Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 4, Episode 23: Woman of the Year

A New Life

The honeymoon is over for Mike and Sully as the newlyweds must adjust to life in a changing Colorado Springs where a bullish Boston Brahman named Preston A. Lodge III establishes the towns first bank. Preston Lodge III: Jason Leland Adams.

60 min

Traveling All-Stars

The town invites a traveling all-star baseball team for a fundraising event, but later suspects that they have been swindled. Otis James: Joel Anderson.

60 min

Mothers and Daughters

Mike is overwhelmed with her new found passion for Sully, and feeling slighted, Colleen joins her schoolmates for dangerous and questionable escapades.

60 min

Brother's Keeper

Matthew's fiance Ingrid hovers near death after being bitten by Brian's rabid pet wolf; Brian is overwhelmed with guilt. Ingrid: Jennifer Youngs.

60 min

Halloween III

An elderly man comes to town with hopes that the natural spring will help his rheumatism. Dr. Mike can't convince Sully to plan for the Halloween festivities.

60 min

Dorothy's Book

Dorothy Jennings' book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.

60 min

Promises, Promises

Loren proposes to Dorothy but suffers a stroke before she can give him an answer. Meanwhile, Sully feels obliged to act upon an old friend's written request to help him set up a mining operation in Nevada.

60 min

The Expedition (1)

Dr. Mike celebrates her birthday by climbing Pikes Peak with Dorothy, Grace and Myra, but ends up injured and alone when her companions turn back.

60 min

The Expedition (2)

Dorothy, Myra and Grace realize they are quitting and they're letting Mike down, so they decide to go back. They find her injured with a broken arm. Mike can't go to the top of the mountain anymore, but she encourages the others to make it to the top for her. Meanwhile back in town, Preston plots to guild a hotel-casino with help from his ""partner"" Jake; and Robert E is bothered by an encounter with a bounty hunter.

One Touch of Nature

At Thanksgiving, Mike faces the possibility that she might be infertile, while Jake struggles with the fact that he has no family to share the day with. Brian becomes attached to the Thanksgiving main course.

Hell on Wheels

The family finds Matthew running a saloon at a railroad camp where his grief over Ingrid's death drives him to volunteer for a dangerous blasting job. Loren loses Dorothy's money for a new printing press. Peter Chow: Eric Michael Zee.

Fifi's First Christmas

As Colorado Springs prepares for Christmas, the family receives a rambunctious toy poodle from Mike's mother in Boston, and Brian has a case of puppy love for a new girl in town. The Rev. Johnson recruits folk for a Nativity pageant. Sara Sheehan: Jann Michaels. Mrs. Sheehan: Susanna Thompson.

60 min

Change of Heart

Robert E and Grace want to adopt a young boy who is suffering from a disease Mike can't diagnose (sickle cell anemia). Meanwhile the town believes Matthew should start dating again and sets him up on a series of blind dates.

Tin Star

Increasing lawlessness in Colorado Springs sparks a demand for a new sheriff, and Matthew feels he's just the man for the job. Meanwhile, Brian succumbs to peer pressure shoplifting a toy train from Loren's store. Zachary Brett: Travis Tritt. Charles: John Christian Graas.

If You Love Someone

Matthew falls for an independent young woman, but the fact that she's a prostitute complicates their blooming romance. Meanwhile, Preston offers Myra a job at the bank, but Horace opposes her taking it. Emma: Charlotte Chatton.

The Ice Man Cometh

The town is duped by two con men selling shares in a refrigeration box and Mike must turn the tables on the con men, helping the town learn a lesson in trust. Meanwhile, Cloud Dancing barters with Loren to sell corn grown on the reservation at the general store. Randolph Cummings: Brandon Douglas. Curtis Roper: Anthony Lee. Anthony: Brenden Jefferson.

Dead or Alive (1)

Sully pursues a renegade mountain man who has kidnapped senator Leonard's son, in protest of the Senator's support of Colorado statehood. Meanwhile, Mike is forced to stop her practice when her schedule threatens her pregnancy. Ezra Leonard: Lawrence Pressman. Noah McBride: Denny Miller. Dr. Cassidy: Jerry Hardin.

Dead or Alive (2)

The rescuers get ugly after Leonard offers a bounty for the mountain man, so Sully sets off alone.

60 min

Deal with the Devil

The Reverend mortgages the church to Hank to get money to make church repairs in order to impress his mentor Rev. Thomas. Rev. Thomas: Fred Rogers. Mr. James: Max Gail.

Eye for an Eye

Feelings run high after a drifter is sentenced to hang for rape and murder

Hearts and Minds

Cloud Dancing sees a reservation school as fatal to Indian culture; bankers stonewall Dorothy's loan request.

Reunion

Dr. Mike's joyful reunion with a college friend soon turns competitive; Dorothy struggles with a new press.

Last Chance

A renegade stabs Cloud Dancing, and Emma has a tumor, so Mike cannot slow down before the baby is born.

60 min

Fear Itself

A popular new arrival carries a dread disease; Preston plans an exclusive clinic.

One Nation

Cloud Dancing hopes his trial for shooting a soldier will unite the tribes.

When a Child is Born (1)

Dr. Mike prepares for the birth of her baby. Mike's family arrives for the impending birth of Mike and Sully's baby, bringing along a new young doctor (Brandon Douglas) to help deliver the baby. Meanwhile, Sully is hurt while trying to rescue Cloud Dancing and others from Sgt. O'Connor (Patrick Kilpatrick) and his patrol.

When a Child is Born (2)

Wounded Sully must deliver Mike's baby. Dr. Cook is forced to perform a major operation. Katie Sully: Alexandria, McKenzie and Megan Calabrese.