Rediscovering my love for Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman

[melsheartsthings]

So on Tuesday, Jan 29th 2019 I was at the local Wal-Mart and what do I happen to see on the back wall of television series/sales items in the electronics department? The complete six season series plus both tv movies of Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman. I wait three days like a reasonable adult person (although I am desperate to get this show in my possesion) to buy it so it is not an impluse buy. And today I buy it and begin to to watch it. The Pilot is good, and a double episode. It's a good set up for the show as a whole. And oh good lord, I just adore every time that Doc Mike and Sully interact. I absolutely love Doc Mike on her own, even. That might be due to the fact that, except for a one letter difference, I share an IRL name with the good lady doctor. It's such a good, wholesome family friendly show. A little dated in 2019, yes, but not so dated in the 90's.

ETA:Upon thinking about it for a few days, DQMW, because of how good and wholesome and family-friendly it is, is literally a show I could probably watch with my friend A, who's mental age does not really match his chronological age and who is also disabled (i have high functioning autism myself, for the record) and says any movie with any sort of violence beyond like a rated PG to PG-13 tv show/movie is a "bad show"(and to keep him happy i will usually agree and put on a different show/movie whenever he comes over and wants to watch something) because of his disability and mental age. But Doctor Quinn, aside from a handful of episodes, is probably something I could safely watch with him.

Comments

[escritoireazul]

You're making me want to watch it again! I know I haven't seen every episode, but I remember loving it when I was younger. I haven't seen any of it in syndication ever, which I did not realize until just now.

[melsheartsthings]

I was a literal young one when it came out, to be fair. For real. I was born in '91, and season one came out in '93 (i was three at the time). My mom got asked so often in those years if I'd been named for Doc Mike that her standard reply was a joking one, and I quote "No, if anything Doc Mike was named for *her*," followed by her explanation that I was born in '91. My love for it, as far as I can remember came from the reruns time period. I enjoyed watching it with my mom in reruns. It was such a good time.


Do it. I was lucky to find the complete series (including the movies) at my local Walmart for as cheap as I did. I'm already at Season 1 Episode 5 aka The Healing. As much as Loren can be a stubborn old fool, I'll say this for him: he's got a good heart and is really a good guy deep down. He just hides it beneath that gruff jaded old man exterior of his.



(this is the biggest difference between Loren and Thompkins, the store-keeper [Thompkins is kinda always a gruff old man with few redeeming qualities on the show The Young Riders that ran from 1989 to 1992, and was a [highly fictionalized account of the Pony Express focused a group of PEx riders including a free black rider [Noah], a half-Kiowa Rider [Buck!] and a mute rider [Ike]. Also both a young Will Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody.)

[melsheartsthings]

We actually get some actor crossover with DQMW amd TYR in the form of William Shockley (Hank) also playing a bounty hunter who's after Jimmy Hickock (aka Wild Bill), in two episodes of TYR. These two characters look so much alike they could almost brothers or maybe cousins...