1. Out of Africa
Aired: Sep 16, 1996Nyland returns from his vacation with Valerie to find he's been suspended and...
2. Back to the Future
Aired: Sep 23, 1996Phillip travels to Wyoming to recruit Jack McNeil, an orthopedic surgeon. McN...
3. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Aired: Sep 30, 1996Aaron and Dr. McNeil clash when the two have conflicting ideas for a patient'...
4. Liver Let Die
Aired: Oct 7, 1996Dr. Watters treats a mother with a mystifying liver ailment. Nyland and Austi...
5. Liar, Liar
Aired: Oct 14, 1996Life is tough for the senior doctors, with Shutt being treated like a second ...
6. Higher Powers
Aired: Oct 21, 1996Billy returns from Africa, leaving the peaceful Maasai for America's turbulen...
7. A Time to Kill
Aired: Nov 3, 1996Nyland treats an amnesiac who wanders away and is mistaken by Phillip for an ...
8. A Day in the Life
Aired: Nov 10, 1996A potentially brain-dead donor comes into the ER. With doctors from all over ...
9. Divided Loyalty
Aired: Nov 17, 1996Dr. Wilkes takes flak from Dennis for not giving back to his community. Billy...
10. V-Fibbing
Aired: Nov 24, 1996Kate is faced with a dilemma when an Asian patient is diagnosed with cancer, ...
11. Mummy Dearest
Aired: Dec 8, 1996Jack, re-energized by his descent into gambling, performs a daring procedure,...
12. Split Decisions
Aired: Jan 5, 1997Dr. Wilkes copes with personal and professional problems as he tries to reach...
13. Verdicts
Aired: Jan 12, 1997The trial of Hancock's brother-in-law gets underway, with Dennis still unsure...
14. The Day of the Rope
Aired: Jan 19, 1997Billy and Diane are caught in the middle of a hostage situation after two rev...
15. Take My Wife, Please
Aired: Feb 2, 1997Aaron reunites with an old friend, David, who has only a few months left to l...
16. Missed Conception
Aired: Feb 9, 1997Kate's friend, feminist professor Marina, tries desperately to 'get pregnant'...
17. Mother, May I?
Aired: Feb 16, 1997Kate and Tommy travel to Washington D.C. to speak out on Health Care Reform. ...
18. Growing Pains
Aired: Mar 9, 1997Phillip and Aaron present their plan to buy Chicago Hope to the staff, where ...
19. The Son Also Rises
Aired: Mar 16, 1997Aaron meets man who claims to be his real father. After learning the truth fr...
20. Second Chances
Aired: Apr 7, 1997The whole staff comes together when Danny Nyland is horribly injured in a car...
21. Positive I.D.s
Aired: Apr 13, 1997Nyland, fresh off his injury leave, puts all his energy into identifying an a...
22. Leggo My Ego
Aired: Apr 21, 1997The hospital endures Kate's massive ego when she's followed by a newspaper re...
23. Colonel of Truth
Aired: Apr 28, 1997Watters is reunited with his Vietnam C.O. when the colonel is admitted suffer...
24. Lamb to the Slaughter
Aired: May 5, 1997Assistant State's Attorney Charles Lamb interviews Chicago Hope staffers Wilk...
25. Love on the Rocks
Aired: May 12, 1997Jack has his hands full with two of Karen's patients, Harriet Owens, who hasn...
26. Hope Against Hope
Aired: May 19, 1997Jeffrey Geiger returns, bearing the news that he's a partner in the newly for...