Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV Show • 1993 • Western
ReportDr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.
This tv show contains 5 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Solareclipse2014
A child is abandoned by his father with Dr. Quinn, but he comes back because he rethinks his choice.
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Abuse
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Solareclipse2014
There is at least one instance of DV shown by the victim's wounds and a description of her experience in a criminal trial in s2e2. Numerous main/secondary characters discuss their misogynistic opinions of the period typical DV in that same episode.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Solareclipse2014
S2e20 has the new teacher come to town. She uses physical abuse to try to get students to behave and focus. You don't see most of it happen, but you see the aftermath.
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Addiction
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e19 Dorothy's son is addicted to and abuses pain meds for an injury which has healed but left him dependent on morphine.
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e19 Dorothy's son is addicted to morphine after coming home from war. It causes him to be aggressive and violent
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
A butchered cow is briefly shown in episode 4.
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Are there snakes?
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Anonymous
In episode 7 of series 1 a snake is at their camp site and Sully kills it.
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
There is a scorpion in s3e3.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
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Solareclipse2014
A senator in s3e8 is poisoned with cyanide.
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e16 Myra, a sex worker tells Hank that she doesn't want to have sex, and he doesn't take no for an answer. It is assumed that after the screen fades to black that they do indeed have sex.
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e16 Myra, a sex worker tells Hank that she doesn't want to have sex, and he doesn't take no for an answer. It is assumed that after the screen fades to black that they do indeed have sex, but it is not on screen.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Solareclipse2014
There are times when people are shaved both in the barber as well as in the operating setting.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Reading90
Tracheotomy and a separate incident of heart arrhythmia
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Is someone burned alive?
24 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
The head of the local kkk sets himself on fire accidentally in s2e20. He's fine after (well he needs to get his arm looked at, and Dr. Quinn offers because she's a good person, but he turns her down).
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Is someone buried alive?
15 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
There is a mining cave in during which characters get buried alive. All the named characters live.
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Is there amputation?
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Solareclipse2014
Dorothy's son gets his leg amputated in s2e19. It's not explicitly shown.
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Is there a hanging?
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Solareclipse2014
In s1e4 there is a teenage boy who a mob is set to hang without a trial. The noose goes around his neck before someone else cuts the rope. Before that scene, there is a whole scene where members of the town are self righteous about putting up the rope and preparing to hang the boy.
In s2e20 the kkk tries to lynch Robert E, and the rope is cut by Sully. (honestly, I recommend not watching this episode because it feels a bit like trauma p*rn. There is a great conversation between Robert E and Brian, but it's incredibly upsetting to watch the rest of the episode.)
In s2e20 the kkk tries to lynch Robert E, and the rope is cut by Sully. (honestly, I recommend not watching this episode because it feels a bit like trauma p*rn. There is a great conversation between Robert E and Brian, but it's incredibly upsetting to watch the rest of the episode.)
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A tooth is pulled
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
It’s not shown, but in the pilot a child breaks his leg.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Solareclipse2014
There is a woman who has epilepsy in s2e15. She has multiple seizures during the episode.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
61 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e16 a 15 year old goes to Hank at the saloon to work for him as a sex worker. He tells Myra to get the young girl ready to work. Myra ended up getting her out of her contract, so she never ends up having to work at the saloon.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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katie0707
someone almost dies of alcohol poisoning
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Solareclipse2014
A rocking horse is thrown into the fire by the father who made it, but the child isn't alive, so it's not hurtful for the child... It is later remade.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Solareclipse2014
There are some jump scares at times, specifically within the Halloween episode of season 2 (ep 3)
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Are there ghosts?
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Solareclipse2014
The ghost of Abagail (Sully's dead wife) comes to haunt Michaela in s2e3, telling her to leave their house and stay away from her husband.
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Solareclipse2014
One of the semi main characters is the barber, so there are times in which you see him shaving others
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e1 someone vomits because of a concussion.
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Does someone spit?
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Solareclipse2014
People chew tobacco and spit with it
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
21 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
It is a medical show and sometimes syringes are used
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Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
A character goes to a sanitarium after a failed suicide attempt
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
While there are no scenes in a modern hospital that might trigger a person (seeing as this takes place in the late 1800s) it does follow the lead as she practices medicine in the frontier. And that is explicitly shown.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Solareclipse2014
In s3e10 Dr. Quinn finds a lump in Dorothy's breast. Viewers find out Dorothy's mother died of breast cancer, and Dr. Quinn urges Dorothy to have the lump removed. It results in her subsequently having one of her breasts removed.
In s3e16 a character comes to town because she had leukemia and plans to die in the mountains.
In s3e16 a character comes to town because she had leukemia and plans to die in the mountains.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Anonymous
Season 1 episode 8 a doctor can’t practice medicine anymore because of what he witnessed during the war.
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Solareclipse2014
In s2e13 a visiting character cuts herself to try and rid herself of webbed fingers. She lives!
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
19 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
If you count addiction as said mental illness, yes. In s2e19, Dorothy's son who is addicted to morphine is violent in his attempt to get more from Dr. Quinn.
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Solareclipse2014
It is not explicitly stated as that in the moment, but a character tries to drink himself to death and then talks about it later in the same episode (s1e12). There are other instances of attempted suicide as well (s5e21)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Solareclipse2014
So not exactly, but it can be similarly triggering. In s1e12 a character feels so guilty about something that he drinks so heavily he almost dies of alcohol poisoning. After he recovers, he expresses that he had wanted to die and that had been the way he'd tried.
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Solareclipse2014
Off camera a character who exists for only two episodes in season 3 and is an antagonist during them is mentioned to have killed himself in the last few minutes of s3e8 very briefly. It's kind of sudden and then it's brushed past.
And in s5e21 Horace attempts suicide, but he survives and decides to go away for some time.
And in s5e21 Horace attempts suicide, but he survives and decides to go away for some time.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
23 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
There are times when there is shaky personal perspective (e.g. s1e16)
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
14 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
S1e1, as well as s3e16.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
10 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
Throughout there are characters who have children and then carry them around in scenes as they get older (and sometimes are sick and need medical attention)
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Does someone miscarry?
13 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
The main character has a miscarriage in s6e4. Another character miscarries in s3e14.
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Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
Prior to the series beginning, the wife of a main character dies in child birth along with the baby. It is talked about on more than one occasion.
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Prejudice
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Solareclipse2014
S3e13 is a holiday episode in which Jewish immigrants come to town and make the Christian community question their holiday spirit. I cannot speak to the specifics because it's an episode that I skipped out of avoiding the potential of antisemitism.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
20 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
In s3e11/12 Jake and Loren wear feminine clothes to drink free for ladies night at the saloon. Jake is mistaken for a woman when the saloon is robbed and taken as a hostage. It is played off as a joke that the kidnappers think they have a woman for the two episodes.
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Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
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Reading90
Indigenous peoples referred to as “Injun”, “Indians”, “Red man”, etc. Misogyny as well
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
24 supporters
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Anonymous
S1
E14
A young girl is infatuated with a man but it is one sided.
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
7 supporters
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2
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Solareclipse2014
There are numerous times where characters have chronic illnesses such as chronic tuberculosis, asthma, and diabetes in season 1
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
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1
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0
Solareclipse2014
In s5e8 Jake's father comes to town for the first time since the show began and doesn't remember his son. Dr. Quinn sees signs of dementia in him. He is only in that one episode.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
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Anonymous
S1
E14
No, but the wagon equivalent happens
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
8 supporters
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Anonymous
S1
E14
No, but the wagon equivalent of this happens
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Yes
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16
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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10
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Anonymous
S1
E13
There is some blood shown from a cut/scratch.
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Is there gun violence?
12 supporters
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Solareclipse2014
This takes place in the 1860s in western America.
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