Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Fear Itself
TV Flash files “Fear Itself” as hour 99 of 150 in the TV Flash guide — Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998) on CBS, season 4, episode 25, aired 1996-04-27, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E25: listed hour 99 of 150 in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide, hour 25 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1996-04-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Last Chance” (S04E24). Next is “One Nation” (S04E26).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The residents of Colorado Springs welcome an artist until they discover she carries a disease, causing Dr. Mike to face her own fears.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fear Itself sit in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide?
S04E25 is listed hour 99 of 150 — hour 25 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 25.
When did Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S04E25 air?
Fear Itself aired 1996-04-27 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…