8.0/10144 votes#1 - Reason to Believe
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/1997
Sgt. O'Connor was found dead in the river. Sully is nowhere to be found. Michaela believes that he survived and goes looking for him. Daniel comes to offer his help. Dorothy and Cloud Dancing share their first kiss.
Director: Terrence O'Hara, Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
8.4/10116 votes#2 - All That Matters
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1997
Sully is found alive, but badly hurt. As Michaela nurses him back to health, she keeps him hidden from the army. Sully sneaks into the homestead one night to spend time with his wife.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Carl Binder
8.3/10117 votes#3 - A Matter of Conscience
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1997
Sully is wanted for treason and murder. In order to keep him safe, Michaela pretends that Sully is dead and has a memorial service for him. Hank and Jake find out Sully is alive. Cloud Dancing and Sully meet with Black Moon.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Chris Abbott
8.1/10117 votes#4 - The Comfort of Friends
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1997
Michaela finds out that she is pregnant, but suffers a miscarriage. Without Sully there to comfort her, she has to turn to her friends.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
7.9/10115 votes#5 - Wave Goodbye
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1997
Russian Princess Nizamoff (Natasha Andreichenko) who claims to see the future, tells everyone what they want to hear. Even Michaela is taken in by her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10125 votes#6 - A Place Called Home
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1997
Anthony's (Brandon Hammond) health deteriorates rapidly. Grace does not want to face the inevitable. Michaela struggles to tell Sully about the baby. Anthony loses his battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10111 votes#7 - Lead Me Not
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1997
Marjorie brings a group of Temperance Women (opposed to alcohol consumption) to C.S. Jake goes on a dangerous drinking binge, when he thinks Hank and Teresa are seeing each other. Grace begins to drink heavily to numb her grief. Robert E. moves out.
Director: Carl Binder
Writer: Chris Abbott
7.9/10122 votes#8 - A Time to Heal (1)
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1997
A diptheria epidemic sweeps through C.S. Michaela performs a procedure that is not a proven cure. Becky (Haylie Johnson) dies.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: N/A
7.8/10119 votes#9 - A Time to Heal (2)
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1997
Mrs. Quinn wants to take to the children to Boston with her. She also disapproves of Loren and Marjorie's relationship. Marjorie contracts the illness. The family sneaks Sully home for Thanksgiving.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: N/A
8.3/10116 votes#10 - Civil Wars
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1997
Dorothy discovers the deed to the property that Grace's cafe is on. Hank accidently breaks Horace's nose and won't pay for the damage. There is a sudden rash of lawsuits and Michaela acts as Judge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10135 votes#11 - Safe Passage
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1997
Consumption hits Black Moon and his men. Black Moon agrees to surrender in exchange for safe passage of his men to protected land. Michaela negotiates the deal and asks also that Sully be pardoned.
Director: Steve Dubin
Writer: N/A
7.4/10130 votes#12 - The Homecoming
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1997
Sully and Michaela are on their way home for Christmas, when they stop to help a couple inexperienced in the wilderness.
Director: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
7.7/10128 votes#13 - Point Blank
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/1998
Michaela is shot at the clinic by a man that has a grievance with doctors. The physical wounds heal, but the emotional ones linger.
Director: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
8.1/10116 votes#14 - Seeds of Doubt
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/1998
A male acquaintance of Colleen's from Denver, starts to call on her. When the man pushes himself on Colleen, Andrew protects her honor and admits his love for her.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: N/A
8.1/10109 votes#15 - Seven Kinds of Lonely
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 3/21/1998
Loneliness pervades C.S. as the Sweetheart's Dance approaches. Loren sells his store to Preston and plans to move to San Francisco. Jake proposes to Teresa.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
8.1/10117 votes#16 - Life in the Balance
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 4/4/1998
Chinese immigrants set up camp. Dr. Quinn discovers a young woman (Yumi Iwami) posing as a man in order to practice medicine, which is forbidden in her culture. Her Grandfather (Robert Ito) is stunned, but supportive.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Chris Abbott
7.8/10123 votes#17 - Happily Ever After
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/11/1998
Hank captures Cloud Dancing and gets the army to send him to a reservation far away. Jake and Teresa marry, despite her aunt's (Carmen Zapata) disapproval.
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
7.9/10115 votes#18 - Birdman
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/1998
Michaela worries about Brian's friendship with an eccentric man (Martin Von Hoffman) who thinks he is a bird.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
8.1/10114 votes#19 - Vengeance
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1998
U.S. Marshall Elias Burch (guest star Willie Nelson) asks Matthew, still a student of law, to defend him when he's accused of murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10109 votes#20 - To Have and to Hold
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1998
While away with Sully, Michaela falls and hits her head. She suffers a concussion. The pain of losing her baby is finally discussed and resolved with Sully's.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Chris Abbott
7.8/10111 votes#21 - The Fight
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1998
Robert E releases anger over his separation from Grace through his furious fists in the boxing ring, where he takes on an ailing champ (Richard Roundtree) who's on tour.
Director: Steve Dubin
Writer: N/A
8.0/10148 votes#22 - A New Beginning
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1998
Dr. Mike's elation at Colleen's acceptance to medical school quickly turns to disappointment when Colleen chooses to marry Andrew instead. A bitter family argument erupts when Dr. Mike tells Colleen that she is less than overjoyed at her announcement and feels that the couple is rushing into marriage and should wait until Colleen completes medical school. Meanwhile, Robert E and Grace have wonderful news to share; the stock market crash hits Preston and the townsfolk hard; and Dorothy and Cloud Dancing reach a new level in their relationship. As part of the Network's 50th Anniversary celebration, classic footage of James Arness as legendary Marshal Matt Dillon of ""Gunsmoke"" is digitally integrated into this episode. When Jake breaks the news to Hank that he's accepted Preston's offer to buy his share of the Golden Nugget that would make him partners with the despised Preston,
Director: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
The Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 6
Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 6!
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 6 Ratings Summary
"Reason to Believe" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" season 6. It scored 8/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Terrence O'Hara, Bethany Rooney and written by N/A, it aired on 4/12/1997. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "All That Matters".