Get the tissues ready for the family frontier drama Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, which begins its slow descent into soap opera territory starting with Season 4. Now that the sexual tension of the past three seasons between Dr. Mike (Jane Seymour) and Sully (Joe Lando) has been resolved with their wedding, the show's plots switch focus -- and many of them are three-hanky outings. In "Brother's Keeper," Brian's (Shawn Toovey) pet wolf bites Matthew's (Chad Allen) fiancée, Ingrid (Jennifer Youngs), causing her to die from rabies. In his grief Matthew flees town and winds up at a railroad camp, where the family later finds him in "Hell on Wheels," volunteering for dangerous jobs handling dynamite. Shopkeeper Loren (Orson Bean) suffers a stroke before being able to propose to his beloved Dorothy (Barbara Babcock) in "Promises, Promises," which offers Bean a continuing acting challenge throughout the remaining seasons with Loren's slow recovery. In "Last Chance" it's two teary plots: Sully's best friend, Cloud Dancing (Larry Sellers), is stabbed, and Matthew's new love, Emma (Charlotte Chatton), is diagnosed with cancer. Reverend Johnson (Geoffrey Lower) mortgages the church to vile saloon owner Hank (the great William Shockley) in order to perform repairs to impress his mentor, played by the legendary Fred Rogers, in "Deal with the Devil." Dr. Mike breaks her arm and is stranded in the wilderness while trying to climb Pike's Peak in "The Expedition," a two-parter. But the one major glimmer of happiness occurs in the season-ender as Mike and Sully welcome their new daughter, Katie, in "When a Child Is Born," a two-part episode that finds a wounded Sully delivering the baby. The town of Colorado Springs also blossoms this season, as Preston (Jason Leland Adams) the banker and Dr. Cook (Brandon Douglas) -- a competitor of Dr. Mikes -- join the cast. This is also the season wherein Jessica Bowman replaces Erika Flores as Dr. Mike's daughter Colleen. Although Dr. Quinn got a little preachy at times, and historical authenticity often took a backseat to moving story lines forward, the series remains a favorite with fans of strong, character-driven family drama. Christina Urban
This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: A New Life
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Traveling All-Stars
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Mothers and Daughters
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Brother's Keeper
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Halloween III
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Dorothy's Book
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Promises, Promises
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Expedition
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: One Touch of Nature
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Hell on Wheels
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Fifi's First Christmas
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Change of Heart
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Tin Star
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: If You Love Someone
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Iceman Cometh
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Dead or Alive, Pt. 1
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Dead or Alive, Pt. 2
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Deal With the Devil
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Eye for an Eye
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Hearts and Minds
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Reunion
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Woman of the Year
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Last Chance
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Fear Itself
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: One Nation
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: When a Child Is Born, Pt. 1
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: When a Child Is Born, Pt. 2
Features:
Favorites: A Featurette; Cast biographies; Interactive menus; Scene selection
