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The Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5

Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - Runaway Train
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    #1 - Runaway Train

    S5:E1

    Sully goes to Denver to negotiate the release of Cloud Dancing from the army. One of the conditions is that Sully is no longer Indian Agent and may not ever step foot on the reservation again. On the way home the train crashes, injuring most on board. Andrew learns a lesson in humility by watching Michaela in action.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  2. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 2 - Having It All
    8.2/10(115 votes)

    #2 - Having It All

    S5:E2

    Michaela has returned to work after being home with Katie. Between work, the baby and being so tired,Michaela is spread thin. Sully feels neglected. Sully helps Michaela through this difficult time. Colleen is accepted to college in Denver.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Sara Davidson

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  3. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 3 - Malpractice
    8.1/10(119 votes)

    #3 - Malpractice

    S5:E3

    A malpractice suit prevents Dr. Mike from practicing medicine, leaving the reluctant Dr. Cook in charge.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Peter Dunne

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  4. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 4 - All That Glitters
    7.3/10(124 votes)

    #4 - All That Glitters

    S5:E4

    The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair (Barbara Mandrell) tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Jennifer Tait

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  5. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 5 - Los Americanos
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    #5 - Los Americanos

    S5:E5

    A Latin American woman rebuffs Dr. Mike's attempts at friendship; the Rev. Johnson searches for a teacher to take his place. Teresa: Michelle Bonilla.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Kathryn Ford

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  6. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 6 - Last Dance
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    #6 - Last Dance

    S5:E6

    Dr. Mike faces the prospect of leaving her practice and friends for Wyoming when Sully is offered a job surveying Yellowstone National Park.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Chris Abbott

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  7. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 7 - Right or Wrong
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #7 - Right or Wrong

    S5:E7

    Dr. Mike is arrested and put in jail for treating a fugitive Indian; Jake and Preston run against each other for mayor of Colorado Springs.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  8. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 8 - Remember Me
    8.4/10(110 votes)

    #8 - Remember Me

    S5:E8

    A sick and ragged prospector wanders into town and Jake Slicker recognizes the man as his father, who abandoned him years before.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Steven Baum

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  9. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 9 - Legend
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #9 - Legend

    S5:E9

    Dr. Mike, Sully and Matthew team up with a legendary marshal in order to nab the thieves who wounded Matthew during a bank robbery.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  10. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 10 - The Tempest
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    #10 - The Tempest

    S5:E10

    A severe storm bears down on Colorado Springs, disrupting the arrival of Preston Lodge II and Dr. Mike's attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner.

    Director:Bobby Roth
    Writer:Eric Tuchman

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  11. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 11 - Separate But Equal
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #11 - Separate But Equal

    S5:E11

    Grace and Robert E. encounter fierce opposition when they attempt to enroll their son in the town's all-white school.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Julie Henderson

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  12. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 12 - A Place to Die
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    #12 - A Place to Die

    S5:E12

    When three people die after coming in contact with something in the clinic, and one is deathly sick, Dr. Mike, Sully, Colleen, and Andrew but their heads together to find out what it was. They figure out that it was something in the clinic and now it is everywhere. In her case, on the instruments, the sheet. The only solution is to burn everything. When that is done, some are genorous enough to give Dr. Mike some of there things, but they are scared to come in. When Sully must get stitches, and lives after being treated by Dr. Mike, she begins the road to being reaccepted by Colorado Springs.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  13. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 13 - Season of Miracles
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #13 - Season of Miracles

    S5:E13

    As Christmas approaches, Brian questions his faith when he learns that Dr. Mike cannot save the sight of the Reverend.

    Director:Carl Binder
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  14. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 14 - The Dam
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #14 - The Dam

    S5:E14

    In a case of mistaken motivation, a judge sends Sully to prison after he is spotted with criminals bent on stopping the construction of a dam.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Sara Davidson

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  15. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 15 - Farewell Appearance
    8.1/10(112 votes)

    #15 - Farewell Appearance

    S5:E15

    Dr. Mike's Uncle Theodore, a concert pianist, sees in Brian not only a talented musician, but his own dead son.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Robert Hamilton

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  16. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 16 - The Most Fatal Disease
    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #16 - The Most Fatal Disease

    S5:E16

    Kid Cole and Sister Ruth (Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash) visit Dr. Mike at a difficult time in their marriage.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Chris Abbott

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  17. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 17 - Colleen's Paper
    7.6/10(119 votes)

    #17 - Colleen's Paper

    S5:E17

    When Colleen, who is working on a college paper, asks Dr. Mike to recall her most memorable case, Dr. Mike looks back on the five turbulent years she's lived and loved in Colorado Springs. As they sit with Andrew, who is mysteriously ill at the clinic, Dr. Mike reminisces about her tumultuous career -- its successes and its failures -- and realizes how many divergent cases she has seen and treated. When Andrew's condition takes a turn for the worse, Dr. Mike warns Colleen about the fine line between emotional involvement and professional detachment, an issue with which she has long struggled in the frontier town that's now her home.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  18. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 18 - A House Divided (1)
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    #18 - A House Divided (1)

    S5:E18

    An old friend of Sully's visits, wanting to financially help the family. Although he falls in love with Michaela.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Eric Tuchman

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  19. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 19 - A House Divided (2)
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #19 - A House Divided (2)

    S5:E19

    While Sully is away for a few days to procure some money, Preston arrives threatening to repossess the homestead for nonpayment of the load. Daniel rejects Dr. Mike's objections and pays off the entire loan. Upon hearing how Daniel interfered in his business, the proud Sully becomes furious.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Eric Tuchman

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  20. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 20 - Hostage
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Hostage

    S5:E20

    Sully, depite being wounded by two bank robbers, works to free his wife, Brian and Katie when they are taken hostage by the desperate men.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Chris Abbott

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  21. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 21 - The Body Electric
    7.9/10(119 votes)

    #21 - The Body Electric

    S5:E21

    Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Christine Berardo

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  22. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 22 - Before The Dawn
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #22 - Before The Dawn

    S5:E22

    Sully arranges an escape for Cloud Dancing, leading him and the Indian to become wanted men.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Julie Henderson

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  23. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 23 - Starting Over
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Starting Over

    S5:E23

    After Marjorie joins the Women's movement she blows into town stirring everyone up and has a fling with Loren.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Philip Gerson

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  24. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 24 - His Father's Son
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #24 - His Father's Son

    S5:E24

    Everyone is doting on Katie and Brian feels slighted. Brian receives a letter and picture from his real father, which leaves him feeling like he doesn't belong anywhere. Brian starts behaving badly. He gets Anthony to skip school with him and they hop a train. Sully punishes Brian. When Brian questions Sully's actions, Sully says that he is doing it because he is his Pa.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Chris Abbott

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  25. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 5 Episode 25 - Moment of Truth (1)
    8.4/10(117 votes)

    #25 - Moment of Truth (1)

    S5:E25

    Cloud Dancing is badly beaten by soldiers for returning late to the reservation. Michaela treats him. When Sully learns of the attack, he is outraged. Tired of being treated cruelly, the tribes plan a rebellion. They enlist Sully's help.

    Director:James Keach
    Writer:Carl Binder

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Runaway Train" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Terrence O'Hara and written by Philip Gerson, it aired on 9/21/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Having It All".