lake where he reads Thoreau and creates sculpture. 1966 Airstream Overlander International Airstream is a brand of recreational vehicle presently manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio. ... Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for Walden, his essay on civil disobedience, and his call for the preservation of wilderness. ...


Function in Script

Chris is perhaps Cicely's most poetic soul, given to reading Walt Whitman, Carl Jung and Maurice Sendak on the air. He is also Cicely's only clergyman, ordained in the "Worldwide Church of Truth and Beauty" when he answered an advertisement in Rolling Stone. He also serves as a figure the citizens look up to for advice. He is relatively calm, much of it based on the teachings of philosophy. But even while he may seem peaceful, Chris did reach a breaking point when his boss, Maurice Minnifield tried adopting him with disastrous results when Maurice became a little too controlling. After one particularly frustrating afternoon with Maurice, Chris politely told his boss to shove it and stormed off to get a drink. Northern Exposure is also the name of a short series of artic-themed trance music albums mixed by Sasha and John Digweed. ... Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) was an American Romantic [] poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. ... Carl Jungs autobiographical work Memories , Dreams, Reflections, Fontana edition Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875, Kesswil, – June 6, 1961, Küsnacht) (IPA: ) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. ... Maurice Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an artist and creator of childrens literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. ... Northern Exposure is also the name of a short series of artic-themed trance music albums mixed by Sasha and John Digweed. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Maurice Minnifield is a fictional character in the television series Northern Exposure. ...


Chris is also self-taught in physics, which he loves to discuss. Physics (from the Greek, (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ...

Northern Exposure
Characters
Joel Fleischman | Maggie O'Connell | Maurice Minnifield | Chris Stevens
Shelly Tambo | Holling Vincoeur | Ed Chigliak | Ruth-Anne Miller | Marilyn Whirlwind
Phil Capra | Michelle Capra
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