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Season 4 – 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.

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Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly 12/21/2018
B+
[Chicago Hope's] producers have also taken a high-minded but dreary character - in this case, Christine Lahti's strident sourpuss chief of surgery Kathryn Austin - and shaken her up. Go to Full Review Paul Karon Variety 12/21/2018
Louis Mann's production design is bright and striking, and choreography by Kenny Ortega rocks [in the third episode]. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Chicago Hope — Season 4

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Adam Arkin

Dr. Aaron Shutt

Mandy Patinkin

Dr. Jeffrey Geiger

Christine Lahti

Dr. Kathryn Austin

Héctor Elizondo

Dr. Phillip Watters

Peter Berg

Dr. Billy Kronk

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Dr. Dennis Hancock

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 1, 1997 Guns 'n' Roses Gang warfare breaks out in the E.R.; suspicious Austin refuses to perform a heart transplant; the romance of Kronk and Grad is on again. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 8, 1997 The Incredible Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen ... by Proxy A woman may be making her daughter sick purposely; Kronk wants a child; Shutt's patient dies; McNeil joins Gamblers Anonymous. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 15, 1997 Brain Salad Surgery Dr. Shutt sees the events of his life, from his bar mitzvah to his difficult friendship with Dr. Geiger, pass by when he lapses into a coma. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 22, 1997 Sympathy for the Devil A convicted sex offender begs Dr. Kronk to castrate him; Dr. Shutt struggles to regain his health; Dr. Grad treats a girl for HIV. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 29, 1997 ... And the Hand Played On Shutt may have brain damage; Dr. Catera proves her worth; Austin is trapped in an elevator with a sexy electrician. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 5, 1997 The Lung and the Restless A boy undergoes a live-donor lung transplant; Grad learns she is pregnant; Kronk announces a trip to South America; Shutt tries biofeedback. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 12, 1997 White Trash Hancock and the police search trash bins for a newborn; male rape; Kronk and Grad wed at the airport; a basketball player has a heart defect. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 19, 1997 Winging It Austin and McNeil perform emergency surgery aboard a transatlantic flight; Shutt begins psychiatric residency. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 26, 1997 Cabin Fever A violent storm traps Austin, Catera and Grad in a remote cabin, where they have an unexpected and deadly visitor. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 10, 1997 All in the Family A child's suicide devastates a family; Dr. Wilkes' father wants reconciliation; Hancock and McNeil suspect child-abuse. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 17, 1997 On Golden Pond Wilkes does community service at Hancock's clinic; an accountant absconds with Watters' money; Shutt and Catera clash; McNeil plays Santa; Grad gets an early Christmas present. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 7, 1998 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. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 14, 1998 Memento Mori The hospital loses electricity in the dead of winter; Austin must do emergency surgery on a close friend; a beatific Jane Doe bears stigmata; pregnant Grad feels unattractive. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 21, 1998 Psychodrama In a black-and-white tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Watters thinks he sees a murder through a telescope; Austin's lovebird escapes; Grad tracks down her birth mother; McNeil's ex-con brother shows up; guest Tippi Hedren. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 4, 1998 The Ties That Bind Catera must operate on a child who has deadly seizures; Grad finds a lump in her breast; a girl has more than indigestion. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 4, 1998 The Things We Do for Love Catera's fascination with McNeil's brother becomes personal; Kronk gets into a bar brawl; Austin suggests Danny meet Sara; Watters moonlights as a standup comic. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 11, 1998 Liver, Hold the Mushrooms A father must choose which child to save; Austin and Cacaci take sensitivity training; Shutt helps a patient regain memory; Grad and Kronk get thrown out of Lamaze class. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 18, 1998 Waging Bull The doctors attend a medical conference in Las Vegas; tragedy triggers McNeil's gambling addiction; guest Engelbert Humperdinck. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 25, 1998 Objects Are Closer Than They Appear A teen's death seems to have no cause; loved ones wrangle over a woman's fate; Shutt studies an eccentric artist. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 1, 1998 Deliverance Grad goes into labor, and Kronk is missing; Wilkes saves abuse victims; McNeil and Catera take dance lessons. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 8, 1998 Bridge Over Troubled Watters A grief-stricken Watters cannot accept the fact of his son's suicide; Austin brings her daughter to work; Catera reconsiders McNeil's romantic pursuit. Details Episode 22 Aired Apr 29, 1998 Risky Business Shutt drops everything to follow a fascinating artist (Lauren Bacall) with an inoperable brain tumor to California. Details Episode 23 Aired May 6, 1998 Absent Without Leave Shutt tries to convince Samara to have experimental surgery; a gift has strings attached; Kronk's mother arrives. Details Episode 24 Aired May 13, 1998 Physician, Heal Thyself Gunfire erupts in a schoolyard; Austin fantasizes a "Medical Center" answer to an annoying problem. Details

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Chicago Hope — Season 4

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Season Info

Director
Bill D'Elia, Lou Antonio, Stephen Cragg, Rob Corn, David Semel, Michael Schultz, Patrick R. Norris
Executive Producer
John Tinker, Bill D'Elia, Michael Dinner
Screenwriter
Dawn Prestwich, Barbara Hall, Ian Biederman, Tim Kring, Josh Reims, David Amann, Jennifer Levin, Remi Aubuchon, Nicole Yorkin, John J. Sakmar
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 1, 1997