The BEST episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 6

Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman season 6!

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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A Time to Heal (2)
star
7.88
25 votes

#1 - A Time to Heal (2)

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1997

Dr. Mike struggles to control the diphtheria outbreak and disagrees with Andrew on whether to use a new treatment.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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A Matter of Conscience
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7.86
22 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Chris Abbott
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A Time to Heal (1)
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7.83
23 votes

#3 - A Time to Heal (1)

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1997

Dr. Mike's mom & sister visit for thanksgiving just as a outbreak of diphtheria hits Colorado Springs.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Point Blank
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7.77
22 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
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A Place Called Home
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7.75
20 votes

#5 - A Place Called Home

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1997

Anthony's health deteriorates rapidly. Grace does not want to face the inevitable. Michaela struggles to tell Sully about the baby. Anthony loses his battle.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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The Comfort of Friends
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7.67
21 votes

#6 - 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.

Writer: Eric Tuchman
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Safe Passage
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7.63
19 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Steven Dubin
Writer: Eric Tuchman
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All That Matters
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7.57
23 votes

#8 - All That Matters

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1997

Dr. Mike, Matthew, Brian and Daniel find a seriously wounded Sully and move him to a cave near the homestead so they can nurse him back to health while hiding him. Dr. Mike starts working to clear Sully's name.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Carl Binder
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The Fight
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7.48
21 votes

#9 - 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 who's on tour.

Directors: Steve Dubin
Writer: Eric Tuchman
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The Homecoming
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7.45
20 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Carl Binder
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A New Beginning
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7.44
25 votes

#11 - 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 before starting school. 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, Jake's sale of his half of the Golden Nugget to Preston angers Hank; 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.

Writer: Carl Binder
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Seeds of Doubt
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7.43
21 votes

#12 - Seeds of Doubt

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/1998

Colleen's new suiter has followed her all the way from Denver making Dr. Mike and Matthew suspicious of his intentions and leaving Andrew jealous. Meanwhile, Sully and Brian escort a senator and his young son through the woods to help in their effort to add preserved land in Colorado.

Directors: Gwen Arner
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Lead Me Not
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7.38
21 votes

#13 - Lead Me Not

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1997

Marjorie, Dr. Mike's sister returns to town as a member of the Women's Temperance League to try to outlaw alcohol. Jake starts believing that there may be something going on between Hank & Ms. Teresa. Meanwhile Grace has turned to drinking to help comfort the recent death of her adoptive son Anthony.

Directors: Carl Binder
Writer: Chris Abbott
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Reason to Believe
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7.24
21 votes

#14 - Reason to Believe

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1997

After Sgt. O'Connor is found dead at the bottom of a cliff, everyone fears that Sully died too in the fall. Dr. Mike and friends go looking for Sully. Matthew quits as sheriff. The Dog Soldiers continue raids on the town.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
Wave Goodbye
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7.24
21 votes

#15 - Wave Goodbye

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1997

Dr.Mike becomes alarmed when a Russian Princess is a guest of Preston's hotel & claims she has a gift to speak with the dead.

Civil Wars
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7.18
22 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Jerome R. London
Vengeance
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7.11
18 votes

#17 - Vengeance

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1998

U.S. Marshall Elias Burch asks Matthew, still a student of law, to defend him when he's accused of murder.

Directors: Jerome R. London
Seven Kinds of Lonely
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7.05
19 votes

#18 - Seven Kinds of Lonely

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/21/1998

Dr. Mike tries to prevent Loren from leaving Colorado Springs when she learns he secretly plans to sell his store and move away out of grief over the death of Marjorie. Meanwhile, the town prepares for its annual "Sweethearts Dance," but melancholy seems to reign. Jake broods over how to ask Teresa to marry him, and Grace's continued drinking threatens her marriage to Robert E.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
Life in the Balance
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7.05
22 votes

#19 - Life in the Balance

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/4/1998

Chinese immigrants set up camp. Dr. Quinn discovers a young woman posing as a man in order to practice medicine, which is forbidden in her culture. Her Grandfather is stunned, but supportive.

Directors: Gwen Arner
Writer: Chris Abbott
Happily Ever After
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7.00
19 votes

#20 - 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 disapproval.

Directors: James Keach
Writer: Rick Najera
To Have and to Hold
star
6.95
20 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Gwen Arner
Writer: Chris Abbott
Birdman
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6.75
16 votes

#22 - Birdman

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/1998

Michaela worries about Brian's friendship with an eccentric man who thinks he is a bird.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Joel Ziskin