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Every Year After Episode 8
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00:10It's a lonely road, for a tired man, and you can see an evil face, and you'll be home in
00:28spring,
00:30I can wait till then, I heard your own big dream, and all it seems shall pass, but I saw
00:53the pictures looking fine,
00:59and there was a time when I stood in line, for love, for love, for love, but I let you
01:08go, oh, I let you go.
01:20Sam! Sam! Dude, come on, we gotta go!
01:46Dude, what the fuck? I called ten times. We gotta go pick up mom's family at the airport.
01:52No, I don't gotta do anything, and you can't make me.
01:57So this isn't gonna be a brotherly bonding moment?
02:04You wanna go pick up mom's family, or should I?
02:06You wanna go pick up mom's family, or should I?
02:10What are we, twelve?
02:12Yeah, that's right. You used to pick on me when I was too little to fight back, but now I
02:15can fucking fight back, huh?
02:17I wanna fight you.
02:18Why, because you know you're gonna lose?
02:20No, because I love you.
02:23Yeah, you got a fucking weird way of showing that.
02:26Nothing happened yesterday.
02:27I don't give a shit.
02:28Yeah, except I know that you do.
02:35Enjoy your drive to the airport.
02:51Delilah!
02:52Hey!
02:53Delilah!
02:56Are you okay?
02:59Yeah.
03:00Why?
03:05Aren't you supposed to be getting the tavern ready for Sue's memorial?
03:09No, I'm not doing that.
03:11No one cares! I'm the only one that cares.
03:13And it's about stupid things, like tablecloths and relationships based on image instead of actual feelings.
03:20Oh, fuck.
03:23Percy, how did I get here? This is so bad.
03:28We all make choices we regret.
03:32I'm sorry I ghosted you all those years ago.
03:36I did always wonder why, but I think I understand now.
03:44You do know I wouldn't have judged you.
03:47I couldn't see past my own shame and guilt.
03:51I-I couldn't see anything except that I-I didn't think I deserved anything good, including our friendship.
04:01And now?
04:03Now I'm working on it.
04:05So that's what Sue would have wanted me to do.
04:07And I think Sue would have wanted me to lay right here in bed and eat these ketchup chips.
04:15She was cool like that.
04:17Yeah, she was.
04:21Okay, you lay here, and I'm gonna go, and I'm gonna set up the tavern.
04:26I'm gonna get that ready for the memorial in two hours.
04:29Yeah, I'm gonna prep the food, I'm gonna set up the space.
04:32No problem.
04:33That's not a lot of time.
04:35I can do it.
04:35I can be in and out before Sam and Charlie even realize I was there.
04:38Easy peasy.
04:39You sure you don't want to just lay here, just like, fuck it?
04:42I mean, I would love to.
04:43But I think after everything, this is what I'm supposed to do.
04:47And to give Sue the send-off she deserves.
04:51It's the least I can do.
04:53You're quitting?
04:54I think I just have to be back in Seattle.
04:58What is going on today?
05:00What do you mean?
05:02Charlie just packed up and left this morning.
05:05He said he had to get back to U of T early.
05:07Charlie's gone?
05:09Yeah.
05:09What is with the two of you?
05:12There isn't anything with the two of us.
05:14I just meant I know how much soaking up the last golden moments of summer meant to you.
05:21To both of you.
05:22Yeah, it did.
05:23But then Sam broke up with me.
05:28Oh, honey.
05:30I'm so sorry.
05:31I get how hard it's been with you and Sam.
05:34It has.
05:35So what's waiting for you in Seattle?
05:38Probably some rain and me waiting for Delilah to get back from her trip.
05:44Then be here.
05:47Those flora boys don't own this town.
05:49We do.
05:51You know what?
05:55I'm staying.
05:56Good.
05:57Now, get your shit together and help me prep for dinner service.
06:01On it.
06:29Um, yeah.
06:30We need to talk about these hidden fees on our bill.
06:33There's nothing hidden.
06:35$30 for something called a TIF.
06:38The tourism improvement fee is set by the city of Perry's Bay.
06:41Mm-hmm.
06:41$10 a day for parking.
06:43That was in the hotel agreement you signed right when you checked in.
06:46Hidden amongst the legal fine print, which normally I would delight in,
06:49but I was thrown off because you gave me one room instead of two at check-in.
06:53I like things clearly stated.
06:56Okay.
06:57Clear boundaries.
06:58Otherwise, I feel out of control.
07:01I mean, I can discount the parking.
07:03I'm not a cheater, okay?
07:04I am engaged.
07:06Ah.
07:07I suspected there was more to your ire.
07:11But you didn't cheat.
07:13I kind of feel like I did because...
07:19I'm a bad person.
07:21All right.
07:21You are many things, but a bad person is not one of them.
07:24Mm-mm.
07:25No, why?
07:25Why?
07:26Why are you so easy to talk to and hang out with?
07:31And you're, like, really chill, but also very thoughtful, and it is so annoying.
07:36I know I make you look easy, but thoughtful chilling takes work.
07:40All right?
07:41You have to want to embrace the chill, which is something I think you're trying to do.
07:45Stop.
07:46No, stop.
07:48Stop that being you.
07:50And you know what?
07:51I will.
07:52I will take a discount on the parking, okay?
07:56You should fix that.
07:59Oh.
08:00Hey, Sam.
08:01Uh, Percy's not here.
08:04Yeah, I know.
08:04I wouldn't have come by if she was.
08:06Right.
08:10Look, I know that we don't know each other very well, but I kind of feel like I know
08:17a lot about you.
08:19Okay.
08:19And your mom, Percy, always talking about how cool she was.
08:25Yeah.
08:25Yeah, sure.
08:26I guess.
08:26She told me this story about how your grandparents had this barn that they were going to tear
08:31down, so your mom bought all this spray paint, and you guys painted the barn for us.
08:36She said it a little bit of Jackson Pollock.
08:38Yeah, I had blue paint in my hair for weeks.
08:44Anyway, I'm really sorry about Sue.
08:47I would have liked to have known her.
08:55Well, that was nice and surprising.
08:58Trust me, everything about that woman is a surprise.
09:01I mean, she's got layers.
09:03It's like an onion with a mint chip ice cream inside.
09:06Is that a good thing?
09:07Because it sounds disgusting.
09:08Maybe.
09:09I mean, she's interesting as hell.
09:10I never know what she's going to say.
09:14But.
09:15She's engaged?
09:17It seems to be on flux.
09:20Man, nobody in this town can get to the finish line.
09:22Delilah did, but, yeah.
09:26Here you go.
09:26Delilah, I mean, she's single now.
09:31Yeah.
09:34I guess old crushes die hard.
09:37Yeah, they really do.
09:39Or, in my case, blow up spectacularly.
09:42That, too.
09:43I mean, that's why I'm still single.
09:46You know, the old Sam would have told you to just believe in love.
09:51The more I think about it, I think you're right.
09:54Alone is better.
09:57I know you don't believe that.
09:59I don't know what to believe, dude.
10:01At the start of this week, I had an almost fiancé, a brother, an ex I hadn't spoken to in
10:06a decade,
10:06and a mother, I thought, had it all together.
10:08Come on, man.
10:09I know this is a hard time for you, but it's a good thing you see the good in people.
10:17Or maybe I'm just an idiot who needs to toughen off.
10:41Delilah?
10:45Delilah?
10:52Ow!
10:58Delilah?
11:03No, it's me.
11:06What are you wearing?
11:08And why?
11:14The key to scrambled eggs?
11:15Low and slow.
11:16And if you're patient, you'll be rewarded with fluffy mouth clouds of goodness.
11:21Well, you should have been a writer.
11:23I think I'm going to steal that.
11:24Have at it.
11:27And why the tutu and tiara?
11:30Because sometimes being ridiculous changes everything.
11:33And this, this is the epitome of...
11:37Ridiculousness.
11:38Would you like my tiara?
11:39I don't feel ready to wear the crown.
11:42Well, you will one day.
11:44And, I mean, I don't think my boys are going to want it.
11:47So, I'm relying on you.
11:49It feels like a big responsibility.
11:51It is.
11:51Wearing the tiara, you have to promise to only eat breakfast foods for dinner.
11:56I don't think I've ever had breakfast for dinner.
12:00Seriously?
12:01Mm-hmm.
12:02Well, if I would have known that, I would have busted out my eggs benedict recipe.
12:05I mean, I would eat breakfast foods for every meal I could.
12:08Says the pierogi queen.
12:11I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
12:14Swear not to tell.
12:15I swear.
12:17I hate pierogi.
12:19What?
12:20No.
12:21Listen, I was seven years old, okay?
12:22And my grandpa, who's super old school, takes me to this, like, neighborhood Polish place.
12:26And I want to order this huge plate of pierogi.
12:29And he's like, no, that's too big.
12:32And I was like, but I really want it.
12:33So, he goes, okay, but you're going to have to eat all of them.
12:35And so, I promised him that I would, and he made me keep that promise.
12:42Whoa.
12:43Mm-hmm.
12:43I was so sick.
12:45I haven't had another one since.
12:46Wow.
12:48You're really missing out on your own cooking.
12:51As you know, I would have finished that plate happily, even with Sam making fun of me.
13:04I'm so sorry.
13:06I, um, Delilah told me that you were picking up your family from the airport, and she wasn't feeling well,
13:13so I just...
13:14I wanted to wear a tutu and tiara while making waffles.
13:21And bacon and mouth cloud eggs.
13:24My mom was famous for those.
13:27Low and slow.
13:31That's the key.
13:35I, I just, I know your mom didn't really love pierogi.
13:40What?
13:41I mean, she loved making them for us, but her favorite thing was breakfast for dinner, so I, I thought
13:47I'd make...
13:48What she would have wanted.
13:50Yeah.
13:51I'm, I'm gonna set this up, and then I'm gonna, I'm gonna go.
13:58Stay.
14:01The memorial.
14:06This is, this is enough for me, Sam, to honor her.
14:09That's what I'm doing.
14:10I mean, she clearly wanted you here.
14:16Okay, I'll just get back to it.
14:38Can you lock me on my first note?
14:40No, stop.
14:41Please.
14:46There we go.
14:48There we go.
14:48Yeah, I'm getting back.
14:53Oh, wow.
14:55The more I know I wanna, it's like a fever dream, the ways that take you and the, if I
15:01wake up, I won't feel this again.
15:22I can't believe I leave at the end of the week.
15:26Summer's over.
15:28Will it be lonely for you without Sam and Charlie?
15:31Yeah, it will.
15:32But I'm used to lonely.
15:34I know how to be by myself.
15:38You're so strong.
15:40I wasn't always at the start.
15:41It was pretty bad when I lost Chris.
15:47Yeah, just I fell apart after he died.
15:50You're such a good mom, I'm sure the boys didn't even realize.
15:54Why do you think Charlie has such a hard time trusting people?
15:58Because the one person he needed the most wasn't there when he needed me.
16:05I tried to make up for it once I got back on my feet, but I don't know.
16:10Damage is done.
16:12How do you do it?
16:16You know, come out of that grief.
16:20I feel like I'm drowning in mine.
16:22You know, you have a choice.
16:24You can either stop fighting for yourself and go under,
16:28or you can dig deep and try and find your way back to the surface.
16:34Because it's beautiful when you make it.
16:36You might want to.
16:40I just don't know if I can find my way back up without Sam.
16:46I believe in you, sweet pea.
16:49Now you just have to believe in yourself.
16:57Until then, just do what I did back then.
17:01What's that?
17:03I danced.
17:08As if nobody was watching.
17:12Because nobody was.
17:20Hey.
17:21I'm sorry.
17:36I'm sorry.
17:40I'm sorry.
17:43I'm sorry.
17:45I'm sorry.
17:47I'm sorry.
17:48I'm sorry.
17:49I'm sorry.
17:51I'm sorry.
17:56Thank you all for being here today.
18:01Mom would have been happy to see such a big turnout.
18:05She'd like to party.
18:14At least I thought she did.
18:17You know, up until today, I didn't even know she didn't like pierogi.
18:22I mean, am I the only one that didn't know that?
18:33My mom believed in true love.
18:37She met my dad when they were just in high school.
18:42And, you know, some people are lucky like that.
18:44They meet their best friend.
18:49The love of their life.
18:52And they're wise enough to never let go.
19:10Good job, buddy.
19:11I got you.
19:13You're okay.
19:17It's okay.
19:19I'm okay.
19:24I got you.
19:37The thing I remember most about my parents was the yelling.
19:42Yeah, those two knew how to fight.
19:44Because my mom was such a passionate person.
19:47She loved me and Sam so deeply.
19:52We were everything to her.
19:57She would have wanted us to fight for this family.
20:01She would have wanted us to stay and fight for it.
20:04Even if it's hard.
20:06Because she was a fighter from the moment she walked down the aisle with my dad until the moment she
20:11left this earth to be with him.
20:20Mom.
20:23I hope you're on a dock somewhere with dad.
20:27Drinking a beer or two.
20:30Watching the sunset.
20:32On your beloved lake.
20:37You've earned it.
20:41To Sue.
20:43To Sue.
20:58Hey, um, I appreciate what you did today.
21:03Of course.
21:06You know, I almost texted her today.
21:09Just wanted some advice about how to fix this.
21:14Fix us.
21:17I text her every day.
21:20I just want to feel like she's still here.
21:23And I know she's...
21:26Gone.
21:29Forever.
21:31When dad died of a heart attack, we were so young.
21:35I just never really thought about all the things we missed.
21:38It was just broken hearted for us.
21:43But now I'm broken hearted for her, too.
21:47I mean, we're never going to see her grow old.
21:51Never see her running around the dock with our kids.
22:01We're orphans.
22:17No, I don't even have you.
22:21Sam.
22:27Did I ever tell you that I am a killer two-stepper?
22:29How did I not know this?
22:31One of my country music clients taught me.
22:34You want to dance?
22:36Well, a wise woman once told me that a disco ball and dancing could make almost anything better.
22:43Come on.
22:44Come on, I'm sorry.
22:46Come on, come on.
22:56I'm sorry.
23:04Come on.
23:07Come on.
23:09Come on, come on.
23:39I emailed you a revised bill.
23:41I think you'll find it much more to your liking.
23:44Good.
23:45I'll be expecting a five-star reveal.
23:47I will consider that.
23:49If you'll dance with me?
23:51Hell yeah.
24:31Here you come again, just when I've begun to get myself together.
24:40You walk right before, just like you've done before.
24:45And wrap my heart round your little finger.
24:50Here you come again.
24:54Touch what I'm about to make it worth without you.
24:59You look into my eyes, and live a different eyes.
25:04And pretty soon I'm wondering how I came to love you.
25:08All you never knew, you smile and smile.
25:13And then you're all right away.
25:36Why did you come back?
25:51I thought you were staying at school through the fall.
25:55I had to come back.
25:58I love you, Sam.
26:00And even though I did something unforgivable, I'll never stop loving you.
26:04I never stopped thinking about you.
26:09Every night.
26:12I lie awake, wondering where you are, what you're doing.
26:20Hoping you're happy.
26:23Imagining your life and wishing I was in it.
26:26I think about traveling and getting jobs and having a family.
26:34And you are always right there with me.
26:39You have to be right there with me.
26:44I love you, Sam Florek.
26:49And nothing will ever change that.
26:52I love you, Persephone Fraser.
26:56And I always will.
27:03I'm sorry, Sam, I can't.
27:06What?
27:09Why?
27:10What changed?
27:12Everything, Sam.
27:15Everything.
27:20Goodbye.
27:22Goodbye, Sam.
27:30We have quite a history of messy goodbyes.
27:35And I think we're owed a proper one.
28:02And I think we're owed a proper one.
28:03You should fill up the gas tank.
28:06Getting into a piece of age.
28:09Just fall around.
28:15I should wrap my arms around you.
28:19Say I'm so glad I found you with no doubt or fear.
28:26I missed us.
28:28I missed you so much it hurts.
28:33After you?
28:41Feeling.
28:47Before I still love you.
28:47Before I still love you.
28:51Before I still love you.
28:55Before I still love you.
29:05I loved you.
29:09I know.
29:12You broke my heart.
29:17I know that too.
29:23I want so much to forgive you.
29:30But I don't think I can do this.
29:39I know.
29:56You ready?
29:58I am.
30:00I did what I came to do.
30:02Say goodbye.
30:05Okay.
30:22Persephone, goddess of the underworld.
30:27Because of one rash decision she made as a young woman, she changed the world.
30:33All because she ate six measly pomegranate seeds.
30:37She was forced to live in the underworld for six months of every year.
30:42One for every seed.
30:46And when she was gone, the world above grieved and summer turned to autumn.
30:53Taking the warmth of those golden days and turning them crisp and sharp.
31:11Surprising things can happen as the flowers loose their bloom and the leaves fall.
31:17I don't want to fight you.
31:20People can change too.
31:21And I don't want to sleep.
31:23While Persephone lives in her own world, the seasons continue on as fall turns to winter.
31:41The chill can turn some inward.
32:01But like all seasons, winter ends.
32:04Bringing Persephone back to this world.
32:07Her six months in exile, over.
32:10But here's the surprising thing.
32:12Her time in exile?
32:14It may have been cold down there, but it was also introspective.
32:17And inspiring.
32:19And a time to understand her real strength.
32:23And that she isn't defined by one place or one person.
32:28That she could be everything.
32:30The light and the dark.
32:33And she's proud of all she is.
32:39Summer may be Persephone, goddess of the underworld's true happy place.
32:45But it wouldn't be so meaningful if she didn't get to experience all the highs and lows that seasons bring.
32:53A boy once told Persephone being the goddess of the underworld was right on brand for her.
33:00She was too young and insecure to understand that she had that kind of strength within her.
33:07To be a god.
33:10A deity of any kind.
33:13But time passing had given her that gift.
33:17That she was powerful wherever she was.
33:22Whatever the season.
33:23We'll be a fight line.
33:30We'll be a fight line.
33:38We'll be a fight line.
33:42We'll be a fight line.
33:46We'll be a fight line.
33:50We'll be a fight line.
33:51We'll be a fight line.
33:52We'll be around
34:22We'll be around
34:30We'll be around
34:33We'll be around
34:34We'll be around
34:35We'll be around
34:38We'll be around
34:39We'll be around
34:40We'll be around
34:41We'll be around
34:45We'll be around
34:50We'll be around
34:53hey can you talk that rug is going to go over by the fireplace thank you look at you boss
35:00lady
35:01can't believe it's almost the start of summer people are going to be blown away when we open
35:08well i hope so this town isn't much for change you're taking the best of the tavern and you're
35:14making it extra we are i appreciate being included in your vision hey you're the one that owns the
35:20place i'm just in it for the sweat equity it's a thing i know it is so have you heard
35:32from the
35:32previous owner and i don't mean sue no geordi uh told him about the reopening but we haven't spoken
35:43and i don't expect to i've made peace with it i'm not gonna see some sam inspired monster haunting
35:52your main character when i read your book oh the only thing haunting about my new book at this
35:57moment is my looming deadline because you finally have a publisher percy i know i can't believe it
36:04i'm gonna be a published horror writer and being here in barry's bay it just makes it all less scary
36:14i feel so inspired here i am proud of us i mean we both made it through to the other
36:22side even
36:22though it was our life was built on the shambles of our relationships very writerly i think i'll stick
36:31to what i'm good at design details and helping other people repair their relationships because
36:36i don't have one of my own sam still hasn't reached out to charlie no i think it's really bothering
36:44him
36:44he's just like throwing himself into his work which is just not like him charlie's usually the
36:51play hard work to play more type of guy and i i don't know i am worried about him
36:57marita as a friend please no my year of hot hookups taught me anything it's that i was
37:07needing to get a lot out of my system including charlie florick okay but you had a lot of fun
37:12while
37:12you were at it i did i think i'm just done trying to be something for other people
37:17man or woman all the pretense i just want to find someone who actually appreciates me or me
37:28and me it's not gonna settle for anything less
37:37hello hey geordie i'm just stopping by to offer my services looks like there's a lot to do before
37:44opening weekend yeah i'm sure we could find something for you to do
37:50actually i'm gonna grab the lock box i can't open maybe you can figure that out
37:59shit uh i left my purse in your car can i have the keys i'll go get it for you
38:04okay thank you
38:11hi hi what happened to coming up tomorrow because of work
38:19okay uh fine i may have come up like a day early to hang out with him him what him
38:25being
38:27geordie yeah i thought you guys just hooked up a few times but this seems like more
38:33is it more i don't i don't know i don't know what it is whatever it is i just i'm
38:38trying not to
38:39define it it's um it's murky and i like that okay but you don't like gray in fact you hate
38:45it
38:46yeah but the law is not black and white and i'm starting to think that maybe life isn't either
38:50and you're good with that i'm more than good with that
38:56wow barry's bae's really had an effect on us all
38:59yeah i think you're right there's uh something in the lake water changes you
39:04okay you're gonna show me around
39:05oh yeah yeah come on then
39:11hey florek
39:16what are you doing in on a saturday got a new company i'm looking at just wanted to pour
39:21through the numbers in peace i hear you i got a call with australian with three kids under six at
39:26home i practically live at the office how many do you have none uh i just like being here in
39:33the zone
39:36well if you want to grab a drink later you let me know like i said three kids at home
39:41and a very tired wife okay sounds good
39:50oh yeah isn't that a great shot
39:53yeah
39:58this is crazy but i'm pretty sure that's me
40:02whoa
40:03seriously
40:05yeah it's me my brother and percy in my dad's boat it's at the lake we grew up on
40:16i wonder who took this
40:18i'm not sure
40:20my wife bought it out of gallery when we're out in bc a few years back said she wanted to
40:24remind me what
40:24we're doing it all for
40:27for moments like this
40:29it's definitely a moment
40:33good one
40:36family still there
40:40not really
40:43man i bet you can't wait to get back there especially now that summer's here
41:02i bet you're gonna be a good night
41:06hi
41:06hi
41:07make sure to encourage them to just hang at the bar when they're waiting for a table okay
41:11okay
41:12drinks is where the money's at everyone good
41:17there's a 45 minute wait for a table
41:20i can't believe it
41:21i know
41:22like we did it
41:25we actually did it
41:27to the tavern
41:29and to the both of you who made it all happen
41:31and to sue
41:32who made it all possible
41:35cheers
41:36cheers
41:38she better not have comped you guys on those drinks
41:40of course i did
41:41come on it's me fine but just this one and then you have to pay
41:44i'm serious
41:45yeah
41:50okay i have a teaching moment in front of me i'll be right back
41:54do not worry i'm gonna open a tab for you guys
41:58thank you
42:00i'm gonna go mingle i'll be right back
42:09i have something to say
42:12okay
42:14i don't want to do murky
42:17i thought we love murky
42:19well you did
42:21but i want more
42:23what happened to um lake life people just they like to chill
42:27well we do
42:28but uh
42:30you know we can lake life with someone we really like
42:33oh
42:35do you want to
42:38you know i still have work and
42:40i don't know how i'm gonna
42:43i'm not asking you to be anyone different
42:46i'm just asking you
42:47to be you
42:50with me
42:51mm-hmm
42:57mm-hmm
42:59mm-hmm
43:27here you come again
43:32just when i begun to get myself together
43:38you walked right in the door
43:41just like you've done before
43:44and by my heart
43:47round your little thinker
43:51here you come again
43:56looking better than a body has
44:00oh i do
44:02and shaking me i'm so
44:04you came home
44:06all i know
44:07is here you come again
44:12and here i go
44:18Here I go
44:24Here I go
44:54Here I go
45:25Here I go
45:28Here I go
45:32Here I go
45:45Woman
45:52When she lets me call her mom
45:57Do you ever really know?
46:00Can you ever really know?
46:09I don't know the loneliness you know
46:12I don't hear the frosty words that call
46:17Inside
46:20When you're gone
46:23Again
46:27I can't read your mind, though I'm trying all the time
46:30But oh
46:32There's something I don't know, I can see it in your eyes
46:36Oh
46:38As the night seems all slow again
46:42Oh
46:44I have left an arm
46:46The woman I know
46:48Woman
46:50Writer,
46:51If she had no turn,
46:54God has a temperature mother
46:58Did you think she has no limit?
46:58Between the woman
47:16Woman
47:17I never had such a sight
47:24Burned itself into my mind
47:28Do you ever really know?
47:32Can you ever really know?
48:08No
48:09No
48:09Wait
48:11I am
48:29Being