David Watkins, a civil war photographer arrives in Colorado Springs. Dr. Mike diagnoses David’s diabetes and is frustrated that he refuses treatment and will ultimately go blind. David suggests taking…

When Mike and Sully stop to check on old Mrs. Johnson, they discover her dead and a young boy, Zack, hidden in the closet. Mike takes the child in and…

While Brian and Sully are out hiking, Brian climbs a tree and jumps out before Sully can stop him. Brian lands hard, hitting his head. Mike, angry with Sully for…

Colleen develops a teenage crush on Sully after he pulls her out of the path of a runaway wagon. Imagining herself as a damsel in distress and Sully as her…

Matthew’s sudden announcement that he wants to marry Ingrid causes upheaval in his relationship with Dr. Mike, who feels he’s too young. In an effort to prove he’s man enough…

After a patient of Dr. Mike’s dies of blood poisoning, she accuses Jake, the barber, of infecting the man with his dirty razor. Her accusation throws Jake into an alcoholic…

After ambushing Black Kettle’s camp, General Custer enters the town carrying wounded soldiers and Indian prisoners, including Cloud Dancing, whom Custer threatens to kill if Dr. Mike does not treat…

Mike’s mother arrives with elaborate wedding plans; Custer puts a bounty on best man Cloud Dancing.

Mike and Sully go to the Reverend for a dose of preventative pre-marital counseling, and recall the path of their romance.

After discovering a badly injured Loren, Sully must battle his own demons in order to save him.

Sully and the kids must help Mike deal with the emotional aftermath of the Washita massacre; Robert E and Grace must return to Cloud Dancing the Indian baby Mike and…

Mike and Sully arrive too late to avert Custer’s slaughter of the Indians at the Washita River; Brian befriends an Indian boy destined to die at Washita; Robert E &…

With no child-protection laws, and influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, Mike has a girl removed from her “”guardian”” by taking the man to court and trying him for…

A paleontologist arrives in town, igniting “”bone fever”” among the townsfolk when he announces that dinosaur bones are worth money. Meanwhile, Matthew and Colleen try to prevent Brian from discovering…

When teen-outlaw Belle Starr robs the saloon, Mike takes her in, intending to reform her; Colleen overcomes her fear of riding. Belle Starr: Melissa Clayton.

Mike volunteers Robert E’s services to fix a steam engine for the railroad, but whether Robert E can do it remains in question until the job is completed. Also, Mike…

Brian’s homework assignment, an essay entitled, “”What Is Love?”” to be written in honor of Valentine’s day, coincides with Dorothy and the town’s production of “”Romeo and Juliet.”” Also, Becky…

Brian and Colleen run away from Ethan and Lillian, and Colleen contracts potentially lethal pneumonia, which, upon the kids apprehension, Mike treats. Also, surprisingly, Hank’s the only person who can…

Mike loses custody of Brian and Colleen when their father, Ethan Cooper, arrives with new bride Lillian and reclaims them in a messy courtroom battle. Also, Myra and Horace are…

Mike learns some patients are beyond help when she climbs Pike’s Peak to follow a woman who’s chosen to die in its rarified air rather than continue to battle leukemia;…

Mike remains the sole voice of reason when townsfolk read a newspaper article predicting that a comet will end the world. Also, Mike addresses the Cooper kids’ fears about “”the…

Sully takes a job as an Indian Agent, only to discover corruption’s rife within the system. Meanwhile, liquor arrives on the reservation, and Snow Bird miscarries due to malnutrition.

Mike intervenes in their behalf when a Jewish peddler family arrives in town and is met with prejudice and harassment from townsfolk. Also, Matthew masquerades as Santa Claus for Brian….

Dorothy insists the decision to have surgery is hers, not Mike’s; Colleen finds the harassment unbearable.

Mike discovers a lump in Dorothy’s breast and performs a mastectomy on her. Meanwhile, Colleen must deal with the unwanted attention of a new boy at school who fixates on…

Mike and Sully run into now-married Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but the coach is hijacked, forcing them to journey home, on foot, through…

Mike and Sully battle money issues when Sully wants to be the primary provider and Mike wants to combine their incomes – in the end, it’s Sully who comes around….

Sully is imprisoned when he accompanies Dr. Mike and Cloud Dancing to Washington to lobby on behalf of the Cheyenne.

Mike, Sully, and Cloud Dancing head to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians.

Mike helps John, a man Brian finds in the woods, deal with outer and inner scars when she operates on his maimed face and helps him deal with his guilt…

Mike tangles with the usually benevolent Reverend when she donates books to the town and he tries to ban them, ultimately burning some of them until Mike brings him to…

Matthew and Sully quarrel over the route of the cattle drive.

Loren plans a trip to Bolivia to prove he is not getting old; Brian seeks to prove his courage by camping out alone. The two become inadvertent allies as they…

Sully argues with Mike that they should move if the railroad comes. Meanwhile, Matthew feels left-out of Sully’s new homestead plans.

Mike is torn between two lovers when, in a blast from the past, her presumed-dead Civil War fiance, David Lewis, whirls into town to reclaim Mike from the arms of…

When “”Andrew Strauss””—really David Lewis—the fiancé whom Mike had presumed was killed in the Civil War, visits Colorado Springs. Mike is forced to choose between him and Sully. Also, Horace…

Only the town’s love for the infinitely unlovable Hank can pull him from the brink of a deadly coma. Meanwhile, Colleen and Brian tangle when Grandma Quinn sends Brian but…

Mike and Jake go head-to-head when both campaign for the Mayorship of Colorado Springs. At issue: whether drinking and prostitution should be outlawed. Myra finally breaks loose from Hank.

Sully sets out to rescue Mike. Meanwhile, Custer takes the Indian reservation hostage, threatening to hang everyone unless Mike is returned. Brian works off the cost of the little horse;…

Mike and Sully get caught in the crossfire when, while visiting the Indian reservation, they see renegade Dog Soldiers shoot some Cavalry men. Mike is kidnapped in retaliation when the…