5th Season 1998

  1. "Sarindipity"
    gs: Harley Jane Kozak [ Dr. Lucille Corcoran ], James Eckhouse [ Jerry Kleiman ], Joanna Miles [ Judge Faye Paladino ], Richard Riehle [ Milo Schwarz ], Deborah Van Valkenburgh [ Robin Kleiman ], Ed O'Ross [ Ev Wyman ], Allan Miller [ Dr. John Colentano ], Michael Bofshever [ Timothy Sarhatt ], Margot Rose [ Elizabeth Moreno ], Bob Clendenin [ Martin Katz ], Jonathan Nichols [ Dr. Daniel Didden ], Allen Williams [ Owner ], Ellen Blain [ Bobbie Kleiman ], Marquis Scott [ Andre ], Yvette Cruise [ Rosa Trujillo ], Ellerine [ Grandma ], Taneka Johnson [ EMS Worker #2 ], Richard Whiten [ Firefighter #1 ], Susan Chuang [ Teller ], Kyme [ Reporter #1 ], Jason Bratcher [ Teenager ], Venessia Valentino [ Nurse Tracey Doyle ]

    rc: Cacaci

    Austin struggles over whether to transplant the heart of a suicide victim into a teenage girl. Dr. Hancock is trapped in a vicious nerve gas attack in a bank. Wilkes and Kronk respond to the scene. Dr. Shutt tries to find a happy medium between psychiatry and neurosurgery. With McNeil's help, Aaron is scheduled to perform his first surgery since the aneurysm. With Diane returning to work, Billy and Diane leave their child with a babysitter, prompting Billy to consider staying home during the day.

    b: 30 Sep 98 pc: 5ABM01 w: Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin d: Bill D'Elia
  2. "Austin Space"
    gs: Chris Sarandon [ Gordon Mays ], Michael Goorjian [ Jacob Joffe ], Harley Jane Kozak [ Dr. Lucille Corcoran ], Arthur Rosenberg [ Rabbi Joffe ], Ariel Felix [ Anesthesiologist ], Loyda Ramos [ Nurse Loyda Santos ], Ed Francis Martin [ Photographer ], Mark Ankeny [ Marty ], Ken Narasaki [ EMT ]

    rc: Dr. Rose Weber, Sara, Cacaci

    Dr. Austin oversees a physical exam on Gordon Mays, an astronaut with a bad heart. Kate begins thinking about becoming an astronaut herself when it becomes apparent Mays isn't fit to go into space. Dr. Corcoran (Dr. Death) is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Corcoran invites all her friends, and Dr. Grad, to a party where she plans to take her own life. Aaron treats a young Hasidic man with OCD, trying to find a way to tell his father he's gay. Meanwhile, Cacaci extols the virtues of his 'Y2K' or year 2000 plan.

    b: 7 Oct 98 pc: 5ABM02 w: Jan Oxenberg d: Stephen Cragg
  3. "Wag the Doc"
    gs: Chris Sarandon [ Gordon Mays ], Kurt Fuller [ Artie Lomax ], Ken Lerner [ Jonathan Saunders ], Mark Moses [ Ron Greenfield ], Alan Blumenfeld [ Herb Parker ], Starletta Du Pois [ Arlene Reese ], Eve Brenner [ Mrs. Gallagher ], Melissa van der Schyff [ Tina Corso ], Kimberly Huie [ Very Attractive Nurse ], Jane Hajduk [ Lisa ], Loyda Ramos [ Psych Nurse ], Monique Edwards [ Nurse Laurel Canyon ], Cathy De Buono [ Paramedic ], Stacey Tate [ N.I.C.U. Nurse ]

    Standard Fare. Dennis manipulates the system by bringing an uninsured pregnant mother into the hospital to give birth, thereby insuring her sick infant will be treated. Aaron fights an HMO to get a patient medication. Lisa is the focus of a newsmagazine story, resulting in an offer to head the neurosurgery dept. McNeil is roped into coaching a women's basketball team. This episode contains no lectures on the evils of firearms.

    b: 14 Oct 98 pc: 5ABM03 w: Ian Biederman d: James C. Hart
  4. "The Breast and the Brightest"
    gs: Lisa Eichhorn [ Ellen Galloway ], James Lancaster [ John Galloway ], Peter Gregory [ Michael Ross ], Sarah Long [ Susan Ross ], Jim Abele [ Tsoukalas ], Art Chudabala [ Peter Hardie ], Nancy Bell [ Janice James ], Bahni Turpin [ Sandra ], Salli Saffioti [ Dee Kayson ], Joyce Guy [ E.R. Nurse ], Bryan Pena [ Officer Zisk ], Michelle Wolff [ EMT Person ], Tim McFadyen [ E.R. Nurse ]

    rc: Cacaci, Rose

    Diane, already guilty about leaving little Emily home with Billy, overreacts when a malnourished child dies in the ER, accusing the parents of starving the infant. Aaron gets an opportunity to exercise his psychiatric skills when a patient is brought in complaining of frequent waking blackouts. New doctor Robert Yeats aids Wilkes in the ER, earning first Wilkes' derision with his very unorthodox theories, and then in textbook fashion, his praise.

    b: 21 Oct 98 pc: 5ABM04 w: Barbara Hall d: Martha Mitchell
  5. "One Hundred and One Damnations"
    gs: Bruce Kirby [ Garner Haverston ], Kathleen Nolan [ Elizabeth Haverston ], Gregory Vignolle [ Ronald Sears ], Judy Prescott [ Judy Sears ], Helena Lewis [ Paramedic ]

    rc: Jeffrey Geiger, Danny Nyland, Camille, Alan Birch, Cacaci

    Old friends visit Chicago Hope for the hospital's anniversary banquet. Phillip, in a fever-induced dream state, sees and converses with the late Alan Birch. Alan tries to teach Phillip the creator's great plan of happiness. Danny Nyland visits Phillip's bedside. Aaron and Camille rekindle their romance. Jeffrey returns again. Meanwhile, new father Billy and Yeats clash over Yeats treatment of an infant.

    b: 28 Oct 98 pc: 5ABM06 w: Barbara Hall & John Tinker d: Michael Pressman

    NOTE: Dedicated in loving memory to E.G. Marshall who passed away earlier in the year.
  6. "Viagra-Vated Assault"
    gs: Max Gail [ Caleb Cline ], Christopher Pettiet [ Kevin ], Todd Louiso [ Andy Sparks ], Kristin Bauer [ Mrs. Cacaci ], Jonathan Osser [ Nathan Cacaci ], Carmen Argenziano [ Donald Malloy ], Cynthia Mace [ Jan Dicker ], Jeffrey King [ Lee Dicker ], Clyde Kusatsu [ Frank Fenton ], Dorothy Fieldings [ Cathy Malloy ], Pancho Demmings [ Detective ], Ariel Felix [ Anesthesiologist ], Tim McFadyen [ Nurse Juan Numero ]

    rc: Rose, Cacaci

    Aaron treats a manic-depressive 'Brill Building'-era songwriter who's trying to stay off lithium to write one last hit. Dr. McNeil violates ethics when he gives a Jehovah's Witness a blood transfusion after the patient specifically refused one. Cacaci's young son visits the ER, offering opinions and enlightening staffers on exactly what Cacaci thinks of them.

    b: 4 Nov 98 pc: 5ABM05 w: Josh Reims d: Rob Corn
  7. "Austin, We Have a Problem"
    gs: Chris Sarandon [ Dr. Gordon Mays ], Thom Gossom, Jr. [ Carl Thorner ], Walter Olkewicz [ Harry Zakovitch ], Badja Djola [ Jean Baptiste Marche ], Oren Williams [ Raymond Wilkes ], Dan Bucatinsky [ Politico Man ], Bruce Nozik [ Eric Borgstrom ], Paul Lieber [ Reporter #4 ], Kyme [ Reporter #1 & Reporter #2 ], Sonya Jackson [ Homeless Woman ], Ben Jurand [ Neighbor Man ], David Youse [ EMT #2 ], Dion C. Overstreet, Jr. [ Boy ], Imagine Vincent [ Girl ], Jeremy Butler [ Kid ], John Cappon [ EMT #1 ], Ellen Marie Andrews [ Reporter #3 ]

    The shooting of a homeless man outside Hancock's clinic propels Dennis into the spotlight, and leaves him seriously considering running for city Alderman. Dr. Austin takes flying lessons from Gordon Mays. Yeats proposes a surgical alternative to a professional wrestler, earning McNeil's displeasure. Wilkes brings his son into the hospital after Raymond starts suffering from mysterious asthma attacks, which Diane believes is related to the schoolyard shooting incident.

    b: 11 Nov 98 pc: 5ABM07 w: Remi Aubuchon d: Lou Antonio
  8. "The Other Cheek"
    gs: Victoria Principal [ Herself ], Scott Reeves [ Todd Landers ], Bob Goen [ Himself ], Kelly Connell [ Dr. Roger Thorn ], Wendy Walsh [ Herself ], Maria Ford [ Tori Landers ], Cedric Harris [ Bandaged Man ], Wade Andrew Williams [ Jerry Peru ], David Crosby [ Himself ], Eric Karros [ Himself ], Mariann Aalda [ Woman ], Linda Kerns [ Sandy Phillips ], Kimberly Flynn [ Prostitute ], Laurie Fortier [ Prostitute Double ], Bobby Edner [ Boy ], Les Moonves [ Himself ], Mary Portses [ Weeping Woman ], Sheila Shaw [ Breathless Woman ], Kimble Jemison [ Jogger ], Helena Lewis [ Paramedic ], Kyme [ Local Reporter ], Charles Stevenson, Jr. [ Minister ], Elyse Donalson [ Farm Woman ]

    rc: Cacaci

    The death of the star of a Touched by an Angel type television program due to a leaking gluteal implant brings hordes of reporters to Chicago Hope. Fans of the actor vilify McNeil for his candid take on the actor's death.

    b: 18 Nov 98 pc: 5ABM08 w: Ellen Herman d: Bill D'Elia

    NOTE: This episode was the first broadcast of a network series in HDTV. The episode was presented as an Entertainment Tonight special. Like most gimmick episodes, this one didn't work. Songwriter David Crosby, baseball player Eric Karros, and CBS executive Les Moonves appeared as themselves.
  9. "Tantric Turkey"
    gs: Barbara Babcock [ Beverly Kronk ], Michael Welch [ Lama Topa Rinpoche ], Simon Templeman [ Nigel Wiggans ], Joe Crest [ Judas ], Bryan Cranston [ Jesus ], Christina Carlisi [ Martini ], Dom Magwili [ Pembe ], Karen Fineman [ Mary Magdalene ], Jason Azikiwe [ Desmond ], David Youse [ Paramedic ], Wendee Cole [ Nurse ]

    rc: Sara, Cacaci

    Dr. Yeats treats a young boy who's the reincarnation of a Tibetan holy man. The cast of a Jesus Christ Superstar traveling show invades the hospital when its star falls ill. Kronk and Grad's Thanksgiving feast is interrupted by Billy's very pregnant mother.

    b: 25 Nov 98 pc: 5ABM09 w: David Yorkin d: John Heath
  10. "Gun with the Wind"
    gs: Oren Williams [ Raymond Wilkes ], Jim Haynie [ Nelson Hickes ], John F. O'Donohue [ Det. Ryan ], Catherine Dent [ Tanya Anderson ], Joseph Fuqua [ Gregory Costas ], Stephanie Venditto [ Helen Costas ], Christine Gonzales Lambson [ Addy Nunez ], Cory Buck [ Tommy Costas ], Michael Jannetta [ Det. Buford ], John Cappon [ Paramedic #1 ]

    rc: Gina Wilkes, Rose, Cacaci

    Wilkes is stunned when he learns his son's playmate was shot by his son, Raymond, using Keith's weapon. A NASA scientist interviews staff members for a perspective of Austin's personality. Aaron discovers an attraction for Rose Weber.

    b: 9 Dec 98 pc: 5ABM10 w: Linda Loiselle Guzik d: Sandy Smolan

    NOTE: Has there ever been a storyline more predictable than this one? As soon as Wilkes purchased a gun, it was obvious that something like this would happen. I suppose Chicago Hope producers needed a forum to broadcast their views on gun control.
  11. "McNeil and Pray"
    gs: Tamlyn Tomita [ Jennifer Watanabe ], Todd Louiso [ Andy Sparks ], Oren Williams [ Raymond Wilkes ], Henry Brown [ Carl Martin ], John Fujioka [ Mr. Watanabe ], Alyssa Ashley Nichols [ Cherise Martin ], Stacey Tate [ Nurse ]

    rc: Gina Wilkes, Rose

    While coaching his basketball team, Jack makes a crucial mistake when he allows an injured player to continue playing. Aaron sees Ray Wilkes professionally. Austin and Yeats clash over protocol when Yeats goes behind Kate's back and convinces a patient to decline surgery.

    b: 16 Dec 98 pc: 5ABM11 w: Stephen Beck d: James Bagdonas
  12. "Adventures in Babysitting"
    gs: Lisa D. Brenner [ Alison Malone ], Kurt Fuller [ Artie Lomax ], Kathe Mitchell [ Kay Meraskie ], Robert Curtis Brown [ Bill Moraskie ], Lily Knight [ Patty Lomax ], Dawn Heusser [ Madeline Carver ], Richard Anthony Crenna [ Resident ], Taneka Johnson [ Paramedic ]

    rc: Cacaci, Rose

    Billy risks his marriage when the babysitter impulsively kisses him. Dr. Shutt deals with his grief following the suicide of his patient, Artie Lomax. Yeats has qualms when an upper-class couple tries to secure the best sperm and egg donors possible to create a prodigy. Dr. Cacaci scours the hospital for the 25 personnel most likely to be useful in the event of a catastrophe.

    b: 13 Jan 99 pc: 5ABM12 w: Ian Biederman d: James C. Hart

    NOTE: In a hospital scene in the 3 Jan 99 episode of The X-Files, "Terms of Endearment" written by former Chicago Hope scribe David Amann, one can hear Dr. Nyland being paged over a loudspeaker. In an earlier 1998 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, written by former Hope writer Sara B. Charno, one of the detectives made a glib comment about the inanity of doctor television programs, or something to that effect.
  13. "Karmic Relief"
    gs: Terry Cain [ Leslie ], Mara Holguin [ Janine ], Blair Hickey [ Cop ], David Brainard [ Joseph ], Brandon Wentworth [ Paramedic ]

    rc: Sara

    Austin worries that NASA will reject her when she learns she has an ovarian cyst. Yeats invites her to a yoga retreat in the hopes of clearing her mind. Sara, staying with Jack, stays outside all night worrying about her mother's safety in the spacecraft. Jack finds Sara unconscious outside, suffering from hypothermia.

    b: 20 Jan 99 pc: 5ABM13 w: Barbara Hall d: Adam Arkin
  14. "Playing Through"
    gs: Gail Strickland [ Shirley ], Leslie Hope [ Vicki Slater ], Todd Louiso [ Andy Sparks ], Carlton Wilborn [ Jerry Lawrence ], Taylor Nichols [ Gary Slater ], Teda Bracci [ Dolores Crosscup ], Ellen Bry [ Nurse Gail ], Alissa Ann Smego [ Casey Panitch ], Boris Krutonog [ Janitor ], Dawn Landon [ Nurse Trish Adams ], Venessia Valentino [ Nurse Tracey Doyle ], Evan Acosta [ Paramedic ]

    Jack embarks on a golfing trip around the hospital after he walks in on Lisa and Yeats in each other's arms. Diane assists Dennis in a C-section on Vicki Slater (#86) an HIV-positive woman and inadvertently slices open her finger, exposing herself to HIV. Yeats is harassed by a homeless woman living in front of his building. Billy operates for hours to save the life of a man who saved a child from an El train only to be hit himself.

    b: 3 Feb 99 pc: 5ABM14 w: Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich s: Beth Glazer McLaughlin d: Kenny Ortega
  15. "Big Hand for the Little Lady"
    gs: Alan King [ Larry Lensky ], Fionnula Flanagan [ Roz Kramer ], Alanna Ubach [ Natalie Kramer ], Scott Michael Campbell [ Justin Trager ], Sandra Thigpen [ Dinah McCall ], Julie Ariola [ Judge Robin O'Hara ], Perry Shen [ Harry ], Michelle Wolff [ Paramedic #1 ], John Cappon [ Paramedic #2 ], Margaret Kemp [ Waitress ], Ariel Felix [ Anesthesiologist ], Kyme [ Reporter #1 ], Kim Loros [ Reporter #2 ], Edward Amatrudd [ Dr. Donald Berlinger ]

    rc: Sara, Cacaci

    A disfigured accident victim fights for her right to have her brain-dead mother's arm transplanted onto herself. A childhood friend of Phillip's asks for a liver. Austin receives the news she's been accepted into the space program.

    b: 10 Feb 99 pc: 5ABM15 w: Jan Oxenberg d: Rob Corn

    NOTE: A reporter mentions an ER doctor from County General has also been accepted into the space program, referring to ER character Mark Greene. Unfortunately, Greene opted out of the space program several weeks back.
  16. "Home is Where the Heartache Is"
    gs: Paul Gleason [ Tom McNeil ], Jordan Baker [ Janice ], Paula Newsome [ Michelle Corwin ], Wayne Duvall [ Kyle Corwin ], Calvin DeVault [ Young Jack ], Kendall Cunningham [ Young Sean ], Kelli Maroney [ Grace McNeil ], Phyllis Ehrlich [ Mrs. Felleman ], Tre Wood [ Danny Corwin ], Michael Francis Clarke [ Passenger ]

    rc: Cacaci

    Jack faces his childhood demons when he returns home to be with his overbearing father when Jack's brother Sean is killed in a prison fracas. Billy puts his friend's life in Kate's hands when she performs a radical heart operation, removing the patient's heart, cutting out a tumor and replacing the heart. Phillip strips Cacaci of his Chief of Surgery title after Joe peddles his 'Doorway' home-care products to staff and patients.

    b: 17 Feb 99 pc: 5ABM16 w: Josh Reims d: Oz Scott
  17. "A Goy and His Dog"
    gs: Lenny Von Dohlen [ Tom Van Deusen ], Todd Louiso [ Andy Sparks ], Stanley Anderson [ Dr. Windsor ], L. Scott Caldwell [ Bonnie Medina ], Cee-Cee Harshaw [ Clarice ], James Harper [ Dr. Terry Gerber ], Mark L. Taylor [ Allen the Vet ], Constance Zimmer [ Dana ]

    Billy finds it hard to put his ailing dog to sleep. Lisa fights for a cancer patient's inclusion in a test study, remembering her own experience watching her mother die from cancer.

    b: 10 Mar 99 pc: 5ABM17 w: Remi Aubuchon d: Richard Gershman

    NOTE: This episode was originally scheduled to air on 3 Mar 99, but was pushed back a week so that CBS could air stronger competition (Touched by an Angel repeat) to ABC's Monica Lewinsky interview.
  18. "Teacher's Pet"
    gs: Richard Crenna [ Dr. Martin Rockwell ], Travis McKenna [ Mr. Wheaton ], Tracy Middendorf [ Jesse Porter ], Oren Williams [ Ray Wilkes ], Alex Skuby [ Mark Porter ], Zach Selwyn [ Paramedic #1 ], John Cappon [ Paramedic #2 ], Evan Acosta [ Paramedic #3 ], Kenneth Alan Williams [ Reporter #1 ], Kyme [ Reporter #2 ], J.T. Larsen [ Eli ], Raoul N. Rizik [ Mr. Gomez ]

    rc: Gina

    Kate's malicious former mentor, Dr. Rockwell, visits the hospital to showcase a new technique. As has been done dozens of times in medical dramas, the elderly Rockwell's physical skills deteriorate, forcing Kate to take action. Diane is nervous about her six week HIV test. Wilkes treats a malnourished overweight man.

    b: 24 Mar 99 pc: 5ABM18 w: Ian Biederman d: John Heath
  19. "Vanishing Acts"
    gs: Tegan West [ Dr. Sam Rothberg ], Gloria LeRoy [ Alzheimer's Patient ], Gerald S. O'Loughlin [ Jack ], Anne-Marie Johnson [ Mrs. Jamison ], Darnell Williams [ Mr. Jamison ], Brandon Maggart [ Dr. Blackmon ], Andi Chapman [ Psychiatric Orderly ], Marc Grapey [ Lakeview Review Board Member ], Terry Hanauer [ 'Dr. Segovia' ], Sage Allen [ Coretta Tree ], Maura Russo [ Unknown ], Todd Hawk [ Dr. Steve Wang ], Andre Ware [ Orderly ], David Youse [ Paramedic #1 ], Michelle Wolff [ Paramedic #2 ], Christopher Gerson [ Jorge ], Lang Nguyen [ Hoon ], Marcy Goldman [ Psych Nurse ]

    rc: Cacaci

    Aaron feigns homicidal impulses to gain admittance to a mental hospital for a research project. Soon after Aaron is admitted, the only person to whom Aaron confided his plan, Dr. Blackmon, suffers a heart attack. No one believes Aaron's story. A sleep-deprived Shutt acts increasingly psychotic, even convincing Phillip that Aaron bears him ill will. Meanwhile, a couple who've just lost their only child try to have him cloned. Jack treats an Alzheimer's patient who mistakes him for a long-lost boyfriend.

    b: 31 Mar 99 pc: 5ABM19 w: Ellen Herman d: Michael Shultz
  20. "From Here to Maternity"
    gs: Erich Anderson [ Rick ], Susanna Thompson [ Francesca ], Chas Smith [ Warren ], Jon Pennell [ Rick ], Anthony Lee [ John ], James Paul Donchey [ Unknown ], Dyllan Christopher [ Jason Maple ], Stacey Tate [ O.R. Nurse ]

    rc: Cacaci

    Grad and Hancock puzzle over a mother's infant twins, one black and one white. Catera interacts with a 12-year-old genius that wants her to help him before he suffers a mental collapse. Kate is the talk of the hospital when she comments on a patient's physical shortcomings.

    b: 14 Apr 99 pc: 5ABM20 w: Miriam Kazdin d: Mark Harmon
  21. "And Baby Makes 10"
    gs: Lynne Moody [ Dr. Rachel Kleema ], Rosalind Ayres [ Unknown ], JoAnn Willette [ Unknown ], Michael Cudlitz [ Unknown ], Keith Langsdale [ Unknown ], Tom Woodruff, Jr. [ Unknown ], Zach Selwyn [ Paramedic #1 ], Kyme [ Journalist #1 ], Janis Chow [ Journalist #2 ], J.M. Henry [ Journalist #3 ], Robert Berumen [ Anesthesiologist ], Belinda Lopez [ N.I.C.U. Nurse ], Paige Peterson [ O.R. Nurse ]

    rc: Cacaci

    Dennis oversees the birth of octuplets. Kate assists when the smallest, "Beanie", is dangerously small. Yeats treats a gorilla with an ulcer. Shutt's dog, Bullseye, suffers from separation anxiety. Cacaci exacts revenge on Watters by reporting Phillip's affair with a patient.

    b: 21 Apr 99 pc: 5ABM21 w: David T. Levinson d: Martha Mitchell

    NOTE: Reports continue to persist that Chicago Hope will return for another year thanks to creator David E. Kelley's willingness to take a larger role in the program next season. Reportedly Kelley will write this year's season ender and next year's opening. It was also mentioned in the same release that Chicago Hope will undergo numerous cast changes with Lahti, Brook, Curtis-Hall & Edwards leaving the program and Berg (who it had been reported was leaving Hope in February but didn't) and Stoltz mulling the possibility. The only actors remaining would be Arkin, Elizondo, Carroll and Harmon.
  22. "Kiss of Death"
    gs: Matt McCoy [ Jeremy ], Alex McArthur [ Dwayne Haskell ], Judith Hoag [ Unknown ], Kerrie Keane [ Unknown ], Angelo Vacco [ Unknown ], Richard Anthony Crenna [ Resident ], Stacey Tate [ O.R. Nurse ]

    rc: Stu, Cacaci

    Kate's lunchtime rendezvous with her first husband turns sour when he suffers a massive coronary. Phillip's private life is under scrutiny when the hospital board investigates claims of unethical conduct with a patient.

    b: 28 Apr 99 pc: 5ABM22 w: Ellen Herman d: James Bagdonas
  23. "The Heavens Can Wait"
    gs: Betsy Brantley [ Unknown ], Christopher Allport [ Unknown ], Damon Seawell [ Kevin ], Christopher Jaymes [ Unknown ], Judith Jones [ Unknown ], Andrea Portes [ Unknown ], Denyn Pysz [ Unknown ], Ellen Bry [ Nurse ], Lizette Carrion [ Unknown ], Brooke Bloom [ Grunge Girl ], Monique Edwards [ Nurse #1 ], Joan Ryan [ Anesthesiologist ], David Youse [ Paramedic #1 ], Angela Oh [ Paramedic #2 ], John Bishop [ Paramedic #3 ], Jose Yenque [ Paramedic #4 ], Evan Acosta [ Paramedic #5 ], Patrick Falls [ Paramedic #6 ], Taneka Johnson [ Paramedic #7 ], Tohoru Masamune [ Paramedic #8 ], John Cappon [ Paramedic #9 ], Denny Pierce [ Scooter ], Linda Klein [ Nurse ]

    rc: Stu, Sara, Cacaci

    Kate and Sara are involved in a traffic accident with a drunk driver, ending Austin's hopes of participating in the NASA mission. Philip is cleared of any ethical wrongdoing associated with Cacaci's allegations of improriety. Watters quits his job because he feels betrayed by his colleagues.

    b: 17 May 99 pc: 5ABM23 w: Jan Oxenberg s: Jan Oxenberg and Jim Proser d: Stephen Cragg
  24. "Curing Cancer"
    gs: Denis Arndt [ Jason Sollers ], Carla Gugino [ Dr. Gina Simon ], Natasha Gregson Wagner [ Dr. Sally Gates ], Christine Dunford [ Marcia Loey ], William O'Leary [ Mr. Loey ], Ken Lerner [ Jonathan Saunders ], Annie Gagen [ Woman ], Albert Owens [ Man ], J.B. Gaynor [ Kevin ], Barbara Patrick [ Cynthia Loey ], Zach Selwyn [ Paramedic ], Jane Clark [ Nurse #1 ], Pinky Villasenor [ Nurse #2 ], Michael Rogers [ Anesthesiologist ]

    rc: Jeffrey Geiger, Judge Aldrich, Cacaci

    Newly appointed hospital chairman Jeffrey Geiger returns to Chicago Hope to fire half the senior doctors and to convince Watters to return as chief of staff. The deposed (led by Austin) hire Jonathan Saunders to get their jobs back. Aaron teams with outside neurologist Gina Simon to operate on an infant with a brain tumor.

    b: 19 May 99 pc: 5ABM24 w: David E. Kelley d: Bill D'Elia

    NOTE: In a bizarre twist, Judge Aldrich has apparently not only returned from the dead but is also hearing arguments in the Illinois courts. Could it be an evil twin?... Also, actors Gugino, Natasha Gregson Wagner as well as Lauren Holly are reported to be joining the Chicago Hope cast next season.

    51st Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards

    Category                          Winner  Nominee
    Lead Actress                        N     Christine Lahti
    Cinematography                      N     "Home is Where the Heartache Is"
    

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