The Best Episodes of Saving Hope Season 1
Every episode of Saving Hope Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saving Hope Season 1!
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 a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris wanders the halls of Hope-Zee in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Saving Hope" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.3/10 from 216 user votes. It was directed by David Wellington and written by Morwyn Brebner, Malcolm MacRury. "Pilot" aired on 6/7/2012 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Contact".
7.3/10 216 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/2012
In the premiere episode, the Chief of Surgery ends up in a coma, and his fiancée and fellow surgeons fight to save his life.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner, Malcolm MacRury
7.5/10 159 votes#2 - Contact
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2012
Alex Reid treats a young boy with mysterious symptoms while dealing with the arrival of Charlie's ex-wife. Elsewhere in the hospital, Joel Goran and Maggie Lin try to help a patient who refuses life-saving treatment on religious grounds.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner
7.4/10 140 votes#3 - Blindness
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2012
After Charlie’s hand moved in the last episode, Alex has high hopes for his recovery, while she treats a patient who already has multiple surgeries under his belt. Meanwhile, Charlie coaches a young man killed in a roofing accident who has unfinished business with his severely injured brother.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Adam Pettle, Marcus Robinson
7.5/10 142 votes#4 - The Fight
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2012
A sleep-deprived Alex takes on a night shift in the ER where an all-star hockey enforcer may be skating full-speed towards an early death. Meanwhile, Charlie meets a suburban punk who is facing the biggest fight of his life.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Greg Nelson, Marcus Robinson
7.5/10 128 votes#5 - Out of Sight
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2012
A high profile double hand replantation becomes Alex's (Durance) chance to prove to Kinney (Wendy Crewson) that she is still capable of being Chief Surgical Resident. In the ICU, Maggie (Ross) believes a homeless man may have been misdiagnosed.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Aaron Martin, Marcus Robinson
7.9/10 130 votes#6 - The Great Randall
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2012
When a severely injured man under the spell of hypnosis can't remember his identity, the hypnotist who put him under is called into the hospital - where he uses his psychic ability to connect Charlie and Alex.
Director: Peter Wellington
Writer: Marcus Robinson, Sherry White
7.6/10 118 votes#7 - Consenting Adults
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2012
A routine surgical procedure goes awry when Alex's patient, a soon-to-be-wed young woman, falls into a coma. While Alex struggles with a case that hits close to home, Joel treats a patient who does his own body modifications, and Charlie finds himself drawn to Alex's coma patient in the spirit world.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Malcolm MacRury, Waneta Storms, Marcus Robinson
7.7/10 123 votes#8 - Heartsick
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2012
With Charlie's life hanging in the balance, Alex and Dawn go head-to-head over who gets to be his legal decision maker - but are forced to put personal matters aside when they scrub into a heart transplant surgery together. Charlie, meanwhile, is in no mood to talk to the heart donor - a deceased prisoner.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner, Adam Pettle, Marcus Robinson
7.8/10 124 votes#9 - Bea, Again
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/16/2012
Charlie’s ex-wife, Dawn, has pulled the plug on his ventilator. All that’s left now is to wait for his breathing to stop. Devastated, Alex vows to stay by Charlie’s side. Meanwhile, Charlie – resisting his death – bumps into Mack MacIlreath, a recently deceased colleague, who has come to help Charlie die. Alex decides to lawyer up and appeal to the Consent & Capacity Board. While the process gets started, Alex is pulled away to meet with a patient: a young woman named Bea, who Alex performed surgery on while working as a first year surgical resident under Dr. Charles Harris. Bea’s check-up is all clear, but Mack and Charlie fear that she was misdiagnosed. And if Alex doesn’t catch it before Bea walks out of the hospital, she could die. Elsewhere, Joel’s hand is broken and he cannot operate until it is fully healed. Stuck with doing consults, he takes the case of a choir singer who makes a “miraculous” recovery from her paralysis.
Director: Peter Wellington
Writer: Esta Spalding, Marcus Robinson
7.7/10 121 votes#10 - A New Beginning
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/23/2012
When Joel gets cold feet in the OR, Kinney takes him with her on a Continuing Medical Education assignment in her hometown to help clear his head. During their field trip, a woman gets pinned underneath a truck and Joel and Kinney lead the rescue effort. Meanwhile, Charlie meets a newly deceased therapist who suspects it’s an emotional block that is keeping him in his coma. Encouraged by Charlie breathing on his own, Alex continues her rounds and diagnoses a fitness buff with a rare condition.
Director: Steve DiMarco
Writer: Aaron Martin, Marcus Robinson
8.0/10 112 votes#11 - The Law of Contagion
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/30/2012
A passenger's illness forces a plane to land; when Alex performs emergency surgery on the patient, she realizes a deadly and contagious virus may have been brought into the hospital.
Director: T.W. Peacocke
Writer: Greg Nelson, Marcus Robinson
8.1/10 106 votes#12 - 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
8.0/10 113 votes#13 - Pink Clouds
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/13/2012
In the Season 1 finale, Alex confronts game-changing questions following a monumental turn of events. Elsewhere, Joel scrambles to save a patient suffering from a rapidly spreading flesh-eating disease.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Morwyn Brebner, Marcus Robinson