Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Mike and the citizens of Colorado Springs look forward to the advantages a railroad could bring to their small town, but Sully and the Cheyenne fear progress could lead to their demise.

When Loren sets out to prove he's not too old, and Brian wants to prove he's old enough, the two embark on individual journeys that intersect.

When Matthew inherits a herd of cattle from Olive, who died while running the cattle from Old Mexico to Colorado Springs, the townspeople pitch in to help continue the herding, on part one of a two part episode.

A strong-willed Matthew tries to prove his ability to map out a route as trail boss, while resisting Sully's advice and wisdom about the land, on part two of a two part episode.

Dr. Mike donates her father's extensive book collection to the townspeople to start the town's first public library, never imagining that her act of generosity will create turmoil.

As Halloween approaches, some of the townspeople compare Dr. Quinn to the notorious Dr. Frankenstein when she performs experimental reconstructive surgery on a lonely, disfigured man, (Richard Moll), who is ridiculed for his appearance.

After the arrival of the train threatens the rights of the Cheyenne, Dr. Mike goes with her family, Sully and Cloud Dancing to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians and learns a dark secret about Sully, on part one of a two part episode.

Once they finally reach Washington, D.C., Dr. Mike and Sully find it difficult to find anyone to listen to their concerns. Meanwhile, Sully finds himself arrested for desertion, on part two of a two part episode.

Sully's pride is threatened when Dr. Mike offers to help pay for some of the supplies needed to complete the new house.

While in Denver purchasing medical supplies, Dr. Mike and Sully meet Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but they are waylaid by stagecoach robbers while en route, and Dr. Mike feels responsible for putting their lives in danger.

Dr. Mike warns Dorothy that a lump on her breast is potentially cancerous, and when Dorothy refuses to have it removed, Dr. Mike becomes determined to convince her best friend she must have the surgery in order to survive, on part one of a two part episode.

Dr. Mike has a hard time accepting Dorothy's decision against the potentially life-saving surgery, on part two of a two part episode.

As Colorado Springs prepares for Christmas season, a Jewish immigrant family comes to town to start a new life, and the townspeople are hesitant to accept them.

Sully is sworn in as an Indian agent, unaware that his supervisor is lining his own pockets by selling food and other goods to local merchants instead of giving them to the Cheyenne.

When a major newspaper reports that the deadly Stowe's Comet is headed for earth, Hank and Loren find a way to cash in on Colorado Springs' hysteria.

Dr. Mike meets her match and a kindred soul in an unconventional woman who comes to Colorado Springs from Boston to climb Pikes Peak.

Dr. Mike and Sully have decided to adopt Colleen and Brian, but the arrival of Ethan Cooper, their biological father, and his new wife, Lillian, may complicate their plans, on part one of a two part episode.

Colleen and Brian run away to keep their father from taking them from Dr. Mike and Sully, but after they are found it's discovered that Colleen has developed pneumonia, on part two of a two part episode.

Feuds and jealousies are aroused when the townspeople begin trying out for roles in a rustic production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in celebration of Valentine's Day.

Dr. Mike's faith in Robert E. leads her to recommend him for the potentially dangerous job of repairing the steam engine that carry supplies to the railroad work site.

After having been wounded while holding up the saloon, the brash young outlaw Belle Starr is taken in by Dr. Mike, causing havoc in her household.

When Dr. John Porter (Jack Bannon), an ambitious paleontologist, visits Colorado Springs to unearth dinosaur remains, he disrupts the burial sites of the Cheyenne, and Dr. Mike, Sully and the Indians attempt to stop him.

Dr. Mike clashes with the townspeople when she becomes the substitute school teacher for a week.

Dr. Mike and Sully convince Chief Black Kettle that he should move his people to a new reservation, on part one of a two part episode.