Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Season 1
18 listed hours · 1993–1998 · CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998) on CBS as the first listed season of 6 — 18 listed hours, 1993-01-01–1993-05-22 from “Pilot (1)” (S01E01) to “Portraits” (S01E18). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Pilot (1)
Pilot, part one: Boston doctor vs. a Colorado town that wanted her gone — Jane Seymour already the myth's center.
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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.
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