The Worst Episodes of Saving Hope

Alex and Charlie rush to the scene of a mass casualty accident involving a bus full of teenagers.

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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

Alex and Charlie are confused about their relationship. Alex and Maggie disagree about a car crash survivor. Dana is forced to treat an injured motorcyclist. Zach bothers Maggie about dating.

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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

Charlie tries to save the arm of a man thrown from a horse. Alex joins Manny off-site to help a runaway. A rival from Dev's past arrives at Hope Zion.

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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

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: Marcus Robinson, Greg Nelson

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: Marcus Robinson, Aaron Martin

Alex and Maggie ask Charlie for his opinion on a patient's treatment. Zach is persuaded by a patient while transitioning the ER to an urgent care facility.

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Alex is challenged about the value of holistic medicine. Charlie's abilities are questioned. Two filmmakers go to Hope Zion Hospital.

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Alex has to put her concerns for Charlie aside when a chance to perform a cancer surgery arises.

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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: Waneta Storms, Malcolm MacRury, Marcus Robinson

Shahir and Alex attempt a radical surgery on an Alzheimer's patient; Tom discovers his mentor is keeping a secret; Charlie is torn between Dawn's wishes and the final requests of a dead con-man.

Director: Steve DiMarco

Writer: John Krizanc

Alex and Charlie perform a double surgery on a teenage girl; Joel works at the clinic; Maggie must pull through when she is reunited with the Zarb family.

Director: David Wharnsby

Writer: Fiona Highet

Two patients need the same heart; a patient has never-before-seen orthopaedic hardware; Dr. Maggie Lin feels the pressure of the upcoming boards.

Director: Jason Priestley

Writer: Patrick Tarr

Alex struggles with being a mom, a surgeon and now mentoring a junior resident.

Director: Steve DiMarco

Writer: Noelle Carbone

Alex tries to help patient who hurt himself breaking into a house. A friend of Dr. Dev Sekara has been beaten by the police; a heart patient wishes to open an animal sanctuary.

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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

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: Marcus Robinson, Aaron Martin

When Alex is forced to put a patient’s gender reassignment surgery on hold, she discovers a secret in his medical history that could save his surgery, but tear his life apart. Charlie deals with a patient who is healthy, sane – and convinced she is going to die at midnight. Meanwhile, Joel secretly helps Sonja deal with a patient of hers who’s been admitted to Hope Zion Hospital.

Director: Jeff Woolnough

Writer: Adam Pettle, Amanda Fahey

On her first day back from maternity leave, Dr. Alex Reid has her hands full when a new mother comes in following a car accident.

Director: James Genn

Writer: Adam Pettle

Dr. Alex Reid puts her reputation on the line when she questions a senior surgeon’s methods.

Director: John Fawcett

Writer: Patrick Tarr

Kristine shows up at the hospital with baby Luke's blanket.

Director: Peter Stebbings

Writer: Noelle Carbone, Katrina Saville

Alex tracks down the father of a patient who needs a liver transplant. The new CEO of Hope Zion is at odds with Dawn. Zach faces trials in the E.R.

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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: Sherry White, Marcus Robinson