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Season 3

Chicago Hope

Season 3

  • 1996
  1. Out of Africa Episode 1 Out of Africa September 16, 1996, 1 h 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…
  2. Back to the Future Episode 2 Back to the Future September 23, 1996, 1 h 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;…
  3. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag Episode 3 Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag September 30, 1996, 1 h 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,…
  4. Liver Let Die Episode 4 Liver Let Die October 7, 1996, 1 h 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…
  5. Liar, Liar Episode 5 Liar, Liar October 14, 1996, 1 h 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…
  6. Higher Powers Episode 6 Higher Powers October 21, 1996, 1 h 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…
  7. A Time to Kill Episode 7 A Time to Kill November 4, 1996, 1 h 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…
  8. A Day in the Life Episode 8 A Day in the Life November 11, 1996, 1 h 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…
  9. Divided Loyalty Episode 9 Divided Loyalty November 18, 1996, 1 h 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.…
  10. V-Fibbing Episode 10 V-Fibbing November 25, 1996, 1 h 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…
  11. Mummy Dearest Episode 11 Mummy Dearest December 9, 1996, 1 h 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…
  12. Split Decisions Episode 12 Split Decisions January 6, 1997, 1 h Wilkes saves a motorist who was attempting suicide. Austin falls for a politician.
  13. Verdicts Episode 13 Verdicts January 13, 1997, 1 h 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…
  14. The Day of the Rope Episode 14 The Day of the Rope January 20, 1997, 1 h 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…
  15. Take My Wife, Please Episode 15 Take My Wife, Please February 3, 1997, 1 h 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…
  16. Missed Conception Episode 16 Missed Conception February 10, 1997, 1 h 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.
  17. Mother, May I? Episode 17 Mother, May I? February 17, 1997, 1 h 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…
  18. Growing Pains Episode 18 Growing Pains March 10, 1997, 1 h 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…
  19. The Son Also Rises Episode 19 The Son Also Rises March 17, 1997, 1 h 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…
  20. Second Chances Episode 20 Second Chances April 7, 1997, 1 h 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…
  21. Positive I.D.s Episode 21 Positive I.D.s April 13, 1997, 1 h 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…
  22. Leggo My Ego Episode 22 Leggo My Ego April 21, 1997, 1 h 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…
  23. Colonel of Truth Episode 23 Colonel of Truth April 28, 1997, 1 h 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.…
  24. Lamb to the Slaughter Episode 24 Lamb to the Slaughter May 5, 1997, 1 h 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…
  25. Love on the Rocks Episode 25 Love on the Rocks May 12, 1997, 1 h 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…
  26. Hope Against Hope Episode 26 Hope Against Hope May 19, 1997, 1 h 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.…