Chicago Hope
Season 5 Episode Guide
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Season 5 episodes
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Episode
1
Sarindipity
Sep 30, 1998
Dr. Shutt begins to do surgery again although his future in psychiatry is uncertain. A "suicide doctor" tries to get the hospital transplant commit...
Episode
2
Austin Space
Oct 7, 1998
Dr. Shutt continues his work as a psychiatrist, helping a patient who needs to tell his father, who is an Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay. The "suic...
Episode
3
Wag the Doc
Oct 14, 1998
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 medic...
Episode
4
The Breast and the Brightest
Oct 21, 1998
Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death; Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient; Austin announces her plans with NASA...
Episode
5
One Hundred and One Damnations
Oct 28, 1998
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...
Episode
6
Viagra-Vated Assault
Nov 4, 1998
Several doctors make questionable decisions, including Jack ignoring his promise to a patient to not give him a blood transfusion, with serious con...
Episode
7
Austin, We Have a Problem
Nov 11, 1998
Gordon teaches Kate how to fly; Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American; Keith's son starts having breathing probl...
Episode
8
The Other Cheek
Nov 18, 1998
A TV star dies in the ER when a needle bursts his gluteal implant, causing cardiac arrest. News crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
Episode
9
Tantric Turkey
Nov 25, 1998
Diane is obsessing about having an elaborate gourmet Thanksgiving celebration, when Billy's mother shows up ready to give birth; The delusional sta...
Episode
10
Gun with the Wind
Dec 9, 1998
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 intervi...
Episode
11
McNeil and Pray
Dec 16, 1998
A girl on the basketball team which Jack coaches sustains a serious injury during a game, leaving him to feel guilty; Drs. Austin and Yeats work to...
Episode
12
Adventures in Babysitting
Jan 13, 1999
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 wi...
Episode
13
Karmic Relief
Jan 20, 1999
Kate learns that she has an ovarian cyst which could ruin her plans to fly with NASA. To help her deal with the stress about it, she agrees to go o...
Episode
14
Playing Through
Feb 3, 1999
During a C-section on Diane's HIV+ friend, she cuts herself and is exposed to the virus; Jack works through his hurt when he sees Lisa and Bobby ki...
Episode
15
Big Hand for the Little Lady
Feb 10, 1999
When a woman loses her hand, and her mother loses her life in a car accident, McNeil wants to perform a hand transplant from mother to daughter; Ka...
Episode
16
Home is Where the Heartache Is
Feb 17, 1999
Jack returns home to his abusive father after his brother's death; Billy's friend comes to the hospital for a heart transplant, and ends up getting...
Episode
17
A Goy and His Dog
Mar 10, 1999
Billy ponders euthanasia when his dog Gordy is diagnosed with kidney failure; Lisa tries to help a woman with metastatic breast cancer get into an...
Episode
18
Teacher's Pet
Mar 24, 1999
Kate confronts a world-renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Keith has to face his prejudice against fat people when he treats an obese...
Episode
19
Vanishing Acts
Mar 31, 1999
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three-year-old child dies; As part of an experiment, Aaron is institutionalized. But when the perso...
Episode
20
From Here to Maternity
Apr 14, 1999
A woman gives birth to twins - one black and one white; Unbeknownst to her, Dr. Austin's patient is improperly anesthetized during surgery, and can...
Episode
21
And Baby Makes 10
Apr 21, 1999
The delivery of 8 babies from one mother prompts debate and consternation about their treatment - and their existence; Yeats ends up treating an ai...
Episode
22
Kiss of Death
Apr 28, 1999
Kate rekindles a relationship with an old lover to whom she was married for two days, with surprising results; Dr. Catera tries to treat a pregnant...
Episode
23
The Heavens Can Wait
May 17, 1999
The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown psychoactive rave drug; Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver, and Kate's injuries ruin...
Episode
24
Curing Cancer
May 19, 1999
Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures; Jeffrey Geiger return...
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