Chicago Hope: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Chicago Hope Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Sarindipity
Sep 30, 1998
A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
Austin Space
Oct 7, 1998
A cardiologist in NASA's Doctors in space program has a heart attack and Kate takes the doctors place in the program. Dr. Shutt has a patient who needs to tell his father, an Ortho
Wag the Doc
Oct 14, 1998
Hancock accuses Watters and Austin of racism when they refuse to operate on a black patient. One of Shutt's patients commits suicide when the medicine needed isn't covered by insur
The Breast and the Brightest
Oct 21, 1998
Grad accuses a mother are starving her infant to death. Shutt and Catera disagree over a neurological patient. Austin announces her plans with NASA, and Watters taked away her stat
One Hundred and One Damnations
Oct 28, 1998
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. Camil
Viagra-Vated Assault
Nov 4, 1998
Kate discovers that a patient is using Viagra to cheat on his wife; Jack gives a blood transfusion even though it's against the patient's Jehovah's Witness religion; a musician fea
Austin, We Have a Problem
Nov 11, 1998
Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
The Other Cheek
Nov 18, 1998
A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
Tantric Turkey
Nov 25, 1998
Billy's mother shows up at the hospital and announces she is about to give birth. The star of the road company version on ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" comes to the hospital when the
Gun with the Wind
Dec 9, 1998
Wilkes must face the parents of a child brought into the ER when it becomes clear that Raymond was responsible for the child's injury. NASA starts interview Kate's colleagues. One
McNeil and Pray
Dec 16, 1998
A member of Jack's basketball team sustains a near-fatal injury during a game; Bobby disagrees about the need for his patient to have heart surgery.
Adventures in Babysitting
Jan 13, 1999
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 de
Karmic Relief
Jan 20, 1999
Kate discovers that she has developed an ovarian cyst which could destroy her plans with NASA. After Kate hears this news she agrees to go to a retreat... that Yeats is leading.
Playing Through
Feb 3, 1999
During surgery to resolve an HIV-positive woman's post-partum complications, Diane accidentally cuts herself and is exposed to the virus; problems arise between Jack and Lisa when
Big Hand for the Little Lady
Feb 10, 1999
McNeil performs a hand transplant on the patient, and uses the patient's dead mother's hand. Kate is accepted by NASA. An old childhood friends visits Watters and asks for one of h
Home is Where the Heartache Is
Feb 17, 1999
Jack returns after his brother's death; fearing the impact of HMOs on his practice, Joe begins to sell doorway products; Billy's friend comes to the hospital for a heart transplant
A Goy and His Dog
Mar 10, 1999
Billy ponders euthanasia when Gordy is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis; Lisa tries to help a woman with metastatic breast cancer get into an experimental group even though the
Teacher's Pet
Mar 24, 1999
Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Vanishing Acts
Mar 31, 1999
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.
From Here to Maternity
Apr 14, 1999
A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.
And Baby Makes 10
Apr 21, 1999
Dr. Hancock's patient, who was using fertility drugs, gives birth to 8 babies.
Kiss of Death
Apr 28, 1999
Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his
The Heavens Can Wait
May 17, 1999
The E.R. is flooded with teenagers poisoned by an unknown rave drug; Kate and Sara are hit by a drunk driver; Phillip's fate is decided.
Curing Cancer
May 19, 1999
Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures. Jeffrey Geiger returns to the hospital and promptly fi