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00:00:00Where's Ella?
00:00:11Have you arranged the flowers yet?
00:00:13Who's seen Ella?
00:00:15Fellas, the tree's not straight.
00:00:18Find Ella.
00:00:27Michael's not cute.
00:00:32Oh, Mr. Gale!
00:00:33A scarf to help with the children.
00:00:36Oh, and Mr. Lloyd.
00:00:39I knit these mittens myself, Lloyd.
00:00:41Oh, thank you, Gale.
00:00:43And last, but certainly not least...
00:00:46A basket of baked goods for your family.
00:00:50And some toys for the children.
00:00:52Deeply obliged.
00:00:53Thank you so much, Miss Stewart.
00:00:55It's my pleasure.
00:00:57Oh, those chestnuts smell delicious.
00:00:59Chris, may I have a bag?
00:01:00Of course.
00:01:01One bag of chestnuts coming right up.
00:01:08Merry Christmas, Nell.
00:01:09Merry Christmas.
00:01:10Merry Christmas.
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00:01:15Merry Christmas.
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00:01:17Merry Christmas.
00:01:18Merry Christmas.
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00:01:23Merry Christmas.
00:01:24Merry Christmas.
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00:01:30Merry Christmas.
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00:01:35Merry Christmas.
00:01:36Merry Christmas.
00:01:37Ella, whatever are you doing?
00:01:43Here are this tree for you and for the rest of the staff downstairs.
00:01:45You're too kind, but you'll tarnish your new outfit.
00:01:48It's no bother. I'm glad to do it.
00:01:50You have your mother's heart.
00:01:52Your father requests the word with you in the study.
00:01:54Wonderful. I'd like Lord with him as well.
00:01:57Sadie, I've made a decision.
00:02:00After much contemplation, I've decided to start a charity in town
00:02:03to help those who are struggling in Newport.
00:02:05I found just the spot.
00:02:07Oh, no.
00:02:08Oh, yes. I'm going to ask Father to increase my allowance
00:02:10so I may rent the space.
00:02:13Wish me luck.
00:02:14Good luck.
00:02:22Good day, Father.
00:02:24I'm glad you called me. I must speak with you because...
00:02:26I must speak with you, too.
00:02:27As you know, we'll be hosting our inaugural Christmas ball in a week.
00:02:33It's the event of the season.
00:02:35Everyone in Newport is talking about it.
00:02:36Huzzah to you.
00:02:37Well, I wanted to inform you that it's not just a Christmas ball.
00:02:42No?
00:02:43It's also an engagement party.
00:02:45Oh!
00:02:47Are you to marry again?
00:02:48Oh, do be serious, Ella.
00:02:50I'm not marrying you.
00:02:51I'm not marrying you are.
00:02:52At the Christmas ball, we'll announce your engagement.
00:02:56To whom?
00:02:58To Everett Thornton.
00:02:59He's a good man from a very good family who you'll meet at the Christmas ball and not before,
00:03:05lest you pull your hijinks to blitz it.
00:03:08Well, um, Father, as much as I appreciate all the consideration you have put into this arrangement,
00:03:17and I do, I'll have to respectfully decline.
00:03:21Because I have decided to forego marriage and instead use my wedding coffers to start a charity.
00:03:28A charity?
00:03:29Yes.
00:03:29A foundation that will serve the community of Newport and ensure that no family is without
00:03:34food or a warm bed.
00:03:35I want to use my resources to help people find homes and jobs so they can be independent and
00:03:41prosperous.
00:03:42Father, I live a very blessed life.
00:03:48I want to share what I have with the community, just like Mother would have wanted me to.
00:03:53Ugh, you'll do no such thing.
00:03:56You'll do as I say and marry.
00:03:58I...
00:03:58Oh!
00:04:04Dear, we are out of ornaments, but not to fret, I'll get more.
00:04:09Wait, we're not done.
00:04:10My coat, please?
00:04:11How did your father take it?
00:04:13Oh, quite well, I'd say.
00:04:15Ella!
00:04:16Although the idea might require just a bit more time for him to warm up to.
00:04:20Where are you going?
00:04:21For a sale on the Beneficence, to think.
00:04:24He'll be mad as a March hare.
00:04:25Which is why we should delay the news.
00:04:28Shall we?
00:04:34Good evening, William.
00:04:41Ladies and gentlemen, let's go back in time to the Gilded Age.
00:04:54My aptly named 122-year-old classic sailboat.
00:04:58Looks good for a century.
00:04:59I appreciate that.
00:05:00She does, and she should.
00:05:02She's a part of history, once owned by Ella Stewart Grafton, given to her by her father.
00:05:07And actually, we're going to be visiting their estate later on in the tour, where she grew
00:05:10up, became a philanthropist, and started the Giving House right here in Newport.
00:05:14I heard she married a sailor.
00:05:15Navy man.
00:05:16Rex Grafton.
00:05:17As seen on that mast right there, they love to sail together.
00:05:20Nick, Coast Guard received report of a vessel dead in the water under Island Bridge, but
00:05:24all of our boats are already out.
00:05:25Copy.
00:05:26I can assist.
00:05:26Will you escort these people back to Grafton Estate?
00:05:28Christine will help you from there.
00:05:29Sure.
00:05:29You do rescues?
00:05:31I was in the Coast Guard for many years.
00:05:33When I'm not a historian at Grafton Estate, I do volunteer rescues for Newport, yes.
00:05:37But I got to go, guys.
00:05:38Merry Christmas to y'all.
00:05:39Okay, folks.
00:05:40Please follow me.
00:05:41Head right this way.
00:05:47Why did father have to go and complicate this?
00:05:50Ever important.
00:05:59I wish for a different life.
00:06:07I wish to fall in love.
00:06:11And for someone to fall in love with me.
00:06:14For me.
00:06:20Where did you come from?
00:06:23Get back.
00:06:24You stowaway.
00:06:25Excuse me?
00:06:27How am I a stowaway?
00:06:28This is my boat.
00:06:29Your boat?
00:06:30What nonsense.
00:06:31My father would beg to differ.
00:06:34Who are you and what do you want?
00:06:37What's happening?
00:06:38I was sent on a rescue.
00:06:40These are the coordinates.
00:06:41And I don't see any boat.
00:06:43I just see you on my boat.
00:06:46What are you wearing?
00:06:47It's my boat.
00:06:48And what are you wearing?
00:06:51If you think to try anything with me, sir, you have paddled up the wrong creek.
00:06:55Wait.
00:06:57Do I know you?
00:06:58I don't think so.
00:06:59Does it matter?
00:07:00How did you get on this boat?
00:07:02Where did you come from?
00:07:03It's my boat!
00:07:06Now you stay there and man the rudder.
00:07:09I'll manage the sheets.
00:07:11Okay.
00:07:13Okay.
00:07:13What is happening?
00:07:18Where to?
00:07:19To Newport, of course.
00:07:21Where you can be dealt with by the proper authorities.
00:07:24What is happening right now?
00:07:26I'm not going to bite you.
00:07:40You can put the oar down.
00:07:40See?
00:07:41I'll tie the front.
00:07:58That's a pretty good knot.
00:08:01Now, where are the authorities?
00:08:02That this is not my home.
00:08:08Where am I?
00:08:09Newport, Rhode Island.
00:08:10Nonsense.
00:08:11I left Newport an hour ago.
00:08:13And this is not it.
00:08:16Oh, my God.
00:08:24Oh, my God.
00:08:24Daniel.
00:08:25No.
00:08:25Just calm down.
00:08:27It's okay.
00:08:27You're okay.
00:08:28You're okay.
00:08:29Just breathe.
00:08:29Take a deep breath.
00:08:30Who are you?
00:08:31I'm Nick.
00:08:33Nick McManie.
00:08:34And you are?
00:08:35Ella Stewart, of course.
00:08:38Ella Stewart Crafton?
00:08:40No.
00:08:41Ella Stewart.
00:08:42I think I know my own name.
00:08:45What year do you think it is?
00:08:47Why, it's 1905.
00:08:48December 18th, 19...
00:08:49Five.
00:08:51Although the hered expression on your face suggests...
00:08:54I'm incorrect.
00:08:56No, it is December 18th.
00:09:012025.
00:09:03Balderdash!
00:09:04No, it couldn't be.
00:09:06Balderdash?
00:09:07What is this anyway?
00:09:07Some kind of prank?
00:09:08Who put you up to this?
00:09:09My father?
00:09:10I should be asking you the same thing.
00:09:12It's a joke.
00:09:13A joke.
00:09:13Like, you have a little hidden camera in your pocket.
00:09:15How could I fit a camera in my button?
00:09:17Are you mad?
00:09:20How could all this be?
00:09:21Am I dreamy?
00:09:22You're an Ella Grafton cosplayer.
00:09:24This is genius.
00:09:25Who is Ella Grafton cosplayer?
00:09:29Where are you going?
00:09:30My home, of course.
00:09:32To the Stewart Estate.
00:09:34Why are you following me?
00:09:37I'll make sure you get home okay.
00:09:39Oh!
00:09:40So the stowaway's a gentleman.
00:09:43What has become of everything?
00:09:45I love the commitment to this bit.
00:09:48You'd be great on the tours.
00:09:49What tours?
00:09:52I'm gonna play along.
00:09:52This is gonna be fun.
00:09:53All right, you've asked what's become of everything.
00:09:54Let me tell you.
00:09:55The last 120 years, let's see.
00:09:57We've synthesized DNA.
00:09:59We built electric cars.
00:10:01We landed on the moon.
00:10:02We have microwaves, internets, interstates, inflatable snowmen.
00:10:07Inflatable snowmen?
00:10:08Are we breathing?
00:10:14I think we're breathing.
00:10:16Miss, ma'am?
00:10:16Hello?
00:10:17Hello?
00:10:18You guys want to back up just a little bit?
00:10:19Yeah, give her some air.
00:10:20Give me some air.
00:10:21Let's give everybody some air.
00:10:22Ma'am?
00:10:23Oh, no.
00:10:30I'm still here.
00:10:32You got us worried there.
00:10:33I almost called an ambulance.
00:10:34I think you knocked your head pretty good when you snuck on my boat, so...
00:10:38It's my boat!
00:10:40You probably should rest a little...
00:10:43Or not.
00:10:44Okay, I'm gonna check it out here.
00:10:46I really am in the future?
00:10:48Yeah, yeah, you are.
00:10:50My stars.
00:10:53Everyone rides around in horseless carriages as if they're straight out of the Jules Byrne novel.
00:10:58Please, tell me more of this 2025.
00:11:03Okay.
00:11:03Um, well, uh, we have taller buildings, uh, shorter tempers, uh, houses are bigger, yet
00:11:14for some reason the families are smaller.
00:11:16A lot more conveniences, but somehow less time.
00:11:20And everyone's got notes.
00:11:22Ugh, you paint such a bleak picture.
00:11:26See?
00:11:26You also have glittering Christmas lights and ornaments.
00:11:32All identical and shiny and inflatable snowmen.
00:11:36But what truly astounds me...
00:11:38Yeah.
00:11:40...is that women wear pants.
00:11:43Oh, yeah.
00:11:44Yeah, a lot of them do.
00:11:45It looks the same, only older and more festive.
00:11:56Father will be so relieved I've returned.
00:12:01Sadie!
00:12:04What are all these people doing in my home?
00:12:06Well, this is our last tour of the evening.
00:12:10You know, this home has been a museum for the last 60 years, and I'm a historian here.
00:12:14A museum?
00:12:15But why?
00:12:16Why?
00:12:17You know, I'm gonna get Christine.
00:12:18She's our museum director.
00:12:19Christine!
00:12:19I heard my name, yeah.
00:12:20Yes, um, may I present to you Miss Ella Grafton?
00:12:23Stewart.
00:12:24Stewart!
00:12:24Apologies, Miss Ella Stewart.
00:12:27I'm sorry, what's going on?
00:12:29My goodness, what is this darling ensemble you're donning?
00:12:32A jumpsuit.
00:12:34Says who?
00:12:35Nordstrom Rack?
00:12:37I don't know, Sir Nordstrom Rack.
00:12:39Sir?
00:12:39Could you introduce me to him?
00:12:41Miss Stewart, why don't you have a seat right over here?
00:12:43There are some refreshments if you like.
00:12:45And Nick, can I have a word?
00:12:47Please.
00:12:48Mm-hmm.
00:12:48The Grafton Estate.
00:12:57Oh, uh, hello.
00:12:59Ella Stewart, how do you do?
00:13:00I do, thanks.
00:13:03Oh, are you a new tour guide?
00:13:05I didn't realize we were adding costumes.
00:13:07Genius.
00:13:08I'm Francis.
00:13:09I work for Christine.
00:13:10You work for her?
00:13:12A lady boss?
00:13:14How inspiring.
00:13:15I'm sorry.
00:13:18Okay.
00:13:21All right, thanks for checking.
00:13:23Okay, so I spoke with my Uncle Leo at the precinct.
00:13:27And?
00:13:27There are no reports of anyone fitting her description.
00:13:30He's gonna check the local hospitals to see if anyone's missing.
00:13:33I wonder who she is.
00:13:34I have no idea, but I do know she just appeared in a thin air on my boat.
00:13:37No, that doesn't make any sense.
00:13:39But it happened.
00:13:40Okay, in her reaction to Newport.
00:13:42I mean, she walked in the street, she fainted, and now she thinks she's Ella Stewart.
00:13:44Well, whatever's happening here, she seems innocent enough.
00:13:49Excuse me, what are you all here for?
00:13:52The lantern tour.
00:13:54Are you a guide?
00:13:54Oh, no.
00:13:56I'm actually in the midst of navigating an unfathomable chronological aberration.
00:14:00But I would be remiss to be a bad host.
00:14:03Thus, it would be my honor to give you a tour.
00:14:08Welcome to my home.
00:14:10Where is she going?
00:14:13She's the new guide, right?
00:14:14No.
00:14:16The architect was a dear friend of my father, Arthur Sulkin, inspired by European craftsmanship.
00:14:22And yes, this is a museum to you.
00:14:25How strange.
00:14:27But to me, it's the only home I've ever known.
00:14:32Ah, in here is the dining room.
00:14:34She's pretty good, huh?
00:14:35And looks exactly like her.
00:14:37Yeah.
00:14:38Over here.
00:14:40It's where we place an evergreen tree from the property.
00:14:43The staff would all come together and we'd decorate with ropes of cranberry and popcorn.
00:14:49Ah, yes.
00:14:51And the dining table where we'd eat a plum pudding on Christmas Eve.
00:14:55Chef would make my favorite.
00:14:57Mince pies, roasted pork.
00:15:00Oh, and this year, we're starting a new tradition.
00:15:04We're hosting a Christmas Eve ball.
00:15:07Don't you still hold that?
00:15:08Yes, we do.
00:15:09Every year.
00:15:11How about that?
00:15:14And just across the hall is the study where we would...
00:15:17What happened here?
00:15:19The study has changed.
00:15:22The furniture and the layout are different.
00:15:26Father's desk was here and Mother's painting just there.
00:15:30Okay.
00:15:31That's impressive.
00:15:33What occurred?
00:15:34Well, there was a fire in 1942.
00:15:37Some of the room had to be completely rebuilt.
00:15:39I never sat for this.
00:15:43I never sat for this.
00:15:44When was this painted?
00:15:46Early 1906.
00:15:49Hmm.
00:15:50My father must have commissioned it for my future husband.
00:15:52No one knows why it was commissioned.
00:15:54Well, I do look happy.
00:15:59Come back soon.
00:16:01Merry Christmas.
00:16:02Merry Christmas.
00:16:03Farewell.
00:16:03So what is this?
00:16:08Why is my home a museum?
00:16:09Because Ella, I mean you, was, or are, or is going to be a great woman.
00:16:16A historical figure.
00:16:17And how do you two know each other?
00:16:20We actually went to college together.
00:16:22Same history program.
00:16:23College graduate.
00:16:25Well done, Christine.
00:16:26A lady boss is extremely rare where I come from.
00:16:29Okay.
00:16:29Speaking of, while my time here has been grand, I do wish to return home, so I'll have to bid you adieu.
00:16:35Where are you going?
00:16:36Beneficent's got me here.
00:16:37Oh.
00:16:38So she should be able to get me home.
00:16:42Beneficent.
00:16:43Oh, the boat.
00:16:44The Gilded Age is my boat.
00:16:46Gilded Age?
00:16:48What's that?
00:16:50Whoever she is, you have to look out for her.
00:16:52No, I don't.
00:16:52Yes, you do.
00:16:53Why?
00:16:54Because she doesn't know what she's doing.
00:16:57I don't need your help.
00:16:58And I'm not whoever you are.
00:17:00I'm Ella Stewart.
00:17:01Can you prove it?
00:17:02Tell me something about Ella that no one knows.
00:17:04Something you could not look up in a history book.
00:17:06How am I to know what you can find about me in a history book?
00:17:08And if no one knows this unknown fact, how are you to prove it?
00:17:11But tell me this.
00:17:12Why would you and Rex etch your name into the mast?
00:17:15Who's Rex?
00:17:16And what etching?
00:17:17I would never etch anything into my precious mast.
00:17:21Well, that's my mast.
00:17:23I've got some bad news for you.
00:17:25Ah, you see?
00:17:27There.
00:17:28I don't see anything.
00:17:32What?
00:17:32It was here.
00:17:35It was right here.
00:17:36It's been barbed over a century ago.
00:17:37Where's my sonar?
00:17:39Where's my equipment?
00:17:41What?
00:17:43You could not have taken it out this fast.
00:17:45What did you do with all my equipment?
00:17:47How are you doing this?
00:17:47I told you.
00:17:48This is my boat.
00:17:50Christened Beneficence in 1901.
00:17:54Ta-da!
00:17:54What?
00:18:03Maybe we get you warm and we talk about this.
00:18:06There's nothing to talk about.
00:18:08The sooner I get out on the water, the sooner I can get home to my precious Newport.
00:18:11I think whatever happened to you might be a little more complicated than you simply just
00:18:16sailed into the night.
00:18:17So please, please, just let's figure out what happened.
00:18:22Okay?
00:18:22Get you some rest.
00:18:23And then, and then, if you'd like to set sail, I will gladly help you.
00:18:27I appreciate your concern.
00:18:30I think I will head home.
00:18:32Sounds good.
00:18:34Home?
00:18:34No, no.
00:18:35You can't stay there.
00:18:38Okay, I need you to show me what to do with this sticker.
00:18:40Can you put that?
00:18:40Put it where?
00:18:41On the bag.
00:18:41On the, over.
00:18:43Oh, no.
00:18:44Wow.
00:18:44No, it's a good look, actually.
00:18:45Is it?
00:18:48What are you kids doing?
00:18:49Oh, um, we are making donation bags and decorations for the Christmas charity ball.
00:18:54For the 120th anniversary, the theme is Step Back Into Time, so.
00:18:59We're trying to make the ball look and feel as much like the inaugural 1905 ball as possible,
00:19:04based off of your diaries and accounts of the event.
00:19:08Well, I've seen the staff decorating.
00:19:10Perhaps I can be of assistance.
00:19:12Oh, that'd be great.
00:19:13Oh.
00:19:14Oh, this won't do.
00:19:17Oh?
00:19:18Our ornaments are clay statues and hand-blown glass baubles.
00:19:22We definitely do not use this.
00:19:26What do you call this?
00:19:28Uh, plastic?
00:19:30Yes, this plastic.
00:19:34Follow me.
00:19:35Just here in my room.
00:19:37Remarkably accurate.
00:19:43This is where I keep my treasures.
00:19:45Roughly dusty, isn't it?
00:19:53Mother and I made this together for Christmas 1898.
00:19:57Pink.
00:19:58My favorite color.
00:20:00Not plastic.
00:20:03Mother knit this for me.
00:20:05Santa would place in the toe Brazil nuts and peppermint sticks.
00:20:08Have you ever had a Brazil nut?
00:20:10Rare.
00:20:10Yes, but ever so glorious.
00:20:13And this is where I would hide my diary.
00:20:14Actually, your diary's on display in the ballroom.
00:20:19How'd you do that?
00:20:21Can I see it?
00:20:27This is the diary.
00:20:28Looks the same, feels the same.
00:20:30I know this book like the back of my hand.
00:20:33But in this one, the diary entries end at December 17th, 1905.
00:20:38As it should.
00:20:39Because that was the last day I wrote in it.
00:20:42Yesterday.
00:20:42Well, this day has been quite unexpected.
00:20:48Um, now if you'll excuse me, I would like to go to bed.
00:20:51Well, considering your bed is now a museum piece, let's check the bed and breakfast and see if there's any more room.
00:20:56Okay, we're all set.
00:21:02The museum has arranged a two-bedroom suite on the upper floor until you can get everything sorted out.
00:21:08Max here will help you get situated.
00:21:10This is ever so kind of you.
00:21:12It's the least we could do.
00:21:13We're the ones who turned your home into a museum.
00:21:15Did you talk to your uncle?
00:21:23Yes.
00:21:24No reports of anyone missing from the wards or the hospitals.
00:21:27My boat, as I knew it, has completely changed.
00:21:29Everything.
00:21:30The little carving on the mast.
00:21:31Where'd that go, huh?
00:21:32It's gone.
00:21:32All my stuff is gone.
00:21:33And I know it sounds like a crazy person, but I'm starting to think she actually time traveled.
00:21:37Well, she does know things about Ella that no one could possibly know.
00:21:39Like your secret compartment in her room?
00:21:41True.
00:21:42I have been at that place for ten years.
00:21:44I know every inch of it, or I thought I did.
00:21:46Hear me out.
00:21:47Maybe the past and the present are happening simultaneously.
00:21:49So, today is both December 18th, 1905 and December 18th, 2025.
00:21:55Well, maybe this is all just an elaborate hoax.
00:21:57A hoax that changed my entire boat in a minute?
00:22:00Francis, you're the sci-fi nerd.
00:22:02Uh, I prefer sci-fi buff, but sure.
00:22:05So, what do you think?
00:22:06It sounds crazy, but I believe her.
00:22:08Would you believe that I do, too?
00:22:09And if she really did time travel, then we have some ground rules to abide.
00:22:13Okay.
00:22:13Like what?
00:22:14Like 1905, Ella hasn't started the giving house yet.
00:22:17She doesn't know the life ahead of her.
00:22:18It's true, because the diary that we have of hers on display, that's finished.
00:22:22Which means she somehow makes her way back to the past.
00:22:26So, we can't tell her the future, lest we create a cosmic wrinkle and alter the course of history.
00:22:32Nick, you can't let her out of your sight.
00:22:35Uh, then perhaps she shouldn't be reading the stack of books on Newport's history that she's taking up to her room right now.
00:22:40Nope, probably not. Come on.
00:22:44Ella, I brought you some of my clothes and something to sleep in.
00:22:48Thank you, Christine.
00:22:51Oh.
00:22:53They're so soft and stretchy.
00:22:58With no fiddly buttons or buckles.
00:23:02Why?
00:23:02I'd be the toast of my era.
00:23:04You were the toast of your era.
00:23:06I was?
00:23:07Mm-hmm.
00:23:08What do you know of me?
00:23:10I really shouldn't say.
00:23:11Okay. Surely there's something.
00:23:15I will tell you.
00:23:17You have always been an inspiration to me.
00:23:20Working at the museum and getting to share your legacy.
00:23:24It's been a dream.
00:23:25And I have no doubt you will be an inspiration to me.
00:23:30What with you being a lady boss in Hobbes.
00:23:31Oh, well.
00:23:33Nick will be staying in the other room just in case you need anything.
00:23:36Oh.
00:23:38Oh.
00:23:39I do think we should have a chaperone.
00:23:45The town will talk.
00:23:48You know, we do live in a much different time now.
00:23:51Yes.
00:23:52They seem liberated.
00:23:54Uh, well, that's debatable.
00:23:57Uh, I'm not saying that the world was perfect back then, but it was just a, such a beautiful golden age.
00:24:03You know, with, with great invention and grand estates and great literature and opera boxes and, sorry, I, I read a lot of Wharton, so.
00:24:11Edith?
00:24:12Yeah.
00:24:13Do you know her?
00:24:13Yes.
00:24:14She and her husband bought one of their many summer homes just down the street from us.
00:24:18Oh, you, you like, you know her, know her.
00:24:21I just meant it's, uh, it seems like it was a simpler time.
00:24:24Yes, but that's what my father always says about the era of good feelings.
00:24:29Nostalgia is not a modern construct.
00:24:32Anyway, I can promise you whatever time or age, being human ensures that life will always be complicated.
00:24:40But beautiful.
00:24:44How did you know I was going to say that?
00:24:47It's one of your most famous quotes.
00:24:49I probably shouldn't have told you that.
00:24:51I'm sorry, but it's, uh, it's a, it's a beautiful quote.
00:24:56It's one of my favorites.
00:24:57It brings me a lot of comfort.
00:25:01Well, I should retire for the evening.
00:25:05Good night.
00:25:09Good night.
00:25:10Here you go.
00:25:22Whatever is this?
00:25:25That is called a cafe latte with oat milk.
00:25:29No, I mean this.
00:25:32There is a perfectly shaped Christmas tree in my cup.
00:25:35I guess we would call that latte art.
00:25:39It can get quite ornate.
00:25:41Almost too lovely to drink.
00:25:42Almost.
00:25:43So you time traveled.
00:25:45Do you have any idea what time travel is?
00:25:47Of course.
00:25:47I've read H.G. Wells, the time machine.
00:25:49Who hasn't?
00:25:50But I never suspected it to be possible.
00:25:54Me neither.
00:25:54What's the last thing that you remember?
00:25:56Well, um, I was sailing up the coast when I saw a comet.
00:26:04Unlike anything I've ever seen.
00:26:06And then you appeared on my boat.
00:26:09You mean my boat.
00:26:10Mm.
00:26:11Okay, so you think it has something to do with this comet.
00:26:13I'm trying to figure this out.
00:26:14It, it, it couldn't have been the boat.
00:26:15I've taken her out a thousand times.
00:26:16Is there, is there anything else you can think of?
00:26:21Not that I remember.
00:26:21Oh, you must show me the holiday wonders of your century.
00:26:27Perhaps we could take a walk.
00:26:28Sure, yeah.
00:26:29We can take these to go.
00:26:30To what now?
00:26:31We will carry them out.
00:26:33In paper cups.
00:26:34A paper cup?
00:26:36Absolutely genius.
00:26:38Tell me, how does one milk an oat?
00:26:42You okay?
00:26:43Mm-hmm.
00:26:45Look at me.
00:26:46Yeah.
00:26:47In my pants, drinking the milk of an oat from a paper cup.
00:26:51If only a father could see me now.
00:26:54Yes, you are.
00:26:54Quite the sight.
00:26:55Listen, I've been thinking of getting you back to 1905.
00:26:59So-
00:27:00What is that man ringing about?
00:27:01He's collecting for families at Christmas time.
00:27:04Oh.
00:27:05So, anyway.
00:27:08That is very generous.
00:27:10That 120-year-old coin could feed the whole city.
00:27:13Okay, like I said, we need to focus on getting you back.
00:27:16So, which-
00:27:17Isn't that the most marvelous Christmas tree you've ever seen?
00:27:20Who owns this majestic tree?
00:27:27No one, actually.
00:27:28It's for the tree lighting tonight.
00:27:30It's one of the events that raises money for the, uh, giving-
00:27:32Giving what?
00:27:33Uh, local charity.
00:27:35We need to figure out how to get you back-
00:27:37Hello!
00:27:37I'm Ella Stewart.
00:27:38How do you do?
00:27:39And more importantly, how can I be of assistance?
00:27:43Here you go.
00:27:45Let's get to work.
00:27:46Oh, I'm, I'm good.
00:27:49I don't participate much.
00:27:50Whatever do you mean?
00:27:51Well, you know, you go to a restaurant at someone's birthday and you're singing happy birthday to a stranger and-
00:27:57Not at all, but go on.
00:27:58Why would you know that?
00:27:59Um, I don't know.
00:28:01I'm just more of an observer.
00:28:02Because you don't wish the stranger to have a happy birthday?
00:28:05No, no, no.
00:28:06Uh, bad example.
00:28:06Uh, I don't know.
00:28:08I just, I don't join in much.
00:28:10I don't know.
00:28:11Well.
00:28:11I don't know.
00:28:12Not to fret.
00:28:13We all have an unlimited capacity for growth.
00:28:15Yeah.
00:28:16Um, excuse me!
00:28:18Merry Christmas!
00:28:20This is Nick.
00:28:21He's learning how to participate.
00:28:23Hi, Nick!
00:28:27Hello.
00:28:27Roasted chestnuts.
00:28:36Glorious.
00:28:37Some things never go out of style.
00:28:39Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've been waiting for, please join me as we count down.
00:28:45Five, four, three, two, one!
00:28:50So beautiful.
00:29:00Isn't it though?
00:29:04Christmas tree lighting, the boat parade, they're all huge Newport traditions.
00:29:08Ella!
00:29:09Oh!
00:29:12Let me guess.
00:29:14Marstermack?
00:29:15You know it.
00:29:16Oh.
00:29:17Can I talk to you for a moment?
00:29:19Yeah.
00:29:19Just one minute.
00:29:20Dedicated and loving memory to Ella Grafton.
00:29:31Founded the Giving House, which has provided housing and support services to the people of Newport since 1906.
00:29:38I did it?
00:29:40What is this supposed to be?
00:29:41It's lovely.
00:29:42You paint this?
00:29:42Look at it!
00:29:43This looks like Ella's portrait.
00:29:45Yes, but notice something missing?
00:29:47She's just completely disappeared from the painting.
00:29:49She's gone.
00:29:49What does this mean?
00:29:52As best as I can understand, time is a river that flows from the past to the present.
00:29:57And Ella being here has placed a boulder in the river, diverting its course.
00:30:01Okay, so we get rid of the boulder?
00:30:02Or the course of history will be changed forever.
00:30:05But remember, whatever we do, we cannot tell her the future.
00:30:08I started the Giving House!
00:30:11Did you know?
00:30:11Oh, you must come see the plaque.
00:30:14It's ever so lovely.
00:30:15Wait.
00:30:15Come.
00:30:15Okay, come on.
00:30:16Wait.
00:30:18Also, a generous passerby informed me that the Giving House later funded a paper company that single-handedly kept Newport's poor fed during the Great Depression.
00:30:27But whatever is a Great Depression?
00:30:30What?
00:30:30It's gone.
00:30:33But how could that be?
00:30:34It was just here.
00:30:35I swear it on my entire...
00:30:36We all knew it was here.
00:30:37Ella.
00:30:38We've all seen it many times.
00:30:40And what happened to it?
00:30:41I think you being here is erasing you from history.
00:30:45From the traditions you started.
00:30:46And I worry if you don't go back soon...
00:30:49We could disappear permanently.
00:30:59Whatever are you doing?
00:31:00Right now, I'm doing a little bit of research, trying to figure out the name of the comet that you saw in 1905.
00:31:05No, I mean, what is this contraption?
00:31:08Oh, this.
00:31:09Um, this is a, uh, laptop.
00:31:13Mm-hmm.
00:31:13Laptop.
00:31:14Think of it as, uh, electronic encyclopedia and an abacus were rolled into one.
00:31:20So you're saying this little box contains all the knowledge of the world?
00:31:26That's right.
00:31:27Uh, sadly, today people use it for mostly posting photos of their pets online and arguing with strangers.
00:31:32Hmm.
00:31:33Anyway, um, right now I'm trying to piece together what happened to you.
00:31:36Um, there's an article here that mentions various comets that have traveled through our solar system in history.
00:31:41How intriguing.
00:31:41Yeah.
00:31:42So, with these comets come magnetic activity, which under the right circumstances would cause very strange phenomena.
00:31:49Enough to cause a time portal?
00:31:50That's what I'm trying to figure out.
00:31:52Some of these theories think that these large bodies of water in the comet's pass are highly conductive.
00:31:58Um, places like, uh, Bermuda Triangle?
00:32:00Mm-hmm.
00:32:01Uh, no, that's okay.
00:32:01They've been experiencing things like this for centuries.
00:32:04So?
00:32:05What's our plan?
00:32:06Right now I don't have one.
00:32:08Um, but I'm trying to find a name and when it will be visible, and until then I'm gonna keep digging.
00:32:12So, this little box contains all the knowledge of the world, even history?
00:32:21No spoilers.
00:32:23I was gonna say, the museum, or, I apologize, your, your home is less than a block from here, and I think Christine needs some help in the ballroom.
00:32:31So, uh...
00:32:36What?
00:32:37What?
00:32:37What are you doing, uh, when we finish up here today?
00:32:40Um, nothing.
00:32:42I, something I actually wanted to ask you.
00:32:43Do you think maybe you...
00:32:45Am I intruding on a private rendezvous?
00:32:48Um, well, I'm stressed.
00:32:50I'd heard a thing.
00:32:51I have the centerpieces to make, and the ball is in five days, and our step-back-into-time theme is proving harder to pull off than I thought, so...
00:33:02Well, don't be stressed.
00:33:03I'll help you.
00:33:05But you haven't even been to a Christmas ball yet.
00:33:08No, but I've been to other balls.
00:33:10Men in tuxedos, women in gowns, ice sculptures, candles, dancing.
00:33:16That sounds like the best time.
00:33:18Oh, it's dreadful.
00:33:19What?
00:33:19You must always be on your best behavior.
00:33:21As my father reminds me, I must converse cheerfully, never sigh of weariness, and always be polite, demure, graceful.
00:33:30Never truly myself, thus never really connecting with anyone.
00:33:34Oh.
00:33:34Well, it seems Francis is courting you.
00:33:37No.
00:33:37Perhaps at the ball.
00:33:39You should let your fan do the talking.
00:33:42A press against the cheek signals you love someone.
00:33:46Ella, you're too much.
00:33:48Everything looks and smells divine, Christine.
00:33:50Oh, well, the tradition of the ball started when you'll see.
00:33:55But we hand out donation cards, people fill them out, and then they hang them on the boughs of the tree.
00:34:00That's wonderful.
00:34:02How many of these do we need to make?
00:34:04A lot.
00:34:04Perfect.
00:34:12Perfect.
00:34:12Perfect.
00:34:12hello how may i help you are you are you talking to me yes how may i help you
00:34:42hmm show me everything you can about ellis stewart from newport rhode island
00:34:49certainly finding information about ellis stewart grafton
00:34:57rex grafton
00:35:00ella did you know your box talks yeah it's called siri siri who see never mind we said no spoilers
00:35:11so i marry rex grafton is that who my father chooses instead of everett thornton you know i
00:35:17can't tell you that i'm sorry please tell me something we don't know a lot about him
00:35:22okay we know that he was a navy man so my father chose a navy man
00:35:27is there a portrait of this rex you have to stop searching for the future
00:35:31you're going to be in it soon enough you mean can i show you something okay watch ah okay
00:35:39i found this while you were out the christmas comet passes earth's orbit in december every
00:35:4520 years but check this out look at the date in 1905 december 18th december 18th that's the night you
00:35:51ended up on my boat that's the comet i saw that's what i was thinking but watch this if this chart
00:35:57right here is correct it's gonna fly by in five days christmas eve christmas eve
00:36:07how will i know what time or or where to be that's the only thing i don't have figured out
00:36:10right now but the important thing is we know what day it's coming thank you
00:36:15oh you're you're welcome
00:36:22there is one thing i did not tell you about that night yeah but it is silly sillier than time travel
00:36:27i guess if you put it that way right before you appeared on my boat i wished for a different life
00:36:34one where someone would fall in love with me for me that's not silly it's a beautiful thing to wish for
00:36:48um we should probably go at start soon what is the perfect thing for someone who loves christmas as
00:36:54much as you i thought they already did a christmas tree lighting they did this is actually the beginning
00:37:00week of all of the holiday festivities in newports it's a christmas boat parade a boat parade how
00:37:08wonderful yeah it's a big tradition here started by ruse myers who was a local woman inspired by you
00:37:14all the proceeds go to the giving house you must make sure beneficence is especially pristine
00:37:20i can't say i participate in the boat parade but i do enjoy watching tell me more about this refusal to
00:37:25participate when did your commitment to a life of isolation begin growing up with my dad he was a
00:37:32good man but it was quiet man where was that florida keys i probably could sail at the same time i could
00:37:38walk my dad had a boating business so i worked with him and after that i joined the coast guard and then
00:37:46from the gi bill i get to pursue my passion in college which was history that's where i met christine
00:37:51she seems like a good friend she's pretty great after drifting around for a while she gave me a
00:37:56full-time job here in newport how do you like it here i love it so much surrounded by water surrounded
00:38:05by history definitely a drifter by nature why is that i can't say one place ever felt like home i um
00:38:14know that feeling well really you seem very at home here over a century later do i you do
00:38:22you're too kind my whole life i've been told i'm too much or too loud that no one will ever love me
00:38:28unless i'm a perfect lady if i hadn't long ago committed myself to a life of service above self
00:38:35i might be quite sad to think i never had a real chance to love well who's to say that you don't
00:38:40don't or won't love rex
00:38:51it's beginning to look a lot like christmas everywhere you go
00:39:02take a look in the fight again the sugar snow covered fried bread is delicious
00:39:07oh and that parade was marvelous a spectacle of humanity my father would never approve your father
00:39:15must be worried he'd be gone three days i'm sure he'd be ecstatic to have you back for a moment and
00:39:20then he'd be i said he says mad as the march pair i take it you two don't get along we attempt to we
00:39:26never see eye to eye he always wants me to be his dutiful daughter but i've always been
00:39:31well me you ever tried talking to him no there is no talk he dismisses any discussion before it ever
00:39:40even begins and he always has the final say like choosing this wrecks for me i assure you ella you
00:39:48live life as you intend the things you want you make it and what of you of me what do you wish for
00:39:56your life i was in love once or i should say i thought i was oh we met when i was working out of
00:40:03port in new york city what was she like she was great on paper we were a perfect match she was
00:40:11beautiful and lively and spirited a lot like you actually but very regimented i wanted the
00:40:19the the romance and the moments in between and she wanted the packed social calendar and planned
00:40:26date nights and you if i'm being honest i like to take the days as they come same that was my whole
00:40:38point i i love waking up not knowing where the day's gonna take me exactly getting off work early and
00:40:43taking taking a walk on the beach or maybe in the rain that sounds delightful it would be as long as
00:40:50it's not 20 degrees i wanted a love for the ages and i didn't see that with her and i i hope that
00:40:58doesn't sound selfish one should never compromise with one's heart you're very easy to talk to
00:41:04miss stewart as are you mr mcmahonnie
00:41:18okay
00:41:30plotting a course hey um yeah something like that
00:41:38wow a good compass is a sailor's best friend absolutely so i i know the general coordinates of
00:41:43where you first appeared on the boat um i figured we'd start there even if we find the right area
00:41:47there's no guarantee of success are you worried i mean there's nothing comforting about being
00:41:52sucked into christmas time or besides i've become very taken with the future and its many eccentricities
00:42:03women in pants talking encyclopedias snow covered fry bread electric cars a magic i've yet to experience
00:42:10the past needs you i know i made a promise to help the people of newport and i will
00:42:18good but what if i can't what if history doesn't play out the same way what if i'm not up for the
00:42:23task or i've somehow altered my fate there's a quote that i really love may those who follow their fate
00:42:28be granted happiness may those that defy it be granted forgiveness abraham lincoln
00:42:36really well if we only have a few days left together in the future we should make the most of it i agree
00:42:48excuse me miss may we please have two christmas cafe lattes with milked oats oh and with the most
00:42:55ornate version of a reindeer one can muster you know i probably should not be doing this but since
00:43:02we've already disrupted the course of time i thought i should show you why you need to go back and
00:43:09and that's why oh wait i've got i've got cash i've got cash so lots of cash
00:43:30thank you santa harry merry christmas thank you very much you're welcome uh yeah you you can hold
00:43:36that um why because uh that coin is going to be worth a fortune actually all the coins are
00:43:44especially bitcoin tell your great grandkids about that one i have a great grandkid no spoilers ella
00:43:50oh this is lovely thanks i can customize it for you if you'd like i suppose the name i would put on
00:44:02it is rex perhaps you should put your heart's desire on one okay so we call that fishing and uh
00:44:11what my heart desires um it wouldn't work in this case why not you're quite the eligible bachelor and
00:44:22and you're free from the constraints of my era's matchmaking modern day dating is not very easy
00:44:29maybe there is something to matchmaking surely not you get to make all of your own choices
00:44:35and that may be but finding someone you want to spend the rest of your life with a best friend and
00:44:42confident that that's not easy and i don't care what part of history that you come from
00:44:50i agree that's what my mother would always say nay insist my husband should be
00:44:57is that what your father was to her i don't believe so
00:45:00which is why i think she wanted it for me
00:45:08ladies and gentlemen follow me right this way to my favorite room of the house the atrium which
00:45:13is actually in addition to the original structure built in 1891 as a birthday gift from lord grafton to
00:45:19lady grafton this looks amazing what are you working on stringing some popcorn badly you know what i'm
00:45:26gonna go box up some of the donations that one of the patrons dropped off so see you later
00:45:32nick told me the good news about the comet i'm just excited because we get to have you here for a
00:45:36little bit longer well i look forward to experiencing your ball you've worked so hard on it thank you
00:45:43it's been a labor of love but i wish i could have gone to yours the first ball i also look forward
00:45:50to seeing you and francis dance together oh no no no that's not gonna happen why not because i
00:46:02maybe love just isn't in the cards for me you know i've never been very lucky at it and
00:46:07that's okay you know maybe some people are put on this planet to create history like yourself
00:46:15and some of us are put here to preserve it christine you can't possibly believe that
00:46:23francis would be lucky to be with you you're a catch an inspiration
00:46:30a lady boss right back at you
00:46:33oh so kind of the museum patrons to donate items patrons are very very generous especially around
00:46:45christmas time look they say one man's trash is another man's treasure sounds like something i'd
00:46:50say i know hey thanks again for the compass sure
00:46:53that man who is he oh old coast guard buddy adam waters he looked familiar maybe he knew like his
00:47:06great great grandpa
00:47:07the spruce goes in the ballroom just there would you be able to help with hanging it and ned if
00:47:22you could finish the popcorn garland that would be amazing remember the popcorn is for decorating
00:47:26not for eating who owns people volunteers turned friends oh the christmas ball is in three days so we
00:47:33need all the help we can get right i figured until i return home i can assist in preserving my legacy
00:47:39i come bearing frosting oh do we still need to make a gingerbread house perhaps we can all do it
00:47:44together love a good gingerbread house cooper let me help you with the glassware i wish i had her
00:47:50optimism so it looks like ella's been a big help with the ball yes ella has hi christine why does the
00:47:58mentioning of ella's name seem to bring you palpable distress you know all the obvious reasons her
00:48:04portrait is blank her plaque is gone and now her biography is just scrap paper what's next to
00:48:11disappear the giving house i love having her here but i also know she has to go back in all the history
00:48:19books it says that rex is the one that brings her back right yeah i know and i still see how that's
00:48:23possible what are you looking for oh uh nick said rex was is a navy man so there must be something
00:48:36about him a a graduation photo a portrait even a sentence or a blurb would be held we've looked
00:48:43we've scoured these books he has no footprint oh i know but there must be something the talking
00:48:49encyclopedia told me that he was born in 1874 so he must have been in the navy 1892 and on we followed
00:48:57that lead and the only unidentified photo we have from that time is yeah with that man there my father
00:49:08bought my boat beneficence from him only i don't remember his name could that be rex my future husband
00:49:16no i don't think so i remember him being a working class type not the kind my father would choose
00:49:23for me i bet nick would enjoy seeing the billet's original owner i'll show him i'll go check on
00:49:28things all right i'll be along in a moment before you hear it from her i tried to help ella find info on
00:49:37rex but no dice you're jealous aren't you i'm not why would i be jealous of rex oh come on it's
00:49:45obvious you have a thing for ella sorry but it is painfully obvious of course i do how could i not
00:49:52i mean she's effervescent she's hilarious she's gorgeous she's a bright light that fills every
00:49:56room and she makes every situation better that felt really good but it doesn't matter because
00:50:00of all the extenuating circumstances okay like what what do you mean like what the fact that she lacks a
00:50:06social security number the fact that she lives in another century which gives new meaning to a long
00:50:10distance relationship how about the fact that she's a time traveler destined to marry another man
00:50:15so yes christine it's mildly complicated
00:50:23pick a hand
00:50:28a little gift for you this is great when did you do this last night when i couldn't sleep
00:50:34i thought we could hang it on the mantle with the stocking my mother made for me
00:50:37oh she taught me how to knit and crochet we'd make stockings and mittens for the people of newport
00:50:43for her christmas was a time to give back it's clear where you get your generous spirit from
00:50:49perhaps my mother came from nothing she met my father and she was swept into a life of privilege
00:50:58she could only dream of though i fear it was self-sacrificial i believe she married my father so
00:51:05she could pull her family out of poverty that's why your father wanted you to marry everett he was
00:51:10trying to protect you he saw how hard your mother's life was and the choices that she had to make
00:51:17well what do we do now do you want to watch a christmas movie a moving picture but how the tv of course
00:51:24yeah watch think of it as a lot of moving pictures in this black box fascinating right
00:51:32would you like some wine yes please so what was your favorite christmas movie of your time oh santa
00:51:38claus the first christmas movie ever made oh it's absolute perfection one minute and 17 seconds of it
00:51:46wow well uh well uh our christmas movies today are much longer and there's uh much more of them
00:51:54shall we what's your favorite christmas movie hands down it's a wonderful life
00:52:03which actually reminds me a lot of you why well because it's about a person with a good heart
00:52:12trying to make a big difference and also creating happiness no matter where you are strange isn't it
00:52:20each man's life touches so many other lives but when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole doesn't he
00:52:31will i leave an awful big hole when i'm gone you will be missed
00:52:38but everyone will know that you're living the life you should
00:52:42and they will be happy for you and rex what if i don't love him do you remember the day that you
00:52:49went to study and you saw the portrait of yourself for the first time and christine said that there was
00:52:55mysterious wonder around your smile and you said because you were happy what of it it's because
00:53:01i think and i have always thought that that was the very first time you
00:53:08you were ever in love
00:53:15i understand you found an original photo of the owner of the gilded age oh uh yes
00:53:24let's see here on the right this man are you sure yes i'm sure i never forget a face and i just bought
00:53:33the beneficence from him two years ago this is just a tad odd because this looks similar
00:53:40to the coast guard officer that you said looked familiar adam waters
00:53:43huh i bought the gilded age from him
00:53:58ella
00:54:01i can't believe i have to say this again i know i know no spoilers only this time i'm not looking for
00:54:07me i'm looking for adam waters kidding it doesn't do anything i've tried that many times um use the
00:54:13mouse to no this this is this is called a mouse i didn't know i know i know okay so you use the mouse
00:54:25the mouse moves the arrow and you go up to the search bar i did that but then you click here with
00:54:30this oh now type in your search word go ahead type it in this alphabet is all out of order that is
00:54:39true okay now hit when you're done hit enter
00:54:45but uh nick look they're nearly identical they really are wow maybe that's like his great-grandson
00:54:54or something or maybe he knows something adam did look at me in quite a peculiar manner
00:54:59i just thought you're really pretty
00:55:03or um well i'm going to pin a letter formally requesting his presence for tea
00:55:10i'll send it by courier we also could just go to the marina it's where he usually hangs out oh
00:55:17thank you for walking with me what is this feeling my head's in a tizzy and my heart is pounding
00:55:24now it couldn't be fate could it hey adam we were just coming to see you oh nick good to see you
00:55:34how you been good to see you how do you do ella stewart oh rex rex grafton
00:55:42so it was you who sold the beneficence to me wasn't it yes as i remember it your father was tied up on
00:55:55business so you came in his stead i knew i recognized you only you look different now older then my father
00:56:04sent you to rescue me yes i was a navy man known for my navigational skills the night you disappeared
00:56:10your father sent a courier asking me to set out to find you immediately i couldn't have been more
00:56:15than an hour behind you and that's when i saw it a comet unlike anything i'd ever seen
00:56:24then you ended up here yes at first i didn't realize anything had happened except that i was
00:56:29back on course to newport but when i got here i discovered it was 2005. and you've been stuck here ever
00:56:35since yes did you ever try to get back yes in the beginning i was desperate if a comet was mentioned
00:56:47in the news i got out on the water but no luck after some research i realized that it wasn't just
00:56:52any comet that could get me back home but christmas comet yes the christmas comet is the only one that
00:56:59comes close enough to earth's orbit somehow it interacts with certain bodies of water and is
00:57:05only available for about a two-hour window and the fact it only comes once every 20 years i discovered
00:57:11there was no chance of getting back until right now i'm so sorry it's all my fault no don't apologize
00:57:23because the longer i was here the more i wanted to stay can i ask who sold you the gilded age it was
00:57:31left to me i don't know by whom but about a decade after i got here i got a letter instructing me to
00:57:36head down to the shipyard i was given the title to the boat with one caveat what one day i had to sell it
00:57:44to nick then who wrote the letter i don't know was it my father was it he who
00:58:00who arranged for us to marry okay i can give you guys some privacy no again i i don't know i haven't
00:58:06been back since i left that evening but i'm aware the history books say that we marry you know the um
00:58:14christmas comet next appears in two days on christmas eve uh i'm so sorry i have work to do i'll see you
00:58:27um so i just met my husband and it was a crushing disappointment what about the spark my mother always
00:58:36told me about maybe you two just need some time true love doesn't take time this was supposed to be
00:58:42love at first sight the start of forever nick be honest with me i am being given the chance to
00:58:50rewrite history should i take it i think i didn't ask what you think i asked what you feel i feel that
00:59:02in a world that makes very little sense that everything happens for a reason i believe that
00:59:08everything is exactly how it's supposed to be i also believe that all of the history books cannot
00:59:18be wrong so you do feel i should marry him
00:59:22nick filled me in about adam oh yes i'm certain the fates are having a laugh at us do you want
00:59:40to talk about it what is there to say except i guess whatever will be will be
00:59:46are those the cards the guests will place on the tree yeah and how did that tradition start just let
00:59:55it play out ella how am i supposed to let it just play out leave my fate to my father's picking just
01:00:03allow myself to marry rex who knows maybe he grows on you i know myself i know my gut
01:00:11for the first time i know what it feels like to fall in love with someone someone in particular
01:00:21no it doesn't matter the history books are pretty clear that i marry rex to think i will have tasted
01:00:29love and then have to live a life without it ella i really shouldn't be telling you this
01:00:35and i'll probably cause like total dimensional fracture oh i'm pretty sure the damage is already
01:00:41done in the history books and family accounts and local legend rex is the one that finds you at sea
01:00:49he brings you home and the two of you fall madly in love so you will love rex and it'll be a love for the ages
01:01:05fair night
01:01:12adam
01:01:14um
01:01:17i was just on my way to see you
01:01:19yes i've also been meaning to come by i just wasn't sure what to say
01:01:24why don't we talk someplace out of the cold
01:01:27i've been thinking of you how it must have felt these last 20 years
01:01:31I feel responsible. I took you from your home.
01:01:36But I am home.
01:01:39No, I mean your home in the past.
01:01:41But it's okay. I think I know how I can get you back.
01:01:44Why would I want to do that? I have a life here.
01:01:46I have a sense of purpose and community.
01:01:49And even if we try, there's no guarantee.
01:01:51No, but we have to try.
01:01:53Adam, there's so much at stake.
01:01:57Look around you. This could all be affected.
01:02:00And I fear if we don't go back, I won't be able to fulfill my legacy.
01:02:03And if I do go with you, I fear I won't fulfill mine.
01:02:06Look, I understand your concern. I do.
01:02:09But when I lived in our time, I was adrift.
01:02:12I didn't feel at home. I had no friends or family.
01:02:14And for a long while, I wished for a...
01:02:16A different life.
01:02:17Yes. I have a wonderful life here.
01:02:20Why would I want to give all that up to go back to 1905?
01:02:24Call it fate or luck or whatever.
01:02:26But whatever happened with us with that comet, it was meant to be.
01:02:30Perhaps you're meant to do it on your own, to rewrite history.
01:02:35If you believe in your dream and your vision for it, everything will work out.
01:02:41But then why am I here?
01:02:43I wish I knew.
01:02:52Thank you so much for your time.
01:02:55Merry Christmas!
01:02:56Hey, I was looking for you.
01:02:58Oh, Nick, hi.
01:02:59What, uh...
01:03:00How are you doing?
01:03:01I discovered the Giving House does events with the coffee shop during the holidays to raise awareness.
01:03:06I, um, wanted to take my mind off everything.
01:03:10So I decided to show the volunteers a little gratitude and did some Christmas shopping.
01:03:15Nice. Nice. Where, uh...
01:03:18Where'd you get the money?
01:03:19Oh, the gold coins I have?
01:03:21Yeah.
01:03:22You're right. Turns out they're worth a fortune.
01:03:24Hey, Ella. I got you this.
01:03:27Nick, this is one of our volunteers, Ada.
01:03:29Hi. Hi.
01:03:31Named after her great-grandmother.
01:03:33Oh, wow.
01:03:34I was just telling Ella that the Giving House helped my great-grandmother secure a home and find a better job.
01:03:39Her family became one of the most prosperous in Newport.
01:03:42And still one of the largest contributors to the Giving House.
01:03:44That's great.
01:03:45Come on. Let's take a walk.
01:03:47Sure. Nice meeting you.
01:03:49What a perfect night.
01:03:50You seem energized.
01:03:51Look, I was thinking, we talked to Adam and...
01:03:53Oh, I've spoken to him.
01:03:54And?
01:03:55Well, you've decided to stay here.
01:03:57I think I should, too.
01:03:59Wouldn't it be grand?
01:04:02No.
01:04:03No, why not?
01:04:04There's a world of good I can do here in 2025.
01:04:08No.
01:04:12They need you.
01:04:14Ada needs you.
01:04:16The Giving House would not exist if you think of all the people you've helped.
01:04:21Not to mention you have an entire...
01:04:24You have an entire life waiting for you with Rex.
01:04:27Nicholas McManny, do you not have any feelings for me?
01:04:30Of course I have feelings for me.
01:04:31Then why are you so set on pushing me into the arms of another man?
01:04:35Because it's the right thing to do.
01:04:39And sometimes caring about someone means letting them go.
01:04:43And sometimes caring for someone means fighting for them.
01:04:45Ella.
01:04:46What will you fight for?
01:04:47What will you love?
01:04:48If not me, if not this, then what?
01:04:50It's not the way it's supposed to be.
01:05:03Listen, I'm gonna do everything I can to help you get back home.
01:05:08What about you, Nick?
01:05:11When will you ever be home?
01:05:15Ella?
01:05:20Mind if I join you?
01:05:31Yes.
01:05:32You're actually saving me a trip.
01:05:33I was about to come find you.
01:05:35One of those, please.
01:05:42I, uh...
01:05:44I spoke with Ella last night.
01:05:46If you're going to try to convince me to go back, I'll tell you the same thing I told Ella.
01:05:52I have a life here.
01:05:54In 1905, both my parents have passed, I was an only child, and the few people I know in Newport are all gone.
01:06:01If you don't catch that portal, and the comet passes by, you two are both stuck here for another 20 years.
01:06:06Would that be so bad?
01:06:07Yes.
01:06:08Yes it would.
01:06:09Adam or Rex or whoever you are, you have to go back with Ella.
01:06:11We have no chemistry.
01:06:13Then build some chemistry.
01:06:14I promise you, if you get to know her, there's no chance you are not going to fall for her.
01:06:19Come to the ball.
01:06:21Come to the ball, and then you both can sail away together.
01:06:24To a time where I've been gone for seven days, yet I'm 20 years older, and to do what?
01:06:28Enjoy all the turn of the century comforts and a few world wars?
01:06:32What would I even do there, Nick?
01:06:34You would love, and you would be loved by an amazing woman.
01:06:38Look, the thing is, I already have an amazing woman.
01:06:44Her name is Maven, and we're engaged to be married this summer.
01:06:51Does Ella know this?
01:06:53Look, I want to help her.
01:06:55And I believe I have a way to make sure she finds the correct location.
01:06:58Come on, let me show you something.
01:07:00Okay.
01:07:01I believe the Christmas comet will be visible over Newport starting at 10pm.
01:07:04So in theory, that's when the two-hour window would begin?
01:07:07Yes.
01:07:08The one thing that bothers me is, why did Ella and I both see the same comet, but come out in different time periods?
01:07:15I think it's because we were both at different coordinates when we entered the portal.
01:07:20Do you remember the coordinates you found her at?
01:07:21Yeah, it was 41 degrees longitude by minus 71 latitude.
01:07:26Okay.
01:07:27If every section of this protractor is 10 years.
01:07:30Right.
01:07:31With 1905 Newport being at zero.
01:07:33So then 120 years into the future would match the exact coordinates where Ella appeared?
01:07:38Yes.
01:07:39No.
01:07:40I came in at these coordinates here, which would signify 100 years.
01:07:45That's 2005.
01:07:47That's 20 years earlier based on where you were in the water.
01:07:50That means that if she stays the course on Christmas Eve and sails to the coordinates that you just gave me, that should be her best chance of getting back to 1905.
01:08:05Nick, there's something else I didn't tell you.
01:08:07What's that?
01:08:08That in addition to selling you the boat, I also had to make sure on December 18th, 2025, just before dusk, I somehow get you out to sea.
01:08:17What's the rescue you sent me?
01:08:19There was no rescue.
01:08:21I was just following the orders from the letter.
01:08:24Look, I'll meet you both at the ball and I'll make sure she gets off safe, but that's all I can promise.
01:08:31I'm not going back.
01:08:38He'll meet you both and I'll be coming back.
01:08:57You look beautiful.
01:08:59Look at you!
01:09:01Yeah, as do you.
01:09:04I've never worn a dress like this before.
01:09:07like this before. You look amazing. Guess where I got it. Nordstrom Rack!
01:09:13You're gorgeous. Oh, Christine, this is stunning. Thank you. Look, look at what you've accomplished.
01:09:21I'm so proud of you. It's all because of you. Anything that I am is because of women like you
01:09:28who paved the way. You're going to make me cry. Oh, I have a gift for you from the past.
01:09:37I think it will prove useful. Oh my goodness. It's beautiful. Remember, a press against the cheek
01:09:45signals you love someone. So when you don't know what to say, let your fan do the talking.
01:09:50Thank you. Now, how much time do we have? I set sail at 10 o'clock.
01:10:01Then let's make the most of it. Yes. Let's.
01:10:09Hi. You clean up nice. I was going to say the same thing about you.
01:10:13Say, did you ever learn about Victorian fan signals? Yeah. Women use them to convey secret
01:10:22messages, right? Right. Yes. Yeah. So an open fan to the side means that you want someone to wait for
01:10:29you. And a fan pressed against the cheek means that you love fancy someone. And a closed fan to the
01:10:36heart means that you've won the person's love. You know what my favorite one was?
01:10:43Well, what's that one mean? That you want to be kissed.
01:11:13What do you think? I think that never
01:11:32know of history. Has anyone met more beautiful?
01:11:36Careful. I might swoon again. I might catch you.
01:11:40Any word from Adam? No.
01:11:46We have to go. Why? I thought we said 10 o'clock.
01:11:50We did, but I want to make sure you get off safe.
01:11:56Isn't there time for one dance before we go?
01:11:59I think so.
01:12:11You seem sad.
01:12:14I am. A bit.
01:12:18Why?
01:12:19I get to go home.
01:12:25Nick.
01:12:28The question still stands.
01:12:31When will you ever be home?
01:12:33When I kissed you, in that moment, I was home.
01:12:50Adam, this is my fiancee, Maven.
01:12:53Hi. It's nice to meet you, Ella. It's nice to meet you, Maven.
01:13:08The Giving House doesn't exist. This is all my fault.
01:13:11Lucy, we can fix this. We have to go now, okay?
01:13:16Okay. Let's go. Bye.
01:13:28I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ella.
01:13:31But you must understand my home is here.
01:13:33I understand. I do.
01:13:36Maven is a lucky woman.
01:13:45Goodbye, Adam.
01:13:46Goodbye.
01:13:57I, uh, think this is what I'm supposed to tell you that
01:14:03things will never be the same without you here.
01:14:05But in this case, it needs to be.
01:14:10I hope you think of me.
01:14:12Only every day.
01:14:14Everything you've done here. Everything you've inspired.
01:14:18And I'm very thankful.
01:14:21And it all will have been worth it.
01:14:26Just to have known you, Ed.
01:14:29To have been home with you.
01:14:31And I have something for you, um, nothing big.
01:14:36Just maybe you can put in your secret ornament collection.
01:14:43If not, it can be a souvenir from the future.
01:14:46With you.
01:14:48Always.
01:14:51I'll cherish it.
01:14:51You have to go.
01:14:58Let's go.
01:15:28Let's go.
01:15:58Why did you let me meet the man of my dreams?
01:16:16Only to make it impossible for us to be together.
01:16:25I'm ready to go home now.
01:16:26I know what love is, and I'm ready to share it with others.
01:16:33Welcome home, Ella.
01:16:42Ada!
01:16:48Miss Ella!
01:16:50By God's grace, Jehovah!
01:16:52We prayed for you.
01:16:53Your prayers worked.
01:16:54Thank you for giving me a reason to come home.
01:17:01If I may, what day is it?
01:17:03Why, it's Christmas Eve, ma'am.
01:17:05Use this for your Christmas dinner, and all else will fall into place.
01:17:08I promise.
01:17:09How can I ever repay your kindness?
01:17:11By doing the same for others when you are able.
01:17:12Merry Christmas.
01:17:15Merry Christmas, Miss Ella.
01:17:29Mr. Edward Benson and Mrs. Edith Benson.
01:17:33Still no sign of Miss Ella, sir.
01:17:37I can't feign joy when my Ella's still missing.
01:17:44Another treat?
01:17:45We made that in Ella's name.
01:17:47She intended to start a proper charity to help this community.
01:17:50And we see it as a fitting way to welcome her home.
01:17:54Much of Newport has already donated whatever they can.
01:17:58Bless you, Sadie.
01:18:08Sadie!
01:18:09Charles!
01:18:12Take heaven!
01:18:13We feared the worst.
01:18:14It's good to be home.
01:18:16His father.
01:18:18Greeting the guests, Miss.
01:18:19He's been so worried.
01:18:21I placed your gown upstairs with the faith that you would return home.
01:18:24I'll be right up to help you dress.
01:18:26Thank you, Sadie.
01:18:30I'd like to thank you all for coming.
01:18:36It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that my dear Ella is not...
01:18:46Whoa!
01:18:46Oh, my child.
01:18:53Father.
01:18:54I was so worried.
01:18:56I thought I'd lost you.
01:18:58I was lost.
01:19:00But I found my way back.
01:19:01Come, my dear.
01:19:03We have much to celebrate.
01:19:05Everett Thornton is here and is very eager to meet you.
01:19:09Father, I must speak with you.
01:19:13In private?
01:19:15Of course.
01:19:17Everybody, please.
01:19:20Enjoy yourselves.
01:19:24What's happening here?
01:19:26What's happening is that I have seen the life that waits for me.
01:19:31And I want it.
01:19:33I owe it to others.
01:19:35To myself.
01:19:39I cannot marry Everett Thornton.
01:19:43But you haven't even met him.
01:19:44He's come all this way.
01:19:46You've always wanted me to be someone I am not.
01:19:51But I understand now it stems from worry.
01:19:54Of course I worry.
01:19:56I love you.
01:19:57I know you do.
01:19:59Right now, it might not seem that I can be both who you want me to be and who I'm destined to be.
01:20:06I think that we'll find, in time, they're the same person.
01:20:13Father, if I am to marry, it must be for love.
01:20:19And I'm starting my charity.
01:20:23I hope to do both with your blessing.
01:20:26And do you have someone you love?
01:20:30May I present to you Mr. Rex Grafton.
01:20:36I don't...
01:20:38How did you...
01:20:45It's quite the story.
01:20:47And you are...
01:20:48Father, may I present...
01:20:52Rex Grafton.
01:20:56The man who rescued me.
01:20:58Ah, you're the navigator.
01:21:01Sir.
01:21:02You found her?
01:21:03My eternal thanks.
01:21:05What can I ever do to repay you?
01:21:08It was my honor, sir.
01:21:12Bath stands.
01:21:15Yes.
01:21:16Wait, Christine.
01:21:41Look.
01:21:41I hope that means she got home safely.
01:21:46Hi.
01:21:47I'm so sorry to interrupt, but, um, I was told to give this to you on the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
01:21:55It's been in my family's lockbox for generations.
01:21:57I can't believe we finally get to see what's inside.
01:21:59You are full of surprises, Rex Grafton.
01:22:15How is this possible?
01:22:17When I left you at that dock, I realized that if Adam was not going to accompany you on the journey, I could.
01:22:25I got a boat and I followed you.
01:22:26And I got to thinking, he said his parents had passed.
01:22:30He was an only child.
01:22:31He wasn't from here.
01:22:33He had no relatives to speak of.
01:22:35And my father never met him.
01:22:37Except my courier.
01:22:38Correct.
01:22:39So, maybe he was the Rex Grafton that was sent out.
01:22:43But I was the Rex Grafton that brought you home, so therefore.
01:22:48It was you.
01:22:51It was always you.
01:22:53Yeah.
01:22:57So, we aren't to marry?
01:23:01If you'll have me.
01:23:02If not, I'll be stuck here for another 20 years.
01:23:06You had me at Rex Grafton.
01:23:11Merry Christmas, Ellen.
01:23:36Merry Christmas, everybody.
01:23:41Merry Christmas, successive Christmas.
01:23:44Miss you.
01:23:51Merry Christmas, everybody.
01:23:54Merry Christmas, everybody.
01:23:57No matter.
01:23:57Someday, if it's not, not so nice.
01:24:00See you again.
01:24:00Please, everybody.
01:24:01See you again.
01:24:01See you.
01:24:02I'll see you again.
01:24:03See you again.
01:24:04Come home.
01:24:04We give ourselves a break.
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