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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
A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
Directed by Bill D'EliaWritten by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Joanna Miles, James Eckhouse, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Yvette Cruise, Allan Miller, Kyme, Harley Jane Kozak, Bob Clendenin
Episode 2
A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in space program has a heart attack and Kate takes the doctors place in the program. Dr. Shutt has a patient who needs to tell his father, an Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay.
Directed by Stephen CraggGuest stars Mae Whitman, Loyda Ramos, Chris Sarandon, Harley Jane Kozak, Ken Narasaki, Michael A. Goorjian, Arthur Rosenberg, Bob Bancroft
Episode 3
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.
Guest stars Kurt Fuller, Alan Blumenfeld, Loyda Ramos, Chris Sarandon, Mark Moses, Kimberly Huie, Eve Brenner, Cathy DeBuono
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by Barbara HallGuest stars Lisa Eichhorn, Salli Saffioti, Bahni Turpin, Michelle Wolff, Joyce Guy, Bob Bancroft, Christine Tucci, Jim Abele
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Michael PressmanWritten by John Tinker, Barbara HallGuest stars Thomas Gibson, Roxanne Hart, Mandy Patinkin, Kathleen Nolan, Bruce Kirby, Helena Apothaker, Bob Bancroft, Max Gail
Episode 6
Kate discovers that a patient is using Viagra to cheat on his wife; Jack gives a blood transfusion even though it's against the patient's Jehovah's Witness religion; a musician fears his creativity may be stifled by the medicine Aaron prescribes for his bipolar disorder; Joe's son drives the staff crazy as he roams the hospital behaving exactly like his father.
Directed by Rob CornGuest stars Todd Louiso, Christopher Pettiet, Kristin Bauer, Clyde Kusatsu, Pancho Demmings, Max Gail, Carmen Argenziano, Jonathan Osser
Episode 7
Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
Directed by Lou AntonioGuest stars Walter Olkewicz, Dan Bucatinsky, Chris Sarandon, Thom Gossom Jr., Kyme, Badja Djola, Paul Lieber, Oren Williams
Episode 8
A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
Directed by Bill D'EliaGuest stars Victoria Principal, Maria Ford, Bobby Edner, David Crosby, Scott Reeves, Kyme, Bob Goen, Kelly Connell
Episode 9
Billy's mother shows up at the hospital and announces she is about to give birth. The star of the road company version on ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" comes to the hospital when the star is ill. Yeats former teacher comes to the hospital with chest pains.
Guest stars Bryan Cranston, Mae Whitman, Michael Welch, Barbara Babcock, Jason Ross-Azikiwe, Simon Templeman, Joe Chrest, Christina Carlisi
Episode 10
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.
Directed by Sandy SmolanWritten by Linda Loiselle GuzikGuest stars John F. O'Donohue, Catherine Dent, Charlayne Woodard, Jim Haynie, Cory Buck, Stephanie Venditto, Joseph Fuqua, Bob Bancroft
Episode 11
A member of Jack's basketball team sustains a near-fatal injury during a game; Bobby disagrees about the need for his patient to have heart surgery.
Directed by James BagdonasGuest stars Tamlyn Tomita, John Fujioka, Todd Louiso, Charlayne Woodard, Claire Rankin, Indigo, Christine Tucci, Oren Williams
Episode 12
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.
Guest stars Kurt Fuller, Lisa Brenner, Robert Curtis Brown, Bob Bancroft, Christine Tucci, Richard Anthony Crenna, Dawn Forrester, Taneka Johnson
Episode 13
Kate discovers that she has developed an ovarian cyst which could destroy her plans with NASA. After Kate hears this news she agrees to go to a retreat... that Yeats is leading.
Directed by Adam ArkinWritten by Barbara HallGuest stars Mae Whitman, Blair Hickey, Mara Holguin, Terry Walters, Brendan Wentworth
Episode 14
During surgery to resolve an HIV-positive woman's post-partum complications, Diane accidentally cuts herself and is exposed to the virus; problems arise between Jack and Lisa when he discovers that she's been seeing Robert; a homeless man takes shelter in the hospital's main entrance; an unidentified man is hit by a train after trying to save a child; Jack takes up golf in the hospital.
Directed by Kenny OrtegaWritten by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn PrestwichGuest stars Todd Louiso, Taylor Nichols, Ellen Bry, Leslie Hope, Gail Strickland, Boris Lee Krutonog, Carlton Wilborn, Dawn Landon
Episode 15
McNeil performs a hand transplant on the patient, and uses the patient's dead mother's hand. Kate is accepted by NASA. An old childhood friends visits Watters and asks for one of his kidneys.
Directed by Rob CornGuest stars Parry Shen, Mae Whitman, Alan King, Alanna Ubach, Kyme, Fionnula Flanagan, Michelle Wolff, Scott Michael Campbell
Episode 16
Jack returns after his brother's death; fearing the impact of HMOs on his practice, Joe begins to sell doorway products; 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.
Directed by Oz ScottGuest stars Kelli Maroney, Paul Gleason, Wayne Duvall, Paula Newsome, Bob Bancroft, Jordan Baker, Calvin DeVault, Kendall Cunningham
Episode 17
Billy ponders euthanasia when Gordy is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis; 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.
Guest stars Todd Louiso, Stanley Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, James Harper, Lenny Von Dohlen, Constance Zimmer, Mark L. Taylor, Cee Cee Michaela
Episode 18
Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Guest stars Tracy Middendorf, Charlayne Woodard, Richard Crenna, Travis McKenna, Kyme, John Cappon, Oren Williams, Alex Skuby
Episode 19
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.
Directed by Michael SchultzGuest stars Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Marc Grapey, Brandon Maggart, Gloria LeRoy, Sage Allen, Anne-Marie Johnson, Darnell Williams, Michelle Wolff
Episode 20
A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.
Directed by Mark HarmonGuest stars Anthony Lee, Susanna Thompson, Erich Anderson, Bob Bancroft, Dyllan Christopher, Raymond Normandin
Episode 21
Dr. Hancock's patient, who was using fertility drugs, gives birth to 8 babies.
Directed by Martha MitchellGuest stars Tom Woodruff Jr., Lynne Moody, Kyme, Rosalind Ayres, Michael Cudlitz, Paige Peterson, Bob Bancroft, Zach Selwyn
Episode 22
Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his charge that Phillip had an affair with a patient.
Directed by James BagdonasGuest stars Judith Hoag, Matt McCoy, Kerrie Keane, Alan Rosenberg, Angelo Vacco, Bob Bancroft, Richard Anthony Crenna, Alex McArthur
Episode 23
The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown rave drug; Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver; Phillip's fate is decided.
Directed by Stephen CraggGuest stars Christopher Allport, Mae Whitman, Betsy Brantley, Ellen Bry, Alan Rosenberg, Monique Edwards, Brooke Bloom, Jose Yenque
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Bill D'EliaWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Mandy Patinkin, Carla Gugino, Christine Dunford, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Denis Arndt, Stephen Elliott, William O'Leary, Michael J Rogers
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