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Miracles occur on Christmas Eve at the e.r. Benton administers to a homeless, blind man who was hit by a car. Once he's touched by Benton, the old man's sight returns--temporarily. After other sick transients hear about Benton's spectacular healing powers, they inundate the e.r. Meanwhile, Corday's comatose patient, Allison, regains consciousness. During the department's annual Christmas party, Hathaway announces that she and Ross are reunited--to the surprise of absolutely no one. Then Ross proposes marriage to her. Hathaway decorates the e.r. for Millicent Carter's visit, but the Christmas tree catches fire during Millicent's tour. Millicent replaces it with a spectacularly decorated tree and bestows another generous monetary gift to Hathaway's clinic. Carter's cousin Chase accompanies the family's matriarch. Carter discovers Chase injecting himself with heroin--he's a junkie. Paramedic Dean Powell (recurring guest star GEORGE EADS) wheels in a 7-year-old boy whom he retrieved from a chimney. Meanwhile, Weaver and Ellis share a romantic tryst. Cynthia confesses to Greene that she has a 5-year-old son who lives with the boy's paternal grandparents in a trailer park. And Carter writes a passing evaluation for George Henry, one of his medical students. Finally, a 67-year-old female patient, Harriet Larkin (guest star NATALIE CORE), receives help from the staff. The victim of a horrendously brutal rape, Harriet inspires Greene to apologize to Chris Law. |
