The BEST episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 4

Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 4!

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
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When a Child is Born (2)
star
8.47
17 votes

#1 - When a Child is Born (2)

Season 4 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/18/1996

Dr. Mike leaves in the night to treat Sully, who was wounded while helping Cloud Dancing. She goes into labor with only Sully to assist her.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
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Fifi's First Christmas
star
7.95
21 votes

#2 - Fifi's First Christmas

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1995

Dr. Mike and her family receive an unexpected gift from Boston, a small poodle unsuited to life on the frontier. Brian has his first crush on Sara, Preston is embarrassed by a painful kidney stone, and the Pastor plans a living nativity.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Carl Binder
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Hearts and Minds
star
7.95
21 votes

#3 - Hearts and Minds

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1996

Even though Dr. Mike and the Reverend Johnson favor the opening of a Indian school on the reservation, Cloud Dancing sees it as the final destruction of Indian culture.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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When a Child is Born (1)
star
7.95
20 votes

#4 - When a Child is Born (1)

Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/11/1996

Dr. Mike's mother and sisters arrive with a young Dr. Cook to deliver the baby. Conflict arises between Horace and Myra which ruins Preston's hotel groundbreaking. Sully works to prevent Cloud Dancing's transfer to another reservation.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
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Dead or Alive (2)
star
7.91
22 votes

#5 - Dead or Alive (2)

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/1996

When Ezra Leonard offers a $1000 reward to the capture-dead or alive- of the mountain man who kidnapped his son, Sully's rescue party turns into an unruly mob. Dr. Mike must accept help from Dr. Cassidy to save her pregnancy.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Carl Binder
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Last Chance
star
7.83
18 votes

#6 - Last Chance

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/13/1996

Dr. Mike, nearing her pregnancy's end, has her plans for scaling back interrupted when Cloud Dancing is stabbed and Emma needs an operation. Matthew wants Emma to leave Hank's employment when she's better.

Directors: Gwen Arner
Writer: Carl Binder
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Deal with the Devil
star
7.78
18 votes

#7 - Deal with the Devil

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1996

News from his former mentor's upcoming visit has the Reverend Johnson rushing to ensure he makes a good impression. He quickly attempts to raise enough money to fix up his dilapidated church.

Directors: Bobby Roth
Writer: Nancy Bond
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One Touch of Nature
star
7.67
27 votes

#8 - One Touch of Nature

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1995

As the community prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, Dr. Mike and Sully become anxious with their inability to conceive. As the couple try to get used to the idea of not having a baby, Jake becomes depressed about being alone.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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The Ice Man Cometh
star
7.67
24 votes

#9 - The Ice Man Cometh

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/1996

When a charlatan passes through town selling shares in a nonexistent invention, nearly everyone in Colorado Springs buys into the scam.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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Promises, Promises
star
7.63
27 votes

#10 - Promises, Promises

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1995

Sully's best friend asks him to come to Nevada to help him. Loren suffers a stroke and Dr. Mike believes that he can recover if he works at it, but Loren's negative attitude prevents any progress.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Kathryn Ford
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Eye for an Eye
star
7.55
22 votes

#11 - Eye for an Eye

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1996

When a stranger is convicted of raping a young girl and murdering an old man, he is sentenced to death. Some people are conflicted about whether or not it is right to take "an eye for an eye".

Writer: Kathryn Ford
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Brother's Keeper
star
7.50
30 votes

#12 - Brother's Keeper

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1995

Brian's dog Pup gets bitten by a rabid raccoon. Then Matthew's fiancée gives the dog water. She also gets bitten.

Directors: Jerry London
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Dead or Alive (1)
star
7.50
24 votes

#13 - Dead or Alive (1)

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1996

When a politician's son is kidnapped by a fierce, legendary mountain man, Sully must lead a rescue party to the remote site where a highly unusual ransom is to be paid.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Carl Binder
Watch Now:Amazon
Traveling All-Stars
star
7.48
27 votes

#14 - Traveling All-Stars

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1995

Loren convinces the town to pay a baseball team to visit for an exhibition game against the town's team. The two teams will share the ticket sales, but problems arise when it's discovered Loren didn't read the fine print.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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Change of Heart
star
7.48
25 votes

#15 - Change of Heart

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1996

An young orphan boy is taken in by Grace and Robert E. begins to show symptoms of an unknown health problem.

Directors: James Keach
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Reunion
star
7.45
20 votes

#16 - Reunion

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/1996

Dr. Mike's dearest friend from college comes to visit her in Colorado Springs, both women are initially happy to see one another, but soon resort to their competitive relationship of years past.

Directors: Gwen Arner
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One Nation
star
7.44
18 votes

#17 - One Nation

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/4/1996

A young brave kills a soldier in self defense, but Cloud Dancing confesses to it to protect him. Dr. Mike and Sully defend Cloud Dancing during his trial for murder.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Fear Itself
star
7.40
20 votes

#18 - Fear Itself

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/27/1996

Isabelle Maynard, an attractive painter, arrives in town attracting the eligible bachelors particularly Preston. But after the citizens learn Isabelle has leprosy they are determined to drive her out of town over Dr. Mike's objections.

Directors: Gwen Arner
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Hell on Wheels
star
7.35
23 votes

#19 - Hell on Wheels

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1995

Rushing to the railroad camp to battle an epidemic, Dr. Mike & Sully are shocked to find Matthew, heartbroken over the recent death of his fiancée, running the saloon there.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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Tin Star
star
7.33
24 votes

#20 - Tin Star

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1996

As the town grows, a rowdier element is evident and the citizenry wants a little more law and order. Matthew believes he is suited for the job of sheriff but refuses to carry a gun which worries Dr. Mike.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Mothers and Daughters
star
7.30
27 votes

#21 - Mothers and Daughters

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1995

As Dr. Mike becomes increasingly absorbed in her romantic life with Sully, Colleen, feeling rebellious, joins her school friends in dangerous and questionable escapades. When Brian also begins to feel ignored, Mike and Sully realize how important it is to balance their new life.

Directors: Bobby Roth
If You Love Someone
star
7.22
27 votes

#22 - If You Love Someone

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/1996

After a long period of grieving over his lost fiancée, Matthew finally finds love again, but the object of his affection works at Hank's saloon.

Directors: James Keach
Woman of the Year
star
7.21
19 votes

#23 - Woman of the Year

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/6/1996

Dr. Mike is nominated for Colorado's Woman of the Year and the town regales the judge with her accomplishments. Hank's Nana comes to visit and he "borrows" Myra and Samantha to pose as his family.

A New Life
star
7.19
27 votes

#24 - A New Life

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1995

Dr. Mike and Sully return from their honeymoon and begin unpacking at their new homestead. A Boston banker comes to town and stirs up controversy among the townspeople as the inevitability of progress ensues.

Directors: Jerome R. London
Writer: Carl Binder
The Expedition (1)
star
7.16
25 votes

#25 - The Expedition (1)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1995

Dr. Mike intends to climb up Pike's Peak as part of a birthday celebration to the derision of the men. Grace, Dorothy, and Myra decide to join her. Jake and Preston plan a casino with the doctor away.

Directors: Chuck Bowman