A Miracle Happens Here

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired
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The ER staffers are in decidedly unfestive moods as Christmas arrives. Carol's spirits are lifted by a Santa-like patient. Mark is outraged when Jenn decides to stay in Dayton over Christmas. Benton and Carter score points with Vucelich when Carter convinces an older gentleman, Jules "Ruby" Rubadoux, to include his wife in Vucelich's study. Mark gives a deposition in the O'Brien case. The death of a priest threatens to start a gang war. Weaver receives a surprise visit from an African friend. A Holocaust survivor, the victim of a carjacking, brings Chanukah to the ER.moreless
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  • Miracles abound

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    By DanLC03, Jul 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    Whenever I watch this episode I'm in the mood for Christmas and for some miracles. There has never been a more special Christmas espisode. It is amazing how the mood of the episode changes from beginning to end. At the beginning, it's all gloomy and sad and it becomes more cheerful as it goes on. I really liked the story of the woman who's daughter was missing, and is finally found. That was one of the most special stories in ER history. What I really liked was how people found the spirit and decided to sing Christmas carols, that was great. I like how Carol was inspired by her patient. This is one of the best Christmas episodes ever.moreless

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    • Carol cannot get over how much her patient, Mr. Calus, reminds her of Santa Claus. Calus is an anagram of Claus. Edit
    • Music: Mike Finnegan, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Edit

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    • (Carol is trying to convince everyone in the ER to go upstairs and join her in caroling) Carol: Well, you just mouth the words. That's what I do. Susan: Well, who sings? Carol: Well, I'm working on that. (Carter walks by and Carol smiles pleasantly) Carter! Carter: No, no, no, no. Chronic tone deaf and acute stage fright. Edit
    • Hanna: You know Yiddish, Dr. Greene? Greene: A little from my grandmother. Hanna: But you are a religious man? Greene: I'm the son of an agnostic Jew and a lapsed Catholic. Hanna: You're no good at all. Edit
    • Susan: You've heard me sing. Poor Susie, she hears the first line of "Rock A Bye Baby" and goes to sleep as a defense mechanism! Edit

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    • When Kerry was asked about her African friend, Mlungisi, after she took the day off to be with him, she cryptically replied, "I had a farm in Africa..." mimicking Meryl Streep's memorable line from the 1985 film Out of Africa, in which Streep played a Danish baroness who lived in Kenya for a time and had a passionate affair with a big game hunter. Edit
    • Hanna Steiner and family throw an impromptu Chanukah celebration. The children play dreidel. This sets up Mrs. Steiner to teach us that the letters on the dreidel mean "A Miracle Happened There," which is how they came up with the title for this episode. Edit

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