All language subtitles for Good.Witch.S03E01.1080p.x265.HVEC.10bit.Bearfish

- (narrator): Previously
on Good Witch...
- I saw you and Sam.

Give me time.
- Of course.

- There were complications
with the patient and...
- Sam.

- I couldn't save him.
- Nick, this is...
- Courtney.

- Courtney.
- Hey.

- Some mornings, right when I
wake up, I realize I'm thinking
about Jake and I remember.

- You lied to me?
- I was trying to protect you.

- You may have ruined my one
chance at reconnecting
with my mother.

- When I woke up this morning,
I was thinking about you.

***

(phone chiming)

(cell phone ringing)

- Hello?

You don't have to pick me up,
Brandon, I can just walk home.

It's not that far.

(sighing)
Okay, I'll look
for you out front.

- I am going out for a bit.
Would you mind watching
the store?

- Sure.
- 'Kay.

Have you tried the Quadrivium?
- Excuse me?

- It's one of
my favorite candles.

It really helps when you have
a lot of thinking to do.

- Sounds like
exactly what I need.

Thanks.
- Sure.

- Oh, hey.
- Hi.

- Oh, you look like you're in a
hurry. Where are you heading?
- Oh, just... out.

- Oh. Well, enjoy "out."
- Hey,

these photos are really cool.
- Oh wow, yeah.

I've never seen these before.
Are they new?

- Yeah, I just
got them in today.

I really liked how the
photographer captured nature
from such a unique viewpoint.

- Life from a different
perspective.

(phone chiming)
- Oh.

Uh, gotta run.

- I've got a place I need to be.
What time shall I be back?
- You've got a two o'clock

and back-to-back
appointments after that.
- Better get moving.

Martha. Did you have
an appointment?
- No, no, no.

But I do need to see
a physician at once.
- Someone's waiting to meet me.

- And I'm sure they won't mind
that you were tending
to the mayor.

- What seems to be the problem?
- Well, nothing too major,
but I do get

this odd, tingly feeling in my
elbow every time I try to get
someone's attention by going--

Yoo-hoo! Oh, look,
there it is right there.

I know it's probably nothing.
I just want to hear it
from a doctor.

- I think I can do a quick exam.
- I feel better already.

- Hello, Sam.
(chuckling)
- Hi. Beautiful.

- Yeah, the Middleton Botanical
Gardens are very enchanting.

- Not talking about
the gardens. Sorry I'm late.

I had a patient who was just,
um, desperate to see me.

- Well, I'm glad
you could make it out.
- Yeah, me too.

- Whoops. I didn't mean
to break up the party.

- That's okay,
the party can move.

- Martha asked me to do some
plant care here at the garden.

I wanted to get started
in the midday sun.
- We should get out of your way.

What is this?
- That's the Middleton
Merriwick.

- The one and only.
- I figured you would've
come out to see it.

- I'm not really a "wander
through the garden" kind of guy.
- Everybody who lives here

knows about the Merriwick.
- That plant is very important
to our town.

- I like that I live in a town
that has an important plant.
- The flower on that thing,

when it blooms--
absolutely amazing.

- It's only bloomed 3 or 4 times
since Elizabeth Merriwick
planted it over 150 years ago.

But when it does, wonderful
and magical things happen
throughout Middleton.

- All because of a plant.

- Not just a plant.
That's the Merriwick.

- When's it supposed
to bloom again?
- No one ever knows.

- But you can tell
when it's about to by
how green the leaves get

and how tall
the stalk shoots up.
- It looks pretty tall to me.

Those leaves are about
as green as they can get.

- Would you look at that.
- What are we looking at?

- The last time, just before
this plant bloomed,

the Merriwick looked
exactly like that.

I remember
because I was...

I was a little younger.
- So, what does that mean
for now?

- This is the year
the Merriwick blooms again.

***

- Did you hear the news?

- About the Middleton Merriwick?
I know!

- It's exactly the shot
in the arm that this town needs
so that everyone knows

this could be one
of our best years yet.

- I heard that one year,
when it bloomed,

there was a rainbow that lasted
for seven days in a row.

- That might be a rumor, but
no one can say it didn't happen,

so who knows what that flower
might inspire this time?

- Well, I'm just excited
we all get to see it.

- Oh, Chief Sanders. Did we get

those "Home of the Middleton
Merriwick" stickers in yet?

- I'm picking them up
from the printers.

- Make sure and put one on every
traffic ticket you hand out.

- Wait, you're putting stickers
on traffic tickets?

- To get the word out, yes.
- So right after someone hears,

"Do you know how fast you were
going?" they'll be in the mood

to learn about one of the best
things this town has to offer?

- Oh, perhaps I didn't think
this through carefully enough.

You know what? Put a hold on
those stickers until I come up

with a better idea.
- Yes, Ma'am.

- I just want to document the
Merriwick for all of posterity.

It's been known to all of us
here, but this is our big chance

to let the whole world know.
- I'll make sure and mention it

to anyone who looks like
they're from out of town.

- Ooh, point out that one
of the first times it bloomed,

marriage proposals in Middleton
tripled the following year.

- Is that really true?
- Maybe. That's what
they tell me.

She could be the one.
Don't let him get away!

- Welcome to Grey House.

- Oh, hi.
- Hi.

- I was just admiring
your beautiful landscape.

You know, I've never seen an
apical bud so large on top
of a dichotomous plant.

- You sound like a woman who
knows her way around a garden.
- I'm a botanist.

- Oh.
- I like to say that out loud

so my parents know they didn't
waste their money on my degree.
(laughing)

- I'm Cassie Nightingale.
- Daphne Randall.
Nice to meet you.

- Oh yes, I have
your reservation.
- Thank you. You know,

I've been hearing all of this
talk about some rare plant

here in town
that's about to bloom.
- The Middleton Merriwick.

- Oh. I didn't realize
it already had a name.

- Well, it's more traditional
than phytological.

- Interesting.
You know, the university

sent me here to verify the plant
and I just can't wait

to get to the Gardens
to determine its species.
- Then I should set you up

with our mayor. She is very
eager to show people what's
special about her town.

- And I'm just as eager
to document what,

as far as I can tell,
nobody's ever documented before.

- So this could be the chance
to make a name for yourself.

- Which would mean that degree
of mine was worth every cent.

- Let me show you to your room.
- Thank you.

- Can I help you?
- Yes. Do you have any flowers?

- Hm! Now, are they
for that special someone

in your life?
- They're for Cassie.

- Well, I guess this means
you two are officially a thing.

- Yeah, I guess we are.
Although we haven't made
any big announcement.

- Well, I'll be sure
to keep it to myself, then.
- It's not exactly a secret.

- Hm, you never know
who has or hasn't heard.
Why don't I pick out

a big bouquet that Cassie
can put right in the middle
of her kitchen?

- Sounds perfect.
- I'm always here to give people
exactly what they need.

- Wait, our school
has a photography club?

- Yeah, and I'm thinking
about joining.

They give you a camera
and let you take pictures
of whatever you want.

- Do you get out
of class to do it?

- I don't think so.
- Then I don't see the appeal.

- Mm-mm.
(laughing)
- Hey.

- Oh, hey.
- Where you headed?
- Home.

- But mine is that way, so...

I'll see you later.
- Bye.
- Bye.

So, what did you guys
do all day?

- School. Then walking
home from school.

Then running into you
walking home from school.

Except we stopped at the park
because Courtney wanted to hang
upside down on the jungle gym.

- Just for fun?
- Yeah. It looked like
she was having fun,

although her face was upside
down so it was very hard
to tell if she was smiling.

- Maybe the next time you guys
go there, we could all meet up.
- Of course.

- Oh, hey, I've got a biology
test coming up. Do you think
you could help me study for it?

- Wait.

Are you feeling okay?

Nick Radford actually
wants to study?

- Yes. I actually decided
I want to know stuff, alright?

- Yes. Okay, tomorrow,

after school, at the Bistro?
- That's where I'll be.

- The Middleton Botanical
Gardens are known for their
breathtaking floral collections.

- I wasn't aware there was
so much variety here.
- Oh yes, we like to think

we have some of the best-kept
secrets in the state,
not the least of which

is right over here where
you can find-- Cassie!

- Oh, Martha. Daphne.
- Hi.

- I was just telling Ms. Randall
about the natural wonders
of these surroundings.

- Isn't it lovely?
- It's beautiful.
- I like to come here

for inspiration.
I especially get inspired
standing right here.

- Is this the Merriwick?
- Named after Cassie's
ancestors.

- I didn't know you and
the plant were connected.

- In a spiritual sense,
very much so.

But there are plenty of others
who feed off the energy of
the Merriwick just as much.

That's why it's so important
to all of us.

- A sense of community is deeply
rooted here in Middleton.
(chuckling)

- Can I take a closer look?
- Oh, please. Be our guest.

I do love being able
to get right up close.

- Where the plant's aura
is strongest.

- Is there another plant
like this in the gardens?

- No. It lives on its own,
separate from all the rest.

- I've never seen
anything like it.

- So many things in this town
are very unique.
- No, but this...

this is more than that. I
suspect it might be sui generis.

There might not be another one
like it on earth.

- Then I can see why
you're so interested in it.

- Isn't this spectacular,
Cassie? Just think,
right here in Middleton

we have something that is almost
certainly one-of-a-kind!

- These flowers
are beautiful.

Thank you, Sam.
- I just wanted you to know
I was thinking about you.

- It's nice to know. And I just
happen to be washing
these vases,

so I have the perfect one
picked out.

- Abigail says they can go right
in the middle of the kitchen.

- I'm afraid they'll get knocked
over there. I'll put them
in the sun room.

- The sun room it is, then.
- I'll be right back.

- Oh, wow! Who are those from?
- Me.

- So you show up
with flowers now?

- I just wanted
to surprise your mom.

- Hey, Sam.
- Hey.

- This guy is an expert on
the Middleton Merriwick now.

I bumped into him and your mom
down at the Gardens.

Gave him a little
history lesson.

- You guys went
to the Gardens together?

- Oops. Was that supposed
to be a secret?

- Not exactly a secret.

- So how much longer are you
going to stand out there?
(laughing)

- I was waiting to find
the right time to knock.

Can I come in?
- The door's open.

So...

This whole "you and Sam" thing
is moving forward, huh?
- Faster than I thought.

- Yeah. You and me both.
- Last time we talked,

you said you needed time
to think about it.

- Yeah, which is why

it would've been nice
to have been told there
was a ticking clock

before the two of you
started... ticking.

- I had been meaning
to find the right time

to ask you how you felt
about all this.

- So I guess the right
time is now, huh?
- Seems like it.

So, how do you feel
about all this?

- I feel fine. I mean,
I really like Sam,

and I see how happy
he makes you. It's just...

- Go ahead.

- It's just, everything
has been "you and I"

for so long, and now
it's going to be more...

crowded than that.

- My life

will never be
too crowded for you.

- I know that.

I just wish you would have
told me first.

Because now it just feels like
I'm the last to find out.

Even though I... think
I probably already knew.

- I should have known. There's
really no secrets in this house.

- But now everything
is out in the open.

Hey, those flowers were
very pretty that he got you.

- He has very good taste.

- He does.

- It's gonna be
any day now.

That flower is looking
more ready to open than a jar
of jam on Sunday morning.

- It's hard to tell.

I've been doing readings, and
checking the pH balance, but...

- You can check anything
you want. I'm just
telling you what I know.

- You must be one
of the gardeners here.

- I show up when they need me.
- I'm from the university.

- They sent you out here
to dig in the dirt?

- They sent me here to study
botanical science.

- Well, the Merriwick doesn't
seem to care much about science.

She just opens up
when she wants to.
- Oh.

I didn't know
anyone else was here.

- Just a gardener
and a scientist and
now this town's very own

flower shop owner,
which makes you the
third expert out of three.

- That's me. Abigail
the flower shop girl.

- Can you tell me anything about
the other Middleton plant life?

- I'm not quite the expert
George thinks I am.

I've been trying to grow potted
plants at my shop to sell
and I don't seem to have

one of those... green thumbs.

- Are you looking
for something?

- What? No. Just ideas.

That's why I come here.
Flower ideas.

- You must be as eager as I am
to see this one bloom.

- Yeah, I hear it's stunning.

Maybe I can grow
something just like it.

Anyway, it was nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- George, I'll see you.

- I should get back to work.
- All right. Good luck.
- Thanks.

- What are the distinguishing
characteristics of
a eukaryotic cell?

- A you-carry-a-what-now?
- Eukaryotic.

It's a kind of cell.
- There's no way that's a word.

You're making that up.
- No, no. It is right
here in the book.

- Let me see.
- No peeking.
- Come on,

let me see that!
- No, no, no, no. You are
supposed to know this.

- I'd know it if you gave me
that book, Grace!

- No.

- Fine, I give up.

- Good. Now.

The nucleus
and the organelles

are enclosed
in a membrane.

- Oh, okay,

so it's like "Eukary" them
inside something else.

- Yes. Yeah, that is
a great way to remember it.

- It's 'cause I've got
the best teacher in town.

- Aw.

- Well, thanks
for all the learning.

I'll try to remember to thank
you during my graduation speech.

- Oh no, no, you'd better,
since I'll be the one speaking
right after you're done.

- Bye, Grace.
- Bye.

- So...
- Hi.

- What's going on
with you and Nick?

- Oh, nothing.
We were just studying.

- Uh-huh...
- What, "Uh-huh"?

- It's just that he practically
had his arm all the way

around you, and then I saw him
acting all sweet.
- What? No.

That is Nick just being Nick.

- Well, I'll say it
again: uh-huh.

- There's nothing going on
between me and him!

- Okay. Just make sure
to let me know when the two
of you start dating.

- Okay, here's a lollipop.
See you next time.

Oh, Cassie. I'll let
Sam know you're here.

- Oh, except I came here
to bring something to you.
- Oh.

- It's Malabathrum,
grown in northern India.

- Mmm!
(sniffing)

Oh, smells like cinnamon.
And I love cinnamon.

- It makes a great tea, very
soothing. But when you drink it,
tell people it's Malabathrum--

keeps them guessing.
- How did you know I would
like something like this?

- I thought it'd be something
you could keep here
in the office,

for those days when nothing
seems to be going right.

- Hey. What are you doing here?
- She brought me some
Malabathrum.

That's "cinnamon tea" if you
were going to try to guess.
- I wasn't.

- Well, you never would have.
- You know, before there were
doctors like you,

people used cinnamon
as an anti-inflammatory.

- Well, now that there are
doctors like me, it goes
much better on toast.

What's next?
- You have a patient
in exam room two.

- No matter what I do,
people just keep appearing
in exam room two.

- Then I better
let you get in there.
- Thanks for stopping by.

- She actually came by
to bring me some tea.

- Well, then I'm glad
my assistant likes tea.

- I'll see you later.
- Say hi to your mom for me.
- Yeah.

- Is everything okay?

- Uh... Nick just
sent me a text.

"Need to ask you something
important. Tomorrow okay?"

You were right.
Nick is going to ask me out.

- Mm-hmm.

- What are you making?
- Just something for dinner.

Oh!
- You okay?
- Yeah, it didn't cut.

- Let me do that.
- No, I've got it.
- Let me.

Oh, I called the plumber,
by the way.

- I said I was gonna call him.
- Yeah, but I know you don't
like having to deal

with that kind of thing,
so now you don't have to.

- You can stop acting this way.
- I'm acting? What?

- I already told you I forgive
you. For telling me that
my mom didn't call

when she really was trying
to get in touch with me.
So you, acting like this

and doing this...
You don't have to.

- I just want you to know
that things are different.

- Yeah. They're
way different.

And now we just have to figure
out how to live with how
different things are.

- Hey, Dad.
- Hey.
- Um,

I wanna ask you something.
- Sure.

- I know it's been a long time
since you were my age, but...

- I'll try to remember
back that far.

- There's this girl
that I want to ask out

and I'm trying to figure out
exactly what to say.

- A girl, huh?
Who is she?

- I'm going to wait
'til after she says

yes to make that public.
- Of course she'll say yes.

I mean, what girl could resist
the Radford charms?

- So far? Most of them.

- Speak for yourself. I might be
a little old fashioned,

but I always like to buy flowers
and show up with them.

- Nobody buys flowers when all
you're doing is asking them out.

- Okay, maybe I'm a little more
old fashioned than I thought.
But there's not much to it,

really. You just say, "Hey,
do you want to go somewhere
some time and do something?"

Then just stand there and wait,
see if she says, "Sure."

- You just stand there?

- Well, it helps if you have
flowers, you can hide
behind those.

- So I guess it might be worth
picking a few.

- Oh. How are things
with the Merriwick?
- Still waiting for it to bloom.

But you can't rush
Mother Nature.

Since when have you become
a shutterbug?
- What?

- The camera.
- Oh, I joined the photography
club at school.

- Well, don't forget your
grandpa if you need a model.

The camera loves me.
(chuckling)

- Hey, so... how'd it go
with Nick?

- What?
- Studying.
- Oh.

Yeah. Right. Good.

- Well, everything's
almost done here. You
and Grace want to finish up?

- Sure.
- And I wanna see some of
those pictures you're taking.

- When they're ready, yes.
- Okay.

- So...
you want to talk

about something?
- I think I do.

- It's a boy, isn't it?
- How did you know?

- Men are attracted
to Merriwicks. It's
our blessing and our curse.

It's mostly a blessing.
Although there are a few
that I have literally cursed.

- It's just, I can't talk
with Mom about this because
she and Sam are dating,

so it's weird to be thinking
that my mom's boyfriend's son
is about to ask me out.

- Hang on, I need to follow
the genealogy here.

Your mom's boyfriend's...

Nick is gonna ask you out?
- Yeah. Tomorrow.

- Well, he knows a good thing
when he sees it.
- Except...

- You're not sure
you want him to.
- I don't know. I mean,

Nick and I are such
great friends, right,
but what if we dated

and things didn't work out?
That could ruin everything.

- So you're going to say no?

- I don't know what
I'm going to say.

- Look, I've been asked out
by way too many men to count.

And there's a few of them
I actually wanted to stay
friends with.

So what you have to do is,
before he gets to the asking,

you start talking about what
a great friend he is to you,

and then very smoothly
transition into listing

all the things you're looking
for in a romantic partner,

but make sure that
nothing applies to him

-like, totally
the opposite of him-

and he'll start to realize
that he's not the guy for you.

He'll back down and eventually
he won't even look at you
that way ever again.

Well, he'll keep
looking at you that way,

but you just have to make sure
you never look back.

- And you think that'll work?

- Well, there's always the curse
thing, but I don't think
we want to turn Nick

into a frog, do we?
- I don't think so.

No.
- Come on, let's finish up.

You should probably
make the salad. I'm not sure
I should be handling food.

I have so much dirt stuck
under my fingernails.
- Let me see.

Oh yeah, you're a mess.
- I lost one of my favorite
gardening gloves,

which is frustrating because
that thing fit like...

- A glove?
- A glove, yeah.

- Cassie, I'm so glad
you came by to visit.

I need your advice.
- I just came by to return
this book you gave me,

but I'm always
available to talk.
- I wanna take advantage

of the Middleton Merriwick
blooming, but I don't know
the best way

to let the public know
that it's here.
- I'm sure

you'll find the right way
to make sure it gets seen.

- Cassie, you always have such
confidence in me. Much more
than I have in myself!

Let's see. Goodness,
I really should organize
these shelves someday. Ooh!

Oh my, look at this.

I haven't seen
this book in ages.

The state tourism committee
publishes this eye-catcher

to showcase the plant life
in this region.
- I sell copies of it

in my store. It's very popular.
- Yes, and it brings oodles
of attention

to whatever town has its flora
featured on the cover.

Cassie, what if this year
it could be our town?

With the Merriwick
about to bloom, I'm sure
we'd be a shoo-in to be

the cover of the next edition!
- Which would be the perfect way
to make sure the public knows.

- What a fantastic idea!
I'm so glad I thought of it.

I will call the committee
and get them to come out

and see our flower

when it is finally
in full bloom.
- And then

we can prepare for Middleton's
most wonderful and
magical year yet.

(intriguing music)

- Cassie, are you all right?

- I don't know. I just felt...

I don't know.

- I came here this morning
to take some pictures like
the ones I saw in your shop.

Now, I was shooting some cool
angles on the ground right
next to the Merriwick

and I didn't even notice that
anything was wrong until I took
a step back and saw... that.

- Oh, my goodness!
- I know. Somebody took
a stem right off of it.

- Does this mean that the flower
isn't gonna bloom?
- It's hard to tell.

- It has to bloom, so we can get
the cover of that book and have
a wonderful and magical year.

Cassie, I need this year to
be wonderful and magical.
Wonderful and magical!

Now, I'm going to need to see
those photos that you took.

I'm going to ask Chief Sanders
to open an investigation

so we can find out who did this
and we can use your pictures
as evidence.

- Yeah. Of course.
- Is something wrong?

- Yeah, this thing was
at full power but now
it won't turn back on.

- Can't you just,
you know, reach in
and pull the pictures out?

- It's digital. I'm gonna have
to take it home and charge it.

- And then you'll
bring me copies?
- Yeah, or email them.

- Oh, honestly, you kids
and your technology. Do you
have the photos or not?

- I will try
to get them to you.

- Thank you. That's
what I wanted to hear.

Oh dear. Look
at that poor thing.

Do you think
it's going to survive?
- It does look a bit off.

- But it has to be okay.

It's going to be okay.

- I suppose we'll just
have to wait and see.

- I bet she'd love those.
- Pardon me?

- Well, if a guy like you
bought flowers like this
for a girl like me?

I know
how I'd react.

Except, well, we're not
dating. At least not yet.

- I actually need something
for my aunt's funeral.

- Oh.

- I'll get them somewhere else.

- Hey.
- What are you here for?

- Flowers. For Cassie.
- Just making sure.

Didn't you just get
flowers for Cassie?

- Is there some kind of rule
about how often a guy can
give a person flowers?

- Seems like overkill to me, but
whatever keeps me in business,

I guess.
- What did that thing
ever do to you?

- It's boring, that's what.
- Oh. So, what do you think
she'd like?

- Roses, perhaps?
- I was thinking roses.

- I'm actually out of roses.
- I saw one outside in a bucket.

- Oh, I guess I still do
have one left.

- One rose can be
romantic, right?
- If you say so.

- So, there's something
I need to talk to you about.

- Oh yes, I know.
And I know exactly
what you're going to say.

- How can you already know that?
- I mean, I have a feeling.

- You and your "feelings."
- Look, Nick, we are...
you mean a lot to me.

- Okay.
- And we're really good friends.
- Yeah, that's why I'm here.

- Right. So let's say that
something were to get in the
middle of that friendship,

then...
- Oh. I'm starting to see

where this is going.
- Oh no. Oh no, shoot,

Abigail told me I was
supposed to... Shoot!

- You think that me asking
Courtney out is gonna get
in the way of me and you

being friends.

- You want to ask
Courtney out?

- Yeah, and I wanted you to help
me with the right things to say.

- Oh.
- But you don't even
think I should ask her.

- No, no, no,
I didn't say that.

- Then what are you saying?
- If you want to ask her,

just go ahead and ask her.

- But what should I say?
- I don't know.

Just start off with
"Hey" and then...

fill in the blanks from there.

- Hey, do you want me to pick up
something for dinner tonight?

- I can make something.
- Yeah, but you're
working all day.

- And somehow there are people
who manage to do both.

- I just don't want you
to have to do so much because--

- Because you don't think
I can handle it?
- I didn't say that.

- But you keep treating me
that way. You pick me up

and take me places like
I'm in the third grade.

You stand over me while I'm
working in the kitchen
as if I can't do it.

I know that you try
to protect me from my mom.

You don't have to protect me,
Brandon. You do enough
protecting as part of your job.

- So what do you want me to do?
- I want you to stop treating me
like a child.

I want you to start letting me
make my own choices, even
if that means I get hurt.

- Hey. How was lunch?
- Fine.
- Yeah?

- When did these come in?
- Oh, yesterday morning.

More Quadrivium candles.
- What does that word even mean?

- I think it's Latin
for "crossroads."

- Huh.
- Can you help me
find something?

- Of course.
- Ben's been working
so hard lately,

going from job to job, that
he says his whole body hurts.

I just thought maybe one
of your herbal cream mixtures
might take away the soreness.

- I'm sure
we can find something.
- Which is why I always come

running to you.

You know, I'm sure any one
of these is probably fine.
- I wanna find the right one.

- Okay.
- Uh...

- Well, what about this one?
- I think that might
do it, yeah.

- Great. How much do I owe you?
- Price is on the bottom.
- Oh.

I was kinda hoping
you'd say, "It's a gift,"
like you always do,

because I actually forgot
my wallet at work.
- Well, then it's a gift.

- You are so nice!
- Mm-hmm.

- How bad is it?

- Well, it's not good,
that's all I know.

- This was definitely done
on purpose. It's a cut,
not a break.

- Will it affect the plant
permanently?
- No, it shouldn't.

A cutting from one stalk doesn't
generally affect the system
down to the roots.

- Except as you said yourself,
the Middleton Merriwick
is unique.

- I'll set up a room
at the station. Start
gathering evidence.

- I want you to use the
conference room so I can track
your progress minute by minute.

- Yes, Ma'am.
- I hope you catch
whoever did this.

- We'll do everything we can.
- It's nice to see others who
care about the well-being

of a plant
as much as I do.

- It's because of what that
plant means. To all of us.

All my life I've heard stories
about the way this plant has
inspired the people of Middleton

and the wonderful things that
happened whenever it bloomed.

Which is why we need to get the
Merriwick back up to full power,

or else... well,
I just can't even imagine

what might happen to this town
if we ever had to live
without it!

- Hey. So how did it go with...

your friend that I hope
is still your friend?

- It went. But I think I should
talk to Mom about it.

- That's probably a good idea.

Maybe she's got a clearer head
than I do right now.

- Who's this friend you wanted
to talk to me about?

- Nick.
- Are you two not getting along?

- Oh no, we're getting along.
So much so that I thought

he was going
to ask me out.

I was honestly ready for it.
Then he didn't ask me out.

Instead, he wanted my advice
on how to ask Courtney out.

- Hm. And you didn't
see that coming.
- Not even a little bit.

- What would you have said
to him if he did ask?

- I would have said no.
- Then you should have been
honest with him

and told him how
you really feel.

- I guess I didn't realize
that was an option.

- Why don't you tell me
what you're feeling?
- About Nick?

He's like a brother to me.

He's the kind of guy that
stays in your life forever.

Not just some guy
who wants to go out
with me on a couple dates.

- And there are gonna be a lot
of other guys to ask you out on
those. I'm certain about that.

- I don't know, Mom. I just...
I'm just not certain

about anything today.
It's kind of weird.
- Yeah.

The whole town's been anxious,
waiting for that flower
to bloom.

- Do you think it ever will?
- I hope so.

- I can't wait to see it,
if it does.

- Me, too.

And then you'll have
a wonderful, magical
year of your own.

- Hey.
- Hi.
- I got you something.

- What is it?
- Well, I called
some guys on the force

and I managed to get a current
phone number for your mom.

- I thought she changed it?
- She did.

And this is what
it is right now.

- I never thought I'd be able
to get in touch with her again.

- Now you can. If you want to.

It's up to you.

- He wanted to give you flowers?

- Mm-hmm. He looked so cute
standing there with them.

I think he actually
picked them himself.

- Wow.
- And then he asked me

if I wanted to go out.

- Really? What did he say?

- He started with "Hey,"

then he just kind of mumbled
a bunch of stuff after that.

- Well, look, I think
you guys are gonna have
a lot of fun together.

- Except not. I told him no.
- What?

Why?

- Well, because...
- What?

- Because I thought
you liked him,

and I didn't want to get
in the way of all that.
- No, no.

Nick and I are just friends.

- Really? Because you kind of
seem like a lot more than that.

- Because of how good
of friends we are.

- So, it would be okay if...

- Oh my gosh,

you like him!
(laughing)
- Only if it's okay with you.

- Yes.
- Yeah?
- It is okay.

So you'd better
get back there

and say yes before he throws
those flowers away.

- Right. Okay.
I'll be next door.

And now that I know that
you're not interested in Nick,

is it okay if I give your number
to one of the guys from the
photo-taking club you joined?

Actually, two guys wanted to
know if they could ask you out.

- They hardly even know me.

- Look, I'm just saying that
you're popular with the picture-
takers, so, you know,

it's not a negative
that you joined their club.

- Because I want to see life
from a different perspective.

Just like my mom said.
- Hey, maybe one of the guys
can get your camera to work.

- I think that might be
dead forever.

Now go!

- Okay. See ya.

- Guess who?

- Sam? Sam.
- I never get
to sneak up on you.

It's for you.
- Aw, beautiful. Thank you. Ow!

- Oh gosh.

Abigail must not have gotten
all the thorns off. Let me
get something for that.

- No, no, that's okay.
- Let me take care of you.
For once.

- Okay.

- Hey. I just got off
the phone with Ben.

That cream you gave me
made him break out in hives.
- That shouldn't have happened.

- I know, it's weird.
Anyway, now I've got
to go to the drugstore

and see if I can find
something to cure those.

- What is going on?

- I just cut myself, that's all.

- No. Not that. Everything.
I've felt off all day.

Is something wrong?
(sighing)

- I don't know.

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