Chicago Hope
Upstairs, Downstairs
Season 6, Episode 6 · Aired 1999-10-28
Synopsis
A man rushes his pregnant wife to the ER when she starts bleeding profusely, but has a heart attack and dies when he learns she miscarries. Desperate to have his baby, the doctors propose harvesting his sperm to impregnate her. But legal nightmares ensue, and the story is leaked to the tabloids; Dr. Simon treats a young boy with a brain tumor.
In the series
This episode is part of Chicago Hope (1994–2000) on CBS.
ER’s rival hospital — prestige white coats on the other network.
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