Dr. Jeffrey Geiger is second to none...he'll even tell you so. He is (in my opinion) the most brilliant character on television. We can say that now, because he will back in his suit and his scrubs for 13 0f 22 episodes next season.
On May 19th, 1999, David Kelley, in all his brilliance wrote the season finale for Hope, in which he brings Mandy back as the tortured Dr. Jeffrey Geiger. This time, he will be wearing his suit as much as his scrubs. Geiger is back as the President of the Board of Chicago Hope Hospital, as well as the best cardio thorasic surgeon in the country.
In the finale, the top docs are summoned to a meeting, unaware of who called it. In walks the hated Geiger, (who has been absent from the staff for 2 yrs), and fires 5 of the 7 docs. It was vintage Geiger, smug, authoritive, and funny.
CBS execs told Kelley that he needs to revive the dying Hope, or it would be cancelled. He abandoned the show to give birth to his others: Ally McBeal, and The Practice. The show had suffered for a long time. It was still good, but nowhere near the excellence of the first 2 seasons. Geiger was the reason, so now he's bringing him back...thank God!
THE HISTORY OF DR. JEFFREY GEIGER:
...his wife (Laurie) drowned his son in a bathtub.
Laurie is in the nuthouse.
he calls her "my nutso Laurie"...endearingly
successfully separates conjoined babies.
comes on to Dr. Winslow during surgery, she accepts!
bites the finger of Dr. Thurmond.
smashes the headlights of a Porsche, belonging to a man that took his parking spot.
saves a man following a trapeze fall.
gets arrested for soliciting a prostitute, unknowingly.
experiments a new heart device on a dead woman.
gets spit on.
saves a man's life by transplanting a baboon heart.
gets bullets fired at him during a surgery/hostage ordeal.
witnesses a suicide.
often visits Laurie in the nuthouse.
plays with trains.
performs a suspended animation surgery with Dr. Shutt.
rehearses the band (from Laurie's nuthouse), to perform a Christmas Show
slices through a heart after a proposal from Dr. Infante to sleep with her.
Laurie wants a divorce so she can marry a fellow patient at the nuthouse.
gets quarantined for a fatal disease.
saves Dr. Thurmond's life after a heart attack.
has dinner with Laurie, and Gilbert, her future husband
has a breakdown.
manically sings at Russo's bar...with passion.
hears his pants when he paces.
takes his pants off so he can concentrate.
hears phantom pant noises.
thinks his mother died so she could follow him around.
swallows Infante's heirloom earring during a passionate kiss.
passes the earring. Infante says it's now more valuable.
helps in saving a young boy, who was frozen for more than 3 hours.
sings Poisoning pigeons in the park.
gets thrown out of surgery for mental illness.
goes on trial for insanity.
wins the trial!
gets ranked the #1 Cardio thorasic surgeon in the country.
his good friend, Alan dies on his table after being shot 7 times.
now has legal guardianship of Alan's baby daughter, Elisha.
takes a leave of absence to care for Elisha.
becomes the President of the Board.
fires more than half of the surgeons in the hospital.
Best friends: Dr. Aaron Shutt & Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
Geiger after Alan died on his table.
Geiger with Alicia, his new daughter.
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