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Season 1 – Chicago Hope

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Dr. Phillip Watters heads the hospital administration and often butts heads with dedicated doctors and surgeons who take issue with what appears to be unreasonable rules. This medical drama series focuses on the professional and personal lives of the hospital's staff.
Chicago Hope — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Chicago Hope is a beacon of ambition among hospital dramas, gifting a terrific cast with layered storylines and plenty of heart, but the series could use a prescription for toning down the occasional mawkishness.

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Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb 4, 2021
It is exciting and involving; its leads are charismatic; and most of all, it feels fresh. Go to Full Review Jonathan Storm Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 3, 2021
Maybe it's a deep and profound wine that will evolve into a classic, but its first episodes are sour and a challenge to 10 p.m. eyelids. Go to Full Review David Bianculli New York Daily News Feb 3, 2021
The second episode of Chicago Hope is as dramatic an improvement as I can remember between a pilot and first regular episode... Kelley (who wrote both) not only isolated the show's problems, but also solved them. Go to Full Review Alan Pergament Buffalo News Feb 4, 2021
4.5/5
The bloody pilot of Chicago Hope, the creation of David E. Kelley, is the season's gravest disappointment... [But the second] episode of "Hope" has so much more passion and emotional clout than the pilot that it now looks worth saving. Go to Full Review Jennifer L. Stevenson Tampa Bay Times Feb 4, 2021
If you don't choke up at the end [of the pilot], check your pulse to see if you're alive. Go to Full Review Bruce R. Miller Sioux City Journal Feb 3, 2021
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The best writer working in television, David Kelley, has tried his hand at law (L.A. Law) and law enforcement (Picket Fences). Now, he tackles medicine and comes away with an emotional, involving story. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Apr 15, 2022 Excellent hospital television show! See more Read all reviews
Chicago Hope — Season 1

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Adam Arkin

Dr. Aaron Shutt

Kim Greist

Guest Star

Jayne Brook

Dr. Diane Grad

Héctor Elizondo

Dr. Phillip Watters

Marcia Gay Harden

Guest Star

Mandy Patinkin

Dr. Jeffrey Geiger

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 1994 Pilot Devastating memories haunt Geiger as he readies for a difficult operation; Camille serves Dr. Shutt with divorce papers. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 22, 1994 Over the Rainbow Geiger goes before the executive committee after browbeating a grieving man into approving experimental surgery. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 1994 Food Chains Drs. Geiger and Thurmond don't see eye to eye when it comes to deciding which one of their patients will benefit from a donor baboon. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 6, 1994 With the Greatest of Ease Members of a high-wire act take a fall and land at Chicago Hope; Dr. Geiger is arrested at a local bar. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 1994 You Gotta Have Heart A potential heart donor, a baby born without a brain, sparks disagreement between Geiger and Watters. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 20, 1994 Shutt Down Aaron has a crisis of confidence after feeling no impulse to save a gang kid; a boy sees his mother shot. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 3, 1994 Genevieve and Fat Boy Shutt begins a relationship with Antonovich, whose seizures indicate she has brain cancer; Geiger must operate on an obese mobster. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 10, 1994 Death Be Proud Shutt and Birch go to court to help Antonovich die with dignity; Geiger must work with a nemesis to save a girl's life. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 1, 1995 Heartbreak Camille fears she may have mishandled a friend's heart during surgery, causing his death; guest Teri Polo. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 2, 1995 The Quarantine Alan is placed in charge of the hospital when most of the staff is quarantined in the OR after being exposed to a deadly virus. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 9, 1995 Love & Hope A man trying to impress his new girlfriend winds up at Chicago Hope; the holidays have a wide-ranging effect on the staff. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 16, 1995 Great White Hope A man injects his 14-year-old son, a boxer, with steroids; Shutt is audited; Birch is drawn into a pregnant teen's life. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 23, 1995 Small Sacrifices The doctors try to reattach a concert flutist's finger that was bitten off by a mugger; a former patient sues; guest Fyvush Finkel. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 6, 1995 Cutting Edges Geiger's institutionalized wife wants a divorce so she can marry a fellow mental patient; Hancock treats a 17-year-old with breast cancer. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 13, 1995 Life Support The brother (Chris Penn) of a patient needing a transplant hijacks a donor heart destined for another. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 20, 1995 Freeze Outs The doctors attempt to revive a boy who has been frozen for three hours in the waters of Lake Michigan; an AIDS researcher joins the staff. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 27, 1995 Growth Pains Alan Birch's new daughter requires surgery to have the hole in her heart repaired, but Alan finds his confidence in Dr. Geiger wavering. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 13, 1995 Informed Consent Kronk is shocked by his girlfriend's past; Geiger and Shutt rely on an experimental procedure to save an aneurysm patient. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 20, 1995 Internal Affairs Old friends ask Shutt to perform controversial surgery; Kronk's actions at an accident scene are scrutinized. Details Episode 20 Aired May 8, 1995 The Virus Terror strikes everyone at the hospital when four patients die of a mysterious virus. With Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin and E.G. Marshall. Details Episode 21 Aired May 15, 1995 Full Moon Dr. Hancock tries to grant a patient's last wish; Dr. Geiger seeks his ex-wife's blessing to pursue Dr. Infante. Details Episode 22 Aired May 22, 1995 Songs From the Cuckoo Birds Geiger has a sanity hearing after the state medical board suspends his license; Camille tells Aaron her feelings about Geiger. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
David E. Kelley
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 1994
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