CHICAGO HOPE

Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

One-hour drama set in a high-tech, high-pressure medical center where top physicians, nurses and technical support staff struggle to balance their personal and professional lives.

Season 1

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

FOOD CHAINS -1ABM03 - 1995 - Angela is mortified when Hackett dies in the throes of passion; Thurmond admonishes a physician who refused treatment to a prostitute infected with AIDS; and Geiger creates a furor when he attempts to transplant a baboon's heart into a dying patient.

DEATH BE PROUD - 1ABM07 - 1995 - Shutt sees euthanasia as the humane way out for the dying Antonovich; and a plastic surgeon milks media publicity for all its worth when she agrees to operate on a badly disfigured girl from Honduras.

FREEZE OUT - 1ABM15 - Doctors attempt to revive a boy who was submerged beneath icy water for three hours; a man dying of AIDS receives an experimental treatment; and Infante asks Geiger out on a date.

Season 2

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

LEAVE OF ABSENCE - 2ABM08 - 1996 - Geiger desperately attempts to save Birch's life after he is senselessly gunned down by street thugs.

STAND - 2ABM09 - 1996 - Shutt approves an unorthodox procedure to treat a man suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Sutton serves up an unusual memorial to exorcise the staff's lingering feelings towards Geiger.

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE - 2ABM11 - 1996 - As Christmas approaches...Nyland and Hancock aid a wounded man trapped in a neighborhood under siege by gang members. Camille is rushed to the emergency room after she loses consciousness. A father pressures his son to have an operation that could cost the boy his athletic career.

HEARTS AND MINDS - 2ABM15 - 1996 - A heart transplant recipient suspects the organ donor's past life is influencing the way he thinks; a pregnant Mexican woman with strange burn marks is rushed to the emergency room; the hospital psychiatrist, herself a manic-depressive, recommends radical treatment for a boy who suffers from a debilitating mental disorder; and Camille is forced to undergo more urine analysis testing for drugs. Language(s): Latin Spanish

LAST ONE OUT, GET THE LIGHTS - 2ABM23 - 1996 - Austin's ex-husband announces he is buying the hospital. A potential bio-hazard forces the emergency room's evacuation. Hancock's sister is attacked. The validity of Grad's research is questioned.

Season 3

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

A TIME TO KILL - 3ABM07 - 1996 - Shutt grapples with an ethical dilemma when a Death Row inmate requests that his life be terminated during an upcoming operation. Watters unwittingly befriends an amnesiac. Romance blossoms between McNeil and an old girlfriend.

A DAY IN THE LIFE - 3ABM08 - 1996 - Doctors attempt to determine whether an organ donor who was apparently killed in a fall is brain dead; a young woman clings to life as she awaits a lung transplant.

DIVIDED LOYALTY - 3ABM09 - 1996 - Kronk suspects his longtime friend may have shot a police officer. Hancock asks Wilkes to volunteer his time at a free clinic. Wilder exacts revenge on McNeil. A resident resigns from the hospital.

MISSED CONCEPTION - 3ABM15 - 1997- Austin's friend undergoes fertility treatments. Shutt opts for experimental gene therapy when Stockton's health deteriorates. A cancer patient requests marijuana to ease her pain.

THE SON ALSO RISES - 3ABM18 - 1997 - Shutt meets his real father. Watters and his estranged son aid a wounded gangbanger. Austin befriends a dying eleven-year-old genius.

LAMB TO SLAUGHTER - 3ABM26 - 1997 - An Assistant State's Attorney launches an investigation after the mother of a mortally-wounded gangbanger accuses the hospital of letting her son die.

Season 4

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES - 4ABM02 - 1997 - Kronk suspects a mother may be intentionally making her daughter ill. Shutt suffers enormous guilt after a patient dies during a routine operation. McNeil joins a Gambler's Anonymous program.

WINGING IT - 4ABM08 - 1997 - Austin and McNeil perform emergency surgery during a flight to London. Shutt begins his first day as a psychiatric resident.

OBJECTS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR - 4ABM19 - 1998 - Wilkes is stunned when a young, seemingly healthy patient suddenly dies. Austin searches for answers after a young friend of Sara's goes into cardiac arrest. A woman who claims to be a patient's sister is forced into revealing the true nature of the relationship. Shutt interviews an eccentric man who volunteered for a research experiment.

Season 5

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

GUN WITH THE WIND - 5ABM10 - 1998 - Raymond Wilkes shoots his best friend with his father's gun; a gorgeous patient professes having sexual fantasies about Shutt; a NASA representative performs a background check on Austin.

A GUY AND HIS DOG - 5ABM17 - 1999 - Catera fights for her dying patient's right to have access to experimental drug trials; Shutt's HIV-positive patient confesses to a murder; Kronk cannot bring himself to put his beloved but ailing dog to sleep.

FROM HERE TO MATERNITY - 5ABM20 - 1999 - Austin comes under fire when she comments on the size of a patient's genitals; a woman gives birth to twins fathered by two different men; a boy genius whose brain never "shuts off" seeks Catera's help.

CURING CANCER - 5ABM24 - 1999 - Geiger returns as the head of the hospital board and proceeds with a major housecleaning of the staff. Emblematic of a new drive for excellence, the doctors treat an infant with a seemingly inoperable brain tumor.

Season 6

Cast: Adam Arkin, Mindy Patinkin, Christine Lahti, Hector Elizondo, Roxanne Heart, Peter McNicol, Thomas Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Jamey Sheridan

OH WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN - 6ABM03 - 1999 - A surgeon afflicted with Tourette syndrome prepares to operate on a newborn; Hanlon's patient hopes plastic surgery will transform her into a Barbie look-alike; a man donates Albert Einstein's brain to the hospital.

VIGILANCE & CARE - 6ABM04 - 1999 - A risk management committee investigates McNeil's amputation of a young baseball player's arm; Shutt deals with a young unidentified girl who is unable to speak.

UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS - 6ABM06 - 1999 - Alberghetti and an obstetrician attempt to impregnate a patient after the woman miscarries and her husband dies of a heart attack; the hospital finds itself in the midst of a rodent crisis.

THE HEART TO HEART - 6ABM08 - 1999 - As Thanksgiving approaches…Geiger and Alberghetti fight to save a patient's life by watching a satellite feed of a surgeon in Sri Lanka performing an experimental procedure.

THE GOLDEN HOUR - 6ABM09 - 1999 - An armed man traps McNeil and Shutt in a warehouse with critically injured gunshot victims; Hanlon and Alberghetti fight to save the life of a stabbing victim.

HANLON'S CHOICE - 6ABM10 - 2000 - Hanlon attempts to convince a Laotian refugee to undergo cancer surgery; a man with a heart condition believes his body jewelry protects him from harm.

LETTING GO - 6ABM12 - 2000 - Wilkes' estranged aunt attempts to save a man infected with tuberculosis; Simon is stymied by a patient whose ailment cannot be identified.

COLD HEARTS - 6ABM17 - 2000 - Shutt and Simon fight to save the life of an eleven-year-old girl with a seemingly inoperable brain aneurysm; steroid use catches up to a female pro-wrestler; Wilkes and his son come to the aid of an ailing tarantula.

DEVOTED ATTACHMENT - 6ABM18 - 2000 - Doctors fight to the save the lives of co-joined twins when one is diagnosed with cancer; McNeil's childhood mentor seeks help for a gunshot wound…and asks McNeil to keep quiet about how it happened.

MILLER TIME - 6ABM19 - 2000 - Charismatic Hugh Miller takes over the hospital when it is sold to an HMO; Simon and Shutt attempt to save the life of a fetus with an enlarged head by performing surgery in the mother's womb.

THOUGHTS OF YOU - 6ABM20 - 2000 - Simon and Shutt wire a paralyzed patient's brain to a computer; McNeil encounters a mountain of HMO bureaucracy when one of his patients requires hip replacement surgery.

HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU - 6ABM22 - When the hospital is put up for sale, Miller purchases stock in a company owned by a paralyzed computer genius who is about to undergo an experimental operation that utilizes his company's technology….leaving hospital's ultimate fate in McNeil's hands.