Jim Knobeloch

Cloud Dancing is badly beaten by soldiers for returning late to the reservation. Michaela treats him. When Sully learns of the attack, he is outraged. Tired of being treated cruelly,…

Sully lies to everyone about what he is doing, but the truth comes out. Cloud Dancing flees to the Tongue River Valley. Sgt McKay (David Beecroft)sees Sully at the scene….

Sgt. O’Connor was found dead in the river. Sully is nowhere to be found. Michaela believes that he survived and goes looking for him. Daniel comes to offer his help….

Sully is found alive, but badly hurt. As Michaela nurses him back to health, she keeps him hidden from the army. Sully sneaks into the homestead one night to spend…

Sully is wanted for treason and murder. In order to keep him safe, Michaela pretends that Sully is dead and has a memorial service for him. Hank and Jake find…

Michaela finds out that she is pregnant, but suffers a miscarriage. Without Sully there to comfort her, she has to turn to her friends.

Russian Princess Nizamoff (Natasha Andreichenko) who claims to see the future, tells everyone what they want to hear. Even Michaela is taken in by her.

After ambushing Black Kettle’s camp, General Custer enters the town carrying wounded soldiers and Indian prisoners, including Cloud Dancing, whom Custer threatens to kill if Dr. Mike does not treat…

After a patient of Dr. Mike’s dies of blood poisoning, she accuses Jake, the barber, of infecting the man with his dirty razor. Her accusation throws Jake into an alcoholic…

Matthew’s sudden announcement that he wants to marry Ingrid causes upheaval in his relationship with Dr. Mike, who feels he’s too young. In an effort to prove he’s man enough…

Colleen develops a teenage crush on Sully after he pulls her out of the path of a runaway wagon. Imagining herself as a damsel in distress and Sully as her…

While Brian and Sully are out hiking, Brian climbs a tree and jumps out before Sully can stop him. Brian lands hard, hitting his head. Mike, angry with Sully for…

When Mike and Sully stop to check on old Mrs. Johnson, they discover her dead and a young boy, Zack, hidden in the closet. Mike takes the child in and…

After Snowbird gives Mike an Indian pony, Flash, in thanks for her work at the reservation Mike tries to enter the Territory Stakes Race, but race officials, Loren and Jake,…

Dorothy, Loren’s sister-in-law and old flame, is introduced as an abused wife who defends herself against her husband’s assault, then seeks shelter with Loren. Marcus Jennings, Dorothy’s husband, persuades Dorothy…

Halloween is trick-or-treat for the residents of Colorado Springs when Sully’s dead wife, Abigail, haunts Dr. Mike, after Sully suggests fixing up the homestead for her. Eventually, Mike is able…

Jake, Loren and Horace are out hunting when Jake, mistaking an Indian for a deer, accidentally shoots and kills him. During the melee, Horace is wounded by an arrow, which…

Love finds visiting faith healer Sister Ruth, in the form of Kid Cole, who’s revisiting the town in order to jail a desperado he’s apprehended. The desperado’s two brothers have…

Mike receives an emergency telegram from her sister Rebecca — her mother is gravely ill. Mike rushes to Boston to her mother’s side, the Cooper kids in tow, where Dr….

Sully arrives in Boston and discovers that he’s facing worthy competition for Mike’s affection in the form of Dr. William Burke. Sully at first settles uncomfortably into Mike’s Boston surroundings,…

Mike and Sully have trouble adjusting to the new status of their relationship, ””courtin’””. Sully introduces Mike to his world, taking her into the woods, showing her how to track…

Colleen and Becky become best friends when, at Bray’s store, Alice, another friend, insists on taking Colleen’s favorite fabric to make a dress for the Sweethearts’ dance. Dorothy fears she…

Mike is called away to Soda Springs to help with an outbreak of influenza and Sully promises to stay with the children. Sully plays ””Mr. Mom”” but the kids grow…

Mike’s Christmas Eve gets off to a bad start, triggering a personal crisis for Mike. Through no fault of her own, a patient dies of a heart-attack on the operating…

Miners gather in front of Loren Bray’s store to protest Loren’s not extending credit to striking miners, and for doing business with the mine owners. A budding union leader, Conrad,…

Mike and Sully work to treat a typhus epidemic at Black Kettle’s camp, which begins after Mike and Sully unwittingly convince Black Kettle to accept government blankets infected with the…

A ragtag circus, consisting only of Heart and Atlantis, a mother-and-daughter team, arrives in Colorado Springs. Heart, the mother, enlists the townsfolk to participate as performers. Everyone accepts but Mike,…

Catherine, a beautiful blond woman captured by and raised with renegade Indians, is brought to Colorado Springs by soldiers when her tribe, which includes her husband, is wiped out, leaving…

Eight orphans arrive on the train. The Reverend takes them in at the church and Mike nurses their ailments. When no one in the town wants to adopt the orphans,…

A troop of black cavalry soldiers ride into town intending to cover themselves in glory by eradicating hostile Dog Soldiers who’ve been attacking the railroad. Mike commits an act of…

When Julius Hoffman rides into town and engages Matthew in a poker game, Matthew thinks he’s found a great way to earn money to finish he and Ingrid’s homestead, although…

Tom Jennings, Dorothy’s son, shows up in Loren’s store one day when Mike and the kids are there shopping. He’s a Civil War Veteran with an old war injury —…

Robert E buys a house in town. When the auctioneer, Jedediah Bancroft, sees that he’s sold the house to a black man, he tries to renege, but Mike intercedes. Later,…

Rev. Johnson’s in love with the town’s new schoolteacher (Sherry Hursey), while Mike’s concerned about the woman’s wanton use of corporal punishment in the classroom.

Mike and Sully get caught in the crossfire when, while visiting the Indian reservation, they see renegade Dog Soldiers shoot some Cavalry men. Mike is kidnapped in retaliation when the…

Sully sets out to rescue Mike. Meanwhile, Custer takes the Indian reservation hostage, threatening to hang everyone unless Mike is returned. Brian works off the cost of the little horse;…

Mike and Jake go head-to-head when both campaign for the Mayorship of Colorado Springs. At issue: whether drinking and prostitution should be outlawed. Myra finally breaks loose from Hank.

Only the town’s love for the infinitely unlovable Hank can pull him from the brink of a deadly coma. Meanwhile, Colleen and Brian tangle when Grandma Quinn sends Brian but…

When ””Andrew Strauss””—really David Lewis—the fiancé whom Mike had presumed was killed in the Civil War, visits Colorado Springs. Mike is forced to choose between him and Sully. Also, Horace…

Sully argues with Mike that they should move if the railroad comes. Meanwhile, Matthew feels left-out of Sully’s new homestead plans.

Loren plans a trip to Bolivia to prove he is not getting old; Brian seeks to prove his courage by camping out alone. The two become inadvertent allies as they…

Mike tangles with the usually benevolent Reverend when she donates books to the town and he tries to ban them, ultimately burning some of them until Mike brings him to…

Mike helps John, a man Brian finds in the woods, deal with outer and inner scars when she operates on his maimed face and helps him deal with his guilt…

Mike, Sully, and Cloud Dancing head to Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the Indians.

Sully is imprisoned when he accompanies Dr. Mike and Cloud Dancing to Washington to lobby on behalf of the Cheyenne.

Mike and Sully battle money issues when Sully wants to be the primary provider and Mike wants to combine their incomes – in the end, it’s Sully who comes around….

Mike and Sully run into now-married Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but the coach is hijacked, forcing them to journey home, on foot, through…

Dorothy insists the decision to have surgery is hers, not Mike’s; Colleen finds the harassment unbearable.

Mike intervenes in their behalf when a Jewish peddler family arrives in town and is met with prejudice and harassment from townsfolk. Also, Matthew masquerades as Santa Claus for Brian….

Sully takes a job as an Indian Agent, only to discover corruption’s rife within the system. Meanwhile, liquor arrives on the reservation, and Snow Bird miscarries due to malnutrition.

Mike remains the sole voice of reason when townsfolk read a newspaper article predicting that a comet will end the world. Also, Mike addresses the Cooper kids’ fears about ””the…

Mike learns some patients are beyond help when she climbs Pike’s Peak to follow a woman who’s chosen to die in its rarified air rather than continue to battle leukemia;…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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 &…

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…

After discovering a badly injured Loren, Sully must battle his own demons in order to save him.

Mike and Sully go to the Reverend for a dose of preventative pre-marital counseling, and recall the path of their romance.

Mike’s mother arrives with elaborate wedding plans; Custer puts a bounty on best man Cloud Dancing.

The honeymoon is over for Mike and Sully as the newlyweds must adjust to life in a changing Colorado Springs where a bullish Boston Brahman named Preston A. Lodge III…

The town invites a traveling all-star baseball team for a fundraising event, but later suspects that they have been swindled. Otis James: Joel Anderson.

Matthew’s fiance Ingrid hovers near death after being bitten by Brian’s rabid pet wolf; Brian is overwhelmed with guilt. Ingrid: Jennifer Youngs.

An elderly man comes to town with hopes that the natural spring will help his rheumatism. Dr. Mike can’t convince Sully to plan for the Halloween festivities.

Dorothy Jennings’ book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.

Loren proposes to Dorothy but suffers a stroke before she can give him an answer. Meanwhile, Sully feels obliged to act upon an old friend’s written request to help him…

Dr. Mike celebrates her birthday by climbing Pikes Peak with Dorothy, Grace and Myra, but ends up injured and alone when her companions turn back.

The family finds Matthew running a saloon at a railroad camp where his grief over Ingrid’s death drives him to volunteer for a dangerous blasting job. Loren loses Dorothy’s money…

As Colorado Springs prepares for Christmas, the family receives a rambunctious toy poodle from Mike’s mother in Boston, and Brian has a case of puppy love for a new girl…

Increasing lawlessness in Colorado Springs sparks a demand for a new sheriff, and Matthew feels he’s just the man for the job. Meanwhile, Brian succumbs to peer pressure shoplifting a…

The town is duped by two con men selling shares in a refrigeration box and Mike must turn the tables on the con men, helping the town learn a lesson…

Sully pursues a renegade mountain man who has kidnapped senator Leonard’s son, in protest of the Senator’s support of Colorado statehood. Meanwhile, Mike is forced to stop her practice when…

The rescuers get ugly after Leonard offers a bounty for the mountain man, so Sully sets off alone.

The Reverend mortgages the church to Hank to get money to make church repairs in order to impress his mentor Rev. Thomas. Rev. Thomas: Fred Rogers. Mr. James: Max Gail.

Feelings run high after a drifter is sentenced to hang for rape and murder

Cloud Dancing sees a reservation school as fatal to Indian culture; bankers stonewall Dorothy’s loan request.

Tales of her accomplishments embarrass Woman of the Year nominee Mike; Hank’s grandmother visits.

A popular new arrival carries a dread disease; Preston plans an exclusive clinic.

Dr. Mike prepares for the birth of her baby. Mike’s family arrives for the impending birth of Mike and Sully’s baby, bringing along a new young doctor (Brandon Douglas) to…

Wounded Sully must deliver Mike’s baby. Dr. Cook is forced to perform a major operation. Katie Sully: Alexandria, McKenzie and Megan Calabrese.

Sully goes to Denver to negotiate the release of Cloud Dancing from the army. One of the conditions is that Sully is no longer Indian Agent and may not ever…

The appearance of renowned singer Gilda St. Clair (Barbara Mandrell) tempts Colleen to leave college and travel the world instead.

A Latin American woman rebuffs Dr. Mike’s attempts at friendship; the Rev. Johnson searches for a teacher to take his place. Teresa: Michelle Bonilla.

Dr. Mike is arrested and put in jail for treating a fugitive Indian; Jake and Preston run against each other for mayor of Colorado Springs.

A severe storm bears down on Colorado Springs, disrupting the arrival of Preston Lodge II and Dr. Mike’s attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner.

When three people die after coming in contact with something in the clinic, and one is deathly sick, Dr. Mike, Sully, Colleen, and Andrew but their heads together to find…

As Christmas approaches, Brian questions his faith when he learns that Dr. Mike cannot save the sight of the Reverend.

In a case of mistaken motivation, a judge sends Sully to prison after he is spotted with criminals bent on stopping the construction of a dam.

An old friend of Sully’s visits, wanting to financially help the family. Although he falls in love with Michaela.

While Sully is away for a few days to procure some money, Preston arrives threatening to repossess the homestead for nonpayment of the load. Daniel rejects Dr. Mike’s objections and…

Brian takes a liking to visiting writer Walt Whitman, even when the townspeople shun Whitman over rumors of his alternative lifestyle.

Sully arranges an escape for Cloud Dancing, leading him and the Indian to become wanted men.