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00:00:01I think with my photos and your writing, this article is going to be really good.
00:00:05Journey into the island tropics with a photographer and a writer in quest of a rare pearl.
00:00:10Look at it. I mean, who knows what's out there, right?
00:00:13How hard can it be?
00:00:16A summer night's all-new original movie premiere.
00:00:21Jill Wagner, Christopher Falaha.
00:00:23You're not afraid of spiders, are you?
00:00:24Why?
00:00:25Pearl in Paradise starts right now on Hallmark Channel.
00:00:30♪♪♪
00:00:42Okay, ladies, this is the spot.
00:00:45Thanks, Charlie.
00:00:46This is so exciting.
00:00:48I can't believe I'm actually doing this, like a 400-year-old shipwreck.
00:00:51A 400-year-old Spanish shipwreck that's never been seen and never been photographed.
00:00:57Do you think there's gold down there, or is that just an old legend?
00:01:02Please tell me I didn't forget my extra battery.
00:01:04Hey, Alex, what do you think Dad would say if he knew I finally got my dive certification?
00:01:09I think he'd be really happy.
00:01:12Hey, Charlie?
00:01:13No.
00:01:14What's the visibility?
00:01:15At least 80 feet.
00:01:16Uh-huh.
00:01:17That's what I like to hear.
00:01:18These photos are going to be perfect.
00:01:20Oh, this is so exciting. My first big dive.
00:01:23I know.
00:01:24I'm glad we're doing this together.
00:01:26Oh, yeah. It makes me way less nervous.
00:01:28Don't be nervous. You just stick with me, okay? You're going to do great.
00:01:32You're going to love it down there.
00:01:34Okay, girls, here we go.
00:01:36You ready?
00:01:38Come on.
00:01:39Come on.
00:01:58These are gorgeous, Alex.
00:02:00The composition, perfect.
00:02:02Thank you.
00:02:03The sense of detail, exquisite.
00:02:04Thank you.
00:02:05The lighting's like a painting.
00:02:06I don't know what else to say, Sharon. It is some of my best work.
00:02:09But they're two days late.
00:02:10I know, but I just wanted the photos to be perfect.
00:02:13I had to use Ben's Swiss Orchard shots.
00:02:15What?
00:02:16And you know I didn't want to use Ben's Swiss Orchard shots.
00:02:18Do you know what your problem is?
00:02:20No, but I'm sure you're going to tell me.
00:02:22You're too much of a perfectionist.
00:02:24I happen to think that perfectionism is an admirable quality.
00:02:27What did I say last week?
00:02:29You said that this shoot could be my ticket to the creative director position.
00:02:33That's right.
00:02:34You have a lot of great ideas about the types of stories we should do.
00:02:37And I know you're dying for more creative control.
00:02:40But how can I trust you to put an issue together when you miss your own deadlines?
00:02:45Do you know what this is?
00:02:47A list of all the deadlines I've missed?
00:02:49Funny.
00:02:50It's Ben Watson's resume.
00:02:52He wants to be creative director too.
00:02:54Ben Watson?
00:02:56Come on.
00:02:57Sharon, you even told me I had a better eye than Ben.
00:02:59And plus most of his photos don't even make it to the magazine.
00:03:03Except for those apple tree shots.
00:03:05Do you know what he has that you don't?
00:03:07Organization and discipline.
00:03:09Sharon, the meeting's starting.
00:03:11I'll be right there.
00:03:13Now, if you'll excuse me.
00:03:15The cover story for our 30th anniversary issue fell through and I have to figure something out fast.
00:03:21I'm thinking 30 of the best.
00:03:23Scenic views or something like that.
00:03:25I don't know. It'll come to me.
00:03:30Hmm.
00:03:46There.
00:03:47Look how organized I am.
00:03:50Huh.
00:03:51Pearls.
00:03:54Legend of the blue Polynesian pearl.
00:04:00Hey, Alex.
00:04:02Ben.
00:04:03Hey.
00:04:06Congratulations on your shots making the cover.
00:04:09Thanks.
00:04:10Yeah, it was great.
00:04:11I'm so proud of you.
00:04:12I'm so proud of you.
00:04:13I'm so proud of you.
00:04:14I'm so proud of you.
00:04:15I'm so proud of you.
00:04:16I'm so proud of you.
00:04:17Thanks.
00:04:18Yeah, it was great.
00:04:22Can I help you? I'm busy here.
00:04:26Did Sharon tell you the idea I pitched for the anniversary issue?
00:04:29Nope.
00:04:31Chen Dianya.
00:04:33What's that?
00:04:34It's a cliff in China that spits out a stone egg once every 30 years.
00:04:39Perfect for the 30th anniversary, don't you think?
00:04:44Uh, hello?
00:04:47That's my sister.
00:04:52Yeah, how are you?
00:04:54Renee, I...
00:04:57Tourists began flocking to Fiji to find the pearl after the release of the best-selling book, Pearl in Paradise.
00:05:03Although it has never been found, locals believe the rare pearl is buried somewhere in the rainforests of Vidilavu.
00:05:14Huh.
00:05:17Yeah.
00:05:28When's the next book coming out, Colin? If you don't mind me asking.
00:05:30I don't mind. Thank you, Molly.
00:05:32You know, I just turned in the final draft to the editor, so with editor notes and all that, mid, probably February.
00:05:37Did you decide on a title?
00:05:39I did.
00:05:41Treasures in Taipei, but shh, don't tell anybody.
00:05:45Lake Montoya goes to Asia, huh?
00:05:47Cool. You've probably been there a million times anyway.
00:05:51Usual? Raspberry scone and jam?
00:05:53Yeah, you know what, I'm gonna wait, though, until my agent gets here. She should be here any minute.
00:05:57Thank you, Molly.
00:06:01Colin Page! Nice to meet you.
00:06:04Who are you?
00:06:06Rita didn't tell you? I'm Derek Foster, and I'm gonna be working closely with you from now on.
00:06:12Rita's been my agent for ten years, and now I'm getting passed off to a junior agent?
00:06:18No, she'll remain involved. It'll just allow her to focus on a few clients that need more attention right now.
00:06:24Trust me, though, you're in good hands.
00:06:26Sir, what can I get you?
00:06:28What are you drinking?
00:06:29It's an organic Ceylon tea from Treelonk, Edson.
00:06:33He brings his own.
00:06:34Just a regular coffee. Too splendid.
00:06:37I'm not gonna lie to you, I'm a really big fan.
00:06:40Really?
00:06:41Yeah. He's had a couple really remarkable successes.
00:06:44Pearl in Paradise sold 23,000 copies in his first week. It's impressive. Impressive for eight years ago.
00:06:52Okay, eight years ago you were in high school.
00:06:54I'm wise beyond my years. Let's talk facts. Your last few books have tapered off dramatically.
00:06:59I wouldn't say dramatically.
00:07:01Sales report, the last two barely sold enough to stay on the shelves. Online was even worse.
00:07:06Diamonds in Dubai made 2,000 downloads.
00:07:10What's going on, CP? Talk to me.
00:07:12What? You're my therapist now?
00:07:14Look, I read your manuscript for Treasures in Taipei and I can see why the publisher's rejecting it.
00:07:19What? They've rejected it?
00:07:21Editor thought it was the greatest hits of all your old stuff. Same old, same old.
00:07:25She wants new. She wants fresh and I agree with her. You really, really played it safe.
00:07:30I have never had a manuscript rejected from readout.
00:07:33Just rewrite it. Get rid of Blake Montoya and create a new character with higher stakes.
00:07:38No, I can get rid of Blake Montoya. The fans like Blake Montoya. They love Blake Montoya.
00:07:43That has been 300 pages. Learning a new character. I'm calling for readout.
00:07:46Look, readout brought me in to help you find a new approach. We have to reinvent you as an author.
00:07:51If you trust me, I can help you make a comeback.
00:07:53And if I don't?
00:07:55The publisher's gonna drop you. And readout will too.
00:07:58Oh, boy.
00:08:04Sharon, check this out. What is the traditional 30th wedding anniversary gift?
00:08:10Is this a rhetorical question or do you actually want me to guess?
00:08:14Pearls. Pearls. For the cover of the anniversary issue.
00:08:18So there is this rare blue pearl buried somewhere in Fiji and I'm gonna be the one to find it.
00:08:23And I'm gonna photograph the entire thing.
00:08:26And how are you gonna do that?
00:08:28Glad you asked. So there's this guy named Colin Page.
00:08:31And he wrote a romance adventure book about eight years ago. International bestseller.
00:08:36Pearl in Paradise? Yes. I love that book.
00:08:38Okay, so in the foreword, he claims to be the only person who knows where this pearl is.
00:08:44Fantastic idea, Alex.
00:08:47You take the photos, he'll handle the writing. Call this guy's agent and find out how soon he can leave.
00:08:51No, no, no, no, no, no. Problem?
00:08:53Well, I was just gonna call him and interview him and then I was gonna go on my own.
00:08:57He's a best-selling author. Can you imagine the guest piece he'll come up with?
00:09:00But I sort of imagine this first-person photographic narrative of my journey through the rainforest,
00:09:06which would parallel my emotional journey.
00:09:11I'll take the photos and he can do the writing.
00:09:13Great idea. Glad you thought of it.
00:09:16Have you read the book? Yeah.
00:09:19Yeah? You should read the book.
00:09:22Yeah.
00:09:27Hey, Sharon, look, I know I... I know I really messed up.
00:09:32But if I can prove to you that I am disciplined and organized enough to pull this off,
00:09:36would you give me the creative director position?
00:09:39You'd certainly have an edge.
00:09:41Is that a yes? An edge.
00:09:44I'll take it.
00:09:47I'm not going to Fiji.
00:09:50Well, no, I'm busy.
00:09:52I mean, I don't have six days to traipse around a rainforest looking for a pearl.
00:09:57I know you're a homebody, but National Discoveries has 2.5 million readers.
00:10:01That's 2.5 million people who'll remember what a talented writer you are.
00:10:04That's 2.5 million additional people to buy Taipei when it comes out.
00:10:08It's a bad idea. No, it's a good idea.
00:10:11You know where the pearl is. Now go get it.
00:10:13Oh, wait.
00:10:14Oh, no, you didn't lie about the pearl being real, did you?
00:10:17No, no, no. I mean, I have never seen it, but I'm sure that it exists.
00:10:22And you know where it's buried?
00:10:23Well, see, I might have oversold that part just a little bit.
00:10:29Can you find it on Google Maps?
00:10:31Look, can we please just pass on this article idea?
00:10:35Listen to me, CP.
00:10:36Please don't call me that.
00:10:38Listen to me, CP.
00:10:39Please don't call me that.
00:10:41I told you, it doesn't matter how fantastic the rewrite is if no one buys it.
00:10:45This article is the thing we need to save your career.
00:10:47I'll forge a boarding pass for you to leave tomorrow.
00:10:50Hello?
00:10:55Fiji.
00:11:01Are you sure you're okay apartment sitting for me for like the millionth time?
00:11:05Of course.
00:11:07Hey, have you seen my Merino socks?
00:11:11I have no idea what you just asked me.
00:11:14Found them.
00:11:15Okay, so legend has it that the pearl comes from a clam instead of an oyster, which makes it more rare.
00:11:20Yeah, I know.
00:11:21How are you going to find it?
00:11:22A few good maps, expert guide, maybe a little faith.
00:11:26And what would you do with it?
00:11:28I think I would just donate it to a museum in Fiji.
00:11:31Yeah, I think people need to see it.
00:11:33Plus, it's not about the money, I just, I want the promotion.
00:11:37I don't understand why you want to be creative director so bad.
00:11:40You're going to be home a lot more, not traveling as much, managing staff.
00:11:45I know, I know Renee, but I just, I want to inspire people to go on adventures.
00:11:51You know, go see the world, experience it, try new things.
00:11:55Exactly how Dad inspired me, you know?
00:11:58Yeah, yeah I do.
00:12:00So wait, are you saying that your globe-trotting days are behind you and you're ready to settle down?
00:12:05No.
00:12:07Okay, so listen to this.
00:12:09If a couple finds this pearl together, it's true love and they're destined to be married.
00:12:16So who's this guy you're meeting up with again?
00:12:18Stop it.
00:12:19I know what you're doing.
00:12:21Here, this is his book.
00:12:25A Blake Montoya Adventure.
00:12:29Okay, so if this guy claims to be the only one who knows where the pearl is, why didn't he bring it back with him?
00:12:34I don't know. I'm going to ask him though.
00:12:37Maybe he did. Maybe he just didn't tell anyone.
00:12:40Well, all I do know is that all of my research about the pearl leads me back to this writer.
00:12:44So apparently, he's the expert.
00:12:50Done.
00:12:52Ta-da.
00:12:54Done.
00:12:56Ta-da.
00:12:59Ta-da.
00:13:01Ta-da.
00:13:09Ta-da.
00:13:12Ta-da.
00:13:20So in 16 hours, I've had Fiji, which makes it 930, right?
00:13:26Yeah, she'll be awake.
00:13:35Hello?
00:13:36Sarita, hi. It's Colin Page. Do you...
00:13:40Colin, it's so nice to hear your voice again. How's New York?
00:13:43Well, New York is New York. How's Fiji?
00:13:45Beautiful as always.
00:13:47Well, do you remember all those conversations we had when you were trying to get me to come to Fiji while I was researching my book?
00:13:55How could I forget?
00:13:56And do you remember that you said if I were to come to Fiji that you would show me your great-grandfather's journal?
00:14:03I'm hoping it might provide some clues as to where the pearl might be.
00:14:07Let me guess. You're coming to Fiji.
00:14:10Yes, I am.
00:14:11Oh, wonderful. I can finally put a face to the voice.
00:14:14I'm really looking forward to seeing you.
00:14:16Me too.
00:14:25Hello.
00:14:56Oh, excuse me, sir. I think this is mine.
00:14:58Sorry, I think it's mine. It matches my set.
00:15:01No, I'm 100% sure. I put my name on it. It has a tag.
00:15:04I put my name on it too.
00:15:06You have a tag. No? No tag.
00:15:09All right, well, why don't you just open it up? I'm sure those fall off all the time.
00:15:13Right here?
00:15:14Yeah, where else?
00:15:16I saw it.
00:15:18Oh!
00:15:21Yeah, there it is. There's mine. That's my name.
00:15:24Okay.
00:15:34All right. Fiji.
00:15:44Taxi!
00:15:46Hi.
00:15:48All right. Hang on.
00:15:51Hi.
00:15:53Thank you.
00:15:59Okay.
00:16:03Taxi!
00:16:04Taxi!
00:16:23Thank you.
00:16:24Binaka.
00:16:25Binaka.
00:16:33That would never happen.
00:16:35You're checked in, Miss Anderson.
00:16:37Thank you.
00:16:38You're most welcome.
00:16:40Anything else?
00:16:42Could you tell me if Colin Page has checked in yet?
00:16:45I'll check.
00:16:46Thank you.
00:16:48Thank you.
00:16:50Okay, can I leave him a note?
00:16:55Okay.
00:17:12Colin, I can't wait to start this adventure with you.
00:17:14Let's meet in the lobby and party over breakfast.
00:17:18Alex.
00:17:26Martin just got started.
00:17:28He just got started.
00:17:31All right.
00:17:35So much for writing.
00:17:42Bartender.
00:17:44Surprise me.
00:17:46Okay. Hi. Excuse me.
00:17:48Excuse me. Is this noise...
00:17:50Is it going to be this loud all day?
00:17:53Hey, you.
00:17:54So you finally found your bag.
00:17:56I was right, wasn't I? It was mine.
00:17:59Sorry.
00:18:00Yeah. And then also, for the record,
00:18:02you happen to take my cab, but that's neither here nor there.
00:18:04What? What are you talking about?
00:18:06What is that?
00:18:07I have no idea, but it's really good.
00:18:09You want one?
00:18:10No, no, no. I'm a tea... I don't... No. I'm a tea drinker.
00:18:12You're what?
00:18:13Tea. I drink tea.
00:18:15Tea?
00:18:16Mm-hmm.
00:18:17In this climate?
00:18:18Oh, no, in any climate. Yeah, no, it's...
00:18:21Anyway, I've got to get back to my room
00:18:23and get some work done before I head out tomorrow morning
00:18:25on this ridiculous thing.
00:18:27Back up to your room?
00:18:29Hon, you're in the middle of paradise here.
00:18:31Bartender, can you get one of these?
00:18:34Okay.
00:18:35Twist my arm.
00:18:37Okay.
00:18:38Yeah, just slow down.
00:18:44So tell me about this ridiculous thing you've got to do tomorrow.
00:18:47Um, okay. Yeah.
00:18:49So, um, so I'm a writer.
00:18:51And, uh, eight years ago,
00:18:54I wrote a book called Pearl in Paradise.
00:18:56And so tomorrow I'm heading out
00:18:58on a trekking adventure through the rainforest
00:19:01with a photographer that I've never met
00:19:03to help her write an article for a magazine that I don't read.
00:19:07Thank you.
00:19:09Wow.
00:19:11You're Colin Page.
00:19:13Yeah, I am.
00:19:16Have you read my book?
00:19:17Yes.
00:19:18Yeah.
00:19:19I actually just got through reading it about five minutes ago.
00:19:22That's just...
00:19:24What'd you think?
00:19:26Well, I just couldn't put it down.
00:19:28Thank you. I appreciate that.
00:19:30And you are?
00:19:31I'm Alex Anderson.
00:19:33Photographer.
00:19:34National Discovery.
00:19:38Yeah.
00:19:40Or you can just call me your ridiculous thing partner.
00:19:44That...
00:19:46Yeah.
00:19:52Okay, hold on a second.
00:19:54Let's try this again, shall we?
00:19:56Are you Alex Anderson,
00:19:57the famous photographer from Natural Discovery magazine?
00:20:00Because I'm a huge fan.
00:20:02Oh, you are?
00:20:03Yes, I am, actually.
00:20:04Really?
00:20:05No, honestly.
00:20:06When I found out we were doing this article together,
00:20:08I went online and I looked at the last ten issues of your work,
00:20:11and I think you're very talented.
00:20:13Well, thank you.
00:20:14Speaking of photography,
00:20:16did you actually read my book?
00:20:18Yes, I did.
00:20:20What'd you think?
00:20:21I thought that Blake Montoya was a phenomenal character.
00:20:24Yeah?
00:20:25Yeah. He's attractive and smart,
00:20:27and he always knows what to say.
00:20:29I mean, he's basically like the perfect guy.
00:20:31I can understand how women all over the world love this book.
00:20:36For me, some of the technical details didn't ring true, but that's...
00:20:40Which ones?
00:20:42Do you have all day?
00:20:43Are you...?
00:20:44I'm joking.
00:20:45I'm joking.
00:20:48How do you know where the pearl is?
00:20:50That is confidential.
00:20:52I can't reveal my sources.
00:20:55What?
00:20:56You're not going to tell me?
00:20:57No, I'm going to show you.
00:20:59Okay. Alright. I can respect that.
00:21:02Wait, can you at least tell me what it looks like?
00:21:06I don't know what it looks like.
00:21:09What?
00:21:10Yeah, I've never seen it.
00:21:12I don't know how big it is. I don't know what color it is.
00:21:14I made all that up for my book.
00:21:17Okay, but why didn't you just dig it up the first time you went to Fiji?
00:21:20Well, that's the thing, Alex. I've never even been to Fiji before.
00:21:25You've never been here?
00:21:26Mm-mm.
00:21:27Are you serious?
00:21:28No, but I wrote Pearl of Paradise entirely from my home office in Saratoga Springs.
00:21:32Okay, so let me get this straight.
00:21:34So you've never been to Fiji, yet you know where this pearl is buried?
00:21:38That's... Yes, that's what I'm saying.
00:21:40And I have my sources.
00:21:42Oh, yeah. Yeah, your confidential sources, right?
00:21:44Yeah.
00:21:45Okay.
00:21:49You know, for someone who's never been to Fiji, your description's, like, spot on.
00:21:55Exhaustive research. All my books are like that.
00:21:59Wouldn't you rather go see a place in person, you know? Like, feel the energy?
00:22:04I can get all that in a library.
00:22:07Library?
00:22:08Come on, you... Look.
00:22:11You can't get...
00:22:14You can't get this from a library.
00:22:17If I do my job well, then the reader can stay in the comfort of their own home,
00:22:22and they can travel the world using their imagination.
00:22:26And if I do my job well, then I can inspire people to go and see the places that I take photos of.
00:22:33Fair enough.
00:22:34Yeah.
00:22:35Yeah.
00:22:37You know, I remember the first time I ever took a photo.
00:22:40You do?
00:22:41Mm-hmm.
00:22:42Yeah. I was in middle school, and I went hiking to these foothills with my dad.
00:22:48He was a big hiker.
00:22:50And the sun was setting, and we stopped.
00:22:53The light was just perfect, and I took a picture.
00:22:57And I brought it back to school with me, and there was this boy at school who was so inspired
00:23:02by my little photo that he took his dad to see these very same foothills.
00:23:07And I think that was actually the first time he ever went hiking with his dad.
00:23:12Yeah.
00:23:14That's cool.
00:23:17Yeah. It was cool.
00:23:20That's the moment.
00:23:21That's when I knew, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
00:23:27That was it.
00:23:28Yeah.
00:23:30You know, I think with my photos and your writing, this article is going to be really good.
00:23:36Here's hoping.
00:23:37It is.
00:23:38Yeah.
00:23:40You know, I'm just right up here, so...
00:23:42Okay.
00:23:44Well, uh, do you still want to meet tomorrow morning at 8?
00:23:47Yeah. 8's fine.
00:23:49Uh, I might be 8-15.
00:23:51I'll wait.
00:23:55Bye.
00:23:56Thank you, Alex.
00:23:58Bye.
00:24:18Ben Watson already turned in his article on the cliff in China?
00:24:21Yesterday afternoon. Fascinating.
00:24:24Now, the only reason I'm telling you this is because I need something really great from you. On time.
00:24:29Okay, I promise you'll get that.
00:24:32Hold on.
00:24:35Hey, can I call you right back?
00:24:36Okay.
00:24:37Thanks.
00:24:38Hello?
00:24:39Hi, Alex. It's Colin.
00:24:41What exactly do you pack for a three-day hike?
00:24:46Yeah, well, did you bring your entire closet?
00:24:49Well, you know, I just wanted to be prepared.
00:24:51Prepared?
00:24:52Yeah, but it's only prepared if you bring the right things.
00:24:55Okay, well...
00:24:58No. Denim retains moisture.
00:25:01These are rated five star online.
00:25:06These are zero stars for the rainforest.
00:25:08There's no waterproof lining here, no tread.
00:25:11I mean, these are great if you want to walk through a parking lot.
00:25:17No.
00:25:18They're sunglasses, Alex.
00:25:19They're not polarized. You're not going to be able to see.
00:25:23This sounds like a lovely experience.
00:25:25You know what? This can't be a lovely experience.
00:25:28If you have the right clothing and the right attitude, you might actually have fun.
00:25:33And then we can both be little Blake Montoyas.
00:25:36Right? Come on. Let's go shopping.
00:25:38Okay, can I make a list real quick?
00:25:40No, no, no, no. I don't do lists. It's all right here.
00:25:43I do do lists, so I need to... It's a peace of mind thing. Hold on.
00:25:47Are you coming?
00:25:48No. What if we forget something?
00:25:50Okay, but if you're going to forget something, won't you also forget to put it on the list?
00:25:53What?
00:25:55Come on.
00:25:57It doesn't even make sense. You put it on the list when you remember it.
00:26:03Hold on. So if your boss chooses your story on the pro... for the cover, you'll get a promotion?
00:26:09Yeah, and then I get to have more control over the kinds of stories we do.
00:26:12And when I become creative director, I want to do more like these.
00:26:16Hi. Can we have two, please?
00:26:20Have you ever had these?
00:26:21Coconuts?
00:26:23Well, they're called Neodama. They're a type of coconut, yeah.
00:26:26Thank you.
00:26:27Cool. Thank you.
00:26:28Vinaka.
00:26:29They are amazing.
00:26:31Cheers to trying new things.
00:26:38Yeah, that's... that is... it's a lot sweeter than I thought it would be.
00:26:42See?
00:26:43Okay, get that from a book now, can you?
00:26:46Hmm.
00:26:56Here, here you go. Vinaka.
00:26:59Oh.
00:27:01So if we don't get a picture of the Pearl, then you get neither the promotion nor the cover?
00:27:08But I have a secret weapon.
00:27:10You.
00:27:12Hey, do you... do you like beige?
00:27:14I prefer blue.
00:27:15Try these. Oh! Look, a solar shower.
00:27:21What's that?
00:27:22Solar shower. You fill it up with water, you hang it up in a tree, and then the sun heats the water.
00:27:26And when you're done, you just pack it up and you're ready to go.
00:27:29How cool is that? Look at that.
00:27:31I mean, most women I know wouldn't want to take a shower from a bag hanging in a tree, but...
00:27:36Oh yeah, they just read about it.
00:27:40Hi.
00:27:43This is a lot of stuff.
00:27:45Yeah, there's a little expedition happening.
00:27:48Whoa, look at that.
00:27:50Oh, little blue pearls.
00:27:52So this is in reference to the legend, right? You find the blue pearl and then you find true love?
00:27:56Yeah. It's too bad no one's ever found it, though. All those doomed relationships.
00:28:02Well, Colin here did write a book about it. It's a fiction book, but still.
00:28:07Wait, Colin. You're... you're Colin Page?
00:28:11Yes.
00:28:13Oh my gosh. I've read your book. I read all your books. Oh, Papa. Papa, come here.
00:28:19Hello.
00:28:20This is the guy who wrote Pearl in Paradise.
00:28:22Blake Montoya? In the flesh. It is a pleasure to meet you.
00:28:27Actually, I'm...
00:28:28I'm Malachi, and this is my daughter Daniela.
00:28:30Hi.
00:28:31This is my friend Alex.
00:28:32Hi, I'm Alex Anderson.
00:28:33Nice to meet you.
00:28:34We love that book. My business has tripled because of it. People come from all around the world just to find the blue pearl.
00:28:40Voila!
00:28:41But they always leave empty-handed.
00:28:43Well, they've come to find the pearl.
00:28:45Oh, how romantic. When's the big day?
00:28:47Oh.
00:28:48No, no, no.
00:28:49Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We're not... it's a strictly professional...
00:28:51It's professional. I'm a photographer for Natural Discoveries magazine. We're doing...
00:28:54I can't believe the real Blake Montoya's standing right here in my store.
00:28:57Actually, I'm not... I'm not Blake Montoya. He's just a character that I created. I'm a writer. I'm an author. So, my name is Colin Page. I'm Colin Page.
00:29:03I know that. But how different can you be? You wrote it. Blake Montoya come from somewhere, right?
00:29:08Danny, I'll call your mother and tell her to come down here.
00:29:10Oh, no, no, no. You don't need to do that.
00:29:12I'll just text her.
00:29:13Hey, hey...
00:29:16Will you autograph it?
00:29:18Sure.
00:29:19Malakai. M-A-L-A-K-A-I.
00:29:25And Daniela.
00:29:26Sure.
00:29:27Do you guys happen to know of a local guide? Someone that can take us on a hike?
00:29:30It would be my honor if I could take you and your fiancee out to find the pearl. No charge.
00:29:35We can leave in the morning.
00:29:36Yeah.
00:29:37Oh, yeah. That'd be great. But are you okay? I mean, it's gonna be three days out of your time.
00:29:42Two days. There are roads partway up. We can drive.
00:29:44Ha! That's great news.
00:29:47No, no, no, no, no, no. I have to take pictures along the way for the magazine, so we'll be hiking.
00:29:50We could pull over and you could take pictures of the things...
00:29:52Can I go with you, please?
00:29:54My daughter will come. She's an avid hiker.
00:29:56More the merrier.
00:29:57Eh, no. I mean, we'll get the photos to your editor-in-chief sooner. If we do that, if we don't hike...
00:30:02I have so much to learn from an experienced outdoorsman like Blake Montoya.
00:30:08I'm not winning this argument anymore.
00:30:10No.
00:30:11Ah, pictures.
00:30:13Smile.
00:30:14Yes.
00:30:18Well, Mr. Blake Montoya, I hope you've done your research.
00:30:27Abula Vinaka. Hi.
00:30:31So, her name is Sarita?
00:30:32Yes.
00:30:33And she works here at the library?
00:30:35Uh-huh. I mean, I just want to interview her for the article.
00:30:39She knows about the Pearl?
00:30:40She does, but I think it's always important to get a local perspective, you know, have some unique insight.
00:30:46It could be valuable and important.
00:30:48I thought that you were the expert.
00:30:50Oh, I am. But you can never learn too much about the Pearl.
00:30:53Plus, you're gonna get some beautiful photographs if you haven't already. It's right here.
00:31:00Sarita?
00:31:02Colin?
00:31:03Hi.
00:31:05It's so nice to see you.
00:31:07Abula Vinaka.
00:31:10This is?
00:31:11I'm Alex. It's nice to meet you.
00:31:14Thank you.
00:31:15The both of you, please sit.
00:31:18I found the journal for you, Colin.
00:31:21That is amazing, Sarita.
00:31:24It's a collection of handmade maps, notes, even some poems.
00:31:28Poems? Do you, um, is it okay if I leaf through it?
00:31:33My great-grandfather, he wrote many poems to his beloved wife back home.
00:31:37Oh, sweet.
00:31:38It's like a love story unfolding right before your eyes.
00:31:42Would you mind if I took some shots?
00:31:44Of course.
00:31:48The journal can be read in many ways. You can see it for what it is or for what you want it to be.
00:31:53Okay. This is amazing, Sarita. I appreciate it.
00:31:59Yeah, me too.
00:32:00And, you know, it's nice to finally meet you face to face.
00:32:03Well, you can learn a lot from a face.
00:32:05Would it be alright if I borrowed this for a few days, just to get your grandfather's perspective?
00:32:12And I promise you that I will guard it with my life.
00:32:17I have no doubt in my heart you will.
00:32:19Ha! That's great. This is great.
00:32:24Oh, he loves his research.
00:32:36Hi.
00:32:37Hi. You came down.
00:32:39Yeah, I just, you know, I thought I'd take a little bit of a break.
00:32:42How's, um, how's the food?
00:32:45It's excellent.
00:32:46Good.
00:32:47Yeah, really, really good.
00:32:48I just wanted to let you know how, uh, how excited I am about tomorrow.
00:32:52You are?
00:32:53Yeah.
00:32:58That is my cue to get back to work.
00:33:00No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have to dance with me. Come on. It looks like fun. Try it.
00:33:05Come on. Dance with me.
00:33:07Oh, boy. I haven't danced in a while.
00:33:12Alright. Well, I know you know how.
00:33:16Come on. Just loosen up a little bit.
00:33:19Nobody's looking at you. Don't worry.
00:33:27You're doing good. See?
00:33:29Blame it on the way you can dance, huh?
00:33:31Yeah, I'm not late, so.
00:33:41I love this music.
00:33:48Yeah.
00:33:53It's nice, huh?
00:33:54Yeah.
00:33:55It's fun.
00:33:56It's fun.
00:34:19Yay!
00:34:26Look at that. Now you really get to show me how you can dance. What are you doing?
00:34:30I should get some work done. I should get some work done. But I will see you tomorrow. Bright and early.
00:34:36Okay.
00:34:37Good night, Alex.
00:34:38Colin.
00:34:43Okay. Bye.
00:34:49Bye.
00:35:04Hey. Sorry I'm late.
00:35:06Hey. You look great. You look like a character out of one of my books.
00:35:09And you look like you're ready to hike the Fijian rainforest.
00:35:12Hey!
00:35:14Hey, guys.
00:35:16Let's hit the road.
00:35:17All right.
00:35:19Hey.
00:35:20Thank you.
00:35:27Okay.
00:35:46Oh.
00:35:59Oh. Thanks.
00:36:04Hey. I brought my camera, too. Maybe you can give me some pointers?
00:36:07Sure. Yeah.
00:36:09Thanks. I was on the yearbook staff for my high school, you know.
00:36:12That is very cool.
00:36:14You know, I would say the key is to find something you're passionate about. Something that really inspires you.
00:36:19Oh. This is beautiful.
00:36:23Yeah, it is.
00:36:28Well, let's go, Mr. Montoya.
00:36:45Yeah.
00:37:09We don't have to go in there, do we?
00:37:11In there?
00:37:12Yeah. It's a jungle, Colin.
00:37:14You're not afraid of spiders, are you?
00:37:16Why?
00:37:18Why?
00:37:24I don't like this.
00:37:26I like you, Montoya.
00:37:28Yeah.
00:37:37Whoa.
00:37:38Malachi.
00:37:40What is it?
00:37:41It's a Tangimothia orchid.
00:37:44How can it be?
00:37:46A what?
00:37:47Tangimothia. It means to cry in your sleep.
00:37:50It's beautiful. That's the national flower of Fiji, isn't it? Isn't that right?
00:37:54Yeah. But it only grows on the island of Tavaione, northeast of here.
00:38:00I've never seen one on this island.
00:38:02It means something.
00:38:04Yeah. Sometimes things appear when least expected.
00:38:12It's really something, actually.
00:38:15Yeah. It is.
00:38:18Oh!
00:38:21You okay?
00:38:22Yeah, no, I'm fine. Thank you. I'm good.
00:38:25Sorry. Sometimes I just get all wrapped up in getting that shot.
00:38:29You sure it's not your shoes? Because you know you need the ones with the tread.
00:38:32The ones with the tread and the waterproof lining.
00:38:34Yeah, I've got all that. Who told you that?
00:38:36A very wise woman.
00:38:38Very good at what she does.
00:38:40She is good at what she does.
00:38:45Whoa, watch your step.
00:38:49Oh, look. It's an old alabala.
00:38:53Oh, it's beautiful.
00:38:56That is very cool.
00:39:00Why don't you try this?
00:39:01Really?
00:39:02Yeah! Go ahead.
00:39:03Thanks.
00:39:04You're welcome.
00:39:11Oh.
00:39:17Oh no.
00:39:18Oh.
00:39:19Sorry.
00:39:20No, no, no. It's okay. Are you okay?
00:39:22I'm okay, but your lens.
00:39:25You know what? Actually, I don't think it's broke.
00:39:29All right. I have some lens wipes in my bag here.
00:39:33Here you go.
00:39:38I thought I put them in here.
00:39:41Do you have any?
00:39:45No.
00:39:48I must have left them at home.
00:39:51This is my only short zoom.
00:39:52Can I see it for a second?
00:39:55Okay. Just don't wipe it on your shirt.
00:39:58You scratched the lens.
00:40:00I know.
00:40:04So the tannic acid in black tea
00:40:06acts as a non-abrasive cleansing agent
00:40:15to dissolve the dirt.
00:40:17Look at that.
00:40:19Good as new.
00:40:22Remarkable.
00:40:24How did you know that?
00:40:25Research. I know a lot about tea.
00:40:28And diamonds in Dubai.
00:40:29Why?
00:40:30Blake Montoya was trying to catch an exporter
00:40:32who was smuggling gems from Europe in crates of tea.
00:40:35Ha ha. Blake Montoya strikes again.
00:40:39Thanks.
00:40:40Yeah.
00:40:51All right.
00:40:52We'll stop here and make camp for the night.
00:40:54That's true.
00:40:55Exhausted.
00:40:56Exhausted?
00:40:57Not here.
00:40:59Down there.
00:41:01Down there?
00:41:03It's too steep to hike,
00:41:04so we'll tie off a line to be safe
00:41:06and descend by rope.
00:41:08Did he just say descend by rope?
00:41:18Okay.
00:41:21Good to go.
00:41:22Who's going first?
00:41:24Colin?
00:41:26Actually, I think that one of us should probably go first.
00:41:28No, no, no. I got it, Alex.
00:41:30I can go. I can go.
00:41:31You can watch me go down.
00:41:32Alex, it's a rope.
00:41:34How hard can it be?
00:41:35Seriously, I can help you.
00:41:36Seriously, I'm...
00:41:39So you just pitch it down, right?
00:41:41Throw the rope out.
00:41:45Why don't you just tell them you've never done this before?
00:41:48All right, guys.
00:41:51See you at the bottom.
00:41:52Fuck.
00:41:54How hard can it be?
00:42:06You okay?
00:42:07Hey, I'm coming down.
00:42:09Okay.
00:42:12Okay.
00:42:13Okay.
00:42:22Don't move. Are you okay?
00:42:23No, I'm okay. I'm okay.
00:42:24I'm all right.
00:42:25Are you sure?
00:42:26I'm okay.
00:42:28You fell pretty far.
00:42:32We'll go pitch tents.
00:42:34Hey, yeah, man.
00:42:35Danielle and I can do that.
00:42:38Why don't you guys go gather some firewood?
00:42:39Yeah, we'll do that.
00:42:41Go on this way.
00:42:42All right.
00:42:43This way.
00:42:44I'm okay.
00:42:50You know, I could have helped you out there.
00:42:53What would Blake Montoya have done?
00:42:55He'd have been the first to grab the rope, just like you.
00:42:57There you go.
00:42:59I gotta be honest.
00:43:02It was thrilling.
00:43:03I mean, until it wasn't, and then it hurt.
00:43:08It just hurt.
00:43:09It looked like it hurt.
00:43:12Yeah.
00:43:16So, what does your boyfriend think about you being gone all the time?
00:43:20I mean, you're trekking around the world taking pictures of volcanoes and wild animals and stuff.
00:43:23Or is that too personal?
00:43:27No.
00:43:28No, it's not too personal.
00:43:31Well, trekking around the world and taking pictures of volcanoes and wild animals and stuff is
00:43:37exactly why I don't have a boyfriend.
00:43:40Turns out in relationships, people actually want to spend time together.
00:43:44Imagine that, right?
00:43:45Fancy that.
00:43:49What about you, though?
00:43:51Mr. Romance slash adventure novelist.
00:43:54I mean, you must have women lined up around the block.
00:43:56Yeah, I do.
00:43:58Which is why I moved into a gated community.
00:44:03No, all kidding aside, yeah, I date.
00:44:06I date.
00:44:08But it just never seems to last.
00:44:11Why?
00:44:15Because I think they expect Blake Montoya.
00:44:19And I'm not Blake.
00:44:21I mean, even Malachi and Daniela expect him.
00:44:23And he's, you know, this adventure-seeking guy who lives for danger.
00:44:28And Colin Page is a writer who sits in a room all day long, alone, telling stories for a living.
00:44:34Yeah, but Colin Page, he's smart and nice.
00:44:41He's got a good sense of humor.
00:44:44He's maybe even a little good-looking.
00:44:45Really?
00:44:46Yeah.
00:44:47I got a maybe?
00:44:48Mm-hmm.
00:44:49A little.
00:44:50Just a little.
00:44:51Oh.
00:45:01And in the haze of the dawn, they saw it.
00:45:03Could that be it? Valencia asked.
00:45:05Is that the pearl?
00:45:07Blake craned his head closer and saw the magnificent opalescent shimmer.
00:45:12At last, they found it.
00:45:15It is an honor to be reading your book with you.
00:45:17Papa, don't interrupt. My favorite part's coming up.
00:45:20They kiss after they find the blue pearl.
00:45:24Do you think the pearl's going to look like that when we find it?
00:45:28Do you think the clam's going to be there, too?
00:45:32That is confidential.
00:45:43So?
00:45:47Sorry, Knight.
00:45:51Mm-hmm.
00:45:54The pearl of love.
00:45:56When I'll see lost, I turn my back on the rocks and follow the path of my tears.
00:46:09Life unsaid for fifty years.
00:46:12Is he?
00:46:13Oh.
00:46:14Hey.
00:46:15Oh.
00:46:16Here you go.
00:46:17Salsa.
00:46:18Needs a fruit to feed you.
00:46:25That's amazing. Thank you.
00:46:28I didn't think you'd ever tried it before.
00:46:29No.
00:46:32I get the sense this might be your first time to Fiji.
00:46:35You got that from our first day hiking.
00:46:38I got that from the first time you walked into my store.
00:46:40Oh, jeez. Is that obvious?
00:46:44Malachi, I gotta be honest with you, man.
00:46:46I am a fraud in every sense of the word.
00:46:49Yeah.
00:46:51I wouldn't say that, my friend.
00:46:53The only person you can be is you.
00:46:57No.
00:46:58There's something that I have to tell Alex that I haven't told her yet.
00:47:03I don't know what the pearl is.
00:47:06I know.
00:47:07You know.
00:47:08Of course.
00:47:09Knight Woody does.
00:47:10It's a fairy tale. It's a myth.
00:47:13It's good for business and a fun story,
00:47:15and people come from all around the world just to find the blue pearl.
00:47:19But nobody ever does.
00:47:21No, Malachi. I'm sorry.
00:47:23Look, look, look, look.
00:47:24I know generally where it is.
00:47:26It's on the other side of the river.
00:47:27It's there. I just don't know exactly where it's buried.
00:47:31And what I was hoping was that this journal would, I don't know,
00:47:35provide some clue, some link to my missing...
00:47:39See, he found it.
00:47:40Well, he claimed he found the pearl. He knew where it was.
00:47:44Perhaps you have to ask yourself, if he found it,
00:47:47why would he have left it?
00:47:52Look, my friend Ku operates an eco-village not far from here,
00:47:57about three kilometers away.
00:48:00His father, Kangu, knows a great deal about the legend.
00:48:03Maybe he can help.
00:48:04Yeah?
00:48:05Yeah.
00:48:06That would be awesome.
00:48:08Calling?
00:48:11Good night.
00:48:13Good night.
00:48:18Thank you again.
00:48:19Night.
00:48:20All right.
00:48:21All right. See you tomorrow.
00:48:34I didn't know you were such a poet.
00:48:37No.
00:48:39This is the poem that Sarita's great-grandfather wrote to his wife.
00:48:44It's a love poem.
00:48:45And it's...
00:48:47I don't know.
00:48:48This journal is filled with sketches.
00:48:51Impressed flowers.
00:48:57And then you got a waterfall.
00:49:01What do you think all this stuff means?
00:49:03I don't know.
00:49:05It's a mystery.
00:49:08A mystery.
00:49:11Speaking of mystery, look up there.
00:49:16I love the night sky.
00:49:18You know, my dad used to take me camping when I was little,
00:49:21and I always used to sleep underneath the stars.
00:49:24Loved it. I still do.
00:49:27Look at that one. Right up there. Straight ahead. Right there.
00:49:31That's Sagittarius.
00:49:33I figured you'd like it because it's shaped like a teapot.
00:49:35It's a teapot.
00:49:36Yeah.
00:49:38And right next to Sagittarius is Aquila.
00:49:43You know of constellations?
00:49:45Yeah. I read The Odyssey.
00:49:49When I was in eighth grade, I became a bit of a star nerd.
00:49:51I read that.
00:49:52Yeah?
00:49:53I loved it. Yeah. Great book.
00:49:54Great book. Yeah.
00:49:56That book made me want to learn everything I could about stars.
00:49:59Made me want to travel the world.
00:50:01Yeah.
00:50:02You know, I always wanted to do this piece on astronomy for the magazine.
00:50:07And what I would do is I would create a travel map, right?
00:50:10And I'd start in the northern hemisphere,
00:50:13and I would show you all the constellations you'd see as you travel south.
00:50:18That's a great idea.
00:50:19Yeah.
00:50:20Why'd you do it?
00:50:22Last creative director killed it, so I just kind of forgot about it.
00:50:27It's a brilliant idea.
00:50:28It's a brilliant idea.
00:50:30Promise me that you'll revisit it, because that is a trip that even I would make.
00:50:34Really?
00:50:35Yeah.
00:50:38All right, then. I'll keep that in my back pocket.
00:50:45Well, I'm pretty tired.
00:50:48You gonna go to sleep?
00:50:49Yeah.
00:50:54Hey, Alex?
00:50:55Yes?
00:50:58I...
00:51:01Sweet dreams.
00:51:04You too.
00:51:29So this is your friend's eco lodge, huh?
00:51:32Totally off the grid.
00:51:34Operated by my friend Ku.
00:51:36Once was the place his grandmother lived.
00:51:38The village is all moved out, but she wanted to preserve it.
00:51:42What I want to do is interview Ku's father for the article.
00:51:45Yeah, I think that'd be great. This place is lovely.
00:51:48I've asked him.
00:51:49My friend!
00:51:50Hey!
00:51:51Finally made it.
00:51:53Good to see you.
00:51:54Nice to see you, too.
00:51:55Good to see you.
00:51:56Remember my daughter, Daniela?
00:51:57Of course.
00:51:58Hey, good to see you again.
00:51:59Good to see you, Daniela.
00:52:00This is Colin, the famous author of Pearl in Paradise.
00:52:03It's a pleasure to meet you.
00:52:04Likewise.
00:52:05Alex, a famous American photographer.
00:52:07Pleased to meet you, Alex.
00:52:08Nice to meet you.
00:52:09Ku, can Colin talk to your father?
00:52:11He's not here.
00:52:13But he's coming over for dinner. You could meet him then.
00:52:16Yeah? That would be perfect. Thank you.
00:52:19Please, come with me. Right this way.
00:52:20How are you?
00:52:21Not too bad, man.
00:52:22It's good to see you.
00:52:23Done some renovations.
00:52:24Yes, yes, yes. You like it?
00:52:28Well, thank you guys so much for having us for dinner, Mr. Akamu.
00:52:33Just to come.
00:52:34To come. I'm sorry.
00:52:36So, Alex and I are working on an article together about the pearl for the magazine that she works for.
00:52:41Natural Discoveries. I'm taking the pictures, and he's writing the article.
00:52:45Yeah, and Malachi said that you know a great deal about the pearl.
00:52:50As do you.
00:52:51I know your book.
00:52:53Fine Tale.
00:52:54Fine Tale.
00:52:56Well, thank you.
00:52:58Which leads me to ask you a question.
00:53:01Do you think that the description of the pearl in my book…
00:53:07Lived up to your experience of it.
00:53:10I've never seen it.
00:53:15I'm confused.
00:53:18How do you know it exists?
00:53:22Because I do.
00:53:25A British man wrote about it many years ago.
00:53:28Right, right. I have his journal. Do you want to see it?
00:53:33There's a little known legend among my people about the origin of the pearl.
00:53:38The legend of the fisherman.
00:53:40You've done your research.
00:53:43Wait a minute. Legend? That's not in your book.
00:53:45No, no. But, I mean, I know its existence. You can't find it anywhere online.
00:53:49There's no written record of it. It's oral history.
00:53:54Do you know it?
00:53:58Could you tell us?
00:54:02Six hundred years ago, there was a poor fisherman in love with the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat who would not let them marry.
00:54:10One day, while he was looking for clams in the Nauvoo River, he navigated through a tributary and there he found a giant clam.
00:54:20The clam opened, revealing a beautiful, rare blue pearl.
00:54:27The fisherman was ecstatic. What luck!
00:54:31He thought if he gave the pearl to the young woman, it'd prove to her and her family that he was worthy of their daughter's hand in marriage.
00:54:40So he put the pearl in a wooden box to present to the family.
00:54:44As he sailed back, the rains came rocking the small boat.
00:54:47The pearl fell back into the water.
00:54:51The fisherman was so devastated he couldn't bring himself to face the young woman.
00:54:56He spent his remaining years searching in vain for the pearl.
00:55:01Cried in his sleep for fifty years.
00:55:05Over the next few centuries, the tributary dried up.
00:55:09And it is said the fisherman's decades of tears now flow over the rocky shores that remain in its wake.
00:55:18It is believed that the pearl represents the love that the young woman and the fisherman should have had.
00:55:24He spent his entire life going after the pearl, when he should have been going after her heart.
00:55:30He thought that the pearl would make him worthy of her love, but he already had her love.
00:55:35He lost his faith in her.
00:55:38The pearl itself was worth nothing.
00:55:44Its worth is what is accorded to it.
00:55:48Find the fisherman's lost love, and you will find the pearl.
00:55:55Now, enough talk. Please, eat.
00:55:59This looks, this looks very good.
00:56:06Good morning.
00:56:09Good morning, Daniela. How are you?
00:56:11How are you guys?
00:56:12We're doing good. How did you sleep?
00:56:13Yeah, pretty good. How about you?
00:56:14Like a baby.
00:56:15A bit buggy.
00:56:16Malachi?
00:56:17Hey, where's your stuff?
00:56:19Oh, yeah, it rained further down the island, and there may be flooding.
00:56:24A kamu's asked me to hang around and help out.
00:56:27You two should be fine to navigate the rest of the way by yourself, yeah?
00:56:30Yeah.
00:56:32Be careful, and we'll see you when you get back.
00:56:36With the pearl.
00:56:37With the pearl. Got it.
00:56:41Hey, thanks for everything.
00:56:50Rained further down the island? Really?
00:56:53Seemed believable to me.
00:56:56They have to do this on their own. You know that, Daniela?
00:57:00I do.
00:57:11Look at this.
00:57:12Look at me.
00:57:14Okay, now look away.
00:57:17It's good.
00:57:19Hey.
00:57:23Thank you.
00:57:25For taking your picture?
00:57:26No, for this.
00:57:27For pitching the idea for the article.
00:57:29I mean, I wouldn't have come here otherwise.
00:57:33That's really sweet.
00:57:36Yeah, you're welcome.
00:57:46I can't, Alex.
00:57:49What are you talking about? Yeah, you can.
00:57:51No, I mean, I have something that I need to tell you, Alex.
00:57:54And it's something that I should have been honest about before we even left for Fiji.
00:57:59Okay.
00:58:01I don't know exactly where the pearl is buried.
00:58:10Okay, but you, you know, like, generally, where it is, right?
00:58:20Are you kidding me?
00:58:21I'm sorry. I thought I was going to be able to piece together information from the journal, interviews.
00:58:24I believe you were just now telling me this.
00:58:26Okay, hold on. I wanted to tell you sooner, but then you told me how high the stakes were with your promotion and inspiring people.
00:58:31And I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:58:35Why did you lie to me?
00:58:42Why would you lie to me?
00:58:44I didn't plan on this.
00:58:46I won't let you down.
00:58:48I won't let you down.
00:58:51And for the first time in my life, I thought that I could be as adventurous and as exciting as this figment of my imagination that I cannot live up to.
00:59:00I mean, he always knows the right things to say, and I clearly don't.
00:59:06And when you called me and you offered me this opportunity, I was scared, Alex.
00:59:11I didn't want to do it, but I was also so excited.
00:59:13And I thought for a second that if I could just, that if we could do this, that we could find this pearl, that somehow I'd fix it.
00:59:22But all it did is prove that I am a disappointment.
00:59:27And I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I lied to you. I am sorry that I wasted your time.
00:59:31And I am sorry that I got your hopes up, Alex.
00:59:35So...
00:59:39I guess we should head back, huh?
00:59:46Colin. Colin?
00:59:54For somebody who doesn't know what to say, I certainly know what to say.
01:00:00And I got to be honest with you, if you would have told me all of that back in New York that you didn't know where the pearl was, I still would have come on this trip.
01:00:13Would you ask me to come with you?
01:00:16Yeah.
01:00:23Look at this. Look at where we are right now.
01:00:29I mean...
01:00:31Who knows?
01:00:33Who knows?
01:00:35Who knows?
01:00:37Who knows?
01:00:39Who knows?
01:00:41Who knows?
01:00:42I mean...
01:00:44Who knows what's out there, right?
01:00:47Who knows what we're going to see?
01:00:51And I want to inspire people. And I know you want to inspire people.
01:00:57So let's do this.
01:01:00Let's keep going.
01:01:02You with me?
01:01:03Yeah.
01:01:04What do we got to lose?
01:01:09Yeah?
01:01:13Wow, this is beautiful.
01:01:17Okay, according to this map, look, there's a bridge about a mile that way, so we'd have to double back, but...
01:01:25Oh no, I say we cross it.
01:01:28Yeah, doesn't look that deep.
01:01:31It's moving. Pretty fast.
01:01:35That's not fast. You'll be fine.
01:01:38Look, everything that's important goes in a dry bag.
01:01:40Everything that's important goes in a dry bag.
01:01:46What's a dry bag?
01:01:48Wow.
01:01:50You are prepared.
01:02:01Alright then.
01:02:04Good luck.
01:02:11Alex? Alex!
01:02:15Come here. I got you. I got you.
01:02:19I got it. I'll get it.
01:02:22Here.
01:02:41Alex!
01:02:51You okay?
01:02:53Yeah. You?
01:03:07Alright.
01:03:09I told you, we should've taken the bridge.
01:03:12The bridge.
01:03:14I'm so sorry. I will listen to you from now on.
01:03:20I gotta tell you though, we make a good team, huh?
01:03:23We do.
01:03:24Yeah, we do.
01:03:25All that's missing is the pearl, right?
01:03:27Yeah, the pearl.
01:03:29You know what?
01:03:31I don't even care about my promotion anymore.
01:03:34That's crazy.
01:03:36I haven't thought about my book in three days.
01:03:40Yeah.
01:03:42I just... I just want to find the pearl.
01:03:46I want us to find that pearl.
01:03:49I really do.
01:03:53And I think that we should...
01:03:57We should keep going.
01:04:03I'm so close.
01:04:04Yeah.
01:04:17Wait, are you crying?
01:04:19Oh, I got a bug in my eye.
01:04:23Oh, it looks like you're crying.
01:04:25My eye.
01:04:27My eye.
01:04:30Wait a minute.
01:04:31Hold on.
01:04:32What?
01:04:34I just... I just thought of something that Akimu said last night.
01:04:37He was talking about the fishermen and the decades of tears.
01:04:41Right, decades of tears.
01:04:42Fishermen's decades of tears flow over the rocky shores.
01:04:46You have a very good memory.
01:04:48I'll appear, remember?
01:04:49Yeah.
01:04:50Hey, can you just... Can I see that journal?
01:04:52Yeah.
01:04:57Here.
01:04:58Okay.
01:04:59Could you, uh...
01:05:00Could you just show me the page that you were looking at with the waterfall?
01:05:06Decades of tears.
01:05:07The waterfall.
01:05:08The waterfall.
01:05:09It's the waterfall.
01:05:10Yeah.
01:05:11Oh my gosh.
01:05:12Okay, so we are here.
01:05:14And the waterfall is here.
01:05:16That is where we need to be.
01:05:18Bingo.
01:05:20Yes!
01:05:21Oh my gosh.
01:05:27The waterfall.
01:05:30I mean, whoo! Look at this!
01:05:34You're right.
01:05:35You can't get this from a book.
01:05:37Right?
01:05:38All right, here.
01:05:39I want to document this moment.
01:05:40Yes.
01:05:42All right, ready?
01:05:43Yeah.
01:05:44You're gonna smile.
01:05:45Uh-huh.
01:05:46One, two...
01:05:48It's not perfect, but it's got something.
01:05:52We gotta be close.
01:05:56I definitely see how this place can bring out the poet in anyone.
01:06:01Wait.
01:06:03What'd you just say?
01:06:07I was just saying how beautiful it is.
01:06:09It could almost turn anybody into a poet.
01:06:11Look at this place.
01:06:12Oh my gosh.
01:06:13The poem.
01:06:14Okay.
01:06:15The Fisherman's Tears.
01:06:18It's the waterfall.
01:06:20When all seemed lost,
01:06:23I turned my back on the rocks.
01:06:34And followed the path of my tears.
01:06:37And followed the path of my tears.
01:06:46It's the stream.
01:06:49Where I fell asleep for 50 years.
01:06:55What is that?
01:07:00Huh.
01:07:02Tungimothia.
01:07:03It means to cry in your sleep.
01:07:06Tungimothia.
01:07:08Come on.
01:07:13And I woke to the prize of your glittering eyes.
01:07:17And saw them reflected where my love forever lies.
01:07:22Reflected.
01:07:25Reflected where your love forever lies.
01:07:31Colin.
01:07:32Colin, let me see the journal.
01:07:42What?
01:07:43Come here.
01:07:44Look.
01:07:46Oh my gosh.
01:07:51Hold on. Let me get a shot of it.
01:07:57Got it?
01:07:58Yeah.
01:08:02Okay.
01:08:05Be careful.
01:08:06Do you feel anything?
01:08:09Wait.
01:08:10I feel something.
01:08:11You do?
01:08:12Yeah.
01:08:22Alex.
01:08:24I think...
01:08:26I think we just found it.
01:08:32I think we just found it.
01:08:34Open it.
01:08:46Yes!
01:08:49It's beautiful.
01:08:53Those worthy of the pearl can never have found the pearl.
01:08:56Okay. Hold it up.
01:08:57I'm gonna get a shot with you in it.
01:08:58Hold on.
01:08:59Those worthy of the pearl can never have found the pearl.
01:09:02What?
01:09:05Colin.
01:09:06We can't.
01:09:07Why?
01:09:09We can't take a picture.
01:09:12But we...
01:09:13We can't rely just on your writing.
01:09:15We have to take...
01:09:16Those worthy of the pearl can never have found the pearl.
01:09:19We can't have found the pearl.
01:09:21What? What are you talking about?
01:09:23We just found the pearl.
01:09:24I know.
01:09:26In order to find the pearl, you have to have faith...
01:09:29that the pearl existed.
01:09:31Right?
01:09:33And if pictures prove...
01:09:35That's what Akuma and Sarita were trying to tell us.
01:09:37Proof denies faith.
01:09:41And without faith...
01:09:44I mean, the pearl doesn't mean anything.
01:09:56Yeah. Because we would ruin the legend.
01:09:58Yeah.
01:10:00Yeah, the value of the pearl is what we court it.
01:10:02So it's a promotion at work or it's a writing career.
01:10:08It's a love that lasts a lifetime.
01:10:12It's whatever you want it to be.
01:10:19Okay.
01:10:21I get it.
01:10:26Looking at a pearl in the museum isn't the same as...
01:10:31coming out here to find it for yourself.
01:10:45I'm sorry.
01:10:49I just...
01:10:51I just really wanted to inspire people, you know?
01:10:55You still can.
01:11:25I love you.
01:11:27I love you.
01:11:55I love you.
01:11:56I love you.
01:12:24Well...
01:12:26Thanks, Malachi.
01:12:34I'll miss you.
01:12:35Thank you for everything.
01:12:37Take care, my friends.
01:12:39I'm sorry you didn't find the pearl.
01:12:41Yeah, me too. Thanks, Malachi.
01:12:47Well, have a safe flight, Colin.
01:12:53Bye, Alex.
01:12:56Bye.
01:13:05I know, I know.
01:13:06What would Blake Montoya do?
01:13:08No, Colin Page.
01:13:11How do you feel?
01:13:14I feel a lot of things, but...
01:13:17You're a writer.
01:13:20Do what you do best.
01:13:27Thank you, Malachi.
01:13:29Thank you.
01:13:32You gave me an idea!
01:13:36Let's go.
01:13:39Hello, Derek. It's Colin.
01:13:40Hello? Colin?
01:13:41Yeah, hey, buddy. Can you hear me?
01:13:43I'm back at the hotel now.
01:13:44Keep breaking up.
01:13:45Okay, well, I'm back at the hotel.
01:13:46I think my phone might be wet.
01:13:47Anyway, are you there?
01:13:49So, did you find the pearl?
01:13:51Tell me you found the pearl.
01:13:52No, but I have an amazing idea.
01:13:54No, but I have an amazing idea for an article.
01:13:57You keep cutting out.
01:13:58I said I have an amazing idea for an article.
01:14:01So, did you find it?
01:14:02Listen, I'm...
01:14:03Okay, listen.
01:14:04I'm gonna send you an article.
01:14:06It's gonna be amazing.
01:14:08Oh, this is great news.
01:14:09I'll call the editor and let her know.
01:14:11Great, thanks.
01:14:12All right, I'll see you tonight.
01:14:13Bye.
01:14:19Sharon, I have got some great news.
01:14:21They found the pearl.
01:14:22They had to.
01:14:23They had to.
01:14:24Call and assure me the article is going to be amazing.
01:14:26We've got our cover story.
01:14:28I'll keep an eye out for it.
01:14:54Alex, I just got the good news from Colin's agent.
01:14:57That you guys found the pearl.
01:14:59Andy's article will be submitted tonight.
01:15:01Congrats.
01:15:02Can't wait to see your photos.
01:15:04I'm off to a meeting, but I'll see you when you get back.
01:15:07What?
01:15:09Hey, Alex.
01:15:10Hey, Andy.
01:15:11Hey, Andy.
01:15:12Hey, Andy.
01:15:13Hey, Andy.
01:15:14Hey, Andy.
01:15:15Hey, Andy.
01:15:16Hey, Andy.
01:15:17Hey, Andy.
01:15:18Hey, Andy.
01:15:19Hey, Andy.
01:15:20Hey, Andy.
01:15:21Hey, Andy.
01:15:22Hey, Alex.
01:15:24Alex?
01:15:26Yes?
01:15:27Oh, hi.
01:15:30Do you know where the woman is who's staying in this room?
01:15:32She checked out soon.
01:15:33You just missed her.
01:15:34Thank you.
01:15:36Hey, Alex.
01:15:37Hey.
01:15:38Whoa.
01:15:39Hey, hey, hey, Alex.
01:15:40Are you leaving?
01:15:41I heard you wrote the article.
01:15:42Yeah.
01:15:43Yeah, I wanted to tell you about it.
01:15:45You don't have to do that.
01:15:46I talked to my editor.
01:15:47She told me all about it.
01:15:49She did?
01:15:50Yeah.
01:15:51Well played.
01:15:53You got your article with none of the photos.
01:15:56Hold on a second.
01:15:57Let me explain.
01:15:58You know what, Colin?
01:15:59This is all about you and selling more books.
01:16:04Alex.
01:16:06Whoa.
01:16:14Why would he betray me like this?
01:16:16I just...
01:16:17I don't understand.
01:16:19I'm sorry.
01:16:20You know, he's the one who told me to keep it a secret and to have faith.
01:16:23And then he just goes off and does it anyway.
01:16:27Well, sometimes people aren't who you think they are.
01:16:30Yeah, tell me about it.
01:16:34Whoa.
01:16:37When did you get so organized?
01:16:39I just... I don't understand.
01:16:41It doesn't make any sense to me.
01:16:42I mean, he was so...
01:16:44He was so fun and smart.
01:16:47We make a pretty good team.
01:16:48Make?
01:16:52You just said make.
01:16:54I did?
01:16:55No, I didn't mean that.
01:16:56I mean made.
01:16:57Made a good team.
01:17:08I just read the article.
01:17:10Honestly, it's brilliant.
01:17:11I'm sending it to the magazine right now.
01:17:13That is great.
01:17:15And hey, you were right.
01:17:16I was playing it safe.
01:17:17I was playing it safe with my new novel.
01:17:20Oh, is this the same call I met with a week ago?
01:17:23Let's just say that I found the inspiration I've been missing.
01:17:27Well, that's terrific.
01:17:28So are you going to finish writing Treasures in Taipei?
01:17:31Actually, no.
01:17:34I got a whole new idea.
01:17:48Thank you.
01:18:08Hey, welcome back.
01:18:11Sharon, I'm...
01:18:14I'm sorry.
01:18:15I messed up again.
01:18:17And I completely understand why Ben
01:18:21is the better candidate for this promotion.
01:18:23And if you want to fire me...
01:18:24Fire you?
01:18:26Why would I want to fire my new creative director?
01:18:28You're not going to fire me?
01:18:30But I'm...
01:18:32I'm the new...
01:18:34Okay, but I didn't get any pictures of the pearl.
01:18:37Well, how could you? You didn't find it.
01:18:39But your voicemail.
01:18:40Oh, complete miscommunication.
01:18:42Colin's agent thought he'd found it, but
01:18:44turns out it was bad cell reception.
01:18:46Anyway, it doesn't matter.
01:18:48What I really need is a photo of you and Colin together.
01:18:52Us?
01:18:53For the cover.
01:18:56You do have some of those, right?
01:18:58Yeah, yeah.
01:19:00This is hands down the best cover story we've ever done.
01:19:06Didn't he send it to you?
01:19:08No.
01:19:09Well, I'm emailing it now.
01:19:10You need to read this.
01:19:16I love you.
01:19:24In pursuit of a magical pearl
01:19:26hidden deep in the lush rainforests of Vidy-Lavu,
01:19:29I found something completely unexpected.
01:19:33After a challenging three-day hike
01:19:35with a charming and brilliant photographer named Alex
01:19:38and our two guides,
01:19:40I add my name to the long list of adventurers and lovers
01:19:44hoping to lay weary eyes on a rare blue pearl
01:19:46that hundreds of years ago
01:19:48disappeared into the swirling stormy sea.
01:19:51A pearl that now lies somewhere
01:19:53in a sun-kissed valley paradise waiting to be found.
01:19:57Alex and I never found the pearl,
01:20:00but the quest offered us something more precious.
01:20:04It's only when we open our hearts,
01:20:06ready to risk the unknown,
01:20:08that life's treasures reveal themselves.
01:20:11And our hearts can love a thousand times more
01:20:14than we ever imagined.
01:20:17And if you believe that there's magic out there,
01:20:21it's yours to find.
01:20:23Alex knew that all along,
01:20:25and she inspired me to go on a different kind of journey.
01:20:29No, I didn't find the legendary blue pearl,
01:20:32but I found out who I want to be
01:20:35and who I want to be with.
01:20:38And in the end,
01:20:40love is the greatest adventure of all.
01:20:47Alex, I have a delivery for you.
01:20:49Should I bring them up?
01:20:52Yeah, thank you.
01:21:02Hello.
01:21:04Hi.
01:21:05Hey, Alex.
01:21:06It's nice hearing your voice.
01:21:09I read your article.
01:21:10Yeah? And what did you think of it?
01:21:14Well, some of the technical details didn't ring so true for me.
01:21:22You're a funny girl.
01:21:27Some conversations are better had in person and, well, with flowers.
01:21:33Did you mean everything you said in that article?
01:21:35Alex, I'm standing in your office with rare flowers from Fiji,
01:21:41which I think officially makes me an international smuggler.
01:21:47Yes.
01:21:50I'm in every single word.
01:22:01I just want you to know that sometimes I'm not organized.
01:22:04I like that.
01:22:05And I don't ever, ever want to make a list.
01:22:08Check.
01:22:10And I don't like tea.
01:22:11Ooh, all right, we're working on that one.
01:22:14And in the legend, it says that only true love can find the pearl.
01:22:18And in your article, you said we didn't.
01:22:23Hold on.