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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Ready or Not
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/13/1995
Dr. Mike and Sully go to Reverend Johnson for a honest discussion regarding their upcoming marriage. After originally agreeing they have no conflicts, the couple begin reliving their past difficulties since they first met.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Baby Outlaws
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1995
A teenage Belle Star robs the saloon with the Younger brothers and is shot. Dr. Mike takes her home in an effort to show her a real home life, attempting to turn her from her life of crime.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Money Trouble
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1994
When money becomes short for Sully, he tries everything to make ends meet rather than accept help from Dr. Mike.
#23 - A Washington Affair (2)
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1994
Arriving in Washington, Dr. Mike and Sully find it difficult to find anyone to listen to their concerns. Sully is arrested for army desertion while a plot against the president is overheard. Michaela must break Sully out of jail to expose the conspiracy.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.