"Another Woman" is the fifteenth episode of season 2 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Catherine, a beautiful blonde woman captured by and raised with renegade Cheyenne, is brought to Colorado Springs by soldiers when her tribe is wiped out and she's the sole surviving member. She is offered clothing and anything that she wants but refuses and faints. Dorothy and Jake start to become interested in one another, to Loren's chagrin. Loren says he is worried but Dorothy says he is jealous. An argument ensues between Loren and Jake over Dorothy. Sully finds out Catherine's name, that she can speak English, where she was born and how old she was when she was adopted by the Cheyenne. Jake and Loren refuse Catherine access to the church. She then faints again and Dr. Mike concludes she has Epilepsy. She says that is why they called her Shivering Deer. Brian witnesses Sully and Catherine kiss, angry with him, eventually tells Michaela, which forces her to tell Sully that she can't be with him. Dorothy tells Jake she doesn't want to be with him the way he treats people. Jake then tells her about his mother who left him, and his alcoholic father. Sully tries to talk to Brian first and his relationship with Catherine and then her about their relationship, but she continues to grow closer and closer to him, saying that you protect me after he gives her some beads. Catherine tells Dr. Mike she wants to stay in Colorado Springs with Sully, despite her family wanting her back in Baltimore. Friction develops between Dr. Mike and Sully, and they both argue when Catherine falls in love with him, due to the fact that Sully is the only person she trusts, and he seems to respond. Dr. Mike demands to know if she is attractive to him and whether he has been with another woman since Abigail died. Dr. Mike goes to Dorothy to confide in her. Sully tells Catherine his heart is with Dr. Mike. Dorothy tells Loren he was right. Dr. Mike says Sully hurt her and she can't be with him right now.
This episode provides examples of:
- Age-Gap Romance: Jake Slicker (a young guy in his late twenties, early thirties) falls in love with and courts Dorothy, a woman in her late forties.
- The Alcoholic: Jake tells Dorothy about his alcoholic father.
- Love Triangle:
- Dorothy with Loren and Jake.
- Sully with Michaela and Catherine.
- Raised by Natives: Catherine was captured by and raised with renegade Cheyenne.
- Slut-Shaming: The townspeople shun Catherine after learning that she willingly married one of the Cheyenne who took her prisoner, saying things like "That Injun' whore isn't welcome here" and "A decent woman would have killed herself before she lay down with a redman".
- Where da White Women At?: Jake speculates that Catherine was probably raped by the Cheyenne and claims to have heard stories of women being killed or killing themselves to avoid being captured and facing the same fate.
- White Man Gone Native: Catherine, though not by choice. She was kidnapped by the tribe as a young girl and brought up as one of them.
- Whole-Plot Reference: Catherine's backstory is virtually identical to that of Stands With A Fist in Dances with Wolves.
