The WORST episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Every episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman!
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 - Malpractice
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1996
Dr. Mike is charged with malpractice and must stop treating patients during the lawsuit, leaving medical matters to the young and reluctant Dr. Cook.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Runaway Train
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1996
Finally ready to work again after giving birth to her baby, Dr. Mike must lead a rescue party when Sully and Cloud Dancing are among the passengers on a train that has been overtaken by robbers and wrecked. Sully had negotiated Cloud Dancing's release from Army detention, and the two were taking the train to Colorado Springs when a gang of thieves derailed the train in an effort to rob it. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike must again face the prejudice against women doctors when she finds that the townspeople have become used to being treated by young Dr. Andrew Cook who filled in for her while she was on maternity leave. For his part, Andrew has become reluctant to return the practice to Dr. Mike and go back to Boston, as originally agreed.
#10 - Having It All
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1996
Dr. Mike returns to work after giving birth to Katie, but has a hard time trying to balance her professional life, wifely duties, and being a new mother. Sully feels neglected.
#11 - 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.
#12 - All That Glitters
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1996
Colleen considers leaving college when the famous singer, Gilda St. Clair, offers her a job traveling the world with her.
#13 - Los Americanos
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1996
Dr. Mike's attempts to befriend a Latin American woman are rebuffed; the Reverend Johnson searches for a teacher to take his place.
#14 - Last Dance
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1996
Dr. Mike faces the prospect of leaving her practice and friends for Wyoming when Sully is offered a job surveying Yellowstone National Park.
#15 - Right or Wrong
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1996
Dr. Mike is arrested and put in jail for treating a fugitive Indian; Jake and Preston run against each other for mayor of Colorado Springs.
#16 - Remember Me
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1996
A sick and ragged prospector wanders into town and Jake Slicker recognizes the man as his father, who abandoned him years before.
#17 - Legend
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1996
Dr. Mike, Sully and Matthew team up with a legendary marshal in order to nab the thieves who wounded Matthew during a bank robbery.
#18 - The Tempest
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1996
A severe storm bears down on Colorado Springs, disrupting the arrival of Preston Lodge II and Dr. Mike's attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner.
#19 - Separate But Equal
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1996
Grace and Robert E. encounter fierce opposition when they attempt to enroll their son in the town's all-white school.
#20 - 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.
#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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Halloween III
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1995
Elderly Abner Foley comes to town looking for alternative treatment and a very friendly dog adopts Jake Slicker. The rest of the town looks forward to the costume party but first Brian must face a very big fear.
#24 - Dorothy's Book
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1995
Dorothy gets her book about the town published, but the townsfolk read her depiction of them differently than she intended.
#25 - 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.