ABIGAIL ANDREW CASSIE COURTNEY DELIVERY_PERSON GEORGE GRACE JOAN LIAM MARTHA MERRY MRS_KLINE NARRATOR SAM STEPHANIE WOMANS_VOICE NARRATOR Previously on "Good Witch". GRACE We Merriwick women just know how to make things happen the way we want them to. ABIGAIL Good for you. CASSIE Ah, it is the easier way, isn't it? GRACE Easier than what? CASSIE Than doing the real work. ABIGAIL I know it's hard, but after a breakup what you need to do is get right back up on the horse. STEPHANIE And it does feel good to know that there are options out there when I'm ready. CASSIE You finally seeing the value in some of my natural remedies? SAM No, I'm sticking with science. CASSIE I just though it'd be a good idea to combine our different perspectives. SAM It's a good thing we did. CASSIE Ah. Good morning. There's some fresh muffins. ABIGAIL I know. I followed the scent all the way down the stairs. What are you working on? GRACE An assignment for my creative writing class. ABIGAIL Do you want to read me what you have so far? GRACE I would love to but I haven't been creative enough to do any actual writing. CASSIE She's looking for some ideas. ABIGAIL What about a romance? With all sorts of adventure. CASSIE Ooo, or maybe a really good mystery. GRACE Yeah, but a mystery about what? And an adventure about who? If this is what writer's block feels like then I don't know if I'm ever going to make it as a writer or a block. CASSIE Sometimes inspiration arrives when we least expect it. GRACE Well, let's just hope it arrives before tomorrow, because that is when this assignment is due. GEORGE Anybody order an old trunk? CASSIE Oh, I was wondering when that was going to get here. GEORGE Well, it's here. ABIGAIL Where's this from? CASSIE The Art Institute in Chicago called me a few weeks ago and said that they had this on loan so long that they didn't even know where it came from. But the last known address was "Grey House" and they asked if we wanted it back. GEORGE Yeah, people used to use these old steamer trunks as luggage back in the day, which is even before my day. GRACE I don't think they'd allow that as a carry-on anymore. GEORGE Imagine trying to slip this under the seat in front of you. CASSIE Let's see what's inside. GRACE Okay, how does it open? GEORGE There's latches here but it looks complicated - Oh, just like that. ABIGAIL Well, it looks like whoever owned this did not pack light. CASSIE Ooo, but they sure had good taste in clothes. GRACE This dress is beautiful. CASSIE Ooo, someone looked adventurous. GRACE I do like that. ABIGAIL Although I can't say that I share her taste in shoes. This wouldn't go with anything in the closet. GRACE Who do you think all this stuff belonged to? GEORGE Probably whoever lived here in the nineteen-thirties. CASSIE Elizabeth Merriwick lived here then. ABIGAIL Do you think all this was hers? CASSIE It sure looks like it. She travelled all over the world and did all sorts of different things. GRACE And she looked amazing while doing it. CASSIE That would look good on you. GRACE Really? CASSIE Mmm-hmm. ABIGAIL Wearing that would be like wearing a little piece of history. CASSIE That's what 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. CASSIE Hello, Andrew. ANDREW Cassie. CASSIE That's some nice work, isn't it? ANDREW It is. CASSIE Yeah, the artist who took these made an excellent living capturing the perfect moments in time. ANDREW He really did. CASSIE Are you those headaches still bothering you? ANDREW Yeah. The peppermint tea you gave me it didn't make them any better. But I did learn I like peppermint tea. CASSIE Well, that's something. Did we try lavender oil? ANDREW We did, but. CASSIE Well, there's one more thing in here that might help to make things better. ANDREW What's that? CASSIE Hello, Sam. SAM Hi. CASSIE We were just talking about you. ANDREW We were? CASSIE '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. SAM You want a doctor's opinion? CASSIE Well, a certain doctor, yeah. ANDREW Although I was hoping to find a more natural solution. SAM Well, I'm not anti-natural. CASSIE No, Doctor Radford has been pretty open-minded since he moved to Middleton. SAM I'd be happy to run a few tests if you want to discover the root cause. CASSIE And in the meantime I'll get you started on some other aroma therapies. But first I've gotta help the mayor. ANDREW Oh, is the mayor here? SAM Wait for it. MARTHA Yoohoo! CASSIE Excuse me. MARTHA Cassie! Cassie, I need your undivided attention! CASSIE How can I help you? MARTHA I need a grand-looking picture frame. Something to showcase an item of great importance. CASSIE I might have something like that right over here. MARTHA Good, because I have a very 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. CASSIE Why haven't you framed that before? MARTHA Because in my day a Haverhill degree hardly meant a thing. I mean, they just used to let in anyone. But since then they've turned into a very well-respected school. CASSIE And you're one of it's most noteworthy graduates. MARTHA 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." CASSIE Oh, well, let's find something that shows off what a distinguished alumna you are. MARTHA There you go. Ooo! ABIGAIL It looks great on you. GRACE It fits kind of perfectly too. Why would Elizabeth Merriwick have had a jacket like this? ABIGAIL Maybe she was an aviation pioneer, like Amelia Earhart or Beryl Markham. GRACE Who's Beryl Markham? ABIGAIL The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. GRACE How have I not heard of her? ABIGAIL History is full of remarkable women whose stories never got told. Just like Elizabeth Merriwick. GRACE I bet she had some really good ones to tell. And I finally figured out what I wanna write about. CASSIE Oh, I remember when this picture was taken. JOAN You suggested right where we should have the photographer set up. CASSIE Everything looked so different back then. JOAN 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. CASSIE Oh, is your daughter here with you? JOAN 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. CASSIE 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? GEORGE I do. Oh. That's before the evergreens grew in. And I transplanted these rose bushes around the other side of the house. CASSIE They still bloom, don't they? GEORGE Practically all year. Like there's something magic in the soil. CASSIE Maybe we can put things back the way they were when this picture was taken. GEORGE You want to re-landscape? CASSIE Just so Joan and her daughter can take a picture like the one they took before. JOAN Oh, I've heard of people doing that. CASSIE Yeah. I know, I could help you move the small trees out of the way and we can put the flowers back in the pots. GEORGE You know, I think we still have these pots back in the shed. CASSIE Well, it's a good thing you saved them then. GEORGE You the one who told me make sure you don't toss those out. CASSIE Was I? COURTNEY And they have an international dorm, and integrated study programs, and they even let you design your own majors. GRACE This is Haverhill we're talking about. COURTNEY I know. Until I visited I didn't even know. GRACE But I thought you wanted to go somewhere farther away from Middleton? COURTNEY Yeah, I did. But now I don't. GRACE Well, it sounds like it'd be a good place for you. COURTNEY It'd be perfect for me. GRACE Do they have a good creative writing department? COURTNEY They have a good everything department. GRACE Okay, I wasn't even thinking about Haverhill because I wanted to go out-of-state but now I wanna give it another look. COURTNEY Except the deadline for trying to get an interview is passed. I'm still waiting to find out when mine is but they've already told me it's happening, for sure. GRACE Well, I can still come visit you after you get in. COURTNEY Uh, if I get in. GRACE Oh come on, you are one of the most qualified college applicants that I know. Between your volunteer work, good grades, and extra-curricular stuff, you totally deserve to go there. COURTNEY Tell that to the interviewer, okay? GRACE I'm just -- I'm sure they're going to make the right choice. STEPHANIE Here you go. One turkey sandwich for you and spinach quiche for Eve. SAM Thanks. STEPHANIE And will I be seeing you for breakfast tomorrow morning? SAM Maybe. STEPHANIE Why not? SAM I said, "Maybe." STEPHANIE Yes. But you didn't say, "For sure." Is that because you don't like the eggs here? SAM The eggs are fine. They taste like eggs. STEPHANIE So they're not "a tad dry" like someone posted on my website? SAM So that's what this is about. STEPHANIE "The scrambled eggs were a tad dry, the blueberry muffin too sweet, and the latte too frothy." That's what GourmetEater428 thinks about this place. Then they rated me one star out of five. SAM Well, they don't know nothing about fine dining. STEPHANIE Sam. A bad review like that could really hurt my business, which is why I need to find out who wrote it. And everyone is a suspect. SAM How do you know that your food critic is from here? STEPHANIE Oh, they're from here. All of their other reviews are of Middleton businesses, too, and everything that they write is a complaint about something. SAM Well, that's easy. Just check your credit card records for anyone who signs their name "GourmetEater." Yeah, you're right, probably not their legal name. GRACE Did you read it? ABIGAIL I did. And then I read it again, and then I read it one more time. GRACE What did you think? ABIGAIL I loved it. GRACE Really? You think it's good? ABIGAIL It's really good. GRACE And you're not just saying that to be nice, right? ABIGAIL 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 "swoon-worthy" before but I might have to start. GRACE Well, thank you. ABIGAIL That aviator jacket must have really inspired you. GRACE Yeah, I think it did too. I just, 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. ABIGAIL Well, you had me believing every single word. GRACE So, would you be interested in reading one more story, if I wrote one? ABIGAIL Another Elizabeth Merriwick adventure? Absolutely. GRACE Good. Because I've already got an idea for my next one. CASSIE Alight. Ah. Good morning. MERRY Hello. I'm sorry I got in so late last night. I had so many things to finish before I got here. JOAN I'm just glad that you did. CASSIE How are you enjoying the room? MERRY It's okay but - do you have one with a work space? CASSIE Oh, you know, those were already booked. MERRY Well, I guess it's okay for while we're here. JOAN This is starting to look good. CASSIE Yeah. GEORGE Yeah, it's sort of like taking a trip back through time. If only my back would go there with me. MERRY Is this where we took the picture? CASSIE You were both standing right there, each holding a bouquet. JOAN 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. CASSIE 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. JOAN That'd be great. CASSIE Oh, and there are some boutiques in town you can probably find outfits like the ones you were wearing back then. MERRY I didn't realize we were going to do everything so exact. CASSIE Well, it doesn't have to be exact, just close enough to how things used to be. JOAN Can you use a couple of helpers to get those trees out of the ground? GEORGE Anyone's welcome to pick up a shovel. And then we can set that arbor back up, if you're willing to give me a hand. JOAN I wouldn't mind at all. You get started on this tree and I'll get started on the other side. And this time you can get as dirty as you want. SAM Well, the good news is you're in nearly perfect health. SAM The bad news is I don't know what's causing your headaches. Your EKG, blood pressure, cholesterol are all within range. ANDREW I was hoping you'd have some answers for me. I've gotten even less sleep than normal wondering what might be wrong with me. SAM You've had a change in your sleep pattern? ANDREW I guess. From "not much" to "hardly any." SAM Are there any big changes going on in your life? Are you experiencing any stress? ANDREW Not really. I mean, I got a promotion at work, but I'm not moving offices for another two or three months. SAM What kind of work do you do? ANDREW I'm an accountant. SAM Ah, well, sitting at a computer all day, eye strain could be a contributing factor. ANDREW Cassie suggested I take a break for a few minutes each hour and go out and enjoy the nature around us. SAM Hmm, Cassie suggested that huh? That's actually pretty good medical advice. But I'd still like to run a few more tests and find out if it's anything more than that. ANDREW Thanks. I'm glad she recommended I see you. Kind of surprised, too. SAM Well, Cassie has become more open-minded since I moved to Middleton. GRACE Mayor Tinsdale? MARTHA Grace, come in. GRACE You wanted to see me. MRS KLINE Hi Grace. GRACE Missus Kline. What are you doing here? MARTHA Your English teacher was just telling me about the wonderful story you wrote. GRACE You liked it? MRS KLINE It was one of the best things any student of mine has ever written. MARTHA Apparently you have quite the gift for prose. GRACE I didn't know that I did, but thank you. MARTHA 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? GRACE I can e-mail you one, sure. MARTHA Oh, no, Dear, I need it on paper. GRACE Right. MRS KLINE 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. GRACE No, I sort of just made it up as I went along. MARTHA That's because the Merriwicks all have such active imaginations. I never know what's going to burst forth from any of them! MRS KLINE 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 Haverhill. GRACE I thought it was too late to sign up for one of those? MARTHA Certain prestigious alumna might have some pull in the matter, which means that you might be displaying your diploma some day just as proudly as I display mine... As soon as Jared puts it in the frame that I bought. MRS KLINE Are you working on anything else? GRACE Well, I had an idea for a story about Elizabeth Merriwick on a jungle safari. MARTHA Ooh, I'm already intrigued. As soon as you're finished I'll show both of your stories to the interviewer and see if she can fit you into the schedule. GRACE How long is she here? MRS KLINE Only until the day after tomorrow. MARTHA So I hope you can finish that story just as fast as Elizabeth Merriwick flew across the sea. GRACE I hope I can, too. CASSIE Andrew. How did things go with Sam? Doctor Radford? ANDREW He's great. CASSIE Yeah? ANDREW I mean, he hasn't figured out what's causing my headaches, but uh he did suggest that same thing you did about looking around at beauty. CASSIE That's what he said? ANDREW Well, the words he used were "ocular rejuvenation." CASSIE That sounds like Sam. ANDREW He said I should think about rescheduling my lunch hours so I can get away from my desk. Starting with today. CASSIE Well, you can get away to here any time. ANDREW I was wondering if you got any new works in? Like I was looking at the other day? CASSIE Maybe. I put a few new things on the wall. And I will show you. Mmm. I could actually eat another whole bowl of that. ANDREW What is it? CASSIE It's chicken noodle soup from the Bistro. ANDREW I've never tried that there. CASSIE Well, next time you're there, you should. That stuff is excellent for your tastebud rejuvenation. ABIGAIL Oh. So Cassie tells me that you want to recreate this photo exactly? MERRY Just as much as possible. JOAN We got the garden at Grey House looking like 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. MERRY I guess it has been a while. ABIGAIL Where did you get these bouquets? JOAN Merry picked those flowers herself. I followed her 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. ABIGAIL Well, these are Daisy Mums. See how yellow the center is, and how light the petals are? This is a Gerbera. It's bigger and will show up better in the photo. JOAN Except we're trying to make everything as it was back then, as much as possible. MERRY Mom, she said the Gerbera would look better, and it looks like she has plenty of them right here. JOAN Well, it's just - we're trying to recreate the picture. ABIGAIL When are you taking it? MERRY Some time tomorrow, I guess, because I have to leave the day after that. JOAN She's got quite the busy life. ABIGAIL Let me see what I can do. Daisy Mums are basically weeds, so if you picked some in Middleton all those years ago, there might still be some growing around here. And if there are, I will find them. JOAN That'd be perfect. GRACE Hey Courtney! Wait up! Okay. You are never going to believe what just happened! COURTNEY What? GRACE I just got an interview with Haverhill! COURTNEY You got an interview? GRACE Yeah, I know, isn't that amazing? COURTNEY Congratulations. GRACE Just think about it, if we both got into Haverhill, then we could be roommates and take classes together. COURTNEY We're not both getting in. GRACE Why not? COURTNEY The recruiter just left me a message. That interview they said I was going to get? It's not going to happen. GRACE What? Why? COURTNEY She didn't say. But it's kind of obvious. They gave my slot to somebody else. STEPHANIE So? ANDREW It's good. It's really good. STEPHANIE Now how long have you been coming in here and you have never ordered the chicken soup? ANDREW A long time. But now I don't think I'll ever order anything else. STEPHANIE Well, that is so nice to hear. But could you put that in writing? On my website? ANDREW Oh sure. STEPHANIE Great. And could you use words like "best ever" and "absolute perfection" and "if I could give this place six stars, I would." ANDREW Okay. STEPHANIE Okay. Excellent. Liam. How are you? LIAM Good. How are you? STEPHANIE Good. LIAM Can I get one of those cinnamon rolls I like so much? STEPHANIE You sure can. LIAM Thanks. STEPHANIE Extra frosting? LIAM You know me so well. STEPHANIE Do you have any reviews on the microbrewery's website? LIAM Yeah, of course. STEPHANIE What do you do about the trolls? LIAM I try to avoid poking around under bridges. STEPHANIE Come on. You know what I mean. LIAM Yeah, uh, it they write something bad, and they have a good point, I see what I can do. But if all they're doing is spewing negativity I mostly ignore it. STEPHANIE Huh. Well, I have this "GourmetEater428" 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." LIAM Sorry. STEPHANIE 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. LIAM Look, you know what famous chefs say is the 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. CASSIE Grace? Would you mind getting the door? GRACE Yeah. Okay. DELIVERY PERSON Hi. GRACE Hi. DELIVERY PERSON Is this Grey House? GRACE It is. DELIVERY PERSON This was supposed to be delivered with an earlier shipment, but it got left behind. It's from the Art Institute of Chicago. GRACE Huh. Have a good night. DELIVERY PERSON You too. ABIGAIL Hey. What's that? GRACE Uh, this was supposed to come with Elizabeth Merriwick's trunk. ABIGAIL Ooh, think it's hers? GRACE I think I should talk to you. ABIGAIL I don't understand. This story is exactly like the one you wrote about Elizabeth Merriwick. GRACE 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. ABIGAIL How could you possibly have known that? GRACE I don't know. Read the next one. It is exactly the same story that I wrote this morning about her excavating a Pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. ABIGAIL And you didn't know about that, either? GRACE No. But everything I wrote is in here. ABIGAIL This is very weird. GRACE How is it that I came up with the same stories that were written in that journal, like, a hundred years ago? ABIGAIL Are you sure you didn't read a different version of this journal, or hear the stories from someone? GRACE No. All the things I know about Elizabeth Merriwick are things that my mom told me. And none of us, none of us have ever seen that. ABIGAIL There has to be some explanation. GRACE Oh please, I'm waiting to hear it. ABIGAIL 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. GRACE So I cheated? ABIGAIL All you did was put on a couple of jackets and a pair of boots. GRACE But I got the Haverhill interview that Courtney should have got because of the stories that I wrote. ABIGAIL Haverhill wants you to go there? GRACE I just, I don't know if I deserve it anymore. ABIGAIL Why not? GRACE This. This is why not. ABIGAIL Okay, did Elizabeth Merriwick's ghost type those stories for you? GRACE No. ABIGAIL Did she shape them for dramatic effect? Draw out the suspense at all the right moments? Tap you on the shoulder and tell you what words to use? GRACE No, I came up with everything on my own. ABIGAIL Then I don't see what the problem is. Yes, it's weird, but that doesn't mean you cheated. GRACE I just, I feel like I had an unfair advantage. ABIGAIL Of course you had an unfair advantage. You're a Merriwick. Grace, are you really going to 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 wanna be like her? Or are you going to let someone else write your story? SAM So, I understand you've been prescribing chicken soup. SAM Andrew said you sent him by the Bistro to try it out. CASSIE Yeah, that wasn't for his headache; that was just because I thought he'd like it. SAM Oh, good. Because if that stuff ever passes as medicine you're going to put me out of business. CASSIE You know, studies have shown that the certain ingredients in chicken soup have a medicinal value. SAM You know what else has a medicinal effect? Medicine. But I still haven't been able to figure out what's causing Andrew's recurring discomfort. CASSIE You were going to talk to a specialist. SAM She came up blank. Just asked me if I thought he had a lot of stress in his life. CASSIE I thought you ruled that out. SAM Andrew ruled that out. When I asked him about it he didn't even think. He just said, "No." CASSIE You know, when I talked with him about his life, he said everything was great, too. SAM Well, he does have that big promotion coming up. CASSIE What promotion? SAM I don't know. But he seemed to be looking forward to it. CASSIE That's funny, he didn't tell me. SAM Do all of your customers tell you everything about their private lives? Oh yeah, that's right. CASSIE Andrew's been an accountant for years. But he hardly ever talks to me about it. SAM Do you think he likes what he does? CASSIE He's never said. You know, he talks more about anything else than what he does for a living. SAM Well, I hate to admit, but if he is stressed out because of the promotion, and he doesn't realize it, he might benefit more from your expertise than from mine. CASSIE Hmm, you're referring patients to me now? SAM Well, somebody's got to keep you in business. GRACE So there's no way I can give my interview away? MARTHA After what I went through to get it for you? I don't think so. GRACE But they had already promised my time to somebody else. MARTHA Then they must feel that you deserve it more than they do. GRACE But what if I don't? MARTHA Grace, you earned it, fair and square, because of your stories. GRACE There are other people who deserve it a lot more than I do. MARTHA And it's humility like that that's going to make you the perfect Haverhill alum... na. So make sure you drop a bit of it into your interview. It'll slay! GRACE Mom. What are you doing here? CASSIE 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? GRACE Yeah. CASSIE About what? GRACE Just school stuff. CASSIE What kind of stuff? GRACE Nothing, really. CASSIE You ready for your big interview? GRACE I guess so. CASSIE Don't be too nervous. I'm sure they'll be very impressed with someone who is as creative and kind and considerate as you are. I'll see you at home. JOAN Are you sure this is the right place? MERRY It's the address Cassie texted me. JOAN And the photographer lives here? MERRY All she said was, "You'll find what you're looking for at 22 Olympic Lane." ANDREW Can I help you? JOAN Oh, yes. We're looking for Jonathan Gillespie? ANDREW That was my dad. He passed away a few years back. MERRY Oh, I'm sorry. JOAN Was he a photographer? ANDREW He was. JOAN So Cassie was right. ANDREW Cassie Nightingale? JOAN Yes, we're staying at her B and B. ANDREW Oh. MERRY We've been spending the last few days trying to recreate a photo your father took for us. ANDREW I used to help him out when I was a kid. I actually have a bunch of his equipment in my garage. Do you have the photo? I'd love to see it. JOAN Yes, it's right here. Your father was very talented. Everyone who sees this photo loves it. ANDREW Yeah. My mom always said he was a great artist but a poor businessman. That's why I never followed him into photography. I didn't think you could make a living at it. I actually remember this photo. I helped print it. That's you. MERRY Yeah. ANDREW You just can't get this kind of classic look from a digital camera. JOAN Do you still have the camera your dad used that day? ANDREW Sure. For portraits like this he used the same one, all the time. JOAN Would you be willing to take our picture? MERRY Mom, that's not what he does. JOAN I was just thinking -we're trying to get things as close to how they were back then. ANDREW I always loved helping him out. MERRY Would you, maybe, want to take a photo of us? At Grey House? ANDREW I could do that. I'd love to do that. JOAN How about tomorrow? ANDREW I think I get off work early, around four-thirty. MERRY Oh, I was hoping to get back on the road by then. JOAN You just got here. Can't you stay until at least the end of the day? MERRY I guess I can, sure. JOAN Wonderful! MARTHA Oh, good, you're still here. I was afraid you had changed your mind. Are you ready for your interview? GRACE I think so. MARTHA You know, it's moments like these that can change a person's life. GRACE Sure. MARTHA I'm certain they're going to be very impressed with what you have to say. GRACE I hope that they are. WOMANS VOICE Grace Russell? GRACE Well, it looks like I'm next. MARTHA Well, then. Your future awaits! STEPHANIE "Best chicken soup I ever had. Absolute perfection. If I could give the Bistro six stars instead of five, I would." ABIGAIL I wonder how someone came up with words like that? STEPHANIE It must have just been what was in their heart. ABIGAIL Then I'm glad it ended up on your website. STEPHANIE 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. Ooo, 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 iced coffees with caramel really hit the sweet spot." ABIGAIL That more than just a review. It sounds like you have an admirer. STEPHANIE You think? ABIGAIL How many reviews call the restaurant owner attractive? STEPHANIE Huh. Maybe you're right. And I have also decided that it does not matter who GourmetEater428 is anymore, either. No matter what they say about my scrambled eggs. ABIGAIL Good for you. MARTHA 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? STEPHANIE It was you. MARTHA What was who? STEPHANIE You're GourmetEater428. The one who said her scrambled eggs were too dry, her blueberry muffin was too sweet and her latte was too frothy. MARTHA I thought those reviews were supposed to be anonymous. STEPHANIE Martha, you gave me a one star review. One star! You used words like "barely edible" and "in need of drastic improvements." MARTHA Well, yes, as a public service. ABIGAIL How is trashing Stephanie's food a public service? MARTHA 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. STEPHANIE Okay, why didn't you write that then? MARTHA Because then you would have rested on your laurels. But "GourmetEater" 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, but after I gave the flower shop a bad review things changed overnight. ABIGAIL You were FlowerLover644? MARTHA In the flesh. All I know is, after my review, the food here got even better. So I consider this just another interweb success. Oh, look, there's Larry the plumber. I have been wanting him to paint his truck so... let's see if "LeakyFaucet123" gets his attention. ABIGAIL I can't believe I've been all happy and smiley with people because of her. STEPHANIE Well, it probably is good for business. ABIGAIL Yeah, but do you know how much effort it takes to be nice? LIAM Hey. How's it going? STEPHANIE Oh, much better, actually. I decided to take your advice about the reviews and I think that I might actually have some admirers. LIAM Well, you deserve them. STEPHANIE Aw. What can I get for you? LIAM I'll have my usual - perfectly mixed iced coffee, with caramel. It always hits that sweet spot in the middle of a difficult day. STEPHANIE Coming right up. CASSIE How do you like it? JOAN It looks perfect. JOAN I can't believe you got everything to match. GEORGE Cassie really wanted things to be just as they were twenty years ago. MERRY It looks like they are. CASSIE And Abigail dropped these by. MERRY Daisy Mums. CASSIE Just like the ones you picked. GEORGE And I painted the bench green so it looks just like it used to. MERRY Oh, it's the wrong color. ANDREW I might be able to adjust it when I develop the photo. JOAN You don't need to bother. MERRY It's just - we spent so much time making everything else so right. JOAN Which is everything that I wanted. I didn't realize it until 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 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'll be all that time that I'll think about. Not the color of the bench. MERRY Well, then, I guess it's all perfect. JOAN Oh, I didn't have time to fix my hair and check how I look. ANDREW I was just testing the camera. CASSIE You both looked wonderful. And Andrew captured the right moment exactly. One you'll both remember forever. CASSIE Hello, Courtney. COURTNEY What'd you say? GRACE What? COURTNEY To the Haverhill interviewer. She called and said that after her interview with you, they wanted to offer me a letter of acceptance. GRACE So you got in? CASSIE Congratulations. COURTNEY But what did you say? GRACE Um, I just I talked. COURTNEY About what? Grace, you know I'm going to stand here until I find out what I want. GRACE That's true. Okay, um, I went in there and I told her a story about a girl who was fearless and kind and full of life. Someone who's the best friend anyone could ever have. And then I told her that I was talking about you. And how Haverhill would be lucky to have someone like Courtney Gunderson as a student there. COURTNEY You said all of that? GRACE Yeah, I mean, I added like some suspense and adventure, some drama. But all of it was true. COURTNEY Thanks. GRACE You're welcome. COURTNEY So - does that mean you're not going to be going there? GRACE I don't know where I want to go. Or what, exactly, I even want to study. COURTNEY Well, if you need someone to tell anybody about what a great friend you are. GRACE I'll make sure to have them call you. COURTNEY Okay, I should get home. My parents want to take me out to celebrate. GRACE Yeah, you're going to do great there. COURTNEY Thanks. GRACE Yeah. COURTNEY I mean, really. Thank you. CASSIE That was an amazing thing you did. GRACE Maybe. But I didn't want to do it at first. That's why I went to Abigail for advice instead of you. CASSIE Advice for what? GRACE 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. CASSIE I don't see how that's your fault. GRACE Because they gave it to me because of the stories that I wrote. Which weren't exactly mine. And Abigail knew that, and I figured that she would tell me to do the interview anyways. CASSIE What do you mean, they aren't yours? GRACE 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. CASSIE So, you were inspired by her? GRACE 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. CASSIE Well then you couldn't have known. GRACE Yeah, but. Mom, there it is. CASSIE I feel like I'm inspired by Elizabeth Merriwick every day. There's nothing wrong with writing down whatever inspiration might come to us. GRACE 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. CASSIE 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. GRACE Maybe it was. CASSIE Someday someone might write a story about you. So make sure your life is a good one. Let me see who that is. CASSIE Andrew. ANDREW Hello. CASSIE What are you doing here? MERRY We are going on a date. CASSIE Oh, I think that's a wonderful idea. MERRY 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. CASSIE It is really good. MERRY So he and I are going out tonight, and then tomorrow I'm going to spend another day in Middleton with Mom. CASSIE Oh, I didn't know you had the time for that. MERRY I'm making the time. SAM Andrew. ANDREW Doctor Radford. Merry, this is the doctor who helped Cassie figure out what was wrong with me. SAM I didn't realize we'd figured it out. ANDREW It was stress, just like you said. About my job. But I figured out a way to get rid of that. CASSIE Are you giving up your promotion? ANDREW I'm looking at doing photography full-time. Because I think I can make a living at it. MERRY Andrew's talking about using his dad's old equipment and opening his own studio. ANDREW And I already feel better just thinking about doing that for the rest of my life. But it was the two of you that got me there so thanks. SAM Oh. You're welcome. CASSIE Have a great night. MERRY We will. SAM See ya. ANDREW Have a good one. SAM It looks like he's going to be okay. CASSIE Yeah. It does. SAM One thing he said really concerned me, though. CASSIE What's that? SAM That comment he made about me being your helper. CASSIE Oh, you caught that, huh? SAM I didn't realize you were in charge. CASSIE We didn't really decide that, officially. SAM So I was just your assistant? CASSIE It doesn't really matter who's the boss, does it? SAM Wait, you're the boss, now? CASSIE All I know is that we work well together. SAM Uh-huh. CASSIE But you know, I could use some help in here. Making some tea? SAM Well, just make mine coffee. CASSIE Oh. Well, you're the boss. SAM Well, that's something.