Iโm up to December 30, 1998.
*What a dreary, dismal 1998 Christmas and New Year's!
In a very snowy Chicago, Hart gets to Cassieโs empty hotel room and sees info on the train sheโs taking written on a note. He calls the train station and they tell him that Tammy went ahead and her sister Reva picked Cassie up, so he heads back to SF, but unfortunately the snow is so bad and the roads are closed so heโs stuck. We then see Cassie get into a car, thinking itโs Reva, but realizes the driver is Dinah in a blonde wig! She asks why she has Revaโs car, but Dinah said itโs a rental and Cassie is confused about whatโs happening. Dinah starts driving and tells Cassie that Hart knows the truth about being the father of her baby, and Cassie is surprised and eventually says she is meant to be with Hart. But Dinah says that Cassie needs to disappear and leave SF for good. Dinah then gets into an accident and drives off the road! Theyโre fine, but the car is stalled and wonโt start. As theyโre arguing, Cassie starts to go into labor! Cassie calls Hartโs cell and says sheโs in labor, and just as sheโs saying where they are, Dinah snatches the phone out of her hand and hangs up. Hart starts driving out against the copโs orders, and Dinah thinks Cassie is faking labor, so she gets out of the car and says sheโs walking to find help and Hart can rescue Cassie since thatโs what she really wants. Thatโs how the 12/23 episode ends and we then see Jerry verDorn wishing the audience a Merry Christmas with all the crew and their families LOL. What a Merry Christmas weโre having in Springfield this year of 1998 (not!). The next episode, Dinah has second thoughts about leaving Cassie, so she returns. She eventually helps Cassie deliver her baby in the car, just as Hart arrives. Hart/Cassie hug with their baby as Dinah watches from the backseat, who later leaves the car and cries alone (12/24).
Meanwhile, we see that Teri picked up Tammy and took her to her apartment. Alan then arrives and is surprised to see Tammy there. Teri said she got a call about an abandoned girl at the train station, so she saved her. Teri starts to braid Tammyโs hair and Alan mentions Annie used to do that with Tammy.
On Christmas Eve, Reva gets Abby to help her get into Joshโs hospital room so she can get him home. Josh refuses to go because heโs afraid heโll hurt her or the children because heโs not sure whatโs wrong with him. Later that night, Abby and Rick (dressed as Santa) comes to the Lewis house and gives Marah/Shane gifts. Teri arrives with Tammy and tells Reva that Cassie got held up, but sent Tammy ahead. Reva is worried, but tells Teri sheโs the reason Josh isnโt home with his family for Christmas, but Teri says Revaโs the one who should be locked up instead, given her crazy conspiracy theories about her. Teri then leaves and Abby tries to cheer Reva up. At the hospital, Josh has a flashback to a sweet moment with HB and it pushes him to be with his family for Christmas, so he leaves the hospital and shows up at the house. Reva/Josh have a tearful reunion of sorts and then the Lewis family decorate the tree together. Teri goes to the hospital to see Josh, but finds an empty room and then accidentally gets locked in his room. She starts screaming for help, but given itโs Christmas Eve, the hospital has a skeleton crew and no one can hear her, leaving her alone all night.
Selena tells Drew she found her daughter, which makes Drew happy. I guess I didnโt realize this before, but apparently Drew never knew she was adopted, so when Drew finds out Selenaโs daughter wasnโt told she was adopted, she gets upset and says she would hate her parents for that, which makes Selena sad and hesitant to tell her the truth.
On Christmas Eve, Ross comes to visit the boys, but makes a little joke about the toys Ben bought for the boys. Ben decides he should go and leave them to enjoy Christmas together without him. Blake talks him into staying, but Ross suggests heโll go to the Spaulding get-together with the boys, leaving Ben and Blake to have a romantic evening together. Ross and Blake say Merry Christmas to each other sweetly and he leaves. Ben and Blake then make love and spend the evening together.
Meanwhile, Phillip and Harley host several people for Christmas Eve (Lillian, Alex, Alan, India, Vicky, David, Buzz, Selena, Susan, Jim), with Beth later arriving with Lizzie. Drew shows up (not sure why sheโs invited haha), and Selenaโs plan is to tell her the truth that evening (but she doesnโt). Ross then shows up and talks to a happy India. Susan tries to find ways (by lying) to get Harley and Jim together during the party. Harley makes a little speech about being with all their loved ones and everyone starts singing Silent Night just as Rick and Abby walk in and joins them.
Hart/Cassie/Dinah somehow make it back to SF safely with the baby in tow. They go to the Lewis house and Reva/Josh get to meet the baby. Josh apologizes to Cassie about what happened previously and vows to figure out whatโs wrong with him. They ask if theyโve named the baby and they havenโt even thought about it. Dinah canโt stand it and leaves, but Hart follows her outside and she says that should be her baby with him instead. Hart says heโll always be thankful to her for helping Cassie deliver the baby and hugs her. Inside, Cassie tells Reva what happened and how Dinah held her hostage. Reva says Hart will dump Dinah for Cassie and she needs to tell him what Dinah did, but she doesnโt. Cassie and Hart talk and he says he has to be there for Dinah while she goes through her plastic surgery but otherwise he wants to be with Cassie. She doesnโt like that and says it has to be all or nothing, so she packs up the baby and goes to Cross Creek to recover and bond with the baby, while Hart takes Dinah home (blah).
Bill goes to visit Josh and finds a terrified Teri there instead and gets her out of the room. He helps to calm her down and she then invites him to dinner at the Towers one day to thank him. This is getting a little weird, are they going to try and pair Bill and Teri? Teri goes to the Lewis house and tells Reva/Josh that sheโs no longer pressing charges and he wonโt need to stay at the hospital. She leaves and Reva is confused by her 180 and assumes sheโs hiding something. Reva/Josh, now on the same page about Teri, go to Frank and said they want Josh re-admitted to the hospital so they can get his new test results back. While packing up their things, Josh is triggered by his shave kit and Reva goes through the contents and he freaks out about his aftershave. She says thereโs nothing to be worried about, and puts some on herself to prove it. Sheโs then under the drug, being very obedient and doing what Josh suggests (like find Frank funny, to which she laughs at everything Frank says). Josh has figured out itโs the aftershave thatโs making him weird and they run a test on it at the hospital. The results come back positive for the drug, which Frank tells them is the same truth serum drug they gave Ken. Meanwhile, Annie visits Alan and lies to him that Josh/Reva are accusing him of being involved in Joshโs odd behavior. While he leaves to get changed, she puts the drug bottles in his safe, framing him as the person owning the drug that Josh was on. On her way out, she kisses Alan and they wish each other a happy new year. Alan privately thinks to himself that he was reminded of Annie with that kiss.
It seems as though Jesse/Drew/Michelle are actually living in the same apartment unit now (they never really established that before), and while the three of them and Bill are hanging out, Danny comes in and grabs Michelle and kisses her in front of all them. Jesse rages and they break the guys up, and Danny says he and Michelle are lab partners in class, which upsets Jesse because Michelle never told him. Alone, Danny tells Drew the reason he kissed Michelle was to show Jesseโs jealous reaction and assumes that he did the same thing to Mick and was capable of killing him. Danny pressures Drew about the truth until she cries and runs away, and then we see a mystery man named Dietz tell Danny that heโs dragging his feet and the โbossโ is giving him 48 more hours to figure out the killer or else all the โkidsโ (Michelle/Drew/Jesse/Bill) are dead. Meanwhile, Michelle tells Jesse this was the second time Danny has surprised her with a kiss and he gets angry. Later, Jesse tells Bill his plan is to leave town, to lure Danny to him and keep him out of Michelleโs life. He makes Bill promise not to tell Michelle until itโs over. Jesse later tells Michelle he got an art gallery gig in NYC and needs to leave, but Bill will take care of her while heโs gone. When Drew finds out, she breaks down crying and doesnโt want Jesse to go, telling him she loves him and she doesnโt want to die. He tries to convince her this is the only way, to make Danny think he killed Mick so the girls are safe. Later downstairs, Drew confesses to Danny that Michelle killed his brother Mick! She says he was hurting and abusing her and she got scared and hit him with the rock.
India, the grifter, and Ross spend time together on Christmas Day and India finds Rossโs checkbook and realizes he has more money than she expected. Meanwhile, Holly visits Blake and sees a nearly naked Ben and gets mad that Blake/Ben are together, which leads her to drink. Holly threatens Blake that if she keeps this up, the Stalker might come after her for prioritizing Ben over her kids. Later, on NYE night, Ross and India stop by to see the kids and Ross overhears Blake telling Ben she loves him. He then oddly suggests that the four of them go out together on NYE at Millennium to get to know each other and make it seem like a โnew normalโ, where there is no resentment. The party does not go well, as Ross does a toast to Ben/Blakeโs new relationship, which comes across as jealous and pompous. Blake calls him out on it, and he admits the real truth, that he hates each of them and hates them together, and thinks theyโre both the most self-absorbed people he knows (ouch!). He then throws his glass, takes India away and kisses her.
After Christmas, itโs time for Susan and Jim to go back home, but Susan begs Harley to let her stay for a few more days. Harley sticks to her guns and says no.
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