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Previously.

The blunted event approaches.

Mother, this is Andrew Cook. He will deliver your baby.

Expect the unexpected.

There was no greater moment in my life than the moment when I gave birth to

But a crisis for the Indians forces Sully into a dangerous confrontation.

Sully is hurt. I will take you to him. And sends Dr. Mike on a hazardous

journey.

And coming up tonight.

Michaela. Sully's rescue.

You better take a look at my ankle. I think it's broke. Stay right where you

are. Is hampered by the arrest of club dancing.

You stay out of my way. While search parties push forward in vain.

Dr. Mike is left alone with Sully.

It's been a while since we've had an adventure in the woods. And the

does indeed occur.

My water. It just broke.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that we're going to have to leave the baby here. Don't miss the

dramatic conclusion.

You can do this.

Next.

Whoa, whoa.

This place.

Where is he?

Fell down the hill.

Wait here. I'll bring him to you.

He's gone.

Do you suppose the soldiers came for him? No, he moved along deeper into the

woods. I saw a path of bent grass and blood on the rocks.

We should go after him.

He couldn't have gone far in this condition.

Gone to find Sully.

That's all she wrote? She left no indication of what time she left or

direction she went. She must have been in quite a hurry.

after I distinctly told her to remain here.

I'm sure she's all right, Mother.

We've got to send somebody out after her.

The men are already out looking for Sully.

I'll go. No.

We need you here to send wires to every sheriff in the territory.

I should go.

Well, you can't. We need a doctor here at the clinic in case the men return

Sully.

We'll go.

Who? Ah, the women. Oh, nonsense.

We'll need horses.

Robert, he's got enough of us in the paddock. Come on. You can't go out

I'll go with you.

Me too.

No, no, no. Hold on, Myra.

Horne. Dr. Mike.

I've got to help out.

Hopefully we'll catch up to her on the way.

Don't worry, I'll be careful. Now go on home and practice your reading. Will you

be back soon?

Not for all this.

Laurie, will you look after him for me?

I must insist that you not go out there. The hills are treacherous. We will be

all right, Mother. I'm sure Michaela hasn't gotten very far.

Rebecca, I thought surely you'd have more sense.

My sister is out there, Mother. I can hardly stay here and do nothing.

All set, ladies?

Sorry, Mother.

Dolly!

Michaela!

Come on, Dancer.

What are you doing?

You shouldn't have come all the way out here in your condition.

You shouldn't be moving anywhere in your life.

I had to find something to stop the bleeding.

You're all bled.

The bleeding stopped.

I'm going to need to stitch the cut to make sure it doesn't start again.

After that, you better take a look at my ankle. I think it's broke.

Any word from the search party?

Which one?

Which one?

Michaela disappeared this morning. The women have gone out looking for her.

Boris, how much longer? I'm almost done with this one. Then I got three more.

Well, I need to wire formal apologies to my investors and reschedule the

groundbreaking ceremony. You will wait your turn, young man, and be pleasant

doing so.

Any news from the army?

No, no, I just came back from the reservation.

Sergeant O 'Connor and his men still haven't come back yet.

My guess is they're still out searching for the Indians who escaped.

Boris, you all right?

Preston, help me!

Let's get him to the clinic.

I'm looking for a college with good pre -medical studies.

I sent out four applications about a month ago.

Any response yet?

Not yet, but Dr. Mike says my grades are good enough to get into any college.

And then I'll go to medical school.

That's a difficult career choice for a woman.

I know.

But Dr. Mike did it.

And it's admirable.

To endure the rigors of medical school and go on to establish your own medical

clinic. I hope to do with them.

I believe you will.

What about you?

What do you want to do when you go back to Boston?

My uncle wants me to work for him in his medical practice.

It's one of the finest in Boston. He wants to groom me to one day take over

him. Is that what you want to do?

I mean, Do you want to work for your uncle?

I don't know.

I've never really thought about it.

Horace, what happened?

He was sending a telegraph, then he just doubled over.

What's wrong with him?

I don't know.

That's why we brought him to you.

Lay him down.

Oh, easy, easy, easy.

There.

Try not to move your arm too much.

Now let me take a look at your ankle.

It's the tibia.

Shinbone.

I'll need to realign the broken pieces before immobilizing it in the splint.

Will you help me? Uh -huh. I need you to put your arms under his to provide

traction while I sit bone.

Go ahead.

Hold it.

Stay right where you are.

Stand up. Hands above your head.

Sergeant, I need this man's assistance. You stay out of my way!

Try

to

run again, I'll shoot you myself.

What are you going to do? Finish my job.

Don't worry, I'll send a unit out to get you.

In the meantime, I got an Indian to deliver.

Is it his appendix?

No, he had that taken out.

Maybe it's indigestion.

He's been having bouts with it the last couple of months. No.

No. No.

It's much worse this time.

When was the last time you ate?

Two, three hours ago.

I want you to take a deep breath and tell me if this hurt.

I'd say that's a yes.

What is it?

His gallbladder appears to be distended.

I think he's suffering from biliary colic brought on by the presence of

in the duct.

Gallstones.

Do we need to operate?

Operate? I don't think it's warranted at this time.

The majority of gallstones usually make their way through the intestines on

their own without the need of intervention.

And once that occurs, the pain should pass quickly.

What do we do with him till then?

We could give him laudanum as a palliative measure for the pain.

Let's hope it passes quickly.

Found some sticks to use as splints.

He wouldn't listen.

They've been granted the halt order, but Connor wouldn't stop.

Well, Connor doesn't have the authority to disregard Hazen's orders.

army and politician keep fighting for control of the reservation.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to wire Hazen when we get back.

I'm going to let him keep cloud dancing on that reservation.

Are you ready for this?

Angry, was she?

Who?

Your ma when you told her you were coming out here.

I didn't tell her.

The whole territory out by now looking for you.

I had no choice.

Cloud dancing came to me in the middle of the night.

Been up all night?

That's nothing new.

There.

Now what?

Should we wait for the army to come and get it?

Could be waiting here for days.

That's me.

We're better off starting back on our own.

It's been a while since we've had an adventure in the woods.

Lock the wagon up in the field.

Go there.

The men are coming back.

Anything? Not a trace.

We're headed south on the trail to the reservation at Tanner Flats.

The agent said that Sully rode in a couple of days ago, but then he left.

So Conner didn't take the Indians there after all. Well, where did Sully go?

They didn't know. He said he headed east is all. Ask me. The army picked him up

already. But what if they didn't?

Well, if anybody can survive out there, Sully can.

Unfortunately, Michaela's out there now as well.

What? She went out after Sully early this morning.

Going back out there?

Looks like it. I was hoping at least for a change of clothes.

Come on.

Cook, I think your patient needs you.

As you can see, the pain is not decreasing.

If anything, it is increasing.

It's burning up. I thought you said it would pass.

Collie's decided.

Is it bad?

The stone has become lodged in the duct.

As a result, your gallbladder has developed an infection.

What can we do?

Well, the recommended procedure is to open the gallbladder, extract the stone.

Now, can you do it?

Perhaps we should...

Wait for Dr. Quinn.

Is it safe to wait?

No. The longer we wait only increases the risk of rupture and peritonitis.

I need to operate.

If you need any help, I'll do whatever I can. It's all right, Reverend.

I already have an assistant.

I'll prepare for surgery.

Thank God it's still there.

Let's ride this.

How's your leg?

It's holding up.

Well, once you get home, I'll be able to dress it properly.

First thing you're going to do is get to bed.

I'll be all right.

Sully.

What is it? What's wrong?

I kicked.

You sure it's a contraction, not one of those false labor things?

I'm not sure.

It's over.

We've got to get you back to town.

Can you stand?

It's rubbish from all that physical exertion.

You've got to settle down.

Get some rest.

What?

Oh, no.

Contraction?

My water.

It just broke.

It's definitely labor.

All right, I'll get you back to town as fast as we can. No, we can't risk it.

We can't travel that far.

Labor is usually accelerated once the membranes are up here.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that we're going to have to deliver the baby here.

What?

You'll deliver it.

But we both will.

All right.

All right.

We can do this.

Better later.

Is this all right?

We don't need my bag.

Contraction?

I'm telling you, I don't want to do it.

I don't think I can.

Yes, you can.

You're doing it right now.

The baby will be here.

And your teen years of being pregnant are over.

My first surgery by myself.

You'll do fine.

Well, we can scratch Tanner Flats off our list.

Where do you suppose they went?

Good question. It's gonna be dark soon.

Well, we stay out much longer, we're the ones gonna get lost.

Are you cold?

No. No, I'm all right.

Just hold me.

Hold me.

Maybe I should build a fire and boil some water or something.

No, no. It won't be much longer now.

Contractions are becoming more frequently and stronger.

Stronger than that one?

Are you checking my bag?

I want to make sure that we have clamps and scissors around here.

Scissors? The umbilical cord.

We'll have to cut it.

Oh, that's good.

You'll need to cut it, Sully.

You'll have to cut the cord.

What's this?

A list I made for Andrew.

Detailing the materials and instruments available to him at the clinic during

delivery.

Cleanliness. As you know, it's of the utmost importance.

It's happening.

It's actually happening, Sully.

Can you believe it?

It's not how I pictured it.

I guess we have to learn to expect the unexpected.

Everything that's happened to me is quite normal.

I'm fine and the baby's fine. Everything's going to be all right.

After all, women have been having babies from the beginning of time.

Thank you.

Good work, Dr. Cook.

Are you cold?

It's normal.

Final stages.

And it's almost time?

I think so.

I don't know.

It's all right. It's all right.

Yes, you can.

I can see the head is coming.

Put your finger in alongside the neck.

Do it!

I got it.

but you can help yourself by changing your daily routine.

Will you see a more active life promote better circulation, allowing the fluid

to move along through the gallbladder without preventing the formation of

stones?

Are you all right?

We just got back to town.

An operation.

I had an operation, Myra.

It cut me open.

It's a good thing the Reverend was here to look after our baby.

Seeing as how her ma were here.

I was just trying to help Dr. Martin. Yeah, well, what are you going to start

trying to help us?

Our family.

I was scared to death, Myra.

I felt like I was all alone.

Been feeling like that for months.

I heard it's Hannah Flatt. I know.

The men were here yesterday.

They rode back out to continue the search.

You mean there's still no word from Michaela? No. But I wasn't able to send

wires due to the telegraph operator's illness.

We should have heard something from them by now.

Matthew. Oh.

Matthew.

Still nothing?

No. You didn't find anything either?

I searched the valley west of the reservation.

Wolf couldn't even pick up the scent.

Something terrible has happened to him. What can we do?

I'll ride back out to the reservation and see if Sergeant O 'Connor and the

is doing anything about this.

I'll go with you.

Look!

I'd like you to meet Catherine Kelly.

We call her Katie.

Kayla,

she is beautiful.

She was born early this morning.

You were right, Mother.

There was no greater moment in my life.

you really deliver the baby all by yourself?

Don't forget your ma was there too.

Was the labor difficult?

Just a little.

But whatever pain I experienced disappeared the moment I saw this little

face.

Welcome home, Katie.

Can I hold her?

Certainly.

Sister Colleen.

Can I hold her too?

Of course.

Hey.

Hey. I'm Brian.

That's Matthew.

We're your big brothers.

This is Wolf.

Don't worry. He's not going to hurt you.

He's our friend.

Where you gonna live?

And over here at the barn.

Where we keep the horses?

One day when you're big enough, you can ride.

I'm gonna

show

you inside.

Kids are really taken to it.

Especially Brian.

He's no longer the youngest member of the family.

Our house is never going to be the same again.

Thank you, Tully.

For giving me our little girl.

For being there with me.

I was never so scared in my whole life.

Or so happy.

I think the baby's been retired.

No wonder she's had a busy day.

Can we put her in the cradle?

Sure.

Here, Katie.

This cradle was made just for you by your pa.

Maybe you should stay at the clinic a few more days.

Dr. Crook says you need to rest.

I need to get back to my job.

I've got to send some telegrams.

Good news about Dr.

Mike and Sally, huh?

Yeah.

The baby's name is Katie.

She's the sweetest little thing.

My little sister in St. Louis ain't never seen Samantha yet.

I've been thinking maybe I should go visit her for a few weeks.

Preston said I could take the time off.

That's what you want.

It seems that lately all we've been doing is fighting. It ain't good for us

Samantha.

Some time apart might be good for him.

Give it time to think.

What's going on out here?

Got it delivered for you.

There's going to be quite a bit of noise when they put it up, so I thought you

might like to come over to Grace's with me and have a little bite.

But what of?

I canceled that order.

It's a gift.

I've been meaning to give you something for the Gazette.

Oh, Lawrence.

Oh, Lawrence.

Come on, what are you waiting for? Put it up.

Shall we?

Oh.

Oh.

Brian, this is wonderful.

I can't wait to read it.

I wrote about how you said it was going to be a girl.

I still can't believe I have a baby sister.

She's got your eyes, Sully. Not much hair, though, considering it's parents.

May I?

Certainly.

I'm so glad you were here in town for Horace.

I would have preferred to wait for you. His condition was declining rapidly.

You should have seen him, Ma. He did real good.

Horace was in bad shape.

Truth is, Andrew saved his life.

Congratulations.

Your uncle is going to be quite... proud of you when you return to Boston.

If he returns to Boston, congratulations, Michaela.

Sully?

There's no reason why this town can't support two doctors, is there?

One clinic here, and one up at my Hot Springs Health Resort.

Andrew, have you ever heard of Davos Plots?

Davos Plots?

It's in Switzerland.

It's the finest health resort in the world.

That is until our resort is built.

If I had it with Preston and his health resort.

Why don't you do something about it? He already tried opening his own hotel.

I've got the money Preston's got.

Well, why don't the two of you go in on it together?

You and me in business together?

I think Katie's ready for a nap.

Enough showing off for the day.

Congratulations.

Where's Cloud now?

East Fork Reservation.

I wired Hazen this morning.

He's an Indian agent. I'm requesting his immediate transfer. Hazen, why are you

back?

Oh, not yet.

As soon as he does, I'm going to make sure that you never show up there again.

Maybe you should read this for us.

Hazen.

I've been fired.

Defective immediately.

Step foot on the reservation and I'll have you arrested for trespassing.

This ain't finished.

I haven't come away to St. Louis for a couple weeks.

I'd press and tell Lauren.

Matthew.

I've been thinking.

Maybe we ought to hold off talking about marriage.

We don't have to go so fast.

Bye -bye, sweetie.

I'll be going to miss you.

I love you too.

Politicians finally caved into the army.

I ain't letting this go. I'm gonna bring Cloud Danson back to Palmer Creek.

I know you will.

The diaper's changed.

And now my granddaughter can nap in comfort.

Sleep well, Katie.

What she needs is a lullaby. It's always worked with you girls.

Can I play something for her on my flute?

Sure, Brian. Go ahead.

So many changes.

you

I wanted a mom -pa.

Mom -pa.

Beautiful.

Exactly what I expected.