Chicago Hope
CBS (ended 2000)
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Season 6
- Ep 22Have I Got a Deal For You5/4/00
With the hospital proving to be a profit drain, Chicago Hope's new parent company decides to sell - which will mean firing the staff and selling the equipment. So Miller devises a way to pay off the debts and keep the hospital alive. It's a plot that involves a computer whiz who's paralyzed and wants experimental surgery in which a computer chip could help him walk again.moreless - Ep 21Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope4/27/00
A coma victim awakens after 15 years. Miller learns firsthand how his cutbacks have affected the quality of care when a heart attack turns him into a patient - and what happens when the man who saves him is denied coverage. - Ep 20Thoughts of You4/20/00
McNeil goes against procedure and red tape and performs a hip replacement surgery. Shutt and Simon transplant a computer into a patient's brain in an attempt to help him communicate. Alberghetti tries to ignore her feelings for Miller. - Ep 19Miller Time4/13/00
A smooth talking CEO, Hugh Miller, takes charge of the hospital when it is bought by an HMO, and starts shaking things up. A couple won't terminate a pregnancy when it's discovered that their baby has a malformed brain, so Aaron and Gina come up with a plan to do an experimental fetal operation. Miller gives permission to proceed, in part because he also owns a cable TV network, and plans to televise the procedure. But the parents aren't so sure, and then they accidentally observe Shutt and Simon in an embarrassing situation.moreless - Ep 18Devoted Attachment4/6/00
Pancreatic cancer affects the conjoined twins that Dr. Hanlon had previously treated. But she cannot convince them to be separated, even though it will mean that both will die. McNeil's Boys Club mentor, whom he hadn't seen in 20 years, is shot, and prevails upon him to not report it to the police.moreless - Ep 17Cold Hearts3/30/00
McNeil struggles to be civil to an obnoxious female wrestler known as "The Death Angel", who scares a little girl on the way to surgery and complicates her treatment. Dr. Shutt needs to devise a new surgical option for her tricky brain aneurysm, and gets help from Drs. Simon and Alberghetti. Meanwhile, Wilkes' son Raymond demands that his father treat his ailing pet tarantula.moreless - Ep 16Simon Sez2/24/00
A mentally challenged couple enters the hospital because the husband needs open-heart surgery. The wife confides in Dr. Simon that she is having trouble getting pregnant. Simon investigates, and realizes she was sterilized without her consent. - Ep 15Painful Cuts2/17/00
Geiger is under enormous pressure from the hospital board to make drastic cuts, and because his daughter is facing life threatening surgery. He had operated on her when she was born (with congenital heart defects), but that was before she was his daughter. Now he's insisting on doing the surgery again, even though it's not permitted under hospital policy. Dr. Hanlon performs an appendectomy on an uninsured conjoined twin.moreless - Ep 14Gray Matters2/10/00
After two children suffer liver failure, the father learns that he can donate part of his liver... but to only one child. His snap decision upsets Wilkes.''Gina and Aaron are dating, however, he wants to keep it a secret. The relationship is tested when Dr. Weber comes back to the hospital.''McNeil writes a prescription for a cancer patient that he'll come to regret.moreless - Ep 13Boys Will Be Girls2/3/00
A biological male has been raised to live his life as a girl after a 'slip of a knife' as an infant. Now a teenager, and desperate to live in his true gender, McNeil goes to court to try to get permission for his transition. Simon and Alberghetti offer a woman with Alzheimer's disease an experimental vaccine.moreless - Ep 12Letting Go1/20/00
A railroad engineer with a drug-resistant strain of TB requires surgery that is not performed at Chicago Hope. This necessitates calling in an expert at it, Wilkes' estranged Aunt Odelia. When Keith also tests positive for TB, he is forced to take an experimental drug to which he has a severe reaction. Meanwhile, Dr. Simon is stumped by a patient who has a wide variety of serious physical symptoms that keeps changing. She believes it's God's revenge for turning away from her dying twin sister.moreless - Ep 11Faith, Hope & Surgery1/13/00
Simon's neurological operation on her mentor goes awry and the man slips into a coma. But his misfortune proves to be a blessing for others, beginning with his deeply religious 79-year-old mother, who suddenly no longer needs her walker after praying over him. Meanwhile, Geiger finds a researcher working on human cloning in a lab in the hospital basement. McNeil's friendship with Alberghetti hits a snag.moreless - Ep 10Hanlon's Choice1/6/00
Hanlon tries to treat a traditional Hmong woman with a cancerous lesion that might have metastasized to her lungs. But she and her family are skeptical of Western medicine, and don't believe in surgery. Dr. Peters does his level best to make Jeremy miserable in their department, and annoy Phillip. Alberghetti's patient is a 22-year-old who has a very serious heart infection of unknown origins, and refuses to remove his multiple body piercings. ''Jack feels left out when he isn't asked to write an article for Chicago Hope's new Web site.moreless - Ep 9The Golden Hour12/9/99
On their way to a football game, Aaron and Jack get sidetracked - finding themselves in a hostage situation with 3 wounded patients, a loose gunman, and the police about ready to enter the building.''Meanwhile, Alberghetti and Hanlon must be creative: their patient was stabbed 30 times, and the knife is embedded in her heart.moreless - Ep 8The Heart to Heart11/18/99
A liver arrives at Chicago Hope---intended for a patient who needs a heart-lung transplant immediately. What to do? Alberghetti has heard of a radical procedure developed by a Sri Lankan surgeon. It is radical, but it has worked on goats and besides, there are no other options. Nor is there a surgeon on hand who knows how to perform it. Meanwhile, details are shared about Hanlon and McNeils' first date - a complete disaster.moreless - Ep 7White Rabbit11/11/99
The hospital is quarantined after it's inundated with the victims of a mysterious and deadly plague, which spreads to the hospital staff. A five year old girl can't be found as she chases the pet rabbit of the first plague victim throughout the hospital. A man with a tree limb through his chest has to be admitted to the ER despite the quarantine if he is to live.moreless - Ep 6Upstairs, Downstairs10/28/99
A man rushes his pregnant wife to the ER when she starts bleeding profusely, but has a heart attack and dies when he learns she miscarries. Desperate to have his baby, the doctors propose harvesting his sperm to impregnate her. But legal nightmares ensue, and the story is leaked to the tabloids. Dr. Simon treats a young boy with a brain tumor.moreless - Ep 5Humpty Dumpty10/21/99
All of the doctors go to Herculean lengths to fight to save Cacaci's life after he jumps off the roof of the hospital. However, Cacaci's fiance claims that someone must have pushed him. And when Cacaci's ex-wives show up, they all describe him as the sweetest guy in the world; very different from the Cacaci the doctors know.moreless - Ep 4Vigilance and Care10/14/99
Dr. McNeil goes to magnificent lengths to save the arm of a young baseball star - and is sued when he doesn't succeed. A little girl is brought into the ER after being hit by a car. Although she isn't badly hurt, the situation is complicated because she is unable to communicate at all, and Dr. Shutt has to figure out why.moreless - Ep 3Oh, What a Piece of Work is Man10/7/99
A 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 with what he claims to be Albert Einstein's brain, and gives it to Dr. Wilkes. A woman is using plastic surgery to make herself look like a Barbie Doll.moreless - Ep 3Oh What a Piece of Work10/7/99
- Ep 2Y'Gotta Have Heart9/30/99
A heart becomes available for transplant, but there are two patients waiting for it, and Drs. Geiger and Watters must choose who will receive it - a potential patron or the hospital's newsstand operator. Jeffrey tries to place Alicia into an exclusive kindergarten. Aaron tries to hold a welcoming party for the new doctors.moreless - Ep 1Team Play9/23/99
When a plastic surgeon neglects his patient, Dr. Simon ends up in the position of having to inform the family of his death after what should have been a routine procedure. Jack's Priest raises eyebrows when he is genitally mutilated during a mugging and wants additional surgery to regain sexual function. Drs. Hanlon and Watters unsuccessfully tries to get Geiger to perform surgery on a young boy. But when Jeffrey's daughter befriends him, she insists that her dad performs it, without knowing he had previously refused.moreless
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Season 5
- Ep 24Curing Cancer5/19/99
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. - Ep 23The Heavens Can Wait5/17/99
The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown psychoactive rave drug. Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver, and Kate's injuries ruin her chance at NASA. Phillip's fate is decided. - Ep 22Kiss of Death4/28/99
Kate rekindles a relationship with an old lover to whom she was married for two days, with surprising results. Dr. Catera tries to treat a pregnant woman with brain cancer in a way that she's still able to deliver her baby. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his charge that Phillip had an affair with a patient.moreless - Ep 21And Baby Makes 104/21/99
The delivery of 8 babies from one mother prompts debate and consternation about their treatment - and their existence. Yeats ends up treating an ailing gorilla. Cacaci threatens Watters' career. Aaron is having difficulty with his depressed dog. - Ep 20From Here to Maternity4/14/99
A woman gives birth to twins - one black and one white. Unbeknownst to her, Dr. Austin's patient is improperly anesthetized during surgery, and can hear and feel the pain of the entire procedure. But everyone is more outraged about an insensitive - albeit accurate - remark that she makes, rather than his physical ordeal. While Lisa feels overwhelmed, a 13 year old genius stalks her, looking for her help and attention.moreless - Ep 19Vanishing Acts3/31/99
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies. As part of an experiment, Aaron is institutionalized. But when the person who arranges it for him has a heart attack, he can't get out. - Ep 18Teacher's Pet3/24/99
Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past. Keith has to face his prejudice against fat people when he treats an obese patient. Diane and Billy are waiting for the results of her HIV test. Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection. - Ep 17A Goy and His Dog3/10/99
Billy ponders euthanasia when his dog Gordy is diagnosed with kidney failure. Lisa tries to help a woman with metastatic breast cancer get into an experimental group even though the woman doesn't fit the study parameters. Aaron's patient confesses to murder. - Ep 16Home is Where the Heartache Is2/17/99
Jack returns home to his abusive father after his brother's death. Billy's friend comes to the hospital for a heart transplant, and ends up getting an experimental procedure after the hospital receives the wrong organ. Fearing the impact of HMOs on his practice, Joe begins to sell Doorway products. - Ep 15Big Hand for the Little Lady2/10/99
When a woman loses her hand, and her mother loses her life in a car accident, McNeil wants to perform a hand transplant from mother to daughter. Kate gets a shuttle assignment from NASA. A childhood friend of Phillip's visits him and asks for one of his kidneys. - Ep 14Playing Through2/3/99
During a C-section on Diane's HIV+ friend, she cuts herself and is exposed to the virus. Jack works through his hurt when he sees Lisa and Bobby kissing, by playing golf through the hospital. A homeless woman harasses a sick Yeats outside his apartment, and he can't get any sleep. The entire team works furiously to save an unidentified man who has been hit by a train saving a child.moreless - Ep 13Karmic Relief1/20/99
Kate learns that she has an ovarian cyst which could ruin her plans to fly with NASA. To help her deal with the stress about it, she agrees to go on a Yoga retreat with Bobby. Sara nominates Jack to be her babysitter for the weekend, but she takes something he says too literally when he tries to alleviate her fears about her mother going to space, with dire consequences.moreless - Ep 12Adventures in Babysitting1/13/99
Aaron 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 baby with a genius I.Q.. Joe tries to decide who should go into the hospital's fallout shelter in an emergency. - Ep 11McNeil and Pray12/16/98
A girl on the basketball team which Jack coaches sustains a serious injury during a game, leaving him to feel guilty. Drs. Austin and Yeats work together on a case of a man with heart disease and Alzheimers, and disagree on a course of treatment that causes Kate a lot of agitation. Keith reluctantly agrees to let his son see Aaron to talk about the shooting, but is actively hostile to therapy... for either of them. Dr. Catera's assistant tries to spread holiday cheer a little too vigorously.moreless - Ep 10Gun with the Wind12/9/98
Wilkes 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 starts interview Kate's colleagues. One of Aaron's patients is attracted to him. - Ep 9Tantric Turkey11/25/98
Diane is obsessing about having an elaborate gourmet Thanksgiving celebration, when Billy's mother shows up ready to give birth. The delusional star of the road company of "Jesus Christ Superstar", is brought to the ER when he falls ill. The reincarnated spiritual leader of Dr. Yeats is brought to the hospital with chest pains.moreless - Ep 8The Other Cheek11/18/98
A TV star dies in the ER when a needle bursts his gluteal implant, causing cardiac arrest. News crews invade the hospital to cover the story. - Ep 7Austin, We Have a Problem11/11/98
Gordon teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American. Keith's son starts having breathing problems, and Diane believes that it is related to stress from the school shooting. - Ep 6Viagra-Vated Assault11/4/98
Several doctors make questionable decisions, including Jack ignoring his promise to a patient to not give him a blood transfusion, with serious consequences; Aaron's treatment of a musician who is his hero, and who fears his creativity may be stifled by taking medication prescribed for his bipolar disorder; Keith's behavior towards Cacaci's son, who drives the staff crazy as he "supervises" the ER, behaving exactly like his father.moreless - Ep 5One Hundred and One Damnations10/28/98
The hospital prepares for the Doctor of the Year party, and several old friends drop by. Watters goes into a virus-induced coma and gets some words of wisdom from Alan Birch. Camille Shutt returns for the party and Aaron discovers he still has feeling for her. Dr. Nyland returns to the hospital and reveals that he has really changed his life. Geiger also visits the hospital.moreless - Ep 4The Breast and the Brightest10/21/98
Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death. Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient. Austin announces her plans with NASA, and Watters taked away her status as Chief of Surgery. Yeats uses his "sixth sense" to diagnose a patient. - Ep 3Wag the Doc10/14/98
Hancock accuses Watters and Austin of racism when they refuse to operate on a black patient. One of Shutt's patients commits suicide when the medicine needed isn't covered by insurance. - Ep 2Austin Space10/7/98
Dr. Shutt continues his work as a psychiatrist, helping a patient who needs to tell his father, who is an Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay. The "suicide doctor", a friend of Jack's, might need her own services. A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in Space program, has a heart attack, and Kate wants to take the his place.moreless - Ep 1Sarindipity9/30/98
Dr. Shutt begins to do surgery again although his future in psychiatry is uncertain. A "suicide doctor" tries to get the hospital transplant committee to use organs that were not harvested properly, and promises one to Austin's patient without her consent. Sarin gas is released in a bank threatening many lives including Hancock's, who risks his own to save others. Wilkes loses it after the incident on the heels of the previous shooting at his son's school, leading him to take a drastic step. Diane returns to work after her maternity leave.moreless
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Season 4
- Ep 24Physician, Heal Thyself5/13/98
When Dr. Wilkes takes his son to school, gunfire erupts. The victims are brought to Chicago Hope and Wilkes finds himself having to deal with his sons post-traumatic distress. Kronk reacts more emotionally now that he's a father. The situation brings up issues about his son's death for Phillip. Dr. Catera operates on the shooter. Kate is having flashbacks from the incident at the cabin. And all of Dr. Shutt's skills are put to the test.moreless - Ep 23Absent Without Leave5/6/98
Aaron is spurred on to be spontaneous, and goes AWOL to California with Samara (Lauren Bacall). Wilkes takes an interest in a single mother who is HIV+ and a crack addict. Billy's eccentric mother makes an unannounced visit. A woman offers Dr. Hancock money to sterilize patients who are drug addicts.moreless - Ep 22Risky Business4/29/98
Hancock's colleagues react badly when he consults with them about treating a 12 year old who is gender dysphoric. And while the patient's mother is confused, her boyfriend is violent when he hears about it. A famous artist who has an inoperable brain tumor befriends Aaron. Karen Wilder and Dr. Austin clash over the treatment of a pregnant woman. Dr. Austin wants to operate on the woman to cure a hernia that is hurting the fetus. Karen Wilder believes that they should wait because there was so much risk to the fetus by operating now. Lisa is jealous when Jack has lunch with his an old flame - Karen Wilder.moreless - Ep 21Bridge Over Troubled Watters4/8/98
Dr. Watters' son is found dead in his apartment and Phillip must accept the fact that he committed suicide. Dr. Austin brings her daughter to the hospital and she becomes fascinated with the blood and guts aspects of her mother's work. Dr. Catera becomes uncomfortable with Dr. McNeil's romantic pursuits, until she watches one of her patients (who is in much the same situation).
moreless - Ep 20Deliverance4/1/98
When Diane goes into labor, and Billy can't be found, she asks Kate to be her coach. Wilkes must keep an abusive man busy while he treats his family to keep them safe from him. McNeil talks Catera into letting him take dance lessons with her. Diane needs an emergency c-section when she starts bleeding profusely and the baby goes into distress.moreless - Ep 19Objects are Closer Than They Appear3/25/98
Wilkes needs to figure out how a presumably healthy 15 year old dies, so her identical twin doesn't meet the same fate. A young friend of Kate's daughter is brought into the ER in cardiac arrest. The estranged brother of a comatose lesbian wants to make the medical decisions for her instead of her longtime partner.moreless - Ep 18Waging Bull3/18/98
Dr. McNeil attends a medical convention in Las Vegas, believing he can control his gambling addiction. After the son of a close friend dies, McNeil begins gambling again. Watters, Shutt, and Wilkes are forced to share a room in the hotel, when it is overbooked for the convention. - Ep 17Liver, Hold the Mushrooms3/11/98
A family eats poisonous mushrooms and the mother and two sons must receive a liver transplant. A donor is found for the mother and the father is a match for the two sons. The father decides to have a live donor transplant, but is told by Kronk that only one of his children can receive the organ. Austin and Cacaci have to attend a sensitivity seminar, which only makes Austin worse. With Shutt's help a patient remembers a sexual abuse that happened during childhood, but the parent vehemently deny it ever happening. Drs. Grad and Kronk get kicked out of lamaze class.moreless - Ep 16The Things We Do For Love3/4/98
Catera and McNeil cross swords when her fascination with his brother gets too personal. Billy begins to feel "in over his head" with the impending birth of his child, so he becomes involved in a bar fight to blow off steam. Austin introduces Danny to her daughter. Watters moonlights as a stand-up comic.moreless - Ep 15The Ties that Bind2/4/98
Catera must operate on a 5-year-old who is suddenly stricken with seizures. ''An HIV-postive friend of Dr. Grad's talks to her about the advisability of getting pregnant. When Diane discovers a lump in her breast, she is afraid that neither of them will see their children grow up. A mother and daughter come into the ER handcuffed together, and have a number of crises.moreless - Ep 14Psychodrama1/21/98
Watters is on crutches after a basketball injury and thinks he has witnessed a murder. Austin receives a bird from Danny, the electrician she's been dating, which causes havoc in the hospital. Diane believes she has found her birthmother. McNeil is unpleasantly surprised by a visit from his brother. - Ep 13Memento Mori1/14/98
Shutt and Catera debate how to treat a mystery woman who is either experiencing a religious miracle or a psychotic episode. The hospital loses electricity in the dead of winter. Austin must do emergency surgery on a close friend. A pregnant Dr. Grad feels unattractive. - Ep 12Broken Hearts1/7/98
Austin operates on a pregnant patient with a damaged heart and learns that she had taken the controversial diet pill Phen-phen. An accident reunites Watters and an old flame, the woman he had an affair with. Shutt has his first breakthrough. McNeil and Catera grow closer, while Jack strings Karen Wilder along.. Kate is dealing with the trauma at the cabin, but she feels alone in dealing with it. Diane works with a woman who has a cyst on her ovary... but believes it is a fetus and refuses to remove it.moreless - Ep 11On Golden Pons12/17/97
After 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.moreless - Ep 10All in the Family12/10/97
Shutt has his first group counseling session with a family, and tries to help a young man whose brother commited suicide. Wilkes father comes back into his life. Hancock and McNeil try to treat a boy whom he suspects is abused, even though the child and his father deny the abuse.moreless - Ep 9Cabin Fever11/26/97
McNeil 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 receive a visit from an unexpected and deadly visitor. - Ep 8Winging It11/19/97
Austin and NcNeil fly to London for a conference and are forced to perform lifesaving surgery with only an airline medical kit. Shutt begins his psychiatric residency. - Ep 7White Trash11/12/97
A clueless, but despondent teen is hiding a terrible secret, with life and death consequences. A man who is brought to the ER has been brutally raped. Austin begins her relationship with Danny. Drs. Kronk and Grad wed at the airport as Billy departs. A young basketball player has a career-threatening heart defect.moreless - Ep 6The Lung and the Restless11/5/97
Kate suspects that the parents of a boy who needs a lung transplant may have pressured his sister, who is mentally retarded, into being his donor. Diane learns that she's pregnant. Billy announces that he's going to South America. Aaron tries biofeedback. - Ep 5... And the Hand Played On10/29/97
Dr. Shutt may have brain damage after his aneurism, so a new neurosurgeon, Dr. Lisa Catera, is brought into the hospital. Dr. Austin gets trapped on an elevator with a sexy electrician. - Ep 4Sympathy for the Devil10/22/97
Aaron wakes up from a coma, but it still hasn't been determined if he has brain damage. Dr. Grad treats a clueless 15 year old girl who is HIV positive. Dr. Kronk must decide whether or not to grant the request of a convicted child molester who wants to be castrated. McNeil, feeling a high from his newly found recovery, doesn't want Hancock's patient to have an "easy cure" for heroin addiction.moreless - Ep 3Brain Salad Surgery10/15/97
After suffering from an aneurysm, Dr. Shutt hallucinates, and views his life as a musical. - Ep 2The Incredible Adventures of Baron von Munchausen... by Proxy10/8/97
A 9 year old with extensive hospitalizations might be the victim of her mother's medical abuse. Shutt looks for answers when his patient dies during a routine procedure. Watters orders McNeil to join Gamblers Anonymous after he is arrested. Kronk realizes that he wants a child, but Grad isn't sure she does.moreless - Ep 1Guns 'n' Roses10/1/97
A friend of Phillip's late wife needs a heart transplant, and will apparently do anything to get it, raising Kate's suspicion. Gang warfare breaks out in the E.R. Jack talks Aaron into performing a risky surgery. Billy and Diane get back together.
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Season 3
- Ep 26Hope Against Hope5/19/97
Jeffrey Geiger returns to Chicago Hope to announce that he has bought a controlling interest in the hospital, and performs an operation on Kate's patient. Kronk is forced to make some tough decisions about his father who is afflicted with Alzheimers. Aaron and Jack ponder the affect of beliefs when several people claim to be healed after seeing an image of the Virgin Mary in the hospital lobby. Wilkes has a bad day, and Austin wonders about her place in the hospital.moreless - Ep 25Love on the Rocks5/12/97
McNeil doesn't cope well with the demands for attention from Karen, his "roommate" and a therapy patient claiming that McNeil's his father. Billy learns that Aaron kissed Diane, and handles it very badly. A depressed Nyland gets one more unwelcome surprise. Phillip receives an offer from Emma. - Ep 24Lamb to the Slaughter5/5/97
After 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 Wilkes, Nyland, McNeil and Watters for widely varying statements about what actually happened during the crucial time period. - Ep 24Lamb To Slaughter5/5/97
- Ep 23Colonel of Truth4/28/97
Kate finds herself in a no-win situation when Sara's teammate is seriously injured during a baseball game. Phillip's Colonel from Vietnam is admitted with severe rheumatoid arthritis but refuses treatment. Wilkes puts Nyland on probation. Shutt get a TV gig. - Ep 22Leggo My Ego4/21/97
Word of Billy's and Diane's engagement receives a mixed reception at the hospital. Kate alienates Phillip and the board of directors, while a reporter follows her around the hospital. Jack returns from vacation with a windfall and a feverish belief he's on a winning streak. Aaron and Jack takes on the delicate job of operating on a newborn with an exposed spinal cord.moreless - Ep 21Positive I.D.s4/13/97
Grad 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 for breast cancer and a family history of the illness. Austin struggles to get a reluctant Sara into an exclusive girls school. Nyland returns to work following his accident and throws himself into trying to identify a severely beaten and comatose young woman.moreless - Ep 20Second Chances4/7/97
Nyland's life hangs in the balance when he slams his car into a wall. A prominent author who is a hero of Kate's, needs a second heart transplant for which he isn't eligible. McNeil descends into a major gambling bender, and takes Kronk for a ride. - Ep 19The Son Also Rises3/17/97
Aaron discovers that his late father wasn't his biological parent when he meets the eccentric sculptor who is. Phillip learns something about his estranged son when an emergency arises. Kate treats an 11 year-old genius who hungers for contact with his overwhelmed father. - Ep 18Growing Pains3/10/97
Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keeping the hospital solvent do not please any of their colleagues. An HMO lawyer obsessed with "patient responsibilty" holds the reins in on some lucrative coronary-bypass business. A patient with private insurance receives test after test for all of his petty complaints.moreless - Ep 17Mother, May I?2/17/97
Kate flies to Washington with Tommy to speak to Congress about health care. Back in Chicago, her friend Marina makes a decision about adoption. McNeil's patient Harriett Owens is hospitalized again. Aaron and Phillip explore the possibility of buying the hospital. - Ep 16Missed Conception2/10/97
An old friend of Austin's asks for help in getting pregnant. A cancer patient needs marijuana for her well being. Shutt's friend returns from Italy without his wife. - Ep 15Take My Wife, Please2/3/97
Aaron's practical joker college roommate arrives for a visit and announces that he wants Aaron to marry his widow, Aaron's former girlfriend, when the malignant and inoperable tumor in his brain finally takes his life in a few weeks. Keith and Danny continue to clash. Aaron runs into an old friend as he stumbles home after a night of drinking with his college roommate. Gina has a miscarriage, but a grieving Keith wonders if it wasn't deliberate. Karen suspects that Jack's gambling again, but Jack ignores any questioning. Maricela puts the moves on Aaron. Karen is wary when Jack finally comes to her for help.moreless - Ep 14The Day of the Rope1/20/97
White supremacists on the run following a failed assasination attempt against the President, hole up in a grocery store with an injured member, and demand a doctor from Chicago Hope to treat him. - Ep 13Verdicts1/13/97
A hit-and-run victim escapes serious injury but her infant twins face a desperate crisis. Hancock faces testifying in court against his brother-in-law. Patient Linda Fortin's heart continues to grow weaker as her pregnancy progresses, endangering herself and her baby. - Ep 12Split Decisions1/6/97
A man attempts suicide, but Wilkes saves his life. But, Wilkes receives cold dousings from both the man and his wife. Austin is impressed by a visiting doctor. McNeil treats a teen with an emotionally distant father. - Ep 11Mummy Dearest12/9/96
Diane is surprised when she has the opportunity to examine a 500-year-old Incan mummy that's temporarily in town. An accident victim loses his memory, but gains a much nicer personality. McNeil performs risky surgery as his gambling addiction takes flight. - Ep 10V-Fibbing11/25/96
Austin and Underhill both have to face the consequences about telling the truth. McNeil contemplates surgery to prolong a jockey's career. Kronk lies to a teenage smoker with a cough. - Ep 9Divided Loyalty11/18/96
Kronk 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 a bullet in him. Wilkes and his wife face some basic decisions about their lives when they must decide what sort of neighborhood to move to.moreless - Ep 8A Day in the Life11/11/96
Austin's cystic fibrosis patient is just one of four patients needing transplants who have to wait in fear and hope when a potential donor appears but is prematurely pronounced dead and entered into the donor system by the inexperienced Eggert. - Ep 7A Time to Kill11/4/96
Aaron 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 feisty old lady whose daughter is an old flame of his. Dr. Watters entertains an amnesiac, believing that he's an old friend he hadn't seen in 20 years.moreless - Ep 6Higher Powers10/21/96
Austin sprays a subpoena server with mace, inspiring his fellow servers to wage war on the hospital. Hancock counsels a woman to end her pregnancy when he discovers the fetus has a fatal birth defect. Even though her health is severely threatened by the pregnancy, she is determined to carry the baby to term. Kronk finally returns to Chicago, dressed in Masai garb, and tries to reconnect with Diane.moreless - Ep 5Liar, Liar10/14/96
Kate returns to duty and finds that her reinstatement comes with a cut in title, salary, staff, and office. Jack replaces the hip of an older man who has opinions on everything, including how Jack should live his life. Aaron has mixed emotions when Grace comes up with a much-needed improvement for a surgical shunt he's been developing. Kate is humbled when a young couple whose daughter needs a heart transplant chooses another doctor after they discover her change in status. Tommy thinks it would be a good idea for the hospital to advertise, and hires a publicist who manages to get under everyone's skin as she creates a commercial.moreless - Ep 4Liver Let Die10/7/96
Dennis 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 a new research assistant. Kate and Danny have their suspensions reviewed by the board. Phillip plunges back into patient care by performing an experimental procedure on a woman who exhibits unusual complications from a liver tumor. Caroline discovers that orthopedics are not for her. Dennis faces an emotional struggle in the aftermath of his shooting.moreless - Ep 3Papa's Got a Brand New Bag9/30/96
Aaron and Jack join forces in operating on a man who sustained multiple fractures in a parachute jumping accident. Jack takes one on the chin when he gives the parachutist's would-be bride some bad news. ''Diane rejoins the staff as a teaching attending in internal medicine, and quickly draws a demanding and manipulative patient who's making the staff miserable. Diane unsuccessfully seeks some moral support from Dennis and Philip. ''Kate's grief over her father's death is compounded when she's carjacked on her way home from his funeral and his ashes are not recovered with the car. After Tommy tells her some hard truths about creating her own misery, Kate decides to take responsibility for the choices she's made, and starts by telling Peggy Harrod the truth about her daughter's death. Kate returns home to find the carjacker has returned her father's ashes while burglarizing her home. ''Philip has it out with Aaron and reaffirms his intention to keep Tommy from closing the hospital.moreless - Ep 2Back to the Future9/23/96
Kate 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 head up orthopedics. Diane returns, only to find that Billy has remained in Africa and that her lab has turned into a storage room. Keith places himself in legal jeopardy when he decides to help an injured drug courier evade arrest. Aaron persuades Tommy to give the hospital six months to turn itself around with Philip at the helm.moreless - Ep 1Out of Africa9/16/96
Kate returns to Chicago to face possible arrest and her ex-husband, as well as suspension at work. Aaron ponders Philip's bitterness over Aaron's apparent support of Tommy Wilmette. Dennis struggles to regain his health. Dr. Nyland returns to find a new doctor in charge of the trauma service. Kronk and Grad continue to quarrel as he prepares to leave Africa.moreless
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