Lynx River Revisited: A North of 60 Rewatch Podcast

TV and Eric struggle to understand their respectives places in Lynx River after Vancouver. Michelle and Hannah struggle after losing their home in a fire – was it arson? Melaw and Brie reflect on this season finale and the whole journey of season one.

When TV makes his way to Vancouver chasing a girl and dreams of a southern future, Eric follows, facing his own past in the city at the same time. As TV tries to survive Vancouver's cut-throat Downtown East Side, both he and Eric must battle with what it means to belong and to be home. Brie and Melaw discuss the vulnerabilities of Indigenous youth from the North chasing dreams down south – and how much the camera loves a young Adam Beach, who guest stars.

Rosie and Leon have a beautiful wedding that isn't without its drama. Joe Gomba and Leon have a sleepover. TV, Harris and Jerry are all eyeing up the new student nurse, Leslie, who has eyes on Eric. Melaw and Brie are here for every tiny bit of the drama and the Dene love story – but can't wait to see the back of Lynx River's most annoying student nurse.

When tragedy strikes Lynx River due to bootlegging, the town takes justice into its own hands. Eric and Michelle struggle to investigate as we are all left wondering: Who shot Albert?

Brie and Melaw tackle the most daring episode of North of 60 yet as Michelle has to confront a nun who abused her at residential school. Eric's son, Andy, visits as he struggles to adapt to his parents' divorce. Content warning – covers the legacy and impact of residential school abuse.

Melaw and Brie lose their minds with an episode that sees Michelle's first swoon-worthy romantic encounter. Guest-starring Graham Greene (Rest in Power), this episode explores historic injustices against Indigenous political activists in the United States. The B plot sees Sarah and Eric trying to help Joe Gomba to eat more vegetarian food – a plot that hasn't aged quite as well.

The focus this week is on Peter and accusations that he misappropriated band funding and cheated on Ellen at a recent Assembly of First Nations conference down south. Brie and Melaw discuss how a storyline about band by-laws, receipts and expense reports was riveting – and whether the axe in the desk is one of the best cold opens of all time.

Revenge porn and teenage addiction issues take centre stage this week as Michelle has to confront her own demons watching Donna struggle to stay housed. Meanwhile, TV threatens to broadcast a peeping tom video of Eric and Sarah to get revenge. It's a wild ride for Brie and Melaw as we zigzag between the two plotlines. Join us!

Peter's wife Ellen doesn't want to go to Yellowknife to give birth, causing Sarah to freak out that she is making a huge mistake. Harris and Jerry scheme up a joint venture local birthing centre. Melaw, Brie and Heather discuss one of the most relevant and touching episodes to date.

Eric's family finally come and visit and Michelle becomes obsessed with catching a local poacher harvesting meat disrespectfully. (Melaw and Brie don't like Lindy but they do love to see Michelle in action.) Northern Reflections finally gets its uncredited role as the fashion brand of the whole show.

The whole community is rocked as visiting US military pilots assault a Lynx River community member. Brie and Melaw examine this episode that swung really big tackling a super tough subject and ask if they got it right.

It's TREATY DAY! Does five bucks still get you a slush? Michelle and Hannah get a surprise visitor, while Melaw and Brie get emotional over the cameos of their Fort Simpson schoolmates who get the people on the floor at the drum dance. Eric and Sarah finally cash in on their building chemistry.

Melaw and Brie welcome Inuk anthropologist Letitia Pokiak to discuss this episode that sees Albert Golo bartering a missing hunter's remains for his own grandparents, who are held by a museum in Manitoba. Hannah deals with some bullying and we see some sick rabbit hunting in leather jackets.

Sarah's ex-boyfriend returns to propose and the GNWT wants to build a road to Lynx River. Brie and Melaw discuss what could quite possibly be the WORST episode of North of 60 ever - and they love every minute of it.

Brie, Melaw and her dad Jim discuss the show's first real deep dive into the community and its challenges, particularly around alcohol addiction and bootlegging. Jim serves us a deadly Dene Zhatie word of the day and tells us some of the true stories around caribou in the Dehcho that the show adapted for its purposes.

Melaw and Brie look at Eric's arrival into Lynx River and our first glimpse of the North of 60 characters we know and love. Thirty years after this show first aired, are we still on the cusp of a new era of Indigenous governance in northern Canada? Watch along by finding North of 60 on APTN+, Amazon Prime or YouTube.

Introducing Lynx River Revisited! The podcast that revisits the trailblazing Indigenous drama North of 60, episode by episode, and asks why it is still relevant today. Hosts Melaw Nakehk'o and Brie O'Keefe dig into their own childhoods growing up in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories to dissect what they got right, what they got wrong, and why Tina Keeper looks so incredible in Levi's jeans.