S18·E8 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Episode recap

Task: Write a 280-380 word episode recap for Grey's Anatomy S18E8 ("It Came Upon a Midnight Clear").
Constraint 1: Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, or plot points.
Constraint 3: If a detail is not in the material, omit it.
Constraint 4: Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Constraint 5: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Constraint 6: Length must be 280-380 words.
Synopsis:
Doctors celebrate the holidays.
Hamilton and Meredith prepare for a milestone on their project.
Link wants to spend the holiday with Amelia and Scout as a family.
Schmitt is faced with a difficult decision during surgery.
Sources:
Series title: Grey's Anatomy.
Setting: Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
General premise: Follows personal and professional lives of doctors.
The synopsis is very brief.
Characters mentioned: Hamilton, Meredith, Link, Amelia, Scout, Schmitt.
Plot points: Holiday celebrations, a project milestone (Hamilton/Meredith), family holiday plans (Link/Amelia/Scout), a surgical decision (Schmitt).
Attempt 1 (Mental Draft):
In the Grey's Anatomy episode titled It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital engage in holiday celebrations. During this time, Meredith and Hamilton work toward a milestone regarding their project. Meanwhile, Link expresses a desire to spend the holiday season with Amelia and Scout as a family. In the surgical department, Schmitt encounters a difficult decision while performing surgery.
Problem: This is way too short (approx 60 words). The prompt requires 280-380 words.
Constraint Check: "If the synopsis is sparse, stay concise rather than guessing." vs "Write a grounded 280-380 word episode recap".
Conflict: The provided synopsis is extremely sparse. If I follow the instruction "If the synopsis is sparse, stay concise rather than guessing," I cannot reach 280 words without inventing details. However, the prompt also says "Write a grounded 280-380 word episode recap".
Resolution: In professional prompt engineering/instruction following, if the source material is insufficient to meet a length requirement without violating the "no inventing" rule, I must prioritize the "no inventing" rule. However, I can expand on the context provided by the sources (the hospital setting, the nature of the show) to