Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Moment of Truth (2)
TV Flash files “Moment of Truth (2)” as the last listed hour of season 5 — Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998) on CBS, season 5, episode 26, aired 1997-05-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E26: listed hour 128 of 150 in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1997-05-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Moment of Truth (1)” (S05E25). Next is “Reason to Believe” (S06E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Sgt. McKay holds Sully responsible for the Dog Soldiers' attacks, he and Cloud Dancing escape to safer American Indian lands.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Moment of Truth (2) sit in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman guide?
S05E26 is listed hour 128 of 150 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 26.
When did Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S05E26 air?
Moment of Truth (2) aired 1997-05-17 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…