Cloud Dancing leads pregnant Dr. Mike through the wilderness to Sully; Dr. Cook is forced to perform a major operation.

Dr. Mike prepares for the birth of her baby; Sully is hurt while trying to rescue Cloud Dancing and others from Sgt. O'Connor and his patrol.

Cloud Dancing claims responsibility when a young soldier is inadvertently shot during a fight between the Army and the American Indians.

The residents of Colorado Springs welcome an artist until they discover she carries a disease, causing Dr. Mike to face her own fears.

A renegade stabs Cloud Dancing, and Emma has a tumor, so Mike cannot slow down before the baby is born.

After being nominated for Colorado's Woman of the Year, Dr. Mike finds it nearly impossible to live up to everyone's expectations.

Dr. Mike's joyful reunion with a college friend soon turns competitive; Dorothy struggles with a new press.

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

Capital punishment divides Colorado Springs when a man convicted of rape and murder is sentenced to die.

When the Rev. Johnson finds his former mentor plans a visit, he borrows money from Hank to fix up his ramshackle church.

Sully leaves the unruly rescue party to hunt for Matthew on his own; Dr. Mike's least favorite physician takes over her practice.

Sully leads the rescue when a boy is kidnapped by a mountain man; Dr. Mike's pregnancy is in danger when she does not take care of herself.

During Dr. Mike's absence, the residents of Colorado Springs become prey to a con man.

Matthew's grief finally gives way to a new romance, but his heart goes to a woman working for Hank in the brothel.

Matthew becomes sheriff of Colorado Springs, and his first challenge is a confrontation with an infamous gunslinger.

Robert E wants to adopt a sick boy, but Grace is hesitant about becoming attached; Dr. Mike struggles to diagnose the child.

Dr. Mike gets a mischievous poodle; Brian is smitten with a new girl in town; the Rev. Johnson recruits folk for a Nativity pageant.

Dr. Mike finds a heartbroken and self-destructive Matthew courting danger in a plague-ridden town.

Dr. Mike fears she is unable to have a child because of her age; the townspeople debate sharing their feast with the Cheyenne on the reservation.

On her birthday, Dr Mike winds up injured and alone on Pike Peak after Dorothy, Grace, and Myra turn back on a celebratory climb. Preston decides to build a casino back in town.

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.

Loren proposes to Dorothy but has a stroke before she can answer; an old friend wants Sully to come to the gold fields.

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

Though an elderly patient believes the springs are helping him, Dr. Mike knows his improvements are psychological; Mike wants Sully to play Prince Charming.

Matthew's fiancee, Ingrid, is making final wedding plans when she is attacked by Brian's rabid dog and becomes gravely ill.

Mike becomes more absorbed in her new role as wife; rebellious Colleen joins schoolmates for dangerous and questionable escapades

Baseball fever hits town when an all-star team arrives; the townspeople agree to split profits from a match with the traveling challengers.

Dr. Mike and Sully's return from their honeymoon is marred by the arrival of a greedy banker and Cloud Dancing's hatred of the reservation.