Before leaving to see Jamal, Alison slips on a patch of ice, is knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital.  In Chicago, Jamal and Ricky argue about Gabriela donating her kidney to Hope, but Gabriela makes it clear it's her decision to make.  Ali calls Jamal, but he abruptly hangs up on her.  Rafe pleads with Ed to return him to Earth to fix Ali and Jamal's relationship.  Julie says a tearful goodbye to Christina before handing her over to Lucy for good.  Julie then says a poignant goodbye to Chris too.  Lucy and Kevin take Christina home, where Scott confronts and asks why he wasn't informed about Christina.

12.28.01- Friday: Miracles Happen

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Charles Keating

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Linda Purl

Michael Easton

Michael J. Anderson

Robin Christopher

Rodney Van Johnson

Shannon Sturges

Susan Haskell

Barbara Esensten

Casandra Morgan

James H. Brown

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12.31.01 - Monday: Miracles Happen [Finale]

12.27.01- Thursday: Miracles Happen

Livvie proclaims Caleb dead and explains away her evil deeds as a way to get close to him and destroy him. Everyone seems skeptical until Lucy enters, saying Livvie saved her life and helped her fake her death. Caleb's youthful body turns into an old man and everyone's free from the steel walls Caleb used to trap them. A rapidly aging Karen lies to Frank that she has a ""bug"" and leaves with Chris. The men bury Caleb's body in the woods, and when the sun rises, everyone's in awe at the sight of the miracle. With Caleb destroyed, Ed gives Rafe a new mission- reunite all the couples Caleb broke up by Christmas Eve.

12.03.01 - Monday: Miracles Happen [Premiere]

Despite Kevin's warning about social services, Eve takes Daniel to visit Ian at their apartment.  The court appointed counselor arrives and they are surprised to learn the court has granted them back custody of Daniel.  Eve and Ian then ponder the future of their marriage.  Lucy confesses to Kevin about her affair with Ian and he surprises her when he says he already knew.  They decide to take a break from their relationship and cancel their Christmas party/surprise wedding.  Alison offers her support to Jamal if he wants to pursue a relationship with Hope, however, Jamal says he doesn't want to interfere in her life.  Later, Jamal offers a homeless Valerie a place to stay- with him and Alison.  Rafe tells Ali of his new assignment, reuniting the couples of Port Charles by Christmas Eve.  Ali offers her help and Rafe comes up with a plan when he shows her the invitations to Kevin and Lucy's party.

12.04.01 - Tuesday: Miracles Happen

Rafe congratulates himself for mailing the invitations to Kevin and Lucy's party, then consoles Lucy when she says she and Kevin broke up.  Having received their invitations, Serena and Gail show up to say how excited they are about the party.  Feeling guilty over her misdeeds, Livvie is cheered up when she gets her invitation.  She goes to see Jack but finds he's left town.  Alison remains calm when Valerie moves in and credits Rafe's influence to a jealous Jamal.  Rafe uses magic to prevent Lucy from canceling the party.  Kevin and Lucy suspect each other of sending out the invitations, then agree not to cancel the party.

12.05.01 - Wednesday: Miracles Happen

Rafe works to reunite Jack and Livvie.  After Livvie tells him that Jack's left town, Rafe encourages her to do something to make it okay.  Meanwhile, Rafe also stops Jack from leaving town by standing in the middle of the road and blocking his motorcycle.  Rafe convinces Jack not to leave town until he goes back for one last look.  Jack then rides his bike back to an abandoned house where he dreamed of living with Livvie.  Entering the house, Jack finds Livvie and Rafe is satisfied that his job is done.  Meanwhile, Eve asks Ian if he still loves her and he admits he does, but can't trust her.  Eve agrees to take the first step in putting their marriage back on track by forgiving him for his affair with Lucy.  They begin to kiss, but Ian still can't trust her.  Frank arrives at Chris's and demands to see Karen, but Chris lies that she's not there.  Leaving, Frank spots a hypodermic needle.  A weak Karen then enters the living room and Frank bursts down the door, knocks Chris out and ca

12.06.01 - Thursday: Miracles Happen

Surprised to see each other at the abandoned house, Jack and Livvie discuss their relationship.  Although Livvie claims she lied to him to protect him from Caleb, Jack declares and end to their relationship and leaves.  However, he returns when he can't find his motorcycle helmet (which Rafe took) and declares his love to Livvie and they end up kissing and making up.  Karen tells Frank that she was injected with vampire serum and that she is dying.  Frank goes to Chris, who's found a cure, but Chris refuses to help Karen.  Lucy meets with Kevin, but is still unsure whether their Christmas party will also be their wedding.  However, after Kevin declares the party's for the town's benefit, Lucy gets discouraged.  After Kevin gets an emergency call and leaves, Rafe shows up and surprises Lucy with wedding rings, leading her to believe that Kevin is planning on marrying her.  Meanwhile, Kevin meets with a mysterious woman.

12.07.01 - Friday: Miracles Happen

After receiving Lucy's party invitation, an angry Eve confronts Lucy about sleeping with Ian.  Lucy apologizes but tells Eve to own up to her responsibility for her marriage troubles.  Rafe and Alison visit Ian and give him a special ornament which gives him the Christmas spirit.  While babysitting, Rafe impresses both baby Daniel and Ali with his magic.  Eve comes home to find Ian has decorated their loft for Christmas.  Rafe almost kisses Ali, but stops and runs off.  Kevin visits with a mystery woman and says he won't tell Lucy.  Kevin then follows the woman into her bedroom where she has promised him a surprise.

12.10.01 - Monday: Miracles Happen

Rafe helps a bitter woman realize her love for her husband, then asks Victor for advice about his growing feelings toward Alison.  Victor advises him not to break up her relationship if he's not going to stay in town.  Jack and Livvie offer to rent the abandoned house from its owner, but he refuses because he's selling it.  However, his wife (the woman Rafe helped) convinces him to let Jack and Livvie have the house.  Jamal gets jealous when he learns Ali's been spending time with Rafe.  After learning the Hartmans' whereabouts, Jamal tells Valerie he's going to give up his parental rights.  Val blames Ali and, after they argue, Jamal tells Ali to leave so he can talk to Val alone.  Ali goes to Rafe, but he abruptly shoos her away.  Frank tells a dying Karen that Chris refuses to help her.  Chris shows up and gives Karen a temporary anecdocte to the vampire serum, but tells Frank his price for more of the anecdote- Frank must stay away from Karen.

12.11.01 - Tuesday: Miracles Happen

Kevin buys a scarf for the mystery woman, but covers when Lucy sees him by giving it to her as her Christmas present.  Lucy catches Kevin buying an identical scarf and he covers again saying it's for Livvie.  Lucy wants to talk and Kevin tries to stall her, then agrees to talk privately, but calls the mystery woman to meet with her later.  Rafe watches as Frank agrees to Chris's terms to save Karen's life- he'll stay away from her.  However, Karen is suspicious of Frank's sudden aloofness and demands the truth.  Frank admits Chris's shady proposal and Chris refuses to save Karen's life.  However, Rafe uses his magic to change Chris's tune and as punishment makes Chris unable to tell a lie.  Chris admits his wrong doings to a stunned Frank and Karen.  Eve and Ian both apologize for the hurt they've caused each other.  However, their plan to go for a family sleigh ride is interrupted when Eve is requested to speak at a medical conference and Ian encourages her to go.  On the way to the c

12.12.01 - Wednesday: Miracles Happen

Rafe denies he's mad at Alison, but tells her to spend time with Jamal, who's planned a special evening for her.  However, Jamal and Ali began arguing about her involvement with Rafe.  Later, Rafe arrives to deliver a package for Ali, who emerges from the shower naked.  Ian learns Eve never checked into her medical conference.  Chris, who still can't tell a lie, admits to Jack that he gave him to social services as a child to protect him from their drunk, abusive father because he loved him.  Livvie walks in on Kevin and Lucy embracing and assumes they're back together, but Kevin tells her the wedding is still off.  She announces she's moving in with Jack, then Lucy privately tells her the wedding's on but it's a surprise.  Meanwhile, Kevin gets a phone call from the mystery woman.  Lucy eavesdrops and hears Kevin tell the woman she's still beautiful and he will meet her as soon as he gets rid of Lucy.

12.13.01 - Thursday: Miracles Happen

Valerie surprises Jamal at the airport and insists on going with him to see Hope.  They argue and miss their flight.  Later, Jamal realizes Valerie is after him and decides she must move out immediately.  After Rafe accidentally sees Alison naked he apologizes and tries to deny his feelings for her to himself.  After a few awkward moments, they state that they'll miss each other when he's gone.  Rafe then kisses Ali as Jamal and Valerie walk in.  Ian learns from the police that Eve's car was found totalled at the bottom of a ravine and she couldn't have survived such a crash.  Ian believes the worst, but is relieved when Eve shows up alive and well and he hugs and kisses her.  After overhearing Kevin make plans to meet the mystery woman, Lucy goes to the hospital to check if Kevin is with a patient, learns he's not.  Later, Lucy spies Kevin in the park embracing the mystery woman, who's wearing the scarf Kevin bought.

12.14.01- Friday: Miracles Happen

When Jamal and Valerie walk in on them kissing, Alison and Rafe claim they were saying goodbye.  Ali tells Jamal that, although Rafe is special to her, she loves Jamal and they make-up.  Dr. Hartman, Hope's adoptive father, arrives to tell Jamal and Val that Hope's sick.  After Eve's carjacking, Ian realizes he almost lost her and they make-up.  Lucy sees Kevin embracing another woman in the park, but they leave before she can confront them.  Lucy tells Rafe that Kevin's seeing another woman and he advises her not to confront Kevin.  However, Lucy runs into Kevin and tells him they need to talk.

12.17.01 - Monday: Miracles Happen

Dr. Hartman tells Valerie and Jamal that Hope needs a kidney and asks them to be tested to be donors.  They all fly to Chicaco, leaving Alison behind.  Chris's total honesty gets him fired at the hospital after he kisses Amanda Barrington.  Jack asks Chris to stay with him and Livvie until they figure out what's wrong with him.  Livvie learns Rafe has romantic feelings for Alison and kissed her and she advises him that Ali loves Jamal.  Rafe goes to Ali and apologizes for kissing her and she reiterates that they are just friends, however, both Rafe and Alison can't stop thinking of each other.  When Lucy runs into Kevin, she loses her nerve about confronting him about his other woman.  Instead, she follows him and sees him pick up lunch for two, buy flowers and go to a hotel room.  Lucy knocks on the door and a beatiful woman answers and Lucy assumes it Kevin's other woman and runs away.  However, the beautiful woman is not the woman Kevin came to see as she goes to get the mystery wom

12.18.01 - Tuesday: Miracles Happen

Livvie confronts Alison about her kiss with Rafe and her feelings towards him.  Alison admits she does have feelings for Rafe and is finding it hard to say goodbye to him.  At the hospital, Eve, Ian, Karen and Frank exchange Christmas presents and Ian gives Eve an expensive bracelet.  They all laugh at Chris's totally honest remarks.  On the day of her Christmas party, Lucy tells Rafe that Kevin has fallen in love with another woman.  Kevin, meanwhile, tells the mystery woman that the party will be the perfect place to tell Lucy about them.  Later, Lucy gets a phone call from Kevin who's delayed.  After he thinks he hung up, Lucy overhears Kevin tell the mystery woman that Lucy's starting to get suspicious and he needs to talk to her alone.  When Kevin arrives at the party, Rafe tells him Lucy stepped out.  Lucy, meanwhile, boards a plane- to Hawaii- to avoid Kevin's talk with her.

12.19.01 - Wednesday: Miracles Happen

In Chicago, Jamal, Valerie and Gabriela wait for news on Hope.  Dr. Hartman then announces that Gabriela is Hope's only match for a kidney donor.  Before leaving to join Jamal in Chicago, Alison says a tender goodbye to Rafe.  Later, Alison learns her flight's been cancelled due to bad weather.  Before the Christmas party, Kevin searches for a missing Lucy, then hears the mystery woman is waiting for him upstairs.  Kevin then tells the mystery woman they can't wait any longer to tell Lucy.  Guests begin arriving for the Christmas party, but neither of the hosts, Kevin or Lucy, are present.  Lucy boards a plane to Hawaii, but after the plane takes off and she dozes off, she awakens and is surprised to learn her flight is mysteriously headed to Port Charles!!

12.20.01- Thursday: Miracles Happen

Posing as a cabdriver, Ed drives Lucy to the Port Charles Hotel and convinces her to attend her party.  Lucy arrives, but tries to avoid talking with Kevin privately.  After Alison is unable to fly to Chicago to be with Jamal, she takes his advice and attends the party where she and Rafe share a magical dance.  Chris, meanwhile, tells Mac he fears someone is stalking him.  Rafe uses his magic to make Kevin see the party is the wedding he and Lucy always wanted.  Later, Kevin proposes to Lucy in front of the party guests, but she rejects his proposal because of his ""other woman.""  Kevin asks Lucy to place her trust in him.

12.21.01- Friday: Miracles Happen

Kevin asks Lucy put her trust in him and marry him right there at their Christmas party.  Putting aside her dobuts, she happily says yes.  Eve is frantic when she loses the expensive bracelet Ian gave her, but Ian says they will get everything back they've lost.  Lucy and Kevin deliver touching wedding vows to each other, however, Kevin stops the wedding mid-ceremony to give Lucy an extra special Christmas gift- her long-missing adopted daughter Christina.  After receiving more mysterious phone calls, Chris goes to the source of the calls, a hotel room, and is stunned when he comes face-to-face with his ex-wife Julie.

12.24.01 - Monday: Miracles Happen

After her surprise reunion with Christina, a joyous Lucy continues with her wedding to Kevin and the two are declared husband and wife.  Julie tells Chris that she did not return to be with him but to give Christina back to Lucy.  Chris realizes Julie's dying and she tells him to move on and find love again.  Ian asks Eve to have faith in him again.  Rafe and Alison have a difficult time saying good-bye, but as the clock strikes midnight, he disappears and returns to Heaven.  Alison realizes Rafe accomplished his mission when she sees all the reunited couples together again at the Christmas party.

12.26.01- Wednesday: Miracles Happen

Lucy and Kevin return Christina to Julie so they can say good-bye.  Lucy privately confronts Julie on why she kidnapped Christina and Julie apologizes for the heartache she caused, then convinces Christina to accept her new mommy.  Chris makes plans to spirit Julie and Christina out of town.  In Chicago, Gabriela's brother, Ricky, arrives- fresh from prison- and tries to stop her from donating a kidney to Hope.  Jamal and Ricky get into a fist fight until Gabby proclaims they're both her brothers.  When Alison calls Jamal, Valerie answers and tells her to stop calling.  Ali then books a flight to Chicago.

Alison tells Jack and Livvie how Jamal gave her the brush off.  Scott and Frank both want to know their place in Christina's life know that Lucy married Kevin.  Everyone agrees, for Christina's sake, to let Lucy and Kevin act as Christina's primary parents.  An embittered Chris advises Eve not ""screw up"" her marriage with Ian, who surprises Eve with her lost bracelet.  Rafe pleads with Ed to send him back, but when Ed refuses, Rafe proposes a deal.  An apologetic Jamal calls Ali, but misses her.  Ali is then surprised by Rafe's return.  As the citizens watch the sky, a blinding white light covers the town...

Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital

In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for focusing most of its energies on the medical school program, setting more of its main action at Port Charles' General Hospital than was seen on the parent show, General Hospital. As it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000, instead creating thirteen-week story arcs. This type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to only work six months out of the year.

12.28.01- Friday: Miracles Happen

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