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Chicago Hope

Season: 3

Episode: 1

Out of Africa

Air Date:16/09/1996

Kate returns to Chicago to face possible arrest and her ex-husband, as well as suspension at work. Aaron ponders Philip's bitterness over Aaron's apparent support of Tommy Wilmette. Dennis struggles to regain his health. Dr. Nyland returns to find a new doctor in charge of the trauma service. Kronk and Grad continue to quarrel as he prepares to leave Africa.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: George Gaynes

Character: Brook Austin

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: J.A. Preston

Character: Rodney Helpurn

Department: Acting

Name: Alexandra Bokyun Chun

Character: Beth Bowers

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Chinyamurindi

Character: Masai Father

Department: Acting

Name: Brad Lockerman

Character: Jake Luft

Department: Acting

Name: Billy Keane

Character: Eric Schrier

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Stapleton

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Skewes

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

Back to the Future

Air Date:23/09/1996

Kate cares for her dying father and gets some words of wisdom from Tommy when he brings Sara for a visit; Philip recruits Dr. Jack McNeil to head up orthopedics; Diane returns, only to find that Billy has remained in Africa and that her lab has turned into a storage room; Keith places himself in legal jeopardy when he decides to help an injured drug courier evade arrest; Aaron persuades Tommy to give the hospital six months to turn itself around with Philip at the helm.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: George Gaynes

Character: Brook Austin

Department: Acting

Name: Darion Basco

Character: Paolo Aragon

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: George Murdock

Character: John Spencer

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: Helena Apothaker

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Morlan Higgins

Character: Nat Cushing

Department: Acting

Name: Forrest Witt

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Air Date:30/09/1996

Aaron and Jack join forces in operating on a man who sustained multiple fractures in a parachute jumping accident; Diane rejoins the staff as a teaching attending in internal medicine, and quickly draws a demanding and manipulative patient who's making the staff miserable; Kate's grief over her father's death is compounded when she's carjacked on her way home from his funeral and his ashes are not recovered with the car; Diane unsuccessfully seeks some moral support from Dennis and Philip; after Tommy tells her some hard truths about creating her own misery, Kate decides to take responsibility for the choices she's made, and starts by telling Peggy Harrod the truth about her daughter's death; Jack takes one on the chin when he gives the parachutist's would-be bride some bad news; Kate returns home to find the carjacker has returned her father's ashes while burglarizing her home; Philip has it out with Aaron and reaffirms his intention to keep Tommy from closing the hospital.

Crew

Name: Nicole Yorkin

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Dawn Prestwich

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Lou Antonio

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Liza Snyder

Character: Serena Paretsky

Department: Acting

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Anne Ramsay

Character: Betsey Hockaday

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Brad William Henke

Character: Freddy Lulenski

Department: Acting

Name: Michelle Wolff

Character: EMT

Department: Acting

Name: Micole Mercurio

Character: Peggy Harrod

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Mimi Cozzens

Character: Helen Node

Department: Acting

Name: Bobby Garabedian

Character: Young Punk

Department: Directing

Name: Stuart Charno

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Acting

Name: Allen Carter

Character: Impound Guy

Department: Acting

Name: Nydia Rodriguez Terracina

Character: Social Worker

Department: Acting

Name: Fran Elliot

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

Liver Let Die

Air Date:07/10/1996

Dennis and Jack clash over the best mode of treating the arthritic knee of a world class cyclist; Aaron makes a new friend when he takes on a new research assistant; Kate and Danny have their suspensions reviewed by the board; Phillip plunges back into patient care by performing an experimental procedure on a woman who exhibits unusual complications from a liver tumor; Caroline discovers that orthopedics are not for her; Dennis faces an emotional struggle in the aftermath of his shooting.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Adam Arkin

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Linda Klein

Role: Story

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Maya Rudolph

Character: Leah Martine

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: David Dunard

Character: Bob Caskey

Department: Acting

Name: Cathy DeBuono

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Dylan Haggerty

Character: Jordy Graham (uncredited)

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Benninghoffen

Character: Robert Lawrence

Department: Acting

Name: A.J. Johnson

Character: Trish Cook

Department: Acting

Name: Emily Heebner

Character: Frances Caskey

Department: Acting

Name: Jessika Cardinahl

Character: Andrea Oakley

Department: Acting

Name: James Gervasi

Character: Maintenance Man

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

Liar, Liar

Air Date:14/10/1996

Kate returns to duty and finds that her reinstatement comes with a cut in title, salary, staff, and office; Jack replaces the hip of an older man who has opinions on everything, including how Jack should live his life; Aaron has mixed emotions when Grace comes up with a much-needed improvement for a surgical shunt he's been developing; Kate is humbled when a young couple whose daughter needs a heart transplant chooses another doctor after they discover her change in status; Tommy thinks it would be a good idea for the hospital to advertise, and hires a publicist who manages to get under everyone's skin as she creates a commercial that ends up looking strangely familiar.

Crew

Name: Stephen Cragg

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Amy Steel

Character: Lisa Erickson

Department: Acting

Name: Rebecca Staab

Character: Simone

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: Cristine Rose

Character: Judy Beckman

Department: Acting

Name: Murray Rubin

Character: Barney Rosenberg

Department: Acting

Name: Billy Keane

Character: Eric Schrier

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Daniel Beer

Character: Ted Erickson

Department: Acting

Name: Dan Klass

Character: Desk Clerk

Department: Acting

Name: William G. Clark

Character: Security Guard

Department: Acting

Name: Jeffrey Shore

Character: Patient

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

Higher Powers

Air Date:21/10/1996

Austin sprays a subpoena server with mace, inspiring his fellow servers to wage war on the hospital. Hancock tries to counsel a woman in her late forties whose health is severely threatened by her pregnancy but who refuses to let the baby be delivered early. Kronk finally returns to Chicago, dressed in Masai garb, and tries to reconnect with Diane.

Crew

Name: Oz Scott

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: David Amann

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: April Grace

Character: Elizabeth Hancock Tally

Department: Acting

Name: Scott Jaeck

Character: Gerald Fortin

Department: Acting

Name: Maya Rudolph

Character: Leah Martine

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Susan Ruttan

Character: Linda Fortin

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Reddy

Character: Paul Potter

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Gant

Character: Darryl Harding

Department: Acting

Name: Helena Apothaker

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Wes Charles Jr.

Character: Anthony Green

Department: Acting

Name: Van Quattro

Character: Bearded Young Man

Department: Acting

Name: Michael P. Byrne

Character: Richard Bowman

Department: Acting

Name: Rachel Duhame

Character: Jane Wilder

Department: Crew

Name: Zack Duhame

Character: Ryan Wilder

Department: Crew

Name: Dallas J. Crawford

Character: Kid

Department: Acting

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Episode: 7

A Time to Kill

Air Date:04/11/1996

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.

Crew

Name: Tim Kring

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: James Frawley

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Tobin Bell

Character: Luther Evans

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Juliana Donald

Character: Laura Collings

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Shishir Kurup

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Acting

Name: Monique Edwards

Character: O.R. Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Dave Buzzotta

Character: Teenage Boy

Department: Acting

Name: Harry Shearer

Character: Nowhere Man

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Benninghoffen

Character: Robert Lawrence

Department: Acting

Name: Morlan Higgins

Character: Nat Cushing

Department: Acting

Name: Maxine Stuart

Character: Harriet Owens

Department: Acting

Name: Daryl Keith Roach

Character: Dr. Goodyear

Department: Acting

Name: Terrence Beasor

Character: Security Guard

Department: Acting

Name: Sunni Walton

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

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Episode: 8

A Day in the Life

Air Date:11/11/1996

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.

Crew

Name: Sara B. Cooper

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Jennifer Aspen

Character: Tracey White

Department: Acting

Name: Benito Martinez

Character: Orderly

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Laurie O'Brien

Character: Myra Devaney

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: Michelle Wolff

Character: EMT

Department: Acting

Name: Rainbow Borden

Character: Jerry Cogdill

Department: Acting

Name: Patty Toy

Character: Dr. Hamano

Department: Acting

Name: Maggie Baird

Character: Gloria Neal

Department: Acting

Name: Stuart Charno

Character: Lloyd Chernow

Department: Acting

Name: Lorry Goldman

Character: Douglass Russ

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Grandison

Character: Dr. Brooks

Department: Acting

Name: Terence Mathews

Character: Paramedic #1

Department: Acting

Name: Michelle Wolff

Character: Paramedic #2

Department: Acting

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Episode: 9

Divided Loyalty

Air Date:18/11/1996

Kronk puts himself and Grad into a difficult position when he treats an old hockey pal who turns up after just being released from jail with a bullet in him. Wilkes and his wife face some basic decisions about their lives when they must decide what sort of neighborhood to move to.

Crew

Name: Michael Schultz

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Tony Burton

Character: Joseph Little

Department: Acting

Name: Stacey Travis

Character: Vanessa Hart

Department: Acting

Name: Charlayne Woodard

Character: Gina Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Sam Sorbo

Character: Caroline Eggert

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Vanessa Williams

Character: Grace Carr

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Rivas

Character: William Munoz

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Suarez

Character: Raymond Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Gregory Sporleder

Character: Bobby Trenkwada

Department: Acting

Name: Billy Keane

Character: Eric Schrier

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Bill Marcus

Character: Charles Frank Trenkwada

Department: Acting

Name: Nancy Linehan Charles

Character: Angela Trenkwada

Department: Acting

Name: David Youse

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

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Episode: 10

V-Fibbing

Air Date:25/11/1996

Austin and Underhill both have to face the consequences when they tell the truth. McNeil contemplates surgery to prolong a jockey's career. Kronk lies to a teenage smoker with a cough.

Crew

Name: Sandy Smolan

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Ito

Character: Hiro Miyamoto

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Lily Mariye

Character: Kayoko Miyamoto

Department: Acting

Name: John Franklin

Character: Jimmy Dunston

Department: Acting

Name: Alexandra Bokyun Chun

Character: Beth Bowers

Department: Acting

Name: John Prosky

Character: Bart Simon

Department: Acting

Name: Billy Keane

Character: Eric Schrier

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Stephanie Dunnam

Character: Laurie Zisk

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Holden

Character: Ron Zisk

Department: Acting

Name: Jason Kristofer

Character: Glen Payton

Department: Acting

Name: Brandis Kemp

Character: Mary Byrd

Department: Acting

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Episode: 11

Mummy Dearest

Air Date:09/12/1996

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.

Crew

Name: Nicole Yorkin

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Martha Mitchell

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Dawn Prestwich

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Sands

Character: Bradford Whittle

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Maya Rudolph

Character: Leah Martine

Department: Acting

Name: Joe Grifasi

Character: Larry Ruscetti

Department: Acting

Name: George Gerdes

Character: Orthopedic Surgeon Alex

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Josette DiCarlo

Character: Yvonne Ruscetti

Department: Acting

Name: Vince Melocchi

Character: Big Guy

Department: Acting

Name: Bert Rosario

Character: Dean Lefkowitz

Department: Acting

Name: David Vegh

Character: Parking Attendant

Department: Acting

Name: Jordan Oschin

Character: Danny Ruscetti

Department: Acting

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Episode: 12

Split Decisions

Air Date:06/01/1997

Wilkes saves a motorist who was attempting suicide. Austin falls for a politician.

Crew

Name: Randall Zisk

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kyle Howard

Character: Alexander Verdulyak

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Shulman

Character: Peter MacKenzie

Department: Acting

Name: Charlayne Woodard

Character: Gina Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Maya Rudolph

Character: Leah Martine

Department: Acting

Name: Susan Krebs

Character: Sally Barr

Department: Acting

Name: Monique Edwards

Character: O.R. Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Woods

Character: Grayson Chandler

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Suarez

Character: Raymond Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: John Prosky

Character: Bart Simon

Department: Acting

Name: Mike Genovese

Character: Frank MacKenzie

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Monsion

Character: Salesman

Department: Acting

Name: Sharon Omi

Character: Debi Hamano

Department: Acting

Name: Forrest Witt

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Liska

Character: Lech Verdulyak

Department: Acting

Name: Jullian Dulce Vida

Character: Neil Marcus

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Alan Beuth

Character: Harry Derkin

Department: Acting

Name: Roslyn Alexander

Character: Lady on the Bridge

Department: Acting

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Episode: 13

Verdicts

Air Date:13/01/1997

A hit-and-run victim escapes serious injury but her infant twins face a desperate crisis. Hancock faces testifying in court against his brother-in-law. Patient Linda Fortin's heart continues to grow weaker as her pregnancy progresses, endangering herself and her baby.

Crew

Name: David Amann

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Robert Mailhouse

Character: Tom Ross

Department: Acting

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Jerry Levine

Character: Charles Van Allen

Department: Directing

Name: April Grace

Character: Elizabeth Hancock Tally

Department: Acting

Name: Scott Jaeck

Character: Gerald Fortin

Department: Acting

Name: Marita Geraghty

Character: Monica Blaine

Department: Acting

Name: Susan Ruttan

Character: Linda Fortin

Department: Acting

Name: Ileen Getz

Character: Mrs. Bridges

Department: Acting

Name: Vito D'Ambrosio

Character: Detective

Department: Acting

Name: Cathy DeBuono

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Ramsay Midwood

Character: Andy Tally

Department: Acting

Name: Alicia Coppola

Character: Alice Bishop

Department: Acting

Name: John Prosky

Character: Bart Simon

Department: Acting

Name: Art Metrano

Character: Elijah Horn

Department: Acting

Name: Monique Edwards

Character: Laurel Canyon

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Margot Rose

Character: Artina Reinhart

Department: Acting

Name: Dawn Landon

Character: Trish Adams

Department: Acting

Name: Joan Ryan

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Vallelonga

Character: Michael

Department: Writing

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Episode: 14

The Day of the Rope

Air Date:20/01/1997

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.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Stephen Cragg

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Peter Berg

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Chris Ellis

Character: Bill Erskine

Department: Acting

Name: Marc Grapey

Character: Manny Adelstein

Department: Acting

Name: Mike Bacarella

Character: Arthur Christy

Department: Acting

Name: Rosie Malek-Yonan

Character: Reporter #1

Department: Acting

Name: Reg Rogers

Character: Elks Williams

Department: Acting

Name: JoBe Cerny

Character: David Greenblatt

Department: Acting

Name: Chelcie Ross

Character: Tom Strickler

Department: Acting

Name: Erica Ortega

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Helena Apothaker

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Zeljko Ivanek

Character: Eugene Ramsey

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Kuhlman

Character: Officer Reed

Department: Acting

Name: Meg Thalken

Character: FBI Agent Fader

Department: Acting

Name: Gordy Owens

Character: Officer Malloy

Department: Acting

Name: Zach Helm

Character: Tommy Ramsey

Department: Writing

Name: Cheryl Hamada

Character: Marrienne Colton

Department: Acting

Name: Lee Sellers

Character: Victor Geruso

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Carpenter

Character: Reporter

Department: Acting

Name: Rosie Malek-Yonan

Character: Cindy Grey

Department: Acting

Name: Jane Clark

Character: Nurse

Department: Writing

Name: Eli Goodman

Character: Young FBI Agent

Department: Acting

Name: Lester Holt

Character: Anchorman (uncredited)

Department: Acting

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Episode: 15

Take My Wife, Please

Air Date:03/02/1997

Aaron's practical joker college roommate arrives for a visit and announces that he wants Aaron to marry his widow, Aaron's former girlfriend, when the malignant and inoperable tumor in his brain finally takes his life in a few weeks; Keith and Danny continue to clash; Aaron runs into an old friend as he stumbles home after a night of drinking with his college roommate; Gina has a miscarriage, but a grieving Keith wonders if it wasn't deliberate; Karen suspects that Jack's gambling again, an accusation which he denies; Maricela puts the moves on Aaron; Karen is wary when Jack finally comes to her for help.

Crew

Name: Tim Kring

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Lou Antonio

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Mandy Patinkin

Character: Jeffrey Geiger

Department: Acting

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Charlayne Woodard

Character: Gina Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: John DiMaggio

Character: Sean Underhill

Department: Acting

Name: Felicity Huffman

Character: Ellie Stockton

Department: Acting

Name: Sam McMurray

Character: David Stockton

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Suarez

Character: Raymond Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Jane Clark

Character: Nurse

Department: Writing

Name: Pedro Pano

Character: Jorge Meza

Department: Acting

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Episode: 16

Missed Conception

Air Date:10/02/1997

An old friend of Austin's asks for help in getting pregnant. A cancer patient needs marijuana for her well being. Shutt's friend returns from Italy without his wife.

Crew

Name: Michael Pressman

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Jessica Harper

Character: Phyllis Church

Department: Acting

Name: Isabella Rossellini

Character: Marina Giannini

Department: Acting

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Ellen Bry

Character: Pediatric Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Sam McMurray

Character: David Stockton

Department: Acting

Name: Harley Venton

Character: Graham Beckwith

Department: Acting

Name: Monique Edwards

Character: Laurel Canyon

Department: Acting

Name: Jullian Dulce Vida

Character: Neil Marcus

Department: Acting

Name: Dawn Landon

Character: Trish Adams

Department: Acting

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Episode: 17

Mother, May I?

Air Date:17/02/1997

Kate flies to Washington with Tommy to speak to Congress about health care. Back in Chicago, her friend Marina makes a decision about adoption. McNeil's patint Harriett Owens is hospitalized again.

Crew

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Julia Stiles

Character: Corey Sawicki

Department: Acting

Name: Isabella Rossellini

Character: Marina Giannini

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Silver

Character: Tommy Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Michael Moore

Character: Strategist

Department: Acting

Name: Finn Carter

Character: Anite Sawicki

Department: Acting

Name: Jack Kemp

Character: Secretary Kemp

Department: Acting

Name: John Eric Bentley

Character: Waiter

Department: Acting

Name: Maxine Stuart

Character: Harriet Owens

Department: Acting

Name: Mike Vitar

Character: Carlo Lunes

Department: Acting

Name: Ted Kennedy

Character: Senator Kennedy

Department: Acting

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Episode: 18

Growing Pains

Air Date:10/03/1997

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.

Crew

Name: Sara B. Cooper

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Jim Charleston

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Rosemary Forsyth

Character: Edith Strauss

Department: Acting

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Louie Anderson

Character: Louie Lickman

Department: Acting

Name: Phil Reeves

Character: Dr. Garter

Department: Acting

Name: Maya Rudolph

Character: Leah Martine

Department: Acting

Name: Freda Foh Shen

Character: Dr. Seaties

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Michael Moore

Character: Strategist

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Lerner

Character: Jonathan Saunders

Department: Acting

Name: Stuart Charno

Character: Lloyd Chernow

Department: Acting

Name: Amie Carey

Character: Maricela Keith

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Foley

Character: Rafael Robling

Department: Acting

Name: Kristin Rudrüd

Character: Amelia Robling

Department: Acting

Name: Darnell Suttles

Character: Grady Barnes

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Grandison

Character: Dr. Michaels

Department: Acting

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Episode: 19

The Son Also Rises

Air Date:17/03/1997

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.

Crew

Name: Tim Kring

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: James R. Bagdonas

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Josh Keaton

Character: Eddie

Department: Acting

Name: Lucas Black

Character: Noah Fielding

Department: Acting

Name: Alan Arkin

Character: Zoltan Karpathein

Department: Acting

Name: Jesse Borrego

Character: Michael Watters

Department: Acting

Name: Maurice Compte

Character: Lead Gang Kid

Department: Acting

Name: Randy Oglesby

Character: John Fielding

Department: Acting

Name: Dominic Armato

Character: Gang Kid

Department: Acting

Name: Jane Clark

Character: Nurse #1

Department: Writing

Name: Rory J. Shoaf

Character: Orderly

Department: Acting

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Episode: 20

Second Chances

Air Date:07/04/1997

Kate lobbies for another heart for a prominent author whose first transplanted organ is failing and who also has a continuing heroin addiction. McNeil's gambling problem grows worse. Danny Nyland becomes a patient when he runs into a telephone pole with his car.

Crew

Name: Jesús Salvador Treviño

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: Seymour Cassel

Character: Norman Cambridge

Department: Acting

Name: Fran Bennett

Character: Andrea Porter

Department: Acting

Name: Rosie Malek-Yonan

Character: Reporter #1

Department: Acting

Name: Nigel Gibbs

Character: Joe

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Chaet

Character: Ernie

Department: Acting

Name: Joyce Guy

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: McNally Sagal

Character: Nurse Smitt

Department: Acting

Name: Stuart Charno

Character: Lloyd Chernow

Department: Acting

Name: Randy Thompson

Character: Medical Examiner

Department: Acting

Name: Helena Apothaker

Character: Paramedic #1

Department: Acting

Name: John Cappon

Character: Paramedic #2

Department: Acting

Name: Luis Torres

Character: Reporter #2

Department: Acting

Name: Donna M. Duffy

Character: O.R. Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Rick Touhy

Character: Cop (uncredited)

Department: Acting

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Episode: 21

Positive I.D.s

Air Date:13/04/1997

Grad tries to persuade a hesitant Kronk to perform a double mastectomy on a healthy woman does not have cancer but who does have the gene for breast cancer and a family history of the illness. Austin struggles to get a reluctant Sara into an exclusive girls school. Nyland returns to work following his accident and throws himself into trying to identify a severely beaten and comatose young woman.

Crew

Name: David Amann

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Steven Gilborn

Character: Clyde Tannen

Department: Acting

Name: Ellen Bry

Character: Pediatric Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Philip Rayburn Smith

Character: Bill Hamm

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Narasaki

Character: Paramedic #1

Department: Acting

Name: Doug Ballard

Character: Robert Hunter

Department: Acting

Name: Mik Scriba

Character: Older Cop

Department: Acting

Name: Nancy Anderson

Character: Alma Perris

Department: Acting

Name: Valerie Wildman

Character: Carolyn Hunter

Department: Acting

Name: Zoaunne LeRoy

Character: Shirley Mendelbaum

Department: Acting

Name: Margaret Lenzey

Character: Jane Doe / Martha Latimer

Department: Acting

Name: Monique Ridge-Williams

Character: Doc

Department: Acting

Name: Dawn Landon

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Russell B. McKenzie

Character: Paramedic #2

Department: Acting

Name: Harris Shore

Character: Father

Department: Acting

Name: Chelsea Lynn

Character: Daughter

Department: Acting

Name: Anna Waterhouse

Character: Anesthesiologist

Department: Writing

Name: Donna M. Duffy

Character: E.R. Nurse

Department: Acting

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Episode: 22

Leggo My Ego

Air Date:21/04/1997

Word of Billy's and Diane's engagement receives a mixed reception at the hospital; Jack returns from vacation with a windfall and a feverish belief he's on a winning streak; Kate alienates some colleagues when a reporter follows her around the hospital; Jack takes on the delicate job of operating on an infant with an exposed spinal cord.

Crew

Name: Nicole Yorkin

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Sara B. Cooper

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Dawn Prestwich

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Lou Antonio

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Daniel Davis

Character: Gambler #2

Department: Acting

Name: Kim Lankford

Character: Leslie Bowman

Department: Acting

Name: Angela Shelton

Character: Andrea Groman

Department: Acting

Name: Ronny Graham

Character: Harry Fenton

Department: Acting

Name: Ellen Bry

Character: Pediatric Nurse

Department: Acting

Name: Amzie Strickland

Character: Betty Fenton

Department: Acting

Name: Tamara Tunie

Character: Lennie Gaghan

Department: Acting

Name: Harry Danner

Character: Walter Muger

Department: Acting

Name: Zahn McClarnon

Character: George Burroughs

Department: Acting

Name: Lisa LaCroix

Character: Lily Burroughs

Department: Acting

Name: Ed Evanko

Character: Eugene Pratt

Department: Acting

Name: Jullian Dulce Vida

Character: Gambler #1

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Ogden

Character: Randy Groman

Department: Acting

Name: Alec Smight

Character: Golfer

Department: Directing

Name: Pinky Villaseñor

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

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Episode: 23

Colonel of Truth

Air Date:28/04/1997

Kate finds herself in a no-win situation when a child is injured during one of Sara's softball games. Phillip's Colonel from Vietnam is admitted with rheumatoid arthritis but refuses treatment. Nyland is suspended again. Shutt get a TV gig.

Crew

Name: Tim Kring

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Peter Berg

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Shannon Cochran

Character: Linda Kellerd

Department: Acting

Name: María Conchita Alonso

Character: Emma Scull

Department: Acting

Name: Mae Whitman

Character: Sara Wilmette

Department: Acting

Name: Ricardo Montalban

Character: Martin Nieves

Department: Acting

Name: Pancho Demmings

Character: Officer

Department: Acting

Name: Lisa Thornhill

Character: Joan Hart

Department: Acting

Name: Tyrin Turner

Character: Ricky Jackson

Department: Acting

Name: Reno Wilson

Character: Larry Sugar

Department: Acting

Name: Edward Edwards

Character: Bill Kellerd

Department: Acting

Name: Steven Schub

Character: Stage Manager

Department: Acting

Name: Rob Brownstein

Character: Leonard Walcott

Department: Acting

Name: Norris Young

Character: Joey Webb

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Cummins

Character: Production Assistant

Department: Acting

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Episode: 24

Lamb to the Slaughter

Air Date:05/05/1997

After a gang member dies in the ER, the boy's mother claims that one of the doctors suggested they ""Let him die"" so a prosecutor calls in Wilkes, Nyland, McNeil and Watters for widely varying statements about what actually happened during the crucial time period.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: John F. O'Donohue

Character: Detective Ryan

Department: Acting

Name: Steve Harris

Character: Charles Lamb

Department: Acting

Name: Ken Lawson

Character: Nathan Jessup

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Suarez

Character: Raymond Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Malik Dillard

Character: Raymond Wilkes, Age 12

Department: Acting

Name: John Cappon

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Jane Clark

Character: Nurse

Department: Writing

Name: Candy Ann Brown

Character: Edna Jessup

Department: Acting

Name: Damon Hines

Character: Raymond Wilkes, Age 18

Department: Acting

Name: Donna M. Duffy

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

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Episode: 25

Love on the Rocks

Air Date:12/05/1997

McNeil doesn't cope well with the demands for attention from Karen, his ""roomate"" and a thereapy patient claiming that McNeil's his father. Billy lears that Aaron kissed Diane, and handles it very badly. A depressed Nyland gets one more unwelcome surprise. Phillip receives an offer from Emma.

Crew

Name: David Amann

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Stephen Cragg

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Joseph Maher

Character: David Stadson

Department: Acting

Name: Kathryn Harrold

Character: Karen Wilder

Department: Acting

Name: María Conchita Alonso

Character: Emma Scull

Department: Acting

Name: Rosemary Alexander

Character: Dana Walden

Department: Acting

Name: Tyrees Allen

Character: Security Officer

Department: Acting

Name: Chris D'Elia

Character: Luke Sarison

Department: Acting

Name: Maxine Stuart

Character: Harriet Owens

Department: Acting

Name: Venessia Valentino

Character: Tracey Lewis

Department: Acting

Name: Jane Clark

Character: Louise March

Department: Writing

Name: Mike R. Tinker

Character: Policeman

Department: Acting

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Episode: 26

Hope Against Hope

Air Date:19/05/1997

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.

Crew

Name: John Tinker

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Bill D'Elia

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Mandy Patinkin

Character: Jeffrey Geiger

Department: Acting

Name: Charlayne Woodard

Character: Gina Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: David Warshofsky

Character: Joseph Bonora

Department: Acting

Name: John Posey

Character: Pilot

Department: Acting

Name: Rick Fitts

Character: Rescue Worker

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Suarez

Character: Raymond Wilkes

Department: Acting

Name: Helena Apothaker

Character: Paramedic

Department: Acting

Name: Dawn Landon

Character: Trish Adams

Department: Acting

Name: Roberts Blossom

Character: William Kronk

Department: Acting

Name: Venessia Valentino

Character: Tracey Doyle

Department: Acting

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