Season 5: 1996-1997
| # | Title | Original Airdate | Disc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x01 | Runaway Train | September 21, 1996 | Disc 1 | ||
| Dr. Mike, ready to go back to work after giving birth, is terrified to hear that Sully and Cloud Dancing were aboard a train overtaken by robbers. While treating a patient whose condition divides Dr. Cook and Dr. Mike in the diagnosis, Andrew realizes maybe he's not ready to leave his former practice and work without supervision. | |||||
| 5x02 | Having it All | September 28, 1996 | Disc 1 | ||
| Dr. Mike seriously considers turning her medical practice over to young Dr. Cook for good, as she tries to cope with being a wife, mother and career woman. | |||||
| 5x03 | Malpractice | October 5, 1996 | Disc 1 | ||
| Dr. Mike treats a baby of a young couple of whom the father just happens to be a lawyer who had no faith in her as a female Dr. After the baby dies, the angry father slaps a malpractice suit on her that prevents Dr. Mike from practicing medicine, leaving the reluctant Dr. Cook in charge. But Dr. Mike's rebellious nature makes her act illegally to treat another baby who has the same symptoms, resulting in a retraction. | |||||
| 5x04 | All That Glitters | October 12, 1996 | Disc 1 | ||
| The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair (Barbara Mandrell) tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead, giving Colleen and Dr. Mike something to argue about. | |||||
| 5x05 | Los Americanos | October 19, 1996 | Disc 2 | ||
| A Latin American woman rebuffs Dr. Mike's attempts at friendship and it becomes apparent that she hates white people (Gringos). Meanwhile, the Reverend searches for a teacher to take his place. Dr. Mike suggests that the young Latino widow, Teresa, should take the position. However, the townspeople object, fueling the flame of her hatred for whites. (Michelle Bonilla plays the role of the young Latino Widow) | |||||
| 5x06 | Last Dance | October 26, 1996 | Disc 2 | ||
| Dr. Mike faces the prospect of leaving her practice and friends for Wyoming when Sully is offered a job surveying Yellowstone National Park. Matthew grows uncertain of his relationship with Emma, just as he is ready to tell her she is offered a job traveling with 'Lady Gilda' (Barbara Mandrell) to fashion and design her concert dresses. | |||||
| 5x07 | Right or Wrong | November 2, 1996 | Disc 2 | ||
| Jake and Preston run against each other for mayor of Colorado Springs and both seek Dr. Mike's endorsement as they realize the town usually follows her advice. Jake has Dr. Mike arrested and put in jail for treating a fugitive Indian, even after she has publicly endorsed him at the public debate. Dorothy uses her influence as a writer in the paper to help release her. | |||||
| 5x08 | Remember Me | November 9, 1996 | Disc 2 | ||
| A sick and ragged prospector wanders into town and Jake Slicker recognizes the man as his father, who abandoned him years before. Dr. Mike discovers that he is suffering from age dementia. Jake refuses to believe her diagnosis claiming his father is faking it out of guilt. This is where we learn a lot about Jake's past and why he closes his heart off to the idea of love. His father dies with only Brian in the room speaking to him believing him to be a young Jake. This leads to a great scene later with Brian and Jake showing a side of Jake no one has ever seen before. | |||||
| 5x09 | Legend | November 16, 1996 | Disc 3 | ||
| Dr. Mike and Sully team up to find Matthew after, against their wishes, he has teamed up with a legendary marshal (Willie Nelson) in order to nab the thieves who wounded Matthew during a bank robbery. Matthew has vowed to the town to catch the gang. His real reason is that they have told him they need a real sheriff, one that doesn't fear carrying a gun. He does so but still maintains the town's law of no weapons. | |||||
| 5x10 | The Tempest | November 23, 1996 | Disc 3 | ||
| A severe storm has rolled through Denver preventing Colleen from making it home for Thanksgiving Break and unbeknownst to the entire town it now bears down on Colorado Springs. Preston nervously greets the arrival of Preston Lodge II (father), disrupting the grand opening of his New Hot Springs Hotel. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike alone with Katie is busy preparing a Thanksgiving dinner and is facing a twister headed straight for the homestead . | |||||
| 5x11 | Separate but Equal | December 7, 1996 | Disc 3 | ||
| Robert E. making his first act as a new member of the town council receives a government grant and books to open the first black school, "Freedmans' School." This leads to the discovery that their son Anthony is far more advanced than any of the other students at school. Grace and Robert E. subsequently encounter fierce opposition when they attempt to enroll their son in the town's all-white school with his best-friend Brian. Racism floods the townspeople and young Anthony is seriously injured saving another white student from being run over by wagon when its horses are spooked. Most of the town will pull together praying for his recovery. | |||||
| 5x12 | A Place to Die | December 14, 1996 | Disc 4 | ||
| Dr. Mike's practice is in jeopardy when her patients begin dying of a mysterious infection apparently contracted at the clinic. She is forced to burn everything inside the clinic including the medical instruments case that belonged to her father; the town gathers around the burn heap her, Sully, and Matthew created in front of the clinic of all her belongings. However no one will come around to be treated but when Sully requires simple stitching, will she trust in herself to put his life in danger only to demonstrate the safety of her clinic? | |||||
| 5x13 | Season of Miracles | December 21, 1996 | Disc 4 | ||
| The Reverend suddenly loses his sight and this urges Brian to start preparing the town for a Christmas Miracle infecting the town with faith. However after Dr. Mike is unable to find a cure, Brian begins to lose faith in God, and in turn so does the Reverend. Dr. Mike is given advice from Sully and Cloud Dancing and goes to church to pray for help in guiding the Reverend back to his faith and helping him lead a new life as a blind man. | |||||
| 5x14 | The Dam | January 11, 1997 | Disc 4 | ||
| Matthew informs Sully that he needs his help looking in on a prisoner in jail while he is away helping a company defend against theft. Sully and Preston find themselves on the same side against a rich man who plans to construct a dam and flood the valley that runs next to his hotel. Sully teams up with men that Preston has hired to steal the dynamite from the dam company to prevent any actions of violence. However Matthew, hell bent that he is the only law, arrests Sully, not wanting to hear his side of the story. Matthew finally learns the truth listening to his side of the story as Sully explains it to Michaela. Even after Matthew convinces Preston to testify on Sully's behalf he is sentenced to serve time in jail. Matthew and Sully understand each other was only doing what they had to do, but you could tell that there would be a wedge between the two for quite a while. | |||||
| 5x15 | Farewell Appearance | January 25, 1997 | Disc 4 | ||
| Dr. Mike's Uncle Theodore (David Ogden Stiers), her godfather and a concert pianist, drops in for a surprise visit just as Michaela and Brian are off to pick up Sully after his release from Matthew's Town Jail. Though he pretends to be impressed by Sully it becomes apparent that he doesn't like Sully or the ideas of life he has instilled in Michaela and living in the frontier. After he sees Brian is a talented young pianist he tries to convince him that he could live with him in New York while he nurtures his talent into a great musician; he pushes Brian even harder after he causes Brian to get injured with Sully while he survey's land in order to save the Red Rocks. His distaste for Sully and their way of life comes to light in a big way after the accident and causes great discord for the family. Dr. Mike then realizes that his only intention is to replace his dead son Carlton after learning he blames his brother, Michaela's father, for his son's death and not to further Brian's career as a pianist. | |||||
| 5x16 | The Most Fatal Disease | February 1, 1997 | Disc 5 | ||
| Kid Cole and Sister Ruth (Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash) visit Dr. Mike at a difficult time in their marriage. While it seems they both want a divorce, Kid Cole reveals he is dying. | |||||
| 5x17 | Colleen's Paper | February 8, 1997 | Disc 5 | ||
| Dr. Mike and Colleen recall past cases as part of a college course Colleen is taking; Andrew is overcome by a mysterious ailment. | |||||
| 5x18-5x19 | A House Divided (Part 1 & 2) | February 15, 1997 | Disc 5 | ||
| An old friend of Sully's, Daniel Simon, arrives with Sully's share of the mine proceeds, Preston demands immediate payment of the loan Dr. Mike and Sully took out, while Sully is away, and Daniel helps out, to Sully's resentment. Daniel seeks an affair with Dr. Mike, who doesn't see the signs, while flashing his financial success before the family. Preston offers Sully money to build his house in 4 months. | |||||
| 5x20 | Hostage | February 22, 1997 | Disc 6 | ||
| Sully, despite being wounded by two bank robbers, works to free Dr. Mike, Brian, and Katie when they are taken hostage by desperate men. | |||||
| 5x21 | The Body Electric | April 5, 1997 | Disc 6 | ||
| Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle. | |||||
| 5x22 | Before the Dawn | April 12, 1997 | Disc 6 | ||
| Horace attempts suicide after his wife, Myra, leaves him, prompting Dr. Mike to send for her and their young daughter. | |||||
| 5x23 | Starting Over | April 26, 1997 | Disc 6 | ||
| Dr. Mike is shocked by her sister Marjorie's open relationship with Loren Bray and her liberal behavior after she joins the women's suffrage movement. | |||||
| 5x24 | His Father's Son | May 3, 1997 | Disc 7 | ||
| Brian is once again feeling left out seeing Mike and Sully so happy with Katie. Brian starts spending time with Anthony, and simple mischief turns into real danger for them both and the town. Sully intervenes after Brian's irresponsible behavior endangers both his and Anthony's lives. | |||||
| 5x25 | Moment of Truth, Part 1 | May 10, 1997 | Disc 7 | ||
| After being a few moments late from a day pass Cloud Dancing is badly beaten by soldiers; tired of it all realizing the only life he can live is a free one in Indian Territory. Sully is guilted into arranging an escape for Cloud Dancing, believing he is doing the right thing only to learn that the others tricked him so that they may start a war...leading him and the other Indians to become wanted men. | |||||
| 5x26 | Moment of Truth, Part 2 | May 17, 1997 | Disc 7 | ||
| When Sgt. McKay (David Beecroft) holds Sully responsible for the Dog Soldiers' attacks, he and Cloud Dancing must attempt to escape to safer American Indian lands. Because of the latest revelations and the Dog Soldiers attacking everyone, the army has sent back the horrible and hated Sgt. O'Connor to find those responsible for the escape. He makes life terrible for everyone who knows Sully and Dr. Mike, threatening the futures of everyone in town. Sgt. O'Connor gets lucky in the search for Sully when he comes face to face with him and the two men engage in a battle to the death. Will Sully be able to return home again? | |||||
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