All language subtitles for signed.sealed.delivered.from.paris.with.love.2015

♪ ♪ Caminare e cantare
by bill ruha ♪♪

Hi.

Did you ask to speak
with the owner?

Uh, yeah.

Is there something
wrong with the food?

No, it's great looking...
Uh..Great eating, the food.

The food is good.

I just have a few questions
about donatello's.

Are you a food critic?

No.

I write a blog about
being single, and 30

and unemployed, and miserable.

I don't allow 'miserable'
in my place.

I'm joey.

Caitlyn.

You know, life can
surprise you.

I always thought
I'd be a journalist

or a stand up comedian

or the patron saint of
unmarried female bloggers.

[Guests laughs]

But I never thought I that I
would ever be italian...

...or so happy.

[Guests applauds]

Forever.

Forever.

[Clink]

[Crowd murmurs] Here, here.

[Guests applaud]

♪♪ Signed sealed delivered, I'm
yours" by stevie wonder ♪♪

♪♪♪

Ah, ooo. Thank you.

As miss colorado
special delivery,

it has been my
honor to inaugurate

numerous automated
stamp dispensers

throughout the
metro denver area.

But no ceremony
seems quite as aus...

Auspicious.

Boding well for the future.

Right, quite as auspicious

as today's dedication of
the south logan street

autostamp machine!

And the crowd goes wild!

Ahh!

[Applauding lightly]

[Shane] Whooo!

It is fre-ezing out.

Am I mistaken or is it

your birthday today?

You are mistaken.

It's next monday.

So, there's still time to shop.

Oh, good.

And fyi, I've already
got a giant pair

of golden scissors.

Oh, these are for rita's
ribbon... cutting.

Oliver wrote me a
beautiful speech...

I think.

You're going through with it?

It's going down to eight
degrees on wednesday.

You'll freeze your a...

Crown off.

[Laughter]

No rain nor wind nor snow,

no dark of night,
ms. Mcinerney, hmm?

When will this winter end?

It just goes on and
on and on...

Yes, but just wait.

You haven't yet
experienced your first

colorado spring.

Trust me, once you've seen
the cherry blossoms

bloom in april along
the potomac river,

nothing else compares.

Unless it's springtime
in the rockies.

Ohh, I love that song!

What song?

[Oliver sings]
When it's springtime

in the rockies,

I'll be coming home to you.

Little sweetheart of
the mountains,

with your bonnie
eyes so blue...

[Clears throat]

Or something like that.

Hmm, well, oliver o'toole, the
singing postal detective.

What's this?

Oh, uh, seems to be
secondary transfer

of organic material
via footwear.

[Sniff]

Oh, yeah, I guess somebody
stepped in some...

thank you, norman.

[Clears throat]

Postmarked two years ago,
caitlyn-something.

The address is virtually
unreadable.

[Tear!]

Ooo, divorce papers.

Ms. Mcinerney!

You have a distressing
habit of opening packages

without my express permission.

This cannot continue.

The address was hopeless.

Your promise, please...

Fine. I promise.

[Buzz!]

Incoming!

Heads up down there!

That guy from
international misdirects

is so aggressive.

I got this.

Ohh...

Oh, seems to be something
caught in the corner.

A coin, I believe.

A ring, oh.

Joey, you two have been
together... What?

Six, seven years?

Count to ten before you
mail that.

Once it's out there,
you can't take it back.

[Shane] Ouch.

That guy really must have
wanted to get divorced.

I mean, once you take
the ring off the finger

there's really no hope...

what are those?

Little curlicues?

No, those are
intertwined initials.

See, there's
a "j" and... A "c."

"C" for caitlyn and "j" for...?

Ooh, I've seen rings like
this before!

There's a whole street of
boutiques in larimer square

and they make custom jewellery

right in their studios.

Well, the inscription,
I'm assuming,

is their wedding
day, it's nine years ago.

There's a partial date here.

These divorce papers were
drawn up two years ago.

Whatever it was,

they're divorced now,
so, what's the rush.

Ours is not a question
of 'why', ms. Mcinerney.

"The seeds of duty know
not the flower

nor its blooming day."

Who wrote that?

Well... It's a line
from a verse

I composed in high school...

Um... about mail
delivery, actually.

The singing detective
philosopher poet.

Where does it all end?

Norman!

Oh no.

What?

[Sigh]

Maybe it rolled away

when we emptied the bin.

Considering the condition
of the envelope,

it's a miracle it didn't
fall out a long...

no! No! No! No! No...

[door slams shut]

Be honest, oliver, you think
we're gonna die in here.

And you're writing
your will, aren't you?

Uh, no.

Times such as this

provide one with
a certain clarity.

Well, the ring is
here somewhere.

As soon as we find it, we
can locate the jeweller.

[Shane] I did not open it.

Honestly, I'm just sorry
that I ever looked

at holly's address in the
first place because...

because...

Because until that moment

when I saw her name and
her street number,

she was just a concept:

The mysterious absent
wife in paris.

Now, there's a real
envelope in your pocket

that could be delivered
to a real person.

It's funny, remember
the day we first met?

I had a letter I was
afraid to open.

And now you have a letter

that you're afraid to mail.

I am not afraid to...
Mail this letter.

[Thunder rumbling]

♪♪♪

A craftsman who values his work

will certainly keep records...

Don't you think, ms. Mcinerney?

Ms. Mcinerney?

[Door squeeks]

Hmm...

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[Beeping]

What a great idea, norman.

Hmm?

Oh.

Oh, I took this
to the park once

and found all types
of cool stuff...

Like... A spoon...
And a... a knife.

Oh, would have been
nice to find a fork.

Maybe when the
snow melts we could

take it to the park

and you could show me
how it works.

Oh, well, um..

[High pitched beep]

[High pitched beeping]

Ah!

Ta-da!

Great!

Nicely done, norman!

Here's a list of
jewellery shops.

Thank you rita.

In the absence of
ms. Mcinerney,

would you care to accompany me?

Oh, sure, yeah.
I'll just get my coat.

[Yelp!]

Shh!

Rita?

Oh, umm, I...
Just remembered...

I have to umm...

Sing?...

[Whispers] Speak?

Oh, practice!

Practice my speech!

I have to practice my speech.

Maybe you could take norman?

Oh, alright.

Norman, would you like to
look at wedding rings?

Yes, this is one of ours.

Oh, excellent!

Whew!

Just in time.

You're the last one
on the block.

Were you hoping to
have it resized?

Oh, no, I'm already... Uh

...she and I...

Uh... It's a long story?

Love is a mystery.

Clearly.

But, in the meantime,

we'd like to locate
the owner of this ring.

We're hoping you keep
records of your clients.

Out of the questions, our
records are confidential.

Did we mention the part about

being an elite task force with

wide powers of
postal discretion?

Like the avengers...
The incredibles.

Well, we're the postables.

Did we mention that part?

Twice.

Just leave it with us

and we'll see that
it's returned.

I'm sorry, this is now a matter

for the us postal service.

You will just have to trust us.

You're going to have
to do better than that.

[Squeak]

[Shane]
Because I really need an

extra-large americano

with a double shot of espresso

and a side of steamed
low-fat milk

with two pumps of
amaretto right now.

Okay?

Rita, can you keep a secret?

Probably not.

I'll try, but stuff comes out.

You're gonna have
to stretch yourself.

Come on.

Okay.

I found this in
international misdirects

this morning.

It looks a lot like a letter

that oliver mailed to holly

a few months ago.

Oh, wow.

If it's what I think it is,

it never arrived in paris.

So, he probably thinks
she never bothered

to answer him.

And holly probably
thinks that oliver

never bothered to find her.

Oh, wow.

That's assuming it his letter.
His letter.

But we can't be
absolutely sure unless...

Unless you open it.

Which you promised
you would never do...

Which is why you
gave it to me...

Oh, I can't.

He'll kill me.

He won't kill you.

You're miss special delivery,

you're the holy
grail of first class mail,

you're dying to open it...

Too?

[Sigh]

[Paper tears]

Oh, geez, it's really a mess.

Okay, let me see.

It looks like "dear"...

"Dear" someone.

Oh, "so much time
has passed..."

[Oliver]
And there is so much to say

and perhaps little
time left to say it.

I currently find myself

in a position where my life
may be at risk.

"There was never a better...

Example of that than
the night we met."

Oh...

How did they meet?

In a snowstorm,
on a mountain pass.

Holly's car went off the road

and oliver dug her
out of the snowdrift,

right before holly's
car rolled off

the side of the cliff.

Then they spent the
night in his jaguar

waiting for the snowploughs

to get through and rescue them.

[Scoffs]
You gotta be kidding me.

He's practically a hero.

He kept her from freezing.

Well, I bet he did.

Well, she said he was
a perfect gentleman.

So, is it his?

Okay... "I suppose I should not

have been surprised..."

[Oliver] I have a feeling that

from the day we met,
you began leaving me.

What I knew of the world

could never compete
with your dreams

of discovering it for yourself,

of travelling the
uncharted course,

of living the bohemian
life of artist and poet.

[Shane] "If you have left me

behind forever,
I will accept that.

But if you regret your decision

and simply do not know how

to find your way
home, then come back.

I am here willing to try again,

to see your dreams
through your eyes.

Until I hear from you, I
remain faithfully...

...oliver.

Wow, it definitely is his.

He wanted her back.

[Keyboard typing]

[Click]

Well, she's still
living in paris.

The address label is
printing out now.

Are you sure you
want to mail this?

I'm not mailing it...
It's up to oliver.

But I'm sure he doesn't want
to waste any more time...

wow.

Wow.

What?

Well, it seems
that holly has a...

Ms. Mcinerney?

How did it go?

It didn't go.

We went to four
different jewellers,

finally found the right one,

and then... He didn't like us.

Impossible.

Everyone likes you.

Well, they should, anyways.

Ms. Mcinerney, perhaps
your computer

might be of some service.

Oh, yes, sure.

Uh, let me see,

[click]

Let me see the inscription

on the ring again.

[Typing]

Okay, I have an idea,

with so little data,

it could take a day or two

but I can program a search

for weddings recorded on the
day inscribed here

screening for the
parameters caitlyn

and the husband's initial j...

[Rita gasps]

- No!
- Norman!

[Whoosh!]

Uh-oh

what's going on?

Nothing!

Norman just
put a regular airmail

envelope into the
overnight express tube.

Oh, that's a small mistake.

Some fortunate person will
simply receive their letter

tomorrow instead of next week.

I supposed worse things
have happened, hmm.

Right.

[Nervous laughing]
Oh, worse things.

Yup, much worse.

♪♪ Upbeat song in french ♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

[Ramon] Ladies and gentlemen,

it is my very personal honor

to introduce the first lady

of the united states
postal service

in the great state
of colorado...

The beautiful,
talented, the postal!

Miss rita haywith.

[Crowd applauds]

Good morning
and thank you werry,

[deep exhale]

Fery... oh, I'm sorry, I think
my lips just froze...

Allow me.

Oh.

Why, thank you ramon.

As miss colorado
special delivery,

it has been an honor
to inaugurate

numerous automated...

[Giggles]

Oh, thank you.

Whenever our paths cross
with mr. Rodriguez,

he seems intent to make an
impression upon on our rita.

He's very popular these days.

He's the kbc's
new weatherman, now,

and I heard he may get
his own talk show.

Oh, talk show?

But who knows what he's
even talking about?

Truly, there is still room
for we, the american...

[Shivers]

This is ridiculous!

I'd give anything to be
in miami right now.

Yesterday, you wanted to
be in washington

anywhere but here.

Washington, miami... Paris.

There's always april in paris.

And autumn in new york

and, well, you could move
to a remote island

in the pacific

and avoid the cold
altogether, ms. Mcinerney.

I believe a hard
winter like this

teaches us to find
signs of hope

in the smallest of things.

You see a robin on the
window sill,

a crocus peeking
out of the snow,

and you never take spring
for granted again.

When I was little

we had one of those old
fashioned porch swings

I used to swing on it
for hours all summer long.

But in november,

before the first snow,

we'd take it down and put
it in the garage.

And then a few months later

I'd be walking home from school

and there it would be again.

And I always knew

when the swing
was back on the porch,

spring was almost here.

Well, it's almost as
good as the robin,

I suppose.

[Rita] ...United states

postal service.

Thank you.

[Crowd applauds]

You wrote a very
lovely speech, oliver.

Thank you.

Oh, okay.

[Rita giggles]

Oliver, there's something

I should have told you about.

Well, it can't be that bad.

It's only wednesday,

you usually save the bad
things for a friday.

[Nervous laugh]

No, this is bad.

My bad.

The letter you wrote to holly,

and mailed at the
hospital last summer,

in the rain.

It... Came back.

It was quite damaged, you say?

Yes.

And someone opened it?

I didn't.

I'm just the one who
mailed it, accidentally.

I read it.

Some of it...

To confirm whose it was.

You promised me

you would never again

read the contents of a letter

without receiving my approval.

Well, technically, I opened it.

But I made her do it.

We're sorry, oliver.

We just care about you,

that's all.

Don't we?

I do.

I care about
all kinds of things.

My wife is receiving
this letter today

that I wrote months ago,

and it's too late
to do anything about it.

Umm, there's more?

Ms. Mcinerney,

I don't believe I can take

any more right now.

Please excuse me.

Perhaps you should turn
your attention

to that computer program
you so strongly believe...

That you believe in so...

In which you
so strongly believe.

[Beep, beep!]

[Car engine starts]

[Oliver] Don't be frightened.

We'll get through this.

The secret is to stay awake.

[Wind howling]

Maybe if we keep talking,
that will help, hmm?

First things first.

I'm oliver o'toole.

I work with the dead
letter office

for the united states
postal service.

Getting any warmer?

[She murmers]

I'm sorry?

I think we're
going... to die in here.

No, no.

I would not let that happen.

[Knocking!]

Oliver, the program
kicked out a name.

The divorce papers were mailed

to a caitlyn castelluci.

She runs a restaurant
on south broadway.

♪♪ Taste the wine... ♪

You haven't said a word
in twenty minutes.

Are you going to forgive me?

Two?

Oh, no, we're looking for
a caitlyn castelluci.

She's not here.

Can I help you?

I'm oliver o'toole, from
the us postal service.

We have a delivery for her.

I'm her husband.

I can take it...

I'm sorry,

did you just say,
you're her husband?

Yeah.

Where did you get that?

It was mailed two years ago.

It got lost... I know.

Listen, she has no idea
these ever existed.

Please... Don't
deliver that to her.

You mailed this two years
ago, to your wife?

Yes. No. Not exactly.

I never told her about it.

Listen, if she never gets it,

what's the difference?

And technically, it's
still mine, right?

Actually, it's now the
property of the post office.

I can see its delivery

may cause some distress,

but my hands are tied here.

I wish there were...

A way of making
this easier on you...

When will your wife
coming back?

Tomorrow.

She's driving back
from california.

From a wine auction.

She'll be here at six.

Perhaps if we
come back after that,

you'd have a
little time to prepare.

Yeah.

You are a lot of things,
oliver o'toole.

Opinionated, a perfectionist,

basically a human antique.

But I never figured you
for a hypocrite.

I beg your pardon?

You stood right there

and refused to let that
man decide what to do

with those old divorce papers.

But less than an hour ago

you wanted the same chance
to decide what to do

with your letter to holly.

My letter should have been
processed and mailed,

and treated the same as any
other dead letter.

Oh, right...

My quarrel with you is that
you broke your promise to me.

You opened that envelope

on the pretext of locating
an I.D. When, in fact,

it was to, once again,
satisfy your curiosity.

That is not fair.

I was just trying...

ms. Mcinerney, you
obviously do not share

my commitment to putting
your heart and soul

into doing your job well.

Into doing the one thing
right in my life that...

Oh, huh.

[Mouthing words]

I was thinking about that

metal detector idea
that you had.

Feel this, it's cashmere.

Ah, um... Cashmere blend.

Actually pretty cheap.

Rayon and... a little
bit of polyester.

Still, ramon does
have excellent taste,

don't you think.

I don't think about
ramon very much.

Hmm.

[Machinery noise]

You said earlier today

that there was more I
needed to know.

When I was checking
holly's address,

her name showed up
in a video on youtube.

On what?

Youtube, it's uh... Never mind.

It's a video of a bunch
of french people

in a bookstore
reading poetry, I think.

Look.

Mesdames et messieurs.

Un poeme par ma incroyable
copine, holly o'toole.

"La nuit De neiges"

[speaking french]

The whole thing is in french.

She always wanted
to learn french.

Do you speak french?

No.

Well, rita called
someone she knows.

Yeah, he said we could drop
by his office tomorrow.

Is it a professor of
french literature?

[Angrily] No.

[Ramon] And, over here

we have northern colorado,

very cold, too cold for me,

too cold for you.

He's pointing to idaho.

Thank you, ramon.

Any chance we'll
get enough powder

to hit the slopes this weekend?

[Chuckles] Oh, no, no.

But probably, yes.

Well, that's it for the
kbc afternoon update.

In the kitchen with
merry lynne is up next.

[Director] And, we're out!

[Bell rings]
Thank you, everybody.

[Ramon] Miss rita

and her little friends.
Such a pleasure.

When I said I was at your
service, miss rita,

I meant it with all my heart.

But my heart
could never imagine

that you would need my
services so soon.

Oh, well,

I never thought I'd need
to be serviced so soon.

Ovilear!

Ramon.

Always such a pleasure.

Have you and the lovely shane

continued your
dancing together?

Well...

You were my best students.

It's such a natural rhythm

[boisterous laughs]

Between you two.

You can't teach that, you know.

Hmm.

I understand you speak french.

I speak all the
romance languages.

Really?

Yes.

Latin?

Of course.

Portuguese?

I breathe it.

Romanian.

My mother tongue.

Norman...

It's clear that
ramon is multilingual.

Shall we proceed.

Um, yes, here is the poem.

It's a little hard
to hear, so...

Ah, oohh...

[Ramon stops abruptly]

Uh...

Mhmm.

Hmm.

[Gasps]

Well... It's not
a very good poem.

The french is poor,

the imagery is cliche,

and quite frankly
it doesn't even rhyme.

But!

It has passion.

And what is a poem?

It is great passion pushed
into little tiny words!

Could you tell us what it says?

Of course.

It is called

"the night of snow"

"you found me one night on
a mountain in the dark,

in the snow, the snow
that only got deeper,

and deeper, and deeper,

and deeper..."

It's deep, we get it.

"Death, whispered
to me in the wind

'come away, come away.'

but from a place
stronger than death,

in winter's very embrace,
there you were,

searching for me,
calling for me...

You saved my life in a
world of snow,

but what shall I do with
my life now?

Now that I can see the sun.

[Deep inhale]

Like I said, it's trash.

Garbage.

But passionate garbage.

Now, if you want to hear
some great poetry,

miss haywith,

would you accompany
me this saturday

to a little soiree of close
friends at my old dance studio?

Oh, that sounds fun.

It's samba night.

Oh, we're going for coffee
at the mailbox grille,

wanna come?

Are you alright?

Uhh... The poem is about me.

♪ ♪ Spring will be a little late
this year by ella fitzgerald ♪ ♪

♪♪ Spring will be, a little
late this year, ♪

♪ a little late arriving,

♪ in my lonely world
over here. ♪

♪ For you have left me,

♪ and where is our april love

♪ you have left me,

♪ and winter continues cold, ♪

♪ as if to say, spring will
be a little slow to start, ♪

♪ a little slow reviving,

♪ that music it
made in my heart ♪

♪ yes, time heals all
things. ♪♪

[Rita] So, how do you know,

like really know, when
it's going to rain.

It's something one just feels

well, somebody's got to
get back to the dlo.

Okay.

[Whispers]
Oliver, we need to talk.

"Death whispered to me in
the wind."

What does that mean?

Okay, you guys have five
minutes to be weird

and then it's back to work.

[Clears throat]

Rita, I know it's
been a big week,

dedicating the stamp dispenser,

visiting the weatherman,

but we can't fall behind...

Oh, yes, of course.

It's just, can ramon
finish his story

about when he was a
cliff diver in cozumel?

You used to be a cliff diver?

Oh, yes.

Oh, well, that's ...Scary.

Once we face the
things that we fear,

they no longer have
power over us.

No?

No.

Yes.

That's quite
profound, actually.

Rita,

five minutes.

Oh, okay.

[Music begins playing]

♪♪ 'Baby, you've got what
it takes' by brook benton

and dinah washington ♪♪

Miss rita

me?

♪ And it takes two lips
for fire ♪

♪ to melt away the snow. ♪

♪ Well, it takes two hearts
a-cooking ♪

♪ to make a fire grow

♪ and baby, you've got
what it takes. ♪♪

Norman, you are in danger
of standing by,

letting rita be
swept off her feet.

What can I do? I can't
compete with that?

Do you realize
this is the first time

you've ever admitted your
feelings for rita?

I told my grandmother, sort of.

She told me to tell her,

but I didn't know how.

And now, she's over
there, getting swept.

It is hard to ignore
a confident man

with a broom.

Hmm.

What do I do?

Well, you get a better broom.

Hmm.

That's a metaphor, right?

Yes, it is.

You know when I was a
foster kid,

no one ever called
me by my real name.

Just nicknames like

stormy norman, bore-man,

kid in bed number five.

I didn't tell them
what my middle name was,

you can imagine what
they'd do with xavier.

[Light chuckle]

That day when I met rita

and she asked me my name,

it just all came out at once.

It was the first time
I'd ever told anyone

my real name, cause...

Cause I just felt
safe with her.

I believe you are.

Hmm?

I'm not in her league.

Norman, love can only
survive on swagger

and charisma for so long.

Rita needs a man of
true substance.

She's holding out
for a hero, norman.

That hero could be you.

♪♪...and baby, you've got
what it takes ♪♪

[Chair creaks]

Hi. I'm holly.

Would you like a yoo-hoo?

Umm, no? Thanks?

I usually leave those
for oli... mr. O'toole.

I'm his wife, you know.

Uh-huh.

We all thought you
were in paris.

Aww.

Hey, do norman and rita
still work here?

Yes, yes, they do.

And what do you do?

Umm... Tech support.

Well, good, oliver
can use some help

in that department.

I mean, he really is very smart

but he never quite got
the hang of the internet.

Well, he's definitely of
another time.

Yeah, he's always got a story

or a quote for every occasion.

He would have been
so fun at parties,

if he would go, which he won't,

because that's
just not who he is.

Well, I'm sort of
new around here...

Lemme give you a tip, okay.

If he goes to a restaurant

and he orders clams
and red wine,

he's very, very angry.

It's hard to imagine
mr. O'toole

ever being angry enough
to... Eat clams.

[Cheerfully laughing]

Really?

I guess I just have that
effect on him, huh?

[Nervous laughter]

Want to know the
funniest thing about him,

that man can kiss.

I mean that was the
problem, right.

He'd kiss me
and I'd forget every

promise I ever made to myself?

So...

[Slow exhale] So?

So, I just stopped kissing
him and it worked.

I went to paris.

Now you're back!

Yeah.

Wow.

Wow.

I mean, when you get
a letter like this,

what else are you going to do?

The things he said
in this letter

made me realize that...

[softly] Hi.

[Softly] Hi.

[Akwardly] Hi!

Well, mr. O'toole,

I still have some work
to do on those divor...

those papers for
mr. Castelluci, so...

Thank you, ms. Mcinerney.

I always thought I'd know
what I was going to say.

I read your poem.

Which one?

How many have you written?

I have a whole book of them
coming out this fall.

Really?

Well done.

You always said you
wanted to be a poet.

I've always been a poet.
I just didn't know it.

[Chuckles]

[Holly chuckles]

Did you mean to do that?

What?

You just said
"know it" and "poet"

[holly chuckles]

I'm so sorry,
I'm not following.

[Whispering]
They're just standing

there, talking.

[Whispering]
How close are they standing?

What are you guys doing?

[Shane gasps] Shhh...

Well, I helped myself
to a yoo-hoo,

some things never
change, right.

Oh, well, I don't know.

You're here.

And if you're here,

that means you must have
read what I wrote

about being
willing to change...

You know, I want to talk.

I do, but it was a long flight

and I need to sleep.

Oh, of course.

Uhh, where would
you like to do that?

I got a room at
the brown palace.

Ah, you always said

you wanted to
stay there someday.

Don't look so sad.

Olly, it's going to be okay.

I wrote a poem about that too.

Oh.

Drinks, in the lobby,

tonight, ten o'clock?

Yes.

Okay.

[Whispering] She's coming!

- Oh!
- Oh!

[Whispering]

- Oh!
- Oh!

Ah, there you are
ms. Mcinerney.

I'm thinking perhaps it's
time to deliver

our letter to ms. Castelluci.

Well, it's a little
early isn't it?

It is a restaurant.

We could have an early dinner.

I'm having a rare craving
for sardinian clams

and a nice glass of an
unassuming brunello.

♪♪♪

Oliver, are we going to
talk about this?

I'm sorry?

It just seems a little odd
that your missing wife

finally came back from paris

and you're having
dinner with me.

Well, I thought I could
kill two birds with

one stone.

Return the letter to
caitlyn and...

Get some emergency clams?

Holly told me about
the clam thing.

Ah.

And, what else did she say?

Oh, she did mention you can
change her mind with a...

Oliver, this has been a
terrible shock.

If you have to leave,

I can handle caitlyn
and the letter.

To be honest, ms. Mcinerney,

I can't imagine doing
anything else right now.

This is what we do best.

We deliver.

We are good at this, aren't we?

Slow night.

Well, the food is marvellous.

I imagine this is quite
the popular place.

Well, we have our good
years and our bad years.

Just like a marriage.

I understand that.

We were so crazy about
each other.

We had that kind of thing
where you tell yourself

"this is not the kind of girl
I ever thought I'd marry"

but then you do.

For the first few years,
things were so great.

Then the recession hit us hard.

We almost lost this place.

Catie always found
something to cheer us up,

make me laugh.

I've actually seen
a giant misquito

take away my brother...

Didn't keep him for long...

Just dropped him off in topeka

thank you guys so much,
you guys have been...

[Crowd applauds]

We had to work six days a week
just to keep it together,

so we decided to wait
to start a family.

[Sigh]

I decided.

When we finally felt
like we were ready,

the doctor told catie
that she couldn't.

And, oh man, that was tough.

After that we just
kind of drifted

into our own little worlds.

We just stopped being
catie and joey.

I could see things were
starting to fall apart.

Then she started going
out monday nights...

That's the night we're closed.

I'd stay home and
watch football,

she went to the
movies with the girls,

at least that's
what she told me.

One monday night, I
followed her...

She walked in alone,

but that's not how
she walked out.

We'd both seen it coming,

I just thought I'd
get it over with.

So, I had the papers drawn up.

I waited a while,

I went back and forth.

You know, I almost mailed
them but I couldn't.

Then who did mail them?

I did,

accidentally.

That's how I got this bum leg.

I got in a fight trying
to stop a car-jacking.

A couple of guys beat
me up, pretty good.

I almost died.

[Car alarm rings]

[Woman screams]
Help! Someone help me!

You know, the amazing thing...

Is that catie walked
into that hospital room

two years ago,

and she never
left my side again.

We got our marriage back.

I never told her I
knew what she did.

I forgave her and I moved on.

[Oliver clears throat]

You forgave her?

Joey, oliver is very
good at his job,

and if there's one thing
that he's taught me,

it's that things happen,
all the time.

That at first may
seem all wrong,

but when we have faith
that something greater

might be at work,

all those things just end up
working together for good.

[Clears throat]

I think in light of
the circumstances,

perhaps we can
make an allowance

and entrust the envelope to

you to do with
it as you see fit.

Thank you, thank you so much.

That's odd.

I must have left it
back at the dlo.

I'm sorry, I have been a bit
distracted today...

Joey!

Hey michael!

Get the rest out of my car,

and put them in the back.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Mwah!

Hi, I'm caitlyn.

Hi.

How's the food?

It's delicous.

Oliver!

Hey, guess what
you guys forgot.

Caityn's letter...

- No, norman...
- Uhh.

Oh, that's for me.

Catie, we should talk
before you...

What is this?

It's two years old.

Doesn't matter.
You should just throw it...

You were going to divorce me?

It was a mistake.

When did you mail these?

It was the night
that I got hurt.

So I just spent
the last two years

nursing a man who was planning

to divorce me?

I didn't tell you because
it doesn't matter.

I forgive you.

For what?

What are you talking about?

You know what
I'm talking about.

No, joey, I have absolutely

no clue what you
are talking about.

Two years ago I saw you
with another man

in a parking lot
outside the club...

You saw me in a parking
lot with a man...

Well, there goes the marriage.

It was more than that
and you know it.

You lied to me.

You told me you lost
this in the fight.

You lied to me, every
monday for weeks.

Every monday...

Oh my gosh.

That man you saw
in the parking lot

was the owner of the nightclub

we used to go to.

Do you remember
those open mic nights

and how he was always saying
he's looking for new talent?

Well, I went to go see him.

I'm finding out that when
you marry an italian chef,

you have got to know the lingo.

Spaghetti, rotini,
rigatoni, crostini,

cannelloni, calamari,
ravioli, fusili,

linguini, eeny-meeny
fettuccine.

[Crowd laughs]

Do they not eat any food
that ends in a consonant?

What are they saving the
consonants for?

And he liked the way I
could tell a story,

so he said he would coach me.

And I got to thinking,
maybe if he could teach me

at how to be
good at being funny,

I could surprise you,

take you back that nightclub

and watch your face when
they'd introduce me

and I'd walk up on stage
and knock 'em dead.

And then I'd get to see
you laugh again.

It's the truth.

I should have told you
what I was trying to do,

I just didn't want
to fail at that...

[Crying] The way I failed

with the baby.

Oh, don't say that...
Don't say that.

You didn't fail. I failed you.

I should have...

I should have told
you how I felt,

and I didn't,

and I almost lost you.

Do you forgive me?

Of course. That's what we do.

♪♪♪

[Telephone clink]

[Inaudible voice]

Yes, ms. Holly o'toole's
room, please.

One moment.

♪♪♪

[Clink]

Where would you like to sit?

Oh, I don't care. Anywhere.

Umm.

How about right here?

Ooo, I would just
love one of those.

Two, actually, please.

Thanks.

So...

So...

[Clink]

This feels very strange.

The letter I wrote to you
was lost so long ago,

I can barely
remember what I said.

Well, you said if I came back

you would try to see
my dreams through my eyes.

That's right.

And you said if
I'd left forever,

you'd accept that.

I was locked in a bank vault

at the time I wrote
that, actually...

So, what are you saying?

Do you want me back?

Do I want you back?

Umm, holly, I want
an explanation.

I want to know why my wife
ran away to paris,

never even called. Never wrote.

Do you have any idea what
you put me through?

You let sit here, two years,

terrified that maybe
something happened to you.

But nothing happened.

Well, lots happened
but nothing bad.

That would have
been nice to know.

Olly...

Please don't call me that.

Why did you marry me?

What?

Why did you marry me?

You made me
uncomfortable with my life

and I thought
maybe that's good,

maybe my life needs
a little shaking up.

And you certainly did that.

You know the
first night we met,

I was perfectly
honest with you.

I told you that
I needed to be free,

we were lost in a blizzard.

You were delirious.

You were amazing in that storm.

You loved being my hero
and I needed one.

And I learned so much
from you, oliver.

But the biggest
thing I learned,

the biggest thing...

Is that if you want
to be a grown up,

you got to be your own hero.

I'm sorry,

I don't understand how
leaving your husband

at the pony
express exhibit at the

national postal museum can
be considered heroic.

Oh, well, heroes
can be cowards.

What?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

See! That's it.

You leave us alone in a car

with only the two of
us to heat each other up

and we communicate just fine.

But talking, with actual words,

we were never
very good at that,

which is why it's so amazing

that in the past two years,

I've really learned
to express myself.

In two languages apparently.

Can you use one of them to
tell me why you came back?

To see you. To find out
what I want.

What about what I want?

What do you want?

[Deep inhale]

Peace.

That's beautiful.

No, that's essential.

I don't want to be the
first one to say it.

What?

Are you talking about divorce?

No. Maybe. I don't know.

If we say it, we can't
take it back.

No, we can't.

And marriage is so sacred,
so precious.

Ending it shouldn't be
an easy thing to do.

Holly, it's been a long day.

Yes.

I've had a lot of surprises,

I've eaten a lot of clams.

Let us not get
divorced tonight.

Okay.

We'll talk it over, tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

I'm going to go upstairs.

I think I'm going to write
a poem about this.

Good idea.

♪♪ Soft jazz ♪

♪♪ song for you by adam
woodall band ♪♪

Going my way?

Ah, ms. Mcinerney.

You're in early.

I couldn't sleep.

Neither could I.

Come on up here with me.

Com'on. Come on.

[Clears throat]

So, do you know what
you're going to do?

I'd like to do the right thing.

You always do.

No... No, I don't.

I waited more than a year

to write her a letter
because I just...

There is so much I could
have done and I didn't.

[Deep inhale]

And I don't know why.

Because it hurt.

And it froze you up.

You're like the snowman
I saw in the park

on my way in this morning.

He's just stuck there,

left behind by someone
who made him that way.

All he can do is
wait for the thaw

before he can change.

But... then he melts.

You haven't forgiven
her, have you?

[Deep breath]

Forgiveness is doing the
right thing, oliver.

That has to happen first

and then you'll just...
Know what to do next.

You are, surprisingly
good at this.

Well, I learned from the best.

Some singing postal
detective philosopher guy

who believes in spring

and doing the right thing.

"Spring." "Thing." Hmm.

♪♪♪

You know, they found a 5600
year old popcorn kernels

that were still poppable,
buried in an ancient

peruvian funeral urn.

Oh.

Hey, you guys made it!

We did.

This is so exciting.

Kinda like returning to
the scene of the crime.

Yeah, I just thought,

what better place
to celebrate, right?

Where's oliver?

Oh, he had a last-minute dinner

and he sends his best.

Oh, that's too bad,
he would have been perfect.

For what?

For ken. The owner guy.

He's the emcee

and he likes to warm
up the audience.

But he got a flat tire.

And comedians don't
like to go on cold,

so it's going to be
a little bit of a wait.

Oh, that's a shame.

Hey, what about ramon!

He's really good at
introducing people

and talking to crowds.

Ramon?

My friend, ramon rodriguez.

Oh, the weatherman!

Mhmm.

Oh, the show must go on, right?

Rita, you're miss special
delivery, you get up there.

What?

I can't! I don't know
what to say.

You speak in public
all the time.

But oliver writes my speeches.

I can't just go up
there and be funny.

It's too scary.

Remember what ramon says?

"Once we face our fears,

they no longer
have power over us."

Ramon said that?

Oddly, yes.

I just have this feeling
it's really important

for the audience to get warmed
up, and get things going.

I think joey really
needs this...

[Microphone rings]

[Nervously] Hi...

My name is norman.

Norman...

Norman xavier dorman.

I'm not a comedian or
anything like that,

but while we're waiting
for the show to start,

you have to get warm,

so I thought I would
talk a little

while you do that.

[Audience laughs]

So, I know a lot of stuff
about unusual stuff.

Like polyester, and barbed
wire, and well, let's see.

Floridian beekeeping,
well, southern florida...

[Lights match]

So someone read them,

and gave them to a
publisher, and voila...

You are a poet.

Yeah, of sorts.

I mean, let's face it, I'm
not a very good poet.

But I love it.

It takes me out of my head

and puts me back in my heart.

I wrote a poem
about us last night.

Oh.

[Clears throat]

Umm, before you read it,

I want to say how sorry I am.

That I took so
long to come back,

I shouldn't have waited

but the longer I waited
the further away

the route home seemed.

But I'm here now,

and I just hope that we can...

I don't know...

Should I read it, now?

[Deep breath]

[Deep breath]

Is this what you want?

Yeah.

[Crowd applauds and laughs]

And religious relics
of the amish,

holy plows, sacred spindles.

And, I also know all the retired
zip codes of north america...

And I bet you're wondering why.

[Crowd yells] Yeah, why?

Well, I work at the
dead letter office

at the us postal
service downtown

and we get to figure out
where all the lost letters

and boxes go.

Oh, one time we got a
giant bear,

and someone's old dead ashes...

Oh, thank you!

You've been
a wonderful audience!

Stay warm!

[Audience applauds]

Norman dorman...

What a funny, funny guy. Okay.

Norman, that was...

You blew everyone away.

Some people talk
about the weather...

And some people make it.

[Emcee] So, we have a special

guest tonight.

Uh, a few years ago,

she came to me to
learn the ropes

because she wanted
to surprise her husband

with her own act.

They've been through
some rough times

but they're finally here.

So, please let's put
our hands together

and welcome to the stage...

Her husband, joey castelluci.

[Audience applaudes]

You're kidding.

[Audience applauding]

[Microphone rings]

Hi, a few years ago my
wife started coming here

because she wanted
to surprise me.

Caitlyn, you are the
most amazing woman

in the world.

You came here a long time ago

to learn how to make me laugh.

And I'm here tonight to
make you a deal.

If you put this ring
back on my finger,

I promise you,

I will never take it off again.

Caitlyn castelluci,
will you marry me...

One more time?

[Audience applaudes]

[Audience chants] Yes. Yes.

Yes.

[Audience cheers and applauds]

A funny thing happened on
the way to our divorce.

We fell back in love...

[Audience applauds] Awww...

♪♪ April in paris by ella
fitzgerald & louis armstrong ♪♪

Dance with me?

Really?

Since when did you
learn how to dance?

You asked me to, remember?

♪♪ April in paris, this is... ♪

Gosh, you really did it.

I tried so hard but you
wouldn't do it for me.

And I thought I could talk
you into anything.

If I remember, I could talk
you out of anything.

♪♪ I never knew the
charm of spring, ♪

♪ never met it face to face.

♪ I never knew my
heart could sing...♪♪

[Whispers] Don't kiss her.
Don't kiss her.

♪ Never missed a warm embrace

♪ till april in paris.

♪ Who can I run to?

♪ What have you done to my
heart? ♪♪

♪♪ in the wee small hours of
the morning by stacey kent ♪♪

♪ in the wee small hours,
of the morning ♪

♪ When the whole, wide,
world, is fast asleep ♪

♪ You lie awake, and think
about the boy ♪

♪ When the whole, wide, world
has learned it's lesson ♪

♪ He'd be yours... ♪

Shane?

[Gasp!]

You scared me.

Why are you putting your
stuff in a box?

I wrote you a letter.

I'm leaving.

I'm moving away.

What?

I just realized that...

I don't really belong
here anymore.

No. Of course you do.

Are you going back to
washington dc?

No, I'm quitting the
postal service for good.

How could that be good?

I love you both so much.

This is not how I
wanted to say goodbye.

Wait, I don't understand.
What happened?

Nothing.

Nothing finally happened.

Don't let nothing happen
to the two of you. Okay?

[Soft kiss]

What about the postables?

[Holding back tears]
Oh, norman.

We'll always
have the postables.

[Rita weeps softly]

"Dear friends,

I can't tell you how much
it has meant to me

to spend this last
year with all of you...

It's funny what lessons
I've learned

about living by delivering
a dead letter.

About saying the
things we mean...

And finding the right
words to say them."

"But somehow I can't seem
to find the right words

to explain why I'm
saying goodbye.

Just know that it's
for the best.

Always, shane"

what is she talking about?

Holly.

Holly? What does holly
have to do with this.

Oh, norman.

When two people who truly care

about each other don't
tell each other that they

truly care about them,

then the person they care about

can think they don't
care about them

and then they find someone else

who cares about them

and then it's too late.

I know this doesn't
make any sense...

Oh, no, it does.

It does?

You always make
sense to me, rita.

I do?

Are you in love with ramon?

Ramon? No!

No, no, I'm...

I'm...

I'm in love with you.

I am in love with you,
norman xavier dorman...

♪♪♪

[Burst out laughing]

Are you hungry?

[Rita laughs]

Yeah.

I'm starving.

[Rita laughs boisterously]

♪♪ When your lonely heart
has learned its lesson. ♪

♪ You'd be his, if only he
would call. ♪♪

What on earth?
Oliver, what is...?

An early birthday present.

If you put your weapon down,

I'll let you swing on it.

This is mine!

Being dispatched by my
favourite letter opener.

Now that is poetic justice.

Can we please not discuss
poetry right now?

How long have you been here?

Hour and a half.
It would have been less,

but I had to stop to explain

to a couple police officers

why I was installing a
porch swing at two am.

Why were you?

The reason why
that box contains

the entire contents
of your workstation?

I've quit.

You've quit?

I have ended my employment

with the united states
postal service forever

and unalterably and... forever.

Hmm.

What? I've really quit.

No, you haven't.

I have too.

Ms. Mcinerney, you have a
habit of self-terminating

whenever confronted
with a situation

you cannot control.

Well, I'm really going
to do it this time.

But why?

Well, we've been together,
working together,

for almost a year and it's
becoming obvious that

there's just no future for
me with... The job.

Of course there is.

It just takes some time to
get to know each other,

each other's strengths
and abilities

and to see if we have
the right chemistry...

To work together.

Well, I think I've seen enough

to know where this is going

and I think maybe
theres someone better

for the job.

If you recall, ms. Mcinerney,

the position didn't even
exist until you came along.

I don't think I even realized

what a huge hole I had in my...

Department until you came

and filled it.

Well, now you know

and I'm sure you won't waste
any time replacing me.

That would be impossible.

Well, I've made up my mind.

I wish you nothing
but happiness, oliver.

Both of you.

Both of... Ms. Mcinerney,

my wife has returned to paris.

What?

We wished each other well,

kissed each other good-bye.

You kissed her good-bye?

Yes.

And that didn't...

No, that did not.

So, how do you feel?

You know, for two years

I've imagined what
it might be like

if it became absolutely
clear that my

marriage was over.

Once all the questions
were answered

and I knew I would never

be holly's husband again,

how would I feel?

What would I do?

What did you do?

[Softly speaking] I went out

and I bought a porch swing.

[Chuckle]

Is it like the one you had

when you were a little girl?

It's better.

There's no view of the
potomac, of course,

but if you look right there...

[Shane] A crocus.

It was a long winter

but spring is almost here.

It's coming.

It's coming.

♪♪♪