"One Touch of Nature" is the tenth episode of season 4 of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
As Thanksgiving approaches, Dr. Mike attempts to convince the townsfolk to share their feast with the impoverished Indians living at the Palmer Creek reservation. Jake slips into a depression and receives help from an unexpected source. Michaela fears she may be infertile. She also has to deliver a baby on what was to be a romantic evening for her and Sully. Sadly, the cord wraps around the baby's neck and it doesn't make it. Seeing the woman's young husband fall to his knees begging God not to take his wife too, reminds Sully of the moment his heart broke when it happened to him with Abigail, striking in him the fear of losing Michaela too. Cloud Dancing brings head injured Jake back to town where he decides to open the store in order for him to have his tobacco for the special ceremony and later gives it to him at the Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike sees an O.B. Specialist and he gives her the news she thought she would never hear and later tells Sully she is pregnant.
This episode provides examples of:
- Death of a Child: A baby dies in Dr. Mike's care, and the father begs God not to take his wife too. That reminds Sully of losing Abigail, and he fears losing Michaela.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: After months of her and Sully being Insatiable Newlyweds, Michaela fears she's too old to conceive. After she is examined by a specialist, he states that he can't do anything to help her get pregnant - because she already is.
- Thanksgiving Episode: And the townsfolk decide to share their feast with the nearby impoverished Indians.
