8.9/10174 votesLoading...#1 - All the Pretty Horses
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2015
At an off-site army base, Joel and Zach get in a precarious situation; a hypothermia victim fights for the life; Alex, Maggie and Rian write their Surgical Boards.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
8.7/10153 votesLoading...#2 - Broken Hearts
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/2014
Alex is diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat but must care for the Great Randall; Charlie deals with the aftermath of the fight; one of the staff is attacked.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
8.6/1076 votesLoading...#3 - Shattered
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2015
Casualties of a bomb at a local charity run arrive at Hope Zion Hospital.
Director: Charles Officer
Writer: Malcolm MacRury
8.5/1070 votesLoading...#4 - Shine a Light
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2015
During an ice storm on Christmas Eve, Alex and Dawn fight to keep a woman alive long enough for her family to say goodbye.
Director: Peter Wellington
Writer: Fiona Highet, Patrick Tarr
8.5/1068 votesLoading...#5 - Change of Heart
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2017
Alex tries to distract herself from her grief. Charlie and Shahir try to track down Alex's brother. Alex treats a young girl with kidney failure. Maggie and Sydney treat a young woman with an STI.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1088 votesLoading...#6 - Let Me Go
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/2016
Alex and Shahir struggle to save Charlie's life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10101 votesLoading...#7 - Days of Heaven
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2014
Celebrated neurosurgeon Thor MacLeod gives Alex an offer; Charlie deals with a fatigued spirit; Joel ends up in a fight at the clinic.
Director: Peter Stebbings
Writer: Malcolm MacRury, Amanda Fahey
8.3/1076 votesLoading...#8 - Emotional Rescue
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2015
Alex discovers that she unknowingly helped the bomber at the expense of a friend.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Malcolm MacRury
8.3/1068 votesLoading...#9 - All Down the Line
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2016
Faced with a chef who refuses treatment, Alex is forced to confront how she feels about Dana's methods.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Jennifer Kassabian
8.3/1073 votesLoading...#10 - All Our Yesterdays
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 5/7/2017
The doctors rally together to try to save an unknown man who was struck by a subway train. Randal delivers a warning about Charlie's gift. Dr. Sydney Katz returns to town.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10131 votesLoading...#11 - I Watch Death
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/25/2013
Alex and Charlie are caught in the middle of a shooting on their way to their first shift back at Hope Zion. In the midst of the commotion, Alex treats a bullied teenager and deals with her own emotions about everything that’s happened in the past year. Meanwhile, Charlie is caught off guard when he realizes that he’s still able to see the spirits of deceased patients. As well, new Chief of Surgery Joel works alongside Charlie’s ex-wife Dawn to perform an intense surgery.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
8.2/10104 votesLoading...#12 - Wishbones
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/27/2013
When Alex’s brother Luke is admitted to Hope Zion Hospital in critical condition, Joel and Charlie must work together to keep him alive while keeping his admittance a secret from Alex. Meanwhile, Alex figures out a way to remove a tumour from a patient pregnant with twins, while Maggie is thrown off her game by the patient’s gorgeous OB/GYN.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Sherry White
8.2/1094 votesLoading...#13 - Nottingham 7
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2014
Alex performs surgery on one of the hospital's own doctors; a routine checkup turns deadly; a medical conspiracy extends far beyond Hope Zion.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: John Krizanc
8.2/1094 votesLoading...#14 - Wide Awake
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/2014
Alex is surprised twice in one night – first when she realizes she's been tricked into a blind double date, and again when she has to rush her mystery man to the ER.
Director: Yon Motskin
Writer: Waneta Storms
8.2/10109 votesLoading...#15 - Heaven Can Wait
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2014
Alex was stabbed in the chest and Charlie sees her as ghost. Alex realizes she saw her father hang himself. Joel has issues with himself about Alex. Maggie end hers and Gavin's relationship. Alex end up in coma and remains ghost.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
8.2/10100 votesLoading...#16 - Kiss Me Goodbye
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2014
Alex's spirit shares an emotional journey with Charlie in the spirit world. Joel treats a drug addicts necrotic leg and strikes up a unlikely close bond to the patient. Dr. Sydney Katz begins her new job throwing Maggie off her game.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
8.2/10104 votesLoading...#17 - Joel 2:31 (AKA Apocalypse Now)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2014
Alex, Maggie and Joel face a mystery; Charlie meets a patient with an usual link; an unexpected visitor has Zach questioning his abilities as a dad
Director: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Amanda Fahey
8.2/1068 votesLoading...#18 - Heart of Stone
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2015
A young motocross rider is diagnosed with Leukemia, forcing Dr. Alex Reid to navigate family secrets in order to put her young patient on the road to recovery.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Waneta Storms
8.2/1065 votesLoading...#19 - Leap of Faith
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2017
Alex and Maggie work together to deliver a baby. Charlie treats a magician.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10110 votesLoading...#20 - Ride Hard or Go Home
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/6/2012
A last-resort operation is performed on Charlie, who must confront his past in order to awake from his coma. Elsewhere, Joel leads risky surgery on a female jockey, and Gavin crosses a line when working with an Alzheimer's patient.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Adam Pettle, Marcus Robinson
8.1/10100 votesLoading...#21 - Why Waste Time
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/2013
Alex is trying to get her life back to normal with Charlie and at Hope Zion Hosital – but with Charlie’s head in the clouds and the pressure to find her medical niche – she’s struggling. Inspiration comes in the form of an immigrant doctor who needs Alex to save his wife’s life, and in return, helps her find her calling.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: N/A
8.1/10100 votesLoading...#22 - Defense
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2013
The doctors at Hope Zion Hospital are forced to deal with people from their past as Alex, Charlie and Joel take on the daunting task of operating on a malpractice lawyer known for suing every doctor in his path. Meanwhile, Zach is tested when the last person he wants to treat comes into his E.R. and a Season 1 patient returns with some difficult insight for Charlie and Alex.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Malcolm MacRury
8.1/10100 votesLoading...#23 - Defriender
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2013
When Alex and Joel end up stranded in the middle of nowhere with a severely injured couple, they’re forced to use only what’s around them to stabilize the pair until paramedics arrive. Meanwhile, back at Hope Zion Hospital, Charlie must try to save the wounded leg of his former college roommate as Gavin attempts to help Shahir improve his bedside manner.
Director: Jason Priestley
Writer: Maggie Gilmour, Morwyn Brebner
8.1/10102 votesLoading...#24 - 43 Minutes
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2014
Alex witnesses an accident involving a John Doe; Charlie and Gavin have a spiritual therapy session.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Aubrey Nealon
8.1/10101 votesLoading...#25 - Awakenings
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2014
Alex is awake but still not back to her old self, and Dawn has given strict orders for her recovery plan. Meanwhile, Charlie and Joel square‐off over differing treatment options when two fused-together burn victims are brought into the ER, and Maggie finds herself in a whirlwind of emotions triggered from the fallout of her miscarriage.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
The Best Episodes of Saving Hope
Every episode of Saving Hope ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Saving Hope!
When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in...
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Network:CTV
Best Episodes Summary
"All the Pretty Horses" is the best rated episode of "Saving Hope". It scored 8.9/10 based on 174 votes. Directed by David Wellington and written by Morwyn Brebner, it aired on 2/18/2015. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Broken Hearts".