The Magic of Lemon Drops 2024 - Best Hallmark Movies 2024 - Great Hallmark Romance 2024 .mp4
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00:00:00I got it, state of the griddle.
00:00:02Here you go.
00:00:10Is this what I think it is?
00:00:12I'm taking care of it.
00:00:14Not the IRS.
00:00:16Lolly, I know he doesn't say it much, but he's really lucky to have you.
00:00:21You keep this place running.
00:00:23Oh, we're running all right. To where? I don't know.
00:00:26Order's up!
00:00:30Honk, honk.
00:00:34That's a pretty sad face for a kid who's going on a grand European vacation.
00:00:38Because I want you to come with us.
00:00:40I know, baby. We talked about this already, remember?
00:00:43But I still don't understand.
00:00:45The hockey season's over. The Blue Jackets won't need you until next season.
00:00:48You're right, Sammy. But your mom and I just decided that it would be better if it was just the two of you that went.
00:00:54And I'm going to see Grandma and Grandpa in Minnesota.
00:00:57And then, when you get back, you and I are going up to the Boundary Waters.
00:01:01We're going to go hiking. We're going to go fishing. We're going to see the new cabin.
00:01:05I know that it's been very hard on you since your mom and I split up.
00:01:10I get that.
00:01:12But that does not change the fact that she and I love you very much.
00:01:17And it's okay to be sad that I'm not going to be there.
00:01:20But it's also okay to have a lot of fun.
00:01:24Can you try and do that for me?
00:01:25Yeah.
00:01:26Okay.
00:01:27All right. Give me a hug.
00:01:30I'm going to miss you every second that you're gone, okay?
00:01:34Okay. I love you.
00:01:36Love you, too.
00:01:37Take a million pictures.
00:01:38I will.
00:01:47What in the world?
00:01:50What are these suckers doing in my freezer?
00:01:52Oh, he's been giving me her extra produce from the market stand.
00:01:55I've been experimenting.
00:01:58You seem to be liking them.
00:02:00It doesn't matter whether I like them or not.
00:02:02What matters is that these are taking up space in my deep freeze.
00:02:05Well, maybe we'd have more space in your deep freeze
00:02:08if you didn't order so much cod from Tommy's Seafood.
00:02:10Yeah, it was supposed to be a half order.
00:02:12You ordered double.
00:02:13You gave me a good price.
00:02:15We have too much. I'm sending it back.
00:02:17He's had a real hard couple of months, Lolly.
00:02:19He needs the money.
00:02:21So do we.
00:02:22We can freeze the extra.
00:02:24We'll have the room if you clear out those ice pops in there.
00:02:27You seem to be clearing them out just fine.
00:02:30But don't eat them all.
00:02:32I'll eat as many as I want.
00:02:35You love your family. They don't drive you up the wall.
00:02:37You love your family. You wouldn't change a thing.
00:02:39You love your family.
00:03:04Hey, Mom.
00:03:06Oh, honey.
00:03:08Hey.
00:03:09Oh, hey.
00:03:10Who's this?
00:03:11This is Kirby.
00:03:13Oh, he's very cute.
00:03:15He's got a lot of energy.
00:03:17We're fostering him until he finds a place.
00:03:19Dad's already smitten with him.
00:03:21We took him up to Knutson's Cabin at the Boundary Waters,
00:03:23and he just loved exploring up there.
00:03:25He should. He's a dog.
00:03:27He might enjoy spending a little time with us.
00:03:29He's a good boy.
00:03:31He might enjoy exploring up there.
00:03:33He should. He's a dog.
00:03:35He might enjoy spending some time with him while you're here.
00:03:37Dogs have a way of making everything better.
00:03:39Maybe with a little bit of training.
00:03:41Oh, come on.
00:03:43Okay.
00:03:45Come on.
00:03:50Lolly still lives there, you know.
00:03:52Yeah, I assumed as much.
00:03:54Yeah, maybe you two should catch up while you're in town.
00:03:56I'm sure I'll bump into her here and there.
00:03:58Yeah.
00:04:02Now, these are greenhouse-grown avocados.
00:04:04My very first harvest.
00:04:06I hope you like them.
00:04:08Bye.
00:04:10Hi.
00:04:12Hello. Ooh, what you got in the cooler?
00:04:14Some cold brewski?
00:04:16You wish. No, I made ice pops from the extra froze you gave me.
00:04:18What?
00:04:20Let me see.
00:04:22Ooh, can I try one?
00:04:24All you can eat.
00:04:28Strawberry and lavender?
00:04:31It's one flavor. I got more in there.
00:04:33Well, it's heavenly. Do you want to try to sell them?
00:04:35You think people will buy them?
00:04:37I was just going to give them away at the diner, but my dad made me clean out the deep freeze.
00:04:39Do I dare ask how the avocado toast conversation went?
00:04:41Nine-nine, fräulein.
00:04:43Even on German bread?
00:04:45Even on German bread.
00:04:47Well, I guess you're not going to be ordering any of my greenhouse avocados then.
00:04:49I wish.
00:04:51I'd have an avocado palooza if I had my own restaurant.
00:04:53But at this rate, I guess I never will.
00:04:55You okay?
00:04:57You seem a little...
00:05:00not your sun-shiny self today.
00:05:02Ignore me.
00:05:04I'm doing some soul-searching.
00:05:06While you're searching, why don't you take some more of that excess fruit
00:05:08and keep these bad boys coming?
00:05:10I can do that. It's been fun to make.
00:05:12Keep my mind off the craziness for a bit.
00:05:14Now, would any of this craziness have to do with
00:05:16the perennial return of a certain...
00:05:18neighbor?
00:05:20I don't want to talk about it.
00:05:22Okay, I will take my foot out of my mouth
00:05:24and replace it with this delicious popsicle.
00:05:26Join you.
00:05:28Sure.
00:05:30Hey.
00:05:32Oh, hi.
00:05:34How do you like the old room?
00:05:36Oh, it's nice. I really love the country bed-and-breakfast vibe it's got going.
00:05:38We could put up your old Kirby Puckett posters if you want.
00:05:42Yep, we named the dog after him.
00:05:44I understand, Mom.
00:05:46All right, well, we're headed off to happy hour with the Ginses.
00:05:48Hey, do you want to come along?
00:05:50You know, you guys go have fun.
00:05:52I think after the long drive, I should probably get out and stretch my legs
00:05:54and go for a walk.
00:05:56Uh-oh.
00:05:58You said W-A-L-K.
00:06:00That means you're going to have to take him with you.
00:06:02I have to take him with me?
00:06:04Please, honey, it would really help us out.
00:06:06Just swing by Eve's produce.
00:06:08He loves to get the treats there.
00:06:10Okay.
00:06:12Right.
00:06:20Hi. Hello. Hello.
00:06:22Oh, my goodness.
00:06:24I am so sorry.
00:06:26He must have slipped his harness.
00:06:28He's just not very well-trained.
00:06:30Molly.
00:06:32Hey.
00:06:34Hi. You're here. You're back.
00:06:36Unless you're a hologram.
00:06:38Not a hologram. Okay.
00:06:40No, I'm not a hologram.
00:06:42Great. So...
00:06:44You, um...
00:06:46Staying at your parents' house?
00:06:48Yeah. Yeah, I am.
00:06:50I usually stay.
00:06:52But we were just talking about
00:06:54the...
00:06:56These dog treats here.
00:06:58I hear they're amazing. Kirby loves them.
00:07:00Are they good?
00:07:02I'm not a dog person or a dog.
00:07:04Yeah, they look really good.
00:07:06Great. Awesome.
00:07:08Well, I gotta run, because I have to take a nap.
00:07:10But it was great seeing you.
00:07:12Okay. Uh, Rory?
00:07:14Yeah.
00:07:16Oh. Something's never changed.
00:07:18Okay.
00:07:22Okay.
00:07:30Ooh, I saw that.
00:07:32Do you want to talk about it?
00:07:34No. Yes.
00:07:36I don't know. Are you okay?
00:07:38No. I mean, he barely wanted
00:07:40to talk to me. He just recently got
00:07:42divorced. He probably just feels awkward.
00:07:44Definitely was awkward. But of course it was.
00:07:46I mean, the last time we had an actual conversation
00:07:48was this huge blow-up and then the breakup.
00:07:50Then he didn't get closure.
00:07:52I mean, how could I? The only time I actually
00:07:54run into him is in the summer
00:07:56or during Christmas holidays.
00:07:58And he's always with his wife and kid.
00:08:00I'm sorry. That's really tough.
00:08:02Honestly, it wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't become
00:08:04some successful doctor for a professional hockey team.
00:08:06And I'm stuck in the exact same
00:08:08place I was when he left.
00:08:10Rory Shaw. The one that got away.
00:08:12And somehow keeps coming back to remind me.
00:08:14You know what? It feels like a
00:08:16box of wine and tortured poet
00:08:18kind of night. No, I gotta go back to the
00:08:20diner and do paperwork. On a Friday night?
00:08:22This is my life, Eve.
00:08:24Well, what about tomorrow? We can, you know,
00:08:26put on some sweatpants and have a fun day.
00:08:28My sister wants me to help clean out
00:08:30the attic. My mom's stuff. Which has been
00:08:32there, by the way, since he passed. But for some reason
00:08:34Daphne has to do it tomorrow?
00:08:36Okay, I'm just
00:08:38gonna shut up and give you a hug.
00:08:40Oh.
00:08:42It's okay, buddy.
00:08:44It'll be okay.
00:08:48...
00:08:50...
00:08:52There's nothing in here.
00:08:54Uh, maybe we could find
00:08:56a little tap shoes up here.
00:08:58That would be awesome.
00:09:00Oh, look who I found!
00:09:02Oh my gosh!
00:09:04Nibbles!
00:09:06I haven't seen this guy in ages.
00:09:08Probably because this place is like the witness
00:09:10protection program for old memories.
00:09:12Ergo, are cleaning it out. Yeah, but why now?
00:09:14Uh...
00:09:16Because it's gotta get done,
00:09:18and you and I both know that Dad is never
00:09:20gonna do it. That's true.
00:09:22Oh!
00:09:26What secrets does this hold?
00:09:28Oh!
00:09:30I made it in seventh grade.
00:09:32It's just talk about
00:09:34NSYNC and Orlando Bloom.
00:09:36See, I was more of a One Direction kind of girl.
00:09:38That ages me.
00:09:40Geez, you were a collage fiend.
00:09:42Life before Pinterest.
00:09:44Aw,
00:09:46I remember Toast.
00:09:48Toast.
00:09:50The restaurant, I was just positive I was gonna
00:09:52open. Run it just how I wanted it.
00:09:54It'd be chic enough, you know,
00:09:56for celebrities, but also a fun place
00:09:58just to hang with the girls for brunch.
00:10:00Michelin star, of course.
00:10:02Yeah. Fun.
00:10:04Elegant.
00:10:06Basically the opposite of my life right now.
00:10:08Yeah, that basket lighting
00:10:10is just so elegant.
00:10:12It was at the time.
00:10:16It's all just a fantasy.
00:10:18Like me marrying Lance Bass.
00:10:24So, um,
00:10:26here's the deal.
00:10:28Uh, the real reason
00:10:30why I wanted us to clean out the attic
00:10:32I knew there was a reason!
00:10:34Is because I wanted to make sure
00:10:36the house was all in order for Dad because I applied
00:10:38to work at this yoga instructor academy
00:10:40in Bali.
00:10:42Daphne, that's halfway around the world.
00:10:44Absolutely not. Lolly, come on.
00:10:46You're not Mom, and I'm an adult.
00:10:48An adult who jumps from job to job
00:10:50in every field except for marketing.
00:10:52Do you remember the one that you actually got a degree in
00:10:54and now you want to go to Bali and teach yoga?
00:10:56No.
00:10:58Maybe I don't want my diary to be full of regrets.
00:11:04Daphne.
00:11:06That's real mature.
00:11:22Ah!
00:11:24That went well.
00:11:26How long have you been standing there?
00:11:28I just popped up to check on you girls
00:11:30and saw your sister storming away.
00:11:32I made her mad.
00:11:34You having any regrets?
00:11:36I'm having all the regrets.
00:11:38My life hasn't turned out
00:11:40exactly how I thought it would.
00:11:42At all.
00:11:44Wish I had known then what I know now.
00:11:46If you were given the chance
00:11:48to peek at the life you wish you had,
00:11:50would you take it?
00:11:52Yeah, of course, who wouldn't?
00:11:54There's no sense in wishing for the impossible.
00:11:56Oh, I agree.
00:11:58There's no sense to it, per se,
00:12:00but it is possible.
00:12:02I've been holding on to something for you
00:12:04for quite a while,
00:12:06but this is the first time I thought
00:12:08you really needed it.
00:12:12It's a little small to be a hope chest.
00:12:14It contains much more than hope,
00:12:16my dear.
00:12:20Oh, I'm in jobs.
00:12:22Okay, well, thanks.
00:12:24Ah!
00:12:26Not yet.
00:12:28Okay, Anchored, I say this with love.
00:12:30But you're acting weirder than usual right now.
00:12:32Weird doesn't even scratch the surface with these.
00:12:34These are not merely confections.
00:12:36Each of them has a purpose.
00:12:38They can show you a life you wish you had
00:12:40and give you the power to choose it.
00:12:42Magic lemon drops.
00:12:44As the great St. Augustine once said,
00:12:46miracles are not contrary to nature,
00:12:48only contrary to what we know
00:12:50of nature.
00:12:52Okay, I'm going to go with you on this
00:12:54because you're honestly a genius.
00:12:56You're a genius.
00:12:58Okay, I'm going to go with you on this
00:13:00because you're honestly giving me some ASMR tingles.
00:13:02Okay, so...
00:13:04How does it work?
00:13:06Take one
00:13:08before you go to bed.
00:13:10Then say aloud
00:13:12something you wish you could change,
00:13:14a regret, a path not taken.
00:13:16Mm-hmm.
00:13:18When you wake up, you will live one day
00:13:20as it would have been
00:13:22if you'd made that choice.
00:13:24And then what?
00:13:26Then you're back in your life here.
00:13:28Will I remember what happened?
00:13:30With the first three drops, yes.
00:13:32But if
00:13:34you use the fourth drop to return
00:13:36to one of the other lives,
00:13:38that reality will become
00:13:40your permanent life.
00:13:42And those memories
00:13:44the only ones you'll have.
00:13:48Okay.
00:13:52Magic lemon drops.
00:13:54Of course.
00:13:56Doubt it all you want.
00:13:58But if you don't give this a try,
00:14:00your doubt may turn
00:14:02to regret.
00:14:24Wow.
00:14:50Well, this is crazy.
00:14:52I just brushed my teeth.
00:14:54Whatever.
00:15:00Right, I gotta say it out loud.
00:15:02Toast.
00:15:18Are you kidding me?
00:15:20What is
00:15:22even happening?
00:15:24Anchor, what did you give me?
00:15:32This is insane.
00:15:34What's insane?
00:15:36Who is this?
00:15:38Your restaurant manager?
00:15:40Are you all right?
00:15:42Ask me tomorrow.
00:15:44I know it's your day off,
00:15:46but this is important.
00:15:49Oh.
00:15:54Like the cartoon guy who looks like a marshmallow?
00:15:56Okay, that was a very solid joke,
00:15:58but I'm too anxious to joke right now.
00:16:00We didn't know it was him, of course,
00:16:02but after he finished, he introduced himself.
00:16:04It was Ed Wainwright,
00:16:06Michelin's number one inspector.
00:16:08He asked if he could meet you.
00:16:10I think we might be getting that second star.
00:16:12Did you say second?
00:16:14Okay, um, where do I meet you?
00:16:16What do you mean where? Are you okay?
00:16:18Do I need to call a doctor?
00:16:20No, I'm fine. Ish. Fine.
00:16:22Fine-ish. I just had this weird dream.
00:16:24Maybe it's just sort of lingering.
00:16:26That happens when I mix my melatonin with my energy drinks.
00:16:28But seriously,
00:16:30how soon can you get here?
00:16:32I can come right away.
00:16:34But seriously, where do I meet you?
00:16:36Uh, I don't know. Maybe at a little establishment
00:16:38that you've spent all of your blood, sweat, and tears
00:16:40building over the last seven years.
00:16:42Just a thought.
00:16:44Toast!
00:17:06Thank God you made it.
00:17:08Okay, Ed's about to leave,
00:17:10but he wants to shake your hand.
00:17:12India, it's so nice to meet
00:17:14up with you, because we work together.
00:17:16Look, I'm sorry it's not as busy as usual.
00:17:18I hate for you to see us when it's this slow.
00:17:20Slow? Look, I already let the marketing team
00:17:22have it. It won't happen again.
00:17:24Okay, okay, great. Uh, what else should I know?
00:17:26Uh, you will be very glad to know
00:17:28that the Nets have chosen us as their official
00:17:30game day restaurant for all game days
00:17:32next year. My dad's going to freak out.
00:17:34No kidding. Maybe don't tell him until after he's done
00:17:36his treatment.
00:17:38Mr. Wainwright, thank you so much for waiting.
00:17:40This is our humble captain,
00:17:42Lolly Blanchard. Lolly,
00:17:44your avocado toast is
00:17:46truly Titanic, as if
00:17:48it were made for Zeus himself.
00:17:50We are literally called toast, so
00:17:52we better have the best. Well, you truly are
00:17:54the toast of the town.
00:17:56Oh!
00:18:00Now, I don't normally do this in person,
00:18:02but because we are both here,
00:18:04I would like to award you
00:18:06your second star.
00:18:08Huzzah!
00:18:10Wow.
00:18:12Wow, this is...
00:18:14It looks like I need to get our Lolly
00:18:16back to Mount Olympus.
00:18:18Enjoy your meals.
00:18:20I should mention, Nicola
00:18:22has some proverbial ants in her pantry right now.
00:18:24Oh, no.
00:18:26Hey, excuse me. We have to talk.
00:18:28Our distributor messed up again.
00:18:30One moment, please.
00:18:32I need to talk
00:18:34to her now.
00:18:36Hi, you've reached Marty.
00:18:38Leave a message. Hey, Dad,
00:18:40it's me. Um, just call and say
00:18:42hi. Give me a call when you get this.
00:18:44Okay. Love you.
00:18:52Is it late into me already?
00:18:54Do you really gotta call and chew me out personally?
00:18:56Uh, what? No. I just
00:18:58called to say hi. Hi, how are you?
00:19:00Well, I'm at work on a Sunday,
00:19:02trying to fix the banner ads for your
00:19:04restaurant, so stressed.
00:19:06Okay. Um, hey, do you know how Dad is?
00:19:08I tried to call him, but it just went straight to voicemail.
00:19:10Uh, he's at swim therapy with Ramona.
00:19:12Ramona.
00:19:14His wife?
00:19:16Our stepmom? Hello?
00:19:18Okay.
00:19:20Okay. Um,
00:19:22what's going on with his treatment?
00:19:24Uh, she wanted him to get into this new
00:19:26program. It's supposed to be really great for people recovering
00:19:28from strokes. Look,
00:19:30Lolly, I gotta get back to work here, okay?
00:19:32Wait, wait, wait, Daphne, I need to catch up more.
00:19:34Please, you only ever call
00:19:36about work. I'll fix the banner ads.
00:19:38Alright? Bye-bye.
00:19:40Wait, Daphne. Daphne.
00:19:58T-Rex?
00:20:00Hello, Cooper.
00:20:20Okay, I'm sorry.
00:20:22You're gonna have to deal with her.
00:20:24You're doing such a great job already.
00:20:26It's gotta be you.
00:20:28I would
00:20:30love to have a special dessert on the menu,
00:20:32but that's really difficult when the suppliers don't deliver
00:20:34enough produce. I'm sure we can figure something out.
00:20:36Who's gonna deal with the customers who come in wanting
00:20:38white peach babkas for dessert and can't have any?
00:20:40Well, make a chef's special dessert. I have
00:20:42so many ideas. For what?
00:20:44For the chef's special, but also for the menu
00:20:46overall. Um, I know we just got
00:20:48our second start, but it would be even better
00:20:50if we got our third. Okay.
00:20:52You know, it's healthy and organic, which, yay!
00:20:54But it's also a tad minimalistic.
00:20:56Well, you know what? Here.
00:20:58You're the chef now. No, no, no. You're the chef.
00:21:00Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Chef, I was just
00:21:02throwing out ideas, which I thought I could do in my own restaurant,
00:21:04but that's fine. You know, what you
00:21:06are doing is great. It's
00:21:08so good. Please, not today. Please?
00:21:10Please?
00:21:14Fine. Okay.
00:21:16Boy, um, you really
00:21:18do need a day off. Tomorrow,
00:21:20though?
00:21:26Bye.
00:21:56Bye.
00:22:26Remember Emma?
00:22:28I sure would.
00:22:30It's so good to see you, Dad.
00:22:34I've bragged to all our New York friends
00:22:36that we have the hookup here.
00:22:38It's so good to see you.
00:22:40It's so good to see you.
00:22:42It's so good to see you.
00:22:44It's so good to see you.
00:22:46It's so good to see you.
00:22:48It's so good to see you.
00:22:50It's so good to see you.
00:22:52It's so good to see you.
00:22:54To all our New York friends that we have the hookup here,
00:22:56they're so jealous.
00:22:58Yeah, no problem.
00:23:00Yeah, it definitely scored me some boyfriend points with this.
00:23:02So glad I could do that for you.
00:23:04Well, um, your table's
00:23:06ready, so I'm gonna go get the hostess.
00:23:08You'll join us at some point?
00:23:10Wouldn't miss it.
00:23:12Which is great, right?
00:23:14Yeah.
00:23:24Oh, this is lovely.
00:23:26Well, some things never change.
00:23:36Okay, I think I'm gonna head out
00:23:38if that's okay with you?
00:23:40Okay, yeah.
00:23:42Just think, we get to do this
00:23:44all over again tomorrow.
00:23:46Living the dream.
00:23:48See ya.
00:23:50See ya.
00:23:52I love my life.
00:23:54This is my dream.
00:23:56I love my life.
00:23:58This is my restaurant.
00:24:00I love my life.
00:24:02This is my dream.
00:24:08The vanilla.
00:24:10Okay.
00:24:12Dad!
00:24:14How many of these do you want?
00:24:16How are you feeling?
00:24:18Squeezed at the moment.
00:24:20I am so sorry for being crappy
00:24:22with you the other day.
00:24:24You're actually apologizing to me.
00:24:26Something I need to get better at doing.
00:24:28Is Aunt Gert in her lair?
00:24:30I think so.
00:24:32Somebody got up on the right side
00:24:34of the bed.
00:24:36Good morning.
00:24:38I have so many questions.
00:24:42So, where did you choose to go?
00:24:44Brooklyn, New York.
00:24:46You should have seen it.
00:24:48You know, the one that I've been dreaming about.
00:24:50How was it?
00:24:52It was beautiful.
00:24:54Although, I do have to say,
00:24:56it was a little bit more fun
00:24:58when it was a magazine cutout
00:25:00in my imagination.
00:25:02Because in reality,
00:25:04I was just as stressed as I am
00:25:06at the theater, if not more so.
00:25:08What about the rest of your life?
00:25:10The restaurant was my life.
00:25:12I didn't do anything else.
00:25:14My relationship with Daphne was terrible
00:25:16Rory was there,
00:25:18which is really weird
00:25:20because the last time I actually saw him,
00:25:22he made it very clear that he'd rather be taking a nap.
00:25:24Tell me, Lolly,
00:25:26this place you went to, this life,
00:25:28if you could choose this version,
00:25:30would you?
00:25:32So many pluses
00:25:34and minuses. I mean, gosh,
00:25:36the restaurant was amazing.
00:25:38And I have to tell you, there were a lot
00:25:40of very handsome men in my DMs.
00:25:42But Dad's health scared me
00:25:44and whatever this was with Rory,
00:25:46I mean, what are these lemon drops?
00:25:48I mean, is this my future? Is this another reality?
00:25:50I mean, how is this possible?
00:25:52Perhaps the strong, acidic nature
00:25:54of the lemons mixed with their
00:25:56pleasurable appearance allows them to
00:25:58alter the mind's chemistry.
00:26:00Hmm?
00:26:02That sounds so made up.
00:26:04Honestly, I have no idea.
00:26:06You don't know?
00:26:08Well, the woman who gave them to me never explained the mechanics.
00:26:10I only know they allow us to view
00:26:12the moments we regret or can't
00:26:14reconcile with fresh eyes.
00:26:16How they do that
00:26:18is a mystery.
00:26:20Who is this woman?
00:26:22Esmeralda, if that was her real name.
00:26:24Yeah, that's definitely made up.
00:26:26I met her at a carnival when I was in my early
00:26:28twenties. A carnival?
00:26:30I had just suffered heartbreak
00:26:32and I laundered into her tent.
00:26:34She took one look at me
00:26:36and she said,
00:26:38I have been waiting for you.
00:26:40Which I thought was a lie.
00:26:42But it wasn't.
00:26:44No. She gave me the lemon drops and told me how to use them
00:26:46and all of that came true.
00:26:48But the most important
00:26:50part is what you
00:26:52learn from each experience.
00:26:54And then what you
00:26:56choose to do next.
00:26:58To find your bliss.
00:27:00Find my bliss.
00:27:06Hmm.
00:27:08What do you think, Mom?
00:27:10Maybe you
00:27:12should ask her.
00:27:16I kissed the
00:27:18flirty stone today. It was awesome, but kinda
00:27:20gross. I bet.
00:27:22It's supposed to give you the gift of Gappa. I don't know if it worked.
00:27:24I think it did, honey.
00:27:26Oh, okay. Down. To your bed.
00:27:28Dad and Grandpa got a dog?
00:27:30They did. He's very cute. He's very
00:27:32poorly behaved. And his name is Kirby.
00:27:34He's so cute. I wish we had a dog.
00:27:36Yes. Well, maybe
00:27:38someday we will. Can we take him to the new cabin?
00:27:40My best friend Trent says fishing is
00:27:42way better with a dog. Oh, did Trent say that?
00:27:44Yeah. If we can wrestle him
00:27:46away from Grandpa, then sure. Why not?
00:27:48We're gonna catch so many pike up there.
00:27:50I can't wait, baby. Okay.
00:27:52I gotta go to bed now, but I'll send you more pictures
00:27:54tomorrow. Okay. I'm counting
00:27:56on it. I love you. I miss you.
00:27:58Love you, Dad!
00:28:06...
00:28:14Lemon drops.
00:28:16I know. It's crazy, right?
00:28:18Uh, crazy wouldn't be
00:28:20the word that I would use. It wasn't a dream, Eve.
00:28:22Hallucination?
00:28:24No. It felt totally real, and I had
00:28:26really cute hair. Did a hanker
00:28:28put a little something in your candies?
00:28:30I don't know, but it made me realize
00:28:32some things that I need to take care of. Like what?
00:28:34Like apologizing to Rory? See, in this
00:28:36toast version of me, I made things
00:28:38right with him. I mean, we weren't together. He had this
00:28:40really hot girlfriend. It was terrible.
00:28:42But anyway, he was still in my life.
00:28:44Okay. I'm not saying
00:28:46I believe any of this, because...
00:28:48I know. But
00:28:50if it's helping you get some things done that you've
00:28:52been putting off, I say
00:28:54lemon drop away.
00:28:56So, when are you gonna
00:28:58talk to Rory? I don't know.
00:29:00But first, I have to have a very unfun conversation
00:29:02with my dad about finances.
00:29:04Speaking of, this might not
00:29:06do anything, but...
00:29:08What is this?
00:29:10Your portion of the popsicle sales.
00:29:12They blew out of the freezer. Seriously?
00:29:14Yes. People just love them.
00:29:16So, I know you're busy right now, but if you can,
00:29:18keep them coming.
00:29:22This is making my head hurt.
00:29:24Well, then don't eat it so fast.
00:29:26It's not the popsicles, the paperwork.
00:29:28Dad, we gotta figure this out.
00:29:30We'll pay it.
00:29:32It's a very big increase.
00:29:34What choice do we got, huh?
00:29:36We can't sell this place.
00:29:38Don't.
00:29:40This diner was your mom's,
00:29:42and I am not gonna be the one to lose that.
00:29:44Then we have to come up with an alternative.
00:29:46Do you have any ideas?
00:29:52I'm gonna go pound out some schnitzel.
00:29:54I think better when I cook.
00:29:56Dad, wait, wait, wait.
00:29:58I think I forgot. What do you want to do?
00:30:00Same thing we do every year.
00:30:02I'm gonna make you a pie.
00:30:04Do you want to do something special?
00:30:06We could go to the summer picnic.
00:30:08Lemon drop pie is special enough.
00:30:28I've stepped within the chapel door
00:30:36I'll just keep running.
00:30:38I'll come back.
00:30:40Oh, he's coming back.
00:30:44I didn't even know you had a dog.
00:30:46I don't, technically.
00:30:48But my parents are fostering him,
00:30:52and I think they're not so subtly
00:30:54trying to get me to adopt him,
00:30:56which, you know,
00:30:58given the year I've had,
00:31:00might be a good thing.
00:31:02I heard.
00:31:04People like to give me your updates,
00:31:06whether I ask them to or not.
00:31:08I could do yours as well.
00:31:10Well, that's a short list.
00:31:12Not really.
00:31:14How's everything with the diner?
00:31:16Hasn't changed. Won't change.
00:31:18Well, I bet old Papa Martin's
00:31:20watching that thing like a German hawk.
00:31:22Yeah, it's his way of keeping Mom's legacy alive.
00:31:24Can't fault him for that.
00:31:30Um, so I'm pretty surprised
00:31:32with your text.
00:31:34I'm surprised I sent it.
00:31:36Everything okay?
00:31:38I...
00:31:40want it to be.
00:31:42Between us, I mean.
00:31:44Sorry, how do I follow?
00:31:46I don't like how things ended between us.
00:31:48Here, on this log,
00:31:50which feels like a hundred years ago.
00:31:52Well, yeah, I got over that a long time ago.
00:31:54Over that.
00:31:56Well, I didn't.
00:31:58It wasn't fair for me to get so angry at you.
00:32:00I mean, you were just following your dreams.
00:32:02I had no right to get in the way.
00:32:04Well, we were in a relationship.
00:32:06I think that kind of gives you the right to an opinion.
00:32:08An opinion, sure, but it was hard on you.
00:32:10I knew Duke was your dream program,
00:32:12and the distance scared me,
00:32:14and instead of supporting you,
00:32:16I pushed you away.
00:32:18I'm sorry.
00:32:20I think because you were the one
00:32:22that helped me through everything with my mom,
00:32:24I was afraid to tell you
00:32:26how attached I'd become.
00:32:28Instead of telling you how I felt,
00:32:30I just, I shut down,
00:32:32and I gave up on us.
00:32:34Okay.
00:32:36Drop.
00:32:38Ollie.
00:32:40I appreciate you saying all that.
00:32:42And yes,
00:32:44to be honest, at the time,
00:32:46I was pretty hurt,
00:32:48but I did.
00:32:50And the point is,
00:32:52is that I forgave you, Lolly,
00:32:54and I forgave you a long time ago,
00:32:56so I want you to know that.
00:33:02Do you want to throw a prank?
00:33:04Ready.
00:33:06So how are you doing
00:33:08with everything? How are you holding up?
00:33:10Uh, I don't know.
00:33:12I think...
00:33:14I think I'm just trying to be like Kirby here.
00:33:16How's that?
00:33:18If I just keep my eye on the ball
00:33:20and just keep moving,
00:33:22I'll be fine.
00:33:24It's the sitting still that's hard.
00:33:26Yeah.
00:33:30Oh, sorry.
00:33:32Uh, I need to run,
00:33:34because my parents apparently got a social life in retirement.
00:33:36Oh!
00:33:38And I managed to score an invite.
00:33:40Okay, drop it, drop it.
00:33:42Well, thanks for hearing me out.
00:33:44Of course.
00:33:46What are old friends for?
00:33:48Kirby, come on. Come on, good boy.
00:33:50Hey, Rory.
00:33:52Yeah?
00:33:54Stop by the eatery while you're in town.
00:33:56I don't know. Do you still serve schpetzle?
00:33:58Till the day we close.
00:34:00I'll be there. Come on.
00:34:02Go, go, go, go, go.
00:34:04Let's go to the car.
00:34:06Kirby.
00:34:14Mom.
00:34:32Jane Austen?
00:34:38Bangs?
00:34:44Oh.
00:35:14Bye.
00:35:16Bye.
00:35:44What are we going to do?
00:35:46Well, I suppose the same thing we do every year.
00:35:48Exactly.
00:35:50Packing can wait.
00:35:52Let's make him a lunch.
00:36:14Bye.
00:36:44Never knew that.
00:37:15Where did you come up with the idea
00:37:17of garnishing it with lemon drops?
00:37:19Oh, it's the name of the pie.
00:37:21Without them, it would be a boring old lemon meringue.
00:37:23Sure, but I've never seen it anywhere else.
00:37:25Did you invent it?
00:37:27It was your Aunt Gert who gave me the idea.
00:37:29She's always had a very odd obsession with lemon drops.
00:37:31Yeah, that tracks.
00:37:33Wait, where is Aunt Gert, by the way?
00:37:35Oh, she's still in Bali with Daphne.
00:37:37What? She's in Bali?
00:37:39Yeah, Daphne said her Ashta Vakrasana
00:37:41put everyone else's to shame.
00:37:43I have no idea what it means.
00:37:45And you're okay with that?
00:37:47With Daphne being in Bali?
00:37:49Well, it's her life, Lolly.
00:37:51She's free to make her own way.
00:37:53I mean, we don't have to understand it as long as she does.
00:37:55I'm surprised.
00:37:57I could have sworn you would have thought it was a terrible idea.
00:37:59Well, why would you think that?
00:38:01I don't know.
00:38:03I guess I just assumed that you would think it wasn't safe.
00:38:05You can't make choices based on what scares you the least.
00:38:07Your sister was very afraid to go to Bali.
00:38:09That's how I knew she had to go do it.
00:38:11She did not let on that she was scared.
00:38:13Well, to me she did.
00:38:15But maybe not to her older sister that she idolizes.
00:38:17Idolizes? That's a strong word.
00:38:19Maybe not strong enough.
00:38:21Your sister loves you more than you know.
00:38:25I guess I could get better
00:38:27at showing it back a little bit more.
00:38:29I think we all can.
00:38:33A perfect masterpiece.
00:38:35Let's bring one to Dad.
00:38:41I can't believe it.
00:38:43I know.
00:38:45No matter how many times I pass by,
00:38:47it's a shock to me every time.
00:38:49You know, I'm glad your father
00:38:51never saw the day I closed the place.
00:38:53The eatery was always so much more important to him
00:38:55than it ever was to me.
00:38:57Poor guy ran himself into the ground
00:38:59trying to save it.
00:39:01Does it hurt?
00:39:03No, it doesn't.
00:39:05It's just a little bit.
00:39:07It's just a little bit.
00:39:10Dad's gone.
00:39:12Oh.
00:39:14He's never forgotten.
00:39:16I keep this here so he's always with me.
00:39:18He's such a handsome fella.
00:39:27Let's dig in.
00:39:34Happy birthday, Martin.
00:39:36I love you, Dad.
00:39:39I love you, too.
00:39:47I'm so happy we're doing this.
00:39:49I never could drag your father out here,
00:39:51so I'm glad I have you.
00:39:53I couldn't be happier if I tried.
00:39:55Uh-oh.
00:39:57Rory Shaw alert at 11 o'clock.
00:39:59Oh, shoot.
00:40:01Sorry, Mom.
00:40:03Go. Go say hi. I got this.
00:40:05You're waiting. I don't see anybody waiting.
00:40:07It's been a while since you connected.
00:40:09Yes, Mother.
00:40:13Hey, Rory.
00:40:15Oh.
00:40:17Hey.
00:40:19Lolly.
00:40:21Lolly Blanchard.
00:40:23Your neighbor across the street since we were like nine.
00:40:25Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Hi.
00:40:27How you doing?
00:40:29I feel like I haven't seen you since you were playing
00:40:31tea party in your yard, but you grew up.
00:40:33That's the thing about time.
00:40:35It keeps going.
00:40:37Yeah. I would take it personally.
00:40:39I'm a pretty, um, forgetful person.
00:40:41I remember.
00:40:43Who are you looking for?
00:40:45My parents.
00:40:47They keep nagging me about hanging out
00:40:49because I'm just so busy.
00:40:51Yeah, right. So, uh, how's Columbus?
00:40:53I'm not there anymore.
00:40:55I took a job here, actually.
00:40:57The, uh, twins lured me away.
00:40:59You have twins?
00:41:01No, the Minnesota twins.
00:41:031991 world champions.
00:41:05Oh, you're their team physician.
00:41:07See? See how quickly I put that together?
00:41:09It's very impressive.
00:41:11So what do you do?
00:41:13I am a sales rep
00:41:15for a company that supplies food
00:41:17to restaurants.
00:41:19Oh, nice.
00:41:21Do you like doing that?
00:41:23Probably not.
00:41:25That's very funny.
00:41:27I didn't know that you were funny.
00:41:29Oh, well, I guess we never really connected,
00:41:31would you?
00:41:33Yeah, I guess that's true.
00:41:35But I did almost ask you out once.
00:41:37Wait, why didn't you?
00:41:39We were neighbors, and it's a little too close to home.
00:41:41Literally as close as you can get.
00:41:43And then I think you were on and off again
00:41:45with some guy in college.
00:41:47And I was heading off to Duke for a residency.
00:41:49I guess the timing wasn't right.
00:41:51Oh, I guess.
00:41:53Nope, one second.
00:41:55I gotta take this,
00:41:57because this is Buxton calling.
00:41:59He's on ASAP.
00:42:01It was great seeing you, though.
00:42:03Bux, how you doing?
00:42:05You too.
00:42:07Ha, I bet.
00:42:13What were you and Rory Shaw
00:42:15talking about?
00:42:17Not a whole lot.
00:42:19He's so different than I remember.
00:42:21No more unrequited childhood crush, huh?
00:42:23More unrequited than ever.
00:42:25He barely remembered me.
00:42:27Ugh.
00:42:29I'm sorry, sweetie.
00:42:31That's hard.
00:42:33Mom, can I ask your advice?
00:42:35Of course.
00:42:37I've been feeling really stuck lately.
00:42:39Like my life isn't what I thought
00:42:41it could be or would be.
00:42:45I just feel like I'm at a crossroads,
00:42:47and I don't know what the right direction is.
00:42:49Well, it sounds to me like you're caught up
00:42:51in the sheds and woods.
00:42:53You have to let all that fall apart
00:42:55in order to find your bliss.
00:42:57What does that mean?
00:42:59And how do I know it's going to make me truly happy?
00:43:01It all seems so fleeting.
00:43:03Happiness is fickle,
00:43:05often based on circumstances.
00:43:07If you chase happiness,
00:43:09you're more often than not
00:43:11going to be disappointed.
00:43:13But following your bliss,
00:43:15that's something entirely different.
00:43:17It means
00:43:19facing your life with honesty
00:43:21and pursuing each spark of joy
00:43:23that's always there somewhere,
00:43:25and some small thing to be grateful for,
00:43:27something to celebrate,
00:43:29a way to give joy to others,
00:43:31a new way to grow.
00:43:33That's what it means
00:43:35to follow your bliss.
00:43:41I love you so much, Mom.
00:43:43I love you, Lolly.
00:43:45I love you so much, Mom.
00:43:47I love you, Lolly.
00:44:15music plays
00:44:23Good morning, Lolly.
00:44:25You saw her, didn't you?
00:44:27Yes.
00:44:29Oh, was my baby sister
00:44:31beautiful?
00:44:33Even more at peace than I remember?
00:44:35Oh, wonderful to be able to see her again.
00:44:37I was.
00:44:39Why couldn't you?
00:44:41I'm too old for all that.
00:44:43Besides, I used up my share
00:44:45of the lemon drops years ago.
00:44:47What was it like when you did it?
00:44:49Enlightening.
00:44:51You gotta give me more than that.
00:44:53I mean, is this your original path,
00:44:55or did you choose one of the lemon drops?
00:44:57I chose what was best for me
00:44:59and my loved ones.
00:45:01And that, my dear,
00:45:03is all I'll say about that.
00:45:05Well, that's not helpful.
00:45:07laughs
00:45:09music plays
00:45:11Ice pops!
00:45:13Good! We've already been getting calls
00:45:15about them. Crazy!
00:45:17Lemon Spearmint is my newest
00:45:19concoction. Ooh, in honor of your adventures
00:45:21in Lemon Drop La La Land?
00:45:23Okay, let's put this
00:45:25in the freezer, and I want to hear all
00:45:27about this. So much to tell you.
00:45:29Oh, gosh, these are heavy!
00:45:31Alright, thanks a lot. We will see you again.
00:45:33music plays
00:45:37Rory Shah.
00:45:39Rory! Hey!
00:45:41How you doing?
00:45:43Good to see you! Good to see you!
00:45:45Yeah, Lolly said that I should stop by
00:45:47and so I figured I'd maybe grab a bike,
00:45:49get some work done. You're welcome anytime.
00:45:51I mean, this place has really not changed
00:45:53a bit, has it? Unfortunately, we're not
00:45:55as busy as we used to be.
00:45:57Lolly might have said something about that as well.
00:45:59You two are talking.
00:46:01We are, a little bit. Good, good.
00:46:03I know she missed you.
00:46:05Hey, hey, listen, your old booth is open.
00:46:07Grab a seat. I'll bring you a menu.
00:46:09Oh, no need. You said the place
00:46:11doesn't change, right? Only due to inflation.
00:46:13Okay, well then, I'll have the Schweinhaxe
00:46:15and a healthy side of the
00:46:17Spätzle, please. Ah, well said.
00:46:19So you saw
00:46:21your mom. That must have been so
00:46:23special. It was.
00:46:25Wait, does this mean you believe me?
00:46:27I believe that
00:46:29you believe. That's a cop-out.
00:46:31So how were things with
00:46:33Rory this time around? Non-existent.
00:46:35He barely recognized me. What? How is that possible?
00:46:37You lived across the street from one another
00:46:39for like years. I think he saw me as this
00:46:41little neighborhood kid who had a crush on him
00:46:43or something. You know, it wasn't
00:46:45until we bonded after my mom's accident
00:46:47but with her still alive.
00:46:49Oh, you never got the chance to.
00:46:51It was really sad to see a world
00:46:53where we never connected. What does
00:46:55that tell you, Lolly? It highlights
00:46:57how pivotal he was in my life.
00:46:59Even if he's not in it anymore.
00:47:01Currently. I mean, there's a lot of time
00:47:03on the clock still. That's why I apologized.
00:47:05In real life or Lemonland?
00:47:07In real life. And?
00:47:09And he said he forgave me, which was nice.
00:47:11But I doubt he could truly forget.
00:47:13So many things I wish I had done differently
00:47:15but what's done is done.
00:47:17Unless there was a world where
00:47:19you never did it in the first place.
00:47:21Ha, you do believe.
00:47:23I never said that.
00:47:27Happy birthday to you.
00:47:29Happy birthday
00:47:31to you.
00:47:33Happy birthday, dear
00:47:35Marty.
00:47:37Happy birthday
00:47:39to me.
00:47:41Happy
00:47:43birthday, Dad. Aw, thanks.
00:47:45I am gonna go stash this.
00:47:47It's literally
00:47:49all he wants for his birthday. It's adorable.
00:47:51What are you doing here? I took you up
00:47:53on your offer. Do you wanna maybe
00:47:55join me for a little bit? Yeah, glad you did.
00:47:57So,
00:47:59what did you get up to
00:48:01today? Well, I made Dad that pie
00:48:03and I went to Eve's Produce
00:48:05and I dropped off a big batch of these
00:48:07fruit pops that I made. Like frozen fruit
00:48:09pops? So, what do you
00:48:11call them? Like lollies pops?
00:48:13I love that. It's kind of a no-brainer,
00:48:15right? Yeah. Apparently
00:48:17they're doing really well. And
00:48:19Eve thinks I'm onto something. I think
00:48:21pretty much anything that you do is gonna be
00:48:23pretty special.
00:48:27Mmm.
00:48:31It's
00:48:33a picture of my daughter.
00:48:35So, she's in Europe right now with her mother
00:48:37on a little vacation.
00:48:39She's got a great smile. What is she like?
00:48:41She's a really
00:48:43happy kid. She's
00:48:45obsessed with history and the
00:48:47outdoors, loves castles, and that's
00:48:49actually why we'd
00:48:51originally planned to do this trip together.
00:48:53But life has a way of
00:48:55changing your plans. Yeah, I know
00:48:57about that. How are you doing, by the
00:48:59way? If you don't mind me asking.
00:49:01No, it's okay.
00:49:03I'm okay. And I'm good
00:49:05with a divorce. Which, I
00:49:07know that sounds terrible, that you're good with a
00:49:09divorce, but Beth and I
00:49:11were always just better as friends.
00:49:13And as of right now, the co-parenting
00:49:15thing is not as bad as I
00:49:17feared. That's important.
00:49:19Just figuring out the next steps, that's kind of terrifying.
00:49:21But
00:49:23it's good to talk about it.
00:49:25You haven't? A little bit
00:49:27with my therapist, but it's just
00:49:29different talking to you.
00:49:31Well, I am here to talk
00:49:33all things Rory Shaw.
00:49:35Are you sure about that?
00:49:37Yeah, it's one thing I'm
00:49:39pretty sure about.
00:49:41Well, I'm
00:49:43running late for Kirby's
00:49:4540th walk of the day or something like that.
00:49:47Would you care to join me?
00:49:49Yeah. Hey, Dad, can you close?
00:49:51You good? Ah, yeah, never better.
00:49:53Do you need a hand with that? No, no,
00:49:55no, no. You two have fun.
00:49:57I can lock up the night long. Why don't you go walk
00:49:59that dog? How'd you know we were talking about a dog?
00:50:01Just get out of here. Busted.
00:50:03Go have fun.
00:50:09Hockey season's
00:50:11creeping up on us. Come on, come on.
00:50:13I'm surprised you remember when that starts. Are you kidding
00:50:15me? How could I not? You used
00:50:17to drag me to the Minnesota Wilds opening
00:50:19game every September. Which you
00:50:21liked, admit it. Did I? Or was I
00:50:23just being a good girlfriend?
00:50:25You were a very good girlfriend.
00:50:27Until I wasn't.
00:50:29We were young. Come on.
00:50:31Still, I should have apologized
00:50:33sooner. Alright, why don't we say
00:50:35from here on out, we don't talk
00:50:37about the past. We only focus our conversations
00:50:39on the here and now. Does that sound good?
00:50:41Are you sure you're ready for that?
00:50:43Yeah, try me.
00:50:45Okay, so what's your
00:50:47dating life like now?
00:50:49Wow, okay, yeah, maybe you're right. I'm not
00:50:51ready for that. You asked for it.
00:50:53I did, I did. It's my fault.
00:50:57You know, honestly, I'm just
00:50:59really focused on Sam right now,
00:51:01making sure that she's comfortable with this next
00:51:03stage of life.
00:51:05I'm sure I'll get back in the dating
00:51:07game at some point, but I'm not gonna
00:51:09force it. How about you?
00:51:11No, there's
00:51:13nothing to talk about there.
00:51:15Oh, come on. Oh, Kirby.
00:51:17Easy, easy.
00:51:19You're beautiful, talented.
00:51:21I don't believe it.
00:51:23Nobody wants that in this town?
00:51:25It's not like I haven't had relationships.
00:51:27I've tried, really.
00:51:29It's just, no one compares to...
00:51:33Oh, come on.
00:51:35Can't leave me hanging like that.
00:51:37I thought we weren't
00:51:39talking about the past.
00:51:41That's fair.
00:51:43I'm gonna head in early.
00:51:45Okay.
00:51:47I will see you later, I guess.
00:51:49I'm sure you will.
00:51:55Alright, alright. Will you relax?
00:51:59Come on, come on.
00:52:11Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
00:52:13Marty?
00:52:15Luke?
00:52:17Oh, Marty.
00:52:19Thank goodness you're here.
00:52:21I forgot my phone, again.
00:52:25Marty?
00:52:27Marty?
00:52:29Okay, hang on one second.
00:52:31One second.
00:52:33Marty?
00:52:35Marty?
00:52:37Marty?
00:52:39One second.
00:52:43Yes, I'm at the eatery on Woodman Ab.
00:52:45I need an ambulance immediately.
00:52:51Rory Shaw.
00:53:09Happy anniversary.
00:53:15Don't fall back asleep, okay?
00:53:17The eatery's not gonna open itself.
00:53:19Do I have to?
00:53:21Mm-hmm.
00:53:23Remind me why?
00:53:25Because you, my dear,
00:53:27are very sentimental.
00:53:31Now let's get up.
00:53:39Huh?
00:53:47Daughters.
00:53:51Wait, where are the girls?
00:54:09You
00:54:11You
00:54:13You
00:54:15You
00:54:17You
00:54:19You
00:54:21You
00:54:23You
00:54:25You
00:54:27You
00:54:29You
00:54:31You
00:54:33You
00:54:35You
00:54:37You
00:54:39You
00:54:41You
00:54:43You
00:54:45You
00:54:47You
00:54:49You
00:54:51You
00:54:53You
00:54:55You
00:54:57You
00:54:59You
00:55:01You
00:55:03You
00:55:05You
00:55:07You
00:55:09You
00:55:11You
00:55:13You
00:55:15You
00:55:17You
00:55:19You
00:55:21What is going on here?
00:55:27You work here?
00:55:29Don't start. Coffee's not on.
00:55:31What? Oh.
00:55:33My dad always does it, but apparently he's playing pickleball.
00:55:35Yeah, it's all the rage for retirees.
00:55:37Is he with Ramona?
00:55:39Who? Never mind.
00:55:41Where's Aunt Gert?
00:55:43I don't know. Probably still in Bucharest.
00:55:45Who knows with her.
00:55:47Wait, you're not in Bali doing yoga?
00:55:49And have my big sis give me grief for abandoning Mom's legacy?
00:55:51No thanks, I'm good.
00:55:55Here are for my lollipops.
00:55:57Gotta get my supply for market day.
00:55:59Hi, I'm still making those.
00:56:01Well, you better be.
00:56:03You know, they're my top seller at the market.
00:56:05Just in the truck, thank you.
00:56:09Oh gosh, you two are so cute.
00:56:11Yeah?
00:56:13You know, at least at the bar.
00:56:15Okay, I'll see you later.
00:56:17Happy anniversary.
00:56:19Thanks.
00:56:21It's your turn to clean out the grease traps.
00:56:23Have fun.
00:56:25Ew.
00:56:31Yeah, he was in Kansas.
00:56:33Right, just retired.
00:56:35But updated all of his equipment,
00:56:37so it's practically brand new.
00:56:39So you're basically getting a really good deal for it.
00:56:41Right.
00:56:43Shipping, shipping.
00:56:45Okay.
00:56:47Okay.
00:56:49Okay.
00:56:51Okay.
00:56:53Okay.
00:56:55Okay.
00:56:57Okay.
00:56:59Right.
00:57:01Shipping is not in the final breakdown,
00:57:03but Kansas and Nebraska,
00:57:05that's not really gonna break the bank.
00:57:07Okay, we'll look at the price breakdown
00:57:09and get back to me.
00:57:11Alright.
00:57:13Hi, love of my life.
00:57:15That call went a little longer than expected.
00:57:17Let me just change my shirt and I'll be ready.
00:57:19Who are you talking to?
00:57:21That was a dentist in Lincoln who needs new equipment.
00:57:23We're still very much in the negotiating phase,
00:57:25but I think it might go through,
00:57:27and if we get this commission,
00:57:29might mean that we could actually pay for tonight's dinner.
00:57:35I need to get dressed, too.
00:57:47How long have we been married?
00:57:49Right.
00:57:53Is this a test?
00:57:55Let's pretend it is.
00:57:57Okay.
00:57:59We've been married ten years,
00:58:01three hours,
00:58:03and 42 minutes on the dot.
00:58:07I remember every second of that day.
00:58:09Do you?
00:58:11I remember what's important.
00:58:15You.
00:58:19When did you first know that you loved me?
00:58:21It wasn't just one moment.
00:58:23It was all the moments.
00:58:27Like when you found me on the beach after my mom passed.
00:58:31And you just let me cry
00:58:33and listened to me.
00:58:37Made me feel seen.
00:58:39Also when I used to stare at you
00:58:41and watch you from my bedroom window.
00:58:43I thought you were the cutest guy I'd ever seen.
00:58:45That's not creepy at all, but that is my favorite part.
00:58:47When you look at me,
00:58:49I feel safe.
00:58:53I'm so sorry.
00:58:55I thought I turned that off.
00:58:57Hey, do you ever think about going into practice?
00:58:59What do you mean?
00:59:01You worked hard for your degree.
00:59:03Do you ever think about using it?
00:59:05Online MBA?
00:59:07I don't think a lot of people call that working hard.
00:59:09It's time consuming, certainly.
00:59:11And before you say anything,
00:59:13no.
00:59:15I don't think about Duke anymore.
00:59:17I don't think about being a doctor.
00:59:19I just don't.
00:59:21That was a long time ago.
00:59:23I mean, sports medicine was always your dream.
00:59:25I don't think that ship has sailed, though.
00:59:27And I'm on
00:59:29an even better ship with you and the girls.
00:59:31If you'd gone to Duke...
00:59:33Look, everyone makes sacrifices in life.
00:59:35And that was mine.
00:59:39And I'm happy with it.
00:59:41Are you happy?
00:59:43Yes.
00:59:45Do you not believe me?
00:59:47No, I do.
00:59:49I do.
00:59:51But be honest.
00:59:53If you could be a team doctor,
00:59:55would you want to do that?
00:59:57Be honest.
01:00:07Lolly.
01:00:09Lolly, wake up.
01:00:11Lolly.
01:00:13Lolly, you have to wake up now.
01:00:15Lolly.
01:00:17Lolly?
01:00:19Lolly!
01:00:21Ingrid?
01:00:23I'm sorry to wake you up like this,
01:00:25but it's your father.
01:00:33Hey, Daphne, I'm here.
01:00:35What's going on?
01:00:37Dad is in the ICU. He's being treated by Dr. Bishop.
01:00:39They told me to wait here and they'll send someone to give me an update.
01:00:41Do we have any more information on his condition?
01:00:43They said it was some sort of stroke,
01:00:45but I don't have any more details.
01:00:47He's going to be okay, right?
01:00:49Yes, he is.
01:00:51Hey, how did he get to the hospital?
01:00:53Rory.
01:00:55Hi.
01:00:57Hi.
01:00:59These are for you all.
01:01:01Oh, thank you, dear.
01:01:03Well, what do you know?
01:01:05Well, it's still very early.
01:01:07Okay.
01:01:09But I found him at the eatery,
01:01:11and he's starting to droop.
01:01:13Stroke?
01:01:15Yes, most likely the ischemic is going to be the diagnosis.
01:01:17The good news is that we got him into the ER
01:01:19under three hours.
01:01:21He doesn't have symptoms, which is kind of the ideal window.
01:01:23So he's getting treated right now.
01:01:27I'm going to go check the nurse's station again.
01:01:29Okay.
01:01:31Let me know what they say.
01:01:33Of course.
01:01:37Okay, give it to me straight.
01:01:39Well, Marty is
01:01:41not going to be back to his old self
01:01:43any time soon.
01:01:45I think the stroke really messed with his motor skills.
01:01:47What about his language?
01:01:49No, mainly just balance and walking.
01:01:51Okay.
01:01:53So physical therapy is going to be a big part of his recovery.
01:01:55Of course.
01:01:57And Lali, there's no way that he's going back
01:01:59in the kitchen at the eatery any time soon.
01:02:01That's the least of my concerns.
01:02:03This feels like deja vu.
01:02:05This is the hospital Mom was at.
01:02:07Oh,
01:02:09I really don't want to go through that again.
01:02:13You're a lot stronger
01:02:15than you think.
01:02:17I sure hope you're right.
01:02:19Wait, why did you go back
01:02:21to the eatery after we walked home?
01:02:23I left my phone on the table.
01:02:27Are you kidding me?
01:02:29Something so simple could end up saving Dad.
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:33My forgetfulness finally came in handy, huh?
01:02:35Huh.
01:02:37Lali,
01:02:39the doctor said that we can see him now.
01:02:41Come on.
01:02:49I can't tell you how wonderful
01:02:51it is to see my girls.
01:02:53Oh, I'm so glad
01:02:55you're okay, Dad.
01:02:57Don't scare us like that again, okay?
01:02:59I'll do my best.
01:03:01You're going to have to take it easy.
01:03:03It's not the usual speed.
01:03:05Yeah, look where that got you.
01:03:07Things are going to look a little bit different
01:03:09for everyone.
01:03:11I promise I'll do what needs to be done.
01:03:13That means we're going to have to
01:03:15close the diner, at least temporarily.
01:03:17Temporarily.
01:03:19Okay.
01:03:33Oh, gosh.
01:03:35There's so much to do.
01:03:37Okay, this is the folder from the hospital.
01:03:39It's going to outline every step of the process.
01:03:41There's so many steps.
01:03:43I have to get the house ready.
01:03:45I have to pick up his meds.
01:03:48Breathe.
01:03:52Step two,
01:03:54and I know this is going to be difficult for you,
01:03:56you need to get some rest, all right?
01:03:58The next couple days are going to require a lot of energy
01:04:00and you're not going to do Marty any good if you're wiped out.
01:04:02I'll try.
01:04:04I'm going to help you get everything in order.
01:04:18Hey, where's Daphne?
01:04:20Upstairs.
01:04:22Can I interest you in some chamomile tea?
01:04:24Yeah, that'd be lovely.
01:04:26So I take it that last drop
01:04:28took you to a life you really didn't want to leave.
01:04:31How'd you know?
01:04:33Because it took me forever to wake you up from it.
01:04:35Where did you go?
01:04:37To Rory.
01:04:39If we'd never broken up, if he'd never gone to Duke.
01:04:41And how was it?
01:04:43Well, at first it seemed perfect.
01:04:45And then?
01:04:47I could see that he wasn't pursuing his dreams
01:04:49and I feel like I took that from him.
01:04:51His choices are his choices, even in the other realities.
01:04:53Are all of these possibilities,
01:04:55do they come with trade-offs?
01:04:57Like you can have this, but you can't have that?
01:04:59Oh, honey, that's not the drops.
01:05:01That's life.
01:05:03I have one drop left.
01:05:05Should I use it?
01:05:07Choose one of those other paths?
01:05:09I can't tell you what to do,
01:05:11but remember, if you choose to take the last drop,
01:05:13that becomes your permanent reality.
01:05:15There are no more lemon drops.
01:05:19Is it bad to choose a path
01:05:21that's good for me,
01:05:23but maybe not the best for someone else?
01:05:25How do you mean?
01:05:27I mean, just seeing my life with Rory,
01:05:31seeing the love that we had,
01:05:33I mean, it wasn't perfect.
01:05:35God, it felt good to have love like that.
01:05:37I really missed him.
01:05:39Well, that sounds like something
01:05:41you should say to Rory.
01:05:45I mean, so much has changed, right?
01:05:47We're different people now.
01:05:49What if he doesn't feel the same?
01:05:51I mean, with a lemon drop,
01:05:53it's guaranteed love.
01:05:55It's guaranteed family.
01:05:57How can I pass that up?
01:05:59You have some thinking to do, Lolly,
01:06:01and a very important decision to make.
01:06:11What do you think of the name?
01:06:13Oh, my gosh, I love it!
01:06:15I have to admit, Rory came up with it.
01:06:17This is definitely taking things to the next level.
01:06:19I'm having a lot of fun doing it,
01:06:21and, you know, got a lot of free time
01:06:23while the eatery's closed.
01:06:25How long do you think it'll be closed?
01:06:27I don't know.
01:06:29I keep racking my brain,
01:06:31just figure out how daftly I can save this place for Dad,
01:06:33and I just...
01:06:35I think I'm gonna have to let it go.
01:06:37I happen to have a friend
01:06:39who's a commercial real estate agent.
01:06:41He can get an appraisal for the property,
01:06:43if you're interested.
01:06:45Yeah.
01:06:47Yeah, thanks.
01:06:49Okay.
01:06:53Perfect.
01:07:03It's good to see you.
01:07:05This is for you, Lolly.
01:07:09You're welcome.
01:07:11Hey, how are you?
01:07:13Can I pour some for you over here?
01:07:15Did you get one?
01:07:17Okay, good.
01:07:19There's more pie on the counter.
01:07:21Speech!
01:07:23Speech!
01:07:25Yeah, say something, come on!
01:07:27Well, thank you, everyone,
01:07:29for being here with us to celebrate the eatery.
01:07:3160 years ago,
01:07:33our grandparents
01:07:35started this restaurant.
01:07:37They came here as immigrants
01:07:39with the hope that they could bring people
01:07:41together over good food.
01:07:43I think they succeeded.
01:07:45We've had a lot of really special
01:07:47moments and good memories.
01:07:49I think that is
01:07:51the true legacy of the eatery.
01:07:53So let's raise our glass
01:07:55to the eatery and all
01:07:57that she's done for us over the years.
01:07:59Cheers!
01:08:06Ah!
01:08:12Hey, you okay?
01:08:14Yeah, uh, I just
01:08:16got some news and I don't exactly know what to do.
01:08:18Good news?
01:08:20I was accepted into that yoga instructor academy
01:08:22in Bali.
01:08:24They just sent me the registration.
01:08:26It starts in October.
01:08:28Wow, congratulations!
01:08:30Maybe I should decline.
01:08:32Why?
01:08:34You know, I feel a lot better now than when I first applied.
01:08:36You know, with Dad's situation,
01:08:38you're gonna need some help, right?
01:08:40You should go.
01:08:42You hated the idea.
01:08:44I hate the idea of you being so far away.
01:08:46But it's your dream.
01:08:48And take it from someone who knows a thing or two
01:08:50about putting your dreams on the back burner,
01:08:52and I'm telling you, it's not worth it.
01:08:54And what about Dad?
01:08:58I think Dad's gonna be just fine.
01:09:00Oh, is he flirting?
01:09:02I sure hope so.
01:09:04You sure you're gonna be okay?
01:09:06Promise.
01:09:08Go.
01:09:10Find your bliss.
01:09:12Find my bliss?
01:09:14Ask Aunt Gert, she'll explain.
01:09:16Find my bliss?
01:09:18Okay.
01:09:26I'm really proud of you, Lolly.
01:09:28You know, it's a really scary thing
01:09:30to ship your career, but if anyone can do it,
01:09:32I know it's you.
01:09:34I really do think Lolly's Pops is the answer for me.
01:09:36It fulfills everything that I wanted from toast,
01:09:38and everything my grandparents wanted from the eatery,
01:09:40which is just to make people happy through food.
01:09:42Hey, girl.
01:09:44It's from Rory.
01:09:50Well? Open it.
01:09:52Ah!
01:09:58Intriguing.
01:10:02Lolly,
01:10:04I saw this, and I thought of you.
01:10:06You have always made the best of every situation you're in,
01:10:08and I admire you more than you could know.
01:10:10I wish you the best,
01:10:12and so much more.
01:10:14Love always, Rory.
01:10:22Heh.
01:10:32Excuse me, ladies.
01:10:36Well, I'm gonna read the note.
01:10:38Yeah, obviously.
01:10:44Rory gave this to me.
01:10:46It's beautiful.
01:10:48Mm.
01:10:50This is my fourth lemon drop.
01:10:52It's the only reality I want.
01:10:54I don't need another one.
01:10:56I mean, I love the idea of toast,
01:10:58but not at the expense
01:11:00of my relationships.
01:11:02And as much as I know,
01:11:04we would love Mom to be here still.
01:11:06I know she wouldn't want it
01:11:08if it meant that we lost Dad.
01:11:10I agree.
01:11:12And Rory?
01:11:14And Rory?
01:11:18As tempting as that life was.
01:11:22Be selfish of me to take away his life's passion.
01:11:24That's not real love.
01:11:26Well, I can't say I'm surprised.
01:11:30I didn't use the last drop.
01:11:32Well, your mother refused to even try them.
01:11:36My mom knew about the drops.
01:11:38She was with me the night I got them.
01:11:40The four you had
01:11:42were hers.
01:11:44She gave them back to me because she said
01:11:46this is the only life she ever wanted.
01:11:50With all its perfect imperfections.
01:11:54So I held on to the drops
01:11:56in case either of you girls should ever need them.
01:11:58Daphne seemed to have a grip
01:12:00on where she was headed,
01:12:02but you, my dear,
01:12:04took after your Aunt Gert.
01:12:08Thank you for helping me, see?