All language subtitles for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S03e22 Bone Of Contention

Well, I do.

Sully doesn't get haircuts.

Sully's a grown -up. Look, I got
customers waiting. Sure.

Hey, soldiers!

What are they doing here?

Probably another one of them wanted
posters for them dog soldiers.

What's it say, boy?

What's that?

They're creatures who used to live here
a long time ago.

Why would anybody want to dig up a bunch
of old bones?

To study them.

To learn of the history of our planet.

That sounds like a waste of time to me.

Running around looking for old bones.

Oh, I disagree, sir.

I'm Dr. John Porter. I'm a vertebrate
paleontologist.

Newspapers just call me Dr. Bones.

Oh, I've read about you in the Rocky
Mountain Post.

Well, then you probably know that I pay
handsomely for dinosaur bones that you

might find.

How much?

Depends on the bone.

But I'll tell you this.

I'll give any man, woman, or child the
sum of $500 for finding the entire

skeleton of any dinosaur that's never
been found before.

I got a dinosaur bone.

My pa gave it to me. Oh, that's the
spirit.

Bet you'll be the first in line.

I'll finish my scout in two days, but
from what I've already seen, this area

rich in fossils.

I'll be back to make you all wealthy
men.

Spread the news.

Sounds like a lot of darn foolishness to
me.

Where are you going?

I'm going to get home, Ma. I'm going to
put on my dinosaur bone.

What about your haircut?

Did you find anything?

Maybe.

Me neither.

You know, I was just thinking if we was
to work together, you know, take shifts

digging. I'm feeling my shifts first.

And mine's right after that.

All I meant was... We know what you
meant, Lorne.

You know, it seems like there's always
old bones lying around until you need

one. I use an old bone to prop open the
door to my store.

I know a place where there's plenty of
old bones.

Sheep, cow.

Yeah?

Let me ask you something.

If this dinosaur skeleton's supposed to
be something nobody's ever seen,

how's anybody gonna know what it's
supposed to look like?

After all, bones is bone.

And, uh, partners is pardon.

Can you talk to Bones and tell me what
kind of a dinosaur this came from?

Oh, I'm sure he can.

How much do you think it's worth?

Gonna sell it?

No. I was just wondering.

Probably worth...

Probably with a lot.

Let's see.

Remember that picture of a dinosaur we
saw in Boston?

Yeah.

At the museum.

Sure was big.

Think of how many fields we could plow
with one of them.

You suppose that there could be any of
them still around?

Do you?

You never know.

Well, there are. They sure know how to
hide good.

We've got a problem.

Brian wants to show that dinosaur bone
that Paul gave him to the scientist.

So?

Well, what if it's not a... A dinosaur
bone?

I guess Paul lied one too many times.

Well, we've got to keep him from finding
out the truth.

But how?

You could steal it.

How long you been standing there?

Long enough.

It's not like Lauren would be closed for
an entire day.

Dorothy was beside herself.

Seems business was brisk.

Especially in shovels.

Can I have some more pie?

May I have some more pie?

Why not? You made it.

Miss Colleen?

He went to go get water for the dishes.

It's certainly taking a long time.

All right.

I'll go get it.

What's taking you so long?

I can't find it.

Did you look in his knapsack? That's
where he keeps it. No.

You better get some water and get back
inside.

I wish it was the right thing to do.

Yes.

Go on, I'll be there in a minute. What
if he cries when he finds out it's gone?

It's the only thing Bob forgave him.

He's going to cry a lot harder if he
finds out it's a fake.

Don't worry, we're going to give it back
to him as soon as Dr. Bones goes away.

What are you doing here?

I was getting water.

Well, I believe the pump is still
outside.

We were, uh, we were looking for, um...
Bucket.

I couldn't find one. And, uh, Matthew
was helping me.

Well, I could use some help with the
dishes.

I'll do them right now.

I'll help.

And $5, Sergeant, for this genuine toe
bone of a brontosaurus.

Discovery is the name of the game,
ladies and gentlemen.

The world already has 22 different
species of saurians that I have

discovered and named more than any other
paleontologist in history.

Excuse me, Dr.

Porter? Didn't a Dr.

Willis Thompson also identify 22
species?

No, madam, he did not.

Two species that he discovered were
stolen from my digs. The man is not a

scientist. He's a thief.

How do you happen to know Willis
Thompson?

Oh, I don't know him.

I just make it my business to be well
informed.

She's the editor of our Gazette.

Well, when there's a wrong to be
righted, the press is the best place to

Suppose you, kind lady, could help me
right a wrong that was done?

By telling your readers how Dr. Thompson
reassembled a skeleton by putting the

skull at the end of the tail.

Excuse me, Dr. Porter, but why all the
soldiers? I thought this was a private

enterprise.

Wellness. Oh, Dr. Quinn.

I'm a physician.

Dr. Quinn.

Well, Dr.

Quinn, I believe that I can never be too
careful in protecting my work.

Luckily, I know a congressman who shares
my concerns.

Dr. Porter, why did you dynamite the
fossils at Miner's Ridge?

Your rival, Dr.

Thompson, said you did it so he wouldn't
be able to dig them out and beat your

world record.

The ridge had become extremely unstable.

I destroyed the site so that no amateur
would be harmed trying to remove

something.

Come on through here. Move, move.

Men of science coming through.

Dr. Bones, Mr. Count, take a look at
this.

Now, if this ain't a new species, I'd
like to know what is.

Well, I've never seen anything quite
like this before.

It certainly is unusual.

If I'm not mistaken, that's a wolf
skull.

The scapula and clavicle of a sheep.

Where did you get this bone?

That's our doorstop.

It's also the real McCoy. Where did you
find it?

A couple miles from here.

Can you show me on the map?

I don't know.

What's it worth to you?

Now, that ain't enough.

All right, how about you get exclusive
rights to dig at this location and win

the $500?

I got partners.

That's up to you. Now, show me.

I found the dinosaur bone.

Here.

That's Cheyenne Burial Ground.

Well, that is unfortunate.

Well, you can't... Oh,

I can, and I will.

And from what I've seen so far, I'll
leave Thompson choking in the dust of my

discovery. That land is sacred to the
Cheyenne.

And I'm on a sacred quest in the service
of science.

From what I've seen, Dr. Porter, I'd say
you were here in service of yourself.

Dr. Porter, this just came for you.

Dr. Thompson has made another discovery.

Saddle your horses. We're leaving for
that site immediately.

man in town.

He's looking for dinosaur bones.

I've heard of these men.

They dig up the bones of the great
creatures that came before.

This one thinks the bones he's after are
in the Cheyenne burial ground.

We will not allow him to dig there.

He's not asking.

First they steal our land.

Then they kill our buffalo.

Now they dare disturb our dead.

The dog soldiers will stop them.

He's got an army escort with him. It'll
just end up with more Cheyenne blood

soaking the air.

I know how you feel. How can you know
how I feel?

Are they digging up your wife?

Your child?

No. Are we supposed to stand by and let
them destroy our sacred ground?

Would you?

No.

Tonight, I'll ask the spirits for help.

Uh, dinosaurs liked or liked to eat?

Well, that would depend on which kind of
dinosaurs we're talking about.

Some of them were herbivores and some of
them were carnivores.

Some of them ate plants and some of them
ate meat.

Oh, no. I definitely need a new bowl.

Can I have that one?

May I have that one.

May I have that one?

Well, what do you want with the leechy
bowl?

I don't know. I just want it.

Well, it's yours.

How big do you think the legs of the
plant -eating ones were?

Well, you know the oak tree in Grace's
Cafe?

Well, I think they were as big as that.

Do you think dinosaurs liked candy?

Oh, I don't think they had candy back
then, but if they did, I bet that a

dinosaur or two would have had it to be
food.

Good.

How could they do this?

May I have a word with you? I've got no
time for conversation.

This land is sacred to the Cheyennes.

Their dead have been laid to rest here
for generations.

Dr. Porter, come here. We found
something.

Look.

500.

It's a new species, partner.

Our bodies will crumble to dust, but
this creature will bring enlightenment

joy to generations to come.

But at what cost?

The desecration of a people's sacred
ground?

My dear woman, do you have any idea what
incredible mysteries

lie beneath the earth?

Darwin's missing link, for one.

And I intend to be the one who finds it.

And then I will be known as the greatest
scientist on Earth.

Is that all you care about, the fame
that this will bring you?

Fame equals funding, Doctor.

And with funding, I can continue my
quest for knowledge. It's a small price

pay. Well, I disagree.

This is one time when the cost of
science was too high.

Sergeant, I want to send a telegram.

I hope you like wickers.

Gotcha.

Ma! Ma, it's gone!

What's gone?

It was my dinosaur bone. It was in my
knapsack, and now it's not.

You've got to help me look.

Oh, it's too dark to look for it
tonight. It'll be easier in the morning

there's more light.

I'm sure it's just hiding in a dark
corner someplace.

And we'll all help you look for it
tomorrow.

Right, Colleen?

Sure.

First thing.

All right.

A son trespassing on my dig. Brian.

Could have been shot.

I was trying to find my bone.

I saw a dinosaur, Ma.

You saw what?

A dinosaur. A real -life dinosaur.

Out in the burial grounds.

Don't be ridiculous. Dinosaurs died out
millions of years ago. They're

completely extinct.

But... Brian, go inside.

But... Matthew, please.

I won't have him stealing my bones, Dr.
Quinn. Brian is no thief.

He did this otherwise.

He was holding it when I found him. I
will not have some amateur disturb my

sight. Your work, Dr. Porter, does not
grant you ownership to every piece of

bone found in that area.

Keep that child away from my big.

If he's injured because of your
negligence, I will not be responsible.

That's some kind of engine spirit.

I don't like the looks of this.

How could someone put it there without
the guards seeing or hearing it?

Maybe this place is haunted by dead
Indians.

In that case, they're looking for you.

Soldier! Get that out of here!

Can you hear me?

How is he?

Not good.

We need Dr. Mike.

Dead? No, but... Good.

I need some help. I found something.

What about the injured man, sir?

See if you can't find that doctor.

Gentlemen, give me a hand.

Let's take him to the tent.

All right, easy.

From the calcification, I'd estimate
it's over 100 years old.

Quite a find, actually.

Grab some shovels. Start digging it out.

Grab a shovel.

I ain't so sure we ought to be digging
here.

I ain't touching no dead end.

I'm quitting.

Me neither.

I'll have my bonus now, thanks.

Nobody gets paid until the job is
completed.

Wait a minute.

Anybody who is dissatisfied with the
terms is free to leave.

We want our money.

Leave or start digging, or I will
consider you trespassers.

Guard!

Come on.

Ain't worth dying for.

Grab a shovel.

All right, then I'll do it myself.

Brian.

Sometimes the imagination can get
carried away.

But I saw a dinosaur, Ma. I really did.

Brian. It was bigger than a locomotive.

And it made this terrible sound.

The dinosaurs are extinct. You heard
what Dr. Porter said.

What does he know?

Well, the wind can blow through a cave
and make a very frightening sound.

And there was a full moon last night.

Perhaps what you saw was a trick of
light and shadows.

I guess.

I think I was quite a scare, Brian.

If something had happened to you, we
wouldn't have even known.

I want you to promise me that you're
never going to sneak out like that

I'm sorry, Ma.

I just wanted to buy my dinosaur bone.

The only thing my Pa ever gave me.

I lost it.

Brian, you didn't lose it.

We took it.

What? You took it?

It was my idea.

Why would you do something like that?

Dr. Quinn!

There's a soldier.

This has been an accident. Dr. Porter
needs your help.

We'll talk about it later.

If you notice any changes in his vision
or his speech, get me immediately.

I don't suppose you know anything about
what caused this?

Meh. Something I want to show you.

Well, these are human remains.

Very good, Doctor. Oh, I thought you
were after dinosaurs.

I'm after anything that will help me
continue my work.

The money that I get for this skeleton
will fund my next archaeological

excursion. No matter what fancy name you
give it, it's still grave robbing. This

is a disgrace.

Is it?

How many graves were robbed so that you
could learn anatomy, Dr. Quinn? How many

animals were sacrificed in the name of
your science?

Whatever I did in my training as a
physician was always done with great

for both the living and the dead.

Unfortunately, the only thing you seem
to respect is money and seeing your name

in the newspapers.

Doctor, thank you for attending to my
men.

Sergeant, would you please escort these
people off the site?

Yes, sir.

They're just leaving.

So are you.

That sounds like a threat.

No. It's a promise.

Oh, it's all that.

Doctor.

It was a very good dinner, Kali.

It's delicious.

Thank you.

You made your favorite cake, Brian.

Brian? I don't want anything from her. I
hate her.

Brian, I'd like you to apologize to your
sister right now. I won't.

She stole my dinosaur bone.

It's time that we talk.

And frankly, I'd like to hear your
explanation.

It's not for some ears.

Don't talk about me like I ain't here.

We're a family. We don't have any
secrets from each other. Ma, I don't

understand.

I understand that both of you are
avoiding the issue.

We're just trying to protect him.

From what?

From being hurt.

We didn't want him to take his dinosaur
bone to Dr. Porter.

Why?

Because you thought he might sell it?

Because we were afraid he was going to
find out it wasn't real.

My bone is too real.

Pop said so.

Well, did your father say that it wasn't
a real dinosaur bone?

No. Then why would you do such a thing?

Paul gave me a medal.

He said that he won it in Denver for
winning first place in a race.

So it wasn't until I cleaned it up that
I found out it had another man's name on

it.

That doesn't mean that your father...
No.

I'm not going to stand by and let Brian
get hurt.

I didn't have anyone to protect me. He
does. I don't need protecting. Yes, you

do.

We all do.

Everybody's always treating me like a
baby. I ain't a baby.

Ryan?

When I was seven, I packed my doll in
all of her clothes and I walked all the

way to the station.

Why'd you run away?

Because I was tired of being treated
like a baby.

I was the youngest.

Rebecca wouldn't even let me comb my own
hair.

I think she thought I was one of her
dolls.

It made me so mad.

My father never treated me like that.

He challenged me.

Made me think and act for myself.

Oh, and I forgot about how important
that is.

Thank you for reminding me.

I apologize for yelling at you.

Apology accepted.

Ma?

Can I have... May I have... May I have a
hug?

They took my wife.

It's a commodity.

We need to discuss what to do about this
situation.

There ain't nothing to discuss.

Say we go get Porter's soldiers and go
after them thieving Indians.

You should go after Porter. He's the
reason this happened. Are you really

That stealing Maude's body is the same
as taking a few old Indian boats?

Yes, I am.

Why is our cemetery more sacred than
theirs?

You can't be serious.

They don't even think enough of their
debt to bury them. Just because the

Cheyenne have different ways, they took
my sister.

Is anybody going to do anything?

Yes, I think we should... Save your
breath, Michaela.

We're going for the soldiers.

Come on.

How come it's all right to dig up old
dinosaur bones, but not old people

Well, cloud dancing says the Cheyenne
believe that if their dead are taken

of with respect, then their spirits can
travel the hanging road to their camp in

the stars.

The hanging road?

Is that like heaven?

Yes, I believe it is.

Do dinosaurs have spirits?

Cheyenne believe that everything has a
spirit.

Then why do we dig them up?

Well, maybe because there are none of
their kind left to protect them.

Matthew and Colleen don't believe this
is a real dinosaur bone.

I think Pa lied.

May I?

You think your father...

Wanted to give you something as special
as a dinosaur bone.

Yeah.

I do.

Then why does it matter if it's real or
not?

Hello. Good morning, Sully.

Sully.

Can I talk with you for a minute?

Sure.

I need your help getting Maude back.

I'm not sure what I can do.

Well, I gotta do something.

Those fools in town, they don't care
about Maude.

They just want some excuse to go kill
Injuns.

I can't stand the thought of her being
dug up like that.

Wait.

Can we sit down?

It's a great country.

Brian, we want to talk to you.

Nothing to talk about.

We want to apologize for stealing your
bone.

And for treating you like a baby.

We should have trusted you more.

Yeah, you should have.

We just didn't want to see you get hurt.

Suppose you're looking out for me.

Brian, I wish I could promise you this
wasn't going to happen again.

Peter, you're always going to be my
brother.

And I'm always going to be looking out
for you.

Me too.

We're a family.

Yeah.

We are.

Thanks for coming.

Sully has told me what you want. I
cannot help you.

I'm sorry.

Oh, please.

I'd do anything to get her back.

You gotta speak to them dog soldiers.

Convince them what they did was wrong.

They might be willing to trade.

Trade what?

The bones of our dead for the bones of
your dead.

He'll just come for you.

Sergeant.

Sir. Get those bones ready for
transport. We're leaving today.

But we haven't removed them all yet.

Can't be helped.

Thompson's completed his dig. I have to
get these back to Washington before he

does or I'll lose that grant.

Get prepared to break camp. We're moving
out.

Dr. Porter's going to be leaving town
this afternoon.

You've got to help me stop him.

What in the world makes you think Dr.
Porter will listen to me? Oh, you're the

best talker there is in this town.

Look at all the times you convinced me.

Well, he's never going to give you those
bones, Laura.

He thinks his name's going to be made in
water.

We'll just have to find a way to
convince him.

How?

I can't believe you're just going to
ride out of here and let them heathens

away with grave robbing.

I came here to dig bones, not fight
Indians.

Let these soldiers stay and help us.

I'm sorry. I need them to guard my
journey home.

Sergeant, you ready? Yes, sir. Let's
move out.

Sorry, Dr.

Porter, but we can't let you leave.

You have something that belongs here.

I think you should reconsider.

And I think you should get out of my
way.

You should think a little bit harder
about returning those bones.

Sergeant?

Sergeant, do something.

We're here to protect you from the
Indians, sir.

Nobody ever said nothing about citizens.

Besides, he ain't the one you should be
worrying about.

I think you have a choice to make,
Doctor.

The Indian skeleton or the new species,
the dinosaur?

Maybe you ought to hurry up.

I'm getting a little tired of standing
here holding this.

Sergeant, give them the box.

All right, you won the battle, but not
the war.

I'll be back for that skeleton and
others as soon as the Indians are gone.

Oh, uh, Doc, just a second.

I want my doorstop back.

Whoa.

Your wife has already been returned to
your burial ground.

The dog soldiers gave me their word that
she was always treated with reverence.

Thank you.

Well, I guess we both did some
convincing, huh?

You're a courageous and honorable man.

There's none of his kind left to take
care of him.

Maybe if you put him with your
ancestors, he can find his way to the

stars, too.