Chicago Hope
The Ties That Bind
Season 4, Episode 15 · Aired 1998-02-04

Synopsis
Diane faces her impending motherhood full of doubts, inspired by an HIV-positive patient who wants to have a child, and the discovery of a mass in her breast. Wilkes and Hancock are swamped with a pregnant teenager who's handcuffed to her abrasive mother. Dr. Catera attempts to remove half of a five-year-old's brain to stop her seizures.
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