Episode
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Birdman
Overview
Michaela worries about Brian's friendship with an eccentric man (Martin Von Hoffman) who thinks he is a bird.
Details
- Series
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1998-04-18
Episode context
Birdman is Episode 18 in Season 6 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. It aired on 1998-04-18.
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Episode 17: Happily Ever After
Hank captures Cloud Dancing and gets the army to send him to a reservation far away. Jake and Teresa marry, despite her aunt's (Carmen Zapata) disapproval.
Episode 19: Vengeance
U.S. Marshall Elias Burch (guest star Willie Nelson) asks Matthew, still a student of law, to defend him when he's accused of murder.
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Episode 21: The Fight
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Episode 14: Seeds of Doubt
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Episode 22: A New Beginning
Dr. Mike's elation at Colleen's acceptance to medical school quickly turns to disappointment when Colleen chooses to marry Andrew instead. A bitter family argument erupts when Dr. Mike tells Colleen that she is less than overjoyed at her announcement and feels that the couple is rushing into marriage and should wait until Colleen completes medical school. Meanwhile, Robert E and Grace have wonderful news to share; the stock market crash hits Preston and the townsfolk hard; and Dorothy and Cloud Dancing reach a new level in their relationship. As part of the Network's 50th Anniversary celebration, classic footage of James Arness as legendary Marshal Matt Dillon of ""Gunsmoke"" is digitally integrated into this episode. When Jake breaks the news to Hank that he's accepted Preston's offer to buy his share of the Golden Nugget that would make him partners with the despised Preston,
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Michaela is shot at the clinic by a man that has a grievance with doctors. The physical wounds heal, but the emotional ones linger.
Episode 12: The Homecoming
Sully and Michaela are on their way home for Christmas, when they stop to help a couple inexperienced in the wilderness.
Episode 11: Safe Passage
Consumption hits Black Moon and his men. Black Moon agrees to surrender in exchange for safe passage of his men to protected land. Michaela negotiates the deal and asks also that Sully be pardoned.
Episode 10: Civil Wars
Dorothy discovers the deed to the property that Grace's cafe is on. Hank accidently breaks Horace's nose and won't pay for the damage. There is a sudden rash of lawsuits and Michaela acts as Judge.