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Signed, Sealed, Delivered- A Tale of Three Letters Full Movie
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00:00:00I've climbed the Eiffel Tower, walked in a London shower, but I get lost finding my
00:00:20way to your heart. And I can tell you where the Big Dipper is, where Cinderella's magical
00:00:35Slipper is, I'll wish. Now that you know, I love you so. Hold me and kiss me and show me the
00:00:52way to your heart.
00:00:56You know, I often marvel, as I imagine you do, at the ease of transatlantic travel as
00:01:09compared to, say, a hundred years ago. Did I mention we saw actual letters retrieved from
00:01:18the Titanic? Yes. Yes, you did. At the British Postal Museum. Yes. On your honeymoon. Yes.
00:01:23Last Tuesday in the afternoon. Ah, let me tell you, nothing exceeds the realization of a great
00:01:30dream of your life such as that, unless, of course, it is to experience it with the love
00:01:35of your life by your side. I dare say we might be one of the great postal love stories. That's
00:01:44how Shane and I met. Just guessing at the post office? Oh, the dead letter office, to be
00:01:49precise. We comprise a rather elite task force with wide powers of postal discretion. But
00:01:55I get ahead of myself. I could go on. But please, tell me about yourself.
00:02:01Ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning our descent into Denver.
00:02:06Oh, my goodness, the time just flew by.
00:02:09Are we landing?
00:02:09Momentarily. Momentarily, my love. I know you slept all the way from London.
00:02:14How about you? Oh, my friend here and I had the most marvelous conversation about love
00:02:21and the mail, every step it took to get us to this moment, the threshold of our new life
00:02:27together. And now it begins.
00:02:31And now it begins.
00:02:33Finally, love has found me after all this time. Finally, love. It took so long. It's just a crime.
00:02:59But now I'm not complaining. My life's complete. Finally, love is here for me.
00:03:12Yes, it is.
00:03:15Good morning, Mr. O'Doul.
00:03:17It nearly ran down.
00:03:19Oh, how long does it take before it starts?
00:03:21Five days. I had the gardener winding it while we were away, but I forgot he was visiting his
00:03:25mother in Grand Junction this week.
00:03:27Well, we were on our honeymoon. You have a pretty good reason for letting things slip a little.
00:03:32True, but it's ticked continuously for the last 100 years. I'd never forgive myself if I let this
00:03:38clock stop on my watch, so to speak.
00:03:42So, um, how soon till you're ready to leave, my loaf?
00:03:48I should be ready soon.
00:03:50Well, it is our first day back.
00:03:52Okay. So, they'll understand if we're out of the way to life.
00:03:58So, as I am the ranking official.
00:04:02Oh, let me bring this wedding gown upstairs.
00:04:05No, just leave it there. I'm gonna take you to the cleaners and have it heirloomized by
00:04:11wedding dress preservation professionals.
00:04:14All right.
00:04:18Oops.
00:04:22Oliver!
00:04:23Yes, coming.
00:04:24They'll be here, Norman. We were like getting back from our honeymoon, too.
00:04:40Yeah, but we were coming back from the East Tin Cup family camp. They're in the off-season
00:04:45in Gland, Colorado. They're in Europe. They have other languages. They could get on the
00:04:49wrong train or eat the wrong cheese.
00:04:50I knew!
00:04:51Oh, thank heavens.
00:04:53Tell us everything!
00:04:55How was the cheese?
00:04:56Uh, unparalleled. The cheese, the wine, and of course, the British Museum of Postal History
00:05:02was humbling, inspiring, monumental. The breadth and depth of their medieval collection was
00:05:07it put me in mind to explore the possibilities of a postal museum right here in Denver. I couldn't
00:05:12stop thinking about it.
00:05:14Yes, it was a big topic in the balloon.
00:05:16Oh, you did the balloon. We did. It was so magical, floating over Stockholm in a hot air
00:05:22balloon sipping champagne with my new husband.
00:05:26Aw.
00:05:26Sounds like a lot more fun than Donkey Rides and East Tin Cup. Though the zipline was cool.
00:05:32We did love the zipline.
00:05:34Rita, what have we here?
00:05:36It's a welcome home present.
00:05:39No.
00:05:40Oh, yes.
00:05:41The great mailbox breach of 2017.
00:05:43Yeah. Every letter mailed from Garfield High School.
00:05:46I had given up hope they'd ever be found.
00:05:48Yeah, they were recovered from a street drain and then accidentally sent to the Termini
00:05:52Annex in Kansas City.
00:05:53And it took seven years to track and return them to Denver?
00:05:56Yeah. Not everybody can be us.
00:05:58We've got 25, including that severely damaged one.
00:06:02And I have invented something to remove mold and flakes.
00:06:07Thanks. It's my four-step desiccation revelation process. It'll only take five to six months
00:06:13for the process to complete.
00:06:14Astounding, Norman. Well, we have plenty to keep us busy until then.
00:06:18Miss McInerney, would you like to do the honors?
00:06:20You're still going by Miss McInerney?
00:06:22We're still working on it.
00:06:24Water-soluble ink, perhaps addressed with a fountain pen?
00:06:38I can barely read anything.
00:06:41Well, we have obeyed all the postal privacy directives, and we have no other option.
00:06:46Norman?
00:06:46Well, extraction.
00:06:49Tricky.
00:06:50Over here.
00:06:54We've got a whole day planned for you.
00:06:57Lunch at Ramone's new restaurant with Oliver's dad, and Charlie is bringing Eleanor.
00:07:01Perfect.
00:07:02Oh, how's that going?
00:07:04It's not strange having a brand new mom and her baby living in your basement?
00:07:08Oh, no. When I was growing up, we always took people in.
00:07:11And how's Charlie handling single motherhood?
00:07:13Oh, well, a new baby is a lot.
00:07:16But we're helping, and Norman is completely on board.
00:07:20Oh.
00:07:21Like, like completely.
00:07:24Well, you'll see.
00:07:25Well, my friends, we have a nearly readable letter, shall we?
00:07:32Dear Maria, I am shocked, dismayed, and quite hurt by your actions.
00:07:36I feel utterly betrayed by someone I consider to be a stellar student with great potential,
00:07:42and I was proud to be your mentor, and I thought your friend.
00:07:47When the police arrived today, it broke my heart that you broke the law.
00:07:52I'm sorry to say that I will press charges.
00:07:55Life has consequences, Maria, and you must learn to face them,
00:07:58or this path of anger you continue to choose to become a way of life,
00:08:03and all you have worked for will be overtaken by self-entitlement and bitterness.
00:08:08If you want to play ball for a living, you need to learn how to play ball in life.
00:08:13This is a difficult letter to write, but not all teaching happens in the classroom,
00:08:17and this is one lesson I feel I need to impart to you.
00:08:21Impart?
00:08:21I'm going to go with English teacher.
00:08:24As your theater teacher, I often emphasized that drama belongs on the stage, not...
00:08:30The rest is missing.
00:08:33But we do know, however, whoever wrote this,
00:08:36clearly a Garfield High School theater teacher seven years ago,
00:08:39addressed this apparently to a student.
00:08:41Ouch!
00:08:43What a letter to send!
00:08:44Or receive.
00:08:45Maria could be a very different person now.
00:08:48Are you really sure we have to deliver that?
00:08:51I didn't hear you say that.
00:08:56She must have done something really awful.
00:09:03We brought them all the way from London.
00:09:07That's from the British Postal Museum.
00:09:09Oh, feeling waxed.
00:09:11It stamps the profile of a corgi.
00:09:13Mailboxes of the 19th century.
00:09:16Limited edition.
00:09:17Oh, there she is, Charlie!
00:09:19How are you doing?
00:09:22Oh, she's fine.
00:09:23A little colicky, but that's normal.
00:09:25Sleeps almost six hours a night.
00:09:26Wakes up very cranky.
00:09:28I think he meant Charlie, Norman.
00:09:31Oh, I'm great.
00:09:32But I couldn't do it
00:09:33if Eleanor didn't have
00:09:35two amazing godparents.
00:09:37Hey, if you want to sit down,
00:09:39I can take you for a walk.
00:09:40Oh, yes, thank you.
00:09:43Hi.
00:09:47Meow.
00:09:53So, Charlie, when are you back to work?
00:09:55Um, well, I could take more maternity leave,
00:09:57but honestly, it's kind of lonely
00:09:58at Rita and Norman's without them there.
00:10:00Why don't you come hang out with us?
00:10:02Maybe you could bring Eleanor along.
00:10:04Oh, uh, regulations don't...
00:10:05Joe, you could come by
00:10:07and help us set up a crib in the corner.
00:10:09Actually, Norman already has.
00:10:12There's a crib in the DL?
00:10:14Mm-hmm.
00:10:14I gave him your old one.
00:10:16I'm sorry, uh, babies in the workplace are...
00:10:18Oh, you are the ranking official
00:10:21in the dead letter office, darling.
00:10:22Yes, but...
00:10:23Wait, Charlie,
00:10:24didn't you graduate from Garfield High?
00:10:27Seven years ago, yeah.
00:10:28Did you know a girl named Maria?
00:10:29She either played softball
00:10:31or volleyball, maybe?
00:10:33No, I wasn't really into sports that much.
00:10:35Do you remember your drama teacher?
00:10:36Uh, Mrs. Philpott.
00:10:38She's not there anymore.
00:10:39She actually left the second semester
00:10:40of my senior year.
00:10:41No one knows why, though.
00:10:43And the plot thickens.
00:10:44And the salad bar is open.
00:10:46Oh!
00:10:48Please don't get used to...
00:10:50Um...
00:10:51Don't get in the habit of assuming
00:10:53I'm willing to bend the postal rules
00:10:54just because...
00:10:55Because we share the same mailbox?
00:11:03Over there.
00:11:05Ramon!
00:11:05You were both so kind
00:11:07to think of me
00:11:08on your honeymoon.
00:11:10What a thoughtful souvenir,
00:11:12a compendium of recovered mail
00:11:14from the Titanic.
00:11:15Well, your great uncle
00:11:16was lost on the Titanic,
00:11:17if I recall.
00:11:18Actually,
00:11:19he got lost on the way
00:11:20to the Titanic.
00:11:21A fortunate mix-up.
00:11:23So,
00:11:24how is married life?
00:11:27Grand.
00:11:27Every day,
00:11:29a revelation.
00:11:31Marriage
00:11:32is like a salad bar,
00:11:35Ovalier.
00:11:36A great one
00:11:37brings you back
00:11:38again and again
00:11:40to appreciate
00:11:41all it has to offer.
00:11:44Hmm.
00:11:44How are your adoption plans coming?
00:11:46Oh, well,
00:11:47there's a lot of paperwork
00:11:48to fill out
00:11:48to even start
00:11:49looking for a baby.
00:11:52But helping Charlie
00:11:53with Eleanor
00:11:53takes up
00:11:54a lot of time.
00:11:56Wow.
00:11:56Norman's time.
00:12:08So,
00:12:09you found a letter
00:12:10to Mrs. Philpott?
00:12:11From.
00:12:11It was mailed
00:12:12in the Great Mailbox Breach
00:12:14of 2017.
00:12:16A bomb scare
00:12:17that turned out
00:12:18to be a false alarm.
00:12:20But,
00:12:20in the process,
00:12:21a mailbox
00:12:22was blown up
00:12:23along with most
00:12:23of the mail inside.
00:12:25And then,
00:12:26anything they did recover
00:12:27ended up
00:12:28at the wrong post office
00:12:29for a few years
00:12:30until it made
00:12:31its way back to us.
00:12:34Is that all
00:12:35you're going to eat?
00:12:36Oh, I'm not
00:12:37very hungry.
00:12:41Well,
00:12:42not every letter
00:12:42we deliver
00:12:43is going to be good news.
00:12:44Whoever Maria is,
00:12:45she has a letter
00:12:46to read,
00:12:47and we are going to...
00:12:47Norman,
00:12:48have you ever had
00:12:48anything of yours
00:12:49heirloomized?
00:12:50Uh, no.
00:12:51Nope.
00:12:51I think I would have
00:12:52remembered something
00:12:53like that.
00:12:53Cherry Creek Professional
00:12:55Fabric Preservation.
00:12:56It is the only place
00:12:57that I would trust
00:12:58in preserving
00:12:58my wedding dress.
00:12:59Then it'll be
00:13:00in perfect condition
00:13:01for when your daughter
00:13:02gets...
00:13:03Oh,
00:13:04if you have a daughter.
00:13:05Maybe someday.
00:13:07But what about you?
00:13:08Oh,
00:13:08we're still trying,
00:13:09of course.
00:13:10But we want to adopt,
00:13:11too.
00:13:11if I can just get
00:13:13Norman to finish
00:13:13his application essay
00:13:15on why he wants
00:13:16to be a dad.
00:13:18Hey.
00:13:20Maybe he already
00:13:21heals like one.
00:13:22Okay?
00:13:25You know,
00:13:26it's funny.
00:13:27You think,
00:13:27you know,
00:13:28your soulmate's quirks
00:13:28and thoughts,
00:13:29and then they surprise you.
00:13:30Oh, believe me,
00:13:31after all these years,
00:13:33I have seen
00:13:34all of Oliver's quirks.
00:13:37Ha, ha, ha.
00:13:41Well,
00:13:43I'm going to run
00:13:45a search for all
00:13:46the Marias in sports
00:13:47at Garfield High
00:13:48in 2017.
00:13:50I'm just going to need
00:13:51to take a look
00:13:51at that letter again.
00:13:52Oh, I've got it.
00:13:54Oh.
00:13:57Where'd it go?
00:13:58Oh,
00:13:59I put it in the
00:14:00pending box,
00:14:01and it's...
00:14:03It's already empty.
00:14:05Uh,
00:14:05that's not the pending box.
00:14:06That's the outgoing box.
00:14:07Oh,
00:14:08and I emptied it
00:14:09onto the main conveyor
00:14:10on our way to lunch.
00:14:11So it went back
00:14:12into the system.
00:14:13Oh, I'm so, so, so,
00:14:15so sorry.
00:14:15I,
00:14:16I'm just so jet-lagged,
00:14:17and I just...
00:14:18Not to worry.
00:14:19It was a dead letter.
00:14:20It still is a dead letter.
00:14:21We'll find it's way
00:14:21back to us sooner or later.
00:14:22We just have to wait.
00:14:23In the meantime,
00:14:24we have plenty
00:14:25of work to do
00:14:26right here.
00:14:27Hmm.
00:14:30Ah.
00:14:30Ah.
00:14:33Ah.
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00:14:38Ah.
00:14:38Ah.
00:14:39Ah.
00:14:39Ah.
00:14:40Ah.
00:14:41Have you thought
00:14:41about expanding
00:14:42the closet?
00:14:43Or, you know,
00:14:44adding on?
00:14:45Oh, the house
00:14:46is protected
00:14:46by the State
00:14:47Historical Society.
00:14:48Any changes
00:14:49have to be approved
00:14:50by a committee.
00:14:52Wow.
00:14:53That's astounding.
00:14:54There's no postal museum
00:14:56in the state of Colorado,
00:14:57and yet there is
00:14:58a museum entirely
00:14:59dedicated to
00:15:00the unsinkable
00:15:01Molly Brown.
00:15:02I know, to be fair,
00:15:03she did survive
00:15:04the Titanic.
00:15:05Are you feeling
00:15:05a little warm?
00:15:06No, not really.
00:15:07Mm-mm.
00:15:11How do you open this?
00:15:13Oh, uh, well,
00:15:14the crank was lost
00:15:15years ago.
00:15:17The Society
00:15:17won't approve
00:15:18a new window
00:15:18because it affects
00:15:20the exterior
00:15:21integrity
00:15:21of the house.
00:15:23It only opens
00:15:24by committee.
00:15:25Uh, well,
00:15:26the review board
00:15:27meets next spring.
00:15:28I'll try and get it
00:15:29on the agenda.
00:15:29Mm-hmm.
00:15:31Mm-hmm.
00:15:33You okay?
00:15:48I just feel awful
00:15:50about that letter.
00:15:53On the other hand,
00:15:55would it be so terrible
00:15:56if Maria never got it?
00:15:57Yes, it would.
00:16:05And I have
00:16:06every confidence
00:16:07that we will get
00:16:08another chance
00:16:09to do the right thing.
00:16:12Trust the timing.
00:16:13Trust the timing.
00:16:13Trust the timing.
00:16:13Trust the timing.
00:16:36I'm almost ready. I just have to find my other shoe.
00:16:56Well, I'm sure it's here. There are none left. Upstairs.
00:17:01Oh! Got it.
00:17:06Ready. Ready. Big day. Big day.
00:17:10Morning, Charlie. You're here early.
00:17:13I bet you didn't want to miss the grand finale of the Great Mailbox Spree.
00:17:16Only two letters left.
00:17:23Actually, it's three.
00:17:25It's back.
00:17:27Maria's letter? No.
00:17:29Cast your dead letter upon the postal waters, and it shall be returned to you.
00:17:36Charlie? You okay?
00:17:42Um, I have a confession.
00:17:46The bomb scare, the Great Mailbox Breach of 2017.
00:17:54That was my fault.
00:17:55I'm sorry. I don't understand how you could be responsible for a bomb scare.
00:18:13Because it was my idea. Not the bomb part. It's just, um, it's complicated.
00:18:20Well, I'm stunned. No, I'm flabbergasted, actually. I'm more than... I...
00:18:26You can tell us what happened.
00:18:29There were three of us who hung around in high school.
00:18:31It was me and these two guys, Marlon and Barry.
00:18:36Marlon was the sweet one.
00:18:37Barry was the crazy one.
00:18:39We saw the world the same way.
00:18:40We read the same books. We laughed at the same things.
00:18:43So, Barry's thing was thinking up these crazy pranks.
00:18:46Nothing mean. Just creative.
00:18:49Like, um, putting the principal's morning announcements through an app that made him sound like Voldemort.
00:18:56Voldemort.
00:18:56Later. Go on.
00:18:58Anyway, we had this thing about seizing the day.
00:19:02Except Marlon and Barry kept teasing me for always being worried we'd get into trouble if we did.
00:19:07So, I decided to do something to prove I was just as creative as they were.
00:19:17That mailman empties that box at 12.05 every day like clockwork.
00:19:24What kind of life is that?
00:19:26Every day.
00:19:26Same time. Same box.
00:19:29I don't know. Some people like their routines, you know?
00:19:32Some people need their routines.
00:19:34Take that away and he'd be lost.
00:19:37Maybe he'd be released from the monotony of the daily drudgery of constant retrieval and it would rock his world.
00:19:43All he needs is something to wake him up.
00:19:49Tomorrow?
00:19:49Tomorrow, we seize the day.
00:19:54Okay, we seize the day. We seize the day.
00:19:57Bye-bye.
00:19:59Now, I must take exception to the characterization of dedicated postal service as drudgery.
00:20:04She was 17, Oliver.
00:20:06Keep going.
00:20:09I had the idea to put something in a mailbox that would surprise the carrier.
00:20:13Just surprise him, that's all.
00:20:15Maybe put a microphone in there and have a voice yelling, let me out.
00:20:19Barry wanted to put a cat in there.
00:20:20A cat?
00:20:21A cat.
00:20:23But we landed on something we thought was pretty tame.
00:20:29We put an alarm clock in the mailbox just to see what would happen.
00:20:37Go, go, go.
00:20:38Are you there?
00:20:45This is Philpott.
00:20:46Two o'clock.
00:20:48Good morning.
00:20:49Good morning.
00:20:49Good morning.
00:20:49Good morning.
00:21:07Uh-oh.
00:21:08What happened?
00:21:10The alarm didn't go off.
00:21:12What's he doing?
00:21:14Where's he going?
00:21:16Hey, you two.
00:21:17Um, no way he really thinks that's a bomb, right?
00:21:21What do we do now?
00:21:22Nothing.
00:21:23We weren't here.
00:21:25The bomb squad came.
00:21:27Charlie!
00:21:27He detonated the mailbox.
00:21:29And the rest is history.
00:21:31You intentionally breached a repository of the U.S. mail with a clock.
00:21:37I'm so sorry.
00:21:38I don't know what I was thinking.
00:21:39All those letters.
00:21:40Charlie, it was a really long time ago.
00:21:43You were just a kid, and it was a silly prank.
00:21:46It was a federal offense.
00:21:48But not intentional.
00:21:49A federal offense.
00:21:51But not intentional.
00:21:54You know I left the post office.
00:21:56Yes, we do.
00:21:57But there should be a consequence for this sort of thing.
00:22:02So, suspension.
00:22:05Oliver!
00:22:10So, you should go home and meditate on what you've done.
00:22:23And we will see you in the morning.
00:22:25Thank you, Oliver.
00:22:26I'm sorry.
00:22:31At least we found Maria's letter.
00:22:40Wait.
00:22:42You asked me about a Maria at my school.
00:22:44I just remembered one.
00:22:45Do you remember her last name?
00:22:46No, but she was supposed to be the lead in the school play, and then she just disappeared.
00:22:50Like Mrs. Philpott?
00:22:53Did she play sports, too?
00:22:55All I know is that Maria never graduated.
00:22:58I think she got arrested or something.
00:23:00Wow.
00:23:11So, Maria went to jail, Miss Philpott disappeared, and Charlie violated Federal Postal Regulation 587B, Section E, Paragraph 12.
00:23:20At least we have the letter back, and a real lead now, too.
00:23:25I ran a search in the 2017 Garfield High database for seniors named Maria.
00:23:30I found two.
00:23:32A Maria Haugen was never registered in the drama class, but a Maria Sollinger was.
00:23:38So, Maria Sollinger, next steps?
00:23:41Track down Maria's current address and surprise her with a really awful letter?
00:23:45That is our mandate, yes.
00:23:48I hope our efforts to deliver the last two letters are successful and bring a modicum of pleasure to their intended recipients.
00:23:55Well, let's get this over with.
00:23:58That's the spirit.
00:24:00Oh!
00:24:01How did your appointment go this morning?
00:24:03Oh, well, the adoption people want us to find a registered family therapist to attest to our fitness as parents.
00:24:08Yeah, they gave us a list of names, but they're all on the other side of town.
00:24:11I'm not comfortable being that far away from home in case Ellingor needs something.
00:24:15On the other hand, honey, perhaps a good therapist could provide a little perspective on how to raise your children while other people raise theirs.
00:24:24Oh, I've got one.
00:24:25A therapist?
00:24:26A cousin.
00:24:27Oh.
00:24:27Norman and his married cousins.
00:24:29Oh, that's right.
00:24:30Calliope.
00:24:31She's perfect.
00:24:32She's a family counselor, she's right in town, and she's really flexible.
00:24:35Well, with our schedule, flexible hours are a plus.
00:24:38I haven't seen Calliope since, um...
00:24:41Oh, five years ago, when she played Santa Claus at the office Christmas party.
00:24:45Oh, that was her coming down the pneumatic tube in the terminal annex?
00:24:48Yeah.
00:24:49Do you really think a cousin is a good idea, though?
00:24:52Because...
00:24:52Of course.
00:24:53I mean, who knows them better?
00:24:54Uh, I'm sorry.
00:25:00I interrupted you at lunch.
00:25:02Oh, that's okay.
00:25:04I mean, I get it.
00:25:06Uh, you get what?
00:25:08Well, sometimes you just have to weigh in on a conversation with another point of view before I've had a chance to actually...
00:25:15I didn't see it as weighing in on...
00:25:18You...
00:25:18You just did it, darling.
00:25:20But that's okay.
00:25:22It's just a little quirk.
00:25:23A little quirk.
00:25:26Rita, where are we with that first letter?
00:25:28Well, I'm still missing one digit of the street address and most of the street name, except for the letter Z, but we're getting there.
00:25:36Great.
00:25:36And the search for Maria Sollinger?
00:25:38Well, I found 20 just in Colorado, but only one that matches our Maria's age.
00:25:44And that is where the trail for Maria Sollinger stops.
00:25:49After her arrest?
00:25:50Yeah, I couldn't find anything in the traditional news, probably because she was under 18, but I did find something on the Garfield High chatroom from back then.
00:26:00Listen to this.
00:26:01Maria Sollinger could have gone to Vision One, but she blew it.
00:26:04Then this.
00:26:05I heard she was sentenced to 30 days in juvie.
00:26:08Kiss that scholarship goodbye.
00:26:10Hmm.
00:26:10Wow.
00:26:11Whatever Maria did must be the reason she didn't graduate high school.
00:26:15If she was sentenced, there would be court records, but that would be a tough one.
00:26:19Then maybe we can follow a paper trail to somebody who still knows her.
00:26:23Okay.
00:26:35Uh, Norman?
00:26:37I could use your advice.
00:26:40Oh, um...
00:26:43Well, personal or postal?
00:26:45Well, for many years I have been your mentor in many areas of life, but now, as a newlywed, pupil has become the teacher, and I have much to learn about the first months of adjustment.
00:27:04Um, well, uh, it's mostly about working out the little things, like, um, who does the dishes, or who takes out the garbage, or who thinks my 36-volume collection of South American commemorative stamps doesn't belong on the coffee table.
00:27:22Little stuff.
00:27:23But you do, uh, adjust eventually?
00:27:28Yeah.
00:27:30Well, that comes down to teamwork, compromise.
00:27:35Waking up every morning and thinking, what can I do to make her happy today?
00:27:41Bingo.
00:27:43Public defender Ed Frank supervised juvenile cases seven years ago.
00:27:50Excellent.
00:27:51Let's make the call.
00:27:51I'm on it.
00:27:53And guess what?
00:27:55I just matched Zipko to half a street name.
00:27:59That's two down, one to go.
00:28:00We're on a roll.
00:28:02Yeah, and Calliope can see us at one today.
00:28:04Except I was gonna take Eleanor for a walk.
00:28:06Oh, well, you could take a walk with me to therapy.
00:28:09Mm, public defender's book for today, but there might be an opening for tomorrow.
00:28:13So I think I might just go home and have a nap.
00:28:17Are you okay?
00:28:18Yeah, it's just these long hours are starting to make me...
00:28:20Actually, you reminded me, um, I have an errand to run.
00:28:23I can drop you at the house.
00:28:25All right, everyone.
00:28:26Let's break and regroup at two, shall we?
00:28:28Oh, okay.
00:28:29Come on, Norman.
00:28:31Let's get evaluated.
00:28:39I am so ready for this nap.
00:28:53And then I have an errand to drive my car.
00:28:55Oh, look.
00:28:55Oh, see, what?
00:29:00I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:01Let's go.
00:29:06Come on, Norman.
00:29:07Oh, my god!
00:29:09I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:10Oh, my god!
00:29:12I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:12I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:14I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:14That's not a good nap.
00:29:15I'm so ready for this nap.
00:29:16Oh, my god.
00:29:17My god!
00:29:18I will do this nap.
00:29:19I'll take my car.
00:29:21I'll be there for this nap.
00:29:23Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:29:41Oh, no.
00:29:48Mom!
00:29:53How are you feeling?
00:30:00Oh, I feel good.
00:30:02Where's my wedding dress?
00:30:04Oh, well, I knew you fully intended to take it to be preserved, so I thought to myself,
00:30:09what can I do to relieve my dear wife of the burden of such a mundane errand?
00:30:14So I took it for you.
00:30:16Wow, how thoughtful.
00:30:18And where did you happen to take it?
00:30:21Oh, Fred's Swifty Cleaners.
00:30:23Not Cherry Creek Professional Fabric Preservation.
00:30:27No, Fred, he was very excited.
00:30:29And in fact, he said he's always wanted to work with real lace.
00:30:36I thought you'd be pleased.
00:30:39I just wish you'd ask me first.
00:30:41Oh, well, it would be just another decision for you to make when you have so many here waiting for you already.
00:30:49Well, I've been making decisions my whole life, darling.
00:30:52Just not in historical landmarks.
00:30:55Oh.
00:30:57Do you think you'll feel well enough to go back to work?
00:31:04Yep.
00:31:06Why don't you go on ahead and I will meet you there.
00:31:10Okay.
00:31:12Huh.
00:31:12Exquisite craftsmanship.
00:31:231898.
00:31:25Yes.
00:31:26I can restore this.
00:31:27Yeah, fabulous.
00:31:28Two months.
00:31:29Maybe three if you want to restore to its original beauty.
00:31:32Three months?
00:31:33No, that's impossible.
00:31:34I'm not fixing a can opener.
00:31:36My craft is one of precision and detail.
00:31:38It's a crank.
00:31:39What if we swap out original beauty for original function?
00:31:44Please.
00:31:45My marriage is riding on this.
00:31:46New husband, family heirloom.
00:31:52Six weeks.
00:31:53Four days.
00:31:54Three weeks.
00:31:55Four days.
00:31:56I am pleased to inform that Norman and Rita Hayworth-Dorman exemplify the highest parental standards
00:32:03and I unreservedly recommend them as candidates for adoptive parents.
00:32:07The highest parental standards.
00:32:09I bet all my practice with Charlie and Eleanor help, don't you?
00:32:12Oh, yes.
00:32:13Absolutely, darling.
00:32:15I know.
00:32:16I know.
00:32:16I'm late.
00:32:17I'm sorry.
00:32:18No, no.
00:32:18Just in time.
00:32:19Rita believes she's about to make a breakthrough on her next last letter.
00:32:23Oh, I did it!
00:32:24I made a match!
00:32:25The only possible combination of zip, street, and name is addressed to...
00:32:30Oh.
00:32:32Wow.
00:32:39Hi.
00:32:40You didn't have to knock.
00:32:43We are here on official business.
00:32:45The second letter from 2017.
00:32:48We believe it's addressed to you.
00:32:54Rita Cross referenced the address to one previously listed for you.
00:33:05So?
00:33:07Is it really for you?
00:33:09Now, Charlie, don't feel pressured to reveal the contents of a personal letter to us.
00:33:13Dear Charlie, I know this sounds crazy since we've only been friends up to now.
00:33:23The truth is, I have feelings for you.
00:33:27Oh, wow.
00:33:28They started the day we met, and they've just gotten deeper.
00:33:32And if I don't say something now, we could graduate, go our separate ways, and miss out on the best thing that could ever happen to us.
00:33:39So it's time for me to seize the day and just say it.
00:33:46I think I love you.
00:33:48And if you think you could feel the same way, then maybe after we graduate, even if it's not the three of us anymore, it could still be the two of us.
00:33:57Just think about it, please.
00:33:59It's poetic, but, um, to the point?
00:34:01Yeah, it looks like he signed it L-O-something.
00:34:06Probably love Barry.
00:34:07Barry?
00:34:09I didn't realize he liked me so much.
00:34:11So that's Barry's handwriting? It's not Marlon's?
00:34:13Yeah, yeah. See how C's is spelled with I-E instead of E-I, and separate has three E's?
00:34:18Common mistakes, sadly.
00:34:20Not for Marlon.
00:34:21Barry was a terrible speller.
00:34:23Barry wrote this.
00:34:25Yeah, we just had fun together.
00:34:27If one of us had feelings for another one of us, it would have been weird, but I guess Barry liked me.
00:34:32I always liked...
00:34:35Doesn't matter now.
00:34:38Have you kept in touch?
00:34:40With Barry?
00:34:41Or Marlon.
00:34:42No, we all lost track of each other after graduation.
00:34:44Maybe Barry's still interested in a single mother?
00:34:47Yes.
00:34:47But besides, it's been like seven years. I wouldn't even know where to start.
00:34:50Well, that's what we do.
00:34:52We could help you find Barry.
00:34:53But we are not in the business of locating lost crushes.
00:34:58Our official duties require us to focus on Maria Sollinger and delivering...
00:35:03Why can't we do...
00:35:05Sorry to interrupt.
00:35:08Oh.
00:35:09Oh, sounds like Eleanor needs her mama.
00:35:12Well, our therapist helped me to see that focusing on Eleanor was getting in the way of focusing on starting her own family.
00:35:26Wow.
00:35:27You got all that in an hour?
00:35:30She seems pretty special.
00:35:32Well, she is my cousin.
00:35:35Can you guys stay for dinner?
00:35:36Thank you, but we have a date with a pasta maker.
00:35:39It was a wedding gift from Hazel.
00:35:42So many we can find it.
00:35:44Lots of gifts still on the dining table.
00:35:48And on the floor and in the closet.
00:35:51Yep, lots.
00:35:53Lots of gifts.
00:35:54Lots of friends giving lots of gifts.
00:35:58I was thinking if you prefer to go out for dinner, we could...
00:36:02Can you smell something?
00:36:03Yeah.
00:36:05It's like something's on fire.
00:36:07That would explain the sirens.
00:36:09It sounds like it's coming from over there on Gaylord here.
00:36:14Red Swifty cleaners.
00:36:16No.
00:36:18No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
00:36:21I know what you're thinking.
00:36:33Oh.
00:36:33I don't think you do, Oliver.
00:36:37Suppose, um, to, um, wear it before...
00:36:44Before you took it to the wrong cleaners and it was cremated by Fred's Swifty Fire Center.
00:36:53Perhaps we should discuss this later.
00:37:01What are you doing?
00:37:02Winding the clock.
00:37:03But it doesn't have to be wound for another three and a half days.
00:37:07Oh, I, uh, wind it every other day.
00:37:10It keeps the mechanism supples.
00:37:12It's not there.
00:37:14I broke it.
00:37:16I was trying to open that stupid window upstairs and I took it to a repairman and he said there's a chance it'll be ready before the clock winds down.
00:37:25I'm so sorry.
00:37:27I'm sorry, too.
00:37:28How about I make you some linguine and clams with a nice cabernet?
00:37:36Uh, I'm not very hungry.
00:37:38I'm hungry.
00:37:38I mean, who never opens the window in their bedroom?
00:38:03Did you try using a three-quarter inch Allen wrench?
00:38:05The point is that the window should have worked, but it didn't, so I found a way to fix it.
00:38:09But you didn't.
00:38:11Well, the sacred O'Toole clock that hasn't stopped chiming in a thousand years is going to stop if Arthur doesn't find the right piece of wood to fix the thingy in time and my wedding dress is dead.
00:38:23Did you guys apologize?
00:38:26I said I was sorry.
00:38:27He said he was sorry.
00:38:28Did you forgive each other?
00:38:29Well, I felt it would be a thoughtful surprise to have her dress waterproofed and moth-proofed professionally as a, you know, lasting heirloom and save her the chore of delivering it herself.
00:38:41Yeah.
00:38:42Gets it out of the hallway.
00:38:43Yes, that too.
00:38:44So I took it to Swifty Cleaners.
00:38:46Actually, the former Fred's Swifty Cleaners after six o'clock last night.
00:38:52So the wedding dress is now essentially toast.
00:38:59And the clock crank?
00:39:00It's not cranking.
00:39:01Norman, I'm not sure what I'll do if I let the family clock run down after all these years.
00:39:10Oh, well, what's the worst that can happen?
00:39:13Coffee break.
00:39:15Here's your usual.
00:39:17Just like you like it.
00:39:19What is that?
00:39:20Oh, that's, uh, my father brought it in.
00:39:23It's the O'Toole family rocking chair.
00:39:26It's nearly a hundred years old.
00:39:27Aw.
00:39:27Oh, good heavens.
00:39:29It's like I've married a museum.
00:39:31Oh, Shane.
00:39:31The, um, public defender returned your call.
00:39:34Uh, he leaves tomorrow on a two-week vacation.
00:39:36Oh!
00:39:37Great.
00:39:38Just great.
00:39:39What if I go now, camp outside his office, and he'll have to see me?
00:39:43Uh, perhaps Norman and I should take over from here?
00:39:47What?
00:39:48The two of you take over?
00:39:50You've been tired, and this may end up being a very sensitive meeting.
00:39:55Sensitive?
00:39:57Oh, silly me.
00:39:59Hey, Shane.
00:40:01I found the, um, Garfield yearbook.
00:40:04Oh, look.
00:40:05We are looking for anything about Barry.
00:40:08Uh, okay.
00:40:10Ah!
00:40:11Senior class.
00:40:14Let's see.
00:40:15Oh, look!
00:40:16There's Charlie!
00:40:17Charlie Reddick.
00:40:18Most likely to have a happily ever after.
00:40:20We will just have to make sure that we get her one.
00:40:23I understand the, uh, irresistible urge to locate this fellow on Charlie's behalf, but as I said, personal interests cannot exist in the postal environment.
00:40:34Oh, come on, Oliver.
00:40:36If this is for Charlie, you heard her yesterday.
00:40:40I did.
00:40:40Uh, just, in my experience, there are countless ways in which meddling in another's affairs can backfire.
00:40:45Agreed.
00:40:47There are a myriad of ways that meddling in many one's stuff can backfire.
00:40:52Or just end up on fire.
00:40:55You mean myriad ways.
00:40:58It's a common misconception to use the article A in the preposition of.
00:41:02However...
00:41:03Oh, look!
00:41:04Yeah!
00:41:05Fast-talking Barry.
00:41:06Most likely to own a car dealership.
00:41:09Are you seriously giving me a grammar lesson right now?
00:41:12My only intent was to clarify the use of myriad as an adjective.
00:41:16Now, if it had been employed as a noun...
00:41:18Oh, then I would use a myriad of other ways to stop you from correcting me.
00:41:23That would be technically correct if used as a noun.
00:41:25Right now, there are a myriad of nouns coming to mind.
00:41:29Just as there are myriad ways to open a window without employing the one tool never intended to open the window.
00:41:35And there it is.
00:41:37Forgive me, I thought we were supposed to keep personal interests out of the office environment, Mr. O'Toole?
00:41:42Exactly my point, Miss McInerney.
00:41:45Is anyone hungry?
00:41:47No.
00:41:47No.
00:41:48Oh.
00:41:51Hi.
00:41:51Sorry, we're late.
00:41:53We've got a lead on Barry.
00:41:55Oh.
00:41:55Might be selling cars.
00:41:56He sounds a little sketchy, but if you do decide to check him out, whatever you do, don't do it on postal time.
00:42:04She's gone.
00:42:30She's not gone.
00:42:34She just needs some air.
00:42:37Hmm.
00:42:39So do I.
00:42:42Go find her.
00:42:43Rita and I can talk to Mr. Frank.
00:42:45You just go.
00:42:46Norman, I don't know where to look.
00:42:49Of course you do.
00:42:52Where do you go when you need to feel like yourself again?
00:42:54Hmm.
00:42:54Hmm.
00:43:00Home.
00:43:02Home.
00:43:05Damn.
00:43:11This is Clyde, he's number.
00:43:13She made time for us right away, so just, uh, think about it.
00:43:22Hmm.
00:43:23And here I was wondering if you know me at all.
00:43:44I know you're unhappy.
00:43:50Because you are.
00:43:53And you are because I am, and I don't know how we got here.
00:43:58Where we go now.
00:44:05Remember how it felt when we were sitting on my porch swing?
00:44:09Everything made sense when we were there, going in the same direction.
00:44:28Maybe we need some help.
00:44:29So Rita and Norman turned in their application, huh?
00:44:42Yeah, all they have to do is wait now, I guess.
00:44:45Could take a year.
00:44:46Well, the good stuff is always worth waiting for.
00:44:51You found that old high school friend of yours yet?
00:44:54You know about that?
00:44:55You know those dark of night awards over behind Oliver's desk?
00:45:00One of those is mine.
00:45:02You don't get one of those without paying attention to details.
00:45:06So?
00:45:07Yeah.
00:45:08Yeah, I just found him.
00:45:09Turns out he really is a car salesman right here in town.
00:45:13Then what have you got to lose?
00:45:15Give the guy a call.
00:45:19You were so kind to find the time to help us, Mr. Frank.
00:45:22Well, you don't give me much choice.
00:45:24Federal postal officials with badges beat local public defenders every time.
00:45:28But this is very federal and very postal.
00:45:32I'm sorry, but my hands are tied here.
00:45:35Maria's juvenile records are sealed.
00:45:37Now, you can try to get a court order, but that might take months.
00:45:40And there's no guarantee that we grant access.
00:45:42The post office just wants to know about her current whereabouts.
00:45:45The people I represent are in the habit of sending annual Christmas cards.
00:45:49Well, if you do think of anything you can tell us, please give us a call.
00:45:55Well, this may not help your search, but I'll tell you one thing.
00:45:58Maria was a really good kid who had some issues she needed to deal with.
00:46:02She regretted what she did.
00:46:03And she deserved a second chance.
00:46:07I tried to give her one.
00:46:08And I hope she took it.
00:46:14We're never going to get through all that red tape.
00:46:16We've got to go to plan B.
00:46:17Should we run it by Oliver?
00:46:19They're in therapy.
00:46:20We've got this.
00:46:20Wait, thank you.
00:46:27Plan B is Mrs. Philpott?
00:46:29Yeah, we ran into a dead end with Maria.
00:46:31But we found Mrs. Philpott's address in an old faculty directory.
00:46:35And that let us hear her.
00:46:36There's only 1.5 people named Philpott in every 100,000.
00:46:40Even less in Denver, so it really wasn't that hard.
00:46:44Come on, it's going to be okay.
00:46:51Mrs. Philpott?
00:46:53Yes?
00:46:54We're from the post office.
00:47:00Yes, I wrote this to Maria Sollinger.
00:47:03But I thought it was destroyed in the explosion.
00:47:05It's my fault, Mrs. Philpott.
00:47:08Barry Rogers, Marlon Carter, and I dropped a clock in the mailbox as a stupid prank.
00:47:12We had no idea how far it would go.
00:47:14Of course you didn't.
00:47:15I'm just thrilled that this was never delivered.
00:47:18Oh, well, that's the thing.
00:47:21Once that letter entered a U.S. mailbox, it became the property of the U.S. Postal Service.
00:47:26So we have no choice but to deliver that to Maria now.
00:47:30Oh, dear, no, please.
00:47:32I wrote this in a very weak moment when I was really struggling.
00:47:35And what Maria did was just the last straw.
00:47:38What did Maria do?
00:47:39Maria was a talented, very promising senior.
00:47:45She could act on stage and lead a team on a softball field.
00:47:49And the rule was, if her grades went down, she couldn't play.
00:47:53So when she failed her final exam, she was benched on the very game that a college scout was attending just to see her.
00:48:03Now, she begged her coach to look the other way, but he wouldn't.
00:48:07And so she begged me to raise her grade, and I wouldn't.
00:48:12She just lost it, smashed her bat into my windshield.
00:48:16No one was hurt, but by the time it was all sorted out, I had missed a very consequential doctor's appointment.
00:48:23It was my first day of chemo.
00:48:25Maria was arrested for vandalism and expelled from school.
00:48:30Well, not long after I left school to work on my recovery, and, well, here we are.
00:48:36Do you have any idea where she is now?
00:48:38No, but I couldn't bear it if this letter makes things worse now.
00:48:46We have to deliver that letter to Maria.
00:48:51But there's no reason we couldn't deliver two.
00:48:58We just need to find her.
00:49:01Uh-huh.
00:49:06So, let me see.
00:49:08Well, when I was looking for Maria, I'd usually find her making out under the bleachers with a boy named Toby.
00:49:17Toby, uh, Toby Secom.
00:49:19Couldn't act, couldn't throw a ball.
00:49:22The only talent that kid had was being crazy about her.
00:49:26I hope she didn't lose that, too.
00:49:28And then I read this kitchen hack on Instagram that said you waste more water by rinsing every plate and every piece of silverware one at a time before you put in the dishwasher than if you just put a small load into the dishwasher.
00:49:51I mean, everything gets clean, and it's more ecologically sustainable.
00:49:58That's why I do it.
00:50:00How do you feel about that, Oliver?
00:50:02I'm afraid I don't know what an Insta-hack is.
00:50:04Graham.
00:50:05Instagram.
00:50:06Would it be fair to say that each of you, having lived alone before getting married for how many years?
00:50:12Every day since I graduated college.
00:50:15And Oliver was...
00:50:17Married, very briefly.
00:50:18Prior to that, I lived in the home alone in which we currently reside.
00:50:22Really a lovely Victorian that's been in my family forever.
00:50:25So, each of you over the years have developed your own daily routines.
00:50:34Dishwashing, cleaning, etc.
00:50:35And that worked for you then as a single person, but not necessarily now as a couple.
00:50:40Well, one might argue irrespective of one's marital status, that freshly made bed is more aesthetically pleasing with crisply folded hospital corners.
00:50:49We don't live in a hospital.
00:50:50We don't live in a college dormitory either.
00:50:53Oh, I'd like to end there for today.
00:50:55I'd like to see you back in two days, but in the meantime, I have some homework for you.
00:51:02She gave us homework, too.
00:51:04Lots of bubble baths.
00:51:05What about you?
00:51:06Well, something about not building another fire this week until the flue is open.
00:51:11I think it's a chimney sweep reference.
00:51:12Oh, yeah.
00:51:13I think I might have a way to find Maria.
00:51:17Rita, Mrs. Philpott said that Maria had a boyfriend, right?
00:51:22Mm-hmm.
00:51:22What if that boyfriend became husband?
00:51:29I'm going to do a search for Maria Secombe.
00:51:32Oh.
00:51:33Oh.
00:51:36This is highly irregular.
00:51:39We follow protocol.
00:51:43You were the first ones to make contact.
00:51:45Perhaps you and Rita should follow through.
00:51:47Uh, no.
00:51:48No, Charlie's having coffee with that Barry guy, so we're watching Eleanor.
00:51:51And when we find Maria, well, you and Shane should do this.
00:51:55Together.
00:52:01You know, I really hope Barry is everything that Charlie is hoping for.
00:52:05I keep wondering, if Barry thought that letter was blown up, why didn't he write Charlie another letter?
00:52:11Oh, I don't know.
00:52:12I don't know.
00:52:15Yes!
00:52:20We found her.
00:52:21Miss Secombe.
00:52:28Yes?
00:52:30Uh, my name's Oliver O'Toole, and this is my colleague, Shane McInerney.
00:52:34We're from the post office, and we'd like a moment of your time.
00:52:37Sure.
00:52:37I only have a moment, though.
00:52:38Come on in.
00:52:39We run the dead letter office, and we have a letter addressed to you several years ago.
00:52:44You were at one time Maria Sollinger, right?
00:52:47Yes.
00:52:48Apologize that we had to go to some lengths to locate you.
00:52:51It involved contacting the writer, a Mrs. Barbara Philpott.
00:52:56Needless to say, um, she remembers you, and she remembered Toby.
00:53:01So finally we put two and two together and discovered you'd married.
00:53:05We were concerned that, um, receiving this letter after so many years might cause some distress.
00:53:11Although you seem, uh, well, uh, working here and, um, not...
00:53:16In jail.
00:53:16The letter was written not long after the incident.
00:53:24We're required to deliver this to you, but you are not required to read it.
00:53:31And we do have another letter that she wrote to you just yesterday.
00:53:46Dear Maria, I owe you a long overdue apology.
00:53:55And with all my heart, I hope you are in a place where you can accept it.
00:53:59You were angry that day, and I should have handled it better.
00:54:02But I just discovered I had cancer.
00:54:04I was scared and angry with the world, too.
00:54:07And you paid the price for my anger.
00:54:10I'm so sorry.
00:54:11Forgive me.
00:54:12Can you?
00:54:15Right here.
00:54:16Of course.
00:54:18I'm so grateful that my letter was found in time to help me reach out to you.
00:54:22I have a new, far less dramatic life, growing flowers, of all things.
00:54:26I hope you have found a happy life, too.
00:54:30Fondly, Mrs. Philpott.
00:54:33Mrs. Philpott has been in remission for quite a few years.
00:54:38Until recently.
00:54:45For the record, I am happy.
00:54:47I mean, it took a lot of time, and I had to start over, but...
00:54:51Sorry, I will read this again.
00:54:52I just, um...
00:54:54Oh, uh, we've taken up too much of your time.
00:54:57No, thank you.
00:55:00I wish we could keep talking, but I just got thrown a curve today.
00:55:03You do seem pretty busy.
00:55:04It always isn't adoptions.
00:55:05We thought we had a couple to adopt a little girl being born in a few months, and they have just backed out.
00:55:10So, I'm scrambling here.
00:55:13This isn't the same as meddling.
00:55:18This is just passing on information.
00:55:20Information that could change their lives.
00:55:22I know, I know.
00:55:23It's blurring the lines between official business and personal life.
00:55:27Not unlike keeping a nursery in the DLO, I suppose.
00:55:31It was going to take Norman and Rita at least a year, maybe longer.
00:55:35Precisely.
00:55:35Oh, come on, Oliver.
00:55:37Why can't we just...
00:55:38Wait, what are you saying?
00:55:39No, you first.
00:55:40No, you...
00:55:41I was just going to say maybe Dr. Callas give us an A for our homework.
00:55:52That's what I was thinking.
00:55:57We might be having a violent agreement.
00:56:00Hi.
00:56:13Hey.
00:56:14Look at you.
00:56:15You look wonderful.
00:56:17Oh, you too.
00:56:18I was so glad to get your message.
00:56:22I just...
00:56:23There's so much for us to catch up on.
00:56:25I just...
00:56:25I wish I had time for more than a cup of coffee.
00:56:28My wife just called.
00:56:29I got to go pick up my kid from preschool.
00:56:31You're married.
00:56:32And you have a kid.
00:56:34Yeah.
00:56:35Yeah.
00:56:35This is my little buddy.
00:56:38Three.
00:56:39Doctor said he's smarter than a six-year-old.
00:56:44Anyway.
00:56:45Let's try to make the best of the time that we've got.
00:56:48Yeah.
00:56:49You know, I'd love to, but I just realized my babysitter leaves early today, so I got to rush off soon, too.
00:56:54Oh.
00:56:54That's too bad.
00:56:56So you're a mom.
00:56:57Yeah.
00:56:58Little girl.
00:57:00And you're a dad.
00:57:01I'm loving it.
00:57:02Can you believe that?
00:57:03Crazy, wild Barry is now a solid citizen.
00:57:07Well, we all grew up, I guess.
00:57:09Hey, do you ever see Marlon?
00:57:10No.
00:57:11No, he got all serious, too, and he went to college.
00:57:13We kind of lost touch after that.
00:57:16We should try for a reunion someday.
00:57:19Yeah.
00:57:19Yeah, sure.
00:57:20Sorry.
00:57:21I do have to leave.
00:57:23What's that?
00:57:24What?
00:57:24What?
00:57:24What?
00:57:27Do you remember the mailbox and the alarm clock?
00:57:34Are you kidding me?
00:57:35That was our best prank ever.
00:57:37That was your idea.
00:57:38Well, they found some of those letters, and this one is from you.
00:57:43Oh, wow.
00:57:49I forgot about this.
00:57:52Is this why you called?
00:57:57Well, I didn't think that you'd still...
00:57:59Why would you?
00:58:00It was a long time ago.
00:58:01I wasn't really...
00:58:02There's something that I should have told you a long time ago.
00:58:06This letter that you got from me, I wrote this, but...
00:58:09The signature that's missing?
00:58:12That doesn't say, love, Barry.
00:58:16I don't understand.
00:58:18I wrote this as a joke, and I signed it, love, Marlon, because he had, like, a major crush
00:58:25on you, and I was always teasing him about it, and, uh, when I mailed it, he got pretty
00:58:29upset, and then it got trashed, so I figured, well, it ends well, right?
00:58:36So Barry wrote the letter and signed it from Marlon?
00:58:43Ouch.
00:58:44Big ouch.
00:58:45Oh, it's okay.
00:58:46I mean, a few days ago, I didn't even know this existed.
00:58:48It's not like I spent years wondering if Barry loved me.
00:58:50So how long are you going to wonder if Marlon still does?
00:58:54We're back.
00:58:56And we have great news.
00:58:58Oh, everything went okay with Maria?
00:59:00Better than okay.
00:59:03Charlie?
00:59:03I must admit, the consequences of your high school prank have yielded one remarkable, perhaps
00:59:08even miraculous, development.
00:59:10Maria's good.
00:59:11She has a great job that she loves, and it's placing babies with adoptive parents.
00:59:16Oh.
00:59:17And...
00:59:18There's a baby due soon that needs a family, and she's looking for a couple, just like you.
00:59:31Oh.
00:59:33What?
00:59:43What you doing?
00:59:46Yeah.
00:59:46So, Barry isn't so sketchy and wild anymore.
00:59:49No, he even volunteers for Neighborhood Watch.
00:59:54I guess I was wrong about that guy.
00:59:55Yeah.
00:59:56Did you ever think you were wrong about Oliver?
01:00:04I've never stopped loving you.
01:00:09How's therapy going?
01:00:11Uh, it's, um...
01:00:12It's going.
01:00:12Dark of Night Award.
01:00:20Presented to Joe O'Toole.
01:00:23Remember how I got that?
01:00:24Going the extra mile.
01:00:26Driving through that blizzard.
01:00:28To deliver a wedding dress.
01:00:30What do you think?
01:00:39Hmm?
01:00:45So here's a question for you both.
01:00:48What is the first moment you knew you'd be together?
01:00:51I think it was the swing.
01:01:00I gave her a porch swing to remind her of a happy memory.
01:01:05It's in the garage.
01:01:06I keep meaning to set it up.
01:01:09And I procrastinate.
01:01:10I just haven't found the perfect place.
01:01:13Because it's so her, and the house is so...
01:01:15So you.
01:01:18I share that beautiful home.
01:01:20It's your house.
01:01:21It's not mine.
01:01:22You share a house with the State Historical Society.
01:01:24I can't even move a chair.
01:01:26Or set the clock.
01:01:27It's a crank!
01:01:28A hundred-year-old irreplaceable crank.
01:01:31Oliver.
01:01:32What's the worst that could happen if the clock rang down?
01:01:35Without the dress, without the crank,
01:01:39do you believe that you would still be married?
01:01:41Well, of course we would.
01:01:43I take great umbrage at your question.
01:01:45He says things like that.
01:01:47Because you know him.
01:01:49I do.
01:01:51And all that you know.
01:01:53The history, the habits, the quirks.
01:01:56Did you marry him because of all that, or in spite of it?
01:01:59Because I love him.
01:02:01I love her.
01:02:05Tell me.
01:02:06How much time passed between the first time you said,
01:02:09I love you, and the day you married?
01:02:11A few weeks.
01:02:12Ten weeks, four days.
01:02:13Ten weeks, four days.
01:02:15From I love you to forever.
01:02:17It's no time at all.
01:02:19But we were ready.
01:02:20We knew what we wanted.
01:02:22Of course we were.
01:02:24We're not children.
01:02:25Love can make children of us all, Oliver.
01:02:28But children must learn how to grow up.
01:02:31And lovers must learn how to become husbands and wives.
01:02:35We have great friends.
01:02:44Really happy friends who can write a recommendation at some point.
01:02:49when they're even happier.
01:02:53I, and my cousin Spike is our accountant.
01:02:55He just sent over our tax returns.
01:02:57Yeah, I got him right here.
01:02:59Okay, we can expedite this.
01:03:01And if the mother approves the application,
01:03:03which I think she will,
01:03:05we can get you cleared by early next week.
01:03:06There is just one more thing.
01:03:12And we understand if you feel you can't proceed.
01:03:20Good morning.
01:03:22I am ready, and I'm even on time.
01:03:36So how did that feel?
01:03:41Strange.
01:03:44Sad.
01:03:45I guess I've never...
01:03:46seen the clock so still.
01:03:51But it'll be fixed.
01:03:53Soon.
01:03:54I hope.
01:03:55So the clock will keep time once again.
01:03:57But perhaps you won't expect quite so much from it now.
01:04:01Or from yourself.
01:04:04No.
01:04:05How does that feel?
01:04:10Like starting over?
01:04:15Shane.
01:04:17Well, the dress is gone.
01:04:20But it's not like I was planning on wearing it ever again.
01:04:24I just thought I needed to hold on to it.
01:04:26To what?
01:04:31To remember the happiest day of my life.
01:04:35So far.
01:04:36Now, I have one last assignment for you.
01:04:45I want you each to do something to surprise each other this week.
01:04:49Something that leaves behind the old things and makes way for a new thing.
01:04:55Two surprises to create one new vision.
01:04:58I have no idea what you're talking about.
01:05:04We'll think of something.
01:05:06Wait, did you just say our last assignment?
01:05:08Yes.
01:05:09This is your last session.
01:05:11This is not a marriage in trouble.
01:05:13This is a six-month-old marriage.
01:05:16The honeymoon is over.
01:05:18And now it's time to get down to the business of being married.
01:05:22The good news is you've been friends for so long.
01:05:26You don't need me to save your marriage.
01:05:28You just needed a little help to get it started.
01:05:34Sorry.
01:05:39It's a 911 from Norma and Rita.
01:05:41So this sounds like wonderful news.
01:05:54Except there's something wrong, isn't there?
01:06:00There's a reason they had trouble finding her a family.
01:06:05She has a congenital heart condition.
01:06:08They said she could be in NICU for a few weeks before we would even take her home.
01:06:17And then she'll probably need surgery at some point.
01:06:21Oh, wow.
01:06:23So what are you thinking?
01:06:25We don't want to say no, but...
01:06:28We just keep asking ourselves if we have what it takes to help her.
01:06:33It's a lot to take on.
01:06:36Hmm.
01:06:38Perhaps the question is...
01:06:40Are you worried you're adopting the wrong baby?
01:06:45Or that she's getting the wrong parents?
01:06:48Because we can't imagine anyone better than the two of you...
01:06:53To breathe love into a child every day of her life.
01:06:58She's so tiny.
01:07:11You can see her little tiny nose.
01:07:14It's right there on her face.
01:07:16No.
01:07:18So when do they need an answer?
01:07:20I think...
01:07:21I think...
01:07:22I think you already have one.
01:07:31Then...
01:07:31I guess we're having a baby.
01:07:33I think we're having a baby!
01:07:35I think I'm gonna cry.
01:07:37Well, I certainly hope it's been worth all your trouble, Norman.
01:07:45Yeah.
01:07:46After all this, it'd be a real bummer if this turned out to be somebody's gas payment.
01:07:52Well, I doubt anything could tarnish a day such as this one.
01:07:54In fact, I believe we should break out the U to celebrate your impending parenthood.
01:07:57Two babies in the house?
01:08:01Are you sure we won't be in the way?
01:08:03Absolutely not!
01:08:04You and Ellen are a family.
01:08:06Have you ever thought about calling, Marlon?
01:08:10I mean, I bet he'd be thrilled to hear from you.
01:08:12I don't know.
01:08:13I just feel sort of pathetic now, you know?
01:08:15Calling around asking guys if they ever had a crush on me.
01:08:17But Marlon really did have a crush on you.
01:08:19According to Barry.
01:08:20But who knows what's really true.
01:08:22That's my point.
01:08:23You don't know until you give him a chance.
01:08:25Truth is, I used to imagine running into Marlon someday.
01:08:32Then I had a marriage that lasted about 30 seconds.
01:08:35And to Eleanor, it's going to last a lifetime.
01:08:38So that chance is gone.
01:08:42Oh, she has been fuzzy for two days no matter what I do.
01:08:46Well, when I was little, my mom used to put me on the tractor and drive me around the commune until I fell asleep.
01:08:51Got on her to try.
01:08:52Mm-hmm.
01:08:53Do you want to go for a ride with Mom?
01:08:55I mean, I feel so bad for her.
01:09:01I have an idea.
01:09:03Uh-oh.
01:09:04I think we should find Marlon.
01:09:05Oh, I don't know.
01:09:07Charlie just seems so down.
01:09:09She needs something to close this chapter one way or the other.
01:09:14Can't we just order her pizza?
01:09:16Yeah.
01:09:16Mrs. Philpott?
01:09:30It's Maria.
01:09:31Yeah.
01:09:31Ladies and gentlemen, the great mailbox breach of 2017 approaches its end.
01:09:4325 ill-fated missives were savagely launched into likely oblivion.
01:09:49And yet, with the perseverance of this office, each has been given a second life.
01:09:53As we prepare to dispatch the last of them, may we never lose sight of the high purpose to which we, as postables, have been called.
01:10:03Let's see.
01:10:21Address is still unreadable.
01:10:23Uh, um, sorry.
01:10:28I should change her.
01:10:29Norman?
01:10:32Well, it's intact.
01:10:35It's smudged.
01:10:43I can barely make out the handwriting.
01:10:45I concur.
01:10:47Sadly, we may have our last letter be unreadable.
01:10:52Would have been so nice to be able to have delivered them all.
01:10:56Norman, are you sure you can't think of something?
01:11:00Not unless they invent a device to decipher poor penmanship.
01:11:05Hello?
01:11:09May we help you?
01:11:11Hi.
01:11:11Uh, yeah.
01:11:12I'm looking for Charlie Reddick.
01:11:14I'm Marlon Carter.
01:11:15Mr. Carter, I'm Jane McInerney.
01:11:17We spoke on the phone.
01:11:18Great.
01:11:19Uh, thank you.
01:11:20Is she here?
01:11:22She is.
01:11:24Charlie?
01:11:26Great.
01:11:27What is going on, Miss McInerney?
01:11:30It's okay.
01:11:31Hey.
01:11:32Oh.
01:11:33Oh.
01:11:33Oh.
01:11:34Oh.
01:11:35Oh.
01:11:36Charlie.
01:11:38Marlon?
01:11:39It's good to see you.
01:11:41Um, how did you...
01:11:43I got a call about an old letter that came through here.
01:11:46Barry wrote it and forged my name.
01:11:48It's a federal offense, you know.
01:11:50It's really good to see you.
01:11:52You too.
01:11:53I feel bad about Barry's letter.
01:11:57I'm sorry you had to read it.
01:11:59It wasn't your fault.
01:11:59It's just a shame that that's the one that survived.
01:12:02What?
01:12:03Yeah.
01:12:03There was another that, uh...
01:12:05Sorry.
01:12:07I think that's it there.
01:12:16What?
01:12:17Yeah.
01:12:17I mailed one that day, too.
01:12:19And it was on green paper, just like that.
01:12:22Wait, you wrote that letter?
01:12:26I did.
01:12:28To her.
01:12:30Oh, I love my job.
01:12:32Goodness.
01:12:33Perhaps we should deliver that letter?
01:12:34Oh, yes.
01:12:42Oh, um...
01:12:42This must be Eleanor.
01:12:44Yeah.
01:12:46Yeah.
01:12:47Oh, sorry.
01:12:48She's been fussy.
01:12:49Oh, yeah.
01:12:52Hi, Charlie.
01:12:53Oh, yeah.
01:12:55This is definitely from you.
01:12:57You can read that?
01:12:59She's the only one who's ever been able to read my handwriting.
01:13:01Dear Charlie,
01:13:05About an hour ago,
01:13:06Barry wrote a stupid letter to you
01:13:08and signed my name and mailed it.
01:13:09It's embarrassing.
01:13:11So if you open this letter first,
01:13:13please just throw Barry's away.
01:13:15But if it's too late and you've already read his,
01:13:18then I hope you ignore it.
01:13:20Don't get me wrong.
01:13:21He's right about me.
01:13:23I do have feelings for you.
01:13:24But I'm working on how to say that
01:13:26in my own way, in my own time.
01:13:28So please don't feel like you have to answer this.
01:13:31Just remember,
01:13:32somebody's always writing about love.
01:13:34But I think the best love just gets lived.
01:13:37I hope I live long enough
01:13:38to find a way to tell you that someday,
01:13:41face to face,
01:13:42the way you deserve.
01:13:43Love, Marlon.
01:13:47I don't remember exactly what I wrote,
01:13:50but I haven't forgotten how I felt.
01:13:53and
01:13:54you're supposed to get over your crush,
01:13:58you know,
01:13:58but
01:13:59look how sweet she is.
01:14:05Finally.
01:14:09So,
01:14:10I guess
01:14:11being a mother and everything,
01:14:13you don't get out much?
01:14:16Not much.
01:14:16I do a lot of takeout.
01:14:19I love takeout.
01:14:26He's in law school.
01:14:28Top 10% of his class.
01:14:30And he's never missed a car payment.
01:14:32Solid guy.
01:14:33So,
01:14:34you must have broke a few rules
01:14:35to find him that fast, huh?
01:14:37Does a hacker
01:14:38hack on the internet?
01:14:39What do you think
01:14:42that letter said?
01:14:44Oh,
01:14:44hi.
01:14:47Enough.
01:14:53Um,
01:14:54Marlon said
01:14:55he'd drive me home.
01:14:56Do you mind if we order in
01:14:57from Angela's?
01:14:58Oh, I,
01:14:58oh,
01:14:59I love Angela's.
01:15:00Best crust in Colorado.
01:15:01I'll tell him what the cheese is.
01:15:05See?
01:15:06A happy ending
01:15:07and pizza.
01:15:09I know you're upset.
01:15:28Oliver,
01:15:29I want you to know
01:15:31that I,
01:15:31I wouldn't have brought Marlon here
01:15:34if I didn't think
01:15:35that he was a really nice guy
01:15:36who genuinely wanted
01:15:38to see Charlie again.
01:15:39I'm not upset.
01:15:45It's just that
01:15:46after all we've learned
01:15:48in therapy,
01:15:49I still don't understand
01:15:51your preoccupation
01:15:53with matchmaking.
01:15:54Of course you do.
01:15:55Of course you do.
01:15:56I know you
01:15:58and you know me.
01:16:00That's,
01:16:00that's what we've learned.
01:16:02I'm a romantic
01:16:03and you are too.
01:16:04But I use laptops
01:16:06and you use...
01:16:08Logic.
01:16:08not everyone could have navigated
01:16:20these past few days
01:16:22the way we have.
01:16:26Agreed.
01:16:30Thank you
01:16:30for going the extra mile.
01:16:38I would go just about
01:16:41anywhere with you,
01:16:44Mr. O'Doul.
01:16:51Except right now
01:16:52I've got to do something.
01:16:53I'll meet you at the house.
01:16:59Deal.
01:16:59Deal.
01:16:59Deal.
01:16:59Deal.
01:16:59Deal.
01:17:01Deal.
01:17:07Deal.
01:17:07Deal.
01:17:08Oliver, I'm back.
01:17:38What on earth?
01:17:43Are you ready to be surprised?
01:17:47I think I already am.
01:17:51What is all this?
01:17:53These are the seashells I collected from that island.
01:17:56The Christmas my grandfather died.
01:17:58And I wondered if I'd ever be happy again.
01:18:04That's the pen you borrowed and wouldn't return.
01:18:08You used it to draw.
01:18:09A picture of what Jazz looks like on the night we first kissed.
01:18:13I kept that right here for months until you came back to me.
01:18:19And that I did.
01:18:24And the letter opener I gave you for your birthday.
01:18:27Mm-hmm.
01:18:31The last rose of summer.
01:18:38Did I marry a pack rat?
01:18:45You married a man who believes that everything you touch in his life becomes a rare and sacred thing.
01:18:56But it would mean nothing if I didn't have you to share it with.
01:19:01Anywhere.
01:19:03Anyplace.
01:19:06In any old home.
01:19:07Or perhaps in a new one.
01:19:20Seems the State Historical Society is willing to accept the O'Toole Mansion as the site of the Colorado Museum of Postal History.
01:19:28I'm just hoping you're willing to consider the possibility of moving.
01:19:38Because, um, because I want to start over.
01:19:47Shane.
01:19:48Will you marry me?
01:19:55All over again?
01:20:01Love is patient and kind.
01:20:04Love bears all things.
01:20:06Hopes all things.
01:20:08Endures all.
01:20:09I've always been in love with you.
01:20:21Always.
01:20:22I have thanked God every day that you came into my life.
01:20:28But I realize now that having you in my life doesn't mean expecting you to change and fit into it.
01:20:36I'm asking you to forgive me.
01:20:45And I'm asking you to build a new life with me.
01:20:51Not mine.
01:20:53Not yours.
01:20:56But ours.
01:21:00Will you do that?
01:21:01If you'll forgive me for expecting the same thing.
01:21:07I absolutely will.
01:21:12We've both lived alone for so long and we are so very much ourselves.
01:21:19But you are the only man that I could ever live with and truly be myself with.
01:21:31And yes, I ended that with a preposition.
01:21:38Wherever we live.
01:21:42You, Oliver, are my own.
01:21:48And I am yours.
01:21:50This was quite the surprise.
01:22:06Well, I guess I have a few left in me.
01:22:09This is going to be hard to top.
01:22:12Well, there's no pressure.
01:22:13Of course.
01:22:15Trust me.
01:22:16I've got this.
01:22:22Oh.
01:22:29You know, I have to find a new hiding place for this when we move it to the new house.
01:22:35Oh, you think so?
01:22:36Someplace high where she can't reach it.
01:22:41She.
01:22:43Or he.
01:22:46Well, no, in a few weeks, probably.
01:22:49Plenty of time to find a spot for that swing.
01:22:52It'll be great.
01:22:54It'll be like a rocking chair.
01:22:57Built for two.
01:22:58Or.
01:23:02Actually.
01:23:05Three.
01:23:07No.
01:23:10Surprise.
01:23:10Oh, my God.
01:23:11Oh, my God.
01:23:13Mm-hmm.
01:23:16Oh, my God.
01:23:17Oh, my God.
01:23:18Oh, my God.
01:23:19Oh, my God.
01:23:21Oh, my God.
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01:23:25Oh, my God.
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01:23:26Oh, my God.
01:23:27Oh, my God.
01:23:28Oh, my God.
01:23:29Oh, my God.
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01:23:44Oh, my God.
01:23:45Oh, my God.
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