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Previously, on "Dr. Quinn," the death of a friend...

Gonna miss you very much.

...brings an unexpected inheritance.

"Matthew, I want you to have my herd of cattle."

This changes everything for me.

As Matthew faces an overwhelming challenge...

How are we gonna drive the herd home?

- It's up to me. - He's gonna lose those cattle.

He will put his family in grave danger.

Scorpion stung him!

He's going into shock.

These cattle don't get to water soon,

they're gonna go blind and crazy.

Stampede!

Hyah!

Hyah!

How many did you find?

22.

That makes...

171.

Remember, we counted nine got trampled.

So, we're still 20 short.

Man, we done covered the whole countryside for miles around.

Where's Jesse?

His friend Ned's missing, too.

Has anybody seen him?

Not since before the stampede.

My money pouch is missing.

All right, everyone check their things.

- My money's gone, too. - So is mine.

- We've been robbed. - It was Jesse.

He's probably got the cattle, too,

probably started the stampede.

No, that can't be.

Where's your watch?

I must have -- I must have lost it. I --

You didn't lose it.

That young fella run off with it.

Cattle just got watered.

They ain't had no cause to stampede.

You're wrong.

Jesse could never do such a thing.

Well, he was probably trying to stop the cattle.

- Maybe he's hurt. - He ain't hurt.

Probably planned this from the start.

How can you think that?

He's -- he's fine and -- and brave.

He said he loves me.

He asked me to marry him.

I'm going after him.

Matthew, hold on.

Got to get this cattle back.

Matthew, leave 'em be.

They ain't worth it.

I was off my horse when the stampede started.

So, I shouldn't have been. You know that.

You didn't make 'em run.

I could've stopped it.

Matthew.

We have 171 cattle.

Let's not worry about a few missing.

Do you know how much they're worth?

Are they worth getting killed for?

Those men have guns.

They'll think nothing of shooting you.

I ain't scared.

We know you ain't scared.

You don't have to prove that.

- I won't be long. - Matthew!

Use your head.

You're the trail boss.

You got to take care of the herd, the whole camp.

- Quit trying to stop me. - Matthew!

I ain't gonna let you go up against two armed rustlers.

It ain't up to you.

You ain't going.

Matthew!

You do that again, I'm gonna knock you out

and tie you to the wagon till you come to your senses.

We're gonna rest here for a day till the cattle calm down.

Ain't we starting to run out of food?

I want to get back to town.

Just for a day.

The cattle need it.

I'll take the next watch for the vaqueros.

You all go back to camp.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Come on, boy!

You go ahead.

I'm gonna practice my slingshot.

All right.

Come on.

- Brian. - Whoa, Jack.

What are you doing?

I know where you're going, and I'm gonna help you.

Of all the stupid...

Don't be mad. My finger's better.

You go on back.

No, I'm your brother. I'm sticking with you.

You'd do the same for me.

You want to help me?

You go on back to camp.

If anybody asks where I am, you tell 'em

you saw me hunting game for supper, all right?

No, Matthew.

Brian, I need you to cover for me.

Please.

All right.

Thanks, brother.

Whoa.

Hoo-ee. I still can't believe it.

Was that easy?

Bunch of greenhorns.

They probably don't even miss those cattle.

Yeah, but they'll miss us.

So, Colleen will tell 'em we'd never do nothing like that.

You sure took care of that good.

Yeah, yeah.

She was pretty, but she sure was dumb.

Drop your guns.

Now hold it.

You got this all wrong.

All right, we just caught those strays.

We're just fixing to bring 'em back.

You're cattle thieves.

And worse than that...

you used my sister.

I have the right to shoot you.

But you won't.

Hold it.

You won't 'cause you ain't got the guts.

And even if you did, Colleen will never forgive you.

She'd hate you all her days.

Give me that.

Matthew!

You gonna shoot him?

No.

We're gonna leave him here.

If I ever see you again, I will shoot you.

And Colleen will thank me.

Ah, what are you worried about?

He was probably just trying out his slingshot.

Maybe he got Matthew to help him.

Yeah, you know how boys are.

They probably off shooting at rabbits.

We should go look for them.

- Whoa, whoa! - No need.

Where'd you find the cattle?

Up the creek about 10 miles...

with Jesse and his friend.

No, you're lying.

I found this in Jesse's pocket.

I also found this.

Was anyone hurt?

You didn't shoot?

No.

I hit him with my slingshot, and Matthew tied him up.

I told you not to go after him.

You put Brian in danger, too.

I didn't know he was coming.

I snuck after him.

And it's a good thing you did.

Colleen?

Leave me alone.

Sometimes it helps to talk to people.

I don't want to.

I know how you feel.

I've been fooled by people.

We all have.

I just can't believe it.

Why'd he say those things to me if he didn't mean them?

I'm sure that he cared about you.

It's just that some young men --

And why'd he read me those poems?

Why'd he propose?

He didn't have to.

When he kissed my hand...

I felt shivers all through me.

I never felt nothing like that.

He was charming.

I'm so ashamed.

There's nothing to be ashamed of.

It just shows that your heart is open, and it's good.

It's better to be hurt than never to feel.

I wish I'd never seen him.

Colleen, just because someone picks you and says they want

to marry you doesn't mean you have to go along with them.

You're smart, and you're beautiful,

and you have something special.

And you should wait.

Pick the person that's right for you.

I loved him.

I loved him.

We're gonna pack 'em up and move 'em out.

But we're two hands short.

We'll make do.

Matthew! Get Ma!

There's a cow in trouble!

What?

She's trying to drop a calf. Oh, Robert E., come look.

Come on, Come on!

Aw.

I think the -- the head's turned around.

That's why it won't drop.

Well, you got to turn it.

I don't know how.

Do you?

Oh, I never done it.

Somebody's got to help her.

Let me see.

I may need some help.

I'll help you.

Matthew, Sully, just hold her down.

Grace, get some rags.

Brian, I want you to help Grace.

There you go.

This is all turned around.

I think I can pull it.

Easy, easy.

Turn it around.

Pull it out now.

Come on. Nice and easy.

I can feel the head, if I could just --

just pull it down.

It's coming.

It's coming!

Easy, easy.

I see it, Ma.

There you go. Just get his nose.

There you go.

There you go. Come on.

- There we go. - There you go.

There you go.

All right, let's get your other legs out.

Come on. There you go.

- There you go. - We did it.

We did it, Brian

Oh, Brian!

Hey, little girl.

I think it's a little boy.

There you go.

Oh.

Hey!

We got a fire going.

That water would feel a lot nicer if it was warm.

That would be nice.

I'll be right back.

Here you are.

Thank you.

Here, let me.

It feels good.

Let me wash your neck.

Oh, no. You don't have to.

Lift up your hair.

I've got it.

When I first saw you...

I remember thinking...

you had the most beautiful, long, brown hair I ever saw.

Oh, I, um...

sorry.

S-supper's ready.

Thank you. We'll be along.

Sully.

Injuns! Everybody grab a gun!

Take it easy, everybody. Take it easy.

If they wanted to attack us, they'd have done it by now.

Just letting us know they're here.

Who are they?

Apache.

Kiowa, maybe.

I'm gonna go talk to 'em.

Talk to 'em? What for?

They're hungry.

Give 'em a few steer to leave us alone.

I'm not giving them my cattle.

Matthew, they're probably starving.

You don't know that.

There's not a buffalo left in this part of the country.

What can they eat? What can they feed their children?

What if we keep running into them?

What do you want me to do, keep giving away my cattle?

That ain't the point.

I won't have a herd by the time we get home.

I'm not gonna do it.

Then they'll figure some way to steal 'em.

Sully's right.

Desperate people will do anything to feed their family.

You should know about that, Matthew.

When Ingrid was starving,

you yourself took one of Olive's cattle.

What if those are the same Indians

who killed those two guys we buried?

Tracks said those Indians headed south.

Besides, that's not a war party.

They're hungry, and they want food.

They're not gonna hurt us.

Let Sully talk to them.

Come on.

Haho.

That's too many.

Two.

Baho.

Talk to Baho, who owns them.

I don't have any bullets.

No, no bullets.

It's too late.

Hold your fire.

"They're not gonna hurt us.

It's not a war party."

They don't have any bullets.

My cattle! They're stealing my cattle!

Matthew, don't!

They're only hungry.

They'll leave us alone now.

Well, they'd better 'cause if they come back,

I'm letting my rifle do the talking.

Let's move it out.

Colleen, Brian, it's time to go to sleep.

Ma, will you stay with us?

I'm scared to go to sleep.

I'll stay right here. But don't worry.

The Indians won't come back.

Sully's standing guard.

Why did the Indians attack Sully?

He's their friend.

Well, they didn't know that.

They're from a different tribe.

Well, he shouldn't have trusted them.

Well, he was trying not to judge them.

You can't trust people you don't know.

Is that true, Ma?

Sometimes, but not always.

We could've all got hurt.

How do you know when you can trust people and when you can't?

Well, it's best to be cautious until you know people better.

And in time, with experience,

you -- you learn to judge character.

And you can do that?

Well, I'm not always right.

But most times, I have a fairly good sense.

And when you're grown up, both of you will, too.

Now go to sleep. Sweet dreams.

Ma! Ma!

Brian, what is it?

Come quick, Ma.

Got to do something.

We just found his ma.

She's dead.

Oh, Brian, I'm sorry.

Who's gonna take care of the baby now?

Well, we're gonna have to feed him

until another cow adopts him.

How we gonna do that?

I know.

Colleen, fill this with milk.

What for?

She's gonna drink from a bottle?

Just gonna make a little hole in this.

Can I have a piece of rawhide?

Let's see if this works.

Come on.

Try it.

You got to eat.

Should put a little on his lips.

- There you go. - Yeah, there.

He likes it!

That's it! Yeah!

- He likes it. - He does.

Great!

There you go.

Seems shallow enough.

You're not thinking about crossing there, are you?

Sure.

There might be quicksand.

I just tried it. It's fine.

You go a few miles downstream, bottom's much better.

It'll take too long. Storm's coming up.

I want to get to the foot of the mountain before it hits.

Why?

Cattle don't like to run uphill.

If we push them against the mountain

and set up camp behind them, the storm hits,

they'll stay put.

If we waste time going downstream,

we get stuck in the middle of the plain,

they'll run everywhere.

It's not wasting time.

It's being safe.

I think it's safe to cross here.

Ha!

Come on!

What's happening?

Cows look afraid to cross.

They sense something's wrong.

Come on, girls. Hup!

Come on, girls.

Come on. Hup!

Hup!

Hup! Come on.

Hup, Hup! Come on.

- Dr. Mike! - Ma!

Sully!

Dr. Mike -- She's down!

Hyah!

Take my hand!

You all right?

I think so.

Dr. Mike.

I'm sorry. It was my fault.

- I'm sorry. - No.

You're right. It was your fault.

I've got to get back on the hill.

You gonna be all right?

Yes.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

She feeling better?

Can I talk to her?

You all right?

I'm fine.

Let me help you with that.

I feel terrible.

Don't.

I'm not fit to be trail boss.

I've done nothing but botch things up.

Colleen got hurt. Brian got hurt.

We almost...

I almost lost you.

For what?

A bunch of cattle.

You haven't botched it.

You brought us all here, with most of the herd intact.

If I'd have done it Sully's way --

Other things might've gone wrong.

It's not worth it.

We should just leave the cattle and go home.

Matthew, we never know when we make a choice

what the outcome will be.

The important thing is you made a decision,

and you learned from it.

What're you doing?

Getting ready.

Shouldn't you rest some more?

We've got to get those cattle home.

Thank you.

Listen up.

I'm gonna scout the trail up north.

I'll be back before dark, and we move out tomorrow.

Bye, Matthew.

Matthew could use your help now.

He doesn't want it.

Of course he does.

I've been telling him all along what I think,

and he just does what he wants.

Well, I did the same with my parents.

It's part of finding your way.

This isn't some kind of school,

where he can make mistakes and then put 'em right.

He's got other people's lives in his hands here.

You realize how close you came to being trampled?

You're right.

I'm -- I'm not denying how serious this was.

But Matthew wasn't acting recklessly.

He did what he thought was best.

It just didn't work out that way.

It was an honest mistake.

I don't know about that.

Well, I've made mistakes, Lord knows.

I do what I think will bring the best results,

and sometimes it doesn't.

Hasn't that happened to you?

It's happened to me.

Looks like it's gonna be a pretty day.

You were right.

You should scout this drive.

Probably be back to town in a few more days.

Which trail do you like?

Well, I was thinking we ought to go

through the pass at Aspen Meadows.

If I was trail boss, that's the way I'd go.

Whoa, Tabby.

There you are.

Look.

Come on.

You don't want to get left behind.

Whoa.

Nice work, Brian.

The Cheyenne would say you're responsible for that calf now.

You mean it belongs to me?

He's in your care.

You keep your eye on him, all right?

I will!

Come on, come on.

Come on.

Hyah!

Ho, ho, ho, ho.

There you go.

Yeah. Yeah.

There you go.

Come on, gather around.

All right.

Now, we've got a wind coming up,

but I don't think it's gonna rain.

The cattle might get jumpy,

so we want to keep 'em moving at a good pace.

Don't let 'em lag, all right?

Let's move 'em!

- Hyah! - Hyah!

- How you doing? - Just fine.

Can't wait to make it back home.

Home --

soft bed, warm bath, clean clothes.

Prairie fire!

It's coming right for us!

What do we do?

We're gonna have to drive straight through it.

Through the fire?

We got to push the cattle right through to the other side,

where the grass is already burned.

Use the water. Wet yourselves down.

Use all we got. Wet the horses' legs, too.

But our clothes, won't they burn?

We'll go as fast as we can.

- We should be able to make it. - Sully, is there no other way?

We turn back, we're gonna get trapped against those mountains.

We got no other choice.

You'll be all right.

Hyah, hyah, hyah!

Hyah, hyah!

Hyah, hyah!

Push 'em! Hyah!

Hyah, hyah!

I'm scared.

I can't. I -- I just can't.

It's the only chance we've got.

If we stay here, we'll burn for sure.

My god, the cattle.

We got to stop 'em.

Turn 'em back.

Please do something!

You got to stop 'em!

What do we do?

Oh!

Good job, Colleen.

Now we got to go.

Brian, what are you doing?

My calf, he won't go!

He's too scared!

You got to leave him!

I can't!

Brian...

Brian, we've got to go.

Get up here with me.

We can't leave him.

Please, help him.

Brian, get into the wagon.

Go.

Come on, Brian.

Colleen, go.

- Go! - Come on.

Quick! Come on!

Come on!

It's no use!

They won't go into the fire.

Whoa, whoa.

Where's the wagon?

What's keeping 'em?

Stay here!

Hyah, hyah!

Hyah!

It's gonna be all right.

It's no use. It's no use.

Please, god.

Please.

Is everyone all right?

I didn't even get burned.

- Where's Dr. Mike? - Ma?

She was right behind us.

Unh-unh, she went ahead.

Dr. Mike!

There she is!

Okay.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm fine.

You need some water?

Yeah, some water.

Ma, maybe you -- you should sit down.

Oh, maybe I should sit down.

He's all right.

Well, this is all I got for you,

but I'll keep an eye out for your package.

I wonder what's going on.

What the heck?

Hey, come on.

Will you look at that?

I'll be darned.

Cattle coming through.

Clear the roads, folks.

Bring 'em on, bring 'em on.

I've never seen nothing like this.

I've heard about it, but my gosh.

Keep pushing 'em on through.

We can't keep these cattle in town.

- What are they thinking? - Jake.

Well, look at the mess they're gonna make.

Yee-haw! We did it, Mr. Bray.

Yeah.

Miss Olive would've been proud.

Ladies.

Good job.

Appreciate that.

Good job.