BERT CAB_DRIVER CHARLIE DONNA DR_MATS EDNA ELOISE EVERYONE FRED GROUP JEANETTE JENNY KRISTEN LONNIE LUTHER MICKEY MOLLY PRESTON RAY RONNIE RYAN SHAUNA WADE MOLLY It's coming down. RYAN Tell me what it's like. MOLLY It makes everything MOLLY feel like RYAN Like what? MOLLY Like a blank slate MOLLY new and promising. RYAN Maybe that's what new years are for. RYAN Do you ever make any resolutions? MOLLY I try, but I'm not good at keeping them. RYAN Molly- MOLLY Ryan, I'm- MOLLY Sorry, you first. RYAN No, you. MOLLY Was it that house I was living in? MOLLY Or where I come from? Or-or was it just me? MOLLY Tell me the truth. RYAN It wasn't any of those things. MOLLY So it was just Kristen? Because MOLLY I really want to understand what happened last night. MOLLY It doesn't make sense, if, um- RYAN You're the most RYAN important- PRESTON Knock, knock. MOLLY Preston. RYAN Oh. RYAN You have company. MOLLY No. No, no, no, no, no. Can you just give me a minute? MOLLY Please? RYAN No, it'-it’s fine. We were done. MOLLY No, no, finish what you were saying, please. RYAN It was the most important study help I've ever gotten RYAN and I'm really grateful for it. That's- that’s all I was going to say. Merry Christmas, Molly, and- and good luck with with everything. MOLLY Yeah, you too. MOLLY We're going to want to get the legal department on that radio station deal. And then MOLLY after lunch I need to see Roger about that app development. WADE There's my killer. Always catapulting us into the future. MOLLY Well, somebody has to. WADE Ha ha. MOLLY Hi, Dad. WADE So, how was your business trip to Chicago? MOLLY Cold. How was New Orleans? WADE Humid. MOLLY You wanna switch next time? WADE You bet. WADE You free for dinner tomorrow? MOLLY Uh, tomorrow, why? Who needs me tomorrow? WADE I do. I thought we should start talking WADE about your 25th birthday, taking over as Ceo. WADE It's time to start drawing up the papers. Oh, I can, uh, get Preston roped in, too. WADE Our newly-appointed Cfo WADE should be there. MOLLY Sure. WADE Make it a real celebration. And maybe WADE part of a bigger announcement? MOLLY No MOLLY Dad WADE Come on. WADE Turn 25, hitch yourself to a real go-getter WADE take over the company, and get your trust all in one. WADE Can you set us up for steaks at WADE McCann's tomorrow with Preston? And tell publicity WADE I'm coming down. WADE You okay? MOLLY Yeah. Yeah, sure. Red meat. Publicity. Turning 25. WADE Yeah, who'd have thought? JEANETTE There he is! JEANETTE Home for the holidays! Oh JEANETTE Oh JEANETTE I missed you. RYAN I missed you, too. JEANETTE Oh, no, I got this. CAB DRIVER You have a real nice mom. JEANETTE Oh JEANETTE he knows. Don't you know? RYAN Yes, I know. JEANETTE Your room, and your desk. But I kinda re-purposed it. RYAN And Italy RYAN your favorite. JEANETTE Yeah. George Jones and Johnny Cash are in the closet. JEANETTE You're not mad, are you? RYAN Mom RYAN of course, you should have. RYAN But I might be done with the road for RYAN a little while, and I was thinking I could crash here? JEANETTE Really? I can make it work. I can work at the dining-room table. Are you JEANETTE serious? RYAN I'm still looking at possibilities, but I thought I might, you know, stick around after the holidays this year, if that's okay. JEANETTE Of course JEANETTE it's okay. Oh JEANETTE Oh, I really should have checked with you first. But you know what JEANETTE we'll get you unpacked, and we'll get you sorted- Oh! JEANETTE What did you pack? RYAN Books. That's what I did on the tour buses. JEANETTE Ever JEANETTE hear of an e-Reader? RYAN Real books RYAN with actual paper? I like the way they feel. RYAN You know what? I might swing by The Bridge this afternoon RYAN and pick up a new one. JEANETTE Oh. JEANETTE You didn't hear. CHARLIE Hey, Eloise! ELOISE Happy holidays, Charlie. I can't wait for the re-opening. CHARLIE Oh, very soon. Thank you. CHARLIE Hey, Bert! BERT Hi, Charlie. CHARLIE Okay. CHARLIE Luther! What’s CHARLIE the good news? LUTHER Show him. CHARLIE No CHARLIE way. You finally did it. SHAUNA All thanks to you introducing us in the cookbook section. SHAUNA How are SHAUNA the repairs coming? CHARLIE Well, we're nearly there. JENNY My favorite people! JENNY Do you have a date for the JENNY re-opening yet? CHARLIE Oh, Miss Big-shot CHARLIE Law Firm Partner. Ah, any day now. In the meantime, Luther just got the lease for his restaurant. So you just camp out there until we're ready for our big day. Merry Christmas! LUTHER Merry Christmas, Charlie. JENNY Merry Christmas, Charlie. SHAUNA Merry Christmas, Charlie. CHARLIE Hey, we need to put in more orders for that new CHARLIE bestseller. They went fast. DONNA I know. DONNA I can't believe everyone actually came out in this weather. DONNA Days like this DONNA I wonder why we ever DONNA started a business made out of paper. DONNA Oh, Charlie! DONNA I think I've got another leak! Do we have any more buckets? CHARLIE Sure, yeah, maybe I can steal one from the cafe. CHARLIE Donna! DONNA Charlie! CHARLIE Donna! DONNA Charlie! Water's coming in the roof! DONNA There's a huge hole! It's coming in quick! Let's call 9-1-1. DONNA There you are. DONNA You didn't bring your scarf. DONNA I, uh heard from the insurance company. DONNA Fred's insurance on the building DONNA only covers structural damage. CHARLIE What about our renter's insurance? DONNA The bare minimum. Far from enough. CHARLIE We need to repaint, buy furniture CHARLIE most of all books. DONNA It's their final decision. CHARLIE Hey, do you remember Ray Curts? He was a teller at Winston Hills Bank. Well, now he's a- he’s a loan officer. I ran into him. DONNA Uh, Charlie, that-that's not our bank. CHARLIE But he was talking about how much this place meant to him. CHARLIE I-I'm meeting with him tomorrow. I've got a great feeling about it. DONNA Charlie DONNA we're late on our lease, we- we can barely pay our bills. CHARLIE What are you saying? DONNA We've had so many wonderful years here, but we- we need to be honest about what's going on. CHARLIE I know what's going on. CHARLIE This is still CHARLIE our dream. We just we need to have faith a little longer. And there's always room for hope. CHARLIE God wouldn't have brought us this far to give up on us now. Christmas is coming. CHARLIE Good things happen at Christmas. CHARLIE You'll see. CHARLIE All right, my love? RYAN Within 10 years RYAN I'd like to play at that club, have my music there RYAN be considered in company with part of everybody else RYAN that's been there. RYAN Okay, now you. MOLLY Why? Hey, stop it. MOLLY Stop it. Come on, cut it out. RYAN Right, you've got to say stuff out loud, right now. MOLLY It's your video. RYAN Yeah, but you'll be in my life in 10 years, so RYAN what do you think? MOLLY Uh RYAN What? Say it. RYAN Say it right now. MOLLY I don't think I want to run my dad's company, and I'm not even sure I want to stay in Seattle. RYAN Molly MOLLY I can't believe I just said MOLLY that. MOLLY Preston, hi. PRESTON Peking duck for me, long-life noodles for you. MOLLY Thanks. PRESTON Hi. MOLLY Hi. RAY The last day of every school year RAY my mom waltzed me into The Bridge to pick out my summer reading. At first, I thought I'd hate it, but I fell in love. I have a son now, six months old. We read to him every night. CHARLIE Nothing better in the world. RAY So I worked the numbers a million different ways. RAY Bookstores are hard right now. RAY I tried explaining how unique The Bridge is, and that you and Mrs. B. have made it work for so many years, and RAY it was just bad luck with your roof RAY but I was told it's too big a risk. RAY I am so sorry. We can't offer you a loan right now. RAY Charlie RAY I would've called, but I wanted to tell you in person. RAY Your store means so much to the community. RAY You're like family. CHARLIE Well, I'm I'm sure you did everything you could. CHARLIE If you wouldn't mind, you know CHARLIE not mentioning this to anyone, I'd appreciate it. Thank you. DONNA Hi. You didn't answer your phone. DONNA How did it go? DONNA Oh DONNA Charlie. CHARLIE We still have options. DONNA No. DONNA Fred heard from the insurance company, too, and without our back payments, or a promise of catching up, he wants to put the building up for sale January 1st. CHARLIE He wants to offer it to us first, of course, but- CHARLIE In two weeks? There's no way that we- DONNA I know. DONNA Now, listen, Charlie. DONNA I heard about a new job opening at Pricemart. You're a good salesman- CHARLIE I’m a CHARLIE bookseller, Donna. All right? I sell books. DONNA I know, but if we don't stay open- CHARLIE We have to! So CHARLIE what, are you saying you're giving up? DONNA I don't want to- CHARLIE Yeah, but you are. DONNA What else are we going to do, Charlie? DONNA If we don't talk practically about this, it won't just be our store, it will be our house, too. DONNA Now, I love this place just as much as you do DONNA but it's been months, Charlie, and we are facing-- CHARLIE Look, if we So CHARLIE if we just give up CHARLIE what did it all add up to? DONNA It doesn't change who you are. CHARLIE Maybe Christmas isn't coming after all. DONNA Don't say that, Charlie. CHARLIE I'll meet you back at home, okay? DONNA No. Let me drive, Charlie. Okay? Come with me. Leave your car here. We can pick it up in the morning. CHARLIE I just- Look, I just need a minute. DONNA Hello? DONNA What? Wait, what What are you talking about? DONNA When? No No, no, no. DR MATS Charlie's in a level 3 coma. DR MATS That means he's unresponsive to eye, verbal, and motor testing. DR MATS He's on a respirator because he can't breathe on his own. DONNA What are his chances of coming out? DR MATS Well DR MATS if the swelling from his injury resolves quickly, it's a matter of days. DONNA What what do I do? DR MATS Talk to him, tell DR MATS him what's waiting for him. And DR MATS no one knows for sure, but people believe it makes a difference. DR MATS And there is a chapel down the hall if you're interested. DR MATS Praying never hurt. DR MATS Anyway, I'll circle back in a few hours. EDNA Dr. Mats is an excellent doctor. EDNA Charlie's in good hands. DONNA Um I-I DONNA I need to call some people, so- EDNA I'll do it. EDNA Give me your phone. You stay by his side. EDNA Everyone on this floor knows what you and Charlie mean to me. DONNA Last time I even tried to pray Charlie's the one with the faith. EDNA We'll find it together, then. I'm here, okay? EDNA Molly Callens? I hope I have the right number. It’s Edna Largo from Franklin, Tennessee. We met years ago. I thought you’d want to know. EDNA Charlie Bartons has been in a terrible car accident, and when I saw your name on Donna's phone, I thought you EDNA would want to know. If you want more information, my- WADE Ready? Honey? You okay? MOLLY Um, I’m- WADE Headache again? MOLLY Uh, d-dizzy. I think I have to cancel, if that’s okay. WADE Yeah, sure. I’ll drive you home. MOLLY You don’t have to do that. It’s okay. WADE Mol, if you’re dizzy, I’m driving you home. MOLLY Yeah, okay. Okay. WADE I gotcha. MOLLY It’s okay. EDNA Charlie Bartons has been in a terrible car accident, and when I saw your name on Donna's phone, I thought you would want to know. If you want more information, my number EDNA is- RONNIE I'm so sorry. RONNIE You don't know any more? MOLLY There was a mention in the Franklin paper, "Bookstore owner in an accident." He skidded on ice, then he hit a pole. RONNIE So you looked it up? MOLLY I haven't seen them in years. MOLLY I never went back to Franklin MOLLY I left it all behind. RONNIE No one RONNIE in this room thinks you left anything behind. RONNIE Did you watch that video? MOLLY Okay. MOLLY Please MOLLY stop me from doing something I'll regret. RONNIE Why would I do that? MOLLY Because it's a place I lived for three months. Why should I go back? RONNIE Honey, you don't just miss Charlie or The Bridge. You miss the girl you were there RONNIE or else why would you be watching the video RONNIE this many Christmases later? MOLLY Why do you know everything? RONNIE We both know if you don't go to Franklin, in three months RONNIE you'll be Ceo, engaged to Preston, and never look back. RONNIE It's now or never, right? MICKEY Well, that is not young Ryan Kelly. RYAN How you doin'? MICKEY Man, you sure grew up a lot since you used to try to sneak in here underage to hear the music. RYAN Ah RYAN not that often. MICKEY Every weekend. MICKEY Come on. I see you've been playing backup gigs around the country. Good on you. When you heading out? RYAN Actually RYAN I was thinking about sticking around here, trying to find some new work in town. MICKEY Ooh yeah. RYAN That bad, huh? MICKEY It's the new technology. MICKEY Makes for fewer gigs, and those go to locals who stuck around. MICKEY You know what? I just lost my back-up guy for Amateur Night. MICKEY Tuesdays and Thursdays? If you're serious, it's yours. MICKEY Good way to connect with the regulars. MICKEY Start tonight if you like. Only two hours. RYAN Sounds great, I'll take it. RYAN I gotta get out of my mom's house as soon as possible. MICKEY Welcome to Lucky. RYAN Thanks. KRISTEN Ryan Kelly! RYAN Kristen? KRISTEN Ooh! KRISTEN Oh, I didn't know you were back! What are you doing here? RYAN Me? What are you doing here? KRISTEN I'm gainfully employed. RYAN Me too. RYAN Starting Tuesday and Thursday nights. KRISTEN Amateur night. You're gonna be so much better than the last guy. KRISTEN So does this mean you're staying? KRISTEN Everything okay? They fire you? RYAN No, nothing like that. I took a break from the last leg. RYAN Thought I'd try to get something going around here, you know? Stick around for more than just RYAN the holidays. What about you? What happened RYAN with your degree? Why are you waitressing? KRISTEN Well, I guess getting married KRISTEN and divorced in the span of two years leaves you with a lot to think about. KRISTEN I guess I'm just doing the same thing you are, trying KRISTEN to figure out what comes next. I'm staying in my parents' guest room. RYAN My mom turned my room into her office. KRISTEN Drinks after you play tonight? RYAN Yeah. RYAN Yeah, you bet. I'm gonna go grab my guitar, though, and stop by The Bridge RYAN and see if they need anything. KRISTEN Oh. You haven't heard. RYAN About the flood? RYAN Yeah, my mom told me. They're rebuilding RYAN or so I thought. RYAN What? KRISTEN Um Charlie was in a car accident. KRISTEN He's in the ICU in a coma. Ryan, I'm so sorry. I figured you heard. DONNA You know, people are leaving voicemails like crazy. Jenny said she would be happy to sue the pole. DONNA The weather forecast doesn't call for snow this week, but we're hoping for Christmas. I brought some of your favorite decorations, too. DONNA I You're the talker, Charlie, not me. All I can say is come back to me. Please. DONNA Ryan DONNA Kelly. DONNA You didn't have to come, but I'm so glad you did. RYAN The Bridge, you and Charlie what can I do? DONNA Nothing. DONNA We're just waiting now. RYAN This was probably RYAN I brought some books. RYAN I thought RYAN I might help you restock, or you could read to him- Or I could. RYAN I actually don't have that much going on right now- DONNA Wait a minute DONNA not much going on? In your emails, you mentioned all that work you were doing on the road. RYAN I'm back now. DONNA Well, that's good. It is good, isn't it? RYAN How about I grab you a coffee? RYAN Yell at a nurse? RYAN Buy you lunch? DONNA Oh. You know DONNA there is one thing. I don't know if Charlie remembered to lock up before he left. RYAN Just give me your keys, I'll stop by tonight, and I'll bring you back some dinner, too. DONNA Well, I think Edna has that handled, but I do think I want to head down to the cafeteria and get something very bad for me. DONNA Besides, I could DONNA use the walk. RYAN Charlie's a fighter. Have faith RYAN you'll see. Come on. MOLLY Hi. MOLLY Little House in the Big Woods. You guessed it my first day in The Bridge. MOLLY Somehow you knew how badly I wanted a family like that. MOLLY You made such a difference, you and Donna and The Bridge. I came to tell you that. I wish I'd said it sooner. I wish I'd sent a note, or something, but I guess I just came to say thank you. RYAN Molly? MOLLY Ryan. RYAN What are you doing? MOLLY Charlie. RYAN Oh RYAN of course. MOLLY Yeah, Edna- Edna called, and- RYAN Edna? MOLLY Yeah, she thought MOLLY that I might- even though it's been- MOLLY Seven years. RYAN Seven years. MOLLY Yeah. She was right. MOLLY I don't know what I thought I could do, but just if there was anything RYAN Yeah, I was running an errand for Donna, and I got all the way to my truck and realized I forgot my- MOLLY Oscar? MOLLY Oscar the Truck? RYAN Yeah. RYAN Yeah, I haven't driven him much in the last few years, though. MOLLY Oh, new- new truck? RYAN No RYAN no, I, you know, I've been on the road, playing music. MOLLY Oh. Great. Right, I remember you saying you were- you were going on tour. RYAN Yeah. MOLLY How’s, uh MOLLY how's Kristen with you being away? MOLLY Your wife? Do you guys have kids yet? RYAN Uh RYAN no, we- we- we never married. RYAN She married a guy that she met in Virginia at school. RYAN And I never got married, so MOLLY Hmm. RYAN But you're engaged. RYAN To, uh MOLLY Oh. RYAN Preston? RYAN And- and RYAN the company? Your dad's MOLLY Yup MOLLY in three months, I'm taking over as Ceo. RYAN On your 25th birthday. RYAN Looks like it all worked out, just like your dad wanted, huh? RYAN Well? RYAN Okay. MOLLY Uh, Ryan, wait. Are- are you MOLLY Do- RYAN Yeah? MOLLY Sorry, uh MOLLY if you're doing anything to help Charlie and Donna, I would really like to be a part of it, if I could. It's why I came. RYAN Sure. Yeah, yeah, I'll let you know. MOLLY Okay. RYAN Bye, Molly. MOLLY Bye. RONNIE I thought Ryan not being married would be a good thing. MOLLY Well, not if he never married and he never called. RONNIE You never called him. MOLLY Because he was going back to her. They were gonna be together forever. RONNIE You okay? MOLLY Yes. I mean, it’s MOLLY just, it’s- I'm sad. RONNIE At least you're feeling. RONNIE That's more than you've done in a while. MOLLY I guess I just thought that MOLLY if I came back here, things would be clearer. That I would know about my future, what I'm supposed to do, but RONNIE You do know. You're just too chicken to say it out loud. RONNIE Are you coming home? MOLLY Not until I make up for being horrible MOLLY and do what I came here to do, which is help the Bartons. MOLLY That's what this trip is about now. RONNIE You could do worse. MOLLY You're a good friend, you know that. RONNIE Best friend. RONNIE I'm sorry about this. RONNIE Call when you need to, okay? MOLLY Okay. Bye. EDNA Talk to me. You've been quiet all night. DONNA I told him to give up DONNA at the bookstore, right before the accident. DONNA What state must he have been in when he got behind that wheel? EDNA Don't do that. People say things. EDNA He knows how much you love him. DONNA So much I told him to give up his dream? EDNA He's coming back. That's what you tell him, what he's got to come back to. DONNA See, that's the thing DONNA our insurance appeal was denied. DONNA There's no money for the repairs- EDNA What? Why didn't you say anything? DONNA Because he thought we'd overcome it. DONNA Fred's putting the building up for sale January 1st. EDNA Donna DONNA I'm so scared I'm scared that's why he's not rallying. EDNA No. Stop. There are so many people that are pulling for you, so many people EDNA that know Charlie would never give up. You need to let him know you're one of them. EDNA Donna said EDNA you'd be here tonight. EDNA The Bridge is in trouble. EDNA Donna and Charlie are in trouble. EDNA Their lives are gonna go up in smoke unless somebody does something fast. EDNA Are you willing to help? RYAN Yeah. RYAN It's terrible. I had no RYAN idea. EDNA No one does. That's the thing. He was too proud to say anything, and now RYAN What do we do? EDNA I don’t EDNA know. But I thought, if we can rally enough people who care as much as we do RYAN We might be able to figure it out. RYAN We're gonna have to. MOLLY Hi. MOLLY I'm not sure if you remember, but MOLLY um- DONNA Molly Callens. MOLLY Yeah. MOLLY I-I, um, I really don't mean to barge in MOLLY but I was- I was hoping maybe you would have some- some time DONNA The storm hit everyone DONNA pretty hard. I mean, people were cleaning up for weeks. You know, if it wasn't for the condition of our roof DONNA we might be like everyone else. You know what DONNA I want to hear about you. What are you doing in town? MOLLY Um, actually, I came to see you and Charlie. DONNA Really? After all this time? MOLLY I- I never forgot Franklin, or my time at The Bridge. I mean I know it was short, but it was very important to me. DONNA So, Molly, is your life good? DONNA Are you doing what you want to do? DONNA Who's that? DONNA Well, look who I found. MOLLY Hi. RYAN Hey. They're from The Bridge. I was just bringing them for Donna. RYAN Oh, and your keys. DONNA Thanks. DONNA Do you want some tea? I can make some more tea. RYAN Oh, no, actually, I've got to get to Lucky. DONNA I- DONNA I don't mind. I’ll- I'll make you some tea. MOLLY Lucky? RYAN Oh, yeah, yeah, I just got back to town, and, uh It's it's not really important. MOLLY Sure it is. You're playing at Lucky. I'm happy for you. RYAN Yeah. Well, I should probably get going. MOLLY Okay, see you. RYAN Hey. RYAN Can I ask you a question? MOLLY Sure. RYAN We need to help The Bridge and Charlie, and I just thought, this needs a wider audience, so RYAN would you know how to get the word out? MOLLY Yeah. 100%. Where do I sign up? MOLLY So MOLLY you're playing Lucky. RYAN It's really not what you think. MOLLY Oh MOLLY come on. Today, it's back-up for someone else, and tomorrow, you're- MOLLY setting the world on fire. RYAN setting the world on fire. RYAN You still believe it? MOLLY I never doubted your talent, or that you'd end up where you want to be. MOLLY You, um gotta go? RYAN Uh, yeah, I do, but, uh, could I get- MOLLY You want my number MOLLY for The Bridge stuff- RYAN Yeah. Is it the same? MOLLY Yeah. RYAN I got it. PRESTON There she is. MOLLY Preston. PRESTON Your dad had a two-day conference PRESTON in Nashville and he sent me in his place. PRESTON Wasn't that thoughtful? MOLLY Super. PRESTON I figured PRESTON it'd give us a minute away from Seattle PRESTON and you've talked about this place enough. PRESTON Why'd you come here anyway? MOLLY I’m still, uh MOLLY pushing that radio station deal through, so PRESTON Yeah. PRESTON So PRESTON we could do dinner? PRESTON Or PRESTON be part of the conference. MOLLY I'm gonna take some time to myself. Actually, I'm beat. I'm gonna turn in. PRESTON Oh, yeah. Sure. PRESTON Sure. MOLLY Good night. PRESTON Good night. WADE If you're asking if I sent Preston down there after you left without telling me where you were going WADE and after you went back to a town you said you were never going back to, then yes WADE I did. I'm your father, Molly, and I'm concerned for you. MOLLY What, that whole speech is emotional blackmail. WADE Molly, what are you really doing in Franklin? WADE Tell the truth. MOLLY I'm- I'm tired, Dad. I'll call you tomorrow. MOLLY Good night. WADE Molly, wait- LONNIE It's so awful. LONNIE Should I just? MOLLY I’m MOLLY seeing Donna later, do you want me to MOLLY take it to her? LONNIE Would you? MOLLY Yeah. LONNIE I mean LONNIE I don't know them that well, but MOLLY Sure. LONNIE Thanks. Oh LONNIE .uh, Lonnie. MOLLY Molly. LONNIE Please LONNIE give Donna my best. LONNIE See you. MOLLY Bye. DONNA I still remember when Lonnie first moved here to work in the music business. MOLLY You remember everybody. DONNA Charlie's the one with the real memory. DONNA He'd be so touched to see how kind everyone is being. MOLLY Maybe he does. Hey, how did you and Charlie meet anyway? DONNA Fighting over a book. DONNA At the DONNA opposite kind of bookstore from The Bridge. MOLLY Who won? DONNA Me. MOLLY Right. DONNA But he leveraged it into a date, so he says he won. MOLLY Did you know that Charlie was the one right away? DONNA I could see his heart from that first minute. He had me from go. DONNA I DONNA still feel that way when I see him. DONNA Every day. DONNA I think that anyone who ever gets to feel that way is very lucky. DONNA Don't you agree? MOLLY Yup. MOLLY Hi. RYAN Molly. MOLLY I think I know how to save The Bridge. MOLLY Can I come in? RYAN Yeah, yeah, come on. MOLLY The store is a testament to Donna and Charlie's love, both of- of books, and of each other, and- and they use that love to connect people and help them become who they're meant to be. You know? MOLLY And I don't know, maybe it's 'cause I was 18 and I didn't know any better, but last night, I was looking at the website, and it- it helped me remember that magic MOLLY that allowed customers to find those stories MOLLY and- and the people that were meant to change their lives. And I just feel like if we could get that out there MOLLY that people could rally around that, and- and they would want to save it, too, do you know what I mean? RYAN So, social media, then? MOLLY Exactly. RYAN And you've seen the website. MOLLY It's prehistoric. They're not on Twitter MOLLY or Instagram, or MOLLY even Facebook, I think. MOLLY What? RYAN I'm just- I’m just picturing RYAN Charlie on Facebook. MOLLY Yeah. RYAN Maybe we can access an RYAN old database for a mailing list? And then Donna could help with the customer files. RYAN I could go by the hospital, and- MOLLY I could come with you. If that's okay. RYAN Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we always did work well together. MOLLY Yeah, we did. DONNA A Twitter account? RYAN We'll create it. RYAN Or Molly will, because I have no idea what I'm talking about. MOLLY But we can post updates on the store and Charlie. How is he doing? DONNA Well, the DONNA doctor says he's a little more responsive every day. MOLLY That's great. We just want him to have something promising to come home to. DONNA Charlie DONNA would like the way you keep saying "we". DONNA We always DONNA knew things would change, but Charlie always insisted that people would still want to hold a book in their hands, you know? DONNA Turn down the pages DONNA pass them down. That’s why DONNA we kept hosting events. “It's about the people,” he'd always say, keeping the community together. RYAN "Community." RYAN That's it. I've got an idea. It's a little old school RYAN but do you wanna come with me? MOLLY Sure. RYAN Come on. RYAN All the Main Street businesses benefit from each other. We figured maybe the local shops could help get the word out. Tell people about it, put it in a promotion or donate. ELOISE Charlie and Donna are the sweetest, most wonderful people, but ELOISE we were hit by the storm, too, and I ELOISE really don't have anything to offer- RYAN Thanks. If anything changes MOLLY Can I ask? A lot of the flowers that people brought to put outside The Bridge MOLLY they came from your shop, didn't they? ELOISE Yeah. MOLLY Do you think you could put aside a portion of the sales for Charlie's recovery? ELOISE That I could do. MOLLY That's great. MOLLY Thank you. BERT It wouldn't amount to much, even if I did donate a piece. RYAN I bet Charlie and Donna have bought a lot of stuff here over the years. Committed customers, 20 years? BERT You some sort of businessman now? RYAN Not even close. Maybe you can't donate money, but do you have books? RYAN The store needs to be restocked. JENNY Wait, The Bridge needs books? Charlie said they were reopening in about a week. RYAN Yeah, that's what he's been telling people. LONNIE The Bridge needs help? LONNIE I'll lend a hand. JENNY I'm sure a lot of people feel that way. MOLLY Well MOLLY is there somewhere we could gather up, or JENNY We need it to go viral, fast. MOLLY Which means tapping into people's emotions, what they love. LUTHER The story of a singular bookstore, a beloved owner in trouble, everyone can relate to that. RYAN Yeah, everybody has a RYAN favorite book or bookstore. MOLLY And if we can MOLLY drive them to The Bridge's website to share those feelings and those favorites RYAN With links to donate, and support The Bridge and Charlie's recovery MOLLY It’s MOLLY everything that Charlie was all about MOLLY bringing people together over their love of books. MOLLY I'm gonna call my marketing department, and see if they give us some help with this. MOLLY Shoot, I need a signal. You guys keep talking. JENNY She's some go-getter. MOLLY Wow, it's so weird to be in here. You talked about this place so often. RYAN Does it meet your expectations? MOLLY Yeah, I mean, it MOLLY definitely looks like somewhere somebody would go to be discovered. MOLLY Hey, has it been okay for you? MOLLY You said you were on the road. RYAN Yeah. RYAN I've been making a decent living, and working with some great, great people, so RYAN I just kind of hoped RYAN I'd be somewhere else by now, I guess. MOLLY Yeah. RYAN What? MOLLY Oh, nothing, I- I just thought that following my path might take me somewhere different, too. Maybe someplace more rewarding. MOLLY It has its rewards, but I don't know, some MOLLY days, it just feels kind of MOLLY Maybe when you're 18 MOLLY you have all these big ideas, and then reality sets in, and RYAN Do you really believe that? MOLLY No. MOLLY Being here, and helping people who need it MOLLY it just feels so much more like what I thought it would, than being part of a big company. I just feel like I could do so much good. MOLLY Are you still writing songs? RYAN Yeah, I just, uh started again recently. MOLLY Really? RYAN Yeah. MOLLY That's great- MICKEY Hey, Ry, you're up. RYAN Great. Um, hey, do you want to stick around, watch the set, and then RYAN we can catch up more after? MOLLY Sure. I'd love to hear you play. RYAN Great. MICKEY You a fan? MOLLY I'm an old fan. MICKEY Yeah. MOLLY Molly. Hi. MICKEY Molly, nice to meet you. Uh, so MICKEY yeah, um, we're right in the middle of a shift change here, so if you could settle up from before MICKEY then I'll have a new waitress who will MICKEY be right here. MOLLY Kristen? KRISTEN Molly! MOLLY Hi! KRISTEN Wow KRISTEN what are you doing in Franklin? MOLLY I- Well, The Bridge- KRISTEN Oh KRISTEN sure- MOLLY And MOLLY Charlie, so it's just MOLLY I thought MOLLY you were in Virginia. Married MOLLY Ryan said? KRISTEN Uh, yeah, that didn't work out so well. MOLLY I'm sorry. KRISTEN It's all good. I'm here. MOLLY Here? At Lucky? KRISTEN Yeah. MOLLY Right. MOLLY Wow. KRISTEN Oh KRISTEN wow, you're engaged. MOLLY Yeah, sure. Yeah. KRISTEN Huh. MOLLY You know, I just remembered. Could you tell Ryan that MOLLY I forgot about a business call I have to make to Seattle? 'Cause I- I work- I work in Seattle. Actually, I Well, live in Seattle. My life is, um primarily, uh KRISTEN In Seattle. MOLLY Yeah. So Uh, I gotta go, but if you can just tell him, that'd be great. KRISTEN Yeah. MOLLY Thanks, Kristen. PRESTON There you are. MOLLY Hi. PRESTON I, uh, tried calling, but PRESTON You okay? MOLLY Yeah. Yeah, how was the conference? PRESTON It was great. Great PRESTON Listen, I was just about to go for a workout, but PRESTON do you want to take a walk? MOLLY Sure. PRESTON Great. PRESTON I love this time of year. It makes me I don't know MOLLY Yeah? PRESTON a little bold. PRESTON Molly I think you know how I've felt about PRESTON you for a long time now. PRESTON It's crazy that all these years later, I'm doing exactly what I want to do PRESTON with exactly the people I want to do it with. There's only one more thing that would PRESTON make me even happier. Marry me. PRESTON I didn't expect to be doing this in my workout clothes, and the ring is in my room, but the moment felt right PRESTON and- MOLLY Oh, Preston PRESTON "Oh, Preston yes?" MOLLY I'm sorry. I- I love you PRESTON No. MOLLY I don't I don’t MOLLY feel PRESTON Yes, you do, Molly. PRESTON We've been together for But I waited PRESTON and if you didn't? PRESTON What have we been doing? MOLLY I MOLLY should have said something earlier, I MOLLY just MOLLY It's being back in Franklin, I PRESTON What is it with this place? PRESTON Everything you love is in Seattle. Your father, your friends, your work PRESTON me. PRESTON There's a whole life waiting for you. MOLLY It's not a life that I chose. MOLLY Being back here, I realize that I- I can't commit MOLLY to a job, let alone a MOLLY marriage, before I figure out what I'm supposed to be like on my own. MOLLY I'm sorry. MOLLY You've always known what you were MOLLY meant for, and all I'm asking for is a chance to do that, too. Can you understand that? MOLLY Preston? RYAN And the stupid RYAN thing is, ever since she's got to town, I've felt different. RYAN Like I have direction again. I RYAN know how to move forward. And songs? They’ve RYAN they’ve been flying out of me. Good ones. MICKEY I have been waiting a long time for this. MICKEY Ryan Kelly performing his own music. MICKEY Sign. RYAN Oh, wow, I've I've got to go right now. Thanks so much for the talk, Mickey. MOLLY Hi, Dad. WADE Didn't you get my messages? MOLLY Uh, no, sorry, I- I couldn't. WADE You turned Preston down? MOLLY What, he called you? WADE No, I called him to ask about the conference. WADE He was beside himself. I asked him what happened, and he told me. WADE What are you doing? MOLLY I'm trying to figure that out. WADE Then come home. Get away from that place. MOLLY No. WADE No? MOLLY No, I have to see this through. The- the MOLLY bookstore, and Charlie and Donna- WADE You ran away from that place after your heart was broken. WADE I picked you up, I dusted you off. If you think I'm interested in helping you through that again, you're wrong. MOLLY Look, I've put my entire life in your hands, and they're safe hands, but isn't turning 25 time for me to take control? Shouldn't I follow my dreams like mom wanted me to? WADE But what are your dreams? WADE Tell me. WADE What is it you really want to do? MOLLY Uh WADE Honey, if you don't answer, I am coming down there. RYAN Charlie's getting off the ventilator. WADE Wait, who is that? MOLLY Um Dad, I-I have to call you back. DR MATS Okay, Charlie. We're gonna let you breathe on your own for a few minutes. Now DR MATS it might be a little uncomfortable at first DR MATS because you'll be exercising muscles you haven't used in a few days. DR MATS Edna here is gonna take your vitals, and if there's any distress DR MATS we're gonna give you back all the oxygen you need, okay? EDNA Hey, you need to breathe, too, all right? EDNA Talk to him. Tell him what's happening. DONNA You're doing great, Charlie. DONNA You’re DONNA breathing! Good. MOLLY Keep it up, Charlie. MOLLY We're all here. DONNA Keep going, my love. EDNA Okay. That's all right. EDNA We'll do a little more each day- DR MATS Yeah, and if he keeps this up, and DR MATS the swelling continues to go down, we're really looking at a matter of days. DR MATS In the meantime, keep up the sensory stimulation. Talk to him, play music DR MATS anything that connects him back to his life. RYAN "Teachers told my parents I'd never learn to read. Because of you and The Bridge, I teach English to special needs kids RYAN now." EDNA Hear that, Charlie? MOLLY "You gave me my first book for free when I was eight. MOLLY I traded it for another until I had my first job and could buy books on my own." RYAN "My sponsor turned me on to The Bridge. Charlie RYAN you helped me find the books I needed to heal." MOLLY "We got information about adoption MOLLY at The Bridge. Thanks to you, we have a baby girl." There's a picture. Look. DONNA You know, Charlie and I DONNA weren't able to have kids. He said we'll just make The Bridge our family. DONNA Charlie DONNA sweetheart look at what you've made. DONNA Come on, open DONNA your eyes see what's surrounding you. DONNA So much is waiting. DONNA Christmas is waiting. RYAN That's not all. RYAN This RYAN is $500. MOLLY Oh, my gosh. MOLLY Hey, you knew about The Bridge before me. What's your story? How’d it find you? RYAN Guitar lessons. I wanted them so badly, my mom bribed me. If I read a book a week, she'd pay for them. RYAN Then I found out later, between guitar lessons and the books, it stretched our budget so far that she was selling magazines at night on the phone after I went to bed. MOLLY Wow, your mom is something else. RYAN Yeah, she's a good blackmailer. RYAN What do you say, do you want to grab a drink or something? MOLLY Uh, actually, I was gonna go back to the B&B and work on MOLLY the website. But my RYAN Of course. Yeah, of course. MOLLY company forbids me from doing that. It does not, however, forbid me from teaching somebody else to do that. RYAN Wait, you're not talking about? RYAN Technology? MOLLY Nope MOLLY come on. RYAN Oh MOLLY Oscar the Truck, here we come. Come on. MOLLY So, click up here. RYAN Mm-hmm. MOLLY On the logo, yeah. MOLLY Up here on the left. Yeah, no, you're good, and then, uh, drag it down. Then you can click off, you don't need it. And then just MOLLY over there, it will let you type. RYAN Oh MOLLY Yup, perfect, go ahead. MOLLY Go for it. MOLLY Here, let's dress it up a bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, see? RYAN Nice. MOLLY Magical. Uh MOLLY and then we should probably put a counter down on the right- MOLLY hand side, yeah. MOLLY Do we still have that picture of Charlie and Donna? MOLLY Uh, and then MOLLY we're almost done, if you just want to MOLLY Yup, and then, last key here. MOLLY We're live. MOLLY You did it. RYAN You did it. I just typed very badly. MOLLY Okay, so the next thing we should probably do is- RYAN Uh, have mercy. It's 3:00 a.m. RYAN I'm starving. How are you not starving? RYAN All right, I think we're good. MOLLY Yeah? Okay. MOLLY Ready? RYAN Yup. Nice. MOLLY There you go. RYAN There we go. MOLLY Is that enough? RYAN It's perfect. Now, for my favorite part. MOLLY Mm, it smells good. RYAN It's gonna be taste even better. MOLLY Okay, this is this is gonna sound crazy, but they're really lucky MOLLY aren't they? Charlie and Donna? MOLLY I mean, not- not what's happening right now, but the fact that they spent their lives creating something that matters. They've inspired so many people. RYAN I think they're lucky because they have each other. MOLLY Yeah. MOLLY Donna said it was love at first sight fighting over a book. MOLLY Should we put that on there? RYAN Maybe. And then maybe other people could talk about their own first moments, their own love at first sight. RYAN What do you think? MOLLY Um, I think that MOLLY I think it's snowing. RYAN What in the world is all this? LUTHER Deliveries keep coming. RYAN We could load them in the back of my truck. LONNIE We're gonna need a fleet of trucks. DONNA I don't understand, where are all these coming from? RYAN Ohio RYAN Texas, California. JENNY This one's from Canada. DONNA Why didn't you leave them at the store? MOLLY Well MOLLY no, they should be here for when- MOLLY Charlie wakes up. RYAN Charlie wakes up. EDNA 5,400. DONNA Dollars? EDNA That’s just EDNA from the envelopes. But the website is up to $14,043 EDNA in just two days. LONNIE No, that total's wrong. LONNIE It's actually $19,043. LONNIE My record company heard about The LONNIE Bridge, and we're donating $5,000. DONNA What? MOLLY You have a record MOLLY company? LONNIE Yeah, I'm a record exec. MOLLY Oh, well, you-you've met Ryan Kelly, musician extraordinaire, right? RYAN Mol MOLLY What? MOLLY Charlie put people together all the time. It's only fitting that this should happen in his room. Right, Donna? DONNA Right. Oh, great. DONNA She's here for the ventilator. DONNA Charlie's been breathing on his own since yesterday. RYAN All right, Charlie! SHAUNA $19,000 SHAUNA plus $5,400- JENNY Is amazing! SHAUNA but still only a tenth of the down payment on a commercial property. We still need a savior, a knight riding up on a horse. RYAN The landlord doesn't realize how much The Bridge's customer base has grown, or the thousands of followers we have on Facebook and Twitter. Has anybody talked to him? SHAUNA I nominate Molly. MOLLY Oh. Yeah, sure. I just need his information. Oh, also Jenny is in charge of organizing the Christmas carols for tomorrow, so everybody talk to her, okay? MOLLY Let's go. Phew! LONNIE Hey, man, I didn't realize you were that Ryan Kelly till Molly said so. You got a sec? RYAN Yeah. MOLLY Mr. Fellows, I- FRED Fred. MOLLY Fred. I'm a businesswoman, I MOLLY completely understand your issues, but The Bridge is such- FRED You have no idea how much I've loved The Bridge. My wife died suddenly eight years ago and left me with three boys. FRED I took them to The Bridge for books, to get a break FRED find books on how to raise them. But my eldest is about to go to college. If they can't rebuild FRED that's my income, too. MOLLY But the money keeps coming in- FRED Is it enough? MOLLY For repairs? FRED For the down payment. MOLLY Sir, they're booksellers. You know they may never have that kind of money. FRED It's my biggest hope that they come up with it, but without a guarantee It's a very nice thing FRED that you're doing, but I can't wait. FRED I am so sorry. MOLLY Okay. I understand. Thanks for your time. JEANETTE You wanted to stay. RYAN I know, I just I'm playing backup at amateur night four hours a week. That's the only thing out there. Do you know how many musicians would kill for this gig? JEANETTE I know how many have your gifts. Zero. And you'd give it up to wind up JEANETTE exactly where you are in a year, again? JEANETTE You were moving forward. What's the issue? RYAN What if what I've got is as far as I'm going to get? JEANETTE How will you know if you keep running away? JEANETTE Honey, all I want is for you to be JEANETTE happy, but I taught you to grab life with both hands. RYAN "Go to Italy." JEANETTE Yes. No matter how long it takes to get there. Ryan JEANETTE show people who you are. Or does this have something to do with Molly? JEANETTE We both know that’s why JEANETTE you went on the road in the first place. JEANETTE But with her or without her JEANETTE it's time for you to decide, are you going to step up, or not? EDNA I'm on break. DONNA You don't have to keep bringing me things. DONNA But thank you. EDNA How are you holding up? DONNA Well you went through it with Tom. EDNA I didn't go through this. DONNA You know I didn't mean that, I'm- I’m sorry- EDNA No EDNA I meant, I can't even begin to imagine what you're going through. EDNA I wouldn't be where I am today if EDNA it wasn't for you and Charlie. DONNA You had faith. Might have made it easier for you. EDNA I've been thinking. Maybe for you, crossing that line to faith feels like betraying something. EDNA Something in you hasn't forgiven, or forgotten. EDNA But this isn't about you. It's about Charlie. And if you can open up, and ask for things for him DONNA Someone will listen? EDNA Someone's always listening. EDNA And prayer EDNA and faith aren't necessarily found in houses of worship. They're in your heart. EDNA And you've always had that faith in Charlie. Maybe, if you wanted EDNA you could access it that way. DONNA Thank you. RYAN You came. MOLLY To your debut at Lucky? Are you kidding? RYAN Well, it’s RYAN Amateur Night, so don't expect too much. MOLLY Okay, first of all, you are not an amateur, and I've already heard your music, so MOLLY How do you feel? RYAN I'm petrified, yeah. RYAN I play backup, so RYAN it's- MICKEY Not anymore. MICKEY You're up. RYAN Oh, boy. RYAN Hey, Mol RYAN Merry Christmas Eve-Eve. MICKEY Hey, everyone! MICKEY Let's have a big MICKEY Lucky welcome MICKEY for Ryan Kelly! RYAN So, I'm Ryan Kelly MOLLY Whoo! RYAN Thanks. It's, uh, good to see you guys, too. So, you probably all RYAN heard about The Bridge bookstore, and its owner, Charlie Bartons, who was in an accident last week. RYAN Ever since, I've been writing songs about a bookseller and his patrons RYAN each one with a story to tell. RYAN But this was the first one I wrote. It's about lost love. RYAN Been out chasing the stars And playing this guitar But every RYAN highway seemed to circle back home RYAN And lonely got hard While I was searching for something RYAN In the end it was you all along RYAN Girl, it was RYAN just you and me And a handful of dreams RYAN But life had something else in mind You turned on the lights And the path was so clear But that RYAN was once upon a time RYAN So many RYAN lessons learned So many RYAN twists and turns RYAN Sometimes, it's hard to have faith DONNA I'd walk on hot coals for Charlie, I'd jump out of an airplane beg for mercy. So please I'm following his lead here. Please answer my prayer. RYAN Once upon a time MOLLY Whoo! MICKEY Ryan Kelly, everyone! MICKEY Local boy. Ryan Kelly! EDNA Donna EDNA Come quick. Charlie moved his hand. MOLLY Ryan That was incredible. RYAN I've been bottling it up. MOLLY You are MOLLY a songwriter. You're amazing, you know that? RYAN Nothing's changed, because music just flows out of me when I'm around you. MOLLY What? RYAN Are you happy, Molly? Has your 10-year RYAN plan worked out? RYAN You probably don't remember that video we made- MOLLY Actually MOLLY I watch it every December. RYAN I know you're following the life plan that you had, I just have to ask you're not wearing your ring RYAN did something change, or MOLLY Ryan, listen, if I tell you something- MICKEY Hey, did you hear MICKEY that crowd? Did you hear that crowd? RYAN Yeah, yeah, it was, uh MICKEY You can come back here anytime. I mean, if that Pacific Rim tour doesn't keep you away from us. MICKEY Great set. Great set MOLLY You're going back on the road? RYAN No RYAN no. No, I’m not. MOLLY No, it's okay. Ryan, it's okay. MOLLY I'm happy for you. RYAN What were you about to say? MOLLY I've got to get out of here after this, um MOLLY to pack, and I'm going back to Seattle tomorrow. It's Christmas Eve. RYAN To your fiancé. Right. MOLLY Bye, Ryan. WADE You hung up on me. MOLLY Yeah. WADE Molly WADE I told you I'd come down. MOLLY What do you want? You want me home? MOLLY I'm flying home tomorrow. It's Christmas Eve. WADE You don't talk to me like that. MOLLY No, I don't. I do everything I'm told. I hop to, that's the kind of girl I am. WADE What's come over you? MOLLY Except now. I quit. WADE You- you quit? MOLLY I quit Callens Media. I don't want to be Ceo anymore. MOLLY Good night, Dad. MOLLY Thanks for coming. WADE Have you been drinking? MOLLY I'm completely clear. I'm just, I'm done. MOLLY I can't follow the plan anymore. WADE What is going on with you? MOLLY Tonight, I went to this bar, called Lucky, and Ryan- WADE Ryan? MOLLY He followed through. MOLLY He played his own music in this bar MOLLY that he always- Would you just WADE This is about Ryan? MOLLY listen? MOLLY He followed his heart, and he was ridiculously amazing, a-and the look on his face was just He By doing this, he became the person that he was meant to be. WADE Wait, you're giving everything up because of him? MOLLY Look, I'm not with him, okay? He doesn't MOLLY want me, and it's about more than that. It's about what he inspired in me. It's about who I'm supposed to be. MOLLY I really need you to understand this. MOLLY Dad, I've always done everything you wanted. I- I learned the business. MOLLY I transferred from Belmont to Stanford after my first MOLLY semester- WADE That was your choice. MOLLY Dad, please- WADE You said you had nothing left after that boy broke your heart. WADE He knew that you were better off with Preston, or he wouldn't have done it. MOLLY Dad- Wait, how could he WADE Ryan knew that you belonged with Preston WADE and that is why he broke it off. MOLLY How would he have known? MOLLY I never MOLLY talked to him about Preston. The only way he would have known would have been if MOLLY That Christmas Eve MOLLY What did you do? WADE I protected you. MOLLY You called him? W-What did you say? WADE I said you had a life in Seattle, and he wasn't part of it. MOLLY Why? So I could come back and- and run a corporation and marry a man that I don't love? You did this! WADE So you would have the right life! MOLLY How would you know what that is when you never let me find out? MOLLY He probably thought I never loved him at all. WADE Molly MOLLY No MOLLY no, no, no. We are so done. You are going to install Preston as Ceo, and- and hand over my inheritance to me, or I swear I will leave Seattle for good. WADE I couldn't change the inheritance even if I wanted to. WADE And if you don't take over as Ceo, you're never going to see that money. I get WADE that you wanted to save this bookstore, or whatever lark it is that you're on WADE but you're never WADE going to be this store's White Knight. MOLLY Yes, I will. Watch me. WADE Molly- MOLLY You said you did all this for me. You did this for yourself. You- you ruined my life, for you. FRED Molly. MOLLY Hi. MOLLY I know it's late, but I have a proposition for you. MOLLY I don't think I want to run my dad's company, and I'm not even sure I want to stay in Seattle. RYAN Molly WADE Hi. WADE Can I come in? WADE I thought about everything you said to me, and I tried to answer for myself what was true. WADE I wanted to make your life the best it possibly could be- MOLLY Dad- WADE Please WADE let me finish. WADE But I went about it the wrong way. The thing with Ryan WADE I never should have done that. WADE You're entitled to make your own decisions WADE and your own mistakes. I took that away from you, and I'm sorry. But don't resign. WADE I don't want you away from me, and I don't want you angry with me. You're my daughter. WADE I love you. So, tell me how to fix this. MOLLY I found something, being here. It was a piece of me I was never going to find in Seattle MOLLY because I was away from you. WADE Okay. MOLLY When I came home that Christmas, I was mourning that, as MOLLY well as Ryan. MOLLY You know what else I figured out being here? I'm really good at connecting the dots to make good things happen for people. So MOLLY what if I stay with the company- WADE Yes! MOLLY Not MOLLY as Ceo. I want to head up the Callens Foundation. WADE But there is no Callens Foundation. MOLLY There should be. We should be MOLLY balancing out the hard business we do by reaching out to others, forming a foundation. I want to do that. MOLLY I think I would be amazing at it, and- and it would make my life feel complete. MOLLY So what do you say? WADE Hey. WADE I look forward to you coming home. MOLLY I have a couple things to wrap up first. WADE Okay. MOLLY Okay. WADE Love you. MOLLY Bye. Love you, too. WADE Thanks. RYAN Charlie’s RYAN going to love this. MOLLY Hey. JENNY There you are. JENNY This is going to be incredible. Come on. MOLLY I'm going to meet you guys in there. JENNY Okay. RYAN Come on, guys. MOLLY Hey. GROUP Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled DONNA You hear that, Charlie? It must be some church group caroling for the holidays. You love carols, Charlie. Come on, open your eyes. GROUP Joyful all ye nations rise DONNA Come on, Charlie. GROUP Join the GROUP triumph of the skies GROUP With angelic host proclaim GROUP Christ is born GROUP in Bethlehem GROUP Hark the herald GROUP angels GROUP sing GROUP Glory to GROUP the newborn GROUP King DONNA You're not gonna believe this. DONNA Charlie has been moving all morning DONNA and this whole time, he's been squeezing my hand. DONNA Charlie? DONNA Charlie, are you there? DONNA Charlie? DONNA It's me. DONNA It's me. DONNA It's me. CHARLIE Donna. DONNA Yes! DONNA Yes! Yes EDNA I'll go get Dr. Mats. DONNA Okay, Charlie DONNA you had a car accident DONNA and and-and you-you've been out of it now for-for over a week, and all these people DONNA they've been helping DONNA and praying, Charlie DONNA for you. DR MATS Hi, Charlie. DR MATS I'm Dr. Mats. We've been working together the last DR MATS week. Looks like you've got some fans here. CHARLIE Yeah. DR MATS How you feeling, Charlie? CHARLIE Like a kid at Christmas. RYAN We've got some presents for you if you want. Is that okay? DR MATS Yeah, I think it's all right. RYAN They're all yours. DONNA They're all books, Charlie. DONNA People sent them to The DONNA Bridge when they heard what happened. CHARLIE Am I Am I dreaming? DONNA No. Ryan DONNA and Molly, and everyone DONNA insisted on bringing them here so they'd be here when you woke up. DONNA And people sent money, Charlie, from everywhere. DONNA Thousands and thousands of dollars. JENNY It's marked JENNY urgent. DONNA What? CHARLIE What's this? DONNA An anonymous source purchased The Bridge? GROUP What? SHAUNA We still have SHAUNA a week. DONNA No, wait a minute DONNA there's a letter. "Dear Charlie. DONNA “It came to my attention you and The Bridge have fallen on hard times. DONNA “The time I spent at The Bridge was the best of my life. DONNA “So I bought the building. DONNA “And because I once saw you sell a book to a single mother for a penny, from now on DONNA and for as long as you want to run The Bridge DONNA that will be your annual lease. DONNA One penny." DONNA Charlie "Because the truth is DONNA I would do anything for you, sir. Anything that was right." DONNA We don't have to close. We can reopen The Bridge. DONNA And we have all the DONNA books, and the money we need to repair it. DONNA Christmas came. DONNA Your family came. DONNA You were right. God's not done with us yet. RYAN Airport. RYAN Molly. MOLLY I couldn't do it. MOLLY I couldn't get on a plane, and-and leave Franklin. RYAN What is it? RYAN Molly MOLLY I'm not engaged. MOLLY I was never engaged. MOLLY I lied, and I wore my mother's engagement ring MOLLY because I thought you'd be happily married to Kristen MOLLY and I just couldn't stand MOLLY I’m MOLLY sorry for misleading you. RYAN But you're not engaged? RYAN What about the RYAN ring that you- MOLLY I sold it MOLLY to put a down payment on the building for Donna and Charlie. MOLLY That Christmas Eve Eve my dad called you, didn't he? MOLLY What did he say? RYAN He said a lot of things. He played a recording, a conversation RYAN that you had with Preston that night we were together. You said that you loved him and were going to Seattle- MOLLY No, no, it's not MOLLY Preston was calling from my dad's office. My dad records all of his phone calls. I MOLLY I was actually telling Preston that I MOLLY just love him as a friend. and I guess my dad wanted me back so badly, that he cut that part out. RYAN But you had those feelings. MOLLY I never stopped having those feelings. MOLLY But you wanted Kristen. You said forever. RYAN I just RYAN did that so you could live the life that you wanted. MOLLY The life I wanted is here. MOLLY From the minute MOLLY I got here and I met you, I never wanted to leave. RYAN All that time? RYAN You meant it? RYAN You couldn't leave Franklin? MOLLY I quit. MOLLY I'm not gonna be Ceo. RYAN When? MOLLY Last night. MOLLY We're forming a foundation that I'm going to lead, using Callens Media. MOLLY What? RYAN A brand-new foundation could be run from anywhere, right? MOLLY But you're going back on the road, aren't you? RYAN Actually, there's this girl RYAN who reminded me who I was, and who I wanted to be, and I wrote her RYAN so many songs that a music executive signed me to a publishing deal. RYAN He thinks we have enough for a whole album. MOLLY Ryan! RYAN I'm staying in Franklin, and I'm gonna write songs. MOLLY You're three years early. MOLLY The 10-year plan. You wanted to write songs for a living. RYAN And you wanted to RYAN make a difference in the world. MOLLY So we made it three years early because of you. RYAN Because of you. CHARLIE Oh, my. Hi. CHARLIE Oh, thank you. CHARLIE Hi. Hi. MOLLY Hi. CHARLIE Hi. Hi! CHARLIE Doc DONNA Luther CHARLIE Luther! LUTHER Hey. CHARLIE Aw, Edna. EDNA Good EDNA to have you back, Charlie. CHARLIE Thank you. MOLLY You came. WADE I wanted to see what the fuss was about. CHARLIE All right, everybody. CHARLIE Together with me CHARLIE as we've been this entire time. Do it with me on three. CHARLIE One EVERYONE Two! EVERYONE Three! CHARLIE Thanks, Ryan. CHARLIE I want to invite you all inside to the new Bridge. Come, with us. CHARLIE You're gonna love this! Merry Christmas! WADE I brought you something. MOLLY Dad! MOLLY Dad MOLLY "Following Her Dreams," huh? WADE Mm- WADE hmm. MOLLY Mm-hmm. MOLLY Thanks, Dad. WADE I love you. MOLLY I love you, too. RYAN Come on inside, see what your daughter did. WADE You two go ahead. I'll catch up. MOLLY Hi. MOLLY That was MOLLY really good. RYAN I know. RYAN Oh, it's really coming down. RYAN You got some in your RYAN hair. LUTHER Hey. CHARLIE You'll like this, but I know a better one for you. You're gonna love it. RYAN Come on.