S02E08: Leave of Absence
Geiger's bravado is put to the test when hospital counsel Alan Birch is shot by street thugs. Meanwhile, Grad agonizes over not being able to help Alan and Watters regrets his recent harsh words with the lawyer.
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Season 1
Pilot
S1E1 / 18 Sep 1994
Over the Rainbow
S1E2 / 22 Sep 1994
Food Chains
S1E3 / 29 Sep 1994
With the Greatest of Ease
S1E4 / 06 Oct 1994
You Gotta Have Heart
S1E5 / 13 Oct 1994
Shutt Down
S1E6 / 20 Oct 1994
Genevieve and Fat Boy
S1E7 / 03 Nov 1994
Death Be Proud
S1E8 / 10 Nov 1994
Heartbreak
S1E9 / 01 Jan 1995
The Quarantine
S1E10 / 02 Jan 1995
Love and Hope
S1E11 / 09 Jan 1995
Great White Hope
S1E12 / 16 Jan 1995
Small Sacrifices
S1E13 / 23 Jan 1995
Cutting Edges
S1E14 / 06 Feb 1995
Life Support
S1E15 / 13 Feb 1995
Freeze Outs
S1E16 / 20 Feb 1995
Growth Pains
S1E17 / 27 Feb 1995
Informed Consent
S1E18 / 13 Mar 1995
Internal Affairs
S1E19 / 20 Mar 1995
The Virus
S1E20 / 08 May 1995
Full Moon
S1E21 / 15 May 1995
Songs from the Cuckoo Birds
S1E22 / 22 May 1995
Season 2
Hello Goodbye
S2E1 / 18 Sep 1995
Rise from the Dead
S2E2 / 25 Sep 1995
A Coupla Stiffs
S2E3 / 02 Oct 1995
Every Day a Little Death
S2E4 / 09 Oct 1995
Wild Cards
S2E5 / 16 Oct 1995
Who Turned Out the Lights?
S2E6 / 30 Oct 1995
From Soup to Nuts
S2E7 / 06 Nov 1995
Leave of Absence
S2E8 / 13 Nov 1995
Stand
S2E9 / 20 Nov 1995
The Ethics of Hope
S2E10 / 27 Nov 1995
Christmas Truce
S2E11 / 11 Dec 1995
Transplanted Affection
S2E12 / 08 Jan 1996
Three Men and a Lady
S2E13 / 15 Jan 1996
Right to Life
S2E14 / 22 Jan 1996
Hearts and Minds
S2E15 / 05 Feb 1996
Women on the Verge
S2E16 / 12 Feb 1996
Life Lines
S2E17 / 26 Feb 1996
Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope
S2E18 / 11 Mar 1996
Sweet Surrender
S2E19 / 18 Mar 1996
The Parent Rap
S2E20 / 29 Apr 1996
Quiet Riot
S2E21 / 06 May 1996
Ex Marks the Spot
S2E22 / 13 May 1996
Last One Out, Get the Lights
S2E23 / 20 May 1996
Season 3
Out of Africa
S3E1 / 16 Sep 1996
Back to the Future
S3E2 / 23 Sep 1996
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
S3E3 / 30 Sep 1996
Liver Let Die
S3E4 / 07 Oct 1996
Liar, Liar
S3E5 / 14 Oct 1996
Higher Powers
S3E6 / 21 Oct 1996
A Time to Kill
S3E7 / 04 Nov 1996
A Day in the Life
S3E8 / 11 Nov 1996
Divided Loyalty
S3E9 / 18 Nov 1996
V-Fibbing
S3E10 / 25 Nov 1996
Mummy Dearest
S3E11 / 09 Dec 1996
Split Decisions
S3E12 / 06 Jan 1997
Verdicts
S3E13 / 13 Jan 1997
The Day of the Rope
S3E14 / 20 Jan 1997
Take My Wife, Please
S3E15 / 03 Feb 1997
Missed Conception
S3E16 / 10 Feb 1997
Mother, May I?
S3E17 / 17 Feb 1997
Growing Pains
S3E18 / 10 Mar 1997
The Son Also Rises
S3E19 / 17 Mar 1997
Second Chances
S3E20 / 07 Apr 1997
Positive I.D.s
S3E21 / 13 Apr 1997
Leggo My Ego
S3E22 / 21 Apr 1997
Colonel of Truth
S3E23 / 28 Apr 1997
Lamb to the Slaughter
S3E24 / 05 May 1997
Love on the Rocks
S3E25 / 12 May 1997
Hope Against Hope
S3E26 / 19 May 1997
Season 4
Guns 'n' Roses
S4E1 / 01 Oct 1997
The Incredible Adventures of Baron von Munchausen... by Proxy
S4E2 / 08 Oct 1997
Brain Salad Surgery
S4E3 / 15 Oct 1997
Sympathy for the Devil
S4E4 / 22 Oct 1997
... And the Hand Played On
S4E5 / 29 Oct 1997
The Lung and the Restless
S4E6 / 05 Nov 1997
White Trash
S4E7 / 12 Nov 1997
Winging It
S4E8 / 19 Nov 1997
Cabin Fever
S4E9 / 26 Nov 1997
All in the Family
S4E10 / 10 Dec 1997
On Golden Pons
S4E11 / 17 Dec 1997
Broken Hearts
S4E12 / 07 Jan 1998
Memento Mori
S4E13 / 14 Jan 1998
Psychodrama
S4E14 / 21 Jan 1998
The Ties that Bind
S4E15 / 04 Feb 1998
The Things We Do for Love
S4E16 / 04 Mar 1998
Liver, Hold the Mushrooms
S4E17 / 11 Mar 1998
Waging Bull
S4E18 / 18 Mar 1998
Objects are Closer than They Appear
S4E19 / 25 Mar 1998
Deliverance
S4E20 / 01 Apr 1998
Bridge over Troubled Watters
S4E21 / 08 Apr 1998
Risky Business
S4E22 / 29 Apr 1998
Absent Without Leave
S4E23 / 06 May 1998
Physician, Heal Thyself
S4E24 / 13 May 1998
Season 5
Sarindipity
S5E1 / 30 Sep 1998
Austin Space
S5E2 / 07 Oct 1998
Wag the Doc
S5E3 / 14 Oct 1998
The Breast and the Brightest
S5E4 / 21 Oct 1998
One Hundred and One Damnations
S5E5 / 28 Oct 1998
Viagra-Vated Assault
S5E6 / 04 Nov 1998
Austin, We Have a Problem
S5E7 / 11 Nov 1998
The Other Cheek
S5E8 / 18 Nov 1998
Tantric Turkey
S5E9 / 25 Nov 1998
Gun with the Wind
S5E10 / 09 Dec 1998
McNeil and Pray
S5E11 / 16 Dec 1998
Adventures in Babysitting
S5E12 / 13 Jan 1999
Karmic Relief
S5E13 / 20 Jan 1999
Playing Through
S5E14 / 03 Feb 1999
Big Hand for the Little Lady
S5E15 / 10 Feb 1999
Home is Where the Heartache Is
S5E16 / 17 Feb 1999
A Goy and His Dog
S5E17 / 10 Mar 1999
Teacher's Pet
S5E18 / 24 Mar 1999
Vanishing Acts
S5E19 / 31 Mar 1999
From Here to Maternity
S5E20 / 14 Apr 1999
And Baby Makes 10
S5E21 / 21 Apr 1999
Kiss of Death
S5E22 / 28 Apr 1999
The Heavens Can Wait
S5E23 / 17 May 1999
Curing Cancer
S5E24 / 19 May 1999
Season 6
Team Play
S6E1 / 23 Sep 1999
Y'Gotta Have Heart
S6E2 / 30 Sep 1999
Oh, What a Piece of Work is Man
S6E3 / 07 Oct 1999
Vigilance and Care
S6E4 / 14 Oct 1999
Humpty Dumpty
S6E5 / 21 Oct 1999
Upstairs, Downstairs
S6E6 / 28 Oct 1999
White Rabbit
S6E7 / 11 Nov 1999
The Heart to Heart
S6E8 / 18 Nov 1999
The Golden Hour
S6E9 / 09 Dec 1999
Hanlon's Choice
S6E10 / 06 Jan 2000
Faith, Hope & Surgery
S6E11 / 13 Jan 2000
Letting Go
S6E12 / 20 Jan 2000
Boys Will Be Girls
S6E13 / 03 Feb 2000
Gray Matters
S6E14 / 10 Feb 2000
Painful Cuts
S6E15 / 17 Feb 2000
Simon Sez
S6E16 / 24 Feb 2000
Cold Hearts
S6E17 / 30 Mar 2000
Devoted Attachment
S6E18 / 06 Apr 2000
Miller Time
S6E19 / 13 Apr 2000
Thoughts of You
S6E20 / 20 Apr 2000
Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope
S6E21 / 27 Apr 2000
Have I Got a Deal for You
S6E22 / 04 May 2000
Adam Arkin
Aaron Shutt
Mark Harmon
Jack McNeil
Héctor Elizondo
Phillip Watters
Rocky Carroll
Keith Wilkes
Lauren Holly
Jeremy Hanlon
Barbara Hershey
Francesca Alberghetti
Mandy Patinkin
Jeffrey Geiger
