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Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
When traditional grandmother Verna, suffers a stroke, her estranged daughter Ellen, returns to their modest home, facing the role of caregiver to both her ailing mother and her teenage daughter. As Verna’s memories blur and long-buried family secrets resurface, Ellen confronts painful truths about her past. In the midst of family upheaval, Haley struggles with relentless bullying, her identity, and anxiety, while watching her once-stable world fall apart.
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community.
After a long stint in gay conversion therapy, James, a young piano prodigy, returns home to his family farm and his emotionally-distant father, Richard. After Richard pressures James to give up his music career and take over the farm, James agrees as a way to make up for his past. Soon, however, James finds himself face-to-face with a former lover, Charlie, who wants to help him turn away from his new beliefs and family expectations and follow his dreams of studying music.
