As of July 2026, Chicago Hope Season 5 aired in 1998 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Chicago Hope Season 5

1998 24 Episodes Soap · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Chicago Hope Season 5 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it earns its romantic beats rather than assuming them. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 80 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. You will have strong feelings about it by the finale. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Chicago Hope Season 5 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What makes Chicago Hope Season 5 work is that the obstacles feel real, not manufactured for the plot. Season 5 of Chicago Hope includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1998 to May 1999. This season stars Jayne Brook, Christine Lahti and Adam Arkin. Jayne Brook and Christine Lahti lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1998. The relationship at the centre of Chicago Hope Season 5 develops at a pace that feels earned rather than rushed for plot reasons. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Romance fans and drama viewers alike will find something to love in Chicago Hope Season 5. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Jayne Brook's performance makes the emotional stakes feel real, not manufactured. Worth watching alone or with someone who shares your taste.

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🎬 Chicago Hope Season 5 — Episode Guide

E1
Sarindipity
1998-09-30
A poisonous gas is released in a bank and the doctors try to contain the gas, that is threatening many lives including Dr. Hancock.
E2
Austin Space
1998-10-07
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 Orthodox Rabbi, that he is gay.
E3
Wag the Doc
1998-10-14
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 insurance.
E4
The Breast and the Brightest
1998-10-21
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 status as Chief of Surgery. Yeats uses his ""sixth sense"" to diagnose a patient.
E5
One Hundred and One Damnations
1998-10-28
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. Camille Shutt returns for the party and Aaron discovers he still has feeling for her. Dr. Nyland returns to the hospital and ...
E6
Viagra-Vated Assault
1998-11-04
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 fears his creativity may be stifled by the medicine Aaron prescribes for his bipolar disorder; Joe's son drives the staff c...
E7
Austin, We Have a Problem
1998-11-11
Gordan teaches Kate how to fly. Hancock accuses a police officer of shooting a homeless African-American.
E8
The Other Cheek
1998-11-18
A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.
E9
Tantric Turkey
1998-11-25
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 star is ill. Yeats former teacher comes to the hospital with chest pains.
E10
Gun with the Wind
1998-12-09
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 of Aaron's patients is attracted to him.
E11
McNeil and Pray
1998-12-16
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.
E12
Adventures in Babysitting
1999-01-13
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 decide who should go into the hospital's fallout shelter in an emergency.
E13
Karmic Relief
1999-01-20
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.
E14
Playing Through
1999-02-03
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 he discovers that she's been seeing Robert; a homeless man takes shelter in the hospital's main entrance; an unidentifie...
E15
Big Hand for the Little Lady
1999-02-10
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 his kidneys.
E16
Home is Where the Heartache Is
1999-02-17
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, and ends up getting an experimental procedure after the hospital receives the wrong organ.
E17
A Goy and His Dog
1999-03-10
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 woman doesn't fit the study parameters; Aaron's patient confesses to murder.
E18
Teacher's Pet
1999-03-24
Kate confronts a world renowned surgeon who's harassed her in the past; Diane's patient has a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
E19
Vanishing Acts
1999-03-31
Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.
E20
From Here to Maternity
1999-04-14
A mother gives birth to twins, one black and one white. Kate is threatened with a lawsuit after making a rude comment.

🎭 Cast of Chicago Hope Season 5

Jayne Brook
Jayne Brook
Diane Grad
Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti
Kathryn Austin
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin
Aaron Shutt
Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon
Jack McNeil
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo
Phillip Watters
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Dennis Hancock
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Keith Wilkes
Stacy Edwards
Stacy Edwards
Lisa Catera
Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz
Robert Yeats
Peter Berg
Peter Berg
Billy Kronk

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