Brook Lynn and Chase head to Maxie’s house to support Mac, Felicia, and the kids, even though Chase has been suspended. Chase eventually asks Mac if this will be awkward, but Mac says tonight is about the kids.

Georgie and Spinelli went to Boston to be with Maxie, and Felicia has set up a webchat to talk to Robert and Sasha later. (RIP Tristan!) Nathan checks in with Cody and hopes that the saddle will be here for James in time. Cody is busy tracking it as they speak.

 

 

Nina and Obrecht arrive, having been invited by Nathan, and Cody gets a text that the present for James is stuck at the shipping port. Since there are no drivers to deliver it, he’s going to get it.

James approaches Nathan and Cody and asks if they are mad at him for not going to see his mom. Nathan says nobody is mad at him, and his mom would want him to have fun and a good Christmas. Nathan offers to take the boy to see his mom next week.

Meanwhile, Obrecht urges Nina to find some holiday spirit. Nina can’t stop thinking about the look of pain on Portia’s face in court.

What’s Happened to Portia?
At the hospital, Portia packs up her office. She tells Liz she’s not been fired, only suspected. Hopefully, she’ll be back soon, but she wonders if she’s kidding herself. Portia says her career is all she has left now. She never wanted her mistakes to hurt the hospital, but she doesn’t regret what she did to protect her daughter.

Liz says all her boys are away this year (shocker!), so she’s welcome to spend Christmas with her. Portia feels she should spend Christmas alone to think. Liz leaves her friend.

As she finishes packing up, Isaiah stops by to see how Portia is doing. She cries, she’s not great, and she’s so sorry their involvement is now public knowledge, as now he’s being investigated too. Isaiah says if they are lucky, this will be their baby’s first Christmas, and he wants them to spend it together.

War or Peace?
Britt and Lucas run into one another on the steps. Lucas suggests that they call a truce for Christmas. They chat, and Britt explained that Nina and her brother had invited her to a family gathering, but things are still icy with her mom, so it’s best that she was called into work. Later, Britt gets a photo from her mom of her and Nathan, and Lucas thinks it’s nice that her mom is thinking of her.