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Pilot
Epidemic
Visitor
Law Of The Land
The Healing
Father's Day
Bad Water
The Great American Medicine Show
A Cowboy's Lullaby
Running Ghost
The Prisoner
Happy Birthday
Rite Of Passage
Heroes
The Operation
The Secret
Portraits

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Pilot
Dr. Michaela Quinn (Jane Seymour) from Boston answers an ad requiring a Doctor in Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory. This is after her father dies, who was her partner and mentor. It is post civil war and no one wants to accept a lady doctor. She meets Charlotte Cooper (Diane Ladd),a mid-wife and her three children. Everyone gives her a hard time, except mountain man Byron "Sully" (Joe Lando) who is a widower. She soon inherits Charlotte's children, after Charlotte suffers a fatal snake bite. Dr. Quinn is single and inexperienced where children are concerned and does her best to make the children feel at home. The youngest boy Brian runs away. She goes to search for him and is taken to an indian camp, where she finds Sully. She meets Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle (Nick Ramus) who agrees to send some of his men to help search for the boy. They find Brian, despite the army trying to bring harm to the indians who befriended her. After Chief Black Kettle and his people are attacked by the army at Sandcreek, she pulls a bullet out of his neck. Chief Black Kettle gives her her Cheyenne name "Medicine Woman".See Summary for complete cast list
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Epidemic
An influenza epidemic sweeps through town. People are dying and Dr. "Mike" as she is affectionately called, doesn't have a clinic to treat her patients. The foreclosed boarding house which was run by Charlotte, is made into a temporary clinic. Michaela falls ill with the disease and it is left up to Sully to see that she survives.
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Visitor
Michaela's demanding mother Elizabeth Quinn (Jane Wyman)comes to visit. Matthew sent a telelgram telling her that Dr. Mike was very ill. After Robert E. gets severely burned, Michaela has no place to treat him properly. Michaela wants to buy Charlotte's foreclosed boarding house in order to have a clinic. She does not have enough money and asks her mother for it. Her mother promptly turns her down cold.
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Law Of The Land
Kid Cole (Johnny Cash), a retired gunslinger seeks rest and relaxation in Colorado Springs. His peace is interrupted, when he is recruited as the town's sheriff. Matthew helps Ingrid's (Jennifer Youngs) brother Jon slaughter one of Miss Olive's (Gail Strickland) cows to feed his family. The townspeople want to hang Jon.
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The Healing
Loren is still bitter toward Sully for marrying Loren's daughter Abagail.(deceased) After Loren realizes he still holds the deed to the homestead, he orders Dr. Mike off the property. Loren has to let go of his anger, when he needs a an operation.
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Father's Day
The Cooper children's long lost father, Ethan (Ben Murphy) threatens to tear apart Dr. Mike's family. Ethan fills the children's heads with dreams of San Francisco, only to abandon them once again.
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Bad Water
A mining operation contaminates the town's water supply. Dr. Mike and Sully set off to get a water sample to prove the contamination. The trip proves to be dangerous, as they are caught trespassing. Dr. Mike and Sully become much closer on this trip. Grace opens her cafe.
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The Great American Medicine Show
Doc Eli (Robert Culp) ,the owner of a medicine show dazzles the town with talk of a "miracle elixir". When Myra needs surgery, Dr. Mike and Doc Eli who turns out to be a real doctor have to work together.
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A Cowboy's Lullaby
An out of work and desperate cowboy (John Schneider) abandons his baby at Dr. Mike's homestead and robs Loren's store. While out trying to find patients in need of her help, Dr. Mike is trapped in a cabin by a rabid bear that has already killed a man. Sully sets out to look for her.
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Running Ghost
Sully is left paralyzed after being beaten by buffalo hunters hired to clear the path for a new railroad. After Sully starts to recover, he sets out to settle the score with one of the hunters. A con artist, pretending to work for the railroad buys the deeds to the residents' property.
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The Prisoner
General Custer takes Cloud Dancing (Larry Sellers) prisoner. Sully and Dr. Mike plan to break him out. Miss Olive has a Hurdy Gurdy. Matthew buys all of Ingrid's dances.
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Happy Birthday
As Michaela's birthday approaches, she thinks that everyone is discussing her marital status. They are actually planning a surprise birthday party. Sully and Michaela share their first kiss. Jake accidentally causes a customer's death and goes on a drinking binge that threatens to destroy him.
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Rite Of Passage
Matthew announces his plans to marry Ingrid. Dr. Mike disapproves, not of Ingrid, but of Matthew's lack of maturity. Matthew sets out to prove his manhood.
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Heroes
Colleen and her friends are enthralled with the romance stories in a weekly publication. After Sully saves Colleen from a runaway wagon, she becomes infatuated with him. When she sets up a romantic rescue, she almost loses her life. Hank accuses Grace of poisoning him with her food.
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The Operation
Brian falls out of a tree, while pretending to be an eagle. The boy loses his sight, then lapses into a coma. Dr. Mike has to perform the dangerous surgery to save Brian's life. The townspeople build a school.
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The Secret
A boy with learning difficulties is discovered, after his guardian is found dead. The paternity of the boy is a well kept secret, until people start taunting him. The boy's father steps forward to defend him.
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Portraits
A famous photographer (Kenny Rogers) wants to take a potrait of the townspeople. Prejudice rears its ugly head, when some of the residents want to exclude certain groups from the portrait. It is discovered that the photographer is suffering from diabetes and is losing his eyesight. He sees well enough to see the affection between Dr. Quinn and Sully.
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