Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Season 4) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 999 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1996)

Britt Gillette's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Season 4) DVD Review

Nominated for 19 Emmys and 5 Golden Globes, including Best TV Series - Drama, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman experienced the rare double victory of audience loyalty and widespread critical acclaim. Premiering in mid-season (January 1993), the hour-long CBS original series illustrated American frontier life like few other shows before it. Like the smash hit Little House On The Prairie, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman vividly portrays the hardship, struggle, and community kinship endemic to the era. One of the first Western-themed shows to cast a female doctor (as the star of the show nonetheless), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman enjoyed a successful five-year run, marked by two highly-touted made-for-TV movies…

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman follows the exploits of Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a female doctor living in 19th Century America when that sort of thing was unheard of. Working for years as an assistant in her father's New England medical practice, the death of her father prompts Dr. Mike to answer a want ad for a doctor in the thriving American frontier town of Colorado Springs. When she arrives, the town is taken aback, having expected she was a man. But Dr. Mike quickly endears herself with the townsfolk and expands her family by adopting three orphan children - Matthew (Chad Allen), Colleen (Erika Flores/Jessica Bowman), and Brian (Shawn Toovey). As the show progresses, she eventually marries local Byron Sully (Joe Lando), and the final seasons focus on the lives of their nuclear family. Sporting an assorted cast of loveable, and sometimes eccentric, characters, the town is never short of excitement or drama…

The Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (Season 4) DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere "A New Life" in which Dr. Mike and Sully return to Colorado Springs following their honeymoon. Now they must learn to adjust to a changing township which is marked by its first ever bank, built by Bostonian Preston A. Lodge III… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include "One Touch of Nature" in which Dr. Mike struggles with the possibility that she may be unable to conceive, and "Woman of the Year" in which Dr. Mike is embarrassed to be nominated Woman of the Year (because she's shy when it comes to boasting about herself)…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 73 (A New Life) Air Date: 09-23-1995
Episode 74 (Traveling All-Stars) Air Date: 09-30-1995
Episode 75 (Mothers and Daughters) Air Date: 10-07-1995
Episode 76 (Brother's Keeper) Air Date: 10-14-1995
Episode 77 (Halloween III) Air Date: 10-28-1995
Episode 78 (Dorothy's Book) Air Date: 11-04-1995
Episode 79 (Promises, Promises) Air Date: 11-11-1995
Episode 80 (The Expedition: Part 1) Air Date: 11-18-1995
Episode 81 (The Expedition: Part 2) Air Date: 11-18-1995
Episode 82 (One Touch of Nature) Air Date: 11-25-1995
Episode 83 (Hell on Wheels) Air Date: 12-09-1995
Episode 84 (Fifi's First Christmas) Air Date: 12-16-1995
Episode 85 (Change of Heart) Air Date: 01-06-1996
Episode 86 (Tin Star) Air Date: 01-13-1996
Episode 87 (If You Love Someone) Air Date: 01-20-1996
Episode 88 (The Ice Man Cometh) Air Date: 01-27-1996
Episode 89 (Dead or Alive: Part 1) Air Date: 02-03-1996
Episode 90 (Dead or Alive: Part 2) Air Date: 02-10-1996
Episode 91 (Deal with the Devil) Air Date: 02-17-1996
Episode 92 (Eye for an Eye) Air Date: 02-24-1996
Episode 93 (Hearts and Minds) Air Date: 03-09-1996
Episode 94 (Reunion) Air Date: 03-23-1996
Episode 95 (Woman of the Year) Air Date: 04-06-1996
Episode 96 (Last Chance) Air Date: 04-13-1996
Episode 97 (Fear Itself) Air Date: 04-27-1996
Episode 98 (One Nation) Air Date: 05-04-1996
Episode 99 (When a Child is Born: Part 1) Air Date: 05-11-1996
Episode 100 (When a Child is Born: Part 2) Air Date: 05-18-1996

Britt Gillette

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