S01 E01
A Magic Medicine
Insurrection is in the air in 1830's Scotland with both Neil and Dr. Campbell's Uncle Andrew involved. The life of Duncan Sinclair is saved by chloroform, something new tried by the doctor.
Doctor James Campbell, a widower, moves to Upper Canada with his three children. Taking place during the 1830s, the family and their community deal with both adventure and misfortune.
Episode 1
Insurrection is in the air in 1830's Scotland with both Neil and Dr. Campbell's Uncle Andrew involved. The life of Duncan Sinclair is saved by chloroform, something new tried by the doctor.
Episode 2
Jean changes the dressings on Duncan's leg causing him to develop septicemia. Dr. Campbell is blamed. The villagers no longer listen to Dr. Campbell's medical advice so he decides to emigrate.
Episode 3
The Campbells arrive in Canada and enjoy dinner at Logan's Inn with innkeeper, Gabrielle Leger, who warns them that their neighbor, Captain Sims, wants their property.
Episode 4
Emma and John play pranks to scare away Mary McTavish, their superstitious housekeeper who believes in ghosts. They convince neighbor Richard Sims to impersonate a late-night ghostly visitor.
Episode 5
While hunting, Neil befriends a woodsman who says he will teach Neil to hunt. When he is injured, Neil brings him to the family cabin for medical treatment. Dr. Campbell is wanted for murder.
Episode 6
While John and Emma are playing by a stream in the woods, Emma appears to be stabbed and carried off by an Iroquois woman. Dr. Campbell, John and Neil, with the help of Gabrielle Leger, investigate.
Episode 7
Dr. Campbell treats Lady Caroline, an English noblewoman who sprains her ankle while fleeing the man she arranged to marry through transatlantic correspondence.
Episode 8
Dr. Campbell treats a dying man who sailed with the pirate Jean Lafitte. He gives Dr. Campbell a model ship. The patient's housekeeper and her ex-convict brother are searching for his treasure.
Episode 9
Emma grows attached to a gray horse with a black star on her forehead which was given to her father as payment from a patient. A stranger is looking for a horse who he says was stolen from him.
Episode 10
Rebecca and Harriet Sims come to stay with the Campbells, when Captain Sims is challenged to a duel by a mysterious stranger.
Episode 11
Rebecca Sims' friend Bridget Carmody visits to prepare for her wedding. James and Neil Campbell find a skeleton on their property.
Episode 12
Dr. Campbell and Emma help a preacher's wife who goes into labor after a carriage accident.
Episode 13
Neil signs up for a boxing tournament.
Episode 14
Dr. Campbell receives a pig as payment for his services. The pig keeps escaping from her pen so Captain Sims tries to claim her when she wanders into his barn.
Episode 15
Dr. Campbell unwittingly helps two trappers who have robbed and murdered 2 Iroquois.
Episode 16
The Iroquois seek revenge from the Campbells for their murdered tribesman.
Episode 17
Dr. Campbell and Captain Sims are concerned that a neighbor's cattle have a highly contagious deadly disease called "murrain" that will spread to the other cows in the community.
Episode 18
As winter approaches, Dr. Campbell experiences financial difficulties when all his patients pay him with pumpkins. He considers selling the farm and moving to York to practice medicine in the city.
Episode 19
The Campbells are required to clear half an acre of their land in less than a week or lose their property. Captain Sims is the Tory candidate for their district election.
Episode 20
Rebecca Sims helps an escaped slave from Virginia who is being pursued by a slave chaser.
Episode 21
Dr. Campbell and Emma take in a Gypsy girl who has been exposed to cholera, causing alarm in the community.
Episode 22
Captain Sims and Dr. Campbell go on a hunting trip to stock up on venison for the winter, but they are captured by a man and his severely injured companion who have deserted the Royal Navy.