[propellers whirring]
- [humming]
- Song stuck in your head?
- Yeah. You know, it's strange.
Like a top 40 that I can't shake, and--
[yawns]
- It's keeping you up too?
- Well, actually, I have been sleepwalking.
- Oh.
[in Spanish] Anxious? Worried?
- [in Spanish] Happy.
[in English] Actually, I just--I feel light,
you know, like I'm on a cloud.
Like I'm in...
- Love? - [chuckles]
- Love. - Oh.
- Well, that is the question, isn't it?
- With the "more than a friend" you wanted me to meet?
You're falling fast.
She must be great.
- Isla is amazing. - Yeah.
- And it hasn't been that fast actually.
It just, um-- it didn't feel right
gushing about this whole new whatever we are with you
given how you'll be ending things.
- Ruby, you don't have to filter yourself with me, okay?
- Well, you did say that Helene blessed "Robier"
before she left the island.
- "Robier"? - Okay.
Well, it's either that or Javier, okay?
Just know that there is room on this cloud
if you'd like to join us.
- We'll see.
- Oh, hello.
[chuckles]
Thank you so much, Javier.
That was, like, the best ride ever.
V, V fancy.
- You're, uh, V welcome.
[laughter]
- Oh, are-- are they here for me?
- You're the guest of honor.
- Okay, I could get used to this.
Hi.
- Welcome to Fantasy Island.
- Honestly, I may never leave.
- Well, you wouldn't be the first.
- So tell me, Gwen, what can the island do for you?
- Oh, well, my fantasy is to be a princess.
- You'd be surprised how often that one comes up.
- Mm, beautiful gowns, jewels. I get it.
- Yes, I'm definitely down for that,
but mostly, I just want someone else to decide everything.
- What, you have trouble making decisions?
- Well, the last few years,
I've taken the MCAT, the LSAT, the GMAT, and the GRE.
And I'm not really sure what to do next,
except I really wanna get out of my mom's basement.
- So you live at home.
- Just for now. I was in school.
- My daughter moved back home right after college too.
- Well, I didn't move right back.
I--I was in med school for a year--
well, most of a year.
- Either way, it's nice to have a place to land.
- Mm-hmm.
- How long have you been home?
- Not long.
Just a couple years.
- Hmm.
Okay, three.
- Okay.
- I thought I wanted to be a doctor,
but you know, with four more years of med school,
and three years of residency,
and Sallie Mae haunting me,
it's just not worth it.
- Hmm.
Oh.
- [sniffles] - Oh.
Gwen, are you okay, honey?
- I just--I just--
I just don't know what to do with my life,
and I'm tired of thinking about it.
And it's just too much pressure.
[sobbing]
How do you have a daughter that's out of college?
- That's a long story.
[chuckles nervously]
- But you know princesses,
they just have to smile and--and wave.
And they're good.
I could use a little of that.
- Mm-hmm.
- Also jewels.
- Of course.
Ash will take you to your room,
and after you freshen up, your fantasy will begin.
- I so look forward to my time here.
- Oh! [laughter]
- [gasps]
- Whew!
Do you even put that much pressure on yourself?
- Remember, I still do.
- Oh, hello!
[scoffs] Wow!
[squeals]
Oh.
[calming music]
♪ ♪
[gasps]
- Oh, too hot, Your Highness?
- Of course it's too hot, Bea.
I've only just brought it from the stove.
By the way, Fredy sends his greetings.
- Fern, I'm certain Your Highness does not wish
to hear your gossip.
Mm-hmm.
- Meaning me?
- [chuckles] Certainly not me.
"Princess Bea," imagine that.
- [laughs] Hello.
Oh, no. No, no, no.
This is looking the medieval times.
[scrubs roughly] Ow!
I--I like that layer of skin. Thank you.
- Well, Your Highness, you must be beauteous.
Today, you get engaged.
- En--engaged? - Mm-hmm.
[dreamy music]
♪ ♪
[orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- No, no!
Em, that's not how the princess likes it.
Let me.
How did you sleep last night?
I hardly could.
The anticipation.
- So much anticipation.
I mean, what a YOLO moment.
- A yellow moment?
- YOLO.
"You only live once."
- How clever.
- So my intended,
how would I describe him?
- [chuckles] You're being quite silly today.
Please know all of Córdoba is by your side.
- Córdoba...
- Fern, stop dilly-dallying!
We have places to be and a prince to see.
Oh, time is a trickster.
Only yesterday, I fed you from my breast
and placed you in your mother's arm for the first time.
I know she is looking down proud today.
- Now, shoulders back.
Smile bright.
It's time to meet your betrothed.
- Oh, good morning.
Well, I suppose it's nearly afternoon, so...
- Afternoon.
So here's my flight report.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- Love the Middlebury hat. How's Helene doing?
- Well, she responds to my calls with one word texts,
so I think she's good.
- Javier. - Yeah?
- When you have a moment,
I would love to talk to you about us--
I mean, the circumstances.
And...I wanna explain.
So just let me know when it's a good time.
- Will do. - Thank you.
[pensive music]
- Is it just me, or is there an odor?
- Oh, dear.
You've forgotten your handkerchief.
Here, take mine, my lady.
- Oh. [chuckles nervously]
Also, I'm feeling a bit bare.
Are my jewels being polished?
- In a year's time, you'll be tripping jewels again.
Your marriage to Prince Anton is going to save Córdoba.
- Oh.
And--and what do we know about this Prince Anton?
- Aside from his thriving kingdom,
he's known to be quite fair face?
- So we're swiping right? [chuckles]
- Here we are.
- Oh, it's such-- oh, hello, Princess.
- Your Highness.
- Wow, this is more like it.
Fair face, indeed.
- [chuckles]
- Oh.
- Your Highness, allow me.
- Oh, okay. Thanks.
- Apologies. It's charcoal.
My sketch.
- That's quite all right.
- My dear.
Prince Anton, may I present my greatest achievement,
Princess Guinevere?
- I'm honored, Your Majesty.
Princess, your beauty surpasses my imagination.
- [chuckles] This is wild.
- I assure you, I'm quite civilized.
- Oh, no. Sorry.
I mean, I'm thrilled.
- The union of our two kingdoms will be historic.
- Strong alliances make much possible, Your Majesty.
- Indeed.
I'll leave you two to get to know each other.
- Allow me.
Tell me, do you have a favorite color, Princess?
- Red.
- Then I have chosen well.
- Jewels.
- Is it too wild, Princess?
That is, do you like it?
- I love it.
- May I? - Please.
- Tasters, step forward.
- Your Highness.
- It's perfect.
- [coughing, retching]
- She's been poisoned!
- Send for the barber! - Someone help her!
- Someone help us! - Don't eat that, Princess!
- Oh, my God! Help!
Someone's trying to kill me?
[tense music]
- [exhales sharply]
Oh, my God.
How is Fern? - Still with us.
The barber believes it was cyanide.
- What? Oh, my God.
This is all my fault.
That food was supposed to be for me.
I mean, why would someone want me dead?
- Your father suspects it was a northern kingdom
with its last attempt to undermine Córdoba.
Once you wed to Prince Anton,
we'll be aligned with the west and unassailable.
- Poor Fern.
And they're sure it was cyanide?
- Yes.
- Wait, I might be able to help.
I need you to get lamb's liver and milk from the kitchen.
Mash it together, and take it to the infirmary.
It'll be super gross, but do it anyway.
I need the guard with the charcoal on his fingertips!
- Princess.
- Your charcoal, I need it.
- But Your Highness--
- Just go. Grind it up.
- Princess Gwen? - Oh, thank God.
- How are you faring?
- My handmaid has been poisoned
because someone's trying to kill me.
So other than that, I'm great.
- Well, you wanted to be a princess.
- Yes, but I was thinking more like Cinderella.
But anyways, high hopes dashed.
Story of my life.
Would you be totally offended if I said that I had to go?
- No, no.
But go where?
- I have a handmaid to save--
you know, best case scenario.
- Good luck.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
What are you doing?
- I'm trying to save her, Your Highness.
- No, what you're doing is barbaric.
I need you to take the leaches off of her.
- Princess, the barber knows best.
- The barber is going to let cyanide suffocate her cells.
Give me those.
- Move. - Princess, I--
- If you don't take them off now and I have to,
I'm going to have the king send you to the guillotine.
Do we have a guillotine?
Hmm, okay.
- There you are, Your Majesty.
- Fern. Fern.
Hey.
You can't give up on yourself now, okay?
It's easy to do, but you can't do it, okay?
You have to fight.
[ambient music]
♪ ♪
- Ruby!
- Isla.
- What are you doing out here?
- [stammers] I'm not sure.
Am I awake? Are you here?
- [in Spanish] Yes. - Baby?
- No, don't worry.
[in English] Let's get you inside.
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
- [gasps]
- Your Highness, it's just me.
I'm sorry to just startle you.
- What are you doing here?
- My lady, Prince Anton awaits you.
He would like a private word.
- Well, if you insist on taking me somewhere
in the middle of the night,
could you at least tell me your name?
- My name is Lance, my lady.
- Lance, lead the way.
- Forgive me for taking you from your maid's side,
but it's urgent that we speak.
- Do you know who tried to kill me?
- I believe the northern kingdom is trying
to take advantage of your father's weakness.
They know once we are wed,
our kingdoms together will be too strong to overtake.
- Gotcha. Not good.
- Indeed.
Your safety requires a change of plans.
We must wed immediately.
- Immediately?
Meaning? - Tomorrow.
Your father is resistant.
He holds too closely to tradition.
You must reason with him.
- I mean, he knows more about these things than I do.
- Your father has squandered your birthright.
He's a fool.
- I'm sure he's-- [gasps]
- You will go to him tomorrow.
You will tell him that you are afraid
and you wish to wed to gain my protection.
I hope you understand, Princess.
This is not a request.
What kind of a husband would I be
if I allowed threats to my betrothed?
- I'll talk to him.
- Get some rest.
We will wanna be refreshed on our wedding day.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- Good morning, Your Highness.
I have your favorite breakfast--
blood sausage and spiced rabbit.
- Yum. [chuckles nervously]
I need to see the king.
Prince Anton wishes for us to wed today.
- Today?
Oh, that will cause quite a ruckus around here.
Oh, the color has come back to her cheeks.
I believe your intervention saved her.
- I hope so.
Just between us,
does my betrothed seem a little...creepy?
- Quite the opposite, my lady.
The prince has all the qualities
one could desire in a suitor.
- I--I'm not sure because--
- My lady, Prince Anton's people,
of whom your mother was one, are a very fine stock.
- I just have this feeling that something is off.
But I guess I'll bury it.
- That would be for the best.
- Apologies for the intrusion, my lady,
but the prince requests your presence.
- No, thank you.
- My lady, I beg you.
This is of the utmost important.
- I should not keep Prince Anton waiting,
Your Highness, especially on your wedding day.
- [sighs]
- I'm pretty sure that this is not the way
to the prince's chambers.
- Princess, we have very little time,
so you must listen closely and do exactly what I tell you.
- Whoa, whoa! What's going on?
- Yesterday before the banquet,
I noticed that the prince's valet was in the kitchen.
At dawn, I searched his things.
I found this.
- Cyanide?
- Prince Anton wants you dead, my lady.
And I am determined to get you to safety.
Please come with me.
There is no time to dawdle.
- How do I know that I can trust you?
- You don't.
Come with me.
[tense music]
- Do you think we've lost them?
- I'd say that to guarantee your well-being, my lady,
we need to cross the northern border.
That's another day's journey. - Okay.
Can you please explain why he's doing this?
- I believe that Prince Anton intends
to launch war against the north.
- Okay. Why does that involve me?
- By marrying you, he will gain control
of your kingdom's port,
a great strategic advantage for an attack by sea.
- I get that, but why kill me then?
- If he could place blame for your death
on the northern kingdom, he has justification
for launching his war, my lady.
- So I'm just a pawn in his game?
- A very valuable pawn.
I'm afraid so, my lady. - Okay.
Can we just stop with the "my lady" stuff?
My name is Gwen.
- As you wish, Gwen.
- I don't think that I can deal with all of this, Lance.
I just can't.
- With respect, my lady--
Gwen, I do not accept that.
- [scoffs] Is that so?
- Yes.
You've already displayed astounding confidence
and resolve.
You, a princess, knew how to save your maid's life
and did so without hesitation.
I'm impressed.
- Thanks for saying that
and for having faith in me,
however misplaced that might be.
So what do we do now?
- My suggestion, Gwen, is we settle here for the night.
- Like, sleep on the ground?
- You will sleep, but I'll stand guard.
- I used to think that being a princess would be simpler.
I mean, I have yet to make any decisions
and everything is still wackadoodle.
- Sleeping in the woods seems not wackadoodle
if it keeps you alive.
- You're pretty handy, aren't you?
Hmm, and talented too.
- These are unfinished scribblings.
- Well, if I could draw like that,
I would have my artwork plastered everywhere.
I envy you.
- [chuckles] You envy me?
You're a princess.
- I envy your talent and your skill.
I don't have either.
- Well, you possess the ability to save a life.
It's far more impressive.
I disappear into art when I can barely face my own life.
- I understand that.
Would you do something for me?
Sit closer.
For warmth.
- As you wish.
- You know, I am a very modern princess.
[tender music]
♪ ♪
- I don't get those.
- [chuckles] What's there not to get?
- Why dig a hole and fill it with water
when there is a perfectly good ocean right there?
- Hmm, well, I woke up walking into that perfectly good ocean,
so the pool is just fine, thank you.
- [in Spanish] Sure.
- [in English] Mm-hmm.
You know, it's weird.
Last night, it felt like I was looking for you.
- [gasps]
So I'm on your mind.
[laughter]
- [in Spanish] Sure.
[in English] But you're my, what?
I don't even know what to call you.
- Call me Isla.
- But are you my friend,
my girlfriend, my lover?
- I'm Isla.
Easy, simple.
- [chuckles]
You are anything but easy or simple.
- And you make everything more complicated
than it needs to be.
♪ ♪
- There he is. - Hey, stop!
Grab him! - Seize him!
[horse whinnying]
- Where is she?
Where is the princess?
- Lance.
- I don't know where the princess is.
- You expect me to believe a man
who broke an oath to his lord and fled like a coward?
- [grunting] - Tell me the truth!
- [coughs]
- Well?
- I don't know where the princess is.
- Let's get this traitor back
to where we can use all our powers of persuasion.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[epic music]
♪ ♪
- Has the princess been found, sir?
- Fortunately, she has.
- Oh! Oh!
I am relieved to see you, my lady.
We were worried sick.
- And I feel so terrible to have upset you, Bea,
but you must know.
The prince is evil.
He wants me dead.
- What makes you say he's such a thing?
- His only reason for marrying me
was to gain a strategic advantage
in a war against the north.
And poisoning me was part of his plot.
- Are you certain? - Yes.
And I need to find the guard who protected me
before he comes to more harm.
Prince Anton's goon squad captured him.
- I heard a traitor was taken to the dungeon.
- Bea, get the king.
I'll find Lance, and we'll meet you in the courtyard.
- To what end, my lady? - There's no time to explain.
Get my father. - Yes, Princess.
- How long can the average human
hold their breath for underwater?
- You know what? I have no idea.
What do you think "will do" means?
- No idea.
I mean, it's gotta be, like, 30 seconds.
- Because "will do" implies you're gonna do something,
and he is nowhere to be found.
- I think I might be going crazy.
- It's crazy-making, yes!
- No, this melody stuck in my head,
it's like a siren song.
And I hear it anytime I think about her.
It's almost like she's a mermaid,
which is crazy.
I mean, that's crazy, right?
- Did you say mermaid?
- I know.
[in Spanish] Crazy.
But if they existed anywhere, it would be here.
- Are you talking about Isla?
- I mean, she's always suddenly appearing in the ocean.
And it seems like she can hold her breath forever.
- Maybe she's a free diver.
- [chuckles]
She's definitely a free spirit.
But then, there's that song.
- Ruby. - Hmm?
Mermaids are unreal, not even on Fantasy Island.
- [chuckles] Right.
- Right? - Uh-huh.
Hmm...
- [distantly] Still breathing, traitor?
[keys rattling]
- [moans]
- Lance! Thank God.
- My lady. - Oh.
Oh, God. You're hurt.
- Why did you come for me?
- Because I rather like you.
- I like you too.
- Okay, you're doing great,
but we need to move a little faster
because it's rude to keep the king waiting.
- [chuckles weakly] - Oh, no.
No, no, no.
Okay, okay. - [groans]
- Oh, God. No, no, no, no.
That's not good.
Okay, wow.
- Go, please.
- No, I can't.
- You have to save yourself.
- No, I can't. I can't.
I won't. I can't.
Oh, God, there's gotta be something I can do.
Okay. - [coughs]
- No, no, no. See, this could get infected.
And if the infection goes to your blood, then...
No, I'd have to sterilize and close the wound,
but there's nothing here for me to use.
Fire. Fire.
I can cauterize with fire. - Go.
Just go.
Just...go.
- No, no.
Lance? Lance.
No, stay with me.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
Oh, God.
Okay, okay.
I can do this. I can do this.
Okay, okay.
I can't.
- You going somewhere?
- I can't do it.
I can't find it in myself to save him.
- So you're gonna let him die
after everything he's done for you?
- Just--just take him back to the island!
There has to be a doctor there.
- I don't understand, Gwen.
When your handmaid was poisoned,
you took charge.
- No, that was different.
I made a smoothie.
Okay, I lied.
I didn't drop out of med school because of loans or time.
- You dropped out because you couldn't hack it.
- What did you say?
- It's what he said, isn't it?
That man that you admired so much.
- How did you know that?
- It's my job to know things.
And it was his job to challenge you.
- But he didn't challenge me.
He crushed me.
- How?
- I was in my first year.
This professor, he was--
he was like a God to me.
He asked me to shadow him in the ER.
- And?
- One night, they brought this patient in.
He had been in a terrible car accident.
Compound fractures, blood everywhere.
He crashed,
and I panicked.
I bolted out of the room,
like now.
He found me later, and, um,
he told me I couldn't hack.
He was right.
- So you let one man's opinion determine your reality.
- What if that had been my patient?
- What you did then doesn't matter.
What matters is what you choose to do now,
and it appears you're choosing to run.
Your mother's basement must be very comfortable.
- Well, I'm-- I'm finding my path.
- You were on your path,
and you let one person knock you off it.
You gave up.
- I did not give up.
- Then save your friend.
- I'm on my path.
I'm on my damn path.
Okay.
Bite down.
- Uh-huh. - Okay.
Lance, you are not going to die today, okay?
- Uh-huh. - Okay.
This is really gonna hurt.
- [groaning]
- Take that, you jerkwad!
[chuckles]
Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
I'm here with you. I'm here with you.
You're gonna be okay.
Okay?
Okay.
- I sensed you wanted to see me.
- I do.
I didn't know you were going by Isla now.
- It's the name I use with your guests.
Mine is too hard to pronounce.
- How long have you and Ruby been seeing each other?
- A while. I tried to warn her away.
- Oh, did you?
It seems you failed.
- She finds me very compelling.
- I'm sure she does.
Today, she asked me if mermaids exist.
- What did you tell her?
- I assured her they don't.
I will not let you take her.
She has a purpose here.
- It's not really up to you, is it?
Unlike everyone else here, I don't work for you.
- Get out of her head, or there be consequences.
- What are you going to do, Elena?
The island needs us.
- You need the island more. [chuckles]
Stay away from Ruby.
- You're just like your great uncle.
- I certainly hope so.
- Okay. Okay, don't quit on me.
We're almost to the king, okay?
He's gonna fix everything.
- Princess Gwen, you look disappointed.
- Bea, what's going on?
- I told prince Anton you had returned.
- You betrayed me? Why?
- I spent my best years looking after you
while my own children lived in squalor.
In exchange for my loyalty,
the prince has offered me a title I deserve.
- But you can't trust him. He's a monster.
- And you are weak.
You were never fit to be my queen.
- I am not weak.
- [distantly] Seize him!
- Hello.
- How did you know?
- Your loyal maid.
And she'll be richly rewarded.
Your father has been strangling my trade routes for a decade.
You convinced me you were a man of honor,
but you're even worse than he is.
I hope you enjoy the dungeon.
Take her too.
- Father, Lance saved me.
We must take care of him, and no leeches.
- Of course.
When he is recovered, he'll make an excellent knight.
- It'd be my honor, Your Majesty.
Will you come see me while I heal?
- All the king's men couldn't keep me away.
- You've made me very proud.
- I've made myself proud too.
[laughter]
You knew?
- After you said Prince Anton unsettled you,
I made it a point to listen.
When you're infirm, or people think you are,
they speak freely in your presence.
I heard they ask for an audience with the prince
and put it all together.
- You literally saved the day, Fern.
- It's all favor after saving my life.
YOLO. [laughter]
- Welcome back, Princess.
- Wait. It's over?
- Well, every fantasy must come to an end.
The good news is, you got a parting gift.
- I don't care about jewels.
I care about Lance.
I mean, is he gonna be okay?
- I wasn't talking about your necklace.
- [gasps]
Where did you get this?
- From another guest actually.
A comic book artist
who recently completed his own fantasy.
I believe you've met.
- Gwen?
I thought I'd never see you again.
- Well, I thought I lost you.
- What are you doing here?
- Well, spoiler alert, I'm not actually a princess.
- You were in a fantasy too.
- Well, I guess I was pretty convincing.
- Well, now that I think about it...
[laughter]
- Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
- It's all good. I'm healed.
I do get to keep this, though.
- Huh, that healed pretty nicely, if I do say so myself.
Wait, what was your fantasy?
- I've spent my entire life drawing comics
about a hero saving the day.
Mm-mm-mm, I wanted to be a hero for once.
Although I'm not sure our adventure counts.
I think you did most of the saving.
- It totally counts.
I mean, you helped me believe in myself,
so you're my hero.
- You're mine too.
- ♪ Just stay lost here with me ♪
♪ We don't have ♪
♪ To say anything ♪
♪ Just let ourselves ♪
♪ Get lost in between ♪
♪ The magic and the mystery ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Stay lost with me ♪
- What are you doing out here so late?
- Well, I thought Isla might be here.
- Seems she's not coming.
- Yeah.
- Why don't we raid the resort kitchen
because I heard the chef say something about flan?
- Hmm, mm-hmm.
Well, I suppose there's no sense
in standing alone in the dark.
[chuckles]
Maybe we could check out that suite with endless cheese.
- Who told you about that, huh?
Come on. - [laughs]
- No song in your head this morning?
- Radio silence.
It's strange, I can't even remember the tone.
- Hmm, maybe all the cheese blocked it out.
- [chuckles]
- Elena, Ruby, thank you so much.
I'm back on my path,
and I'm not gonna let anyone knock me off of it.
- I am so pleased to hear it.
You're gonna make an excellent doctor.
- She something, isn't she?
- Oh, I like what I'm sensing here.
- I have my next comic book series:
"Guinevere of Glendale."
- So happy you both got what you needed and then some.
- [chuckles] - Thank you.
- Aw, young love.
So simple and sweet.
- Elena, can I get a sec? - Yeah.
- I'll be on my way.
- Listen, I thought about it,
and I can't.
- You can't?
- You made a decision about us
without allowing me to weigh in.
- I wanna explain why. - No, I don't wanna hear it.
Why does it matter? - Javier.
- Elena, if I let you explain,
I won't be able to stay mad at you.
Being mad is how I'm gonna get through this.
- Maybe this is all wrong.
- No, don't do that.
You made your decision.
You hurt me.
My decision is to not let you do it again.
- I understand.
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