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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!

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".

  • The Train
    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

  • Fathers and Sons
    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

  • The Cattle Drive (1)
    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

  • The Cattle Drive (2)
    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

  • The Library
    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

  • Halloween II
    7.5/10138 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

  • A Washington Affair (1)
    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

  • A Washington Affair (2)
    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

  • Money Trouble
    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

  • Thanksgiving
    7.8/10130 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

  • Ladies' Night (1)
    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

  • Ladies' Night (2)
    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

  • A First Christmas
    7.4/10133 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

  • The Indian Agent
    7.6/10126 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

  • The End of the World
    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

  • Pike's Peace
    7.6/10126 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

  • Cooper vs. Quinn (1)
    8.0/10113 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

  • Cooper vs. Quinn (2)
    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

  • What is Love?
    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

  • Things My Father Never Taught Me
    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

  • Baby Outlaws
    6.8/10123 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

  • Bone of Contention
    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

  • Permanence of Change
    7.1/10125 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

  • Washita (1)
    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

  • Washita (2)
    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