Chicago Hope: Over the Rainbow
Episode score
9.4
Superb
Over the Rainbow
- 2.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 2
- First Aired: 9/22/1994
- Prod Code: 2M01
Jeffrey 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. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- David E. Kelley
- Director:
- Michael Dinner
- Stars:
- Mandy Patinkin (Dr. Jeffrey Geiger)
- Peter MacNicol (Alan Birch)
- E.G. Marshall (Dr. Arthur Thurmond)
- Adam Arkin (Dr. Aaron Shutt)
- Hector Elizondo (Dr. Phillip Watters)
- Roxanne Hart (Camille Duschene Shutt)
- Roma Maffia (Angela Giandamenicio)
- Recurring Role:
- Kim Greist (Laurie Geiger)
- Ken Lerner (Jonathan Saunders)
- Guest Star:
- Lynne Moody (Yvette White)
- David Selburg (Dr. Peter Farringer)
- Charles Duke (David)
- Drancy Jackson (Raoul)
- Graham Galloway (Waiter)
- Les Podewell (Jerry)
- Arthur Taxier (Dr. Austin Hackett)
- Kent Minault (Dr. Harry Ronning)
- Victoria Dillard (Dr. Nadine Winslow)
- Paul Dooley (Walter McTeague)
- David Newsom (Laurie's Doctor)
- We learn that Jeffrey's son died six years earlier. edit »
- This is the first appearance of HMO executive Jonathan Saunders who has a recurring part throughout the years. edit »
- Music:
Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go
Mandy Patinkin - I Dreamed a Dream edit » - Tim Suhrstedt, the Director of Photography, won the 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series for his work on this episode. edit »
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- Title: Over The Rainbow
Over the Rainbow is an allusion to The Wizard Of Oz. edit »
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7.9
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