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Welcome home.

Thanks. It's good to be back.

Oh, I missed you. I missed you, too.

Did you bring us anything?

Let's see about that.

So, uh, how was the honeymoon?

Great. Yeah?

Yeah. How great?

Real great.

The train wasn't due till nine. Pulled in kind of early.

Well, the train was on time, my friend.

I'm afraid it's your clock that's running a little slow.

Newlyweds. Well, that explains everything.

I was wondering why they were the only two on the train not enjoying the view.

I guess they were too busy enjoying the view of each other.

Allow me to join these fine citizens in offering my warmest congratulations.

She's quite a prize. Prize?

I don't believe we've met.

Michaela Quinn.

And this is my husband, Byron Stone.

Preston A. Lodge III.

I own the bank in town.

Bank? Well, there is no bank in town.

There is one now.

Good day.

So much to do.

I need a swing for the portion. Perhaps my garden could go over there. Besides,

what are you doing?

First things first.

Got to carry you across the threshold.

But we've been in here before.

It's for real.

Take it easy, please.

We wouldn't want anything to happen to the bed now, would we?

Where's this go?

Upstairs. Good afternoon, boss.

Oh, a casserole. It's for Dr. Mike.

You think you wouldn't be much in the mood for cooking? Am I ever?

Oh, enough of that kind of talk.

You're a married woman now. You've got to be doing more cooking.

Husband comes home at the end of the day, expects a meal.

Is something wrong, Colleen?

I was going to cook something special for supper.

Oh, there'll be plenty of other nights.

Oh, where do you want me to put these?

Put them outside.

We'll keep them in the barn.

That's not a wolf, Robert E. That's my dog, Pup. That's Pup? Yeah, he came back

a few days ago.

I got news for you, Brian.

That ain't a pup no more.

Dorothy, those stay in the house.

Oh, Michaela told me to put them in the barn.

She did? Mm -hmm.

Well, all right. A little more this way.

No, still more.

It's perfect.

I thought we were going to put the table in there. Oh, yes, we were, but then I

thought there was more room in here.

Do you mind?

No, no.

Everything's so beautiful. You make me so happy.

It's a bit small for my needs, but it'll do until I find a permanent location.

Horace, when are you going to fix that wagon? This is my wife, Myra.

And who is it?

Samantha.

Oh,

it's sparkling eyes she has.

Just like her mother's.

Myra, I told you, I need Robert E. to fix the wagon.

You have a problem with your wagon, Horace? We use it to settle the babies.

Taking her for a ride puts her right to sleep.

It's the darndest thing.

But last week, the axle broke.

Well, why fix it when you can purchase a brand new one?

I'm afraid we can't afford that.

Well, of course you can.

This town now has a bank, which means you can obtain a loan to purchase the

elegant surrey.

After all, Horace, you're a hard -working man. You deserve it.

Afternoon, ma 'am.

Dorothy Jennings would like you to meet Preston Lodge.

Oh, yes, banker.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lodge. Oh, call me Preston. And believe me,

with all the pretty ladies in town, the pleasure is most definitely mine.

Where are you from?

Boston.

Boston. Dr.

Mike's from Boston.

You don't say. Well, I'll be sure to introduce myself to him.

Oh, Dr.

Mike is a woman, Michaela Quinn.

You met her at the train station.

That woman was a doc?

I can hardly wait to get sick.

Casserole was delicious.

It certainly was. I'm going to ask Grace for the recipe.

I already have it.

Your house is very beautiful.

It won't be long now and you'll have a home of your own.

The wedding cannot come soon enough.

I have so many plans.

Ingrid wants to knock down one of the homestead walls and add some extra

We will need them for my family.

Well, I kind of like it the way it is.

Besides, we can't afford it.

Dorothy was talking today about the new banker in town.

She's speaking?

Yeah. She says he is giving loans to help people. We don't need a loan.

I don't want to be owing anybody.

We can make our own money. We just need to be patient.

We have our whole lives ahead of us.

Come on.

I'm going to get you a home.

Dinner. You're welcome.

Thanks. Well,

I suppose we should be turning in, too. All right.

See you, silly.

Brian, I'm not leaving.

I forgot.

You're sleeping with Ma now.

Well,

why don't you both run along up to bed? I'll check on you shortly.

Thank you.

Morning.

Morning.

Where are you going?

I've been thinking about Cloud Dancer.

I might want to talk to him about it.

You were sleeping. I didn't want to wake you.

Fine.

Well, just be careful. I'm still worn out for his rest.

That's what I talked to him about.

Well, um... Are you home for supper?

Yeah, maybe.

I don't know.

I'll try.

Well, I'll just get started in my garden, then.

Good.

Two weeks' worth of mail.

Look at this.

I just did some figuring, and with the interest, Professor's looking to charge.

We're going to pay twice what the service bill.

Listen, here's a new bank. You've been bought?

Not really.

The payments are all spread out, and in small amounts.

You'll add up, Horace.

Dr. Mike, please tell Horace you don't need to buy no fancy new surrey. You

should just fix the old one.

What are you thinking of taking out alone, Horace?

I've already done it. And I wired for New Surrey this morning.

Horace. Like Preston said, I'm a hard -working man. I deserve it.

There's a new light that shines from your eyes.

We've all been thinking about you, hoping that you're all right.

I'm still alive, but I've grown tired.

For four nights, I've cried for a vision, brought tobacco offerings,

guidance from the spirits.

The visions do not come.

The prayer was good.

Cloud dancing.

Governments. Making a new reservation down at Palmer Creek.

It's one of the new Indian territories.

I can make a deal, work things out so you can go live there.

I have seen the men on these reservations.

They wear the white man's clothes and learn his religion.

They're neither dog nor wolf.

I cannot live like this.

The bounty is still on your head. You can't spend the rest of your life on the

run.

There was a time when you told me to run.

Times are changing.

The government's selling off all the Cheyenne land and they're taking

everything.

There's no more left to run.

You ain't right, I know, but... What is it?

Out of the way!

It's Indian dollars!

Good afternoon, Dr.

Quinn. Mr. Lodge.

Oh, please, Preston. May I call you Michaela?

I have to say, I was rather stunned to discover that such a beautiful woman was

a physician.

You don't find many, even Becky.

I understand you're from Boston.

Fifth generation.

My mother and sisters were recently here for my wedding.

They told me that the city is changing constantly.

First thing at the theme, they recently unveiled a new museum of fine arts.

In theaters, it seems that every week a playhouse is raising its curtain.

Sounds exciting.

But I must admit, all that culture pales in comparison to an afternoon along the

Charles. Especially this time of year with the azaleas and the violets. You're

making me homesick.

No, not the Queens of Beacon Hill. Dr. Joseph Flynn?

It's my father.

That's amazing.

My father's bank, National Trust, considered a loan for him several years

Yes, I remember, and every bank in Boston turned him down, including your

father's. Well, it probably wasn't a safe guarantee.

My father tends only to lean towards the most reliable of investments.

Perhaps he should remove the word trust from his bank's name.

I can assure you, Michaela, my father and I are very different.

He wouldn't give the time of day to the people of this town.

He would see them no more than insignificant backward fools.

And how do you see them?

As diamonds in the rough, waiting for someone to refine them, make them shine.

Please, just try not to mislead them with any false promises.

I wouldn't think of it, Michaela.

I am merely here to awaken them to new opportunities.

How'd it happen?

Bounty hunters ambushed us.

Ambushed? I'm worth $500.

Wayne, would you mind dressing him up?

Easy. Try not to move.

Your lip's bleeding.

It's all right.

What'll happen to him?

I told him about the reservation.

It's like the only safe place for him.

Will he go?

What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm just glad you're all right.

You could have been killed out there.

Not the first time I could have been killed. Probably won't be the last

Yes.

Yes, I know.

All things are different now.

Somehow the thought of losing you is even more definite.

I'm glad you asked me out, Greer.

I'll get you some tea.

You see, it all depends on how you think and how you see the world around you.

If you think small, you will be small.

Success only comes when one dares to paint on a much larger canvas.

Grace.

You should be serving a hundred meals a day in a spacious restaurant with chefs

and waiters lingering on your every command.

Dorothy, why not oversee a line of presses and reporters scouring the land

stories?

Jake, what is it you do?

I'm the mayor.

He's the barber.

With one chair, no doubt.

Well, why not two or three or ten? The point is, a new dawn is upon us.

The railroad is broadening the horizon.

And we must be willing to broaden our dreams along with it.

And no matter how big your dreams are, I can come up with a financial package to

make those dreams a reality.

Hey, everybody!

Ain't she a dude?

Like a gliding magic carpet, Horace.

Horace, be careful.

Hey, you like the bridge, Myra? Horace!

I think so.

Now what do you have to go sewing off like that for?

It's pretty bad.

Wheel and axle are broken. What?

Now what are we going to do? We can't afford to fix it.

Leave that to me.

I'll draw up a loan to cover the repairs and you'll be back in the driver's box

in no time.

Another loan?

Mr.

Lodge, may I speak with you?

The soil is hard.

She wants her garden.

Who's going to stop her?

The marriage is good?

Yeah, it's great.

It took Snowbird and I many months to discover that we no longer rode separate

horses.

Soon I must leave.

I will go to the hill again and wait for the spirits to guide me.

Maybe they're already guiding you.

Maybe this was a sign.

Bounty hunters are still out there.

Not to mention the army.

Sooner or later, they're going to catch up to you.

How about dancing?

You feeling better?

Much better.

The song you played is very beautiful.

No harm taught it to me.

It taught you well.

That's why I said every time I play it, it keeps the song alive.

The spirits have spoken to me.

I will go to this Palmer Creek.

I asked him if there was any way I could get out of my loan.

What did he say?

Well, he used a lot of words I couldn't quite make out.

In the tone of it, I took the answer to be no.

Yes, yes, it'll do just fine. Of course, not to rebuild the facade.

Rebuild? A bank requires security, Lauren. That means brick walls and iron

and a clock, a big clock.

Notice this town needs one.

Dorothy, I'd like to write an ad in your gazette. I need every available mason

to help me build my bank.

All right.

Thank you.

As soon as it's built, the sooner your money will be safe.

Mr. Lodge? Yes?

About Horace LeBlanc.

I'm sorry, Michaela, there's nothing I can do. I've already explained it to

But I thought you wanted to help people.

I do.

But the best way to help them is to teach them physical responsibility.

Then why did you tell them to think big?

To broaden their dreams?

They can dream as big as they want to.

But if they can't pay for those dreams, then they have to accept the

consequences. That's part of taking risks.

Parts you conveniently forgot to tell them.

What are you doing out here?

Come on.

Come on.

Congratulate me, Michaela. On what?

I just purchased it.

Government land sale.

Almost a steal.

And I'm going to build a house on it.

The likes of which this fine town has never seen.

A home?

Right there.

With an absolutely perfect view of the valley.

But what about the kitchen tree?

The what?

The large oak.

Townsfolk call it the kissing tree.

Well, I'm afraid the kissing tree is the unfortunate distinction of growing

right in the center of the drawing room. But that tree is special to the people

of this town.

Well, times are changing.

We must learn to keep pace with it.

There are plenty of other oak trees.

Sorry, Michaela.

I'm afraid that tree must be cut down.

No, you can't cut it down!

Good day.

Okay, hoist it up.

Hoist it.

Let's go.

Higher, higher.

Oh, just look at all these ones.

Everyone's trying to save a kiss and treat.

Now they need to print their own personal stories. This one's from a

husband... proposed to her under the tree.

This man learned he was going to be a father for the first time.

I mean, whores have picnics there all the time.

I came here to walk to you. To all of us.

Are you going to print any of those letters?

As many as I can.

We've got to speak up. Make our feelings known.

Just going to fall on deaf ears.

Well, then we'll just have to talk louder.

I can get you day passes to leave.

You can go into the hills, you can go into town, wherever you want.

And the Army's asked me to set up a church here, so I'll be coming out

frequently if you need anything.

Made out candid.

It is hard to find buffalo hides.

Buffalo.

I see you two and Pony.

Try to keep them separated.

This side of the ridge is mostly Arapaho.

And Cheyenne?

You're the only one so far.

I will keep our song alive.

Tony, is that you?

I'm sorry, Michaela. Did I frighten you?

What are you doing sneaking out with me like that?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean any harm.

I was just observing your beautiful house.

My house?

I want to build one just like it, only larger.

I understand your husband built this one, and I'd like to ask him to build

No, thanks.

May I ask why not?

Because it ain't what I do.

You built this one?

For my family.

Yes, of course.

How much?

What? The price.

Name it.

I just said no. You can't say no. I just did.

And I ain't saying it again.

You're serious.

Well, then.

Sorry I frightened you, Michaela.

Frightened you?

He was lurking about the property.

Is everything all right?

We expected you home hours ago.

Things took longer at the reservation than I thought.

Well, whenever you're ready, I've made supper.

Hila, I don't mean to cause you to worry.

I know.

It's just that when you're away, I can't help thinking about you, wondering

where you are, if you're safe.

I've never bothered you before.

I know it may sound silly, but now that we're married, I miss you all the more.

The same two people we were before we got married.

Nothing's changed.

It has.

Everything's changed.

It's no longer you and me, it's us.

You're a part of me now.

And that's...

A powerful feeling.

One I've never felt before.

I hope.

I hope.

Dr. Mike.

I'll go into town and get Dr. Mike.

No.

Sorry about that.

The youth are supposed to stay on the inside of that ridge.

Sorry.

You're right.

You don't belong here.

If you want to leave, I'll figure a way out. No.

This is my home now.

We should have talked into it.

I have made peace with myself.

I do this for my people and those who have died before me.

It's your freedom, Clyde Danson.

My spirit's source -free.

That they cannot chain down.

Perhaps it is your freedom you are thinking of.

to talk to Robert E. about ordering supplies.

Supplies?

You can build now.

Sir, I ain't cutting down that tree.

But the tree must come down before you build the house.

I'm building a house for you neither.

Give me back your money. We don't need it.

Look, Wade, it's not that simple.

You've already accrued a few days' interest on this loan.

I'll pay it back.

It can't be that much.

I'll tell you what.

You cut down that tree for me, and I'll call it even.

I ain't interested.

But you owe me money. I ain't cutting down that tree!

Fine, then.

I'll expect that interest payment first thing tomorrow morning.

As for that tree...

I'll just have to dispose of it myself.

Wait!

This is my property. You are all trespassing.

Isn't there any way that you could alter your plans?

Perhaps build around the tree?

Plans are set.

The tree must come down.

Perhaps... Well, perhaps we could buy the land from you at a profit.

I'm not selling, Michaela. I'm building.

Matthew! Matthew!

Look out!

I'd like you to stay here for a few days.

I need to clean the wound, often with an antiseptic to reduce risk of an

infection.

Here, have some more tea.

You good?

I'm sorry I got so angry.

No, you were right.

We've got our whole lives ahead of us.

You're still going to do this?

After all that happened?

What are you doing here?

You hurt your arm.

I'm going to examine it. Why?

Because I'm a doctor. It's what I do.

How's your son?

I have to monitor him carefully for signs of infection.

He should be all right.

I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt.

It appears you just have a spring.

You shouldn't move it too much. I'll prepare a sling.

I have a legal right to do this, you know.

I know.

I will not allow anyone to coerce me.

Standing one's ground is the only way one can engender respect.

Respect?

Mr. Lodge, don't you see?

The whole town would respect you much more if you left this tree alone.

You don't understand.

You're wrong about your father.

You're exactly like him.

You sound just like my mother.

Fine work.

I believe he actually cut it down.

I heard he hired men from the soldier's spring to build his own ship.

Well, he ain't leaving close.

Better get used to it.

How's Matthew?

Resting comfortably.

What are you doing?

I thought I'd get started on our garden.

Our garden?

I've been thinking about the old homestead.

You put your garden in the same spot Abigail's was.

Mary and her was different.

I never had the kind of feelings from her that I have for you.

I ain't always going to be able to be with you.

Sometimes I just lose track of time.

Or I get holed up in a blizzard.

Or I get laid at the clinic.

You're right.

It ain't just you and me anymore. It's us.

No matter where we go or how long we're away from each other, our spirits are

one.

Got something for you.

Wait, Sage.

Just make sure it's accurate.

Horace. Myra.

What can I do for you?

A monthly payment.

Thank you.

Have you given any consideration to the repair loan I offered?

Yes, we have.

We won't be needing it.

We're not doing no more business with you.

What about the repairs on your Surrey?

I'll do them.

And he can pay me back whenever he can.

No, Anthony.

Thank you, Robert E.

He'll be back.

Don't be so sure.

Sooner or later, they'll be in need of my services.

Just what do you think you're doing?

I have a day pass to come into town to visit a friend.

Signed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U .S. Army.

He got dancing.

Where'd you get that flute?

I carved it.

I hope.

I've come to see Matthew.

How is he doing?

Well, you can see for yourself.

How about dancing?

You're looking well, my friend.

You'll be all right.

How are you?

There have been many changes.

I, too, will be all right.

As long as I remain true to what's in my heart.

Will you stay for supper?

I'm making something special.

I would like that.

Can we do anything for you, Matthew?

Yeah.

Keep on playing.