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Stage coach! Stage coach is coming!
Stage coach is coming!
Well, you're anemic, Emily.
Is it fatal?
Heaven's no.
You'll be fine.
Now I want you to get a bunch of rusty
nails.
I want you to boil them in water.
Add a splash of vinegar and
then when the water's
boiled down a bit, take
the nails out and drink it.
You want me to drink rusty water?!
Well, we need to build your blood
up with iron and rust has iron in it.
So I want you to take a tablespoon in the
morning and one before you go to bed.
You're the doctor.
Ma!
The stage coach is here!
Thank God!
About time you showed up!
A water wagon came through 3 days ago!
- Get that mail bag down!
- I about gave up on you fellas.
Loren!
Excuse me.
- Is there anything for me?
- Not yet.
Hey, Horace, here's that
book you ordered.
"The Mystery of Love"?!
That must be some mistake.
I-I ordered Moby ***.
Here you go, Dr.
Mike.
There's one for you.
May I help you down?
Oh.
Thank you.
Mother!
Michaela!
What are you doing here?!
Well, the telegram said there
was an epidemic.
And you were lying on your death bed.
Telegram?
We didn't know whether you
were gonna live or die.
Matthew, Colleen, Brian
this is my mother.
If you're her Ma, then you
must be my Grandma.
What are they talking about?
You may call her Mrs.
Quinn, Brian.
There are my children now.
Well I had no idea!
I wrote to you.
Well, you just asked me for
information about child rearing.
And I'm still waiting for it.
Michaela, I am very tired.
And
I need a bath and some food.
Now would you please tell
me where the hotel is?
There is no hotel.
I beg your pardon?
You can stay with us.
Very well.
My luggage is up there.
Are all those yours?
Correct.
I'll get them.
I still have a patient to see.
I hope you don't mind waiting.
And if I did?
They said a woman doctor could not
survive alone on the new frontier.
But I won't give up.
And I'm not alone anymore.
I've inherited a famiy.
And that may be the
biggest challenge of all.
I think a breath of fresh
air is in order.
I'll show you Robert E.
's
flying horse.
No, just a stroll will do.
Myra! Myra!
All I wanna do is talk with her!
I don't care if all you wanna
do is gawk at her.
Either way, Myra costs money.
Well, fine.
How much?
I already told you, Horace -- 5 bucks.
Could I talk with her on credit?
Don't waste my time.
Did it ever occur to you that
you could sit down and
discuss your problems like
two civilized people?
What's "civilized"?
Nevermind.
How was your trip from Boston, Mother?
Then 5 days in a stage coach.
Let me simply say the entire affair
was lacking in the ammenities.
How are things at home?
Oh, they're fine.
We're putting a fourth story
on for the ladies city club.
We're hoping that Alexander
Paris will be our architect.
How nice.
Hey, can I come visit you someday?
I've never been to Boston.
Brian, Boston's a long way from here.
Here we are.
How quaint.
You actually live here?
Yes, Mother, I actually do.
We do.
You must be hot and tired, Mother.
Brian and me were --
Brian and I.
Brian and I are going down
to the river for a swim.
You can come along.
Get his bath.
We'll watch out for snakes for ya!
Perhaps some other time.
Okay.
You don't know what
you're missing.
Come on! We're going swimming!
No.
Why not? You love swimming.
Will you just get out of
here and leave me alone?!
You really intend to keep these children?
Yes.
Yes, I do.
When their mother died, she
asked me to take care of them.
I promised I would.
You made a promise like that
to a woman you hardly knew?
There's some women you meet and it's
though you've known them forever.
Other women you could know for a lifetime
And it's as though you're
complete strangers.
We caught 'em just for you, Mrs.
Quinn!
Yup.
As soon as I gut 'em,
we'll fry 'em up for dinner!
Catfish are real tasty!
I thought you might need this.
Thank you.
Oh! Be very careful with those!
Those were a gift from my
grandmother a long time ago.
They sure are pretty.
Thank you.
You're welcome to come inside while
I tend to a few things.
No, thank you.
I think I'd rather
see the sights.
Remember me?
I'm the one that helped you
down out of the stage yesterday.
Oh, yes.
Loren Bray.
Mrs.
Quinn.
I guess you're here to take that
headstrong daughter of yours
back to Boston so she
can find a husband
and do what a woman should.
Well, I really don't feel that that's
any of your business, Mr.
Bray.
Call me Loren.
And what do your friends call
you? Betty? Betsy? Lizzie?
My friends call me Elizabeth.
Now if you find yourself in need
of life's little necessities, you
just don't hesitate to come over
and see me at the general store.
Well, it was nice talking with you.
Miss Quinn?
Dr.
Quinn.
I'm Jedediah Bancroft, First
National Bank of Denver.
What can I do for you?
Well, as you're aware, you're illegally
occupying these premises.
You'll have to vacate immediately.
Failure to do so will result in forcible removal.
Do you realize what you're doing?
My job.
That may be so, but you're also closing
the only medical facility in this town!
With all due respect, that
wasn't much of a facility.
Wait! Perhaps I could rent it from you.
You can't rent a foreclosed building.
It's already set for auction.
Then I'll buy it.
Fine.
I'll see you in Denver.
Denver?
That's where the auction is.
How much is it?
Well, bidding starts at $1,500.
I'll need a mortgage.
What's your collateral?
My medical degree.
Well, if you were a man, yes, but most
people have no confidence in lady doctors.
Now, if you were married, maybe I could
work out something with your husband.
Any plans to get married?
I really don't think that's
any of your business!
No plans, huh?
How much I owe you, Robert E?
Next time you go hunting for elk
bring me back the hide.
We'll call it even.
You got yourself a deal.
Well, aren't you gonna try it out?
I know your work, Robert E.
Go on.
Hold that for me.
It's cornbread.
I hope you like it.
I love cornbread.
Well
Well
Well
Well
Well, good day, Robert E!
Sully.
Ma'am.
Looks like you got it bad, Robert E.
That's the kind of woman a man
can dream about his whole life.
Better live your dreams, Robert E.
Sully!
It's Robert E!
Oh my God!
Jake! Help me take him
over to your place.
Maybe that's not such a good idea.
What are you saying?! Are
you saying that Robert E
is good enough to shoe your horse
but not good enough
to be in your shop?!
It's not me, you understand.
It's my customers.
Am I gonna die? Am I gonna
die? Get the Reverend!
Reverend!
I'm right here, Robert E.
Am I going to Heaven?
Tell me! Am I going to Heaven?!
You're not going to Heaven!
Not yet anyway!
Matthew, get the wagon.
Get him over here.
Whipping scars.
Let me go! Let me go!
You've been hurt, Robert E.
No, there's nothing wrong with
me.
Let me out of here!
You've been burned!
The forge exploded.
Get me some water.
Lots of it.
I have to clean the wounds, Robert E.
I'm afraid I can't anesthetize
you in your condition.
I'm afraid this is gonna hurt.
It's just pain.
Michaela! Does that man live here?
What man?
The savage.
Oh.
That man.
You mean Sully.
Sully.
No, he doesn't live here.
He's a friend of mine and Robert E
and like a good friend,
he's concerned.
Savages don't knock, Mother.
Good morning.
Come on in.
I'm sorry if I startled you, ma'am.
How's he doing?
So far no fever.
No sign of infection.
You need anything, you just ask.
Thank you.
Grace! You're not feeling poorly, I hope.
No, no.
I'm feeling fine.
I came to see Robert E.
Oh! Oh, well, let me tell him you're here.
Are they bad? His burns?
Yes.
Grace is here to see you.
Tell her to go away.
Robert E, I rode all the way
out here to see you.
I don't care! Go away!
What kind of nonsense is this?!
Are you deaf woman? I said --
I don't wanna see you--
It may be better if you came back later.
Grace! He's not himself right now.
Please don't take it personally.
- He's a stubborn man!
- Yes, he is!
But it's just that stubbornness
that might pull him through.
You know, in Boston, they deliver the milk
in glass bottles right at the front door.
What's the matter, dear?
I'm going to die!
Why do you think you're
going to die?
I'm bleeding!
I've been bleeding for
two whole days!
Child, you're not gonna die.
You're just
growing up.
You've become a woman.
Now, we're gonna have a little chat.
Have you noticed Colleen
acting oddly lately?
A little.
Why?
Well, two days ago, she became a
woman.
She thought she was gonna die.
She's too young!
She's 13.
It's how old you were.
Oh, I should have realized.
Like father like daughter!
He never noticed anything that
went on in his home.
He was
so preoccupied with his profession.
I'm sorry I didn't prepare you.
It's okay.
Mrs.
Quinn explained everything.
Is there anything you want to ask me?
No.
You sure?
I'm fine.
Good.
I'm glad.
What happened to you?
Some guy cut me.
How
much to sew me up?
I thought you preferred the expertise
of Mr.
Slicker in these matters.
Jake's drunk.
Can we talk later
when I'm not bleeding to death?
A dollar a stitch.
Well, that's robbery!
Then I invite you to take
your business elsewhere!
Could you do it already?
Go on in.
I've gotta get some water.
Who's that?
A patient.
Well, at least your father didn't
bring his patients into the parlor.
You think I enjoy working under these conditions?
I tried buying a boarding house for a clinic,
but they wouldn't give me a mortgage!
I could have told you it was a waste
of time to even discuss the matter.
Just like you told me that they'd
never accept me into medical school?!
Well, they didn't, did they? You
went to a ladies medical college!
They taught me medicine!
But they didn't teach the people
how to accept a woman doctor!
The people of Colorado Springs accept me!
A few desperate souls! What you should
be doing is dancing in Boston
and meeting young, eligible men!
I had a young man!
Oh, David would never permit you
to come to a place like this.
David is dead, Mother!
Then why don't you stop mourning him?
You brought his name up, not I!
I've made a new life for
myself, out here!
And what a life!
Why can't you accept me
for what I am?!
And what are you? You're an unmarried
woman trying to raise 3 children
in a shack in the middle of nowhere!
And offering your medical services to a bunch of back woodsmen
who pay you in potatoes and in chickens!
That's right, Mother.
And one of them
is in need of my medical services.
Excuse me!
Can I help you?
Yeah.
I would like to send a telegram.
That's what I'm here for.
We send
them anywhere in the world!
Just so long as there's a
telegraph office.
The wire should read:
"Building set for auction"
That goes to the First
National Bank of Denver.
Would that be in Denver?
Yes.
That's in Denver.
Oh, I get it.
You're the banker!
What do you do all day?
Count money?
Dr.
Mike! This just came for you.
Thank you, Horace.
Would you get that
telegram off right away?
Telegram? What telegram?
The telegram announcing the
auction of the boarding house.
I told you all about that
in real plain English.
Or do you just understand Latin?!
Good day, Miss Quinn!
Hey, that's Dr.
Quinn!
He's developed a fever.
This is no place to treat a patient.
He should be in a hospital.
I
have no place to isolate
him.
No place to bathe
him properly.
Colleen, you'll have to stay
here and take care of Robert E.
But I need to go to town, too.
Sorry.
Well, can't the boys look after him?
They promised Olive that
they'd help out at the ranch.
They get to do everything!
I said I'm sorry.
"I'm sorry", "I'm sorry" --
that's all I ever hear!
Well, perhaps I could look
after him.
Thank you, Mrs.
Quinn.
Good morning, Mrs.
Quinn!
How's Robert E?
He's sleeping.
My wife had a garden.
Exact spot.
You lived here?
This is my homestead.
I built it.
Well, why did you move?
My wife died giving birth.
Oh.
And the child?
She went with her.
I can't imagine the pain
of losing a child.
I don't know how one would ever recover.
You don't.
I want to thank you for letting
my daughter live here.
You know, maybe if we would've had a
doctor like your daughter before
my wife and baby would still be alive.
Come on, boy.
Does Jebediah Bancroft stay here?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Hank, I suggest you tell me
where he is or I might not be
so accomodating next time
you need to be stitched up.
I have to buy that clinic.
It seems to me that there is a
big difference between the
desire to buy and the ability to buy.
Now, you've got plenty of
one but none of the other.
Don't you understand?
People's lives are at stake!
You're breaking my heart.
You don't have a heart, Mr.
Bancroft.
Maybe not, but I've got a
brain and it's telling me that
you don't have enough money
to buy that property.
The price is still $1,500.
But this is two-thirds
of the cost and you could
give me a loan to cover the balance.
I can't give a loan to a single woman.
Can't? Or won't?!
Both!
I'm good for the money.
Not according to the First
National Bank of Denver.
To us, you're just another bad
risk best to shy away from.
I'm not through with you, Mr.
Bancroft!
I didn't think you were, Miss Quinn!
DOCTOR Quinn!
That's a 5 dollar gold piece!
Go ahead.
Count it if you want!
Horace!
Hello, Myra.
Don't worry.
I paid Hank
so I could come up.
Oh!
Myra!
What?
What kind of man do
you think I am?!
Well, you paid Hank for me, didn't you?
I paid so I could talk to you!
You wanna talk to me?
I wanted to thank you for taking such
good care of me when I was sick.
Oh!
Maybe it didn't mean much.
Maybe
you was just pitching in.
I wouldn't say that!
I think I took especially
good care of you.
Why would you do that, Myra?
Maybe I was hoping
one day you'd come
talk to me, just like
you're doing right now.
We could get to know each other.
Proper-like.
Have a seat.
Did I ever tell you about the time I
sent a telegram to the wrong person?
No, but I'd sure like to
hear about it.
I wish I was a boy.
Did you
ever wish you were a boy?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
Especially
when I was your age.
I was expected to learn needle
point and look pretty.
All I ever wanted to do was see the world.
The only ones that ever got
to do that were the boys.
Boys get to do everything.
No.
No, not everything.
I was a little older than you
when I first assisted my
father during a birth.
A little girl.
Her mother named her Julia.
It was nothing short of a miracle.
To create a life.
I wanna do more than get
married and have babies.
There are no rules, Colleen.
Look at me.
Never hide behind the fact that
you're a girla woman.
And don't give up on your
dreams just because you're afraid
you won't achieve them
in a man's world.
You just have to fight even
harder to make them come true.
You really think so?
If you're mother were sitting here right
now, she'd say exactly the same thing.
You're lucky you still have your mother.
There's something I have to ask.
I'm listening.
I need that boarding
house to use as a clinic
if I'm to take proper care
of the people here.
Since the bank won't
give me a mortgage
I have to pay cash.
How much is it?
$1,500.
I still have a thousand left from my request.
Michaela, a mother always wants to
give her child everything she can.
But I would be failing you if I
encouraged you in this ridiculous scheme.
I've never asked you for anything, Mother.
Perhaps you should have.
You
always went to your father
and he gave you everything
you ever wanted.
What he gave me was the
courage to follow my dreams.
I never wanted a life of convention.
You mean a life like mine?
That's right.
I never did
and I never will.
It isn't any wonder.
I was a
wife without a husband
and a mother without a daughter.
I'm begging you, Mother, please help me!
I'll pay you back!
That's not the point.
I just don't
want to help you ruin your life.
Sometimes I think you must
really hate me, Mother.
How is he?
I'm afraid he's taken a
turn for the worse, Grace.
Good afternoon, Mr.
Bray.
Good afternoon, Mrs.
Quinn.
This came for Dr.
Mike.
Oh.
Thank you very much.
Would you mind if I rode
back into town with you?
Alright, but hurry it up.
I'm leaving.
Robert E? It's Grace.
We gotta hide the children.
They'll
be coming for them next
Robert E, you listen to me!
You are not a slave anymore!
Those days are gone forever.
Dear God, please don't
take my children
Robert E, your children are safe.
Everything's gonna be alright.
I'm here and I'm not leaving.
I want to thank you for bringing
me all the way back to town.
Oh, no problem.
It's just
that old homestead brings
back a lot of memories.
None of them good.
My daughter died up there giving
birth to my first grandchild.
Your daughter was Sully's wife?
First my daughter and then my
wife.
Well, they say time heals.
Ever since Michaela's father passed away,
the days seemed to get longer and logner.
And the nights.
Sometimes I wake up and just
for a second, I think
things are back the way they
used to be.
Then I remember.
My Abigail was headstrong,
just like your girl.
Michaela's very much like her
father in that respect.
Well, maybe so, but if I could
just have my daughter back
I'd rejoice in her being just
as stubborn as she was.
You've gotta save him.
I'm trying, Grace.
I'm trying.
Sorry.
I know you are.
I lost my mother before I ever had a
chance to tell her how much she meant to me.
And I promised that it would
never happen again.
Sometimes people disappoint you and you
just have to let it go and love them anyway.
Why don't you go lie down?
Michaela, you should get some sleep.
Wake me if there's any change.
Tell me a story.
I don't remember any stories.
Could you make one up?
Inside your head?
You mean, like, "Once upon a time"
Well, once upon a time there
was a woman who had 5 daughters
and they all married very nice
gentlemenand they made their
homes close to their mother
All but one.
And she was the youngest.
She left home and went to
a very, very dangerous place
And her name was Dr.
Mike.
Thought she was gonna be a boy when
she was born, only she wasn't.
She was a girl.
She was real pretty and real nice.
After she grew up real good, she came to
Colorado.
That's when she saved my life.
After my real mama died,
Dr.
Mike got to be my ma here on earth.
She loves me just the same.
She told me so.
Do you know who I am?
Haven't lost my mind, woman.
Robert E, I didn't know you
had any children.
I don't you ever speak of them again.
I won't speak of them againif you promise
never to send me away again.
I didn't want you to see me
like this.
No reason for that.
Only one I can think of.
His fever broke.
Welcome back, Robert E.
Matthew, hurry up!
What's the big surprise?
She still has to pack.
Are you ready?
It's for you.
I borrowed it from Jake's
Barber shop so you can take a bath.
Well, that would be lovely.
You forgot these.
No I didn't.
I want you to have them.
Really?
You sure you have everything, Mother?
Yes, I have everything.
Good.
Came to say goodbye, ma'am.
Goodbye, Sully.
I think I'll pick up a tin of travel
treats if you don't mind.
Excuse me.
How's Robert E?
Your private expression of concern
is appreciated, Mr.
Slicker.
A public stand would have done him more good.
How is he?
His fever's broke.
I'm glad to hear it.
You'll be taking that daughter
of yours back to Boston, huh?
No.
She's too independent and stubborn.
She takes after me in that respect.
So you'll be going home alone?
Yes.
I'll miss her.
Ah, wellseems like parents and children
spend half their lives not seeing eye-to-eye,
By the time they do fine some common
ground, there's barely any
time left to enjoy it.
That's my greatest fear.
Tell you what.
Next time you come up
for visit,I'll show you around a little bit.
Maybe see some more of the countryside.
I'd enjoy spending some more
time with a gal like you.
Wellthank you.
Loren.
Goodbye.
Your father would be very proud of you.
What about you, Mother?
What's this?
Open it.
A doctor needs a clinic.
Bye, Mrs.
Quinn!
You can call me "Grandma"!
Bye, Grandma!