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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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Episode 1
Gang warfare breaks out in the E.R.; Kate refuses to perform a heart transplant; Billy and Diane get back together.
Directed by Bill D'EliaWritten by John TinkerGuest stars Daniel Davis, Michael Zelniker, Van Epperson, Tom Skerritt, Kyle Sullivan, Ken Narasaki, Jennifer Parsons, Venessia Valentino
Episode 2
A woman may be making her daughter sick purposely. Kronk wants a child. Shutt's patient dies, and McNeil joins gamblers anonymous.
Directed by Stephen CraggWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Jordan Lund, Nan Martin, Doug Spinuzza, Scott Paulin, Monique Edwards, Richard Green, Gretchen German, Joe Bays
Episode 3
Dr. Shutt views his life as a musical after he collapses from an aneurism.
Directed by Bill D'EliaWritten by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Mandy Patinkin, Azura Skye, Tyler Layton, Tasha Smith, Lonnie Burr, David St. James, Ben Diskin, Lauren Tuerk
Episode 4
Dr. Kronk must decide whether or not to grant the request of a convicted child molester who wants to be castrated. Dr. Shutt struggles to regain his health after his aneurism. McNeil refuses an ""easy cure"" to a heroin addict, and Dr. Grad treats an HIV positive 14-year-old.
Directed by Lou AntonioGuest stars Kathryn Harrold, Mena Suvari, Fredric Lehne, Yvette Nipar, Mark Chaet, Joyce Guy, McNally Sagal, Bob Bancroft
Episode 5
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.
Written by Barbara HallGuest stars Eric Mabius, Jason Beghe, Paige Moss, Samaria Graham, Shaun Baker, Newell Alexander, Bob Bancroft, Marianna Elliott
Episode 6
Kate suspects that the parents of a boy who needs a liver transplant may have pressured his sister, who has cystic fibrosis, into being his donor; Diane learns that she's pregnant; Billy announces that he's going to South America; Aaron tries biofeedback.
Directed by David SemelWritten by Barbara HallGuest stars Robert Pine, Lee Garlington, Don Franklin, Lawrence Pressman, Charlotte Booker, Chad Morgan, Phyllis Lyons, Bob Bancroft
Episode 7
Hancock and the police search trash bins for a newborn; male rape; Drs. Kronk and Grad wed at the airport. A basketball player has a heart defect.
Directed by Jesús Salvador TreviñoGuest stars Jason Beghe, Paul Carafotes, Marilyn McIntyre, Mike Gomez, Antonio David Lyons, Shashawnee Hall, Patricia Belcher, Charlie Dell
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Oz ScottWritten by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Loyda Ramos, Kathryne Dora Brown, George Newbern, Sean O'Bryan, Sage Allen, Peter J. Lucas, Liliana Cabal, Yelena Danova
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Kristoffer TaboriWritten by Barbara HallGuest stars Nick Searcy, Lawrence Monoson, Robert Noble, Ken Magee, Brenda Wehle
Episode 10
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.
Directed by Lou AntonioWritten by David AmannGuest stars Stephanie Faracy, Dick Anthony Williams, Larry Joshua, George Newbern, David Denman, Juanita Jennings, Christopher Curry, Devika Parikh
Episode 11
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.
Directed by James BagdonasGuest stars Lee Weaver, K Callan, Denise Dowse, J.B. Gaynor, Richard Gilbert-Hill, Dan Klass, Ted Koch
Episode 12
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.
Directed by Sandy SmolanGuest stars Kathryn Harrold, Anita Barone, Joanna Kerns, Shea Farrell, James Acheson, Bert Rosario, Dawn Landon, Sally Brooks
Episode 13
The hospital loses electricity in the dead of winter. Austin must do emergency surgery on a close friend. Pregnant, Grad feels unattractive.
Directed by Michael SchultzWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Sean Lawlor, Mae Whitman, Haley Joel Osment, Ali Larter, Mariclare Costello, Monique Edwards, Newell Alexander, Venessia Valentino
Episode 14
Watters is confined to a wheelchair after a basketball injury and witnesses 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.
Directed by Patrick R. NorrisGuest stars Jason Beghe, Lisa Wilcox, Paul Bartel, Tippi Hedren, Todd Allen, Jeff Allin, Kelly Connell, Sandra Bogan
Episode 15
Catera must operate on a 5-year-old who is suddenly stricken with seizures. An HIV-postive friend of Dr. Grad's talks to Diane about getting pregnant (she wants advice) and Diane (who discovered a lump in her breast) is afraid that neither of them will see their children grow up. A mother and daughter come into the ER handcuffed together.
Written by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Sara Rue, Michole Briana White, Taylor Nichols, Maryedith Burrell, Monique Edwards, Michael Krawic, Marianne Muellerleile, Dawn Landon
Episode 16
Catera and McNeil cross roads when her facination with his brother becomes personal. Billy begins to feel ""in over his head"" with the impending birth of his child, so at a desperate attempt at freedom he becomes involved in a bar fight. Austin introduces Danny to her daughter. Watters moonlights as a stand-up comic.
Directed by Christine LahtiGuest stars Jason Beghe, Mae Whitman, Todd Allen, Tom McCleister, Mark Kiely, Scott MacDonald, Pattie Tierce, Bob Bancroft
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Kenny OrtegaGuest stars Amy Ryan, Sam Anderson, George Newbern, Matt Winston, Cheryl Francis Harrington, Catherine Paolone, Michael McGrady, Bob Bancroft
Episode 18
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.
Directed by Bill D'EliaGuest stars Shemar Moore, Engelbert Humperdinck, Signy Coleman, Michael Delano, Tom Wright, Bill Allison, Joe Armeno, Betty Bunch
Episode 19
After the mysterious death of a seemingly healthy 15 year-old Dr. Wilkes decides to investigate. A lesbian wants her lover to die with dignity and fights her family to get her wishes.
Written by David AmannGuest stars Francis Guinan, Mae Whitman, George Newbern, John Glover, Jenny O'Hara, Ken Narasaki, Matt O'Toole, Kelly Connell
Episode 20
Diane goes into labor unexpectedly and when no one can find Billy she reluctantly asks Kate to be her coach. Wilkes must get a family to safety from an abusive husband/father. McNeil and Catera take dance lessons (with special guest star Kenny Ortega, who choreographed ""Brain Salad Surgery."" Billy arrives at the hospital and discovers that Diane is having a c-section after her and the baby have gone into distress during the labor.
Directed by Rob CornWritten by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Kenny Ortega, Robert Cicchini, Angela Paton, Jane Clark, Bob Bancroft, Ariel Felix, Miranda Garrison, Michael Harney
Episode 21
Dr. Watters' son is found dead in his apartment and Phillip must except 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.)
Directed by Patrick R. NorrisGuest stars J. August Richards, Mae Whitman, Siena Goines, Michael Ensign, Jack McGee, Ariel Felix, Irene DeBari, Richard Voigts
Episode 22
A famous artist has an inoperable brain tumor. She convinces Dr. Shutt to run away to California with her.
Directed by Martha MitchellGuest stars Lauren Bacall, Kathryn Harrold, Carolyn Mignini, Mackenzie Phillips, Tom Virtue, George Newbern, Shawn Pyfrom, Newell Alexander
Episode 23
Dr. Kronk's mother visits. Aaron spends time with Samara in California. A woman offers Dr. Hancock money to sterilize some of his patients.
Guest stars Lauren Bacall, John Fleck, George Newbern, Barbara Babcock, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Lillian Lehman, Helena Apothaker, Margarita Franco
Episode 24
As Dr. Wilkes takes his son to school gunfire errupts. The victims are brought to Chicago Hope and Wilkes finds himself having to deal with his sons post-tramatic distress. Kronk also finds himself viewing the situation in a new light, due to the recent arrival of his daughter. The situation also brings back memories of his son to Dr. Watters. Catera had to operate on the shooter, and feels conflicting emotions. Dr. McNeil pops the question to Dr. Catera. Austin is still turmoiled over the incident at the cabin.
Directed by Lou AntonioGuest stars Tom Jackson, Joanna Kerns, Charlayne Woodard, Steven Culp, Ellen Bry, Jake Sakson, Jay Karnes, Joyce Guy
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