As Christmas approaches, Matt and Lucy's relationship continues on it's rocky course. Darcy has an eventful first day on the job as the clinic receptionist. Dylan Brown, a young boy fighting leukemia, is admitted to hospital, along with his pet plant, but he is pessimistic about the chances of a bone marrow donor being found. Hoping to cheer up the boy, Grace Mullens, an elderly woman in hospital herself with a bad heart, asks to be relocated to this room. Matt is also hospitalised after a run in with a bull. Frank considers retiring to Italy. A persistent reporter hounds Kate over her refusal to donate blood at the blood drive that she herself has organised. Believing their conversation to be in confidence, Kate tells him of her fight with leukemia only to have the story appear the next day on the front page of the newspaper. Harry is upset at Kate for not telling him about her illness, but Kate sees his reaction as a validation of why she never could. Terence gives Lucy some good news.