Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Colleen's Paper
TV Flash files “Colleen's Paper” as hour 119 of 150 in the TV Flash guide — Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998) on CBS, season 5, episode 17, aired 1997-02-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E17: listed hour 119 of 150 in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide, hour 17 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1997-02-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Most Fatal Disease” (S05E16). Next is “Between Friends (1)” (S05E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Colleen's Paper sit in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide?
S05E17 is listed hour 119 of 150 — hour 17 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 17.
When did Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S05E17 air?
Colleen's Paper aired 1997-02-08 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…