The BEST episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 3

Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 3!

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was a show that focused on Dr. Mike, a woman doctor in a time when that was unheard of. It started with her journey to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868. The show focused around the town that she loved, treated and it also focused on the three children, Matthew (Chad Allen), Colleen (Erika Flores, later Jessica Bowman) and Brian Cooper (Shawn Toovey), whom she had to raise after their mother died from a rattle snake bite. In the later years, the show focused on Dr. Mike and Sully (Joe Lando) who got married and had a daughter towards the end of the shows successful run.

Last Updated: 11/12/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
For Better or Worse (2)
star
7.89
27 votes

#1 - For Better or Worse (2)

Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/20/1995

Bolstered by the long-awaited arrival of the railroad, the citizens of Colorado Springs busily prepare for the biggest social event in the town's history, the wedding of Dr. Mike and Sully. The first train carries some surprise visitors, Dr. Mike's mother, Elizabeth, and sisters Marjorie and Rebecca, who have unexpectedly traveled all the way from Boston for the occasion. However, their elaborate wedding plans threaten to ride roughshod over the townsfolk's more homespun arrangements. Sully, meanwhile, is crestfallen to learn that Gen. Custer has placed a bounty on the head of his close friend Cloud Dancing, who he had planned to have as his Best Man.

Directors: Gwen Arner
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The Cattle Drive (1)
star
7.84
25 votes

#2 - The Cattle Drive (1)

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1994

Loren's sister, Miss Olive, has died and bequeathed her cattle to Matthew who, along with Dr. Mike, Sully, Colleen, Brian, Loren, Robert E, and Grace, attempts to bring the cattle back to a ranch near Colorado Springs.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Halloween II
star
7.81
27 votes

#3 - Halloween II

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1994

Brian rescues a man from a trap who has horrific burns to his face from a train crash. Michaela decides to perform reconstructive surgery to repair his face.

Directors: Jerry London
Writer: Toni Graphia
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The Train
star
7.75
32 votes

#4 - The Train

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1994

Sully argues with Mike that they should move if the railroad comes. Meanwhile, Matthew feels left-out of Sully's new homestead plans.

Directors: Jerome R. London
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Washita (1)
star
7.75
20 votes

#5 - Washita (1)

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/1995

Dr. Mike and Sully convince Chief Black Kettle that he should move his starving people to a new reservation. Dr. Mike and Sully are both working on wedding presents for each other.

Directors: James Keach
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Fathers and Sons
star
7.73
30 votes

#6 - Fathers and Sons

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1994

Loren plans a trip to Bolivia to prove he is not getting old; Brian seeks to prove his courage by camping out alone. The two become inadvertent allies as they battle the advances of a hungry bear. Also, Jake and Hank's practical jokes get out of hand, culminating in injuries to them both, until they agree to make up.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Sully's Recovery
star
7.58
19 votes

#7 - Sully's Recovery

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/6/1995

While on his way to resign as Indian Agent, Sully discovers Loren badly injured in the wilderness and must battle his own despair in order to save him. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike is worried about Brian who is consumed with his efforts to build a flying machine.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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The Cattle Drive (2)
star
7.58
26 votes

#8 - The Cattle Drive (2)

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1994

The Cattle Drive continues with various difficulties to overcome including conflicts between Matthew and Sully, cattle rustlers, hungry Indians, and a prairie fire. Dr. Mike delivers a calf, and Sully helps her clean up afterwards.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Cooper vs. Quinn (1)
star
7.57
23 votes

#9 - Cooper vs. Quinn (1)

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1995

Colleen and Brian's biological father Ethan returns to town with a new wife, intending to take the children away from Dr. Quinn. The children don't want to go but a court hearing seems to work against the Sully and Dr. Mike, who they consider their parents.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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A Washington Affair (1)
star
7.50
22 votes

#10 - A Washington Affair (1)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1994

Cloud Dancing and the rest of the Cheyenne are told to move to a reservation where they would be dependent on handouts. Dr. Mike, Sully, and the children head to Washington to lodge a complaint and get the order changed.

Directors: Jerome R. London
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Washita (2)
star
7.44
18 votes

#11 - Washita (2)

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/29/1995

When Dr. Mike and Sully hear there is trouble for the Cheyenne at their new home, they travel there with Cloud Dancing only to find the whole tribe was massacred. Dr. Mike is devastated after the massacre because she felt she should have stopped it.

Directors: James Keach
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The Library
star
7.43
28 votes

#12 - The Library

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1994

Elizabeth sends crates of books from Michaela's deceased father's collection, prompting her to open a public library. Many become alarmed at the content of some of the books and want to prevent people from reading them.

Directors: Victor Lobl
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Permanence of Change
star
7.43
21 votes

#13 - Permanence of Change

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/8/1995

When Dr. Mike becomes the substitute school teacher, the town gets upset when she teaches the children about evolution.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Bone of Contention
star
7.41
17 votes

#14 - Bone of Contention

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/1995

Ah abrasive Dr. John Porter arrives in town after hearing of the discovery of dinosaur bones. After learning they were found in a sacred Indian burial ground, he proceeds to spoil grave sites under the protection of the US Army. Cloud Dancing and the Cheyenne retaliate by taking the remains of the white settlers.

Directors: Victor Lobl
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Cooper vs. Quinn (2)
star
7.35
20 votes

#15 - Cooper vs. Quinn (2)

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1995

Colleen and Brian run away to keep their father from taking them away from Dr. Mike and Sully. After they are found it's discovered Colleen has developed pneumonia. Dr. Mike realizes she has to let them go to save them.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Things My Father Never Taught Me
star
7.32
22 votes

#16 - Things My Father Never Taught Me

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1995

Dr. Mike convinces Robert E to take a job fixing a train boiler, then finds out it is a dangerous job.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
Ladies' Night (2)
star
7.32
19 votes

#17 - Ladies' Night (2)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1994

Dr. Mike has a hard time accepting Dorothy's decision not to have the surgery that will save her life. Jake tries to escape the two men who kidnapped him.

Directors: Jerome R. London
Writer: Toni Graphia
For Better or Worse (1)
star
7.31
26 votes

#18 - For Better or Worse (1)

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/20/1995

The town of Colorado Springs is preparing for the an event of a lifetime, the marriage of Sully and Dr Mike. Unexpected guests include Elizabeth Quinn and Rebecca and Marjorie. Dr Mike's mother and 2 sisters. They have brought with them enough Boston finery to pull off a splendid society wedding. Meanwhile Gen Custer has put out a bounty on Cloud Dancing which could interfere with the wedding.

Directors: Gwen Arner
The Indian Agent
star
7.30
23 votes

#19 - The Indian Agent

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1995

Sully is appointed Indian agent to the Cheyenne and approaches it in an idealistic fashion. When the food intended for the tribe is diverted and illegal alcohol is plentiful, Sully becomes angry. He vows to discover the truth with the help of Dr. Quinn and her family.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Ladies' Night (1)
star
7.21
24 votes

#20 - Ladies' Night (1)

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1994

Dr. Mike discovers a lump in Dorothy's breast and tries to convince her to have surgery. Hank tries Ladies Night at the saloon, and Jake and Loren have a plan to get free drinks. Colleen deals with hurtful boyish pranks from classmates.

Directors: Jerome R. London
The End of the World
star
7.16
25 votes

#21 - The End of the World

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1995

A newspaper report of a comet's imminent collision with Earth causes hysteria in town over the end of the world.

Directors: Victor Lobl
Thanksgiving
star
7.14
29 votes

#22 - Thanksgiving

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1994

Dr. Mike and Sully are traveling through dangerous Indian country when their stagecoach is robbed and they are abandoned. With them are a just married Kid Cole and Sister Ruth as they try and reach home for Thanksgiving. Evading hostile tribesmen is only the beginning.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
A First Christmas
star
7.13
24 votes

#23 - A First Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1994

The town's Christmas spirit is in question when a family who are Jewish immigrants moves to town.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
Pike's Peace
star
7.11
27 votes

#24 - Pike's Peace

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1995

Sam Lindsay, an older independent woman, decides to end her medical treatment and take off into the wilderness. Dr. Quinn accompanies her and learns from the journey. Myra Bing goes into labor and Colleen finds what she is capable of.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Kathryn Ford
What is Love?
star
7.00
26 votes

#25 - What is Love?

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1995

The town puts on a production of "Romeo and Juliet". Brian tries to learn what love is so he can write a paper for school.

Directors: Daniel Attias
Writer: Carl Binder