Hearts Under The Olive Tree Full Movie (2023)

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00:00:00 [ENGINE STARTING]

00:00:02 [WIND BLOWING]

00:00:14 [HOWLING]

00:00:19 [THEME MUSIC]

00:00:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:00:26 Chapter one.

00:00:40 All right.

00:00:41 OK.

00:00:46 Chapter two.

00:00:48 And got it.

00:00:52 Chapter three.

00:00:54 Chapter four.

00:00:55 Compare, contrast.

00:00:58 And done.

00:01:00 Feels like enough work for today.

00:01:06 The unexpected success of the book series

00:01:14 has captivated millions worldwide.

00:01:16 But as fans eagerly await the final installment

00:01:20 of the Moonlight Magic trilogy, the question still remains,

00:01:23 just who is Georgina Cartwell?

00:01:27 Who indeed?

00:01:28 While the YA fantasy author has won numerous awards

00:01:31 for her first two novels, she has never

00:01:33 made a public appearance, prompting speculation

00:01:37 that Georgina Cartwell may, in fact, be a pen name.

00:01:40 Hold on.

00:01:44 This just in breaking news.

00:01:47 Georgina Cartwell has announced on social media

00:01:50 that she is two weeks away from completing her third novel.

00:01:54 No.

00:01:58 That's right.

00:01:58 The third and final book of the Moonlight Magic trilogy

00:02:02 will be delivered to its publisher in two weeks.

00:02:07 Heard it here first, folks.

00:02:09 In other entertainment news, Hollywood--

00:02:11 Georgina.

00:02:12 OK.

00:02:14 All right.

00:02:14 First of all, it's my social media account.

00:02:17 And who said anything about two weeks?

00:02:21 No, I didn't read the contract.

00:02:24 OK, Georgina, I think--

00:02:26 yes.

00:02:27 I-- yeah, I know how you get when I use your first name.

00:02:30 Of course, I'm almost done.

00:02:31 I'm like this close.

00:02:32 I'm just saying, can you maybe buy me an extra month or two?

00:02:35 I mean, isn't that what agents are for?

00:02:37 OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, forget it, forget it.

00:02:39 Forget I asked.

00:02:40 Stupid mail.

00:02:41 Actually, I just had a good idea.

00:02:42 And I think I'm going to go write.

00:02:43 OK, love you.

00:02:44 Bye.

00:02:45 [SIGHS]

00:02:48 Where are all the blue ones?

00:02:49 Hey!

00:02:56 Sorry my flight got delayed.

00:02:58 Oh, there was this baby screaming

00:03:00 the whole way, like right--

00:03:03 Melissa?

00:03:05 I'm on the patio.

00:03:14 I'm home.

00:03:15 Hi.

00:03:16 Hi, hey, OK, did you know there's like 45%

00:03:18 less blue ones in this bag?

00:03:20 We're being scammed by Big Candy.

00:03:21 Can you believe that?

00:03:22 I thought you said you were going to be

00:03:23 doing some writing this weekend.

00:03:24 Oh, yes, I did say that.

00:03:27 And I wasn't lying.

00:03:28 But you know I need some unstructured free time

00:03:30 to let my creativity run wild.

00:03:31 I mean, how else am I supposed to figure out

00:03:32 what happened on Ariella's journey

00:03:34 or the night of the dark tide if I'm just sitting behind a desk?

00:03:39 So you figured it out then?

00:03:40 No, that was just--

00:03:41 that was an example.

00:03:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03:44 Do not make that face.

00:03:45 I'm not making a face.

00:03:46 You are.

00:03:47 You are making that face.

00:03:49 You're making that face you make when you're

00:03:50 going to say something serious.

00:03:51 I think I need some space from us.

00:03:54 Is this a breakup?

00:04:00 Why?

00:04:01 It's just we're supposed to be this power couple, you know?

00:04:04 And lately I've been feeling like I'm in this relationship

00:04:06 all by myself.

00:04:08 Jonathan, that's just not true.

00:04:10 Babe, most days you don't even get out of bed.

00:04:13 You don't work.

00:04:14 I mean, you definitely don't write.

00:04:15 I mean, I get home from a business trip

00:04:17 and you can't even ask me how it went or say hi.

00:04:19 You know, you're right.

00:04:20 You're right.

00:04:21 And I'm sorry I was just distracted.

00:04:23 But I want to know what's going on at the bank.

00:04:25 [LAUGHS]

00:04:29 You don't work at a bank?

00:04:32 No.

00:04:33 You don't work at a bank.

00:04:34 I know you don't work at a bank.

00:04:35 At the hedge fund.

00:04:36 Tell me what's going on at the hedge fund.

00:04:37 It's commercial real estate investment.

00:04:39 I've told you a hundred times.

00:04:40 Jonathan, that's like almost exactly the same thing.

00:04:45 OK, fine.

00:04:46 Just don't do this.

00:04:49 Don't throw away what we have.

00:04:50 We're like peanut butter and bacon.

00:04:52 Nobody likes peanut butter and bacon.

00:04:55 I love you.

00:04:57 Really, I do.

00:04:58 I just-- I can't--

00:04:59 I can't do us anymore.

00:05:03 I'm sorry.

00:05:09 You'll be OK.

00:05:11 Why wouldn't I be?

00:05:13 I'm a grown woman.

00:05:15 No, that is not real.

00:05:18 Jack would be like, move over.

00:05:19 There's plenty of room for us both on the door.

00:05:21 We're supposed to be a power couple.

00:05:24 Get up, Jack.

00:05:25 Get up.

00:05:26 Hello, my lovely.

00:05:37 How are you?

00:05:38 Susanna.

00:05:40 It's after 5, dear.

00:05:41 I'm off the clock.

00:05:42 Great, sorry.

00:05:44 Mom, hi.

00:05:45 What are you doing here?

00:05:47 A mother's job is never done, and neither is an agent's.

00:05:51 Not following.

00:05:52 Honey, I saw that what's-his-name broke up with you.

00:05:55 Who-- who-- who said anything?

00:05:56 Who said anything?

00:05:57 No one said anything.

00:05:58 I saw that you posted song lyrics online.

00:06:01 I just feel like Beyonce gets me.

00:06:03 I know, I read your post.

00:06:04 But regardless, he's gone.

00:06:06 You're heartbroken.

00:06:07 Look at me.

00:06:08 We have a deadline to meet.

00:06:11 OK.

00:06:12 OK, I just-- I kind of feel like my grief outweighs

00:06:15 the whole career thing right now.

00:06:16 I think you're wrong, because darling, you signed a contract.

00:06:20 A contract that will allow a publisher to seek damages

00:06:23 if deadlines are not met.

00:06:24 OK, so will we pay a little fine?

00:06:26 Sure.

00:06:27 You can pay your little fine of a million dollars.

00:06:30 What?

00:06:31 That's what I thought.

00:06:32 So if you would like to keep your house

00:06:34 from being repossessed, I suggest

00:06:36 you go upstairs and start packing,

00:06:38 because I booked us on a 10-day writing retreat.

00:06:42 Think of it as the mother-daughter trip

00:06:43 we've never taken.

00:06:45 OK, so you and me together on vacation.

00:06:50 You know how I feel about rhetorical questions.

00:06:54 Don't like them.

00:06:55 So go upstairs, start packing, and put on some deodorant,

00:06:58 please.

00:06:59 Mom, I'm--

00:07:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:07:05 Fine.

00:07:07 [SIGHS]

00:07:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:07:13 Really?

00:07:31 An olive farm?

00:07:33 Why not, like, a private library or something?

00:07:35 Darlene, your final book is set in a magical forest.

00:07:39 So this is your inspiration.

00:07:41 Mm, OK.

00:07:42 Now, where is my cell phone service?

00:07:43 Darling, don't dawdle.

00:07:44 Under the sun would be a nightmare

00:07:46 for your forehead wrinkles.

00:07:48 My forehead what?

00:07:49 Welcome to the Babbling Brook Farm.

00:07:57 Checking in, I'm guessing.

00:07:58 Yes, the name is D-E-E.

00:08:03 Let's see, D. So you've got one deluxe suite

00:08:06 and one basic room.

00:08:07 Perfect.

00:08:08 We'll just need a card on record.

00:08:09 I know.

00:08:10 Is this made of stone?

00:08:11 Slate, actually.

00:08:13 Tell the bellhop to bring the bags up to the room.

00:08:15 Thank you.

00:08:17 Your room is upstairs on the left.

00:08:18 Darling, we have a tasting tonight, 7 o'clock,

00:08:21 and do not be late.

00:08:22 Oh, and wear that cute top mommy packed for you.

00:08:26 Uh--

00:08:27 Oh.

00:08:27 Yeah, we don't have a bellhop.

00:08:32 Yeah, sorry.

00:08:33 She is a lot.

00:08:34 Oh, is that the--

00:08:40 It's the first moonlight magic book.

00:08:41 I'm rereading it.

00:08:42 I know it's YA, but Georgina Carwell's just

00:08:44 on another level.

00:08:46 You just get completely sucked into her world, you know?

00:08:48 Yeah, yeah, I know.

00:08:49 I wish I could get sucked into a fantasy world right now.

00:08:53 I could probably upgrade your room.

00:08:55 I mean, it's not like we have many guests

00:08:56 staying here right now.

00:08:57 Really?

00:08:58 Yeah.

00:08:59 Oh, thank you.

00:09:00 I'm Colleen, by the way.

00:09:01 Hi.

00:09:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:09:05 Correct.

00:09:13 Yeah, 458 pages.

00:09:17 OK, thanks so much.

00:09:18 Bye-bye.

00:09:19 Oh, sorry, I'm late.

00:09:20 I was on the phone with a publisher.

00:09:22 Oh, were you working on extending the deadline?

00:09:24 Darling, it's dinner time.

00:09:25 Mommy's off the clock.

00:09:26 OK, fine.

00:09:28 Let's get this wine tasting started, huh?

00:09:30 I could use a couple hours to turn my brain off.

00:09:33 Garcon?

00:09:34 Ah, yes.

00:09:35 Hello, and welcome to the Babbling Brook Farm.

00:09:41 My name is Ben Pulley.

00:09:42 I am the owner, but I'm also going

00:09:44 to be your guide on your journey through the wonderful world

00:09:47 of olive oil.

00:09:49 Oh, what happened to the wine tasting?

00:09:52 This is an olive oil tasting right in Olive Farm.

00:09:57 Right, yeah, no.

00:09:58 I know it's in Olive Farm.

00:10:00 Thank you.

00:10:00 I'm so sorry.

00:10:01 You have to forgive my daughter.

00:10:02 A recent breakup has seemed to have scrambled her brain.

00:10:05 Mom.

00:10:06 Darling, please continue.

00:10:08 Right, well, this is olive oil number one.

00:10:11 Olive oil number one, that's some creative branding.

00:10:13 It is a cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil that

00:10:16 is derived from mission olives, which are, in fact,

00:10:18 the most popular of the Californian varieties.

00:10:21 We tend to plant our Bikiniwa and Frentoyo varieties

00:10:23 around all of the mission trees to give them that extra punch

00:10:26 come springtime.

00:10:27 OK, can we just try the olive oil?

00:10:29 No.

00:10:30 Charlie, let the man talk.

00:10:32 The difficult part is getting the pH levels of the soil

00:10:35 just right, because you're dealing with slightly basic,

00:10:37 slightly alkaline levels.

00:10:39 I do actually have a saying to help remember.

00:10:41 If you're eight and above, easy up, bruv.

00:10:43 If you're 7.5 or down, turn that ship around.

00:10:46 Wow, OK, I'm sorry, but I am way too hungry for that.

00:10:49 Melissa.

00:10:50 Ma'am, that's balsamic vinegar on your bread.

00:10:58 Would you like any olive oil on your next bite?

00:11:02 I'm good, thank you.

00:11:04 Mom?

00:11:05 Yes?

00:11:06 Dinner has been great, as always.

00:11:09 Ben.

00:11:12 Charlie, Mommy needs pages in the morning, OK?

00:11:16 Charming.

00:11:18 [WATER BUBBLING]

00:11:21 OK, you can do this, Mel.

00:11:30 All you have to do is write.

00:11:36 The beginning started at the beginning with a prerequisite.

00:11:47 Excuse me, is this seat taken?

00:12:06 Yes, my husband is standing, actually.

00:12:09 He must be bringing your wedding ring.

00:12:10 Well spotted.

00:12:16 You just earned yourself a seat.

00:12:17 Prego.

00:12:18 All right, I will humor you, since you are sitting

00:12:29 there staring at me.

00:12:31 What is it that you do?

00:12:33 Sergio.

00:12:34 Sergio?

00:12:34 Is that the measure of a man?

00:12:36 The title on his business card?

00:12:39 Is that a deflection?

00:12:42 I have done many things, seen the world, owned businesses.

00:12:47 Now I'm just enjoying the twilight of my youth.

00:12:50 I hate to break it to you, but I think your youth

00:12:52 is far behind you.

00:12:55 Or sitting right in front of me.

00:12:57 That is the start of my work day.

00:13:04 Pleasure to meet you, Sergio.

00:13:05 I did not manage to catch your name.

00:13:08 I didn't throw it.

00:13:09 How is it?

00:13:22 Well, the good news is it's not olive knot.

00:13:25 Good news is no absence of bad news, my friend.

00:13:28 Yeah, and there's bad news.

00:13:30 Olive flies have gotten into the crop.

00:13:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:13:36 Kaizo, I knew they would return.

00:13:39 Yeah, I think we're going to have to harvest

00:13:40 the olives early this year.

00:13:42 Any idea how to hold them off until then?

00:13:43 As I told your parents, a fight against the flies

00:13:46 is a fight against time.

00:13:48 But I know how to make traps.

00:13:50 All I need is some milk, some anchovies, some urine.

00:13:54 Right, I can help you with the first two.

00:13:56 But how about the capitalist banker, Mr. Bena?

00:13:59 I mean, earlier harvest means less soil, means less money.

00:14:04 He is coming next week.

00:14:05 And we just have to convince him to refinance the loan.

00:14:07 Or otherwise--

00:14:08 The flies, they will win.

00:14:11 Yeah.

00:14:12 Hi.

00:14:19 Sorry.

00:14:20 Oh my god.

00:14:22 I was just going to see if you'd seen my mom anywhere.

00:14:27 Were you writing something?

00:14:28 No.

00:14:31 Yes.

00:14:32 I mean, OK, so my college doesn't

00:14:34 have a creative writing major, which

00:14:36 is what I really want to do.

00:14:37 So I'm trying to write some short stories in my free time.

00:14:39 But like, it's super frustrating because I

00:14:40 feel like there's this giant gap in quality

00:14:42 between what I like to read and what I actually write.

00:14:44 Ha.

00:14:45 Does that make sense?

00:14:46 Yeah, no, totally makes sense.

00:14:48 I mean, you either feel like an idiot or a complete fraud.

00:14:52 And then you start going down the rabbit hole

00:14:54 of will anyone actually even read this?

00:14:57 I know, right?

00:14:58 Wait, so you're a writer too?

00:15:01 Yes, but I'm really more of a reader.

00:15:07 If you want someone to give you notes,

00:15:09 I'm happy to give it a read if you're interested.

00:15:13 Definitely interested.

00:15:14 I knew it wasn't very good.

00:15:20 No, no, no, no, no, don't get me wrong.

00:15:21 It's a good sentence.

00:15:22 It just gets kind of lost.

00:15:24 Every paragraph should have one core sentence

00:15:25 that drives the whole thing.

00:15:26 You're really good at this.

00:15:29 Like, professional level good at this.

00:15:31 Yes, she is.

00:15:32 If only she would just apply herself.

00:15:34 Oh, hi, mom.

00:15:35 How are you?

00:15:36 Oh, I am 12 minutes behind schedule, thanks to you.

00:15:38 Right, I got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.

00:15:40 Hey, look, I really, really like your style.

00:15:42 So as soon as you have a short that you're proud of,

00:15:45 just let me know.

00:15:46 I'll definitely give it a read.

00:15:47 Can I give you one now?

00:15:48 Yeah, of Melissa.

00:15:51 OK, I have a mother-daughter work thing.

00:15:55 But can I leave it here, and I'll grab it later,

00:15:56 and I'll read it as soon as I can?

00:15:58 Yeah, thank you.

00:15:59 Of course.

00:16:01 Let's go.

00:16:01 I'm coming.

00:16:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:16:06 Oh, Melissa.

00:16:12 You said you wanted pages.

00:16:14 I'm sorry, it's my fault. I should have specified.

00:16:17 I wanted quality pages.

00:16:18 OK, they're not that bad.

00:16:21 I feel like they're not that bad.

00:16:22 Mom, mom, mom, mom, don't put on your A2 glasses.

00:16:26 [CLEARS THROAT]

00:16:27 Ariella wondered what she would have for breakfast.

00:16:30 Who cares?

00:16:31 The Elvin pastries looked delicious.

00:16:33 Their dough perfectly crisp, flaking

00:16:35 at even the slightest touch.

00:16:36 But she would be a fool to ignore the warm welcome

00:16:39 of the Lumberry porridge.

00:16:41 You go on like this for six, seven pages.

00:16:43 OK, well, I just felt like maybe if I

00:16:45 riffed a little bit, an actual story would start flowing.

00:16:48 Let me be frank.

00:16:49 As your agent, you have nine days and zero viable words.

00:16:53 And both of our careers riding on the outcome of this.

00:16:56 So if I were you, I would start writing,

00:16:58 and I would start writing fast.

00:16:59 OK, mom, it's just-- it's not that easy, all right?

00:17:02 I'm really trying to be the person you want me to be,

00:17:04 but I'm just not one of those people who can wake up, and sit

00:17:07 down, and start working.

00:17:08 And with the breakup, and the pressure of this deadline,

00:17:10 I just-- I really don't think I ever will be.

00:17:12 [SIGHS]

00:17:13 Well, then we will just find somebody who is.

00:17:20 Meet me at the patio in one hour.

00:17:22 What are you doing?

00:17:24 What I do best, deal making.

00:17:26 Mr. Pauly?

00:17:30 Don't want to know.

00:17:31 Oh, Mr. Pauly.

00:17:32 Mr. Pauly?

00:17:34 Miss D, um, how can I help?

00:17:37 I have a business proposition for you.

00:17:39 Do you remember my daughter?

00:17:41 Vinegar Girl.

00:17:42 Yeah, Vinegar Girl.

00:17:43 She needs help finishing a manuscript

00:17:45 about a magical forest.

00:17:46 The problem is she's a bit lazy, wholly unorganized, and--

00:17:49 And all around unpleasant.

00:17:51 Yes, I remember.

00:17:52 Well, just so you know, between us,

00:17:54 she's a best-selling author.

00:17:56 Like, best.

00:17:57 She is?

00:17:57 Mm-hmm.

00:17:59 Well, what makes you think that I could help her?

00:18:01 Well, I can see that you are meticulous,

00:18:03 and you are process-driven.

00:18:04 In essence, you are everything that she's not.

00:18:07 And you happen to know something about trees.

00:18:10 You do know this is an olive grove, not a magical forest?

00:18:13 I know that.

00:18:14 Mel doesn't.

00:18:15 She hasn't been out of a place like this ever.

00:18:18 Besides, I think you two have some real chemistry.

00:18:22 Regardless, my offer still stands.

00:18:24 You help her finish her manuscript, and in exchange,

00:18:27 we will use her influencer status to help give

00:18:29 this place some much-needed PR.

00:18:31 Maybe you can pull it out of whatever downward spiral

00:18:33 it's currently in.

00:18:34 The farm is doing just fine.

00:18:36 Thank you.

00:18:37 Please.

00:18:37 I'm an agent.

00:18:38 I can practically smell the financial desperation.

00:18:41 Desperation doesn't smell.

00:18:42 Really?

00:18:43 Huh.

00:18:44 Oh.

00:18:45 I think it might smell like--

00:18:47 Yeah, it smells like moldy olives.

00:18:49 [SCOFFS]

00:18:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:18:53 Deal?

00:18:55 Nope.

00:18:59 Nope.

00:18:59 No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:19:00 Mom, no, no, no, no.

00:19:02 I'm sorry.

00:19:03 No offense to you, but no.

00:19:05 Reject.

00:19:06 Are you done?

00:19:08 Good, because I want you to think very carefully about what

00:19:11 you're going to say next, because Ben here agreed

00:19:13 graciously to help you.

00:19:16 He is detailed, he is ordered, and he happens

00:19:19 to know something about trees.

00:19:20 So all you have to do is post something nice about his farm.

00:19:24 Agreed? Good.

00:19:25 I'll leave it to you two to make a schedule.

00:19:27 Great.

00:19:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:19:31 OK, so we don't really need to do this.

00:19:38 It's actually not that bad of an idea.

00:19:40 It's literally the worst idea.

00:19:42 I mean, how are you supposed to help me write?

00:19:45 You're a farmer.

00:19:46 You're not a writer.

00:19:47 And in case you haven't noticed, my entire life

00:19:50 is writing on this book.

00:19:51 Yeah, and so is my entire farm.

00:19:55 I'm going to level with you.

00:19:56 Do I want to be doing this?

00:19:58 No.

00:19:59 But right now, I'm desperate.

00:20:03 And everything I've done up until this point

00:20:05 has clearly not been working.

00:20:06 And it seems like the same is true for you.

00:20:09 Look, I'm not going to teach you how to write.

00:20:11 You already know how to do that.

00:20:12 But what I can teach you how to do is sit down and focus.

00:20:16 Because that is the one thing in my life

00:20:18 that I am actually good at.

00:20:20 So you think you can help me write

00:20:21 100,000 words in nine days?

00:20:25 That's 11,000 words a day.

00:20:26 If we have you writing from 9 to 5,

00:20:28 that's just a little over 1,300 words an hour.

00:20:30 And yes, I do think I can help you reach that.

00:20:35 Or we both crash and burn in the process.

00:20:37 [LAUGHS]

00:20:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:20:43 Fine.

00:20:46 It's a deal.

00:20:47 Let's get started.

00:20:49 OK, this doesn't really even make any sense.

00:20:51 It makes all the--

00:20:52 I don't understand why we actually have to go to my room.

00:20:56 This is happening.

00:20:57 OK, can you just slow down first?

00:20:59 Hey, we-- we don't really need to do this, right?

00:21:03 To figure out a solution, I first

00:21:04 have to diagnose the problem.

00:21:06 And that means seeing your work environment.

00:21:07 No.

00:21:08 [GROANS]

00:21:10 Maybe we do it a different day.

00:21:11 Another day, like one of the nine that you have left.

00:21:14 OK, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.

00:21:15 It's just I haven't really had a chance to unpack.

00:21:18 It's not the best time right now.

00:21:19 And--

00:21:20 No, no, no, no.

00:21:21 I haven't had any time to--

00:21:23 How did you-- why?

00:21:33 Part of the creative process.

00:21:35 OK, so I had a bit of a meltdown last night.

00:21:38 Tried to write something half decent.

00:21:40 And by the end, I wanted to curl up and die.

00:21:43 In a blanket fort.

00:21:45 Well, no, it's actually more like a blanket mausoleum.

00:21:47 OK, either way, this has to go.

00:21:50 It has cathedral ceilings.

00:21:53 Seriously?

00:21:54 Yeah.

00:21:56 Wow.

00:21:58 OK, but I will do it.

00:21:59 OK, after you.

00:22:00 Seriously?

00:22:05 Yes.

00:22:06 Goodbye, old friend.

00:22:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:22:12 You're a monster.

00:22:15 OK, what now?

00:22:17 Let's begin.

00:22:18 So it's called automatic writing.

00:22:23 In the olden days, spiritual mediums

00:22:25 would utilize this technique to try to speak to the dead.

00:22:28 They thought anything they wrote down while wearing the blindfold

00:22:31 was coming from a nearby spirit.

00:22:34 So you want me to talk to ghosts now, right?

00:22:38 Blindfold back on, please.

00:22:39 The blindfold lets you block out external stimuli

00:22:45 and access your subconscious.

00:22:47 If you're having writer's block, this

00:22:49 will let you bypass any conscious objections.

00:22:52 You're just going to write whatever

00:22:53 comes down to your fingertips.

00:22:55 Got it?

00:22:55 Got it, got it, got it, got it.

00:22:57 OK, so a little help.

00:23:01 A little help.

00:23:02 Is it over here?

00:23:02 No, it's right in front of you.

00:23:04 So I just write anything?

00:23:08 Anything at all.

00:23:08 OK, so what you say-- oh!

00:23:17 I'm so sorry.

00:23:19 I'm OK.

00:23:20 I'm OK.

00:23:21 It's all good.

00:23:22 You OK?

00:23:23 Yeah.

00:23:24 Darlene, how's it going?

00:23:31 Well, I've written zero words, and I nearly killed a man.

00:23:34 So what do you think?

00:23:35 I think you're finally learning what it's like to be

00:23:37 a woman in the workforce.

00:23:38 Now sit down, do try to enjoy a meal with Mommy.

00:23:42 So how's it going?

00:23:45 It is going horribly.

00:23:47 He's an annoying know-it-all who-- it's

00:23:49 all about productivity this and efficiency that,

00:23:51 and it's not helping.

00:23:52 I was actually talking about your breakup.

00:23:55 Oh.

00:23:56 I just-- we don't normally talk about that kind of thing.

00:23:59 Darlene, Mommy's off the clock.

00:24:00 We can talk mother-daughter things.

00:24:02 So tell me, are you finally over what's-his-name?

00:24:06 OK, what is your deal with Jonathan?

00:24:10 He was a nice guy.

00:24:12 Please, Melissa.

00:24:14 He wanted a status symbol.

00:24:15 And when he found out he got a DIY project, he left.

00:24:18 Wow, OK.

00:24:19 So are you saying that I need to be fixed?

00:24:22 I'm saying that-- oh, here he comes.

00:24:24 Look away, look away.

00:24:29 Is that the guy you told me about?

00:24:31 Sir, hi.

00:24:32 Would you like to join us?

00:24:35 Who could turn down such beautiful company?

00:24:37 What are you doing?

00:24:44 Oh, she's going to play this game.

00:24:45 Mm-hmm.

00:24:46 Thought I'd find you here.

00:25:02 Is there cheese in this?

00:25:03 Aw, that's a nice way to say thank you.

00:25:06 I just-- thank you.

00:25:09 So how's the yield this year?

00:25:11 Not great.

00:25:12 Olive fly has gotten to the crop, which means--

00:25:14 Moldy olives.

00:25:15 Yeah.

00:25:17 Hey, dude, technically half the farm is mine.

00:25:19 I do know how things work.

00:25:21 So what are we going to do?

00:25:23 Well, we are either going to harvest early or wait and see

00:25:26 if the flies spread to all the trees.

00:25:28 Either way, not going to be producing a lot of oil

00:25:31 this year.

00:25:32 Hey, remember that time Dad forgot he left

00:25:37 half the harvest in the loft and all the olives

00:25:39 started decomposing?

00:25:40 Yeah, and all the moldy oils started dripping

00:25:43 from the flood boards.

00:25:44 Dude, it actually got in my hair.

00:25:46 So gross.

00:25:48 Point is, no matter how bad things get around here,

00:25:50 you'll never run this place worse than him.

00:25:53 Famous last words, Colleen.

00:25:54 Come on.

00:25:55 I believe in you.

00:25:56 You can do this.

00:25:59 So there I was, staring into the belly of the beast.

00:26:04 The lion's jaws opened wide, its teeth sharp and white.

00:26:09 It slowly sticks its tongue out.

00:26:12 I felt death approaching.

00:26:15 And then it licked me.

00:26:18 Oh, it licked you.

00:26:19 It's with a tongue like sandpaper.

00:26:21 If raised by humans, lions are actually quite friendly.

00:26:24 But that is the joy in life, no?

00:26:26 To be almost mauled to death by an exotic animal?

00:26:29 No, finding love and compassion in the most unexpected

00:26:33 of places.

00:26:33 Another bottle for the table, please.

00:26:41 Actually, you know, I think that I am good.

00:26:44 OK.

00:26:51 All right, Mom, I'm going to go.

00:26:53 I'm going to go write.

00:26:54 I will see you in the morning.

00:26:55 And Sergio, very nice to meet you.

00:26:57 Shall we move on to the Pinot Noir?

00:27:03 I was actually thinking we should move on to dessert.

00:27:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:27:09 This isn't working.

00:27:17 One more try.

00:27:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:27:32 [SIGHS]

00:27:33 Ariella's journey into the forest

00:27:48 was a journey into the unknown.

00:27:58 And by all accounts, she should have been terrified.

00:28:04 And she was.

00:28:06 But she knew she wasn't making the journey alone.

00:28:13 [SIGHS]

00:28:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:28:22 [BIRDS CHIRPING]

00:28:25 [HORN BLOWING]

00:28:34 [STAMMERING]

00:28:35 The iceberg ship is sinking.

00:28:37 [SIGHS]

00:28:38 [HORN BLOWING]

00:28:39 What is that?

00:28:41 Good morning.

00:28:43 Rise and shine.

00:28:47 Give me that.

00:28:49 It wasn't that bad.

00:28:51 All right, maybe I went a little bit overboard.

00:28:54 But you do know that waking up early

00:28:55 is part of being productive.

00:28:57 It's about keeping a schedule.

00:28:58 Come on.

00:29:00 We can get breakfast.

00:29:01 It's free.

00:29:05 Really?

00:29:10 Like actual words?

00:29:14 Yes, like actual bonafide--

00:29:16 a lot of words.

00:29:16 Wow.

00:29:17 I thought that the blindfold thing was literally

00:29:20 the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

00:29:21 OK, a little harsh.

00:29:23 OK, but it worked.

00:29:24 It did.

00:29:24 It really worked.

00:29:26 Well, that's great.

00:29:27 We just need to keep the words flowing.

00:29:29 Make sure your mind is in the optimal creative state.

00:29:32 Optimal what now?

00:29:34 Have you heard of the gut-mind connection?

00:29:36 It's the belief that not only can your brain

00:29:39 influence your stomach, but actually your stomach

00:29:41 can influence your brain.

00:29:43 OK, so you want to make me more productive

00:29:48 by controlling what I eat.

00:29:51 Exactly.

00:29:53 Do women like you?

00:29:54 Hi.

00:30:00 And for you?

00:30:01 Ben, question.

00:30:08 Do I look like a Victorian street wave to you?

00:30:12 No.

00:30:12 No?

00:30:13 No.

00:30:13 So why are you feeding me gruel?

00:30:15 OK, first off, this is not gruel.

00:30:17 This is called biofuel, and it is nutritionally complete.

00:30:20 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:30:21 Do not lie to me.

00:30:22 That, that is slop.

00:30:23 OK.

00:30:24 And I'm not going to eat it.

00:30:25 But I am going to order the waffles.

00:30:27 Don't.

00:30:28 Don't order the waffles, please.

00:30:29 I'm so-- I'm so sorry.

00:30:31 Do you mind if I send this back and get the waffles instead?

00:30:34 Oh, thank you.

00:30:36 Oh, and can I have ice cream on top of it?

00:30:37 I feel sick.

00:30:43 If only there was a readily available explanation

00:30:45 for that.

00:30:45 I could be lactose intolerant.

00:30:49 I could be.

00:30:50 Let's just get started.

00:30:52 Presenting the Idea Matrix, a trademarked workflow solution

00:30:57 that breaks down the writing process into 42 KPIs.

00:31:01 Let's say you want to map the progress of one

00:31:03 of your side characters.

00:31:03 The first thing you're going to do

00:31:05 is select one of the 25 structural functions

00:31:07 and then cross-reference that with one of the seven

00:31:09 main character archetypes.

00:31:10 But, Ben--

00:31:11 That's going to be denoted right here by the red string.

00:31:12 But--

00:31:13 Ben--

00:31:13 You have to use that with the blue string,

00:31:14 because the blue string is how you make--

00:31:15 Ben!

00:31:17 Do you want me to explain the structural functions again?

00:31:21 No, this is insane.

00:31:23 It's like the Zodiac Killer tried

00:31:25 his hand at arts and crafts.

00:31:27 Maybe you just don't understand it,

00:31:28 because this is a logical step.

00:31:30 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:31:31 That is not going to help me write.

00:31:33 Because you've been so good at that before my methods.

00:31:35 Can I see that for a second?

00:31:42 Sure.

00:31:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:31:47 Great.

00:31:49 It's not like I spent all night making this for you.

00:31:54 Ben, can--

00:31:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:31:57 Oh, dear.

00:32:12 If you're going to comment on my appearance,

00:32:13 please don't even bother, OK?

00:32:15 I look how I feel, and I feel like a human dog starved to die.

00:32:19 Oh, I believe this is what the kids refer to as a hot mess.

00:32:26 It's actually pretty good.

00:32:27 I know.

00:32:27 You didn't get your witty genes from your father.

00:32:29 So where are mommy's pages?

00:32:30 Desk.

00:32:32 Desk.

00:32:32 Let's see.

00:32:37 OK.

00:32:37 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:32:42 OK.

00:32:44 Well, honey, the quality is good.

00:32:47 But the quantity--

00:32:48 I know I didn't write today.

00:32:51 Melissa, don't give me that face, mom, OK?

00:32:54 I felt like I had it yesterday.

00:32:56 Like, the words were just flowing out of me.

00:32:58 And then today, with this whole stupid bulletin board thing,

00:33:01 I just--

00:33:02 I feel like a fake.

00:33:04 Honey--

00:33:05 You are not a fake.

00:33:07 You are Georgina Cartwell.

00:33:09 Exactly.

00:33:10 She speaks fluent French and vacations in Marseille.

00:33:13 And I can't even roll my R's.

00:33:15 I am just Mel, the girl who apparently can't write anymore

00:33:20 and just lashes out on anyone who tries to help her.

00:33:23 I understand now.

00:33:25 This-- this is all about Ben.

00:33:28 Let me tell you a secret, honey.

00:33:29 Conflict isn't always bad.

00:33:31 Pressure isn't always bad.

00:33:33 That's how diamonds are formed and steel is forged.

00:33:36 And it's exactly how I got you extra percentage

00:33:38 on your residuals.

00:33:40 I thought you threatened to sue.

00:33:42 My point exactly-- conflict.

00:33:45 Now look, I know that you don't think your arrangement with Ben

00:33:47 is working, but these pages right here

00:33:50 are proof of just the opposite.

00:33:52 So I need you to get up and go make up with Ben,

00:33:54 because the clock is ticking.

00:33:56 Go.

00:33:57 Out.

00:34:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:34:05 Please don't tell me you're making another org chart.

00:34:16 What?

00:34:16 No, this-- actually, can I have your advice?

00:34:20 It's like some psychotic AI tried to create a Moonlight

00:34:26 Magic fan fiction.

00:34:28 What is this?

00:34:30 This is for Mel.

00:34:32 The woman with the terrifying mother.

00:34:33 She's Georgina Cartwell.

00:34:39 What?

00:34:40 Do not mess with me.

00:34:41 Are you serious?

00:34:42 That's Georgina--

00:34:42 Shh.

00:34:43 Her mom is terrifying, and she's definitely

00:34:46 going to sue me for telling you.

00:34:48 Are you helping you-know-who finish her last book?

00:34:53 Answer the question.

00:34:54 Yes, yes.

00:34:55 OK, I am going to help her finish the book.

00:34:58 She's going to promote the farm, and we

00:35:00 hopefully won't go bankrupt.

00:35:02 But every time I try to actually help, I just mess it up.

00:35:07 OK, real talk, dude, this isn't how creative people work.

00:35:12 There's no formula for inspiration.

00:35:15 OK, if you want to inspire an artist,

00:35:17 you need to get them out into the world.

00:35:20 Have them explore.

00:35:21 Live a little.

00:35:23 By live a little, you mean--

00:35:24 Oh, you're so useless.

00:35:25 OK, here.

00:35:28 These are her first two books.

00:35:29 The final one will be set in a magical forest.

00:35:32 We have 396 olive trees outside.

00:35:34 If you want to inspire her to write, start there.

00:35:37 Think you can manage?

00:35:39 Yeah.

00:35:40 Yeah, I can manage that.

00:35:41 And read the books, dude.

00:35:42 Come on, this isn't amateur hour.

00:35:44 This is Georgina freaking Carwell.

00:35:46 OK.

00:35:48 Thanks.

00:35:50 [SCOFFS]

00:35:51 Huh.

00:36:00 Not bad.

00:36:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:36:03 [KNOCKING]

00:36:20 Oh, no.

00:36:24 I don't know what I was expecting.

00:36:26 Oh, wait, Ben.

00:36:27 Hang on, I just had my retainer in.

00:36:31 Hey, I'm really sorry.

00:36:33 OK, I know you were just trying to help,

00:36:36 and I trashed your bulletin board because--

00:36:38 I don't know, I think it made me feel anxious.

00:36:41 I'm supposed to be this brilliant writer, right?

00:36:44 And I was just standing there thinking,

00:36:46 oh, is this how you're supposed to do it?

00:36:50 Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?

00:36:51 And I don't know, I think I just kind of snapped.

00:36:55 Wasn't cool.

00:36:56 Honestly, I totally deserved it.

00:36:59 I don't know why I tried to break down the writing process

00:37:00 into 42 KPIs.

00:37:02 I still don't know what that means.

00:37:04 Oh, it's a key--

00:37:06 you know what?

00:37:07 Forget about it, they don't matter.

00:37:10 They don't?

00:37:13 You know what?

00:37:14 Instead of forcing you to write today,

00:37:16 let's go outside, see if inspiration

00:37:17 strikes you that way.

00:37:18 OK.

00:37:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:37:24 So we're hanging milk cartons on the trees because of--

00:37:28 why?

00:37:29 There's no actual milk in them, they're fly traps.

00:37:31 Ah.

00:37:32 Oh, I'm sorry.

00:37:34 What is that?

00:37:34 It smells like a public toilet.

00:37:36 Best to not get into that.

00:37:38 OK, how about you take those trees over there

00:37:39 and I'll get the ones here?

00:37:42 OK.

00:37:43 I can hang it anywhere, right?

00:37:44 Yeah, anywhere you find, just like that.

00:37:46 See?

00:37:47 Ooh.

00:37:49 Why don't you just use pesticides?

00:37:51 I mean, isn't that what most farmers do?

00:37:53 Yeah, my parents use pesticides, but it's

00:37:56 pretty hard on the trees and even harder on the wallets.

00:37:59 Really?

00:38:00 Yeah.

00:38:01 Every time it rains, you have to reapply all the pesticide

00:38:04 and it adds up pretty quick.

00:38:05 All right.

00:38:07 Done with your tree over there?

00:38:08 Done.

00:38:09 Super easy.

00:38:10 Good, because we've got 386 more traps.

00:38:14 What?

00:38:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:38:17 OK, I'm done.

00:38:23 Done in any shade.

00:38:25 Oh, man.

00:38:26 Why is the shade so bad?

00:38:31 You have to trim the branches in the center of the tree.

00:38:33 That way, more light can hit the branches beneath it.

00:38:35 The more light that hits the tree overall,

00:38:37 the more olives it produces.

00:38:38 You know, you're kind of a know-it-all.

00:38:40 Has anyone ever told you that before?

00:38:41 Pretty much my entire life.

00:38:44 Water?

00:38:45 Yes, thank you.

00:38:47 You know what's actually crazy?

00:38:49 Is I'm kind of having fun splitting my butt off.

00:38:52 Really?

00:38:53 [LAUGHTER]

00:38:56 Of course, now I get service.

00:39:00 What's wrong?

00:39:01 Just an email from Susanna.

00:39:04 Apparently, the Times is doing an article

00:39:06 on the cultural impact of the Moonlight Magic series.

00:39:10 It's great.

00:39:11 Isn't that a good thing?

00:39:12 Yeah.

00:39:13 Yeah, I guess.

00:39:14 It's just I spend all my time trying to write this book.

00:39:20 You know, I would love to go one full day

00:39:22 without having to think about Miss Georgina Cartwell.

00:39:25 All right, I've got an idea.

00:39:33 How about today we completely forget about the book

00:39:35 and go somewhere fun?

00:39:39 I think Susanna would have an aneurysm.

00:39:42 I won't tell if you won't.

00:39:45 OK, yeah.

00:39:47 OK, let me get a few things together

00:39:50 and then meet me back at the barn in like 20 minutes?

00:39:52 OK.

00:39:53 OK, great.

00:39:54 Wait, there's a barn?

00:39:58 Wow.

00:40:05 OK, so we are going full horse and plow with this.

00:40:10 Ooh, OK, OK, so what are we going to do first?

00:40:12 Are we going to churn some butter or milk a cow?

00:40:16 This is an olive farm.

00:40:17 Remember, we grow olives.

00:40:19 Then why have the barn?

00:40:22 What?

00:40:23 You have horses?

00:40:25 It's literally on the front page of the welcome packet.

00:40:27 Nobody reads those.

00:40:28 First time in a stable?

00:40:33 How can you tell?

00:40:35 Well, let me introduce you to your first horse then.

00:40:39 This is Spencer, basically the golden retriever of ponies.

00:40:44 And he is going to be your horse for the day.

00:40:49 My what?

00:40:50 Yeah, you're going to be riding him.

00:40:52 Oh, no.

00:40:53 No, I'm not going to.

00:40:54 I don't need to--

00:40:56 I don't need to actually ride.

00:40:57 Don't you want to know what it's like to ride a real horse?

00:41:01 What?

00:41:01 Didn't Aurelia say that there is nothing

00:41:03 more freeing than riding a horse with the wind at your back?

00:41:06 You read my books?

00:41:08 Yeah, stayed up all night reading them.

00:41:11 Seriously, what happened on the night of Dark Tide?

00:41:13 I don't know.

00:41:14 Everyone keeps asking me that.

00:41:15 I know the answer.

00:41:18 He'll figure it out.

00:41:21 So want to see if Aurelia was right?

00:41:24 Here you go.

00:41:31 That's good.

00:41:32 All right, you can ease up on the reins a bit.

00:41:33 Yeah, but how do I drive?

00:41:34 Or I mean steer?

00:41:37 Steer.

00:41:37 You ride a horse.

00:41:40 And just feel it in your leg.

00:41:42 Just feel it in your thighs.

00:41:43 Just give a squeeze the direction you want to go.

00:41:45 And Spencer's a good horse.

00:41:46 He'll know what to do.

00:41:46 OK.

00:41:47 Yeah.

00:41:48 All right, I'm doing it.

00:41:50 Yeah, that's it.

00:41:50 All right, you ready for something

00:41:51 a little more advanced?

00:41:53 Advanced meaning?

00:41:54 Meaning a canter.

00:41:56 Canter, like faster?

00:41:57 Yeah, just a little bit.

00:41:58 No, no, no.

00:41:59 I would literally die.

00:42:01 OK, this is where we stop.

00:42:04 Good job.

00:42:05 Good girl.

00:42:09 Ooh, what are they eating?

00:42:12 A vetch.

00:42:13 It's a type of wild bean.

00:42:15 Topsoil erosion is a big problem for farmers out here.

00:42:18 Overworking the land disrupts the soil structure.

00:42:20 One big rain and half your topsoil

00:42:22 is rushing downriver.

00:42:23 To avoid that, we've been trying to let the farm grow wild.

00:42:26 Plus, vetch adds nitrogen back into the soil.

00:42:33 Its flowers are pretty to look at, too.

00:42:35 You are just a giant nerd, aren't you?

00:42:38 Massive, huge nerd.

00:42:44 OK, I have the best idea.

00:42:46 Here, you got this, right?

00:42:47 OK, thanks.

00:42:48 Just hold that.

00:42:49 OK.

00:42:50 Thank you.

00:42:50 All right, come on, guys.

00:42:51 Whoa, Mel, where are you going?

00:42:57 Come on, hurry up.

00:43:00 Mel, Mel.

00:43:01 Come on.

00:43:02 Where are you going?

00:43:03 Mel.

00:43:04 Whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:43:06 It's warm enough.

00:43:07 Are you crazy?

00:43:08 You just have to jump.

00:43:10 [SCREAM]

00:43:11 [GASP]

00:43:12 Get in.

00:43:16 I did it for your swimsuit.

00:43:17 You don't need one.

00:43:18 Just get in.

00:43:19 We're being spontaneous.

00:43:20 OK, on the count of three.

00:43:22 One. - Two.

00:43:23 Two and a half. - Three.

00:43:25 OK, OK.

00:43:26 Go!

00:43:26 [YELLING]

00:43:27 That's great.

00:43:32 You did it.

00:43:33 You did it.

00:43:34 [GIGGLING]

00:43:35 You do know I had actual activities planned for today

00:43:43 that didn't involve jumping into the Arctic water.

00:43:45 Oh, great.

00:43:46 It was, first of all, balmy, lukewarm.

00:43:49 Yeah.

00:43:49 And second of all, you had fun.

00:43:51 Don't even pretend like you didn't.

00:43:53 OK, so what is this all for?

00:43:55 These are from Colleen.

00:43:56 I thought it'd be a good idea to do one of those painting

00:43:59 sessions where you paint what inspires you.

00:44:02 You know, help you see the enchanted

00:44:04 forest for the trees.

00:44:07 Mm, I see what you did there.

00:44:10 OK, let's paint.

00:44:11 Here you go.

00:44:12 [YELLING]

00:44:25 [GIGGLING]

00:44:26 We are terrible painters.

00:44:41 No, they're not that bad.

00:44:43 OK, fine, they're not great.

00:44:48 But art is not about being good or bad.

00:44:51 It is-- it is about expressing yourself.

00:44:54 And wrangling with the universe to distill

00:44:56 one essential truth, even if it's only true for you.

00:44:59 I mean, OK, look.

00:45:01 Look at this olive that you were making.

00:45:04 And I mean, really look at it.

00:45:05 Now tell me that you weren't trying

00:45:07 to capture one specific emotion when you made it.

00:45:10 I was trying to paint a man's neo-olive,

00:45:12 but it kind of looks like a hairy lemon.

00:45:14 What?

00:45:16 I hate you so much right now.

00:45:18 Really?

00:45:18 Yeah.

00:45:19 Because I was about to see if you wanted anything to eat.

00:45:23 I take it all back.

00:45:26 Here, try this.

00:45:27 It will blow your mind.

00:45:28 Mm.

00:45:32 No way.

00:45:35 Right?

00:45:37 What is in that?

00:45:38 Olive preserves with lemon and ginger.

00:45:41 It's an old family recipe.

00:45:43 Super easy, but super delicious.

00:45:45 So good.

00:45:46 So how long has your family had this farm?

00:45:50 Three generations.

00:45:52 But my mom and dad did their best to try to make it two.

00:45:55 They weren't exactly in tune with the land,

00:46:00 or the business for that matter.

00:46:02 Is that why you started the resort?

00:46:04 Yeah.

00:46:05 Olive trees take five years to get healthy again.

00:46:08 And so I thought I could stave off

00:46:09 the impending financial doom by opening up the resort.

00:46:13 Little did I know that nature would have other ideas.

00:46:17 Honestly, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

00:46:20 The flies are eating into the crops and the profits.

00:46:25 And if I can't convince the lenders to refinance

00:46:27 the loan next week, I could lose all this.

00:46:32 Jeez.

00:46:34 I had no idea.

00:46:36 That's so serious.

00:46:37 No, I'm sorry.

00:46:39 No.

00:46:39 No, no, no.

00:46:40 This farm is beautiful.

00:46:42 These olives are insane.

00:46:44 All you really need to do is show people

00:46:46 how incredible this place is.

00:46:47 You know, use a little creativity.

00:46:50 Give them the old razzle dazzle.

00:46:54 You're right.

00:46:55 I'm doomed.

00:46:56 No, no, no.

00:46:57 OK, close your eyes.

00:46:59 OK.

00:47:00 Now, I want you to take a bite.

00:47:02 But before you do, I want you to think about everything

00:47:05 you love about this place, everything

00:47:06 you saw in it as a kid.

00:47:08 And then I want you to take that emotion

00:47:10 and try and distill it into the description of the olive oil.

00:47:14 OK, yeah, I can do that.

00:47:16 Ready?

00:47:17 1, 2, 3.

00:47:18 Woo.

00:47:19 It tastes like early season calamari.

00:47:26 OK, yes.

00:47:28 But now more of the flavor and the feeling behind it.

00:47:32 Yeah.

00:47:33 OK.

00:47:42 It's kind of earthy, like a warm summer rain.

00:47:48 Yes.

00:47:49 Oh, but also rich, like brown butter.

00:47:51 Yes, yes, exactly.

00:47:53 You're doing it.

00:47:54 See, I told you, you just need a little creativity.

00:47:58 You can do this.

00:47:59 I know you can.

00:48:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:48:03 I feel bad leaving them.

00:48:18 Are you sure they're OK in here by themselves?

00:48:20 Yeah, I've got something for them.

00:48:21 All right.

00:48:22 Music?

00:48:28 Even horses need something to help them sleep.

00:48:31 That's fair.

00:48:32 Hey, can I ask you something?

00:48:41 Sure.

00:48:42 It's not just the breakup.

00:48:48 Is it why you're not writing the book?

00:48:53 I mean, your ex broke up with you last week,

00:48:55 and you've spent, what, the last two years writing the book?

00:49:02 A little more.

00:49:04 So what's going on?

00:49:06 I don't know.

00:49:09 It's like I created Georgina Cartwell

00:49:12 to be this impossibly perfect version of myself, right?

00:49:17 Like, she's sophisticated, and she travels the world

00:49:21 and makes it look easy.

00:49:23 And every time I sit down to write this book,

00:49:25 I just feel like people are going

00:49:26 to finally see through it all.

00:49:28 You know?

00:49:29 They're going to see me for who I really am.

00:49:32 Just Mel.

00:49:36 What's so great about Georgina Cartwell, anyway?

00:49:38 No, really, what's so great about her?

00:49:41 I mean, to me, she's stuck up and pretentious,

00:49:44 but you, Mel, you're amazing.

00:49:47 You're spontaneous and funny and--

00:49:51 you're brilliant.

00:49:53 You.

00:49:55 Not Georgina Cartwell.

00:49:56 [music playing]

00:49:59 What are you doing?

00:50:08 I'm asking you something I would never ask Georgina Cartwell.

00:50:12 Melissa D, would you like to dance?

00:50:14 [laughs]

00:50:15 Please.

00:50:16 [music playing]

00:50:20 OK.

00:50:21 [laughs]

00:50:22 [music playing]

00:50:25 Didn't think you were a dancer.

00:50:29 I still don't think that I am, so, you know?

00:50:31 [laughs]

00:50:32 [music playing]

00:50:36 You might be the last person in the world

00:50:40 I would have thought could dance.

00:50:42 That would make two of us.

00:50:43 [music playing]

00:50:46 You know what you should do?

00:50:47 You should throw a party.

00:50:49 No, like a festival.

00:50:50 Do I look like a party kind of guy?

00:50:52 I'm serious.

00:50:53 OK, just hear me out.

00:50:55 You can make a whole event out of it.

00:50:57 You could invite the bankers to come and impress them

00:51:00 and, you know, show them how truly magical this place can be.

00:51:05 That's actually not a bad idea.

00:51:08 If we picked the olives early, before the flies got to them,

00:51:11 we could use this year's harvest and put it on the table

00:51:14 and call it a harvest.

00:51:15 Put it on the table, call it a harvest festival.

00:51:18 They sell tickets.

00:51:19 And if we said Georgina Cartwell was going to be there,

00:51:23 people would definitely come.

00:51:24 Yeah, we could say that she's making a big announcement

00:51:26 about her final book.

00:51:28 That would mean telling the world

00:51:29 that you're Georgina Cartwell.

00:51:33 I mean, maybe I'm sick of her getting all the credit.

00:51:36 What's so great about Georgina Cartwell anyway, right?

00:51:38 [music playing]

00:51:44 Um, I should--

00:51:45 I should go.

00:51:47 Uh-huh, I should go write right now.

00:51:49 I mean, I'm going to write right now.

00:51:51 But you understood.

00:51:52 So I will see you tomorrow.

00:51:54 Yeah, I'll-- I'll--

00:51:55 [music playing]

00:51:58 See you tomorrow.

00:51:59 [music playing]

00:52:02 OK, let's write.

00:52:08 [knocking]

00:52:10 [music playing]

00:52:14 So this will be the main area for the festival.

00:52:16 And I was thinking that we could do maybe

00:52:17 a half dozen high top tables here where people

00:52:19 could sit their drinks down.

00:52:20 And then in the back, we'll bring some chairs

00:52:22 so we can--

00:52:23 you going to write this down?

00:52:24 When you say festival, do you mean like a giant party or--

00:52:29 Your skepticism is duly noted.

00:52:31 Sorry, but you weren't exactly Mr. Life

00:52:33 of the Party in high school.

00:52:34 OK, then help me out here, Colleen, with the festival.

00:52:37 Come on, it is a good idea.

00:52:38 We're going to pick the olives early

00:52:40 and then wow the bankers with some good food and wine.

00:52:43 It was Mel's idea.

00:52:49 It's such a good idea.

00:52:51 I love it.

00:52:52 Now write this down.

00:52:54 We're going to have tables there.

00:52:55 Buffet is going to be back here.

00:52:56 [music playing]

00:52:59 And through the fog and the mist,

00:53:03 she saw the blood red moon rise over the blackened sea.

00:53:08 And whether this was a dream or a memory,

00:53:11 she knew one thing for certain.

00:53:14 This was the night of the dark tide.

00:53:17 It's true.

00:53:23 Where I'm from, you can see the ocean from your doorstep.

00:53:26 So blue, it's like liquid sapphire.

00:53:30 You could come visit if you like.

00:53:32 Are you inviting me on another vacation?

00:53:34 A vacation?

00:53:36 Maybe.

00:53:37 Yes.

00:53:39 Or maybe something a little more--

00:53:42 Hey, guys.

00:53:42 Well, hi.

00:53:47 Impeccable timing, dear.

00:53:48 Sorry, I just-- I thought you were on the clock,

00:53:54 because, you know, it's 1:30.

00:53:56 No, it is not 1--

00:53:57 it is 1:30.

00:53:58 Yeah.

00:53:59 I guess time escaped me.

00:54:01 A beautiful thing.

00:54:04 We could just finish this later.

00:54:06 Arrivederci.

00:54:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:54:10 Arrivederci.

00:54:11 Pages.

00:54:16 OK.

00:54:18 OK.

00:54:20 Let's see.

00:54:21 What do we have here?

00:54:23 I like him.

00:54:25 I think he's a good influence on you.

00:54:29 Darling, please, I'm trying to focus on the prose.

00:54:33 Wait.

00:54:34 Did you figure out what happens the night of the dark tide?

00:54:37 I did.

00:54:37 You did?

00:54:38 It just came to me last night.

00:54:39 OK, every 100 years, the blood red moon

00:54:42 rises, creating this massive ecological disaster.

00:54:44 And millions and millions of little bugs

00:54:46 rise from the ocean floor, and they

00:54:48 start consuming anything that produces magic,

00:54:50 including the ench--

00:54:52 the enchanted forest.

00:54:53 Spoiler alert, darling.

00:54:54 I haven't gotten that far yet.

00:54:56 I'm sorry.

00:54:56 I'm just excited.

00:54:58 On a different note, though, why don't you

00:55:00 join us for dinner tonight?

00:55:02 I thought you two have been enjoying your date nights.

00:55:05 We have, but I miss you at the dinner table.

00:55:09 Hey, invite Ben.

00:55:12 Make a double date.

00:55:13 Ben?

00:55:14 Yes.

00:55:15 No.

00:55:16 No.

00:55:17 Would he even want to do that?

00:55:19 Regardless, I will see you two at dinner.

00:55:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:55:25 Hello.

00:55:38 Oh, hey.

00:55:39 What is this place?

00:55:40 Welcome to the Frontoio.

00:55:42 It means olive press in Italian.

00:55:45 Ah.

00:55:46 How does it work?

00:55:47 This bad boy?

00:55:48 Oh, please don't say that.

00:55:50 Oh, well, this is a milling machine.

00:55:52 Back in the olden days, they would use these giant millstones,

00:55:55 but they couldn't regulate the temperature.

00:55:57 If the olives get about 26 degrees Celsius,

00:55:59 then it ruins the flavor.

00:56:00 Oh, speaking of flavor, I have something I want to show you.

00:56:05 Olive oil number one, spring garden.

00:56:08 A light, delicate olive oil with floral notes

00:56:11 that reminds you of the sun dappling over the trees.

00:56:16 Wanted to try a little rebranding before the festival.

00:56:19 Give the bankers a little razzle dazzle.

00:56:22 The branding is perfect.

00:56:23 Hey, um, random question, and totally no pressure to say yes,

00:56:33 but would you want to join me and Susanna

00:56:37 de Renewbo for dinner tonight?

00:56:40 Like a sort of double date thing?

00:56:41 No.

00:56:42 No, no, no.

00:56:42 It's not a double date.

00:56:44 It's more like a mother-daughter Italian--

00:56:50 you can just say no.

00:56:51 Yes.

00:56:53 Really?

00:56:54 Yeah, it sounds fun.

00:56:56 OK.

00:56:58 OK.

00:56:59 So I'll meet you in the lobby at 7?

00:57:02 Perfect.

00:57:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:57:06 [WHOOSHING]

00:57:18 Do you hear that sound, Mr. Ben?

00:57:22 It's the sound of Cupid's arrow, and you've been hit.

00:57:26 No, nobody has been hit.

00:57:28 And then shouldn't you be out harvesting the olives?

00:57:30 So I take lunch, big whoop.

00:57:33 But tell me, my friend, what would you wear for your big date?

00:57:38 It's not a date.

00:57:39 I think you need help picking outfit.

00:57:42 And Alexi is just the man.

00:57:48 What do you think about chambray?

00:57:49 Melissa?

00:57:55 Jonathan.

00:57:59 Wow, you look incredible.

00:58:03 So what are you doing here?

00:58:04 What am I doing here?

00:58:05 What are you doing here?

00:58:07 I'm on a writing retreat.

00:58:09 I mean, what are you doing at my client's farm?

00:58:13 Your client?

00:58:14 Remember commercial real estate?

00:58:16 The firm is interested in lending

00:58:22 to this distressed olive farm.

00:58:24 And the business model really isn't great.

00:58:26 They got low margins and a lot of tax problems.

00:58:29 So I've got to go there on Thursday.

00:58:31 Really?

00:58:32 But hey, I can get you some olive oil from the babbling

00:58:35 Brooks Farm if you want.

00:58:37 Ooh, could you get me one of those little novelty chocolates

00:58:40 from the airport, though?

00:58:41 Yeah, it's pretty weird us meeting here, huh?

00:58:47 Yeah, Jonathan, you broke up with me

00:58:49 after three years together.

00:58:50 It feels a lot worse than weird.

00:58:54 Yeah, that's fair.

00:58:55 Hey, when I came home that day, I panicked.

00:58:59 And I hurt you.

00:59:01 And Mel, I'm really sorry about that

00:59:03 because I never wanted to do that.

00:59:05 You know what?

00:59:06 In all fairness, I was spiraling pretty hard.

00:59:08 Really, I don't blame you.

00:59:10 It looks like you seem to have pulled yourself out of that.

00:59:13 I'm proud of you.

00:59:14 Really?

00:59:16 Or are you all dressed to go to dinner?

00:59:19 Susanna?

00:59:21 You know what?

00:59:21 Why don't I tag along?

00:59:23 You could take it as me extending

00:59:25 the proverbial olive branch.

00:59:27 It's definitely a date.

00:59:28 It's not a date.

00:59:30 Then why are you wearing that?

00:59:31 Because Alexi wanted to play America's Next Top Model.

00:59:35 Hi.

00:59:36 Hey, I'm so, so, so sorry I'm late.

00:59:37 Um, something came up and I just--

00:59:39 No worries.

00:59:40 I'm just glad you're here.

00:59:43 Ben!

00:59:44 Buddy, how you doing?

00:59:46 Um, Jonathan came up.

00:59:48 He is my ex.

00:59:51 Your ex?

00:59:53 Your ex?

00:59:55 Your ex is my banker?

00:59:57 Small world, right?

01:00:01 Hey, you coming to dinner with us?

01:00:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:00:05 I'm starving.

01:00:11 Hi.

01:00:12 Mrs. D, it's been too long.

01:00:15 Bring it in.

01:00:16 Jonathan, hi.

01:00:18 Forgot you were a hugger.

01:00:19 Great.

01:00:20 OK.

01:00:23 Jonathan, pleasure to meet you.

01:00:25 Hello, my name is Sergio.

01:00:26 Sergio, is that a Romanesco accent that I'm hearing?

01:00:29 Yes, very impressive.

01:00:31 So you're from Italy.

01:00:32 Did you take him back?

01:00:33 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:00:35 All right, send everyone such please.

01:00:37 Ah, right.

01:00:38 Oh, oh, oh, Ben, please, you take the seat.

01:00:41 You're the guest.

01:00:42 Thanks, man.

01:00:44 No, you take it.

01:00:45 I'll just grab a chair.

01:00:53 Great.

01:00:54 So they wanted $100 million.

01:00:59 I said, we won't do more than $80.

01:01:01 Closed the deal, made partner.

01:01:03 Excuse me, could we get another bottle of the Cabernet Sauvignon

01:01:09 for the table, please?

01:01:10 Thank you.

01:01:10 And could I get a tonic?

01:01:13 Water.

01:01:14 Jonathan, such a shock to see you here.

01:01:16 Oh, believe me, Mrs. D, I'm just as shocked as you are.

01:01:20 But Ben and I have been doing business for quite a while.

01:01:23 I wouldn't say while.

01:01:25 Oh, come on.

01:01:25 Don't be modest, Ben.

01:01:26 It's been three years.

01:01:28 Our company lent Ben the money to turn the farm around.

01:01:33 But that harvest festival that I'm hearing about, I like that.

01:01:36 That's a good idea.

01:01:38 But really, what I'm most impressed with is Mel.

01:01:43 She told me she's on track to finish her book.

01:01:47 Of course, I always knew she was brilliant.

01:01:51 To the triumphant return of Georgina Cartwell.

01:01:55 She's not Georgina Cartwell.

01:01:56 I mean, obviously she is.

01:02:07 I, uh-- I'm so sorry.

01:02:12 Everyone, excuse me.

01:02:19 He's probably just under a lot of stress

01:02:22 with the harvest festival.

01:02:24 I'm just going to go check on him quickly.

01:02:25 Hey.

01:02:45 Hey.

01:02:47 So what was that about?

01:02:49 Just-- when were you going to tell me?

01:02:53 Tell you what, exactly?

01:02:56 I don't know, that your ex-boyfriend is my banker?

01:03:00 Technically, he works in commercial real estate.

01:03:05 OK, I still don't know the difference.

01:03:10 Why does it matter?

01:03:11 Why does it matter that you're cavorting with the enemy?

01:03:14 OK, cheap shot.

01:03:19 Why do you care who I date?

01:03:20 Ben, what is going on?

01:03:30 Just talk to me.

01:03:32 Nothing.

01:03:33 Honestly, I'm fine.

01:03:37 Just stressed.

01:03:38 I'm stressed about you finishing the book.

01:03:41 I'm stressed about the festival.

01:03:42 I'm stressed about getting the Georgina Cartwell

01:03:44 seal of approval.

01:03:47 So you're worried about Georgina Cartwell?

01:03:49 No.

01:03:49 No?

01:03:51 Yes.

01:03:53 I don't know.

01:03:55 The festival's coming up, and you're so close to finishing.

01:03:58 But I don't want to lose my farm just

01:04:00 because you can't live up to being Georgina Cartwell.

01:04:04 Wow, I-- you know, I expected this from Susanna,

01:04:08 not from you.

01:04:10 Yeah, I actually thought that you saw me for me.

01:04:12 But apparently, you just see Georgina Cartwell, too.

01:04:15 Well, guess what, Ben?

01:04:16 I don't need anyone else in my life trying to manage her.

01:04:20 Mel, wait.

01:04:22 Yeah, sorry.

01:04:33 Something came up with the festival, so Ben had to leave.

01:04:36 Well, not to be a stick in the mud,

01:04:39 but Sergio and I can't stay for dessert either.

01:04:42 Why?

01:04:44 We're going for a walk.

01:04:48 Just go.

01:04:50 Good night, Charlie.

01:04:52 Jonathan.

01:04:53 Good night.

01:04:54 Hey.

01:05:01 You OK?

01:05:03 Yeah.

01:05:04 Yeah, why?

01:05:05 That face.

01:05:07 I'm not-- I'm not making the face.

01:05:10 Look, I don't want to be too forward,

01:05:12 but can I walk you back to your room, make sure you're OK?

01:05:15 Yeah.

01:05:21 Yeah, that's-- I'd like that.

01:05:25 [music playing]

01:05:28 So this is me.

01:05:42 Why are you making the face?

01:05:48 The face?

01:05:49 Yeah, the face you make when you're about to tell

01:05:51 me to take out the recycling.

01:05:52 Don't worry.

01:05:54 I didn't ask you to take out the recycling,

01:05:56 but I am wondering if you would be

01:05:59 willing to give us another shot?

01:06:02 Look, I-- I know I hurt you before,

01:06:05 but Mel, you were really spiraling.

01:06:09 I mean, we were supposed to be like this power couple,

01:06:12 and instead you were being crushed

01:06:14 by the weight of this book.

01:06:16 And it felt like it took all my energy to keep you together.

01:06:20 OK, it wasn't that bad.

01:06:23 You once walked around the house with a mint stuck

01:06:25 to your sweatpants for two days.

01:06:28 That was a lollipop.

01:06:31 OK, a lollipop then.

01:06:35 I am not proud of what I did.

01:06:38 I was drowning, and I was desperate for air.

01:06:41 And instead of talking to you about it,

01:06:43 I took the coward's way out, and I broke up with you.

01:06:47 I'm sorry for that.

01:06:49 And if you'd be willing to forgive me,

01:06:51 and if you'd be willing to take me back,

01:06:54 I promise I'll never abandon you again.

01:06:56 You know, why don't we just start

01:07:01 with you coming in and watching a bad rom-com?

01:07:07 OK.

01:07:08 [sighs]

01:07:10 But you can't stay.

01:07:13 OK.

01:07:14 [music playing]

01:07:18 [birds chirping]

01:07:21 Ugh, it's disgusting.

01:07:28 [laughter]

01:07:29 Where I'm from, they put bankers in jail.

01:07:33 Effective system, really.

01:07:36 Jail would be a kindness.

01:07:38 Yeah.

01:07:39 Ugh, I can't take this anymore.

01:07:41 Where are you going?

01:07:42 I'm going to slap some sense into my brother.

01:07:46 Hm.

01:07:47 [music playing]

01:07:50 Seriously, dude?

01:07:59 What?

01:08:00 What?

01:08:02 Do you have something you want to say?

01:08:04 Yes, I have something I want to say.

01:08:06 I am this close, this close, to becoming

01:08:08 sisters with a famous author, and you're

01:08:10 here building a cheap table.

01:08:13 I'm setting up for the festival.

01:08:14 The festival that's going to determine whether or not

01:08:17 we keep this farm.

01:08:18 So yes, I'm building a table.

01:08:20 Oh, you're like the worst parts of mom and dad glued together.

01:08:23 Mel is back together with that off-brand Ken doll.

01:08:26 Is that what you want?

01:08:27 And don't give me the whole, oh, I'm Ben.

01:08:30 I have no emotions, shtick, because that's ridiculous.

01:08:32 You know what's ridiculous?

01:08:34 All of this.

01:08:35 I hate to break it to you, Colleen,

01:08:37 but life isn't like one of your stories.

01:08:40 There are no heroes.

01:08:41 There are no magic potions.

01:08:44 And while we're being perfectly honest,

01:08:46 there is no such thing as true love.

01:08:50 I was stupid to think that there ever could have been

01:08:52 anything between Mel and I.

01:08:56 But that's the real world.

01:08:58 It's about time you start living in it.

01:09:02 Fine.

01:09:03 Build your stupid table.

01:09:05 See what I care.

01:09:07 [music]

01:09:12 So are they good?

01:09:14 Well, I don't have a problem with them.

01:09:16 No.

01:09:18 Okay, why do I feel like there's a but coming?

01:09:21 But there could be a potential problem with your,

01:09:24 shall we say, recreational activities.

01:09:27 You talking about Jonathan?

01:09:29 This is purely, purely professional,

01:09:31 but Jonathan has not been a good influence on you in the past.

01:09:35 He's going to be a terrible influence on you again in the future.

01:09:37 That's great, Mom.

01:09:38 Thank you, thank you so much for joining the long list of people

01:09:41 who think they know what's best for me.

01:09:42 Melissa, I am your agent.

01:09:44 That is my job to tell you what is best for you.

01:09:46 Yeah, you are also my mom.

01:09:48 And maybe for once you can talk to me like I'm your daughter,

01:09:52 like you actually care about me, and not Georgina Cartwell, but me.

01:09:55 Okay, you're being a little dramatic.

01:09:58 When have you actually ever been there for me?

01:10:01 I'm serious, Mom.

01:10:02 It is no wonder I've spent my entire childhood

01:10:04 racing off into fantasy worlds.

01:10:06 [phone rings]

01:10:07 Melissa, I--

01:10:08 Seriously?

01:10:10 You're seriously going to take that?

01:10:12 No, go ahead. Take your next meeting.

01:10:14 [phone rings]

01:10:16 I was going to send it to voicemail, Melissa!

01:10:18 Babe, what's wrong?

01:10:24 What? Nothing.

01:10:26 Okay, can everyone just give me, like, a little bit of space?

01:10:29 Okay, backing up, backing up.

01:10:32 I'm really sorry, I just had a fight with Susanna.

01:10:35 Like, worse than usual.

01:10:38 Well, you want me to put a movie on?

01:10:41 Maybe see if I could get us a tub of ice cream from somewhere?

01:10:44 No.

01:10:46 No, I still have, like, a fifth of the book to write

01:10:49 and two days to do it, so I really need to focus.

01:10:52 No distractions.

01:10:54 Including me?

01:10:55 I'm not trying to be mean, but I have a word count to hit.

01:10:59 No, no, no, I get it.

01:11:00 You're a strong, independent woman.

01:11:03 I didn't mean that sarcastically.

01:11:09 I like the new Mel, really.

01:11:12 I'm still the same me.

01:11:15 Hey, look, I promise we can watch a movie before bed.

01:11:21 [knocking]

01:11:23 A little help?

01:11:34 Hey, man. Need a hand?

01:11:41 No, actually, it's--

01:11:42 Hey, do you know how many times I helped Melissa move?

01:11:45 Don't worry, I got this.

01:11:47 All right, where are we going with these?

01:11:50 Just follow me.

01:11:52 All right, so, what's the plan, man?

01:12:02 Are we gonna, like, set 'em up around the table, or--

01:12:06 All right, can we get real for a second?

01:12:09 What do you mean?

01:12:11 I mean, can we talk about why you've been acting so weird lately?

01:12:14 This Harvest Festival, it's-- it's a cute idea, really,

01:12:18 but it is stressing you out, man, and what for?

01:12:21 Is it really gonna make a difference to your bottom line?

01:12:23 Is it gonna improve sales?

01:12:25 Is it gonna impress me so much I go back to my boss

01:12:28 and tell him to re-approve the loan?

01:12:30 That was the plan.

01:12:31 Okay, look, it's not a bad plan, don't get me wrong,

01:12:34 but an easier plan, a better plan, sell the land.

01:12:38 Take the check, man.

01:12:40 Your margins are awful, and the work, it's-- it's back-breaking.

01:12:45 Not to mention your product is at the whim of a million little beetles.

01:12:49 Flies. Sure.

01:12:51 Why worry about all of that?

01:12:53 Sell the farm, man, take the money.

01:12:56 The land'll still be here,

01:12:59 it's just gonna have a bunch of little houses and condos on it.

01:13:02 I'm gonna go grab some more chairs, you think about it, okay?

01:13:05 [soft music]

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01:13:25 ♪ ♪

01:13:30 [paper rustling]

01:13:35 "What We Build" by Colleen Pulley.

01:13:38 I like that.

01:13:39 She hid from her work, but not because the work was difficult.

01:13:42 She was a sculptor, and she loved nothing more

01:13:45 than putting her chisel to stone,

01:13:47 transforming rock into living effigy.

01:13:49 That was the easy part.

01:13:50 The hard part was what would happen when she finished,

01:13:54 when she would stare at the stony face of her creation

01:13:58 and see herself reflected in its alabaster eyes.

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01:14:33 Couldn't sleep either?

01:14:35 Couldn't sleep, couldn't work.

01:14:37 All I could do was think about what you said to me.

01:14:40 Mom, I--

01:14:41 Listen, I am not mad.

01:14:45 I'm not mad at all.

01:14:48 Join me.

01:14:50 [sighs]

01:14:52 You know what's sad?

01:14:53 I can't remember the last time I properly sat down

01:14:56 to look at the stars.

01:14:58 All this running around, distracting myself with work,

01:15:02 when all this beauty's right in front of me

01:15:04 and all I had to do was look up.

01:15:08 Not really talking about the sky, are we?

01:15:12 You know you got your writing genes from me, right?

01:15:16 Melissa, I am so sorry.

01:15:24 I have been a terrible mother,

01:15:26 and I have not been there for you.

01:15:28 I mean, this whole on-the-clock, off-the-clock rule,

01:15:31 it was just--it's ridiculous.

01:15:32 It's not like I can turn off being a mother

01:15:34 like the notifications on my phone.

01:15:36 I am so sorry.

01:15:38 Mom, look, you really don't need to apologize.

01:15:41 I shouldn't have freaked out on you, and...

01:15:45 you have been a good mom.

01:15:47 Yes, you have.

01:15:50 Mostly.

01:15:51 It's just sometimes I wish maybe you were a little less harsh.

01:15:56 That is fair.

01:15:58 [chuckles]

01:16:00 That is fair.

01:16:01 When I was young, I spent so much time

01:16:04 feeling lost, and I did not want that for you.

01:16:09 So I pushed you, and I--I pushed you too hard.

01:16:12 No.

01:16:13 I did, and I am sorry for that as well.

01:16:15 I mean, honestly, sometimes I need some direction.

01:16:19 Okay.

01:16:21 I mean, is that referencing Ben or Jonathan by chance?

01:16:27 Honestly, I don't know.

01:16:29 Maybe both.

01:16:30 Well, here's what I do know.

01:16:32 I have spent the last 30 years trying to manage your life,

01:16:37 and I think it's high time I let you make your own decisions.

01:16:41 Besides, you're the writer.

01:16:44 You know how to end your own love story.

01:16:48 I like the star thing better.

01:16:55 [laughs]

01:16:59 [soft music]

01:17:02 So, this is where Mr. Ben is hiding.

01:17:12 I'm worried about you, my friend.

01:17:16 You don't seem well.

01:17:18 Yeah, what tipped it off?

01:17:20 You're eating cake.

01:17:21 You don't eat cake.

01:17:24 Come.

01:17:25 The festival is starting soon, and we have work to do.

01:17:28 We need you.

01:17:30 What's the point?

01:17:32 I feel like the olive's in there.

01:17:34 Brushed and ground up, squeezed and blood-dry.

01:17:37 Man, olives.

01:17:39 Who cares about such things?

01:17:42 In the end, everything needs love.

01:17:45 Alexei, I messed up.

01:17:46 I don't deserve your help, and I definitely don't deserve Mel.

01:17:50 Hmm.

01:17:51 Well, luckily for you,

01:17:52 I wasn't talking about the love between a man and a woman.

01:17:57 Come.

01:17:58 Follow me.

01:18:01 What are we doing here, Alexei?

01:18:09 Look up, my friend.

01:18:11 You'll see.

01:18:14 How did you--

01:18:17 By driving all night to the closest 24-hour print shop.

01:18:22 Colleen, I am so sorry about the other day.

01:18:28 I was angry, and I lashed out, and I didn't mean any of it.

01:18:32 Okay, whatever.

01:18:33 I didn't realize how much Mel meant to me

01:18:35 and how much losing her was going to hurt.

01:18:37 But in the process, I almost lost something even more special,

01:18:42 my sister, and I don't ever want that to happen again.

01:18:45 Okay, Ben, shut up.

01:18:46 We don't have time for this, dude.

01:18:47 I know you're twisted up about Mel.

01:18:49 Literally everyone knows.

01:18:50 But right now, we're three hours away from the start of the festival,

01:18:53 and we have to get this place ready.

01:18:54 It doesn't matter if we get the recommendation

01:18:56 from Georgina Cartwell or not.

01:18:58 We can do this without her.

01:18:59 But first, we have to finish setting up.

01:19:02 We need you.

01:19:05 Okay.

01:19:07 Okay, we're going to need flower arrangements for all the tables.

01:19:10 Alexei, I need you to get roses from the garden

01:19:12 and olive branches from the grove.

01:19:14 Colleen, go get cows personally anywhere you can find it.

01:19:17 Got it?

01:19:18 Okay, all right, we got this, people.

01:19:19 Let's go.

01:19:21 I was thinking we could jet home after this little shin dig.

01:19:25 You sure you don't want to come?

01:19:27 Mm-hmm.

01:19:28 Babe.

01:19:31 What's wrong?

01:19:32 I'm almost done.

01:19:34 And?

01:19:36 I just need to figure out how it ends.

01:19:38 All right, well, that shouldn't be too hard.

01:19:39 You're Georgina Cartwell.

01:19:42 But I'm not.

01:19:45 You get that, right?

01:19:47 I am like the sculptor in Colleen's story.

01:19:51 I am too scared to make anything out of fear

01:19:54 that people will actually see me for who I really am.

01:19:57 Not Georgina Cartwell.

01:19:59 Jonathan, we were together three years?

01:20:02 I was crushed under the weight of Georgina for three years.

01:20:06 How could you not see that?

01:20:08 No, I had--

01:20:10 Okay.

01:20:12 Do you even want me for me?

01:20:14 Oh.

01:20:19 I can't do this.

01:20:20 Where are you going?

01:20:21 I am the author of my life,

01:20:23 and I'm choosing how my love story ends.

01:20:31 Okay, sorry, well, first I do have to finish that chapter

01:20:34 and then put on a dress, and--

01:20:36 And then I'm choosing how my love story ends.

01:20:40 I think you're going to need to make a speech about Mel.

01:20:56 A speech? Why?

01:20:58 Because I know what happens when you disappoint a fandom.

01:21:02 Trust me, you want to handle this carefully.

01:21:06 It can't be that bad, can it?

01:21:14 Just let them down gently.

01:21:17 Try starting with a joke.

01:21:20 A joke?

01:21:23 Right.

01:21:26 [music]

01:21:39 Fancy seeing you here.

01:21:41 So I've been thinking,

01:21:42 I am going to wind down my work with my daughter,

01:21:48 and I'm not going to be her agent anymore,

01:21:50 and I'm just going to be her mom.

01:21:53 I'm going to be working on smaller clients,

01:21:56 but I thought maybe in between that big change,

01:21:59 I would, I don't know, go somewhere,

01:22:03 you know, without my phone or pages.

01:22:07 I should go somewhere that I could just pick flowers

01:22:13 and, you know, enjoy the moments as they come.

01:22:20 If it just so happens,

01:22:23 I know of an achingly beautiful little village in Tuscany.

01:22:28 You do?

01:22:30 [music]

01:22:36 Excuse me.

01:22:37 Excuse me.

01:22:43 Excuse me, everyone.

01:22:45 Hi, I am Ben Pulley,

01:22:48 owner of Babbling Brook Farm.

01:22:52 I don't know if you guys have been following the news recently,

01:22:55 but it turns out the dairy cows,

01:22:57 they're about to go on strike,

01:22:59 refusing to make any more milk.

01:23:01 I don't know about you guys,

01:23:02 but I think it's utter nonsense.

01:23:05 [laughter]

01:23:09 What?

01:23:10 It's funny.

01:23:11 [music]

01:23:15 [coughing]

01:23:22 Stupid shoes.

01:23:27 Okay, so before we kick off this harvest festival,

01:23:30 I have a quick announcement to make about our guest of honor,

01:23:35 Georgina Cartwell.

01:23:36 [applause]

01:23:38 Right.

01:23:39 Actually, Miss Cartwell is not going to make it today.

01:23:43 [gasp]

01:23:44 Look, I'm sorry.

01:23:45 I know, I know, I know.

01:23:46 It's okay.

01:23:47 No, stop.

01:23:48 It's fun.

01:23:49 Stop, stop, stop, stop.

01:23:50 Wait.

01:23:51 Stop, stop, stop.

01:23:52 Mel, what are you doing here?

01:23:53 I'm so sorry.

01:23:54 I know that this is definitely not the right time,

01:23:56 but I just needed to let you know that Jonathan and I broke up.

01:23:59 Oh, and that your sister is a stupidly good writer,

01:24:01 like annoyingly good,

01:24:03 and that I think I really, really like you.

01:24:08 Whew, okay.

01:24:09 That felt good.

01:24:13 Okay.

01:24:15 Wish me luck.

01:24:16 Good luck.

01:24:17 Everyone, hi.

01:24:19 Sorry, I have an announcement to make.

01:24:23 Georgina Cartwell is dead.

01:24:25 [gasp]

01:24:27 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:24:29 Not like that, not like that.

01:24:30 Oh, you don't need to film this, really.

01:24:32 What I meant is Georgina Cartwell never existed.

01:24:37 She was the messed up projection of a slightly lazy,

01:24:43 slightly insecure writer.

01:24:45 Me, Melissa D.

01:24:49 But Ben made me realize that I don't need to be afraid

01:24:55 to show the world who I really am.

01:25:00 Which brings me to my second--

01:25:02 Second.

01:25:03 Second announcement,

01:25:05 which is that the third and final book

01:25:08 of the "Moonlight Magic" trilogy

01:25:11 was completed during my stay here at the Babbling Brook Farm.

01:25:15 [cheers and applause]

01:25:20 And I will be publishing it under my real name.

01:25:25 Thank you for your time.

01:25:28 Oh, oh, oh, and the name was Melissa D.

01:25:31 D-E-E.

01:25:34 That's my daughter!

01:25:36 Whoo! Thanks, Mom!

01:25:38 [applause]

01:25:41 [music]

01:25:46 [music]

01:25:55 Okay, seriously, Colleen, you are an insanely talented writer.

01:25:58 Oh, I'm still processing the fact that Georgina--

01:26:01 No, that Melissa D. likes my work.

01:26:04 Are you kidding? I love it.

01:26:06 I mean, seriously, I think maybe one more draft,

01:26:08 and then you're definitely gonna get it published.

01:26:11 Although you are gonna need a really good agent.

01:26:13 I am so proud of you!

01:26:16 Okay, Mom, I want you to meet Colleen.

01:26:18 This is Ben's sister. Nice to meet you.

01:26:20 Nice to meet you.

01:26:21 Colleen also happens to have a killer short story

01:26:23 that I think you'd love.

01:26:24 Well, that's quite a recommendation.

01:26:26 Actually, I am considering taking on

01:26:28 some of my smaller clients these days.

01:26:31 Mm-hmm. I would love to read what you have.

01:26:33 Yeah, that'd be wonderful.

01:26:34 Great.

01:26:35 I can email them to you.

01:26:36 I have at least, like, 5 short stories ready to go.

01:26:39 I was a lot like you when I was younger.

01:26:42 I--I can't believe that.

01:26:44 No, really.

01:26:46 When I was a young man, my father died

01:26:48 and left my family with nothing but a fishing boat.

01:26:51 I was told we would not make it.

01:26:53 But I persisted.

01:26:55 Because when you love something,

01:26:58 it is worth fighting for.

01:27:01 So...

01:27:03 if you're looking for funding, look no further.

01:27:09 I will not tear down your trees.

01:27:12 I will not put up houses.

01:27:15 I will invest in your future.

01:27:19 Knowing full well that good results

01:27:22 are the product of time.

01:27:25 And discipline.

01:27:27 I don't know what to say.

01:27:30 Then say nothing.

01:27:32 And enjoy the moment.

01:27:38 Hey.

01:27:47 I liked your speech.

01:27:49 Yeah?

01:27:50 'Cause I was pretty high on adrenaline

01:27:52 and scared that if I stopped talking

01:27:54 that people might start laughing.

01:27:56 Mel, I-- Ben, um...

01:28:00 You go first.

01:28:03 I'm so sorry.

01:28:05 I'm sorry about everything that I said.

01:28:08 I don't care about Georgina Cartwell at all.

01:28:13 I care about you.

01:28:15 Well, um, I don't know if you've heard,

01:28:21 but Georgina Cartwell's dead.

01:28:24 Yeah, apparently I killed her.

01:28:27 Would you like to dance?

01:28:33 With you?

01:28:35 Always.

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