It was a shame to see so many old faces leaving the show in this episode - I wonder if there was any animosity behind the scenes? Jeffrey Geiger showed yet again how unpredictable he could be and I felt he acted very unkindly in dismissing so many doctors out of hand, especially as there had been no indication that he was still involved in Chicago Hope. The arrival of Dr Gina Simon gave an inkling that the hospital would continue to carry out new and untested procedures.
I felt that this episode was the beginning of the end for Chicago Hope and it was never the same again.moreless
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Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures. Jeffrey Geiger returns to the hospital and promptly fires half the staff, whom then sue to get their jobs back.
 Jayne Brook |
Dr. Diane Grad (Episodes 23-119, recurring otherwise) |
 Rocky Carroll |
Dr. Keith Wilkes (Episodes 46-141) |
 Adam Arkin |
Dr. Aaron Shutt |
 Mark Harmon |
Dr. Jack McNeil (Episodes 47-141) |
 Hector Elizondo |
Dr. Phillip Watters |
 Christine Lahti |
Dr. Kate Austin (Episodes 31-119, recurring otherwise) |
 Denis Arndt |
Jason Sollers |
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 Carla Gugino |
Dr. Gina Simon |
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Christine Dunford |
Marcia Loey |
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Ken Lerner |
Jonathan Saunders |
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Zach Selwyn |
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Jane Clark |
Nurse #1 |
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TRIVIA (3)
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All of the departing doctors except Diane Grad were fired by the new board Chairman Jeffrey Geiger. Dr. Grad resigned in support of her husband.
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Chicago Hope house counsel Stu Brickman inexplicably did not appear in court to represent the hospital.
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Judge Aldrich had previously retired from the bench, and then briefly worked as house counsel of Chicago Hope before becoming seriously ill. Any one of those three facts would have precluded him from hearing this case.
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NOTES (4)
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Natasha Gregson Wagner was originally supposed to be a new cast member but was gone in the following season.
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Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, and Christine Lahti all were in the movie 'The Doctors'.
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This episode introduces Dr. Gina Simon as a neurosurgeon.
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This is the last episode of the fifth season, and for Drs. Austin, Catera, Kronk, Grad, Yeats, and Hancock.
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