- SAVING HOPE is a medical drama with a twist one of our doctors sees ghosts. In Season One, Dr. Alex Reid (Erica Durance) balanced the daily demands of saving her patients and her determination to save the life of her fiancé, Chief of Surgery Charlie Harris (Michael Shanks). The drama unfolds in Season Two as an already tense situation becomes even more complicated with the arrival of the hospital's new surgeon, who happens to be Alex's ex-boyfriend. Now, Charlie is awake but things are far from normal he's keeping a secret that threatens to destroy his relationship with Alex, his career and his life.