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Call Him Macaroni

Present: M.E. and Gail politely jostle over planning Emmett's first birthday party, but get into a really serious disagreement over his racial heritage. Gail insists that Emmett is a black child with a white mother and that everyone who looks at him will consider him black as well. M.E. maintains that he is biracial -- both Irish-American and African-American. When Kelly and M.E. find out that Emmett's birth certificate lists him only as black, they enlist Rene's help in getting it changed, so that Emmett will always know that he is part of two families that both love and fully accept him for all that he is. At the birthday party, the two grandmothers come to an understanding and agree to start new traditions for their families, blended and bonded by their love of Emmett. Rene takes on a sexual discrimination case on behalf of a woman whose group health insurance carrier will cover the cost of Viagra, but not the cost of contraceptives. Joe is reluctant to take on the case at first, bu

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  • Originally Aired January 20, 2002
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Production Code 0417
  • Created September 10, 2015 by
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Name Type Role
Beverly M. Sawyer Writer
Daniel Dae Kim Guest Star
Virginia Hamilton Guest Star
Tracy Middendorf Guest Star
Valerie Woods Guest Star
John Lafayette Guest Star
Lee Weaver Guest Star
Derrex Brady Guest Star
Rick Worthy Guest Star
Joanna Kerns Director