A Newport Christmas HD Online Full

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00:00:00Ella, whatever are you doing?

00:00:13Here's this tree for you and for the rest of the staff downstairs.

00:00:15You're too kind, but you'll tarnish your new outfits.

00:00:18No bother. I'm glad to do it.

00:00:20You have your mother's heart.

00:00:22Your father requests the word with you in the study.

00:00:24Wonderful. I'd like a word with him as well.

00:00:27Sadie, I've made a decision.

00:00:30After much contemplation, I've decided to start a charity in town

00:00:33to help those who are struggling in Newport.

00:00:35I found just the spot.

00:00:37Oh, no.

00:00:38Oh, yes. I'm going to ask father to increase my allowance so I may rent the space.

00:00:43Wish me luck.

00:00:44Good luck.

00:00:52Good day, father.

00:00:54I'm glad you called me. I must speak with you because...

00:00:56I must speak with you, too.

00:00:57As you know, we'll be hosting our inaugural Christmas ball in a week.

00:01:03It's the event of the season.

00:01:05Everyone in Newport is talking about it.

00:01:07Huzzah to you.

00:01:07Well, I wanted to inform you that it's not just a Christmas ball.

00:01:12No.

00:01:13It's also an engagement party.

00:01:15Oh!

00:01:17Are you to marry again?

00:01:18Oh, do be serious, Ella.

00:01:20I'm not marrying you are.

00:01:22At the Christmas ball, we'll announce your engagement.

00:01:26To whom?

00:01:28To Everett Thornton.

00:01:29He's a good man from a very good family who you'll meet at the Christmas ball and not before,

00:01:35lest you pull your hijinks to blitz it.

00:01:38Well, um, father, as much as I appreciate all the consideration you have put into this arrangement,

00:01:47and I do, I'll have to respectfully decline.

00:01:51Because I have decided to forego marriage and instead use my wedding coffers to start a charity.

00:01:58A charity?

00:01:59Yes, a foundation that will serve the community of Newport and ensure that no family is without food or a warm bed.

00:02:05I want to use my resources to help people find homes and jobs so they can be independent and prosperous.

00:02:13Father, I live a very blessed life.

00:02:18I want to share what I have with the community, just like Mother would have wanted me to.

00:02:24You'll do no such thing.

00:02:26You'll do as I say and marry.

00:02:27I...

00:02:29Oh!

00:02:34Dear, we are out of ornaments, but not to fret, I'll get more.

00:02:39Wait, we're not done.

00:02:40My coat, please?

00:02:42How did your father take it?

00:02:43Oh, quite well, I'd say.

00:02:45Ella!

00:02:46Although the idea might require just a bit more time for him to warm up to.

00:02:50Where are you going?

00:02:51For a sale on the Beneficence, to think.

00:02:54He'll be mad as a March hare.

00:02:55Which is why we should delay the news.

00:02:57Shall we?

00:03:03Good evening, William.

00:03:04Ladies and gentlemen, let's go back in time to the Gilded Age.

00:03:24My aptly named 122-year-old classic sailboat.

00:03:28Looks good for a century.

00:03:29I appreciate that.

00:03:30She does, and she should.

00:03:32She's a part of history, once owned by Ella Stewart Grafton, given to her by her father.

00:03:37And actually, we're going to be visiting their estate later on in the tour, where she grew up, became a philanthropist, and started the giving house right here in Newport.

00:03:44I heard she married a sailor.

00:03:45Navy man.

00:03:46Rex Grafton.

00:03:47As seen on that mast right there, they love to sail together.

00:03:50Nick, Coast Guard received report of a vessel dead in the water under Island Bridge, but all of our boats are already out.

00:03:55Copy.

00:03:56I can assist.

00:03:56Will you escort these people back to Grafton Estate?

00:03:58Christine will help you from there.

00:03:59Sure.

00:04:00You do rescues?

00:04:00I was in the Coast Guard for many years.

00:04:03When I'm not a historian at Grafton Estate, I do volunteer rescues for Newport, yes.

00:04:07But I got to go, guys.

00:04:08Merry Christmas to y'all.

00:04:09Okay, folks, please follow me.

00:04:11Head right this way.

00:04:17Why did father have to go and complicate things with him?

00:04:20Ever important.

00:04:21I wish for a different life.

00:04:37I wish to fall in love.

00:04:41And for someone to fall in love with me.

00:04:44For me.

00:04:49Ah!

00:04:50Ah!

00:04:50Where did you come from?

00:04:53Get back!

00:04:54You stowaway!

00:04:55Excuse me?

00:04:57How am I a stowaway?

00:04:58This is my boat!

00:04:59Your boat!

00:05:00What nonsense!

00:05:01My father would beg to differ.

00:05:04Who are you, and what do you want?

00:05:07What's happening?

00:05:08I was sitting on a rescue.

00:05:10These are the coordinates, and I don't see any boat.

00:05:13I just see you on my boat.

00:05:16What are you wearing?

00:05:17It's my boat.

00:05:18And what are you wearing?

00:05:20If you think to try anything with me, sir, you have paddled up the wrong creek.

00:05:25Wait.

00:05:27Do I know you?

00:05:28I don't think so.

00:05:29Does it matter?

00:05:31How did you get on this boat?

00:05:32Where did you come from?

00:05:33It's my boat!

00:05:34It's my boat!

00:05:36Now you, stay there and man the rudder.

00:05:39I'll manage the sheets.

00:05:41Okay.

00:05:43Okay.

00:05:43Is it happening?

00:05:47Where to?

00:05:49To Newport, of course.

00:05:51Where you can be dealt with by the proper authorities.

00:05:54What is happening right now?

00:05:56I'm not going to bite you.

00:06:10You can put the oar down.

00:06:20See?

00:06:20I'll tie the front.

00:06:29That's a pretty good knot.

00:06:31Now, where are the authorities?

00:06:35This is not my home.

00:06:38Where am I?

00:06:39Newport, Rhode Island.

00:06:40Nonsense.

00:06:40I left Newport an hour ago.

00:06:43And this is not it.

00:06:50Oh, my God.

00:06:54Oh, dear.

00:06:55No.

00:06:55Just calm down.

00:06:57It's okay.

00:06:57You're okay.

00:06:58You're okay.

00:06:59Just breathe.

00:06:59Take a deep breath.

00:07:00Who are you?

00:07:02I'm Nick.

00:07:03Nick McMannian.

00:07:04And you are?

00:07:05Ella Stewart, of course.

00:07:08Ella Stewart Crafton?

00:07:10No.

00:07:11Ella Stewart.

00:07:12I think I know my own name.

00:07:15What year do you think it is?

00:07:17Why, it's 1905.

00:07:18December 18th, 19...

00:07:19Five.

00:07:21Although the harrowed expression on your face suggests...

00:07:24I've been correct.

00:07:26No, it is December 18th.

00:07:312025.

00:07:33Balderdash!

00:07:34No, it couldn't be.

00:07:36Balderdash?

00:07:37What is this anyway?

00:07:37Some kind of prank?

00:07:38Who put you up to this?

00:07:39My father?

00:07:40I should be asking you the same thing.

00:07:42It's a joke.

00:07:43A joke.

00:07:43Like, you have a little hidden camera in your pocket.

00:07:45How could I fit a camera in my button?

00:07:47Are you mad?

00:07:50How could all this be?

00:07:51Am I dreamy?

00:07:52You're an Ella Grafton cosplayer.

00:07:54This is genius.

00:07:55Who is Ella Grafton cosplayer?

00:07:59Wow.

00:07:59Where are you going?

00:08:00My home, of course.

00:08:02To the Stewart Estate.

00:08:03Why are you following me?

00:08:07I'll make sure you get home okay.

00:08:09Oh, so the stowaway's a gentleman.

00:08:13What has become of everything?

00:08:15I love the commitment to this bit.

00:08:18You'd be great on the tours.

00:08:20Tours?

00:08:21I'm going to play along.

00:08:22This is going to be fun.

00:08:23All right, you've asked what's become of everything?

00:08:24Well, let me tell you.

00:08:25The last 120 years, let's see.

00:08:27We've synthesized DNA.

00:08:29We built electric cars.

00:08:31We landed on the moon.

00:08:32We have microwaves, internets, interstates, inflatable snowmen.

00:08:37Inflatable snowmen?

00:08:38Yeah.

00:08:44Are we breathing?

00:08:45I think we're breathing.

00:08:46Miss, ma'am?

00:08:47Hello?

00:08:48You guys want to back up just a little bit?

00:08:49Yeah, give her some air.

00:08:50Give me some air.

00:08:51Let's give everybody some air.

00:08:52Ma'am?

00:08:53Ah!

00:08:53Oh, no.

00:09:00I'm still here.

00:09:02You had us worried there.

00:09:03I almost called an ambulance.

00:09:05I think you knocked your head pretty good when you snuck on my boat, so...

00:09:08It's my boat!

00:09:10You probably should rest a little...

00:09:13Or not.

00:09:14Okay, I'm going to check it out here.

00:09:16I really am in the future?

00:09:18Yeah, yeah, you are.

00:09:20My stars.

00:09:21Everyone rides around in horseless carriages as if they're straight out of a Jules Byrne novel.

00:09:28Yep.

00:09:28Please, tell me more of this 2025.

00:09:33Okay.

00:09:33Um, well, uh, we have taller buildings, uh, shorter tempers, uh, houses are bigger, yet for some reason the families are smaller.

00:09:46A lot more conveniences, but somehow less time.

00:09:50And everyone's got notes.

00:09:51Oh, you paint such a bleak picture.

00:09:56See?

00:09:57You also have glittering Christmas lights and ornaments.

00:10:01All identical and shiny.

00:10:04Inflatable snowmen.

00:10:06But what truly astounds me is that women wear pants.

00:10:12Oh, yeah.

00:10:14Yeah, a lot of them do.

00:10:20It looks the same, only older.

00:10:25And more festive.

00:10:29Father will be so relieved I've returned.

00:10:31Sadie!

00:10:32Sadie!

00:10:32What are all these people doing in my home?

00:10:36Well, this is our last tour of the evening.

00:10:40You know, this home has been a museum for the last 60 years, and I'm a historian here.

00:10:44A museum?

00:10:45But why?

00:10:46Why?

00:10:47You know, I'm gonna get Christine.

00:10:48She's our museum director.

00:10:49Christine.

00:10:49I heard my name.

00:10:50Yes.

00:10:51Um, may I present to you Miss Ella Grafton?

00:10:53Stewart.

00:10:54Stewart.

00:10:54Apologies.

00:10:55Miss Ella Stewart.

00:10:57I'm sorry, what's going on?

00:10:59My goodness, what is this darling ensemble you're donning?

00:11:02A jumpsuit.

00:11:04Says who?

00:11:05N-Nordstrom Rack?

00:11:07I don't know, Sir Nordstrom Rack.

00:11:09Sir?

00:11:09Could you introduce me to him?

00:11:11Miss Stewart, why don't you have a seat right over here?

00:11:13There are some refreshments if you like.

00:11:15And Nick, can I have a word?

00:11:17Please.

00:11:18Mm-hmm.

00:11:19Mm-hmm.

00:11:24The Grafton estate.

00:11:26Oh, uh, hello.

00:11:29Ella Stewart, how do you do?

00:11:30I do, thanks.

00:11:33Oh, are you a new tour guide?

00:11:35I didn't realize we were adding costumes.

00:11:37Genius.

00:11:38I'm Francis.

00:11:39I work for Christine.

00:11:40You work for her?

00:11:42A lady boss?

00:11:44How inspiring.

00:11:49Okay.

00:11:51All right, thanks for checking.

00:11:53Okay, so, I spoke with my Uncle Leo

00:11:56at the precinct.

00:11:57And?

00:11:57There are no reports of anyone fitting her description.

00:12:00He's gonna check the local hospitals

00:12:01to see if anyone's missing.

00:12:03I wonder who she is.

00:12:04I have no idea, but I do know

00:12:05she just appeared at a thin air on my boat.

00:12:07No, that doesn't make any sense.

00:12:09But it happened.

00:12:10Okay, in her reaction to Newport,

00:12:12I mean, she walked in the street,

00:12:13she fainted,

00:12:13and now she thinks she's Ella Stewart.

00:12:14Well, whatever's happening here,

00:12:17she seems innocent enough.

00:12:19Excuse me.

00:12:21What are you all here for?

00:12:22The lantern tour.

00:12:24Are you a guide?

00:12:24Oh, no.

00:12:26I'm actually in the midst of navigating

00:12:27an unfathomable chronological aberration.

00:12:30But I would be remiss to be a bad host.

00:12:33Thus, it would be my honor to give you a tour.

00:12:35Welcome to my home.

00:12:41Where is she going?

00:12:43She's the new guide, right?

00:12:44No.

00:12:46The architect was a dear friend of my father,

00:12:49Arthur Sulkin,

00:12:50inspired by European craftsmanship.

00:12:52And yes, this is a museum to you.

00:12:55How strange.

00:12:57But to me,

00:12:59it's the only home I've ever known.

00:13:02Ah, in here is the dining room.

00:13:04She's pretty good, huh?

00:13:05And looks exactly like her.

00:13:07Yeah.

00:13:08Over here is where we place

00:13:10an evergreen tree from the property.

00:13:13The staff would all come together

00:13:14and we'd decorate with ropes of cranberry

00:13:17and popcorn.

00:13:19Oh, yes.

00:13:21And the dining table

00:13:22where we'd eat a plum pudding on Christmas Eve.

00:13:25Chef would make my favorite.

00:13:27Minced pies, roasted pork.

00:13:30Oh, and this year,

00:13:32we're starting a new tradition.

00:13:33We're hosting a Christmas Eve ball.

00:13:36Don't you still hold that?

00:13:38Yes, we do.

00:13:39Every year.

00:13:41How about that?

00:13:43And just across the hall

00:13:45is the study where we would...

00:13:47What happened here?

00:13:50The study has changed.

00:13:52The furniture and the layout are different.

00:13:56Father's desk was here

00:13:57and Mother's painting just there.

00:14:00Okay.

00:14:01That's impressive.

00:14:03What occurred?

00:14:04Well, there was a fire in 1942.

00:14:07Some of the room had to be completely rebuilt.

00:14:11I never sat for this.

00:14:14When was this painted?

00:14:16Early 1906.

00:14:17My father must have commissioned it

00:14:21for my future husband.

00:14:22No one knows why it was commissioned.

00:14:24Well, I do look happy.

00:14:29Come back soon.

00:14:31Merry Christmas.

00:14:32Merry Christmas.

00:14:33Farewell.

00:14:37So what is this?

00:14:38Why is my home a museum?

00:14:39Because Ella, I mean you,

00:14:42was, or are,

00:14:43or is going to be

00:14:44a great woman,

00:14:46a historical figure.

00:14:47And how do you two know each other?

00:14:50We actually went to college together.

00:14:52Same history program.

00:14:53College graduate.

00:14:55Well done, Christine.

00:14:56A lady boss is extremely rare

00:14:58where I come from.

00:14:59Okay.

00:14:59Speaking of,

00:15:00while my time here has been grand,

00:15:02I do wish to return home,

00:15:03so I'll have to bid you adieu.

00:15:05Where are you going?

00:15:06Beneficent's got me here.

00:15:07Oh.

00:15:08So she should be able to get me home.

00:15:12Beneficent.

00:15:13Oh, the boat.

00:15:14The Gilded Age is my boat.

00:15:16Gilded Age?

00:15:18What's that?

00:15:20Whoever she is,

00:15:20you have to look out for her.

00:15:22No, I don't.

00:15:22Yes, you do.

00:15:23Why?

00:15:24Because she doesn't know

00:15:25what she's doing.

00:15:27I don't need your help.

00:15:28And I'm not whoever you are.

00:15:30I'm Ella Stewart.

00:15:31Can you prove it?

00:15:32Tell me something about Ella

00:15:33that no one knows.

00:15:34Something you could not

00:15:35look up in a history book.

00:15:36How am I to know

00:15:36what you can find about me

00:15:37in a history book?

00:15:38And if no one knows

00:15:39this unknown fact,

00:15:40how are you to prove it?

00:15:41But tell me this.

00:15:42Why would you and Rex

00:15:43etch your name into the mast?

00:15:44Who's Rex?

00:15:46And what etching?

00:15:47I would never

00:15:49etch anything

00:15:50into my precious mast.

00:15:51Oh, that's my mast.

00:15:53I've got some bad news for you.

00:15:55Ah.

00:15:56You see?

00:15:57There.

00:15:58I don't see anything.

00:16:02What?

00:16:04It was here.

00:16:05It was right here.

00:16:06It's been barbed over

00:16:07a century ago.

00:16:07Where's my sonar?

00:16:09Where's my equipment?

00:16:11What?

00:16:13You could not have

00:16:14taken it out this fast.

00:16:15What did you do

00:16:16with all my equipment?

00:16:17How are you doing this?

00:16:17I told you.

00:16:18This is my boat.

00:16:20Christened Beneficence

00:16:22in 1901.

00:16:24Ta-da!

00:16:24What?

00:16:33Maybe we get you warm

00:16:35and we talk about this.

00:16:36There's nothing to talk about.

00:16:38The sooner I get out on the water,

00:16:39the sooner I can get home

00:16:40to my precious Newport.

00:16:41I think whatever

00:16:42happened to you

00:16:44might be a little more complicated

00:16:45than you simply just

00:16:46sailed into the night.

00:16:47So please, please,

00:16:48just...

00:16:49Let's figure out what happened.

00:16:52Okay?

00:16:52Get you some rest.

00:16:53And then...

00:16:54And then,

00:16:54if you'd like to set sail,

00:16:55I will gladly help you.

00:16:58I appreciate your concern.

00:17:00I think I will head home.

00:17:02Sounds...

00:17:02Home?

00:17:04No, no.

00:17:05You can't stay there.

00:17:08Okay, I need you to show me

00:17:09what to do with this sticker.

00:17:10Can you put that...

00:17:10Put it where?

00:17:11On the bag.

00:17:11On the...

00:17:12Over it.

00:17:13Oh, no.

00:17:14Wow.

00:17:14No, it's a good look, actually.

00:17:15Is it?

00:17:18What are you kids doing?

00:17:19Oh, um,

00:17:20we are making

00:17:21donation bags

00:17:22and decorations

00:17:23for the Christmas charity ball.

00:17:24For the 120th anniversary,

00:17:27the theme is

00:17:27Step Back Into Time, so...

00:17:29We're trying to make the ball

00:17:30look and feel

00:17:31as much like

00:17:31the inaugural 1905 ball

00:17:33as possible,

00:17:34based off of

00:17:34your diaries

00:17:36and accounts of the event.

00:17:38Well,

00:17:38I've seen the staff decorating.

00:17:40Perhaps I can be of assistance.

00:17:42Oh, that'd be great.

00:17:43Oh.

00:17:44Oh, this

00:17:45won't do.

00:17:47Oh?

00:17:47Our ornaments are

00:17:49play statues

00:17:50and hand-blown glass baubles.

00:17:52We definitely do not use

00:17:54this.

00:17:56What do you call this?

00:17:58Uh,

00:17:59plastic?

00:18:00Yes,

00:18:01this

00:18:01plastic.

00:18:04Follow me.

00:18:05Just here in my room.

00:18:07Remarkably accurate.

00:18:08Oh.

00:18:09This is where

00:18:14I keep my treasures.

00:18:21Roughly dusty, isn't it?

00:18:23Mother and I

00:18:23made this together

00:18:24for Christmas 1898.

00:18:27Pink.

00:18:28My favorite color.

00:18:30Not

00:18:30plastic.

00:18:33Mother knit this for me.

00:18:35Santa would place

00:18:36in the toe Brazil nuts

00:18:36and peppermint sticks.

00:18:38Have you ever

00:18:39had a Brazil nut?

00:18:40Rare.

00:18:40Yes, but ever so glorious.

00:18:43And this is where

00:18:43I would hide my diary.

00:18:45Actually,

00:18:45your diary's on display

00:18:46in the ballroom.

00:18:49How'd you do that?

00:18:51Can I see it?

00:18:51This is the diary.

00:18:58Looks the same,

00:18:59feels the same.

00:19:00I know this book

00:19:01like the back of my hand.

00:19:03But

00:19:03in this one,

00:19:04the diary entries

00:19:05end at December 17th, 1905.

00:19:08As it should,

00:19:09because that was

00:19:10the last day I wrote in it.

00:19:12Yesterday.

00:19:13Well,

00:19:13this day has been

00:19:14quite

00:19:15unexpected.

00:19:18Um,

00:19:19now if you'll excuse me,

00:19:20I would like to go to bed.

00:19:21Well,

00:19:21considering your bed

00:19:22is now a museum piece,

00:19:24let's check the bed

00:19:25and breakfast

00:19:25and see if there's

00:19:26any more room.

00:19:30Okay,

00:19:30we're all set.

00:19:32The museum

00:19:33has arranged

00:19:33a two-bedroom suite

00:19:35on the upper floor

00:19:36until you can get

00:19:37everything sorted out.

00:19:38Max here

00:19:39will help you

00:19:39get situated.

00:19:40This is ever

00:19:41so kind of you.

00:19:42It's the least

00:19:43we could do.

00:19:43We're the ones

00:19:44who turned your home

00:19:45into a museum.

00:19:45Did you talk

00:19:53to your uncle?

00:19:53Yes.

00:19:54No reports

00:19:54of anyone missing

00:19:55from the wards

00:19:55or the hospitals.

00:19:57My boat,

00:19:57as I knew it,

00:19:58has completely changed.

00:19:59Everything.

00:20:00The little carbine

00:20:00on the mast,

00:20:01where'd that go?

00:20:01Huh?

00:20:02It's gone.

00:20:02All my stuff is gone.

00:20:03And I know

00:20:04it sounds like a crazy person,

00:20:05but I'm starting to think

00:20:06she actually time traveled.

00:20:07Well,

00:20:07she does know things

00:20:07about Ella

00:20:08that no one

00:20:08could possibly know.

00:20:09Like your secret compartment

00:20:10in her room?

00:20:11True.

00:20:12I have been at that place

00:20:13for ten years.

00:20:14I know every inch of it,

00:20:15or I thought I did.

00:20:16Hear me out.

00:20:17Maybe the past

00:20:18and the present

00:20:18are happening simultaneously.

00:20:20So today is both

00:20:21December 18th, 1905

00:20:23and December 18th, 2025.

00:20:25Or maybe this is all

00:20:26just an elaborate hoax.

00:20:27A hoax that changed

00:20:28my entire boat

00:20:29in a minute?

00:20:30Francis,

00:20:31you're the sci-fi nerd.

00:20:32Uh,

00:20:32I prefer sci-fi buff,

00:20:34but sure.

00:20:35So what do you think?

00:20:36It sounds crazy,

00:20:37but I believe her.

00:20:38Would you believe

00:20:38that I do too?

00:20:39And if she really did

00:20:40time travel,

00:20:41then we have

00:20:41some ground rules

00:20:42to abide.

00:20:43Okay.

00:20:43Like what?

00:20:44Like 1905,

00:20:45Ella hasn't started

00:20:46the giving house yet.

00:20:47She doesn't know

00:20:48the life ahead of her.

00:20:49It's true,

00:20:49because the diary

00:20:50that we have of hers

00:20:51on display,

00:20:51that's finished.

00:20:52Which means

00:20:53she somehow

00:20:54makes her way

00:20:55back to the past.

00:20:56So we can't

00:20:57tell her the future,

00:20:58lest we create

00:20:59a cosmic wrinkle

00:21:00and alter

00:21:00the course of history.

00:21:02Nick,

00:21:02you can't let her

00:21:03out of your sight.

00:21:05Uh,

00:21:05then perhaps

00:21:05she shouldn't be

00:21:06reading the stack

00:21:07of books on Newport's

00:21:08history that she's

00:21:09taking up to her room

00:21:09right now.

00:21:10No,

00:21:10probably not.

00:21:11Come on.

00:21:14Ella,

00:21:14I brought you

00:21:15some of my clothes

00:21:16and something

00:21:17to sleep in.

00:21:19Thank you,

00:21:20Christine.

00:21:21Oh.

00:21:23They're so soft

00:21:25and stretchy

00:21:27with no fiddly

00:21:30buttons or buckles.

00:21:32Why?

00:21:33I'd be the toast

00:21:34of my era.

00:21:34You were the toast

00:21:35of your era.

00:21:36I was?

00:21:37Mm-hmm.

00:21:38What do you know of me?

00:21:40I really shouldn't say.

00:21:42Surely there's something?

00:21:44I will tell you,

00:21:46you have always been

00:21:48an inspiration to me.

00:21:50Working at the museum

00:21:51and getting to share

00:21:52your legacy?

00:21:54It's been a dream.

00:21:56And I have no doubt

00:21:57you will be an inspiration

00:21:58to me.

00:22:00What with you being

00:22:00a lady boss in Hobb.

00:22:01Oh, well.

00:22:03Nick will be staying

00:22:04in the other room

00:22:04just in case you need

00:22:05anything.

00:22:06Oh.

00:22:08Oh.

00:22:09I do think

00:22:13we should have

00:22:13a chaperone.

00:22:15The town will talk.

00:22:18You know,

00:22:18we do live in a

00:22:19much different time now.

00:22:21Yes.

00:22:22They seem

00:22:23liberated.

00:22:24Uh, well,

00:22:25that's debatable.

00:22:27I'm not saying

00:22:28that the world

00:22:28was perfect back then,

00:22:30but it was just

00:22:30such a beautiful

00:22:32golden age.

00:22:33You know,

00:22:33with great invention

00:22:35and grand estates

00:22:36and great literature

00:22:37and opera boxes.

00:22:39Sorry,

00:22:39I read a lot of Wharton.

00:22:41Edith?

00:22:42Yeah.

00:22:43Do you know her?

00:22:43Yes.

00:22:44She and her husband

00:22:45bought one of their

00:22:46many summer homes

00:22:46just down the street

00:22:47from us.

00:22:48Oh, you,

00:22:49you, like,

00:22:49you know her,

00:22:50know her.

00:22:51I just meant,

00:22:52it's, uh,

00:22:53it seems like

00:22:53it was a simpler time.

00:22:54Yes,

00:22:55but that's what my father

00:22:56always says about

00:22:57the era of good feelings.

00:22:59Nostalgia is not

00:23:00a modern construct.

00:23:02Anyway,

00:23:03I can promise you

00:23:03whatever time or age,

00:23:06being human ensures

00:23:07that life will

00:23:08always be complicated.

00:23:11But beautiful.

00:23:14How did you know

00:23:15I was going to say that?

00:23:17It's one of your

00:23:17most famous quotes.

00:23:19Hmm.

00:23:20I probably shouldn't

00:23:21have told you that.

00:23:21I'm sorry,

00:23:22but it's, uh,

00:23:23it's a beautiful quote.

00:23:26It's one of my favorites.

00:23:27It brings me

00:23:28a lot of comfort.

00:23:31Well,

00:23:32I should retire

00:23:34for the evening.

00:23:35Good night.

00:23:39Good night.

00:23:49Here you go.

00:23:52Whatever is this?

00:23:54That is called

00:23:55a cafe latte

00:23:57with oat milk.

00:23:59No, I mean

00:23:59this.

00:24:02There is a perfectly

00:24:03shaped Christmas tree

00:24:04in my cup.

00:24:06I guess we would

00:24:07call that

00:24:07latte art.

00:24:09It can get quite ornate.

00:24:11Almost too lovely

00:24:11to drink.

00:24:12Almost.

00:24:13So you time traveled.

00:24:15Do you have any idea

00:24:16what time travel is?

00:24:17Of course.

00:24:17I've read H.G. Wells,

00:24:18the time machine.

00:24:19Who hasn't?

00:24:20But I never

00:24:22suspected it

00:24:22to be possible.

00:24:24Me neither.

00:24:24What's the last thing

00:24:25that you remember?

00:24:26Well, um,

00:24:28I was sailing up

00:24:30the coast

00:24:30when I saw

00:24:31a comet

00:24:33unlike anything

00:24:34I've ever seen.

00:24:36And then you

00:24:37appeared on my boat.

00:24:39You mean my boat?

00:24:40Mm.

00:24:41Okay, so you think

00:24:42it has something to do

00:24:42with this comet.

00:24:43I'm trying to figure this out.

00:24:44It couldn't have been the boat.

00:24:45I've taken her out

00:24:45a thousand times.

00:24:46Is there anything else

00:24:48you can think of?

00:24:48Not that I remember.

00:24:52Oh,

00:24:53you must show me

00:24:54the holiday wonders

00:24:55of your century.

00:24:57Perhaps we could

00:24:57take a walk.

00:24:58Sure, yeah.

00:24:59We can take these to go.

00:25:00To what now?

00:25:01We will carry them out

00:25:02in paper cups.

00:25:05Paper cups?

00:25:06Absolutely genius.

00:25:08Tell me,

00:25:09how does one

00:25:10milk and oats?

00:25:11No.

00:25:13You okay?

00:25:13Mm-hmm.

00:25:15Look at me.

00:25:16Yeah.

00:25:17In my pants.

00:25:18Drinking the milk

00:25:19of an oat

00:25:20from a paper cup.

00:25:22Only father

00:25:22could see me now.

00:25:24Yes, you are.

00:25:24Quite the sight.

00:25:25Listen, I've been thinking

00:25:26of getting you back

00:25:27to 1905.

00:25:29So...

00:25:30What is that man

00:25:30ringing a bell?

00:25:31He's collecting

00:25:32for families

00:25:33at Christmas time.

00:25:34Oh.

00:25:35So,

00:25:35anyway,

00:25:37that is

00:25:38very generous.

00:25:40That 120-year-old coin

00:25:41could feed the whole city.

00:25:43Okay, uh,

00:25:44like I said,

00:25:44we need to focus

00:25:45on getting you back,

00:25:45so...

00:25:46Isn't that the most

00:25:48marvelous Christmas tree

00:25:49you've ever seen?

00:25:54Who owns

00:25:55this majestic tree?

00:25:57No one, actually.

00:25:58It's for the tree lighting

00:25:59tonight.

00:26:00It's one of the events

00:26:01that raises money

00:26:01for the, uh,

00:26:02giving...

00:26:02Giving what?

00:26:03Uh, local charity.

00:26:05We need to figure out

00:26:06how to get you back...

00:26:07Hello, I'm Ella Stewart.

00:26:08How do you do?

00:26:09And more importantly,

00:26:11how can I be of assistance?

00:26:13Here you go.

00:26:15Let's get to work.

00:26:16Anyway, I don't stand...

00:26:17Oh, I'm...

00:26:18I'm good.

00:26:19I don't participate much.

00:26:20Whatever do you mean?

00:26:21Well, you know,

00:26:21you go to a restaurant

00:26:23at someone's birthday

00:26:24and you're singing

00:26:25happy birthday

00:26:25to a stranger and...

00:26:27Not at all,

00:26:27but go on.

00:26:28Why would you know that?

00:26:29Um, I don't know.

00:26:31I'm just more of an observer.

00:26:32Because you don't wish

00:26:33the stranger

00:26:34to have a happy birthday?

00:26:35No, no, no.

00:26:36Uh, bad example.

00:26:37Uh, I don't know.

00:26:38I just, I don't join in much.

00:26:40I don't know.

00:26:41Well, not to fret.

00:26:43We all have

00:26:44an unlimited capacity

00:26:45for growth.

00:26:45Yeah.

00:26:46Um, excuse me!

00:26:48Merry Christmas!

00:26:50This is Nick.

00:26:51He's learning

00:26:52how to participate.

00:26:53Hi, Nick!

00:26:57Hello.

00:27:02Mmm.

00:27:03Roasted chestnuts.

00:27:06Glorious.

00:27:07Some things never

00:27:08go out of style.

00:27:09Ladies and gentlemen,

00:27:10the moment you've been

00:27:11waiting for,

00:27:12please join me

00:27:13as we count down.

00:27:15Five,

00:27:16four,

00:27:17three,

00:27:18two,

00:27:20one!

00:27:27It's beautiful.

00:27:28The Christmas tree lighting,

00:27:35the boat parade,

00:27:36they're all

00:27:36huge Newport traditions.

00:27:38Ella!

00:27:39Oh!

00:27:42Let me guess.

00:27:44Marstermack?

00:27:45You know it.

00:27:46Oh,

00:27:47can I talk to you

00:27:48for a moment?

00:27:49Yeah.

00:27:49Just one minute.

00:27:50Okay.

00:27:51Okay.

00:27:52Okay.

00:27:53Okay.

00:27:54Okay.

00:27:55Okay.

00:27:56Okay.

00:27:57Okay.

00:27:59Dedicated in loving memory

00:28:00to Ella Grafton.

00:28:01Founded the Giving House,

00:28:03which has provided housing

00:28:04and support services

00:28:05to the people of Newport

00:28:06since 1906.

00:28:08I did it?

00:28:10What is this supposed to be?

00:28:11It's lovely.

00:28:12Can you paint this?

00:28:12Look at it.

00:28:13This looks like

00:28:14Ella's portrait.

00:28:15Yes, but

00:28:16notice something missing?

00:28:17She's just completely

00:28:18disappeared from the painting.

00:28:19She's gone.

00:28:21What does this mean?

00:28:22As best as I can understand,

00:28:24time is a river

00:28:25that flows from the past

00:28:26to the present,

00:28:26and Ella being here

00:28:28has placed a boulder

00:28:29in the river,

00:28:30diverting its course.

00:28:31Okay, so we get rid

00:28:32of the boulder?

00:28:32Or the course of history

00:28:34will be changed forever.

00:28:35But remember,

00:28:36whatever we do,

00:28:36we cannot tell her the future.

00:28:38I started the Giving House!

00:28:40Did you know?

00:28:42Oh, you must come see

00:28:43the plaque.

00:28:43It's ever so lovely.

00:28:45Wait.

00:28:45Come.

00:28:45Okay, Ella.

00:28:46Wait.

00:28:48Also,

00:28:48a generous passerby

00:28:49informed me

00:28:50that the Giving House

00:28:51later funded a paper company

00:28:52that single-handedly

00:28:53kept Newport's poor

00:28:55fed during the Great Depression.

00:28:57But whatever

00:28:57is a Great Depression?

00:29:00What?

00:29:02It's gone?

00:29:03But how could that be?

00:29:04It was just here.

00:29:05I swear it on my entire...

00:29:06We all knew it was here.

00:29:07Ella.

00:29:08We've all seen it

00:29:08many times.

00:29:10Then what happened to it?

00:29:11I think you being here

00:29:13is erasing you

00:29:14from history,

00:29:15from the traditions

00:29:15you started.

00:29:17And I worry

00:29:17if you don't go back soon,

00:29:19we could disappear

00:29:20permanently.

00:29:20Whatever are you doing?

00:29:30Right now,

00:29:30doing a little bit

00:29:31of research,

00:29:31trying to figure out

00:29:32the name of the comet

00:29:33that you saw in 1905.

00:29:35No, I mean,

00:29:35what is this contraption?

00:29:38Oh, this.

00:29:39Um, this is a, uh,

00:29:41laptop.

00:29:43Mm-hmm.

00:29:43Laptop.

00:29:44Think of it as, uh,

00:29:46electronic encyclopedia

00:29:48and an abacus

00:29:48were rolled into one.

00:29:49Um, so you're saying

00:29:51this little box

00:29:54contains all the knowledge

00:29:56of the world?

00:29:56That's right.

00:29:57Uh, sadly,

00:29:58today people use it

00:29:59for mostly posting photos

00:30:00of their pets online

00:30:00and arguing with strangers.

00:30:02Hmm.

00:30:03Anyway, um,

00:30:04right now I'm trying

00:30:05to piece together

00:30:05what happened to you.

00:30:06Um, there's an article

00:30:07here that mentions

00:30:08various comets

00:30:09that have traveled

00:30:09through our solar system

00:30:10in history.

00:30:11How intriguing.

00:30:11Yeah.

00:30:12So with these comets

00:30:13come magnetic activity,

00:30:15which under the right

00:30:16circumstances

00:30:17would cause

00:30:17very strange phenomenon.

00:30:19Enough to cause

00:30:20a time portal?

00:30:20That's what I'm trying

00:30:21to figure out.

00:30:22Some of these theories

00:30:23think that these

00:30:24large bodies of water

00:30:25in the comets pass

00:30:26are highly conductive.

00:30:28Um, places like, uh,

00:30:29Bermuda Triangle.

00:30:30Hmm.

00:30:31No, that's okay.

00:30:31They've been experiencing

00:30:32things like this

00:30:33for centuries.

00:30:34So?

00:30:35What's our plan?

00:30:36Right now I don't have one.

00:30:38Um, I'm trying to find

00:30:39a name and when

00:30:40it will be visible

00:30:41and until then

00:30:42I'm going to keep digging.

00:30:44So, this little box

00:30:46contains all the knowledge

00:30:47of the world.

00:30:49Even history?

00:30:51No spoilers.

00:30:52No.

00:30:53I was going to say

00:30:53the museum or

00:30:54I apologize,

00:30:56your home

00:30:57is less than a block

00:30:58from here

00:30:59and I think Christine

00:31:00needs some help

00:31:00in the ballroom.

00:31:05So, uh.

00:31:06What?

00:31:07What?

00:31:08What are you doing, uh,

00:31:09when we finish up here today?

00:31:10Um, nothing.

00:31:12I, something I actually

00:31:13wanted to ask you.

00:31:13Do you think maybe you...

00:31:15Am I intruding

00:31:16on a private rendezvous?

00:31:18Um, well, I'm stressed.

00:31:20I'd heard a thing.

00:31:23I have the centerpieces

00:31:24to make

00:31:25and the ball

00:31:26is in five days

00:31:27and our step back

00:31:28into time theme

00:31:29is proving harder

00:31:30to pull off

00:31:30than I thought.

00:31:31So...

00:31:32Well, don't be stressed.

00:31:33I'll help you.

00:31:34But you haven't even

00:31:36been to a Christmas ball yet.

00:31:38No, but I've been

00:31:39to other balls.

00:31:40Men in tuxedos,

00:31:42women in gowns,

00:31:44ice sculptures,

00:31:45candles, dancing.

00:31:46That sounds like

00:31:47the best time.

00:31:48Oh, it's dreadful.

00:31:49What?

00:31:49You must always be

00:31:50on your best behavior,

00:31:51as my father reminds me.

00:31:53I must converse cheerfully,

00:31:55never sigh of weariness,

00:31:56and always be polite,

00:31:58demure, graceful.

00:31:59Never truly myself,

00:32:01thus never really

00:32:02connecting with anyone.

00:32:04Oh.

00:32:04Well, it seems

00:32:05Francis is courting you.

00:32:07No.

00:32:07Perhaps at the ball.

00:32:09You should let your fan

00:32:10do the talking.

00:32:12A press against the cheek

00:32:13signals you love someone.

00:32:16Ella, you're too much.

00:32:18Everything looks

00:32:19and smells divine, Christine.

00:32:21Oh.

00:32:21Well, the tradition

00:32:22of the ball started when...

00:32:24You'll see.

00:32:25But we hand out

00:32:26donation cards,

00:32:27people fill them out,

00:32:28and then they hang them

00:32:28on the boughs of the tree.

00:32:30That's wonderful.

00:32:32How many of these

00:32:33do we need to make?

00:32:34A lot.

00:32:42Perfect.

00:32:59Hello.

00:33:02How may I help you?

00:33:04Are you?

00:33:07Are you talking to me?

00:33:08Yes.

00:33:09How may I help you?

00:33:10Show me everything you can

00:33:16about Ella Stewart

00:33:17from Newport, Rhode Island.

00:33:19Certainly.

00:33:19Finding information

00:33:20about Ella Stewart Grafton.

00:33:27Max Grafton.

00:33:30Ella.

00:33:31Oh.

00:33:32Did you know

00:33:33your box talks?

00:33:34Yeah, it's called

00:33:37Ciri.

00:33:37Ciri who?

00:33:38Ciri.

00:33:38Never mind.

00:33:40We said no spoilers.

00:33:42So I marry

00:33:42Rex Grafton.

00:33:44Is that who my father

00:33:45chooses instead of

00:33:46Everett Thornton?

00:33:47No, I can't tell you that.

00:33:48I'm sorry.

00:33:49Please, tell me something.

00:33:50We don't know a lot

00:33:51about him.

00:33:53Okay, we know that

00:33:53he was a Navy man.

00:33:54So my father chose

00:33:55a Navy man?

00:33:57Is there a portrait

00:33:58of this Rex?

00:33:58You have to stop

00:33:59searching for the future.

00:34:01You're going to be

00:34:02in it soon enough.

00:34:04You mean?

00:34:05Can I show you something?

00:34:06Okay.

00:34:07Watch.

00:34:09Okay.

00:34:10I found this

00:34:11while you were out.

00:34:12The Christmas comet

00:34:13passes Earth's orbit

00:34:14in December

00:34:15every 20 years.

00:34:16But check this out.

00:34:17Look at the date

00:34:17in 1905.

00:34:18December 18th.

00:34:19December 18th.

00:34:21That's the night

00:34:21you ended up on my boat.

00:34:23That's the comet I saw.

00:34:24That's what I was thinking,

00:34:25but watch this.

00:34:26If this chart right here

00:34:27is correct,

00:34:28it's going to fly by

00:34:29in five days.

00:34:32Christmas Eve?

00:34:34Christmas Eve.

00:34:35But how will I know

00:34:37what time

00:34:38or where to be?

00:34:39That's the only thing

00:34:40I don't have figured out

00:34:40right now,

00:34:41but the important thing is

00:34:42we know what day

00:34:43it's coming.

00:34:48You're welcome.

00:34:52There is one thing

00:34:53I did not tell you

00:34:53about that night.

00:34:54Yeah.

00:34:55But it is silly.

00:34:56Sillier than time travel?

00:34:57I guess if you put it

00:34:58that way.

00:35:00Right before you

00:35:01appeared on my boat,

00:35:02I wished for a different life.

00:35:06One where someone

00:35:07would fall in love with me.

00:35:10Or me.

00:35:12That's not silly.

00:35:13It's a beautiful thing

00:35:15to wish for.

00:35:18Um,

00:35:19we should probably go

00:35:20at start soon.

00:35:21What is?

00:35:22The perfect thing

00:35:23for someone who loves Christmas

00:35:24as much as you.

00:35:26I thought they already

00:35:27did a Christmas tree lighting.

00:35:28They did.

00:35:29This is actually

00:35:29the beginning week

00:35:30of all of the

00:35:31holiday festivities

00:35:33in Newport's.

00:35:33It's a Christmas boat parade.

00:35:36A boat parade?

00:35:37Mm-hmm.

00:35:37How wonderful.

00:35:39Yeah,

00:35:39it's a big tradition here.

00:35:40Started by Ruth Myers,

00:35:42who was a local woman

00:35:43inspired by you.

00:35:45All the proceeds

00:35:45go to the giving house.

00:35:46We must make sure

00:35:47beneficence

00:35:48is especially pristine.

00:35:50I can't say

00:35:51I participate

00:35:51in the boat parade,

00:35:52but I do enjoy watching.

00:35:53Tell me more

00:35:54about this refusal

00:35:55to participate.

00:35:56When did your commitment

00:35:57to a life

00:35:58of isolation begin?

00:36:00Growing up with my dad.

00:36:01He was a good man,

00:36:03but he was a quiet man.

00:36:04Where was that?

00:36:05Florida Keys.

00:36:06I probably could sail

00:36:07at the same time

00:36:08I could walk.

00:36:10My dad had a boating business,

00:36:11so I worked with him.

00:36:13After that,

00:36:14I joined the Coast Guard.

00:36:15And then,

00:36:16from the GI Bill,

00:36:17I got to pursue

00:36:17my passion in college,

00:36:19which was history.

00:36:20That's where I met Christine.

00:36:21She seems like

00:36:22a good friend.

00:36:23She's pretty great.

00:36:24After drifting around

00:36:25for a while,

00:36:26she gave me a full-time

00:36:27job here in Newport.

00:36:28How do you like it here?

00:36:29I love it.

00:36:31So much.

00:36:32Surrounded by water,

00:36:35surrounded by history.

00:36:37Definitely a drifter

00:36:38by nature.

00:36:39Why is that?

00:36:40I can't say one place

00:36:42ever felt like home.

00:36:43I, um,

00:36:45know that feeling well.

00:36:47Really?

00:36:48You seem very at home here

00:36:49over a century later.

00:36:51Do I?

00:36:51You do.

00:36:52You're too kind.

00:36:54My whole life,

00:36:54I've been told I'm

00:36:55too much or too loud,

00:36:57that no one will ever love me

00:36:59unless I'm a perfect lady.

00:37:01If I hadn't long ago

00:37:02committed myself

00:37:02to a life of service

00:37:03above self,

00:37:04I might be quite sad

00:37:06to think I never had

00:37:07a real chance to love.

00:37:09Well, who's to say

00:37:09that you don't?

00:37:11Or

00:37:11won't?

00:37:15Love, Rex.

00:37:15It's beginning to look

00:37:23a lot like Christmas

00:37:25Everywhere you go

00:37:30Take a look

00:37:32in the five cans

00:37:34This sugar snow-covered

00:37:36fried bread

00:37:36is delicious.

00:37:38Oh, and that parade

00:37:39was marvelous.

00:37:41A spectacle of humanity

00:37:42that my father

00:37:43would never approve.

00:37:45Your father must be worried.

00:37:46He'd be gone three days.

00:37:47I'm sure he'd be ecstatic

00:37:48to have you back.

00:37:49For a moment.

00:37:50And then he'd be,

00:37:51as Sadie says,

00:37:52mad as the marge pair.

00:37:53I take it you two

00:37:54don't get along?

00:37:55We attempt to.

00:37:56We never see eye to eye.

00:37:58He always wants me

00:37:59to be his dutiful daughter.

00:38:01But I've always been,

00:38:02well,

00:38:04me.

00:38:06You ever tried

00:38:06talking to him?

00:38:07No, but there is no talk.

00:38:08He dismisses any discussion

00:38:10before it ever even begins.

00:38:11And he always has

00:38:12the final say.

00:38:14Like choosing this

00:38:15Rex for me.

00:38:16I assure you, Ella,

00:38:18you live life

00:38:18as you intend.

00:38:20The things you want,

00:38:21you make happy.

00:38:23And what of you?

00:38:25Of me.

00:38:26What do you wish

00:38:26for your life?

00:38:27I was in love once.

00:38:29Or,

00:38:29I should say,

00:38:31I thought I was.

00:38:32Oh?

00:38:32We met when I was

00:38:33working out of port

00:38:34in New York City.

00:38:35What was she like?

00:38:37She was great.

00:38:38On paper,

00:38:39we were a perfect match.

00:38:40She was beautiful

00:38:42and lively

00:38:43and spirited.

00:38:45A lot like you,

00:38:46actually.

00:38:47But very regimented.

00:38:49I wanted the

00:38:50romance

00:38:51and the moments

00:38:52in between

00:38:52and she wanted the

00:38:53packed social calendar

00:38:55and planned date nights.

00:38:57And you?

00:39:01If I'm being honest,

00:39:02I like to take the days

00:39:04as they come.

00:39:05Same.

00:39:06That was my whole point.

00:39:08I love waking up

00:39:09not knowing

00:39:11where the day's

00:39:11going to take me.

00:39:12Exactly.

00:39:12Getting off work early

00:39:13and taking a walk

00:39:15on the beach

00:39:16or maybe in the rain.

00:39:18Sounds delightful.

00:39:19It would be.

00:39:20As long as it's not

00:39:2020 degrees.

00:39:21I wanted a love

00:39:24for the ages

00:39:24and I didn't

00:39:26see that with her

00:39:27and I...

00:39:27I hope that doesn't

00:39:29sound selfish.

00:39:30One should never

00:39:30compromise with one's heart.

00:39:32You're very easy

00:39:33to talk to,

00:39:34Miss Stewart.

00:39:34As are you,

00:39:35Mr. McManny.

00:39:36Notting a course?

00:40:02Hey, um...

00:40:04Yeah,

00:40:05something like that.

00:40:06Ooh.

00:40:08Wow.

00:40:09A good compass

00:40:10is a sailor's best friend.

00:40:11Absolutely.

00:40:11So I know

00:40:12the general coordinates

00:40:13of where you first

00:40:14appeared on the boat.

00:40:15I figured we'd start there.

00:40:16Even if we find

00:40:17the right area,

00:40:17there's no guarantee

00:40:18of success.

00:40:19Are you worried?

00:40:20I mean,

00:40:21there's nothing comforting

00:40:22about being sucked

00:40:23into a Christmas time world.

00:40:25Besides,

00:40:26I've become

00:40:27very taken

00:40:28with the future

00:40:29and its

00:40:31many eccentricities.

00:40:33Women in paths

00:40:34talking encyclopedias

00:40:35snow-covered fry bread,

00:40:37electric cars,

00:40:38a magic I've yet

00:40:39to experience.

00:40:40The past needs you.

00:40:42I know.

00:40:44I made a promise

00:40:45to help the people

00:40:46of Newport,

00:40:46and I will.

00:40:48Good.

00:40:48But what if I can't?

00:40:50What if history

00:40:51doesn't play out

00:40:52the same way?

00:40:52What if I'm not

00:40:53up for the task

00:40:53or I've somehow

00:40:54altered my fate?

00:40:55There's a quote

00:40:56that I really love.

00:40:57May those who

00:40:57follow their fate

00:40:58be granted happiness.

00:41:00May those that

00:41:01defy it

00:41:01be granted forgiveness.

00:41:05Abraham Lincoln.

00:41:10Really?

00:41:10Mm-hmm.

00:41:12Well, if we only have

00:41:12a few days left

00:41:13together in the future,

00:41:14we should make

00:41:16the most of it.

00:41:16I agree.

00:41:17Excuse me, miss?

00:41:20May we please

00:41:20have two Christmas

00:41:21cafe lattes

00:41:22with milked oats?

00:41:24Oh!

00:41:24And with the most

00:41:25ornate version

00:41:25of a reindeer

00:41:26one can muster.

00:41:30You know,

00:41:30I probably should not

00:41:31be doing this,

00:41:32but since we've

00:41:33already disrupted

00:41:34the course of time,

00:41:35I thought I should

00:41:36show you

00:41:36why you need

00:41:38to go back,

00:41:39and

00:41:39that's why.

00:41:41the giving house.

00:41:45Oh, Nick!

00:41:53Look.

00:41:56Oh, wait.

00:41:57I've got cash.

00:41:58I've got cash.

00:41:59Lots of cash.

00:42:01Thank you,

00:42:01and I heard you

00:42:02Merry Christmas.

00:42:03Thank you very much.

00:42:04You're welcome.

00:42:04Yeah, you can hold that.

00:42:06Why?

00:42:07Why?

00:42:08Because that coin

00:42:10is going to be worth it.

00:42:12Fortune.

00:42:13Actually,

00:42:13all the coins are,

00:42:14especially Bitcoin.

00:42:16Tell your great-grandkids

00:42:17about that one.

00:42:17I have a great-grandkid?

00:42:19No spoilers, Ella.

00:42:21Oh.

00:42:22This is lovely.

00:42:25Thanks.

00:42:26I can customize it

00:42:27for you if you'd like.

00:42:29I suppose the name

00:42:31I would put on it

00:42:32is

00:42:32Rex.

00:42:36Perhaps you should

00:42:37put your heart's

00:42:38desire on one.

00:42:38Okay, so we call

00:42:39that fishing,

00:42:40and what my heart

00:42:42desires.

00:42:45It wouldn't work

00:42:46in this case.

00:42:49Why not?

00:42:50You're quite the

00:42:51eligible bachelor.

00:42:52Sure, and...

00:42:52And you're free

00:42:53from the constraints

00:42:54of my era's matchmaking.

00:42:55Modern dating

00:42:56is not very easy.

00:42:59Maybe there is something

00:43:00to matchmaking.

00:43:01Surely not.

00:43:03You get to make

00:43:03all of your own choices.

00:43:05And that may be,

00:43:07but finding someone

00:43:08you want to spend

00:43:09the rest of your life

00:43:09with, a best friend

00:43:11and confident,

00:43:12I...

00:43:13That's not easy,

00:43:16and I don't care

00:43:17what part of history

00:43:18that you come from.

00:43:19I agree.

00:43:21That's what my mother

00:43:22would always say.

00:43:23Nay, insist,

00:43:24my husband should be.

00:43:27Is that what your father

00:43:28was to her?

00:43:29I don't believe so.

00:43:30Which is why I think

00:43:32she wanted it for me.

00:43:38Ladies and gentlemen,

00:43:39follow me right this way

00:43:40to my favorite room

00:43:41of the house,

00:43:42the atrium,

00:43:43which is actually

00:43:44an addition to

00:43:45the original structure

00:43:46built in 1891

00:43:47as a birthday gift

00:43:48from Lord Grafton

00:43:49to Lady Grafton.

00:43:50This looks amazing.

00:43:52What are you working on?

00:43:53Stringing some popcorn,

00:43:54badly.

00:43:55You know what?

00:43:56I'm gonna go box up

00:43:56some of the donations

00:43:57that one of the patrons

00:43:58dropped off,

00:43:59so see you later.

00:44:00Nick told me the good news

00:44:03about the comet.

00:44:04I'm just excited

00:44:05because we get to have you

00:44:06here for a little bit longer.

00:44:07Well, I look forward

00:44:09to experiencing your ball.

00:44:11You've worked so hard on it.

00:44:13It's been a labor of love,

00:44:14but I wish I could have

00:44:16gone to yours,

00:44:18the first ball.

00:44:19I also look forward

00:44:20to seeing you and

00:44:22Francis dance together.

00:44:23Oh, no, no, no.

00:44:25That's not gonna happen.

00:44:27Why not?

00:44:28Because I,

00:44:30maybe love just

00:44:33isn't in the cards for me.

00:44:34You know,

00:44:35I've never been

00:44:35very lucky at it,

00:44:36and that's okay.

00:44:39You know?

00:44:40Maybe some people

00:44:41are put on this planet

00:44:42to create history,

00:44:44like yourself.

00:44:46And some of us

00:44:47are put here

00:44:48to preserve it.

00:44:49Christine,

00:44:50you can't possibly

00:44:51believe that.

00:44:52Francis would be lucky

00:44:55to be with you.

00:44:56You're a catch.

00:44:57An inspiration.

00:45:00A lady boss.

00:45:02Right back at you.

00:45:03So kind of the museum

00:45:11patrons to donate items.

00:45:13Patrons are very,

00:45:14very generous,

00:45:15especially around

00:45:15Christmas time.

00:45:16What did they say?

00:45:17One man's trash

00:45:18is another man's treasure.

00:45:19Sounds like something

00:45:20I'd say.

00:45:20I know.

00:45:22Hey, thanks again

00:45:23for the compass.

00:45:23Sure.

00:45:23That man.

00:45:27Who is he?

00:45:29Huh?

00:45:29Oh, old Coast Guard buddy,

00:45:31Adam Waters.

00:45:33He looked familiar.

00:45:35Maybe he knew

00:45:35like his great-great-grandpa.

00:45:47Cal, the spruce

00:45:48goes in the ballroom,

00:45:49just there.

00:45:49Would you be able

00:45:50to help with hanging it?

00:45:51And Ned,

00:45:52if you could finish

00:45:52the popcorn garland,

00:45:53that would be amazing.

00:45:55Remember,

00:45:55the popcorn is for decorating,

00:45:57not for eating.

00:45:57Who are all these people?

00:45:59Volunteers turned friends.

00:46:00Oh.

00:46:01The Christmas ball

00:46:01is in three days,

00:46:03so we need all the help

00:46:04we can get.

00:46:04Right.

00:46:05I figured until I return home,

00:46:07I can assist

00:46:08in preserving my legacy.

00:46:09I come bearing frosting.

00:46:11Do we still need

00:46:11to make a gingerbread house?

00:46:13Yes.

00:46:13Perhaps we can all

00:46:13do it together?

00:46:14Love a good gingerbread house.

00:46:16Cooper, let me help you

00:46:17with the glassware.

00:46:19I wish I had her optimism.

00:46:22So it looks like

00:46:23Ella's been a big help

00:46:23with the ball.

00:46:24Yes, Ella has.

00:46:27Hi.

00:46:28Christine,

00:46:28why does the mentioning

00:46:29of Ella's name

00:46:30seem to bring you

00:46:30palpable distress?

00:46:31You know,

00:46:32all the obvious reasons.

00:46:33Her portrait is blank,

00:46:35her plaque is gone,

00:46:36and now,

00:46:37her biography

00:46:38is just scrap paper.

00:46:40What's next to disappear?

00:46:42The giving house?

00:46:43I love having her here,

00:46:45but I also know

00:46:46she has to go back.

00:46:48In all the history books,

00:46:49it says that Rex

00:46:50is the one that brings her back,

00:46:51right?

00:46:51Yeah, I know,

00:46:52and I still don't see

00:46:53how that's possible.

00:46:58What are you looking for?

00:46:59Oh,

00:47:00Nick said Rex was,

00:47:03is,

00:47:03a Navy man.

00:47:04So,

00:47:05there must be something

00:47:06about him,

00:47:07a graduation photo,

00:47:09a portrait.

00:47:09Even a sentence

00:47:11or a blurb

00:47:11would be helpful.

00:47:12We've looked.

00:47:13We've scoured these books.

00:47:14He has no footprint.

00:47:15Oh,

00:47:16I know,

00:47:16but there must be something.

00:47:18The talking encyclopedia

00:47:19told me that he was born

00:47:20in 1874,

00:47:22so he must have been

00:47:23in the Navy

00:47:241892 and on?

00:47:27We followed that lead,

00:47:28and the only

00:47:28unidentified photo

00:47:30we have

00:47:31from that time

00:47:33is,

00:47:34yeah.

00:47:35Oh,

00:47:35that man.

00:47:36There.

00:47:37My father bought my boat

00:47:38beneficence from him,

00:47:40only I don't remember

00:47:41his name.

00:47:42Could that be Rex?

00:47:44My future husband?

00:47:47No,

00:47:48I don't think so.

00:47:49I remember him being

00:47:50a working class type,

00:47:52not the kind my father

00:47:53would choose for me.

00:47:54I bet Nick would enjoy

00:47:55seeing the boat's

00:47:55original owner.

00:47:56I'll show him.

00:47:57I'll go check on things.

00:47:59All right,

00:47:59I'll be along in a moment.

00:48:01Hmm.

00:48:04Before you hear it from her,

00:48:05I tried to help Ella

00:48:06find info on Rex,

00:48:08but no dice.

00:48:10You're jealous,

00:48:11aren't you?

00:48:12I'm not.

00:48:13Why would I be jealous

00:48:14of Rex?

00:48:14Oh,

00:48:15come on.

00:48:15It's obvious you have

00:48:16a thing for Ella.

00:48:17Sorry,

00:48:17but it is painfully obvious.

00:48:20Of course I do.

00:48:21How could I not?

00:48:22I mean,

00:48:22she's effervescent.

00:48:23She's hilarious.

00:48:24She's gorgeous.

00:48:25She's a bright light

00:48:26that fills every room

00:48:26and she makes

00:48:27every situation matter.

00:48:28That felt really good.

00:48:29But it doesn't matter

00:48:30because of all

00:48:31the extenuating circumstances,

00:48:32okay?

00:48:32Like what?

00:48:33What do you mean,

00:48:34like what?

00:48:35The fact that she lacks

00:48:36a social security number?

00:48:37The fact that she lives

00:48:38in another century?

00:48:38Which gives new meaning

00:48:39to a long-distance relationship.

00:48:41How about the fact

00:48:42that she's a time traveler

00:48:43destined to marry

00:48:44another man?

00:48:45So yes, Christine,

00:48:46it's mildly complicated.

00:48:53Pick a hat.

00:48:53A little gift

00:48:59for you.

00:49:00This is great.

00:49:01When did you do this?

00:49:02Last night,

00:49:03when I couldn't sleep.

00:49:04I thought we could

00:49:05hang it on the mantle

00:49:05with the stocking

00:49:06my mother made for me.

00:49:07Oh, she taught me

00:49:08how to knit and crochet.

00:49:09We'd make stockings

00:49:11and mittens

00:49:11for the people of Newport.

00:49:13For her,

00:49:14Christmas was a time

00:49:15to give back.

00:49:16It's clear where you

00:49:17get your generous spirit from.

00:49:18Perhaps my mother

00:49:20came from nothing.

00:49:24She met my father

00:49:25and she was swept

00:49:26into a life of privilege

00:49:28she could only dream of.

00:49:29Though,

00:49:31I fear it was

00:49:31self-sacrificial.

00:49:33I believe she married

00:49:34my father

00:49:34so she could pull

00:49:35her family out of poverty.

00:49:37That's why your father

00:49:38wanted you to marry Everett.

00:49:39He was trying to protect you.

00:49:41Huh.

00:49:41He saw how hard

00:49:42your mother's life was

00:49:44and the choices

00:49:45that she had to make.

00:49:46Well, what do we do now?

00:49:48Do you want to watch

00:49:49a Christmas movie?

00:49:50A moving picture?

00:49:51Mm-hmm.

00:49:52But how?

00:49:53The TV, of course.

00:49:55Yeah, watch.

00:49:56Think of it as

00:49:57a lot of moving pictures

00:49:58in this black box.

00:50:01Fascinating.

00:50:02Right?

00:50:03Would you like some wine?

00:50:04Yes, please.

00:50:05So what was your favorite

00:50:06Christmas movie of your time?

00:50:07Oh, Santa Claus.

00:50:09The first Christmas movie

00:50:10ever made.

00:50:11Oh, it's absolute perfection.

00:50:14One minute and 17 seconds of it.

00:50:16Wow.

00:50:17Well, our Christmas movies

00:50:19today are much longer

00:50:21and there's much more of them.

00:50:23Shall we?

00:50:26What's your favorite

00:50:27Christmas movie?

00:50:29Hands down,

00:50:31It's a Wonderful Life.

00:50:33Which actually

00:50:34reminds me a lot of you.

00:50:36Why?

00:50:37Well, because

00:50:38it's about

00:50:39a person

00:50:40with a good heart

00:50:42trying to make

00:50:43a big difference

00:50:43and also

00:50:45creating happiness

00:50:46no matter where you are.

00:50:49Strange, isn't it?

00:50:50Each man's life

00:50:51touches so many

00:50:52other lives

00:50:52but when he isn't around

00:50:55he leaves an awful hole.

00:50:58Doesn't he?

00:50:58Will I

00:51:01leave an awful

00:51:03big hole

00:51:03when I'm gone?

00:51:04You will be missed.

00:51:08But everyone

00:51:08will know

00:51:09that you're living

00:51:09the life you should.

00:51:14And they will be

00:51:14happy for you

00:51:15and Rex.

00:51:16What if I don't love him?

00:51:19Do you remember

00:51:19the day that you

00:51:20went to the study

00:51:20and you saw

00:51:21the portrait of yourself

00:51:22for the first time?

00:51:23And Christine said

00:51:24that there was

00:51:24mysterious wonder

00:51:26around your smile

00:51:27and you said

00:51:28because you were happy?

00:51:30What of it?

00:51:31It's because I think

00:51:32and I have always thought

00:51:33that that was

00:51:35the very first time

00:51:37you

00:51:38were ever in love.

00:51:44I understand

00:51:45you found

00:51:47an original

00:51:47photo of the owner

00:51:48of the Gilded Age?

00:51:50Oh,

00:51:50yes.

00:51:52Let's see.

00:51:54Here.

00:51:56On the right.

00:51:58This man?

00:51:59Are you sure?

00:52:00Yes, I'm sure.

00:52:01I never forget a face.

00:52:02And I just bought

00:52:03the Beneficence

00:52:03from him

00:52:04two years ago.

00:52:05This is just

00:52:06a tad odd

00:52:07because this looks

00:52:08similar

00:52:09to the Coast Guard

00:52:11officer that you said

00:52:12looked familiar,

00:52:13Adam Waters.

00:52:14Huh.

00:52:15I bought

00:52:16the Gilded Age

00:52:17from him.

00:52:22Ella.

00:52:31I can't be

00:52:31about to say this again.

00:52:33I know, I know.

00:52:34No spoilers.

00:52:35Only this time

00:52:36I'm not looking for me.

00:52:37I'm looking for

00:52:37Adam Waters.

00:52:39Hitting it

00:52:39doesn't do anything.

00:52:41I've tried that many times.

00:52:43Um, use the mouse

00:52:44to...

00:52:44Oh, no!

00:52:45Oh, shit!

00:52:46No!

00:52:48This, this is,

00:52:49this is called a mouse.

00:52:50I didn't know.

00:52:52I know, I know.

00:52:53Okay, so

00:52:53you use the mouse,

00:52:55the mouse moves the arrow,

00:52:56and you go up

00:52:57to the search bar.

00:52:58I did that.

00:52:58But then you click here

00:52:59with this...

00:53:01Oh, I'm just...

00:53:01Now type in

00:53:02your search word.

00:53:04Go ahead, type it in.

00:53:06This alphabet

00:53:07is all out of order.

00:53:08That is true.

00:53:10Okay, now hit...

00:53:11When you're done,

00:53:12hit Enter.

00:53:12Enter.

00:53:13Enter.

00:53:13What up?

00:53:17Nick.

00:53:18Look, they're nearly identical.

00:53:21They really are.

00:53:21Wow.

00:53:23Maybe that's like

00:53:23his great-grandson

00:53:24or something.

00:53:25Or maybe he knows something.

00:53:26Adam did look at me

00:53:27in quite a peculiar manner.

00:53:29I just thought

00:53:29you were really pretty.

00:53:33Or, um...

00:53:35Well, I'm going to

00:53:37pin a letter

00:53:37formally requesting

00:53:38his presence for tea.

00:53:39I'll send it by courier.

00:53:41We also could just

00:53:42go to the marina.

00:53:43It's where he usually

00:53:44hangs out.

00:53:45Oh.

00:53:47Thank you for walking

00:53:48with me.

00:53:49What is this feeling?

00:53:51My head's in a tizzy

00:53:52and my heart's pounding.

00:53:54It couldn't be fate,

00:53:55could it?

00:54:00Hey, Adam.

00:54:01We were just coming

00:54:02to see you.

00:54:02Oh, Nick.

00:54:03Good to see you.

00:54:04How you doing?

00:54:04Good to see you.

00:54:06How do you do?

00:54:07Ella Stewart.

00:54:07Uh, Rex.

00:54:11Rex Crafton.

00:54:15Huh?

00:54:17So it was you

00:54:18who sold the beneficence

00:54:19to me, wasn't it?

00:54:21Yes.

00:54:23As I remember it,

00:54:24your father was

00:54:25tied up on business,

00:54:26so you came in his stead.

00:54:27I knew I recognized you.

00:54:30Only you look different

00:54:31now, older.

00:54:33Then my father

00:54:34sent you to rescue me?

00:54:36Yes.

00:54:36I was a Navy man

00:54:37known for my

00:54:37navigational skills.

00:54:39The night you disappeared,

00:54:40your father sent a courier

00:54:41asking me to set out

00:54:42to find you immediately.

00:54:44I couldn't have been

00:54:45more than an hour

00:54:45behind you,

00:54:46and that's when I saw it.

00:54:50A comet?

00:54:51Unlike anything

00:54:52I'd ever seen.

00:54:54Then you ended up here.

00:54:55Yes.

00:54:57At first,

00:54:58I didn't realize

00:54:58anything had happened,

00:54:59except that I was

00:54:59back on course to Newport,

00:55:00but when I got here,

00:55:02I discovered it was 2005.

00:55:04And you've been

00:55:05stuck here ever since.

00:55:07Yes.

00:55:11Did you ever

00:55:12try to get back?

00:55:13Yes.

00:55:14In the beginning,

00:55:15I was desperate.

00:55:16If a comet was mentioned

00:55:17in the news,

00:55:18I got out on the water,

00:55:19but no luck.

00:55:21And after some research,

00:55:21I realized that it wasn't

00:55:22just any comet

00:55:23that could get me back home,

00:55:24but...

00:55:24Christmas comet?

00:55:25Yes.

00:55:27The Christmas comet

00:55:27is the only one

00:55:29that comes close enough

00:55:29to Earth's orbit.

00:55:30Somehow it...

00:55:32interacts with certain

00:55:33bodies of water

00:55:34and is only available

00:55:35for about a two-hour window.

00:55:38And the fact it only

00:55:38comes once every 20 years.

00:55:40I discovered there was

00:55:41no chance of getting back.

00:55:44Until right now.

00:55:46I'm so sorry.

00:55:50It's all my fault.

00:55:50No, don't apologize,

00:55:53because the longer

00:55:53I was here,

00:55:54the more I wanted to stay.

00:55:58Can I ask,

00:55:59who sold you

00:55:59the Gilded Age?

00:56:00It was left to me.

00:56:02I don't know by whom,

00:56:03but about a decade

00:56:04after I got here,

00:56:05I got a letter

00:56:06instructing me

00:56:06to head down

00:56:07to the shipyard.

00:56:08I was given the title

00:56:09to the boat

00:56:10with one caveat.

00:56:12What?

00:56:13One day I had to sell it.

00:56:16To Nick.

00:56:18Hmm?

00:56:19Then,

00:56:20who wrote the letter?

00:56:22I don't know.

00:56:23Was it my father?

00:56:26Was it he who...

00:56:28who arranged for us

00:56:31to marry?

00:56:31Okay, I can give you guys

00:56:32some privacy.

00:56:33No.

00:56:34Again, I don't know.

00:56:36I haven't been back

00:56:36since I left that evening,

00:56:37but I'm aware

00:56:40the history books

00:56:41say that we marry.

00:56:42You know,

00:56:43the Christmas comet

00:56:45next appears

00:56:46in two days

00:56:47on Christmas Eve.

00:56:49Uh,

00:56:50I'm so sorry.

00:56:51I have work to do.

00:56:53I'll see you out.

00:56:57Um,

00:56:57so,

00:56:58I just met my husband

00:57:00and it was

00:57:01a crushing disappointment.

00:57:04What about the spark

00:57:05my mother always told me about?

00:57:06Maybe you two

00:57:07just need some time.

00:57:08True love

00:57:09doesn't take time.

00:57:10This was supposed to be

00:57:12love at first sight.

00:57:13The start of forever.

00:57:15Nick,

00:57:15be honest with me.

00:57:18I am being given

00:57:19the chance to

00:57:20rewrite history.

00:57:23Should I take it?

00:57:25I think...

00:57:26I didn't ask

00:57:27what you think.

00:57:29I asked what you feel.

00:57:31I feel that

00:57:32in a world

00:57:32that makes

00:57:33very little sense

00:57:34that everything

00:57:36happens for a reason.

00:57:37I believe that

00:57:38everything

00:57:38is exactly

00:57:40how it's supposed

00:57:40to be.

00:57:43I also believe

00:57:44that all

00:57:45of the history books

00:57:46cannot

00:57:47be wrong.

00:57:49So you do feel

00:57:50I should marry him?

00:57:51I should marry him.

00:57:51Nick filled me in

00:58:06about Adam.

00:58:06Oh yes.

00:58:07I'm certain

00:58:08the fates are having

00:58:09a laugh at us.

00:58:10Do you want to talk about it?

00:58:11What is there to say?

00:58:13Except

00:58:13I guess

00:58:15whatever will be

00:58:16will be.

00:58:18Are those the cards

00:58:19the guests will place

00:58:19on the tree?

00:58:20Yeah.

00:58:21And

00:58:22how did that

00:58:23tradition start?

00:58:24Just let it

00:58:25play out, Ella.

00:58:27How am I supposed

00:58:28to let it just

00:58:29play out?

00:58:30Leave my fate

00:58:31to my father's picking?

00:58:33Just allow myself

00:58:34to marry Rex?

00:58:36Who knows?

00:58:36Maybe he grows

00:58:37on you.

00:58:38I know myself.

00:58:40I know my gut.

00:58:43By the first time,

00:58:44I know what it feels

00:58:47like to fall in love

00:58:48with someone.

00:58:49Someone in particular?

00:58:51No.

00:58:53It doesn't matter.

00:58:55The history books

00:58:55are pretty clear

00:58:56that I marry Rex.

00:58:58To think I will have

00:58:59tasted love

00:59:00and then have

00:59:00to live a life

00:59:01without it.

00:59:03Ella,

00:59:04I really shouldn't

00:59:05be telling you this.

00:59:06And I'll probably cause

00:59:08like,

00:59:08total dimensional fracture.

00:59:10Oh, I'm pretty sure

00:59:10the damage

00:59:11is already done.

00:59:11In the history books

00:59:13and family accounts

00:59:14and local legend,

00:59:17Rex is the one

00:59:17that finds you at sea.

00:59:19He brings you home

00:59:20and the two of you

00:59:21fall madly in love,

00:59:22so you will love Rex.

00:59:25And it'll be

00:59:26a love for the ages.

00:59:41Adam!

00:59:47It was just on my way

00:59:49to see you.

00:59:49Yes,

00:59:50I've also been meaning

00:59:51to come by.

00:59:52I just wasn't sure

00:59:53what to say.

00:59:54Why don't we talk

00:59:55someplace out of the cold?

00:59:58I've been thinking of you,

00:59:59how it must have felt

01:00:00these last 20 years.

01:00:03I feel responsible.

01:00:04I took you from your home.

01:00:08But I am home.

01:00:09No, I mean your home

01:00:10in the past.

01:00:11But it's okay.

01:00:12I think I know

01:00:13how I can get you back.

01:00:14Why would I want to do that?

01:00:15I have a life here.

01:00:16I have a sense of purpose

01:00:17and community.

01:00:19And even if we try,

01:00:20there's no guarantee.

01:00:21No, but we have to try.

01:00:24Adam,

01:00:25there's so much at stake.

01:00:28Look around you.

01:00:29This could all be affected.

01:00:30And I fear

01:00:31if we don't go back,

01:00:32I won't be able

01:00:32to fulfill my legacy.

01:00:34And if I do go with you,

01:00:35I fear I won't fulfill mine.

01:00:36Look,

01:00:37I understand your concern.

01:00:38I do,

01:00:39but when I lived

01:00:40in our time,

01:00:41I was adrift.

01:00:42I didn't feel at home.

01:00:43I had no friends

01:00:44or family.

01:00:45And for a long while,

01:00:46I wished for a different life.

01:00:48Yes.

01:00:49I have a wonderful life here.

01:00:51Why would I want to give

01:00:52all that up

01:00:52to go back to 1905?

01:00:54Call it fate

01:00:55or luck

01:00:55or whatever,

01:00:56but whatever happened

01:00:57with us

01:00:58with that comet,

01:00:59it was meant to be.

01:01:01Perhaps

01:01:01you're meant to do it

01:01:02on your own,

01:01:03to rewrite history.

01:01:04If you believe

01:01:06in your dream

01:01:06and your vision for it,

01:01:08everything will work out.

01:01:12But then why am I here?

01:01:14I wish I knew.

01:01:22Thank you so much

01:01:23for your time.

01:01:25Merry Christmas!

01:01:26Hey,

01:01:27I was looking for you.

01:01:28Oh, Nick,

01:01:28hi.

01:01:29What, uh,

01:01:30what are you doing?

01:01:32I discovered

01:01:33the Giving House

01:01:33does events

01:01:34with the coffee shop

01:01:35during the holidays

01:01:35to raise awareness.

01:01:37I, um,

01:01:39wanted to take my mind

01:01:40off everything,

01:01:41so I decided

01:01:42to show the volunteers

01:01:43a little gratitude

01:01:43and did some Christmas shopping.

01:01:46Nice.

01:01:47Nice.

01:01:47Where, uh,

01:01:49where'd you get the money?

01:01:50Oh,

01:01:50the gold coins I have?

01:01:52Yeah.

01:01:52You're right.

01:01:53Turns out

01:01:53they're worth a fortune.

01:01:55Hey, Ella.

01:01:56Mm-hmm.

01:01:56I got you this.

01:01:58Nick,

01:01:58this is one of our volunteers,

01:02:00Ada.

01:02:00Hi.

01:02:01Hi.

01:02:01Named after her great-grandmother.

01:02:04Oh, wow.

01:02:04I was just telling Ella

01:02:05that the Giving House

01:02:06helped my great-grandmother

01:02:08secure a home

01:02:08and find a better job.

01:02:09Her family became

01:02:10one of the most prosperous

01:02:11in Newport

01:02:12and still one of the largest

01:02:13contributors

01:02:14to the Giving House.

01:02:15That's great.

01:02:16Come on,

01:02:16let's take a walk.

01:02:17Sure.

01:02:18Nice meeting.

01:02:19What a perfect night.

01:02:20Is he energized?

01:02:22Look,

01:02:22I was thinking,

01:02:23we talked to Adam.

01:02:24No, I've spoken to him.

01:02:25And?

01:02:26Well,

01:02:26you've decided to stay here.

01:02:27I think I should, too.

01:02:29Wouldn't it be grand?

01:02:32No.

01:02:33Why not?

01:02:34There's a world of good

01:02:36I can do here in 2025.

01:02:38No.

01:02:42They meet you.

01:02:45Ada needs you.

01:02:46The Giving House

01:02:47would not exist

01:02:48if you think of all

01:02:49the people you've helped.

01:02:50not to mention

01:02:51not to mention

01:02:51you have an entire

01:02:52you have an entire life

01:02:55waiting for you with Rex.

01:02:57Nicholas McManny,

01:02:59do you not have

01:03:00any feelings for me?

01:03:00Of course I have feelings for you.

01:03:02Then why are you so set

01:03:03on pushing me

01:03:04into the arms of another man?

01:03:05Because it's the right

01:03:06thing to do.

01:03:09And sometimes

01:03:09caring about someone

01:03:11means letting them go.

01:03:13And sometimes

01:03:13caring for someone

01:03:14means fighting for them.

01:03:15Ella.

01:03:16What will you fight for?

01:03:17What will you love?

01:03:18If not me,

01:03:19if not this,

01:03:20then what?

01:03:30It's not the way

01:03:31it's supposed to be.

01:03:33Listen,

01:03:34I'm going to do

01:03:34everything I can

01:03:35to help you

01:03:37get back home.

01:03:38What about you, Nick?

01:03:39when will you

01:03:42ever be home?

01:03:45Ella?

01:04:00Mind if I join you?

01:04:02Yes,

01:04:02you're actually

01:04:03saving me a trip.

01:04:04I was about to come

01:04:05find you.

01:04:05One of those, please.

01:04:06No.

01:04:12I, uh,

01:04:13spoke with Ella

01:04:15last night.

01:04:18If you're going

01:04:18to try to convince

01:04:19me to go back,

01:04:20I'll tell you

01:04:20the same thing

01:04:21I told Ella.

01:04:23I have a life here.

01:04:25In 1905,

01:04:26both of my parents

01:04:26have passed.

01:04:27I was an only child

01:04:28and the few people

01:04:28I know in Newport

01:04:29are all gone.

01:04:31If you don't catch

01:04:32that portal

01:04:32and the comet

01:04:34passes by,

01:04:34you two were both

01:04:35stuck here

01:04:35for another 20 years.

01:04:36Would that be so bad?

01:04:37Yes.

01:04:38Yes, it would.

01:04:38Adam or Rex

01:04:39or whoever you are,

01:04:40you have to go back

01:04:41with Ella.

01:04:42We have no chemistry.

01:04:43Then build some chemistry.

01:04:45I promise you,

01:04:45if you get to know her,

01:04:46there's no chance

01:04:48you are not

01:04:48going to fall for her.

01:04:50Come to the ball.

01:04:51Come to the ball

01:04:52and then you both

01:04:53can sail away together.

01:04:54To a time

01:04:55where I've been gone

01:04:55for seven days

01:04:56yet I'm 20 years older

01:04:58and to do what?

01:04:59Enjoy all the

01:04:59turn-of-the-century

01:05:00comforts

01:05:00and a few world wars?

01:05:02What would I even

01:05:03do there, Nick?

01:05:04You would love

01:05:05and you would be loved

01:05:07by an amazing woman.

01:05:10Look, the thing is,

01:05:11I already have

01:05:13an amazing woman.

01:05:15Her name is Maven

01:05:16and we're engaged

01:05:17to be married this summer.

01:05:22Does Ella know this?

01:05:23Look, I want to help her

01:05:25and I believe I have a way

01:05:27to make sure she finds

01:05:28the correct location.

01:05:29Come on, let me show you something.

01:05:30Okay.

01:05:31I believe the Christmas comet

01:05:32will be visible over Newport

01:05:34starting at 10 p.m.

01:05:35So in theory,

01:05:36that's when the two-hour window

01:05:37would begin?

01:05:38Yes.

01:05:39The one thing that bothers me

01:05:40is why did Ella and I

01:05:42both see the same comet

01:05:43but come out

01:05:44in different time periods?

01:05:45I think it's because

01:05:47we were both

01:05:47at different coordinates

01:05:48when we entered the portal.

01:05:50Do you remember

01:05:50the coordinates you found her at?

01:05:51Yeah, it was

01:05:5241 degrees longitude

01:05:54by minus 71 latitude.

01:05:57Okay.

01:05:57If every section

01:05:59of this protractor

01:05:59is 10 years

01:06:00with 1905 Newport

01:06:02being at zero.

01:06:03So then 120 years

01:06:05into the future

01:06:06would match the exact coordinates

01:06:07where Ella appeared?

01:06:09Yes.

01:06:09No.

01:06:10I came in

01:06:11at these coordinates

01:06:12here,

01:06:13which would signify

01:06:14100 years.

01:06:15It's 2005.

01:06:17That's 20 years earlier

01:06:19based on where you were

01:06:20in the water.

01:06:21That means

01:06:21that if she stays

01:06:23the course on Christmas Eve

01:06:24and sails to the coordinates

01:06:25that you just gave me,

01:06:27that should be her best chance

01:06:28of getting back

01:06:29to 1905.

01:06:30Nick,

01:06:35there's something else

01:06:36I didn't tell you.

01:06:37What's that?

01:06:38That in addition

01:06:39to selling you the boat,

01:06:40I also had to make sure

01:06:41on December 18th,

01:06:432025,

01:06:44just before dusk,

01:06:45I somehow get you

01:06:46out to sea.

01:06:47It's the rescue

01:06:48you sent me.

01:06:49There was no rescue.

01:06:51I was just following

01:06:52the orders from the letter.

01:06:55Look,

01:06:55I'll meet you both

01:06:57at the ball

01:06:57and I'll make sure

01:06:58she gets off safe.

01:06:59But that's all I can promise.

01:07:01I'm not going back.

01:07:02I'm not going back.

01:07:02You look beautiful.

01:07:29Oh, look at you.

01:07:32As do you.

01:07:36I've never worn

01:07:37a dress like this before.

01:07:38You look amazing.

01:07:39Guess where I got it.

01:07:41Nordstrom Rock!

01:07:43Gorgeous.

01:07:43Oh, Christine.

01:07:45This is stunning.

01:07:47Look.

01:07:49Look at what

01:07:50you've accomplished.

01:07:51I'm so proud of you.

01:07:54It's all because of you.

01:07:56Anything that I am

01:07:57is because of women

01:07:58like you

01:07:58who paved the way.

01:08:01You're going to make me cry.

01:08:04Oh,

01:08:04I have a gift for you

01:08:06from the past.

01:08:07Oh?

01:08:07I think it will prove useful.

01:08:09Oh, my goodness.

01:08:12It's beautiful.

01:08:13Oh, remember.

01:08:14A press against the cheek

01:08:15signals you love someone.

01:08:17No.

01:08:17So when you don't know

01:08:18what to say,

01:08:19let your fan do the talking.

01:08:23Now,

01:08:24how much time do we have?

01:08:27I set sail at 10 o'clock.

01:08:30Then let's make the most of it.

01:08:32Yes.

01:08:33Let's.

01:08:33Hi.

01:08:40You clean up nice.

01:08:42I was going to say

01:08:43the same thing about you.

01:08:46Say,

01:08:47did you ever learn

01:08:47about Victorian fan signals?

01:08:49Yeah.

01:08:50Women use them

01:08:51to convey secret messages, right?

01:08:52Right.

01:08:53Yes.

01:08:53Yeah.

01:08:54So,

01:08:55an open fan

01:08:56to the side

01:08:57means that you want

01:08:58someone to wait for you.

01:08:59And a fan

01:09:00pressed against the cheek

01:09:02means that you love

01:09:02fancy someone.

01:09:04And a closed fan

01:09:06to the heart

01:09:07means that you've won

01:09:08the person's love.

01:09:09You know what

01:09:10my favorite one was?

01:09:16What's that one mean?

01:09:19That

01:09:20you want to be kissed.

01:09:33What do you think?

01:09:58I think

01:09:59had never

01:10:00in the middle of history

01:10:03has anyone

01:10:04met more beautiful?

01:10:06Careful.

01:10:08I might swoon again.

01:10:09I might catch you.

01:10:11Any word from Adam?

01:10:13No.

01:10:16We have to go.

01:10:17Why?

01:10:18I thought we said 10 o'clock.

01:10:20We did,

01:10:21but

01:10:21I want to make sure

01:10:22you get off safe.

01:10:23Isn't there time for

01:10:27one dance

01:10:29before we go?

01:10:32I think so.

01:10:40You seem sad.

01:10:44I am.

01:10:46A bit.

01:10:47Why?

01:10:53You get to go home.

01:10:55Nick,

01:10:56the question still stands.

01:10:59When will you

01:11:02ever be home?

01:11:06When I kissed you

01:11:07that moment

01:11:10I was home.

01:11:20Adam,

01:11:20this is my fiancée,

01:11:23Maven.

01:11:24Hi.

01:11:25It's nice to meet you, Ella.

01:11:27It's nice to meet you, Maven.

01:11:28The Giving House

01:11:39doesn't exist.

01:11:40This is all my fault.

01:11:42Lisa,

01:11:42we can fix this.

01:11:44We have to go now.

01:11:46Okay?

01:11:46Okay.

01:11:50Let's go.

01:11:51Bye.

01:11:58I'm sorry

01:11:59to disappoint you, Ella.

01:12:01But you must understand

01:12:02my home is here.

01:12:03I understand.

01:12:06I do.

01:12:11Maven is a lucky woman.

01:12:15Goodbye, Adam.

01:12:17Goodbye.

01:12:17Bye.

01:12:17I think this is what

01:12:31I'm supposed to tell you

01:12:31that things will never be the same

01:12:34without you here.

01:12:37But in this case,

01:12:38it needs to be.

01:12:39I hope you think of me.

01:12:42Only every day.

01:12:44Everything you've done here,

01:12:46everything you've inspired,

01:12:48I'm very thankful.

01:12:51And it all will have been worth it.

01:12:56Just to have known you,

01:12:57to have been home with you.

01:13:01And I have something for you.

01:13:05Nothing big,

01:13:06just maybe you can

01:13:07put in your secret ornament collection.

01:13:13If not,

01:13:14it can be a souvenir

01:13:15from the future.

01:13:16With you.

01:13:18Always.

01:13:21I'll cherish it.

01:13:28You have to go.

01:13:31You have to go.

01:14:01I'm空.

01:14:05I'm空.

01:14:14You have to go.

01:14:25You have to go.

01:14:27Why did you let me meet the man of my dreams?

01:14:47Only to make it impossible for us to be together.

01:14:55I'm ready to go home now.

01:14:57I know what love is, and I'm ready to share it with others.

01:15:11Welcome home, Ella.

01:15:17Ada! Miss Anna!

01:15:20By God's grace, Jehovah!

01:15:22We prayed for you. Your prayers worked.

01:15:24Thank you for giving me a reason to come home.

01:15:31If I may, what day is it?

01:15:33Why, it's Christmas Eve, ma'am.

01:15:35Use this for your Christmas dinner, and all else will fall into place. I promise.

01:15:39How can I ever repay your kindness?

01:15:41By doing the same for others when you are able.

01:15:44Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Miss Ella.

01:15:46Mr. Edward Benson and Mrs. Edith Benson.

01:16:04Still no sign of Miss Ella, sir.

01:16:06I can't feign joy when my Ella's still missing.

01:16:10Another tree?

01:16:14We made that in Ella's name.

01:16:17She intended to start a proper charity to help this community.

01:16:20And we see it as a fitting way to welcome her home.

01:16:24Much of Newport has already donated whatever they can.

01:16:28Bless you, Sadie.

01:16:29Wait by the right hand.

01:16:38Sadie!

01:16:39John!

01:16:42Thank heavens!

01:16:43We feared the worst!

01:16:44It's good to be home.

01:16:47His father.

01:16:48Greeting the guests?

01:16:48Yes.

01:16:49He's been so worried.

01:16:51I placed your gown upstairs with the faith that you would return home.

01:16:54I'll be right up to help you dress.

01:16:56Thank you, Sadie.

01:16:56I'd like to thank you all for coming.

01:17:06It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that my dear Ella is not...

01:17:16Oh, my child.

01:17:24Father.

01:17:24I was so worried.

01:17:26I thought I'd lost you.

01:17:28I was lost.

01:17:30But I found my way back.

01:17:31Come, my dear.

01:17:33We have much to celebrate.

01:17:35Everett Thornton is here.

01:17:37And is very eager to meet you.

01:17:39Father.

01:17:40I must speak with you.

01:17:43In private?

01:17:45Of course.

01:17:46Everybody, please, enjoy yourselves.

01:17:54What's happening here?

01:17:56What's happening is that I have seen the life that waits for me.

01:18:01And I want it.

01:18:03I owe it to others.

01:18:05To myself.

01:18:06I cannot marry Everett Thornton.

01:18:12But you haven't even met him.

01:18:14He's come all this way.

01:18:16You've always wanted me to be someone I am not.

01:18:19But I understand now.

01:18:22It stems from worry.

01:18:24Of course I worry.

01:18:26I love you.

01:18:27I know you do.

01:18:29Right now, it might not seem that I can be both who you want me to be and who I'm destined to be.

01:18:36I think that we'll find, in time, they're the same person.

01:18:44Father, if I am to marry, it must be for love.

01:18:49And I'm starting my charity.

01:18:53I hope to do both with your blessing.

01:18:56And do you have someone you love?

01:19:00May I present to you, Mr. Rex Grafton.

01:19:06How did you...

01:19:15It's quite the story.

01:19:17And you are...

01:19:18Father, may I present...

01:19:22Rex Grafton.

01:19:25The man who rescued me.

01:19:28Ah, you're the navigator.

01:19:31Sir.

01:19:32You found her?

01:19:33My eternal thanks.

01:19:35What can I ever do?

01:19:36To repay you.

01:19:38It was my honor, sir.

01:19:42The half-stance.

01:19:45Yes.

01:19:46Yes.

01:19:46Wait, Christine.

01:20:11Look.

01:20:11I hope that means she got home safely.

01:20:16Hi.

01:20:17I'm so sorry to interrupt, but, um...

01:20:20I was told to give this to you on the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.

01:20:25It's been in my family's lockbox for generations.

01:20:27I can't believe we finally get to see what's inside.

01:20:29You are full of surprises, Rex Grafton.

01:20:45How is this possible?

01:20:47When I left you at that dock, I realized that if Adam was not going to accompany you on the journey, I could.

01:20:55I got a boat and I followed you.

01:20:56And I got to thinking, he said his parents had passed.

01:21:00He was an only child.

01:21:01He wasn't from here.

01:21:03He had no relatives to speak of.

01:21:05And my father never met him, except my courier.

01:21:08Correct.

01:21:09So, maybe he was the Rex Grafton that was sent out.

01:21:13But I was the Rex Grafton that brought you home, so therefore...

01:21:18It was you.

01:21:21It was always you.

01:21:23Yeah.

01:21:27So, we aren't to marry?

01:21:31If you'll have me.

01:21:33If not, I'll be stuck here for another 20 years.

01:21:38You had me at Rex Grafton.

01:21:41Merry Christmas, Ellen.

01:21:48Merry Christmas, everyone.

01:22:18Merry Christmas, everyone.

01:22:34Merry Christmas, everyone.

01:22:42Merry Christmas, everybody.

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