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Josef
Quinn Memorial Library
Timeline
Nitpicks - Season One
Becky
H.
Where Charlotte is driving Michaela and the children out to
the old homestead. Charlotte was talking about Loren. If you
look in the background during this conversation, you can see
a car (in the left hand portion of the screen) driving along
the road in the background for several seconds. It's behind
some thin brush, but still clearly noticeable.
Kathy
M.
When Sully brings Black Kettle to the old homestead to be
treated for a gunshot, Matthew is in the background as they
put Black Kettle on the table. In the next camera shot, Matthew
is coming in the back door from the barn saying, "What's going
on?"
Jennifer
M.
The Sand Creek massacre actually occurred around 1864 rather
than 1866.
NOTE: The Sand Creek Massacre occured on November 22,
1864
Tiff
Charlotte tells Dr. Mike that Sully's a miner who came out
to Colorado in '59 for the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. It was then
that he met and married Abigail, the storekeeper's daughter.
However, Abigail's gravestone says that she was born in 1839
and died in 1865. Since Sully met her in 1859 when she was
18, that means that she should have been born in 1841. There's
also the inconsistency of Abigail dying THEN Sully going off
to fight in the war, later being rescued by and joining the
Cheyenne. Since the war ended in 1865, Abigail should have
died in 1863 for all of that to work.
Jennifer
M.
In the Pilot when Mike and Charlotte are looking at Robert
E's horses none of the horses are saddled. But they show a
close up of one horse's face and it then turns and is instantaeously
saddled and ready to go!!
Lori
In the scene where Sully is knocking on the door with an injured
Black Kettle after the Sand Creek masacre, Dr. Mike jumps
out of bed to answer the door - she has her boots on. Also,
in the final scene after Dr. Mike has asked Sully to stay
for supper, Sully is seated on the left side of Dr. Mike,
but at the very next glance, when looking through the window,
Sully is now seated on the right side of Dr. Mike.
Anne
In the pilot, Colleen has a really heavy southern accent.
Within the next few episodes, it dissapears. I guess being
around Dr. Mike changed that really quick!
Osnat
In the pilot when Sully brings Black Kettle to Dr.Mike we
first see Matthew standing behind Sully and Dr.Mike, who's
taking care of Black Kettle,holding the light.But a second
latter we see him getting out from where Colleen and Brian
are ( where their beds are ), telling them to stay there and
going towards where Dr.Mike is supposed to be. So unless there
were two Matthews that night...
Anonymous
In the pilot episode, the letter Michaela gets from her mother
mentions that Mike's oldest sister is expecting a child, and
the sister is given a different name from the one she uses
for the rest of the series. I think the name given in the
pilot is "Mary"-I maybe wrong-but it definetely isn't "Rebecca".
"The Epidemic"
Chiara
E. and Becky H.
Michaela is sick in bed. Throughout this scene, she alternately
has her hand gripping Olive's shoulder, then firmly clasped
in Olive's, then gripping her shoulder, then her hand, etc!
At the end of the scene Olive slowly removes Mike's hand
from her shoulder and holds it.
Rachel
S.
In the famous shot of Mike and the Coopers in the wagon
that was used in the credits, on the close-up, Colleen is
standing behind Mike. When the camera switches to a "bird's-eye
view," Colleen is very visibly sitting. The camera switches
to the close-up and she's standing again. This goes back
and forth.
Christine
When Michaela is standing in front of the boarding house,
there are two boards nailed across the door. Sully, the
ever present hero appears out of nowhere and begins to remove
"four" not two boards.
Sofie
When Sully steps up to help Dr Mike removing the TWO wood
planks that are blocking the door to the boardinghouse/later
clinic, we actually see him removing THREE planks before
the door is free and accessible.
Becky
H.
There is a scene where Michaela is talking to Olive, the
one where Mike is very sick lying on the bed, and she tells
Olive something like, "The children...if I..." Watch closely
each time the camera angle changes back and forth between
two positions. In the angle on Mike, she has her hand resting
on Olive's left shoulder. In the shot of both Mike and Olive,
they are holding hands. There is no hand on Olive's shoulder!...Whoops!
"The
Visitor"
Trayce
We know this episode takes place sometime between Christmas
and Dr. Mike's birthday in February. How does Dr. Mike's
garden have a lush tomato bush filled with ripe, red tomatoes
in the middle of a Colorado winter?
Becky
H.
Watch the first scene closely. Brian, Mike and Matthew
are sitting in the front of the wagon and Colleen is behind
them. We see them up close, and she is standing up. Then
the camera changes to a "birds eye" shot that shows the
woods around them, and Colleen is sitting! Then back to
the close up and she's standing again! This happens two
or three times. Up, down, up, down! Colleen the Mexican
Jumping Bean!
Jennifer
M.
In
the Pilot, Charlotte tells Mike that Abigail died on the
way to Denver to get a doctor, but in this one, Loren tells
Mrs. Quinn that Abigail died at the homestead.
"Law
of the Land"
"The
Healing"
Gayle
Alice talks about dressing as Lily Langtry for her upcoming
birthday party. However, "The Healing" takes place in 1868,
and Lily did not acquire the name of Langtry until her marriage
in 1874, six years later. She gained notoriety in 1881 by
appearing onstage for the first time and later became the
paramour.
"Father's
Day"
Rob
T.
When Michaela goes to the Telegraph Office to pick up
a package, Ethan Cooper appears and helps her carry the
large box. In the next scene where Michaela and Ethan
stop to talk to the townsfolk about the sale of Ethan's
horse, the package disappears.
Kelly
Sully tells Cloud Dancing that he saw his brother dragged
to death by a horse when he was young, but in "Where
the Heart Is" he never mentioned a brother when telling
Michaela about his family.
"Bad
Water"
Rob
T.
When Sully and Michaela swim across the river, we see
Wolf swimming with them. After they nearly get killed
by the dynamite blast and get out of the river, we see
Wolf again, all fluffy and dry, following them.
Cathy
S.
When Dr Mike & Sully are resting their horses and the
horses spook & run away, we see in the background a classic
grassy oak woodland setting. The scene flashes to a stock
shot of a mountain lion on rocky talus with conifers in
the background. This would be miles and thousands of feet
in elevation apart. In California, that's like from the
2,000' entrance to Yosemite to, oh, about 9,000'. The
other silly thing is the skunk, which is a nocturnal animal
and would not be out in broad daylight, unless its rabid.
They also spray by doing a handstand and shooting over
their bodies, not just by lifting their tail. As with
most critters (NOT mt. lions), just be still & watch them,
they'll depart once they know you won't harm them.
Laura
If Dr. Mike and Sully are trespassing on land and could
get shot for being on, why is Dr. Mike wearing a bright
red dress? Wouldn't brown have been more appropriate?
"The
Great American Medicine Show"
"A
Cowboy's Lullaby"
Sarah-Jane
B.
At the beginning when Mike goes in and picks up the baby,
it is almost like she is holding a doll
"Running
Ghost"
Rebekah
When the white buffalo attacks Rankin, to the right side
of the screen you can see a small portion of the board
that the head of the buffalo was mounted on. They didn't
get the board removed far enough from camera range, so
it shows the prop.
Annica
S.
We all know that Sully was fed up with this Tate Rankin
fella - but as Mike so nicely put it - if he goes, she
goes. Lucky for us, Sully was saved by a white buffalo.
Who would believe that story when they found Rankin's
body? I don't think that even Cloud Dancing could have
managed to summon Running Ghost if the need ever arose
- let's hope it doesn't.
Kathy
B.
When Sully jumps from horse to engage in his altercation
with Rankin, his shirt flips up and you see a show of
white, it appears as if he has ripped the back of pants.
In the next shot his shirt is down and covering the rip.
"Happy
Birthday"
Elaine
Look closely at the crowd surrounding DQ after she unveils
her sign. Alley Mills is dressed as a prostitute.
NOTE:
In the same scene, Kirsten Barlow, who married Joe Lando
in 1997, appears also. The fun part is trying to find her.
Christy
Did you notice one of Hank's ladies of the evening was none
other than Marjorie, Michaela's sister?
"The
Prisoner"
Suanne
I don't remember in which ep it was, but I think at one point
in season 1 (maybe in 'The Prisoner) Loren says, that he and
Maude have been married 42 years. In season 2 (in 'Best Friends')
he said that Dorothy was 16 or 17 years old when he proposed
to her. That would make her almost 60 years old by now! Is
she really that old?
Anja
B.
This is an answer to Suann's nitpick concerning Dorothy's
age. Barbara Babcock was born in 1937 which means that she
was 56 years old when she started her role as Dorothy. So
she was in fact almost 60 years old playing Dorothy, making
Dorothy being 60 entirely believable.
Kari
This has to do with both "Law of the Land" and "The
Prisoner." In LOTL, Matthew and Ingrid seem to be somewhat
of a couple. Then I watch The Prisoner and it REALLY confuses
me. When everyone is getting ready for the Hurdy Gurdy, Matthew
stares at Ingrid (in the store) like he has just seen her.
At the dance, he buys all of he tickets and THEN they introduce
themselves. Aren't they already a couple by this time? Did
these two air out of order?
"Rite
of Passage"
Pat
Sully tells the family that Abigail was 18 when they got
married. If she was born in 1841, that means they married
in 1859. Her headstone says she died in 1865. Did they wait
six years before she got pregnant? Also, in "Heroes" when
Colleen has a crush on Sully, one of her friends asks her
"wasn't Sully's wife the same age as you when they got married?"
Colleen was probably only 13 or 14 in this episode.
DQ
Viewer
Michaela tells Colleen that she had to cut short her search
for Matthew because of the storm. Colleen says "It's supposed
to rain all night". Now how would she know that? did she
hear an 1860's weather forecast?
Nina
R.
Michaela says Matthew is 16 and in "The First Circle" she
says he is 18. They are about 10 months apart. No wonder
they don't celebrate his birthdays, he has them too often
for them to be an event!
"Heroes"
Becky
H.
Grace is chopping carrots and talking to Robert E. about
him standing up to Hank. If you watch her chop, two or three
carrot chunks go flying to the floor as she chops them.
Whoops! Don't worry, Grace--that happens to the best of
us!
"The
Operation"
Valerie
W.
When Colleen is asking Brian what he wanted to eat, the
camera switches back and forth and we see Brian holding
Colleen's hand with both of his hands, with one, and back
with both again.
"The
Secret"
Sarah
While Dr. Quinn is talking with Miss Olive on the bridge
about Zack, there is a shot over to Zack who is still
standing next to Ruby's grave. In the shot it looks as
if Zack is standing in front of Abigal's grave.
Suanne
Myra says that she didn't knew Clarice (the mother of
Hank's son), because it all happened before she came to
Colorado Springs. In 'Man in the Moon' Myra talks about
how Hank and she came to CS together.
Sarah
P.
Brian asks Sully if he cried when his wife died. After Sully
replies 'yes', then hugs Brian. In one shot Brian is on
the left side of Sully on the next shot Brian is on the
right.
Nicole
In the end of the episode, the town is standing in the middle
of the road waving to a carriage carrying Zach out of town.
When they show the whole town waving from a far away look.
Dr. Mike isn't even on the screen but a moment later they
show Brian and Colleen up close and go up to Dr. Mike beside
them. When just a moment earlier you couldn't even see her.
"Portraits"
Cathy
S.
Ok, not a negative nitpick, just historical information.
I did a lot of research after this one and want to pass
on: Daniel Watkins is based on pioneer landscape photographer
Carleton E. Watkins. This character is a composite of Watkins
and some of his contemporaries, notably Matthew Brady and
Timothy O'Sullivan. These last two actually did photograph
the Civil War, Watkins did not. Brady stayed on the East
Coast, O'Sullivan came west and was one of the Yellowstone
photographers. O'Sullivan & Watkins used photography wagons
just like the one shown in Portraits. Watkins is famous
for his Yosemite photographs. His earliest helped Yosemite
get preserved as a STATE PARK in 1864. He had two galleries
on Montgomery Street in San Francisco. He did go blind,
but possibly as a result of working with photo chemicals.
He lost all in the earthquake & fire in April, 1906.
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