"Pilot: Part 2" is the second episode of season 1 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
After Charlotte's funeral, Dr. Mike begins to have more success with the townspeople as a female doctor, but continues to experience hardships and has trouble winning the hearts of the Cooper children. Brian runs away and Sully helps Dr. Mike find him. She is hit especially hard after failing to get a shipment of medicine in time to treat Maude Bray, who suffers a fatal heart attack. She is hurt and upset by a discouraging letter from her mother which she shares with the Cooper children who finally realize she will be a loving mother and raise them properly. After the army carries out a vicious surprise attack on the Cheyenne, Sully brings the grievously injured Chief Black Kettle to the homestead, and Dr. Mike saves his life. When he leaves, Chief Black Kettle gives Dr. Mike her Cheyenne name, "Medicine Woman”. The town grudgingly begins to accept her as a woman doctor. A surprise visit at the homestead by Sully on Christmas Eve shows Dr. Mike that she has found her place in the new frontier and inherited a loving family.
This episode provides examples of:
- Anyone Can Die: Loren Bray's wife Maude suffers a fatal heart attack.
- Meaningful Name: Chief Black Kettle gives Dr. Mike her Cheyenne name, "Medicine Woman”.
- Multi-Part Episode: "Pilot: Part 2" follows "Pilot: Part 1".
- Pilot Movie: The producers originally aired the pilot as a TV movie, because they didn't expect it to get picked up as a series.
- The Runaway: Brian Cooper runs away before the Cooper children warm to Michaela.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Maude Bray died in the second half of the pilot, and never really got much characterization beyond the heart troubles that eventually spelled her end.
