"The Day of the Rope"
The doctors watch a game
while they are forced to wait
that the president's visit ends

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In Short: White supremacists on the run following a failed assassination attempt against the President hole up in a grocery store with an injured member and demand a doctor from Chicago Hope to treat him.

Guest Starring: Reg Rogers (as Elks Williams), Zach E. Helm (as Tommy Ramsey), Lee R. Sellars (as Dr. Victor Geruso), and Cheryl Hamada (as Marianne Colton)

Story: Peter Berg, Kevin Ward, and John Tinker
Teleplay:
Directed By: Stephen Gragg

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The song Elks Williams is hearing while holding the hostages is:
"Nothing worth living for" by Violent Femmes. (Violent Femmes are: Brian Ritchie, Guy Hoffman, Gordon Gano)

This special song is from their album "3".

"There is nothing worth living for tonight
tell me there is something worth living for
don't let me drown
there is nothing worth living for tonight"

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Phillip Watters to Secret Service Agent:
"It's an honor you chose our hospital,"
The Secret Agant replies: "If there had been a medical emergency, you don't think we'd have taken the President to County?"

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