Episode #309 - "Samuel Rising"

In a heart-tugging Christmas episode, an autistic child seems to develop a supernatural bond with Max, who is forced to consider if, in some way, his own lost son is trying to reach out to him through the child.

Meanwhile, the "Christmas Nazi" returns as Isabel attempts to make her first Christmas with Jesse as perfect as possible while also trying to shepherd the annual holiday festival to success. To that end, she recruits Maria and Liz as elves to help Michael, who's playing the part of Santa in an attempt to get close to Maria again. In addition, Kyle meets his father's new girlfriend for the first time.

Guest starring are Gavin Fink as Samuel Turner, Sean O’Bryan as Warren Turner, Colleen Flynn as Rebecca Turner and Navi Rawat as Shelby Prine.

The episode was directed by Patrick Norris from a script written by series executive producer Jason Katims.