Jim Knobeloch

Pim ventures into the forest across the road to fetch firewood for the office Halloween party.

Dr. Mike’s elation at Colleen’s acceptance to medical school quickly turns to disappointment when Colleen chooses to marry Andrew instead. A bitter family argument erupts when Dr. Mike tells Colleen…

While away with Sully, Michaela falls and hits her head. She suffers a concussion. The pain of losing her baby is finally discussed and resolved with Sully’s.

Michaela worries about Brian’s friendship with an eccentric man (Martin Von Hoffman) who thinks he is a bird.

Hank captures Cloud Dancing and gets the army to send him to a reservation far away. Jake and Teresa marry, despite her aunt’s (Carmen Zapata) disapproval.

Chinese immigrants set up camp. Dr. Quinn discovers a young woman (Yumi Iwami) posing as a man in order to practice medicine, which is forbidden in her culture. Her Grandfather…

Loneliness pervades C.S. as the Sweetheart’s Dance approaches. Loren sells his store to Preston and plans to move to San Francisco. Jake proposes to Teresa.

Michaela is shot at the clinic by a man that has a grievance with doctors. The physical wounds heal, but the emotional ones linger.

Sully and Michaela are on their way home for Christmas, when they stop to help a couple inexperienced in the wilderness.

Mrs. Quinn wants to take to the children to Boston with her. She also disapproves of Loren and Marjorie’s relationship. Marjorie contracts the illness. The family sneaks Sully home for…

A diptheria epidemic sweeps through C.S. Michaela performs a procedure that is not a proven cure. Becky (Haylie Johnson) dies.

Marjorie brings a group of Temperance Women (opposed to alcohol consumption) to C.S. Jake goes on a dangerous drinking binge, when he thinks Hank and Teresa are seeing each other….

Russian Princess Nizamoff (Natasha Andreichenko) who claims to see the future, tells everyone what they want to hear. Even Michaela is taken in by her.

Michaela finds out that she is pregnant, but suffers a miscarriage. Without Sully there to comfort her, she has to turn to her friends.

Sully is wanted for treason and murder. In order to keep him safe, Michaela pretends that Sully is dead and has a memorial service for him. Hank and Jake find…

Sully is found alive, but badly hurt. As Michaela nurses him back to health, she keeps him hidden from the army. Sully sneaks into the homestead one night to spend…

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….

Sully arranges an escape for Cloud Dancing, leading him and the Indian to become wanted men.

After Marjorie joins the Women’s movement she blows into town stirring everyone up and has a fling with Loren.

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,…

Sgt. O’Connor was found dead in the river. Sully is nowhere to be found. Michaela believes that he survived and goes looking for him. Daniel comes to offer his help….

Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle.

An old friend of Sully’s visits, wanting to financially help the family. Although he falls in love with Michaela.

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…

Dr. Mike’s Uncle Theodore, a concert pianist, sees in Brian not only a talented musician, but his own dead son.

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.

As Christmas approaches, Brian questions his faith when he learns that Dr. Mike cannot save the sight of the Reverend.

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…

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.

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.

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.

The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair (Barbara Mandrell) tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead.

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…

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

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…

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

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

Tales of her accomplishments embarrass Woman of the Year nominee Mike; Hank’s grandmother visits.

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

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

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.

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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

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.

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

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.

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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.

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…

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…

Mike is called away to Soda Springs to help with an outbreak of influenza and Sully promises to stay with the children. Sully plays ””Mr. Mom”” but the kids grow…

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.

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…

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;…

Rev. Johnson’s in love with the town’s new schoolteacher (Sherry Hursey), while Mike’s concerned about the woman’s wanton use of corporal punishment in the classroom.

Robert E buys a house in town. When the auctioneer, Jedediah Bancroft, sees that he’s sold the house to a black man, he tries to renege, but Mike intercedes. Later,…

Tom Jennings, Dorothy’s son, shows up in Loren’s store one day when Mike and the kids are there shopping. He’s a Civil War Veteran with an old war injury —…

When Julius Hoffman rides into town and engages Matthew in a poker game, Matthew thinks he’s found a great way to earn money to finish he and Ingrid’s homestead, although…

A troop of black cavalry soldiers ride into town intending to cover themselves in glory by eradicating hostile Dog Soldiers who’ve been attacking the railroad. Mike commits an act of…

Catherine, a beautiful blond woman captured by and raised with renegade Indians, is brought to Colorado Springs by soldiers when her tribe, which includes her husband, is wiped out, leaving…

Mike’s Christmas Eve gets off to a bad start, triggering a personal crisis for Mike. Through no fault of her own, a patient dies of a heart-attack on the operating…

A ragtag circus, consisting only of Heart and Atlantis, a mother-and-daughter team, arrives in Colorado Springs. Heart, the mother, enlists the townsfolk to participate as performers. Everyone accepts but Mike,…