"Where the Heart Is: Part 2" is the seventh episode of season 2 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Sully arrives in Boston and asks Dr. Mike what has happened. she refuses to give Sully the real reason for the changes he sees in her. After Dr. Mike and Dr. Burke do their rounds visiting sick folk, Dr. Burke says he wants a partner to practice with him. On the way back to the house, Sully and the children accidentally stumble onto Michaela receiving a kiss on the hand by Dr. Burke. Matthew demands to go home, homesick and missing Ingrid, and Sully changes his mind and is not in any hurry to leave. Matthew is angry with Dr. Mike for staying so long. Elizabeth convinces Sully to wear Boston finery and to the delight of Dr. Mike he looks incredibly dashing. At the ball held in Elizabeth's honor for her birthday, Sully and Dr. Burke compete for Dr. Mike's attention. Sully asks Matthew how to capture Dr. Mike's heart. Colleen teaches Sully to dance. They teach him how to use the various cutlery and plates and bowls. Sully, with new finery, takes Michaela out to a sumptuous dinner for two with dancing afterwards. The two then attend an opera, where Dr. Mike must explain what is going on to a long-suffering Sully. Dr. Burke invites Dr. Quinn make a speech at the Medical Conference, and though many of the male doctors leave in disgust, about half stay for the speech and are impressed. Immediately after, Burke confesses his love for Michaela and proposes marriage, and she attempts to let him down gently but he refuses to take no for an answer. Sully demands to know if she's going to marry the fellow doctor, but she refuses to answer. Sully and Dr. Mike argue and Sully immediately angrily leaves. Looking for Sully, Dr. Mike finds that Sully admits he came to Boston because he loves Dr. Mike, but goes back home to Colorado anyway, and Dr. Mike leaves upset. After admitting to her mother she doesn't love William Burke, Michaela must tell him she cannot accept his proposal, and the four leave the next day. Matthew admits to Elizabeth he was wrong. A warm welcome meets the family when they return to their home, with the episode ending on Michaela's admission of love for Sully.
This episode provides examples of:
- At the Opera Tonight: The final part of Michaela's romantic evening with Sully.
- He Cleans Up Nicely: Michaela finds Sully incredibly dashing when he wears Boston finery.
- Kids Play Matchmaker: Matthew and Colleen help Sully prepare for his romantic evening with Michaela.
- Love Triangle: Michaela ends up in one with Dr. Burke and Sully.
- Multi-Part Episode: "Where the Heart Is: Part 2" follows "Where the Heart Is: Part 1".
- Race for Your Love: Michaela races to the train station to stop Sully from leaving. It's then flipped around in that it's he, the one who's leaving, declares his love - and then leaves anyway when she can't return the sentiment (yet).
- Relationship Upgrade: Michaela finally admits her love for Sully.
