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Donna tries to go to 3 places on the same night.

Donna is fed up with how nowadays no one has the true Christmas spirit anymore. Seems like everyone is more concerned with receiving rather than giving. Her faith in mankind is restored when she discovers just who has been secretly giving the Christmas parties for the children's ward all these years.

A woman abandons her child at the Stones' place.

An ex-patient seeks refuge at the Stones.

In the premiere episode, Donna hopes to get away to a ski weekend with her brood, but pediatrician husband Alex's on-call schedule makes this tricky, especially since one of his young patients, Eddie Barclay, has a mysterious illness and Alex doesn't want to leave him in the care of another doctor. Not wanting to disappoint Mary and Jeff (who are both experts at verbally matching wits and insults with one another, as any normal siblings would be),...

Donna tries to get a concert pianist to perform at a benefit at the same time Jeff is trying to raise money for a football tackling dummy.

Donna is insulted that Alex thinks she used feminine wiles to get him to give her a beaded bag for her birthday.

A housekeeper is hired by the Stones while Donna is busy managing the Have a Heart Hilldale campaign.

Mary comes home from a date in tears. Donna And Alex tell 2 different stories on how they met each other on their first date.

David Barker is brought to Alex to be treated for rabies only to learn that student bit David.