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00:00:00i wish this pinched me so i know it's true and i really got you yeah what a christmas this is
00:00:13and what a christmas this is
00:00:17is
00:00:24and i really got you yeah what a christmas this is
00:00:38yeah
00:00:46oh thank you it's an early christmas present for myself good for you your usual booth i'll take
00:00:58that for you thank you so much tony has made some wonderful chocolate almond croissants
00:01:03and there you go you know i don't want but i'll take two are you back on the market i actually
00:01:08have a date and he's on his way here oh good it's just that last time when you ate i'll
00:01:13never mind two chocolate delights coming right up thank you
00:01:26new suit i'm sorry no i was just asking if it was a new suit because you got that
00:01:33oh boy thanks do you mind if i see the ring is it that obvious no it's yeah
00:01:44oh my gosh that's so pretty you have to relax she's definitely gonna say yes
00:01:51if i can ask her it's the third time i've brought it with me you know what i have an idea why don't
00:01:56we switch tables because this one's way more romantic all right are you serious yeah no
00:02:00problem thank you so much you're welcome go get up tiger it's fine
00:02:06hi cynthia hi how are you you look so handsome no thank you no booth no not tonight but trust
00:02:18me it's for a very good cause okay thank you people typically have dinner first and then dessert
00:02:27sure happy anniversary by the way anniversary no it's just five months together actually um
00:02:37i got you something oh my gosh i was totally kidding about the anniversary getting not the
00:02:41anniversary it's actually just a christmas present that's so sweet but bring it with us
00:02:46to the farm i want to open it closer to christmas yeah i wanted to talk to you about that i'm just
00:02:50not sure about the the trip us you're great you're better than great yeah it's just that
00:03:00two weeks with your family for christmas totally it's i've heard it before it's good it's fine
00:03:09you're good i just wanted to say you guys are such a beautiful couple and
00:03:13i hope you have a really great night
00:03:15you know what i'm gonna have a cupcake and you know what it's supposed to smell
00:03:21so i don't have any canned food oh and
00:03:29night merry christmas
00:03:34careful pollack wouldn't want you hurting them precious fingers of yours
00:03:37i didn't want so precious when i was laying you out and what have you done since sat around
00:03:42bunny rabbits in those felicia flowers books you're jealous i drive a forklift of course i'm jealous
00:03:58i got my phones right my phone's right here
00:04:03give me a sec it's my boss it's not even eight o'clock yet what happened take a little guess
00:04:11christmas my family the farm the travel everything my sister's wedding
00:04:16he bailed out well you know at least you got a gift out of it what's the matter you couldn't
00:04:21wait till christmas what was he thinking with these like here you go here's a present like
00:04:26in case you forget you got dumped you okay yeah i'm good i'm i'm great you know if he can't handle
00:04:39me then what good is he right like the right guy he's out there somewhere i want it to work out
00:04:49i have to say though i do have pretty high expectations my parents they do they they did
00:04:58so many sweet little romantic things for one another
00:05:01so um what are you gonna tell janet she's expecting a plus one i'm bringing a plus one
00:05:10i'm not going stag to my little sister's wedding anyone i know you might
00:05:18you are so lucky but i did not have a plan you're lucky you get to spend two wonderful
00:05:23weeks with me besides we do have a deadline on the book this is the first christmas since your
00:05:27mom passed away i sure am i gonna be in the way my dad loves the company the more the merrier
00:05:31besides you cannot be alone on christmas i wasn't gonna be alone necessarily
00:05:45i date all right there was maggie i'm talking about someone in the past decade
00:05:50you know i don't tell you everything i would know if you were seeing someone oh you would
00:05:54you'd be happier you'd have a little pep in your step
00:05:59oh yeah at least you haven't screwed up literally five relationships in two years
00:06:05and no don't stop he doesn't count why not because i can't handle two hands
00:06:13let's go
00:06:19you know what i need this two weeks no drama like we'll finish the new book
00:06:24spend time with my dad get janet married and start the new year fresh
00:06:27you'll see everything is gonna be so perfect
00:06:35okay starting right after this you weren't going that fast were you cynthia
00:06:40don't really think that's why i'm getting pulled over
00:06:52well well well what do we have here hey scott i'm so sorry was i was i speeding or something
00:06:58what oh who knows radar gun's been busted since july i just wanted to say hi hi hello
00:07:08hmm it's good to have you back cindy it's great to be back hey who's this you married now
00:07:15no no he's my working he's my work friend he's my friend but we were i worked with him
00:07:22liam hi i draw pictures i'm gonna need to see some id stranger i'm just kidding
00:07:30you'd be surprised if people fall for that though probably because you're a cop
00:07:34yeah this has just been so fun um but we we actually have to head out and uh go meet up
00:07:40with my family oh you're right right yeah you know i saw janet the other day oh she said you'd
00:07:45be coming into town to uh how'd she put it screw up the wedding yeah that sounds about right she
00:07:51gets a little annoyed with my enthusiasm for weddings yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be great
00:07:55i can't wait for you to see it yeah all right well um we should uh get together you know hang
00:08:03out catch up maybe grab a coffee or something yeah that would be i'm so busy but that would be
00:08:08great that would be great yeah okay well uh drive safe okay see you later officer bye see you
00:08:21i thought small town cops were supposed to be punchy that's like an ex-boyfriend
00:08:25yeah he was my first boyfriend actually but he would always like want to re-watch his
00:08:28football games from the night before and yet you still let him call you cindy
00:08:32he carries a taser fair enough
00:08:38so
00:08:56wow this is a nice place it's great it's just there's usually so many more lights we could
00:09:02take care of that yeah i'm gonna go tell my dad we're here so just go inside i'm sure janet's
00:09:07there huh janet dad dad
00:09:30you're the best thank you so much for doing that liam why don't you go inside
00:09:36i don't know what you said that janet was in there baby well you know janet's uh
00:09:43janet's awesome but uh scary sometimes yeah yeah yeah you got that are you good oh yeah
00:09:51don't worry about me i got it oh you're strong you've been working out big time
00:09:55this is gonna look so good hello by the fourth at noon hi get over here oh my gosh
00:10:06it's so good to see you cynthia good to see you roger oh my gosh merry christmas get over here
00:10:12welcome to the fam well there's still almost two weeks technically wait i thought you were gonna
00:10:17bring a date i was hi janet hi liam i am liam can be my date yeah mostly just here to do work you
00:10:25know always another deadline hey liam roger what happened to jake did you drive him away his name
00:10:32is jason and no i do not drive men away i have a very romantic nature that some men find
00:10:37overwhelming terrifying intense anyway roger liam here is an amazing illustrator he draws my felicia
00:10:46flowers books oh your illustrations are amusing yeah you know i don't know where cynthia finds
00:10:52the inspiration for that right what you know right um anyway how's dad uh he's he's good
00:10:58he's okay i'm a little worried about how he's gonna do when i move in with roger
00:11:02yeah totally but i guess all we can do right now is just try to give him a great christmas right
00:11:07yeah anyway speaking of where's the tree and the decorations and everything i haven't had
00:11:12time with the wedding and everything i think this year we just forget all that what are you talking
00:11:16about we have a giant tree every year amazing decorations this is going to be no exception okay
00:11:21it's a long-standing tradition in our house and one that i intend to keep
00:11:26sounds like my girl daddy oh hi oh it's good to have you home just wouldn't be christmas without
00:11:34you i know i know i just oh i missed you i was um i was just in the barn and it looks like we're a
00:11:40little behind schedule oh i'll get around to it we still have nearly two weeks left and you're my
00:11:45maid of honor not my wedding planner and we got this okay okay i'm just saying we're a little
00:11:51behind schedule that's all dad you remember liam right yeah good to see you how are you sir
00:11:57i didn't realize you two were dating oh i uh we're we're uh we're not yeah he's just gonna
00:12:03be my date to the wedding as a platonic friendly kind of date situation because she blew it with
00:12:08jake jason can i help you both get settled in oh you're so sweet roger but i think we're just
00:12:13gonna drop our bags and we're gonna go get a tree cindy no we're getting a tree it's gonna be big
00:12:18it's gonna be opulent it's gonna be gorgeous and i'm gonna clean up all the pine needles
00:12:23i love that you're here oh dad it is so good to be home oh it's great to have you
00:12:30okay i'll be right back
00:12:36but if you do get any designs on my daughter just keep this in mind i'm a hunter a good one
00:12:41good to know he gives me that speech every day
00:12:50how did you get over here so fast man
00:12:55all right our last stop oh great let's grab a wreath and get back to the farm we're not just
00:13:00grabbing a wreath that's how i do things okay i gotta like find the perfect wreath takes a little
00:13:05bit oh yeah of course silly me oh look at these berries look how pretty they look oh well well
00:13:11i was wondering when you'd show up grant oh man hi wow look at you you haven't aged a day
00:13:20and stop what are you doing here oh i heard you were coming home i figured you'd show up here
00:13:24eventually oh you were pre-stalking me oh technically i'm here to oversee the fundraiser
00:13:29great cover story whatever um grant i want you to meet my friend liam this is grant
00:13:34hi grant and i actually used to date in high school another one uh senior year
00:13:44so are you two no no we're just we're friends yeah okay oh but i gotta find the perfect read
00:13:52i feel like you're definitely the person to talk to oh well let me show you to our private reserve
00:13:58oh this is great why do you keep all these under here well every year the best ones get
00:14:02snatched up right away and inevitably five minutes before closing some hard-working single
00:14:07mom pops in and has to pick through the scraps so i keep a few underneath figured if anybody
00:14:11deserves a good read it's them right oh how did we ever break up it's crazy
00:14:20well you know they all look uh the same to me so let's get back not this one it's not all about
00:14:27looks oh this is the one it smells like christmas perfect i love it you haven't changed a bit
00:14:37you too
00:14:46hey cutie hey you uh did you sleep well i did actually yeah how long have you been up for
00:14:53well just a few hours they checked the cookie jar and then i checked the spare jar and then
00:14:58there was nothing you know you could just go to the store and buy cookies
00:15:02you go to the store and buy cookies it lacks a certain presentation
00:15:09that is true i'll give you that good right good wow so what's the plan for today we're
00:15:14gonna meet a few more of your ex-boyfriends ha ha ha it's a small town okay
00:15:19i mean just because i've dated a few guys
00:15:27i'll get it just there's milk there if you want it
00:15:32hi
00:15:37on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree
00:15:44oh my gosh that was so good oh hi can you just give me a little more information
00:15:53um is this for me
00:15:56do you have a business card
00:16:04is that what i think it is this is a present isn't this the most fantastic thing ever
00:16:09who's it from okay it says merry christmas to my one true love
00:16:18that's all it says it doesn't have a name this is a christmas mystery
00:16:22this is the most romantic thing ever this is a christ tree
00:16:32we're gonna plant a pear tree in your apartment okay it's not supposed to be
00:16:37it's a grand romantic gesture too bad it's anonymous it's not anonymous it's not anonymous
00:16:43at all my true love gave it to me stop singing you are a loon what is wrong with you i'm excited
00:16:51oh my goodness i love you i have to go plan a wedding and sell a house okay
00:16:55oh who's the prettiest bird are you pretty bird are you pretty bird
00:16:59how do you know that this is for you oh i mean janice won't get married janice is marrying
00:17:05her accountant trust me it's not for janet roger this is not his style i'm gonna ask him anyway
00:17:10what don't worry i'll be subtle no roger is very awkward he just yeah please don't he gets
00:17:16uncomfortable let's take this and upstairs and find him a home okay and we really got to get
00:17:20to work i know i'll go grab my sketchbook oh no no not that kind of work but when the sleigh bells
00:17:27jingle i'm reminded that i'm singular tradition i won't celebrate oh the weather's getting colder
00:17:35and i'm only growing older but this holiday i lost my chair it's hard to be jolly when you're not here
00:17:45the big guys at least got eight reindeer i know i've been naughty can't hide my flaws but i'm
00:17:53still missing my mrs claus christmas you did so good
00:18:05all right you're right this is really beautiful this is a good idea i'm glad you like it
00:18:10yep marie would be proud it's the best tree we've had in years i don't know i kind of feel
00:18:16like my favorite is still the one that lost all of its needles okay in my defense eight-year-olds
00:18:23don't know that you know christmas trees don't drink eggnog on that note i think i'll say good
00:18:28night oh you're the best daddy
00:18:37so raj christmas wedding i mean that's that's pretty romantic right well really it's the only
00:18:43sensible choice people have the day off families are already together and bridal
00:18:48registries make gift shopping very convenient convenient
00:18:54smooth yeah okay so it's not roger i told you so yeah you did
00:19:01okay this isn't his studio but at least oh okay well now we can get some we have a christmas
00:19:06book to write this is new territory for us right this is new territory for felicia
00:19:11what does her magic do to christmas what does her magic do to christmas
00:19:18here are some christmasy things oh oh oh maybe um maybe the eggnog is served out of
00:19:24you know really big tulips right that would be really pretty i think and the tree has like a
00:19:30crystal uh pine cone that acts like a disco ball yes oh that's gorgeous i love that oh my gosh liam
00:19:37it's the cutest thing i've ever seen maybe the toys come alive at night and they redecorate
00:19:42the entire house hmm oh and there has to be tinsel on everything that's really important
00:19:47and blinking lights all of it's gonna be gorgeous okay okay okay slow down slow down no no you need
00:19:52to draw faster i'm on a roll oh maybe the um maybe the toys think that she is a doll so they
00:19:59wrap her up in wrapping paper can't she just rip her way out no she's gonna be tied up with
00:20:02ribbon so she can't get out you know oh and then she sees an elf in the fireplace
00:20:07so
00:20:24wow wow
00:20:26i uh this was my mom's it was way too big for me when i was a kid
00:20:41when i was growing up i used to put it on
00:20:45and think about my perfect wedding perfect room and perfect husband well at least now you're past
00:20:53all that pie in the sky stuff you can make fun of me all you want
00:21:00but when i was growing up all i ever really wanted was the kind of romance my mom and dad had you
00:21:04know they were married for 40 years and they still did all these fun little surprises for each other
00:21:13but i mean they were the real deal
00:21:19hey i'm i'm really sorry oh i didn't mean to no i'm so sorry i'm so embarrassed
00:21:27it's okay i just got nostalgic yeah
00:21:34so uh book yes we have such a deadline we have a crazy deadline okay i'm gonna um
00:21:41i if you don't mind i just want to go show this to janet but i'll be right back i think she'll
00:21:47love this okay i'll be back i'm gonna bring coffee so get i gave you a lot of things to
00:21:52work on so go okay okay i'll be right back janet uh-huh hi hi look what i found you're never gonna
00:22:03guess where it was upstairs in the closet in a box marked mom's wedding gown okay yeah yeah
00:22:08okay yeah maybe you'll guess exactly where it was all in the inventory you gotta get that to
00:22:14the dry cleaners you can't go wearing a dusty gown no cynthia i already i already have a dress
00:22:20you bought a gown without me there to advise you no i picked out a dress it's sensible you know
00:22:28it's it's great it's something that i can wear again to like parties and stuff what what do you
00:22:31mean wear it to parties a wedding dress is meant to be worn one time that's the whole point of it
00:22:35well mom already wore one so there you go wow wow if she could hear you say that she would
00:22:46i'm not gonna wear mom's dress okay i'm just i'm not i'm not ready
00:22:55come here i understand but i think you should think about it it's really pretty
00:23:02i hit it i love you i love you hold on okay
00:23:14on the second day of christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear
00:23:22tree it's for me thank you oh my gosh that was pretty no information okay hi guys hi
00:23:37janet liam you guys this is huge this is huge look look look we have two turtle doves isn't
00:23:44this exciting this isn't just one present i think it's gonna keep happening oh so how exactly are
00:23:49they turtled no not turtle turtle turtle because they eat turtles they look like i don't know
00:23:58someone named them that isn't this exciting they're so cute yeah uh so still no idea who's
00:24:04behind all this no name no nothing it's so romantic i don't get the point of these presents
00:24:08if no one's taking the credit for it janet it's not about the presents i mean it's about the
00:24:11romance whoever is doing this is leaving me a serious trail of breadcrumbs and i'm gonna find
00:24:17them
00:24:22shouldn't you be dragging liam along on this he has sketches to do
00:24:26he didn't have to come up to the farm to draw pictures he could have done that back in the city
00:24:29yeah but dad then he missed christmas come on what are you laughing at you remind me of your
00:24:36mother one whiff of romance and you're off to the races must be genetic huh
00:24:41oh and have a merry christmas hi okay i got a very important question two turtle doves and a
00:24:47partridge i need to know who bought them it's nice to see you too and tom what a surprise
00:24:55it's been a long time i asked your house things i can't complain who would listen if i did
00:25:02i'm sorry what were you saying just two turtle doves one partridge need to know who bought them
00:25:08well i sold plenty of turtles no doves i just carry parakeets inches from time to time okay
00:25:13so then where would someone like buy birds like that one of those specialty shops in the city i
00:25:19suppose right because somebody is giving morning citizens hey scott hey hey um i'm putting up the
00:25:29flyers do you mind for the carnival yeah go ahead all right there you go
00:25:34so what are you guys doing here picking up some birdseed what why what makes you say that birdseed
00:25:47birdseed birdseed yes we have we own birds we have birds as pets great great um you are coming
00:25:54to the carnival right yeah never miss it uh well i don't know dad come on okay i'll tell you what
00:26:04tickets are on me you cindy janet whoever now you don't have any excuses besides
00:26:13if you don't go you're gonna hurt my feelings that's really thoughtful scott thank you
00:26:18all right see you guys around and uh take care of those birds we will
00:26:34hi liam joyeux noel we've got three french hens in the house and a break
00:26:40in the case to get your coat on come on you heard the man
00:26:49wait wait i'm confused start over okay so the local pet store does not carry turtle doves right
00:26:54i called around they don't have them anywhere because they're not native here and you actually
00:26:57have to get like a special permit just to import them so so check this out look at this website
00:27:03mcpherson special events they have a permit everything it says they provide unique gifts
00:27:07and experiences for the special people in your life boom i solved it like it has to be for this
00:27:13how romantic look whoever did this they went through a lot of trouble so i don't think you're
00:27:16like kind of ruining the surprise whoever did this clearly wants me to figure it out because
00:27:20they made it pretty easy they were like a block away be chill be really tough here because they're
00:27:25not really expecting us to be who we are that's all i'm saying why is that cynthia what did you
00:27:32tell them cynthia oh this is a beautiful office we have that same art in ours as well hello cynthia
00:27:46maxwell fish and wildlife department nice to meet you miss maxwell i got your call i think we can
00:27:52get this all straightened out what seems to be the problem uh we just have some missing information
00:27:55on a turtle dove permit no big deal we just need to get that client's name fast we go out of here
00:28:00and just go back to our office i see um well unfortunately i'm not going to be able to give
00:28:05out any names without prior consent or a warrant liam i'm the bad cop
00:28:15right i've i've pulled your file and uh if you can look at it unfortunately the client insists
00:28:22on complete confidentiality until the final delivery apparently there's a letter that
00:28:27explains everything what i think we've taken enough of the good man's time a letter there's
00:28:34a letter that would be helpful uh frankly i don't see what any of this has to do with fish
00:28:40or wildlife the recipient whoever that is is just going to have to be patient
00:28:47okay then i will be taking this oh be my guest they're for visitors
00:28:57then i'm gonna take
00:29:01this one too
00:29:04nice work colombo you didn't help me at all what do you want me to say
00:29:17uh let me guess is it for calling yes look they're so cute look how real they look watch this
00:29:35you need to make whoever's sending you these gifts stop why would i want to make them stop
00:29:39we're smack dab in the middle of the most romantic mystery since the bermuda triangle
00:29:42what is romantic about that um hello bermuda okay no i don't get this whole situation i don't
00:29:49like it these gifts are strange i'm going to my cake tasting oh gosh whoever has done this
00:29:55has really thought this out huh yeah plus they must have known that you were coming in town right
00:29:58that's true otherwise they would have sent it to the city
00:30:03oh my gosh i know exactly who it is i feel so stupid it's grant it's definitely grant he's
00:30:10suave he's handsome even though that's irrelevant and do you remember how excited he was to see me
00:30:16the other day at the fundraiser like i definitely could tell he was flirting with me i didn't want
00:30:19to say anything and sound cocky i don't know him really that's the that's the one you're landing
00:30:23on it's definitely him he loves christmas this is so his style it's so sweet so how are you gonna
00:30:29prove it oh i am sure he's dying for me to find out so it's gonna be very easy to crack i'm just
00:30:34gonna go see him and kind of like turn on my charm charm what charm why i oughta
00:30:44i'll never get used to this cold i know and it's like a bitter cold yeah just bite you
00:30:48so let me know if they want any more of these because my publishers gave me a ton and they are
00:30:52all over my guest room oh publisher fancy no i can't thank you enough bill's kids are crazy
00:30:58about felicia how is bill anyway great he and sean are in miami now i always loved your brother
00:31:04best okay and smiley face here you go
00:31:12thank you again you have just made my niece's christmas no worries
00:31:15there's nothing quite like getting a special gift from someone you love right right
00:31:22hmm
00:31:31afternoon oh well howdy officer what brings you by you uh tracking a fugitive
00:31:37more like a missing person cindy's always in a rush whenever i see her yeah well i'm afraid
00:31:42that your luck hasn't changed she's uh hot on the trail of her secret admirer
00:31:47she's uh figured it out has she so she thinks
00:31:57nice thanks it's uh it's just something i'm working on until she gets back from her date
00:32:02with grant grant yeah well that should be interesting
00:32:11oh christmas is hands down my favorite time of year oh mine too it's also a very important holiday
00:32:20you want to know what i love most about it what's that
00:32:24it's the perfect time of year for secret presents yeah great i
00:32:32have a little confession to make okay i know you've been sending me the presents and i love it
00:32:41cynthia i thought you knew more coffee father uh i think we're all set thank you
00:32:57i guess not all the news makes it to the big city
00:32:59now um about that confession i'm good you sure
00:33:13five golden rings hey finally something we don't have to feed wow i feel like they're probably not
00:33:22real and also they don't fit you hey getting a ring resize does not make it any less romantic
00:33:26oh must have coffee good morning if you need me i'll be in the barn
00:33:33that arch isn't gonna finish it so thank you so now that you're the last novot father grant
00:33:39who's the next candidate father grant wow so the uh suave handsome ex-boyfriend who's been
00:33:46carrying a torch for you all these years is a priest oh that's amazing well at least we know
00:33:52why he loves christmas so much liam please if that theory is so yesterday we're moving on okay
00:33:56now that we know it was not grant who sent the presents i think we know that it's jason scott
00:34:03who's jason jake no it would make more sense if it was scott he's kishi's most eligible bachelor
00:34:09he looks very cute in a uniform no it's definitely jason this was clearly all planned out
00:34:15okay he gave me my present early the bird ornament right and him not showing up was just
00:34:20clearly him like doing a fake out it's just it's scary how well this all fits together
00:34:25scary's one word for it so you're sure it's jason um yeah who else knows that i'm home
00:34:30it's just he's just giving me this grand gesture it all works out so perfectly
00:34:37okay
00:34:57hey hey what are you what are you doing here i got your presents
00:35:07oh okay i gotta hi cynthia i'm sorry
00:35:38put your finger here put hold it down extra marshmallows thank you thank you
00:35:47so you want to talk about it no
00:35:51i feel like such an idiot no i'm done chasing my own tail i just i'm just gonna wait for the
00:35:57letter oh yeah that's that's such a good idea wait who said that oh that was yeah that was me
00:36:03that was yeah i'm smart it's so obvious who your one true love is the answer is
00:36:07literally right in front of your face it is yes scott come on he still thinks about you
00:36:14guys as like homecoming king and queen don't start that again this is way out of scott's league trust
00:36:20i don't know people change
00:36:40i'm sorry i'm gonna have to call you back because i live with children
00:36:43hi janet look the next gift came six keys to laying or for lying on
00:36:49they're so soft look it's like you're being hit by a car oh uh-oh oh it made her mad
00:36:55i know my sister she does not get mad about what does she do what does she do
00:37:05oh
00:37:24do you think janet will like this oh yeah she's gonna love it she'll bring it to all
00:37:27her open houses and fill it with like peppermints and butterscotch and all that
00:37:31butterscotch butterscotch you said scott's
00:37:40all right well that covers the wedding now all i have to do is figure out what to get your pops
00:37:45what yeah it's just really sweet i pulled this whole trip on you very last minute and now you're
00:37:50gonna get a present for my dad it's very thoughtful yeah well i guess this whole christmas present
00:37:57craze is rubbing off on me well if there's anybody else you need to shop for i'm totally
00:38:01fine just going back in yeah my ears i already got something for you what you did can you just
00:38:08give me a hint nope okay so do you think that maybe janet could be no you don't let me finish
00:38:17oh i'm so sorry i'm sorry please continue do you think that she could be right about scott
00:38:22being the one behind the gifts oh oh in that case uh no it'd be sort of cute wouldn't it if
00:38:29we were like high school sweethearts that got back together after all these years apart
00:38:39it's not you sending the presents right
00:38:44you caught me
00:38:46uh no it's not why would i do that i think i'm gonna call scott just like
00:38:57call him yeah
00:38:59he's coming that's what i'm talking about seven swans champagne
00:39:19finally a gift i can get behind swans swimming in champagne no thanks dad for you all right and moi
00:39:29all right a toast this is one that your mother used to make every year to family past present
00:39:37and future may you forever be held in our hearts if not in our hands cheers cheers cheers
00:39:46can you believe it scott still has the same phone number oh well you know he's never left this town
00:39:51so why would he ever change it it's just crazy like something's changed too much some things
00:39:55stay the same yeah scott's gonna take me out tonight tonight yeah we have plans tonight
00:40:01well work plans like what about the book oh my gosh i'm so sorry i'm sorry but we're gonna get
00:40:06to it i promise to just suddenly have a really good feeling about scott third time's a charm
00:40:13you guys want some water well i guess i'll have some dinner with your dad
00:40:18hi ladies
00:40:34hi chickens are escaping right
00:40:38right you wouldn't believe how fast a french head could run the important thing is you got
00:40:48them all back so how come you're not spending christmas with your girlfriend i uh i don't have
00:41:00one would you like some advice about strategy i played this game before you know marie and i
00:41:11played every night i bet you won every game too right only if she'd let me
00:41:17what can you do there's only ever one thing to do what's that make a move
00:41:26i'm probably gonna regret this
00:41:30so
00:41:36checkmate
00:41:40well you'd make the wrong move and you lose right at least you tried
00:41:50hey you look lovely oh thanks dad see you later
00:41:53hi wow playing a little chess i'm trying to he's so good so my gentleman caller is gonna be here
00:42:03any minute here we go again huh you can go ahead and tell me why you think it's not scott
00:42:10i don't know it might be so what you spent the first few days here talking about how you and
00:42:15scott didn't have anything it was a long time ago maybe he's changed right i mean
00:42:21you were kids you know what i think you deserve a little bit more than a bunch of cliches
00:42:25liam why are you doing this now i'm about to go on a date i'm sorry it's just i i care about you
00:42:31and i worry about you but you keep putting yourself out there and you keep getting hurt
00:42:36maybe it's time you need to slow down i'm a big girl cynthia wait
00:42:51fa la la la la la la la it is the season to be jolly
00:42:56fa la la la la la la la la
00:43:14thanks guys hey cindy oh my gosh hi i brought you some flowers thank you so much
00:43:20that was incredible you guys oh my gosh thank you flowers good night
00:43:27thank you
00:43:48let me know if you need anything else thank you so much thank you cheers cheers
00:43:54i gotta admit something scott growing up i really did not peg you for a lawman oh well
00:44:01we don't have much of a criminal element but we do get the occasional bar fight
00:44:05vendor vendors here and there but most of all people just call me when they need help
00:44:12get paid to be neighborly oh it really sounds like you found your place
00:44:16sounds like you found your place yeah what can i say the best time is my life i've been here
00:44:23i can't believe you remembered i love cupcakes i've known you for a long time come on i didn't
00:44:27know you knew me that well the cupcakes the singers the gifts i'm i'm just i'm really blown
00:44:36away gifts yeah i'm all about kids right here i'm just getting started thank you it's made me feel
00:44:46really special you're the best
00:45:00scott this night has just been so perfect i've waited a long time for this i wasn't about to
00:45:08screw it up it's you isn't it you're behind all this you're my true love right of course
00:45:18i always was oh this this trip this it's just been perfect not quite yet
00:45:39oh my gosh eight minutes of milking
00:45:47we wish you your outfits are amazing is that milk raw yeah you can take that with you when you go
00:45:57don't mind her hey babe do you want some tea certainly thank you yeah what are you doing
00:46:06nothing just a little work
00:46:09roger jenna hold on what is this roger is this what you want our wedding to be like
00:46:16we've talked about this i know but i this is a once in a lifetime event
00:46:24i know you know my mom and dad did extravagant things for each other every single day and now
00:46:31that my mom's gone there's like this huge hole in my dad's life
00:46:34i'm telling you it's so much better to just keep things simple this wedding is like the first day
00:46:39of our marriage it's not the whole thing what's important is that you and i are together it's
00:46:44not about the party okay okay
00:46:53all right hand them over
00:46:54three more it came in bulk right
00:47:02hey liam hey what's up castlenova look at you and with the uh flowers and everything
00:47:09that's it's good touch for you i know i'm a little bit of a big boy but i'm a little bit of a
00:47:14little boy too i'm a little boy too but i'm a little boy too i'm a little boy too
00:47:19castlenova look at you and with the uh flowers and everything that's good touch very original
00:47:25yeah we're on for cindy yeah kind of figured so uh got another big day planned tonight
00:47:31yeah yeah i was hoping to talk to you about that uh cindy said you two are close
00:47:36yeah i was hoping that you might um
00:47:40oh sorry uh might that she might have some suggestions you want my advice you mean with
00:47:49the uh flowers and the face and everything you got going on there don't worry you're gonna be
00:47:53fine yeah well i only got one shot at this and i don't want to screw it up so why should i help
00:47:59you cindy's a special girl i mean don't we both want her to be happy
00:48:09all right all right okay what are you thinking
00:48:12i'm thinking putt-putt it's freezing out
00:48:21yeah i didn't think of that
00:48:26i'm so excited you're full of surprises
00:48:34i heard you giving scott some advice back there in the barn
00:48:37yeah man you're just all day dumb aren't you
00:48:44aren't you
00:49:02scott this is the community center i feel like we might be just a tad overdressed for bingo
00:49:08we're not going to bingo oh yeah yeah come on you lead the way
00:49:14thank you
00:49:19oh my gosh looks like they're they're having some sort of like private event or something
00:49:24it's the christmas cotillion oh yeah yeah oh thank you so much thank you appreciate it
00:49:32i was thinking that uh i could be fred astaire and maybe you could be gene kelly
00:49:37oh yeah you do know gene kelly's a guy right right
00:49:42right
00:50:08hey
00:50:13baby
00:50:21we'll keep on dancing
00:50:38oh
00:50:42this is so great thank you so much for coming
00:50:55oh i can't get over how much of a gentleman he is
00:50:59scott he's such a different guy he's he's just so mature and he's
00:51:06oh he's just like not even the same person he's great
00:51:09and the gifts too right what he sent you the gifts right oh yeah of course
00:51:16he said that he actually said that he was the one that was sending the presents we talked about it
00:51:22and he said that i'm his true love so i feel he gets implied right i want more what i need
00:51:29uh well that's just uh that's that's super leon there's something i really want to ask you
00:51:36yeah yeah i am i was wondering if it was okay with you if i maybe took scott to the wedding because
00:51:46because you you'll still go it's gonna be so fun yeah we'll we'll all dance and
00:51:52it'll be just with the romance and the present stuff i feel like it's appropriate if he takes me
00:51:56sure yeah why not really yeah you sure that's fine yeah yeah no i'm happy for you thank you thanks
00:52:10okay all right
00:52:26you should see
00:52:46did i miss it oh i'm afraid so i'm sure they'll do it again if you ask can you do it again
00:52:52what are you doing here this is my troop what are you doing here i'm working on a book
00:53:04whoa wow hi hi hi uh cynthia this is maggie we went to college together yeah i just
00:53:11it's that maggie whoa maggie this is uh this is cynthia girlfriend no no no just friends uh
00:53:20yeah we we uh make books together she's she's technically my boss yeah i'm his boss wow oh my
00:53:27gosh you're so weird oh oh i'm so happy to see you everything yeah i spent such a long time
00:53:36i missed you small world too small i can't believe that's maggie i thought she'd be like
00:53:45i don't know not that she's taking her to the winter carnival tomorrow which i feel is very
00:53:51weird because he is not from here she is also not from here neither of them are from here
00:53:57i'm not sure but i don't think there's a residency requirement it just feels a little weird to me
00:54:05well i can understand why it's bothering you
00:54:08must be pretty awful having someone you're interested in carrying on with some old flame
00:54:13mm-hmm right hey how many what how many fingers what are you talking about how many fingers three
00:54:25okay good i was worried that maybe you couldn't see what was right in front of your face
00:54:33that sounds like so much pain oh gosh i can't believe i'm seeing you again yeah right
00:54:42so
00:54:52i can't even handle this i feel like it gets better every year
00:54:55yep pretty much took a life of its own huh i do feel kind of bad about missing the lord's elephant
00:55:13oh don't worry if you don't catch them today we're all back day 12 big finale
00:55:20so this is they're really good presents huh definitely very imaginative yeah
00:55:29oh look sweets and treats that's my favorite and there's not even a lion
00:55:33let's keep checking out
00:55:41oh
00:55:44roger yeah you seem a little distracted you okay is is withholding information from someone is is
00:55:53that is that the same as lying to them well it depends on why you're holding back information
00:55:59well i i was hoping to surprise someone that i i love but i i'm afraid that it it might backfire
00:56:08on me don't let doubt and fear get in your way when your intention is out of love destiny has
00:56:15proven time and again it always works out let's hope so
00:56:22so
00:56:26see where
00:56:37like what
00:56:44what are you doing playing along it's kind of fun
00:56:56what do you mean beamer i know that look i can tell how you feel about her i don't feel
00:57:04what stop being silly it's okay i think she's getting jealous
00:57:15is
00:57:27tom
00:57:31hi somebody looks like they could use a christmas cookie
00:57:37glad you came by i figured i'd make an appearance
00:57:44hmm secret recipe wow really good oh sticking around for the big jamboree
00:57:55uh not much for dancing these days you know tom
00:58:04you're not doing anyone any good cooped up in the house all the time
00:58:08i keep busy getting janet married off good i'd expect to see a lot more of you come spring
00:58:19thanks for the cookies
00:58:26thank you so much for another really great day oh thank you this trip has just been such a dream
00:58:32dream yeah super fun yeah super fun great carnival oh i know right it was just it was
00:58:40so nice to see the town just kind of coming together and yeah yeah
00:58:50so i'm tired okay yeah okay okay oh that was so fun oh my gosh thank you so much all right
00:58:58get home safe all right good night good night
00:59:08ma'am hi are you spying on me no i always hang out by the front door at midnight with two cups
00:59:14of coffee in my hand isn't it late for coffee actually it's irish coffee yes and we're all
00:59:20out of coffee oh so good date sure yeah maggie seems so sweet yeah yeah yeah i don't think it's
00:59:32gonna work out really i thought you've been carrying a torch for her all these years no
00:59:39no no no no no besides you have enough romantic drama for the both of us well that is all behind
00:59:47me now settling on scott huh if you had told me that two weeks ago i would have been like what
00:59:56you are crazy doesn't really make any sense that's kind of the only thing that makes sense
01:00:04if that makes sense i mean who cares if it makes sense right as long as you're happy
01:00:10you are such a good friend like a crazy good friend
01:00:20not too bad yourself thank you
01:00:26everything yeah
01:00:30yeah
01:00:38okay you promised no comment i know i know i know okay you ready yes i'm ready
01:00:47what do you think it's um it's it's really pretty it's oh you hate it no i don't i don't
01:01:01hate it's just it's your wedding janet i know what i'm not a princess i'm not a little girl
01:01:06i'm not you this is who i am i don't care about the dresses and the parties and the presents i
01:01:10just want like a simple quiet nice relationship with my husband i don't really understand why
01:01:16you don't get that i hear you i hear you but it's i'm so sorry this is your day this is your
01:01:25big day and i you should do what you want you're gonna look so amazing in whatever you wear thank
01:01:32you
01:01:42whoa that was that was amazing wow that was terrific yeah well listen it's cold out here so
01:01:50uh i'll tell you what um we have a wedding to get ready for tomorrow and i could use a little help
01:01:56so the way i see it you can hang around out here all day playing the flute or you can go
01:02:02inside for a nice hot breakfast and then help me set up the venue your call
01:02:10oh okay good hello howdy oh merry christmas all right thank you good good dad you do not
01:02:18have enough food for 11. uh well let's hope that the hens are a land come on
01:02:37uh hello everyone uh and merry christmas thank you all for being here on on our special night
01:02:45as most of you know i'm i don't want to blow the surprise but i uh i made my tasting
01:02:49reservations for tuesday i'm gonna make this brief janet you are amazing you are everything
01:02:55i have ever wanted and more you know this has been such a special two weeks i feel like maybe
01:03:01you should call off the grand finale like i would love it but jenna's a little bit on edge i feel
01:03:06like you know it might kind of interfere with the ceremony you know what i mean
01:03:10that i can describe that yeah we'll soon we'll be filling out that joint tax return
01:03:18thank you all and thank you cheers
01:03:26i get it you don't want 12 papers piping in the middle of their vows
01:03:30sorry what
01:03:42the noise can be distracting
01:03:4912 pipers piping yeah the pipers i mean
01:03:53i mean it's actually 12 drummers drumming the pipers came today pipers today
01:04:06i have a quick little question do you know the song
01:04:14of course why don't you why don't you sing it
01:04:17um
01:04:21wait right right now yep yep yeah please you're serious great voice
01:04:36partridge in a pear tree
01:04:39two turtle doves three french hens four falling birds five calling calling birds
01:04:45holy birds on that one
01:04:49five golden ring six swans are swimming
01:04:53seven swans isn't it six geese a-goosing
01:04:59nine it's eight because numbers go like this seven eight nine
01:05:08eight ladies milking nine
01:05:10i just want to say that tomorrow my little girl is going to get married to
01:05:20you didn't send the gifts did you a miracle genius
01:05:27you're incredible i feel like such a man cynthia i'm so sorry janet
01:05:34you
01:05:39cindy stop i can explain what are you what do you want to explain scott you've been lying to
01:05:43me for like an entire week no i never lied to you you just assumed that they were from me and i just
01:05:47went along with it how is that okay how does that make that okay to you
01:05:51cindy stop calling me that you're cynthia it's been annoying me it's cynthia
01:05:57cynthia uh so i didn't send the presents i mean we had a great time together that
01:06:04counts for something right you think a relationship is about scott presents
01:06:09seriously i thought that's what you wanted i mean everyone said that you were this
01:06:13romantic and do you think i'm that shallow that i would actually choose that over a real
01:06:18connection
01:06:23oh my god and
01:06:29i feel really stupid hey hey hey hey come here
01:06:35we're gonna get through it okay scott
01:06:38you're such a great guy i mean and thank you for trying
01:06:51but you're
01:06:55you break it up with me you're such a catch i mean oh my gosh you're so amazing i don't
01:07:02worry about you for a second the next girl that you take dancing
01:07:08it's gonna work like gangbusters i hope you understand i have to go
01:07:27hi you weren't at the rehearsal dinner we missed you i i figured i was just gonna be in the way
01:07:43you know i i wanted to tell you it it didn't work out with scott
01:07:51what happened like you don't know it was you it was you all along what are you talking about
01:08:00cynthia it took me so long to figure it out liam but you were the one who sent me the gifts it was
01:08:06so sweet what no i i didn't liam you don't have to play along it couldn't have been anybody else
01:08:15it couldn't have been anybody else why because there's nobody else left
01:08:20is that the reason that you're here i'm making it sound do you think that i came here for two
01:08:24weeks with your family just to work on a book yeah come on cynthia i i came here to be with you
01:08:32i didn't know yeah i thought things were gonna be different this time you know i thought that
01:08:36you were finally gonna see but you know i i i can't do this anymore i can't liam wait liam
01:08:42please look i can't do this i can't do this please don't go i'm gonna go get a motel and
01:08:48i'm gonna take a bus out of here tomorrow no please don't i don't want to be your leftovers
01:08:55i know i'm sorry i didn't know
01:09:01i just i can't do this
01:09:05i guess i'll i'll just i'll see you when i see you
01:09:12i don't know about ruined all in all i thought it went pretty well well i guess i think there
01:09:31was something wrong if there wasn't at least a little bit of cynthia drama
01:09:34and at the end of the day we still don't know who's behind all these ridiculous presents
01:09:42what's this oh janet dad that's please don't tell me you're behind all this stuff
01:09:48no no it's it's not that the caribbean what is this it's it's nothing it's uh
01:09:57it's just something i was thinking about for our honeymoon okay roger we talked about this
01:10:03it's already gonna be so hard on my dad that i'm moving out i can't leave him here alone i can't
01:10:08leave town jenny your father can manage for a week while his newlywed daughter is
01:10:14is off on a romantic cruise even he wants you to go cynthia infected you with all this romance
01:10:20stuff i don't like it it's messy okay it confuses people they don't know what's real and they don't
01:10:24know what's not real janet that you're you're stressed about the wedding i'm not stressed
01:10:29about the wedding i'm stressed because i'm trying to keep this family together and everyone's
01:10:33ruining everything that's the problem what happened roger's being crazy he like planned
01:10:46this whole secret honeymoon to the caribbean and that's terrible of course you would think
01:10:54it's cool it's like presents and romantic getaways you know janet a little bit of that
01:11:01is not such a bad thing you know it doesn't have to be like this and this all the time but
01:11:06every now and again it can be really fun you are so much like mom it's actually insane
01:11:13what's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me i just don't really have any of that in me you know
01:11:19like when i said yes to roger i said yes because it makes sense we're friends we get along and
01:11:25and he's really good to me that's really nice
01:11:34i just really want him to be more like you i really want him to be happy
01:11:40and i feel like you don't really get it because you weren't here but like
01:11:45when mom passed away it was like awful to see dad like this light just went out in his life and like
01:11:50i just i can't imagine living like that you know you want to go your whole life without
01:11:58that kind of connection because you're scared of losing it yeah i don't know i don't know
01:12:07i just don't want to do that to roger
01:12:11i think you really fell in love
01:12:13love is the one thing you can't plan out i think you have a lot more mom in you than you think
01:12:30how's scott
01:12:33it's over i realized we didn't have what mom and dad had
01:12:41and we definitely don't have you and roger lucky enough to
01:12:47well what now
01:12:52i don't know i think i'm gonna stop chasing the romance
01:12:58maybe be a little bit more like my sister
01:13:01like me yeah can you please repeat that i'm sorry make sure i heard it
01:13:07what would i do without you
01:13:30so
01:13:36on the 12th day of christmas my true love sent to me 12 drummers drumming
01:13:54nine ladies dancing
01:13:56eight maids a-milking
01:14:02seven songs a-swimming
01:14:06six geese a-laying
01:14:10five golden rings four calling birds
01:14:16two turtle dozens
01:14:23and a partridge in a pear tree
01:14:42oh oh okay here
01:14:46oh thomas
01:14:54dad they're from you no no it's not from him it's for him
01:15:08no no no i want you to read it let's go let's go inside are you sure yeah
01:15:17so
01:15:38my darling thomas
01:15:40i hope you enjoyed these gifts even in the wake of sadness and loss there's room for whimsy and joy
01:15:50life's too precious not to live every moment i hope these gifts have brought out the best in you
01:15:55your humor your strength your compassion let them remind you that even though we're apart my
01:16:01love will always be with you take care of our girls for me and merry christmas
01:16:09ever yours marie
01:16:14dad i'm so sorry don't be silly sunshine it's all right
01:16:19how did i get it i still planned all this once she stopped treatment
01:16:25when she was going through all that and planning all this at the same time
01:16:31that's your mother for you
01:16:34i can't believe i got it so wrong there were no names on the card it was an easy mistake
01:16:40not the gifts my whole life i mean dad i have always thought that i needed someone
01:16:50to do romantic things for me like you and mom but that's not what i needed
01:16:58i needed someone to do them for that's right that's right
01:17:07i love you guys
01:17:09there's something you have to do
01:17:13go get him
01:17:26wait stop Cynthia get out of the street
01:17:31Liam?
01:17:34Liam are you Liam wait just
01:17:49hi hi
01:17:53what are you doing here where where i thought you were leaving why are you not on the bus
01:18:01not my bus oh
01:18:07what are you doing here i wanted to bring you this here but also i've i figured it out
01:18:19it's you it's been you the entire time
01:18:23i told you already i did not send you the gifts i know
01:18:27well
01:18:29ever since i was a little girl
01:18:35i dreamed about an epic love story
01:18:41and i realized that the love story i've always wanted is right in front of me
01:18:47and i was too blind to see it
01:18:50gosh you've been such a good friend you've been a good friend for so long
01:18:55yeah just a friend a friendship is the most important thing
01:19:01i don't think any grand romantic gesture in the world could ever compete with what we have
01:19:11i love you
01:19:15i've loved you for a really long time
01:19:16i love you too
01:19:46so
01:19:55so
01:20:13you look perfect thank you what made you change your mind about the dress
01:20:18i just wanted something special it is the first day of our marriage
01:20:26please be seated
01:20:32ladies and gentlemen we are gathered here today it's an all-inclusive resort and i think we're
01:20:38i think we're gonna try windsurfing he's gonna try windsurfing i'm gonna lie on the beach and
01:20:43you have to think about maids and milking and cartridges and bears i'll see you guys in a bit
01:21:00hello tom merry christmas thank you oh such a beautiful ceremony i'm so glad you could make it
01:21:09i wouldn't miss it
01:21:13probably it was good to see you too
01:21:18esther
01:21:23would you like to dance
01:21:27yes i'd love to i'm gonna need to go real slow i know
01:21:38is
01:21:51isn't this amazing place for a wedding gorgeous
01:21:57oh i'm sorry uh maggie have you met scott we kind of know each other well you know i think the
01:22:03dance floor is calling both your names really i think i hear it you want to dance
01:22:17it's a nice wedding i know i think the best weddings are the best thing ever
01:22:24where's your romantic side huh
01:22:28merry christmas
01:22:29holidays get better merry christmas to you
01:22:35miss baker uh may i have the honor of this dance i would love that i thought you'd never ask
01:22:43well then in that case oh i love this song
01:22:46oh
01:23:17so
01:23:38i can't resist this christmas
01:23:46i can't resist
01:24:00oh