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<i>♪ With a partridge</i> <i>
in a pear tree ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Lots of golden rings ♪</i>

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<i>♪ The snow is coming down now</i> <i>
and I know what that means ♪</i>

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<i>♪ My true love you're coming</i> <i>
been waiting way too long ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Oh those turtle doves now ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Are gonna sing</i> <i>
their pretty song ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Home and snow</i> <i>
and mistletoe-oh-oh ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Stars and bells and candles</i> <i>
have it all up in a bow ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Home and snow</i> <i>
and mistletoe-oh-oh ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Sweet warm apple cider</i> <i>
and little hearts aglow ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Wrap it all up</i> <i>
in a bow-oh-oh ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Whoa ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Drummers drumming</i> <i>
good songs ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Pipers pipin' ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Boughs of holly up now ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fa-la-la go trim the tree ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Mid-winter at midnight</i> <i>
woodland beauty ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Get the wreath and stockings</i> <i>
ring the bells merrily oh ♪</i>

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I'm sure, over the years,

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a lot of you have heard
that whole writer's rule,

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don't write about your life,
because no one cares about that.

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But on the same token,
you get that whole

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"Write what you know."

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So what's the difference?

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I think the idea is that,
at a general glance,

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our lives are kind of boring.

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But it's what we learn
along the way,

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in all of those
hundreds of little moments

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in our life story,

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those things turn out to be
brilliant when put to the page.

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So your <i>
Maya Takes The Town</i> books,

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those are not at all based
on you?

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[chuckles] And why ever
would you think that?

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Well, besides
the name similarities,

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Maya, Mikaela, I mean,
you both live in the same city,

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you're both single,
and you're both holiday-spiced,

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latte-loving workaholics,
right?

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[clears throat]

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What is your name, Mr. Back-row?

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- Levi McGuire.
- Well, Mr. McGuire...

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While I appreciate
your knowledge of my taste

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in holiday-spiced lattes
as seen here,

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my relationship status
is not public knowledge.

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So how do you even know
I'm single?

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Um, are you not?

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The character in my books, Maya,

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is still single, yes.

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But who knows,

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that could always change in
the last book. Guess we'll see.

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Now I think that does it
for our writer's workshop.

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Anyone else have any questions?

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Okay, great.
Well, happy holidays.

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And thank you so much
for coming. Thank you.

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[indistinct chatter]

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Mikaela, hi, I...

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Sorry, I-I don't mean to pry,
but I had to ask.

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I mean, what's the hold-up
with the book?

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Everyone's dying to read.

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It's, um,
it's still in the works, so...

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- May I ask you what it's about?
- Actually, no.

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That is top secret information,
but rest assured,

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it will be out very soon.

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Uh, Mr. McGuire, my agent Gigi,
and my assistant Keifer.

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Nice to meet you both.

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And I'm so glad to hear
that you're almost done.

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I mean, I know how anxious
fans have been.

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Yes, yes.
Thank you for the reminder.

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Yeah, so I was wondering
if I could ask you

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a few questions, maybe pick
your brain a little bit,

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about your mother's renowned
old holiday writers' retreat.

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Are you, like,
some kind of reporter?

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No, no-not exactly.
I'm, I write non-fiction.

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I'm more so just a really big
fan of her works.

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I mean, she was brilliant,
especially in her last book.

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Well, thank you. I, um...

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Actually, she's super busy
finishing the book still,

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but leave your card
on the credenza if you like.

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And please do grab a bag
of yummy vegan sugar cookies

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on your way out.

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Right. Okay.

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- Happy holidays.
- Happy holidays!

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- Merry Christmas!
-[Mikaela] Happy holidays.

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Hey, uh, you should think about
reviving those retreats.

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From what I've heard,
they were something special.

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Um, I cannot believe the nerve.

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I think he was cute.

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And it kinda seemed to me
like he was flirting.

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Oh!

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[Gigi] Well, he was right
about one thing.

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A lot of people are asking
about this book,

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even the publishers are
calling me every other day now.

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Yeah, I know, and trust me, I
have been going back and forth

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over and over
about the last 50 pages.

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I think you just need to decide
on an ending.

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- Maybe one with Ben, hm?
- No.

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Maya cannot end up with Ben.
I don't care what the fans want.

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Maybe you just need a break,
to take some time off

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for the holidays,
clear your head.

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It's going to be fine. I'm going
to finish it soon, I promise.

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Great, just go home
where there are no distractions

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and figure it out, hm?

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This workshop was good for you,

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and now it's time
to get back to Maya.

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Anyway, I have to run now.

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I have a holidate with a hunky
nonprofit owner tonight,

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so I have to go buy
something conservative.

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It's gonna be great, all right?
Just write it.

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Merry Christmas!

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- Merry Christmas!
-[Mikaela] Merry Christmas!

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Decline all holiday invites
and anything holiday-related

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I have left.
I have got to figure this out.

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Got it.

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-[cell phone ringing]
-[Mikaela on phone] <i>Hey, dad.</i>

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Is that my beautiful,
successful star of a daughter?

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More like
your down-trodden daughter

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at the moment.
What are you up to?

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I'm making a little steak
and stir-fry for the last

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of my guests
before they head out tomorrow.

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Mm. Steak and stir-fry.
Sounds yummy.

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It is, and I hope
you're doing more for dinner

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than that tofu takeout
and the glass of pinot noir.

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Not everyone can cook
like you, dad.

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Well, then you need to get home,
so I can

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feed you good and proper.

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Yeah. Um, that's actually why
I was calling.

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I think I might need to stay
home a bit longer for work.

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Maybe you need to just come home

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and work out here at the lake
like your ma used to.

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[Irving] <i>Cured her</i> <i>
writer's block every time.</i>

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Funny enough, this guy there
today at the workshop

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suggested that I revive mom's
old holiday writers' retreats.

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That's not the worst idea
in the world.

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What? Daddy, no!

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- That's ridiculous! <i>
- Why is it ridiculous?</i>

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We can do it here at the chalet
like your ma used to.

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Oh, and you would be
a great host.

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But, dad...

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that was mom's thing.

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And it can be your thing.

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<i>Just think about it, will you?</i>

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<i>Love you. Hope to see you soon.</i>

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Okay, I actually have no idea
what I'm doing here,

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but I am going to try to revive

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my mother's annual
holiday writers' retreats.

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What? That's amazing, Mik. When?

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This next coming Monday,
I think?

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Wow! Okay.

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So we have a lot of work to do.

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Yes. Exactly. That we do!

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But we are both single
and have no lives.

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So, are you with me?

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More than any man
I've ever loved.

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-[laughs] Wonderful!
- Any pre-reqs?

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Nope, just resume
and cover letter

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on why
they should get the invite.

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- Okay.
- Oh!

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And if Gigi calls, not a word.

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Copy that.

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- I am the face of silence.
- You know what?

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Maybe this is exactly
what I needed after all.

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- I'm feeling inspired already.
- Aww!

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Okay, we got work to do.
Let's go.

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So definitely Sharon Samuels.

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She's a great writer and she's
working on a holiday cookbook.

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- Total shoe-in, right?
- Yup. Sharon Samuels is in.

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Who else?

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Uh, I know you weren't crazy
about this one,

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but I feel like
Olive Olsen is a must.

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Keifer, I told you
she's difficult.

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And the only reason you want her

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is because
you love her musicals.

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And that is not a good enough
reason to invite her.

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She's writing
a new holiday musical!

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-[squeals] Hello, relevant.
- Okay.

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I do like that, sure, but...

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Plus, she even offered to plug
your retreat on her next

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musical's press tour
right here in her letter. Aww...

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Yeah, providing it's a success.

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But what if she hates the
retreat and bashes it instead?

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Mikaela, you are <i>New York Times'</i>
bestselling book author.

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I wouldn't worry about it.

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Plus, look at all these
applications we got.

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These are more
than just your mother's fans.

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They're your contemporaries, and
now they want your inspiration.

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[laughs] Well, good, because I'm
counting on this inspiring me

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the way it did my mother
as well.

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If this retreat doesn't cure
my block,

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nothing will.

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I have complete faith,

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but we still need to choose
two more scribes,

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besides Olive Olsen, of course.

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[chuckles] Oh, actually,
we just need one.

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I told an old family friend

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who works for my dad
that he could have a spot.

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He's trying to write
his very first screenplay.

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Oh! Cool!
That sounds right up my alley.

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I think you two
will get along great.

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Uh-huh.

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Okay, um,
how about your inspiration

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for this whole retreat,
Mr. Backseat Buddy?

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How about not a chance?

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- Mikaela, just hear me out.
-[Mikaela] Hm?

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This guy is a great
published non-fiction writer

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and he even edits.

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Dabbles in political writing
and some biography pieces.

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Oh, he's kind of a genius.

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Okay, just,
let me see the resume.

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Mm-hmm. Not bad.

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Still a no!

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-[groans]
- Face of silence, remember?

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Uh, mm.

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[laptop keys clacking]

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[cell phone vibrating]

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Tracy, hi.

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So did you get that interview

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with Ms. Leighton
for that big holiday piece

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you promised me at the Happy?

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I left my card.
I'm just waiting for a call.

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[Tracy] <i>The holidays aren't</i> <i>
waiting for her to call</i>

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<i>you back.</i>

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Did you heard
that she's going to revive

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her mother's old retreat?

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I did, yes.
I applied last night.

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Just crossing
all my fingers now.

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You can't write a retrospect
with your fingers crossed.

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Get over there
and make sure you get a spot.

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This is exactly the angle
that we need.

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The Christmas Queens'
bestselling author's daughter

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revives a legacy.

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See, Levi? It's practically
written itself already.

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I hear you. I will get us that
in-depth biography you need.

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00:11:31,212 --> 00:11:32,474
Promise.

238
00:11:32,604 --> 00:11:35,651
[Keifer] All right,
this retreat is officially on.

239
00:11:35,782 --> 00:11:37,914
Oh, and I almost forgot,
gift shop up at the lake wants

240
00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:40,569
to know if the book signing
is still on for tomorrow.

241
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,224
I guess, I just can't believe
they still wanna have a signing

242
00:11:43,311 --> 00:11:45,356
of my book
that's two years old already.

243
00:11:46,357 --> 00:11:47,924
Oh, come on.

244
00:11:48,055 --> 00:11:51,623
It's your hometown.
All of your biggest fans.

245
00:11:51,754 --> 00:11:54,104
You're practically a legend
up there.

246
00:11:54,191 --> 00:11:55,453
And if they're not getting
a new book,

247
00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:58,108
more signings of the old one
will do.

248
00:11:58,195 --> 00:12:01,459
You're wrong.
Maya is the legend.

249
00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:03,200
She's the one
they keep coming back for.

250
00:12:03,331 --> 00:12:05,420
And after this delay,
I'm surprised

251
00:12:05,507 --> 00:12:06,943
they don't all hate Mikaela
by now.

252
00:12:07,074 --> 00:12:09,598
[laughs] No.

253
00:12:09,685 --> 00:12:11,034
- Hi there.
-[Levi] Hi.

254
00:12:11,121 --> 00:12:14,864
Mikaela, hello.
Um, may I come in?

255
00:12:14,995 --> 00:12:17,954
Mr. McGuire, back again already,
though I can't imagine why.

256
00:12:18,085 --> 00:12:22,567
[chuckles] Uh, well,
I saw that you're hosting

257
00:12:22,698 --> 00:12:25,962
this incredible holiday retreat
this weekend like I suggested,

258
00:12:26,049 --> 00:12:30,140
and I was just curious
why I didn't get an in...

259
00:12:30,271 --> 00:12:32,273
I mean, you-you did get
my application?

260
00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,538
Yes, I'm aware that you applied,
but, Mr. McGuire, we can't jus--

261
00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:38,714
Levi is fine.

262
00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:41,456
Okay, so then let me ask you.

263
00:12:41,543 --> 00:12:45,721
Levi, have you even read
one of my books?

264
00:12:45,808 --> 00:12:48,202
I-I didn't know
I was required to be a fan.

265
00:12:48,289 --> 00:12:50,770
You're just a fan
of my mother's work then.

266
00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,424
I-I do appreciate
her works, yeah.

267
00:12:53,555 --> 00:12:55,426
So then what you applied for

268
00:12:55,513 --> 00:12:58,560
is more intel on my late mother,

269
00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,736
rather than the actual retreat.

270
00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:03,086
[chuckles] That's not true.
Look, I am in awe of you both.

271
00:13:03,173 --> 00:13:06,742
I mean, yes, your mother's
retreat is, well, historical.

272
00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:09,266
What writer wouldn't leap
at a shot to attend?

273
00:13:09,397 --> 00:13:12,748
My mother started this retreat
not only to help cure

274
00:13:12,879 --> 00:13:15,577
seasonal writer's block,
but even more so

275
00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:19,146
to help fiction writers
expand their creative horizons.

276
00:13:19,276 --> 00:13:21,713
It wasn't made to give
some non-fiction writer

277
00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:24,934
material for his next satirical essay.

278
00:13:25,065 --> 00:13:27,676
I wanna prove to myself
that I'm more than all that.

279
00:13:27,763 --> 00:13:29,721
Heck, I'll even come help people
with their edits

280
00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:32,333
if you need me to. I mean...

281
00:13:33,595 --> 00:13:36,293
Please, I-I'm begging you.

282
00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:39,340
T-this'd be a dream come true,
and it's my only Christmas wish.

283
00:13:39,427 --> 00:13:41,733
I'll think about it, all right?

284
00:13:41,864 --> 00:13:42,952
So that means you have a spot?

285
00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:44,954
I might have a spot.

286
00:13:45,085 --> 00:13:49,567
Right. Okay. Thank you, really.

287
00:13:49,654 --> 00:13:52,788
Well, okay. Buh-bye.

288
00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:53,963
- I'm gonna leave.
-[Mikaela] Yeah, okay, buh-bye.

289
00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:56,009
See you, man.

290
00:13:58,011 --> 00:14:01,797
[instrumental music]

291
00:14:39,313 --> 00:14:42,011
[music continues]

292
00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:11,693
- Hey, hey!
- Oh, Mitchy!

293
00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:14,565
[Mikaela laughs]

294
00:15:14,696 --> 00:15:17,307
You always have this, like,
Hollywood glow about you.

295
00:15:17,394 --> 00:15:19,527
- How do I get some of that?
- Oh, stop.

296
00:15:19,657 --> 00:15:21,268
The only thing glowing is
the shimmer in my foundation,

297
00:15:21,398 --> 00:15:24,880
which trust me,
is hiding all the bags

298
00:15:25,011 --> 00:15:26,795
that I'm rocking under my...

299
00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,753
Oh, please.

300
00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,582
Give me all of that glow,
because you are a goddess.

301
00:15:31,669 --> 00:15:34,498
Okay, okay, coming from
your handsome, flawless face?

302
00:15:34,585 --> 00:15:36,239
- I'll take it.
- And I'm gonna take that.

303
00:15:36,326 --> 00:15:38,415
Oh, thank you.

304
00:15:38,502 --> 00:15:40,852
So you excited?

305
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,767
Are you kidding me?
I am thrilled!

306
00:15:42,854 --> 00:15:45,379
And thank you, by the way,
for reviving the retreat,

307
00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:47,337
for letting me join.

308
00:15:47,424 --> 00:15:48,730
Your mom would be
so proud of you.

309
00:15:48,817 --> 00:15:50,166
Well, I hope so.

310
00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:52,908
[sighs] I hope that this retreat
can do her

311
00:15:52,995 --> 00:15:54,692
the slightest bit of justice.

312
00:15:54,823 --> 00:15:57,347
Uh, but, hey, you need
to let me pay for joining.

313
00:15:57,478 --> 00:15:58,392
I'm not even an accomplished
writer like the others are.

314
00:15:58,479 --> 00:16:00,176
I'm not gonna have anything
to contribute.

315
00:16:00,263 --> 00:16:04,050
Accomplishment and contributions
are relative, Mitchy.

316
00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:09,229
You are a brilliant
undiscovered writer. No.

317
00:16:09,359 --> 00:16:11,796
And this whole retreat

318
00:16:11,927 --> 00:16:14,190
is in the gift
of the season of giving,

319
00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:19,848
so it is free of charge
to all of our guests,

320
00:16:19,935 --> 00:16:22,416
just the way
that my mom started it.

321
00:16:22,503 --> 00:16:23,069
Well, I'm still gonna take
your bag up to your room

322
00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:25,593
because I've got a job to do.

323
00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,465
Okay. Thank you.

324
00:16:28,552 --> 00:16:31,816
Oh, it is so good to be home!

325
00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:33,209
Oh, and something smells
so good.

326
00:16:33,296 --> 00:16:37,300
If that is my dad's turkey
po' boys, I am gonna flip!

327
00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:39,085
Come on! Dad!

328
00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,704
So, what do you think?

329
00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:52,576
Dad, you cannot
make these again.

330
00:16:52,707 --> 00:16:55,014
I mean, I want you to,
but you just can't.

331
00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:56,232
I'll make the healthy stuff
for your guests, too,

332
00:16:56,363 --> 00:16:59,757
but I had to have your fave
for your arrival.

333
00:16:59,844 --> 00:17:01,629
Not my fault you didn't
come home Turkey Day.

334
00:17:01,716 --> 00:17:04,023
Oh, I'm sorry.

335
00:17:04,153 --> 00:17:05,850
You know, coming up
with an ending

336
00:17:05,937 --> 00:17:08,418
put a ton of pressure on me.

337
00:17:08,549 --> 00:17:10,638
My editor said
that if I don't finish soon,

338
00:17:10,768 --> 00:17:11,900
she's gonna drop me.

339
00:17:11,987 --> 00:17:14,946
So what? You haven't found
the proper ending.

340
00:17:15,077 --> 00:17:16,818
Your fans want it to be perfect,
don't they?

341
00:17:16,948 --> 00:17:19,473
Yeah, I know, but at this point

342
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,040
I'm just not sure
I'm gonna be able to find

343
00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:24,086
the happy ending
everyone's looking for.

344
00:17:24,173 --> 00:17:26,001
Well, you know
what your mom used to say.

345
00:17:27,742 --> 00:17:30,484
"Find your story
in magic moments."

346
00:17:30,571 --> 00:17:31,398
Right.

347
00:17:32,921 --> 00:17:35,837
Yeah, well...

348
00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:39,188
I just haven't had a lot
of those in a while, you know?

349
00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:42,583
Maybe that's why you're here.

350
00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:44,324
Oh, don't think
I haven't thought about

351
00:17:44,454 --> 00:17:46,326
my daybed book corner.

352
00:17:46,456 --> 00:17:50,417
I plan on taking full advantage,
just like in school.

353
00:17:50,547 --> 00:17:53,550
Good. Now how about real life?

354
00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:56,031
You're not seeing anyone,
are you?

355
00:17:56,162 --> 00:17:58,033
I don't know, dad. Are you?

356
00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:00,905
[laughs] Fine.
Let's not talk about it.

357
00:18:00,992 --> 00:18:03,386
[both laughing]

358
00:18:04,822 --> 00:18:07,564
[instrumental music]

359
00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:15,224
Thank you so much,
and happy holidays!

360
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:23,276
I'd like to get signed, please.

361
00:18:24,842 --> 00:18:26,714
No? I can't get signed?

362
00:18:26,844 --> 00:18:28,150
What are you doing here, Levi?

363
00:18:28,237 --> 00:18:30,674
I told you.
I came to get signed.

364
00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:32,981
You said you haven't even read
one of my books.

365
00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:34,678
Now's a good a time as any
to start, right? I mean...

366
00:18:34,809 --> 00:18:36,550
I've got nothing better
going on.

367
00:18:36,637 --> 00:18:38,204
This is the fourth
in the series.

368
00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:39,379
And it's a year old,
and by now you should be

369
00:18:39,466 --> 00:18:42,773
having a new book signing,
yet here we are.

370
00:18:42,904 --> 00:18:45,254
- I mean, who's counting?
- Okay.

371
00:18:45,341 --> 00:18:46,255
And what would you like it
to say?

372
00:18:46,342 --> 00:18:52,174
- Dear Levi, Merry Christmas.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

373
00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,655
And since you jingled
all the way here,

374
00:18:54,785 --> 00:18:56,352
you are now invited
to my retreat.

375
00:18:56,439 --> 00:18:59,312
Oh, but that would be
a disingenuous signing.

376
00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:03,925
Well, let's make it ingenuous.

377
00:19:04,012 --> 00:19:04,969
Okay, then...

378
00:19:08,582 --> 00:19:11,498
Dear Levi, Merry Christmas.

379
00:19:11,628 --> 00:19:13,587
And since you jingled
all the way here,

380
00:19:13,674 --> 00:19:16,285
on your way out, don't let
the door hit you on your rear.

381
00:19:16,372 --> 00:19:18,331
Mikaela.

382
00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:21,595
Next!

383
00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:27,601
Hi! Which one would you like?

384
00:19:27,688 --> 00:19:29,168
Oh, wonderful.

385
00:19:47,969 --> 00:19:48,752
Do you really think
that reading my book

386
00:19:48,883 --> 00:19:51,538
is gonna get you
a spot on the retreat?

387
00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:55,106
You know, I hear fans are hoping
for her to end up with Ben,

388
00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,283
this guy
she's on and off again with.

389
00:19:57,370 --> 00:20:00,155
But he's clearly wrong for her.

390
00:20:00,242 --> 00:20:01,287
- Wow.
- See.

391
00:20:01,374 --> 00:20:03,289
You really are a fast reader.

392
00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:04,290
Aren't all writers
fast readers?

393
00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:06,379
- I'm not.
- Oh.

394
00:20:06,509 --> 00:20:09,338
See, I'm learning so much
already.

395
00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:14,604
You are very lucky that
I never filled that last spot

396
00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:19,914
and I am feeling filled
with the holiday spirit today.

397
00:20:20,044 --> 00:20:21,481
W-wait. D-does that mean I'm in?

398
00:20:21,568 --> 00:20:25,180
Let's just call it a trial phase
in the event

399
00:20:25,311 --> 00:20:28,966
that I don't find out
you're crazy in the next day.

400
00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:31,012
Sweet!
That'll do just fine for me.

401
00:20:31,099 --> 00:20:33,232
So! Whoa, where are we headed?

402
00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:36,539
Don't you need to go home, pack?

403
00:20:36,626 --> 00:20:39,412
It's two days
before the retreat.

404
00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:43,807
Nope. I brought all my stuff
with me. I'm ready to rock.

405
00:20:43,938 --> 00:20:47,942
Ugh. Okay, well,
I guess you can follow me.

406
00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,643
- Here you go.
- Thank you.

407
00:20:53,730 --> 00:20:54,775
You're very welcome.
Here, darling.

408
00:20:54,862 --> 00:20:56,646
- Thanks, dad.
- Come on.

409
00:20:56,777 --> 00:21:00,041
So, Levi, um,
you live in LA, too, right?

410
00:21:00,171 --> 00:21:01,782
Yes, sir. I'm on the East Side.

411
00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:03,087
- Silver Lake.
- Silver Lake?

412
00:21:03,218 --> 00:21:05,481
Oh, Mikaela's just up the way
in Toluca Lake, right?

413
00:21:05,612 --> 00:21:08,615
And, uh, what kind of writing
do you do?

414
00:21:08,702 --> 00:21:10,660
Oh. I'm a yawn.

415
00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:11,574
- I write non-fiction.
- You kidding?

416
00:21:11,661 --> 00:21:13,968
Back in school
I wrote non-fiction.

417
00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:15,622
- He writes non-fiction.
- Oh, wow.

418
00:21:15,709 --> 00:21:17,406
You ever do any true crime?

419
00:21:17,493 --> 00:21:19,452
No crimes here,
except this cocoa.

420
00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:23,673
- He likes my cocoa.
- Aww.

421
00:21:23,804 --> 00:21:25,545
I'd love to read your writing
someday.

422
00:21:25,632 --> 00:21:28,330
- Of course. It'd be my pleasure.
-[Irving] Fantastic.

423
00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,114
[instrumental music]

424
00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:33,117
- Mm.
- Don't touch that.

425
00:21:34,641 --> 00:21:36,425
Hickory-smoked ham.

426
00:21:36,512 --> 00:21:38,079
And a cranberry
cornmeal dressing.

427
00:21:38,209 --> 00:21:40,037
- Mm...
- That smells amazing!

428
00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:43,432
Feel free to park that
right over here.

429
00:21:43,519 --> 00:21:46,479
And I wasn't expecting a full-on
holiday menu this weekend.

430
00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:49,917
Oh, I love hosting.
It was what I was born to do.

431
00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:52,963
And this casserole is proven
to cure writer's block, right?

432
00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:56,837
-[Irving] Yes, it is.
- Ah. So it is writer's block.

433
00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:58,795
That's why you haven't finished.

434
00:21:58,882 --> 00:22:01,145
Fine. Yes.
That is why I am not done.

435
00:22:01,276 --> 00:22:03,844
I just don't know
how it ends yet.

436
00:22:03,931 --> 00:22:07,804
Well, maybe ask Maya
what she wants.

437
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:11,634
- Ask Maya what she wants?
- Yeah. You should talk to her.

438
00:22:13,593 --> 00:22:16,857
She's in my head, Levi.

439
00:22:16,987 --> 00:22:18,032
Exactly.

440
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:22,384
So, uh, when do
the other guests arrive?

441
00:22:22,471 --> 00:22:25,474
Uh, Keifer arrives tomorrow
afternoon with Ms. Olsen,

442
00:22:25,561 --> 00:22:27,737
and the others arrive
Monday morning.

443
00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,348
Wonderful.
We will have the rooms ready.

444
00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:30,784
[Mikaela] Thank you. Ugh.

445
00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:33,613
It is going to be
an exciting week.

446
00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:36,355
- Dude.
-[Mitchell] Ham, anyone?

447
00:22:43,710 --> 00:22:46,365
[instrumental music]

448
00:22:50,543 --> 00:22:52,240
What do you want, Maya?

449
00:22:53,459 --> 00:22:54,373
What's next?

450
00:23:00,944 --> 00:23:02,816
- How's the food?
- It's good.

451
00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:04,905
Great. Good morning.

452
00:23:05,035 --> 00:23:06,515
- Morning!
- Want some breakfast?

453
00:23:06,602 --> 00:23:08,735
Oh, I am still stuffed
from last night's feast,

454
00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:11,172
but I will take this coffee.

455
00:23:11,302 --> 00:23:13,130
- Oh, okay, where are you headed?
- Oh, into town.

456
00:23:13,261 --> 00:23:14,784
I have to do some last-minute
Christmas shopping

457
00:23:14,871 --> 00:23:16,873
before our guests arrive
for tomorrow's retreat.

458
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,527
I'm-I'm done here.
I can take you.

459
00:23:18,614 --> 00:23:20,964
I kind of need a gift myself.

460
00:23:21,095 --> 00:23:23,489
All right, then.
Uh, are you ready now?

461
00:23:23,576 --> 00:23:25,708
Sure. I just need to get
my jacket.

462
00:23:25,795 --> 00:23:29,320
Irv, thank you
for this yummy breakfast.

463
00:23:29,451 --> 00:23:30,757
- You got it.
- Yeah.

464
00:23:34,587 --> 00:23:36,719
Did he just call you Irv?

465
00:23:36,806 --> 00:23:39,418
Uh, yeah. He just called me Irv.

466
00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:42,290
Oh, no.

467
00:23:47,295 --> 00:23:48,557
[Levi] Shopping
for a new boyfriend?

468
00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:50,864
-[Mikaela] Oh, please.
-[Levi laughs]

469
00:23:50,994 --> 00:23:53,344
Anyway, didn't you claim

470
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:56,086
you knew I was single
at my workshop?

471
00:23:56,217 --> 00:23:59,568
- Nah. Just a good guess.
- Why?

472
00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,440
Well, I mean,
the engagement you broke off

473
00:24:01,527 --> 00:24:04,312
with the basketball player
was kind of a public affair.

474
00:24:04,399 --> 00:24:06,140
- That was a year and a half ago.
- I know.

475
00:24:06,227 --> 00:24:07,533
Then you finished the book.

476
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,665
It came out,
and then you toured.

477
00:24:09,752 --> 00:24:13,016
Wow! You just know so much
about my life, huh?

478
00:24:13,147 --> 00:24:14,017
I don't know
why you two broke up.

479
00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:15,715
Good, because that doesn't
concern you.

480
00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:19,066
Is that why Maya's still single?

481
00:24:19,153 --> 00:24:21,851
Is Ben sort of based on her ex?

482
00:24:21,938 --> 00:24:22,635
I already told you.

483
00:24:22,722 --> 00:24:27,553
Maya's not based on my life.

484
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,947
So, what kind of chocolates
did you get?

485
00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:33,559
They're not for me,
they're farewell gifts

486
00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:35,865
for all of you writers
at the end of the retreat.

487
00:24:35,952 --> 00:24:37,388
Yeah, but surely
you got something

488
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:38,868
you think someone would like,

489
00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:42,481
which means you probably like
them, too. So what'd you get?

490
00:24:42,611 --> 00:24:44,526
Caramel pecan milk chocolates,

491
00:24:44,657 --> 00:24:47,007
dark chocolate
peppermint bark, and--

492
00:24:47,094 --> 00:24:50,532
- Cinnamon-spiced truffles.
- How'd you know?

493
00:24:50,663 --> 00:24:51,751
Well, those are
my favorites, too.

494
00:24:51,838 --> 00:24:55,450
Also, I heard you
talking to the chocolatier.

495
00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:59,193
[scoffs] So, we finally agree
on something.

496
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,673
Wow. Who'd have thought?

497
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,067
You know, I always knew
I had good taste,

498
00:25:04,154 --> 00:25:06,896
but you just confirmed it,
though.

499
00:25:06,983 --> 00:25:09,508
But I also
just proved you wrong.

500
00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:11,858
- How so?
- Maya doesn't like chocolate.

501
00:25:11,988 --> 00:25:15,775
And I do. So see? There you go.
She's more of a candy girl.

502
00:25:15,905 --> 00:25:20,867
So, there goes your theory
about me being her.

503
00:25:20,954 --> 00:25:23,304
All right, maybe.

504
00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:26,699
Or maybe Maya hasn't had
good chocolate yet.

505
00:25:28,701 --> 00:25:32,356
Okay. Maybe.

506
00:25:34,794 --> 00:25:38,972
Anyway, all this talk
about sweets has me hungry.

507
00:25:39,059 --> 00:25:43,324
Is there any good places
around here for us to eat?

508
00:25:43,411 --> 00:25:45,108
I think I might know a place.

509
00:25:45,195 --> 00:25:47,720
- Hm.
- Come on. Up and up we go.

510
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:53,726
[wind howling]

511
00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:58,469
- Thank you.
-[Levi] Thank you, man.

512
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,689
Thanks. Mm.

513
00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:05,259
Thanks for the help
with the gift.

514
00:26:05,389 --> 00:26:06,652
I am the worst shopper on Earth,

515
00:26:06,739 --> 00:26:09,655
and my grams has,
well, everything.

516
00:26:09,742 --> 00:26:12,701
Well, it's nice of you
to think of her. You close?

517
00:26:12,788 --> 00:26:14,747
Oh, yeah.
She raised me, actually.

518
00:26:14,877 --> 00:26:18,446
My parents, well,
they passed away

519
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,448
when I was a freshman
in high school.

520
00:26:20,535 --> 00:26:25,279
Oh. Wow. I'm...
I'm so sorry.

521
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:27,498
My grams was great, though.

522
00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:29,588
She let me get away
with anything

523
00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:31,807
as long as I got good grades.

524
00:26:31,894 --> 00:26:34,157
She still says
I'm the center of her universe.

525
00:26:34,288 --> 00:26:36,246
Oh, well,
I can definitely see that.

526
00:26:36,377 --> 00:26:37,944
-[Levi chuckles]
- She live in LA?

527
00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:41,469
Yup. Um,
off of 3rd and Robertson.

528
00:26:41,556 --> 00:26:43,993
She's in this really fancy
assisted-living situation.

529
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,170
Has all these
bridge-club friends.

530
00:26:47,301 --> 00:26:49,738
They're throwing
a whole Christmas party.

531
00:26:49,825 --> 00:26:52,393
It's gonna be lit, and I'm not
just talking about the lights.

532
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,439
[laughs]
Sounds like a fun party.

533
00:26:55,526 --> 00:26:57,572
I had to forfeit all of mine

534
00:26:57,703 --> 00:27:00,444
because I need to focus
on the book situation.

535
00:27:00,531 --> 00:27:04,361
Right. The situation. Hm.

536
00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:06,494
<i>♪</i> Season to be ♪

537
00:27:06,581 --> 00:27:09,453
This chestnut soup, wow!

538
00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:11,891
[chuckles]
It was my mother's favorite.

539
00:27:11,978 --> 00:27:16,809
Actually, this was
her favorite restaurant up here,

540
00:27:16,896 --> 00:27:20,856
so I'm glad we got to come.

541
00:27:20,943 --> 00:27:25,208
Aww. I didn't realize.
She ever do any writing here?

542
00:27:25,339 --> 00:27:29,778
Oh, yeah.
In fact, this was her table.

543
00:27:32,346 --> 00:27:33,216
- What?
- Yeah.

544
00:27:33,303 --> 00:27:36,611
- This is insanely surreal.
- Yes.

545
00:27:36,698 --> 00:27:39,788
So you are, like, really
a fan of my mother?

546
00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:42,878
- Mm.
- Huh. Funny.

547
00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:46,316
You didn't strike me
as the romantic-drama type.

548
00:27:46,403 --> 00:27:48,841
Well, your mother's books
were so much more than that.

549
00:27:48,928 --> 00:27:52,975
It's like comfort food,

550
00:27:53,106 --> 00:27:55,282
but intensely profound.

551
00:27:55,412 --> 00:27:56,892
They just have,
they just have a epic feel.

552
00:27:57,023 --> 00:28:02,158
I hope that I can be
half as good as her one day.

553
00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:03,769
She was...

554
00:28:03,899 --> 00:28:07,033
She was the best.

555
00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:09,775
<i>♪ 'Tis the season ♪</i>

556
00:28:09,862 --> 00:28:14,605
Well, based on the reading
I've done the last few days,

557
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,696
I'd say
you're not too far behind her.

558
00:28:26,008 --> 00:28:27,227
[instrumental music]

559
00:28:28,532 --> 00:28:31,274
Good afternoon.
You must be, um...

560
00:28:31,361 --> 00:28:33,624
Keifer.
I'm Mikaela's assistant.

561
00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:35,104
Ah, Keifer, Mitchell.

562
00:28:35,235 --> 00:28:36,627
I usually fix things
around here,

563
00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:38,673
but I think I've been promoted
to greeter duty.

564
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,415
Oh, well,
seasons greetings, then.

565
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:45,941
Look at this place!

566
00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:49,249
Be still my heart.

567
00:28:49,379 --> 00:28:51,599
Oh, I love the wilderness.

568
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:55,211
Well, Mitchell,
this is Ms. Olive Olsen.

569
00:28:55,342 --> 00:28:56,560
You might know her
from her musicals.

570
00:28:56,647 --> 00:28:59,172
- Oh.
-[Mikaela] Olive!

571
00:28:59,259 --> 00:29:01,740
It is so nice
to finally meet, meet you.

572
00:29:01,827 --> 00:29:02,871
[chuckles] I am a, a big fan
of your work.

573
00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:06,527
- Oh, well, likewise.
- Yeah.

574
00:29:06,614 --> 00:29:10,226
Your books are top tier,
and that's why we're here.

575
00:29:10,313 --> 00:29:12,446
-[laughing]
- And you are?

576
00:29:12,576 --> 00:29:14,013
- Hi. Levi McGuire. Oh.
- Hi.

577
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:18,104
Non-fiction writer
in fictional recovery.

578
00:29:18,191 --> 00:29:21,237
[laughs]
Oh, but funny.

579
00:29:21,368 --> 00:29:23,849
- So, who'd like some tea?
- Me!

580
00:29:23,979 --> 00:29:27,591
Oh, well, only if we can
spill the tea at tea-time.

581
00:29:27,678 --> 00:29:29,811
All right.
Well, let's see what we can do.

582
00:29:29,898 --> 00:29:32,553
- Right.
-[indistinct chatter]

583
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:32,901
[Olive] Thank you.
[Keifer] Yeah.

584
00:29:32,988 --> 00:29:34,860
Whoa.

585
00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:40,082
Wow! And you chose her over me?

586
00:29:40,169 --> 00:29:42,868
Maybe you'll learn
a thing or two.

587
00:29:44,565 --> 00:29:47,437
So, Mikaela,
I almost forgot to ask.

588
00:29:47,568 --> 00:29:50,745
How is the book
coming along, then?

589
00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:54,575
Mm. Probably not the best
question for the dinner table.

590
00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:56,055
Or any other table.

591
00:29:56,142 --> 00:29:58,405
Actually, it's fine,

592
00:29:58,492 --> 00:30:01,364
because last night

593
00:30:01,451 --> 00:30:03,105
I started working
on the second half of my book.

594
00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:08,937
I mean, I don't know where
it's going, but it's going.

595
00:30:09,068 --> 00:30:10,591
- Aww, Mik, that's great news!
-[Mikaela chuckles]

596
00:30:10,678 --> 00:30:13,724
Yeah. Please, do tell us more.

597
00:30:13,855 --> 00:30:15,291
And please tell me
she ends up with that

598
00:30:15,422 --> 00:30:17,467
sweet hunk of a doctor, Ben.

599
00:30:17,554 --> 00:30:19,905
Mm, I'm not so sure she will.

600
00:30:21,384 --> 00:30:23,822
Oh. Okay. Well, uh...

601
00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:28,478
I guess not every book
needs a happy ending, does it?

602
00:30:28,609 --> 00:30:31,394
Or maybe
the ending will be happy

603
00:30:31,481 --> 00:30:33,396
and happiness
is just perspective.

604
00:30:33,527 --> 00:30:35,921
[laughs] That's silly.

605
00:30:36,008 --> 00:30:38,575
If not Ben, then who does
she fall in love with?

606
00:30:38,662 --> 00:30:39,402
Does she need to find love
in the end?

607
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,492
- Is that like a requirement?
- No.

608
00:30:42,579 --> 00:30:46,192
But I guess
if it's just left open-ended,

609
00:30:46,279 --> 00:30:49,586
we can all just assume
it's Ben, right?

610
00:30:49,673 --> 00:30:51,545
Like a kinda choose-
your-own-adventure ending?

611
00:30:54,722 --> 00:30:57,159
Well, cheers,
to choosing your adventure!

612
00:30:57,290 --> 00:30:59,640
- Cheers.
- Cheers.

613
00:30:59,727 --> 00:31:02,077
There you go. Oh, didn't get ya.

614
00:31:02,164 --> 00:31:03,035
Oh.

615
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:09,650
[instrumental music]

616
00:31:09,737 --> 00:31:11,870
[Mikaela] <i>And as Maya pulled in</i> <i>
past the dilapidated</i>

617
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,307
<i>welcome sign to her</i> <i>
quaint little hometown again</i>

618
00:31:14,394 --> 00:31:16,613
<i>for the first time</i> <i>
in over ten years,</i>

619
00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:18,964
<i>she pulled on to the shoulder</i> <i>
of the road</i>

620
00:31:19,051 --> 00:31:21,009
<i>and climbed out</i> <i>
into the falling snowflakes,</i>

621
00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:23,925
<i>glistening all around her</i>

622
00:31:24,012 --> 00:31:27,624
<i>like a thousand tiny memories</i> <i>
of her childhood.</i>

623
00:31:27,755 --> 00:31:30,236
<i>Then she spun around,</i> <i>
welcoming them in</i>

624
00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:32,760
<i>to rain and melt</i> <i>
upon her open arms.</i>

625
00:31:44,076 --> 00:31:46,034
Good morning and welcome,
Sharon.

626
00:31:46,121 --> 00:31:48,689
It is so wonderful
to have you here.

627
00:31:48,776 --> 00:31:52,345
And my dad is a huge fan
of your cookbooks,

628
00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:53,259
so it is lovely to have you.

629
00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:55,174
Well, thank you
for having me here.

630
00:31:55,304 --> 00:31:57,045
And you know what,
I happen to be a huge fan

631
00:31:57,132 --> 00:31:59,395
of your mother's work as well.

632
00:31:59,482 --> 00:32:01,223
I mean, this retreat, I mean,

633
00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:03,008
what an amazing legacy

634
00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:05,532
for her to leave
such a beautiful black woman.

635
00:32:05,662 --> 00:32:07,926
And speaking of you, young lady,

636
00:32:08,056 --> 00:32:10,450
I am a huge fan
of your work as well.

637
00:32:10,580 --> 00:32:11,712
I've read every one
of your books,

638
00:32:11,842 --> 00:32:14,280
and I am particularly excited
about this next one.

639
00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:18,284
Wow. Thank you. Coming
from you, I'm, I'm flattered.

640
00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:19,633
- Oh. It's okay.
- Oh.

641
00:32:19,763 --> 00:32:21,287
And this is my assistant,
Keifer.

642
00:32:21,374 --> 00:32:22,810
And he will help you
with your things.

643
00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:25,682
Hi, so nice to meet you. How was
your drive up from San Diego?

644
00:32:25,813 --> 00:32:27,641
Nice to meet you, too,
and thank you very much.

645
00:32:27,728 --> 00:32:29,948
Well, the drive,
it was just beautiful.

646
00:32:30,035 --> 00:32:33,125
It has been such a long time
since I've seen snow.

647
00:32:34,865 --> 00:32:36,693
Wow! My gracious!

648
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:39,131
This place is even more magical
than I imagined.

649
00:32:41,698 --> 00:32:43,700
- Here.
- Here you go.

650
00:32:43,831 --> 00:32:46,877
- Yeah.
-[Mikaela chuckles]

651
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:49,706
Well, good morning, everyone.
This is Sharon.

652
00:32:49,837 --> 00:32:52,492
Sharon, Olive, Levi, Mitchell,

653
00:32:52,622 --> 00:32:54,494
and, of course,
my father, Irving.

654
00:32:54,624 --> 00:32:56,104
Ah. Thank you.
Ah, welcome, guests!

655
00:32:56,191 --> 00:32:59,542
Uh, as most of you know,
I will be your host

656
00:32:59,629 --> 00:33:02,458
for the next three days, so if
there's anything that you need,

657
00:33:02,545 --> 00:33:04,678
please do not hesitate to ask

658
00:33:04,765 --> 00:33:09,335
unless it's what time
Santa stops by Christmas Eve.

659
00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:12,164
That is top-secret information.

660
00:33:12,251 --> 00:33:15,254
He usually reserves that one
for the visiting kids.

661
00:33:15,341 --> 00:33:19,171
As well as the adults,
because we are never too old

662
00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:22,696
to believe in Santa
and a little Christmas magic.

663
00:33:22,783 --> 00:33:25,003
- True, true.
- Now, please have a seat.

664
00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:27,005
- Dig in and enjoy the food.
- Wow.

665
00:33:27,135 --> 00:33:29,050
Oh, um, may I help you
with your coat?

666
00:33:29,137 --> 00:33:31,531
-[Sharon] Oh, thank you.
- Of course.

667
00:33:31,661 --> 00:33:32,923
You know what,
I really have to say that

668
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,360
this cranberry baked oatmeal

669
00:33:34,447 --> 00:33:35,752
is really something special.

670
00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:40,844
Oh, thank you. Um, coming
from you, that means everything.

671
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:43,804
And, hey, if you give me the
secret recipe of one of yours,

672
00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:47,112
I will definitely give you
the secret recipe for that.

673
00:33:47,199 --> 00:33:48,896
Okay. All right, thank you.

674
00:33:48,983 --> 00:33:51,899
- You got yourself a deal.
- Okay.

675
00:33:51,986 --> 00:33:55,033
Well, maybe we should start
by introducing ourselves.

676
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,079
Maybe everyone go around and
share why they are here today.

677
00:33:58,210 --> 00:34:01,952
And, Sharon,
would you like to go first?

678
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,477
Oh. Uh, sure, okay.

679
00:34:04,564 --> 00:34:06,174
Hi. Sharon Samuels.

680
00:34:06,261 --> 00:34:10,178
My favorite thing to do is cook.

681
00:34:10,309 --> 00:34:13,312
Yes, my, my mother,
she was this amazing Creole cook

682
00:34:13,399 --> 00:34:15,227
and she ran her own restaurant
in New Orleans

683
00:34:15,314 --> 00:34:18,621
for most of her life,
so naturally,

684
00:34:18,752 --> 00:34:20,232
I became quite
the adventurous cook myself.

685
00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:24,062
Right, so I decided,
you know, why not?

686
00:34:24,192 --> 00:34:28,153
Why not write our family's very
first Creole Christmas cookbook?

687
00:34:28,283 --> 00:34:30,459
Right, and then, but then,
then I thought, you know what,

688
00:34:30,590 --> 00:34:33,506
these recipes,
they, they really need to embody

689
00:34:33,636 --> 00:34:36,378
the, the spirit of the season.

690
00:34:36,465 --> 00:34:39,381
So, here I am.

691
00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:40,469
- Wow.
-[Olive squealing]

692
00:34:40,556 --> 00:34:42,515
Ooh-ooh, me next, me next!

693
00:34:42,645 --> 00:34:45,779
I am here because I am still,

694
00:34:45,866 --> 00:34:49,826
still, uh, two songs short
of my new musical,

695
00:34:49,913 --> 00:34:52,655
and I just really needed
to escape the Hollywood

696
00:34:52,786 --> 00:34:56,050
holiday bustle,
which I normally live for,

697
00:34:56,181 --> 00:34:59,053
um, to focus and finish it.

698
00:34:59,184 --> 00:35:01,403
[Mikaela] Well, seems like
you've come to the right place.

699
00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:02,187
I think I am.

700
00:35:02,317 --> 00:35:06,147
And now, um, Levi.

701
00:35:06,234 --> 00:35:08,367
Okay. I write non-fiction.

702
00:35:08,497 --> 00:35:13,807
I started in journalism.
Sometimes political satire.

703
00:35:13,937 --> 00:35:17,637
Sometimes bios, edit.
Copy edits.

704
00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:20,118
Boring things float my boat.

705
00:35:20,248 --> 00:35:21,641
- Yeah.
-[Mikaela] Okay, great.

706
00:35:21,728 --> 00:35:24,600
And my little Mitchell.

707
00:35:24,731 --> 00:35:25,732
Hello, my name is Mitchell.

708
00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:28,126
I work here,
so feel free to still call me

709
00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:30,911
when your hot water
goes out, uh...

710
00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:33,218
Mikaela was so gracious
for letting me join you guys

711
00:35:33,305 --> 00:35:35,655
as I am
an aspiring screenwriter.

712
00:35:35,742 --> 00:35:38,048
I'm still working
on my first script,

713
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,703
uh, rewriting it and rewriting
it and rewriting it,

714
00:35:40,834 --> 00:35:42,444
so I'm hoping with this retreat,
it will help me finish it.

715
00:35:42,531 --> 00:35:45,273
Keifer, would you like to share
something about yourself?

716
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,319
Yes, I am also on the job
as everyone knows,

717
00:35:47,449 --> 00:35:51,453
um, but I'm also stellar
with creative development

718
00:35:51,540 --> 00:35:55,588
and planning
to partake in the festivities.

719
00:35:55,675 --> 00:35:59,374
And I'm also here to help
you guys hone your craft, so...

720
00:35:59,505 --> 00:36:01,463
Also I've worked
in script development

721
00:36:01,594 --> 00:36:05,075
and I would really like
to take a look at your script.

722
00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:08,557
Wow! Uh, can I think about it?

723
00:36:08,644 --> 00:36:10,777
- Sure.
-[Mikaela] Yes.

724
00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:14,607
But let's remember
what this retreat is about.

725
00:36:14,694 --> 00:36:17,566
You're here to bare
your creative writing souls

726
00:36:17,653 --> 00:36:18,611
and get back to why
you fell in love with writing

727
00:36:18,698 --> 00:36:23,137
in the first place,
so, with that being said,

728
00:36:23,224 --> 00:36:26,662
at noon we will be meeting
in the sunroom

729
00:36:26,793 --> 00:36:28,403
for our first retreat workshop.

730
00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:31,493
Okay, so do not forget
to bring your journals.

731
00:36:31,624 --> 00:36:32,755
- Okay.
- All right. Great.

732
00:36:32,842 --> 00:36:35,454
[indistinct chatter]

733
00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:42,939
Gigi, hi, sorry
I missed your call earlier.

734
00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:46,987
- We were having breakfast.
- Well, hello. How's the retreat?

735
00:36:47,074 --> 00:36:49,946
<i>-Uh, wait, how did you...</i>
[Gigi] <i>I'm at your office.</i>

736
00:36:50,033 --> 00:36:52,688
I was sitting at your computer,
going through your inbox, duh.

737
00:36:52,775 --> 00:36:54,734
Look, I know it sounds crazy,

738
00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:57,563
but I've already started
getting all new ideas

739
00:36:57,650 --> 00:36:58,955
since I've gotten here.

740
00:36:59,042 --> 00:37:00,609
Any ideas for a new editor?

741
00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:03,830
Because Sabrina is
officially out, and I think that

742
00:37:03,917 --> 00:37:06,136
your publishing deal isn't too
far behind her at this point.

743
00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:09,575
If Sabrina has to move on,
I get it.

744
00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:11,707
But I really think
that this retreat

745
00:37:11,838 --> 00:37:13,753
is going to be good for me.

746
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,669
And I promise,
I will have something

747
00:37:16,756 --> 00:37:18,061
for the publishers
to look at soon.

748
00:37:18,192 --> 00:37:21,630
Fine, before the ball drops
on my life and your career,

749
00:37:21,761 --> 00:37:24,764
come New Year's Eve, hm?
I'm counting on you.

750
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,081
Who here is ready
for some of my creative cocoa?

751
00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:39,866
Guaranteed to ignite the imagination.

752
00:37:39,953 --> 00:37:41,433
- Wow!
- That's nice.

753
00:37:41,563 --> 00:37:43,913
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

754
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:44,784
Excuse me,
I'm gonna get lunch started.

755
00:37:44,914 --> 00:37:47,656
- Aww, thank you, dad.
- All right.

756
00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:51,094
Wow! I'm feeling
creative already.

757
00:37:51,181 --> 00:37:52,531
So are we ready
to get started then?

758
00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:55,534
So what is our line-up
of events, anyhow?

759
00:37:55,621 --> 00:37:59,189
Yes, so today we start

760
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:02,149
with our <i>Two Turtledove Tales</i>

761
00:38:02,236 --> 00:38:04,151
and tomorrow will be

762
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:08,155
our Prancer's
Fireside Poetry Hour

763
00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:11,811
and on our last day
we will have

764
00:38:11,898 --> 00:38:16,294
our Jack Frost's Frozen
Freehand Writers' Challenge.

765
00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:19,819
[laughs] Sounds like
we got our work cut out for us.

766
00:38:19,906 --> 00:38:23,388
-[laughing]
- I may need more cocoa.

767
00:38:23,518 --> 00:38:24,650
Don't worry, it won't be
all work and no play

768
00:38:24,737 --> 00:38:28,480
because true to the season,
we will be hosting

769
00:38:28,610 --> 00:38:32,135
our 'Twas The Treasure Hunt

770
00:38:32,222 --> 00:38:34,224
Before Christmas Event
Wednesday night.

771
00:38:34,355 --> 00:38:36,662
Ooh! Exciting!
I live for the hunt.

772
00:38:36,749 --> 00:38:37,880
[laughing]

773
00:38:38,011 --> 00:38:42,624
Oh, and lastly,
if you don't already have plans

774
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:45,801
and you wanna stay
for Christmas Eve,

775
00:38:45,888 --> 00:38:49,283
my dad makes a mean feast
for Christmas Eve.

776
00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:51,111
So you are all welcome.

777
00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:53,548
- Yes!
- That's very cool.

778
00:38:53,635 --> 00:38:56,508
Okay, so let's get started
on our first workshop.

779
00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:58,858
[Mikaela] <i>Two Turtledove Tales</i> <i>
is something we created</i>

780
00:38:58,988 --> 00:39:00,468
<i>to get that creative cocoa</i>

781
00:39:00,555 --> 00:39:02,775
<i>flowing freely</i> <i>
for this retreat.</i>

782
00:39:02,905 --> 00:39:04,994
<i>I challenge each of you</i> <i>
to write not one,</i>

783
00:39:05,081 --> 00:39:07,475
<i>but two short stories,</i>

784
00:39:07,606 --> 00:39:10,173
<i>about two characters</i> <i>
in the same scenario.</i>

785
00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:13,481
<i>It can be any genre,</i> <i>
but each story will be told</i>

786
00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:15,962
<i>from each character's</i> <i>
perspective.</i>

787
00:39:16,049 --> 00:39:18,965
<i>Can be first or third-person</i> <i>
narratives, doesn't matter.</i>

788
00:39:19,095 --> 00:39:21,707
<i>What does matter</i> <i>
is that we're able to see</i>

789
00:39:21,837 --> 00:39:22,664
<i>two versions of one story</i>

790
00:39:22,795 --> 00:39:25,885
<i>through</i> <i>
two very different lenses.</i>

791
00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,365
<i>♪ Alone ♪</i>

792
00:39:28,975 --> 00:39:29,889
<i>♪ I hope you know ♪</i>

793
00:39:30,019 --> 00:39:35,460
<i>♪ I've been</i> <i>
counting down days ♪</i>

794
00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:41,466
<i>♪ Till you're in my arms</i> <i>
and I'm home ♪</i>

795
00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:43,163
<i>♪ Yeah I'm getting</i> <i>
all the presents ♪</i>

796
00:39:43,293 --> 00:39:44,991
<i>♪ Rudolph will be jealous ♪</i>

797
00:39:45,121 --> 00:39:48,168
<i>♪ Lighting the tree</i> <i>
and we can dance ♪</i>

798
00:39:48,255 --> 00:39:51,084
<i>♪ Kiss you in the moonlight</i> <i>
holding you so tight ♪</i>

799
00:39:51,171 --> 00:39:55,349
<i>♪ Yeah I'm comin' home</i> <i>
tonight ♪</i>

800
00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:58,526
<i>♪ I'm gonna be with you</i> <i>
for Christmas ♪</i>

801
00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:01,399
<i>♪ Ain't no way</i> <i>
I'm gonna miss this ♪</i>

802
00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:03,792
<i>♪ Baby wait up for me ♪</i>

803
00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:07,622
<i>♪ Wait up for me me ♪</i>

804
00:40:07,753 --> 00:40:10,538
<i>♪ I'm gonna be with you</i> <i>
for Christmas ♪</i>

805
00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:13,933
<i>♪ You're at the top</i> <i>
of my wish list ♪</i>

806
00:40:14,020 --> 00:40:17,197
<i>♪ Baby wait up for me</i> <i>
♪ Wait up for me ♪</i>

807
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:20,592
Hey! Figured I shouldn't eat
all our chocolate alone.

808
00:40:20,722 --> 00:40:23,682
Did I catch you mid-sentence?

809
00:40:23,769 --> 00:40:28,164
Thank you. You caught me
at the end of a paragraph.

810
00:40:28,295 --> 00:40:30,602
Impeccable timing.

811
00:40:30,689 --> 00:40:33,213
So are you done
with your story or what?

812
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,694
Actually, I had to fake a break.

813
00:40:35,781 --> 00:40:38,523
Olive wanted to swap stories,
and I think it was

814
00:40:38,653 --> 00:40:41,395
just an excuse to sit
next to me, I-I think.

815
00:40:41,526 --> 00:40:44,703
Well, she is a beautiful,
smart, strong woman.

816
00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:47,401
Take it as a compliment.

817
00:40:47,532 --> 00:40:49,838
Only problem is, between us,

818
00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:52,275
I am, sadly,
not a fan of musicals.

819
00:40:52,362 --> 00:40:55,235
Ah. Mm. Oh.

820
00:40:55,322 --> 00:40:57,411
Sunken before you even set sail?

821
00:40:57,542 --> 00:41:00,109
And also story of my life
in relationships, actually.

822
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:03,199
Let me guess, you're the kind
of guy who falls for women

823
00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:04,723
who want more from you
than you're ready to give.

824
00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:07,639
N-nah, I actually fall for women

825
00:41:07,769 --> 00:41:12,382
whose emotions are awake,
yet unavailable.

826
00:41:12,513 --> 00:41:14,559
So when was
your last sunken ship?

827
00:41:14,646 --> 00:41:18,432
Last date?
Ever so occasionally.

828
00:41:18,563 --> 00:41:19,825
Last relationship?

829
00:41:19,955 --> 00:41:21,827
- Five years ago.
- Yikes.

830
00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:26,309
Ended so badly that it warranted
a half decade worth of repairs.

831
00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:29,922
But even that one
never met my grams.

832
00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:32,620
Oh, well, maybe
she should have met your grams

833
00:41:32,707 --> 00:41:34,143
'cause then
she would've told you that

834
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:36,276
she was all wrong for you,
you think?

835
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:39,497
<i>Touche.</i> You could be right.

836
00:41:39,584 --> 00:41:42,369
All right,
I spilled my heart to you.

837
00:41:43,370 --> 00:41:45,503
Your turn.

838
00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:49,332
- My turn to what?
- You gotta tell me.

839
00:41:49,419 --> 00:41:53,554
Why the break-up with
the tall hunky, B-ball boy?

840
00:41:53,685 --> 00:41:55,295
He loved me
when things were good.

841
00:41:56,992 --> 00:41:57,732
Like, a lot.

842
00:41:57,819 --> 00:42:00,692
And things were good

843
00:42:00,779 --> 00:42:05,044
until my mother passed.

844
00:42:05,131 --> 00:42:07,873
And he just, he just couldn't
handle me at my worst.

845
00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:08,830
Well, I guess
it's better to know now

846
00:42:08,917 --> 00:42:12,834
than ten years
down the line, huh?

847
00:42:12,921 --> 00:42:16,229
Because if he can't handle
the first worst moment,

848
00:42:16,316 --> 00:42:20,233
then what about the rest? 'Cause
life's full of those roadblocks.

849
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,409
Yeah. Well, I thought
the same thing.

850
00:42:22,496 --> 00:42:24,672
That's why I ended it.

851
00:42:24,759 --> 00:42:27,066
- I just need someone that--
- Gets it?

852
00:42:35,596 --> 00:42:38,556
[Levi] Ooh. Ah.

853
00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:41,515
So how's your two turtledove
tales coming along then?

854
00:42:41,646 --> 00:42:43,430
- My turtledove tales?
- Uh-huh.

855
00:42:43,517 --> 00:42:45,563
I am in the middle
of finishing my book,

856
00:42:45,650 --> 00:42:46,781
or trying to, at least.

857
00:42:46,912 --> 00:42:52,526
And Maya is finally headed
towards the finish line,

858
00:42:52,657 --> 00:42:54,920
just not sure
where she is headed exactly.

859
00:42:55,007 --> 00:42:59,054
Mm, what is she doing
at the moment?

860
00:42:59,141 --> 00:43:01,361
- I'm not telling.
- Oh, come on. Tell me.

861
00:43:01,491 --> 00:43:05,104
[chuckles]
Ugh, fine.

862
00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:06,366
She's headed home
for the holidays.

863
00:43:06,496 --> 00:43:09,064
Oh, not unlike her author, huh,

864
00:43:09,151 --> 00:43:10,849
who is nothing like her
whatsoever.

865
00:43:12,285 --> 00:43:15,070
Okay, fine, yes, of course!

866
00:43:15,157 --> 00:43:17,333
There are parallels, of course,

867
00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:22,121
but mostly it's because it was
time for her to come home.

868
00:43:22,251 --> 00:43:26,342
She had talked about it
way too much.

869
00:43:26,429 --> 00:43:29,432
You know, I am currently reading
the digital version

870
00:43:29,519 --> 00:43:31,913
of the first book now,
and I gotta say,

871
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,700
what happened
to that Jerome guy?

872
00:43:35,787 --> 00:43:39,007
That civil attorney
who she always fights with.

873
00:43:39,094 --> 00:43:42,141
-[sighs] Jerome? Oh, yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

874
00:43:42,228 --> 00:43:44,578
Yeah, he was in and out
of the first three books,

875
00:43:44,665 --> 00:43:47,189
but when she started working
in divorce,

876
00:43:47,276 --> 00:43:49,757
there just wasn't much
of a need for him anymore.

877
00:43:49,844 --> 00:43:50,889
Too bad,
'cause I liked her for him.

878
00:43:50,976 --> 00:43:54,240
Wondering what
he's doing lately.

879
00:43:54,327 --> 00:43:55,371
No idea.

880
00:43:55,458 --> 00:43:58,679
And I'm not sure
I like him for her.

881
00:43:58,766 --> 00:44:02,422
- Oh.
- But maybe I'll ask him. Hm.

882
00:44:05,164 --> 00:44:06,818
-[Mikaela chuckles]
- Okay.

883
00:44:11,736 --> 00:44:14,739
[Irving] There it is. Yup.

884
00:44:14,826 --> 00:44:17,263
- Oh, hey.
- Wow! What is all this?

885
00:44:17,350 --> 00:44:20,483
This is my dark chocolate
Chex Mix.

886
00:44:20,570 --> 00:44:21,441
Wouldn't have got chocolates
in town

887
00:44:21,528 --> 00:44:22,747
had we known you were baking.

888
00:44:22,834 --> 00:44:24,183
Oh, well, this is for all

889
00:44:24,270 --> 00:44:25,271
the kids down at the theater

890
00:44:25,401 --> 00:44:26,576
doing a dress rehearsal

891
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:28,535
for <i>A Christmas Carol.</i>

892
00:44:28,622 --> 00:44:30,798
- You have to try these, though.
- Oh, yes.

893
00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:33,671
There you go.

894
00:44:40,329 --> 00:44:41,461
- Well? Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.

895
00:44:41,591 --> 00:44:44,072
This is dangerous.

896
00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:46,901
His entire menu is.
Uh, can we help?

897
00:44:46,988 --> 00:44:48,860
Yeah, let's put this
in some bags.

898
00:44:48,947 --> 00:44:51,210
[Levi] Ugh.

899
00:44:51,906 --> 00:44:54,692
[indistinct chatter]

900
00:44:54,779 --> 00:44:55,910
I always knew we were gonna
have another great writer

901
00:44:56,041 --> 00:44:59,131
in the family
just like her mother,

902
00:44:59,261 --> 00:44:59,958
even when she was a kid.

903
00:45:00,045 --> 00:45:02,961
- How'd you know?
- Well...

904
00:45:03,048 --> 00:45:06,704
She used to sneak into her
mother's office, late at night,

905
00:45:06,791 --> 00:45:09,707
and not only read the books
she was too young to read,

906
00:45:09,794 --> 00:45:11,273
but she'd also read
her mother's book.

907
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,146
And back then Tanya was
still typing her books out

908
00:45:14,276 --> 00:45:16,235
on an old-school typewriter,
and she kept the pages

909
00:45:16,365 --> 00:45:18,541
in a thick folder on the desk.

910
00:45:18,672 --> 00:45:22,807
But we knew she was sneaking in
because in the morning,

911
00:45:22,894 --> 00:45:27,028
some of the pages had a little
fold on them, not so subtle.

912
00:45:27,115 --> 00:45:30,379
I thought
I was being surreptitious.

913
00:45:30,510 --> 00:45:34,514
- Sadly, you still think you are.
-[Mikaela] So what about you?

914
00:45:34,644 --> 00:45:38,257
When did you know
you were gonna be a writer?

915
00:45:38,344 --> 00:45:41,390
Actually, it was in third grade
when we lost our family dog.

916
00:45:41,521 --> 00:45:45,525
Hm, Jessie. I was crushed.

917
00:45:45,612 --> 00:45:47,483
We had a writing assignment
and I had to write a eulogy

918
00:45:47,570 --> 00:45:50,095
for the dog,
a long, emotional one

919
00:45:50,225 --> 00:45:51,487
about her life and her legacy.

920
00:45:51,574 --> 00:45:56,014
So, my third-grade teacher
called my parents and said,

921
00:45:56,144 --> 00:46:00,279
"This kid needs to write.
This is his calling."

922
00:46:00,366 --> 00:46:03,630
So my parents, they got me this
box-looking word processor,

923
00:46:03,717 --> 00:46:06,154
and I just started
writing everything. Well...

924
00:46:06,241 --> 00:46:09,462
I still got that story
of Jessie somewhere, though.

925
00:46:09,549 --> 00:46:12,987
Well, I would pay good money
to read that story now.

926
00:46:13,074 --> 00:46:15,773
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice.
Is it 4:00 already?

927
00:46:15,860 --> 00:46:20,952
I have to go and start dinner
for the rest of the crew.

928
00:46:21,039 --> 00:46:23,781
Well, I can go into town
and drop these off for you.

929
00:46:23,911 --> 00:46:26,566
Could you do that for me? It's
not gonna interrupt you, is it?

930
00:46:26,696 --> 00:46:29,482
- No, no, no. We'd be happy to.
-[Irving] Thank you.

931
00:46:29,569 --> 00:46:31,876
Uh, don't you have a story
to finish?

932
00:46:32,006 --> 00:46:34,574
Oh, I'm-I'm as fast of a writer
as I am a reader.

933
00:46:34,661 --> 00:46:37,403
[Irving chuckles]

934
00:46:37,490 --> 00:46:38,796
- All right.
-[Irving] Thank you. All right.

935
00:46:48,457 --> 00:46:50,503
- Can you get the door?
- I got it.

936
00:46:52,374 --> 00:46:53,462
[both] Oh.

937
00:46:53,593 --> 00:46:55,116
Let's try the other side. Yeah.

938
00:46:56,074 --> 00:47:00,165
- Oh.
- Oh, no! My book!

939
00:47:00,252 --> 00:47:01,166
Oh, no. Oh, no.

940
00:47:01,296 --> 00:47:04,822
I can't believe
they flew so far.

941
00:47:04,909 --> 00:47:08,042
Sheesh! Why do you still
print your pages?

942
00:47:08,173 --> 00:47:10,479
Seems a little outdated,
doesn't it?

943
00:47:10,566 --> 00:47:12,264
Hey, I use 100%

944
00:47:12,351 --> 00:47:17,704
post-consumer recycled paper,
chlorine-free, okay, buddy?

945
00:47:17,791 --> 00:47:20,054
[Levi] Yeah, I just,
just don't see the need for it.

946
00:47:20,141 --> 00:47:22,970
I don't know, it-it's just
something romantic,

947
00:47:23,057 --> 00:47:25,538
you know, having a hard copy,
and I can easily skim through it

948
00:47:25,625 --> 00:47:27,409
and make changes and notes.

949
00:47:27,540 --> 00:47:30,935
Maybe it reminds me
of when my mom

950
00:47:31,022 --> 00:47:33,372
would write her books and I
would sneak in and read them.

951
00:47:33,459 --> 00:47:35,635
Guess that's a good reason,
you know?

952
00:47:35,722 --> 00:47:38,159
I'm jealous of the relationship
you have with your parents.

953
00:47:39,552 --> 00:47:40,596
And the whole writing thing...

954
00:47:40,683 --> 00:47:42,772
My grandpa, he didn't want me
to be a writer.

955
00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:44,818
He said it wasn't practical.

956
00:47:44,905 --> 00:47:46,733
Yeah, well, that's not uncommon.

957
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:48,996
I hear that a lot
at writers' workshops.

958
00:47:49,083 --> 00:47:52,695
And to be honest, you know,
some, uh, writers

959
00:47:52,826 --> 00:47:57,483
could use their parents' advice,
but you, you're a great writer.

960
00:47:57,570 --> 00:47:59,398
- Thank you.
- Well...

961
00:47:59,485 --> 00:48:03,358
You know, this was
my mom's favorite spot

962
00:48:03,489 --> 00:48:07,232
to write on the property.
Her own little secret garden.

963
00:48:07,319 --> 00:48:10,539
- It's beautiful.
-[Mikaela] Yeah.

964
00:48:10,626 --> 00:48:12,106
When I was little,
she used to say

965
00:48:12,237 --> 00:48:15,240
that if you listened
closely enough,

966
00:48:15,370 --> 00:48:20,332
you can hear the little
woodland creatures and fairies,

967
00:48:20,462 --> 00:48:23,117
and they will give you
magical ideas for free.

968
00:48:23,204 --> 00:48:26,599
And so I would be out here

969
00:48:26,729 --> 00:48:29,602
waiting for hours, listening.

970
00:48:29,689 --> 00:48:32,910
But sometimes, sometimes

971
00:48:32,997 --> 00:48:35,825
I thought I could hear them.

972
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:38,306
Did she have, like,
a place she sat?

973
00:48:38,393 --> 00:48:40,004
Oh, yeah,
there's a rocking bench there

974
00:48:40,091 --> 00:48:42,963
and a little tea table there

975
00:48:43,050 --> 00:48:46,227
and a little bird feeder
and water feeder there.

976
00:48:46,358 --> 00:48:48,664
- Yeah.
- What happened to it?

977
00:48:48,795 --> 00:48:51,058
I don't know.
I, I guess it just got old.

978
00:48:51,145 --> 00:48:53,495
- You know, my dad replaced it.
- Hm.

979
00:48:53,582 --> 00:48:57,195
I, I think it hurt him
to come out here, so...

980
00:48:57,325 --> 00:49:02,722
He prefers the lakeside
where we spread her ashes.

981
00:49:02,809 --> 00:49:05,725
You know, it's crazy to think

982
00:49:05,855 --> 00:49:10,730
that fairies and woodland
critters are responsible

983
00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:13,689
for the books we've come to love
over the years.

984
00:49:13,776 --> 00:49:14,864
Hm.

985
00:49:14,995 --> 00:49:17,650
Yoo-hoo! Hello, you two!

986
00:49:20,392 --> 00:49:22,655
- Oh. Hm.
- What?

987
00:49:22,742 --> 00:49:24,222
- What is up?
- Uh, oh.

988
00:49:24,352 --> 00:49:28,617
Oh, this, my, my book just flew
all over the place

989
00:49:28,748 --> 00:49:32,317
and-and he was helping me get
it, and it was quite the ordeal.

990
00:49:32,447 --> 00:49:34,667
[laughs] Well, I have to say,

991
00:49:34,754 --> 00:49:36,886
this is just such a cozy little

992
00:49:36,974 --> 00:49:39,150
cute snow-angel chalet out here.

993
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,022
You know, I am just gonna slay

994
00:49:42,153 --> 00:49:45,156
those Prancer fireside poem
vibes, okay?

995
00:49:45,243 --> 00:49:48,420
Oh? Uh, a-a-and did you two
finish your short stories?

996
00:49:48,550 --> 00:49:52,380
I did. I did.
Like a fox to your inbox. What?

997
00:49:52,467 --> 00:49:53,555
- Oh! Oh!
- Oh!

998
00:49:53,686 --> 00:49:57,385
So, yeah, I was just gonna
take a long walk.

999
00:49:57,516 --> 00:50:00,301
Uh, anybody, anybody,
um, wanna join me?

1000
00:50:00,388 --> 00:50:02,129
Oh, actually,
we have to get a basket

1001
00:50:02,260 --> 00:50:04,566
to the kids in town, so...

1002
00:50:04,653 --> 00:50:06,699
- Oh.
- We probably should get going.

1003
00:50:06,786 --> 00:50:08,135
- Oh, yeah.
- I'm-I'm...

1004
00:50:08,222 --> 00:50:08,788
I'm gonna take
the basket to the car.

1005
00:50:08,918 --> 00:50:10,268
- Okay.
- Where'd you leave it?

1006
00:50:10,398 --> 00:50:12,009
- Oh, there.
- Okay.

1007
00:50:13,923 --> 00:50:14,881
-[Mikaela] Well...
- Well...

1008
00:50:14,968 --> 00:50:17,927
[laughs]
Actually...

1009
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:19,538
he is single, right?

1010
00:50:20,669 --> 00:50:22,236
Uh...

1011
00:50:22,367 --> 00:50:23,890
Tsk. Hm.

1012
00:50:25,022 --> 00:50:26,023
Hm?

1013
00:50:37,817 --> 00:50:41,299
Hm. Oh, my goodness, you are
cooking with Creole tonight.

1014
00:50:41,386 --> 00:50:43,040
You know, I could smell it
all the way across the chalet.

1015
00:50:43,127 --> 00:50:44,345
Yes, I am.

1016
00:50:44,432 --> 00:50:47,957
- Did you finish your homework?
- I did.

1017
00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:50,656
And, yeah, I have to admit,
I really enjoyed the assignment.

1018
00:50:50,743 --> 00:50:52,049
It has been a long time
since I've written

1019
00:50:52,136 --> 00:50:54,790
anything fun and fictional.

1020
00:50:54,877 --> 00:50:56,966
A toast to your imagination.

1021
00:50:57,054 --> 00:50:58,881
May it never grow too old

1022
00:50:58,968 --> 00:51:01,623
for a little fun
and a little bit of fiction.

1023
00:51:01,710 --> 00:51:05,627
Oh. Cheers. I like that.

1024
00:51:05,714 --> 00:51:07,977
Oh. Would you like to try
some of this?

1025
00:51:08,108 --> 00:51:11,764
Mm. Absolutely.
Yes, please, okay.

1026
00:51:11,894 --> 00:51:13,592
Okay. All right, here we go.

1027
00:51:16,595 --> 00:51:18,423
Mm, mm!

1028
00:51:20,251 --> 00:51:24,472
Oh, my gosh! That is heavenly.

1029
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:25,908
- You like it?
- Oh, my G... Abs...

1030
00:51:25,995 --> 00:51:27,997
That is definitely
going into my cookbook.

1031
00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:31,044
Yes, Irving's
herb-crusted rib roast,

1032
00:51:31,131 --> 00:51:33,046
guaranteed to bring
your holiday guests

1033
00:51:33,177 --> 00:51:34,439
right up to your doorstep.

1034
00:51:34,526 --> 00:51:35,614
Thank you. You can have it.

1035
00:51:35,744 --> 00:51:37,355
And, um, if you don't mind,

1036
00:51:37,485 --> 00:51:41,228
what are some of your
featured cookbook cuisines?

1037
00:51:41,315 --> 00:51:44,275
Wow, um,

1038
00:51:44,362 --> 00:51:46,233
that's kind of a tough one,
but, uh, I'd have to...

1039
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,279
Don't let me interrupt you.
Come on, come on.

1040
00:51:48,409 --> 00:51:51,064
Uh, let's see, I would have
to say that one of my favorites

1041
00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:54,546
is my crawfish
cornbread dressing,

1042
00:51:54,676 --> 00:51:58,767
my bourbon-butter sweet-potato
halves, all topped off with

1043
00:51:58,898 --> 00:52:03,946
a humongous slice of my praline
caramel-pumpkin loaf. Ha-ha!

1044
00:52:04,077 --> 00:52:06,688
Yes, you know, just a, just a
little tee nine chee bit, right?

1045
00:52:06,775 --> 00:52:09,300
You know, to kickstart
the hibernation. Hello.

1046
00:52:12,216 --> 00:52:14,131
I just decided.

1047
00:52:14,218 --> 00:52:16,916
I wanna cook that for the
Christmas Eve feast this year.

1048
00:52:17,003 --> 00:52:19,266
Is that all right?
Can I do that?

1049
00:52:19,353 --> 00:52:22,791
I'm-I'm honored,
but I, I, I, don't know

1050
00:52:22,878 --> 00:52:24,619
if I'll be able to stay
for Christmas Eve.

1051
00:52:24,750 --> 00:52:26,708
Oh, uh, that's okay.

1052
00:52:26,795 --> 00:52:31,583
You can invite your husband,
boyfriend, wife up here.

1053
00:52:31,670 --> 00:52:33,846
I appreciate that,
but I actually

1054
00:52:33,976 --> 00:52:36,109
don't have any of those. Yeah.

1055
00:52:36,196 --> 00:52:38,459
Well, I was married once,
just many moons ago,

1056
00:52:38,546 --> 00:52:42,028
to a man whose name
shall not be repeated.

1057
00:52:42,115 --> 00:52:44,813
And what-what about you?
Any love on the mountain?

1058
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:48,861
No. Nah, well, I mean, uh,
not since my wife left us.

1059
00:52:48,948 --> 00:52:50,558
Ah, it's, I don't know,
it's just not something

1060
00:52:50,645 --> 00:52:51,733
that I wanted to pursue.

1061
00:52:51,864 --> 00:52:53,213
Oh, okay.

1062
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,999
But I do hate to cook for myself
alone, so a lot of times

1063
00:52:57,086 --> 00:52:59,741
I'll book discounted rates
to, uh, you know,

1064
00:52:59,828 --> 00:53:02,831
get warm bodies up here.

1065
00:53:02,918 --> 00:53:07,227
Cheers to a full house
this Christmas.

1066
00:53:07,314 --> 00:53:08,707
Full house this Christmas.

1067
00:53:12,493 --> 00:53:13,668
Hey, guys!

1068
00:53:13,799 --> 00:53:14,713
- Hey, you're back.
- Hey!

1069
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:18,107
- How was the drop?
- The kids loved it.

1070
00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:19,979
And we even stayed
for a little of the rehearsal.

1071
00:53:20,066 --> 00:53:21,937
- Aww.
- Ugh.

1072
00:53:22,024 --> 00:53:24,070
I remember playing
the Ghost of Christmas Future

1073
00:53:24,157 --> 00:53:27,116
when I was a kid.
I need to recreate that look.

1074
00:53:27,204 --> 00:53:28,509
Ooh! Maybe I should even do that
for Christmas Eve?

1075
00:53:28,596 --> 00:53:33,340
Yes, oh, please.
Oh, this I have to see.

1076
00:53:33,427 --> 00:53:36,213
So what have you all been up to?
Did you finish your shorts?

1077
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:38,563
We did, and we decided
to reward ourselves

1078
00:53:38,693 --> 00:53:39,520
with a little hot toddy teatime.

1079
00:53:39,607 --> 00:53:42,175
- Oh?
- Would either of you like one?

1080
00:53:42,262 --> 00:53:44,046
- I would. You?
- Uh, well...

1081
00:53:44,133 --> 00:53:46,179
I'd love to, but I can't.

1082
00:53:46,310 --> 00:53:48,616
I actually need to get started
on reading those shorts

1083
00:53:48,703 --> 00:53:53,882
before dinner, but if you'll
excuse me. Um, have fun.

1084
00:53:53,969 --> 00:53:56,102
-[Keifer] Aww!
- See ya.

1085
00:53:56,189 --> 00:53:57,712
So, Olive, tell us everything
about the musical

1086
00:53:57,799 --> 00:54:00,759
that you're almost done writing.

1087
00:54:00,846 --> 00:54:02,804
Uh, Keifer says
it's Christmas-themed?

1088
00:54:02,935 --> 00:54:04,806
It is.

1089
00:54:04,937 --> 00:54:06,982
Ooh, we plan to open on Broadway
next year.

1090
00:54:07,113 --> 00:54:10,290
It's called <i>
Sleigh Belles Of The Ball.</i>

1091
00:54:10,377 --> 00:54:12,336
-[chuckles] Here you go.
- Oh, thank you.

1092
00:54:12,423 --> 00:54:15,730
You're welcome. It's about these
three very different sisters

1093
00:54:15,817 --> 00:54:17,950
all competing
for the love of this

1094
00:54:18,037 --> 00:54:19,995
salt-of-the-Earth-type
groundskeeper

1095
00:54:20,082 --> 00:54:22,911
who works on the family ranch,
at Christmas time!

1096
00:54:22,998 --> 00:54:25,392
Oh! I'm all into that, too. Yes!

1097
00:54:25,479 --> 00:54:26,872
You work so much in New York,

1098
00:54:26,959 --> 00:54:28,656
I'm surprised
you just don't live there.

1099
00:54:28,787 --> 00:54:30,702
Oh. Oh,
it's funny you should ask.

1100
00:54:30,789 --> 00:54:36,316
See, I have a place there, too,
but much like a songbird,

1101
00:54:36,403 --> 00:54:38,666
I prefer to fly south
for the winter.

1102
00:54:38,753 --> 00:54:42,017
Especially this year,
because I just went through

1103
00:54:42,104 --> 00:54:46,370
this awful off-Broadway breakup,
and am now totally single.

1104
00:54:46,457 --> 00:54:49,155
Oh, no. So sorry to hear that.

1105
00:54:49,242 --> 00:54:51,505
Oh, don't be.

1106
00:54:51,636 --> 00:54:54,595
Oh, it was all my undoing.
Anyway, I'm fine.

1107
00:54:54,726 --> 00:54:58,077
I've met more than enough
catches during my migration.

1108
00:54:58,207 --> 00:54:59,644
- Is that so now?
-[Olive] Mm-hmm.

1109
00:54:59,731 --> 00:55:03,387
- I just need to pick one.
- Well, good for you.

1110
00:55:03,474 --> 00:55:04,997
Who doesn't love
a little Christmas romance

1111
00:55:05,084 --> 00:55:06,477
at a winter retreat?

1112
00:55:06,564 --> 00:55:08,653
-[Keifer] I'll cheers to that.
- Cheers.

1113
00:55:10,481 --> 00:55:11,830
Cheers.

1114
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:13,875
-[Mitchell] Cheers.
- Yes.

1115
00:55:13,962 --> 00:55:16,661
[instrumental music]

1116
00:55:27,846 --> 00:55:30,022
Good morning,
early-bird bookworm.

1117
00:55:30,109 --> 00:55:32,067
Mm, morning.

1118
00:55:32,154 --> 00:55:37,029
Wow. Halfway through
my second book. Impressive.

1119
00:55:37,116 --> 00:55:40,249
What can I say? I mean,
Maya takes my mornings, too.

1120
00:55:40,380 --> 00:55:44,993
[chuckles] Oh. <i>
Reindeer Romances.</i>

1121
00:55:45,124 --> 00:55:48,214
"The tale of the little male
reindeer pining for the love

1122
00:55:48,301 --> 00:55:50,608
of the most beautiful
and regal reindeer of them all."

1123
00:55:50,695 --> 00:55:53,828
Yup. Did you enjoy it?

1124
00:55:53,959 --> 00:55:55,352
-[Mikaela] I did.
- Huh.

1125
00:55:55,439 --> 00:55:57,615
But I did have some issues

1126
00:55:57,702 --> 00:56:00,835
with her side of the same story.

1127
00:56:00,922 --> 00:56:01,575
There was a few places
that were off.

1128
00:56:01,662 --> 00:56:03,708
Yeah? How so?

1129
00:56:03,795 --> 00:56:06,145
I think
she's a lot more vulnerable

1130
00:56:06,232 --> 00:56:08,103
than you've made her out to be.

1131
00:56:08,190 --> 00:56:10,541
I mean, maybe she loves
to roam ahead of the herd

1132
00:56:10,671 --> 00:56:15,110
because she's been hurt
and afraid to open up again.

1133
00:56:15,197 --> 00:56:17,069
Mm.

1134
00:56:17,156 --> 00:56:19,724
Well, it is my first time
writing from the POV

1135
00:56:19,854 --> 00:56:22,988
of a complex lady reindeer,

1136
00:56:23,118 --> 00:56:27,819
so I appreciate any additional
insight you could give.

1137
00:56:27,949 --> 00:56:30,430
It's hard to open yourself up
to love again

1138
00:56:30,517 --> 00:56:32,911
when you've lost the person
you love the most.

1139
00:56:33,041 --> 00:56:36,131
My mom was everything to me.

1140
00:56:36,218 --> 00:56:40,962
And I lost her and my <i>fiance...</i>

1141
00:56:41,093 --> 00:56:43,704
seems like
in the blink of an eye.

1142
00:56:43,791 --> 00:56:47,926
You know, I know what it's like
to lose people you love

1143
00:56:48,013 --> 00:56:50,102
in the blink of an eye.

1144
00:56:50,189 --> 00:56:52,931
I lost my parents
at the same time as well.

1145
00:56:54,933 --> 00:56:56,413
But if you choose
not to love again,

1146
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:59,067
we're only missing out
on the very thing

1147
00:56:59,154 --> 00:57:02,244
that makes life worth living
to start.

1148
00:57:02,375 --> 00:57:06,553
You're a lot sweeter than
I originally pegged you to be.

1149
00:57:06,684 --> 00:57:10,122
There's something about you
that's just comfortable...

1150
00:57:10,905 --> 00:57:13,604
except when
you're trying to be funny.

1151
00:57:16,215 --> 00:57:17,825
It's been nice having you.

1152
00:57:17,912 --> 00:57:20,915
It's been nice being here.

1153
00:57:21,002 --> 00:57:24,266
But look, there's something
that I wanted to talk--

1154
00:57:24,353 --> 00:57:27,400
Look, I know, I know
you're a fan of my mom

1155
00:57:27,487 --> 00:57:30,055
and that that's the real reason
you came.

1156
00:57:30,142 --> 00:57:32,274
It's okay.
You know, it's a good reason.

1157
00:57:32,405 --> 00:57:36,627
Right, but I wanted to ask if...

1158
00:57:36,714 --> 00:57:39,717
if-if you're okay with it,
I-I don't know if,

1159
00:57:39,804 --> 00:57:42,676
if I maybe write a bio or
a piece about your mom's legacy.

1160
00:57:42,807 --> 00:57:46,506
We'd need to discuss it
some more,

1161
00:57:46,593 --> 00:57:50,075
but I think that if anyone
would be good at sharing

1162
00:57:50,162 --> 00:57:53,818
how wonderful she was,
you'd be a good fit.

1163
00:57:59,388 --> 00:58:00,215
[Tracy on voicemail] <i>
You've reached Tracy.</i>

1164
00:58:00,302 --> 00:58:02,261
<i>Leave me a message.</i>

1165
00:58:02,391 --> 00:58:07,092
Trace. Hey, it's, uh, Levi.

1166
00:58:07,222 --> 00:58:10,138
I-I just wanted to say
that this isn't the year

1167
00:58:10,269 --> 00:58:11,531
for this whole retrospect.

1168
00:58:11,662 --> 00:58:12,750
I have so many amazing things
to share

1169
00:58:12,837 --> 00:58:17,581
and it's just not
the right time right now.

1170
00:58:17,668 --> 00:58:19,191
Things, they move
a little slower up here

1171
00:58:19,278 --> 00:58:23,238
and I'm actually learning
to be thankful for that.

1172
00:58:23,325 --> 00:58:26,241
Anyway, look, I'm-I'm sorry.

1173
00:58:26,328 --> 00:58:28,374
And I understand if you don't
wanna commission me anymore

1174
00:58:28,505 --> 00:58:31,029
for leaving you hanging
like this,

1175
00:58:31,116 --> 00:58:34,728
but I really hope you'll let me
have another shot next year.

1176
00:58:34,815 --> 00:58:37,775
All right, um, well,
call me back when you can.

1177
00:58:49,177 --> 00:58:52,093
Oh. Wonder what that was about,
do you think?

1178
00:58:52,224 --> 00:58:53,399
No idea.

1179
00:58:58,143 --> 00:58:59,492
[Keifer]
Wow, those look amazing!

1180
00:58:59,579 --> 00:59:01,189
That's homemade cinnamon Graham.

1181
00:59:01,276 --> 00:59:03,148
That tastes even better
than it looks.

1182
00:59:03,278 --> 00:59:05,672
A little bit of mallow magic.
Please enjoy.

1183
00:59:05,803 --> 00:59:10,590
- Yes.
- Ooh. Oh.

1184
00:59:10,677 --> 00:59:12,810
-[shuddering]
- Oh. You sound so cold.

1185
00:59:12,940 --> 00:59:15,987
- Ooh, I am a little bit.
- I got you. I got you.

1186
00:59:16,074 --> 00:59:19,773
Oh. Thanks. Such a gentleman.

1187
00:59:19,904 --> 00:59:23,298
Uh, and-and we can pass
this candy cane

1188
00:59:23,429 --> 00:59:25,736
for whoever would like
to go first.

1189
00:59:27,781 --> 00:59:30,349
- Okay, I'll go!
- All right.

1190
00:59:30,436 --> 00:59:33,918
Okay. Um, all right, okay. Okay.

1191
00:59:34,005 --> 00:59:38,879
- So, my poem is called <i>Imagine.</i>
-[Irving] Ah.

1192
00:59:38,966 --> 00:59:43,144
"Imagine a place
where wild things are,

1193
00:59:43,275 --> 00:59:47,714
imagine this place,
imagine how far.

1194
00:59:47,801 --> 00:59:50,151
Imagine falling down
a white rabbit's hole,

1195
00:59:50,282 --> 00:59:53,154
only to find out
it has swallowed you whole.

1196
00:59:53,241 --> 00:59:56,723
Imagine mining through caves
with dwarves never seen,

1197
00:59:56,810 --> 00:59:59,204
or diving with scaly mermaids

1198
00:59:59,291 --> 01:00:02,511
in lagoons of deep green.

1199
01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:03,861
Imagine Father Christmas,

1200
01:00:03,991 --> 01:00:08,692
Jack Frost and me,

1201
01:00:08,779 --> 01:00:10,998
calling kids upon a sleigh.

1202
01:00:11,129 --> 01:00:14,219
Hey, kid, come to this world
and see!

1203
01:00:14,306 --> 01:00:16,613
Imagine riding

1204
01:00:16,743 --> 01:00:20,312
the largest long-gone dinosaur

1205
01:00:20,399 --> 01:00:24,098
and finding out
that your imagination

1206
01:00:24,185 --> 01:00:27,232
is but a key without a door..."

1207
01:00:31,105 --> 01:00:34,718
- Wow. Nice job.
- Amazing.

1208
01:00:34,805 --> 01:00:37,198
All right, all right,
all right, uh, who's next?

1209
01:00:37,329 --> 01:00:39,287
- You.
- I'm not going after that.

1210
01:00:39,374 --> 01:00:40,158
- No way! Nope!
- Oh, come on!

1211
01:00:40,288 --> 01:00:43,857
- And, uh, Levi, your turn.
- Yeah.

1212
01:00:43,944 --> 01:00:47,339
Uh. I'll hold your mallow
for you.

1213
01:00:47,426 --> 01:00:48,514
[Olive] Let's go.
Come on, somebody's got to go.

1214
01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:51,169
- Come on.
-[Irving] There you go.

1215
01:00:51,256 --> 01:00:53,171
[Olive] There you go.
Take your candy cane.

1216
01:00:56,217 --> 01:00:58,742
Ooh.

1217
01:00:58,829 --> 01:01:03,529
[chuckles] Um, so my poem
is called <i>Blue For You.</i>

1218
01:01:03,616 --> 01:01:08,229
"There was once the black to run
my hand through above your neck,

1219
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:09,840
and the brown gaze
that pierced me

1220
01:01:09,970 --> 01:01:13,234
from across our crowded parties.

1221
01:01:13,321 --> 01:01:15,410
But there was a blue tint
to everything you wore...

1222
01:01:16,150 --> 01:01:18,587
blue even if it
didn't have blue,

1223
01:01:18,718 --> 01:01:22,200
because in my eyes
you were always a little blue.

1224
01:01:24,245 --> 01:01:25,986
My heart used to tell me
all lies.

1225
01:01:26,073 --> 01:01:30,034
Your life is full.
Your job is full.

1226
01:01:31,426 --> 01:01:34,473
Your heart is full.

1227
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:36,170
Now I know my life is too light,

1228
01:01:36,257 --> 01:01:39,478
my job is too easy,
my heart is too empty.

1229
01:01:42,568 --> 01:01:45,571
But now they are all blue
to me, too.

1230
01:01:45,658 --> 01:01:47,355
There is blue
consuming the empty space

1231
01:01:47,442 --> 01:01:50,271
where you used to stand
next to me,

1232
01:01:50,358 --> 01:01:54,449
covered in colors, but blue,
and glowing from head to toe,

1233
01:01:54,580 --> 01:01:56,756
There is blue on the walls
where our love once hung

1234
01:01:56,843 --> 01:01:58,932
in pictures of you and me.

1235
01:01:59,063 --> 01:02:03,850
There is even blue noise in the
sounds of our favorite songs,

1236
01:02:03,981 --> 01:02:06,592
unfamiliar now and harsh,

1237
01:02:09,551 --> 01:02:11,640
And there's blue in my eyes.

1238
01:02:11,771 --> 01:02:13,077
All I can see...

1239
01:02:14,643 --> 01:02:16,254
is that I'm empty without you."

1240
01:02:18,430 --> 01:02:22,390
Well, uh, that was beautiful.

1241
01:02:22,477 --> 01:02:23,478
Thank you.

1242
01:02:23,565 --> 01:02:25,611
[indistinct chatter]

1243
01:02:28,614 --> 01:02:31,182
- Oh.
- Ooh. Uh, who's next?

1244
01:02:32,705 --> 01:02:36,622
- Sharon?
- Uh, oh, um, okay.

1245
01:02:36,709 --> 01:02:39,494
Fine, 'cause I sure enough
do not wanna go last.

1246
01:02:39,625 --> 01:02:41,192
- You got this.
- Here. Can you hold that for me?

1247
01:02:41,322 --> 01:02:42,410
- Sure.
- All right.

1248
01:02:42,541 --> 01:02:47,415
All right, here we go. Okay.

1249
01:02:47,546 --> 01:02:48,939
And just how did you know
that my favorite color is blue,

1250
01:02:49,026 --> 01:02:51,289
aside from powder pink?

1251
01:02:55,510 --> 01:02:56,642
[instrumental music]

1252
01:02:57,904 --> 01:03:00,689
-[clears throat]
- Oh. Wow. Okay.

1253
01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:03,040
Uh, what's all this?

1254
01:03:03,127 --> 01:03:06,173
Well, I tried to find the best
that I could find in town.

1255
01:03:06,304 --> 01:03:08,828
They didn't have a lot
of Creole options,

1256
01:03:08,959 --> 01:03:12,440
but I did buy everything
that I could find.

1257
01:03:12,527 --> 01:03:14,834
You did say that you wanted
to make my cookbook menu

1258
01:03:14,921 --> 01:03:16,575
for the Christmas Eve feast,
right?

1259
01:03:16,662 --> 01:03:18,707
- Yes, I did.
- Okay, well...

1260
01:03:18,795 --> 01:03:20,187
I figured I've still got
so much work left to do

1261
01:03:20,318 --> 01:03:24,017
on the cookbook,
that if it's okay with you,

1262
01:03:24,148 --> 01:03:25,279
we would just jump
right around in there

1263
01:03:25,366 --> 01:03:29,980
and try to perfect
some of these recipes together.

1264
01:03:30,067 --> 01:03:32,417
But the only problem is
is that there weren't a lot

1265
01:03:32,504 --> 01:03:33,461
of Creole spices left in town.

1266
01:03:33,548 --> 01:03:36,856
Well, you're in luck
because I pre-ordered

1267
01:03:36,943 --> 01:03:40,294
just about everything
that you're gonna need.

1268
01:03:40,425 --> 01:03:43,210
[chuckles] Look at you.

1269
01:03:43,341 --> 01:03:45,647
My secret sauce.

1270
01:03:45,734 --> 01:03:48,825
Okay, well, I guess this means
it was meant to be.

1271
01:03:48,912 --> 01:03:49,956
I guess it was.

1272
01:03:50,087 --> 01:03:50,348
We got our work cut out

1273
01:03:50,435 --> 01:03:53,003
for us then.

1274
01:03:53,090 --> 01:03:54,482
Wait, so does that mean
that you're gonna

1275
01:03:54,613 --> 01:03:56,049
stay through
the Christmas holidays?

1276
01:03:56,136 --> 01:03:59,313
I, I suppose so.

1277
01:03:59,444 --> 01:04:02,012
I really don't have anywhere
else to be, so why not?

1278
01:04:06,451 --> 01:04:06,973
Good morning, everyone.

1279
01:04:07,104 --> 01:04:09,106
Oh. Has anyone seen Levi?

1280
01:04:09,193 --> 01:04:12,239
Uh, I saw him this morning.

1281
01:04:12,370 --> 01:04:13,023
He was headed into town,
I believe.

1282
01:04:13,110 --> 01:04:16,461
Oh, okay.

1283
01:04:16,591 --> 01:04:19,638
Uh, well then, today is

1284
01:04:19,725 --> 01:04:22,467
Jack Frost's Freehand Challenge.

1285
01:04:22,554 --> 01:04:27,559
Now that we have the creative
cocoa flowing from within,

1286
01:04:27,646 --> 01:04:31,519
you get to focus on yourselves
today, no matter what that is.

1287
01:04:31,606 --> 01:04:35,349
Now, I know that Sharon is
working hard on her cookbook

1288
01:04:35,436 --> 01:04:38,570
and, Olive,
you have songs to write,

1289
01:04:38,657 --> 01:04:41,094
and, of course,
Mitchell is writing

1290
01:04:41,181 --> 01:04:44,097
our next blockbuster
action flick.

1291
01:04:44,184 --> 01:04:47,666
So take the time to do you,
and we can discuss

1292
01:04:47,796 --> 01:04:51,539
the New Year's newsletter when
Levi gets back. Sound good?

1293
01:04:51,670 --> 01:04:53,759
- Yeah.
-[Mikaela] Great.

1294
01:04:53,846 --> 01:04:56,196
Okay, great.
Well, I will let you get to it.

1295
01:04:59,025 --> 01:05:00,157
<i>♪ Hey ♪</i>

1296
01:05:00,287 --> 01:05:02,072
[upbeat music]

1297
01:05:06,990 --> 01:05:10,645
We gonna put one and two.

1298
01:05:10,732 --> 01:05:12,734
Wait, wait, wait.
What-what-what are you doing?

1299
01:05:12,865 --> 01:05:14,388
- That's, it's just too much.
-[Irving] It's two tablespoons.

1300
01:05:14,475 --> 01:05:15,955
- That's the recipe.
- No, no!

1301
01:05:16,042 --> 01:05:17,348
- It's just too much. Yes.
- You wanna taste it?

1302
01:05:17,435 --> 01:05:18,436
Come on.

1303
01:05:19,872 --> 01:05:21,830
- Okay.
- There.

1304
01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:23,397
Try it. What do you think?
It's perfect, right?

1305
01:05:23,528 --> 01:05:26,009
- Um...
- What are you...

1306
01:05:26,139 --> 01:05:27,053
-[laughs]
- Now it's perfect.

1307
01:05:27,140 --> 01:05:30,100
Okay.

1308
01:05:30,187 --> 01:05:33,973
<i>♪ Eight to eighty</i> <i>
we're all just kids ♪</i>

1309
01:05:34,060 --> 01:05:36,193
<i>♪ We can't wait till the 25th ♪</i>

1310
01:05:36,323 --> 01:05:39,326
<i>♪ It's time now ♪</i>

1311
01:05:39,457 --> 01:05:44,723
<i>♪ For the countdown</i> <i>
to Christmas ♪</i>

1312
01:05:44,853 --> 01:05:51,251
<i>♪ Right now it's the countdown</i> <i>
to Christmas ♪</i>

1313
01:05:53,123 --> 01:05:55,516
Hm, I think I know what
someone's putting in her

1314
01:05:55,603 --> 01:05:58,563
New Year's newsletter besides
wanting to finish her book.

1315
01:05:58,650 --> 01:06:00,086
What are you talking about?

1316
01:06:01,914 --> 01:06:04,743
Come on. Spill it.

1317
01:06:04,873 --> 01:06:07,093
- You two kissed?
-[scoffs]

1318
01:06:07,180 --> 01:06:07,789
Have you and Mitchell kissed?

1319
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:10,488
No. I'm keeping it professional.

1320
01:06:10,618 --> 01:06:11,663
I'm not gonna ask him out
until the week's over.

1321
01:06:11,750 --> 01:06:14,318
Hm, well, then me, too,
I am not asking Levi out

1322
01:06:14,405 --> 01:06:16,973
until he asks me out first.

1323
01:06:17,103 --> 01:06:20,889
[laughs]
Aww, Mik, I'm so happy for you.

1324
01:06:21,020 --> 01:06:25,155
I haven't seen you like this
since... ever.

1325
01:06:25,242 --> 01:06:28,071
Well, I am just ecstatic
that the second half of my book

1326
01:06:28,158 --> 01:06:30,116
is finally coming to me.

1327
01:06:30,203 --> 01:06:31,944
Uh-uh. Right.
Oh, yeah, that's all.

1328
01:06:32,075 --> 01:06:33,554
Oh, yeah. Sure.
Oh, that's it. Yeah.

1329
01:06:33,641 --> 01:06:36,079
- Okay.
-[Mikaela laughs]

1330
01:06:36,166 --> 01:06:38,255
Oh, by the way, did he, like,
ever ask you the questions

1331
01:06:38,342 --> 01:06:39,386
he said he wanted
to pick your brain about?

1332
01:06:39,517 --> 01:06:43,042
Nope, I mean,
he asked me questions, sure,

1333
01:06:43,129 --> 01:06:46,524
but not like
an interrogation. Why?

1334
01:06:46,611 --> 01:06:48,526
No, no reason,
I just, I heard him on the phone

1335
01:06:48,613 --> 01:06:50,702
talking about some project
he was commissioned for.

1336
01:06:50,789 --> 01:06:53,444
But it's really
none of my business.

1337
01:06:53,574 --> 01:06:54,880
I was just wondering.

1338
01:06:54,967 --> 01:06:57,274
And what are you
working on over there?

1339
01:06:57,361 --> 01:07:01,365
I'm actually just finishing up
notes on Mitchell's script.

1340
01:07:01,452 --> 01:07:04,977
You know what, it's really
quite good, actually.

1341
01:07:05,064 --> 01:07:07,153
And I'm not even saying that
in a biased way.

1342
01:07:07,284 --> 01:07:09,938
Well then, I guess you'll have
to go tell him the good news

1343
01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:10,461
when you're done
working on it, huh?

1344
01:07:10,591 --> 01:07:12,289
Oh. If I must, I must.

1345
01:07:12,376 --> 01:07:14,900
[laughs]

1346
01:07:22,125 --> 01:07:22,864
Need some help with that?

1347
01:07:22,951 --> 01:07:25,563
- Oh, thank you kindly.
- Yeah.

1348
01:07:25,650 --> 01:07:27,565
It's gonna get
a lot chillier tonight.

1349
01:07:27,652 --> 01:07:28,914
- Oh, yeah?
- Might even see some snow.

1350
01:07:29,001 --> 01:07:31,090
Hm, perfect way to start
Christmas Eve.

1351
01:07:31,177 --> 01:07:32,700
- You bet.
- Yeah.

1352
01:07:32,831 --> 01:07:34,746
So I, um, finished your script.

1353
01:07:35,442 --> 01:07:38,532
- And?
- Well, you were right.

1354
01:07:38,619 --> 01:07:40,099
Technically there were some issues.

1355
01:07:40,186 --> 01:07:43,015
I mean, there's some
major structural flaws,

1356
01:07:43,102 --> 01:07:44,973
and a couple of plot holes
here and there

1357
01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:48,890
that need fleshing out,
and if I'm being honest,

1358
01:07:48,977 --> 01:07:51,110
the story is a bit formulaic
as well.

1359
01:07:51,197 --> 01:07:53,591
But all that aside,

1360
01:07:53,678 --> 01:07:56,246
the dialogue was great,

1361
01:07:56,333 --> 01:07:59,640
the characters
are rich, deep, complex,

1362
01:07:59,727 --> 01:08:01,468
and more so than anything else,
very likable.

1363
01:08:01,555 --> 01:08:06,125
And where the story
sits in a formula, God, you went

1364
01:08:06,212 --> 01:08:08,649
above and beyond to break the
mold with your hero's journey.

1365
01:08:08,736 --> 01:08:11,348
- Do you really mean that?
- Yeah.

1366
01:08:11,435 --> 01:08:13,524
I mean, I just thought,
the world's first gay superhero.

1367
01:08:13,611 --> 01:08:15,395
Am I crazy?
The world's not ready for that!

1368
01:08:15,526 --> 01:08:18,659
You know what, I thought
the exact same thing at first,

1369
01:08:18,790 --> 01:08:20,574
but I think they are.

1370
01:08:25,579 --> 01:08:27,929
Are you seriously
telling me you're

1371
01:08:28,016 --> 01:08:29,888
one chapter
from the finish line?

1372
01:08:30,018 --> 01:08:31,498
- That's what I'm telling you.
-[Gigi] <i>Oh, Mikaela.</i>

1373
01:08:31,585 --> 01:08:35,807
You just made all
my Christmas wishes come true!

1374
01:08:35,937 --> 01:08:37,417
And here I thought
the retreat was going to be

1375
01:08:37,548 --> 01:08:38,766
a complete waste.

1376
01:08:38,853 --> 01:08:40,768
I guess what they say is true.

1377
01:08:40,855 --> 01:08:42,596
A mother always knows best, huh?

1378
01:08:42,683 --> 01:08:45,512
I guess so,
unless it's my mother.

1379
01:08:45,643 --> 01:08:49,125
- Merry Christmas, Geeg.
- Merry Christmas!

1380
01:08:56,001 --> 01:08:58,656
Hey, mister!
Where have you been all day?

1381
01:08:58,743 --> 01:09:00,832
Oh, I just had a few gifts
to pick up in town

1382
01:09:00,919 --> 01:09:01,963
for my fellow writers.

1383
01:09:02,094 --> 01:09:02,747
Oh, I see.

1384
01:09:02,834 --> 01:09:04,879
Well, you missed most of

1385
01:09:05,010 --> 01:09:07,578
Jack Frost's Freehand Session.

1386
01:09:07,665 --> 01:09:08,492
Ah, it's fine, I'm actually

1387
01:09:08,579 --> 01:09:12,800
all caught up
in my personal projects.

1388
01:09:12,931 --> 01:09:14,411
But I was thinking of a new one
if you might be game for it.

1389
01:09:14,541 --> 01:09:17,109
Oh, yeah? What's that?

1390
01:09:17,240 --> 01:09:20,025
I'd love to edit your new book.

1391
01:09:21,983 --> 01:09:23,594
I mean, it-it would be
an honor, really.

1392
01:09:23,724 --> 01:09:27,989
You did say your original editor
backed out recently, right?

1393
01:09:28,076 --> 01:09:31,776
Uh, I-I-I did, yeah,
but, um...

1394
01:09:31,863 --> 01:09:35,562
Wow. I mean, that's just...

1395
01:09:35,649 --> 01:09:40,915
It would just mean us spending
a lot of time together.

1396
01:09:41,046 --> 01:09:43,701
I mean, sounds perfect to me.

1397
01:09:48,227 --> 01:09:50,795
Um...

1398
01:09:50,882 --> 01:09:54,190
Can I, can I take a moment
to think about it?

1399
01:09:54,277 --> 01:09:57,541
Take all the time you need.
I'm not going anywhere.

1400
01:10:09,988 --> 01:10:11,772
All right, who is ready to play

1401
01:10:11,903 --> 01:10:12,512
'Twas The Treasure Hunt
Before Christmas?

1402
01:10:12,599 --> 01:10:14,688
Ooh, me, me, me!

1403
01:10:14,775 --> 01:10:18,126
All right, so, um, how exactly
do we play this again?

1404
01:10:18,214 --> 01:10:20,912
There's three notes
folded inside,

1405
01:10:20,999 --> 01:10:25,090
each one a clue to where
Secret Santa's stockings hide.

1406
01:10:25,177 --> 01:10:28,441
Whomever is brave enough
to reach in first

1407
01:10:28,572 --> 01:10:32,097
will pick a partner,
for better or for worse.

1408
01:10:32,184 --> 01:10:35,100
- Who's gonna be first?
- I'll go first.

1409
01:10:35,187 --> 01:10:37,711
- I love the enthusiasm.
- Okay.

1410
01:10:39,060 --> 01:10:41,367
- Oh.

1411
01:10:41,498 --> 01:10:43,369
- All right.
- Uh, stop, don't.

1412
01:10:45,763 --> 01:10:48,679
- What do we do now?
- Now you go find it.

1413
01:10:48,766 --> 01:10:50,681
- All right.
-[laughing]

1414
01:10:50,768 --> 01:10:52,726
- All right, who's next?
- I'll go.

1415
01:10:53,988 --> 01:10:56,513
Um, all righty.

1416
01:10:59,124 --> 01:11:01,866
- You. Come on.
- Thank God.

1417
01:11:01,953 --> 01:11:04,347
All right, um, so, uh...

1418
01:11:04,434 --> 01:11:05,870
[indistinct whispering]

1419
01:11:05,957 --> 01:11:08,220
- You think?
- We-we could try it.

1420
01:11:08,307 --> 01:11:11,919
We'll give it a try.
All right. And we're off!

1421
01:11:12,050 --> 01:11:16,010
All right, there's one left
saved for the two of you.

1422
01:11:16,141 --> 01:11:17,708
Okay.

1423
01:11:17,795 --> 01:11:18,709
- Irv, do you mind?
- Sure.

1424
01:11:18,796 --> 01:11:19,971
Thanks. Thanks, man.

1425
01:11:24,454 --> 01:11:26,412
- Okay, let's go.
- Let's go.

1426
01:11:33,898 --> 01:11:38,119
Ooh. Whoa.

1427
01:11:38,206 --> 01:11:44,038
Okay, I'm gonna check in here.
No.

1428
01:11:44,169 --> 01:11:47,651
Why don't we check
the secret bookshelf?

1429
01:11:49,261 --> 01:11:50,436
- Secret bookshelf?
- Yeah.

1430
01:11:50,523 --> 01:11:52,482
What?

1431
01:11:53,874 --> 01:11:57,095
All right, come on, watch your
step, careful, all right.

1432
01:11:57,182 --> 01:11:59,140
Okay, um... Gosh, I don't know.

1433
01:11:59,227 --> 01:12:01,926
Maybe when this thing
says loft, do you...

1434
01:12:02,056 --> 01:12:06,322
Didn't actually mean the loft.
Okay, just... Uh...

1435
01:12:08,846 --> 01:12:11,065
I-I don't know.
What-what do you think?

1436
01:12:11,196 --> 01:12:12,806
Where else do you think
it could be?

1437
01:12:14,155 --> 01:12:15,983
Hello?

1438
01:12:16,070 --> 01:12:19,857
[chuckles] Oh, it has to be my
mother's secret garden.

1439
01:12:19,944 --> 01:12:20,988
- Hm.
-[Mikaela chuckles]

1440
01:12:27,952 --> 01:12:30,650
[instrumental music]

1441
01:12:33,740 --> 01:12:36,177
Levi, did you do this?

1442
01:12:39,616 --> 01:12:44,185
[Levi] I figured if you're going
to revive her retreat,

1443
01:12:44,316 --> 01:12:46,884
you might wanna revive her
favorite place to write, too.

1444
01:12:50,278 --> 01:12:52,890
Levi, I...
I don't know what to say.

1445
01:12:52,977 --> 01:12:55,588
- D-did my dad...
- Yeah.

1446
01:12:55,675 --> 01:12:58,025
I talked to him this morning
and he said I could.

1447
01:12:58,112 --> 01:13:00,593
He said you were ready,
and if you were, he was, too.

1448
01:13:00,724 --> 01:13:05,293
This is amazing, you know,
it's even more magical

1449
01:13:05,381 --> 01:13:06,947
than I remember it
when I was a kid.

1450
01:13:07,078 --> 01:13:09,776
And where did you find
two turtledoves?

1451
01:13:09,907 --> 01:13:12,823
Oh, um, you know,
Santa's secret stockings.

1452
01:13:12,910 --> 01:13:15,086
- Duh!
- Oh. Is that so?

1453
01:13:15,216 --> 01:13:17,305
- Mm-hmm.
- Wait, there it is!

1454
01:13:17,393 --> 01:13:18,263
Oh!

1455
01:13:19,569 --> 01:13:21,397
Ah!

1456
01:13:22,310 --> 01:13:23,311
All right.

1457
01:13:23,747 --> 01:13:27,315
- You do the honors.
- Hm.

1458
01:13:27,403 --> 01:13:32,103
Mistletoe?
Jeez, dad. How original.

1459
01:13:32,190 --> 01:13:35,106
You know, the moment
kinda writes itself already.

1460
01:13:35,236 --> 01:13:36,412
[Olive] Your piece on her mother

1461
01:13:36,542 --> 01:13:37,674
certainly won't write itself,
though.

1462
01:13:37,761 --> 01:13:42,461
- I'm sorry?
- I'm sorry, Mikaela.

1463
01:13:42,548 --> 01:13:44,463
And I'm sorry
I read your journal,

1464
01:13:44,550 --> 01:13:48,772
but, honestly, I would've
expected more from you.

1465
01:13:54,604 --> 01:13:57,781
What is she talking about,
piece?

1466
01:13:57,868 --> 01:13:59,173
Look, you know
when I asked yesterday

1467
01:13:59,304 --> 01:14:00,871
if I could at some point

1468
01:14:00,958 --> 01:14:02,612
write a bio or a piece
on your mom's legacy?

1469
01:14:02,742 --> 01:14:06,442
Yeah, but I said
I would think about it.

1470
01:14:06,572 --> 01:14:08,356
Right, and when you said that,

1471
01:14:08,487 --> 01:14:10,358
I knew it wasn't
the right time, so I--

1472
01:14:10,446 --> 01:14:11,751
I-it wasn't the right time
for what?

1473
01:14:11,838 --> 01:14:12,578
What is in that journal?

1474
01:14:12,665 --> 01:14:16,364
Look, Mikaela,

1475
01:14:16,452 --> 01:14:19,759
when I first came
to your workshop,

1476
01:14:19,846 --> 01:14:24,416
I was contracted to do
a retrospect on your mother.

1477
01:14:24,547 --> 01:14:28,028
A little, a little holiday piece
in The Happy Angeleno.

1478
01:14:28,115 --> 01:14:29,203
And at the time it wasn't
something that I thought

1479
01:14:29,334 --> 01:14:30,727
I could write unless you answer
some questions.

1480
01:14:30,814 --> 01:14:34,687
So you had to get close to me

1481
01:14:34,774 --> 01:14:37,385
so you could get the real
inside scoop on her life.

1482
01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:41,085
Mikaela, you know
that site isn't some tabloid,

1483
01:14:41,215 --> 01:14:44,262
some, some gossip.
And I'm not even a reporter.

1484
01:14:44,392 --> 01:14:46,482
We just wanted to share
some fascinating facts

1485
01:14:46,569 --> 01:14:48,875
about your mom's legacy
because so many people love her,

1486
01:14:48,962 --> 01:14:53,489
and so many people wanna know
so much more about her.

1487
01:14:53,576 --> 01:14:56,404
We thought that it would be
something special for everyone

1488
01:14:56,535 --> 01:14:57,710
to hear and to enjoy
during the holidays.

1489
01:14:57,841 --> 01:15:00,931
But it wasn't
your story to tell!

1490
01:15:01,061 --> 01:15:03,281
I know, I know.

1491
01:15:03,368 --> 01:15:04,891
And that's why
I called my boss yesterday

1492
01:15:04,978 --> 01:15:06,327
to tell her
I couldn't do the piece.

1493
01:15:06,414 --> 01:15:09,417
- And that it just wasn't--
- And that what?

1494
01:15:09,548 --> 01:15:13,552
Oh, and that you had fallen
for her daughter

1495
01:15:13,639 --> 01:15:18,035
after using her to get
into the retreat for your piece?

1496
01:15:18,122 --> 01:15:20,559
I mean, w-was any of this real?

1497
01:15:20,690 --> 01:15:24,215
Of course.
Of course it was, Mikaela.

1498
01:15:26,173 --> 01:15:28,001
- I have fallen for you--
- No.

1499
01:15:28,088 --> 01:15:31,962
You are a great liar.

1500
01:15:32,092 --> 01:15:34,878
So how can I believe
anything you say is real?

1501
01:15:35,008 --> 01:15:36,532
Oh, my God.

1502
01:15:36,619 --> 01:15:39,535
You know, you should be
a fiction writer

1503
01:15:39,622 --> 01:15:43,234
because you definitely
had me fooled there.

1504
01:15:45,018 --> 01:15:46,019
Oh.

1505
01:15:51,024 --> 01:15:53,157
[indistinct chatter]

1506
01:15:53,810 --> 01:15:56,943
- So cute.
-[door opens]

1507
01:15:57,074 --> 01:15:58,554
-[Mitchell] I love this.
-[door shuts]

1508
01:16:01,469 --> 01:16:02,906
- Don't.
- Mikaela?

1509
01:16:04,472 --> 01:16:06,300
- Excuse me.
- What happened?

1510
01:16:06,431 --> 01:16:07,432
I don't know.

1511
01:16:17,573 --> 01:16:20,271
[instrumental music]

1512
01:16:46,427 --> 01:16:49,300
She didn't come down
for breakfast.

1513
01:16:49,387 --> 01:16:53,173
Right, when her mom left us,

1514
01:16:53,260 --> 01:16:57,221
she, uh, didn't eat for a week.
Couldn't get her to move.

1515
01:16:57,308 --> 01:16:59,832
She just sat and stared out
her window and...

1516
01:16:59,919 --> 01:17:03,140
I don't expect
this is gonna be any different.

1517
01:17:13,324 --> 01:17:15,152
I finished my songs yesterday.

1518
01:17:15,239 --> 01:17:17,502
Was this before or after
you blew up the entire retreat

1519
01:17:17,589 --> 01:17:19,809
because you were upset
over your little crush?

1520
01:17:28,731 --> 01:17:31,342
In her defense,
he was lying to us.

1521
01:17:44,268 --> 01:17:46,836
[instrumental music]

1522
01:17:56,759 --> 01:17:59,370
[footsteps approaching]

1523
01:18:01,981 --> 01:18:04,027
I'm guessing it's a long shot
to get you to eat,

1524
01:18:04,114 --> 01:18:08,945
but Sharon's recipes
are even better than mine.

1525
01:18:09,075 --> 01:18:11,034
Thanks, daddy.

1526
01:18:11,121 --> 01:18:12,339
- There you go.
- Mm-hmm.

1527
01:18:16,822 --> 01:18:18,563
You come out here
to talk to her?

1528
01:18:19,564 --> 01:18:21,392
Yeah. I guess.

1529
01:18:23,176 --> 01:18:25,178
Not much to say, though.

1530
01:18:25,265 --> 01:18:28,181
Maybe this was all
just a big mistake.

1531
01:18:28,312 --> 01:18:30,357
Oh, don't say that, honey.

1532
01:18:30,488 --> 01:18:35,449
This is some of the most fun
I've had since your mom passed.

1533
01:18:35,580 --> 01:18:37,625
Having all these amazing people
out here,

1534
01:18:37,756 --> 01:18:40,498
they didn't feel like
my normal guests

1535
01:18:40,585 --> 01:18:43,544
that I was giving a hot meal to.

1536
01:18:43,631 --> 01:18:47,026
It started to feel
like... home again.

1537
01:18:47,113 --> 01:18:52,031
- Yeah, it did, didn't it?
- Mm-hmm.

1538
01:18:52,162 --> 01:18:54,294
And this guy Levi,

1539
01:18:54,425 --> 01:18:58,211
I think his feelings for you
are real.

1540
01:18:58,298 --> 01:19:00,779
When he showed up
at the crack of dawn

1541
01:19:00,866 --> 01:19:03,434
wanting to revive
your mother's secret garden?

1542
01:19:05,349 --> 01:19:06,480
You can't fake that, honey.

1543
01:19:06,611 --> 01:19:08,395
But that doesn't change
where his intentions were

1544
01:19:08,482 --> 01:19:09,179
from the start.

1545
01:19:09,266 --> 01:19:11,747
But is it so bad he wants

1546
01:19:11,834 --> 01:19:13,749
to tell your mother's story?

1547
01:19:13,879 --> 01:19:18,101
I mean, you and I haven't been
the best at doing her justice.

1548
01:19:18,188 --> 01:19:21,757
Yeah. I guess
you're right about that.

1549
01:19:25,325 --> 01:19:27,763
I don't know, it's just,

1550
01:19:27,850 --> 01:19:30,809
growing up,
mom was always in the spotlight.

1551
01:19:30,896 --> 01:19:34,465
And then when I grew up,
suddenly I was in the spotlight,

1552
01:19:34,595 --> 01:19:39,078
and, and nothing
ever felt sacred.

1553
01:19:39,209 --> 01:19:41,777
So when we lost her,

1554
01:19:41,907 --> 01:19:44,605
I just wanted to protect that,

1555
01:19:44,736 --> 01:19:46,999
just that little part of her,

1556
01:19:47,086 --> 01:19:50,133
that little part
that we had left.

1557
01:19:50,263 --> 01:19:53,527
Yeah, I guess it's okay
to wanna protect

1558
01:19:53,614 --> 01:19:55,529
the little parts in between

1559
01:19:55,616 --> 01:19:59,664
and how hard it was
for you and me in the end.

1560
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,103
But your mom's life
was so much more

1561
01:20:04,190 --> 01:20:06,062
than what she gave you and me.

1562
01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:09,935
She gave so much to so many.

1563
01:20:11,110 --> 01:20:13,678
Kind of like you're doing now.

1564
01:20:15,462 --> 01:20:17,508
All of those things?

1565
01:20:17,595 --> 01:20:21,120
The gifts that
you and your mother were given,

1566
01:20:21,207 --> 01:20:23,122
they're not just for you and me.

1567
01:20:27,997 --> 01:20:31,522
Thank you, dad,
for being the best.

1568
01:20:31,652 --> 01:20:32,523
Hm.

1569
01:20:39,878 --> 01:20:41,619
- Thanks, dad.
- Of course.

1570
01:20:42,185 --> 01:20:43,360
Mikaela?

1571
01:20:44,927 --> 01:20:46,058
- Hey.
-[Olive] Hey.

1572
01:20:46,189 --> 01:20:49,975
I'm sorry for being me,
sometimes.

1573
01:20:50,062 --> 01:20:53,326
But I think you should see this.

1574
01:20:55,720 --> 01:20:56,677
Okay.

1575
01:21:03,380 --> 01:21:06,035
[instrumental music]

1576
01:21:20,092 --> 01:21:22,790
[laughing]

1577
01:21:22,921 --> 01:21:25,663
Cheers to the retreat!

1578
01:21:25,750 --> 01:21:27,056
[all] To the retreat!

1579
01:21:33,366 --> 01:21:37,196
So, what are the chances you
might come out again next year?

1580
01:21:37,283 --> 01:21:40,112
To write your next cookbook,
perhaps?

1581
01:21:40,199 --> 01:21:41,679
Well, I told Mikaela
when I arrived

1582
01:21:41,766 --> 01:21:45,988
that, uh, I would retire here.

1583
01:21:46,075 --> 01:21:49,426
So I'd say
it was very probable.

1584
01:21:50,906 --> 01:21:52,255
Oh.

1585
01:21:52,385 --> 01:21:54,083
[Olive] No, but I really
do love Broadway.

1586
01:21:54,213 --> 01:21:56,259
- So I'm so excited. I know.
-[Mikaela] Well, I am too.

1587
01:21:56,389 --> 01:21:58,435
[Olive] So you can come anytime.
[Mikaela] I can't wait, it's...

1588
01:21:58,565 --> 01:22:01,917
[Olive] Look at the two.
Look at Mitchell.

1589
01:22:02,047 --> 01:22:05,094
So, you two gonna write this
script together now or what?

1590
01:22:05,181 --> 01:22:07,879
Uh, I think so.

1591
01:22:08,010 --> 01:22:09,446
Keifer's just really good
with details in a way

1592
01:22:09,533 --> 01:22:11,535
that I am not.

1593
01:22:11,665 --> 01:22:13,667
I also think I might
be moving to Los Angeles soon.

1594
01:22:13,798 --> 01:22:17,193
I just have to figure out
a real job first.

1595
01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:19,151
Oh, don't worry about that.
We'll help you find something.

1596
01:22:19,238 --> 01:22:21,545
Oh, well,
I can help you with a job.

1597
01:22:21,632 --> 01:22:24,548
[chuckles] I'm looking for an
LA assistant myself right now

1598
01:22:24,678 --> 01:22:26,245
for when I go back to New York
in the spring

1599
01:22:26,332 --> 01:22:28,900
and I think that you would
just be perfect for it.

1600
01:22:28,987 --> 01:22:30,162
- Seriously?
- Yeah.

1601
01:22:30,293 --> 01:22:32,164
You say the words,
and it's yours.

1602
01:22:32,295 --> 01:22:34,950
- Just like Christmas magic!
-[laughing]

1603
01:22:35,037 --> 01:22:36,473
See? Told you
this is how it works.

1604
01:22:36,603 --> 01:22:37,778
It's all about who you know.

1605
01:22:37,909 --> 01:22:39,302
Well, then to who you know.

1606
01:22:39,389 --> 01:22:41,869
- Cheers.
- Cheers.

1607
01:22:41,957 --> 01:22:44,089
Oh, and what are the chances

1608
01:22:44,176 --> 01:22:46,483
we can get you to sing
your new song for us?

1609
01:22:46,613 --> 01:22:49,703
Oh, please!

1610
01:22:49,834 --> 01:22:51,270
It would be an honor.

1611
01:22:51,357 --> 01:22:52,663
- Yes!
- Oh, yay!

1612
01:22:52,750 --> 01:22:56,058
- Now.
- Okay. All right.

1613
01:22:56,145 --> 01:22:58,843
[instrumental music]

1614
01:23:07,156 --> 01:23:12,074
<i>♪ Counting down the days</i> <i>
for the seasons to change ♪</i>

1615
01:23:12,161 --> 01:23:16,774
<i>♪ I feel a love that's true</i> <i>
it makes the heart feel new ♪</i>

1616
01:23:16,861 --> 01:23:21,692
<i>♪ Years can fade away</i> <i>
but the memories will stay ♪</i>

1617
01:23:21,822 --> 01:23:25,391
<i>♪ No matter how far how apart ♪</i>

1618
01:23:25,478 --> 01:23:30,875
<i>♪ I know love will find a way ♪</i>

1619
01:23:30,962 --> 01:23:36,228
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1620
01:23:36,315 --> 01:23:42,147
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1621
01:23:42,278 --> 01:23:45,498
<i>♪ Love will always ♪</i>

1622
01:23:45,585 --> 01:23:49,546
<i>♪ Find a way ♪</i>

1623
01:23:52,940 --> 01:23:55,378
[Olive humming]

1624
01:23:58,207 --> 01:23:59,208
So...

1625
01:24:00,948 --> 01:24:03,429
why are you back here, Levi?

1626
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:05,605
Well, I didn't come back
for my folder,

1627
01:24:05,692 --> 01:24:08,434
which I honestly was planning
to shred when I got back.

1628
01:24:08,521 --> 01:24:09,392
You were just planning
to shred it?

1629
01:24:09,479 --> 01:24:11,394
Yeah, I was,
until your dad asked me

1630
01:24:11,524 --> 01:24:11,568
to come back 'cause I forgot it.

1631
01:24:11,698 --> 01:24:13,918
Oh.

1632
01:24:14,005 --> 01:24:15,659
So my father is the reason

1633
01:24:15,746 --> 01:24:18,662
that you returned.

1634
01:24:18,749 --> 01:24:21,534
It's only short-lived, I swear.

1635
01:24:21,621 --> 01:24:24,537
That is, unless
my one true Christmas wish

1636
01:24:24,668 --> 01:24:27,453
to be forgiven is in the cards.

1637
01:24:27,540 --> 01:24:31,588
So, you had one wish,
to be let in to the retreat,

1638
01:24:31,718 --> 01:24:33,068
and now you have another wish,

1639
01:24:33,198 --> 01:24:36,071
to be forgiven
and to be able to stay?

1640
01:24:36,158 --> 01:24:38,551
I never said anything
about staying,

1641
01:24:38,638 --> 01:24:40,771
but considering the snow
that's coming in,

1642
01:24:40,858 --> 01:24:43,295
that might be nice as well.

1643
01:24:43,382 --> 01:24:44,818
I read the retrospect.

1644
01:24:44,905 --> 01:24:48,909
Old-school
messy handwriting, too.

1645
01:24:48,996 --> 01:24:51,521
Impressive.

1646
01:24:51,651 --> 01:24:53,436
My mother would have been proud
of the story

1647
01:24:53,566 --> 01:24:55,351
you're trying to tell
about her life.

1648
01:24:55,481 --> 01:24:59,616
To be honest, I'm just sad
it's taken me this long

1649
01:24:59,703 --> 01:25:01,313
to be able to share it, too.

1650
01:25:01,444 --> 01:25:04,534
Look, I'm sorry for taking
advantage of that trust.

1651
01:25:04,664 --> 01:25:09,365
The things you shared to me
about you, her, the retreat...

1652
01:25:09,452 --> 01:25:12,063
Those were stories
that needed to be told.

1653
01:25:12,150 --> 01:25:14,805
So thank you
for bringing them back to life.

1654
01:25:16,023 --> 01:25:17,764
For bringing me
back to life, Levi.

1655
01:25:17,851 --> 01:25:19,940
Hey.

1656
01:25:20,027 --> 01:25:24,293
You finishing your book,
that's all you.

1657
01:25:25,903 --> 01:25:28,645
I'm in awe of you, Mikaela.

1658
01:25:31,648 --> 01:25:32,823
By the way,
did you, did you finish it?

1659
01:25:32,910 --> 01:25:34,912
- I did.
- Oh, yeah?

1660
01:25:34,999 --> 01:25:38,698
Okay, so look,
I got one question

1661
01:25:38,785 --> 01:25:39,873
because a lot of people
are gonna be asking...

1662
01:25:39,960 --> 01:25:41,005
Mm-hmm.

1663
01:25:42,398 --> 01:25:43,703
Did Maya finally find love?

1664
01:25:43,790 --> 01:25:45,923
She did.

1665
01:25:46,010 --> 01:25:49,056
And it was with that
pain-in-the-butt Jerome

1666
01:25:49,144 --> 01:25:51,668
that she never got along with.

1667
01:25:51,798 --> 01:25:55,846
The one that challenged her,

1668
01:25:55,933 --> 01:25:57,848
the one that made her
challenge herself.

1669
01:25:57,935 --> 01:26:02,418
But I am glad
that Maya finally got

1670
01:26:02,505 --> 01:26:04,289
her happily ever after.

1671
01:26:04,376 --> 01:26:07,988
So what about you?
Are you gonna find yours?

1672
01:26:10,382 --> 01:26:13,516
How about we start

1673
01:26:13,603 --> 01:26:16,823
by going to your grams'
crazy holiday party tomorrow?

1674
01:26:18,608 --> 01:26:20,262
And then, I don't know...

1675
01:26:21,088 --> 01:26:23,656
figure out the rest
as we go along.

1676
01:26:23,743 --> 01:26:25,658
I like that. Yeah.

1677
01:26:27,443 --> 01:26:29,706
Merry Christmas, Mikaela.

1678
01:26:29,793 --> 01:26:31,011
Merry Christmas.

1679
01:26:32,665 --> 01:26:35,364
[instrumental music]

1680
01:26:43,894 --> 01:26:45,896
You want some?

1681
01:26:49,116 --> 01:26:50,509
[indistinct chatter]

1682
01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:53,208
[instrumental music]

1683
01:26:56,080 --> 01:27:02,434
<i>♪ Counting down the days</i> <i>
for the seasons to change ♪</i>

1684
01:27:02,521 --> 01:27:07,874
<i>♪ I feel a love that's true</i> <i>
it makes the heart feel new ♪</i>

1685
01:27:08,005 --> 01:27:13,053
<i>♪ Years can fade away</i> <i>
but the memories will stay ♪</i>

1686
01:27:13,184 --> 01:27:15,752
<i>♪ No matter how far how apart ♪</i>

1687
01:27:15,882 --> 01:27:21,105
<i>♪ I know love will find a way ♪</i>

1688
01:27:21,192 --> 01:27:26,284
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1689
01:27:26,371 --> 01:27:32,247
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1690
01:27:32,334 --> 01:27:34,858
<i>♪ Love will always ♪</i>

1691
01:27:34,945 --> 01:27:39,776
<i>♪ Find a way ♪</i>

1692
01:27:43,170 --> 01:27:45,956
[humming]

1693
01:27:50,439 --> 01:27:55,618
<i>♪ I see the guiding light</i> <i>
within the winter's night ♪</i>

1694
01:27:55,748 --> 01:27:57,010
<i>♪ I found</i> <i>
what I was looking for ♪</i>

1695
01:27:57,097 --> 01:28:00,231
<i>♪ But almost lost much more ♪</i>

1696
01:28:00,318 --> 01:28:06,281
<i>♪ But now I see you there</i> <i>
with so much life to share ♪</i>

1697
01:28:06,368 --> 01:28:08,108
<i>♪ And no matter</i> <i>
how far how apart ♪</i>

1698
01:28:08,195 --> 01:28:14,158
<i>♪ I know love will find a way ♪</i>

1699
01:28:14,245 --> 01:28:19,642
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1700
01:28:19,729 --> 01:28:25,648
<i>♪ Love will find a way ♪</i>

1701
01:28:25,735 --> 01:28:29,173
<i>♪ Love will always ♪</i>

1702
01:28:29,260 --> 01:28:33,482
<i>♪ Find a way ♪</i>

1703
01:28:43,927 --> 01:28:48,975
<i>♪ Counting down the days</i> <i>
for the seasons to change ♪</i>

1704
01:28:49,062 --> 01:28:51,674
<i>♪ I feel a love that's true ♪</i>

1705
01:28:51,804 --> 01:28:55,634
<i>♪ I found it all in you ♪</i>