When a coal mine collapses, Dr. Brown, together with Edna, Linda and Harold Abbott, rush to the scene to assist their neighbors. One miner is Will Cleveland (guest star James Earl Jones, "The Great White Hope," "Field of Dreams"), a jazz pianist who has recently become Ephram's mentor; another is Abbott's next door neighbor (guest star Beau Bridges, "The Second Civil War"), whose outrageous building plans Harold has tried to thwart; and the third Andy's patient Ellie Beels (guest star Kirsten Nelson, "The West Wing"), who has been trying to conceive a baby. All three doctors utilize their special skills under terrible conditions, but it is Andy who must confront his biggest fears in order to save lives.