7.6/10130 votes#1 - The Train
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1994
Sully argues with Mike that they should move if the railroad comes. Meanwhile, Matthew feels left-out of Sully's new homestead plans.
Director: N/A
Writer: Toni Graphia, Josef Anderson
7.7/10122 votes#2 - Fathers and Sons
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1994
Loren plans a trip to Bolivia to prove he is not getting old; Brian seeks to prove his courage by camping out alone. The two become inadvertent allies as they battle the advances of a hungry bear. Also, Jake and Hank's practical jokes get out of hand, culminating in injuries to them both, until they agree to make up
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Josef Anderson
7.6/10145 votes#3 - The Cattle Drive (1)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1994
Mike receives a telegram from Miss Olive - she's ill - but when she, family and friends arrive in Mexico, Miss Olive's already passed away and left 200 cattle to Matthew. Now they must get the herd back home. Colleen gets a crush on a handsome ne'er do well cowhand named Jesse, only to be robbed and deserted by him.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
7.7/10144 votes#4 - The Cattle Drive (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1994
Matthew and Sully quarrel over the route of the cattle drive.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
7.7/10125 votes#5 - The Library
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1994
Mike tangles with the usually benevolent Reverend when she donates books to the town and he tries to ban them, ultimately burning some of them until Mike brings him to his senses. Also, Brian, influenced by Twain's ""The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County,"" stages a frog-jumping contest with disappointing results.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz
7.5/10139 votes#6 - Halloween II
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1994
Mike helps John, a man Brian finds in the woods, deal with outer and inner scars when she operates on his maimed face and helps him deal with his guilt about the train wreck that caused his disfigurement - as conductor of the train, he feels somehow responsible for the accidental crash. Meanwhile, the townsfolk are up in arms when they get wind that Mike's doing ""secret"" operations - and possibly creating Frankenstein's monster. John: Richard Moll
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10130 votes#7 - A Washington Affair (1)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1994
Mike, Sully, and Cloud Dancing head to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians.
Director: N/A
Writer: Josef Anderson
7.5/10123 votes#8 - A Washington Affair (2)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1994
Sully is imprisoned when he accompanies Dr. Mike and Cloud Dancing to Washington to lobby on behalf of the Cheyenne.
Director: N/A
Writer: Josef Anderson
7.9/10116 votes#9 - Money Trouble
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1994
Mike and Sully battle money issues when Sully wants to be the primary provider and Mike wants to combine their incomes - in the end, it's Sully who comes around. Also, Myra becomes a sleepwalker, driving Horace crazy, but happily, the sleepwalking turns out merely to be a symptom of Myra's pregnancy.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
7.8/10131 votes#10 - Thanksgiving
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1994
Mike and Sully run into now-married Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but the coach is hijacked, forcing them to journey home, on foot, through Indian country. Also, the Cooper kids scramble to put Thanksgiving supper together. Kid Cole: Johnny Cash. Sister Ruth: June Carter Cash.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: Josef Anderson
7.6/10127 votes#11 - Ladies' Night (1)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1994
Mike discovers a lump in Dorothy's breast and performs a mastectomy on her. Meanwhile, Colleen must deal with the unwanted attention of a new boy at school who fixates on her impressive bust. Finally, Jake, dressed in drag for Ladies Night at Hank's saloon, gets kidnapped and held hostage by an amorous outlaw, but escapes.
Director: N/A
Writer: Josef Anderson
7.8/10125 votes#12 - Ladies' Night (2)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1994
Dorothy insists the decision to have surgery is hers, not Mike's; Colleen finds the harassment unbearable.
Director: N/A
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.4/10134 votes#13 - A First Christmas
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1994
Mike intervenes in their behalf when a Jewish peddler family arrives in town and is met with prejudice and harassment from townsfolk. Also, Matthew masquerades as Santa Claus for Brian. Guest star: Trisha Yearwood
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: William Schmidt
7.7/10127 votes#14 - The Indian Agent
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1995
Sully takes a job as an Indian Agent, only to discover corruption's rife within the system. Meanwhile, liquor arrives on the reservation, and Snow Bird miscarries due to malnutrition.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: William Schmidt
7.7/10125 votes#15 - The End of the World
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1995
Mike remains the sole voice of reason when townsfolk read a newspaper article predicting that a comet will end the world. Also, Mike addresses the Cooper kids' fears about ""the end."" Hank and Loren cash in on hysteria.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz
7.6/10127 votes#16 - Pike's Peace
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1995
Mike learns some patients are beyond help when she climbs Pike's Peak to follow a woman who's chosen to die in its rarified air rather than continue to battle leukemia; Grace deals with her jealousy of Myra's pregnancy. Colleen delivers Myra's baby in Mike's absence, ushering in a new life for the one lost. Sam Lindsay: Eve Brenner
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
8.0/10114 votes#17 - Cooper vs. Quinn (1)
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1995
Mike loses custody of Brian and Colleen when their father, Ethan Cooper, arrives with new bride Lillian and reclaims them in a messy courtroom battle. Also, Myra and Horace are almost driven out of their minds by new baby Samantha's incessant crying.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
8.3/10121 votes#18 - Cooper vs. Quinn (2)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1995
Brian and Colleen run away from Ethan and Lillian, and Colleen contracts potentially lethal pneumonia, which, upon the kids apprehension, Mike treats. Also, surprisingly, Hank's the only person who can quiet Samantha, Myra and Horace's eternally crying baby.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
8.0/10119 votes#19 - What is Love?
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1995
Brian's homework assignment, an essay entitled, ""What Is Love?"" to be written in honor of Valentine's day, coincides with Dorothy and the town's production of ""Romeo and Juliet."" Also, Becky and Colleen compete to play Juliet, Dorothy and Jake split up, and Sully gives Mike an engagement ring.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carl Binder
7.5/10121 votes#20 - Things My Father Never Taught Me
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1995
Mike volunteers Robert E's services to fix a steam engine for the railroad, but whether Robert E can do it remains in question until the job is completed. Also, Mike solves a medical puzzle when two Chinese railroad workers, the Chang brothers, fall strangely ill. Jackson Tait: Allan Royal. Peter Chow: Eric Michael Zee.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: N/A
6.8/10124 votes#21 - Baby Outlaws
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1995
When teen-outlaw Belle Starr robs the saloon, Mike takes her in, intending to reform her; Colleen overcomes her fear of riding. Belle Starr: Melissa Clayton.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10132 votes#22 - Bone of Contention
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/1995
A paleontologist arrives in town, igniting ""bone fever"" among the townsfolk when he announces that dinosaur bones are worth money. Meanwhile, Matthew and Colleen try to prevent Brian from discovering that the ""dinosaur"" bone given him by his pa is fake.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Danna Doyle
7.0/10126 votes#23 - Permanence of Change
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 4/8/1995
With no child-protection laws, and influenced by Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, Mike has a girl removed from her ""guardian"" by taking the man to court and trying him for animal abuse. Mary Ann: Doren Fein.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Carl Binder
8.0/10132 votes#24 - Washita (1)
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/1995
Mike and Sully arrive too late to avert Custer's slaughter of the Indians at the Washita River; Brian befriends an Indian boy destined to die at Washita; Robert E & Grace attempt to adopt an Indian baby whose mother was killed at Washita. No Harm Comes To Him: Sean Price-McConnell.
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
8.3/10134 votes#25 - Washita (2)
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/29/1995
Sully and the kids must help Mike deal with the emotional aftermath of the Washita massacre; Robert E and Grace must return to Cloud Dancing the Indian baby Mike and Sully brought back from Washita
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3
Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3!
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.
Genres:WesternDrama
Network:CBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Train" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Toni Graphia, Josef Anderson, it aired on 9/24/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fathers and Sons".