Chicago Hope
Brain Salad Surgery
Season 4, Episode 3 · Aired 1997-10-15
Synopsis
Aaron announces he's leaving Chicago Hope for a teaching position at Harvard. Shortly thereafter he begins to suffer from a brain aneurysm. The aneurysm sends him into a trance state where he hallucinates several strange fantastical experiences, including Chicago Hope doctors in song and dance sketches and Jeffrey Geiger's advice on life.
In the series
This episode is part of Chicago Hope (1994–2000) on CBS.
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Key cast
- Mandy Patinkin as Jeffrey Geiger
- Adam Arkin as Aaron Shutt
- Héctor Elizondo as Phillip Watters
- Mark Harmon as Jack McNeil
- Christine Lahti as Kathryn Austin