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The Best Episodes of Chicago Hope

Every episode of Chicago Hope ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Chicago Hope!

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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Chicago Hope Season 4 Episode 3 - Brain Salad Surgery
    8.7/10(64 votes)

    #1 - Brain Salad Surgery

    S4:E3

    Dr. Shutt views his life as a musical after he collapses from an aneurism.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich

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  2. Chicago Hope Season 4 Episode 18 - Waging Bull
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    #2 - Waging Bull

    S4:E18

    Dr. McNeil attends a medical convention in Las Vegas, believing he can control his gambling addiction. After the son of a close friend dies, McNeil begins gambling again. Watters, Shutt, and Wilkes are forced to share a room in the hotel, when it is overbooked for the convention.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 14 - The Day of the Rope
    8.5/10(44 votes)

    #3 - The Day of the Rope

    S3:E14

    White supremacists on the run following a failed assassanation attempt against the President hole up in a grocery store with an injured member and demand a doctor from Chicago Hope to treat him.

    Director:Stephen Cragg
    Writers:John Tinker, Peter Berg

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  4. Chicago Hope Season 4 Episode 17 - Liver, Hold the Mushrooms
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Liver, Hold the Mushrooms

    S4:E17

    A family eats poisonous mushrooms and the mother and two sons must receive a liver transplant. A donor is found for the mother and the father is a match for the two sons. The father decides to have a live donor transplant, but is told by Kronk that only one of his children can receive the organ. Austin and Cacaci have to attend a sensitivity seminar, which only makes Austin worse. With Shutt's help a patient remembers a sexual abuse that happened during childhood, but the parent vehemently deny it ever happening. Drs. Grad and Kronk get kicked out of lamaze class.

    Director:Kenny Ortega
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Chicago Hope Season 4 Episode 24 - Physician, Heal Thyself
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Physician, Heal Thyself

    S4:E24

    As Dr. Wilkes takes his son to school gunfire errupts. The victims are brought to Chicago Hope and Wilkes finds himself having to deal with his sons post-tramatic distress. Kronk also finds himself viewing the situation in a new light, due to the recent arrival of his daughter. The situation also brings back memories of his son to Dr. Watters. Catera had to operate on the shooter, and feels conflicting emotions. Dr. McNeil pops the question to Dr. Catera. Austin is still turmoiled over the incident at the cabin.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Chicago Hope Season 1 Episode 9 - Heartbreak
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #6 - Heartbreak

    S1:E9

    Camille has an innocent and unavoidable mishap in the operating room during a heart transplant on the rabbi who performed her wedding ceremony to Aaron, and blames herself when the rabbi dies later, even though her mishap had nothing to do with his death; an inexperienced new nurse stands up to Arthur; wracked with guilt, Camille reveals the operating room mishap to the rabbi's widow, and only Alan's ingenuity in demanding an autopsy keeps the hospital from a major lawsuit; Aaron and Camille have it out over his lack of emotional support after the rabbi's death, and each of them admit to the hurt caused by their divorce.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writer:Michael Nankin

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  7. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 7 - A Time to Kill
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #7 - A Time to Kill

    S3:E7

    Aaron faces a huge moral dilemma when he's asked to operate on a death-row inmate scheduled to be executed in two weeks. McNeil treats a feisty old lady whose daughter is an old flame os his. Dr. Watters entertains an amnesiac, believing that he's a distinguished visiting doctor.

    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  8. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 8 - A Day in the Life
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #8 - A Day in the Life

    S3:E8

    Austin's cystic-fibrosis patient is just one of four patients needing transplants who have to wait in fear and hope when a potential donor appears but is prematurely pronounces dead and entered into the donor system by the inexperienced Eggert.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writer:Sara B. Cooper

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  9. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 26 - Hope Against Hope
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Hope Against Hope

    S3:E26

    Jeffrey Geiger drops by Chicago Hope to announce that he has bought a controlling interest in the hospital, and to perform a deicate heart operation on one of Kate's patients. Kronk is forced to take over caring for his father, who's afflicted with Alzheimers. Aaron and Jack ponder the meaning of religion and God when several people claim to be seeing an image of the Virgin Mary in the hospital lobby. Wilkes takes action concerning his future.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writer:John Tinker

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  10. Chicago Hope Season 5 Episode 5 - One Hundred and One Damnations
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #10 - One Hundred and One Damnations

    S5:E5

    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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  11. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 13 - Boys Will Be Girls
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Boys Will Be Girls

    S6:E13

    A teenager is forced to live his life as a girl after the slip of a knife, and McNeil goes to court to try to help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 15 - Painful Cuts
    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #12 - Painful Cuts

    S6:E15

    Keith discovers a heart murmer while giving Alicia a physical. Jeremy performs an appendectomy on Siamese twins.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 21 - Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope

    S6:E21

    Shutt's patient wakes up after being in a coma after 15 years. A man is denied health coverage, after saving Miller's life.

    Director:Mark Harmon
    Writer:Marjorie David

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  14. Chicago Hope Season 1 Episode 21 - Full Moon
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #14 - Full Moon

    S1:E21

    A troubled Dr. Geiger seeks a blessing from his institutionalized ex-wife so he can continue his relationship with Dr. Infante. A dying AIDS patient hopes Hancock can arrange a surgical procedure that would allow him to see one more sunrise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Chicago Hope Season 2 Episode 8 - Leave of Absence
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #15 - Leave of Absence

    S2:E8

    Geiger's bravado is put to the test when hospital counsel Alan Birch is shot by street thugs. Meanwhile, Grad agonizes over not being able to help Alan and Watters regrets his recent harsh words with the lawyer.

    Director:Jeremy Kagan
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  16. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 11 - Mummy Dearest
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #16 - Mummy Dearest

    S3:E11

    Diane is faced with a dilemna when she has an opportunity to examine a 500-year-old Incan mummy temporarily in town for an exhibition. An accident victim loses his memories but gains a much nicer personality, presenting Shutt and McNeil with a dilemmna.

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writers:Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich

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  17. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 18 - Growing Pains
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Growing Pains

    S3:E18

    Aaron and Phillip announce that they are buying the hospital from Wilmette, although their plans for keping the solvent do not please any of their colleagues. An HMO lawyer obsessed with ""patient responsibilty"" holds the reins on some lucrative coronary-bypass business. A patient with private insurance receives test after test for all of his petty complaints.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Sara B. Cooper

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  18. Chicago Hope Season 3 Episode 19 - The Son Also Rises
    8.1/10(41 votes)

    #18 - The Son Also Rises

    S3:E19

    Aaron discovers that his late father wasn't his biological parent when he meets the eccentric sculptor who is; Phillip learns something about his estranged son when an emergency arises; Kate treats an 11 year-old genius who hungers for contact with his overwhelmed father.

    Director:James R. Bagdonas
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  19. Chicago Hope Season 5 Episode 1 - Sarindipity
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #19 - Sarindipity

    S5:E1

    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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  20. Chicago Hope Season 5 Episode 8 - The Other Cheek
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #20 - The Other Cheek

    S5:E8

    A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Chicago Hope Season 5 Episode 12 - Adventures in Babysitting
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Adventures in Babysitting

    S5:E12

    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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  22. Chicago Hope Season 5 Episode 19 - Vanishing Acts
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #22 - Vanishing Acts

    S5:E19

    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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  23. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 9 - The Golden Hour
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #23 - The Golden Hour

    S6:E9

    On the way to a football game, Aaron and Jack get sidetracked... after they find themselves in a hostage situation with 3 wounded patients, a loose gunman, and the police about ready to enter the building.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 10 - Hanlon's Choice
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Hanlon's Choice

    S6:E10

    Dr. Hanlon must fight against her department heads when they decide they no longer want her to perform pro-bono operations. Dr. Alberghetti tries to help a young man with a staph infection.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Marjorie David

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  25. Chicago Hope Season 6 Episode 17 - Cold Hearts
    8.1/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Cold Hearts

    S6:E17

    Shutt and Simon invent a procedure and use it to save the life of a girl. McNeil treat a wrestler who's been using steroids.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Brain Salad Surgery" is the best rated episode of "Chicago Hope". It scored 8.7/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Bill D'Elia and written by Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich, it aired on 10/15/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Waging Bull".