All in the Family

Der 17-jährige Mark Dolan wird nach einem Selbstmordversuch ins Chicago Hope eingeliefert und stirbt. Dr. Shutt soll Familie und Freunden beistehen. Aber niemand scheint um Mark zu trauern. Dr. Hancock vermutet, dass sein kleiner Patient Brandon schwer misshandelt wird.

Shutt has his first group counseling session with a family, and tries to help a young man whose brother commited suicide. Wilkes father comes back into his life. Hancock and McNeil try to treat a boy whom he suspects is abused, even though the child and his father deny the abuse.