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The Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4

Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - A New Life
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    #1 - A New Life

    S4:E1

    The honeymoon is over for Mike and Sully as the newlyweds must adjust to life in a changing Colorado Springs where a bullish Boston Brahman named Preston A. Lodge III establishes the towns first bank. Preston Lodge III: Jason Leland Adams.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  2. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 2 - Traveling All-Stars
    7.9/10(131 votes)

    #2 - Traveling All-Stars

    S4:E2

    The town invites a traveling all-star baseball team for a fundraising event, but later suspects that they have been swindled. Otis James: Joel Anderson.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writers:Toni Graphia, Carl Binder, Josef Anderson, Toni Perling, Sara Davidson

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  3. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 3 - Mothers and Daughters
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    #3 - Mothers and Daughters

    S4:E3

    Mike is overwhelmed with her new found passion for Sully, and feeling slighted, Colleen joins her schoolmates for dangerous and questionable escapades.

    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writer:Sara Davidson

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  4. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 4 - Brother's Keeper
    8.5/10(140 votes)

    #4 - Brother's Keeper

    S4:E4

    Matthew's fiance Ingrid hovers near death after being bitten by Brian's rabid pet wolf; Brian is overwhelmed with guilt. Ingrid: Jennifer Youngs.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  5. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 5 - Halloween III
    7.4/10(128 votes)

    #5 - Halloween III

    S4:E5

    An elderly man comes to town with hopes that the natural spring will help his rheumatism. Dr. Mike can't convince Sully to plan for the Halloween festivities.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  6. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 6 - Dorothy's Book
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Dorothy's Book

    S4:E6

    Dorothy Jennings' book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  7. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 7 - Promises, Promises
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #7 - Promises, Promises

    S4:E7

    Loren proposes to Dorothy but suffers a stroke before she can give him an answer. Meanwhile, Sully feels obliged to act upon an old friend's written request to help him set up a mining operation in Nevada.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Kathryn Ford

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  8. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 8 - The Expedition (1)
    7.7/10(117 votes)

    #8 - The Expedition (1)

    S4:E8

    Dr. Mike celebrates her birthday by climbing Pikes Peak with Dorothy, Grace and Myra, but ends up injured and alone when her companions turn back.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writers:Andrew Lipsitz, Sara Davidson

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  9. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 9 - The Expedition (2)
    7.4/10(124 votes)

    #9 - The Expedition (2)

    S4:E9

    Dorothy, Myra and Grace realize they are quitting and they're letting Mike down, so they decide to go back. They find her injured with a broken arm. Mike can't go to the top of the mountain anymore, but she encourages the others to make it to the top for her. Meanwhile back in town, Preston plots to guild a hotel-casino with help from his ""partner"" Jake; and Robert E is bothered by an encounter with a bounty hunter.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writers:Andrew Lipsitz, Sara Davidson

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  10. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 10 - One Touch of Nature
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #10 - One Touch of Nature

    S4:E10

    At Thanksgiving, Mike faces the possibility that she might be infertile, while Jake struggles with the fact that he has no family to share the day with. Brian becomes attached to the Thanksgiving main course.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Melissa Rosenberg

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  11. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 11 - Hell on Wheels
    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #11 - Hell on Wheels

    S4:E11

    The family finds Matthew running a saloon at a railroad camp where his grief over Ingrid's death drives him to volunteer for a dangerous blasting job. Loren loses Dorothy's money for a new printing press. Peter Chow: Eric Michael Zee.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Andrew Lipsitz

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  12. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 12 - Fifi's First Christmas
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    #12 - Fifi's First Christmas

    S4:E12

    As Colorado Springs prepares for Christmas, the family receives a rambunctious toy poodle from Mike's mother in Boston, and Brian has a case of puppy love for a new girl in town. The Rev. Johnson recruits folk for a Nativity pageant. Sara Sheehan: Jann Michaels. Mrs. Sheehan: Susanna Thompson.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  13. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 13 - Change of Heart
    8.0/10(112 votes)

    #13 - Change of Heart

    S4:E13

    Robert E and Grace want to adopt a young boy who is suffering from a disease Mike can't diagnose (sickle cell anemia). Meanwhile the town believes Matthew should start dating again and sets him up on a series of blind dates.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Julie Henderson

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  14. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 14 - Tin Star
    7.8/10(120 votes)

    #14 - Tin Star

    S4:E14

    Increasing lawlessness in Colorado Springs sparks a demand for a new sheriff, and Matthew feels he's just the man for the job. Meanwhile, Brian succumbs to peer pressure shoplifting a toy train from Loren's store. Zachary Brett: Travis Tritt. Charles: John Christian Graas.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Andrew Lipsitz

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  15. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 15 - If You Love Someone
    7.8/10(116 votes)

    #15 - If You Love Someone

    S4:E15

    Matthew falls for an independent young woman, but the fact that she's a prostitute complicates their blooming romance. Meanwhile, Preston offers Myra a job at the bank, but Horace opposes her taking it. Emma: Charlotte Chatton.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Melissa Rosenberg

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  16. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 16 - The Ice Man Cometh
    8.2/10(117 votes)

    #16 - The Ice Man Cometh

    S4:E16

    The town is duped by two con men selling shares in a refrigeration box and Mike must turn the tables on the con men, helping the town learn a lesson in trust. Meanwhile, Cloud Dancing barters with Loren to sell corn grown on the reservation at the general store. Randolph Cummings: Brandon Douglas. Curtis Roper: Anthony Lee. Anthony: Brenden Jefferson.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  17. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 17 - Dead or Alive (1)
    8.1/10(118 votes)

    #17 - Dead or Alive (1)

    S4:E17

    Sully pursues a renegade mountain man who has kidnapped senator Leonard's son, in protest of the Senator's support of Colorado statehood. Meanwhile, Mike is forced to stop her practice when her schedule threatens her pregnancy. Ezra Leonard: Lawrence Pressman. Noah McBride: Denny Miller. Dr. Cassidy: Jerry Hardin.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  18. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 18 - Dead or Alive (2)
    8.4/10(118 votes)

    #18 - Dead or Alive (2)

    S4:E18

    The rescuers get ugly after Leonard offers a bounty for the mountain man, so Sully sets off alone.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  19. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 19 - Deal with the Devil
    8.2/10(118 votes)

    #19 - Deal with the Devil

    S4:E19

    The Reverend mortgages the church to Hank to get money to make church repairs in order to impress his mentor Rev. Thomas. Rev. Thomas: Fred Rogers. Mr. James: Max Gail.

    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writer:Nancy Bond

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  20. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 20 - Eye for an Eye
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #20 - Eye for an Eye

    S4:E20

    Feelings run high after a drifter is sentenced to hang for rape and murder

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Kathryn Ford

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  21. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 21 - Hearts and Minds
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #21 - Hearts and Minds

    S4:E21

    Cloud Dancing sees a reservation school as fatal to Indian culture; bankers stonewall Dorothy's loan request.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Andrew Lipsitz

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  22. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 22 - Reunion
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #22 - Reunion

    S4:E22

    Dr. Mike's joyful reunion with a college friend soon turns competitive; Dorothy struggles with a new press.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Melissa Rosenberg

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  23. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 23 - Woman of the Year
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #23 - Woman of the Year

    S4:E23

    Tales of her accomplishments embarrass Woman of the Year nominee Mike; Hank's grandmother visits.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Paul Stubenrauch

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  24. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 24 - Last Chance
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #24 - Last Chance

    S4:E24

    A renegade stabs Cloud Dancing, and Emma has a tumor, so Mike cannot slow down before the baby is born.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  25. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4 Episode 25 - Fear Itself
    8.1/10(113 votes)

    #25 - Fear Itself

    S4:E25

    A popular new arrival carries a dread disease; Preston plans an exclusive clinic.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"A New Life" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 4. It scored 7.9/10 based on 124 votes. Directed by Jerry London and written by Carl Binder, it aired on 9/23/1995. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Traveling All-Stars".