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Chicago Hope Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1994 - 1995
Episode 1
Pilot: Chicago Hope
Sun, Sep 18, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Shutt struggles to focus on his patients' needs after his wife files for divorce; Dr. Geiger agrees to separate conjoined twins. Thurmond: E.G. Marshall. Watters: Hector Elizondo. Mr. Collito: Louis Guss.
Episode 2
Over the Rainbow
Thu, Sep 22, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Geiger clashes with hospital executives after he performs an experimental procedure; Dr. Shutt takes on an HMO. Dr. McTeague: Paul Dooley. Yvette White: Lynne Moody. Saunders: Ken Lerner.
Episode 3
Food Chains
Thu, Sep 29, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Geiger prepares to transplant a baboon heart; Dr. Thurmond goes ape after a trauma doctor delays treating a bleeding woman---who has AIDS. Angela: Roma Maffia. Mr. Lanier: Earl Billings. Dina: Melinda Culea.
Episode 4
With the Greatest of Ease
Thu, Oct 6, 1994 60 mins
A tragic accident strikes a family trapeze act; and Dr. Shutt has a run-in with a bigoted patient (Louis Guss). Mandy Patinkin, Richard Romanus.
Episode 5
You Gotta Have Heart
Thu, Oct 13, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Watters wholeheartedly supports a woman (Nina Siemaszko) who refuses to give up on her legally dead infant. Antonovich: Margaret Colin. Nyland: Thomas Gibson. Yao: Lauren Tom.
Episode 6
Shutt Down
Thu, Oct 20, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Shutt (Adam Arkin) struggles with his ambivalence over the death of a gang member (Wafeeq Hampton) who shot up the hospital's emergency room. Judge: Stephen Elliot. Marcus: Brenden Jefferson. Kadalski: Allen Garfield.
Episode 7
Genevieve and Fat Boy
Thu, Nov 3, 1994 60 mins
Dr. Geiger performs a risky heart operation on an overweight mob killer who's a key witness for the FBI. Dr. Antonovich: Margaret Colin. Dr. Shutt: Adam Arkin. Agent: Christopher Curry.
Episode 8
Death Be Proud
Thu, Nov 10, 1994 60 mins
A 12-year-old arrives for surgery to correct a cleft palate; Dr. Antonovich remains in a coma. Mrs. Pertierra: Christine Avila. Dr. Infante: Diane Venora. Maggie: Robyn Lively.
Episode 9
Heartbreak
Sun, Jan 1, 1995 60 mins
The pressure's on Camille when the rabbi who married her to Aaron (Adam Arkin) is admitted for a heart transplant. Rabbi Taubler: Nehemiah Persoff. Mrs. Taubler: Doris Belack. Nurse: Teri Polo.
Episode 10
The Quarantine
Mon, Jan 2, 1995 60 mins
Personal and professional disputes reach a fever pitch when staff members are quarantined after they're exposed to a virus. Camille: Roxanne Hart. Aaron: Adam Arkin. Birch: Peter MacNicol.
Episode 11
Love and Hope
Mon, Jan 9, 1995 60 mins
Dr. Geiger takes part in a very special concert; a patient admitted for one problem gets treatment for ailments he never knew he had. Godfrey: Jeremy Piven. Melissa: Sarah Trigger. Laurie: Kim Greist.
Episode 12
Great White Hope
Mon, Jan 16, 1995 60 mins
A teenage boxer whom Dr. Watters helped train suffers a seizure; Birch lends support to a pregnant teen. Martin Sutton: Ivory Ocean. Lannie Sutton: Vicellous Shannon. Melissa Connel: Heather McComb. Angela: Roma Maffia.
Episode 13
Small Sacrifices
Mon, Jan 23, 1995 60 mins
Dr. Infante reattaches a severed digit to a flutist's hand; a former patient sues for malpractice; and a mystery doctor lends a hand in the E.R. Anthony Tedesco: Richard Edson. Dr. Billy Kronk: Peter Berg. Wambaugh: Fyvush Finkel. Walter Platt: Pruitt Taylor Vince.
Episode 14
Cutting Edges
Mon, Feb 6, 1995 60 mins
Dr. Geiger's wife has a surprising announcement for him; an inner-city doctor suspects that a teenage patient may have breast cancer. Sharon Parnett: LaTanya Richardson. Gilbert Weeks: Jeff Perry. Geiger: Mandy Patinkin.
Episode 15
Life Support
Mon, Feb 13, 1995 60 mins
Dr. Geiger faces a volatile situation when a donor heart he tabbed for one of his patients is redirected to one of Dr. Hancock's. Kevin Fitzpatrick: Chris Penn. Michael: Scott Burkholder. Det. Ranford: Jon Polito.
Episode 16
Freeze Outs
Mon, Feb 20, 1995 60 mins
Doctors race to save a boy who fell through ice and was submerged for three hours; an AIDS patient fights for his life. Mrs. Concannon: Johann Carlo. Brian Concannon: Matt Coruba. Dr. Diane Grad: Jayne Brook.
Episode 17
Growth Pains
Mon, Feb 27, 1995 60 mins
An explosion sends a dry cleaner to the ER; and Dr. Kadalski is pressured to change his unorthodox methods when he treats a man who compulsively pulls out his hair. Singer Ben E. King has a cameo. Louis: Todd Graff. Mrs. Robertson: Ann Dowd.
Episode 18
Informed Consent
Mon, Mar 13, 1995 60 mins
Birch goes to court when Dr. Hancock is dropped by an HMO; and Drs. Shutt and Geiger perform two experimental procedures---simultaneously. Ned Tannen: Allan Rich. Sylvie Tannen: Carroll Baker. Annie: Mia Sara.
Episode 19
Internal Affairs
Mon, Mar 20, 1995 60 mins
Kronk uses extreme measures to save a life; Shutt clashes with Watters while treating a man with Parkinson's disease; and Nyland helps remove the wrong adrenal gland from an old flame (Sally Murphy). Sagonner: David Barry Gray. Barbara: Marcia Gay Harden.
Episode 20
The Virus
Mon, May 8, 1995 60 mins
A public-health official threatens to close the hospital as staff members race to isolate the source of a deadly bacteria. Dr. Infante: Diane Venora. Dr. Grad: Jayne Brook. Judge Aldrich: Stephen Elliott.
Episode 21
Full Moon
Mon, May 15, 1995 60 mins
Dr. Geiger seeks a blessing from his institutionalized ex-wife so that he can continue his relationship with Dr. Infante; and a dying AIDS patient hopes to see one more sunrise. Laurie: Kim Greist. Dr. Joseph: Steven Tobolowsky. Geiger: Mandy Patinkin.
Episode 22
Songs of the Cuckoo Birds
Mon, May 22, 1995 60 mins
After the state suspends his license to practice medicine, Dr. Geiger faces an administrative hearing in which his personal life is scrutinized like never before. St. Clair: Dean Stockwell. Schepps: Jeffrey Nordling. Judge Noffle: Charles Cioffi.
