7.4/10120 votes#1 - A New Life
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1995
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: N/A
Writer: Carl Binder
7.8/10124 votes#2 - Traveling All-Stars
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1995
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
Writer: Toni Graphia, Josef Anderson, Carl Binder
7.8/10116 votes#3 - Mothers and Daughters
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1995
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: N/A
8.3/10131 votes#4 - Brother's Keeper
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1995
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: N/A
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
7.3/10121 votes#5 - Halloween III
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1995
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10117 votes#6 - Dorothy's Book
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1995
Dorothy Jennings' book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
7.8/10105 votes#7 - Promises, Promises
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1995
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: N/A
7.6/10110 votes#8 - The Expedition (1)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1995
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
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz
7.7/10117 votes#9 - The Expedition (2)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1995
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
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz
8.0/10116 votes#10 - One Touch of Nature
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1995
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
8.2/10116 votes#11 - Hell on Wheels
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1995
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
7.6/10119 votes#12 - Fifi's First Christmas
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1995
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
8.1/10104 votes#13 - Change of Heart
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1996
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: N/A
7.9/10113 votes#14 - Tin Star
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1996
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
7.9/10109 votes#15 - If You Love Someone
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/1996
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
8.2/10111 votes#16 - The Ice Man Cometh
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/1996
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: N/A
8.0/10111 votes#17 - Dead or Alive (1)
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1996
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
8.3/10111 votes#18 - Dead or Alive (2)
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/1996
The rescuers get ugly after Leonard offers a bounty for the mountain man, so Sully sets off alone.
Director: Chuck Bowman, James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
8.2/10113 votes#19 - Deal with the Devil
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1996
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
8.2/10110 votes#20 - Eye for an Eye
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1996
Feelings run high after a drifter is sentenced to hang for rape and murder
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
8.0/10103 votes#21 - Hearts and Minds
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1996
Cloud Dancing sees a reservation school as fatal to Indian culture; bankers stonewall Dorothy's loan request.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz
8.1/10101 votes#22 - Reunion
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/1996
Dr. Mike's joyful reunion with a college friend soon turns competitive; Dorothy struggles with a new press.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
8.1/10109 votes#23 - Woman of the Year
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/6/1996
Tales of her accomplishments embarrass Woman of the Year nominee Mike; Hank's grandmother visits.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
7.9/10107 votes#24 - Last Chance
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/13/1996
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
8.1/10107 votes#25 - Fear Itself
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/27/1996
A popular new arrival carries a dread disease; Preston plans an exclusive clinic.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: N/A
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!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"A New Life" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 4. It scored 7.4/10 based on 120 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Carl Binder, it aired on 9/23/1995. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Traveling All-Stars".