Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Bone of Contention
TV Flash files “Bone of Contention” as hour 67 of 150 in the TV Flash guide — Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998) on CBS, season 3, episode 22, aired 1995-03-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 67 of 150 in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide, hour 22 of 29 in season 3. It aired 1995-03-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Baby Outlaws” (S03E21). Next is “Permanence of Change” (S03E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Dr. Mike and Sully try to stop a paleontologist who is digging up Cheyenne burial sites while searching for dinosaur bones.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bone of Contention sit in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide?
S03E22 is listed hour 67 of 150 — hour 22 of 29 in season 3, season 3 episode 22.
When did Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S03E22 air?
Bone of Contention aired 1995-03-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it a hard western?
Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt: a woman doctor against a town that wanted her gone, dust and soap included, not revisionist grit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A Boston doctor on the Colorado frontier: Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt and a lot of dust. Jane Seymour argues medicine against a town that wanted her gone, then stay for Sully. A western that puts a woman at the myth’s center — soapy, sturdy, a quiet ratings machine built on competence.
In medias res on a Colorado street: a Boston physician building a practice in 1860s Colorado Springs, clashing with prejudice, falling for a mountain man — woman doctor on the frontier as Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt and a lot of dust. Beth Sullivan created the CBS series (1993–1998). Jane Seymour's Michaela Quinn became the face of family-hour prestige-lite, opposite Joe Lando's Sully and a Cooper-kid household. Max can keep his grit-branded western windows; this is a Saturday that put a woman…
Filed against
- Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn
Jane Seymour’s Dr. Michaela Quinn argued medicine against a Colorado town that wanted her gone — Saturday family drama, 1990s dust, a western with a woman at the myth’s center, then stay for Sully. Soapy, sturdy, a quiet ratings machine.…
- Joe Lando as Byron Sully
Joe Lando’s Byron Sully was the frontier gravity on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt, a lot of dust, and Jane Seymour arguing medicine against a town that wanted her gone. Then stay for Sully. TV…
- Chad Allen as Matthew Cooper
Chad Allen played Matthew Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — a Boston doctor on the Colorado frontier, Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt and a lot of dust. Jane Seymour argues medicine against a town that wanted her gone;…
- Erika Flores as Colleen Cooper
Erika Flores rode the Colorado frontier as Colleen Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Saturday family drama, a Boston doctor versus a town that wanted her gone, and a child who made the myth look like a household. TV Flash files her as…
- Jessica Bowman as Colleen Cooper
Jessica Bowman’s Colleen Cooper grew up inside Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman’s Colorado dust — Saturday family drama, a Boston doctor arguing medicine against a town, Sully as the stay, a western with a woman at the myth’s center. TV Flash…
- Shawn Toovey as Brian Cooper
Shawn Toovey's Brian Cooper grew up on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Colorado-frontier kid weather — a Boston doctor arguing medicine against a town that wanted her gone, Jane Seymour, Saturday family drama with a progressive tilt and a…