The essential episodes of Saving Hope
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Saving Hope — each pick states its reason.
- 01
When Hope Zion Hospital's Chief of Surgery ends up in a coma, he finds himself wandering the halls in spirit form. Stuck between worlds, he watches as his fiancée and the staff of the hospital fight to keep patients – and hope – alive.
- 02
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.
- 03
When Alex is forced to put a patient's gender reassignment surgery on hold, she discovers a secret in his medical history that could save his surgery, but tear his life apart. Charlie deals with a patient who is healthy, sane - and convinced she is going to die at midnight. Meanwhile, Joel secretly helps Sonja deal with a patient of hers who's been admitted to Hope Zion Hospital.
- 04
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.
- 05
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.
- 06
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.
- 07
A bomb explodes during a charity run and the majority of victims are brought to Hope Zion Hospital, including some staff.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
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.
- 12
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.
- 13
Alex has to put her concerns for Charlie aside when a chance to perform a cancer surgery arises.
- 14
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.
- 15
In the series finale, Drs. Reid and Harris rush to the scene of an accident involving a busload of teens.
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