Good Witch (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - The Truth About Lies - full transcript

- Missed you at the restaurant.

I did call.

Abigail's fine, by the way.

It was just a bad bruise.

- It's not gonna work.
- Stephanie,

I'm a doctor. I'm going to have
emergencies come up from time to time.

Give me another
chance. Dinner tomorrow?

What'd you say?
I'll pick you up,

take you anywhere
you want to go.

- OK.

- Great. It's a date.



- That you better not break.

Hey Cassie.

What... Really?

Nick's gone too.

Well, now we both don't
know where our kids are.

You think Grace is with Nick?

- I have a feeling.
- Well, your feelings
are usually spot on,

but they're
not exactly best buds.
- Yeah, I know, but...

- Did you try her cell?
- She left it at home.

- And he's not answering his.

Well, it's still early,
and it's Grace.

She's a good kid.
- Yeah, Nick too.

- I love him, but
Nick is... Nick.

- Grace?



- Just me.

Grace is missing.

- Missing?
- Nobody knows where she is.

- She's with Anthony.
- No, she left him.

- She's probably studying
somewhere else. The library.

It's Grace, how much
trouble could she get into?

- Any word?
- No.

- Abigail?

Abigail...

- What were you doing
at the coffee house?

- Meeting someone.

Thanks for getting me home.

What were you doing there?

- Hanging.
- And your dad's cool with that?

- What he doesn't know...
- So you snuck out?

- Hey, if he let me do what

I wanted to do in the first
place, I wouldn't have to.

- Well, thanks.

You did

a really nice thing tonight.

- In the future, be
more careful OK?

- What's that supposed to mean?

- There are rule followers
and rule breakers.

You're the first,
not the second.

I won't always be here to help.

- I don't need you to be.
- You did tonight.

♪♪♪

- Grace?
- Grace!

Where have you been?
- You were studying, right?

At the library?

That's what I told them.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Library.

- You were at the library?

- Yes.

And I'm really sorry to
have worried everyone.

- You're never up this late.

- Sorry to disappoint
you - and catch you.

- I just went out. No big deal.

- When I told you not
to. It's a very big deal.

Grace wasn't with you, was she?

- Can you just ground
me, get it over with?

- I don't know
what to do with you.

- When you do, let me know.

I'm going to bed.

- Your father's compass.

- Yeah.

- That was given to
him by your grandfather.

When your dad went into the Army

he took it with him. The
last part of boot camp

was survival training.

Your dad found himself
out in the middle of nowhere

with not much more
than that compass.

- Wow!
- He had doubts

of surviving survival training,
but that compass helped him

find his way back.
- It meant a lot to him.

- Yeah. It reminded him that

we all have an internal
compass that points us

in the right direction.

It's when we stray
off course we get lost.

- I am so sorry

for tonight.
- I know.

Apparently you weren't the
only one to go missing tonight.

When I was looking for you,

Sam discovered that
Nick had snuck out.

- So, I got him in trouble?

- Other people can't
get us into trouble,

only we can get
ourselves into trouble.

- Since you showed
up on my doorstep,

I have this feeling I
can't seem to shake

that you're here
just to stir things up.

Sam, Stephanie,

Grace, Lori...

- Well, if you
don't stir the pot,

everything boils over.

But not your pot.
- My pot is fine.

- Your pot is stuck.
- So, you're here to stir it?

- Someone has to.

- I know you think
you're helping me...

- I am helping you.

You'll see.
- I don't see.

- You will.

- The door's open, Sam.

Tea?
- Scotch.

- Ooh, I have tea.
- Well, I'll drink it

and pretend it's scotch.
Make mine a double.

- Mm.

- I got your text.

I'm glad Grace is okay.
- And I'm glad Nick came back.

- He did. You know,

when they say their first words

or take their first steps

or ride a two-wheeler,
first day of school...

Oh, you just never think
you're going to end up...

- Drinking herb tea?
- Exactly.

How is it I can control
everything in my life

and I can't control my own son?

- Well, you can't control
everything, there are always

unexpected variables
that change things.

- I can control the variables.
- No, you can't, that's what
makes them variables.

- When I set my mind to
something, I can do it.
- That's tenacity.

- I graduated from medical
school in three years.

- Well, that's impressive.
But it's not control.

- I'm a doctor.

If I didn't believe that I could control
the uncontrollable, I never would have

gotten out of med school.
- I believe at its core,

medicine is a struggle
to control disease.
- Yes, see, control.

No, see, struggle.

I think I'm gonna

control myself on
home. Thank you.

And now I seem to
be struggling a bit.

- Hmm... We all do.

Good night, Sam.

- Good night.

- I spoke with

your friend Jones.
- You did?

- I told him I think this
Keating House development

is just the beginning.
- It is?

- I've asked my team to come up with
a list of properties that have potential.

- Potential?
- Yes, potential to be leveled.

- Martha...
- Oh, you! You got me
thinking, and you're right.

- I am?
- Out with
the old, in with the new!

- But we don't really want this
development to change the face

of Middleton, do we?
- Middleton is a grand old lady,

but she could
use a nip-and-tuck.

And with your real
estate know-how

and my ability to... To... Well, to do
everything else, there's no stopping us.

- Us?
- We make a great team.

Like... Like Butch and Sundance.

- They die at the
end of the film.
- Do they?

Oh! Well - you know what I mean.

- Hi!
- What happened
to you last night?

- I hurt my ankle.
- I was all alone.

- Nick was there.
- Yeah.

- What's wrong?
- Listen,

I really hate what I did

and lying and
now he's in trouble.

- Well, if you wanna break
the rules, you're going to have

to deal with feeling
guilty from time to time.

- Just ground me
and get it over with.

- I can't always
control what you do.

But I can control what I do.
- What are you talking about?

- We don't spend enough
time together.
- Yes, we do.

- No, we don't, but
that's gonna change.

Because something has to.

And that's why I'm
grounding both of us.

Hmm!

- Hi. I'm sorry, I'm late.

- Oh, no problem. You all right?

Yeah...

Yeah, it's just Martha's going

all Donald Trump on
me with Keating House.

- Martha's a powerful
force of nature.

- Oh boy, you're not kidding.

- It's hard to contain
something so strong

once it's been unleashed.

- Look, I don't want Keating
House to come between us.

Give me one more
chance to convince you

of the merits of this project.
- OK.

Grey House. You talk, I'll cook.

- Oh, that's kind of intimate.

- It is?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, yeah, in a restaurant, you know,
we're not alone, but at Grey House...

- At Grey House, there's
Grace and Brandon...
- But no Lori?

- No, Lori's, um,
investigating something.

- See, right there. Lori would
have changed the dynamic

of the entire evening. We're
practically going to be alone.

- Practically.

- What's wrong? Stephanie?

- As a make-up date,
I'm cooking dinner.

I need to be home with Nick.

And I can't cook.

- I don't think she's
coming for the food.

- Still, I wanted it to be...
- Special?

- Edible.
- I used to date a chef.

He taught me everything
I know. I can teach you.

It's the least I can do,
after all the trouble I caused.

- Are you sure?
- Yes.

Please, let me do this.

It'll be a meal
Stephanie won't forget.

- There we go. Thank you.

Hi, Stephanie.

- Hi.
- For me?

- Yes.
- Oh, thank you.

- It's a gluten-free
chicken noodle soup.

- Oh... With no
chicken and no noodles.

Hmm. So... it's a broth?

- If it were just a broth, I
couldn't charge seven dollars.

Ah... I see.

- So...

Sam hasn't called to cancel,

and now that the
dinner is at his house,

if he doesn't show, he'll
either have to leave town

or move.

I have never, and I mean never
given a man this many chances.

But I think he's worth it.

Ugh, men - they
can be so frustrating!

- Aw. You know, I think
the frustration comes from

not being able to get
someone to do what we want

or to react the way we want.

- Well then, I think Ryan
is a little frustrated with you.

- Well, I can't help that.

- I think he really likes you.

- Well, I really like him.

- But...

- But I think we were
talking about you and Sam.

- Nice deflection.

Thank you.

- Nick, wait up.

I know you're in trouble.
- I'm always in trouble.

- But this time
it's because of me.

- Doesn't matter.

- I'm going to tell your dad
what you did for me last night.

- He sees me a certain way
and that's never going to change.

- Yes, it will.

- Look, you feel
guilty and you want

to not feel guilty. You
want me to tell you it's OK.

It is.

You're off the hook.

With me, at least.

- Well, hello there.

- Hi.

I know that look.

You working on a story?

- I have a hunch

that someone isn't being
truthful about their motives.

- Who's Abigail?

- You know I don't like to talk
about what I'm writing before I write it.

- Sorry, you're right.

- Hey. Thanks.
- Anytime.

- I'm making
dinner for Stephanie.
- Oh - you need help?

- Nope. Got it
all under control.

- I'm sure you do. So
what's on the menu?

- Boeuf bourguignon.
- Ambitious.

- And French. Abigail helped me.

- Did she?
- If you can read, you can cook.

- Uh... And she told you that?

- Yup.

- Well, servir un plat aussi
classique, c'est très français.

Bon appétit.
- Well, it is either

very French of me to try to
make this, or it's very stupid.

Vous parlez français?
- Un petit peu, oui.

Well, uh, good luck.

- Luck's not a factor.

- Hi.

- Hello.

- I think you and
I need to talk.

- Really?
- Yeah.

- Well, I have a date.

- Sam made you wait.

Maybe it's his turn now.

- Sam? Is everything OK?

Turn it off!

- I can't.
- Well, do something!

- I am!

- Watch out.

- Uh, need some help?

- He set the kitchen on fire.

- You can't be serious.

- But I am.
- You want to tear down
every building on this list?

- Tempus fugit,
Ryan. Tempus fugit.

We want to bring
in young people,

new blood. They don't
want drafty old Victorians.

They want what we're offering.
- "We"?

- "Small town with great
economic development."

Oh my, this is how

big political
careers get started.

I probably shouldn't tell you
this because it's not official,

but I am thinking
of exploring...

higher office!

How does "Governor
Martha Tinsdale" sound?

- Ah...
- I know!

Just takes your
breath away, doesn't it?

- Yeah.
- This development is
actually going to develop me

straight into the
Governor's mansion,

and the whole state will
have you to thank for it.

- Hmm...

♪♪♪

- You know I'm not
interested in Sam.

- You seem interested.

- But I'm not.

Let me ask you something:

would a man who was
truly interested in you

let me or anything get in
the way of being with you?

- Boy...

You don't pull any punches.

- I call it like I see it.

And I think you see it, too.

- So this is some kind of

public service you're offering?

- You deserve someone
who's totally into you.

- The oven is on broil.

- Yeah.
- You don't broil anything

for two hours
except logs on a fire.

How exactly did
Abigail help you?

- She gave me the recipe.
- OK, boeuf bourguignon
is really complicated.

Abigail thought
I could handle it.

- Julia Child's boeuf bourguignon
recipe is three pages long.

- Oh!
- Yeah. So, did
you follow the recipe?

- Well, it was kind of complicated
so I just decided to wing it.

- Oh, did you read any
books before you performed

your first surgery or
did you just wing it?

- I was doing just fine until...
- The fire.

- The fire, and that's
when the wheels came off.

I've got to call Stephanie and
cancel. I can't feed her this burnt mess.

- Don't call. Don't cancel.
- Well, I have to!

- Look, one Merrywick
woman got you into this,

so another one is
going to get you out.

- I can't take all your
food for my dinner date.

- Oh, I bought plenty.

- What are you making?

- Well, give a man a
fish, he'll eat for a day,

But teach a man to fish...
- But this is chicken.

You're loving this, aren't you?
- What, that you burned
down your kitchen

and are taking my dinner?
- That you're in control.

- I don't believe in control.
- What do you believe in?

- Your ability to peel and
chop a pound of carrots.

- Who's coming
to dinner, Bugs Bunny?
- Would you rather carve

and sear the chicken?
- No, I think it's best to
keep me away from open flames.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- You OK?

- No.

- Do you want to talk?

- Yeah.

- You know, anything you
tell me will stay between us.

- Thanks.

- You lied about the
library, didn't you?

- How did you know?

- I'm your sister.

- I feel terrible.
- I can tell.

You wanna tell me
what really happened?

- I don't know how to thank you.
- Hmm. You just did.

- I hope I didn't
mess up your night.

- Oh, no, it's all good.
I know this isn't easy.

- You know, right
after my divorce,

I had a lot of first dates.
Not much repeat business.

For some reason women
didn't want to hear about

my issues with my ex.

And for some reason
that's all I could talk about.

- Your ex?
- Tough marriage,
tougher break-up.

I guess in the end we
just wanted different things.

She never really wanted kids.

Me, I wanted a
whole baseball team.

It's funny how you can
think you know someone

when you don't, really.
How about you and Jake?

- I loved him until
the day he died.

I still do. I miss
him every day.

- Lucky.

I mean, just to feel that
way about someone,

even for a short period of time.

- Yeah, I am lucky.

- Stephanie is not like
any woman I ever dated.

Well, opposites attract.

Oh, I will go out the back,

and you can take a
victory lap in the kitchen.

OK...

Have a good night.
- I will.

Thanks to you.

Hey, come on in.

- Wow!
- I had some help.

- Cassie?
- Yeah.
- She's a good friend.

- So, how's your food?
- Well, I love the carrots.

- I did the carrots.

How'd you know?

- They're half-peeled
and mostly al dente,

and when I say al dente, I...

I mean raw.

- Half-peeled and not
cooked, that's my trademark.

- Well, I love that
you made the effort.

- I love that you're here.

- Uh...

Just... Out of here.

- Oh, you don't have to leave.
- Oh, I want to leave.

- No, Nick...

Sorry we couldn't
be at a restaurant.

- I understand,
you're a single father.

I also understand
you're a doctor.

- I am.

- So how are things
going with Nick?

- Too soon to tell.

But I'm hopeful.

How are things going with us?

- It's too soon to tell.

But I'm hopeful.

I'm sorry I was late tonight.

- Considering my track
record, don't worry about it.

- Abigail? I've been
looking for you.

- Here I am.
- We need to talk.

- Found something
out about me, did you?

- I did.
- Enlighten me.

- You are actually telling
the truth about your life.

- Yes, I know.

- You do have a job in New York

and an apartment.

- You thought I was lying.

- I did, because
that's what you do.

- Excuse me?
- When I was Grace's age,

you'd say you were coming to
town but then you'd never show up.

You'd show up and say we were
going to spend the day together,

and then you'd blow me
off. You'd take me shopping

and then you'd ask me for money.

- Well, it's probably
good that you're back now,

living in Middleton,

protecting Grace,

being her big sister.

- Um... You don't look well.

- I'm not. It's not the food.

- What's wrong?

- I unleashed
Martha on Middleton.

- How?
- She's ready
to tear down the whole town.

- Isn't that what you want?
- No.

But now that's what she
wants. She's got this whole list

of buildings that she's
just itching to demolish.

Help.
- I can't.

- What?
- Only you can really

help yourself out of this.
- OK.

But I'm open to pointers.

Any advice, really. Please.

- It sounds like Martha thinks

that you two are going
in the same direction.

- She's wrong. But I
can't reason with her,

No one can! She's... Martha.

- Yeah, Martha
won't listen to you,

but I bet there's
someone who will

listen to you.

- I have to tell you
something, but I don't want you

to be disappointed in me.
- I know.

- I lied to you. About the
library. About everything.

- I know.

- Well, if you knew that,
then why didn't you bust me?

- Well, some
stories we can tell,

and others need to be told.

- And just so you know,

Abigail did help me,

but it was my idea

to go meet her. And Nick,

he didn't do anything
but help get me home.

Disappointed?
- Well, it's not your

best day...
- I really am so sorry.

- Look, a mistake is
like a bump in the road.

One bump is not so bad.

But if we keep making mistakes,

eventually we change the
shape of the road forever.

- Nick was actually
really nice to me.

Surprisingly decent.

- Well, that seems
like a story worth telling.

- I don't know what to do.

- You will.

- So are you gonna punish me?

- Well, looks like you're
washing and drying tonight.

- Accepted.

♪♪♪

Ow!

- It doesn't look too bad.

- I think I need to do
something about it though.

Maybe I should see a doctor.

- Good thing we have
one right next door.

Would you like
me to go with you?

- I have to do this on my own.

- I called your developer friend
to discuss some other properties

and he told me that he
is no longer interested

in Keating House. He
said that you convinced him

to take his business
to Blairsville. Why?

- Because Cassie got me
to see how to save us both.

- I don't need you to save me,

Mr. Ryan Elliot. I needed you

to do your job.

- I did my job,
and I did it well.

And the developer is very
happy, because Blairsville

offers better tax benefits,
a bigger population

and zero community resistance.

- We don't have any
community resistance.

- Yet! Even though you
got the property re-zoned...

nobody in town wants
to see Keating House

torn down and replaced
with modern town homes.

- But the whole point was to
bring more people into town.

- But it's the
people living here

that should matter the most.

And, face it, once the
town council got involved,

and they would
have gotten involved,

because there would
have been unhappy citizens

who were wondering who allowed

their quaint and beautiful town
to be cut up and redeveloped.

And it would not have
taken those people much time

to figure out that you

were at the center
of everything.

- Well, you were too.
- Yes.

But they can't recall me...

because I'm just a realtor

and you are the mayor.
- Recall?

- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, my heavens!

- Mm. Martha,

we were both wrong,

and now we're both right.

You don't have to thank me.

- Well then, I
don't think I will.

OK.

♪♪♪

- It doesn't seem
that deep but...

- Well, it's good thing
your mom sent you over.

- It was.

No stitches?

- No, just some glue.
- Glue?

- Medical grade.
- Oh.

- OK.

- Mom didn't send me.

- No?
- I wanted to come over.

- Oh.

- I know that Nick's in trouble.
- He is. I'm just glad he didn't
drag you into his mess.

- He didn't drag me.

I dragged him.

I know that Nick
snuck out, but...

he helped me that night.

He got me home safe and
he didn't ask anything in return.

I mean, we're not even

friends, really.

He puts on a good show,

but he's not as bad
as he wants everyone

to believe he is.
- This, I know.

- So, should he
still be in trouble

if what his trouble did
ended up helping someone?

Me?

- Hi, cuz.

- You look very satisfied.

- I've done what I
came to Middleton to do.

- Have you?
- Yes.

- And what is that?
- Help.

- You've been helping?

Well, I guess it's true that
you "helped" Grace lie to me

and sneak out.

- I helped Grace realize
that for some people, like her,

being a rebel is far more
fun in theory than in practice.

And as a bonus,
I helped Lori too.

- Lori?
- Lori is now totally renewed

in her very important role

as Grace's big
sister and protector.

- And who is Lori
protecting Grace from?

- Me.
- Well, there's no doubt

that you helped Sam with
his dinner date with Stephanie.

- Hey, that's on you.
- Excuse me?

- Sam doesn't
belong with Stephanie.

And if you hadn't stepped in and
worked your magic in the kitchen...

And you don't belong with Ryan.

I tried to help you but you're a
strong force to take on, even for me.

- You can't control
who ends up with who.

Fate needs to play its hand out.

- Fate needs a little
push from time to time.

- A gentle push,
not a forceful shove.

- Fate may need a
gentle push, but you -

I think you need a shove
in the right direction.

Look, I'd love to do this all
night, but I should get to bed.

I start my new job tomorrow.

Stephanie hired me.

- You're gonna help Stephanie?

- She's much easier
to help than you.

- And what about
your job in New York?

- I e-mailed my
boss, gave notice.

I told him my family needed me.

- Stephanie really hired you?

- I think it's a case of,

"Keep your friends close
but your enemies closer."

- And which are you?

- I'm just listening to music.
I didn't do anything wrong.

- No, I did.

I've been trying to control you,

and it's not working, and it's not working
because it's not what I should be doing,

- it's not what you need.
- What do I need?

- You need me to
help you find a way

to control yourself, to make

better choices yourself.
- What are you talking about?

- Grace told me what
happened. At the coffee house.

She said that you helped her.
- It wasn't a big deal.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- You never would
have believed me.

You just see me as a
screw-up, or bad - or both.

- Wow. That's how you feel?

- Well, it's the truth.

It's not even
close to the truth.

Look...

We came here
to get a fresh start.

Let's try starting over.

- Oh man, how many
times can we start over?

- As many as it takes.

But you have to
give a little too.

Can you do that?

Just meet me half way?

Hi.

- Hey, there.

- Hey.

Abigail said that you weren't
home but then I got your text

saying come around the
back. How did you, uh...

Never mind.

Never mind, I'm here.
- Good. Come in.

- Thanks.

- So, what happened
with the project?

- Oh, well, I told Jones
that if he had the Mayor

and the zoning on his
side, well, that's one thing,

but if the project
really isn't wanted in

Middleton, and I think
we both know that it's not,

it's not smart business
to anger the community

in which you're trying
to sell something.

I thought that Blairsville
might be a better fit.

They have more money,
less trouble... and he agreed.

- So you lost the deal?

- Yes.

But Jones said that he liked
my integrity and honesty,

so he would like to work
together on something else.

- Sounds win-win.

- Thank you.
- What did I do?

- The same thing you always do:

you point me in the right direction.
And even when I don't want to,

you find a way of
making me see the truth.

You are a good friend.

- You too.

- Well, I was wondering...
- Yes.

- Well...

This friend would like
to take you out for dinner.

- Well, this friend would
like to accept your offer.

- Yeah?
- Of course.

- Wow, that's like
two dinners out in a row.
- We eat out all the time.

- Yes. But I was thinking these
last two dinners were different.

- I'm thinking, uh...

you might be right.

- Call you tomorrow?
- See you tomorrow.

- Even better.

♪♪♪

Yup?

- Hi!
- Oh, hi.

- Um, I got your message.
- I didn't make the dinner,

but I did clean the kitchen.

All your stuff is right
there on the counter.

Thank you.
- Thanks.

I, uh... I didn't know
you could play guitar.

Oh, yeah. I used
to be in a band.

I used to have long
hair - really long hair.

And an earring.

- Wow.
- Um, I don't have any herb tea

but I can steep
some oregano for you.

- Tempting, but
I think I'll pass.

Uh, Stephanie called me,
and she told me she had

a really great time.
- Oh, your chicken worked

its magic - date
disaster averted.

Thanks.
- Glad I could help.

Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me.

Dr. Radford.

Hey. It's been a
while. What's up?

When?

Any particular reason? What...

OK.

Yeah, bye.

My ex-wife.

- Oh... Is everything OK?

- She's coming to Middleton.