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While I was not a faithful devotee of the series, I tuned in whenever the opportunity presented itself and invariably enjoyed the stories revolving around a frontier town's lady doctor. I view the program strictly as entertainment, and missed too many episodes to comment accurately on any social issues depicted or historical liberties taken. However, I will note that the show does justifiably denounce racism and tends to cast native people in a sympathetic light.

Set just after the Civil War, the series portrays the ongoing story of a lovely young Boston doctor, Michaela Quinn, who following the death of her own physician father, moves to the frontier town of Colorado Springs. There Dr. Mike sets up her medical practice, to the consternation of those upset at the novel prospect of a female physician. Byron Sully, a rugged mountain man (and friend to the Cheyanne) helps her adjust to frontier life, and naturally the pair develop a mutual attraction. She is aided by a midwife, Charlotte Cooper, who on her deathbed following a snake bike, places her three children (Colleen, Brian, and the older Matthew) in Dr. Mike's care. Thus the doctor takes upon herself the responsibility of three adopted children. Later Dr. Mike marries Sully and they have a baby of their own, little Katie, to add to their previously existing foster family.

The beautiful British actress, Jane Seymour, is radiant, appealing, and sympathetic as the frontier doctor. Dr. Quinn certainly displays an admirable strength of wit and character, tackling both a challenging career and an instant family in this rugged pioneer setting. Yet she also reveals a touching vulnerability. The chemistry is electric between her and Sully (charismatically played by actor Joe Lando) and that factor is probably responsible for much of the show's success. On the whole, it's an engaging series and when it first aired, proved from my perspective superior to much of that era's TV programming.

Dr. Quinn is one of those shows where you can enjoy yourself regardless of age. The show teaches values that are important regardless of your race, religion or gender ^_*

My favorite characters are Sully and Hank. Sully for always standing up for what's right and Hank, well because Hank is an interesting, flawed character with a scarred soul where glimpses of goodness can be found if you look hard enough - I HATE the fact that Hank is abusive to women and animals, and on more than one occasion has abused his horse... Abuse is never ok, especially to animals who have no way of defending themselves against man.

My least favorite character, including guest would be Dorothy who just seems insincere to me. Dorothy is always quick to jump on the rumour wagon despite the fact that she's supposed to hunt for the truth and cast aside personal prejudices; and when she has to finally accept the truth, her apologies (or whatever) seem to stick in her throat - I would have kept Loren's sister Olive on the show instead of bringing someone like Dorothy in, who for the most part is insignificant in the larger scheme of things. I cannot stand the woman.

I thought changing Colleen was a bad choice. Erika Flores' Colleen 'fit' the Cooper family, Jessica Bowman is a cute kid but i thought she didn't suit the part at all.

Christianity plays a large part in this show but if we're looking at a western in that particular time in history, it fits.

A really enjoyable show, hopefully the viewers who saw this on TV ages ago will relive good memories and the new viewers will see the huge difference between quality back then and how most of it is now.

I am really taken aback that the only comment I see so far for this excellent show is entirely negative and dismissive. I feel compelled to set the record straight. The commentator dismisses the show for, among other things, anachronistic historical inaccuracy, as well as politically correct emotional sterility.

That is ridiculous. This was a wonderful show. The episodes were certainly not all the same. It dealt with many issues that are politically and socially relevant. It presented emotionally gripping drama, with different points of view, especially including compassionate consideration of the plight of native American people. It reminded me very much of the show Kung Fu, which is set during the same period in American history, the 1870s, and also had similar themes of pacifism, labor militancy, feminism, the plight of native Americans as well as the Chinese immigrants. (In actuality, David Carradine himself, a good friend of the Director and Seymour's husband, James Keatch (brother to Stacy Keatch, who appeared in one episode as President Ulysses Grant), appears in one of the episodes. The Keatches and the Carradines go back at least to the time when both families did the movie on the Younger-James gang.)

This show won an AWARD from the Smithosonian institution, hardly a left-wing bastion of political correctness, for its portrayal of the massacre of the Cheyenne at Washita. Its portrayal of the history of the persecution and genocide of the native Americans, by such notorious b******s as Chivington and Custer, was meticulously researched. Its show on Walt Whitman is a case in point as a study of actual attitudes, scientific as well as popular, toward homosexuality, during this period.

The show presented well the CENTRAL cultural conflict in American history, as portrayed by such authors as Leslie Fiedling (LOVE AND DEATH IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL) and Richard Slotkin (RESURRECTION THROUGH VIOLENCE): between the murderous drive to conquer nature and exterminate the "Reds," vs. those, like Dr. Quinn, Sully, and their family, who seek, then as now, to make peace with their fellow human beings and the natural environment.

The show emphasized the value of an emotionally, politically, and socially complex community, with its racial and ethnic hierarchies which Doctor Quinn continually challenged, and its emotional intimacies among men and women. Absolutely historically accurate!

Last but certainly not least, the romantic aspects of the show: the growing romance between Dr. Quinn and Byron Sully, her adopted son Matthew and first Ingrid, and then the prostitute (what was her name?), and between her daughter. Caroline, and the Doctor, Andrew, were great: as was the portrayal of Matthew's coming of age as first the non-violent sheriff of the town, and then as a budding attorney.

Please, if you have never seen this show before, do not be dissuaded by the previous commentator. Check it out-you'll be doing yourself a big favor. This is one of the best shows ever made for television!

Responding to green4tom above. In fact, David Carradine, a good friend of the director, Seymour's then-husband James Keach, son of Stacy Keach, Sr. (who appeared in several episodes as Judge Webster), appears in one episode as Houston Currier. Stacy Keach, Jr. did not appear in the series.

People need to relax their standards a bit. No one in their right mind expects fiction to be historically accurate at all times.

However, it must be said that, more often than not, the time line was appropriate for many of the events portrayed.

A reviewer mentioned that the pacifist ideals of Dr. Mike were highly unusual for the time. Indeed. That is why, perhaps, she (and Sully) are often the only ones who held those pacifist views, where as most of the townsfolk in the show wanted to have a hanging every chance they got. There were peace-loving people back then. Had there not been, every single Native American would be wiped out, slavery would have continued undeterred, and women would have been denied the right to vote... to name only a few examples.

As for women not going to college back then? Nonsense. It was not as common then as it is today, obviously, but it did occur. Please, do a google search on "Medical College of Pennsylvania, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania", which opened in 1850 and was the first female medical college in the world. It does not require a huge stretch of the imagination to suppose that a graduate from such a school would have been progressive, and might have found herself practicing medicine on the American frontier.

As for the show, I love it. I found the Season 4 DVDs in my local book store, and now have seasons 1-3. I watched the show when it was brand new in the early 90's, but stopped at season 2 because my husband and I got stationed in Asia and it was unavailable there. It's been a pleasure becoming reacquainted with Dr. Mike, Sully, and all of the people of Colorado Springs.

We normally don't watch TV, as there is nothing on worth watching. It is so refreshing to be able to watch good television with my kids. I recommend this show whole-heartedly.

Despite being such a simple series, It is probably one of the best for that reason. The 'EastEnders' of nowadays is becoming way too stereotypical and predictable that this masterpiece of a series has a somewhat timelessness to it. I mean, I'm a 16 year old, and I'M ADDICTED TO IT! The acting is of a high standard and there is no part of it I can deem as typical.

The best thing is, that if you miss a few episodes and pick it up from a random episode, it still makes sense and you still enjoy watching it. It's not like one of those series that if you miss one episode, you don't really understand what's going on in all the episodes following it. That is why this series is so viewer-friendly.

I don't know about you, but I'm considering buying the entire box-set!

It is a sad day when programs produced for general family viewing are so few and far between. However, it is comforting to know that Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman joins the ranks of great family programming. One of my favorite episodes is 'Just One Lullaby', which depicts the thin line between school discipline and abuse. I did not agree with the way in which the teacher 'got a taste of her own medicine' toward the end of the episode, but it proved the adage that 'what goes around, comes around'.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman may just go down in history as a great television classic.

Huzzah for this one.

First off I would like to start out by saying that I just can't understand why people think this is a bad show. The most common thing I read was that this show was basically historically incorrect or fake. Do you people think the things that happened on Little House on the Prairie were real? Do you think that all TV shows and movies that are based around some historical time period have to be accurate? If that were the case TV/movies would be very boring. Besides a few episodes that gave a few actual historical facts, it never claimed to be historically correct. Why can't people just watch the show and enjoy the amazing sets, wonderful characters and interesting story lines. Do you watch every John Wayne movie and judge them by what's historically correct? I doubt it. Anyways, I personally think it was one of the best shows ever. Joe Lando is hot, Jane Seymour is beautiful and both are great actors. I loved all of the characters, even the ones I hated. Most of the story lines were sad and made you feel for each character involved, but I laughed a lot too. I watched the show religiously and then for years on reruns and now I can't wait until the DVDs get a little less expensive so I can buy them all!!

Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman is the epitome of a "mary sue". There is never a problem or challenge that Dr Quinn can't solve or overcome. Of course she always bests the men in anything she does showing them how weak, immature, and soft they are. Makes one ask the question, why even have men at all in this town? Even the great Sully (our white guy cosplaying Cheyenne) seems to get tongue tied or put in his place continuously when he tussles with DQ. Of course he is above all the other men and their Neanderthal ways. The other issue is that all the locals of the town are portrayed as stupid, backwards, and superstitious and only DQ can point them in the right direction, after the 5th episode of this trope does it start to become maddening and insulting.

If you are looking for a show with zero character development and enjoy seeing pure fantasy in the guise of a historical drama then this show is a pure gem. If you are looking for a show with character development and actual historical content then I would suggest moving on from this Jane Seymour ego project.

how could anybody possibly say anything bad about Dr. Quinn at all?! its so addictive its ridiculous! i didn't even start watching it until a year and a half ago because my girlfriend used to be obsessed when she was little and she made me start watching the DVDs with her, but now I'm so obsessed with it! it was an amazing show and its a shame that people are badmouthing it. i wish it was still on. for the people who said that they were running out of diseases for her to cure that is ridiculous.. there are millions of diseases in this world, and of course they did not know about lots of them in the late 1800s but there are many episodes where the end of the episode she still does not know what is wrong with the person and cannot cure them because the disease wasn't really discovered yet. then they make a little announcement at the end of the episode stating what disease it is and if it has a cure now and what year they found it and all that. so really that claim that they ran out of ideas is ridiculous.. and really i mean one doctor for a whole town of course shes gonna have to deal with lots of different problems over and over again. and i have heard people saying it was not realistic for these people to get almost deathly ill so often, but really think about it. medicine was advanced, but no where near as advanced as it is now with vaccines and everything, we are much more sterile and all that now, so people did get sick more often then. this was over a hundred years ago! and i don't see how people can say that the native Americans were too "in touch with nature" thats what native Americans DO! they are all about nature and peace with nature, yes there were some native Americans who were violent and angry and all that and i think they did show that, they did not make them look like they were not violent at times. and also, there's no way you can say that the army coming in and stealing land and forcing native Americans into ethnic cleansing camps basically is a right thing to do and was the "founding" of our country, because the "founding" of our country was about freedom from England and religious persecution. oh and the original colleen (Erika Flores) didn't quit, she was forced out of the show by her father. thank you. the end. p.s. Dr Quinn rocks!

Well said. I absolutely love this show. It has heart without being sappy. Of course that's just my opinion but I think that people should realize that others might have different tastes and might like this show. Being negative about it doesn't really help anybody because they have to make up their own mind. As you said it's not a documentary, it's entertainment and it should be seen as only that. I agree Sully is cute but that's not the main reason I watch the show. I don't lay in bed after I watch an episode thinking: "I can't get Sully out of my head". I think about the values that came from the show, things that might make me a better person.

It's a must see. I loved little house on the prairie and this is another timeless show. Love it. It's got great character development. Really wonderful stories and I love cloud dancing and how they depict how sad it was for the Indians. The fact that women doctors were not considered at that time to be able physicians but she proves that wrong. Jane Seymour plays the part wonderfully and I love the actor who plays sully. Hes got depth to him. I love the children how every topic however difficult gets addressed. The struggles of the people trying to make sense of their world. Even the preacher has to take a step back many times to rethink what he preaches.

I am a teenager who loves this show, to many shows either has all good stuff happen to the characters or all bad stuff, this show has the perfect amount of both, it teaches how the world used to be and the triumphs and failures of people living there! I would definitely recommend to teenagers and adults alike

This is my favorite show. I became hooked shortly after I started to watch it.Dr. Mike is a brave, stubborn woman who knows what she wants (atleast most of the time) & goes after it. She is a great mom to Matthew, Colleen, & Brian and also to Katie. She's also a great doctor. The medical procedures they show on the show are all actual procedures they did back in the time it takes place, too. Sully is also a great guy who reins in Dr. Mike whenever she needs it. He is an excellent friend to all of his friends. The show deals with real issues, too. They dealt with prejudice(when Robert E. buys his house & Dr. Mike the clinic), gambling(Matthew), drinking (Jake), etc.In short it is a wonderful show.

When the show was on I had little time to watch it. Now that I'm retired I am watching the whole series from the beginning.

I enjoy the historical continuity of the series. And also that things don't "just" appear or happen. There's a process. Houses are built as a process, sometimes lack of money stops work. Which is more realistic. They wear repeating outfits, etc. There's a lot of Heart in the show. The townspeople help each other, while others sat back and jeered.

The show deals with controversial issues of the day, such as women's rights, slavery, opinions about politics, drug and alcohol abuse, animal and child abuse . In my opinion the writers did a great job!

I don't understand the judgemental reviews and negativity. Exactly what this show was exposing...Humans judging each other.

This show is FICTIONAL STORIES based on some history. It is not a documentary, it is a show for entertainment purposes. Why must everything be labeled left or right. The show presents issues and injustices that occurred and still occur. It shows human behavior in a western setting and how people are so quick to dismiss and judge each other for being different. The struggles of being female, black (African American), Native American (Indian), being a different religion, and other baises. I remember growing up and others telling me that I was not able to do things and participate because I am female. Treated with disrespect because I was quiet and shy. I was made fun of and verbally abused for being smart and doing well in school. Physically attacked by boys for what reason I don't know. I loved this show because there is this wonderful human being who happens to be female standing up against these issues. I watch it because it shows some one trying to be non judgmental(even though sometimes she is) and understanding, a person always trying to help, being a good human being. Dr. Quinn trys to solve problems in a calm manner without fighting. I took away a star because I felt that sometimes she is too involved in others private matters. Most importantly the show makes me feel good. That is what an entertainment TV show is for. I also watch Star Trek not for its historical purposes.

Dr Quinn, was the best weekly TV show period. It had an excellent story to tell for the whole family. Much better than the crap wrap that is out there today. Whole some entertainment with family values,, not the cheesy, gay stuff you see everywhere today. The wild west was famous for instilling family values and nurturing the community. Too many times we do not get to know our neighbors at all. When we were children we had family BBQs and parties. Now there is none of that. We are all way too busy to get to know our neighbors and have fun. How many of you know the names of your neighbors.Lets return to those days shall we ! God Bless America and the creators of Dr Quinn.

I use to watch this show when it was on TV. I don't remember if I watched every episode or not. I am now binge watching it and still love the show. Makes me want to live in the old West. I know it's not historically accurate but I still sometimes wish I could live like Sully. I live in Colorado Springs. I lived in Colorado Springs when it first came out. I wish it was still on TV. This show reminds me so much of my family except of course not in the 1800's. I like the family values and the content of the show. Just seeing this show brings me back to my childhood and how I wish things were now in our society.