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{\an8}[upbeat music]

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{\an8}<i>* Can you believe it's here,
our favourite time of year? ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Smiles are bright
like diamonds all around ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Ooh-ooh... ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* 'Cause there's no gift
like the present ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Why not live in the moment? ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Shake off our yesterdays ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Come on and shake,
shake, shake, shake ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* And let's celebrate
good times ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Make a memory tonight ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Why don't we dance
for the Yuletide ♪</i>

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{\an8}<i>* Come on, everyone,
let's celebrate good times ♪</i>

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{\an8}RODNEY: Ah, Ella, there you are.

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{\an8}This is my mom.

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{\an8}Mom, this is the graphic
designer I told you about,

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{\an8}Ella Chapel.

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{\an8}She's a rock star
here at Graphics.

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{\an8}ELLA: Oh, stop!

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{\an8}Ms. Willis,
it's so nice to meet you.

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{\an8}Rodney talks about you
all the time.

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{\an8}MS WILLIS: Oh, well,
he raves about you.

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ELLA: Oh!

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MS WILLIS: Always so nice to see

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a strong young woman
running things.

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{\an8}Oh, well, I don't
exactly run things.

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{\an8}I just work here.

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{\an8}RODNEY: She'll be
running things soon.

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Ella's planning
on opening her own shop.

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Shh!
Rodney!

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{\an8}I haven't told the boss yet.

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{\an8}MS WILLIS: Well, good for you.

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{\an8}So, do you have
family here in Boston?

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{\an8}No.

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{\an8}No, I don't.

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{\an8}ELLA'S BOSS: Alright, everyone.

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It's such a thrill to have
all your families here

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{\an8}at our Christmas party
this year.

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{\an8}After all,

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{\an8}none of us would be where we are
without them, am I right?

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{\an8}It's been a great year
at Graphics.

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{\an8}Please, go and enjoy your time
with your loved ones.

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I'll see you back here...
next year!

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Merry Christmas.
CROWD: Merry Christmas.

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Merry Christmas.

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{\an8}♪

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♪

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[chuckles]

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♪

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RILEY: [voice] Family is
the bedrock of our existence.

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It's the reason
we do what we do.

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It's the reason
we are who we are.

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The best interest of our family

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should be at the heart
of our decisions.

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Now, I know we Chapels
don't always get along,

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but as long as I'm around,

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we're gonna stick together.

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When I'm gone, someone's gonna
have to pick up the mantel.

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Ella, that's gonna be you.

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ELLA: [in video]
Okay, Grandpa!

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[phone rings]

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ELLA: Hey, Mom.
MICAH: Hey, Ella!

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One more day till
my baby comes home!

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Ugh, I am so ready!

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It feels like it's taking
forever for Christmas

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to come this year.

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MICAH: Oh, I know, honey.

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How are things in Boston?

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ELLA: Good.
I got the building.

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[gasps]
Ella!

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You signed a lease?

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No.

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MICAH: Well, why not?

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I don't know.
[laughs]

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Just... maybe it just
seems so real now,

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starting my own business
and planting roots in Boston.

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I know, sweety,
but you've been talking about it

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for months.

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ELLA: Exactly, and I don't
want to talk about it right now.

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I just want to come home and
spend Christmas with my family.

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You know, last year,
when your grandpa passed,

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no one was really
in a celebratory mood.

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And, uh, I'm afraid this year
is not gonna be much better.

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Don't tell me you and Grandma
had it out again.

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MICAH: Ugh,
that is an understatement!

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ELLA: Oh.

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Well, you know what Grandpa
always used to say,

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"Family has to stick together."
Right?

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Ella?

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[sighs]

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I'm moving to Chicago.

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What?!

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MICAH: Your grandma and I,

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we never saw eye to eye.

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But I don't know,
it's like it's getting worse.

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I guess your grandpa was
the glue that held us together.

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ELLA: What does Grandma
say about you leaving?

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She doesn't know.

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I'm gonna tell her tonight.

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ELLA: No, no!

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Not a word until
I get there, okay, Mom?

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Please?

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MICAH: [sighs]

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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[sighs]

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[festive music]

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♪

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["Jingle Bells" playing
on car radio]

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[engine stops,
radio shuts off]

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[gasps]

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DOREEN: My baby!
Oh, I missed you!

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ELLA: How are you?

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Gosh, you look fantastic!

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Oh, stop!

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Let's go surprise them.

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DOREEN: Oh, you betcha!
[giggles]

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TESS: Okay, let's get started
on these holiday brownies!

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MICAH: We already have
12 dozen of them already.

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Let's do something different:

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white chocolate
peppermint éclairs!

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The residents of the
nursing home love my brownies.

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Besides, I don't think
they'd take too kindly

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to your fancy éclairs.

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Really, Mom?

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Really!

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Merry Christmas!

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MICAH: Oh!
TESS: Oh, Ella!

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ELLA: Hi, Grandma.
TESS: Oh my goodness!

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MICAH: Hi, sweety.
ELLA: Hi, Mama.

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MICAH: Ooh!

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Well, look at you.
Boston agrees with you.

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DOREEN: Tess, Micah?

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Brad placed a last-minute order
for the Christmas party

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at the fire station:

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four poundcakes and a fruitcake.

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TESS: He does this every year.

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MICAH: Yeah,
but there's not enough time.

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I can whip up some pastries.

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I came up with this
really cool recipe.

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ELLA: Hmm!
TESS: Oh, no need.

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I knew he was gonna do this

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so I baked everything
last night.

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Doreen, let's box them up.

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I've got this, Micah.

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Coffee?

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Sure.

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MICAH: Well, despite everything,
honey, it's good to see you.

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ELLA: So, Mom, what is going on?

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You and Grandma were
barely looking at each other.

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MICAH: It's been like this
for the past year.

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ELLA: Why didn't you tell me?

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MICAH: Honey, you have your
own life going on in Boston.

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I don't want to burden you
with family drama.

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ELLA: It's my family drama.
You and Grandma are my family.

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I could have helped.

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MICAH: I doubt anybody
could have helped.

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Grandpa did.

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Oh, well, that's for sure.

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But, you know, with him gone,
I can really see the cracks

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in our relationship.

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Okay, but do you really think
leaving is the way to fix it?

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I'm not sure.

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But this is something
that I have to do, Ella.

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And I was hoping you'd be
a little more happy for me

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pursuing my goals.

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I'm happy for you.

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ELLA: No, I am, Mom, of course.

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I... I want this for you.

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More than anything.

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But I just...

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I want to make sure that you're
doing it for the right reason.

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I am.

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And I don't want you to leave
things with Grandma unsettled.

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I mean, wouldn't it be nice
if you two were in a good place

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when you leave?

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It would be nice,
but it's not gonna happen.

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You know what Grandpa
always used to say:

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"Never go to bed angry."

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And you know what I say?

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Never leave town angry.

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MICAH: [laughs]

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So, what are you gonna do when
you leave Mary's Town, anyway?

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Oh, take a page
out of your book.

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Maybe get my own spot.

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I've always wanted
a cute little bistro,

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French pastries, small plates.

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You could do that
at the bakery, you know.

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Your grandmother
is not open to my ideas.

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"Tradition," or so she says.

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Well, I mean, I get that.

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Her recipes were handed down
from her grandma.

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Yeah, and I'm not
trying to change that.

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It's just that I have
been helping her run

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the family business since
I graduated from college.

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I know I had you
when I was young,

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but I'm not getting any younger.

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I'm in my fifties, Ella.

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It's time.

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But do you really think that
this is gonna make you happy?

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Leaving Grandma and the bakery
and Mary's Town?

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You did.

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You want to go by
the fire station

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and drop off the cakes with me?

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Do I have a choice?

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Nope!

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What?

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What?

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Stop cutting your eyes at me
and say what's on your mind.

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Why don't you
lighten up on Micah?

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Lighten up on Micah?

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DOREEN: And lighten up
on yourself while you're at it.

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I don't know what
you're talking about!

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[sighs]

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You work and work and work
all the time.

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That's all you do!

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Work and go home.

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Well, what else am I
supposed to do?

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Where else am I supposed to go?

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Well, you used to
go out with me,

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with your friends,
with Micah.

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I'm too busy.

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Too busy to talk
to your daughter?

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I talk to my daughter
all the time!

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DOREEN: Hmph!

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Listen, I know you miss Riley.

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We all do.

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TESS: [sighs]

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And I know this
time of year is hard,

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but Riley wouldn't want you
cooped up in this bakery

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all day and all night.

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He'd want you to celebrate.

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You have your daughter,
you have Ella, you have me,

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and you have your friends.

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Don't we count?

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Of course you count.

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What kind of question is that?

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Well, I'm just saying,

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at some point you gotta
get back in the game.

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I can't celebrate without him.

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I don't know how to.

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DOREEN: Girl, yes you do.

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You can do this.

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Come here.

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You know I love you.

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TESS: I love you, too.

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DOREEN: Now,
let's get back to work.

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TESS: Okay.
DOREEN: Okay.

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TESS: Oh!

251
00:11:21,224 --> 00:11:26,479
♪

252
00:11:26,479 --> 00:11:28,856
All the deliveries
have been made.

253
00:11:28,856 --> 00:11:31,901
TESS: Oh, thank you, sweety.

254
00:11:31,901 --> 00:11:33,903
A little birdy told me

255
00:11:33,903 --> 00:11:36,406
that you don't
have your tree up yet.

256
00:11:36,406 --> 00:11:39,784
Oh, I've been too busy.

257
00:11:39,784 --> 00:11:41,244
ELLA: Well, no worries.

258
00:11:41,244 --> 00:11:42,954
Mom went home to change

259
00:11:42,954 --> 00:11:45,790
and then she's gonna pick us up
and take us to the tree farm.

260
00:11:45,790 --> 00:11:48,918
You will have a tree
before the night is over.

261
00:11:48,918 --> 00:11:50,378
I guess you're the boss.

262
00:11:50,378 --> 00:11:53,589
[both chuckle]

263
00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:55,299
ELLA: Well, if I'm the boss,

264
00:11:55,299 --> 00:11:57,760
then why don't you let me
design you a new logo?

265
00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,388
What's wrong with
the one I have?

266
00:12:00,388 --> 00:12:01,848
ELLA: Oh, well, nothing.

267
00:12:01,848 --> 00:12:04,267
It just, you know,
could use a little updating.

268
00:12:04,267 --> 00:12:07,562
Do I take you and your
mother for granted, Ella?

269
00:12:07,562 --> 00:12:10,231
Because I don't want you to
think that you don't count,

270
00:12:10,231 --> 00:12:11,774
because you both do.

271
00:12:11,774 --> 00:12:14,402
I just...
Oh, well. [sighs]

272
00:12:14,402 --> 00:12:17,280
What?

273
00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:18,990
TESS: Oh, nothing.

274
00:12:18,990 --> 00:12:21,367
Let's go get the tree.

275
00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:28,958
♪

276
00:12:28,958 --> 00:12:34,672
[instrumental
"Jingle Bells" playing]

277
00:12:34,672 --> 00:12:36,257
ELLA: See anything
you like, Grandma?

278
00:12:36,257 --> 00:12:39,802
TESS: Oh, they all
look so beautiful.

279
00:12:39,802 --> 00:12:41,929
ELLA: You need one, too, Mom?

280
00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:44,265
TESS: She's got a fake one.

281
00:12:44,265 --> 00:12:46,642
MICAH: They're pretty,
and less mess.

282
00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:48,102
ELLA: What?!

283
00:12:48,102 --> 00:12:50,897
TESS: There's nothing like
the smell of a real tree.

284
00:12:50,897 --> 00:12:52,940
MICAH: Yeah, Mom,
I like it too.

285
00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,234
ELLA: I'm gonna go
check out these trees.

286
00:12:55,234 --> 00:12:58,446
GRIFFIN: Hey, family!
MICAH: Griffin!

287
00:12:58,446 --> 00:13:00,573
TESS: Mayor Knoxville!

288
00:13:00,573 --> 00:13:04,368
GRIFFIN: Good to see you guys.

289
00:13:04,368 --> 00:13:06,120
Griffin.

290
00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,121
Hey, Ella.

291
00:13:07,121 --> 00:13:08,456
Hey.

292
00:13:08,456 --> 00:13:09,665
BOTH: Merry Christmas!

293
00:13:09,665 --> 00:13:13,169
[both laugh]

294
00:13:13,169 --> 00:13:15,380
So, I didn't-- I didn't
know you were in town.

295
00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:17,340
I just got here today.

296
00:13:17,340 --> 00:13:19,050
Okay, cool. Cool.

297
00:13:19,050 --> 00:13:20,843
How are things in Boston?
Good?

298
00:13:20,843 --> 00:13:22,595
They're good, yeah.
Things are good!

299
00:13:22,595 --> 00:13:23,721
Good.

300
00:13:23,721 --> 00:13:25,098
Uh, how are things here?

301
00:13:25,098 --> 00:13:26,516
They're good,
they're good.

302
00:13:26,516 --> 00:13:27,600
They're good.

303
00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,894
All good.

304
00:13:29,894 --> 00:13:31,854
Uh, we're just
getting Grandma a tree.

305
00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:33,147
This late?

306
00:13:33,147 --> 00:13:35,608
Don't you be
scolding me too, now!

307
00:13:35,608 --> 00:13:40,113
Okay!

308
00:13:40,113 --> 00:13:41,989
ELLA: Well, it's good to--
GRIFFIN: Okay, yeah--

309
00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,699
GRIFFIN: Um, I should get going.

310
00:13:43,699 --> 00:13:46,619
But I'll see all of you later
at the tree lighting ceremony.

311
00:13:46,619 --> 00:13:47,787
Yeah!

312
00:13:47,787 --> 00:13:50,540
Yeah.
Alright.

313
00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,708
Excuse me.

314
00:13:52,708 --> 00:13:57,672
♪

315
00:13:57,672 --> 00:14:00,466
That'll get easier.

316
00:14:00,466 --> 00:14:03,219
♪

317
00:14:03,219 --> 00:14:06,013
Maybe.

318
00:14:06,013 --> 00:14:13,730
♪

319
00:14:13,730 --> 00:14:16,899
ELLA: Alright, ladies, this tree
is not gonna decorate itself.

320
00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:18,901
TESS: I'll go get
Grandpa's albums.

321
00:14:18,901 --> 00:14:20,903
Which ones do you want?

322
00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,613
Uh, Nat King Cole, Sinatra.

323
00:14:22,613 --> 00:14:23,740
TESS: Mm-hm?

324
00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:25,491
Jackson 5...
Just bring 'em all.

325
00:14:25,491 --> 00:14:27,034
TESS: Okay!

326
00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:30,037
Let's go get the ornaments.

327
00:14:34,584 --> 00:14:36,794
Oh...

328
00:14:36,794 --> 00:14:39,422
Grandpa Riley's Kwanzaa chest.

329
00:14:39,422 --> 00:14:41,591
Man, that thing was
always filled to the brim.

330
00:14:41,591 --> 00:14:45,428
ELLA: Mm-hm!

331
00:14:45,428 --> 00:14:47,055
Come on.
MICAH: Yeah.

332
00:14:47,055 --> 00:14:54,687
♪

333
00:14:54,687 --> 00:14:56,606
Last night was fun, right?

334
00:14:56,606 --> 00:14:57,815
MICAH: Hm.

335
00:14:57,815 --> 00:14:59,317
At least you two didn't argue.

336
00:14:59,317 --> 00:15:01,944
For once!

337
00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:04,822
I'm glad you had
a good time, though.

338
00:15:04,822 --> 00:15:06,949
Seeing all the ornaments

339
00:15:06,949 --> 00:15:09,744
and listening to
Christmas albums,

340
00:15:09,744 --> 00:15:11,245
it all just felt right.

341
00:15:11,245 --> 00:15:13,289
Oh, but we didn't put up
Grandpa's lights

342
00:15:13,289 --> 00:15:15,500
outside, though!
ELLA: Oh, man!

343
00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,211
That would have been
the first thing he did.

344
00:15:18,211 --> 00:15:20,338
The day after Thanksgiving!

345
00:15:20,338 --> 00:15:24,342
MICAH: That man could do
Christmas 365 days a year.

346
00:15:24,342 --> 00:15:25,718
That and Kwanzaa.

347
00:15:25,718 --> 00:15:26,844
Mm-hm.

348
00:15:26,844 --> 00:15:29,347
Seeing that chest last night,

349
00:15:29,347 --> 00:15:32,392
it brought back
so many memories.

350
00:15:32,392 --> 00:15:34,685
"Kwanzaa is cultural medicine
for Black families."

351
00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:35,645
ELLA: Mm-hm.

352
00:15:35,645 --> 00:15:36,604
He was so dramatic.

353
00:15:36,604 --> 00:15:37,855
[laughs]

354
00:15:37,855 --> 00:15:39,524
Every night,
lighting those candles,

355
00:15:39,524 --> 00:15:41,150
talking about
the seven principles.

356
00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:42,819
Yeah, he believed
in those principles.

357
00:15:42,819 --> 00:15:43,653
ELLA: Mm-hm.

358
00:15:43,653 --> 00:15:45,822
He embodied them.

359
00:15:45,822 --> 00:15:47,782
[sighs]
He was an awesome man.

360
00:15:47,782 --> 00:15:49,659
He was.

361
00:15:49,659 --> 00:15:52,620
It feels really good to
talk about him for a change.

362
00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:53,871
Mom doesn't mention him.

363
00:15:53,871 --> 00:15:55,164
Not around me, anyway.

364
00:15:55,164 --> 00:15:58,626
Hey, I was thinking...

365
00:15:58,626 --> 00:16:00,837
What if you took a few months?

366
00:16:00,837 --> 00:16:03,297
You know, hang out somewhere
and see how you like it first

367
00:16:03,297 --> 00:16:05,675
before moving away altogether.

368
00:16:05,675 --> 00:16:07,176
Like you said, you need a break.

369
00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:10,430
No, I need a change.

370
00:16:10,430 --> 00:16:13,015
But putting down roots
somewhere else?

371
00:16:13,015 --> 00:16:14,517
MICAH: Yeah, that's the plan.

372
00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:16,602
I mean, of course
I'll come back and visit,

373
00:16:16,602 --> 00:16:20,857
but the plan is that
I'm moving away for good.

374
00:16:20,857 --> 00:16:24,277
And I'm not gonna
change my mind.

375
00:16:24,277 --> 00:16:26,654
♪

376
00:16:26,654 --> 00:16:29,198
TESS: So, did you get your
Christmas shopping done

377
00:16:29,198 --> 00:16:32,660
this afternoon?
MICAH: Yeah, most of it.

378
00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:35,413
Look, they're doing the
Karamu Festival again this year.

379
00:16:35,413 --> 00:16:36,873
That's awesome.

380
00:16:36,873 --> 00:16:38,166
TESS: Well, you know Griffin.

381
00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:40,543
He's a lot like your grandpa.

382
00:16:40,543 --> 00:16:43,087
Thinks that Kwanzaa
is a community cure-all.

383
00:16:45,131 --> 00:16:48,426
Hey, Grandma, do you remember
that Kwanzaa scrapbook

384
00:16:48,426 --> 00:16:49,886
that Grandpa had?

385
00:16:49,886 --> 00:16:52,013
Is it in his Kwanzaa chest?

386
00:16:52,013 --> 00:16:53,723
Nope.

387
00:16:53,723 --> 00:16:55,516
Well, where is it?

388
00:16:55,516 --> 00:17:00,229
Oh, either at Griffin's house
or his office.

389
00:17:00,229 --> 00:17:02,732
I gave it to him
after your grandpa died.

390
00:17:02,732 --> 00:17:05,234
I knew that he would carry on
those Kwanzaa traditions

391
00:17:05,234 --> 00:17:08,362
once he replaced
your grandpa as mayor.

392
00:17:08,362 --> 00:17:10,615
Well, can you tell him
that I need it?

393
00:17:10,615 --> 00:17:14,243
No, if you want it,
you ask him yourself.

394
00:17:14,243 --> 00:17:15,244
GRIFFIN: Okay, everyone!

395
00:17:15,244 --> 00:17:20,249
CROWD: Three, two, one--

396
00:17:20,249 --> 00:17:24,337
[cheering and applause]

397
00:17:24,337 --> 00:17:31,594
♪

398
00:17:31,594 --> 00:17:33,763
Grandpa would be pleased.

399
00:17:33,763 --> 00:17:36,432
Thanks.

400
00:17:36,432 --> 00:17:39,519
Griffin, I know I'm probably
the last person,

401
00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:42,563
and we haven't spoken
since Grandpa's funeral,

402
00:17:42,563 --> 00:17:45,316
and I probably have

403
00:17:45,316 --> 00:17:47,527
no right to ask you
for anything, uh...

404
00:17:47,527 --> 00:17:52,156
What are you trying
to say, Ella?

405
00:17:52,156 --> 00:17:54,283
My family's falling apart

406
00:17:54,283 --> 00:17:57,203
and I may only have a few days
to turn things around,

407
00:17:57,203 --> 00:18:01,416
and I really need your help.

408
00:18:01,416 --> 00:18:02,625
Okay.

409
00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:04,961
Come on, let's talk.

410
00:18:04,961 --> 00:18:08,131
♪

411
00:18:08,131 --> 00:18:10,466
GRIFFIN: I can't believe
your mom's leaving town.

412
00:18:10,466 --> 00:18:12,969
I always thought her
and your grandma were

413
00:18:12,969 --> 00:18:15,221
model mother and daughter.

414
00:18:15,221 --> 00:18:16,681
Well, it was only because
Grandpa was around

415
00:18:16,681 --> 00:18:18,307
to keep the peace.

416
00:18:18,307 --> 00:18:20,476
Have you seen them lately?

417
00:18:20,476 --> 00:18:22,770
No, I'm ashamed to say
that I haven't been over there

418
00:18:22,770 --> 00:18:24,105
that much lately. I...

419
00:18:24,105 --> 00:18:26,190
I should have checked
on them a lot more.

420
00:18:26,190 --> 00:18:29,402
No, you had your hands full,
I'm sure.

421
00:18:29,402 --> 00:18:30,695
So did I.

422
00:18:30,695 --> 00:18:35,533
I mean, I had no idea
how bad it had gotten.

423
00:18:35,533 --> 00:18:38,369
I heard you've made a lot of
changes around town.

424
00:18:38,369 --> 00:18:40,163
Yeah, trying to make
the place better, you know?

425
00:18:40,163 --> 00:18:42,582
No place like home.

426
00:18:42,582 --> 00:18:44,417
And you're still doing
the Karamu Festival.

427
00:18:44,417 --> 00:18:46,002
That's great.
GRIFFIN: Yeah.

428
00:18:46,002 --> 00:18:49,338
Yeah, I mean, it wasn't the same
last year without your family,

429
00:18:49,338 --> 00:18:52,008
but some things are
worth preserving, right?

430
00:18:52,008 --> 00:18:53,092
Right.

431
00:18:53,092 --> 00:18:54,719
Here, have a seat.

432
00:18:54,719 --> 00:18:55,970
ELLA: Um...

433
00:18:58,306 --> 00:18:59,724
GRIFFIN: So?

434
00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:02,810
I was hoping to get my
grandpa's Kwanzaa scrapbook

435
00:19:02,810 --> 00:19:04,687
back from you.

436
00:19:04,687 --> 00:19:06,522
Yeah.
I mean, why?

437
00:19:06,522 --> 00:19:09,317
Well, seeing as Kwanzaa
starts the day after Christmas,

438
00:19:09,317 --> 00:19:12,528
I was thinking that maybe
getting my mom involved

439
00:19:12,528 --> 00:19:14,197
with some Kwanzaa celebrations

440
00:19:14,197 --> 00:19:15,698
might convince her
to stick around,

441
00:19:15,698 --> 00:19:18,951
in case Christmas
isn't enough to nudge her

442
00:19:18,951 --> 00:19:20,369
and Grandma back together.

443
00:19:20,369 --> 00:19:22,747
Do you think that
would actually work?

444
00:19:22,747 --> 00:19:24,123
You don't?

445
00:19:24,123 --> 00:19:25,875
I know better than anyone
you can't change

446
00:19:25,875 --> 00:19:28,628
what's in a person's heart.

447
00:19:28,628 --> 00:19:32,048
Besides, if her and your
grandma have issues,

448
00:19:32,048 --> 00:19:33,800
you've just gotta
talk them out.

449
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,178
Like we did?

450
00:19:37,178 --> 00:19:39,389
Sorry, this isn't about us.

451
00:19:39,389 --> 00:19:41,099
Yeah, it never was.

452
00:19:41,099 --> 00:19:43,810
Right?

453
00:19:43,810 --> 00:19:47,730
♪

454
00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:48,856
Before I left Boston,

455
00:19:48,856 --> 00:19:52,735
I dug up this old video
of my grandpa

456
00:19:52,735 --> 00:19:55,530
talking about how important
it is for us to...

457
00:19:55,530 --> 00:19:58,408
stick together as a family.
GRIFFIN: Yes.

458
00:19:58,408 --> 00:20:03,538
He said that once he was gone,
it would be my responsibility.

459
00:20:03,538 --> 00:20:05,248
I thought nothing of it
at the time,

460
00:20:05,248 --> 00:20:07,583
but now I realize that

461
00:20:07,583 --> 00:20:10,211
it's up to me to make sure
that they patch things up.

462
00:20:10,211 --> 00:20:12,004
Even if my mom leaves town

463
00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:13,631
and they're
physically separated,

464
00:20:13,631 --> 00:20:18,052
I've gotta find a way
to unite their hearts again.

465
00:20:18,052 --> 00:20:21,222
I could really use my grandpa's
guidance right about now,

466
00:20:21,222 --> 00:20:23,057
and I think I'll find it
in that scrapbook,

467
00:20:23,057 --> 00:20:24,267
so if you don't mind...

468
00:20:24,267 --> 00:20:27,270
Yeah, sure.
I'll get it for you.

469
00:20:27,270 --> 00:20:28,771
You got it.

470
00:20:28,771 --> 00:20:31,399
Come on.

471
00:20:31,399 --> 00:20:36,779
Look, Ella, I really hope
this works out for you,

472
00:20:36,779 --> 00:20:39,866
because I'd hate to see another
Chapel woman leave Mary's Town.

473
00:20:39,866 --> 00:20:47,582
♪

474
00:20:53,212 --> 00:20:57,967
♪

475
00:20:57,967 --> 00:21:01,012
MICAH: I'm so happy
to have my baby home, aww!

476
00:21:01,012 --> 00:21:04,557
I'm so happy to be home.

477
00:21:06,309 --> 00:21:08,561
So, what's
going on with you?

478
00:21:08,561 --> 00:21:10,313
Why haven't you signed
the building lease yet?

479
00:21:10,313 --> 00:21:12,648
Oh... no reason.

480
00:21:12,648 --> 00:21:15,401
I just want to make sure
it's the right building.

481
00:21:15,401 --> 00:21:17,487
Hmm.

482
00:21:17,487 --> 00:21:19,447
You seeing anybody in Boston?

483
00:21:19,447 --> 00:21:21,240
No.

484
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,034
Why not?

485
00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:24,911
I don't know.

486
00:21:24,911 --> 00:21:26,120
Hmm, Griffin?

487
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,122
What?

488
00:21:28,122 --> 00:21:30,708
No!
I... No.

489
00:21:30,708 --> 00:21:34,837
I just haven't met anybody
that I want to commit to.

490
00:21:34,837 --> 00:21:36,756
MICAH: Hmm.

491
00:21:36,756 --> 00:21:38,508
Can't commit to
a building lease,

492
00:21:38,508 --> 00:21:39,801
can't commit to a relationship;

493
00:21:39,801 --> 00:21:41,511
I'm starting to see
a little pattern here.

494
00:21:41,511 --> 00:21:43,346
Nope, no pattern.

495
00:21:43,346 --> 00:21:44,389
Oh, if you say so.

496
00:21:44,389 --> 00:21:48,434
I do.

497
00:21:48,434 --> 00:21:52,480
So... did you bring them?

498
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,816
I did!
[both laugh]

499
00:21:54,816 --> 00:21:58,194
["Scrooge" playing on TV]

500
00:21:58,194 --> 00:22:00,363
MAN: [TV] <i>Have I the pleasure
of addressing Mr. Scrooge</i>

501
00:22:00,363 --> 00:22:02,156
<i>or Mr. Marley?</i>

502
00:22:02,156 --> 00:22:04,951
SCROOGE: [TV] <i>Mr. Marley has
been dead these seven years!</i>

503
00:22:04,951 --> 00:22:07,453
[both chuckle]

504
00:22:07,453 --> 00:22:09,914
<i>He died seven years ago
this very night.</i>

505
00:22:09,914 --> 00:22:19,549
♪

506
00:22:19,549 --> 00:22:20,550
GRIFFIN: Good morning,
Miss Tess.

507
00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:22,427
TESS: [gasps]

508
00:22:22,427 --> 00:22:24,387
Griffin!

509
00:22:24,387 --> 00:22:26,723
What in the world
are you doing out here?

510
00:22:26,723 --> 00:22:28,516
Putting up your lights.

511
00:22:28,516 --> 00:22:30,935
Well, I can see that, but why?

512
00:22:30,935 --> 00:22:33,146
Because your house
is the only one on the street

513
00:22:33,146 --> 00:22:34,772
without any lights.

514
00:22:34,772 --> 00:22:36,190
And the neighbours threatened
to call the police on you.

515
00:22:36,190 --> 00:22:37,442
They did no such thing!

516
00:22:37,442 --> 00:22:39,736
[laughs]

517
00:22:39,736 --> 00:22:41,904
You know, for as long
as I can remember,

518
00:22:41,904 --> 00:22:44,449
Mayor Chapel would be out here
the day after Thanksgiving,

519
00:22:44,449 --> 00:22:45,825
rain or shine,
putting up these lights,

520
00:22:45,825 --> 00:22:47,160
and I'd be right there with him.

521
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,620
You sure would.

522
00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:52,290
Alright, here we go.

523
00:22:52,290 --> 00:22:56,127
We used to have the best talks
while we untangled these lights.

524
00:22:56,127 --> 00:22:59,505
You know,
it was like he had a way of...

525
00:22:59,505 --> 00:23:00,965
teaching without preaching,
you know?

526
00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:02,175
I know.

527
00:23:02,175 --> 00:23:04,302
That's one of the things
I loved about him.

528
00:23:04,302 --> 00:23:06,429
And he loved you like a son.

529
00:23:06,429 --> 00:23:08,139
He told me.

530
00:23:08,139 --> 00:23:10,433
And I'm glad I told him
how much I loved him, too.

531
00:23:10,433 --> 00:23:11,392
TESS: Mm-hm.

532
00:23:11,392 --> 00:23:13,603
But I must say,

533
00:23:13,603 --> 00:23:15,438
I should have checked on you
a lot more, Miss Tess.

534
00:23:15,438 --> 00:23:16,773
Stop it.

535
00:23:16,773 --> 00:23:18,524
No, no, no,
I should have checked on you,

536
00:23:18,524 --> 00:23:20,568
and I should have called
to see if you needed me,

537
00:23:20,568 --> 00:23:22,195
and I should have put
these blasted lights up

538
00:23:22,195 --> 00:23:24,781
the day after Thanksgiving.

539
00:23:24,781 --> 00:23:26,532
TESS: You're the mayor, Griffin.

540
00:23:26,532 --> 00:23:28,493
You've got a lot of people
to look after.

541
00:23:28,493 --> 00:23:30,661
[laughs]
I do, I do.

542
00:23:30,661 --> 00:23:32,330
But don't tell them this,

543
00:23:32,330 --> 00:23:33,664
but I like you
a little bit more.

544
00:23:33,664 --> 00:23:35,208
TESS: [laughs]
GRIFFIN: You know,

545
00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:37,960
I thought coming back to his
house and not seeing him here

546
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,254
would make it so painfully real,

547
00:23:40,254 --> 00:23:42,840
but now that I'm here,

548
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,343
it's a comforting reminder that
he was a big part of my life.

549
00:23:45,343 --> 00:23:46,886
TESS: Mm-hm.

550
00:23:46,886 --> 00:23:49,013
GRIFFIN: So I guess...
you know, whenever I miss him,

551
00:23:49,013 --> 00:23:51,724
all I have to do
is come back here.

552
00:23:51,724 --> 00:23:54,477
TESS: [chuckles]

553
00:23:54,477 --> 00:23:55,853
GRIFFIN: You know,
I hope you're still

554
00:23:55,853 --> 00:23:57,146
coming to the Karamu Festival.

555
00:23:57,146 --> 00:23:59,315
Well, I think Riley
would want us to be there.

556
00:23:59,315 --> 00:24:00,525
GRIFFIN: Okay.

557
00:24:00,525 --> 00:24:02,318
Thank you for keeping it alive.

558
00:24:02,318 --> 00:24:03,361
Of course.

559
00:24:03,361 --> 00:24:04,404
TESS: Yeah.

560
00:24:07,698 --> 00:24:08,616
You know, I can help with that!

561
00:24:08,616 --> 00:24:09,826
No.
Come on.

562
00:24:09,826 --> 00:24:11,327
You have better stuff to do,
I'm sure.

563
00:24:11,327 --> 00:24:13,746
No, no, Ella's supposed to be
coming to take me shopping

564
00:24:13,746 --> 00:24:15,706
for the recipe swap,
but she's always late.

565
00:24:15,706 --> 00:24:16,958
We've got time!

566
00:24:16,958 --> 00:24:19,460
[laughs] Okay.
Alright, alright.

567
00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:21,713
I have this.
TESS: Oh!

568
00:24:21,713 --> 00:24:23,297
TESS: Oh, I love it.

569
00:24:23,297 --> 00:24:24,257
Oh, yes.

570
00:24:24,257 --> 00:24:28,010
♪

571
00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:29,846
Alright, ladies.

572
00:24:29,846 --> 00:24:31,889
You know that
the Chapel women recipes

573
00:24:31,889 --> 00:24:33,891
are always the star of the swap.
TESS: Mm-hm!

574
00:24:33,891 --> 00:24:35,184
MICAH: Except last year.

575
00:24:35,184 --> 00:24:36,894
I heard Marilyn Strand
and her daughter--

576
00:24:36,894 --> 00:24:38,771
TESS: Never mind Marilyn Strand!

577
00:24:38,771 --> 00:24:40,898
The Chapel women are back!

578
00:24:40,898 --> 00:24:43,860
<i>♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪</i>

579
00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:47,029
<i>♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas... ♪</i>

580
00:24:47,029 --> 00:24:49,782
<i>♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪</i>

581
00:24:49,782 --> 00:24:52,952
<i>♪ And a happy new year ♪</i>

582
00:24:52,952 --> 00:24:58,958
<i>♪ Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin ♪</i>

583
00:24:58,958 --> 00:25:03,046
<i>♪ Good tidings for Christmas
and a happy new year! ♪</i>

584
00:25:03,046 --> 00:25:05,131
Micah...

585
00:25:05,131 --> 00:25:07,008
That's too many chocolate chips.

586
00:25:10,511 --> 00:25:12,263
[church bell ringing]

587
00:25:14,766 --> 00:25:16,601
{\an8}MICAH: Wow, they smell amazing!

588
00:25:16,601 --> 00:25:18,186
Please help yourself!

589
00:25:18,186 --> 00:25:20,646
French pastries--
I baked them myself.

590
00:25:20,646 --> 00:25:21,773
Yes.

591
00:25:24,108 --> 00:25:25,693
MICAH: Well, if it isn't
Marilyn Strand.

592
00:25:25,693 --> 00:25:27,403
Hmm.

593
00:25:27,403 --> 00:25:29,363
GRIFFIN: Hey.
ELLA: Hey.

594
00:25:29,363 --> 00:25:30,615
Those look good.

595
00:25:30,615 --> 00:25:31,824
Thank you.

596
00:25:31,824 --> 00:25:33,367
Ah, my pleasure.
[chuckles]

597
00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:36,412
TESS: This recipe has been
in my family for generations.

598
00:25:36,412 --> 00:25:39,123
They're my original recipe:
cranberry brie bites.

599
00:25:39,123 --> 00:25:42,502
TESS: A Mary's Town tradition!

600
00:25:44,545 --> 00:25:47,090
I think it's gonna take more
than a scrapbook to fix that.

601
00:25:47,090 --> 00:25:48,007
Yeah, maybe.

602
00:25:48,007 --> 00:25:49,425
I guess I'm just
feeling hopeful.

603
00:25:49,425 --> 00:25:50,635
GRIFFIN: I hear you.

604
00:25:50,635 --> 00:25:52,136
Well, we can meet up
later tonight

605
00:25:52,136 --> 00:25:54,263
and I can bring you
the scrapbook.

606
00:25:54,263 --> 00:25:55,556
Yeah.
Great, thanks.

607
00:25:55,556 --> 00:25:56,724
What do you think, seven?

608
00:25:56,724 --> 00:25:57,767
Seven's perfect.

609
00:25:57,767 --> 00:25:58,893
Alright.
Tyler's Diner?

610
00:25:58,893 --> 00:26:01,479
Tyler's Diner!
[both laugh]

611
00:26:01,479 --> 00:26:02,522
Alright, I'll see you later.

612
00:26:02,522 --> 00:26:04,399
See you then.

613
00:26:04,399 --> 00:26:07,527
ELLA: Oh, hey!

614
00:26:07,527 --> 00:26:09,320
Is this little
cookie-nabber yours?

615
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,782
Ella, Griffin told us
you were in town.

616
00:26:12,782 --> 00:26:14,951
Oh, did you lose
my number or what?

617
00:26:14,951 --> 00:26:17,203
Renee, I'm so sorry.

618
00:26:17,203 --> 00:26:19,122
My family has kept me
super busy.

619
00:26:19,122 --> 00:26:20,790
I can imagine.

620
00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:23,292
MAISEY: These are yummy!
ELLA: Oh, thank you, Maisey!

621
00:26:23,292 --> 00:26:25,294
RENEE: Yeah, still
the gingerbread queen, I see.

622
00:26:25,294 --> 00:26:26,546
Someone's gotta do it.

623
00:26:26,546 --> 00:26:28,423
RENEE: Mm.
MAISEY: Can I go, Mama?

624
00:26:28,423 --> 00:26:31,759
Yes, baby, but just
where I can see you, okay?

625
00:26:31,759 --> 00:26:34,470
MAISEY: Okay.
RENEE: Okay.

626
00:26:34,470 --> 00:26:36,639
Glad to see that two years
in Boston didn't rob you

627
00:26:36,639 --> 00:26:38,975
of your down-home baking skills.

628
00:26:38,975 --> 00:26:41,018
It would take longer
than two years for me

629
00:26:41,018 --> 00:26:42,854
to forget anything that
I learned in Mary's Town!

630
00:26:42,854 --> 00:26:44,313
RENEE: [chuckles]

631
00:26:44,313 --> 00:26:46,357
So, how's the big city?

632
00:26:46,357 --> 00:26:47,650
It's good!

633
00:26:47,650 --> 00:26:49,777
Boston used to be amazing.

634
00:26:49,777 --> 00:26:54,157
Now it's just... "good"?

635
00:26:54,157 --> 00:26:57,326
Is there something
you aren't telling us?

636
00:26:57,326 --> 00:26:58,536
[both giggle]

637
00:27:01,914 --> 00:27:04,500
GRIFFIN: Any time.
Good to see you.

638
00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:05,668
JONAH: Check you out!

639
00:27:05,668 --> 00:27:07,003
Looking all mayoral.

640
00:27:07,003 --> 00:27:09,047
GRIFFIN: Hey, Jonah.
Where's Maisey and Renee?

641
00:27:09,047 --> 00:27:11,049
JONAH: Off enjoying
your amazing event.

642
00:27:11,049 --> 00:27:13,676
Well, thanks, but I still
have a lot of work to do.

643
00:27:13,676 --> 00:27:15,678
You're doing great, brother.

644
00:27:15,678 --> 00:27:17,513
Thank you.
I appreciate that.

645
00:27:17,513 --> 00:27:19,515
Do you remember when we
used to come to these events

646
00:27:19,515 --> 00:27:21,642
and everybody knew everybody?
JONAH: Mm-hm.

647
00:27:21,642 --> 00:27:23,686
I know half these people.

648
00:27:23,686 --> 00:27:25,396
You want one?
JONAH: Yeah.

649
00:27:25,396 --> 00:27:26,856
GRIFFIN: Thank you.

650
00:27:26,856 --> 00:27:28,483
Times are different.

651
00:27:28,483 --> 00:27:31,652
People keep to themselves.
GRIFFIN: Yeah.

652
00:27:31,652 --> 00:27:34,280
Well, I miss the days when
people knew your parents,

653
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,907
and your parents' parents,
you know?

654
00:27:35,907 --> 00:27:37,867
Now the only time
people come to the square

655
00:27:37,867 --> 00:27:39,368
is for Christmas and Kwanzaa.

656
00:27:39,368 --> 00:27:42,580
I wish it could be like that
all the time.

657
00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:46,793
You're the mayor.
Make it happen.

658
00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:49,462
ELLA: Boston was
a nice change of scenery.

659
00:27:49,462 --> 00:27:51,881
A chance to spread my wings.

660
00:27:51,881 --> 00:27:53,633
Does it have the same allure

661
00:27:53,633 --> 00:27:55,927
that it did when
I first moved there?

662
00:27:55,927 --> 00:27:57,387
Absolutely not.

663
00:27:57,387 --> 00:27:59,180
Do you regret leaving?

664
00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:01,224
I mean, you broke up
with Griffin and all.

665
00:28:01,224 --> 00:28:03,309
No, I regret hurting Griffin,

666
00:28:03,309 --> 00:28:05,895
but Boston has taught me a lot.

667
00:28:05,895 --> 00:28:08,189
Any new love connections?

668
00:28:08,189 --> 00:28:12,318
ELLA: Renee!
RENEE: Come on, spill!

669
00:28:12,318 --> 00:28:16,447
I've dated a couple guys,
but they're not...

670
00:28:16,447 --> 00:28:17,865
they're not exactly...

671
00:28:17,865 --> 00:28:19,409
Griffin?

672
00:28:19,409 --> 00:28:22,078
JONAH: This sudden
feeling of nostalgia

673
00:28:22,078 --> 00:28:24,622
wouldn't have anything to do
with Ella being back in town,

674
00:28:24,622 --> 00:28:26,082
would it?
GRIFFIN: Come on.

675
00:28:26,082 --> 00:28:27,583
But you know I'm right.

676
00:28:27,583 --> 00:28:29,252
No, I know no such thing.

677
00:28:29,252 --> 00:28:31,254
Yeah, you do,
because otherwise

678
00:28:31,254 --> 00:28:33,548
the most eligible bachelor
in Mary's Town

679
00:28:33,548 --> 00:28:38,219
wouldn't still be eligible
two years after his breakup.

680
00:28:39,721 --> 00:28:40,930
Uh-huh, that's what I thought!

681
00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:42,348
Okay, alright,

682
00:28:42,348 --> 00:28:43,766
I'll give it to you.
JONAH: Mm-hm!

683
00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:47,562
♪

684
00:28:47,562 --> 00:28:49,814
MAISEY: Daddy!

685
00:28:49,814 --> 00:28:51,607
ELLA: Jonah, Merry Christmas!

686
00:28:51,607 --> 00:28:53,067
JONAH: Merry Christmas.

687
00:28:53,067 --> 00:28:54,485
Welcome home, Ella.
ELLA: Aw, thank you.

688
00:28:54,485 --> 00:28:56,654
RENEE: I think
this little one has had

689
00:28:56,654 --> 00:28:58,448
way too much gingerbread today.

690
00:28:58,448 --> 00:29:00,575
JONAH: Yeah, any more
and she's gonna turn into

691
00:29:00,575 --> 00:29:01,617
a little gingerbread girl!

692
00:29:01,617 --> 00:29:03,161
[laughter]

693
00:29:03,161 --> 00:29:05,830
RENEE: So, where are
you two off to next?

694
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:07,832
ELLA: Um...
GRIFFIN: We're probably gonna...

695
00:29:07,832 --> 00:29:10,001
We're...
going to Tyler's later.

696
00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:12,837
Yes, and talk about
the, uh, Karamu Festival.

697
00:29:12,837 --> 00:29:14,088
Mm-hm.

698
00:29:14,088 --> 00:29:15,965
And other stuff.

699
00:29:15,965 --> 00:29:17,133
JONAH: That's good.

700
00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:18,801
It's about time
you two caught up.

701
00:29:18,801 --> 00:29:21,137
ELLA: [nervous laugh]
RENEE: Aw!

702
00:29:21,137 --> 00:29:22,513
Good seeing you,
as always, man.

703
00:29:22,513 --> 00:29:23,973
JONAH: Yeah.

704
00:29:23,973 --> 00:29:26,434
I'm glad you two are gonna
talk about the festival.

705
00:29:26,434 --> 00:29:27,810
That's all we're gonna
talk about, Renee.

706
00:29:27,810 --> 00:29:28,978
RENEE: Mm-hm?

707
00:29:28,978 --> 00:29:30,313
Well, see you later.

708
00:29:30,313 --> 00:29:31,814
Okay.

709
00:29:31,814 --> 00:29:33,191
GRIFFIN: Alright...

710
00:29:33,191 --> 00:29:35,610
Griffin, do yourself a favour

711
00:29:35,610 --> 00:29:39,947
and have the conversation.

712
00:29:39,947 --> 00:29:42,366
Okay.

713
00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:45,703
♪

714
00:29:51,501 --> 00:29:57,965
♪

715
00:29:57,965 --> 00:29:59,634
Hey!

716
00:29:59,634 --> 00:30:01,719
So, I'm going for the...

717
00:30:01,719 --> 00:30:03,679
"I know you hate me
for breaking your heart

718
00:30:03,679 --> 00:30:05,765
"but I hope we can
still be friends" look.

719
00:30:05,765 --> 00:30:07,850
[chuckles]
That works!

720
00:30:12,021 --> 00:30:14,816
So, today was interesting.

721
00:30:14,816 --> 00:30:17,276
How did it feel to be
doing your own thing?

722
00:30:17,276 --> 00:30:18,778
MICAH: It was good.

723
00:30:18,778 --> 00:30:20,905
People really liked my tarts.

724
00:30:20,905 --> 00:30:23,658
A lot of folks took the recipe.

725
00:30:23,658 --> 00:30:27,370
And your gingerbread cookies
were a hit.

726
00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:29,956
Baking is in the blood, I guess.

727
00:30:29,956 --> 00:30:33,376
MICAH: And of course, everyone
devoured Mom's Bundt cake.

728
00:30:33,376 --> 00:30:35,044
I didn't even get a slice.

729
00:30:35,044 --> 00:30:37,672
Oh, I'm sure
she saved you a piece.

730
00:30:37,672 --> 00:30:39,757
She's always looking out
for you, you know.

731
00:30:39,757 --> 00:30:44,929
We still talking about cake?

732
00:30:44,929 --> 00:30:46,472
ELLA: [sighs]

733
00:30:46,472 --> 00:30:49,058
Grandma's not a mushy person.

734
00:30:49,058 --> 00:30:50,810
You know that.

735
00:30:50,810 --> 00:30:54,439
It's hard for her to talk about
how she feels, but she shows it.

736
00:30:54,439 --> 00:30:57,984
Oh, she's been showing it,
alright!

737
00:30:57,984 --> 00:31:00,027
She acts tough,

738
00:31:00,027 --> 00:31:03,489
but she's a big old softy,
just like you.

739
00:31:03,489 --> 00:31:05,908
You just gotta get past
the tough exterior

740
00:31:05,908 --> 00:31:07,910
to get to the gooey centre.

741
00:31:07,910 --> 00:31:09,746
MICAH: Hmm!

742
00:31:09,746 --> 00:31:12,373
But why do I have
to do all the work?

743
00:31:12,373 --> 00:31:15,960
Maybe you guys should stop
fighting about who's baking what

744
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:20,798
and talk about why you're
really upset with each other.

745
00:31:20,798 --> 00:31:23,051
Spoiler alert...

746
00:31:23,051 --> 00:31:24,677
It ain't brownies or Bundt cake.

747
00:31:24,677 --> 00:31:28,806
♪

748
00:31:28,806 --> 00:31:31,017
Hmm.

749
00:31:31,017 --> 00:31:36,564
♪

750
00:31:36,564 --> 00:31:38,649
GRIFFIN: Oh!

751
00:31:38,649 --> 00:31:41,694
Thank you.

752
00:31:41,694 --> 00:31:43,154
Thank you for this.

753
00:31:43,154 --> 00:31:45,239
You're welcome.

754
00:31:45,239 --> 00:31:48,409
Oh, look at all these photos!

755
00:31:48,409 --> 00:31:51,537
GRIFFIN: Yeah!
Right?

756
00:31:55,374 --> 00:31:57,919
ELLA: Kwanzaa candies?

757
00:31:57,919 --> 00:32:00,088
Yeah, your grandfather
and I talked about printing

758
00:32:00,088 --> 00:32:03,007
candy wrappers with the seven
Kwanzaa principles on them.

759
00:32:03,007 --> 00:32:05,426
It was his idea to hand them out
at the Karamu Festival.

760
00:32:05,426 --> 00:32:06,594
Oh!

761
00:32:06,594 --> 00:32:08,596
Pretty cool.
GRIFFIN: Yeah.

762
00:32:08,596 --> 00:32:10,807
The principle that was on
your wrapper is the principle

763
00:32:10,807 --> 00:32:12,934
that you have to focus on
in the upcoming year.

764
00:32:12,934 --> 00:32:15,645
Huh.

765
00:32:15,645 --> 00:32:17,271
What if we did Kwanzaa cookies?

766
00:32:17,271 --> 00:32:18,689
Kwanzaa cookies?

767
00:32:18,689 --> 00:32:20,650
Yeah, my mom and grandma
could bake them

768
00:32:20,650 --> 00:32:23,069
and I could use icing
for the Kwanzaa principles.

769
00:32:23,069 --> 00:32:24,737
Ah, and get them
working together

770
00:32:24,737 --> 00:32:26,614
instead of fighting?

771
00:32:26,614 --> 00:32:28,199
Yes!

772
00:32:28,199 --> 00:32:30,618
And it would give me more time
to convince my mom to stay,

773
00:32:30,618 --> 00:32:32,453
or at the very least
smooth things out between them.

774
00:32:32,453 --> 00:32:34,122
Kwanzaa cookies could work,
I guess.

775
00:32:34,122 --> 00:32:35,665
I know that they could work,

776
00:32:35,665 --> 00:32:39,168
I just have to convince them
to go along with it.

777
00:32:39,168 --> 00:32:42,672
I think I know a way.

778
00:32:42,672 --> 00:32:48,553
♪

779
00:32:48,553 --> 00:32:50,179
Oh, hey, you are just in time!

780
00:32:50,179 --> 00:32:51,389
For...?

781
00:32:51,389 --> 00:32:54,016
I made a bûche de Noël.

782
00:32:54,016 --> 00:32:55,893
A Yule log cake.

783
00:32:55,893 --> 00:32:58,479
You gotta taste it.

784
00:33:02,358 --> 00:33:04,193
Oh my goodness, Mom!

785
00:33:04,193 --> 00:33:05,319
Right?

786
00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:06,237
ELLA: Amazing!

787
00:33:06,237 --> 00:33:07,447
I know.

788
00:33:07,447 --> 00:33:08,823
Mmm!
Has Grandma tested this?

789
00:33:08,823 --> 00:33:10,992
Well, you know, she doesn't
sample anything I bake

790
00:33:10,992 --> 00:33:14,036
unless it's a "traditional"
Chapel Family recipe.

791
00:33:14,036 --> 00:33:15,538
Mm-mm, you should
bring her some.

792
00:33:15,538 --> 00:33:17,498
Unless you've already gone over
there to get your cake?

793
00:33:17,498 --> 00:33:19,292
Oh, girl, you know
that Bundt cake is

794
00:33:19,292 --> 00:33:21,461
probably long gone by now.

795
00:33:21,461 --> 00:33:23,087
Would you care for a slice?

796
00:33:23,087 --> 00:33:24,380
Is that a real question?

797
00:33:25,882 --> 00:33:29,844
Oh, yeah!

798
00:33:29,844 --> 00:33:32,930
Oh... ooh!
ELLA: Mmm!

799
00:33:32,930 --> 00:33:34,015
Here you go.

800
00:33:34,015 --> 00:33:35,600
Thank you!

801
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,935
You know, I've been
thinking about what you said

802
00:33:37,935 --> 00:33:42,106
about how me and Grandma need
to deal with our real issues.

803
00:33:42,106 --> 00:33:43,900
Mm-hm, and...?

804
00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:48,946
And... maybe you're
doing the same thing.

805
00:33:48,946 --> 00:33:50,531
With Griffin.

806
00:33:50,531 --> 00:33:53,576
I mean, you're always
talking about Kwanzaa

807
00:33:53,576 --> 00:33:56,704
and Grandpa's scrapbook,

808
00:33:56,704 --> 00:33:59,707
but you're kind of ignoring the
big old elephant in the room,

809
00:33:59,707 --> 00:34:03,544
which is why you broke up
with him in the first place

810
00:34:03,544 --> 00:34:07,382
and left town
and then never looked back.

811
00:34:07,382 --> 00:34:11,177
Talk about going to bed angry.

812
00:34:11,177 --> 00:34:17,266
♪

813
00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:22,021
<i>♪ Away in a manger,</i>

814
00:34:22,021 --> 00:34:26,567
<i>no crib for a bed ♪</i>

815
00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:30,988
<i>♪ The little Lord Jesus</i>

816
00:34:30,988 --> 00:34:35,576
<i>lay down His sweet head ♪</i>

817
00:34:35,576 --> 00:34:40,164
<i>♪ The stars in the night sky</i>

818
00:34:40,164 --> 00:34:44,168
<i>look down where He lay ♪</i>

819
00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:49,173
<i>♪ The little Lord Jesus,</i>

820
00:34:49,173 --> 00:34:54,887
<i>asleep on the hay ♪</i>

821
00:34:54,887 --> 00:35:02,854
♪

822
00:35:02,854 --> 00:35:07,483
<i>♪ To live with Thee there... ♪</i>

823
00:35:10,945 --> 00:35:24,876
♪

824
00:35:24,876 --> 00:35:27,170
Here you go!

825
00:35:27,170 --> 00:35:30,298
♪

826
00:35:30,298 --> 00:35:32,550
GRIFFIN: Thank you.

827
00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:35,136
DOREEN: Hey, Griffin!
ELLA: Hi, Griffin.

828
00:35:35,136 --> 00:35:36,554
GRIFFIN: Hey, guys.
ELLA: Hey.

829
00:35:36,554 --> 00:35:38,639
GRIFFIN: Follow my lead.

830
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:40,475
Miss Tess, Miss Micah.

831
00:35:40,475 --> 00:35:41,976
TESS: Hey there.

832
00:35:41,976 --> 00:35:43,144
Whatcha looking for?

833
00:35:43,144 --> 00:35:44,604
GRIFFIN: Ha, your time!

834
00:35:44,604 --> 00:35:46,314
If you can spare it.
Both of you guys, actually.

835
00:35:46,314 --> 00:35:47,940
Oh, what's up?

836
00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:49,942
GRIFFIN: So, you guys know
I'm planning the Karamu Festival

837
00:35:49,942 --> 00:35:51,652
for Kwanzaa, right?

838
00:35:51,652 --> 00:35:54,489
And I'm following Mayor Chapel's
plan right down to the letter.

839
00:35:54,489 --> 00:35:57,158
But I did want
to add one thing--

840
00:35:57,158 --> 00:35:58,826
Kwanzaa cookies.

841
00:35:58,826 --> 00:36:02,246
TESS: Oh?

842
00:36:02,246 --> 00:36:03,706
It says "Kwanzaa candies" here.

843
00:36:03,706 --> 00:36:05,083
GRIFFIN: I know, I know.

844
00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:06,793
Candies, cookies,
they're kind of the same thing.

845
00:36:06,793 --> 00:36:08,461
Well, except cookies are better.

846
00:36:08,461 --> 00:36:09,837
See, cookies are better.

847
00:36:09,837 --> 00:36:12,090
Hmm, looks like a lot of work.

848
00:36:12,090 --> 00:36:13,383
The city's gonna pay for it.

849
00:36:13,383 --> 00:36:15,009
Look, I know it's a lot,

850
00:36:15,009 --> 00:36:17,178
but we need a lot of cookies
for a lot of people, come on.

851
00:36:17,178 --> 00:36:19,263
TESS: I don't know.

852
00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:20,973
I think it sounds
like a great idea.

853
00:36:20,973 --> 00:36:23,017
You two have each other,
you have Doreen,

854
00:36:23,017 --> 00:36:24,685
and then, of course,
I'll decorate them.

855
00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:27,438
MICAH: I'm just not sure about
the timing of all this, Ella.

856
00:36:27,438 --> 00:36:28,856
DOREEN: What do you mean?

857
00:36:28,856 --> 00:36:31,609
We'll be done all
the Christmas stuff by then.

858
00:36:31,609 --> 00:36:33,945
GRIFFIN: I know it's a lot
to ask and it's last-minute,

859
00:36:33,945 --> 00:36:35,947
so it's okay
if you guys can't do it.

860
00:36:35,947 --> 00:36:37,281
It's okay.

861
00:36:37,281 --> 00:36:38,866
Marilyn Strand and her
daughter offered to do it,

862
00:36:38,866 --> 00:36:40,910
so I'll just have them do it
and we can--

863
00:36:40,910 --> 00:36:42,495
TESS: Oh, wait.

864
00:36:42,495 --> 00:36:45,873
Marilyn Strand has offered to
make my Riley's Kwanzaa cookies?

865
00:36:45,873 --> 00:36:46,958
Yeah, yeah.

866
00:36:46,958 --> 00:36:48,668
TESS: Well,
it was Riley's recipe.

867
00:36:48,668 --> 00:36:52,338
If anybody's gonna do it,
it's gonna be me and my family.

868
00:36:52,338 --> 00:36:54,716
If you want to.

869
00:36:56,968 --> 00:36:59,011
You two could kill this, Mom!

870
00:36:59,011 --> 00:37:01,764
I mean, the two of you,
working side by side

871
00:37:01,764 --> 00:37:05,059
as one team, one mission,
one goal-- a thousand cookies!

872
00:37:05,059 --> 00:37:07,395
Oh, at least.

873
00:37:07,395 --> 00:37:09,731
What do you think?

874
00:37:09,731 --> 00:37:13,860
♪

875
00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:15,737
I think...

876
00:37:15,737 --> 00:37:16,988
we're gonna be making
Kwanzaa cookies.

877
00:37:16,988 --> 00:37:18,489
Yes!

878
00:37:18,489 --> 00:37:20,742
Okay, let's make
a list of ingredients.

879
00:37:20,742 --> 00:37:23,494
MICAH: Alright,
I'll make the order.

880
00:37:23,494 --> 00:37:25,413
GRIFFIN: Oh?
ELLA: That was brilliant.

881
00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:27,290
Thank you.
You, too.

882
00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:28,583
I'll walk you to your truck?

883
00:37:28,583 --> 00:37:30,251
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

884
00:37:30,251 --> 00:37:43,931
♪

885
00:37:43,931 --> 00:37:48,269
Uh, hey, I was wondering
if you might be free

886
00:37:48,269 --> 00:37:53,483
for dinner or something.
Um, I think we need to talk.

887
00:37:53,483 --> 00:37:55,109
Sure.

888
00:37:55,109 --> 00:37:56,110
We'll make it happen.

889
00:37:56,110 --> 00:37:57,695
Okay.

890
00:37:57,695 --> 00:37:59,614
Actually, Antonio's reopened.

891
00:37:59,614 --> 00:38:01,783
Oh!
We should go.

892
00:38:01,783 --> 00:38:03,534
Then I'll make
reservations for us.

893
00:38:03,534 --> 00:38:06,788
ELLA: Great.
GRIFFIN: Seven?

894
00:38:06,788 --> 00:38:08,956
Oh!
Uh, yeah, seven is good.

895
00:38:08,956 --> 00:38:10,541
Alright, so then
I'll see you then.

896
00:38:10,541 --> 00:38:13,753
ELLA: Okay.
GRIFFIN: Alright.

897
00:38:13,753 --> 00:38:16,798
See you tonight.

898
00:38:22,178 --> 00:38:27,100
♪

899
00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:29,477
So, are you and your mom still

900
00:38:29,477 --> 00:38:32,063
staying at Miss Tess'
for the next few nights?

901
00:38:32,063 --> 00:38:33,523
Mm-hm.
Yeah.

902
00:38:33,523 --> 00:38:35,024
GRIFFIN: That's good.

903
00:38:35,024 --> 00:38:36,692
Yeah, it'll be nice for her
to have some company

904
00:38:36,692 --> 00:38:38,111
during the holidays.

905
00:38:38,111 --> 00:38:40,863
Well, in spite of everything,
of course.

906
00:38:40,863 --> 00:38:42,865
Well, it'll definitely
be interesting.

907
00:38:42,865 --> 00:38:43,783
[chuckles]

908
00:38:43,783 --> 00:38:46,202
Yeah.

909
00:38:46,202 --> 00:38:49,205
♪

910
00:38:49,205 --> 00:38:51,707
So, Griffin, we never
really talked about--

911
00:38:51,707 --> 00:38:53,334
Look, Ella, don't--

912
00:38:53,334 --> 00:38:56,629
Don't do that.
What's done is done.

913
00:38:56,629 --> 00:38:59,549
The reason my mom
is thinking of leaving

914
00:38:59,549 --> 00:39:02,218
is because she can't
talk to my grandma.

915
00:39:02,218 --> 00:39:05,012
And I have a feeling
that you and I broke up

916
00:39:05,012 --> 00:39:10,727
because we never talked about
our feelings or the future or--

917
00:39:10,727 --> 00:39:13,229
You followed your heart.

918
00:39:13,229 --> 00:39:15,481
Don't regret that.

919
00:39:15,481 --> 00:39:18,985
I don't regret
following my heart,

920
00:39:18,985 --> 00:39:21,904
but I do regret breaking yours.

921
00:39:21,904 --> 00:39:25,658
Hmm.

922
00:39:25,658 --> 00:39:30,455
Okay, well, since we're
talking and we're...

923
00:39:30,455 --> 00:39:32,999
we're opening up,

924
00:39:32,999 --> 00:39:36,377
I have something
that I need to tell you.

925
00:39:36,377 --> 00:39:41,924
That night that you told me
that you were going to Boston,

926
00:39:41,924 --> 00:39:47,055
I was gonna propose to you.

927
00:39:47,055 --> 00:39:48,598
To-- what?!

928
00:39:48,598 --> 00:39:52,351
Mm-hm.
I had the ring, everything.

929
00:39:52,351 --> 00:39:54,979
♪

930
00:39:54,979 --> 00:39:56,898
Griffin, we never talked about--

931
00:39:56,898 --> 00:39:59,192
I know.

932
00:39:59,192 --> 00:40:02,904
It's because I thought
we were on the same path.

933
00:40:02,904 --> 00:40:04,781
[sighs]

934
00:40:04,781 --> 00:40:06,449
I don't know what to say.

935
00:40:06,449 --> 00:40:09,077
Well, would it have
changed anything?

936
00:40:09,077 --> 00:40:12,371
Don't answer that.

937
00:40:12,371 --> 00:40:15,583
Some stuff
is better left unknown.

938
00:40:15,583 --> 00:40:18,378
♪

939
00:40:18,378 --> 00:40:20,588
Look, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

940
00:40:20,588 --> 00:40:24,967
I didn't tell you that
to make you feel bad.

941
00:40:24,967 --> 00:40:28,221
It's just I know that I didn't
tell you how I felt back then,

942
00:40:28,221 --> 00:40:31,099
and then I just...

943
00:40:31,099 --> 00:40:32,809
I assumed you knew.

944
00:40:32,809 --> 00:40:36,562
[sighs]

945
00:40:36,562 --> 00:40:40,525
Well, I have
a confession to make, too.

946
00:40:42,819 --> 00:40:48,449
I hoped that you would
come with me to Boston.

947
00:40:48,449 --> 00:40:50,910
You never asked me
to come with you to Boston!

948
00:40:50,910 --> 00:40:53,413
And you never offered.

949
00:40:53,413 --> 00:40:55,415
I didn't!

950
00:40:55,415 --> 00:40:57,458
I didn't.

951
00:40:57,458 --> 00:41:00,294
Well, um...
communication, right?

952
00:41:00,294 --> 00:41:01,796
It's a beautiful thing, I guess.

953
00:41:01,796 --> 00:41:03,339
[laughs]

954
00:41:03,339 --> 00:41:05,633
You know, from now on,

955
00:41:05,633 --> 00:41:10,304
how about open
and honest communication?

956
00:41:10,304 --> 00:41:12,432
Agreed.
GRIFFIN: Alright.

957
00:41:12,432 --> 00:41:14,350
Maybe we can accomplish
as friends

958
00:41:14,350 --> 00:41:16,227
what we could not as a couple.

959
00:41:16,227 --> 00:41:17,979
[laughs]
Exactly.

960
00:41:17,979 --> 00:41:19,439
GRIFFIN: Alright.

961
00:41:19,439 --> 00:41:25,987
♪

962
00:41:30,992 --> 00:41:32,869
BOTH: Um, I want to
talk to you--

963
00:41:32,869 --> 00:41:34,871
TESS: ...about something.

964
00:41:34,871 --> 00:41:36,038
You first.

965
00:41:36,038 --> 00:41:39,041
No, no, you.

966
00:41:39,041 --> 00:41:42,754
I was just... wondering...

967
00:41:42,754 --> 00:41:45,673
what you wanted to do
for the Kwanzaa cookies.

968
00:41:45,673 --> 00:41:47,258
Oh.

969
00:41:47,258 --> 00:41:49,177
I was thinking maybe
your shortbread recipe.

970
00:41:49,177 --> 00:41:51,095
I think we should go with
the traditional

971
00:41:51,095 --> 00:41:53,056
Kwanzaa sesame cookies.

972
00:41:53,056 --> 00:41:54,140
Yeah, the benny cakes?

973
00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:55,099
Yes.

974
00:41:55,099 --> 00:41:57,518
Perfect.

975
00:41:59,771 --> 00:42:02,065
What was it that you
wanted to talk to me about?

976
00:42:02,065 --> 00:42:05,443
Oh, uh, you and Ella

977
00:42:05,443 --> 00:42:07,195
are still planning on spending

978
00:42:07,195 --> 00:42:10,573
the next few nights
at my house, right?

979
00:42:10,573 --> 00:42:12,450
Well, yeah, we always
stay through Christmas.

980
00:42:12,450 --> 00:42:17,580
Of course.
TESS: Oh, okay.

981
00:42:17,580 --> 00:42:20,291
Okay.

982
00:42:21,667 --> 00:42:25,630
♪

983
00:42:25,630 --> 00:42:27,382
[sighs]

984
00:42:27,382 --> 00:42:30,301
Ooh!
Pancakes?

985
00:42:30,301 --> 00:42:32,804
Girl, you know how we do!

986
00:42:32,804 --> 00:42:35,098
I do!

987
00:42:35,098 --> 00:42:37,517
So, are we opening
gifts tonight?

988
00:42:37,517 --> 00:42:39,769
You and your grandpa
always wanted to open gifts

989
00:42:39,769 --> 00:42:41,270
on Christmas Eve!

990
00:42:41,270 --> 00:42:43,648
You and Mom
always wanted to wait.

991
00:42:43,648 --> 00:42:45,942
That's the one thing
we agree on.

992
00:42:45,942 --> 00:42:49,070
ELLA: Hmm.

993
00:42:49,070 --> 00:42:50,196
You okay, Grandma?

994
00:42:50,196 --> 00:42:52,448
I'm fine.

995
00:42:52,448 --> 00:42:56,285
You know, you should
take a break after the holidays.

996
00:42:56,285 --> 00:42:58,788
Go somewhere that you've
always wanted to go.

997
00:42:58,788 --> 00:43:02,792
I'm right where I've
always wanted to be.

998
00:43:02,792 --> 00:43:05,837
Well, sometimes seeing
new places can help.

999
00:43:05,837 --> 00:43:07,714
You know,
get a different perspective.

1000
00:43:07,714 --> 00:43:10,133
Make you appreciate
what you have.

1001
00:43:10,133 --> 00:43:12,760
I already appreciate
what I have.

1002
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,139
Sometimes people
need to hear that.

1003
00:43:16,139 --> 00:43:17,682
People like who?

1004
00:43:17,682 --> 00:43:19,100
Like Mom.

1005
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:22,061
Oh, Ella.

1006
00:43:22,061 --> 00:43:27,775
Your mom and I have
never been well.

1007
00:43:27,775 --> 00:43:29,527
We don't speak
the same language.

1008
00:43:29,527 --> 00:43:31,738
But you love each other.

1009
00:43:31,738 --> 00:43:34,115
Just speak to her
with love, Grandma.

1010
00:43:34,115 --> 00:43:35,658
[sighs]
MICAH: Hey.

1011
00:43:35,658 --> 00:43:38,369
ELLA: Hey!
MICAH: What you guys up to?

1012
00:43:38,369 --> 00:43:40,246
Grandma and I were
just talking and--

1013
00:43:40,246 --> 00:43:42,623
TESS: Ella wants
to open gifts tonight,

1014
00:43:42,623 --> 00:43:44,125
and I told her to
wait until tomorrow.

1015
00:43:44,125 --> 00:43:45,585
What do you think?

1016
00:43:45,585 --> 00:43:47,545
Open one gift tonight
and all the rest tomorrow,

1017
00:43:47,545 --> 00:43:48,921
like we usually do.

1018
00:43:48,921 --> 00:43:50,923
That's what I thought, too!

1019
00:43:50,923 --> 00:43:55,011
Now, who wants some
Christmas Eve pancakes?

1020
00:43:55,011 --> 00:44:00,016
MICAH: Ooh, I do.

1021
00:44:00,016 --> 00:44:02,226
RENEE: Where did you
and Griffin leave things?

1022
00:44:02,226 --> 00:44:05,188
ELLA: Well,
we agreed to be friends.

1023
00:44:05,188 --> 00:44:07,440
RENEE: That's terrible!
ELLA: Oh!

1024
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:11,861
At least he's not bitter
or angry with me anymore.

1025
00:44:11,861 --> 00:44:15,865
I just wish I had known he was
planning to propose, Renee!

1026
00:44:15,865 --> 00:44:17,241
Would you have stayed?

1027
00:44:17,241 --> 00:44:19,911
That's what he asked me!
RENEE: And...?

1028
00:44:19,911 --> 00:44:22,914
[sighs]
I don't know.

1029
00:44:22,914 --> 00:44:24,707
GRIFFIN: Oh!
I'm sorry.

1030
00:44:24,707 --> 00:44:25,666
Ella!

1031
00:44:25,666 --> 00:44:28,836
Hey!
[nervous laughter]

1032
00:44:28,836 --> 00:44:32,256
Merry Christmas Eve.
To both of you.

1033
00:44:32,256 --> 00:44:33,549
Hey, Griffin.

1034
00:44:33,549 --> 00:44:36,094
Hey, Renee.
Wait, where's Jonah?

1035
00:44:36,094 --> 00:44:37,595
Oh, he's hanging out
with Maisey.

1036
00:44:37,595 --> 00:44:39,722
It gives me a chance to finish
up some Christmas shopping

1037
00:44:39,722 --> 00:44:43,017
without her little eyes
scoping out everything I buy.

1038
00:44:43,017 --> 00:44:44,435
Got you.

1039
00:44:47,105 --> 00:44:49,482
Uh, I'm gonna go in here.

1040
00:44:49,482 --> 00:44:51,067
The hardware store?

1041
00:44:51,067 --> 00:44:54,195
Yeah, Jonah needs some... nails.

1042
00:44:54,195 --> 00:44:56,406
♪

1043
00:44:56,406 --> 00:44:57,824
Some nails?
[laughs]

1044
00:44:57,824 --> 00:45:00,660
Nails, yeah.

1045
00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:02,578
Doing some last-minute shopping?

1046
00:45:02,578 --> 00:45:05,581
Yeah, you know,
I got a couple things.

1047
00:45:05,581 --> 00:45:07,792
Me, too.
[both laugh]

1048
00:45:07,792 --> 00:45:09,419
Okay, cool, cool.

1049
00:45:09,419 --> 00:45:11,045
Are you coming
carolling tonight?

1050
00:45:11,045 --> 00:45:13,381
Oh, yeah, I'll be there
with Christmas bells on.

1051
00:45:13,381 --> 00:45:16,008
Okay, alright.

1052
00:45:16,008 --> 00:45:18,636
♪

1053
00:45:18,636 --> 00:45:22,598
Oh, is there any update
on your mom and your grandma?

1054
00:45:22,598 --> 00:45:25,476
Baby steps,
but I do think that the ice

1055
00:45:25,476 --> 00:45:28,396
is starting to thaw,
just a little bit.

1056
00:45:28,396 --> 00:45:31,441
Okay.

1057
00:45:31,441 --> 00:45:33,860
Alright.
Well, then... tonight?

1058
00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:34,777
I gotta...

1059
00:45:34,777 --> 00:45:35,820
Oh, tonight?

1060
00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:37,155
GRIFFIN: Uh-huh.
I'll see you later.

1061
00:45:37,155 --> 00:45:38,156
ELLA: Yeah, see you.

1062
00:45:38,156 --> 00:45:40,950
See you later.

1063
00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:46,831
♪

1064
00:45:50,251 --> 00:45:52,378
MICAH: Hmm, not my best work.

1065
00:45:52,378 --> 00:45:54,630
You were only seven!

1066
00:45:54,630 --> 00:45:56,758
MICAH: No matter
how many times I asked,

1067
00:45:56,758 --> 00:46:00,178
he would just not let me
replace that stocking.

1068
00:46:00,178 --> 00:46:04,182
Good thing I chose a career
in baking instead of art.

1069
00:46:04,182 --> 00:46:05,850
Did you, Micah?

1070
00:46:05,850 --> 00:46:08,603
Did you choose to
be a baker or...?

1071
00:46:08,603 --> 00:46:12,190
Or did I just
follow your footsteps?

1072
00:46:12,190 --> 00:46:14,817
I'm not sure.

1073
00:46:14,817 --> 00:46:17,570
I mean, there are times where
I don't know that I feel like

1074
00:46:17,570 --> 00:46:19,197
I ever really had a choice.

1075
00:46:19,197 --> 00:46:22,283
And if you had?

1076
00:46:22,283 --> 00:46:26,746
I don't know, Mom.

1077
00:46:26,746 --> 00:46:29,123
MICAH: You know, is it me or...

1078
00:46:29,123 --> 00:46:32,627
are these lights looking
extra bright this year?

1079
00:46:32,627 --> 00:46:34,212
It's definitely the lights.

1080
00:46:34,212 --> 00:46:37,090
MICAH: [chuckles]

1081
00:46:37,090 --> 00:46:45,264
♪

1082
00:46:53,940 --> 00:46:57,193
MICAH: Mom,
we're gonna be late!

1083
00:46:57,193 --> 00:47:01,781
♪

1084
00:47:01,781 --> 00:47:05,118
Let's go!

1085
00:47:05,118 --> 00:47:08,121
♪

1086
00:47:08,121 --> 00:47:11,874
CAROLLERS: * Silent night,

1087
00:47:11,874 --> 00:47:15,712
holy night ♪

1088
00:47:15,712 --> 00:47:18,798
♪ All is calm,

1089
00:47:18,798 --> 00:47:22,885
all is bright ♪

1090
00:47:22,885 --> 00:47:25,930
♪ Round yon virgin,

1091
00:47:25,930 --> 00:47:29,225
mother and child ♪

1092
00:47:29,225 --> 00:47:33,062
♪ Holy infant,
so tender and mild ♪

1093
00:47:33,062 --> 00:47:36,566
Would you look at that?

1094
00:47:36,566 --> 00:47:42,071
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

1095
00:47:43,322 --> 00:47:48,536
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace. ♪

1096
00:47:54,709 --> 00:47:56,919
ELLA: Mmm!

1097
00:47:56,919 --> 00:47:59,464
Smells good.

1098
00:47:59,464 --> 00:48:02,425
Aw, I missed doing
all this stuff last year!

1099
00:48:02,425 --> 00:48:04,844
Carolling and shopping

1100
00:48:04,844 --> 00:48:07,096
and hanging out
with you and Grandma.

1101
00:48:07,096 --> 00:48:11,100
Yeah, I missed it, too.

1102
00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:13,102
ELLA: You know,
moments like these?

1103
00:48:13,102 --> 00:48:14,479
They're priceless.

1104
00:48:14,479 --> 00:48:16,647
You're not gonna
get them anywhere else.

1105
00:48:16,647 --> 00:48:18,191
Not even in Boston?

1106
00:48:18,191 --> 00:48:20,735
Hmm, especially not in Boston.

1107
00:48:20,735 --> 00:48:23,571
Well, not that there's
anything wrong with Boston,

1108
00:48:23,571 --> 00:48:26,991
but you're not there
and Grandma's not there.

1109
00:48:26,991 --> 00:48:30,161
Ella, I know what
you're trying to do.

1110
00:48:30,161 --> 00:48:31,537
I haven't changed my mind.

1111
00:48:31,537 --> 00:48:33,289
Well, she's gonna think
that you're leaving

1112
00:48:33,289 --> 00:48:35,666
because you're mad at her if you
don't convince her otherwise.

1113
00:48:35,666 --> 00:48:36,876
MICAH: Well, how?

1114
00:48:36,876 --> 00:48:38,419
Whenever it's just
the two of us,

1115
00:48:38,419 --> 00:48:40,129
she comes up with
every excuse possible

1116
00:48:40,129 --> 00:48:42,215
to avoid having
a real conversation with me.

1117
00:48:42,215 --> 00:48:43,758
ELLA: Hm.

1118
00:48:43,758 --> 00:48:46,469
Unfortunately,
I know what that's like.

1119
00:48:46,469 --> 00:48:47,762
MICAH: What do you mean?

1120
00:48:47,762 --> 00:48:50,473
[sighs]

1121
00:48:50,473 --> 00:48:52,642
Let's just say that my life
would probably look

1122
00:48:52,642 --> 00:48:54,769
a lot different right now

1123
00:48:54,769 --> 00:48:58,523
if Griffin and I had been honest
with each other back then.

1124
00:48:58,523 --> 00:49:00,400
Aw, baby.
Come here.

1125
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,277
ELLA: Mmm!

1126
00:49:03,277 --> 00:49:06,739
Look, I love you,
and that is not gonna change,

1127
00:49:06,739 --> 00:49:11,411
even though
I'm moving to Chicago.

1128
00:49:11,411 --> 00:49:14,997
And don't you worry,
I will still help your grandma

1129
00:49:14,997 --> 00:49:17,667
make all those Kwanzaa cookies.

1130
00:49:17,667 --> 00:49:20,920
♪

1131
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,380
[sighs]

1132
00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:26,843
♪

1133
00:49:26,843 --> 00:49:31,639
[phone ringing]

1134
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,102
Hello?

1135
00:49:36,102 --> 00:49:38,271
ELLA: Hey... yeah,
I think you might be right.

1136
00:49:38,271 --> 00:49:39,939
It's gonna take
more than cookies

1137
00:49:39,939 --> 00:49:42,150
to convince my mom
to stick around.

1138
00:49:42,150 --> 00:49:43,860
GRIFFIN: What did
you have in mind?

1139
00:49:43,860 --> 00:49:45,778
W.W.G.R.D.?

1140
00:49:45,778 --> 00:49:47,238
I'm sorry, what?

1141
00:49:47,238 --> 00:49:49,073
"What Would Grandpa Riley Do?"

1142
00:49:49,073 --> 00:49:50,575
Okay, I got it.

1143
00:49:53,161 --> 00:49:55,913
ELLA: Oh...
[laughter]

1144
00:49:55,913 --> 00:49:57,457
TESS: Bailey's
makes everything good!

1145
00:49:57,457 --> 00:49:59,041
[doorbell rings]

1146
00:49:59,041 --> 00:50:02,754
Oh... I wonder
who that could be?

1147
00:50:02,754 --> 00:50:04,380
I'll get it.

1148
00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:06,257
Grandma, you dig out a present
for each of us to open.

1149
00:50:06,257 --> 00:50:07,383
Girl.

1150
00:50:07,383 --> 00:50:09,135
What?
One gift each on Christmas Eve.

1151
00:50:09,135 --> 00:50:11,054
That was the deal!

1152
00:50:11,054 --> 00:50:12,513
[in a whisper]
That child of yours!

1153
00:50:12,513 --> 00:50:14,557
I remember that.
That is kind of the deal!

1154
00:50:14,557 --> 00:50:15,767
[laughs]

1155
00:50:15,767 --> 00:50:17,060
Hey, family!

1156
00:50:17,060 --> 00:50:19,353
MICAH: Oh, hey, Griffin!
Merry Christmas Eve.

1157
00:50:19,353 --> 00:50:20,938
GRIFFIN: Merry Christmas Eve.
Merry Christ--

1158
00:50:20,938 --> 00:50:22,690
Sorry to pop in
and drop by like this.

1159
00:50:22,690 --> 00:50:23,733
I was--
TESS: Oh, no!

1160
00:50:23,733 --> 00:50:24,692
He was in the area.

1161
00:50:24,692 --> 00:50:25,985
Yeah.

1162
00:50:25,985 --> 00:50:27,403
Yeah, and you just
happened to have

1163
00:50:27,403 --> 00:50:30,573
our Christmas gifts with you?

1164
00:50:30,573 --> 00:50:33,993
Well, I was gonna come by
tomorrow, so I just...

1165
00:50:33,993 --> 00:50:37,955
Why didn't you just
bring them by tomorrow?

1166
00:50:37,955 --> 00:50:39,665
GRIFFIN: Uh...
ELLA: Well...

1167
00:50:39,665 --> 00:50:41,417
Because I...

1168
00:50:41,417 --> 00:50:43,169
Oh, Griffin, just come clean.

1169
00:50:43,169 --> 00:50:45,755
We know why you're here.

1170
00:50:45,755 --> 00:50:46,839
You do?

1171
00:50:46,839 --> 00:50:49,092
You came to see Ella!

1172
00:50:49,092 --> 00:50:51,761
That's right.
I came to see Ella.

1173
00:50:51,761 --> 00:50:54,305
Yeah!
[laughter]

1174
00:50:54,305 --> 00:50:55,598
Well, take his coat, Ella.

1175
00:50:55,598 --> 00:50:56,682
ELLA: Oh, right.

1176
00:50:56,682 --> 00:50:58,142
TESS: And get him
some hot chocolate!

1177
00:50:58,142 --> 00:51:00,478
You're just in time
to hear Ella read

1178
00:51:00,478 --> 00:51:02,397
"'Twas the Night
Before Christmas."

1179
00:51:02,397 --> 00:51:03,815
[chuckles]

1180
00:51:03,815 --> 00:51:07,068
Grandpa Riley used to read it
to me every Christmas,

1181
00:51:07,068 --> 00:51:08,945
which was fine before
I became a teenager.

1182
00:51:08,945 --> 00:51:10,405
[laughs]

1183
00:51:10,405 --> 00:51:13,491
But now that I'm an adult,
I love it again.

1184
00:51:13,491 --> 00:51:15,618
It just reminds me of
so many wonderful Christmases

1185
00:51:15,618 --> 00:51:16,953
with my family.

1186
00:51:16,953 --> 00:51:18,830
Well, you better
make the old man proud.

1187
00:51:18,830 --> 00:51:19,789
I will try.

1188
00:51:19,789 --> 00:51:21,499
Alright.

1189
00:51:21,499 --> 00:51:24,627
"He sprang to his sleigh,
and to his team gave a whistle,

1190
00:51:24,627 --> 00:51:28,631
"and away they all flew
like the down of a thistle.

1191
00:51:28,631 --> 00:51:32,135
"But I heard him exclaim
as he drove out of sight,

1192
00:51:32,135 --> 00:51:36,097
"'Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good night!'"

1193
00:51:36,097 --> 00:51:39,016
[applause]

1194
00:51:39,016 --> 00:51:40,852
Thank you, Ella.

1195
00:51:40,852 --> 00:51:44,147
Your grandpa loved to read
that poem every Christmas Eve.

1196
00:51:44,147 --> 00:51:46,107
Sitting in that very chair.

1197
00:51:46,107 --> 00:51:48,151
[laughs]

1198
00:51:48,151 --> 00:51:50,153
He was a stickler
for his traditions.

1199
00:51:50,153 --> 00:51:51,654
TESS: Mm-hm!
GRIFFIN: Yes, he was.

1200
00:51:51,654 --> 00:51:53,489
Like going shopping
for a Christmas tree.

1201
00:51:53,489 --> 00:51:54,824
Mm-hm!

1202
00:51:54,824 --> 00:51:56,993
Waking up at the crack of dawn
Christmas morning.

1203
00:51:56,993 --> 00:51:58,494
Celebrating Kwanzaa.

1204
00:51:58,494 --> 00:52:01,414
And I must say,
celebrating it last year

1205
00:52:01,414 --> 00:52:03,416
was not the same
without the Chapel Family.

1206
00:52:03,416 --> 00:52:05,084
We'll be at the festival,
for sure.

1207
00:52:05,084 --> 00:52:06,419
GRIFFIN: Alright.

1208
00:52:06,419 --> 00:52:08,629
Well, I think what
Griffin means is

1209
00:52:08,629 --> 00:52:10,840
what about all
the other days of Kwanzaa?

1210
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:13,760
We should celebrate as a family.

1211
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,762
And friends.

1212
00:52:15,762 --> 00:52:18,639
MICAH: I don't know, Ella.
I mean, I've got that thing.

1213
00:52:18,639 --> 00:52:19,932
What thing?

1214
00:52:19,932 --> 00:52:21,100
MICAH: Oh, Mom, it's nothing.

1215
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:23,019
We should light
the candles every night.

1216
00:52:23,019 --> 00:52:25,188
Yeah, and cook a family feast.

1217
00:52:25,188 --> 00:52:27,023
ELLA: And talk about
the seven principles.

1218
00:52:27,023 --> 00:52:28,524
[in a whisper]
Ella...

1219
00:52:28,524 --> 00:52:30,109
There was something about
talking about those principles

1220
00:52:30,109 --> 00:52:31,986
that really just put things
into perspective.

1221
00:52:31,986 --> 00:52:33,029
Right, Griffin?

1222
00:52:33,029 --> 00:52:34,530
That's right.

1223
00:52:34,530 --> 00:52:37,283
You remember all those
wonderful African dishes

1224
00:52:37,283 --> 00:52:38,576
you used to make, Grandma?

1225
00:52:38,576 --> 00:52:40,036
Oh, they were really good,
weren't they?

1226
00:52:40,036 --> 00:52:42,205
They were amazing!

1227
00:52:42,205 --> 00:52:44,707
I don't think we have time
to make those this year.

1228
00:52:44,707 --> 00:52:46,918
We really didn't
plan for any feasts.

1229
00:52:46,918 --> 00:52:50,254
Grandma, Mom, I've seen you two
whip up 200 cookies

1230
00:52:50,254 --> 00:52:52,882
for last-minute parties
more times than I can count!

1231
00:52:52,882 --> 00:52:54,884
I mean, we can do this.

1232
00:52:54,884 --> 00:52:56,010
GRIFFIN: I'll pitch in.

1233
00:52:56,010 --> 00:52:57,929
We'll all pitch in.

1234
00:52:57,929 --> 00:53:00,515
So, it's settled?

1235
00:53:00,515 --> 00:53:03,184
Kwanzaa celebrations,
all seven days?

1236
00:53:03,184 --> 00:53:07,563
That sounds really nice, actually.

1237
00:53:07,563 --> 00:53:09,607
Great.

1238
00:53:09,607 --> 00:53:13,569
...Mom?

1239
00:53:13,569 --> 00:53:14,862
Sure, Ella.

1240
00:53:14,862 --> 00:53:18,616
Sure.

1241
00:53:25,206 --> 00:53:29,502
{\an8}♪

1242
00:53:29,502 --> 00:53:30,878
There you go, my sweetheart.

1243
00:53:30,878 --> 00:53:31,921
MICAH: Thank you.

1244
00:53:37,135 --> 00:53:41,222
Oh... Micah!

1245
00:53:41,222 --> 00:53:43,224
Thanks, Micah.

1246
00:53:43,224 --> 00:53:44,058
Thanks, Mom.

1247
00:53:44,058 --> 00:53:46,936
[laughter]

1248
00:53:48,896 --> 00:53:52,525
♪

1249
00:53:52,525 --> 00:53:55,570
GRIFFIN: I hope you like it.

1250
00:53:55,570 --> 00:53:56,571
Aw.

1251
00:53:56,571 --> 00:53:58,614
To remind you of home.

1252
00:53:58,614 --> 00:54:00,533
It's perfect.
Thank you.

1253
00:54:00,533 --> 00:54:02,243
You're welcome.

1254
00:54:02,243 --> 00:54:03,244
Okay, open yours.

1255
00:54:03,244 --> 00:54:05,955
Alright.

1256
00:54:09,375 --> 00:54:10,918
[gasps]

1257
00:54:10,918 --> 00:54:14,589
Wait, it's the same
exact Christmas pin

1258
00:54:14,589 --> 00:54:18,092
that Riley used to wear during
the Christmas tree lighting!

1259
00:54:18,092 --> 00:54:20,094
Gotta look the part, right?

1260
00:54:20,094 --> 00:54:21,846
That's right.

1261
00:54:21,846 --> 00:54:22,889
Thank you.

1262
00:54:22,889 --> 00:54:25,767
You're welcome.

1263
00:54:25,767 --> 00:54:29,062
♪

1264
00:54:33,191 --> 00:54:34,609
TESS: Dear heavenly father,

1265
00:54:34,609 --> 00:54:36,944
we thank you
for this time together,

1266
00:54:36,944 --> 00:54:39,030
and for your provisions.

1267
00:54:39,030 --> 00:54:40,490
In his name we pray.

1268
00:54:40,490 --> 00:54:43,117
Amen.
ALL: Amen.

1269
00:54:43,117 --> 00:54:53,294
♪

1270
00:54:53,294 --> 00:54:56,798
Dad's Kwanzaa chest!

1271
00:54:56,798 --> 00:55:17,318
♪

1272
00:55:17,318 --> 00:55:20,655
Happy Kwanzaa, baby.

1273
00:55:20,655 --> 00:55:43,177
♪

1274
00:55:47,056 --> 00:55:48,516
ELLA: Habari Gani?

1275
00:55:48,516 --> 00:55:51,853
ALL: Umoja!

1276
00:55:51,853 --> 00:55:55,064
On this,
the first day of Kwanzaa,

1277
00:55:55,064 --> 00:55:59,902
we strive to maintain
unity in our family.

1278
00:55:59,902 --> 00:56:08,828
♪

1279
00:56:08,828 --> 00:56:11,414
Now, who's ready
for some ground nut stew?

1280
00:56:11,414 --> 00:56:12,373
ELLA: Mm-hm!
DOREEN: Oh, yes.

1281
00:56:12,373 --> 00:56:15,376
MICAH: Yes!

1282
00:56:15,376 --> 00:56:18,004
Thank you.

1283
00:56:18,004 --> 00:56:19,130
Ooh!

1284
00:56:19,130 --> 00:56:20,423
Stew, stew, stew!

1285
00:56:20,423 --> 00:56:22,341
I'd like some of that.

1286
00:56:22,341 --> 00:56:23,760
This looks so good.

1287
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:25,762
TESS: Thank you so much.

1288
00:56:25,762 --> 00:56:28,347
Don't take all those greens!

1289
00:56:28,347 --> 00:56:30,224
Give the lady her greens!

1290
00:56:30,224 --> 00:56:30,933
TESS: Thank you.

1291
00:56:30,933 --> 00:56:52,121
♪

1292
00:56:52,121 --> 00:56:53,664
On this day,

1293
00:56:53,664 --> 00:56:57,001
we pledge to define ourselves,

1294
00:56:57,001 --> 00:57:01,798
name ourselves,
and speak for ourselves.

1295
00:57:01,798 --> 00:57:03,466
Grandma?

1296
00:57:03,466 --> 00:57:06,552
"Shukura."
Grateful.

1297
00:57:06,552 --> 00:57:09,931
"Unika."
To shine.

1298
00:57:09,931 --> 00:57:13,309
"Khalfani."
Destined to lead.

1299
00:57:13,309 --> 00:57:16,854
{\an8}"Taliba."
Seeker of knowledge.

1300
00:57:16,854 --> 00:57:19,941
{\an8}And I would add
"seeker of self."

1301
00:57:19,941 --> 00:58:05,194
♪

1302
00:58:05,194 --> 00:58:07,113
GRIFFIN: What do you think?
Pretty cool, huh?

1303
00:58:07,113 --> 00:58:09,157
I'm having a silent auction
for the Karamu Festival

1304
00:58:09,157 --> 00:58:12,368
and proceeds benefit
local charities.

1305
00:58:12,368 --> 00:58:15,288
ELLA: Griffin, I love this.

1306
00:58:15,288 --> 00:58:17,081
GRIFFIN: It's pretty good.

1307
00:58:17,081 --> 00:58:19,667
I mean, some of these artists
have worked all year

1308
00:58:19,667 --> 00:58:21,711
to create some of these pieces,

1309
00:58:21,711 --> 00:58:24,338
and the money helps fund
art programs in our community.

1310
00:58:24,338 --> 00:58:27,633
ELLA: Hmm!

1311
00:58:27,633 --> 00:58:29,510
See, let me show you something.
Come here.

1312
00:58:29,510 --> 00:58:32,263
Okay.

1313
00:58:32,263 --> 00:58:34,140
Check that out.

1314
00:58:34,140 --> 00:58:36,059
ELLA: I mean... wow!

1315
00:58:36,059 --> 00:58:37,852
I know, I know.

1316
00:58:37,852 --> 00:58:39,854
I was thinking,
wouldn't it be nice to have

1317
00:58:39,854 --> 00:58:42,815
a set of the seven principles
for the auction?

1318
00:58:42,815 --> 00:58:45,193
What do you think-- donate
your talents for a worthy cause?

1319
00:58:45,193 --> 00:58:46,694
[laughs]

1320
00:58:46,694 --> 00:58:48,654
I would absolutely love that.

1321
00:58:48,654 --> 00:58:50,823
Alright, alright!
Okay.

1322
00:58:50,823 --> 00:58:52,992
Well, here are
some art supplies.

1323
00:58:52,992 --> 00:58:55,203
If you need anything else,
just let me know.

1324
00:58:55,203 --> 00:58:57,038
ELLA: Okay.
GRIFFIN: Alright, alright.

1325
00:58:57,038 --> 00:59:07,799
♪

1326
00:59:07,799 --> 00:59:09,217
GRIFFIN: Hey, we're up here.

1327
00:59:09,217 --> 00:59:10,468
Have a surprise for you.

1328
00:59:12,929 --> 00:59:15,223
TESS: Ooh, now you've
piqued our interest!

1329
00:59:15,223 --> 00:59:17,350
TESS: Oh, wow!
MICAH: Look at this!

1330
00:59:17,350 --> 00:59:18,893
ELLA: Oh, wow!

1331
00:59:18,893 --> 00:59:21,145
TESS: Oh, you look so precious!
MICAH: Look at you!

1332
00:59:24,524 --> 00:59:27,443
Oh, I remember this place!

1333
00:59:27,443 --> 00:59:31,155
Renee and I used to sit here
for every morning assembly.

1334
00:59:31,155 --> 00:59:33,366
Yeah, and this was
always my seat.

1335
00:59:33,366 --> 00:59:35,326
[laughs]

1336
00:59:35,326 --> 00:59:37,662
GRIFFIN: Well, Habari Gani?

1337
00:59:37,662 --> 00:59:42,417
ALL: Nia.

1338
00:59:42,417 --> 00:59:46,713
So, uh... why did you
bring us back to the school?

1339
00:59:46,713 --> 00:59:50,174
Well, because today's
principle is "purpose."

1340
00:59:50,174 --> 00:59:53,386
GRIFFIN: You see, this is
where we all dreamed

1341
00:59:53,386 --> 00:59:55,805
of what we wanted to be.

1342
00:59:55,805 --> 00:59:58,599
This is where the seeds
of our purpose were planted.

1343
00:59:58,599 --> 01:00:03,271
Now, as you guys know, I lost
my parents when I was young,

1344
01:00:03,271 --> 01:00:07,191
and this community
became my family,

1345
01:00:07,191 --> 01:00:10,903
and they lifted me
and they guided me

1346
01:00:10,903 --> 01:00:13,865
and they gave me my purpose:

1347
01:00:13,865 --> 01:00:16,784
to strengthen
and unify the community

1348
01:00:16,784 --> 01:00:20,788
that has just given me so much.

1349
01:00:20,788 --> 01:00:25,793
Miss Tess?

1350
01:00:25,793 --> 01:00:28,004
I guess my purpose
has always been

1351
01:00:28,004 --> 01:00:29,881
tied to other people.

1352
01:00:29,881 --> 01:00:33,134
My husband, my family.

1353
01:00:33,134 --> 01:00:35,887
I never really thought about
who I was apart from them.

1354
01:00:35,887 --> 01:00:38,556
Maybe I should have.

1355
01:00:38,556 --> 01:00:41,059
I guess.

1356
01:00:41,059 --> 01:00:44,228
ELLA: I always thought being
an artist was my purpose,

1357
01:00:44,228 --> 01:00:47,982
but it's not enough
just to create.

1358
01:00:47,982 --> 01:00:49,692
You need to know
why you're creating,

1359
01:00:49,692 --> 01:00:54,030
and for whom.

1360
01:00:54,030 --> 01:00:57,575
You need to know
what fulfils you.

1361
01:00:57,575 --> 01:01:01,913
I've been asking myself
a lot of those questions lately.

1362
01:01:01,913 --> 01:01:03,331
MICAH: Even at my age,

1363
01:01:03,331 --> 01:01:07,627
I still struggle to
carve out a space for myself,

1364
01:01:07,627 --> 01:01:12,715
a space separate
from my parents.

1365
01:01:12,715 --> 01:01:16,677
It's always been
a little scary for me,

1366
01:01:16,677 --> 01:01:21,516
but I think I found out how.

1367
01:01:21,516 --> 01:01:23,810
A shop of my own,

1368
01:01:23,810 --> 01:01:26,646
in a town where nobody knows me,

1369
01:01:26,646 --> 01:01:29,899
where I can build something,
my way.

1370
01:01:29,899 --> 01:01:31,984
Now, I don't know if...

1371
01:01:31,984 --> 01:01:34,904
leaving Mary's Town

1372
01:01:34,904 --> 01:01:40,701
and moving to Chicago
is the answer, but...

1373
01:01:40,701 --> 01:01:43,538
I think I'm ready to find out.

1374
01:01:43,538 --> 01:01:46,124
You're leaving?

1375
01:01:46,124 --> 01:01:47,083
Mom.

1376
01:01:47,083 --> 01:01:48,835
And this is how you tell me?

1377
01:01:48,835 --> 01:01:51,045
Mom, I was talking to Ella
and we thought maybe

1378
01:01:51,045 --> 01:01:52,171
it would be better if we just--

1379
01:01:52,171 --> 01:01:53,548
Ella, you knew about this?

1380
01:01:53,548 --> 01:01:55,174
ELLA: I-I...
TESS: Oh...

1381
01:01:55,174 --> 01:01:56,175
Mom!

1382
01:01:56,175 --> 01:01:57,260
Grandma!

1383
01:01:57,260 --> 01:01:58,553
It's fine, Micah.

1384
01:01:58,553 --> 01:02:00,054
Go find your purpose.

1385
01:02:00,054 --> 01:02:03,558
By all means,
don't let me stop you.

1386
01:02:03,558 --> 01:02:08,479
♪

1387
01:02:08,479 --> 01:02:11,315
Mom?

1388
01:02:11,315 --> 01:02:12,692
Mom!

1389
01:02:12,692 --> 01:02:15,069
Grandma!
Grandma!

1390
01:02:15,069 --> 01:02:17,613
Mom!

1391
01:02:25,705 --> 01:02:32,211
♪

1392
01:02:32,211 --> 01:02:35,506
I hear winters in Chicago
can get pretty cold.

1393
01:02:35,506 --> 01:02:37,717
Yeah, well, it gets
kind of cold here, too,

1394
01:02:37,717 --> 01:02:41,846
so I'll be fine.

1395
01:02:41,846 --> 01:02:43,598
So, uh, what time do you want to

1396
01:02:43,598 --> 01:02:45,308
head to the Karamu Festival
tomorrow?

1397
01:02:45,308 --> 01:02:46,768
And are we taking separate cars?

1398
01:02:46,768 --> 01:02:48,186
I'm not going.

1399
01:02:48,186 --> 01:02:49,395
Mom, look--

1400
01:02:49,395 --> 01:02:50,772
Ella.

1401
01:02:50,772 --> 01:02:53,024
Now, I know what
you've been trying to do,

1402
01:02:53,024 --> 01:02:55,777
and I really appreciate it,

1403
01:02:55,777 --> 01:02:58,529
but it didn't work.

1404
01:02:58,529 --> 01:03:01,365
Well, you didn't
want it to work!

1405
01:03:01,365 --> 01:03:03,242
You made up your mind
that you were leaving

1406
01:03:03,242 --> 01:03:05,078
and there was
no talking you out of it.

1407
01:03:05,078 --> 01:03:09,749
Oh, like what you did
when you left?

1408
01:03:09,749 --> 01:03:10,958
I'm sorry.

1409
01:03:10,958 --> 01:03:12,502
ELLA: Is that
what this is about?

1410
01:03:12,502 --> 01:03:14,295
I left, so now it's your turn?

1411
01:03:14,295 --> 01:03:16,506
Oh, come on, Ella,
you know I would never

1412
01:03:16,506 --> 01:03:18,591
begrudge you
for following your dream.

1413
01:03:18,591 --> 01:03:20,259
Is that what
you think I'm doing?

1414
01:03:20,259 --> 01:03:21,803
MICAH: I don't really know
what you're doing.

1415
01:03:21,803 --> 01:03:23,471
I'm trying to keep
my family together.

1416
01:03:23,471 --> 01:03:25,223
I didn't realize we were broken!

1417
01:03:25,223 --> 01:03:26,974
Mom, look at you!

1418
01:03:26,974 --> 01:03:28,559
Look at Grandma!

1419
01:03:28,559 --> 01:03:31,312
I mean, you two can barely
be in the same room together.

1420
01:03:31,312 --> 01:03:33,648
You don't laugh together.
You don't cry together.

1421
01:03:33,648 --> 01:03:35,983
I mean, I almost wish
that you two would just have

1422
01:03:35,983 --> 01:03:38,194
one big fight and get
everything out in the open

1423
01:03:38,194 --> 01:03:39,320
and be done with it!

1424
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:40,905
MICAH: Well, maybe you're right,

1425
01:03:40,905 --> 01:03:45,076
or maybe we'll both say things
we could never come back from.

1426
01:03:45,076 --> 01:03:48,538
Is that what you're afraid of?

1427
01:03:48,538 --> 01:03:52,500
Ella, despite
what you may think,

1428
01:03:52,500 --> 01:03:55,086
I don't want to lose my mom.

1429
01:03:55,086 --> 01:03:57,338
You two...

1430
01:03:57,338 --> 01:03:58,923
you're all I've got.

1431
01:03:58,923 --> 01:04:00,883
So tell her how you feel!

1432
01:04:00,883 --> 01:04:02,844
[sighs]

1433
01:04:02,844 --> 01:04:05,263
Maybe some day.

1434
01:04:05,263 --> 01:04:08,224
But not now.

1435
01:04:08,224 --> 01:04:10,184
Are you worried that
she'll convince you

1436
01:04:10,184 --> 01:04:11,769
to change your mind?

1437
01:04:11,769 --> 01:04:13,604
MICAH: No.

1438
01:04:13,604 --> 01:04:16,107
Well, maybe.

1439
01:04:16,107 --> 01:04:20,528
And I don't want to.

1440
01:04:20,528 --> 01:04:30,913
♪

1441
01:04:30,913 --> 01:04:32,457
That's a lot of dough.

1442
01:04:32,457 --> 01:04:34,292
Why didn't you tell me?

1443
01:04:34,292 --> 01:04:36,586
You knew all along.
ELLA: I--

1444
01:04:36,586 --> 01:04:38,629
I knew something was up

1445
01:04:38,629 --> 01:04:41,382
because you were trying
too hard to play peacemaker.

1446
01:04:41,382 --> 01:04:43,342
She wanted
to tell you herself.

1447
01:04:43,342 --> 01:04:46,345
Well, she sure picked
a great way to do it!

1448
01:04:46,345 --> 01:04:48,347
She thought that
you'd be upset with her.

1449
01:04:48,347 --> 01:04:50,683
I am upset with her.

1450
01:04:50,683 --> 01:04:52,685
For crying out loud, Grandma,

1451
01:04:52,685 --> 01:04:55,521
why can't you two just be
honest with each other?

1452
01:04:55,521 --> 01:04:58,691
Why can't you be honest with us?

1453
01:04:58,691 --> 01:05:00,777
What's really
going on here, Ella?

1454
01:05:00,777 --> 01:05:02,320
And where do you fit
into all of this?

1455
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:03,905
What do you mean?

1456
01:05:03,905 --> 01:05:05,782
Something's bothering you,
and somehow this whole thing

1457
01:05:05,782 --> 01:05:07,825
between your mother and I
is making it worse.

1458
01:05:07,825 --> 01:05:08,910
ELLA: [sighs]

1459
01:05:08,910 --> 01:05:10,912
I promise I will fill you in

1460
01:05:10,912 --> 01:05:13,414
on all of the gory details
of my life,

1461
01:05:13,414 --> 01:05:15,166
but can we just
go to the festival?

1462
01:05:15,166 --> 01:05:18,503
I am not going to the festival!

1463
01:05:18,503 --> 01:05:22,048
What, are you just gonna
stay in here and bake all day?

1464
01:05:22,048 --> 01:05:24,217
Oh no-- the cookies!

1465
01:05:24,217 --> 01:05:25,676
With everything going on,

1466
01:05:25,676 --> 01:05:27,178
we forgot to start
the cookies yesterday!

1467
01:05:27,178 --> 01:05:28,679
Oh my goodness!

1468
01:05:28,679 --> 01:05:30,515
We're never gonna
get them done in time!

1469
01:05:30,515 --> 01:05:33,101
We promised Griffin!
I can't let him down, not again!

1470
01:05:33,101 --> 01:05:35,395
Please!
TESS: Oh...

1471
01:05:36,354 --> 01:05:38,523
[sighs deeply]

1472
01:05:38,523 --> 01:05:43,861
♪

1473
01:05:43,861 --> 01:05:47,365
MICAH: Before you say anything,
Mom, Ella called.

1474
01:05:47,365 --> 01:05:50,118
And you need all
the help you can get.

1475
01:05:50,118 --> 01:05:52,578
Griffin's on his way, too.

1476
01:05:52,578 --> 01:05:56,624
ELLA: One thousand cookies
in less than 24 hours.

1477
01:05:56,624 --> 01:05:59,711
Do you really think we'll
get this all done in time?

1478
01:05:59,711 --> 01:06:02,672
I've been wondering the same
thing myself, to be honest.

1479
01:06:02,672 --> 01:06:05,675
We're gonna be just fine.

1480
01:06:05,675 --> 01:06:08,845
Okay.

1481
01:06:08,845 --> 01:06:11,139
Did someone call for
the baking brigade?

1482
01:06:11,139 --> 01:06:13,099
ALL: Oh!

1483
01:06:14,767 --> 01:06:19,272
RENEE: Well,
give us our baking orders.

1484
01:06:19,272 --> 01:06:22,525
MARILYN: Strand Family
Bakery here.

1485
01:06:22,525 --> 01:06:26,070
Anything we can do to help?

1486
01:06:26,070 --> 01:06:28,197
Welcome to the team.

1487
01:06:28,197 --> 01:06:32,076
♪

1488
01:06:32,076 --> 01:06:34,412
<i>♪ Matunda ya Kwanza ♪</i>

1489
01:06:34,412 --> 01:06:38,207
<i>♪ For the first
fruit of the land ♪</i>

1490
01:06:38,207 --> 01:06:40,710
♪

1491
01:06:40,710 --> 01:06:43,504
<i>♪ Matunda ya Kwanza ♪</i>

1492
01:06:43,504 --> 01:06:47,341
<i>♪ The time for
lending a hand...</i>

1493
01:06:47,341 --> 01:06:50,887
<i>to each other ♪</i>

1494
01:06:50,887 --> 01:07:04,108
♪

1495
01:07:04,108 --> 01:07:06,903
I can't believe everyone
showed up to help like that.

1496
01:07:06,903 --> 01:07:08,780
That's what community's
all about, you know?

1497
01:07:08,780 --> 01:07:10,865
Even little Maisey
made it to the bitter end.

1498
01:07:10,865 --> 01:07:12,366
[laughs]

1499
01:07:12,366 --> 01:07:16,245
MICAH: Looks like we're
gonna be alright.

1500
01:07:16,245 --> 01:07:23,461
♪

1501
01:07:23,461 --> 01:07:25,380
MICAH: Mom, please!

1502
01:07:25,380 --> 01:07:27,006
It'll be alright.

1503
01:07:27,006 --> 01:07:30,593
Hm.

1504
01:07:30,593 --> 01:07:33,513
You know, when I was a kid
and I would get into trouble,

1505
01:07:33,513 --> 01:07:36,849
my mom would sit me down
and give me a good talking to.

1506
01:07:36,849 --> 01:07:41,187
Just me and her,
in a room, talking.

1507
01:07:43,564 --> 01:07:45,858
I think I have an idea.

1508
01:07:45,858 --> 01:07:52,490
♪

1509
01:07:52,490 --> 01:07:53,783
Before we go to lunch,

1510
01:07:53,783 --> 01:07:55,159
I just want to stop
at Grandma's.

1511
01:07:55,159 --> 01:07:56,494
Why?

1512
01:07:56,494 --> 01:07:58,621
There's something I need to do.

1513
01:07:58,621 --> 01:08:01,541
I promise it won't take long.

1514
01:08:03,209 --> 01:08:04,627
TESS: What are you doing here?

1515
01:08:04,627 --> 01:08:06,504
I have to get to the bakery.

1516
01:08:06,504 --> 01:08:09,215
I know.
This'll be quick.

1517
01:08:14,303 --> 01:08:16,931
What's going on?

1518
01:08:16,931 --> 01:08:19,684
A couple of years ago,
I was playing around

1519
01:08:19,684 --> 01:08:24,814
on my new phone and I decided
to interview Grandpa.

1520
01:08:24,814 --> 01:08:28,067
Now I realize that he was
sending us a message.

1521
01:08:28,067 --> 01:08:32,780
And, um, it's... edited a bit,
but just listen.

1522
01:08:38,244 --> 01:08:41,789
RILEY: [in video] Family is
the bedrock of our existence.

1523
01:08:41,789 --> 01:08:44,751
It's the reason
we are who we are.

1524
01:08:44,751 --> 01:08:47,712
The reasons we do what we do.

1525
01:08:47,712 --> 01:08:49,881
The best interest of our family

1526
01:08:49,881 --> 01:08:53,885
should always be
at the heart of our decisions.

1527
01:08:53,885 --> 01:08:57,889
Now, I know us Chapel family
don't always get along,

1528
01:08:57,889 --> 01:09:02,060
but as long as I'm around,
we're gonna stick together.

1529
01:09:02,060 --> 01:09:06,189
So I want my family
to promise me a few things.

1530
01:09:06,189 --> 01:09:09,776
Do and say everything with love.

1531
01:09:09,776 --> 01:09:12,403
Remember,
you're stronger together

1532
01:09:12,403 --> 01:09:15,823
than you are apart.

1533
01:09:15,823 --> 01:09:19,827
And never, ever go to bed angry.

1534
01:09:19,827 --> 01:09:22,163
Apologize when you're wrong,

1535
01:09:22,163 --> 01:09:26,417
and forgive each other
and trust each other, always,

1536
01:09:26,417 --> 01:09:30,671
in all ways.

1537
01:09:30,671 --> 01:09:32,757
Make me proud, family.

1538
01:09:32,757 --> 01:09:39,889
♪

1539
01:09:46,979 --> 01:09:50,024
♪

1540
01:09:50,024 --> 01:09:51,734
ELLA: I know
that you both believe

1541
01:09:51,734 --> 01:09:54,320
that what you feel is right,

1542
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:56,739
but just this once,

1543
01:09:56,739 --> 01:09:58,908
can you really talk
to each other?

1544
01:09:58,908 --> 01:10:03,413
And more importantly,
really listen.

1545
01:10:03,413 --> 01:10:07,125
No judgement.

1546
01:10:10,628 --> 01:10:12,922
I... I don't know
where to start.

1547
01:10:12,922 --> 01:10:16,050
Just start from
your heart, Grandma.

1548
01:10:27,228 --> 01:10:30,857
Micah, I think that
a part of me always knew

1549
01:10:30,857 --> 01:10:34,360
that you would leave.

1550
01:10:34,360 --> 01:10:36,863
I knew that you had dreams,

1551
01:10:36,863 --> 01:10:39,115
and I swear I never
wanted you to abandon them.

1552
01:10:39,115 --> 01:10:43,161
I just... I didn't know
how to let you go

1553
01:10:43,161 --> 01:10:46,748
and keep you close
at the same time.

1554
01:10:46,748 --> 01:10:48,916
And after your father died, I...

1555
01:10:48,916 --> 01:10:51,669
I knew the thing
that I feared most

1556
01:10:51,669 --> 01:10:55,298
would finally come to pass,
and I was right!

1557
01:10:55,298 --> 01:10:57,884
[sighs]
Mom...

1558
01:10:57,884 --> 01:11:01,846
We all know how hard Dad
tried to keep us together.

1559
01:11:03,514 --> 01:11:05,266
And...

1560
01:11:05,266 --> 01:11:10,897
But if you think that
the only reason I stayed here

1561
01:11:10,897 --> 01:11:13,775
for all those years
was because of him,

1562
01:11:13,775 --> 01:11:16,402
you're just wrong.

1563
01:11:16,402 --> 01:11:18,529
I stayed for you.

1564
01:11:18,529 --> 01:11:20,656
But you're leaving
because of me!

1565
01:11:20,656 --> 01:11:23,659
No, I'm leaving because of me.

1566
01:11:23,659 --> 01:11:25,828
I made a promise to myself,

1567
01:11:25,828 --> 01:11:29,832
a promise that I need to keep.

1568
01:11:29,832 --> 01:11:32,668
But if it's... if it's
gonna hurt you this much--

1569
01:11:32,668 --> 01:11:36,130
No.
No, Micah.

1570
01:11:36,130 --> 01:11:38,508
I know what your father
meant when he said

1571
01:11:38,508 --> 01:11:41,677
that we had to stick together.

1572
01:11:41,677 --> 01:11:44,931
He wasn't talking about here,

1573
01:11:44,931 --> 01:11:49,143
he was talking about here.

1574
01:11:49,143 --> 01:11:53,606
Micah, I want you
to have your dreams, baby.

1575
01:11:53,606 --> 01:11:58,903
Wherever they may lead,
I want you to go and get 'em!

1576
01:11:58,903 --> 01:12:03,324
Please, promise me
that you'll keep me close.

1577
01:12:03,324 --> 01:12:06,619
You can't get
any closer than my heart.

1578
01:12:06,619 --> 01:12:11,207
Oh!
[crying]

1579
01:12:11,207 --> 01:12:14,585
TESS: I love you.
MICAH: I love you, too.

1580
01:12:14,585 --> 01:12:20,800
♪

1581
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:22,093
TESS: Oh!

1582
01:12:22,093 --> 01:12:25,138
Thank you, sweetheart.

1583
01:12:25,138 --> 01:12:28,182
My girls!

1584
01:12:30,601 --> 01:12:33,646
TESS: Remember these?

1585
01:12:33,646 --> 01:12:37,442
MICAH: Ah-ha-ha!

1586
01:12:37,442 --> 01:12:38,901
ELLA: Oh!
MICAH: Wow...

1587
01:12:38,901 --> 01:12:40,445
I would be so honoured

1588
01:12:40,445 --> 01:12:43,030
if you would wear them
to the festival tonight.

1589
01:12:43,030 --> 01:12:44,407
So we're going?

1590
01:12:44,407 --> 01:12:45,825
TESS: Oh, yeah!

1591
01:12:45,825 --> 01:12:47,744
The Chapel women
will be in the house!

1592
01:12:47,744 --> 01:12:50,288
[all laugh]

1593
01:12:50,288 --> 01:12:51,372
TESS: Oh, gosh...

1594
01:12:51,372 --> 01:12:52,749
MICAH: Oh...

1595
01:12:52,749 --> 01:12:55,877
♪

1596
01:12:55,877 --> 01:12:57,170
Habari Gani?

1597
01:12:57,170 --> 01:12:58,588
Kuumba!

1598
01:12:58,588 --> 01:13:00,715
[applause]

1599
01:13:00,715 --> 01:13:07,138
♪

1600
01:13:07,138 --> 01:13:09,057
GRIFFIN: Today,
on this sixth day of Kwanzaa,

1601
01:13:09,057 --> 01:13:11,476
and the last day of the year,

1602
01:13:11,476 --> 01:13:13,895
we pledge to leave our community
more beautiful and beneficial

1603
01:13:13,895 --> 01:13:16,272
than we inherited it.

1604
01:13:16,272 --> 01:13:19,942
And I must say
that Mary's Town looks

1605
01:13:19,942 --> 01:13:23,321
more beautiful than ever tonight.

1606
01:13:23,321 --> 01:13:27,116
Now, everything I learned about
Kwanzaa I learned from one man,

1607
01:13:27,116 --> 01:13:29,202
Mayor Riley Chapel.

1608
01:13:29,202 --> 01:13:31,329
So I think it only fitting
that I ask his family

1609
01:13:31,329 --> 01:13:33,122
to join me here
on stage tonight.

1610
01:13:33,122 --> 01:13:35,291
Please.
[applause]

1611
01:13:35,291 --> 01:13:37,794
Yes!

1612
01:13:37,794 --> 01:13:40,213
[applause continues]

1613
01:13:40,213 --> 01:13:44,133
♪

1614
01:13:44,133 --> 01:13:47,845
And as the elder Chapel,
Miss Tess,

1615
01:13:47,845 --> 01:13:51,099
would you do the honour of the
reciting the Tamshi la Tambiko,

1616
01:13:51,099 --> 01:13:52,642
the Libation Statement, please?

1617
01:13:52,642 --> 01:13:53,768
TESS: My pleasure.

1618
01:13:53,768 --> 01:14:06,155
♪

1619
01:14:06,155 --> 01:14:10,743
TESS: "For the motherland,
cradle of civilization;

1620
01:14:10,743 --> 01:14:15,957
"for the ancestors
and their indomitable spirit;

1621
01:14:15,957 --> 01:14:20,044
"for the elders,
from whom we can learn much;

1622
01:14:20,044 --> 01:14:22,004
"for our youth,

1623
01:14:22,004 --> 01:14:25,883
"who represent
the promise for tomorrow;

1624
01:14:25,883 --> 01:14:29,929
"for our people,
the original people;

1625
01:14:29,929 --> 01:14:31,681
"for our struggle,

1626
01:14:31,681 --> 01:14:36,561
"and in remembrance of those who
have struggled on our behalf;

1627
01:14:36,561 --> 01:14:40,565
"for Umoja,
the principle of unity,

1628
01:14:40,565 --> 01:14:43,693
"which should
guide us in all we do;

1629
01:14:43,693 --> 01:14:45,903
"and for the creator,

1630
01:14:45,903 --> 01:14:50,783
"who provides all things
great and small."

1631
01:14:50,783 --> 01:14:52,410
Thank you.

1632
01:14:52,410 --> 01:15:20,354
♪

1633
01:15:20,354 --> 01:15:38,289
[drumming]

1634
01:15:38,289 --> 01:16:07,652
♪

1635
01:16:14,367 --> 01:16:17,453
[fireworks exploding]

1636
01:16:17,453 --> 01:16:25,920
♪

1637
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:29,716
[fireworks continue]

1638
01:16:29,716 --> 01:16:39,183
♪

1639
01:16:39,183 --> 01:16:42,979
[fireworks continue]

1640
01:16:44,230 --> 01:16:47,150
GRIFFIN: Hey.
ELLA: Hi.

1641
01:16:47,150 --> 01:16:49,152
Ah...
Happy Kwanzaa.

1642
01:16:49,152 --> 01:16:50,069
Happy New Year.

1643
01:16:50,069 --> 01:16:51,154
Same to you.

1644
01:16:51,154 --> 01:16:53,448
Thanks, thanks.

1645
01:16:53,448 --> 01:16:57,702
So, how'd things turn out
between your mom and grandma?

1646
01:16:57,702 --> 01:16:59,328
Great.

1647
01:16:59,328 --> 01:17:01,497
My mom is moving to Chicago...

1648
01:17:01,497 --> 01:17:03,040
with my grandma's blessing.

1649
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:04,292
Wow.

1650
01:17:04,292 --> 01:17:06,044
"Wow" is right.

1651
01:17:06,044 --> 01:17:08,254
[sighs]
But it's okay.

1652
01:17:08,254 --> 01:17:10,381
They're okay.

1653
01:17:10,381 --> 01:17:13,801
And are you?

1654
01:17:13,801 --> 01:17:16,345
You know, it's funny,
this whole...

1655
01:17:16,345 --> 01:17:20,224
chasing your dreams thing.

1656
01:17:20,224 --> 01:17:23,853
Dreams don't have zip codes.

1657
01:17:23,853 --> 01:17:27,356
Sometimes it takes going away
to realize that your dream

1658
01:17:27,356 --> 01:17:29,859
can grow wherever you feel

1659
01:17:29,859 --> 01:17:33,321
the sun shining
on your face the brightest.

1660
01:17:33,321 --> 01:17:34,781
Wherever it gets watered.

1661
01:17:34,781 --> 01:17:38,659
Wherever your roots
are the deepest.

1662
01:17:38,659 --> 01:17:43,039
♪

1663
01:17:43,039 --> 01:17:46,209
[fireworks exploding]

1664
01:17:46,209 --> 01:17:55,426
♪

1665
01:17:55,426 --> 01:17:57,095
Habari Gani?

1666
01:17:57,095 --> 01:18:01,432
MICAH & TESS: Imani!

1667
01:18:01,432 --> 01:18:04,352
Oh, Grandma, I know
you don't want a new logo.

1668
01:18:04,352 --> 01:18:05,728
I was just doodling.

1669
01:18:05,728 --> 01:18:09,982
I like it.

1670
01:18:09,982 --> 01:18:12,443
Could you change the letters
to a different colour,

1671
01:18:12,443 --> 01:18:15,113
like bright red?

1672
01:18:15,113 --> 01:18:17,990
Oh...?
Okay!

1673
01:18:17,990 --> 01:18:20,493
So, missy, did you
finally sign the lease?

1674
01:18:20,493 --> 01:18:23,496
No, I decided
not to get the building.

1675
01:18:23,496 --> 01:18:25,248
Did you find one
you like better?

1676
01:18:25,248 --> 01:18:28,668
Yeah, 424 Maple Street...

1677
01:18:28,668 --> 01:18:30,378
Mary's Town, Pennsylvania.

1678
01:18:30,378 --> 01:18:31,462
[gasps]

1679
01:18:31,462 --> 01:18:33,881
ELLA: [chuckles]

1680
01:18:33,881 --> 01:18:37,927
I finally realized why I was
reluctant to sign that lease.

1681
01:18:37,927 --> 01:18:40,221
I'm not ready to put down
roots in Boston.

1682
01:18:40,221 --> 01:18:43,558
I want to come back
to the roots I already have.

1683
01:18:43,558 --> 01:18:45,560
MICAH: Oh, sweety!

1684
01:18:45,560 --> 01:18:49,355
That is awesome.

1685
01:18:49,355 --> 01:18:51,315
Look at this:

1686
01:18:51,315 --> 01:18:53,025
one leaving
and one coming back.

1687
01:18:53,025 --> 01:18:54,652
[all laugh]

1688
01:18:54,652 --> 01:18:57,488
Yeah, well, you know,
it was actually Mom's decision

1689
01:18:57,488 --> 01:19:00,074
that made me realize
what I wanted.

1690
01:19:00,074 --> 01:19:02,118
It's not easy to leave home.

1691
01:19:02,118 --> 01:19:04,912
And it turns out it's not
easy to come back.

1692
01:19:04,912 --> 01:19:07,832
So, thank you,
for inspiring me to be brave

1693
01:19:07,832 --> 01:19:11,461
and to follow my heart,
like you're doing.

1694
01:19:11,461 --> 01:19:13,796
MICAH: Aw!

1695
01:19:13,796 --> 01:19:15,339
ELLA: Even though
my heart is leading me

1696
01:19:15,339 --> 01:19:16,424
right back to where I started.

1697
01:19:16,424 --> 01:19:18,843
Well!
[laughs]

1698
01:19:18,843 --> 01:19:21,220
The heart wants what it wants.

1699
01:19:21,220 --> 01:19:23,097
ELLA: Yes, it does.

1700
01:19:23,097 --> 01:19:25,516
Speaking of which...

1701
01:19:25,516 --> 01:19:28,644
I think I need to speak
to someone else, too.

1702
01:19:28,644 --> 01:19:38,029
♪

1703
01:19:38,029 --> 01:19:40,990
ELLA: You know,
everyone's been wondering

1704
01:19:40,990 --> 01:19:46,496
why I delayed signing
a lease on this building

1705
01:19:46,496 --> 01:19:50,166
and starting my own
business in Boston, and...

1706
01:19:50,166 --> 01:19:54,087
I'm not even sure I knew
the answer until I got here.

1707
01:19:54,087 --> 01:19:58,049
But...

1708
01:19:58,049 --> 01:20:01,219
I've been in Boston
for all these years, and...

1709
01:20:01,219 --> 01:20:05,431
I don't have a life there.

1710
01:20:05,431 --> 01:20:08,226
I don't have a family there.
I don't...

1711
01:20:08,226 --> 01:20:11,062
have a community.

1712
01:20:11,062 --> 01:20:14,065
I don't have a purpose.

1713
01:20:14,065 --> 01:20:17,944
Or a you.

1714
01:20:17,944 --> 01:20:22,240
I don't have a you in Boston.

1715
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:24,283
Sit?

1716
01:20:24,283 --> 01:20:32,333
♪

1717
01:20:32,333 --> 01:20:34,585
I thought I had to go away

1718
01:20:34,585 --> 01:20:38,464
to find myself and my purpose,

1719
01:20:38,464 --> 01:20:42,176
but it turns out
it was here all along.

1720
01:20:42,176 --> 01:20:45,763
♪

1721
01:20:45,763 --> 01:20:48,433
What are you saying, Ella?

1722
01:20:48,433 --> 01:20:50,268
I'm saying yes.

1723
01:20:50,268 --> 01:20:52,145
To you.

1724
01:20:52,145 --> 01:20:53,479
If it's not too late.

1725
01:20:53,479 --> 01:20:54,939
Wait...

1726
01:20:54,939 --> 01:20:57,525
I want to start
my own design company

1727
01:20:57,525 --> 01:20:59,944
and maybe even
a youth art program...

1728
01:20:59,944 --> 01:21:02,280
right here.

1729
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:04,282
Are you serious?
In Mary's Town?

1730
01:21:04,282 --> 01:21:07,118
There's no place
like home, right?

1731
01:21:07,118 --> 01:21:09,120
That's right.

1732
01:21:09,120 --> 01:21:12,373
And I gotta say,

1733
01:21:12,373 --> 01:21:16,294
there's no one like you,
Ella Chapel.

1734
01:21:16,294 --> 01:21:19,297
Never has been.

1735
01:21:19,297 --> 01:21:22,550
Ditto, Mayor Knoxville.

1736
01:21:22,550 --> 01:21:25,762
ELLA: [giggles]

1737
01:21:25,762 --> 01:21:28,723
♪

1738
01:21:28,723 --> 01:21:30,099
So...?
GRIFFIN: So...?

1739
01:21:30,099 --> 01:21:32,143
[both laugh]

1740
01:21:32,143 --> 01:21:34,437
Should we start over?

1741
01:21:34,437 --> 01:21:36,689
Start from scratch?

1742
01:21:36,689 --> 01:21:40,735
Or should we pick up
where we left off?

1743
01:21:40,735 --> 01:21:42,320
BOTH: We'll talk about it!

1744
01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:44,030
[both laugh]

1745
01:21:44,030 --> 01:21:46,324
[gasps]

1746
01:21:46,324 --> 01:22:18,689
♪

1747
01:22:18,689 --> 01:22:20,274
To all of you,

1748
01:22:20,274 --> 01:22:22,360
to all of us.

1749
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:25,947
To Riley.

1750
01:22:25,947 --> 01:22:30,535
To my mother,
and my daughter.

1751
01:22:30,535 --> 01:22:34,247
My roots and my wings.

1752
01:22:35,706 --> 01:22:38,543
ELLA: To family, to community,

1753
01:22:38,543 --> 01:22:41,713
to unity and purpose,

1754
01:22:41,713 --> 01:22:44,382
to holding each other down,

1755
01:22:44,382 --> 01:22:49,595
365 days of the year.

1756
01:22:49,595 --> 01:22:52,598
To all of us pulling together.

1757
01:22:52,598 --> 01:22:55,685
Or as we say in Swahili...

1758
01:22:55,685 --> 01:22:58,146
ALL: Harambee!

1759
01:22:58,146 --> 01:23:02,066
[laughter]

1760
01:23:02,066 --> 01:23:07,280
♪

1761
01:23:07,280 --> 01:23:11,117
<i>♪ Let's get together ♪</i>

1762
01:23:11,117 --> 01:23:15,037
{\an8}<i>* Come together, children ♪</i>

1763
01:23:17,665 --> 01:23:37,143
♪