The Worst Episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

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#1 - Portraits
S1:E175/22/1993
David Watkins, a civil war photographer arrives in Colorado Springs. Dr. Mike diagnoses David's diabetes and is frustrated that he refuses treatment and will ultimately go blind. David suggests taking a portrait of the town and an argument ensues over who will be in it. When the camera equipment is destroyed, the whole town must pull together to create a camera and take the photo before David's eyesight fails. At the same time, Mrs. Bing, Horace's mother, is brought to town, seriously ill. Mrs. Bing disapproves of Myra until she learns how much they love each other, and on her deathbed bestows her blessing on their marriage.
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Josef Anderson
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Josef Anderson
6.9/10(133 votes)
#2 - Baby Outlaws
S3:E212/25/1995
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:Jerry London
Writers:Tim Shell, Jennifer Tait
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Director:Jerry London
Writers:Tim Shell, Jennifer Tait
6.9/10(142 votes)
#3 - Bone of Contention
S3:E223/11/1995
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
Writers:Danna Doyle, Debbie Smith
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Director:Victor Lobl
Writers:Danna Doyle, Debbie Smith
7.1/10(135 votes)
#4 - Permanence of Change
S3:E234/8/1995
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
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Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Carl Binder
7.1/10(123 votes)
#5 - Ready or Not
S3:E275/13/1995
Mike and Sully go to the Reverend for a dose of preventative pre-marital counseling, and recall the path of their romance.
Director:Jerry London
Writer:Sara Davidson
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Director:Jerry London
Writer:Sara Davidson
7.1/10(121 votes)
#6 - Birdman
S6:E184/18/1998
Michaela worries about Brian's friendship with an eccentric man (Martin Von Hoffman) who thinks he is a bird.
Director:Bethany Rooney
Writer:Joel Ziskin
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Director:Bethany Rooney
Writer:Joel Ziskin

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7.2/10(157 votes)
#7 - Another Woman
S2:E151/22/1994
Catherine, a beautiful blond woman captured by and raised with renegade Indians, is brought to Colorado Springs by soldiers when her tribe, which includes her husband, is wiped out, leaving her the sole survivor. She initially earns the townsfolks' sympathy, then their contempt when she rejects their gestures of kindness, doesn't know the language, and falls down into an epileptic fit. Indeed, her Indian name was ""Shivering Deer"" thanks to her grand mal epileptic seizures. Mike takes her in, but the only members of the family she trusts and feels comfortable with, especially with her faltering English, are Sully, then Brian. Brian, however, becomes decidedly less enamored of her when he accidentally glimpses Catherine kissing Sully. Later, when Brian confronts Sully, he doesn't understand Sully's distinction between ""being kissed"" and ""kissing someone,"" and troubled, tells Mike about it. Meanwhile, Jake, in a conversation with Loren and Dorothy about what marauding Indians do to white
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Graphia
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Graphia
7.2/10(148 votes)
#8 - The Orphan Train
S2:E161/29/1994
Eight orphans arrive on the train. The Reverend takes them in at the church and Mike nurses their ailments. When no one in the town wants to adopt the orphans, the Reverend extends a proposal of marriage to Mike so that they can raise the orphans together. Mike briefly considers the offer, and Sully confronts her about it, asking her if she loves him. She accuses him of not making any kind of committment to her, whereas the Reverend has, to which he replies, ""If marriage is all you want...."" leaving his meaning clear without being spoken that he's possibly willing to offer more. Considering this, Mike turns the Reverend down, much to the relief of Sully and the Cooper kids. Eventually, the orphans board the train and leave town, but each orphan boards the train a more complete person as a result of their interaction with the townsfolk. Dr. Mike confronts the fact that she can't save the world and she and the Cooper kids emerge as a more united family.
Director:Jerry London
Writer:Toni Graphia
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Director:Jerry London
Writer:Toni Graphia
7.3/10(170 votes)
#9 - Rite of Passage
S1:E134/10/1993
Matthew's sudden announcement that he wants to marry Ingrid causes upheaval in his relationship with Dr. Mike, who feels he's too young. In an effort to prove he's man enough to make his own decisions, he convinces Sully and Cloud Dancing to allow him to partake in a four-day Cheyenne ritual. This is the final straw for Dr. Mike, and she confronts Sully before she storms off looking for Matthew. Meanwhile, Ingrid suffers asthma attacks, and her treatment is undermined by Dr. Mike's disapproval of their marriage plans. Dr. Mike comes upon Matthew going through the rite of passage and seeming at peace with himself, so she lets him finish uninterrupted. Later, Dr. Mike and Matthew resolve their differences, with him deciding to delay the wedding and her giving Matthew her engagement ring for Ingrid.
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Sara Davidson
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Sara Davidson
7.3/10(174 votes)
#10 - The Circus
S2:E141/15/1994
A ragtag circus, consisting only of Heart and Atlantis, a mother-and-daughter team, arrives in Colorado Springs. Heart, the mother, enlists the townsfolk to participate as performers. Everyone accepts but Mike, whom Heart tries to engage as a trapeze performer. Later, in the homestead, Colleen reveals her fear of being in the limelight, and Brian asks Sully if he'll perform on the trapeze, per Heart's request. Sully says to Mike, ""I will, if you will,"" upon which Mike says she'll perform if Colleen will. Colleen reluctantly accepts the challenge. Heart engages the Reverend to be a magician, with Miss Dorothy as his lovely magician's assistant. Brian and Loren are the designated clowns. Colleen, Atlantis and Matthew do a tightrope act together, and Jake is pressed into service as the ring announcer. The town happily embraces their various roles in the circus, but friction occurs between Mike and Heart when Mike discovers that Atlantis, Heart's daughter, has webbed fingers. Mike wants to
Director:Lorraine Senna
Writer:Jeanne C. Davis
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Director:Lorraine Senna
Writer:Jeanne C. Davis
7.3/10(124 votes)
#11 - Sully's Recovery
S3:E265/6/1995
After discovering a badly injured Loren, Sully must battle his own demons in order to save him.
Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Sara Davidson
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Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Sara Davidson
7.3/10(124 votes)
#12 - Dorothy's Book
S4:E611/4/1995
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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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Philip Gerson
7.3/10(128 votes)
#13 - Fifi's First Christmas
S4:E1212/16/1995
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
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Director:Jerry Jameson
Writer:Carl Binder
7.3/10(124 votes)
#14 - All That Glitters
S5:E410/12/1996
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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Director:Terrence O'Hara
Writer:Jennifer Tait
7.4/10(142 votes)
#15 - Buffalo Soldiers
S2:E172/5/1994
A troop of black cavalry soldiers ride into town intending to cover themselves in glory by eradicating hostile Dog Soldiers who've been attacking the railroad. Mike commits an act of civil disobedience by tipping off the Indians, which results in carnage on both sides and the defeat of the Buffalo soldiers. She's accused of treason, and jailed, but the arrogant black cavalry leader, Sergeant Zachary Carver, manages to exonerate her when he's made to realize, through the combined efforts of Sully and Mike, that his beloved troops are nothing more than pawns in the U.S. Army's policy of genocide against the Indians. Returning the favor, Mike manages to medically fake the Sargeant's death, and he escapes court martial. Meanwhile, Colleen cheats on a test and by doing so manages to win a school trip to Washington. Mike must then explain the concept of ""good lying;"" that is, civil disobedience for a principle, and ""bad lying,"" that is, Colleen's self-serving actions regarding the test. In t
Director:James Keach
Writer:Kevin Arkadie
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Director:James Keach
Writer:Kevin Arkadie
7.4/10(128 votes)
#16 - Halloween III
S4:E510/28/1995
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:Jerry London
Writer:Philip Gerson
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Director:Jerry London
Writer:Philip Gerson
7.4/10(124 votes)
#17 - The Expedition (2)
S4:E911/18/1995
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
Writers:Andrew Lipsitz, Sara Davidson
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writers:Andrew Lipsitz, Sara Davidson
7.5/10(189 votes)
#18 - The Healing
S1:E51/23/1993
A bitter Loren, who blames Sully for his daughter's death, tries to repossess Dr. Mike's cabin when he learns he still owns the deed.
Director:Gwen Arner
Writers:Toni Perling, Sara Davidson
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Director:Gwen Arner
Writers:Toni Perling, Sara Davidson
7.5/10(175 votes)
#19 - Bad Water
S1:E72/6/1993
When several townspeople come down with mercury poisoning, Dr. Mike forces a reluctant Sully to guide her to the high mountain stream which may be the source of the problem. The trek is difficult for her, but she ultimately earns Sully's respect and gratitude after saving his life twice despite a broken wrist. Just as they confirm that the water is being polluted by a local mine owner whose mining process is dumping mercury into the stream, they are captured by his men. In the interim, worried townsfolk send out an inept posse to try to locate Sully and Dr. Mike. Olive backs Grace's new venture -- Grace's Cafe. In the end, Dr. Mike saves the day by curing the mine owner's son, who has fallen victim to the poisoned water, and convincing the owner to close the mine.
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Sara Davidson
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Sara Davidson
7.5/10(177 votes)
#20 - The Cowboy's Lullaby
S1:E92/20/1993
Dr. Mike takes in Red McCall, a down-and-out cowboy, and his ailing half-breed infant child. McCall reaches the end of his rope trying to care for his baby, so after robbing Loren's store, he leaves the baby in Michaela's care, sensing she could find a suitable home for his child. Dr. Mike's attempts to find a home for the baby prove futile. When she travels to a remote cabin to check on the health of it's owner, she finds him badly mangled from a bear attack. Her horse is frightened off by the bear, and she's marooned in the cabin until Sully shows up looking for her. They narrowly escape being the rabid bear's next victims. After returning to town, Dr. Mike decides she'd rather raise the child herself than turn him over to an orphanage. However, Sully locates Red and convinces him to keep the child.
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Josef Anderson
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Josef Anderson
7.5/10(170 votes)
#21 - Happy Birthday
S1:E123/27/1993
After a patient of Dr. Mike's dies of blood poisoning, she accuses Jake, the barber, of infecting the man with his dirty razor. Her accusation throws Jake into an alcoholic binge. Dr. Mike tries in vain to pull him out of it, but finally realizes he must be the one to want to stop drinking. She gives him something to live for by pointing out his many friends in town, including her. Meanwhile, Mike's children try to help her deal with her loneliness on her 35th birthday by conspiring to find her a proper suitor before her surprise party
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Perling
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Perling
7.5/10(172 votes)
#22 - Halloween
S2:E310/30/1993
Halloween is trick-or-treat for the residents of Colorado Springs when Sully's dead wife, Abigail, haunts Dr. Mike, after Sully suggests fixing up the homestead for her. Eventually, Mike is able to lay Abigail's ghost to rest. Meanwhile, Brian becomes terrified after his investigations lead him to believe Dorothy is a witch. But, later she helps him deal with his sadness about the fading memory of his mother. Jake and Loren's prank on the town backfires when Jake pronounces a man dead and his ""corpse"" walks away -- Mike later diagnoses the man as a catalepsy sufferer.
Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Graphia
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Director:Chuck Bowman
Writer:Toni Graphia
7.5/10(165 votes)
#23 - Saving Souls
S2:E511/13/1993
Love finds visiting faith healer Sister Ruth, in the form of Kid Cole, who's revisiting the town in order to jail a desperado he's apprehended. The desperado's two brothers have followed him to town and stalk him. Kid Cole, strangely fatalistic, seems to have lost the will to live. Things come to a head when Mike and Sister Ruth must unite their mutual strengths; medicine and faith, to save Kid Cole's life. Mike performs an emergency procedure to evacuate the tubercular Kid Cole's lungs; Sister Ruth helps him find the will to live. Sully forces Kid Cole to reveal that Kid Cole feels terribly guilty for having gunned down the desperado's brother, who was unarmed. Sully helps the Kid resolve this crisis of conscience and in a climactic showdown, the town helps the Kid avert a gun battle with the desperados. Meanwhile, the Reverend refuses to allow Robert E and Grace to marry in the town church, but eventually capitulates to their demands, with some help from Mike and Sister Ruth.
Director:James Keach
Writer:Toni Perling
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Director:James Keach
Writer:Toni Perling
7.5/10(145 votes)
#24 - Luck of the Draw
S2:E183/5/1994
When Julius Hoffman rides into town and engages Matthew in a poker game, Matthew thinks he's found a great way to earn money to finish he and Ingrid's homestead, although Mike and Sully disapprove. At first, Matthew wins steadily, though he and Ingrid get into a terrible fight when, after missing an elaborate dinner she cooked for him (he was in a game), he confesses he used her hard-earned laundry money, which she gave him for building supplies, as a stake. Though Ingrid and Mike disapprove heartily, Matthew continues playing the game, even after he gets beaten up and robbed of his earnings. Eventually, townsfolk become so confident in Matthew's abilities that everyone but Mike, Sully and the Reverend back Matthew in the big poker game. The Reverend pulls Mike aside and confesses that he was once a gambler, knew Julius, and suspects that the town's been set up. As Matthew makes his way to the big game, Ingrid breaks up with him over his poker playing. In the process, she returns the e
Director:Jerry London
Writer:Kathryn Ford
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Director:Jerry London
Writer:Kathryn Ford
7.5/10(136 votes)
#25 - The Campaign
S2:E245/7/1994
Mike and Jake go head-to-head when both campaign for the Mayorship of Colorado Springs. At issue: whether drinking and prostitution should be outlawed. Myra finally breaks loose from Hank.
Director:Victor Lobl
Writer:Joanne Parrant
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Director:Victor Lobl
Writer:Joanne Parrant