Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Season 5

1996 · 26 episodes · ★ 10.0

What Season 5 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Season 5 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Has 26 episodes and premiered on September 21, 1996. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

26episodes

Sep 21, 1996premiered

Sep 27, 1997last episode

11 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Runaway Train
Sep 21, 1996
Sully goes to Denver to negotiate the release of Cloud Dancing from the army. One of the conditions is that Sully is no longer Indian Agent and may not ever step foot on the reservation again. On the way home the train crashes, injuring most on board. Andrew learns a lesson in humility by watching Michaela in action.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara · Written by Philip Gerson · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Tom Dahlgren, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen
5x02 Having It All
Sep 28, 1996
Michaela has returned to work after being home with Katie. Between work, the baby and being so tired,Michaela is spread thin. Sully feels neglected. Sully helps Michaela through this difficult time. Colleen is accepted to college in Denver.
Directed by Bethany Rooney · Written by Sara Davidson · Starring Charlotte Chatton, Orson Bean, Andrea Bakkum, Haylie Johnson
5x03 Malpractice
Oct 5, 1996
A malpractice suit prevents Dr. Mike from practicing medicine, leaving the reluctant Dr. Cook in charge.
Directed by Alan J. Levi · Written by Peter Dunne · Starring Michelle Joyner, Stacy Keach Sr., Charlotte Chatton, Jerry Hardin
5x04 All That Glitters
Oct 12, 1996
The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair (Barbara Mandrell) tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara · Written by Jennifer Tait · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Fred Applegate, Charlotte Chatton, Barbara Mandrell
5x05 Los Americanos
Oct 19, 1996
A Latin American woman rebuffs Dr. Mike's attempts at friendship; the Rev. Johnson searches for a teacher to take his place. Teresa: Michelle Bonilla.
Directed by Jerry London · Written by Kathryn Ford · Starring Brandon Hammond, Jim Knobeloch, Charlotte Chatton, Orson Bean
5x06 Last Dance
Oct 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.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara · Written by Chris Abbott · Starring Clu Gulager, Charlotte Chatton, Orson Bean, Haylie Johnson
5x07 Right or Wrong
Nov 2, 1996 · 60 min
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.
Directed by: Chuck Bowman · Written by: Philip Gerson · Starring: Stacy Keach Sr., Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen
5x08 Remember Me
Nov 9, 1996
A sick and ragged prospector wanders into town and Jake Slicker recognizes the man as his father, who abandoned him years before.
Directed by Alan J. Levi · Written by Steven Baum · Starring Orson Bean, Henry G. Sanders, Ray Walston, Frank Collison
5x09 Legend
Nov 16, 1996 · 60 min
Dr. Mike, Sully and Matthew team up with a legendary marshal in order to nab the thieves who wounded Matthew during a bank robbery.
Directed by Alan J. Levi · Written by Carl Binder · Starring Willie Nelson, Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Michelle C. Bonilla
5x10 The Tempest
Nov 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.
Directed by: Bobby Roth · Written by: Eric Tuchman · Starring: Brandon Hammond, Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Jon Cypher
5x11 Separate But Equal
Dec 7, 1996 · 60 min
Grace and Robert E. encounter fierce opposition when they attempt to enroll their son in the town's all-white school.
Directed by Chuck Bowman · Written by Julie Henderson · Starring Brandon Hammond, Jeff Coopwood, Jim Knobeloch, Phillip Van Dyke
5x12 A Place to Die
Dec 14, 1996 · 60 min
When three people die after coming in contact with something in the clinic, and one is deathly sick, Dr. Mike, Sully, Colleen, and Andrew but their heads together to find out what it was. They figure out that it was something in the clinic and now it is everywhere. In her case, on the instruments, the sheet. The only solution is to burn everything. When that is done, some are genorous enough to give Dr. Mike some of there things, but they are scared to come in. When Sully must get stitches, and lives after being treated by Dr. Mike, she begins the road to being reaccepted by Colorado Springs.
Directed by Alan J. Levi · Written by Philip Gerson · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Charles C. Stevenson Jr., Michael Mack
5x13 Season of Miracles
Dec 21, 1996 · 60 min
As Christmas approaches, Brian questions his faith when he learns that Dr. Mike cannot save the sight of the Reverend.
Directed by Carl Binder · Written by Carl Binder · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen, Henry G. Sanders
5x14 The Dam
Jan 11, 1997
In a case of mistaken motivation, a judge sends Sully to prison after he is spotted with criminals bent on stopping the construction of a dam.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara · Written by Sara Davidson · Starring Stacy Keach Sr., Jim Knobeloch, Maurice Chasse, Orson Bean
5x15 Farewell Appearance
Jan 25, 1997
Dr. Mike's Uncle Theodore, a concert pianist, sees in Brian not only a talented musician, but his own dead son.
Directed by Chuck Bowman · Written by Robert Hamilton · Starring David Ogden Stiers, Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Frank Collison
5x16 The Most Fatal Disease
Feb 1, 1997
Kid Cole and Sister Ruth (Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash) visit Dr. Mike at a difficult time in their marriage.
Directed by James Keach · Written by Chris Abbott · Starring Stephanie Niznik, Johnny Cash, Orson Bean, June Carter Cash
5x17 Colleen's Paper
Feb 8, 1997
When Colleen, who is working on a college paper, asks Dr. Mike to recall her most memorable case, Dr. Mike looks back on the five turbulent years she's lived and loved in Colorado Springs. As they sit with Andrew, who is mysteriously ill at the clinic, Dr. Mike reminisces about her tumultuous career -- its successes and its failures -- and realizes how many divergent cases she has seen and treated.When Andrew's condition takes a turn for the worse, Dr. Mike warns Colleen about the fine line between emotional involvement and professional detachment, an issue with which she has long struggled in the frontier town that's now her home.
Directed by: Chuck Bowman · Written by: Carl Binder · Starring: Richard Moll, Jim Knobeloch, Tom Poston, Orson Bean
5x18 A House Divided (1)
Feb 15, 1997 · 60 min
An old friend of Sully's visits, wanting to financially help the family. Although he falls in love with Michaela.
Directed by James Keach · Written by Eric Tuchman · Starring Jim Knobeloch, E.J. Callahan, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen
5x19 A House Divided (2)
Feb 15, 1997 · 60 min
While Sully is away for a few days to procure some money, Preston arrives threatening to repossess the homestead for nonpayment of the load. Daniel rejects Dr. Mike's objections and pays off the entire loan. Upon hearing how Daniel interfered in his business, the proud Sully becomes furious.
Directed by James Keach · Written by Eric Tuchman · Starring Jim Knobeloch, E.J. Callahan, Orson Bean, Henry G. Sanders
5x20 Hostage
Feb 22, 1997
Sully, depite being wounded by two bank robbers, works to free his wife, Brian and Katie when they are taken hostage by the desperate men.
Directed by: Jerry London · Written by: Chris Abbott · Starring: David Carradine, James Keach, Orson Bean, Brandon Douglas
5x21 The Body Electric
Apr 5, 1997
Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle.
Directed by: Gwen Arner · Written by: Christine Berardo · Starring: Donald Moffat, Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Steven Culp
5x22 Before The Dawn
May 10, 1997 · 60 min
Sully arranges an escape for Cloud Dancing, leading him and the Indian to become wanted men.
Directed by: Bethany Rooney · Written by: Julie Henderson · Starring: Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Holliston Coleman, Helene Udy
5x23 Starting Over
May 3, 1997 · 60 min
After Marjorie joins the Women's movement she blows into town stirring everyone up and has a fling with Loren.
Directed by Gwen Arner · Written by Philip Gerson · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen, Alley Mills
5x24 His Father's Son
May 17, 1997 · 60 min
Everyone is doting on Katie and Brian feels slighted. Brian receives a letter and picture from his real father, which leaves him feeling like he doesn't belong anywhere. Brian starts behaving badly. He gets Anthony to skip school with him and they hop a train. Sully punishes Brian. When Brian questions Sully's actions, Sully says that he is doing it because he is his Pa.
Directed by James Keach · Written by Chris Abbott · Starring Brandon Hammond, Orson Bean, Jonelle Allen, Henry G. Sanders
5x25 Moment of Truth (1)
Apr 26, 1997
Cloud Dancing is badly beaten by soldiers for returning late to the reservation. Michaela treats him. When Sully learns of the attack, he is outraged. Tired of being treated cruelly, the tribes plan a rebellion. They enlist Sully's help.
Directed by James Keach · Written by Carl Binder · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Michael Greyeyes, Jonelle Allen
5x26 Moment of Truth (2) Season Finale
Sep 27, 1997 · 60 min
Sully lies to everyone about what he is doing, but the truth comes out. Cloud Dancing flees to the Tongue River Valley. Sgt McKay (David Beecroft)sees Sully at the scene. After Sgt O'Connor (Patrick Kilpatrick) finds out what happens, he goes after Sully. They get into a fight and they both go over a cliff
Directed by James Keach · Written by Carl Binder · Starring Jim Knobeloch, Orson Bean, Michael Greyeyes, Jonelle Allen