Good Witch (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 5 - The Mandala - full transcript
Cassie pursues a temporary art history professorship while Sam diagnoses Adam. Abigail and Donovan realize that the missing diamond from the Middleton treasure may help break the curse.
Previously on Good Witch...
Elizabeth Merriwick.
- The candle's never been lit.
I wonder what her dream was.
"Never stop learning."
- "If true love completely
"breaks the heart, the curse
is sealed and shan't depart."
- You think Roderick's letter
was talking about that ruby?
- If that ruby cracks...
- The curse is here to stay.
Ah. My hand's a little asleep.
- Cheers.
- Oh!
- Can you lower your arm?
- I don't think so.
- Well, I think you'd
make a great teacher.
- Hmm. Now, I just have to find
a school that agrees with you.
- What about teaching
holistic medicine
at Wellingsly?
- Yeah, I thought about that,
but Grace is there and...
- You don't wanna
cramp her style?
- I was gonna say step on
her toes.
- Either way.
- Wellingsly's out.
And I'm not so sure
that holistic medicine
would be my first choice.
- Really?
- I do have
this art history degree and...
well, I always dreamed
that I would do more with it.
- Sounds like Elizabeth
Merriwick's dream candle
wasn't the only
one to burn down?
- You guys ever get these
"On This Day" reminders?
- Turn it off unless you
want a bunch of pictures
of your old
boyfriends popping up.
- Huh. Too late.
- Ooh. Let me see.
He's cute.
- Oh, we had the worst luck.
- You did? Like what?
- Every time we were
together, something went wrong.
We'd go for a drive to the beach
and the car would break down.
And we'd go to the movies,
they ran out of popcorn.
We took a walk in the park
and got sprayed by a skunk.
- Sounds like you
guys were cursed.
- Welcome to my world.
- OK, what is
the deal with this curse
you keep talking about?
- The tumor is right there,
between C5 and C6.
It's still relatively small.
- How do we... fix it?
- Surgery would be
my recommendation.
- A tumor?
My arm was asleep.
- Sometimes...
these don't present
with any symptoms at all.
The weakness in your
arm actually helped us
catch it early.
- Right.
I know this isn't easy.
- OK.
When?
- Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah, I'd rather not wait.
- "If true love completely
breaks the heart,
the curse is sealed
and shan't depart."
- That was in the letter we
found in Roderick Davenport's
secret study.
- This started cracking
right after we found it.
- Coincidence?
I think not.
- I think this is a lot to take.
- Welcome to being a Merriwick.
At least the crack
hasn't gotten any bigger.
- Well, certainly
something to be thankful for.
- For 200-years-old, this
box is pretty well preserved.
- It would seem that everything
connected to the curse has
withstood the test of time.
- Check out the
Middleton medallion.
The end of this key is
the same shape as
the hole in the center.
Well, that's promising.
So is that!
- There's something on the wood.
- "A breaking
heart can only stop
with luck, love,
and one teardrop."
- That's an intriguing
little riddle. Luck is clearly
the emerald.
- Well, love is the ruby.
- And if the teardrop
is the diamond...
- Then finding it would
stop the heart from breaking.
- Which would break the curse.
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah, I said the same thing.
Did you tell your parents?
- No. My dad's never
missed a day at the pharmacy.
- I think he would for this.
- I don't want him to.
I don't want him
or my mom to worry.
- You shouldn't go through
this without your family.
- I have you.
- Yeah. You definitely do.
- So, I got all
the way to work...
- And now you're here?
- 'Cause I can't get
the curse out of my head.
- I can't get it out of my life.
- I may know
someone who can help.
- Who?
- I renovated a house
for a woman
who's a cryptologist.
- A what?
- She cracks codes.
- Well, we already
cracked the riddle.
- Yeah, but there may be
something more in there that
could help us find the
diamond. It's worth a shot.
Hi. Can I help you?
- You already did. Your
chocolates got me through
an incredibly long lecture
on the art of Mesopotamia.
- I can see why that might
require a sugar boost.
- I had to know where they
came from and the organizer
pointed me here.
- Let me guess,
caramel clusters?
- And the coconut chews.
I'll take two dozen.
- Another lecture?
- A gift for a colleague.
He's leaving on a book tour.
- You're an author?
- Professor.
I'm head of the fine
arts department at BCC.
- So you're one professor down?
- For the next month.
Either of you an expert
in French Impressionism?
- Ooh! French Impressionism?
How impressive.
- Monet was sensitive,
perceptive and a bit shy.
- Sounds like you're
describing my Dylan.
- Oh! When will he be here?
- Not soon enough.
- Well, it'll be really nice for
the two of you to catch up.
- You mean the three
of us. My daughter-in-law
will be with him.
- Oh, I can't wait
to meet Claire.
- I can't wait for you
to meet her either. She's...
- Lovely?
- Yes.
- How does she feel about you?
- I suppose I'm
about to find out.
Dylan has always been
there as sort of a buffer.
But he's heading to Chicago
for two days on business.
- Sounds like you
and Claire will have
some quality time together.
- If you say so.
- Sometimes when we
get to know someone,
we get to know
ourselves even more.
- Hmm...
- Yo. Everything OK?
- Yup.
- You wanna talk about it?
- Nope.
- You're a man of
few words today.
You're in the dog
house, aren't you?
- Mia wants me to go
to some fancy
dinner with her boss.
- So what's wrong with that?
- I'm not exactly
a fancy dinner guy.
- You're worried you're gonna be
a fish out of water?
- I prefer to eat food
I can pronounce.
- So just don't slurp from your
soup bowl and you'll be fine.
- Be even better if I don't go.
- I can guarantee
that's the wrong choice.
- How do you know?
- How do you not know?
OK, well, when you
figure out I'm right,
make sure you dress to impress.
- I've got a surprise for you.
- Ooh! Caramel clusters
and coconut chews?
- A possible teaching job.
- "Professor Alicia Barnes".
- She's expecting your call.
- Oh. So no chocolates?
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Now wish me luck.
- Good luck. For what?
- Donovan and I are on
our way to see a cryptologist.
- Oh. Worth a shot.
- That's what Joy said.
- Mm.
Did she also say take the
road past the old train station?
- She did not.
- Well, you should.
It's a shortcut.
- The sooner the
better. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
Everything must be
parfait for the French
delegation's visit tomorrow.
What?
No, not the kind with yogurt.
- Look who I found.
- Dylan!
- Hey, Mom.
- Oh! Ooh.
You feel thin. Is
Claire feeding you?
- All homemade, all the time.
- Claire.
You never fail to
make an entrance.
- And I never miss a chance
to hug my mother-in-law.
I'm glad you two are gonna
get to spend some time together.
- Can I just say,
you look fantabulous.
- Oh, and you look...
Actually, you're
positively glowing.
- Funny you should say
that. We have some news.
- No.
- Yes.
- You're having...
- A tiny Tinsdale!
Oh!
- Congratulations, son.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Aw.
- Oh.
- I've waited eons to
be called grandmama.
- Grandmama?
- Too much?
- I love it.
- Oh!
Hey.
- Hey.
- I needed that.
- I know.
How's Adam?
- Uh... As good as he can be.
- And how are you?
- As good as I can be.
- I know this isn't easy.
- It's a tricky surgery.
What if it doesn't go perfectly?
- Adam couldn't
be in better hands.
Thanks.
- I've got something
to show you.
- "Professor Alicia Barnes"?
- I've got an interview
with her today
for a temporary
teaching position.
- That's fantastic.
- Yeah. It will be,
if I get the job.
- You'll get the job.
What's wrong?
- I think I'm nervous.
- If anybody shouldn't
be nervous, it's you.
- Yeah, I've never
taught before.
- Well, you've never
taught in a classroom,
but you teach all the time.
- I'm gonna remember
you said that.
- You better.
- This menu looks
scrump-dilly-icious.
That's quite the adjective.
- Oh, that's what I call a
jackpot for your taste buds.
- Hitting the jackpot is
getting to plan for the
arrival of my grandbaby.
First up on the checklist,
handing down Dylan's
favorite baby rattle.
- Love the sentiment, but we'll
take a pass-adena on the rattle.
- Oh? Might I ask why?
- Baby toys from yesteryear
weren't held to the same safety
standards as they are today.
- I'm sorry, "yesteryear"?
I feel compelled to point out
to you that not only is
Dylan fine, but thriving.
- You don't need to
tell me. I mean, he is
the second youngest VP in
the history of the company.
- He is?
- That's why he's spending
the next two days breezing
through the Windy City.
- Oh. Well, I suppose
with all the hoopla
over the baby
he forgot to tell me.
- She has been the only thing
on our minds.
- "She"?
- Oops, I guess I just let
the gender out of the bag.
- Well, I guess you did.
Why on earth would you
not want to be surprised?
- Why on earth would
we wait to find out?
- It's how Tom and I did it.
- Well, it's not how
Dylan and Claire are doing it.
- Well, I'll make
a note of that.
- Ahem.
Perhaps it's time to order.
- Oh, it's definitely
time to order.
- Are we out of gas?
- We're out of luck.
- What does that mean?
- I just had this bike tuned
up. There's no way it should be
breaking down.
- Uh...
I've got more bad news.
There's no service out here.
- You know where
there is service?
On the main road. We wouldn't
be stranded if it weren't
for your little shortcut.
- It was Cassie's shortcut.
- Is that supposed
to make it better?
- Actually... it might.
- Where are you going?
- To catch a train.
- I mean, wouldn't
you tell your family?
- I would. But every one handles
these situations differently.
- Hmm. Well, I'm the one
who's not handling it very well.
- You're kinda freaking out
because Adam's not freaking out?
- Exactly. I don't
know how he does it.
- Well, he's had a
lot more practice.
- Right now, the chaplain
could use a chaplain.
- Right now, the chaplain
could use a Stephanie.
- He said the same thing,
but I don't know what to do.
- Just keep being here for him.
And I'll keep
being here for you.
- Thanks, Cassie.
- Sure.
- But please, can you make
sure that Mr. Taylor gets a copy
of The Great Gatsby?
I promised him.
Thank you.
- The only patient that
Mr. Hawkins should be concerned
with right now is himself.
- Are you sending me to my room?
- Without supper.
- That's a little harsh.
- You can't eat for eight
hours before surgery anyway.
- Oh, that reminds me. I
have something important
for you.
- A flash drive?
- It's more like a mixtape.
- You made me a mixtape?
- Yeah.
I know how you like to play
music while you're in the O.R.
- Well, you didn't
have to bring your own.
- Oh, yes I did. That
'80s pop you play
isn't gonna cut it.
- What's wrong with '80s pop?
- So many things.
- Hey, I got your primer.
- Oh great, just put it
over there.
- What's this?
- That's your suit.
- It's my suit?
- Yeah, I got it for you.
- You got me a suit?
- What part of this
isn't clicking for you?
- Why would you get me a suit?
- 'Cause you got
that fancy dinner
party to go to.
- The same one I told
you I'm not going to?
- Yeah. Now, you won't
just fit in, you'll stand out.
- Like a sore thumb.
- Hmm. Don't think
Mia will feel that way.
- You don't even know Mia.
- I don't have to.
I know what women like
and she's gonna love it.
Come on, I owe you.
- For what?
- You didn't take my truck.
Just try it on.
To be candid,
I wasn't sure if I
should interview you.
Your teaching experience is...
- Lacking?
- Non-existent.
- Oh. So why am I here?
- You tell me.
- Rembrandt's Self-Portrait
as a Young Man.
- I did my thesis
on that painting.
- A painting almost
completely shrouded in shadow.
- Except for a single highlight
that defines the subject.
Someone once asked him
why he made that his signature.
- "The darks make
the lights sing."
- A lot like life.
- That painting inspires me
whenever I hit a rough spot.
I would love to
inspire the students
to find their own Rembrandt.
- How's it going up there?
- It's going.
- You're really not
a fancy suit guy, huh?
- I told you.
- Well, how does it look?
- You tell me.
- Wow.
- I kinda feel like James Bond.
- James Bond never
wore work boots.
- I guess I'm going
shoe shopping.
- Not without your
fashion consultant.
- I hope Mia appreciates this.
- She will.
- Still nothing.
- Next word... train.
- Uh... how about intra?
- Intra's not a word.
- Alright. Um, ant.
- You have to use all
the letters for it to count.
- OK. How about, uh...
an anagram for stop.
- Seriously?
- Stumped?
Well then, you pick a word.
- Dearport.
- Dearport?
- Stumped?
- Of course not.
Peartrod.
- Nice try.
- You think you can do better?
- Parroted... prorated...
- Alright, quit showing off.
- I've even got another one.
- Teardrop.
What's wrong?
- "With luck,
love and one teardrop."
- The riddle to break the curse.
Thank you.
Shobha Bhagawati Temple.
- The goddess
Bhagawati was fierce.
- Oh yeah, I wouldn't
mess with her.
Did you know
that the temple was known
as a refuge for witches?
- Hmm. I didn't see any witches,
but I did see a
statue of the goddess.
- You've been there?
- Yeah, the summer
after I graduated. I
wanted to experience
all the places that I'd studied.
- I bet it was amazing.
- Mm. What was amazing
was getting to backpack
across the entire country.
- I'd love to backpack
across Bhutan.
- I watched a monk
create a sand mandala in Bhutan.
Are you kidding?
The closest I'll probably
get is watching on my phone.
- Um...
Excuse me.
- Yeah?
- Do you mind?
- Sure, go ahead.
- Thank you.
Mandala represents...
an imaginary temple.
The designs are
meant to remove
the negative thoughts
and allow the creative
mind to run free.
Hey, check this out!
- It starts with
concentric circles.
From there you build it out,
focusing on your breathing
and... allowing
your artistic vision
to take shape.
The purpose of the mandala
is to help transform an ordinary
mind into an enlightened one.
- Can I try?
- Of course.
Close your eyes.
Now, visualize your palace.
- Got it.
- Now, draw it.
- Why don't I shuffle?
Good call.
- Be careful with this
guy, he's a hustler.
- Don't blame me 'cause
you're a terrible poker player.
- Well, at least he's
a great surgeon.
- You should see me
with a Rubik's Cube.
Your pre-op labs came back.
Everything looks great.
- I guess we're good to go.
- I'll let you get back
to your card game.
- See you.
So, what should we play?
- How 'bout gin?
- My favorite.
- Oh, yeah?
How many cards again?
- 20 each.
- Right.
- You have no idea
how to play gin, do you?
Not a clue.
- OK. How about we play Go Fish?
- Ah, well, now
you're in trouble.
- Really?
OK, let's go.
- If the diamond was here,
someone beat us
to it a long time ago.
- Or maybe they didn't.
- Or maybe we broke down
because the curse doesn't want
us talking to a cryptologist.
- I'm going to look inside.
- You're not going
in there without me.
That can't be right.
- What?
- The plaque, it's dated 1819.
- The year of the curse.
- And 11 years
before trains came
to the U.S.
- How do you know that?
- Oh, I wrote a report on it
when I was in the fourth grade.
This building must've been
something else before
it was a train station.
- You're right.
- A stagecoach stop.
- This place is absolutely...
- Darling.
- Well, I was gonna
say charming,
but "darling" is apropos.
- You must be Claire.
- Cassie, meet
my daughter-in-law.
- And your granddaughter.
Congratulations.
- How did you know
we're having a girl?
- Your glow gave it away.
- I saw the same glow.
- Now, what I don't see
is a baby section.
- Perhaps we should think
outside the crib.
Oh! For example,
these owl bookends
would be quite a hoot.
- Dylan and I are a little less
hoot and a little more elegant.
Oh! Well,
far be it for me to want
to liven up baby's room.
- I might have
something you'll both like.
Oh!
Bamboo satin.
- Oh!
It's lovely.
- Oh...
And soft as a lamb.
- This will be grandmama's gift
to our little bambino.
- Oh, it doesn't quite
match our color scheme.
- Well, perhaps Cassie
has it in a different color?
- I wish I did.
- Probably better that way.
- Probably better
if we browse solo.
- Oh!
Good.
- I don't feel right about this.
- But I do.
- You're sure?
- I am
100% certain.
Might wanna get that.
- You're calling me?
- I want to be with
you the whole way.
- Hello?
- Hello,
Stephanie Borden?
I am.
- Did you put money in?
- I did.
- Do you see the
peanut butter crackers?
- I don't. I see
cheese crackers.
- Look closer. The
peanut butter is inside.
Oh.
You're right.
Listen, before I buy
these, I need to remind you
that you are not
allowed to eat tonight.
- Knowing they're waiting is
gonna get me through surgery.
- Hold on there, mister...
I thought that was me?
- You and peanut
butter cheese crackers.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm one lucky guy.
- I think I would've
liked living in the 1800s.
- I don't think you would've
liked only bathing only once
every two weeks.
- Yeah. Scratch that.
No diamond?
- Oh, no. I found it.
I'm just hiding it from you.
- Maybe it's time we
hike up to the main road.
- That was weird.
- You're gonna
go fix it, aren't you?
- You don't know me.
This is cool.
- What is it?
- It's an old
stagecoach schedule.
"Meetinghouse,
market, clock tower."
- Clock tower is the
only one still standing.
- Might be worth
checking out.
- It's a pretty long walk.
- I guess we got a signal.
- I guess
we can call for a ride.
- A sand mandala.
- A Tibetan way of
getting your mind off things.
- How About an Italian way
of gettin' your mind off things?
- Sausage and peppers?
- My mom's favorite
comfort food.
- Professor Barnes is calling.
Hello.
I understand. Yeah,
I appreciate the call.
Thanks.
- That's why you
made the mandala?
- And that's why you
brought the pizza?
- Their loss.
Where's yours?
- Hey.
Just wanted to
make sure you're OK.
- I am.
- You got any questions?
- Yeah, just one.
- Go for it.
- Do you really know how
to solve a Rubik's Cube?
You got any real questions?
- You know, I've...
I've stood where you
are so many times.
It's a lot different
being down here.
- You know what I
think we should do?
Take a little ride.
- Ooh!
Bergamot Orange
and... Clary Sage.
- A Cassie Nightingale special.
The perfect combination
for relieving stress.
- Claire?
- Bingo.
- You did say she was a handful.
- And now I've had
an earful.
- Maybe this will help.
- For me?
- For your granddaughter.
- Oh, Cassie...
it's absolutely dreadful.
- So you love it?
- Oh, I'm sorry. I know
it's the thought that
counts, but it makes me
think of my mother-in-law.
She gave me one just like
this when Dylan was born.
- Mm. I take it
she was a handful?
- Actually, that's
what she thinks I am.
I know I can be a
tad strong-willed,
but I am who I am.
- It's not easy, always
being challenged.
- You have no idea.
- I know someone who might.
- Hmm?
Oh.
Oh, my.
♪♪
- So let me get this
right. We started this day
heading to a cryptologist
to help us break a
200-year-old curse.
- Yes.
- Then we broke down in front of
an abandoned train station that
used to be a stagecoach stop.
- Mm-hmm.
- Cracked an anagram
for Dearport that led
us to this clock tower...
- And now we're trying to
find a really big diamond. Yes.
- OK. Just checking.
- Whoa.
So now what?
- Dearport Building Company.
- 1819.
- My least favorite year.
What?
- There are four raised letters.
- E, P, N, O.
Epno?
- Seriously?
- What?
- It's an anagram for "open".
- Is that a monocle?
- It's not a diamond.
- Do you see anything?
- I see what you see.
- Nothing different?
- Nothing different.
- How's Martha?
- Hmm!
She's a handful.
How's the mandala?
- Mm. I don't think I've
ever been this relaxed.
It reminds me of when I
used to play in the sandbox
as a kid. I built some
serious sandcastles.
- You know, your mom and I
made a sandcastle up at the lake.
- You're kidding.
- Yeah.
We spent all day on it
and then a rainstorm
just washed it away.
- Did she say it
was meant to be?
- She did. And then,
she built a better one.
- She did the same
thing with our house.
We redid that
whole place together.
- Oh. That's what
led you to renovating.
- We were adding a
porch swing when she died.
I finished it on my own.
- I'm sure she
would've loved it.
- Yeah, she would've.
She used to say there was
nothing better than relaxing
after a long day.
- That's why I meditate.
- And build mandalas.
You know,
I could turn the storage room
into an awesome
meditation space.
- Well, that sounds
pretty awesome.
Are you sure you have time?
- I'll make time.
- I can't believe you
pulled my own move on me.
- I learned from the best.
- Ha!
You know, when I take people
on these little rides, they're
usually pretty freaked out
about surgery.
- And what do you tell them?
- I usually just listen.
- I can do that.
- You've been doing that for
me since the day I got here.
- Well...
I know what it's like to be
the new kid on the block.
- Yeah.
But people act differently when
they find out you're a chaplain.
- You put your pants on one
leg at a time like everybody else.
Heh.
I'm pretty scared.
- I know.
- What if something goes wrong?
- I'm gonna do
everything I can to make
sure that doesn't happen.
- If I have to go through
this, I'm glad it's with you.
- Today was a
sad turn of events.
- Yeah, even she agrees.
- One teardrop.
- You think?
- I think, who needs
a cryptologist?
- You see anything?
- I see what you see.
- Nothing different?
- There is now.
There are letters
hidden in the base.
- Read them off.
- J, K, S, S,
I, L, K, L,
B, Q, V,
K, L, A, K,
X, J, Z.
- Got it.
- Got any idea what they mean?
- It's definitely
not an anagram.
♪♪
- Professor Barnes. Come on in.
- Hope you don't mind
my just showing up,
but I wanted to
do this in person.
- Do what?
- You have been the talk
of the school. Your
mandala demonstration made
quite an impression.
- Mandalas can do that.
- It's more the woman
behind the mandala.
I know I told you you didn't
have enough teaching experience.
- Actually, you told
me it was non-existent.
- I wasn't wrong about that...
but I was wrong in using it
as the reason not to hire you.
Your life experience
is invaluable.
If you can bring what you did
in the quad to the classroom,
we'd be lucky to have you.
- I think I'm the lucky one.
Thank you.
- Claire...
is that coffee?
- Don't fret, Martha.
It's decaf.
- Do you think we could chat?
- I don't think I have
one of our chats
in me right now.
- I owe you an apology.
- You do?
- One of the things I enjoy
about being me
is, well, being me.
But what I need to accept
is that you also need to be you.
- I am who I am.
- And it's not my place
to challenge that.
- And I shouldn't
challenge you either.
We're family.
We are.
And our nest is growing.
- Oh, it's nice to
get along for once.
- We should make sure
that it's more than just once.
- I agree.
- From this moment
on, I will be here for you
just as much or
as little as you like.
- Thank you.
That means a lot to
me... Grandmama.
Oh!
- Aren't you supposed
to be out to dinner?
- I was. Now I'm not.
- Now you're here.
- Mia and I broke up.
- She didn't like the suit?
- No, she loved it.
That's the problem.
She, uh... wants me
to be someone I'm not.
- Oh, I feel like
this is my fault.
- It is...
but you did me a favor.
- I did?
- We've never really
been right for each other.
♪♪
- We've run it through
every Internet translator
we could find and... nothing.
- There are no
translators for gibberish.
- Well, it has to
mean something.
- Can I see that?
The alphabet's engraved
around the edge.
- Well, we saw that, but
we're not sure what it's for.
- I think it's part of a
cipher. Well, this probably fits
onto another piece
that has letters around it.
When you put them together...
- We'll be able
to crack the code.
- ♪ I took my love,
I took it down ♪
♪ I climbed a mountain
and I turned around ♪
♪ And I saw my reflection ♪
♪ In a snow-covered hill ♪
♪ 'Til the landslide
brought it down ♪
♪ Oh, mirror in the sky ♪
♪ What is love? ♪
♪ Can the child
within my heart ♪
♪ Rise above? ♪
♪ Can I sail through ♪
♪ The changin' ocean tides? ♪
- Hmm.
- That is incredible.
How do you feel?
- At peace.
- Hmm.
Think you could
share a little bit of that?
- Adam's surgery?
- Mm-hmm.
- Come here.
- ♪ Well, I've been
afraid of changing ♪
- What are you doing?
- Sharing a little peace.
- ♪ 'Cause I've built
my life around you ♪
- You just finished it.
- Nothing is permanent.
- ♪ But time makes you bolder ♪
♪ Even children get older ♪
♪ And I'm getting older too ♪
- With each sweep,
we let go of a little more.
- ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I'm getting older too ♪
How does it feel?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Elizabeth Merriwick.
- The candle's never been lit.
I wonder what her dream was.
"Never stop learning."
- "If true love completely
"breaks the heart, the curse
is sealed and shan't depart."
- You think Roderick's letter
was talking about that ruby?
- If that ruby cracks...
- The curse is here to stay.
Ah. My hand's a little asleep.
- Cheers.
- Oh!
- Can you lower your arm?
- I don't think so.
- Well, I think you'd
make a great teacher.
- Hmm. Now, I just have to find
a school that agrees with you.
- What about teaching
holistic medicine
at Wellingsly?
- Yeah, I thought about that,
but Grace is there and...
- You don't wanna
cramp her style?
- I was gonna say step on
her toes.
- Either way.
- Wellingsly's out.
And I'm not so sure
that holistic medicine
would be my first choice.
- Really?
- I do have
this art history degree and...
well, I always dreamed
that I would do more with it.
- Sounds like Elizabeth
Merriwick's dream candle
wasn't the only
one to burn down?
- You guys ever get these
"On This Day" reminders?
- Turn it off unless you
want a bunch of pictures
of your old
boyfriends popping up.
- Huh. Too late.
- Ooh. Let me see.
He's cute.
- Oh, we had the worst luck.
- You did? Like what?
- Every time we were
together, something went wrong.
We'd go for a drive to the beach
and the car would break down.
And we'd go to the movies,
they ran out of popcorn.
We took a walk in the park
and got sprayed by a skunk.
- Sounds like you
guys were cursed.
- Welcome to my world.
- OK, what is
the deal with this curse
you keep talking about?
- The tumor is right there,
between C5 and C6.
It's still relatively small.
- How do we... fix it?
- Surgery would be
my recommendation.
- A tumor?
My arm was asleep.
- Sometimes...
these don't present
with any symptoms at all.
The weakness in your
arm actually helped us
catch it early.
- Right.
I know this isn't easy.
- OK.
When?
- Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah, I'd rather not wait.
- "If true love completely
breaks the heart,
the curse is sealed
and shan't depart."
- That was in the letter we
found in Roderick Davenport's
secret study.
- This started cracking
right after we found it.
- Coincidence?
I think not.
- I think this is a lot to take.
- Welcome to being a Merriwick.
At least the crack
hasn't gotten any bigger.
- Well, certainly
something to be thankful for.
- For 200-years-old, this
box is pretty well preserved.
- It would seem that everything
connected to the curse has
withstood the test of time.
- Check out the
Middleton medallion.
The end of this key is
the same shape as
the hole in the center.
Well, that's promising.
So is that!
- There's something on the wood.
- "A breaking
heart can only stop
with luck, love,
and one teardrop."
- That's an intriguing
little riddle. Luck is clearly
the emerald.
- Well, love is the ruby.
- And if the teardrop
is the diamond...
- Then finding it would
stop the heart from breaking.
- Which would break the curse.
- Tomorrow?
- Yeah, I said the same thing.
Did you tell your parents?
- No. My dad's never
missed a day at the pharmacy.
- I think he would for this.
- I don't want him to.
I don't want him
or my mom to worry.
- You shouldn't go through
this without your family.
- I have you.
- Yeah. You definitely do.
- So, I got all
the way to work...
- And now you're here?
- 'Cause I can't get
the curse out of my head.
- I can't get it out of my life.
- I may know
someone who can help.
- Who?
- I renovated a house
for a woman
who's a cryptologist.
- A what?
- She cracks codes.
- Well, we already
cracked the riddle.
- Yeah, but there may be
something more in there that
could help us find the
diamond. It's worth a shot.
Hi. Can I help you?
- You already did. Your
chocolates got me through
an incredibly long lecture
on the art of Mesopotamia.
- I can see why that might
require a sugar boost.
- I had to know where they
came from and the organizer
pointed me here.
- Let me guess,
caramel clusters?
- And the coconut chews.
I'll take two dozen.
- Another lecture?
- A gift for a colleague.
He's leaving on a book tour.
- You're an author?
- Professor.
I'm head of the fine
arts department at BCC.
- So you're one professor down?
- For the next month.
Either of you an expert
in French Impressionism?
- Ooh! French Impressionism?
How impressive.
- Monet was sensitive,
perceptive and a bit shy.
- Sounds like you're
describing my Dylan.
- Oh! When will he be here?
- Not soon enough.
- Well, it'll be really nice for
the two of you to catch up.
- You mean the three
of us. My daughter-in-law
will be with him.
- Oh, I can't wait
to meet Claire.
- I can't wait for you
to meet her either. She's...
- Lovely?
- Yes.
- How does she feel about you?
- I suppose I'm
about to find out.
Dylan has always been
there as sort of a buffer.
But he's heading to Chicago
for two days on business.
- Sounds like you
and Claire will have
some quality time together.
- If you say so.
- Sometimes when we
get to know someone,
we get to know
ourselves even more.
- Hmm...
- Yo. Everything OK?
- Yup.
- You wanna talk about it?
- Nope.
- You're a man of
few words today.
You're in the dog
house, aren't you?
- Mia wants me to go
to some fancy
dinner with her boss.
- So what's wrong with that?
- I'm not exactly
a fancy dinner guy.
- You're worried you're gonna be
a fish out of water?
- I prefer to eat food
I can pronounce.
- So just don't slurp from your
soup bowl and you'll be fine.
- Be even better if I don't go.
- I can guarantee
that's the wrong choice.
- How do you know?
- How do you not know?
OK, well, when you
figure out I'm right,
make sure you dress to impress.
- I've got a surprise for you.
- Ooh! Caramel clusters
and coconut chews?
- A possible teaching job.
- "Professor Alicia Barnes".
- She's expecting your call.
- Oh. So no chocolates?
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Now wish me luck.
- Good luck. For what?
- Donovan and I are on
our way to see a cryptologist.
- Oh. Worth a shot.
- That's what Joy said.
- Mm.
Did she also say take the
road past the old train station?
- She did not.
- Well, you should.
It's a shortcut.
- The sooner the
better. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
Everything must be
parfait for the French
delegation's visit tomorrow.
What?
No, not the kind with yogurt.
- Look who I found.
- Dylan!
- Hey, Mom.
- Oh! Ooh.
You feel thin. Is
Claire feeding you?
- All homemade, all the time.
- Claire.
You never fail to
make an entrance.
- And I never miss a chance
to hug my mother-in-law.
I'm glad you two are gonna
get to spend some time together.
- Can I just say,
you look fantabulous.
- Oh, and you look...
Actually, you're
positively glowing.
- Funny you should say
that. We have some news.
- No.
- Yes.
- You're having...
- A tiny Tinsdale!
Oh!
- Congratulations, son.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Aw.
- Oh.
- I've waited eons to
be called grandmama.
- Grandmama?
- Too much?
- I love it.
- Oh!
Hey.
- Hey.
- I needed that.
- I know.
How's Adam?
- Uh... As good as he can be.
- And how are you?
- As good as I can be.
- I know this isn't easy.
- It's a tricky surgery.
What if it doesn't go perfectly?
- Adam couldn't
be in better hands.
Thanks.
- I've got something
to show you.
- "Professor Alicia Barnes"?
- I've got an interview
with her today
for a temporary
teaching position.
- That's fantastic.
- Yeah. It will be,
if I get the job.
- You'll get the job.
What's wrong?
- I think I'm nervous.
- If anybody shouldn't
be nervous, it's you.
- Yeah, I've never
taught before.
- Well, you've never
taught in a classroom,
but you teach all the time.
- I'm gonna remember
you said that.
- You better.
- This menu looks
scrump-dilly-icious.
That's quite the adjective.
- Oh, that's what I call a
jackpot for your taste buds.
- Hitting the jackpot is
getting to plan for the
arrival of my grandbaby.
First up on the checklist,
handing down Dylan's
favorite baby rattle.
- Love the sentiment, but we'll
take a pass-adena on the rattle.
- Oh? Might I ask why?
- Baby toys from yesteryear
weren't held to the same safety
standards as they are today.
- I'm sorry, "yesteryear"?
I feel compelled to point out
to you that not only is
Dylan fine, but thriving.
- You don't need to
tell me. I mean, he is
the second youngest VP in
the history of the company.
- He is?
- That's why he's spending
the next two days breezing
through the Windy City.
- Oh. Well, I suppose
with all the hoopla
over the baby
he forgot to tell me.
- She has been the only thing
on our minds.
- "She"?
- Oops, I guess I just let
the gender out of the bag.
- Well, I guess you did.
Why on earth would you
not want to be surprised?
- Why on earth would
we wait to find out?
- It's how Tom and I did it.
- Well, it's not how
Dylan and Claire are doing it.
- Well, I'll make
a note of that.
- Ahem.
Perhaps it's time to order.
- Oh, it's definitely
time to order.
- Are we out of gas?
- We're out of luck.
- What does that mean?
- I just had this bike tuned
up. There's no way it should be
breaking down.
- Uh...
I've got more bad news.
There's no service out here.
- You know where
there is service?
On the main road. We wouldn't
be stranded if it weren't
for your little shortcut.
- It was Cassie's shortcut.
- Is that supposed
to make it better?
- Actually... it might.
- Where are you going?
- To catch a train.
- I mean, wouldn't
you tell your family?
- I would. But every one handles
these situations differently.
- Hmm. Well, I'm the one
who's not handling it very well.
- You're kinda freaking out
because Adam's not freaking out?
- Exactly. I don't
know how he does it.
- Well, he's had a
lot more practice.
- Right now, the chaplain
could use a chaplain.
- Right now, the chaplain
could use a Stephanie.
- He said the same thing,
but I don't know what to do.
- Just keep being here for him.
And I'll keep
being here for you.
- Thanks, Cassie.
- Sure.
- But please, can you make
sure that Mr. Taylor gets a copy
of The Great Gatsby?
I promised him.
Thank you.
- The only patient that
Mr. Hawkins should be concerned
with right now is himself.
- Are you sending me to my room?
- Without supper.
- That's a little harsh.
- You can't eat for eight
hours before surgery anyway.
- Oh, that reminds me. I
have something important
for you.
- A flash drive?
- It's more like a mixtape.
- You made me a mixtape?
- Yeah.
I know how you like to play
music while you're in the O.R.
- Well, you didn't
have to bring your own.
- Oh, yes I did. That
'80s pop you play
isn't gonna cut it.
- What's wrong with '80s pop?
- So many things.
- Hey, I got your primer.
- Oh great, just put it
over there.
- What's this?
- That's your suit.
- It's my suit?
- Yeah, I got it for you.
- You got me a suit?
- What part of this
isn't clicking for you?
- Why would you get me a suit?
- 'Cause you got
that fancy dinner
party to go to.
- The same one I told
you I'm not going to?
- Yeah. Now, you won't
just fit in, you'll stand out.
- Like a sore thumb.
- Hmm. Don't think
Mia will feel that way.
- You don't even know Mia.
- I don't have to.
I know what women like
and she's gonna love it.
Come on, I owe you.
- For what?
- You didn't take my truck.
Just try it on.
To be candid,
I wasn't sure if I
should interview you.
Your teaching experience is...
- Lacking?
- Non-existent.
- Oh. So why am I here?
- You tell me.
- Rembrandt's Self-Portrait
as a Young Man.
- I did my thesis
on that painting.
- A painting almost
completely shrouded in shadow.
- Except for a single highlight
that defines the subject.
Someone once asked him
why he made that his signature.
- "The darks make
the lights sing."
- A lot like life.
- That painting inspires me
whenever I hit a rough spot.
I would love to
inspire the students
to find their own Rembrandt.
- How's it going up there?
- It's going.
- You're really not
a fancy suit guy, huh?
- I told you.
- Well, how does it look?
- You tell me.
- Wow.
- I kinda feel like James Bond.
- James Bond never
wore work boots.
- I guess I'm going
shoe shopping.
- Not without your
fashion consultant.
- I hope Mia appreciates this.
- She will.
- Still nothing.
- Next word... train.
- Uh... how about intra?
- Intra's not a word.
- Alright. Um, ant.
- You have to use all
the letters for it to count.
- OK. How about, uh...
an anagram for stop.
- Seriously?
- Stumped?
Well then, you pick a word.
- Dearport.
- Dearport?
- Stumped?
- Of course not.
Peartrod.
- Nice try.
- You think you can do better?
- Parroted... prorated...
- Alright, quit showing off.
- I've even got another one.
- Teardrop.
What's wrong?
- "With luck,
love and one teardrop."
- The riddle to break the curse.
Thank you.
Shobha Bhagawati Temple.
- The goddess
Bhagawati was fierce.
- Oh yeah, I wouldn't
mess with her.
Did you know
that the temple was known
as a refuge for witches?
- Hmm. I didn't see any witches,
but I did see a
statue of the goddess.
- You've been there?
- Yeah, the summer
after I graduated. I
wanted to experience
all the places that I'd studied.
- I bet it was amazing.
- Mm. What was amazing
was getting to backpack
across the entire country.
- I'd love to backpack
across Bhutan.
- I watched a monk
create a sand mandala in Bhutan.
Are you kidding?
The closest I'll probably
get is watching on my phone.
- Um...
Excuse me.
- Yeah?
- Do you mind?
- Sure, go ahead.
- Thank you.
Mandala represents...
an imaginary temple.
The designs are
meant to remove
the negative thoughts
and allow the creative
mind to run free.
Hey, check this out!
- It starts with
concentric circles.
From there you build it out,
focusing on your breathing
and... allowing
your artistic vision
to take shape.
The purpose of the mandala
is to help transform an ordinary
mind into an enlightened one.
- Can I try?
- Of course.
Close your eyes.
Now, visualize your palace.
- Got it.
- Now, draw it.
- Why don't I shuffle?
Good call.
- Be careful with this
guy, he's a hustler.
- Don't blame me 'cause
you're a terrible poker player.
- Well, at least he's
a great surgeon.
- You should see me
with a Rubik's Cube.
Your pre-op labs came back.
Everything looks great.
- I guess we're good to go.
- I'll let you get back
to your card game.
- See you.
So, what should we play?
- How 'bout gin?
- My favorite.
- Oh, yeah?
How many cards again?
- 20 each.
- Right.
- You have no idea
how to play gin, do you?
Not a clue.
- OK. How about we play Go Fish?
- Ah, well, now
you're in trouble.
- Really?
OK, let's go.
- If the diamond was here,
someone beat us
to it a long time ago.
- Or maybe they didn't.
- Or maybe we broke down
because the curse doesn't want
us talking to a cryptologist.
- I'm going to look inside.
- You're not going
in there without me.
That can't be right.
- What?
- The plaque, it's dated 1819.
- The year of the curse.
- And 11 years
before trains came
to the U.S.
- How do you know that?
- Oh, I wrote a report on it
when I was in the fourth grade.
This building must've been
something else before
it was a train station.
- You're right.
- A stagecoach stop.
- This place is absolutely...
- Darling.
- Well, I was gonna
say charming,
but "darling" is apropos.
- You must be Claire.
- Cassie, meet
my daughter-in-law.
- And your granddaughter.
Congratulations.
- How did you know
we're having a girl?
- Your glow gave it away.
- I saw the same glow.
- Now, what I don't see
is a baby section.
- Perhaps we should think
outside the crib.
Oh! For example,
these owl bookends
would be quite a hoot.
- Dylan and I are a little less
hoot and a little more elegant.
Oh! Well,
far be it for me to want
to liven up baby's room.
- I might have
something you'll both like.
Oh!
Bamboo satin.
- Oh!
It's lovely.
- Oh...
And soft as a lamb.
- This will be grandmama's gift
to our little bambino.
- Oh, it doesn't quite
match our color scheme.
- Well, perhaps Cassie
has it in a different color?
- I wish I did.
- Probably better that way.
- Probably better
if we browse solo.
- Oh!
Good.
- I don't feel right about this.
- But I do.
- You're sure?
- I am
100% certain.
Might wanna get that.
- You're calling me?
- I want to be with
you the whole way.
- Hello?
- Hello,
Stephanie Borden?
I am.
- Did you put money in?
- I did.
- Do you see the
peanut butter crackers?
- I don't. I see
cheese crackers.
- Look closer. The
peanut butter is inside.
Oh.
You're right.
Listen, before I buy
these, I need to remind you
that you are not
allowed to eat tonight.
- Knowing they're waiting is
gonna get me through surgery.
- Hold on there, mister...
I thought that was me?
- You and peanut
butter cheese crackers.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm one lucky guy.
- I think I would've
liked living in the 1800s.
- I don't think you would've
liked only bathing only once
every two weeks.
- Yeah. Scratch that.
No diamond?
- Oh, no. I found it.
I'm just hiding it from you.
- Maybe it's time we
hike up to the main road.
- That was weird.
- You're gonna
go fix it, aren't you?
- You don't know me.
This is cool.
- What is it?
- It's an old
stagecoach schedule.
"Meetinghouse,
market, clock tower."
- Clock tower is the
only one still standing.
- Might be worth
checking out.
- It's a pretty long walk.
- I guess we got a signal.
- I guess
we can call for a ride.
- A sand mandala.
- A Tibetan way of
getting your mind off things.
- How About an Italian way
of gettin' your mind off things?
- Sausage and peppers?
- My mom's favorite
comfort food.
- Professor Barnes is calling.
Hello.
I understand. Yeah,
I appreciate the call.
Thanks.
- That's why you
made the mandala?
- And that's why you
brought the pizza?
- Their loss.
Where's yours?
- Hey.
Just wanted to
make sure you're OK.
- I am.
- You got any questions?
- Yeah, just one.
- Go for it.
- Do you really know how
to solve a Rubik's Cube?
You got any real questions?
- You know, I've...
I've stood where you
are so many times.
It's a lot different
being down here.
- You know what I
think we should do?
Take a little ride.
- Ooh!
Bergamot Orange
and... Clary Sage.
- A Cassie Nightingale special.
The perfect combination
for relieving stress.
- Claire?
- Bingo.
- You did say she was a handful.
- And now I've had
an earful.
- Maybe this will help.
- For me?
- For your granddaughter.
- Oh, Cassie...
it's absolutely dreadful.
- So you love it?
- Oh, I'm sorry. I know
it's the thought that
counts, but it makes me
think of my mother-in-law.
She gave me one just like
this when Dylan was born.
- Mm. I take it
she was a handful?
- Actually, that's
what she thinks I am.
I know I can be a
tad strong-willed,
but I am who I am.
- It's not easy, always
being challenged.
- You have no idea.
- I know someone who might.
- Hmm?
Oh.
Oh, my.
♪♪
- So let me get this
right. We started this day
heading to a cryptologist
to help us break a
200-year-old curse.
- Yes.
- Then we broke down in front of
an abandoned train station that
used to be a stagecoach stop.
- Mm-hmm.
- Cracked an anagram
for Dearport that led
us to this clock tower...
- And now we're trying to
find a really big diamond. Yes.
- OK. Just checking.
- Whoa.
So now what?
- Dearport Building Company.
- 1819.
- My least favorite year.
What?
- There are four raised letters.
- E, P, N, O.
Epno?
- Seriously?
- What?
- It's an anagram for "open".
- Is that a monocle?
- It's not a diamond.
- Do you see anything?
- I see what you see.
- Nothing different?
- Nothing different.
- How's Martha?
- Hmm!
She's a handful.
How's the mandala?
- Mm. I don't think I've
ever been this relaxed.
It reminds me of when I
used to play in the sandbox
as a kid. I built some
serious sandcastles.
- You know, your mom and I
made a sandcastle up at the lake.
- You're kidding.
- Yeah.
We spent all day on it
and then a rainstorm
just washed it away.
- Did she say it
was meant to be?
- She did. And then,
she built a better one.
- She did the same
thing with our house.
We redid that
whole place together.
- Oh. That's what
led you to renovating.
- We were adding a
porch swing when she died.
I finished it on my own.
- I'm sure she
would've loved it.
- Yeah, she would've.
She used to say there was
nothing better than relaxing
after a long day.
- That's why I meditate.
- And build mandalas.
You know,
I could turn the storage room
into an awesome
meditation space.
- Well, that sounds
pretty awesome.
Are you sure you have time?
- I'll make time.
- I can't believe you
pulled my own move on me.
- I learned from the best.
- Ha!
You know, when I take people
on these little rides, they're
usually pretty freaked out
about surgery.
- And what do you tell them?
- I usually just listen.
- I can do that.
- You've been doing that for
me since the day I got here.
- Well...
I know what it's like to be
the new kid on the block.
- Yeah.
But people act differently when
they find out you're a chaplain.
- You put your pants on one
leg at a time like everybody else.
Heh.
I'm pretty scared.
- I know.
- What if something goes wrong?
- I'm gonna do
everything I can to make
sure that doesn't happen.
- If I have to go through
this, I'm glad it's with you.
- Today was a
sad turn of events.
- Yeah, even she agrees.
- One teardrop.
- You think?
- I think, who needs
a cryptologist?
- You see anything?
- I see what you see.
- Nothing different?
- There is now.
There are letters
hidden in the base.
- Read them off.
- J, K, S, S,
I, L, K, L,
B, Q, V,
K, L, A, K,
X, J, Z.
- Got it.
- Got any idea what they mean?
- It's definitely
not an anagram.
♪♪
- Professor Barnes. Come on in.
- Hope you don't mind
my just showing up,
but I wanted to
do this in person.
- Do what?
- You have been the talk
of the school. Your
mandala demonstration made
quite an impression.
- Mandalas can do that.
- It's more the woman
behind the mandala.
I know I told you you didn't
have enough teaching experience.
- Actually, you told
me it was non-existent.
- I wasn't wrong about that...
but I was wrong in using it
as the reason not to hire you.
Your life experience
is invaluable.
If you can bring what you did
in the quad to the classroom,
we'd be lucky to have you.
- I think I'm the lucky one.
Thank you.
- Claire...
is that coffee?
- Don't fret, Martha.
It's decaf.
- Do you think we could chat?
- I don't think I have
one of our chats
in me right now.
- I owe you an apology.
- You do?
- One of the things I enjoy
about being me
is, well, being me.
But what I need to accept
is that you also need to be you.
- I am who I am.
- And it's not my place
to challenge that.
- And I shouldn't
challenge you either.
We're family.
We are.
And our nest is growing.
- Oh, it's nice to
get along for once.
- We should make sure
that it's more than just once.
- I agree.
- From this moment
on, I will be here for you
just as much or
as little as you like.
- Thank you.
That means a lot to
me... Grandmama.
Oh!
- Aren't you supposed
to be out to dinner?
- I was. Now I'm not.
- Now you're here.
- Mia and I broke up.
- She didn't like the suit?
- No, she loved it.
That's the problem.
She, uh... wants me
to be someone I'm not.
- Oh, I feel like
this is my fault.
- It is...
but you did me a favor.
- I did?
- We've never really
been right for each other.
♪♪
- We've run it through
every Internet translator
we could find and... nothing.
- There are no
translators for gibberish.
- Well, it has to
mean something.
- Can I see that?
The alphabet's engraved
around the edge.
- Well, we saw that, but
we're not sure what it's for.
- I think it's part of a
cipher. Well, this probably fits
onto another piece
that has letters around it.
When you put them together...
- We'll be able
to crack the code.
- ♪ I took my love,
I took it down ♪
♪ I climbed a mountain
and I turned around ♪
♪ And I saw my reflection ♪
♪ In a snow-covered hill ♪
♪ 'Til the landslide
brought it down ♪
♪ Oh, mirror in the sky ♪
♪ What is love? ♪
♪ Can the child
within my heart ♪
♪ Rise above? ♪
♪ Can I sail through ♪
♪ The changin' ocean tides? ♪
- Hmm.
- That is incredible.
How do you feel?
- At peace.
- Hmm.
Think you could
share a little bit of that?
- Adam's surgery?
- Mm-hmm.
- Come here.
- ♪ Well, I've been
afraid of changing ♪
- What are you doing?
- Sharing a little peace.
- ♪ 'Cause I've built
my life around you ♪
- You just finished it.
- Nothing is permanent.
- ♪ But time makes you bolder ♪
♪ Even children get older ♪
♪ And I'm getting older too ♪
- With each sweep,
we let go of a little more.
- ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I'm getting older too ♪
How does it feel?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪