Chicago Hope Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Chicago Hope: Season 6 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 6 Episode 22: Have I Got a Deal for You

  Simon undergoes emergency surgery, bringing him closer to Shutt. A man paralysed in an accident volunteers for an experimental procedure, hoping it will enable him to walk again

• Season 6 Episode 21: Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope

  Miller suffers a heart attack and is put on a no-frills ward, where he learns the meaning of friendship. Meanwhile, a woman emerges from a 15-year coma

• Season 6 Episode 20: Thoughts of You

  McNeil carries out an operation in defiance of the hospital's new policy, while Shutt and Simon perform a radical procedure on a paralysed patient, hoping to restore his power of speech

• Season 6 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19

  Drama set in a hi-tech high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin as surgeons who face life-or-death decisions on a daily basis

• Season 6 Episode 19: Miller Time

  The hospital is bought by a medical organisation whose members immediately begin to impose severe budget cuts, and a documentary crew record a heart-stopping event in the operating theatre

• Season 6 Episode 18: Devoted Attachment

  McNeil's mentor is admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound, and a conjoined twin is diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 6 Episode 17: Cold Hearts

  Drs. Schutt and Simon must induce a patient's hypothermia in order to operate; steroid abuse puts a female professional wrestler in danger; Dr. Wilkes and his son save a spider's life.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Simon Sez

  A couple with learning difficulties are devastated to be told they are unable to have any children as a result of a sterilisation procedure the wife underwent without her knowledge or consent

• Season 6 Episode 15: Painful Cuts

  Geiger attempts to perform surgery on his adopted daughter after she develops heart problems; Geiger is pressured to slash the hospital budget; Hanlon performs an appendectomy on a pair of uninsured, conjoined twins.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Gray Matters

  A father agonises over which of his two children should receive his liver, while Rose Weber returns to the hospital - and discovers Aaron is involved in a relationship with another woman

• Season 6 Episode 13: Boys Will Be Girls

  McNeil takes on the unusual case of a teenage boy who has been raised as a girl following a botched circumcision at birth - and who now wants restorative surgery to to make him a 'real boy' again. Meanwhile, Alberghetti tries to help an elderly woman with Alzherimer's disease

• Season 6 Episode 12: Letting Go

  The hospital is hit by a viral strain of tuberculosis, prompting the board to call for the assistance of a specialist - who just happens to be Keith's estranged aunt

• Season 6 Episode 11: Faith, Hope and Surgery

  Dr. Simon performs brain surgery on a colleague; Dr. Geiger must fire a doctor who experiments with human cloning; MacNeil and Alberghetti argue during a board meeting.

• Season 6 Episode 10: Hanlon's Choice

  A woman refuses treatment because of religious beliefs; Dr. Hanlon fights to provide free treatment; multiple piercings cause a young man's staph infection and heart problems; the hospital's Web site stirs angst among the staff members.

• Season 6 Episode 9: The Golden Hour

  Aaron and Jack are caught up in the aftermath of a bungled armed robbery, and find themselves forced to treat injured hostages - without the aid of surgical equipment. Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin star

• Season 6 Episode 8: The Heart to Heart

  Geiger undertakes delicate surgery on a patient, assisted by a Sri Lankan surgeon who helps and advises him via satellite link. Adam Arkin and Hector Elizondo star

• Season 6 Episode 7: White Rabbit

  Fears of a deadly plague outbreak lead to the hospital and staff being placed under quarantine. Drama, starring Adam Arkin, Mark Harmon and Hector Elizondo

• Season 6 Episode 6: Upstairs, Downstairs

  A widow who has miscarried asks to be inseminated with the sperm of her late husband, and the hospital suffers an infestation of rats

• Season 6 Episode 5: Humpty Dumpty

  The staff struggle to save Joe Cacaci's life after he jumps from the hospital roof in an apparent suicide attempt

• Season 6 Episode 4: Vigilance and Care

  Dr. McNeil puts the life of a young ballplayer in jeopardy while trying to save his arm; Dr. Shutt and Dr. Simon believe a Romanian infant is suffering arrested brain development due to neglect.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Oh, What a Piece of Work Is Man

  A newborn's life is in the hands of a heart surgeon who has Tourette's syndrome; Dr. Hanlon's patient remodels herself to look like a Barbie doll; a stranger gives Dr. Wilkes a brain that he claims is Einstein's.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Team Play

  New doctor Gina Simon struggles to tell a woman that her husband died in post-op due to the surgeon's negligence. Jeffrey's daughter tries to persuade him to operate on a child

Chicago Hope: Season 5 (1998 - 1999)

• Season 5 Episode 24: Curing Cancer

  Newly appointed chairman Jeffrey Geiger returns to the hospital, intent on firing half of the senior doctors and convincing Watters to return as chief of staff. Aaron joins forces with neurologist Gina Simon to operate on an infant with a brain tumour

• Season 5 Episode 23: The Heavens Can Wait

  Kate's hopes of participating in the Nasa mission are dashed when she and Sara are involved in a traffic accident with a drink-driver. Although Phillip is cleared of misconduct, he feels betrayed by his colleagues and decides to quit his job

• Season 5 Episode 22: Kiss of Death

  Kate's lunchtime rendezvous with her first husband turns sour when he suffers a massive coronary. Phillip's private life comes under scrutiny as the hospital board investigates claims of unethical conduct with a patient

• Season 5 Episode 21: And Baby Makes 10

  Austin assists in the birth of octuplets by a woman who underwent fertility treatment, while Yeats treats a gorilla suffering from an ulcer

• Season 5 Episode 20: From Here to Maternity

  A mother gives birth to twins - one black and one white - and a 12-year-old genius seeks Catera's help. Kate lands in trouble when she makes remarks about a patient's physical shortcomings

• Season 5 Episode 19: Vanishing Acts

  Aaron feigns homicidal impulses to gain admittance to a mental hospital for a research project, but his plan goes horribly wrong. Meanwhile, Diane counsels a bereaved couple hoping to clone their dead son

• Season 5 Episode 18: Teacher's Pet

  Kate's obnoxious former mentor visits the hospital to showcase a new technique, but it soon becomes clear his surgical skills have deteriorated. Diane is nervous about her follow-up HIV test

• Season 5 Episode 17: A Guy and His Dog

  Billy finds it hard to put his ailing dog to sleep. Lisa fights to get a cancer patient included in an experimental therapy session, recalling her own experiences of watching her mother die from the disease

• Season 5 Episode 16: Home Is Where the Heartache Is

  Jack faces his childhood demons when he returns home to be with his overbearing father after his brother is killed in prison. Kate performs a radical heart operation on Billy's friend, and Phillip strips Cacaci of his rank as Chief of Surgery

• Season 5 Episode 15: Big Hand for the Little Lady

  Kate learns her health problems have not stopped her from being accepted onto the space programme, while McNeil performs a hand transplant on an accident victim. Mark Harmon stars in the medical drama

• Season 5 Episode 14: Playing Through

  Jack walks in on Lisa and Yeats in each other's arms, and Diane accidentally exposes herself to HIV. Yeats is harassed by a homeless woman living in front of his building, while Billy operates for hours to save the life of a man who was hit by a train while trying to save a child

• Season 5 Episode 13: Karmic Relief

  Kate fears for her future at Nasa after learning she has an ovarian cyst, and later receives an invitation to a yoga retreat - from Yeats. Meanwhile, Sara becomes concerned for her mother's safety

• Season 5 Episode 12: Adventures in Babysitting

  Aaron struggles to come to terms with the death of a patient, while Billy fights his growing attraction to Emily's babysitter. Bobby and Dennis receive a request from a wealthy couple who are desperate for a baby - as long as it's a genius. Medical drama, starring Adam Arkin

• Season 5 Episode 11: McNeil and Pray

  A basketball player sustains a near-fatal injury during a game - but Bobby disagrees with Jack over whether surgery is the best form of treatment. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 5 Episode 10: Gun with the Wind

  Wilkes is forced to perform surgery on a youngster accidentally shot by his own infant son, while representatives from Nasa interview Kate's colleagues to gain an insight into her personality

• Season 5 Episode 9: Tantric Turkey

  Yeats treats a boy who is supposedly the reincarnation of a Tibetan holy man, and the cast of a Jesus Christ Superstar travelling show descend on the hospital when their lead performer falls ill. Kronk and Grad's Thanksgiving feast is interrupted by Billy's very pregnant mother

• Season 5 Episode 8: The Other Cheek

  The death of a popular TV star due to a leaking implant brings reporters flocking to Chicago Hope - together with hordes of the actor's fans, who round on McNeil, enraged by his opinions on the tragedy

• Season 5 Episode 7: Austin - We Have a Problem

  The shooting of a homeless man propels Dennis into the spotlight, and leaves him seriously considering running for city alderman. Austin takes flying lessons from Gordon Mays, and Yeats incurs McNeil's displeasure

• Season 5 Episode 6: Viagra-Vated Assault

  Aaron treats a manic-depressive songwriter who is trying to stay off drugs to compose one last hit, and Dr McNeil violates ethics by giving a Jehovah's Witness a blood transfusion after the patient specifically refused one. Cacaci's young son visits the ER, and reveals exactly what his father thinks of the staff

• Season 5 Episode 5: One Hundred and One Damnations

  Old friends visit Chicago Hope for the hospital's anniversary banquet, and a comatose Phillip, in a fever-induced dream state, sees and converses with the late Alan Birch. Aaron and Camille rekindle their romance, while new father Billy and Yeats clash over the latter's treatment of an infant

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Breast and the Brightest

  Diane accuses a woman of starving her infant daughter to death. Aaron gets an opportunity to exercise his psychiatric skills and new doctor Robert Yeats earns Wilkes' derision with his unorthodox theories

• Season 5 Episode 3: Wag the Doc

  Hancock accuses Watters and Austin of racism when they refuse to operate on a black person, and one of Shutt's patients commits suicide because he cannot afford medicine

• Season 5 Episode 2: Austin Space

  Kate is asked to fill a doctor's place in a space programme and Dr Shutt tries to find some reassuring words for a patient who has to tell his father, an orthodox Rabbi, he is gay

• Season 5 Episode 1: Serendipity

  Austin agonises over whether to transplant the heart of a suicide victim into a teenage girl, and a nerve gas attack on a bank places Dr Hancock in danger. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

Chicago Hope: Season 4 (1997 - 1998)

• Season 4 Episode 24: Physician Heal Thyself

  Victims of a gunfire spree at a local school are brought to the hospital. Meanwhile, Dr McNeil tries to create a more committed relationship with Dr Catera. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 23: Absent Without Leave

  Part two of two. Hancock is faced with an unusual request, Shutt travels to California to see Samara, and Kronk has an unwelcome visitor. Hospital drama, guest starring Lauren Bacall, with Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 22: Risky Business

  Part one of two. A famous artist has an amazing effect on Dr Shutt when she learns she has an inoperable tumour. Hospital drama, guest starring Lauren Bacall, with Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 21: Bridge Over Troubled Watters

  Watters' son is admitted with gunshot wounds, while Austin bonds with his daughter after taking her to work. Drama set in a hi-tech hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 20: Deliverance

  Dr Grad goes into labour, and is forced to rely on Dr Austin since Dr Kronk cannot be found. But things don't go smoothly and soon an emergency Caesarean is in progress. Meanwhile, Wilkes tries to help a mother and son escape an abusive father

• Season 4 Episode 19: Objects Are Closer Than They Appear

  Wilkes is stunned by the death of a seemingly healthy patient, while Austin tries to find out why Sara's friend went into cardiac arrest. A woman is forced to reveal her real identity after she conceals the truth about her relationship to a patient

• Season 4 Episode 18: Waging Bull

  Jack sets off with Phillip, Aaron, and Keith to attend a medical conference in Las Vegas, where he runs into the father of an old friend and can't resist the temptation to begin gambling again

• Season 4 Episode 17: Liver, Hold the Mushrooms

  A father struggles to decide which member of his family should receive part of his liver in a life-saving transplant. Shutt uses hypnotherapy on a woman thought to have been sexually abused, while Billy and Diane are thrown out of their Lamaze class. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 17: Waging Bull

  McNeil's life spins wildly out of control following the death of a friend's son from injuries sustained during a boxing match. Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin star

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Things We Do for Love

  Austin introduces Danny to her daughter and Catera finds herself falling for McNeil's imprisoned brother. Meanwhile, Kronk worries about fatherhood encroaching on his freedom and Watters tries his hand as a stand-up comedian. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 15: The Ties that Bind

  An HIV-positive woman tells Grad she wants to have a baby, and a five-year-old begins having seizures. Meanwhile, a mother and daughter enter the emergency room - handcuffed together

• Season 4 Episode 14: Psychodrama

  An injured Watters witnesses a murder through his new telescope, while Diane Grad has mysterious mother problems, and a bird seemingly causes a great deal of distress. Special episode which pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock, filmed in black and white, and guest starring Tippi Hedren

• Season 4 Episode 13: Memento Mori

  A patient exhibits stigmata-like wounds, McNeil finds himself stuck in an elevator with Sara, and Austin makes a diagnosis which is questioned by a computer program's recommendation. Hospital drama, starring Mark Harmon and Christine Lahti

• Season 4 Episode 12: Broken Hearts

  Austin operates on a pregnant patient with a damaged heart; an accident reunites Watters and an old flame (Joanna Kerns); Shutt has his first breakthrough; McNeil and Catera grow closer.

• Season 4 Episode 11: On Golden Pons

  Shutt and Catera clash over whether to perform potentially dangerous surgery on a patient. Wilkes pays a heavy price for helping Hancock, and Watters is aghast to discover his accountant has left the country

• Season 4 Episode 10: All in the Family

  Shutt takes on his first psychiatric case : a teenager whose brother committed suicide. Meanwhile, Hancock and McNeil treat a suspected victim of abuse. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo, Christine Lahti, Mark Harmon and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 9: Cabin Fever

  Diane, Kate and Lisa take a weekend off and travel to a remote cabin for a little peace and quiet. However, their holiday does not go as planned when an unexpected visitor comes calling - with deadly motives. Drama, starring Jayne Brook and Christine Lahti

• Season 4 Episode 8: Winging It

  Dr Austin and Dr McNeil are forced to perform emergency surgery during a flight to London. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo, Adam Arkin and Christine Lahti

• Season 4 Episode 7: White Trash

  Dr Grad receives disturbing information about a newborn baby, a man is raped after being drugged, and Kronk and Diane take the plunge. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Lung and the Restless

  A Down's syndrome patient wants to donate her lung to save her brother's life, while a politician finds his ancestry is not quite what he imagined. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 5: And the Hand Played On

  The hospital's new doctor Lisa Catera performs surgery on a police officer. Austin gets trapped in a lift, and a student poses a diagnostic problem. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 4: Sympathy for the Devil

  Shutt emerges from his coma, McNeil has problems with a heroin addict's treatment, and a convicted child abuser requests an operation. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 3: Brain Salad Surgery

  Shutt hallucinates about his life as he undergoes risky brain surgery. Drama set in a hi-tech high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin, with a guest appearance by Mandy Patinkin

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Incredible Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen : By Proxy

  Kronk suspects a mother may be harming her daughter and Shutt is traumatised by the death of a patient during routine surgery. Meanwhile, McNeil is finally forced to confront his gambling addiction. Starring Peter Berg, Mark Harmon and Adam Arkin

• Season 4 Episode 1: Guns N' Roses

  A patient with a neurological disorder prompts McNeil to pressurise Shutt into performing a risky procedure, and a wealthy patient demands a donor heart be found : whatever the consequences. Drama, starring Mark Harmon and Adam Arkin

Chicago Hope: Season 3 (1996 - 1997)

• Season 3 Episode 26: Hope Against Hope

  Geiger and Austin perform a highly experimental heart operation. Kronk asks Diane to help him end his ailing father's life and a woman claims she's experienced a religious vision in the hospital lobby. Last in the drama series, starring Peter Berg

• Season 3 Episode 25: Love on the Rocks

  Nyland is charged with murder, and Grad tells Kronk about the kiss with Shutt. McNeil finds he may be a father, while Emma asks Watters to move to Paris with her. American medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 24: Lamb to the Slaughter

  The mother of a gang member who died in ER makes allegations of misconduct against the staff, leading to an in-depth investigation : and their widely varying accounts of the fateful night lead to tense moments at the hospital

• Season 3 Episode 23: Colonel of Truth

  Aaron Shutt gets a shot at TV stardom, and a former Vietnam commando admitted with arthritis gives his final orders : but refuses treatment. Meanwhile, Kate Austin finds her reputation on the line when a child is injured during her daughter's softball game. Medical drama, starring Christine Lahti

• Season 3 Episode 22: Leggo My Ego

  A journalist writes a profile of Austin, and Kronk has second thoughts about his engagement. Meanwhile, McNeil returns to work and takes the risky job of operating on an infant's exposed spinal cord. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 21: Positive IDs

  A woman at risk from breast cancer makes a radical request to Diane Grad, while Daniel Nyland plays the knight in shining armour for a female patient in the ER whose identity is unknown. Austin advises her daughter to apply to a private school. Medical drama, starring Christine Lahti, Thomas Gibson and Jayne Brook

• Season 3 Episode 20: Second Chances

  Nyland is badly hurt in a car accident, Austin struggles to save the life of a prize-winning author, and McNeil gambles away the last of his cash in a poker game. Drama, starring Mark Harmon and Thomas Gibson

• Season 3 Episode 19: The Son Also Rises

  Shutt meets his real father, and Austin befriends a dying 11-year-old genius. Meanwhile, Watters teams up with his estranged son to help a wounded gang member. Medical drama, guest-starring Alan Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 18: Growing Pains

  Watters and Shutt's proposals for the hospital do not go down well with many of the doctors. Kronk lies on an insurance report and a patient tests Wilkes' resolve. Drama set in a gleaming high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 17: Mother, May I?

  Austin and Wilmette attend a Senate sub-committee conference, Marina considers adopting a baby from a teenager, and Watters and Shutt hold a secret meeting to discuss buying the hospital. Medical drama, guest-starring Isabella Rossellini and Edward M Kennedy, with Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 16: Missed Conception

  A friend of Austin's has fertility treatment, Shutt tries an experimental form of therapy when Stockton's health deteriorates, and a cancer patient asks for marijuana to ease her pain. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 15: Take My Wife, Please

  A practical joker claims he has only weeks to live, while Wilkes and Nyland disagree over a diagnosis, causing a patient's death. Drama, guest-starring Mandy Patinkin, with Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Day of Rope

  Billy gets caught up in a grocery store siege and is forced to call on Kate for help. Drama set in a hi-tech high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 13: Verdicts

  A woman faces losing her children after a road accident, McNeil resolves to quit gambling and a couple make a risky decision concerning their unborn child. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 12: Split Decisions

  Wilkes proposes a new surgical procedure for a cancer patient, while Austin dreams of romance with a Washington politician. Medical drama set in a high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 3 Episode 11: Mummy Dearest

  A patient loses his memory but gains a much nicer personality, leaving the doctors with an ethical dilemma. Jack performs a daring procedure and Diane examines a 500-year-old Inca mummy temporarily in town for an exhibition. Drama, starring Mark Harmon

• Season 3 Episode 10: V-Fibbing

  Austin faces an ethical dilemma, McNeil is asked to perform a risky procedure, and Kronk tries to scare a young smoker into giving up by telling him he may have cancer. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo, Christine Lahti and Mark Harmon star

• Season 3 Episode 9: Divided Loyalty

  Keith Wilkes faces a dilemma over where to live, and a generous gesture to a friend threatens to cost Billy Kronk dearly. Medical drama, starring Peter Berg and Rocky Carroll

• Season 3 Episode 8: A Day in the Life

  Dr Eggert fails to follow procedure in the routine case of an organ donor, resulting in a life-or-death situation for the hospital staff. Starring Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo and Sam Jenkins

• Season 3 Episode 7: A Time to Kill

  A man on death row puts his life in Dr Shutt's hands, the mother of an old flame causes Jack concern, and an amnesiac creates a good impression. Starring Adam Arkin, Hector Elizondo and Mark Harmon

• Season 3 Episode 6: Higher Powers

  Better late than never, Kronk returns to the front line and tries to reconnect with Diane. Dennis helps a couple deal with their health-threatening pregnancy and Aaron goes on a date

• Season 3 Episode 5: Liar, Liar

  Kate returns to the hospital, only to be angered by certain conditions laid down by the board of governors. Jack treats an old man who cannot help poking his nose into other people's business, and Aaron feels undermined by his talented med student

• Season 3 Episode 4: Liver Let Die

  Phillip is confused by a cancer patient's medical complications, while Jack and Dennis clash over how best to deal with an Olympic hopeful with arthritis, and Aaron finds a new partner. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo

• Season 3 Episode 3: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

  Diane has reason to doubt her professional ability and Kate is left puzzled by her father's constant disappearances. Jack and Aaron deal with a groom's awkward predicament. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Christine Lahti

• Season 3 Episode 2: Back to the Future

  Part two of two. Keith makes a difficult decision about drugs, while Phillip tries to get a new recruit and Tommy provides a shoulder to cry on for Kate

• Season 3 Episode 1: Out of Africa

  Part one of two. Kate is accused of kidnapping and Billy wishes he was anywhere but in Africa with Diane. Meanwhile, the staff welcome new recruits Jack McNeil and Keith Wilkes. Starring Mark Harmon and Rocky Carroll

Chicago Hope: Season 2 (1995 - 1996)

• Season 2 Episode 23: Last One Out, Get The Lights

  Austin's former husband tries to buy the hospital, and Hancock's sister is attacked in the car park. The value of Grad's research work is brought under scrutiny and a potential disaster causes the ER to close

• Season 2 Episode 22: Ex Marks The Spot

  Domestic disharmony afflicts the staff as John Sutton's three former wives turn up at the hospital, Hancock comforts his traumatised sister, and Nyland falls head-over-heels for a patient's fiancee. Meanwhile, Shutt performs radical surgery on a quadriplegic. Medical drama, starring Adam Arkin, Jamey Sheridan and Vondie Curtis-Hall

• Season 2 Episode 21: Quiet Riot

  Jeffrey Geiger's dexterity is tested to the limit when he tries to help a group of children traumatised by a bus accident. The casualties of a family crisis make their way to the emergency room, and a teenage wannabe doctor makes his hospital debut. Hospital drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Adam Arkin

• Season 2 Episode 20: EPISODE: 20

  Sutton has trouble determining the sex of a newborn, Shutt's father passes away, and Geiger entertains the wards as a clown

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Parent Rap

  Kate resists her father's faith and Aaron comes clean about his dad. Geoffrey Geiger returns to the hospital : but to help the patients in a different way. Medical drama, starring Christine Lahti and Adam Arkin

• Season 2 Episode 19: Sweet Surrender

  Staff treat a poorly child whose parents are in the process of divorcing, while pressure mounts on Kate. Billy and Diane's romance struggles to get off the ground - and knowing he's being tried for sexual harassment does not exactly help matters. Starring Christine Lahti and Peter Berg

• Season 2 Episode 18: Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope

  Sexual problems plague the hospital staff, as Sutton is accused of impure motives toward a 14-year-old girl and Billy Kronk advises awkward newlyweds. Medical drama, starring Jamey Sheridan and Peter Berg

• Season 2 Episode 17: Life Lines

  Billy Kronk continues to defy Kate Austin and ends up slapping a sexual harassment suit on her. Barbara Konstadt's manic depression gets worse, and Nyland tries to perform an intestinal bypass on a restaurateur. Hospital drama, starring Peter Berg and Christine Lahti

• Season 2 Episode 16: Women on the Verge

  Things look grim for Kate Austin's teenage patient, and Barbara Konstadt faces an equally bleak prospect, while Annie Rueman begins to wonder whether her sex change was such a good idea after all. Hospital drama, starring Christine Lahti and Kathy Najimy

• Season 2 Episode 15: Hearts and Minds

  A psychiatrist (Kathy Najimy) wants Shutt to perform a lobotomy on a child; the FBI comes for a woman who says she is having an alien baby; a heart-transplant patient meets his donor's husband.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Right to Life

  Dennis performs an emergency abortion which has controversial repercussions, and Billy is forced to confront his prejudices while treating a female impersonator. Medical drama, with Hector Elizondo, Adam Arkin and Roxanne Hart

• Season 2 Episode 13: Three Old Men and a Lady

  Austin asks Kronk to assist with experimental laser heart surgery, and an old friend of Danny's joins the nursing staff. Medical drama series, starring Christine Lahti and Peter Berg

• Season 2 Episode 12: Transplanted Affection

  Phillips asks Jeffrey to perform an emergency heart transplant when Austin and Nyland are busy elsewhere. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 2 Episode 11: Christmas Truce

  As Christmas approaches, Nyland and Hancock come to the aid of a wounded man trapped in a neighbourhood besieged by gang members. Camille collapses and is rushed to the emergency room. Hospital drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Ethics of Hope

  Kate experiences pangs of remorse as a patient's sudden death triggers a flood of recriminations, while Kronk and Nyland go in search of an unqualified ghetto medic, and Watters receives a job application from an unexpected quarter

• Season 2 Episode 9: Stand

  Frustrated by his helplessness in the face of a multiple sclerosis case, Shutt approves a highly unorthodox treatment : much to Kate Austin's alarm. Meanwhile, Sutton tries to help the staff come to terms with the loss of Geiger. Guest starring Richard Pryor and Carol Kane

• Season 2 Episode 8: Leave of Absence

  Birch is wheeled into the emergency room suffering from near-fatal gunshot wounds. Geiger irritates his colleagues by topping the national surgeon ratings : and resolves to prove his status by performing a life-saving operation

• Season 2 Episode 7: From Soup to Nuts

  Alan 'The Eel' Birch hijacks a televised investigation into the spiralling cost of medical care, while the other doctors are at loggerheads over whether an operation on an unborn baby with breathing difficulties is worth the risk : or the cost. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin and Hector Elizondo

• Season 2 Episode 6: Who Turned Out the Lights?

  A heavily pregnant woman involved in a road accident is rushed into the emergency unit, just as a bolt of lightning causes a power cut : stretching the staff's skills to the limit and signalling the start of an extremely long night. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin and Christine Lahti

• Season 2 Episode 5: Wild Cards

  Austin and Geiger have a public argument over the treatment of a heart patient. Dennis tries to persuade Camille to act as co-ordinator for the home healthcare programme and Birch's hopes of romancing Diane seem doomed. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Christine Lahti

• Season 2 Episode 4: Every Day a Little Death

  The doctors clash over the transplant of a black youth's heart into a racist teenager. Kronk ends up moving in with Nyland after a fire guts his apartment, and Diane matchmakes Alan Birch with one of her friends. Hospital drama, starring Mandy Patinkin

• Season 2 Episode 3: A Coupla Stiffs

  Watters reluctantly steps into the ring for a charity boxing match against an aggressive streetfighter : but the outcome surprises everyone, leaving the senior doctor consumed by guilt. Hancock feels he has to question Geiger's treatment of a heart patient, while Grad uses unorthodox methods to treat a gangrenous leg. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Peter Berg and Hector Elizondo

• Season 2 Episode 2: Rise from the Dead

  Tension mounts in the hospital as Geiger clashes with new surgeon Kate Austin and Kronk pricks Nyland's conscience. Diane helps a friend conceive a child with her comatose husband before his life support is switched off. Drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Jayne Brook and Christine Lahti

• Season 2 Episode 1: Hello Goodbye

  Relations among the staff become strained as Geiger arrogantly dismisses Camille's worries about a course of treatment. Aaron is astonished when his father announces he is planning to marry a younger woman, and Nyland fears he could have landed the hospital with a negligence lawsuit. Starring Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin and Roxanne Hart

Chicago Hope: Season 1 (1994 - 1999)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Songs from the Cuckoo Birds

  Jeffrey Geiger's career is put on the line as his sanity is questioned in court. Unfortunately for the beleaguered doctor, he soon becomes painfully aware that certain members of staff would like his suspension to be permanent - regardless of the judge's decision. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Christine Lahti and Mark Harmon

• Season 1 Episode 21: Full Moon

  An Aids patient with only days to live begs Hancock to perform an appendectomy despite Marinek's disapproval, while Geiger decides it's time to come clean about his relationship with Infante. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Virus

  A flesh-eating virus sweeps through the wards killing everyone in its path, prompting an increasingly nervous Grad : convinced the outbreak originated in her research laboratory : to shift any incriminating evidence. But with the staff in turmoil and the hospital facing closure, a selfish Geiger remains more interested in sorting out his personal life than worrying about such trivial matters. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Jayne Brook

• Season 1 Episode 19: Internal Affairs

  Kronk lands himself in trouble with the police by making a rash decision to perform roadside surgery. The Shutts consider whether a patient should undergo a risky procedure and an old flame of Nyland's causes him further strife. Drama, starring Adam Arkin, Hector Elizondo and Peter Berg

• Season 1 Episode 18: Informed Consent

  Geiger and Shutt push back medical boundaries by performing a radical operation on a dying man, while Kronk learns a startling fact about girlfriend Annie. An angry Hancock tackles the Rayfield health maintenance organisation. Hospital drama, starring Mandy Patinkin.

• Season 1 Episode 17: Growth Pains

  The staff is shocked when a man arrives with a metal bar through his skull, which has damaged the frontal lobe and severely altered his personality. Nyland tends a man with a hair-eating disorder and Kadalski causes controversy over the patient's treatment

• Season 1 Episode 16: Freeze Outs

  Controversy surrounds the fate of a 12-year-old frozen during an ice-skating accident, while an Aids sufferer is refused treatment. On the personal front, Geri uses all her powers of feminine persuasion to wangle a date with Geiger. Medical drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Hector Elizondo

• Season 1 Episode 15: Life Support

  A man whose brother has been refused a heart transplant resorts to desperate measures. To make matters worse, a wounded police officer creates a potentially explosive situation. Hospital drama, starring Roxanne Hart, Thomas Gibson and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 14: Cutting Edges

  Jeffrey is shocked to discover a patient has proposed to Laurie and Kronk treats a teenager with breast cancer. Drama starring Kim Greist and Mandy Patinkin

• Season 1 Episode 13: Small Sacrifices

  Staff cope with a bizarre emergency when a flautist has his finger bitten off by a psychotic mugger, and Dr Watters feels threatened by a new face in the ER. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  A father is accused of injecting his son with harmful steroids, and it is discovered that Angela has been embezzling money from hospital staff

• Season 1 Episode 12: Great White Hope

  Geiger and Watters help a teenager who dreams of becoming a professional boxer, and Birch tries to find a couple to adopt the baby of a 15-year-old girl. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Mandy Patinkin

• Season 1 Episode 11: Love and Hope

  Geiger helps his wife Laurie rehearse for her Christmas show, Camille goes on a date with Aaron, and a nervous patient comes into the ER with an odd problem. Medical drama, starring Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Quarantine

  Nyland and Geiger are quarantined after operating on a patient who is later diagnosed with a deadly contagious disease and Camille, Aaron and Maggie are sent to join them as a precaution. Medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 9: Heartbreak

  Camille accidentally drops a donor heart intended for the rabbi who performed her wedding ceremony and Thurland is accused of sexually harassing a new nurse. Drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 8: Death Be Proud

  Shutt is reported to the ethics committee after ordering a terminally ill patient's morphine dosage to be increased, and Geiger is angry when an old rival is considered for a promotion. Drama set in a hi-tech high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo, Adam Arkin and Mandy Patinkin

• Season 1 Episode 7: Genevieve and Fat Boy

  Antonovich is told she does not have long to live, while Geiger reluctantly operates on a Mob hit-man and falls foul of a practical joke. Drama set in a hi-tech hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 6: Shutt Down

  A gang member opens fire in the emergency room but does not live to face the consequences of his actions, and a boy is struck down by a mysterious paralysis. Drama set in a hi-tech high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 5: Y'Gotta Have Heart

  An infant suffering from a rare birth defect is pronounced legally dead - but the child's mother refuses to grant an organ donation that could save another baby's life. Drama set in a gleaming high-rise hospital, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 4: With the Greatest of Ease

  Watters attempts to convince the head of an acrobatic troupe to take up a less dangerous profession. Geiger attacks a motorist's car with a golf club in a dispute over a parking space, and Shutt clashes with a patient who insists on being treated by a Jewish doctor instead of Winslow

• Season 1 Episode 3: Food Chains

  Hackett dies in the throes of passion with Angela. Thurmond applies for the right to use a baboon in an experimental Aids test, but encounters opposition from Geiger, who hopes to transplant its heart into a dying man. American medical drama, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin

• Season 1 Episode 2: Over the Rainbow

  Geiger persuades a grieving widower to permit his late wife's body to be used in a medical test, only to end up facing a lawsuit. Shutt operates on a woman suffering from a tumour, while Thurmond tries to convince Phillip to put him back in the surgical rotation

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Pilot episode of the medical drama set in an American hosptial, starring Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin as surgeons who face life-or-death decisions on a daily basis. Aaron receives divorce papers as he prepares to perform an operation to separate conjoined twins