- ["Destination" by Nickel Creek playing] - ♪ You don't owe me ♪
♪ One more minute of your wasted time ♪
♪ You act like it's all fine ♪
♪ It isn't hard to leave ♪
♪ Knowing that I'll be getting life On track ♪
♪ I wanted to believe ♪
♪ I've gotta make a destination ♪
♪ Find where I belong ♪
♪ This time I've got no hesitation ♪
♪ I'll be movin' on ♪
♪ To where I belong ♪
♪ I'll be movin' on ♪
♪ Over the line I've drawn ♪
♪ I'm already gone ♪
[music fades]
[solemn music playing]
- [door opens] - [shopkeepers bell rings]
[door closes]
Well, I'd say don't stand, but it is easier to hug you.
[both chuckle]
If... if I may.
- Oh. [chuckles] - [Erik chuckles]
[inhales sharply] Oh! [chuckles]
[Erik chuckles softly]
[gentle music playing]
It sure does my heart good to sit here with you.
I've been keeping tabs on you though. Through Isaac.
What did he tell you?
Just that you were... well.
That's kind.
Mm, why are you surprised?
Is there something I'm not supposed to know?
Uh, I did hear that you and Ronnie are renewing your vows.
- [chuckles] Congratulations! - [laughing] Thank you.
[both chuckle]
We're having a... a little celebration for the renewal,
and, uh, we would love for you,
as the best pastry chef to ever set foot in Serenity,
to make the cake.
And
I'd love for you to come back to Sullivan's.
Please say you're ready.
I can't.
Can't which?
Make your cake
or come back.
- Or have this conversation. - I failed you as a boss and as a friend.
Please let me make it right.
I betrayed you.
Betrayed Isaac and the rest of the crew
and my own principles.
By taking a break?
By running away from my problems
and compounding them
by winding up in an even more difficult place.
I've been working for Kathy.
That's... Oh, that's not... that's not funny.
I don't mean for it to be. I didn't know who she was to you.
Well, she sure as hell knew who you are to me.
- I only found out after I quit. - Oh dear Lord. You quit?
- Labor Day weekend. - [Dana Sue sighs]
So she came and trashed my kitchen because you rejected her.
She did what?
It doesn't matter.
It does! Look at the damage I've caused
because my pride and I had to hightail it out of town.
And I don't wanna make it worse.
Staying away from those who love you doesn't make it worse?
Your deciding this is something I can't forgive makes it better?
I don't wanna hurt you.
You lost faith in our friendship.
Maybe I lost faith in myself.
I could help with both of those things
if... if you'd let me.
[somber music playing]
Do whatever makes you feel better,
but my broken heart and I gotta go.
[somber music continues]
[door opens]
[door closes]
Just because they like the narwhal better
doesn't mean they get to treat the unicorn worse.
- [Paula chuckles] - You're absolutely right.
Who in Princess Katie's kingdom is rude to the narwhal?
All the griffins growl mean things about her at lunch.
[crayon scratching on paper]
Is... is everything all right at school?
Yeah. Why?
Well, Nana and I just wanna know if you're using the story for the book
as a way to tell us about problems at school.
If I had a problem, I'd tell you.
I'm not afraid of griffins,
and you and Nana told me to make up stories for the book.
It's a sign that you are so good at telling stories
that your mom and I got worried for a moment, honey.
[Paula chuckles]
[happy music playing]
Well, this is quite the welcome committee.
Uh, we started inside near the, uh, sandwiches and lemonade,
but your mom and her church friends shooed us out here to greet you.
And to keep us away from the sandwiches and lemonade, I'm sure.
Wayne, my brother.
Skeeter.
He's been fighting every inch of the way since we signed him out.
[Skeeter exhales, inhales sharply]
I have carried you into this house before,
and I will do it again.
Skeeter, I ain't about to sit out here in the sun
and listen to you tell tall tales when I could be inside in the cool.
- With a glass of lemonade. - Sounds good.
And a newly outfitted bathroom and some other fine touches,
courtesy of Ramsey Construction and the Magnolia Community Foundation.
[Wayne] Hmm.
People wanna help, seems rude not to let 'em help.
[gentle music playing]
- Come on. [grunts] - [Wayne groans]
Carla, you wanna get on the other side?
Lord knows Wayne will step right for a pretty woman.
[Wayne] Yeah.
[car doors closing]
All I wanna do is make things easy for him.
And he goes out of his way to make 'em hard.
How can he not see everything I'm doing is from love?
When a man knocks heads with his own mortality,
it can shake him up.
Thank you both for everything.
We're here for you whenever you need, Harlan.
Thank you. I don't know what... Oh, what are you... Oh, okay!
[Cal, Ronnie grunt]
- This is what Skeeter said to do. - Yeah, exactly.
Okay, that's what I thought.
- All right. - [Skeeter applauds]
[upbeat music playing]
I hope my timeline will be helpful in your evaluation of the Lewises.
It will. Especially because I doubt the mayor's office
took quite such meticulous notes.
- Now, I usually find that... [sighs] - [phone vibrating]
So sorry. I... I need to take this.
I'll catch up with you later.
Yeah.
[Charles] Yeah?
Is everything all right? Do you not like him?
- I know I just dropped him in your lap. - Peggy, he's a delight.
I have a pitch for you.
Oh. On the record or off?
Off for the moment.
Peggy,
I am so impressed
by your clarity of vision and tenacity here.
It's more than good journalism. It's commitment to community.
- [chuckles] - No, no. Peggy, Peggy, Peggy.
You must run for office.
[uplifting music playing]
And I will run your campaign.
So it matters not what kind of creature you are.
From the smallest of gnomes...
...to the tallest of elves.
This is not at all what I thought you were inviting me to consult on.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
It's a good thing.
The donation of your gold added together can help save Ash Grove playground...
...from the clutches of the wicked witch of waste.
[CeCe cackling]
- [chuckles] Cut! We got it! - [all laugh]
- They got it. - That was really good.
Thank you.
I'll need a few days to cut everything,
but then we can start talking about the music.
I'm excited you wanna collaborate with us.
Sounds great.
Cannot wait!
- I had no idea you could act. - [chuckles]
It's not too different from mock trial or being a cheerleader, I guess.
You know, just smile, move here, say this.
So that makes at least three things you're great at.
[both chuckle]
[stammers] You were amazing, Lily.
[chuckles]
Thank you for your help.
[gentle music playing]
[gasps] Oh no!
- Baby bro! - [laughs]
[Ty] Come on!
Little bro!
[CeCe] Lily!
[all cheering]
[Annie] Oh yeah!
[gentle music continues]
That darn traffic!
I told you I'm having company, and if you wanted to come over,
you had to be prompt. What couldn't wait?
Bill!
I've been doing a lot of thinking, Maddie.
Soul-searching to be precise.
And
I've come to the realization that, um...
that I'm not doing anyone I love any good by
trying to hold on.
I'm so thankful for the grace with which you've cleaned up after me
time and time again.
And I appreciate how generous the children have been,
even as they're moving on.
As are you.
And Noreen.
I've made my choices,
and I have to focus on learning from them...
and living with them.
But as I'm working on that,
I keep coming back to one thing
over and over.
[solemn music playing]
I am sorry, Maddie.
And I have a lot of work yet to do...
but I will do better.
I hope so.
- And you didn't faint? - Or scream?
I honestly didn't know what to do or say.
Uh, and I don't even have the faintest idea
about where it came from.
Perhaps we should switch to shots because this seems somehow
like a historic moment.
[laughing] I agree.
Well, the real historic event will be if he keeps his word.
- Never been his strong suit. - Mm, I know.
- [Dana Sue, Helen exclaim] - Okay.
- You need it more than I do. - [all laugh]
All right! Okay, let's change the subject.
[Helen] Mm.
[Maddie] Mm. Ooh!
Ay-yi-yi.
I'm writing a book!
- You are? - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
It's an outgrowth of stories that I've been telling Katie.
She and I will write, and Mom will illustrate.
Well, that's the sweetest thing.
- Are... are you gonna publish it? - [chuckling] No... no, of course not.
I'll have a copy bound for Katie for Christmas,
but it's been fun exercising creative muscles
I'd forgotten I had.
Ah, well, maybe you should be the one hanging out with the journalists, then.
Peggy and her gorgeous friend.
- [Helen] Mm. - [all laughing]
Wait, wait! [stammers]
[in posh accent] Charles...
[in normal voice] ...and Peggy are uncovering troubling
but probative evidence
as to what Trent was up to.
We may wrest justice from the sticky fingers of the Lewises yet.
- Mm-hmm. - We'll throw a party when that happens.
- Yup. - [Helen chuckles]
- But back to our current party. - [Helen] Mm.
Uh, it turns out that Max from the hardware store is quite the DJ.
- [Helen] Is he? - And he has agreed to bring his tunes.
[all laughing]
- No! - Yes.
- Okay! - Wait, wait, wait!
I have arranged for all three of us to go to Wally's tomorrow.
We will not leave shoes and dresses until the last minute.
- [Dana Sue laughs] - [Maddie chuckles]
Where are we on the cake?
Oh, how important is cake really?
I mean, couldn't Neville and Grace just bring some ice cream?
Did you talk to Erik?
I did, and it was dreadful.
Dana Sue, what happened?
Oh. [sighs]
While he was gone gathering himself,
he was working for Kathy.
Oh!
[groans] That woman is like kudzu,
just creeping all over everyone, choking the life out of them.
[Dana Sue] Mm-hmm.
Why would he do that?
He didn't know who she was or what she was up to.
But now he feels so bad, he doesn't wanna come back.
[sighs] This is my fault.
No, it's not.
[Dana Sue] Most of this is on me.
I've apologized.
I've done all I can, and now it's up to him.
I'll go talk to him.
- Maddie... - Not to fix anything.
Just to let him know that we all miss him.
You can't force a person to meet you in a certain place.
You can just let them know where you'll be
and then wait for them there.
[poignant music playing]
As long as you're able.
Well, then I am gonna plant myself...
[Dana Sue] Mm.
...in every crossroad
and listen for you calling
because I never wanna go anywhere without the two of you.
[Dana Sue] Mm. [breathes deeply]
[upbeat music playing]
Hey, buddy, there's always next year.
- Hey, I'll see you guys later. - [group] Go, Bulldogs!
[Ty, Gabe laughing]
That huge return! Poetry, man!
Hey, hey, don't get all weepy on me.
This is the season opener, okay? Not graduation.
Yeah, but I want you to know that I'm gonna be cheering you on
in whatever you do.
- Football, baseball, life! - [Gabe chuckles]
And I hope you know I'll do the same, whatever adventure's ahead of us.
[Gabe chuckles]
Speaking of adventures, so where are we off to?
Coach has released me into your custody,
so if we get in trouble, it's all your fault.
- Isn't it always? - [CeCe] Congrats, King!
- Hi, CeCe. - Good job!
- Hey. - [Lily] Hey.
- See you guys. - [CeCe] Okay.
[Lily chuckles]
- CeCe. - Hey.
Annie okay?
[indistinct chattering, laughing]
Just psyching herself up.
Hey. For something she needs to do by herself, okay?
Hey.
I haven't seen you since you ran away from my car accident,
and that's the best you could do? "Hey"?
I'm sorry for how the car thingy...
Accident.
I knew if anyone saw us together, my mom would...
[scoffs] I'm so tired.
I'm tired of watching you hide.
I'm tired of sneaking around and being told that's fine,
of feeling alone in this relationship.
To make this work, I have been lying to everyone I love.
How foolish is that?
I thought people misjudged you, Jackson. Turns out I did.
I thought you could change,
could be unselfish.
I was wrong.
I deserve better.
[somber music playing]
I...
I don't know what to say.
I do.
We're done.
[exhales shakily]
[crying]
Hey, are you okay?
[somber music continues]
Hey.
[Annie exhales]
What happened?
[crying] You were right.
I deserve better.
[sobbing]
Uh, we should get to Wharton's before all the tables are taken, okay?
Uh, we'll save you seats.
Gabe! Come on.
What can I do?
[tearfully] Just be there.
[sniffles]
Always.
[crying]
[somber music continues]
[gentle music playing]
[diners chattering indistinctly]
[food sizzling]
Hey.
- No one told me you were... - May I speak to Dana Sue?
I'll get her for you, Chef.
[Erik] Thank you, Bailey.
We have a lot to talk about, you and I.
And I'm very sorry.
I'm sorry too.
And that's the important talk.
The rest can wait for a beer or a walk
because you seem to be here for a purpose.
More than one.
[Bailey] Right over here, Chef.
[Erik] Good afternoon, ma'am.
My name is Erik Whitley.
I understand you're in need of a wedding cake.
Possibly.
I have a proposal for you, if I may.
Why don't you...
[gentle music continues]
[Dana Sue chuckles softly]
Well, you heard him. Come on in.
May I suggest
a tower of cupcakes?
A variety of flavors symbolizing the pillar of strength
the variety of people in Serenity provides
for your union.
Some sweet, some spicy,
some intriguing combinations.
And at the top of the tower,
a simple iced round yellow cake
with caramel icing
to symbolize the perfect endless circle
of your love for each other.
Thank you.
But I'm not interested.
I appreciate your time.
Aren't you gonna ask me why I'm not interested?
Because I don't like freelancers.
You're coming back into my kitchen,
you're coming back full-time.
You are coming home.
[emotional music playing]
[Erik breathing shakily]
I'm very sorry.
So am I.
I have the utmost respect and affection for you.
I promise I'm gonna work on being a better boss and a better friend.
You were stellar as both,
and I regret I took advantage of that.
I would love to come home.
[happy music playing]
[Erik chuckling]
Oh! I've never been so happy to be demoted!
[Dana Sue, Erik chuckle]
Who said you're getting demoted?
New titles for everyone.
- Everyone? - Almost everyone.
All right, let's all stop sniffling and... and just get back to work.
Erik, let's talk about this tower.
[Dana Sue, Erik chuckle]
[Dana Sue] Isaac, you come too.
Chef!
Just curious.
[happy music continues]
[all laughing]
[blows]
- Hey! - Hey!
- How's the spa? - Good.
- How's the desk? - It's getting there.
Before you go in, can I talk to you really quick?
It's not an emergency. Everything's fine.
I've just been thinking and wanted to talk to you.
I like working with my hands
more than I ever thought I would.
And looking ahead, I want to keep experimenting.
So if I find something I love that requires school, I'll go,
but right now, I just wanna learn
outside the classroom.
So, you wanna take a gap year?
Yeah.
[gentle music playing]
I would be happy to support that decision,
especially when you've clearly given it so much thought.
Clear and honest communication, right, Mom?
The deeper I got into college applications,
the more dishonest it felt.
I was just going through the motions,
doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
Well, doing things for other people that doesn't also feed you
is never the answer.
You are so brave.
And you're so true to yourself.
That is all I could ever ask for.
[gentle music continues]
- [Paula sighs] - Can I get you another, Miss Paula?
[Paula chuckles]
I'm not one to drown my sorrows,
but, um... perhaps.
I do believe I've been stood up.
Now, who would be that rude and foolish?
[chuckles]
Well, once a year, my dear friend Jimmy, also the best collector of my work,
comes into town to talk about commissions and showings and stuff.
Well, not that he's prompt,
but this is quite late,
even for him. [chuckles]
- Well, should you call him? - No.
I don't mind waiting here a little bit longer.
I'm just gonna sit and enjoy your company unless you're needed back in the kitchen.
- Ah, they'll come get me. - [chuckles]
I don't know your work as well as I should, Miss Paula.
Oh, that's quite all right, my dear.
I'm an acquired taste.
But perhaps...
perhaps I could paint you sometime.
I... I don't do a lot of portraits,
but there is something so haunting... in your eyes.
I would love to try and capture that.
- [exhales] - Oh no. I'm... I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to embarrass you or try to get you to reveal your secrets.
How do you feel about secrets?
I prefer other people's secrets to my own.
[both chuckle]
Is it... is it right to keep secrets?
Huh.
Well, there's a difference in keeping a secret that doesn't really hurt anyone,
like, um... I'm not a fan of Maddie in yellow,
and bottling up a truth
that festers and becomes destructive
because it's been withheld.
How do you tell the difference?
[sighs, chuckles]
- That's not easy, but I... - [door opens]
[in singsong] Hey!
Oh! [laughing]
Mea culpa. I don't know how I could get so lost in such a small town.
Oh! You're not that late.
In many ways, I'm decades late.
[blues rock music playing]
- Open it! - [Dana Sue] No! Wait, wait.
I have gifts for you too. But tomorrow, not tonight.
Which is why we wanted to give this to you now
as a part of our unorthodox bachelorette party.
Here on the sacred ground where it all started.
[exhales]
[poignant music playing]
My Aunt Pamela always said...
"Men come and go,
but your girlfriends are forever."
[crying, sniffles]
- Our men do come and go, don't they? - [all laughing]
And please, God, the right one come back.
Oh! That is what we should've done for the bachelorette party.
- Parade all of your men! - [Dana Sue laughs]
All the hearts that Dana Sue has broken.
- Oh, wait a minute! - [Maddie] Ah!
All right, a few of them broke mine too.
How far back are we going?
- Freckle-faced Timmy in second grade! - [Dana Sue laughs]
- That is kindergarten Kenny erasure. - How could I forget him?
- Yeah! - [Helen, Dana Sue laugh]
And I remember every kiss.
- The good ones anyway. - [Helen laughs]
But now they are nothing but a parade of zombies
on the way to the graveyard.
This is it.
I am with my one and only forever.
And the three of us are forever.
And a day.
[sighs] There's so much I want to say. [chuckles]
But all I can think of is I love you.
We love you too.
And we have forever and a day to discuss the rest.
- Oh yes. Mm. - [all chuckling]
Mm!
[poignant music continues]
We must celebrate this moment...
- [Helen] Mm-hmm. - ...with the respect...
- [Dana Sue] Mm! - ...and solemnity...
Yes.
...that it deserves.
[Dana Sue, Helen gasp]
- How dare you? - I knew it!
There's a story!
Oh, there is always a story with you, Red!
[upbeat country music playing]
[Paula] You look happy.
You're adjusting quite well to being single.
Well, if you had married me the last time I asked,
I'd have been spared this divorce.
[laughing]
I mean, Judith and I are better off this way,
and I'm thrilled to have opportunities to do new things.
Like buy a house on the water and decorate it the way I want to.
Well, have you decided on a theme?
Apart from none of Judith's stuff.
[chuckles]
I've always thought that you
conceal a... a passionate nature
with a cool palette.
Hmm. Well, I was thinking of filling the new house
with Paula Vreeland originals.
- [chuckling] You flatter me. - I wanna commission you.
Come stay with me at the new house,
paint a mural in the dining room, a frieze on the patio,
maybe even a very special commission for the bedroom.
[stammers] Seriously?
More serious than you can imagine.
[mellow music playing]
What's your time frame?
I... I have responsibilities here in Serenity.
I respect that.
We'd be barely an hour away,
and I'm happy to keep the time frame loose.
Say somewhere in the neighborhood of
as long as you'd like?
[mellow music continues]
[music fades]
[Helen] Are you alone?
Uh, the crew is at the barn setting up.
Isaac ran to the market.
Uh, Dana Sue left 15 minutes ago.
Well, excellent.
She might actually show up at Gaynell's on time for her hair appointment.
[chuckles softly]
[inhales sharply] Uh...
Maddie and I made this when we thought we were gonna have to park it
on top of a sheet cake from the Piggly Wiggly.
[both chuckle]
[Helen] Thank the Lord you came back to make the cake.
Well, come in so I can see what you created.
[gentle music playing]
Will you explain the different flowers to me?
Hmm. Well, this is made from a Sullivan's menu.
Oh, I see it.
[chuckles]
This is from a blueprint that Skeeter gave us
for a project that Ronnie led.
This is a photo that Annie took of her parents.
A page from Pride and Prejudice.
- Why? - [Helen stammers]
Annie said it was important. [chuckles]
A membership pamphlet from the spa.
And
your walnut brownie recipe. [chuckles]
- I am honored. - [chuckles]
The flowers represent all Dana Sue and Ronnie do,
plus all the people who have loved them and have stood beside them.
God bless the people who walk with us...
however rough the road.
And the ones who show us that we didn't get lost.
We just
wandered a bit.
[gentle music continues]
Well... [chuckles]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Isaac] I bought three quarts.
[pensive music playing]
I'll see you at the party, Isaac.
[happy music playing]
- [laughing] - Okay.
Okay. [laughs]
- Whoo! - I got ya, girl.
- All right. You're all right. - Careful!
We're vulnerable.
[Helen sighs]
- Ooh! - Here we are!
Do we really have time to go into Wharton's?
- Oh! - Let's get it to go!
Cal, put your shirt back on! You'll get the crowd worked up!
Dear Lord.
If either one of them faints, who's catching who?
[all chuckling]
Ronnie, Dana Sue. Are you ready?
- Ronnie, where are you? - Uh, right here, darling. [chuckles]
[laughing] Hold my hand.
Hang on. We got you.
[Ronnie, Dana Sue laugh]
Thank you.
- [Ronnie clears throat] - [Dana Sue] Ooh!
[Ronnie sighs]
[whimsical music playing]
Three, two, one!
[whimsical music swells]
[crowd cheers, applauds]
[Dana Sue gasps]
- Look. - [Dana Sue chuckles]
Everyone wanted to come and bring something special
because you two are special to everyone.
- [gentle music playing] - [Dana Sue chuckles]
[laughs] Let me take your picture before we go in.
Oh.
[camera shutter clicking]
[upbeat pop music playing in background]
- We can set up right over here. - Okay.
We're gonna be great.
Right here's good. Thank you so much.
- Hey, can you play a C for me? - Yeah.
You're just so sweet. Oh, Grace, can I impose on you
to keep an eye on this one while I attend to being an attendant?
- Happy to guard the treasure, Paula. - [Paula laughing]
Bye.
[Neville] Here!
- Sit! - Thank you.
[Neville] Mm-hmm.
Now, tell us about yourself.
- And your family. - What's your line of work?
And exactly what are your intentions with our Paula?
- [Van] Mm-hmm. - And the interrogations begin!
- Mm-hmm. - [Vernon chuckles]
Coach Harlan, do I throw the flowers overhand or underhand?
Neither, Katie. You scatter 'em, hmm?
It's like tossing frozen peas to ducks at the pond.
Gently, honey. That's the main thing.
This is clearly the best table here. Mind if we join?
By all means! The more the merrier!
- [Rebecca cooing] - [calm music playing]
Hi!
Paula recommended this table as the liveliest at the party.
[all chuckling]
And I will keep an eye on him.
- I sense it's an honor to sit next to you. - Oh. [chuckles]
Miss Grace, whatever you're doing, it's working.
[all chuckle softly]
- [Maddie] We're ready for the procession. - [Dana Sue chuckles, groans]
[laughs] Annie has her work cut out for her.
- I know! Can I hire her for... - [Helen chuckles]
Oh!
What cosmic roll of the dice created this?
Bill!
If I'd understood the scope of the celebration,
I would have suggested we come another time.
We?
Another time is a great idea.
Two minutes. Please.
[Ronnie] Wait a second.
Kathy, you're not supposed to even be in town anymore.
I'm leaving. I'm leaving, but I...
I wanted to bring you my gift before I go.
We don't need you to give us anything. Just go, please.
[Ronnie scoffs]
[solemn music playing]
[Ronnie sighs]
[gasps]
[exhales] Is this Grandma's tea set?
[Kathy cries softly]
[tearfully] Mama gave it to me.
[emotional music playing]
First daughter to first daughter and all that.
But I know you always wanted it,
and I know what it's like to want something that you can't have.
[Dana Sue] Kathy.
It breaks my heart you and I were never able to be friends.
I'm so sorry you never found peace or happiness
the way your brother and I did.
And I will continue to pray every day that you'll find it.
Um...
Bill told me it's important for me to say I'm sorry.
So...
I'm sorry too.
[emotional music continues]
I'm so sorry.
There were things that I took from you.
This one I can give back.
[Ronnie exhales]
Thank you.
Now I wanna stay. [chuckles]
No. We, um... we ought to get down the road a piece before dark.
You're leaving town? Together?
Just for a bit.
I'll call you.
Please tell the kids I'm never more...
...than a phone call away.
They know.
Dana Sue.
Ronnie.
Best wishes.
[Kathy sniffles, sighs]
Oh gosh. [sniffles]
[Maddie] Bill.
I told you I'd do better.
You did.
[hopeful music playing]
For a moment, I thought we might have to scratch this party again.
[Ronnie, Dana Sue chuckle]
Of all the games I've played, I've never seen a save like that.
Bill might have just given you the best gift you're getting tonight.
All of you are the best gift.
Damned if I don't owe Bill a drink. [chuckles]
That was a lesson in grace, Dana Sue.
You were awesome, Mom.
Well, when you're happy and blessed,
it's easy to forget how much pain some people are in.
[June scoffs]
Why is everyone standing around? Let's do some renewing.
[Dana Sue, Ronnie chuckle]
Okay, here we go. [chuckles]
["With You" playing on acoustic guitar and keyboard]
♪ My days are brighter than morning air ♪
♪ Evergreen pine ♪
- ♪ And autumn blue ♪ - [crowd chuckling]
♪ But all my days ♪
♪ Are twice as fair ♪
♪ If I could share my days with you ♪
[humming melody]
♪ My nights are warmer than fire coals ♪
♪ Incense and stars and smoke bamboo ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ But nights were warm beyond compare ♪
♪ If I could share my nights ♪
♪ With you ♪
["With You" continues playing]
The promise to love each other is one we renew each day.
Ronnie and Dana Sue will now share the vows they've written in that spirit.
Dana Sue,
every day I will love you for your grace, strength, and humor.
I pledge to never take a moment for granted
as we learn and grow together
every moment we have left on this earth.
Ronnie, every day I will love you
for your devotion, candor, and humor.
[both chuckling]
I pledge to embrace every turn in the road
as an opportunity to be thankful we are on this trip together
until the end of time.
And now, in front of God
and even more of their favorite people than imagined...
[all laughing]
...Dana Sue and Ronnie recommit to each other
and to the community that supports them.
These worthy partners may kiss.
- Yes! - [all laughing]
[all cheering, applauding]
["With You" continues playing]
- Hey! Let's party! - [all cheer]
["Celebration" by Kool & the Gang playing]
♪ Yahoo ♪
♪ This is your celebration ♪
♪ Yahoo ♪
♪ This is your celebration ♪
♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪
[all cheering, applauding]
♪ Let's celebrate ♪
♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪
["Must Be the Love" by Wesley Bright playing]
Is Genevieve here?
No.
She says she works for them. She's not ready to party with them.
Well, I would like to meet her.
I can't wait to introduce two terrific people to each other.
[guests chattering indistinctly]
Please tell me there are more praline cupcakes in there somewhere.
[chuckles] You're in luck. Got some of them here.
[camera shutter clicking]
- [Paula applauding] - [Maddie chuckles]
You and Helen have created the finest party in Serenity's history.
- [Paula chuckles] - Well, it is nice to catch my breath.
[chuckling] Yes.
We have things to catch up on.
I haven't even told you that Ty doesn't wanna go to college next year.
Fascinating!
[gasps] But good!
Too many youngsters just chug along as they think they must.
You're supportive of him, aren't you?
Oh! Or else I think I would have heard about this right away.
I'm a little worried, but I'm not gonna put that on Ty.
Your worries will evolve as your children evolve,
and you'll stop thinking the worst and start hoping for the best
and find pride and wonder
in your child becoming who they're meant to be,
no matter what age.
[both chuckle softly]
Which is why I feel comfortable accepting Jimmy's invitation
to go and paint at his house for a while.
- Jimmy? - Mm-hmm.
Recently divorced Jimmy?
Well, he just, um, bought a new house on the coast.
[gentle music playing]
How long will you be gone?
I will come back the moment being there is no longer fun.
Well, then I hope you won't be back for a long while.
You deserve joy, Mama.
- [chuckles] - Thank you.
And so do you, my darling girl.
[chuckles]
[gentle music continues]
[Annie sighs]
How you doing?
I'm so happy for my parents. [chuckles]
That's wonderful.
But how are you?
I was right to break up with him.
But why do right things hurt?
Wish I knew.
We should form a study group...
[chuckles] ...and figure it out together.
[Annie chuckles]
[pensive music playing]
Annie, did our dad really take your aunt away from your parents' party?
Like playing Mad Libs, right?
[stammers] Are they together together?
I don't think anyone's sure.
Are we always gonna worry about the choices our parents make?
Worrying is how some people express love.
[uplifting music playing]
Fruit tart.
Pops. [chuckles]
[Rebecca babbles]
[upbeat rock music playing in background]
Load 'em up.
There's something we should talk about.
Yeah, I have something we should discuss too.
- Thank you both for helping today. - Yeah.
To parents.
[laughs]
- Lily? - [Lily] Hmm?
What's wrong?
[sighs softly] It's such a beautiful day,
but I can't stop...
Um...
I think my parents are gonna split up. My mom keeps leaving on business,
but I'm worried one day she won't come back,
and I'm not sure my dad cares. I...
My parents went through a separation, and here they are,
recommitting themselves to each other in front of the whole town.
My mom travels for work all the time. My parents stayed together.
- They're, like, grossly in love, so... - [Annie, Lily chuckle]
Whatever happens, we're here for you.
[upbeat rock music continues in background]
To the three of us, huh?
Yeah. Yeah, cheers.
[chuckles]
Cheers.
So much like we were when we were that age.
[Helen, Maddie chuckle]
- Okay, this one's delicious! - You got the best one!
Look at all we've been through since.
Storms and rainbows both.
No way under heaven would I have survived without the two of you.
[Helen chuckles]
Well, whatever comes next,
we will pour it out, live it up, and rejoice.
Thank you both for tonight.
Not just for making it happen
but for reminding me that it was important.
- We will always celebrate with you. - [Dana Sue chuckles]
And look, the entire town wanted to celebrate with you too.
[Dana Sue chuckling]
This is what Miss Frances yearned for.
The legacy continues.
[Dana Sue] Mm.
[poignant music playing]
The community grows.
[Maddie] Mm.
The future gleams.
[Dana Sue exhales, chuckles]
[poignant music continues]
Hey, we throwing this bouquet or not?
[all chattering excitedly]
[whimsical music playing]
[all cheering, applauding]
Right here!
- Over here! - Annie, you put your hands down.
[all laughing]
Go!
[all shouting excitedly]
[suspenseful music playing]
- ["With You" resumes playing] - ♪ With you ♪
- [all cheering] - ♪ To hold me when dreams ♪
♪ Are done ♪
♪ And ooh, my love ♪
♪ If you will take my love ♪
♪ Then all my dreams are truly begun ♪
♪ With you ♪
♪ Just you, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, with you... ♪
You didn't catch the bouquet.
Guess I need some coaching.
♪ Just you, baby ♪
♪ Only you ♪
♪ Oh, baby ♪
[closing theme music playing]