The best episodes of Saving Hope
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- 01
A routine surgical procedure goes awry when Alex's patient, a soon-to-be-wed young woman, falls into a coma. While Alex struggles with a case that hits close to home, Joel treats a patient who does his own body modifications, and Charlie finds himself drawn to Alex's coma patient in the spirit world.
- 02
After being stabbed in the heart, Alex has a profound experience in the liminal space, while a desperate Charlie and Dawn race against the clock to save her life. Meanwhile, Joel is pulled in to the ER to treat a suicidal patient that tests his duty as a doctor, and Maggie makes a bold decision that changes her relationship with Gavin.
- 03
Alex gets caught between Dana and her daughter. Dawn and Melinda deals with a patient who intends to sue the hospital for malpractice. Charlie encounters an MMA patient and her rival.
- 04
News of Alex's pregnancy and the mystery of who the father is circles the hospital. Joel returns after his quick incarceration. Maggie studies for the board exam and deals with a patient who has a fear of doctors. Meanwhile, Alex and Dawn continue to deal with their patients in need of a heart donor.
- 05
Alex tries to distract herself from her grief; Charlie and Shahir try to track down Alex's brother; Alex treats a young girl with kidney failure; Maggie and Sydney treat a young woman with an STI.
- 06
We Need to Talk About Charlie Harris
Charlie struggles more than ever with his relationship to the spirit world after a spirit distracts him at the scene of an accident, resulting in the death of a child. Alex must convince a holistic "guru to have hernia surgery, but the woman does not want anesthetic because of a traumatic experience in her past. In the end, they compromise with an awake surgery. Dana enlists the help of two young filmmakers, who've been admitted to the hospital, to make an adoption video for Shahir.
- 07
The board questions the hospital staff about Charlie's behaviour; a patient convinces Alex to use new-age techniques; Shahir agrees to do an in-utero surgery.
- 08
Alex and Charlie are planning their wedding when disaster strikes at a chapel, and they have to put their wedding on hold to save the life of a bride.
- 09
When an ice storm strikes the city, Alex and Dawn struggle to keep a good Samaritan alive long enough for her family to say goodbye.
- 10
Charlie and Manny treat a couple; Maggie evaluates the interns; Billy asks Maggie to be his mentor; Dawn tries to get her Chief of Surgery position back.
- 11
Alex has to put her concerns for Charlie aside when a chance to perform a cancer surgery arises.
- 12
A bomb explodes during a charity run and the majority of victims are brought to Hope Zion Hospital, including some staff.
- 13
Alex must maintain her professionalism when Kristine lands at Hope Zion Hospital after a drunk-driving accident with baby Luke's blanket.
- 14
Alex and Cassie try to free a young woman from her abusive partner; a patient's pacemaker malfunctions.
- 15
The doctors rally together to try to save an unknown man who was struck by a subway train; Randal delivers a warning about Charlie's gift; Dr. Sydney Katz returns to town.
- 16
While Charlie tries to save a young man's life, he is haunted by a mischievous spirit.
- 17
The death of a trapeze artist sets off a transplant chain of donors & recipients, leading Alex & Shahir to juggle complications & patients.
- 18
At an off-site army base, Joel and Zach get in a precarious situation; a hypothermia victim fights for the life; Alex, Maggie and Rian write their Surgical Boards.
- 19
Alex is distraught when she learns that she unknowingly helped the bomber at the expense of a friend.
- 20
Alex and Charlie are confused about their relationship; Alex and Maggie disagree about a car crash survivor; Dana is forced to treat an injured motorcyclist; Zach bothers Maggie about dating.
- 21
Tempers flare as Dev's med school rival arrives at the hospital; Alex puts her job in jeopardy to help save the life of an at-risk youth.
- 22
Alex tries to help a patient who hurt himself while breaking into a house; a friend of Dev's has been beaten by the police; A heart patient wishes to open an animal sanctuary.
- 23
A sleep-deprived Alex takes on a night shift in the ER where an all-star hockey enforcer may be skating full-speed towards an early death. Meanwhile, Charlie meets a suburban punk who is facing the biggest fight of his life.
- 24
When Joel gets cold feet in the OR, Kinney takes him with her on a Continuing Medical Education assignment in her hometown to help clear his head. During their field trip, a woman gets pinned underneath a truck and Joel and Kinney lead the rescue effort. Meanwhile, Charlie meets a newly deceased therapist who suspects it's an emotional block that is keeping him in his coma. Encouraged by Charlie breathing on his own, Alex continues her rounds and diagnoses a fitness buff with a rare condition.
- 25
When a plane is forced to land due to a sick passenger, the patient is taken to Hope Zion where Alex performs emergency surgery and discovers that this passenger may have brought a deadly and contagious virus into the hospital.
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