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Chicago Hope

TV·1994–2000·6 seasons, 141 episodes·CBS·Soap, Drama·1h·7.2·Created by David E. Kelley

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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Chicago Hope S01E02Over the RainbowS01E02 · 10.0Jeffrey runs afoul of the trustees when a grieving husband has second thoughts after allowing him to test an artificial heart on the body of the man's newly deceased wife; Alan comes to the rescue when a patient's HMO refuses to cover Aaron's operating on her very complicated and potentially fatal brain tumor; Jeffrey visits his wife Laurie, a straitjacketed patient in a mental hospital who apologizes for drowning their son Joey; Arthur's refusal to remove his wagging finger from Jeffrey's face during an argument leaves him with a bitten digit, and enables Jeffrey to diagnose the curable medical condition that's causing Arthur's resting tremor.
  2. 02Chicago Hope S04E11On Golden PonsS04E11 · 8.0After a little too much holiday cheer Wilkes is charged with a DUI and must serve a community service in Dr. Hancock's clinic. Watters discovers that his accountant has left the country with Watters money. Shutt turns over a patient to Catera, and the two clash over whether she should perform a dangerous surgery on the patient. Dr. McNeil is elected to play Santa and is a huge hit in the childrens ward. Grad receives her Christmas present a little early.
  3. 03Chicago Hope S02E11Christmas TruceS02E11 · 7.0Aaron is baffled when a seizure lands Camille in the ER. Nyland's holiday vacation plans are suddenly sidetracked by a delivery of supplies to Ricky's makeshift clinic with a Santa'-clad Hancock. A promising teen athlete fears that an operation could cost him the chance to play major league baseball. Grad meets a sweet but shy veterinarian.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes1994–95Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Chicago Hope S01E01PilotSeptember 18, 1994Camille serves Aaron with divorce papers; Phillip benches Arthur from further surgery when Arthur's resting tremor begins to endanger patien
  2. S01E02Chicago Hope S01E02Over the RainbowSeptember 22, 1994 10.0Jeffrey runs afoul of the trustees when a grieving husband has second thoughts after allowing him to test an artificial heart on the body of
  3. S01E03Chicago Hope S01E03Food ChainsSeptember 29, 1994Arthur nearly fires Danny for failing to adhere to triage protocol, thereby delaying the treatment of a critically injured prostitute with A
  4. S01E04Chicago Hope S01E04With the Greatest of EaseOctober 6, 1994Jeffrey tells Nadine about Laurie's schizophrenia and the death of his son; Aaron and Camille grieve about their impending divorce; several
  5. S01E05Chicago Hope S01E05You Gotta Have HeartOctober 13, 1994Phillip's religious beliefs and Jeffrey's grief over the death of his son put them on opposite sides of whether to convince a young mother t
  6. S01E06Chicago Hope S01E06Shutt DownOctober 20, 1994Aaron, the staff, and the patients are caught in the crossfire when Antoine Metcalf, a gangbanger and career criminal, follows his latest vi
  7. S01E07Chicago Hope S01E07Genevieve and Fat BoyNovember 3, 1994After Karen begins having seizures, Aaron discovers that she is terminally ill from the multiple brain metastases of a melanoma; Jeffrey res
  8. S01E08Chicago Hope S01E08Death Be ProudNovember 10, 1994Jeffrey strongly objects when his old nemesis is hired into the plastic surgery department, but they are able to set aside their differences
  9. S01E09Chicago Hope S01E09HeartbreakJanuary 1, 1995Camille has an innocent and unavoidable mishap in the operating room during a heart transplant on the rabbi who performed her wedding ceremo
  10. S01E10Chicago Hope S01E10The QuarantineJanuary 2, 1995Tensions run high as hard truths ring out when Jeffrey, Danny, Camille, Maggie, Aaron, Arthur and Phillip are quarantined in an empty operat
  11. S01E11Chicago Hope S01E11Love and HopeJanuary 9, 1995The staff has its hands full when a man suffering from the after-effects of taking amyl nitrite suffers one complication after another, ther
  12. S01E12Chicago Hope S01E12Great White HopeJanuary 16, 1995Phillip is unable to save a promising young boxer who succumbs to the fatal effects of steroids his father gave him to enhance his performan
  13. S01E13Chicago Hope S01E13Small SacrificesJanuary 23, 1995Billy Kronk, a hotshot young surgeon and recreational hockey player, arrives in the E.R. with a critically ill teammate and immediately take
  14. S01E14Chicago Hope S01E14Cutting EdgesFebruary 6, 1995Laurie asks Jeffrey for a divorce so that she can marry Gilbert Weeks, a lawyer who is also a patient at the Institute; spurred by this news
  15. S01E15Chicago Hope S01E15Life SupportFebruary 13, 1995When the gun belonging to a critically wounded police officer drops out of his holster in the E.R., the distraught brother of a man waiting
  16. S01E16Chicago Hope S01E16Freeze OutsFebruary 20, 1995The staff works to save a young boy who was submerged in a frozen lake for several hours; Jeffrey and Geri have a little digestive mishap on
  17. S01E17Chicago Hope S01E17Growth PainsFebruary 27, 1995An explosion sends a dry cleaner to the ER. Dr. Kadalski is pressured to change his unorthodox methods when he treats a man who compulsively
  18. S01E18Chicago Hope S01E18Informed ConsentMarch 13, 1995Dr. Kronk's feelings towards his girlfriend undergo changes when he find out about her past. Geiger's heart patient develops an aneurysm whi
  19. S01E19Chicago Hope S01E19Internal AffairsMarch 20, 1995Dr. Kronk makes a rushed decision to rescue a man by amputating his leg with a chainsaw, only to discover later that the man is a place kick
  20. S01E20Chicago Hope S01E20The VirusMay 8, 1995When the Board of Health closes the hospital doors after several patients die from a deadly staph infection, the staff scrambles to find the
  21. S01E21Chicago Hope S01E21Full MoonMay 15, 1995A troubled Dr. Geiger seeks a blessing from his institutionalized ex-wife so he can continue his relationship with Dr. Infante. A dying AIDS
  22. S01E22Chicago Hope S01E22Songs from the Cuckoo BirdsMay 22, 1995Following Dr. Joseph's witnessing of Dr. Geiger's actions, the medical board suspends him until his case can be reviewed. However, there is

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0223Episodes1995–96Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Chicago Hope S02E01Hello GoodbyeSeptember 18, 1995Dr. Nyland pulls a switch with Dr. Kronk in order to avoid a charity function, but they have to face the consequences over somecmisunderstan
  2. S02E02Chicago Hope S02E02Rise from the DeadSeptember 25, 1995Diane helps her friend Allison harvest sperm from Allison's comatose husband before his life support is turned off; Aaron realizes that the
  3. S02E03Chicago Hope S02E03A Coupla StiffsOctober 2, 1995Dennis struggles over whether he should listen to his gut, or to Jeffrey's advice, in treating a man who doesn't speak English; Aaron is ups
  4. S02E04Chicago Hope S02E04Every Day a Little DeathOctober 9, 1995Billy arrives home just in time to save his dog Gordie from the fire that's engulfed his apartment, and ends up rooming with a reluctant Dan
  5. S02E05Chicago Hope S02E05Wild CardsOctober 16, 1995Geiger second-guess Austin's choice of a non-surgical treatment for a heart patient. Grad gets a surprise visit from an old beau. Hancock as
  6. S02E06Chicago Hope S02E06Who Turned Out the Lights?October 30, 1995A violent storm on Halloween night knocks out the hospital's power immediately following the arrival of several auto-accident victims. Nylan
  7. S02E07Chicago Hope S02E07From Soup to NutsNovember 6, 1995Watters blames Birch for their poor showing after they're ambushed by a state senator during televised health-care hearings. Sutton operates
  8. S02E08Chicago Hope S02E08Leave of AbsenceNovember 13, 1995Geiger's bravado is put to the test when hospital counsel Alan Birch is shot by street thugs. Meanwhile, Grad agonizes over not being able t
  9. S02E09Chicago Hope S02E09StandNovember 20, 1995Shutt finds himself revitalized by a frustrated MS patient who refuses to quietly accept that Aaron can't help him. Dr. Sutton comes up with
  10. S02E10Chicago Hope S02E10The Ethics of HopeNovember 27, 1995Kate is stricken when she realizes that her negligence due to exhaustion caused the death of a young woman during surgery, and considers ass
  11. S02E11Chicago Hope S02E11Christmas TruceDecember 11, 1995 7.0Aaron is baffled when a seizure lands Camille in the ER. Nyland's holiday vacation plans are suddenly sidetracked by a delivery of supplies
  12. S02E12Chicago Hope S02E12Transplanted AffectionJanuary 8, 1996Watters steps in and asks Geiger to take on Austin's transplant patient as she struggles with her ex husband for custody of their daughter.
  13. S02E13Chicago Hope S02E13Three Men and a LadyJanuary 15, 1996Judge Aldrich's tenure as Alan's replacement is cut short by illness; Amy, an old friend of Danny's from medical school, joins the nursing s
  14. S02E14Chicago Hope S02E14Right to LifeJanuary 22, 1996Hancock's practice and his freedom are threatened when he saves the life of a hemorrhaging pregnant woman by aborting her fetus, which stirs
  15. S02E15Chicago Hope S02E15Hearts and MindsFebruary 5, 1996A heart-transplant patient returns to the hospital with chest pains and emotional and personality changes that challenge the notion of what
  16. S02E16Chicago Hope S02E16Women on the VergeFebruary 12, 1996A friend of Kronk's seeks his advice about a health problem she thinks resulted from her sex-change operation. Austin treats an impressionab
  17. S02E17Chicago Hope S02E17Life LinesFebruary 26, 1996Aaron proceeds with Eric Dipretto's psychosurgery while Austin campaigns for the position of chief of surgery and Bix continues to lose cont
  18. S02E18Chicago Hope S02E18Sexual Perversity in Chicago HopeMarch 11, 1996Grad and Kronk reluctantly team up to counsel an inexperienced couple on sexual techniques. Dr. Sutton finds himself unnerved by a sexually
  19. S02E19Chicago Hope S02E19Sweet SurrenderMarch 18, 1996Dr. Watters befriends a 12-year-old girl when she's admitted with an apparently self-inflected wound to her transplanted kidney. Austin has
  20. S02E20Chicago Hope S02E20The Parent RapApril 29, 1996Kate loses her control and her compassion when her father is admitted with an operable surgical condition but refuses it on religious ground
  21. S02E21Chicago Hope S02E21Quiet RiotMay 6, 1996The ER looks like the only game in town as avery disturbed family one by one injures each other during a therapy session. Geiger and his fel
  22. S02E22Chicago Hope S02E22Ex Marks the SpotMay 13, 1996Sutton's mind rells as wives two and three ask him for a very great personal and professional favor and wife one chacks in for a serious med
  23. S02E23Chicago Hope S02E23Last One Out, Get the LightsMay 20, 1996Tommy places a bid to buy out the hospital with the intention of firing Kate as soon as the deal goes through; as Valerie continues her affa

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0326Episodes1996–97AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Chicago Hope S03E01Out of AfricaSeptember 16, 1996Kate returns to Chicago to face possible arrest and her ex-husband, as well as suspension at work. Aaron ponders Philip's bitterness over Aa
  2. S03E02Chicago Hope S03E02Back to the FutureSeptember 23, 1996Kate cares for her dying father and gets some words of wisdom from Tommy when he brings Sara for a visit; Philip recruits Dr. Jack McNeil to
  3. S03E03Chicago Hope S03E03Papa's Got a Brand New BagSeptember 30, 1996Aaron and Jack join forces in operating on a man who sustained multiple fractures in a parachute jumping accident; Diane rejoins the staff a
  4. S03E04Chicago Hope S03E04Liver Let DieOctober 7, 1996Dennis and Jack clash over the best mode of treating the arthritic knee of a world class cyclist; Aaron makes a new friend when he takes on
  5. S03E05Chicago Hope S03E05Liar, LiarOctober 14, 1996Kate returns to duty and finds that her reinstatement comes with a cut in title, salary, staff, and office; Jack replaces the hip of an olde
  6. S03E06Chicago Hope S03E06Higher PowersOctober 21, 1996Austin sprays a subpoena server with mace, inspiring his fellow servers to wage war on the hospital. Hancock tries to counsel a woman in her
  7. S03E07Chicago Hope S03E07A Time to KillNovember 4, 1996Aaron faces a huge moral dilemma when he's asked to operate on a death-row inmate scheduled to be executed in two weeks. McNeil treats a fei
  8. S03E08Chicago Hope S03E08A Day in the LifeNovember 11, 1996Austin's cystic-fibrosis patient is just one of four patients needing transplants who have to wait in fear and hope when a potential donor a
  9. S03E09Chicago Hope S03E09Divided LoyaltyNovember 18, 1996Kronk puts himself and Grad into a difficult position when he treats an old hockey pal who turns up after just being released from jail with
  10. S03E10Chicago Hope S03E10V-FibbingNovember 25, 1996Austin and Underhill both have to face the consequences when they tell the truth. McNeil contemplates surgery to prolong a jockey's career.
  11. S03E11Chicago Hope S03E11Mummy DearestDecember 9, 1996Diane is faced with a dilemna when she has an opportunity to examine a 500-year-old Incan mummy temporarily in town for an exhibition. An ac
  12. S03E12Chicago Hope S03E12Split DecisionsJanuary 6, 1997Wilkes saves a motorist who was attempting suicide. Austin falls for a politician.
  13. S03E13Chicago Hope S03E13VerdictsJanuary 13, 1997A hit-and-run victim escapes serious injury but her infant twins face a desperate crisis. Hancock faces testifying in court against his brot
  14. S03E14Chicago Hope S03E14The Day of the RopeJanuary 20, 1997White supremacists on the run following a failed assassanation attempt against the President hole up in a grocery store with an injured memb
  15. S03E15Chicago Hope S03E15Take My Wife, PleaseFebruary 3, 1997Aaron's practical joker college roommate arrives for a visit and announces that he wants Aaron to marry his widow, Aaron's former girlfriend
  16. S03E16Chicago Hope S03E16Missed ConceptionFebruary 10, 1997An old friend of Austin's asks for help in getting pregnant. A cancer patient needs marijuana for her well being. Shutt's friend returns fro
  17. S03E17Chicago Hope S03E17Mother, May I?February 17, 1997Kate flies to Washington with Tommy to speak to Congress about health care. Back in Chicago, her friend Marina makes a decision about adopti
  18. S03E18Chicago Hope S03E18Growing PainsMarch 10, 1997Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keping the solvent do not please any of
  19. S03E19Chicago Hope S03E19The Son Also RisesMarch 17, 1997Aaron discovers that his late father wasn't his biological parent when he meets the eccentric sculptor who is; Phillip learns something abou
  20. S03E20Chicago Hope S03E20Second ChancesApril 7, 1997Kate lobbies for another heart for a prominent author whose first transplanted organ is failing and who also has a continuing heroin addicti
  21. S03E21Chicago Hope S03E21Positive I.D.sApril 13, 1997Grad tries to persuade a hesitant Kronk to perform a double mastectomy on a healthy woman does not have cancer but who does have the gene fo
  22. S03E22Chicago Hope S03E22Leggo My EgoApril 21, 1997Word of Billy's and Diane's engagement receives a mixed reception at the hospital; Jack returns from vacation with a windfall and a feverish
  23. S03E23Chicago Hope S03E23Colonel of TruthApril 28, 1997Kate finds herself in a no-win situation when a child is injured during one of Sara's softball games. Phillip's Colonel from Vietnam is admi
  24. S03E24Chicago Hope S03E24Lamb to the SlaughterMay 5, 1997After a gang member dies in the ER, the boy's mother claims that one of the doctors suggested they ""Let him die"" so a prosecutor calls in
  25. S03E25Chicago Hope S03E25Love on the RocksMay 12, 1997McNeil doesn't cope well with the demands for attention from Karen, his ""roomate"" and a thereapy patient claiming that McNeil's his father
  26. S03E26Chicago Hope S03E26Hope Against HopeMay 19, 1997Jeffrey Geiger drops by Chicago Hope to announce that he has bought a controlling interest in the hospital, and to perform a deicate heart o

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0424Episodes1997–98Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S04E01Chicago Hope S04E01Guns 'n' RosesOctober 1, 1997Gang warfare breaks out in the E.R.; Kate refuses to perform a heart transplant; Billy and Diane get back together.
  2. S04E02Chicago Hope S04E02The Incredible Adventures of Baron von Munchausen... by ProxyOctober 8, 1997A woman may be making her daughter sick purposely. Kronk wants a child. Shutt's patient dies, and McNeil joins gamblers anonymous.
  3. S04E03Chicago Hope S04E03Brain Salad SurgeryOctober 15, 1997Dr. Shutt views his life as a musical after he collapses from an aneurism.
  4. S04E04Chicago Hope S04E04Sympathy for the DevilOctober 22, 1997Dr. Kronk must decide whether or not to grant the request of a convicted child molester who wants to be castrated. Dr. Shutt struggles to re
  5. S04E05Chicago Hope S04E05... And the Hand Played OnOctober 29, 1997Dr. Shutt may have brain damage after his aneurism, so a new neurosurgeon, Dr. Lisa Catera, is brought into the hospital. Dr. Austin gets tr
  6. S04E06Chicago Hope S04E06The Lung and the RestlessNovember 5, 1997Kate suspects that the parents of a boy who needs a liver transplant may have pressured his sister, who has cystic fibrosis, into being his
  7. S04E07Chicago Hope S04E07White TrashNovember 12, 1997Hancock and the police search trash bins for a newborn; male rape; Drs. Kronk and Grad wed at the airport. A basketball player has a heart d
  8. S04E08Chicago Hope S04E08Winging ItNovember 19, 1997Austin and NcNeil fly to London for a conference and are forced to perform lifesaving surgery with only an airline medical kit. Shutt begins
  9. S04E09Chicago Hope S04E09Cabin FeverNovember 26, 1997McNeil offers his cabin to Drs. Austin, Catera, and Grad, whom each want to get away from the city for a while. While at the cabin they rece
  10. S04E10Chicago Hope S04E10All in the FamilyDecember 10, 1997Shutt has his first group counseling session with a family, and tries to help a young man whose brother commited suicide. Wilkes father come
  11. S04E11Chicago Hope S04E11On Golden PonsDecember 17, 1997 8.0After a little too much holiday cheer Wilkes is charged with a DUI and must serve a community service in Dr. Hancock's clinic. Watters disco
  12. S04E12Chicago Hope S04E12Broken HeartsJanuary 7, 1998Austin operates on a pregnant patient with a damaged heart and learns that she had taken the controversial diet pill Phen-phen. An accident
  13. S04E13Chicago Hope S04E13Memento MoriJanuary 14, 1998The hospital loses electricity in the dead of winter. Austin must do emergency surgery on a close friend. Pregnant, Grad feels unattractive.
  14. S04E14Chicago Hope S04E14PsychodramaJanuary 21, 1998Watters is confined to a wheelchair after a basketball injury and witnesses a murder. Austin receives a bird from Danny, the electrician she
  15. S04E15Chicago Hope S04E15The Ties that BindFebruary 4, 1998Catera must operate on a 5-year-old who is suddenly stricken with seizures. An HIV-postive friend of Dr. Grad's talks to Diane about getting
  16. S04E16Chicago Hope S04E16The Things We Do for LoveMarch 4, 1998Catera and McNeil cross roads when her facination with his brother becomes personal. Billy begins to feel ""in over his head"" with the impe
  17. S04E17Chicago Hope S04E17Liver, Hold the MushroomsMarch 11, 1998A family eats poisonous mushrooms and the mother and two sons must receive a liver transplant. A donor is found for the mother and the fathe
  18. S04E18Chicago Hope S04E18Waging BullMarch 18, 1998Dr. McNeil attends a medical convention in Las Vegas, believing he can control his gambling addiction. After the son of a close friend dies,
  19. S04E19Chicago Hope S04E19Objects are Closer than They AppearMarch 25, 1998After the mysterious death of a seemingly healthy 15 year-old Dr. Wilkes decides to investigate. A lesbian wants her lover to die with digni
  20. S04E20Chicago Hope S04E20DeliveranceApril 1, 1998Diane goes into labor unexpectedly and when no one can find Billy she reluctantly asks Kate to be her coach. Wilkes must get a family to saf
  21. S04E21Chicago Hope S04E21Bridge over Troubled WattersApril 8, 1998Dr. Watters' son is found dead in his apartment and Phillip must except the fact that he committed suicide. Dr. Austin brings her daughter t
  22. S04E22Chicago Hope S04E22Risky BusinessApril 29, 1998A famous artist has an inoperable brain tumor. She convinces Dr. Shutt to run away to California with her.
  23. S04E23Chicago Hope S04E23Absent Without LeaveMay 6, 1998Dr. Kronk's mother visits. Aaron spends time with Samara in California. A woman offers Dr. Hancock money to sterilize some of his patients.
  24. S04E24Chicago Hope S04E24Physician, Heal ThyselfMay 13, 1998As Dr. Wilkes takes his son to school gunfire errupts. The victims are brought to Chicago Hope and Wilkes finds himself having to deal with

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0524Episodes1998–99AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01Chicago Hope S05E01SarindipitySeptember 30, 1998A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
  2. S05E02Chicago Hope S05E02Austin SpaceOctober 7, 1998A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in space program has a heart attack and Kate takes the doctors place in the program. Dr. Shutt has a patien
  3. S05E03Chicago Hope S05E03Wag the DocOctober 14, 1998Hancock accuses Watters and Austin of racism when they refuse to operate on a black patient. One of Shutt's patients commits suicide when th
  4. S05E04Chicago Hope S05E04The Breast and the BrightestOctober 21, 1998Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death. Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient. Austin announces her plans wi
  5. S05E05Chicago Hope S05E05One Hundred and One DamnationsOctober 28, 1998The hospital prepares for the Doctor of the Year party, and several old friends drop by. Watters goes into a virus-induced coma and gets som
  6. S05E06Chicago Hope S05E06Viagra-Vated AssaultNovember 4, 1998Kate discovers that a patient is using Viagra to cheat on his wife; Jack gives a blood transfusion even though it's against the patient's Je
  7. S05E07Chicago Hope S05E07Austin, We Have a ProblemNovember 11, 1998Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
  8. S05E08Chicago Hope S05E08The Other CheekNovember 18, 1998A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
  9. S05E09Chicago Hope S05E09Tantric TurkeyNovember 25, 1998Billy's mother shows up at the hospital and announces she is about to give birth. The star of the road company version on ""Jesus Christ Sup
  10. S05E10Chicago Hope S05E10Gun with the WindDecember 9, 1998Wilkes must face the parents of a child brought into the ER when it becomes clear that Raymond was responsible for the child's injury. NASA
  11. S05E11Chicago Hope S05E11McNeil and PrayDecember 16, 1998A member of Jack's basketball team sustains a near-fatal injury during a game; Bobby disagrees about the need for his patient to have heart
  12. S05E12Chicago Hope S05E12Adventures in BabysittingJanuary 13, 1999Aaron struggles with the loss of a patient; Billy is attracted to Emily's babysitter; a couple asks Bobby and Dennis for help in creating a
  13. S05E13Chicago Hope S05E13Karmic ReliefJanuary 20, 1999Kate discovers that she has developed an ovarian cyst which could destroy her plans with NASA. After Kate hears this news she agrees to go t
  14. S05E14Chicago Hope S05E14Playing ThroughFebruary 3, 1999During surgery to resolve an HIV-positive woman's post-partum complications, Diane accidentally cuts herself and is exposed to the virus; pr
  15. S05E15Chicago Hope S05E15Big Hand for the Little LadyFebruary 10, 1999McNeil performs a hand transplant on the patient, and uses the patient's dead mother's hand. Kate is accepted by NASA. An old childhood frie
  16. S05E16Chicago Hope S05E16Home is Where the Heartache IsFebruary 17, 1999Jack returns after his brother's death; fearing the impact of HMOs on his practice, Joe begins to sell doorway products; Billy's friend come
  17. S05E17Chicago Hope S05E17A Goy and His DogMarch 10, 1999Billy ponders euthanasia when Gordy is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis; Lisa tries to help a woman with metastatic breast cancer get int
  18. S05E18Chicago Hope S05E18Teacher's PetMarch 24, 1999Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
  19. S05E19Chicago Hope S05E19Vanishing ActsMarch 31, 1999Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.
  20. S05E20Chicago Hope S05E20From Here to MaternityApril 14, 1999A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.
  21. S05E21Chicago Hope S05E21And Baby Makes 10April 21, 1999Dr. Hancock's patient, who was using fertility drugs, gives birth to 8 babies.
  22. S05E22Chicago Hope S05E22Kiss of DeathApril 28, 1999Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer
  23. S05E23Chicago Hope S05E23The Heavens Can WaitMay 17, 1999The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown rave drug; Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver; Phillip's fate is decided.
  24. S05E24Chicago Hope S05E24Curing CancerMay 19, 1999Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures. Jeffrey Geiger

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0622Episodes1999–00AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01Chicago Hope S06E01Team PlaySeptember 23, 1999A priest is genitally mutilated during a mugging; a patient dies after a routine liposuction; Jeffrey refuses to perform surgery on a child.
  2. S06E02Chicago Hope S06E02Y'Gotta Have HeartSeptember 30, 1999A heart becomes available for transplant, but there are two patients waiting and Drs. Geiger and Watters must choose which patient will rece
  3. S06E03Chicago Hope S06E03Oh, What a Piece of Work is ManOctober 7, 1999A doctor with Tourette's Syndrome is brought to Chicago Hope to operate on an infant with a severe heart defect. A patient comes into the ER
  4. S06E04Chicago Hope S06E04Vigilance and CareOctober 14, 1999Dr. McNeil goes to magnificent lengths to save the arm of a young baseball star. A little girl is brought into the ER after being hit by a c
  5. S06E05Chicago Hope S06E05Humpty DumptyOctober 21, 1999The doctors fight to save Cacaci's life after he jumps from a six story building in a suicide attempt, although Cacaci's fiancee says that s
  6. S06E06Chicago Hope S06E06Upstairs, DownstairsOctober 28, 1999A widow wants to be impregnated with the sperm of her former husband. Rats take over the hospital.
  7. S06E07Chicago Hope S06E07White RabbitNovember 11, 1999The hospital is quarantined after a deadly virus is discovered; a child is missing in the hospital.
  8. S06E08Chicago Hope S06E08The Heart to HeartNovember 18, 1999Dr. Alberghetti performs a surgery with another surgeon, who is in Sri Lanka.
  9. S06E09Chicago Hope S06E09The Golden HourDecember 9, 1999On the way to a football game, Aaron and Jack get sidetracked... after they find themselves in a hostage situation with 3 wounded patients,
  10. S06E10Chicago Hope S06E10Hanlon's ChoiceJanuary 6, 2000Dr. Hanlon must fight against her department heads when they decide they no longer want her to perform pro-bono operations. Dr. Alberghetti
  11. S06E11Chicago Hope S06E11Faith, Hope & SurgeryJanuary 13, 2000Gina operates on a surgeon who's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
  12. S06E12Chicago Hope S06E12Letting GoJanuary 20, 2000A hepatitis scare forces Dr. Geiger to call for outside help; Dr. Simon's misdiagnosis causes her to doubt herself.
  13. S06E13Chicago Hope S06E13Boys Will Be GirlsFebruary 3, 2000A teenager is forced to live his life as a girl after the slip of a knife, and McNeil goes to court to try to help.
  14. S06E14Chicago Hope S06E14Gray MattersFebruary 10, 2000A father is told he can only donate his liver to one of his children, after both go into liver failure. Rose Webber comes back to Chicago Ho
  15. S06E15Chicago Hope S06E15Painful CutsFebruary 17, 2000Keith discovers a heart murmer while giving Alicia a physical. Jeremy performs an appendectomy on Siamese twins.
  16. S06E16Chicago Hope S06E16Simon SezFebruary 24, 2000A mentally challenged couple enters the hospital. The husband needs open heart surgery. The wife discovers that she can't become pregnant af
  17. S06E17Chicago Hope S06E17Cold HeartsMarch 30, 2000Shutt and Simon invent a procedure and use it to save the life of a girl. McNeil treat a wrestler who's been using steroids.
  18. S06E18Chicago Hope S06E18Devoted AttachmentApril 6, 2000McNeil's friend is shot. Pancreatic cancer effects one of the conjoined twins that have entered the hospital.
  19. S06E19Chicago Hope S06E19Miller TimeApril 13, 2000The hospital is purchased by an HMO, and immediately suffers budget cuts. During an operation that Miller is filming for a documentary, the
  20. S06E20Chicago Hope S06E20Thoughts of YouApril 20, 2000McNeil goes against procedure and red tape and performs a hip replacement surgery. Shutt and Simon transplant a computer into a patients bra
  21. S06E21Chicago Hope S06E21Everybody's Special at Chicago HopeApril 27, 2000Shutt's patient wakes up after being in a coma after 15 years. A man is denied health coverage, after saving Miller's life.
  22. S06E22Chicago Hope S06E22Have I Got a Deal for YouMay 4, 2000Rumors fly that the hospital is about to be sold again; a man seriously injured in an accident wants to be the guinea pig for the computer p

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