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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!

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Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 1 - The Train
    7.7/10(143 votes)

    #1 - The Train

    S3:E1

    Sully argues with Mike that they should move if the railroad comes. Meanwhile, Matthew feels left-out of Sully's new homestead plans.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writers:Toni Graphia, Josef Anderson

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  2. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 2 - Fathers and Sons
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    #2 - Fathers and Sons

    S3:E2

    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

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  3. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 3 - The Cattle Drive (1)
    7.7/10(160 votes)

    #3 - The Cattle Drive (1)

    S3:E3

    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:Sara Davidson

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  4. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 4 - The Cattle Drive (2)
    7.7/10(157 votes)

    #4 - The Cattle Drive (2)

    S3:E4

    Matthew and Sully quarrel over the route of the cattle drive.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Sara Davidson

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  5. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 5 - The Library
    7.9/10(137 votes)

    #5 - The Library

    S3:E5

    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

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  6. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 6 - Halloween II
    7.6/10(152 votes)

    #6 - Halloween II

    S3:E6

    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:Jerry London
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  7. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 7 - A Washington Affair (1)
    7.6/10(144 votes)

    #7 - A Washington Affair (1)

    S3:E7

    Mike, Sully, and Cloud Dancing head to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  8. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 8 - A Washington Affair (2)
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #8 - A Washington Affair (2)

    S3:E8

    Sully is imprisoned when he accompanies Dr. Mike and Cloud Dancing to Washington to lobby on behalf of the Cheyenne.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  9. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 9 - Money Trouble
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #9 - Money Trouble

    S3:E9

    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:Sara Davidson

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  10. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 10 - Thanksgiving
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    #10 - Thanksgiving

    S3:E10

    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

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  11. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 11 - Ladies' Night (1)
    7.7/10(138 votes)

    #11 - Ladies' Night (1)

    S3:E11

    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:Jerry London
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  12. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 12 - Ladies' Night (2)
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    #12 - Ladies' Night (2)

    S3:E12

    Dorothy insists the decision to have surgery is hers, not Mike's; Colleen finds the harassment unbearable.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  13. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 13 - A First Christmas
    7.5/10(144 votes)

    #13 - A First Christmas

    S3:E13

    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

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  14. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 14 - The Indian Agent
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #14 - The Indian Agent

    S3:E14

    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

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  15. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 15 - The End of the World
    7.9/10(132 votes)

    #15 - The End of the World

    S3:E15

    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

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  16. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 16 - Pike's Peace
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    #16 - Pike's Peace

    S3:E16

    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:Kathryn Ford

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  17. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 17 - Cooper vs. Quinn (1)
    8.1/10(120 votes)

    #17 - Cooper vs. Quinn (1)

    S3:E17

    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:Sara Davidson

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  18. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 18 - Cooper vs. Quinn (2)
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    #18 - Cooper vs. Quinn (2)

    S3:E18

    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:Sara Davidson

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  19. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 19 - What is Love?
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #19 - What is Love?

    S3:E19

    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:Dan Attias
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  20. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 20 - Things My Father Never Taught Me
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #20 - Things My Father Never Taught Me

    S3:E20

    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:D. Brent Mote

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  21. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 21 - Baby Outlaws
    6.9/10(130 votes)

    #21 - Baby Outlaws

    S3:E21

    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:Jerry London
    Writers:Tim Shell, Jennifer Tait

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  22. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 22 - Bone of Contention
    6.9/10(139 votes)

    #22 - Bone of Contention

    S3:E22

    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
    Writers:Danna Doyle, Debbie Smith

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  23. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 23 - Permanence of Change
    7.1/10(132 votes)

    #23 - Permanence of Change

    S3:E23

    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

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  24. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 24 - Washita (1)
    8.1/10(138 votes)

    #24 - Washita (1)

    S3:E24

    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:Kathryn Ford

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  25. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 3 Episode 25 - Washita (2)
    8.4/10(141 votes)

    #25 - Washita (2)

    S3:E25

    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:Kathryn Ford

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Train" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by Jerry London 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".