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The Fastest Year
Airdate:  Thursday, April 27, 2000

Abby (Maura Tierney) plays with fire when she intercedes on behalf of a sick young girl (guest star Dakota Fanning) who needs a bone marrow transplant, but the most eligible donor is her half-sister (guest star Julie Marie Berman) whose divorced mother (guest star Sydney Walsh) refuses to okay the porcedure out of spite for the girl's father (guest star Steven Flynn) who's her ex-husband.  

In another family, Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) admits his pneumonia-ridden father (guest star John Cullum) into the hospital and shares a rare but memorable father-son moment as the older man's time begins to wind down. 

Tune in Thursdays at 10:00 on NBC.