Good Witch (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 5 - Written Like a Merriwick - full transcript

Previously on Good Witch...

- We Merriwick women
just know how to make things

happen the way
we want them to.
- Good for you.

- It's the easier way,
isn't it?
- Easier than what?

- Than doing the real work.
- I know it's hard,
but after a breakup,

what you need to do is get
right back up on the horse.

- And it does feel good to know

that there are options
out there when I'm ready.

- Finally seeing the value in
some of my natural remedies?

No, I'm sticking with science.

- I just thought it'd be
a good idea to combine



our different perspectives.
- It's a good thing we did.

♪♪♪

- Ah! Good morning! I
have some fresh muffins!

- I know! I followed the scent
all the way down the stairs.

What are you working on?

- An assignment for
my creative writing class.

You want to read me
what you have so far?

- I would love to,
but I haven't been

creative enough to
do any actual writing.

- She's looking
for some ideas.
- What about a romance

with all sorts of adventure?
- Ooh, or
a really good mystery.

- Yeah, but a
mystery about what?

And an adventure about who?

If this is what writer's
block feels like,



then I don't think I'm ever gonna
make it as a writer. Or a block.

- Sometimes, inspiration
arrives when we least expect it.

- Well, let's just hope it
arrives before tomorrow

because that is when
this assignment is due.

- Anybody order an old trunk?

- Ohhh... I was wondering
when that was gonna get here.

- Well, it's here.
- Where is this from?

- The Art Institute in Chicago

called me a few weeks ago
and said that they had this on loan

so long, they didn't even
know where it came from.

But the last known address was Grey
House; they asked if we wanted it back.

- Yeah. People used to
use these old steamer trunks

as luggage back in the day,

which is even before my day.

- I don't think they would allow
that as a carry-on any more.

- Imagine trying to slip this
under the seat in front of you.

Let's see what's inside.

- Oh! OK, how does it open?

- Some latches
here, but it looks

complicated

♪♪♪

Well, just like that.

- Well, it looks like whoever
owned this did not pack light.

- Ooh, but they had
good taste in clothes.

- This dress is beautiful!

- Oh, someone
looked adventurous.

I do like that.

- Although I can't say

that I share her taste in shoes.

This wouldn't go with
anything in my closet.

- Who do you think all
this stuff belonged to?

- Probably whoever
lived here in the 1930s.

- Elizabeth Merriwick
lived here then.

- You think
all this was hers?
- It sure looks like it.

She travelled all over the world
and did all sorts of different things.

♪♪♪- And she looked

amazing while doing it.
- That would look good
on you.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

- Wearing that would be like
wearing a little piece of history.

That's what's so great

about vintage clothes:
you never know

what exciting events
they might have witnessed.

It's like they each have
their own story to tell.

♪♪♪

Hello, Andrew.
- Cassie.

- Some nice work, isn't it?
- It is.

- Yeah, the artist
who took these made

an excellent living capturing
the perfect moments in time.

- Hmm... He really did.

- Are those headaches
still bothering you?

- Yeah. The peppermint tea you
gave me, it didn't make them any better,

but I did learn I
like peppermint tea.

- Well, that's something.
Did we try lavender oil?

- We did, but...
- There's one more thing
in here

that might help
make things better.

- What's that?
- Hello, Sam.

- Hi.
- We were just
talking about you.

- We were?
- I've been trying to help

Andrew with his
headaches he's been having,

but I think it's time to
get a doctor's opinion.

- You want
a doctor's opinion?
- A certain doctor, yeah.

- Although I was hoping to
find a more natural solution.

- I'm not anti-natural.

- No, and Dr. Radford has
been pretty open-minded

since he moved to Middleton.
- Happy to run a few tests

if you want to
discover root cause.

- And in the meantime, I'll get you
started on some other aromatherapies.

But first, I've got
to help the Mayor.

- Oh, is the Mayor here?
- Wait for it.

- Yoohoo!
- Excuse me. Haha!

- Cassie... Cassie, I need

your undivided attention.
- How can I help you?

- I need a grand-looking
picture frame,

something to showcase
an item of great importance.

- I might have something
like that right over here.

- Good, because
I have a VIP guest

visiting this week
from my alma mater,

and I want to frame my
diploma and hang it on the wall

to show my school spirit.
- Why haven't you framed
that before?

- Oh, because in my
day, a Everhill degree

hardly met a thing. I mean,
they just used to let in anyone.

But since then, they've turned
into a very well respected school.

- And you're one of its
most noteworthy graduates.
- Well, I don't want to brag,

but I certainly wouldn't
stop you from doing it,

so keep it up.

No. Really, I mean, keep it up.

- Oh, well, um, let's find
something that shows off

what a distinguished
alumni you are.

- There you go. Oooh!

♪♪♪

- It looks great on you.

- It fits kind of perfectly too.

Why would Elizabeth
Merriwick have a jacket like this?

- Maybe she was
an aviation pioneer,

like Amelia Earhart
or Beryl Markham.

- Who's Beryl Markham?

- The first woman to fly
solo across the Atlantic

from east to west.
- How have I
not heard of her?

- History's full of
remarkable women

whose stories never got told,

just like Elizabeth Merriwick.

- I bet she had some
really good ones to tell.

And I finally figured out
what I want to write about.

- Oh, I remember when
this picture was taken.

- You suggested right where we
should have the photographer set up.

- Everything looked
so different back then.

- We all looked
different back then,

but I remember having such
a wonderful time and I can't

believe it's taken us all
these years to get back here.

- Is your daughter
here with you?

Not yet, but she's
getting in later tonight

and then, hopefully, we'll have
some good mother-daughter time

before she has to
rush back to work.

- Hmm... Well, I hope
your memories of this trip

live up to what you
remember about the last one.

Oh, George, did you want

to see what the garden in front
of Grey House used to look like?

- I do!

Oh...

that's before the evergreens
grew in, and I transplanted

these rose bushes around
the other side of the house.

- They still bloom,
don't they?
- Practically all year.

It's like there's some
magic in the soil.

- Hmm... Maybe we
can put things back

the way they were
when this pic was taken.

- You want to re-landscape?

- Just so Joanna and her
daughter can take a picture

like the one
they took before.
- Oh!

I've heard of people
doing that.
- Yeah, I can help you move

the small trees out of the way,
and we can put these flowers

back in the pots.
- You know, I think

we still have those
pots back in the shed.

- Um, that's a good thing
you saved them then.

- You are the one who
told me, "Make sure

you don't toss those out."
- Was I?

♪♪♪- And they have

an international dorm and
integrated study programs,

and they even let you
design your own majors.

- This is Everhill
we're talking about?

- I know! Until I visited,
I didn't even know.

- But I thought you want to
go somewhere farther away

from Middleton.
- Yeah, I did,

but now I don't.
- Sounds like it would be

a good place for you.
- It would be perfect for me.

- Do they have a good
creative writing department?

- They have a good
everything department.

- OK, I wasn't even
thinking about Everhill

because I wanted
to go out of State,

but now I'll want to
give it another look.

- Except the deadline for
trying to get an interview is past.

I'm still waiting to
find out where mine is,

but they've already told
me it's happening for sure.

- Well, I can still visit
you after you get in.

- Uh, if I get in.

- Oh, come on, you're
one of the most qualified

college applicants that I know.
Between your volunteer work,

good grades and
extracurricular stuff,

you totally deserve to go there.

- Tell that to the
interviewer, OK?

- I'm just...

I'm sure that they're going
to make the right choice.

♪♪♪

- Here you go.

Turkey sandwich for you and
spinach quiche for Eve.
- Thanks.

- And will I be seeing you for
breakfast tomorrow morning?

- Maybe.
- Why not?

- I said, "Maybe."
- Yes, but you didn't say

"for sure." Is it because
you don't like the eggs here?

- The eggs are fine.
They taste like eggs.

- So they're not "a tad dry" like
someone posted on my website?

- Oh, that's what this is about.

- "The scrambled
eggs were a tad dry,"

"the blueberry muffin too sweet

and the latte too frothy."

That's what Gourmet Eater
428 thinks about this place.

Then, they rated me
one star out of five.

- Well, they clearly know
nothing about fine dining.

Sam, a bad review like this

could really hurt my
business, which is why I need

to find out who wrote it.
And everyone is a suspect.

- How do you even know that
your food critic is from here?

- Oh, they're from here.

All their other reviews are of
Middleton's businesses too.

And everything that they write
is a complaint about something.

- Well, that's easy. Just check
your credit card records for who

signs their name
Gourmet Eater. ♪♪♪

Oh, you're right, probably
not their legal name.

Mm-hmm.

- Did you read it?

- I did. And then
I read it again.

Then I read it one more time.
- What did you think?

I loved it.

- Really? You think it's good?
- It's really good.

- And you're not just
saying that to be nice, right?

- Have I ever said
anything just to be nice?

The part where Elizabeth
Merriwick is flying

across the Atlantic and about
to run out of fuel is so exciting.

And the romance
with the navigator?

I've never used the word

"spoonworthy" before,
but I might have to start.

- Well, thank you.
- That aviator jacket

must have
really inspired you.
- Yeah.

I think it did too.

I put it on,

and I couldn't help but wonder

where this jacket has been

and what was going on

when Elizabeth was wearing it.

- Well, you had me
believing every single word.

- So, would you be interested

in reading one more
story if I wrote one?

- Another Elizabeth
Merriwick adventure?

- Mhm.
- Absolutely.

- Good, because I've
already got an idea

for my next one.

♪♪♪

- All right!

Aaah, good morning!

- Hello. Sorry I got
in so late last night.

I had so many things to
finish before I got here.

- I'm just glad that you did.

- How are you
enjoying the room?
- Oh, it's OK,

but do you have one
with a workspace?

- Oh, you know, those
were already booked.

- Oh, well, I guess it's
OK for while we're here.

- This is starting
to look good!
- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's sort of like taking
a trip back through time.

If only my back would
go there with me.

- Is this where we
took the picture?

- You were both standing right
there, each holding a bouquet.

- You spent so much time
digging around in that garden,

and I spent just as much time pulling
you out so you wouldn't get the dress dirty

before the
photographer showed up.

- I was wondering if you might be
interested in using the same one.

He closed his studio, but
if you give me some time,

I might be able to
find out where he lives.

- That would be great.
- Oh, and there are

some boutiques in town
where you could probably find

outfits like the ones you
were wearing back then.

- Oh, I didn't realize we were
gonna do everything so exact.

- Oh, it doesn't
have to be exact,

just close enough to
how things used to be.

- Can you use a
couple of helpers

to get these trees
out of the ground?

- Anyone's welcome
to pick up a shovel.

And then we can set

that arbour back up if you're
willing to give me a hand.

- I wouldn't mind at
all. You get started

with this tree, and I'll get
started on the other side.

And this time, get
as dirty as you want.

Well, the good news is
you're in nearly perfect health.

The bad news is I don't know
what's causing your headaches.

Your EKG, blood pressure,
cholesterol are all within range.

- I was hoping you'd
have some answers

for me, you know.
Got even less sleep

than normal wondering
what might be wrong with me.

- You've had a change
in your sleep pattern?

- I guess. From not
much to hardly any.

- Any big changes going on in your
life? Are you experiencing any stress?

- Not really. I mean, I
got a promotion at work,

but I'm not moving offices for
another two or three months.

- What kind of work
do you do?
- I'm an accountant.

- Ah! Well, seeing
a computer all day,

the eyestrain could
be a contributing factor.

- Cassie suggested I take
a break for a few minutes

each hour and go out and
enjoy the nature around us.

- Cassie suggested that, huh?

That's actually pretty
good medical advice.

But I'd still like to
run a few more tests,

find out if it's anything
more than that.

- Thanks. I'm glad

she recommended I see
you. Kind of surprised too.

- Hahaha! Well,
Cassie has become

more open-minded since
I moved to Middleton.

- Mayor Tinsdale?
- Grace! Come in!

- Uh, you wanted to see me.

- Hi, Grace.
- Mrs. Kline!

What are you doing here?
- Your English teacher

was just telling me about
the wonderful story you wrote.

- You liked it?
- It was one
of the best things

any student of mine
has ever written!

Apparently, you have
quite the gift for prose.

- I didn't know that
I did, but thank you.

- She told me what the
story was about, and I was

on the edge of my
seat just listening.

Can you send me a copy to read?

- I can email you one, sure.

- Oh. No, dear, I
need it on paper.

- Right.

- I love how you
captured the time period

of when the adventure took
place. You must have done

hours of research to
get all the details so right.

- No. No, I...

sort of just made it
up as I went along.

- That's because the Merriwicks
all have such active imaginations.

I never know what's gonna
burst forth from any of them.

- Well, your accuracy
was stunning.

You have real talent, Grace,

which is why I wanted the
Mayor to know about your story

to see if she could
get you an interview

with the representative
from Everhill.

- Ooh, I thought

it was too late to sign
up for one of those.

- Well, certain prestigious
alumni might have some pull

in the matter, which
means that you might be

displaying your diploma someday

just as proudly
as I display mine.

As soon as Jared puts it
in the frame that I bought.

- Are you working
on anything else?

- Well, I had an
idea for a story

about Elizabeth Merriwick
on a jungle safari.

- Ooh, I'm already intrigued!

As soon as you're finished,
I'll show both stories

to the interviewer and see if
she can fit you in the schedule.

- For how long is she here?

- Only until the
day after tomorrow.

- So I hope you can
finish that story just as fast

as Elizabeth Merriwick
flew across the sea.

I hope I can too.

♪♪♪

- Andrew! Hey, how did things
go with Sam? Dr. Radford?

- Oh, he's great. I mean,
he hasn't figured out

what's causing my
headaches, but he did suggest

that same thing you did about
looking around at beauty.
- That's what he said?

- Well, the words he used
were ocular rejuvenation.

- Ah, that sounds like Sam.

- He said I should think about
rescheduling my lunch hours

so I can get away from
the desk, starting with today.

- Well, you can get
away to here anytime.

- I was wondering if you got any new
works in, like the one I was looking at

the other day.
- I did put some new things

on the wall, and I
will show you. Mmm!

I could actually eat a
whole other bowl of that.

- What is it?
- It's chicken noodle
soup from the Bistro.

- I've never tried that there.

- Well, next time
you're there, you should.

That stuff is excellent for
your taste bud rejuvenation.

Awww! So Cassie
tells me you want

to recreate
this photo exactly.
- Just as much as possible.

- We got the garden at
Grey House looking it used to,

and when we're done
here, we're going shopping

for outfits that match
what we wore that day.

I can't remember the last time
you and I went shopping together.

- I guess it has been a while.

- Where did you
get these bouquets?

- Mary picked
those flowers herself.

I followed around in a field
for I don't know how long,

and she would get down and
examine each one before she picked it

because she wanted
it to be just right.

- Well, these are daisy mums.

See how yellow the centre is
and how light the petals are?

- Mm-hmm.
- This is a gerbera.

It's bigger, it will show
up better in the photo.

- Except we're trying to make
everything as it was back then,

as much as possible.

- Mom, she said the gerbera
would look better, and it looks

like she has plenty
of them right here.

- Well, it's just... we're
trying to recreate the picture.

- When are you taking it?
- Sometime tomorrow, I guess,

because I have to
leave the day after that.

- She's got quite
the busy life. ♪♪♪

- Let me see what I can do.

Daisy mums are basically
weeds, so if you picked them

in Middleton all those years ago, there
might still be some growing around here.

And if there are,
I will find them.

- That would be perfect. ♪♪♪

- Hey, Courtney!

Come on, wait up.

OK, you are never
going to believe

what just happened.

- What?

- I just got an
interview with Everhill!

- You got an interview?
- Yeah, I know! Isn't that amazing?

- Congratulations.
- Just think about it.

If we both get into
Everhill, then we can be

roommates and we can
take classes together...

- We're not both getting in.

- Why not?

- The recruiter just
left me a message.

That interview they
said I was gonna get,

it's not gonna happen.

- Why?

- She didn't say, but
it's kind of obvious.

They gave my spot
to somebody else.

- No.

♪♪♪

- So...?

- It's good. It's really good.

Now how long have you been

coming in here and you have
never ordered the chicken soup?

- A long time, but
now I don't think

I'll ever order anything else.

- Well, that is so nice to hear.

Haha! But could you
put that in writing?

On my website?
- Oh, sure.

- Great! And could you
use words like "best ever"

and "absolute perfection"

and "if could give this
place six stars, I would"?

- OK.

- OK. Haha! Excellent! Haha!

Liam, how are you?
- Good. How are you?

- Good!
- Can I get

one of those cinnamon rolls
I like so much?
- You sure can.

Extra frosting?
- You know me so well.

- Do you have any reviews
on the microbrewery's website?

- Yeah, of course.
- What do you do
about the trolls?

- I try to avoid poking
around under bridges.

Come on, you know what I mean.

- Yeah. Uh, if they
write something bad,

but they have a good
point, I see what I can do,

but if all they're doing is

spewing negativity,
I mostly ignore it.

- Huh. Well, I have

this Gourmet Eater 428 who
writes something negative

every day after
they come in here.

Like this morning, they wrote,

"My scrambled
eggs, muffin and latte

"tasted like something
that would be served

"at a school cafeteria
run by substitute cooks

who used to work in a prison."

- Sorry.
- But I have figured out

that they order the
same thing each day,

so now all I have to do is
wait until they order it again.

- Look, you know what famous chefs
say is a sign of a truly great restaurant?

"It's where other
restaurant owners go to eat

when they're tired
of their own food."

♪♪♪Thanks for this.

- Grace, you would
mind getting the door?

- Yeah, OK.

Hi!
- Hi! Is this Grey House?

- It is.
- This was supposed

to be delivered with an earlier
shipment but it got left behind.

It's from the Art
Institute of Chicago.

- Have a good night.
- You too.

- Hmm!

♪♪♪

- Hey. What's that?

- This was supposed to come
with Elizabeth Merriwick's trunk.

- Oooh! Do you think it's hers?

- I think I should talk to you.

I don't understand.
The story is exactly

the same as the one you
wrote about Elizabeth Merriwick.

- Everything is the same.

I even talk about the same
kind of plane that she flew

and how the weather was
when she almost ran out of fuel.

- How could you
possibly have known that?

- I don't know.
Read the next one.

It is exactly the same

as the story that I
wrote this morning.

About her excavating

a pharaoh's tomb in
the Valley of the Kings.

- And you didn't
know about that either?

- No! But everything

I wrote is in there.

- This is very weird.
- How is it

that I came up with the
same stories that were written

in that journal, like,
a hundred years ago.

- Are you sure you didn't read

a different version
of this journal or hear

the stories from someone?
- No.

All the things that I know
about Elizabeth Merriwick

were things that my mom
told me, and none of us...

none of us have ever seen that.

- There has to
be an explanation.

- Oh, please, I am
waiting to hear it.

- You're a Merriwick.

You are related to Elizabeth,

you are connected
to and inspired by her,

you started wearing her clothes,

and the stories just
"suggested" themselves.

- So I cheated?

- All you did was put on

a couple of jackets
and a pair of boots.

- But I got the
Everhill interview

that Courtney should have got

because of the
stories that I wrote!

- Everhill wants
you to go there?

- I just... I don't even know
if I deserve it anymore.

- Why not?!

- This!

This is why not.
- OK...

did Elizabeth Merriwick's
ghost type those stories for you?

- No.
- Did she shape
the dramatic effect?

Draw out the suspense
at all the right moments?

Tap you on the shoulder and
tell you what words to use?

- No, I... came up with
everything on my own, but...

- Then I don't see what the
problem is. Yes, it's weird,

but that doesn't
mean you cheated!

- I just... I feel like I
had an unfair advantage.

- Of course you had
an unfair advantage,

you're a Merriwick! Grace,

are you really gonna say
no to every opportunity

just because you happen to be
related to some amazing women?

I mean, I'm talking about Elizabeth,
but there's also me and your mom.

When Elizabeth lived,

women had to be
brave and creative

and take advantage
of every situation,

which we still have to do today.

So, do you want
to be like her...

or are you gonna let
someone else write your story?

- So I understand you've
been prescribing chicken soup,

Andrew said you sent him
by the Bistro to try it out.

- Yeah, that wasn't
for his headache,

that was just 'cause
I thought he'd like it.

- Ah, good! Because that stuff

ever passes for medicine, you're
gonna put me out of me business.

- You know, studies have
shown that certain ingredients

in chicken soup
have medicinal value?

- You know what else
has medicinal value?

Medicine.

But I still haven't been able
to figure out what's causing

Andrew's
recurring discomfort.
- You were gonna talk

to a specialist.
- She came up blank.

She asked me if I thought
he had a lot of stress in his life.

- I thought
you ruled that out.
- Andrew ruled it out.

When I ask him about
it, he didn't even think.

He just said, "No."
- You know, when I talked

to him about his life, he
said everything was great too.

- He does have that
big promotion coming up.

- What promotion?
- I don't know,

but he seemed to be
looking forward to it.

- It's funny,
he didn't tell me.
- Do all of your customers

tell you everything
about their private lives?

Oh yeah, that's right.

- Andrew's been an
accountant for years,

but he hardly ever
talks to me about it.

- You think he
likes what he does?

- He's never said. You
know, he talks more

about anything else than
what he does for a living.

- Hmm! I hate to admit
it, but if he is stressed out

about the promotion
and doesn't realize it,

he might benefit more from
your expertise than from mine.

- Hmm... You're referring
patients to me now?

- Hahaha! Somebody's
gotta keep you in business.

♪♪♪

So there's no way that I
can give my interview away?

- After what I went
through to get it for you,

I don't think so.
- They had already promised

my time to somebody else.
- Then, they must feel

that you deserve it
more than they do.

- But what if I don't?
- Grace, you earned it

fair and square

because of your stories.
- There are other people

who deserve it a
lot more than I do.

- And it's humility like that

that's gonna make you
the perfect Everhill alumna.

So make sure you drop
a bit of it in your interview;

it'll slay.

- Mom?! What are you doing here?

- Oh, some guests at Grey
House were trying to track down

a photographer. His
business is closed,

but I was digging up an address.
Were you talking to the Mayor?

- Yeah.
- About what?

- Just school stuff.
- What kind of stuff?

- Nothing really.

- Mm-hmm.

You ready for your
big interview?
- I guess so.

- Don't be too nervous. I'm
sure they'll be very impressed

with someone as
creative and kind

and considerate as you are.

I'll see you at home.

♪♪♪

- Are you sure this
is the right place?

- It's the address
Cassie texted me.

- The photographer
lives here?
- All she said was,

"You'll find what you're
looking for at 22, Olympic Lane."

- Can I help you?

- Yes, we're looking
for Jonathan Gillespie.

- That was my dad. He
passed away a few years back.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Was he a photographer?

- He was.
- So Cassie was right.

- Oh, Cassie Nightingale?
- Yes. We're staying
at her B&B.

- We've been spending
the last few days

trying to recreate a photo
your father took for us.

- Well, I used to
help him out as a kid.

I actually have a bunch of
his equipment in my garage.

Do you have the
photo? I'd love to see it.

- Yes. It's right here. Your
father was very talented.

Everyone who sees
this photo loves it.

- Yeah, my mom always
said he was a great artist

but a poor businessman.
It's why I never followed him

into photography. Didn't think
you could make a living at it.

I actually

remember this
photo. I helped print it.

That's you.

- Yeah.
- You just can't get

this kind of classic look
from a digital camera.

- Do you still have the camera
that your dad used that day?

- Sure, yeah. A portrait like this,
he'd use the same one all the time.

- Would you be willing
to take our picture?

- Mom! That's not what he does!

- I was just thinking.
We're trying to get things

as close to how
they were back then...

- I always loved
to help him out.

- Would you maybe want to
take a photo of us at Grey House?

- I could do that. I... I...

I'd love to do that.

- How about tomorrow?
- I think I can get

off work early. Around 4:30?

- Oh, I was hoping to get
back on the boat by then.

- You just got here;

can't you stay at least
until the end of the day?

- Uh... I guess I can.

Sure.
- Wonderful!

- Oh, good! You're still here.
I was afraid you'd changed

your mind. Are you
ready for your interview?

- I think so.
- You know,

it's moments like
these that can change

a person's life.

- Sure.

- I am certain that they're
gonna be very impressed

with what you have to say.
- I hope that they are.

Grace Russell?

Well, looks like I'm next.

- Well then, your future awaits.

♪♪♪

"Best chicken
soup I've ever had.

"Absolute perfection.

"If could give the Bistro
six stars instead of five,

I would." Ohhh...

- I wonder how someone
came up with words like that.

- It must have just been
what was in their heart.

- Mm-hmm. Then I'm glad
it ended up on your website.

- Me too.

And I have decided
to take Liam's advice

about my reviews and
only read the good ones

instead of all the bad
ones. Ooh, like this one.

"From the attractive,
welcoming owner,

"to the local decor,
this is the perfect place

"to stop in the middle
of a difficult day.

"And their perfectly mixed
ice coffees with caramel

really hit the sweet spot."

- That's more
than just a review;

sounds like you have
an admirer.
- You think?

- How many reviews call the
restaurant owner attractive?

- Ah. Maybe you're right.

And I have also decided
that it does not matter

who Gourmet Eater
428 is anymore either,

no matter what they say
about my scrambled eggs.

- Good for you.

- Oh! I have been
on the go all morning,

but now I finally have
time for a late breakfast.

Stephanie, could I get a
latte, a blueberry muffin

and an order of
scrambled eggs, please?

- It was you!
- What was who?

You're Gourmet Eater 428

The one that said her
scrambled eggs were too dry,

her blueberry muffin was too
sweet and her latte was too frothy?!

- Ah, I thought these reviews
were supposed to be anonymous.

- Martha, you gave me a
one-star review! One star!

You used words
like "barely edible"

and "in need of
drastic improvements."

- Yes. As a public service.

How is trashing

Stephanie's food
a public service?

- That was meant to challenge
her, so she'd keep making

things better than they
already are. Oh, I love your food,

dear, you know that.
- OK, but why didn't
you write that then?

- Because you would
have rested on your laurels,

but Gourmet Eater
kept you on your toes.

Just like I keep lots of other
businesses on their toes too.

Look at Abigail. She was being
somewhat brusque with her customers,

then after I gave the
flower shop a bad review,

things changed overnight.
- You were Flower Lover 644?!

- In the flesh. All I
know is after my review,

the food here got even
better, so I consider this

another interweb
success. Oh, look,

there's Larry the plumber.
I have been wanting him

to paint his
trucks, so let's see

if Leaky Faucet 1-2-3
gets his attention.

- I can't believe I've
been all happy and smiley

with people because of her.
- Well, it probably is

good for business.
- Yeah, but you know
how much effort

it takes to be nice?

- Hey, how's it going?
- Aaah...

much better actually.

I decided to take your
advice about the reviews,

and I think that I might
actually have some admirers.

- Well, you deserve them.
- Awww! What can I get for you?

- I'll have my usual.
Perfectly mixed ice coffee

with caramel. It always
hits that sweet spot

in the middle
of a difficult day.

- Coming right up!

- How do you like it?
- It looks perfect!

I can't believe you got
everything to match.

- Cassie really wanted things to
be just as they were 20 years ago.

- It looks like they are.
- And Abigail
dropped these by.

- Daisy mums!

- Just like the ones you picked.

- I painted the bench green,
so it looks just like it used to.

- Oh, it's the wrong colour.
- I might be able
to adjust it

when I develop the photo.
- You don't need to bother.

- It's just we spent
so much time

making everything else so right.

- Which is everything I wanted.

I didn't realize it 'til
we got here, but...

I just wanted time with you.

And if we hadn't worked so
hard to recreate this photo,

I don't think we
would have had that.

You would have been
gone so much earlier today,

and the other day, we
actually gardened together.

And when I look back at
this picture we take today,

it will be all that time
that I think about,

not the colour of the bench.

- Well then, I
guess it's all perfect.

Oh! I didn't have time

to fix my hair and
check how I look.

- I was just testing the camera.

- Oh!
- You both looked wonderful,

and Andrew captured
the right moment exactly,

one you'll both
remember forever.

♪♪♪

Hello, Courtney.

- What did you say?

- What?

- To the Everhill interviewer.

She called and said that
after her interview with you,

they wanted to offer me
a letter of acceptance.

- So you got in.
- Congratulations!

- But what did you say?

- Uh... I just...

I... talked.

- About what?

Grace, you know I'm gonna stand
here until I find out what I want.

- It's true.

OK, uh...

I went in there,

and I told her

a story about a girl

who was fearless

and kind and...

full of life.

Someone that is the best friend
that anyone could ever have.

And then, I told her that
I was talking about you...

and how Everhill would
be lucky to have someone

like Courtney Gunderson
as a student there.

- You said all of that?

- Yeah, I mean, I added,
like, some suspense

and adventure,
some drama, but...

all of it was true.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

- So wait, does that mean that
you're not gonna be going there?

- I don't know
where I want to go.

Or what exactly I
even want to study.

- Hmm... Well, if
you need someone

to tell anybody about
what a great friend you are,

- I'll make sure that
I'm gonna call you.

OK, I should get home.

My parents want to
take me out to celebrate.

- Yeah, you're... you're
gonna do great there.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

- And I mean,

really, thank you.

- Mhm.

♪♪♪

It was an amazing thing you did.

♪♪♪- Maybe.

But I didn't want
to do it at first.

That's why I went to Abigail
for advice instead of you.

- Advice for what?

- When they gave
me the interview,

they took it away from Courtney.

And I just barely looked
for a way to give it back.

But there wasn't
anything that I could do.

- I don't see how
that's your fault.

- Because they gave it to me

because of the
stories that I wrote,

which weren't exactly mine.

Abigail knew that, and I figured

that she would tell me to
go to the interview anyways.

- What do you mean?
They aren't yours?

- There is something else

that I haven't told you about.

This...

is Elizabeth
Merriwick's journal.

It came from the Art Institute.

Everything I wrote

looks like it already
happened to her.

- So, you were inspired by her.

- Yeah. Only it felt
like what I was doing

was copying her,
even though I never saw

that journal until after
I wrote what I wrote.

- Then, you couldn't have known.

- Yeah, but, Mom,

there it is.

- I feel like I'm inspired by
Elizabeth Merriwick every day.

There's nothing wrong

with writing down

whatever inspiration
might come to us.

- But what is wrong...

is that I went to
Abigail because I knew

that she was going to tell
me what I wanted to hear.

And that you were

probably going to tell
me something different.

- But you got to the
right place in the end,

and that means the
right kind of inspiration

had been working
on you all along.

- Maybe it was.

- Some day, someone might write

a story about you, so...

make sure your
life is a good one.

Let me see who that is.

Andrew!
- Hello!

- What are you doing here?
- We are going on a date.

- Ohhh... I think
that's a wonderful idea.

- I had set aside some time to be
with my mother, but then Andrew called

telling me about this place that
serves amazing chicken soup...

- It is really good.
- So he and I are

going out tonight and tomorrow,

I'm gonna spend another
day in Middleton with Mom.

- Oh, I didn't know
you had time for that.

- I'm making the time.
- Mm-hmm.

Andrew.

- Dr. Radford. Mary,
this is the doctor

who helped Cassie figure
out what was wrong with me.

- I didn't realize
we'd figured it out.

- It was stress
just like you said,

about the job, but I figured
out a way to get rid of that.

- Are you giving
up your promotion?

- I'm looking at doing
photography full time

'cause I think I can
make a living at it.

- Andrew's talking about
using his dad's old equipment

and opening his own studio.
- And I already feel better

just thinking about doing
that with the rest of my life.

But it was the two of you

that got me there, so thanks.

- Well, you're welcome.
- Hmm... Have a great night.

- We will.
- See you.

- Have a good one.

- Looks like
he's gonna be OK.
- Yeah, it does.

- One thing he said earlier
concerned me though.

- What's that?
- That comment he made

about me being your helper.
- Haha! You caught that, huh?

- Haha! I didn't realize
you were in charge.

- Well, we hadn't really
decided that officially.

- So I was just your assistant.

- Oh, it doesn't really matter
who's the boss, does it?

- Wait. You're the boss now?

- All I know is that
we work well together.

- Uh-huh?
- But, you know, I could use

some help in here
making some tea.

- Well, just make mine coffee.

Well, you're the boss.

- That's... something.

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