Episode
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: For Better or Worse (1)
Overview
Mike's mother arrives with elaborate wedding plans; Custer puts a bounty on best man Cloud Dancing.
Details
- Series
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1995-05-20
Episode context
For Better or Worse (1) is Episode 28 in Season 3 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. It aired on 1995-05-20.
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Episode 27: Ready or Not
Mike and Sully go to the Reverend for a dose of preventative pre-marital counseling, and recall the path of their romance.
Episode 29: For Better or Worse (2)
While Sully is off thinking and doesn't return for several days, Mike gets worried. Although Mike continues to believe in their love. When Sully finally returns, Mike realizes she just wants Sully as her husband. Mike and Sully marry on May 20, 1870. Brian, feeling left out, has a surprise for the newlyweds.
More episodes from this season
Episode 26: Sully's Recovery
After discovering a badly injured Loren, Sully must battle his own demons in order to save him.
Episode 25: Washita (2)
Sully and the kids must help Mike deal with the emotional aftermath of the Washita massacre; Robert E and Grace must return to Cloud Dancing the Indian baby Mike and Sully brought back from Washita
Episode 24: Washita (1)
Mike and Sully arrive too late to avert Custer's slaughter of the Indians at the Washita River; Brian befriends an Indian boy destined to die at Washita; Robert E & Grace attempt to adopt an Indian baby whose mother was killed at Washita. No Harm Comes To Him: Sean Price-McConnell.
Episode 23: Permanence of Change
With no child-protection laws, and influenced by Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, Mike has a girl removed from her ""guardian"" by taking the man to court and trying him for animal abuse. Mary Ann: Doren Fein.
Episode 22: Bone of Contention
A paleontologist arrives in town, igniting ""bone fever"" among the townsfolk when he announces that dinosaur bones are worth money. Meanwhile, Matthew and Colleen try to prevent Brian from discovering that the ""dinosaur"" bone given him by his pa is fake.
Episode 21: Baby Outlaws
When teen-outlaw Belle Starr robs the saloon, Mike takes her in, intending to reform her; Colleen overcomes her fear of riding. Belle Starr: Melissa Clayton.
Episode 20: Things My Father Never Taught Me
Mike volunteers Robert E's services to fix a steam engine for the railroad, but whether Robert E can do it remains in question until the job is completed. Also, Mike solves a medical puzzle when two Chinese railroad workers, the Chang brothers, fall strangely ill. Jackson Tait: Allan Royal. Peter Chow: Eric Michael Zee.
Episode 19: What is Love?
Brian's homework assignment, an essay entitled, ""What Is Love?"" to be written in honor of Valentine's day, coincides with Dorothy and the town's production of ""Romeo and Juliet."" Also, Becky and Colleen compete to play Juliet, Dorothy and Jake split up, and Sully gives Mike an engagement ring.
Episode 18: Cooper vs. Quinn (2)
Brian and Colleen run away from Ethan and Lillian, and Colleen contracts potentially lethal pneumonia, which, upon the kids apprehension, Mike treats. Also, surprisingly, Hank's the only person who can quiet Samantha, Myra and Horace's eternally crying baby.
Episode 17: Cooper vs. Quinn (1)
Mike loses custody of Brian and Colleen when their father, Ethan Cooper, arrives with new bride Lillian and reclaims them in a messy courtroom battle. Also, Myra and Horace are almost driven out of their minds by new baby Samantha's incessant crying.