Episode guide
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
150 episodes · 6 seasons · 1993–1998 · CBS
Season
Season 1
18 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot (1) After her father dies, Mike leaves Boston for Colorado Springs, where she sets up practice and adopts three orphans.
- S01E02 Pilot (2)
Pilot (2) — Season 1, Episode 2 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Aired 1993-01-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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S01E03 Epidemic While trying to stave off an influenza epidemic, Dr. Mike falls prey to the deadly virus, leaving the town in jeopardy.
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S01E04 The Visitor Dr. Mike's disapproving mother visits from Boston and finds her daughter's unconventional life on the frontier difficult to accept.
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S01E05 Law Of The Land Dr. Mike hires a retired gunslinger as sheriff to save the life of an orphaned immigrant who stole a cow to feed his starving family.
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S01E06 The Healing A bitter Loren, who blames Sully for his daughter's death, tries to repossess Dr. Mike's cabin when he learns he still owns the deed.
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S01E07 Father's Day Dr. Mike is suspicious when Charlotte's husband returns to the children he abandoned and tries to convince the town that he has changed.
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S01E08 Bad Water Dr. Mike threatens a wealthy mining baron when mercury from his mine contaminates the town's water supply and causes illness in the community.
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S01E09 The Great American Medicine Show When a medicine-show man arrives in town, selling an elixir he claims will cure anything, Dr. Mike becomes determined to prove him a fraud.
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S01E10 A Cowboy's Lullaby A thieving cowhand rides into town and quickly disappears after robbing Loren's store and leaving his sick baby with Dr. Mike.
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S01E11 Running Ghost When Sully is beaten and left for dead by skinners who are slaughtering buffalo, Dr. Mike fears he may be paralyzed.
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S01E12 The Prisoner After Gen. Custer injures Cloud Dancing and sentences him to hang, Dr. Mike and Sully orchestrate his escape.
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S01E13 Happy Birthday A lonely Dr. Mike believes the whole town feels sorry for her as she prepares to celebrate another birthday as an unmarried woman.
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S01E14 Rite Of Passage Dr. Mike is at odds with Matthew when he announces his decision to forgo a university education and marry Ingrid.
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S01E15 Heroes Influenced by romance novels, Colleen develops a crush on Sully and endangers her life when she sets up a situation in which he must rescue her.
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S01E16 The Operation Dr. Mike is forced to operate on Brian after he suffers a severe head injury; the townspeople argue over the construction of a new school.
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S01E17 The Secret When one of Dr. Mike's patients dies and leaves behind an illegitimate child, Hank is forced to admit he is the boy's father.
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S01E18 Portraits When a famous Civil War photographer arrives to take a town portrait, he is delayed by bickering, and Dr. Mike discovers he is going blind.
Season
Season 2
27 episodes
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S02E01 The Race Rules forbid Mike from entering her horse in an important race; Brian faces discrimination in a cooking contest.
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S02E02 Sanctuary Dr. Mike must use medical evidence to prove Loren's sister-in-law did not murder her abusive husband.
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S02E03 Halloween It's Halloween and the residents of town are getting spooked by a vision of a man who mysteriously appears and disappears in various parts of town. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike receives a visit from Sully's deceased wife that causes her to rethink her relationship with him, and after talking with some friends at school, Brian starts to suspect that Dorothy is a witch.
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S02E04 The Incident When Jake is accused of killing a Cheyenne, the divided town depends on Sully's peacemaking ability to avoid retribution.
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S02E05 Saving Souls Dr. Mike clashes with a faith healer over the necessity of Kid Cole's treatment; Robert E and Grace encounter problems when they plan to marry.
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S02E06 Where the Heart Is (1) In Boston to care for her ailing mother, Mike meets a doctor; Sully follows, wondering whether he should fight to win her.
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S02E07 Where the Heart Is (2) Michaela "Mike" Quinn heads back to Boston upon word that her mother is seriously ill, and Sully's arrival causes a stir in Boston, where Mike is feeling at home.
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S02E08 Giving Thanks When Colorado Springs is hit by a severe drought, Jake and Loren put the townspeople in danger by stealing water from the Cheyenne.
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S02E09 Best Friends On the eve of the Sweethearts Dance, Mike sees Sully with Dorothy, and Colleen is accused of stealing a friend's boyfriend.
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S02E10 Sully's Choice When a misunderstanding leads the cavalry to place a bounty on Sully, Matthew, Colleen and Brian hide their injured friend.
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S02E11 "Mike's Dream: A Christmas Tale" While caring for a pregnant woman on Christmas Eve, Dr. Mike is visited by the spirit of Charlotte Cooper.
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S02E12 Crossing the Line A cave-in traps Matthew, bringing Sully to the rescue; Loren refuses credit to strikers, prompting a boycott of his store.
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S02E13 The Offering Mike feels responsible for typhus transmitted to the Cheyenne through government-issued blankets she urged them to accept.
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S02E14 The Circus When a woman brings her traveling circus to Colorado Springs, both Matthew and Dr. Mike try to help her self-conscious daughter.
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S02E15 Another Woman Mike's patient, a woman wounded during a massacre, falls for Sully; Loren thinks Dorothy is seeing more of Jake than him.
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S02E16 The Orphan Train Matthew, Colleen and Brian feel neglected when Dr. Mike and the Rev. Johnson search for families that will adopt orphans.
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S02E17 Buffalo Soldiers Sully and Michaela scout for information that will prevent further bloodshed when the Buffalo Soldiers arrive to confront renegade Indians.
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S02E18 Luck of the Draw Dr. Mike and Sully try to dissuade Matthew when a slick card shark teaches him to gamble and he believes he's found an easy way to make money.
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S02E19 Life and Death Dr. Mike clashes with Dorothy when she acts to protect her family from her friend's desperate son, who is addicted to morphine.
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S02E20 The First Circle A Denver banker brings the Ku Klux Klan to Colorado Springs to find new members and force Robert E to leave his home.
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S02E21 Just One Lullaby Mike suspects the new teacher, a good friend, abuses students; the Rev. Johnson is torn by feelings for the woman.
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S02E22 The Abduction (1) Blaming Mike for leading Custer's troops to them, renegade Indian soldiers abduct her; Sully vows to find her before she is killed.
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S02E23 The Abduction (2) Michaela is kidnapped by the dog soldiers, and Sully vows to find her before she is killed.
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S02E24 The Campaign Mike's mayoral candidacy sparks a debate on women's rights; Myra is assaulted by a customer Hank wanted her to entertain.
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S02E25 The Man in the Moon Hank, distraught at Myra's decision to leave the business, gets drunk. In his rage he shoots up the town, and winds up under Dr Mike's care in a coma.
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S02E26 Return Engagement (1) Mike's ex-fiance, whom she thought died in battle, comes to town forcing her to choose between him and Sully.
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S02E27 Return Engagement (2) When Mike discovers that a visiting naturalist is actually her former fiancé, a man she believed to have died in the war, she is forced to choose between him and Sully.
Season
Season 3
29 episodes
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S03E01 The Train Dr. Mike and Sully disagree over the changes the railroad will bring to Colorado Springs.
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S03E02 Fathers and Sons Loren plans a trip to Bolivia to prove he is not getting old; Brian seeks to prove his courage by camping out alone.
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S03E03 The Cattle Drive (1) Matthew inherits a herd of cattle after Olive dies, and the townspeople help him drive the herd to Colorado Springs.
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S03E04 The Cattle Drive (2) Matthew ignores Sully's advice about the land as he tries to prove his worth as a trail boss, but his inexperience endangers the lives of all those around him and leads to a stampede in which cattle are lost.
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S03E05 The Library Mike donates her father's book collection to start the town library, touching off a furor over censorship.
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S03E06 Halloween II Dr. Mike performs experimental reconstructive surgery on a disfigured man.
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S03E07 A Washington Affair (1) Mike, Sully and Cloud Dancing head to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians; Sully is jailed as a deserter; assassins target President Grant; Mike's life is endangered.
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S03E08 A Washington Affair (2) In Washington, Dr Mike and Sully struggle to find anyone who'll listen to them. Michaela tries to break Sully out of jail, after he's arrested for army desertion, and expose a conspiracy against the president.
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S03E09 Money Trouble Mike's offer to pay for supplies needed to finish the new house threatens Sully's pride; Myra and Horace consult Mike about Myra's sleepwalking.
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S03E10 Thanksgiving Mike feels responsible for friends who were robbed on the Denver stagecoach; the kids prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
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S03E11 Ladies' Night (1) Dorothy ignores Mike's advice after finding a lump in her breast; maturing Colleen endures ridicule from boys.
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S03E12 Ladies' Night (2) Dorothy insists the decision to have surgery is hers, not Mike's; Colleen finds the harassment unbearable.
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S03E13 A First Christmas When an immigrant Jewish family arrives in Colorado Springs just before Christmas, the residents of town start to question what having the Christmas spirit means to them.
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S03E14 The Indian Agent Appointed by the government to represent Indian rights, Sully learns his supervisor is selling goods intended for the Cheyenne to local merchants.
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S03E15 The End of the World The townspeople spend what they believe will be their last days on Earth in a state of panic after a newspaper reports that a deadly comet is coming.
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S03E16 Pike's Peace Mike meets a kindred soul in an older woman who comes to climb Pikes Peak; Grace deals with her jealousy of Myra's pregnancy.
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S03E17 Cooper vs. Quinn (1) Mike and Sully attempt to adopt Brian and Colleen, but the arrival of their birth father and his wife complicates their plans.
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S03E18 Cooper vs. Quinn (2) Brian and Colleen flee so their father won't be able to take them away from Dr Mike and Sully. Dr Mike realises she has to let them go after they're discovered and Colleen has pneumonia.
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S03E19 What is Love? Passions explode when the townspeople start casting a production of "Romeo and Juliet"; Dr. Mike and Sully try to plan a day alone.
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S03E20 Things My Father Never Gave Me Mike's faith in Robert E. leads her to recommend him for the dangerous job of repairing a steam engine.
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S03E21 Baby Outlaws After the visiting Belle Starr gets into a bar fight, she stays with Dr. Mike and disrupts her peaceful home life.
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S03E22 Bone of Contention Dr. Mike and Sully try to stop a paleontologist who is digging up Cheyenne burial sites while searching for dinosaur bones.
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S03E23 Permanence of Change Substitute instructor Mike gets in trouble for teaching evolution theory; Mike takes an abused girl under her wing.
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S03E24 Washita (1) Mike and Sully arrive too late to avert Custer's slaughter of the Cheyenne Indians.
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S03E25 Washita (2) Sully and the kids try to help Mike deal with the emotional aftermath of the Washita massacre.
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S03E26 Sully's Recovery Sully must overcome his spiritual crisis in order to save Loren, who has been critically injured in the wilderness.
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S03E27 Ready or Not Dr. Mike and Sully remember the events that have marked their love affair and have second thoughts about their impending nuptials (featuring past episodes).
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S03E28 For Better or Worse (1) Dr. Mike's mother and sisters arrive with elaborate wedding plans; Gen. Custer places a bounty on Cloud Dancing, Sully's best man.
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S03E29 For Better or Worse (2) The arrival of the railroad brings surprises for Dr Mike and Sully's wedding day.
Season
Season 4
28 episodes
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S04E01 A New Life Dr. Mike and Sully's return from their honeymoon is marred by the arrival of a greedy banker and Cloud Dancing's hatred of the reservation.
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S04E02 Traveling All-Stars Baseball fever hits town when an all-star team arrives; the townspeople agree to split profits from a match with the traveling challengers.
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S04E03 Mothers and Daughters Mike becomes more absorbed in her new role as wife; rebellious Colleen joins schoolmates for dangerous and questionable escapades
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S04E04 Brother's Keeper Matthew's fiancee, Ingrid, is making final wedding plans when she is attacked by Brian's rabid dog and becomes gravely ill.
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S04E05 Halloween III Though an elderly patient believes the springs are helping him, Dr. Mike knows his improvements are psychological; Mike wants Sully to play Prince Charming.
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S04E06 Dorothy's Book Dorothy Jennings' book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.
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S04E07 Promises, Promises Loren proposes to Dorothy but has a stroke before she can answer; an old friend wants Sully to come to the gold fields.
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S04E08 The Expedition (1) Dr. Mike celebrates her birthday by climbing Pikes Peak with Dorothy, Grace and Myra, but ends up injured and alone when her companions turn back.
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S04E09 The Expedition (2) On her birthday, Dr Mike winds up injured and alone on Pike Peak after Dorothy, Grace, and Myra turn back on a celebratory climb. Preston decides to build a casino back in town.
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S04E10 One Touch of Nature Dr. Mike fears she is unable to have a child because of her age; the townspeople debate sharing their feast with the Cheyenne on the reservation.
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S04E11 Hell on Wheels Dr. Mike finds a heartbroken and self-destructive Matthew courting danger in a plague-ridden town.
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S04E12 Fifi's First Christmas Dr. Mike gets a mischievous poodle; Brian is smitten with a new girl in town; the Rev. Johnson recruits folk for a Nativity pageant.
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S04E13 Change of Heart Robert E wants to adopt a sick boy, but Grace is hesitant about becoming attached; Dr. Mike struggles to diagnose the child.
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S04E14 Tin Star Matthew becomes sheriff of Colorado Springs, and his first challenge is a confrontation with an infamous gunslinger.
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S04E15 If You Love Someone Matthew's grief finally gives way to a new romance, but his heart goes to a woman working for Hank in the brothel.
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S04E16 The Ice Man Cometh During Dr. Mike's absence, the residents of Colorado Springs become prey to a con man.
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S04E17 Dead or Alive (1) Sully leads the rescue when a boy is kidnapped by a mountain man; Dr. Mike's pregnancy is in danger when she does not take care of herself.
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S04E18 Dead or Alive (2) Sully leaves the unruly rescue party to hunt for Matthew on his own; Dr. Mike's least favorite physician takes over her practice.
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S04E19 Deal with the Devil When the Rev. Johnson finds his former mentor plans a visit, he borrows money from Hank to fix up his ramshackle church.
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S04E20 Eye for an Eye Capital punishment divides Colorado Springs when a man convicted of rape and murder is sentenced to die.
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S04E21 Hearts and Minds Cloud Dancing sees a reservation school as fatal to Indian culture; bankers stonewall Dorothy's loan request.
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S04E22 Reunion Dr. Mike's joyful reunion with a college friend soon turns competitive; Dorothy struggles with a new press.
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S04E23 Woman of the Year After being nominated for Colorado's Woman of the Year, Dr. Mike finds it nearly impossible to live up to everyone's expectations.
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S04E24 Last Chance A renegade stabs Cloud Dancing, and Emma has a tumor, so Mike cannot slow down before the baby is born.
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S04E25 Fear Itself The residents of Colorado Springs welcome an artist until they discover she carries a disease, causing Dr. Mike to face her own fears.
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S04E26 One Nation Cloud Dancing claims responsibility when a young soldier is inadvertently shot during a fight between the Army and the American Indians.
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S04E27 When a Child is Born (1) Dr. Mike prepares for the birth of her baby; Sully is hurt while trying to rescue Cloud Dancing and others from Sgt. O'Connor and his patrol.
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S04E28 When a Child is Born (2) Cloud Dancing leads pregnant Dr. Mike through the wilderness to Sully; Dr. Cook is forced to perform a major operation.
Season
Season 5
26 episodes
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S05E01 Runaway Train Robbers wreck a train carrying Sully and Cloud Dancing; Andrew is reluctant to return the practice to Dr. Mike.
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S05E02 Having It All Dr. Mike finds the stresses of being a wife, mother and career woman too much and contemplates turning her practice over to Dr. Cook.
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S05E03 Malpractice A malpractice suit prevents Dr. Mike from practicing medicine, leaving the reluctant Dr. Cook in charge.
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S05E04 All That Glitters The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead.
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S05E05 Los Americanos A Latin American woman rebuffs Dr. Mike's attempts at friendship; the Rev. Johnson searches for a teacher to take his place.
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S05E06 Last Dance Sully gets an offer to survey the newly created Yellowstone National Park; Brian's first date; Dorothy teaches Cloud Dancing ballroom steps.
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S05E07 Right or Wrong Jake and Preston each want Mike's mayoral endorsement, until she is jailed for treating a fugitive Indian.
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S05E08 Remember Me When a sick, old prospector wanders into town, Dr. Mike takes it upon herself to help reunite him with his family before it's too late after she tends to his ailments, one of which is the onset of dementia. However, she is unaware that Jake is the old man's son and he abandoned his family when Jake was still a child. After Brian announces that the prospector found a large nugget of gold nearby, Mr. Bray, Horace, and Hank catch gold fever.
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S05E09 Legend Dr. Mike, Sully and Matthew team up with a legendary marshal in order to nab the thieves who wounded Matthew during a bank robbery.
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S05E10 The Tempest A severe storm bears down on Colorado Springs, disrupting the arrival of Preston Lodge II and Dr. Mike's attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner.
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S05E11 Separate But Equal Robert E. and Brian try to enroll Anthony in the all-white school; Jake and Hank open a hotel to rival Preston's.
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S05E12 A Place to Die Dr. Mike's practice is in jeopardy when her patients begin dying of a mysterious infection apparently contracted at the clinic.
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S05E13 Season of Miracles As Christmas approaches, Brian questions his faith when he learns that Dr. Mike cannot save the Rev. Johnson's sight.
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S05E14 The Dam In a case of mistaken motivation, a judge sends Sully to prison after he is spotted with criminals bent on stopping the construction of a dam.
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S05E15 Farewell Appearance Dr. Mike's Uncle Theodore, a concert pianist, sees in Brian not only a talented musician, but his own dead son.
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S05E16 The Most Fatal Disease Kid Cole and Sister Ruth visit Dr. Mike at a difficult time in their marriage.
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S05E17 Colleen's Paper Dr. Mike and Colleen recall past cases as part of a college course Colleen is taking; Andrew is overcome by a mysterious ailment. Features clips from previous episodes.
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S05E18 Between Friends (1) Sully's wealthy friend Daniel falls for Mike and humiliates Sully with an offer of financial help.
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S05E19 Between Friends (2) Sully is humiliated when his wealthy friend develops feelings for Mike, and presents them with an offer of financial help.
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S05E20 Hostage Despite being wounded by two bank robbers, Sully works to free his wife, Brian and Katie when they are taken hostage by the desperate men.
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S05E21 The Body Electric Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle.
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S05E22 Before The Dawn Horace attempts suicide after his wife leaves him, prompting Dr. Mike to send for her and their young daughter.
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S05E23 Starting Over Dr. Mike is shocked by her sister's liberal behavior and open relationship with Loren Bray after she joins the women's suffrage movement.
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S05E24 His Father's Son When Brian's irresponsible behavior puts the town in danger, Sully must step in and begin acting like a real father to the boy.
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S05E25 Moment of Truth (1) Defying government orders, Sully becomes a wanted man after he enters an American Indian reservation and helps Cloud Dancing escape.
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S05E26 Moment of Truth (2) When Sgt. McKay holds Sully responsible for the Dog Soldiers' attacks, he and Cloud Dancing escape to safer American Indian lands.
Season
Season 6
22 episodes
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S06E01 Reason to Believe Daniel Simon and Dr. Mike search for Sully, who is dying in the wilderness from injuries suffered when he fled the Cavalry.
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S06E02 All That Matters Dr. Mike keeps Sully's whereabouts a secret as she tries to help him recover from his wounds.
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S06E03 A Matter of Conscience Hank, believing Sully and Cloud Dancing to be the instigators of the American Indian raids, declares himself sheriff and sets off to capture them.
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S06E04 The Comfort of Friends With Sully still in hiding, Dr. Mike worries that she may be pregnant again, a secret that spreads quickly throughout the town.
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S06E05 Wave Goodbye Dr. Mike is shocked when a Russian princess convinces the townsfolk she is a seer with ties to the spirit world
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S06E06 A Place Called Home Grace and Robert E.'s adopted son may not survive; fugitive Sully works for peace and learns of Mike's miscarriage.
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S06E07 Lead Me Not Mike's sister Marjorie is a temperance crusader; Sully and Cloud Dancing try reasoning with Black Moon.
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S06E08 A Time to Heal (1) Mike sends the children to Sully's hideout, but her visiting family refuses to leave diphtheria-ravaged Colorado Springs.
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S06E09 A Time to Heal (2) Dr. Mike tries to protect her family from a diphtheria epidemic, but her mother and two sisters refuse to leave town.
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S06E10 Civil Wars Matthew's legal studies lead to a flurry of lawsuits after Horace seeks restitution from Hank for accidentally breaking his nose.
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S06E11 Safe Passage An Indian-hater determines to thwart a treaty that would allow Black Cloud's warriors safe passage and let Sully come home.
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S06E12 The Homecoming Returning from the reservation, Dr. Mike and Sully hope to make it home for Christmas, but are waylaid when they help a young couple lost in the wilderness.
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S06E13 Point Blank Sully and the townsfolk worry about Dr. Mike when she begins having recurring nightmares after being shot by a man with a hatred of doctors.
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S06E14 Seeds of Doubt Dr. Mike's dislike of Colleen's charming but rather aggressive boyfriend is validated when Andrew has to protect Colleen from abuse.
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S06E15 Seven Kinds of Lonely Dr. Mike tries to prevent grief-stricken Loren from moving away; the town prepares for the "Sweethearts Dance."
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S06E16 Life in the Balance Dr. Quinn befriends a young Chinese woman who must pretend to be a man so she can practice medicine.
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S06E17 Happily Ever After Teresa's aunt tries to stop her from marrying Jake; Dorothy wants to free Cloud Dancing and run away with him.
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S06E18 Birdman Dr. Mike learns that a strange but seemingly harmless man whom Brian has befriended is actually an escapee from an insane asylum.
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S06E19 Vengeance Matthew defends lawman Elias Burch against charges that he murdered an unarmed ex-con.
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S06E20 To Have and to Hold Mike and Sully reminisce about ups and downs of their relationship when a head injury forces Mike to stay awake or risk a coma. * Another flashback episode featuring clips from past episodes.
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S06E21 The Fight After the death of his son and the breakup of his marriage, furious Robert E. fights a visiting boxing champion.
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S06E22 A New Beginning Medical student Colleen accepts Andrew's proposal; Preston offers to buy Jake's share of the Golden Nugget.