Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
How long before we go?

Byron Sully:
You're not going. The women stay in camp.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Not this woman.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Why can't you accept me for what I am?

Elizabeth Quinn:
And what are you? You're an unmarried woman, trying to raise three children, in a shack, in the middle of nowhere... and offering your medical services to a bunch of back-woodsman, who pay you in potatoes and in chickens.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sometimes I think you must really hate me, mother.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
People who are popular when they're young... they often grow up to have very dull lives. And people who are different... they go on to be successful and make wonderful contributions.

Colleen Cooper:
Like who?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, like uh... like Abraham Lincoln!

Colleen Cooper:
Yeah, but they shot him!

Hank Lawson:
I ain't stupid.

Olive Bray:
Well, that's a matter of opinion.

Byron Sully:
Why don't ya quit tryin' so hard?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Old habits.

Byron Sully:
Give 'em up.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Don't be stubborn.

Byron Sully:
It's an old habit.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Give it up.

Thaddeus Birch:
I had a lady doctor take out my lumbago in St. Louis.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Took it right out, did she?

Brian Cooper:
So why don't ya marry our Ma and be our Pa?

Colleen Cooper:
Brian!

Byron Sully:
Brian, it's not something you just do. It takes time.

Brian Cooper:
She's 35. She doesn't have alot of time left!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I know what everyone is saying about me, that I'm an old maid. But I don't need you to contribute.

Colleen Cooper:
That's not what people are sayin'.

Brian Cooper:
Yeah, no one's said nothin' about the maid part.

Hank Lawson:
What was I thinking? I had to be crazy! Any man puts up with your harpin's gotta be looney!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Any man who doesn't care about his friends isn't much of a man.

Hank Lawson:
Don't worry Michaela, you're man enough for both of us.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, I never!

Hank Lawson:
Yeah, well maybe that's the problem.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
I think it's time to set aside our differences.

Hank Lawson:
Not by my watch.

Hank Lawson:
What's it like to walk on water, Michaela?

Daniel Watkins:
Whiskey and truth should both be served straight up, Doctor.

Daniel Watkins:
[to Sully] If a lady like Dr. Quinn looked at me the way she looks at you, I'd fall down on one knee and promise myself to her forever.

Daniel Watkins:
Dr. Quinn, I do not want the war to be all that I remember when I close my eyes forever. I want to take every photograph I can. I want to fill my memory with wonder and beauty. I want to recall every sunrise and every mountain peak that reaches for the heavens. And I want to remember women... who look just the way you do right now. May I take your portrait? Please?

Dr. Cassidy:
This is the best chance he has!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
No, *I'm* the best chance!

Dr. Cassidy:
That's your opinion. But he's my patient and I'll decide what's best for him.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Dr. Cassidy, if my name was Michael Quinn and not Michaela, you'd let me perform that procedure wouldn't you?

Dr. Cassidy:
I don't give a damn what your name is. I know Drew. And I know he would much rather take his chances on a wagon trip to Denver than have a hysterical female cut him open!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[after Drew is brought back, having died on the route to Denver] What do you think his chances are now, doctor?

Byron Sully:
Someone's wife is pretty mad.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
My goodness, she's angry. I feel sorry for the poor fellow. Whose teepee is it?

Cloud Dancing:
Mine.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Don't we have enough?

Byron Sully:
You wanna learn to fish... ya gotta dig for worms.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Ha! Here's one.

Byron Sully:
Half worms don't count.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Why not?

Byron Sully:
It's fishin' rules.

Byron Sully:
There's an old Indian legend that says man and woman were once united - four arms, four legs, two backs. And one day the great spirit grew angry at this creature and took his tomahawk and cut 'em apart. And ever since that day men and women have tried to get back together again.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Do you think a man can love two women at the same time?

Byron Sully:
If you were one of the women, would you want him to?

Brian Cooper:
[to Dr. Mike] You toss apple peelin's over your shoulder and they spell out the initials of who you're going to marry.

Colleen Cooper:
You oughtta try it, Dr. Mike.

Brian Cooper:
Bet it'd be a big 'S'!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[embarrassed] Brian!

Cloud Dancing:
We'll take that horse also.

Jake Slicker:
What? How am I s'posed to get back?

Cloud Dancing:
You can keep the shoes.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I think we've had this discussion before Reverend. Do you or do you not answer to a higher power?

Byron Sully:
Maybe you better figure that out, Reverend.

Byron Sully:
Why did I come?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Yes.

Byron Sully:
I told ya.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What's the real reason?

Byron Sully:
Because.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Because...?

Byron Sully:
Because I love you.

Byron Sully:
She's awfully angry.

Cloud Dancing:
You have stuck your hand in a hornet's nest that was hidden. I have done that myself.

Byron Sully:
Well, if this is what it's gonna be like bein' with a woman, I don't know if I'm fit for it.

Cloud Dancing:
Man and woman are not meant to be alone. Like Mother Earth and Father Sky, everyone needs a partner or they become unbalanced. It's nature.

Byron Sully:
Dr. Mike's an awfully strong force of nature.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully... In my heart I know where I want us to be. But I don't know how we'll get there.

Byron Sully:
Me neither... There's no maps, but if you're willing to start off without one...

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I am.

Byron Sully:
Then I know where to start.

Byron Sully:
[to Michaela] This is the place I come when I lose my way and I have to find it again. I've never shown anyone this place... Not even Abigail.

Cloud Dancing:
No drinky. Bad water. You get 'em?

Dorothy Jennings:
[to Michaela about Sully] Even if I wasn't your friend, that man has no place in his heart for anyone but you. He's like a needle on a compass that points true north. Don't you know that?... He's as straight and sure as you are. That's the one way that you're alike, and it's more important than all the little ways that you're different.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You're right. I was jealous.

Byron Sully:
I know.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
It was foolish.

Byron Sully:
It was.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Must you agree with me *all* of the time?

Hank Lawson:
Sully, tell Michaela if she needs her wick trimmed to let me know.

Byron Sully:
I'd be glad to, Hank, but the truth is, you're not man enough to hold a candle to her.

Colonel Egan:
Black Kettle and his party are late for his treaty council.

Byron Sully:
The Cheyenne say that only a white man needs a watch to tell him when he's hungry.

Hank Lawson:
What's all the racket? I can hardly hear myself think.

Horace Bing:
Hard enough for you to think as it is!

Byron Sully:
Do you love 'im?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
How *dare* you ask me that! You, who have told me that you're not ready to love anyone! You, who comes and goes as he pleases! You, who never so much as offered any kind of committment to me and my children!

Byron Sully:
Do. You. *Love* 'im?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'm very fond of the Reverend. And he's made me a proposal that no one, including you, has cared to do. And I don't take that lightly.

Byron Sully:
If marriage is all you want, then you've found the right man.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Do whatever you want to do with my mortgage. I'll practice in the street if I have to. I'll pitch a tent, I'll work from my wagon, but I will never, *never* give in to the likes of you!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[to Jedediah Bancroft] And I have a few words for you but propriety prevents me from saying them.

Byron Sully:
[about Michaela] She's my heartsong.

Loren Bray:
We can't have a lady mayor! What's that gonna make us look like?

Hank Lawson:
A town full of sissies?

Byron Sully:
I don't want ya to leave. I wanna be with you. I *need* to be with you.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully...

Byron Sully:
I will love you all my days. Will you marry me?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Yes.

Byron Sully:
Michaela, I love you. And I would do anything for you. I'd give my life for you, you know that. And I wanna marry you. But more than that, I want you to be happy. So you gotta choose the person who's gonna make you happy - the person that would be best for you. And whatever you do, I'll be behind you. I just wanted you to know that.

Byron Sully:
You love David.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Yes, I'll always love him. But that's the past and you're the present... *we're* the present... If you'll have me... Will you, Sully?

Byron Sully:
[pauses] Will I what?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Will you marry me?

Byron Sully:
...Yes.

Byron Sully:
I'm good at fixin' things when I can see what's wrong. But, this thing that's comin', it's so big... I don't know where to start.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
We'll find a way. But I promise you, if the day ever comes that I see your heart breaking and you can't take it any longer, we'll pack up.

Byron Sully:
There's only one thing I know about women - you gotta be lucky enough to find the right one, and then never let her go.

Loren Bray:
Of course they're true! That's how they get to be rumors!

General Parker:
You're not a bad doctor.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
And you're not a bad general.

Matthew Cooper:
I think Dr. Mike's in trouble.

Brian Cooper:
What kinda trouble?

Matthew Cooper:
What kinda trouble does she usually get into?

Hank Lawson:
What's that squallin'?

Jake Slicker:
Somebody's singin'. Sounds like Myra.

Hank Lawson:
Myra can't sing!

Jake Slicker:
Well, that ain't stoppin' her. Listen!

Loren Bray:
They stole my purse!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, I'm sorry that you were robbed, but I must say you're looking rather lovely this evening.

Byron Sully:
[to Michaela] I know what you're thinkin', and the answer's 'yes'. I'll always love you, no matter what happens. I'll always find you as beautiful as the first day I saw you.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You mean if I were Arapaho and you were Cheyenne...

Byron Sully:
We couldn't get married, nope.

[pauses]

Byron Sully:
I'd have to carry you off in the night.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You know what Sam said? She said that seeing us together is like watching a fire burn.

Byron Sully:
Is that good?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, ignore a fire and it burns out. But if you tend to it, take care of it, feed it... it keeps growing bigger - burns brighter.

Jake Slicker:
Who the hell is Ralph Waldo?

Loren Bray:
Probably another darn woman from Boston.

Hank Lawson:
Great, now we've got two of 'em.

Colleen Cooper:
I'm not a little girl anymore. I don't need you.

Ethan Cooper:
Colleen, you always need your father.

Colleen Cooper:
Father? Sully is my father!

[rehearsing Tybalt for the local production of Romeo and Juliet]

Hank Lawson:
Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me. Therefore, turn and draw! And I'll hack off your head before you can count to three.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Wait a minute. Stop. Stop. 'Hack off your head' is not in the play.

Hank Lawson:
I fixed that line a little.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You can't just change the lines, Hank.

Hank Lawson:
I think it's better. Not only that, it rhymes.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[sighs] Actors!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You can't close your heart and give up on people. When you shut down the door, no one can get in.

Snow Bird:
You have always been a foolish man. I do not know why I have slept with you for so long.

Cloud Dancing:
I am fond of you, also.

Snow Bird:
What will Cloud Dancing do without me?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I can't say if your spirits exist or not. I'm not even sure how I feel about my own God anymore.

Cloud Dancing:
Just because we are angry with them does not mean they will go away.

Loren Bray:
Why don't ya just drop me down the side of the mountain and have done with it.

Byron Sully:
Don't tempt me.

Byron Sully:
I like talking... and I like having breakfast with you. But I also like *kissin'*.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, there should be a balance.

Byron Sully:
But you're good at kissin'.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I could use some advice... from someone who's had experience.

Dorothy Jennings:
Oh. Well, don't you worry. It's as easy as falling off a log.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Remember, I've never... fallen off a log.

Hank Lawson:
Speakin' of ladies... May I?

Marjorie Quinn:
No, you may not.

Hank Lawson:
Pleased to almost meet you.

Hank Lawson:
You're gettin' one helluva woman!

Robert E.:
Good luck, Sully.

Jake Slicker:
You're gonna need it.

Loren Bray:
[pointing to Michaela after an ouburst by Marjorie] And I thought this one was bad!

Hank Lawson:
What's wrong with Sully? You think he'd be happy to finally get to...

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
Hank, I think this discussion can hold.

Brian Cooper:
It's all right, Reverend. Ma told us about the birds and the bees.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
I doubt she told you Hank's version.

Byron Sully:
I'll be your family.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
And I'll be your best friend.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[to Sully] Let's just elope. I don't care about any fancy wedding. All I care about is being your wife... and you being my husband... I'm ready to start looking at the world through *our* eyes.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully... it isn't dark yet.

Byron Sully:
[pulling the shades] But it's getting darker... and darker... and darker.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[pulling the last shade]... and darker.

Preston A. Lodge III:
Newlyweds! Well that explains everything. I was wondering why they were the only two on the train *not* enjoying the view.

Preston A. Lodge III:
That woman was a doctor? Well, I can hardly wait to get sick!

Cloud Dancing:
The marriage is good?

Byron Sully:
Yeah. It's great.

Cloud Dancing:
It took Snow Bird and I many months to discover that we no longer rode separate horses.

Byron Sully:
We're the same two people we were before we got married. Nothin's changed.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
But it has. Everything's changed. It's no longer 'you' and 'me', it's 'us'. You're a part of me now. And that's a very powerful feeling.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You never told me you played baseball.

Byron Sully:
Just for fun. We used to play it in the mining camps.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
This rule book is very interesting. I never realized it was such an orderly and courteous game.

Byron Sully:
Not the way *we* played it.

Jake Slicker:
Horace, you're the behind.

Horace Bing:
Behind what?

Jake Slicker:
The striker.

Horace Bing:
I'm the striker's behind?

Paul:
Who's up next?

Colleen Cooper:
Me.

Paul:
You can't play, you're a girl.

Colleen Cooper:
Then you should have no trouble striking me out.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Horace, are you all right?

Jake Slicker:
How many fingers?

Horace Bing:
Chocolate.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I think he's finished for the day.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What took you so long?

Byron Sully:
I had to make my bat.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Where does that leave Horace? He's been struggling at the plate. He's afraid of striking out.

Byron Sully:
He's not the only one...

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Pinch running for Mr. Slicker will be Cloud Dancing.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You're looking very pleased with yourself.

Byron Sully:
When the children knock and you don't jump up, I know I got your attention.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Do you think most women find it agreeable?

Grace:
Sure.

Myra Bing:
If they're in love, they do.

Dorothy Jennings:
I think women find it more agreeable then men do. I *do*. I mean, the men don't wanna know it. It would just vex 'em.

Grace:
You're still in the honeymoon stage. Enjoy it. 'Cause it ain't gonna last forever.

Dorothy Jennings:
I don't think so. I mean, I don't think it has to end.

Myra Bing:
No, but it just gets different, that's all. Sorta gets to be a part of the day's routine, like... brushing your teeth.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[kissing Sully] How can people say this is like brushing your teeth?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[discussing Colleen] We were always so close.

Byron Sully:
Maybe that's the problem.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Beg your pardon?

Byron Sully:
She's gotta step outta your shadow. It's a mighty tall shadow.

Byron Sully:
You know what the Cheyanne ask a young man who's just taken a wife?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What?

Byron Sully:
'Does she show enthusiasm?'... I appreciate your enthusiasm.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I thought Matthew was taking you fishing?

Brian Cooper:
He's too busy... kissin' Ingrid.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
When I first thought that David had been killed, I felt as if my heart had been ripped out. I didn't believe that anything could ever hurt me as much again. Seeing my child go through it... It's worse.

Byron Sully:
Blamin' doesn't fix things. It just makes them go on and on tearin' at folks.

Matthew Cooper:
Ingrid, will you marry me? Right now. We can do it here. God can be our witness.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Dorothy's overcome so much herself. I think she means this book to be inspirational. I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone.

Hank Lawson:
You read it?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I haven't had time yet. I'm looking forward to reading it this afternoon.

Hank Lawson:
Where exactly you gonna be when you're readin' it?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
The clinic, I suppose. Why?

Hank Lawson:
Might wanna steer clear of that part of town today, folks.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Do I look as foolish as I feel?

Byron Sully:
I think you're beautiful when you're jealous.

Dorothy Jennings:
Keeping promises when it's convenient is easy Michaela. But easy don't count for much in life.

Byron Sully:
[to Michaela] Whether or not we make a baby, we sure can have fun trying.

Matthew Cooper:
What's a dog like that good for?

Byron Sully:
Bait.

Horace Bing:
After Dr. Mike has the baby... are you gonna let 'er keep workin'?

Byron Sully:
[laughs]

Horace Bing:
What's so funny?

Byron Sully:
Let her? Are we talkin' about the same Dr. Mike?

Horace Bing:
I see your point.

Preston A. Lodge III:
D'you hear the news? Dr. Mike is climbing to the top of Pike's Peak.

Jake Slicker:
Don't worry. After a while, nothin' she does'll seem strange.

Colleen Cooper:
I'll only be five minutes.

Brian Cooper:
No, no. I know how long five minutes takes when someone leaves a baby with you.

Myra Bing:
That's what I wanted more than anything when I was workin' for Hank - a nice normal life. When Horace and I first fell in love, I was so happy. We'd get married in a nice normal church weddin', and live in a normal house, and have a normal family. [pauses] Normal life is drivin' me crazy.

Dorothy Jennings:
Well, it's gotta be better than workin' in a saloon.

Myra Bing:
Yeah. But I used to speak my mind. I had gumption.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I started thinking about how I planned everything. Then I realized something. The most important events in my life were things that I never planned. Things that I had no control over at all.

Grace:
Oh, no you don't.

Brian Cooper:
I was just sayin' hello.

Grace:
I know you, and you were one step away from namin' that turkey.

Brian Cooper:
Well, his face does kinda remind me of...

Grace:
Shhh. Don't say it. You name that bird, start makin' friends with it, and there goes my Thanksgiving appetite. That bird's name is 'dinner'.

Cloud Dancing:
[to Jake] With the Cheyanne, tribe comes first, then family and then man. For you, it's the man first and last. That is why you are so alone.

Matthew Cooper:
[talking about Ingrid] She told Jon that she always wanted to remember this music. [he breaks down crying] And that way'd she'd never forget what it felt like to fall in love with me.

Brian Cooper:
Colleen, can I ask you somethin'?

Colleen Cooper:
Sure.

Brian Cooper:
Say you're a girl...

Colleen Cooper:
I'll try to imagine that.

Byron Sully:
Got somthin' for ya... an early Christmas present.

Brian Cooper:
Really?

Byron Sully:
[producing a beaded leather necklace] I made this when I was with the Cheyanne. Didn't make it for myself, but to give as a gift. And all these years I been walkin' around with it, not knowin' who I made it for until now. I made it for my son.

[Loren, Hank and Jake are dressed up to play the Three Wise Men for the Christmas nativity]

Jake Slicker:
Reverend. How do we look?

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
I don't think they were smoking cigars, gentlemen.

Hank Lawson:
Hey, we're kings. We can do whatever we want.

Jake Slicker:
What's myrrh?

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
Well, myrrh was a... It is a... It's a thing that kings have.

[after Dr. Mike is accepted into a prestigious medical society]

Hank Lawson:
And we thought she was know-it-all before this.

Byron Sully:
The minute you put on a gun, you're sayin' that you're willin' to use it. Now, that's just invitin' trouble.

Hank Lawson:
Bein' sheriff's a man's job, Grace.

Grace:
I know. That's why I'm votin' for Matthew.

Preston A. Lodge III:
[to Matthew] You're considerably younger than Hank.

Myra Bing:
He's also considerably smarter.

Hank Lawson:
Thanks for the support, Myra.

Jake Slicker:
We got ourselves a sheriff - Matthew Cooper.

Hank Lawson:
I want a recount.

Jake Slicker:
I know how to count, Hank. You lost by more than thirty votes.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[to Matthew] I don't ever want to see you lying here, looking up at me and telling me you got shot for the right reasons. There are no right reasons to get shot.

Byron Sully:
You don't raise children to keep 'em in way that puts your mind at ease. You raise 'em so they know how to look out for themselves.

Byron Sully:
Different women give you different kinds of love.

Matthew Cooper:
How do you even know if it *is* love?

Byron Sully:
Let your heart tell ya. Just make sure it's your heart doin' the talkin'.

Byron Sully:
You could sell the extra corn just to buy things you need - like some meat.

Cloud Dancing:
*Buy* meat?

Preston A. Lodge III:
You'll have to excuse Sully. He has a tender spot in his heart for squirrels and bunnies and such.

Preston A. Lodge III:
Interesting character. Remind you of anyone you know? Mountain man turned family man? Once a legend of the rugged back country, now cooking supper for his pregnant wife. Don't take me wrong, Sully. I want nothing but the best for you and Michaela. I can picture you right now with a new baby - rocking him to sleep, changing his little buckskin diapers.

Preston A. Lodge III:
What do you say, Sully? Do you think I should keep my mouth shut?

Byron Sully:
I don't think it's possible, Preston.

Hank Lawson:
Care to show us some of them moves?

Preston A. Lodge III:
With you?

Hank Lawson:
Why not? Been a while since I mixed it up a bit.

Jake Slicker:
Yeah, at least a week.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You still racing horses?

Dr. Cassidy:
Of course. And are you still dressing up as men to ride them?

Cloud Dancing:
I am reminded of a story. It seems a young frog was trying to win the heart of a porcupine. His father said to him, "My son, how can you fall in love with a porcupine?" The young frog replied, "The skunk would not have me."

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[blank look]

Cloud Dancing:
I'm afraid it loses something in the translation.

Dr. Cassidy:
It's your funeral, Reverend.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
Yes, it is. And I would like to wait on it.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Dr. Cassidy, it's quite apparent that my definition of a woman will always differ from yours. So let's just agree to disagree and leave it at that, shall we?

Preston A. Lodge III:
Why'd you do it? Why'd you save my life?

Byron Sully:
If you don't know by now, you never will.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You did the right thing, Hank.

Hank Lawson:
Don't let it get around.

Matthew Cooper:
I'd feel a lot better if I had a deputy, just 'till this is all over. I don't trust many men. I'd ask Sully but I need someone here in town.

Robert E.:
I'm sorry, Matthew. I can't help you. I ain't sayin' that man in there don't have due what's comin' 'im. Just figure I already seen my fill of hangin's.

Johnny Reed:
Look at you. You ain't hardly wet behind the ears. And they think that you can do a man's job today.

Matthew Cooper:
Watch me, Reed.

Johnny Reed:
Come to save my soul?

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
I suppose that's up to you.

Cloud Dancing:
How does cutting their hair and putting them in white man's clothes help them learn?

Cloud Dancing:
When you read a story, you cannot know who tells it - cannot see him, or hear his voice. If you cannot see his spirit, the story has no meaning.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, all we wanna do is give them a new way of learning, so they can have both ways.

Byron Sully:
Just so the new ways don't wipe out the old.

Cloud Dancing:
What of their true nature will survive if they live as white people?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
All we want to do is prepare them for the future.

Byron Sully:
They won't have a future if they don't have a past.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
What did I do wrong, Dr. Mike? I only wanted to do the right thing.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I know. They never asked us to share their religion, Reverend. Should we make them share ours?

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
They don't share our medicine, either, but you help them with it.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Medicine is different...

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
How? You took an oath to save lives with your medicine and I took an oath to save souls with my faith.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[gently] I thought our job here was to educate their minds.

Dr. Miriam Tilson:
Michaela Quinn of Beacon Hill, out in the barren wilderness, scratching the ears of a wolf.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
As you said, things change.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What was it this time?

Byron Sully:
She thought she saw a bear out the window.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
A bear?

Byron Sully:
It was a laundry tub. Took quite a fight, but I think I scared it off.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I always thought she was disappointed in me... when I left Boston to move out here... as if I'd somehow failed.

Byron Sully:
She was disappointed, or you?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[looks lovingly at Sully] It was the best decision I ever made.

Byron Sully:
[smiling] Glad to hear you say that.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
There're some mornings, I just want to stay in bed and hide under the covers. Or take a buggy ride out to the lake... not let anyone know where I am... Just let life go on without "Dr. Mike".

Byron Sully:
It would, ya know.

Brian Cooper:
You visitin' town?

Isabelle Maynard:
Well, I was passing through on the train and I saw this... [gestures toward the mountains]... and I just had to get out and paint it.

Brian Cooper:
You mean, you see something you wanna paint... and you stop everything to do it?

Isabelle Maynard:
Yes.

Preston A. Lodge III:
I find the canvases of Mr. Monet and Pissaro very exciting, mind you. But, I must say, they can't hold a candle to yours.

Isabelle Maynard:
Oh, my. What a warm breeze there is out here.

Preston A. Lodge III:
Carpe diem.

Jake Slicker:
Carpet what?

Isabelle Maynard:
I've been through this before. Fear and guilt aren't the best treatments for me.

Brian Cooper:
I need your help. I still can't get this 'perspective' thing right.

Isabelle Maynard:
You have better perspective than most people I know.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Isabelle, I'd like for you to stay. I wish I could just make my fear go away... or that I never felt it in the first place, but I can't... But my fear is irrelevent. You're sick and I can help. That's all that matters... Please? I want to be your doctor.

Cloud Dancing:
There is no justice in the white man's court.

Cloud Dancing:
At Washita, I watched my life drain away with the blood of my people... Snowbird... Black Kettle. I came to the reservation where Utes fight Pawnee, Pawnee fight Arapaho. But now, the spirits have shown me a way to bring peace. They have shown me we are one blood... one people.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Cloud Dancing, this is admirable, but you can't sacrifice yourself.

Cloud Dancing:
You asked me before if I was protecting someone. I am protecting them all.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Is it just me, or have I been pregnant for ten years?

Byron Sully:
It'll be over soon.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
And you've been saying that to me for ten years as well.

Marjorie Quinn:
Michaela, I hope you don't mind... I brought along a friend for dinner.

Hank Lawson:
Turkey. My favorite.

Elizabeth Quinn:
[reguarding Emma] I will not have a woman of such character in attendance.

Marjorie Quinn:
A woman of such character, mother, is mearly the direct result of the *men* who exploit her.

Elizabeth Quinn:
Please don't start that again.

Marjorie Quinn:
Men who share none of the shame and degredation, who insist on enslaving us...

Elizabeth Quinn:
All right, all right! Invite her! Just cease with the fanatacism!

Dr. Andrew Cook:
How did he get the hernia?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Lifting a pig... a *big* pig.

Elizabeth Quinn:
[to Mike] There was no greater moment in my life, then the moment when I gave birth to you.

Elizabeth Quinn:
[to Preston] You will wait you turn, young man, and be pleasant doing so!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[to Sully] It's been a while since we've had an adventure in the woods.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Oh, Sully, I don't wanna do this. I don't think I can.

Byron Sully:
Yes you can. You're doin' it right now. Pretty soon the baby'll be here... and your ten years of being pregnant are over.

Byron Sully:
Morning, folks. Like you to meet Katherine Sully.

Colleen Cooper:
[to baby Sully] Your pa made this just for you... *our* pa.

Colleen Cooper:
I'll still can't believe I have a baby sister.

Robert E.:
Well, she's got your eyes, Sully.

Jake Slicker:
Not much hair, though... considerin' its parents.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What happened?

Hank Lawson:
Some guy cut me. How much to sew me up?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I thought you prefered the expertise of Mr. Slicker in these matters.

Hank Lawson:
Jake's drunk. Now can we talk later, when I'm not bleedin' to death?

Grace:
Sometimes people disappoint you, and you just have to let it go and love them anyway.

Loren Bray:
Seems parents and children spend half their lives not seeing eye to eye. By the time they do find some common ground, there's barely any time left to enjoy it.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Wanted: Sheriff. Must be of strong moral fiber and have knowledge of the law.

Kid Cole:
There go most of your candidates right there.

Kid Cole:
Looks like the only way I'm gonna have me a quiet, peaceful little town is to make me one.

Kid Cole:
[to Mike] You ain't gonna be my boss, are ya?

Kid Cole:
I know I'm new in town, but it woulda been nice to've been invited to your party.

Byron Sully:
The Cheyanne say that the dead carry their scars with them to the afterlife.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, I disagree. I believe it's the people who are left who carry the scars.

Ethan Cooper:
We often see things clearer once we're looking backwards.

Cloud Dancing:
Remember, the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds were made by the same creator. We are relatives.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You're drunk.

Doc Eli:
That's an excellent diagnosis doctor.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
May I ask you a question?

Eddy:
Yeah.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Why don't you have clothes on?

Eddy:
Well, I'm seventy-three years old. And I figure I can do as I damn well please.

General George Custer:
Dr. Quinn, you are a traitor.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I've dedicated my life to repairing the damage that men like you bring on this world and frankly, Mr. Custer, I don't want any more of your business.

Byron Sully:
That's the gate to wisdom - being able to say 'I don't know'.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
My life is very ordinary.

Daniel Watkins:
After my years of photographing the war I think an ordinary life is amazing. Especially if it's viewed from the proper angle.

Byron Sully:
I'm sorry for everything my people are doin' to yours.

Cloud Dancing:
The spirits tell me my anger is good, my hate is not. There are good men, there are bad men. You're a good man Sully. You're still my brother.

Hank Lawson:
What can I do for ya?

Sister Ruth:
Well, you can come home to the Lord, brother. He's missing you.

Hank Lawson:
Sorry, I can't say the same.

Prisoner:
You let a dang woman work on me? What're you tryin' to kill me?

Kid Cole:
This ain't no woman. She's a doctor.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What happened to your plans to settle down, plant some rose bushes?

Kid Cole:
Boys like him kept tryin' to make me push up rose bushes instead of plantin' 'em.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Tobacco? You know what that'll do for your tuberculosis?

Kid Cole:
No ma'am, but I'm sure you're plannin' on tellin' me.

Byron Sully:
I stand with the truth.

Franklin:
Black Kettle says that is the only place for a leader to stand.

Byron Sully:
Where you're born always kind of has a pull on ya, whether ya like it or not.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Please, mother needs her rest!

Elizabeth Quinn:
Oh, nonsense. I feel perfectly well.

Dr. William Burke:
Doctor's orders.

Elizabeth Quinn:
A nap. But then I'm coming down for supper.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Mother...

Elizabeth Quinn:
And *that* is final.

Dr. William Burke:
Mother's orders.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Whenever anyone used to comment on my being my father's daughter, he used to tell them not to let my choice of profession fool them. That it was my mother I was most like, not him. It's the only thing he ever said that made me truly angry at him.

Elizabeth Quinn:
[about Michaela to Sully] She shouldn't have to defend your appearance. You and I both know that you look nearly as odd to most of the people of Colorado Springs as you do to the citizens of Boston.

Byron Sully:
Rich people pay to eat snails?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Pushy? I'm not pushy!

Charlotte Cooper:
Let's just call it headstrong.

Soldier:
[about Dr. Mike] She was aiding the enemy.

Loren Bray:
Ah, she thought she was helping the Indians. She just does stuff like that. Ya gotta ignore it.

Byron Sully:
She kissed *me*.

Brian Cooper:
What's the difference?

Byron Sully:
It takes two people to kiss, Brian. It's like when you wanna go fishin' and I don't, but I go anyway because I don't wanna hurt your feelings. Do you think you can understand that?

Brian Cooper:
I think fishin's fishin' and kissin's kissin'. That's what I think.

Hank Lawson:
High stakes poker, Michaela. Bunch of stinkin' drunk men sittin' around a table gamblin', smokin', talkin' dirty and we'd like for you to come. Interested?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
No, thank you.

Hank Lawson:
Darn.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully says that everyone recognizes members of their own tribe.

Louise Chambers:
Who's Sully?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, that's something for a whole other picnic.

Myra Bing:
I don't want to belong to a church where you let a man lay dyin' while you sit here readin' your bibles.

Grace:
There's a sayin' - 'The devel you know is better then the devil you don't know'. Well, Hank, you're the devil we know.

Byron Sully:
[to Michaela] Sometimes a shadow falls over the moon, and it looks dark. But the light's there, it's just behind it. It's not gone, it's just covered up for a while. You've got that light. I've seen it. Trust that it's there and the shadow will pass.

Jake Slicker:
Hey, you think we outta tell Dr. Mike about our plan?

Loren Bray:
Naw. What she don't know won't hurt us.

Brian Cooper:
I'm running away.

Loren Bray:
From what?

Brian Cooper:
Ma said it's somethin' called puberty. I don't wanna catch it.

Sam Lindsey:
I've never thought of caution as a means to lead one's life.

Walter Smoot:
[about Sam] Where I come from we got a sayin' for females like her: 'all her puppies don't bark'.

Sam Lindsey:
Life isn't about living forever, Michaela. It's about making the journey really count.

Sister Ruth:
Wait a minute, don't go. You're always runnin' off somewhere.Please, Stay.

Kid Cole:
If I stay, I might be tempted to do more than talk.

Sister Ruth:
Kid! Let him go, let it all be over. Then maybe you and I could...

Kid Cole:
I just wish you'd get on outta here before you get hurt.

Sister Ruth:
I'd *be* hurt if you die. I love you, you ole coot!

Aaron:
[looking at a picture of Santa] He looks like my Uncle Aram in Warsaw, only more so.

Brian Cooper:
You think your uncle is Santa?

Aaron:
No, Mama says he only gives headaches.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
How are we ever gonna get through this?

Byron Sully:
Same way we always got on. Standing up for what we believe in, loving the children, and hanging on to each other.

Jake Slicker:
So, uh how was the honeymoon?

Byron Sully:
It's great

Jake Slicker:
Yeah

Byron Sully:
Yeah

Jake Slicker:
How great?

Byron Sully:
[Sully smiles] Real great!

Dorothy Jennings:
Well?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well!

Dorothy Jennings:
Well?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike nods and smiles] WELL! [Dr Mike giggles and smiles again]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Mother please, don't ask me to explain any more.

Elizabeth Quinn:
Oh yes. Heaven forbid I should understand what's going on around me.

Hank Lawson:
What about the doc? If she didn't go pokin her nose where it don't belong.

Olive Davis:
You wouldn't be fixin' to go get that water now?

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
What makes you think that?

Olive Davis:
Gettin to know ya.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
Someone has to stop Harding before its too late.

Olive Davis:
Sully going with you?

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
He wants to go alone. Says I'll slow him down.

Olive Davis:
Well you ride as well as he does. Must be another reason.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
Well it is rough country, could be dangerous.

Olive Davis:
You know what I think... I think he's scared to be out there alone with ya.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
Oh, why would he be scared of that?

Olive Davis:
I can't image. Can you? [Dr Mike and Olive both smile then laugh]

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
Why didn't you wake me?

Byron Sully:
Said we'd leave at sun up.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
Could've at least given me a warning.

Byron Sully:
I just did! Better hurry up and pack up all that junk.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
It's not junk

Byron Sully:
Please don't be using that fancy soap because if I can smell it then everybody else can to.

Byron Sully:
Knew this was a bad idea.

Dr. Michaela 'Dr. Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike comes from behind a tree to see a rattlesnake coiled ready to strike Sully. She uses her mirror to blind the snake. Sully sits up quickly and beheads the snake. Dr Mike sighs with relief] Handy little piece of junk, huh!

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
[speaking to Hank of what is written in Dorothy's book] You didn't quite come off as a saint, Hank! She writes about how you... cheat your customers, water down your whiskey, keep .

Hank Lawson:
My reputation stands!

Jake Slicker:
Well I wanna knowis why Sully comes off like a hero of a dime novel.

Hank Lawson:
I ain't never seen a bigger bunch of cry babies. You're all mad that she wrote the truth. [Dr Mike walks up] Right, Michaela?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Dorothy has overcome so much herself. I think that she means this book to be inspirational . I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone.

Hank Lawson:
[as he looks at Dr Mike] You read it?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well I haven't had time yet. I looking forward to reading it this afternoon.

Hank Lawson:
Where exactly are you going to be when you're readin' it?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
In the clinic I suppose. Why?

Hank Lawson:
[smiles and announces to the crowd] You might want to stay clear of that part of town today folks!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I believe I spelled that out quite clearly, that's Michael with an 'A'. My father was expecting a male.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
So was I.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
This is most embarrassing, Miss Quinn, and I want to apologize for the inconvenience. But we will, of course, pay your way back to Boston.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
That won't be necessary, thank you. Colorado Springs needs a doctor and I happen to be one.

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
There are no respectable, single women living in Colorado Springs.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
That's a shame, Reverend. Every town should have at least one.

[first lines]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[voiceover narration] I was born on February 15, 1833, in Boston, Massachusetts, the last of five children - the four before me all girls. My father, being a man of science, firmly believed that the odds were to finally dictate the birth of a long awaited son. He would be named Michael... I was named Michaela.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[voiceover narration] I found an advertisement in "The Globe" for a town doctor in Colorado Territory. I sent a telegram detailing my experience and in less than a week, I received a reply offering me the position. It was the frontier, a place where people made new beginnings, a place where my services would be needed, where my skills would be appreciated, where I would finally be accepted as a doctor...

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Two grown men acting like schoolboys!

Hank Lawson:
Are you kiddin'? I never had this much fun when I was in school!

Loren Bray:
You got to go home.

Brian Cooper:
I can't.

Loren Bray:
Why not?

Brian Cooper:
I'm running away.

Loren Bray:
From what?

Brian Cooper:
Ma says it's something called puberty. I don't wanna catch it.

Loren Bray:
You got not choice, Brian. Everybody catches it.

Brian Cooper:
Even in Bolivia.

Loren Bray:
Yeah, it comes with growin' up.

Brian Cooper:
You mean I already got it?

Loren Bray:
You thinkin' about girls instead of school? [Brian nods] You got it.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I wish mother would have asked before sending us a dog.

Byron Sully:
Then it wouldn't been a surprise.

Coleen Cooper:
I still can't believe how small it is.

Matthew Cooper:
Sure not a tracker or a herder. What do suppose its good for?

Byron Sully:
Bait!

Hank Lawson:
What's wrong with Sully? He'd be happy to finally get to...

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
Hank, I think this discussion can hold.

Brian Cooper:
That's all right Reverand, Ma has told us about the birds and the bees

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
I doubt she told you Hank's version.

Elizabeth Quinn:
[Dr Mike is pacing and watching for Sully] [Mrs Quinn is checking over the rehearsal dinner] The salmon mousse is slipping. The souffle is falling. The ice is melting.

Grace:
My rehearsal supper wouldn't been slippin', fallin' or meltin'!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Ah, Sully it isn't even dark yet.

Byron Sully:
But its getting darker...

Byron Sully:
And darker [Dr Mike giggles]

Byron Sully:
And darker [they kiss passionately]

Byron Sully:
And darker [more passionate kissing]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Then Dr Mike goes to the window to pull down the blind] and darker.

Byron Sully:
Pride's a foolish man's burden. I oughta know!

Byron Sully:
I've never shown anybody this... not even Abagail.

Emily Donovan:
What about the gift?

Grace:
Well, I got Robert E workin' on it and I already got the menu planned. [Grace and Colleen look around for Dr Mike. They see she is within ear shot, so they lower their voices] Boston Baked Beans, Boston Chowder and for dessert Boston Cream Pie!

Emily Donovan:
oh Yum!

Colleen Cooper:
Sure that won't make her homesick?

Grace:
Nobody gets sick off ah my cookin'! [Emily giggles]

Matthew Cooper:
Sully... Listen about what Brian said. That stuff about bein' our Pa...

Byron Sully:
Nah I know Brian misses his Pa. I gotta make up my own mind about things.

Matthew Cooper:
You'll come to the party at least?

Byron Sully:
I don't know yet.

Matthew Cooper:
Sully, I thought that you and Dr Mike were friends... Best Friends. I know that I would want my best friend to come to my birthday party.

Byron Sully:
Matthew it is a little more complicated than that.

Matthew Cooper:
No it's not! I'm sayin' if you wait too long she's liable to find a new best friend.

Chester Barnes:
[a coyote yelps] That sounded close.

Byron Sully:
He's at least 4 miles away.

Chester Barnes:
Wolves travel in packs, am I right?

Byron Sully:
Yes, you are. 'Cept that's a coyote.

Byron Sully:
[sound of a night hawk] That's a night hawl. Settin' off to get his prey.

Chester Barnes:
Prey?

Byron Sully:
Don't worry Chester. You're too big to carry off. [Sully smiles]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I was at Grace's picking up supper for Matthew. I'd like to drop it off before we go back.

Byron Sully:
I'll go with you. I want to see how he's doin'.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I must confess that I am somewhat relieved that he decided to stop pursuing Emma.

Byron Sully:
He did?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well from what I saw earlier today. It certainly seems that way.

Byron Sully:
You never know it may not be over yet.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully, sometimes when you set a bird free, it just keeps on flying.

Byron Sully:
[Dr Mike and Sully turn the corner and see Emma and Matthew in front of the Sheriff office. Emma is wiping blood from Matthew's brow] Then again sometimes you set a bird free and it flys right on back.

Byron Sully:
[Dr Mike looking in the mirror, holding her breast, Sully puts his hand over hers] I know what you're thinkin'

Byron Sully:
and the answer is yes [Dr Mike sighs]

Byron Sully:
I will always love you no matter what happens

Byron Sully:
I will always find you as beautiful as I did the first day I saw you [Dr Mike sighs again and Sully kisses her affectionately on the cheek]

Colleen Cooper:
[Colleen marches over to Jared] I wanna talk to you.

Jared McAllister:
'Bout what?

Colleen Cooper:
Come on! [Colleen grabs Jared and pulls him away from a group of boys]

Jared McAllister:
What do you want?

Colleen Cooper:
I want you to look at me!

Jared McAllister:
[His eyes drift down to Colleen's chest] What?

Colleen Cooper:
Look at ME! [Jared groans and smiles then looks at her chest again]

Colleen Cooper:
[Colleen grabs his chin] LOOK AT ME!

Jared McAllister:
Whats amatter with you? Are you crazy?

Colleen Cooper:
I'm not crazy! I'm smart and nice and funny and I love school and learnin'... and I have 2 great brothers and the best Ma around. And I dream about being a doctor someday. [She shakes her head] But you'll never know all that, not the way you're goin'. And that's alright because if you don't care about those things, then I can do without you. Only that makes me sad because I thought you were nice, I liked you. I wanted to be friends. [Colleen walks away]

Jared McAllister:
Wait... I do want to be friends.

Colleen Cooper:
Then maybe when you grow up!

Jared McAllister:
Please.

Colleen Cooper:
Then we gonna start over. [Colleen puts out her hand]

Colleen Cooper:
Colleen Cooper [They shake hands]

Jared McAllister:
Jared McAllister

Brian Cooper:
Say you wanna ask someone to a dance... What'd ya say to Ma when you asked her?

Byron Sully:
I said, 'Michaela would you do me the great honor of going to the dance with me?'

Brian Cooper:
Who told you to say it like that?

Byron Sully:
Your Ma

Hank Lawson:
[referring to catching the Stearate Gang] I'll go after them.

Jake Slicker:
Alone?

Hank Lawson:
Not alone. I'll take a friend [Hank reaches around and pulls out a gun] Judge Colt and his jury of six.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully, I have to prepare myself for all possibilities... Including not being able to practice anymore.

Byron Sully:
Alright, what if that happens what are you going to do?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I don't know. Being a doctor, it isn't just what I do its who I am.

Byron Sully:
You'll still be the same person you've always been. Somebody who cares about people, who helps them. They can't take that away from you.

Loren Bray:
[refering to Katie] I can't believe it, a year old already.

Jake Slicker:
Still ain't got a lot of hair considering the parents.

Robert E.:
Cake looks good, Grace.

Grace:
Oh, Dr Mike made it.

Robert E.:
Really?

Hank Lawson:
Try not to look so surprised.

Hank Lawson:
What's that squallin'?

Jake Slicker:
Somebody's singin'. Sounds like Myra.

Hank Lawson:
Myra can't sing.

Jake Slicker:
Well that ain't stoppin' her. Listen!

Horace Bing:
You woke her up! You ain't suppose to do that! What if her soul can't get back now?

Jake Slicker:
Her soul? Where'd it go?

Hank Lawson:
I don't care if it's flyin' around the sky on a broomstick! Keep her quiet.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully

Byron Sully:
Humm

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Oh you're sleeping, I'm sorry.

Byron Sully:
That's alright. What's wrong?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Oh I don't know... I was very stern with Colleen.

Byron Sully:
Sometimes ya gonna be. Hey it looks like you could use some holdin'. Come 're [Sully wraps his arms around Dr Mike] It's gonna be alright. Anytime you need any holdin'... just ask.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You don't mind?

Byron Sully:
Mind?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Well, I was taught that in certain matters a woman shouldn't ask... she should wait for the man.

Byron Sully:
You were taught alot of things you never paid no attention to.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Truly believe it's alright?

Byron Sully:
Truly. You know what the Cheyenne ask a young man who's just taken a wife?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What?

Byron Sully:
Does she show enthusiasm? I appreciate your enthusiasm! [they kiss]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike is doing some mending] [Sully walks into the bedroom] Did you read him his book?

Byron Sully:
He went right to sleep.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
It always does.

Byron Sully:
I almost fell asleep myself. It's been a long day. I don't know about you but I could use some holdin'!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Come here.

Byron Sully:
Ya don't mind me askin'?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Mind? I appreciate your enthusiasm! [they kiss]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Sully and Dr Mike are in their bedroom. Sully has just taken off his shirt] Haven't you noticed she's been acting differently.

Byron Sully:
[Sully starts to unlace one of Dr Mike's boots] She's growing up.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
She says that all her friends are allowed to do the things we won't permit her to do.

Byron Sully:
Like what?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Like the hayride tonight.

Byron Sully:
[Sully moves on to the next boot] Did you ever go on a hayride?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
We didn't have them in Boston.

Byron Sully:
Somethin' like it? [Sully takes off Dr Mike's socks and starts to caress her legs and feet]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
My feet are cold.

Byron Sully:
Won't be for long.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Sully is still caressing and now kissing Dr Mike's feet and legs] Colleen is so young. Oh that's nice. [getting a foot massage] I... I... I don't feel she's ready to be running around.

Byron Sully:
Can we talk about this some other time?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
She knows so little.

Byron Sully:
She's delivered a baby, She's sewn up a bullet would.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Yes, in medicine she is commandant beyond her years, but in other things she is very naive. [ Dr Mike is losing her concentration as Sully is kissing her toes] As I was.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Sully moves up to Dr Mike's blouse and starts to unbutton it. They kiss.Dr Mike's blouse comes off her shoulders and Sully looks at her longingly. There is a knock on the door. Sigh] Yes?

Brian Cooper:
I need you to help me with my essay.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Um, I'll... I'll help you tomorrow [Dr Mike is distracted by Sully advances] We're tired now.

Brian Cooper:
But Ma.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'll wake you up early. We'll get your paper done [Sully is still caressing Dr Mike] All right?

Brian Cooper:
All right.

Byron Sully:
Good Night, Brian. [Sully snickers]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You're looking very pleased with yourself.

Byron Sully:
When the children knock and you don't jump up I KNOW I got your attention. [ They kiss]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'm sorry, sorry. I guess I'm nervous I want this to work.

Byron Sully:
Whether or not we make a baby. We sure could have fun tryin'

Byron Sully:
Hey, can I talk to ya?

Hank Lawson:
What do you want?

Byron Sully:
Look, ah I know there's been lots of bad blood between us lately. I just want to thank you for savin' Michaela's life.

Hank Lawson:
That was Andrew's doin', not mine.

Byron Sully:
Well you found her and brought her to 'em... I just want to say I'm grateful is all. [Sully extends his hand. Hank and Sully shake hands] That's all.

Hank Lawson:
Thanks

Daniel Watkins:
It is beautiful...

Byron Sully:
The Cheyenne say this is the place where heaven and earth come to talk each day.

Daniel Watkins:
What do they talk about?

Byron Sully:
Lately, they talk about how everything's changing.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'm sorry Sully... sorry we quarreled.

Byron Sully:
[sarcastically] Is that what we did?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Apparently we still are

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What's going on?

Byron Sully:
Someone's wife is pretty mad.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
she's angry, I feel sorry for the poor fellow, who's tepee is it?

Cloud Dancing:
Mine!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Brian and Matthew are doing chores] Brian.

Brian Cooper:
It's Ma!

Matthew Cooper:
Colleen!

Colleen Cooper:
So glad you're back.

Brian Cooper:
I missed you.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I missed all of you too.

Byron Sully:
[Sully comes out of the house with a wide grin. Dr Mike and Sully lock glances. Sully comes toward Dr Mike] Welcome Home [They hug and kiss]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Feels good to be here.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
How did you all get along without me?

Colleen Cooper:
We managed. [Sully rolls his eyes]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Did I miss anything?

Matthew Cooper:
[with a smirk] Nothin' much.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Did Sully take good care of you?

Brian Cooper:
Sure did!

Byron Sully:
[Smiling] They took good care of me too.

Matthew Cooper:
Ya alright?

Byron Sully:
Sure am glad to see you.

Matthew Cooper:
I's just thinkin' the same thing.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike runs up to the station house] Anybody there?

Kid Cole:
[Kid Cole opens the door] Who wants to know?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Are you alright? [Sister Ruth and Dr Mike hug]

Kid Cole:
I winged a couple of them before they gave up and decided to come after you.

Sister Ruth:
I'm so glad to see you.

Byron Sully:
I was just thinkin' the same thing.

Kid Cole:
Dr Quinn, Sully... I hope you don't mind if sayin' grace takes alittle longer today... We got alot to be thankful for this year.

Sister Ruth:
Amen!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I was just thinking the same thing. [Sully and Dr Mike kiss]

Loren Bray:
What is it?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I believe it's a guyser

Hank Lawson:
Are you goin' to blame that one on us, Micheala?

Grace:
What could go wrong in a few days?

Byron Sully:
What could go wrong in a few days?

Rev. Timothy Johnson:
What could go wrong in a few days?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What could go wrong in a few days?

Byron Sully:
[to Dr Mike] Did you have trouble playin' [clearing his throat] a hungry pregnant lady?

Byron Sully:
[Dr Mike walks into the new homestead and puts Snowbird's present on the mandel. As Dr Mike curiously removes a quilt from a carved headboard] It's supposed to be a surprise... It's your weddin' present.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sully, it's so beautiful!

Byron Sully:
It will be when its finished.

Byron Sully:
I figured we'd need a bed. [Sully tries to kiss her]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
May I watch you work?

Byron Sully:
Sure... Here sit on this [Sully lays out the quilt]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Sully starts to work on the headboard] I've been thinking how lucky we are to have this house. I can't imagine having to suddenly pack up and leave everything. They've been gone a week but it feels like they've been gone a year now.

Byron Sully:
I miss them too.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Think they'll be alright?

Byron Sully:
They should be at Fort Cobb by now. Once Custer got his fill of chasin' Dog Soldiers. He'll move on and they'll be back.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Sometimes I can't help but wonder if you wished you could have gone along with them. I mean they have been your family for so long now.

Byron Sully:
Cheyenne are my family. They always will be. [Sully moves toward Dr Mike] So are you. When are you going to understand my heart is yours now. [They kiss passionately falling to the floor]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You better get back to work or we'll never have a bed. [ Both giggle]

Byron Sully:
You're so beautiful.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I never believed I could be this happy. I love you so much! [They laugh and kiss]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike looking in the mirror rubbing her very large baby belly] Is it just me or have I been pregnant for 10 years?

Byron Sully:
It's not much longer.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
And you've been saying that to me for 10 years as well. I'm tired of being tired, fat, ugly...

Byron Sully:
You're not fat, you're not ugly you're pregnant and that's a good thing... remember.

Robert E.:
[reffering to Katie] She's got your eyes, Sully.

Jake Slicker:
Not much hair though, considerin' its parents.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Oh wait. Wait!

Byron Sully:
What?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Oh no!

Byron Sully:
Contraction? [slight worried look and Sully's face]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
My water, it just broke. It's definately labor.

Byron Sully:
All right. I'll get you back to town as fast as I can.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
No, no we can't risk it. I can't travel that far. Labor is usually accelerated when the membranes rupture.

Byron Sully:
[More intense look on Sully's face] What are you sayin'?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'm saying we're going to have to deliver the baby here!

Byron Sully:
[Panic has now set in] What?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You'll deliver it, we both will.

Byron Sully:
Alright, Alright. We can do this. Better lay down.

Matthew Cooper:
Well... this is the only suit I *have* and the pants are high water on me.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What are you doing?

Byron Sully:
That's pretty clear.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
You're just leaving?

Byron Sully:
There's nothin' to stay for.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Without even saying goodbye.

Byron Sully:
[Sully hesitates] Goodbye!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Why did you even come here?

Byron Sully:
I told you!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
What's the real reason?

Byron Sully:
What do you care?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I care!

Byron Sully:
Well you sure didn't look like that back at that meetin'.

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
I'm asking you a question.

Byron Sully:
Why did I come?

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Yes, why?

Byron Sully:
Because!

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
Because?

Byron Sully:
Because I LOVE you! [Train lurches, they embrace. Dr Mike has a confused look on her face and she runs off the train and leaves the train station crying]

Dr. Michaela 'Mike' Quinn:
[Dr Mike gets off the stage. She is looking around for Sully. She sees him infront of the livery. Dr Mike runs from the stagecoach into Sully's arms] I LOVE you too!

Dorthy Jennings:
I wouldn't be a writer today if it weren't for her. Truth is Micheala saved my life.

Loren Bray:
I knew she was a real doctor the first time I'd laid eyes on her. I even let her cut into me once. Fact is Dr Mike saved my life.

Becky Bonner:
[to Dr Mike] and I figured you'd want to know that I'm doing lots better since the operation. [to Miss Cartwright] Truth is Dr Mike saved my life.