The Best Episodes of Chicago Hope Season 5

#1 Fan Favorite
8.1/10(34 votes)
#1 - Sarindipity
S5:E19/30/1998
A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
Director:Bill D'Elia
Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich
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Director:Bill D'Elia
Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich
7.5/10(26 votes)
#2 - Austin Space
S5:E210/7/1998
A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in space program has a heart attack and Kate takes the doctors place in the program. Dr. Shutt has a patient who needs to tell his father, an Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay.
Director:Stephen Cragg
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Stephen Cragg
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(41 votes)
#3 - Wag the Doc
S5:E310/14/1998
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 medicine needed isn't covered by insurance.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(28 votes)
#4 - The Breast and the Brightest
S5:E410/21/1998
Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death. Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient. Austin announces her plans with NASA, and Watters taked away her status as Chief of Surgery. Yeats uses his ""sixth sense"" to diagnose a patient.
Director:Martha Mitchell
Writer:Barbara Hall
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Director:Martha Mitchell
Writer:Barbara Hall
8.2/10(30 votes)
#5 - One Hundred and One Damnations
S5:E510/28/1998
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 of wisdom from Alan Birch. Camille Shutt returns for the party and Aaron discovers he still has feeling for her. Dr. Nyland returns to the hospital and reveals that he has really changed his life. Geiger also visits the hospital.
Director:Michael Pressman
Writers:John Tinker, Barbara Hall
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Director:Michael Pressman
Writers:John Tinker, Barbara Hall
7.9/10(37 votes)
#6 - Viagra-Vated Assault
S5:E611/4/1998
Kate discovers that a patient is using Viagra to cheat on his wife; Jack gives a blood transfusion even though it's against the patient's Jehovah's Witness religion; a musician fears his creativity may be stifled by the medicine Aaron prescribes for his bipolar disorder; Joe's son drives the staff crazy as he roams the hospital behaving exactly like his father.
Director:Rob Corn
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Rob Corn
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7.8/10(29 votes)
#7 - Austin, We Have a Problem
S5:E711/11/1998
Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
Director:Lou Antonio
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Lou Antonio
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(33 votes)
#8 - The Other Cheek
S5:E811/18/1998
A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
Director:Bill D'Elia
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Bill D'Elia
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(33 votes)
#9 - Tantric Turkey
S5:E911/25/1998
Billy's mother shows up at the hospital and announces she is about to give birth. The star of the road company version on ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" comes to the hospital when the star is ill. Yeats former teacher comes to the hospital with chest pains.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(23 votes)
#10 - Gun with the Wind
S5:E1012/9/1998
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 starts interview Kate's colleagues. One of Aaron's patients is attracted to him.
Director:Sandy Smolan
Writer:Linda Loiselle Guzik
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Director:Sandy Smolan
Writer:Linda Loiselle Guzik
8.0/10(23 votes)
#11 - McNeil and Pray
S5:E1112/16/1998
A member of Jack's basketball team sustains a near-fatal injury during a game; Bobby disagrees about the need for his patient to have heart surgery.
Director:James R. Bagdonas
Writer:Unknown
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Director:James R. Bagdonas
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(26 votes)
#12 - Adventures in Babysitting
S5:E121/13/1999
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 with a genius I.Q.; Joe tries to decide who should go into the hospital's fallout shelter in an emergency.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(25 votes)
#13 - Karmic Relief
S5:E131/20/1999
Kate discovers that she has developed an ovarian cyst which could destroy her plans with NASA. After Kate hears this news she agrees to go to a retreat... that Yeats is leading.
Director:Adam Arkin
Writer:Barbara Hall
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Director:Adam Arkin
Writer:Barbara Hall
7.5/10(27 votes)
#14 - Playing Through
S5:E142/3/1999
During surgery to resolve an HIV-positive woman's post-partum complications, Diane accidentally cuts herself and is exposed to the virus; problems arise between Jack and Lisa when he discovers that she's been seeing Robert; a homeless man takes shelter in the hospital's main entrance; an unidentified man is hit by a train after trying to save a child; Jack takes up golf in the hospital.
Director:Kenny Ortega
Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich
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Director:Kenny Ortega
Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich
7.7/10(78 votes)
#15 - Big Hand for the Little Lady
S5:E152/10/1999
McNeil performs a hand transplant on the patient, and uses the patient's dead mother's hand. Kate is accepted by NASA. An old childhood friends visits Watters and asks for one of his kidneys.
Director:Rob Corn
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Rob Corn
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(24 votes)
#16 - Home is Where the Heartache Is
S5:E162/17/1999
Jack returns after his brother's death; fearing the impact of HMOs on his practice, Joe begins to sell doorway products; Billy's friend comes to the hospital for a heart transplant, and ends up getting an experimental procedure after the hospital receives the wrong organ.
Director:Oz Scott
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Oz Scott
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(26 votes)
#17 - A Goy and His Dog
S5:E173/10/1999
Billy ponders euthanasia when Gordy is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis; Lisa tries to help a woman with metastatic breast cancer get into an experimental group even though the woman doesn't fit the study parameters; Aaron's patient confesses to murder.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.8/10(32 votes)
#18 - Teacher's Pet
S5:E183/24/1999
Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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8.1/10(33 votes)
#19 - Vanishing Acts
S5:E193/31/1999
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.
Director:Michael Schultz
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael Schultz
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(29 votes)
#20 - From Here to Maternity
S5:E204/14/1999
A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.
Director:Mark Harmon
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Mark Harmon
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(91 votes)
#21 - And Baby Makes 10
S5:E214/21/1999
Dr. Hancock's patient, who was using fertility drugs, gives birth to 8 babies.
Director:Martha Mitchell
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Martha Mitchell
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(38 votes)
#22 - Kiss of Death
S5:E224/28/1999
Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his charge that Phillip had an affair with a patient.
Director:James R. Bagdonas
Writer:Unknown
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Director:James R. Bagdonas
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(31 votes)
#23 - The Heavens Can Wait
S5:E235/17/1999
The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown rave drug; Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver; Phillip's fate is decided.
Director:Stephen Cragg
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Stephen Cragg
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(37 votes)
#24 - Curing Cancer
S5:E245/19/1999
Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures. Jeffrey Geiger returns to the hospital and promptly fires half the staff, whom then sue to get their jobs back.
Director:Bill D'Elia
Writer:David E. Kelley
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Director:Bill D'Elia
Writer:David E. Kelley