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- How's it looking,
Mayor Givens?

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- Hey, Cassie, everything is
coming together perfectly.

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- Oh, my.
This time tomorrow,

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Dickens, Ohio becomes
Victorian London.

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- It's gonna
be a wonderful week.

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- Oh, it depends on your
grand finale, doesn't it?

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Now, how are things looking
over at the theater?

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- I'm gonna say it,

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this is going to
be the best version

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of "A Christmas Carol"
this town has ever seen.

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- It's
the 100th anniversary

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of our town's production
of the play, Cassie.

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It has to be better
than the best.

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- Well, technically
better than the best

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still makes it the best,
am I right?

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It will be.

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- Well, when you have
a seasoned veteran

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like Ray Muller playing Scrooge,

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it pretty well
directs itself, right?

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- Well, not really.

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I mean, okay,

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so this one time
when I was at NYU,

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I was-
- oh, Harry!

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I'll just be over
here if you need me.

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Some of these flats
are older than I am.

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I wonder if we should
touch up the edges a bit?

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- Hey, guys.

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- Ah, Matt, you read my mind.

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Thank you. You guys, your paint.

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You're great.

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- You got it, Cassie.

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- Andy Fitzgerald,
"Dickens Gazette."

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- Ah, Andy.
I know who you are.

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You, uh, you've been
my parents' neighbor

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for like 30 years.

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- I got a part-time job

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as a reporter with the paper.

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It's a bucket list thing.

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Just go with it.

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- Is this for that Arts
and Entertainment section?

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- Mayor's got us doing a
special Dickens Day edition.

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He wants this year's production

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to get as much
press as possible.

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- Oh, that's good,

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because people are
going to love it.

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At least I hope they love it.

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It's just, the cast has
been working so hard, right?

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And I know how much this play

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means to people
during the holiday.

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- I wonder though, isn't
directing local theater

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kind of a step
down from Broadway?

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- Um, well,

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I wasn't ever actually
on Broadway per se.

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- Well, that's not
what your mom says.

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- Well, see, I directed

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a couple of shows off Broadway-

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- And how far off?

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- Off, off. Like,
you needed a car.

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Okay, listen, the
mayor brought me on

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because I know this play
backwards and forwards.

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I grew up with it.

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My first role was in this play.

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- Ebenezer's lost love, Belle.

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- Uh, no. Cratchit
daughter number three.

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- Hmm.
- No lines, but, well,

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I created a complex
backstory for her, okay?

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- Hmm.
- And I was only six.

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- Maybe I should get
a quote from Ray,

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the Sir Patrick Stewart
of Central Ohio.

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Is Ray here?

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- Uh-
Where's our Scrooge?

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- You know, he should've
been here a few minutes ago.

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- Give me a call when
the star of the show

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gets here, okay?

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- Okay.

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Okay, so, so remember Tiny Tim

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doesn't feel sorry for himself.

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He has a really positive spirit,

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which is ultimately what
gets Scrooge to change.

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- So I shouldn't act sick?

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- Just let his sickness
show only on the outside.

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On the inside, Tiny Tim

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is like any other
happy-go-lucky kid.

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- What about the crutch,
can I still use that?

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- Yes, just try not
to wave it around

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like a lightsaber on show night.

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Deal?
- Deal.

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- Okay.

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- I'd better get going.

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My mom's over there.
- Okay, I'll walk you.

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- My mom said you were
like the best actor

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in Dickens growing up.

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- Aw, that's nice.

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I, uh, I wasn't bad.

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Okay, bye.
- Bye, Cassie.

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- Hey, Brandon!

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- Hi, Marilyn.
- Hi!

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- Hi, Mom.

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- Hey, you. getting in
some extra rehearsal time?

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- Yeah, yeah.

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Brandon is just so committed

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to doing a great
job as Tiny Tim.

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- A director's
job is never done.

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- No, not until everyone
takes a bow.

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Um, did you tell Andy
I was on Broadway?

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- Oh, I might've
said something. Why?

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- Well, because
apparently everyone thinks

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I'm some big director
that's got this in the bag.

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- Don't you?
- I hope so.

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But I haven't worked as a
director in five years, right?

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I'm not exactly brimming
with confidence.

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- I blame David.

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I mean, you took time off

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to help him start his business.

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And what did he do in return?

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- Well, he amicably agreed

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to a divorce and
fair settlement,

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which is the whole reason
I get to have this time

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to figure out my next steps.

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- Well, would it be good to know

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that the Palmer's are hiring

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someone in accounts payable

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and I can put in a good word?
- Uh,

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I will keep that in mind.

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Oh, oh, that's the mayor.

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Uh, I gotta go.

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- Okay. Bye, sweetie.
- Bye.

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- Cassie, I'm sorry
for taking you

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away from everything,

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but, um, this is something
we should discuss

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away from the rest of the cast.

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- I had a feeling this
was gonna be an issue.

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Ray, I can only
imagine how weird

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this must be for you to
have your former student

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now be your director,

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but if something's wrong,
you can talk to me.

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- That is the issue, Cassie.

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He can't talk at all.

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Raymond has laryngitis.

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- Oh. Oh, okay.

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Uh, Ray, I'm sure
you're gonna be fine.

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I mean, you know,
all of your blocking

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and your lines, right?

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And I'm sure your
famous lemon-ginger tea

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is gonna clear up your
throat lickety-split,

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right before the show
on Christmas Eve.

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- It's not that's
simple, Cassie.

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Raymond has a
large vocal nodule.

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- Oh.
- 40 years of performing

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and teaching have finally
caught up with him.

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And he is on strict vocal rest.

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Not a peep for a month if
he wants to avoid surgery.

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- Oh no, no Ray, I'm sorry.

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I can only imagine how
hard this is for you.

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- I know Ray is irreplaceable,

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but I'm gonna have to find
someone else to play Scrooge.

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Who's his understudy?

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- Daniel Gary.

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- And he's what, not good?

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- Daniel won a trip to Jamaica,

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and because Ray has
never missed a show,

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I told him to go.

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- I hate to say this,

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but we may need to
cancel the play.

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- What?

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This is the longest running
production in the country.

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We just need to find
another Scrooge.

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- Who could possibly
fill Ray's shoes?

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His Scrooge is iconic!

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- Okay, I completely agree,

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but I can just call some
of my theater friends

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in New York, right?

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I'm sure one of them
is gonna know a name

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that we can hire to come
out and do the show.

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- We don't have the budget
to hire a big actor.

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Besides, this is
community theater,

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it has to be someone
from Dickens.

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Jake Dorsey.

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I like it. I like it a lot.

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- No, it's not good.

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I don't like it.
- Why not?

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Jake is the biggest name

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that's ever come
out of this town.

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- Yep.

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- I can't think of a better way

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to promote Dickens Days.

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And he'd definitely
draws a big crowd.

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- Mayor Givens,
he's an action star.

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Okay? The guy's a super cheese.

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There's no way he could handle

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a complex role like Scrooge.

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- He's a professional
actor, Cassie.

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I'm sure he could
learn the part,

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especially with your help.

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- And his nephew is
playing Tiny Tim.

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I bet he'd love to do it.

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- I'm sure he's busy.

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- Only one way to
find out, call him.

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- Oh, you
think Jake Dorsey

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is gonna take my call?

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- Why not?

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You were both in
Ray's theater class

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together, weren't you?

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- Yeah, but, you know,
we really weren't close.

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You know, he was more
behind the scenes

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and I was, you know.

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- Cassie.
- What?

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- Please get his number from
his brother and call him.

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It's either that

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or we'll have to
cancel the play.

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- Do the right thing,

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or it's the last
thing you'll do.

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- Cut, cut. Cut, cut.

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- Are we good? You got that?

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- That was excellent.

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All right, yeah. Are we good?

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- Uh, let's take it again, Jake.

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- Do we need to take it again,

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or do you just
wanna take it again?

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- No, you were great.

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Let's just, one more.
We had a technical.

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- All right, everybody.
Let's go back to one.

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- Let's reset.

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- Oh, Denise.

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Everybody, my agents here. Hey.

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Hey, Dee Dee, what did they say?

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Did they make me an offer?

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- N- oh, oh, we'll talk.

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- What is that face?
It doesn't look good.

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- Reset!

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Hey, you.
- Oh.

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- And action!

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- Oh, hey, Brandon.

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Hi, Allison.
- Hey.

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- Whatcha watching?

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- My Uncle Jake.

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He's doing a huge action scene.

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- Oh.

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- Do the right thing,

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or it's the last
thing you'll do.

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Do the right thing,

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or it's the last
thing you'll do.

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- He is so cool.

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- Sure is. Yep.

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Wait, is he shooting
a movie right now?

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- Actually, it says
tomorrow's the last day.

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- Oh, great.

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- Maybe he can come
home for Christmas.

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- Ha ha, don't
count on it, buddy.

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- Hi. Hi, Craig.

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- Hi, Cassie.

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- Dad, can I have some
more fries, please?

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- Oh, only because
watching you play Tiny Tim

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00:09:51.333 --> 00:09:55.300
makes me feel compelled
to overfeed you.

259
00:09:55.433 --> 00:09:56.233
Cassie-
- Yeah?

260
00:09:56.367 --> 00:09:57.467
- Brandon has been talking about

261
00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:58.500
how much you've
been helping him.

262
00:09:58.633 --> 00:10:00.133
- Mm, he's a natural.

263
00:10:00.266 --> 00:10:01.400
- Well, I hope
he's not too good,

264
00:10:01.533 --> 00:10:03.266
or he might leave
us like Jake did.

265
00:10:03.400 --> 00:10:05.433
- He had a dream,
honey. He followed it.

266
00:10:05.567 --> 00:10:06.367
- That he did.

267
00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.300
- I don't know if you heard,

268
00:10:07.433 --> 00:10:09.166
but Ray Muller lost his voice.

269
00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:10.867
So-
- Yeah, what a bummer.

270
00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.300
- Yeah.

271
00:10:12.433 --> 00:10:14.233
- Isn't that what an
understudy is for?

272
00:10:14.367 --> 00:10:15.767
- Well, yes, but,

273
00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:21.166
okay, so the mayor
wanted me to ask Jake

274
00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:23.367
to come home and play Scrooge,

275
00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:25.934
and I need a way of
getting ahold of him.

276
00:10:26.066 --> 00:10:27.667
- Really? That would be amazing.

277
00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:28.900
- Well,
good luck with that.

278
00:10:29.033 --> 00:10:31.533
I mean, he hasn't
been home in years.

279
00:10:31.667 --> 00:10:33.734
- Well, I have to try, you know?

280
00:10:33.867 --> 00:10:35.000
Otherwise, um,

281
00:10:36.400 --> 00:10:41.133
there won't
be a play at all.

282
00:10:42.400 --> 00:10:44.533
- Here, here's his number.

283
00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:48.667
I would call him for you,

284
00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:52.500
but I don't think it
would help your chances.

285
00:10:54.433 --> 00:10:55.333
- Thank you.
- Good luck.

286
00:10:55.467 --> 00:10:56.834
- Thanks.

287
00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:04.367
- Did you tell them how
important this role is to me?

288
00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:06.700
- You are literally
shooting the third movie

289
00:11:06.834 --> 00:11:08.033
of your own franchise.

290
00:11:08.166 --> 00:11:10.333
You have a catch phrase.

291
00:11:10.467 --> 00:11:11.567
What more do you want?

292
00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:13.133
- Okay, it is the
"Dunes of Eastlynn,"

293
00:11:13.266 --> 00:11:15.500
it is my mother's favorite book.

294
00:11:15.633 --> 00:11:16.900
She'd be very proud if she knew

295
00:11:17.033 --> 00:11:18.467
that I was playing
the role of Travis.

296
00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.200
I mean, I'm perfect for it.

297
00:11:20.333 --> 00:11:21.700
- I get it, I do.

298
00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.200
- I've made you a
lot of money, Denise.

299
00:11:26.333 --> 00:11:28.367
All I'm asking is for you
to get me in the room.

300
00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:30.367
- I will do everything
I can, all right?

301
00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:32.900
But, please, don't
get your hopes up.

302
00:11:33.033 --> 00:11:34.367
You know how these things go.

303
00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:35.500
- Aren't, aren't
you supposed to be

304
00:11:35.633 --> 00:11:36.967
my biggest cheerleader?

305
00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:39.033
- I am. You are amazing.

306
00:11:39.166 --> 00:11:41.033
I just, I have to take
this call, all right?

307
00:11:41.166 --> 00:11:42.533
We'll talk. I promise.

308
00:11:42.667 --> 00:11:44.000
Hello.

309
00:11:44.133 --> 00:11:46.934
- Here you go, with all
the usual accoutrements.

310
00:11:47.066 --> 00:11:48.934
That is French for
high-maintenance actor.

311
00:11:49.066 --> 00:11:50.767
- I'm okay. Thanks, Ben.

312
00:11:50.900 --> 00:11:51.700
- All right, then.

313
00:11:51.834 --> 00:11:52.934
Well, you'll be happy to know

314
00:11:53.066 --> 00:11:54.166
I finished the
Christmas shopping

315
00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:55.567
for your brother, his
wife, and Brandon.

316
00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:56.533
- What'd I get them?

317
00:11:56.667 --> 00:11:57.800
- Oh, you were very generous.

318
00:11:57.934 --> 00:11:59.233
Craig got a new
set of golf clubs,

319
00:11:59.367 --> 00:12:00.633
Allison got a personalized
charcuterie board,

320
00:12:00.767 --> 00:12:04.100
and Brandon got a
top-of-the-line gaming headset.

321
00:12:04.233 --> 00:12:05.767
- You're the best.
- I know,

322
00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:08.367
which is why you got me
a VIP weekend in Vegas.

323
00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:09.867
- You know what?

324
00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.166
You should have made it a week.

325
00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.000
- Oh, I did.

326
00:12:12.133 --> 00:12:14.734
- Good.

327
00:12:19.800 --> 00:12:22.834
- So we still need
two more overcoats

328
00:12:22.967 --> 00:12:25.333
and a hat for Bob Cratchit.

329
00:12:25.467 --> 00:12:26.266
- Yeah.

330
00:12:27.233 --> 00:12:28.567
- Cassie, just make the call.

331
00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:30.100
What's the worst
that's gonna happen?

332
00:12:30.233 --> 00:12:31.033
- Oh, I don't know.

333
00:12:31.166 --> 00:12:32.834
Uh, maybe Jake hangs up on me

334
00:12:32.967 --> 00:12:34.400
and I don't get
to direct the play

335
00:12:34.533 --> 00:12:36.400
because there is no play?

336
00:12:36.533 --> 00:12:38.333
- Is this about you shooting
him down for the prom?

337
00:12:38.467 --> 00:12:40.867
- Well, uh, I did
not shoot him down.

338
00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:43.533
I told him very nicely
that I was waiting

339
00:12:43.667 --> 00:12:45.567
for Mike Van Camp to ask me.

340
00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:46.867
And in my defense,
he hadn't spoken

341
00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.600
more than two words
to me before that day.

342
00:12:48.734 --> 00:12:50.467
- Yeah, I'm sure
he's totally over it.

343
00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:52.700
- I just know he's
probably too famous

344
00:12:52.834 --> 00:12:54.867
to even take my call.

345
00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.066
- Well, let's find out.

346
00:12:59.567 --> 00:13:00.400
- You hit video.

347
00:13:00.533 --> 00:13:01.300
- Oh no.

348
00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:04.033
- Hey boss?
- Yeah?

349
00:13:04.166 --> 00:13:06.233
- Got a 614 number here.

350
00:13:06.367 --> 00:13:07.633
- 614, that's Ohio.

351
00:13:07.767 --> 00:13:09.467
You don't, you don't
need to answer that.

352
00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.633
- Oh, shoot, uh-

353
00:13:11.767 --> 00:13:12.900
- Um.

354
00:13:13.033 --> 00:13:14.400
- It's a video call.

355
00:13:17.166 --> 00:13:18.700
- Jake! Hi.

356
00:13:18.834 --> 00:13:20.133
- Cassie Pruitt?

357
00:13:21.066 --> 00:13:22.166
- Yes, hi.

358
00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:23.867
- He remembers you!

359
00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.934
- Howdy.

360
00:13:26.066 --> 00:13:27.367
- Howdy?
- Yeah.

361
00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:32.533
- Wow. I, um, I just didn't
think you would pick up.

362
00:13:32.667 --> 00:13:33.667
- Well, I didn't.

363
00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:35.734
My assistant did. Say hi to Ben.

364
00:13:35.867 --> 00:13:37.133
- Oh, hi!

365
00:13:37.266 --> 00:13:39.100
- Hi. You haven't
changed this high school.

366
00:13:39.233 --> 00:13:40.333
- Ah, thanks.

367
00:13:40.467 --> 00:13:42.133
- Okay, so the last
I heard about you,

368
00:13:42.266 --> 00:13:44.533
you were taking
Broadway by storm.

369
00:13:44.667 --> 00:13:46.367
Are you still crushing
the Great White Way?

370
00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:48.166
- Oh, you bet. You bet.

371
00:13:48.300 --> 00:13:51.734
Yeah, but listen, so I'm
back in Ohio right now.

372
00:13:51.867 --> 00:13:53.266
I'm directing "A
Christmas Carol"

373
00:13:53.400 --> 00:13:54.700
for Dickens Days this year.

374
00:13:54.834 --> 00:13:56.867
- You're directing. You're
not gonna act in it?

375
00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.867
- Oh, well, I actually
studied directing at school.

376
00:14:00.066 --> 00:14:03.000
I just, I just thought
it was more challenging.

377
00:14:03.133 --> 00:14:06.100
- More challenging than acting?

378
00:14:06.233 --> 00:14:08.300
That's a weird thing to say.

379
00:14:08.433 --> 00:14:10.834
Um, well, it's cool that
you're back in Dickens.

380
00:14:10.967 --> 00:14:11.900
I'm sure they're happy to have

381
00:14:12.033 --> 00:14:14.600
the on-and-only Cassie Pruitt.

382
00:14:14.734 --> 00:14:15.700
That's a big deal.

383
00:14:15.834 --> 00:14:17.166
- It is a big deal, yeah.

384
00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:20.467
- Yeah, no, I know.
I just said that.

385
00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.900
- I don't, what?

386
00:14:23.533 --> 00:14:24.467
- Let me ask you a question.

387
00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.600
Whenever I get a call from Ohio,

388
00:14:26.734 --> 00:14:27.867
people want something,

389
00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.400
like an autographed picture-
- I'm good.

390
00:14:29.533 --> 00:14:31.767
- Or a lot of times they want me

391
00:14:31.900 --> 00:14:33.667
to sing "Happy
Birthday" to their mom

392
00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:35.166
and send it via video.

393
00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:37.100
So what do you want?

394
00:14:37.233 --> 00:14:39.934
- Okay. So this is the
100th Dickens Days,

395
00:14:40.066 --> 00:14:41.800
which, of course, means
all eyes are gonna be

396
00:14:41.934 --> 00:14:42.867
on the festival, right?

397
00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.333
Especially the play.

398
00:14:44.467 --> 00:14:46.166
- Right, I mean, the play
was the most important event.

399
00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:50.367
- Exactly. And, okay, so
we've run into a little snag.

400
00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:54.600
Ray Muller, who plays
Scrooge, he lost his voice.

401
00:14:54.734 --> 00:14:56.533
So we don't have a Scrooge

402
00:14:56.667 --> 00:15:00.533
and the play is only a
week away on Christmas Eve.

403
00:15:00.667 --> 00:15:03.734
- Well, Ray is irreplaceable.

404
00:15:03.867 --> 00:15:05.834
- Not necessarily.

405
00:15:05.967 --> 00:15:07.667
Okay, so hear me out,

406
00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:10.166
the mayor was
wondering if maybe you

407
00:15:10.300 --> 00:15:13.100
would come home and
take over the role.

408
00:15:13.233 --> 00:15:14.333
- The mayor is wondering?

409
00:15:14.467 --> 00:15:16.867
- I know
it's ridiculous.

410
00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.166
It's so silly. I
wasn't even gonna ask.

411
00:15:20.300 --> 00:15:22.867
- Why is it ridiculous?

412
00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.700
You think it's ridiculous
because you think

413
00:15:24.834 --> 00:15:27.100
I can't play Ebenezer Scrooge?

414
00:15:27.233 --> 00:15:28.767
- No, it's more that I,

415
00:15:28.900 --> 00:15:30.166
well, I didn't think you would.

416
00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:31.400
- As it turns out,

417
00:15:31.533 --> 00:15:34.567
I'm preparing for a
career-defining role.

418
00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:36.266
Yeah, I'm, I'm not
gonna be available-

419
00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:37.500
- Okay, but hold on, hold on,

420
00:15:37.633 --> 00:15:40.200
it's just that if, if
I don't find a Scrooge,

421
00:15:40.333 --> 00:15:42.133
there won't be a play at all.

422
00:15:42.266 --> 00:15:44.066
- Well, why don't
you play Scrooge?

423
00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.033
Or is it, is it not
challenging enough for you?

424
00:15:46.166 --> 00:15:48.166
- Ooh, good. Okay.

425
00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:50.433
Well, I just thought
I'd give it a try.

426
00:15:50.567 --> 00:15:52.400
So good luck with your movie.

427
00:15:52.533 --> 00:15:54.600
- Yeah, congrats
on the play. Bye.

428
00:15:56.166 --> 00:15:57.266
- That was so weird.

429
00:15:57.400 --> 00:15:59.533
- Yeah, that took a turn.

430
00:16:02.133 --> 00:16:04.333
- Jake! How's my handsome guy?

431
00:16:04.467 --> 00:16:07.100
I bring cupcakes, your favorite.

432
00:16:07.233 --> 00:16:09.300
- You're bringing cupcakes.

433
00:16:09.433 --> 00:16:10.767
Did they make me an offer?

434
00:16:10.900 --> 00:16:13.400
- Ah, look,
I'm sorry, Jake.

435
00:16:13.533 --> 00:16:15.867
They just don't think
you have the chops

436
00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.033
for a dramatic part.

437
00:16:18.166 --> 00:16:19.133
- That hurts.

438
00:16:19.266 --> 00:16:20.934
- Oh, Jakey.

439
00:16:21.066 --> 00:16:22.300
- Listen, is there nothing

440
00:16:22.433 --> 00:16:23.967
that I can do to prove myself?

441
00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:26.734
- Look, what
do you want me to say?

442
00:16:26.867 --> 00:16:28.200
No one's just gonna hand you

443
00:16:28.333 --> 00:16:30.900
a meaty, dramatic
role.

444
00:16:31.033 --> 00:16:32.467
Look around. Come on.

445
00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.000
You got a good thing going here.

446
00:16:35.133 --> 00:16:36.266
Don't fight it.

447
00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:28.800
- So, as much as it breaks
my heart to say this,

448
00:17:28.934 --> 00:17:31.300
without Ray, there's
no Ebenezer Scrooge.

449
00:17:31.433 --> 00:17:33.800
And without Ebenezer Scrooge,

450
00:17:34.734 --> 00:17:36.100
there's no play.

451
00:17:36.233 --> 00:17:37.934
I know, I'm so sorry.

452
00:17:39.066 --> 00:17:42.467
Trust me, nobody wanted
this more than me.

453
00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:45.967
And I just wanted to say
thank you all so much.

454
00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:48.467
You've been great, and
this is such an honor.

455
00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:50.667
- Bah, humbug!

456
00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:53.600
- Excuse me, this is a
closed meeting for cast.

457
00:17:53.734 --> 00:17:55.133
- Bah, humbug!

458
00:17:56.967 --> 00:17:59.867
- Jake?
-

459
00:18:00.066 --> 00:18:01.033
- Hi. Hey, what's up?

460
00:18:01.166 --> 00:18:02.100
Hi, hi, hi.

461
00:18:02.233 --> 00:18:03.300
- Yeah, hi.

462
00:18:03.433 --> 00:18:04.233
Can you guys just
excuse me for one sec?

463
00:18:04.367 --> 00:18:06.867
Yeah, sorry. Just a minute.

464
00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.266
- Mm, hey, guys.

465
00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.467
- What are you doing here?

466
00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:12.000
- Well, you said you
needed an Ebenezer Scrooge.

467
00:18:12.133 --> 00:18:13.467
Well, guess what?

468
00:18:13.600 --> 00:18:14.633
Here I am.

469
00:18:14.767 --> 00:18:16.400
- Uh, yeah, what
happened to this whole

470
00:18:16.533 --> 00:18:18.000
career-defining role?

471
00:18:18.133 --> 00:18:19.800
- Well, I turned it down
because I want a chance

472
00:18:19.934 --> 00:18:22.400
to work with a bonafide
Broadway director.

473
00:18:22.533 --> 00:18:24.266
So what, you gonna make me

474
00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.967
audition for the role now, hmm?

475
00:18:34.433 --> 00:18:36.667
- Okay, guys, great news,

476
00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:39.333
uh, you have a Scrooge.

477
00:18:39.467 --> 00:18:40.233
- Whoo-hoo!

478
00:18:40.367 --> 00:18:43.667
- Whoo!

479
00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:46.133
You're gonna be great.
- I am gonna be great.

480
00:18:46.266 --> 00:18:47.433
- Yeah, I know, I just,

481
00:18:47.567 --> 00:18:51.567
I just said that.

482
00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:54.233
- My agent, hang on. Hello?

483
00:18:54.367 --> 00:18:58.000
- Look at you directing
an A-list celebrity.

484
00:18:59.033 --> 00:19:01.467
This is a huge deal.

485
00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:03.000
- Or a huge mistake.

486
00:19:08.266 --> 00:19:10.834
I'm coming to you live from
Dickens, Ohio, my hometown.

487
00:19:10.967 --> 00:19:11.667
And look at this,

488
00:19:11.800 --> 00:19:12.800
this is my new cast

489
00:19:12.934 --> 00:19:15.533
of "A Christmas Carol."

490
00:19:15.667 --> 00:19:16.533
- Do the right thing,

491
00:19:16.667 --> 00:19:17.934
or it's the last
thing you'll do.

492
00:19:18.066 --> 00:19:20.033
- Did you hear that, America-
- Uncle Jake!

493
00:19:20.166 --> 00:19:21.367
- Oh! Oh!

494
00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:23.266
It's my nephew! It's Brandon.

495
00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.734
Look at this kid.

496
00:19:24.867 --> 00:19:25.834
Oh, my gosh.

497
00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:29.900
Ah! What's up?

498
00:19:30.033 --> 00:19:33.367
Hi, good to see you.
- Welcome home.

499
00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.633
- Hi, Craig.

500
00:19:35.767 --> 00:19:36.967
- Hey.

501
00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:40.133
Man, I cannot believe
how big you've gotten.

502
00:19:40.266 --> 00:19:41.333
You're huge.

503
00:19:41.467 --> 00:19:42.233
- That's because
you haven't seen him

504
00:19:42.367 --> 00:19:43.734
since he was six.

505
00:19:44.867 --> 00:19:46.133
- Hey, I was hoping
that you guys

506
00:19:46.266 --> 00:19:48.834
would accept my invitation
to come out to LA.

507
00:19:48.967 --> 00:19:50.867
- Yeah, well, it's kind
of hard to get away.

508
00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.734
You know, with the restaurant.

509
00:19:52.867 --> 00:19:54.800
- Jake, why don't I get
your bags in the car

510
00:19:54.934 --> 00:19:56.033
and get you settled
in at the house?

511
00:19:56.166 --> 00:19:57.266
- Allison, that's
so sweet of you,

512
00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:00.667
but I'm actually
staying at the, the B&B.

513
00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:02.934
- What? You're not
staying with us?

514
00:20:03.066 --> 00:20:04.533
- Sorry, Brandon.

515
00:20:04.667 --> 00:20:06.133
I didn't want to
impose, you know?

516
00:20:06.266 --> 00:20:08.066
It's such short notice.

517
00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.500
Plus, I'm gonna be
spending most of my time

518
00:20:09.633 --> 00:20:10.734
trying to learn my lines.

519
00:20:10.867 --> 00:20:13.100
- I can help you. I
know everyone's lines.

520
00:20:13.233 --> 00:20:14.367
- Yeah, the
trick is getting him

521
00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.800
not to mouth every single one.

522
00:20:15.934 --> 00:20:17.667
- Does he? Does he do it?

523
00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:20.467
- But I'll see you tomorrow
at Dickens Days, right?

524
00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:23.000
- Let's see. Yeah, we'll see.

525
00:20:25.667 --> 00:20:26.900
- Yeah, we should
probably get going.

526
00:20:27.033 --> 00:20:28.734
- Yeah.
- Okay, night!

527
00:20:30.300 --> 00:20:31.333
- Welcome home, Jake.

528
00:20:31.467 --> 00:20:32.266
- Bye, Allison.

529
00:20:36.734 --> 00:20:39.367
- Ah, all
right. Awesome.

530
00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.600
Great rehearsal today, guys.

531
00:20:40.734 --> 00:20:43.133
I'll see you tomorrow.

532
00:20:43.266 --> 00:20:45.066
- Here is your script.

533
00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.333
- Thank you, boss.

534
00:20:47.467 --> 00:20:48.500
Uh, I'm gonna head back

535
00:20:48.633 --> 00:20:51.300
to the B&B and get settled in.

536
00:20:51.433 --> 00:20:52.533
- Where all your bags?

537
00:20:52.667 --> 00:20:53.734
- My assistant went
ahead with them.

538
00:20:53.867 --> 00:20:55.100
- You brought an entourage?

539
00:20:55.233 --> 00:20:56.133
- It's one guy.

540
00:20:56.266 --> 00:20:58.166
- Hmm, can you walk to the B&B,

541
00:20:58.300 --> 00:20:59.967
or do you need a limo?

542
00:21:00.166 --> 00:21:01.734
- I can walk, as
long as somebody

543
00:21:01.867 --> 00:21:03.233
rolls out a red carpet for me.

544
00:21:03.367 --> 00:21:04.533
- Oh. Well, see, it's winter.

545
00:21:04.667 --> 00:21:06.734
So the best I can do is
carpet of pine needles.

546
00:21:06.867 --> 00:21:08.033
- Yeah? That would work.

547
00:21:08.166 --> 00:21:08.834
- Yeah?
- You could do that.

548
00:21:08.967 --> 00:21:10.066
- Great.

549
00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.767
- Well, which way
are you heading?

550
00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.834
- Towards the inn.

551
00:21:12.967 --> 00:21:14.367
- Would you to walk with me?

552
00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:17.767
- Sure.

553
00:21:22.066 --> 00:21:24.667
So how does it feel to be back?

554
00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:25.600
- Weird.

555
00:21:25.734 --> 00:21:27.767
- Yeah, it was weird coming home

556
00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:30.066
from New York, too.

557
00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.867
Everything always seems so-
- Small.

558
00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.100
- I was gonna say quiet.

559
00:21:33.233 --> 00:21:35.367
- Ah, no, Malibu is quiet.
- Right.

560
00:21:39.367 --> 00:21:42.367
- So I know this really
great cocoa stand

561
00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:45.133
if you wanna, can I buy you one?

562
00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:48.834
- Cocoa with you?
- Yeah.

563
00:21:49.734 --> 00:21:51.233
- I will not say no to that.

564
00:22:00.834 --> 00:22:02.200
Here you go.
- Ooh, thank you.

565
00:22:02.333 --> 00:22:03.800
- This looks good.

566
00:22:03.934 --> 00:22:06.667
Merry Christmas, thank you!

567
00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:09.700
Wow, I mean the town
has gone all out

568
00:22:09.834 --> 00:22:12.333
for Dickens Days,
this is elaborate.

569
00:22:12.467 --> 00:22:13.600
- Yeah, the mayor decided

570
00:22:13.734 --> 00:22:15.333
to really kick it up a notch-
- Here you go.

571
00:22:15.467 --> 00:22:18.133
- For the 100th anniversary.
- Huh.

572
00:22:18.266 --> 00:22:19.900
- We're even doing a
horse and carriage ride.

573
00:22:20.033 --> 00:22:21.967
- Ooh, you know, the last time

574
00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:24.567
I was on a horse and
carriage, I had to,

575
00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:26.200
I had to jump off
of a helicopter

576
00:22:26.333 --> 00:22:28.100
in land mines for
an action sequence.

577
00:22:28.233 --> 00:22:31.767
- Well, I think
that is out of our budget,

578
00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:34.900
but technically, so is
a movie star like you.

579
00:22:35.033 --> 00:22:39.000
- All right, tell
you what, while I'm here,

580
00:22:39.133 --> 00:22:41.500
let's, let's pretend
like I'm not famous.

581
00:22:41.633 --> 00:22:43.600
- Oh, well, you're the
one that brought it up

582
00:22:43.734 --> 00:22:45.233
with the whole
helicopter thing, right?

583
00:22:45.367 --> 00:22:46.767
So, yeah.
- okay, fair point.

584
00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.600
- True fair point.

585
00:22:47.734 --> 00:22:49.000
However, I have to say

586
00:22:49.133 --> 00:22:51.467
that it feels weird
being back home.

587
00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:53.200
- Why?
- I don't know.

588
00:22:53.333 --> 00:22:54.600
Everywhere I look, I just,

589
00:22:54.734 --> 00:22:56.700
I remember all of these people

590
00:22:56.834 --> 00:23:00.133
who didn't think I would
be successful at all.

591
00:23:00.266 --> 00:23:01.934
- Is that why you
don't come home much?

592
00:23:02.066 --> 00:23:05.033
- No, but it's why I
work so hard to make it.

593
00:23:05.166 --> 00:23:06.600
Well, what about you?

594
00:23:06.734 --> 00:23:09.200
How did they convince the
one-and-only Cassie Pruitt

595
00:23:09.333 --> 00:23:12.500
to come home and direct
community theater?

596
00:23:12.633 --> 00:23:15.633
- Well, I came back
about three months ago

597
00:23:15.767 --> 00:23:17.533
to help out after
my mom's surgery,

598
00:23:17.667 --> 00:23:19.233
and they needed a director.

599
00:23:19.367 --> 00:23:21.900
So I just decided to
stay through Christmas.

600
00:23:22.033 --> 00:23:24.166
- And then it's, is
it back to Broadway?

601
00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:25.667
- Back, truth is,

602
00:23:28.433 --> 00:23:30.633
I never really got there.

603
00:23:30.767 --> 00:23:32.667
- Well, what does,
what does that mean?

604
00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:35.934
- Well, it's a,

605
00:23:36.066 --> 00:23:37.500
it's a long story and
a pretty short walk.

606
00:23:37.633 --> 00:23:39.700
So maybe, maybe some other time.

607
00:23:39.834 --> 00:23:41.166
- Okay.

608
00:23:41.300 --> 00:23:42.500
- So what about you?

609
00:23:42.633 --> 00:23:44.133
What ultimately made you decide

610
00:23:44.266 --> 00:23:45.433
to come home and do the play?

611
00:23:45.567 --> 00:23:46.934
- You're surprised, aren't you?

612
00:23:47.066 --> 00:23:48.233
- Considering you hung up on me?

613
00:23:48.367 --> 00:23:50.300
I'd say
yeah, a little bit.

614
00:23:50.433 --> 00:23:52.066
- Okay, what
exactly did you say?

615
00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:54.700
Directing, it's more
what than acting?

616
00:23:54.834 --> 00:23:57.500
- Challenging, but that
is not what I meant.

617
00:23:57.633 --> 00:23:59.333
- There it is.
- You took it wrong.

618
00:23:59.467 --> 00:24:02.000
- Listen, Cassie, you
shot up the bat signal.

619
00:24:02.133 --> 00:24:04.100
I answered your call.

620
00:24:04.233 --> 00:24:06.300
If Dickens, Ohio
needs Jake Dorsey,

621
00:24:06.433 --> 00:24:07.533
well then, guess what?

622
00:24:07.667 --> 00:24:09.934
I'm gonna come
home, save the day.

623
00:24:10.066 --> 00:24:12.800
Oh, my gosh.

624
00:24:12.934 --> 00:24:15.100
Look where we are.

625
00:24:15.233 --> 00:24:18.266
This is the best
job I've ever had.

626
00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:20.700
I mean, aside from the
whole movie star thing.

627
00:24:20.834 --> 00:24:21.900
- You worked here?
- What?

628
00:24:22.033 --> 00:24:23.000
- You know, I
remember you worked

629
00:24:23.133 --> 00:24:24.633
at your mom's restaurant, but I-

630
00:24:24.767 --> 00:24:25.834
- Cassie, you used to come in

631
00:24:25.967 --> 00:24:27.433
and you'd buy things
for your parents

632
00:24:27.567 --> 00:24:28.967
and I was the guy
behind the register.

633
00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:30.400
- Yes. Okay.

634
00:24:30.533 --> 00:24:31.867
Yeah, it's all coming back.

635
00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.834
- No.

636
00:24:32.967 --> 00:24:34.800
- I remember that you were

637
00:24:34.934 --> 00:24:36.567
the best set
builder we ever had.

638
00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:40.066
And I remember that
you were really quiet,

639
00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.200
like really quiet.
- I was shy.

640
00:24:42.333 --> 00:24:44.066
- Aw, you were shy?

641
00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.867
Is that why you never
auditioned for any parts?

642
00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.433
- No, I auditioned
for every single play.

643
00:24:48.567 --> 00:24:50.533
I never got cast because
all they saw me as

644
00:24:50.667 --> 00:24:51.934
was the guy who
could build the set

645
00:24:52.066 --> 00:24:54.600
and point the spotlight at you.

646
00:24:55.767 --> 00:24:56.767
- Or, maybe you
weren't good enough.

647
00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:59.633
Oh! Oh!
- Ooh!

648
00:24:59.767 --> 00:25:00.834
- You don't think
I'm good enough

649
00:25:00.967 --> 00:25:02.300
to play Ebenezer
Scrooge, do you?

650
00:25:02.433 --> 00:25:04.300
- Well, hopefully, you
are gonna prove me wrong.

651
00:25:04.433 --> 00:25:06.133
- Yeah, I am.
- Let's do this.

652
00:25:18.133 --> 00:25:21.066
So this is by far the
best B&B in Dickens.

653
00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:23.767
- Yeah, it's beautiful.

654
00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.867
- Hey, boss.

655
00:25:26.166 --> 00:25:28.633
Bad news, the linens
aren't Egyptian cotton.

656
00:25:28.767 --> 00:25:29.834
I've overnighted some,

657
00:25:29.967 --> 00:25:31.066
but it looks like
you'll have to suffer

658
00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.567
through some low thread
count percale tonight.

659
00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.266
- Ben, I,

660
00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:36.233
I don't care about these things.

661
00:25:36.367 --> 00:25:37.300
- Since when?

662
00:25:40.033 --> 00:25:41.000
Hi, uh, Ben.

663
00:25:42.266 --> 00:25:43.533
I'm Jake's personal assistant.

664
00:25:43.667 --> 00:25:45.033
- Cassie.

665
00:25:45.166 --> 00:25:47.467
- I was just joking about
the low thread count thing.

666
00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:49.033
- Yeah, I feel like
you weren't though.

667
00:25:49.166 --> 00:25:50.900
- No, I wasn't.

668
00:25:51.033 --> 00:25:52.533
- Hey, whose team are you on?

669
00:25:52.667 --> 00:25:54.133
- Yours, of course.

670
00:25:54.266 --> 00:25:56.567
Here is your key.
Everything is unpacked.

671
00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.500
Text me if you need anything.

672
00:25:58.633 --> 00:26:00.500
- All right. Thank you, Ben.

673
00:26:00.633 --> 00:26:02.000
- So Been seems-

674
00:26:02.133 --> 00:26:03.300
- Great, yeah.

675
00:26:03.433 --> 00:26:04.533
Yeah. He's great.

676
00:26:04.667 --> 00:26:07.000
- So is it okay if I
run everything by you

677
00:26:07.133 --> 00:26:08.700
or do I have to go through Ben?

678
00:26:08.834 --> 00:26:10.166
- No. Cassie, it's me.

679
00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:11.633
You just talk to me.

680
00:26:11.767 --> 00:26:15.133
- Perfect. So I'm going to
text you a rehearsal schedule.

681
00:26:15.266 --> 00:26:16.767
You have a fitting
in the morning,

682
00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:19.367
and the festival kickoff
is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

683
00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:23.100
- Yeah, um, I'm probably
not gonna make that,

684
00:26:23.233 --> 00:26:25.300
sleeping in with
the West Coast time

685
00:26:25.433 --> 00:26:26.633
and lines to learn.

686
00:26:26.767 --> 00:26:29.033
- Right, except for
the rest of the cast

687
00:26:29.166 --> 00:26:30.433
will be there to
promote the show.

688
00:26:30.567 --> 00:26:32.000
- Okay.
- And the mayor is gonna be

689
00:26:32.133 --> 00:26:34.934
there to promote that
you are now in said show.

690
00:26:35.066 --> 00:26:36.367
- I'm gonna try to make it.

691
00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:38.700
- Right, which is
code for, "Meh."

692
00:26:38.834 --> 00:26:40.934
- I'll tell you what,
you tell the mayor

693
00:26:41.066 --> 00:26:42.200
that I'm getting into character

694
00:26:42.333 --> 00:26:43.667
and he's gonna understand that.

695
00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:45.300
- Oh, well you do look
pretty annoyed right now.

696
00:26:45.433 --> 00:26:47.100
So maybe he'll buy it.

697
00:26:47.233 --> 00:26:49.500
Hey listen, Brandon
will be there.

698
00:26:49.633 --> 00:26:51.033
You don't wanna
disappoint him, do you?

699
00:26:51.166 --> 00:26:53.033
- Really? You're going to
bring my nephew into this?

700
00:26:53.166 --> 00:26:55.033
- Mm, I just did.

701
00:26:55.166 --> 00:26:56.667
- All right, Cassie Pruitt.

702
00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.767
- See you tomorrow, Scrooge.

703
00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.934
- Yeah. Wait a minute.

704
00:26:59.066 --> 00:27:01.166
Are you calling me
Scrooge as my character,

705
00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:03.800
or as a general sort
of personality trait?

706
00:27:03.934 --> 00:27:05.300
- Mm, yes. Night.

707
00:27:07.834 --> 00:27:11.233
- Bah, humbug.

708
00:27:27.033 --> 00:27:29.667
- Good morning,
and happy holidays

709
00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:32.166
from the town of Dickens, Ohio.

710
00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:39.233
As mayor, I'd like to
officially welcome everyone

711
00:27:39.367 --> 00:27:43.300
to the 100th anniversary
of Dickens Days.

712
00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.433
As you know, every year,

713
00:27:47.567 --> 00:27:49.066
in the week leading
up to Christmas,

714
00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:53.166
our town is transformed
into Victorian London

715
00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.767
and we are transported back

716
00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:57.266
to the time of our namesake,

717
00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:00.867
the great writer and
chronicler of his age,

718
00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.300
Charles Dickens.

719
00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:08.533
And for our Centennial
celebration,

720
00:28:08.667 --> 00:28:11.400
we've pulled out all the stops.

721
00:28:11.533 --> 00:28:15.033
Today, we'll have a visit
from Father Christmas.

722
00:28:15.166 --> 00:28:18.100
And tomorrow is the
gingerbread house contest.

723
00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:22.533
Then, candlelight
caroling on Main Street,

724
00:28:22.667 --> 00:28:24.433
Dickens Day of Giving,

725
00:28:24.567 --> 00:28:27.734
and finally, our
Christmas Eve production

726
00:28:27.867 --> 00:28:29.600
of "A Christmas Carol."

727
00:28:32.433 --> 00:28:35.467
This year, it's a
special privilege

728
00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:39.100
to welcome home Dickens'
most famous actor

729
00:28:39.233 --> 00:28:42.333
to play the starring
role of Ebenezer Scrooge,

730
00:28:42.467 --> 00:28:44.533
our very own Jake Dorsey.

731
00:29:07.066 --> 00:29:11.000
- Jake! Uh, you missed your
wardrobe fitting this morning.

732
00:29:11.133 --> 00:29:13.367
And the mayor was on stage
hoping to introduce you.

733
00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.633
- Right, but for what?

734
00:29:14.767 --> 00:29:15.900
He was going to have
me come up on stage

735
00:29:16.033 --> 00:29:17.433
and scream, "Bah,
humbug" at people.

736
00:29:17.567 --> 00:29:18.667
I'm not gonna do that.

737
00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.700
- Well, didn't have a
problem screaming it

738
00:29:19.834 --> 00:29:21.100
last night at the theater,

739
00:29:21.233 --> 00:29:22.900
twice.

740
00:29:23.033 --> 00:29:24.367
- Because I was making
a grand entrance.

741
00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:26.934
It was, it was very different.

742
00:29:27.066 --> 00:29:29.100
- Are you getting cold feet?

743
00:29:29.233 --> 00:29:30.567
Do you not wanna do this?

744
00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.266
- I wanna do it, but I
signed up to do the play.

745
00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:34.367
I didn't come here to
do all this other stuff.

746
00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.967
- Okay, well, all
this other stuff,

747
00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:38.133
it's part of promoting the play.

748
00:29:38.266 --> 00:29:39.166
- Speaking of
promoting the play,

749
00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:40.900
is that Ray Muller over there?

750
00:29:41.033 --> 00:29:42.100
- What?

751
00:29:42.233 --> 00:29:45.000
Ray! He'd love to see you.

752
00:29:45.133 --> 00:29:46.600
Come over, come.

753
00:29:46.734 --> 00:29:49.467
Ah, hi!

754
00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:51.567
Oh, this is so you, Ray.

755
00:29:52.734 --> 00:29:53.834
You can't even
talk and you still

756
00:29:53.967 --> 00:29:56.200
find a way to help
out, thank you.

757
00:29:56.333 --> 00:29:57.533
- Mr. Muller, I don't know

758
00:29:57.667 --> 00:29:59.100
if you remember me or not.

759
00:29:59.233 --> 00:30:01.533
I'm Jake Dorsey from your
high school theater class,

760
00:30:01.667 --> 00:30:03.300
20 years ago almost.

761
00:30:04.433 --> 00:30:06.033
- Yeah, that's right.

762
00:30:06.166 --> 00:30:07.133
"Throttle Run."

763
00:30:07.266 --> 00:30:08.734
I'm sorry for the circumstances

764
00:30:08.867 --> 00:30:10.100
that have brought me here.

765
00:30:10.233 --> 00:30:11.867
It's awful to hear about,

766
00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.133
but I hope I do you proud.

767
00:30:13.266 --> 00:30:14.467
Sir, they're big shoes to fill.

768
00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:16.300
- Hi, Mr. Mayor.

769
00:30:16.433 --> 00:30:17.767
W- hold on. Hold on, wait.

770
00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:21.333
What? What do you
mean he's not coming?

771
00:30:21.467 --> 00:30:22.333
Okay, calm down.

772
00:30:22.467 --> 00:30:24.433
I'll be right there. Okay, bye.

773
00:30:24.567 --> 00:30:25.967
- What's wrong?

774
00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:27.200
- Father Christmas can't make it

775
00:30:27.333 --> 00:30:30.100
and there's a line
of kids already.

776
00:30:30.233 --> 00:30:31.633
What?

777
00:30:31.767 --> 00:30:34.600
- Ho-ho-ho-ho, Merry
Christmas, Dawntae.

778
00:30:34.734 --> 00:30:36.200
That's for you, my dear.

779
00:30:36.333 --> 00:30:38.667
Merry Christmas. Pretty hair.

780
00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:40.467
All right. Well, Oh!

781
00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:42.166
Well, hello there, young man.

782
00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:44.100
How are you? Merry Christmas.

783
00:30:44.233 --> 00:30:45.266
- Hi.
- Hi.

784
00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.700
- So I know I'm a
little too old for this-

785
00:30:46.834 --> 00:30:48.100
- Oh, nonsense,
you're never too old

786
00:30:48.233 --> 00:30:50.166
to talk to Father Christmas.

787
00:30:50.300 --> 00:30:52.200
Question, would
you like, perhaps,

788
00:30:52.333 --> 00:30:54.700
a pair of headphones
for your video games?

789
00:30:54.834 --> 00:30:57.700
- Nah, I already have some.
- Oh.

790
00:30:57.834 --> 00:30:59.300
- So I don't know
if you know this,

791
00:30:59.433 --> 00:31:00.900
but my Uncle Jake is home.

792
00:31:01.033 --> 00:31:02.667
He's Jake Dorsey,
the famous actor.

793
00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:05.066
- Oh, I know who he is Yes.

794
00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.633
- Well, the only thing I want

795
00:31:06.767 --> 00:31:09.400
is for my Uncle Jake
and my dad to get along.

796
00:31:09.533 --> 00:31:12.266
Maybe my Uncle Jake
would come home more.

797
00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.500
I really miss seeing him.

798
00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:20.467
- Well, I, I bet that I can
make that happen, Brandon.

799
00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.700
- How do you know my name?

800
00:31:21.834 --> 00:31:24.567
- Because I'm,
I'm Father Christmas.

801
00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:27.834
I know everything!

802
00:31:27.967 --> 00:31:30.700
Here, lad, a little
extra candy for you,

803
00:31:30.834 --> 00:31:32.100
my boy, Merry Christmas.

804
00:31:32.233 --> 00:31:33.600
Don't tell anybody.

805
00:31:33.734 --> 00:31:34.533
- Merry Christmas.

806
00:31:34.667 --> 00:31:36.033
- Merry Christmas.

807
00:31:40.166 --> 00:31:41.567
- Brandon!
- Oh!

808
00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.367
- I'm just wondering
if I could give you

809
00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.333
a really important job.

810
00:31:45.467 --> 00:31:46.834
- Yeah, sure.

811
00:31:46.967 --> 00:31:48.633
- Could I put you in charge
of helping your Uncle Jake

812
00:31:48.767 --> 00:31:49.934
learn all of his lines?

813
00:31:50.066 --> 00:31:51.200
- Yeah, I can do that.

814
00:31:51.333 --> 00:31:52.734
- Maybe you two could
work together tomorrow

815
00:31:52.867 --> 00:31:55.333
while you build gingerbread
houses at the inn?

816
00:31:55.467 --> 00:31:56.533
- Awesome. I'll be there.

817
00:31:56.667 --> 00:31:57.934
- Okay.

818
00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:01.200
- Thank you.

819
00:32:15.433 --> 00:32:17.967
- And I suppose you'll
want want a day off.

820
00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:20.400
- If it's quite convenient, sir.

821
00:32:20.533 --> 00:32:21.633
If I-

822
00:32:21.767 --> 00:32:24.967
- If, if, if
I were to hold back

823
00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:27.400
half a shilling wages.

824
00:32:27.533 --> 00:32:28.266
- It's crown.

825
00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.133
- Crown.
- Half a crown.

826
00:32:29.266 --> 00:32:30.867
- Crown, right.

827
00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.133
- Pay up.

828
00:32:34.533 --> 00:32:36.100
- You're just messing up
to see how many I'll eat.

829
00:32:36.233 --> 00:32:38.033
- Maybe, just maybe.

830
00:32:38.166 --> 00:32:41.133
- Uncle Jake! Say
the line, please.

831
00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.333
Do the right thing,

832
00:32:45.467 --> 00:32:48.433
or it's the last
thing you'll do.

833
00:32:50.367 --> 00:32:51.967
- It must be awesome
being famous.

834
00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:55.333
- Maybe not. It's okay,
it's got its perks.

835
00:32:55.467 --> 00:32:56.600
But sometimes,

836
00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.367
sometimes you just
wanna be a guy

837
00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:02.166
who can shove
marshmallows in his face.

838
00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.867
You know, without
everybody paying attention,

839
00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.333
and not be bothered
by anybody, capisce?

840
00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:09.066
- Hey, we gotta get going.

841
00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.633
- Okay, let me just wash
my hands, they're sticky

842
00:33:10.767 --> 00:33:12.367
from all the candy.
- Okay.

843
00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.633
- He's a good kid.
- Yeah.

844
00:33:19.767 --> 00:33:21.667
Look do me a favor,

845
00:33:21.800 --> 00:33:22.867
just try to keep in mind

846
00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.367
that it's going to crush
him when you leave.

847
00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.633
And you're a big deal to him.

848
00:33:25.767 --> 00:33:27.467
- Well, he's a big
deal to me, Craig.

849
00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:30.066
- Come on, Jake.

850
00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.900
You haven't seen
him in like years.

851
00:33:32.033 --> 00:33:33.633
- Craig, can we
talk while I'm here?

852
00:33:33.767 --> 00:33:34.900
Can we have a conversation?

853
00:33:35.033 --> 00:33:36.834
- You mean more than
what we just did?

854
00:33:36.967 --> 00:33:38.900
I'm good. Ready?

855
00:33:39.033 --> 00:33:40.266
- See you tomorrow.

856
00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.266
- Bye, buddy.

857
00:33:48.734 --> 00:33:50.967
- Yeah, I
actually remember that.

858
00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:52.967
- I'm so sorry I'm late.
- It's okay.

859
00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:53.934
- Hi. I'm Millie.

860
00:33:54.066 --> 00:33:55.266
- Hi, Millie. I'm Jake.

861
00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.633
I play Belle, your lost love.

862
00:33:56.767 --> 00:33:59.233
I mean Scrooge's
lost love, whatever.

863
00:33:59.367 --> 00:34:01.100
I'm Millie. Did I
say that already?

864
00:34:01.233 --> 00:34:02.200
- Yeah, you did.

865
00:34:02.333 --> 00:34:04.333
- I am so excited

866
00:34:04.467 --> 00:34:06.734
for the Christmas Eve
ball flashback scene.

867
00:34:06.867 --> 00:34:08.233
We get to dance together.

868
00:34:08.367 --> 00:34:12.734
- Oh, Millie, honey, Jake
doesn't play Young Ebenezer.

869
00:34:12.867 --> 00:34:14.233
Jake is old.
- Ah.

870
00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:19.166
That's, thank you.

871
00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.867
- Okay, she has no idea

872
00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.233
that he is in love with her.

873
00:34:24.367 --> 00:34:25.433
- Are you kidding?

874
00:34:25.567 --> 00:34:27.834
Girls always know when
a guy's into them.

875
00:34:27.967 --> 00:34:30.667
Okay, let's get
to work, shall we?

876
00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:32.233
- Not always.

877
00:34:32.367 --> 00:34:34.633
All right, so we'll just, what?

878
00:34:34.767 --> 00:34:35.633
We're taking it from the top?

879
00:34:35.767 --> 00:34:36.867
We'll do that-
- Yeah, yeah.

880
00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:38.200
I will call action, okay.
- Okay.

881
00:34:38.333 --> 00:34:39.533
- Action.

882
00:34:39.667 --> 00:34:41.033
- Merry Christmas, Uncle.

883
00:34:41.166 --> 00:34:42.300
- Bah, humbug.

884
00:34:43.266 --> 00:34:45.100
- Christmas, a humbug?

885
00:34:45.233 --> 00:34:47.166
Uncle, you don't
mean that, I'm sure.

886
00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.433
- You're poor.

887
00:34:49.767 --> 00:34:50.800
Nope. That's not right.

888
00:34:50.934 --> 00:34:51.700
- No.
- I skipped something.

889
00:34:51.834 --> 00:34:52.633
- Yep.

890
00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:55.266
- Merry Christmas?

891
00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:58.667
What right do you, what?

892
00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.266
Merry Chris-

893
00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.300
Nope. That's not it.

894
00:35:02.433 --> 00:35:05.100
Uh, Merry, uh.

895
00:35:05.233 --> 00:35:07.700
Well, Merry Christmas.

896
00:35:07.834 --> 00:35:08.934
I think I'm gonna have to
find a different voice,

897
00:35:09.066 --> 00:35:10.133
'cause that one...

898
00:35:10.266 --> 00:35:11.500
Can we just take
it back to the top?

899
00:35:11.633 --> 00:35:12.767
- Yeah, yeah, for sure.

900
00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.300
Just please remember
this is not a movie.

901
00:35:14.433 --> 00:35:15.800
There's no going
back on show night.

902
00:35:15.934 --> 00:35:17.633
- I
know that, Cassie.

903
00:35:17.767 --> 00:35:18.967
- I just gotta make sure.

904
00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:21.367
- Um, you know what,
don't worry about it.

905
00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:25.500
Bah, Humbug.

906
00:35:25.633 --> 00:35:27.033
- What right have
you to be dismal?

907
00:35:27.166 --> 00:35:30.433
You're rich enough.
Don't be cross.

908
00:35:30.567 --> 00:35:32.600
- Do you, do you
need back again?

909
00:35:32.734 --> 00:35:33.867
- No.

910
00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.400
- Oh, guys, please do
not record rehearsals.

911
00:35:36.533 --> 00:35:37.367
Actors need to feel safe

912
00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.500
to find their characters, okay?

913
00:35:39.633 --> 00:35:41.000
Thank you.

914
00:35:41.133 --> 00:35:42.300
Okay.
- Thank you.

915
00:35:42.433 --> 00:35:45.266
- All right, let's pick
it up from Fred's line.

916
00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.900
- What right have
you to be dismal?

917
00:35:47.033 --> 00:35:49.433
You're rich enough.
Don't be cross.

918
00:35:49.567 --> 00:35:51.367
- What else can I be

919
00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:53.834
when I live in such a world

920
00:35:53.967 --> 00:35:55.367
of fools as this?

921
00:36:02.433 --> 00:36:03.200
What?

922
00:36:03.333 --> 00:36:04.667
- Nothing, it's just,

923
00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:07.000
it's a lot different
from how Ray did it.

924
00:36:07.133 --> 00:36:09.367
- Ray's not here, bro. I am.

925
00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:12.533
- Can, can I make a suggestion?

926
00:36:12.667 --> 00:36:14.100
- Most directors give the
actors a couple of times

927
00:36:14.233 --> 00:36:15.300
to run through it
before they jump in

928
00:36:15.433 --> 00:36:17.600
with the performance notes.

929
00:36:17.734 --> 00:36:18.533
- Cool, okay.

930
00:36:18.667 --> 00:36:21.333
Uh, let's just keep going.

931
00:36:29.633 --> 00:36:30.600
- Hey.
- Hey.

932
00:36:31.667 --> 00:36:34.200
- You okay?
- Yeah, no, I'm fine.

933
00:36:35.333 --> 00:36:37.533
- Listen, it's
just the first day.

934
00:36:37.667 --> 00:36:39.367
It'll all come together once
you get your lines down.

935
00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:41.934
- It's not
my lines, Cassie.

936
00:36:42.066 --> 00:36:43.633
I'm good at
remembering my lines.

937
00:36:43.767 --> 00:36:46.767
I just, I have to
be in character

938
00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.200
in order to trigger them,

939
00:36:48.333 --> 00:36:50.600
and I don't know who
Scrooge is on the inside.

940
00:36:50.734 --> 00:36:55.033
So I just, I don't,
I don't know.

941
00:36:55.166 --> 00:36:56.500
- Okay. So listen,

942
00:36:56.633 --> 00:36:58.266
I know you have a lot
more experience than I do,

943
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.133
but can I make a suggestion?

944
00:37:00.266 --> 00:37:02.967
- Uh, yeah. Please, yes.

945
00:37:03.100 --> 00:37:04.734
- Okay so when I sat

946
00:37:06.533 --> 00:37:08.967
and I had problems
getting into character,

947
00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:12.600
I would think about her
from the outside in.

948
00:37:12.734 --> 00:37:13.834
- What do you mean?

949
00:37:13.967 --> 00:37:17.266
- Okay, so I would
think about her walk

950
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.300
and her hair and
her posture, yeah.

951
00:37:23.967 --> 00:37:26.600
Remember, Scrooge is
an old man, right?

952
00:37:26.734 --> 00:37:30.633
He's cold and he's stiff
because he's too cheap

953
00:37:31.734 --> 00:37:34.633
to have a fire burning.

954
00:37:34.767 --> 00:37:37.667
He has a constant
scowl on his face

955
00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:43.433
because he doesn't even
love his own family,

956
00:37:43.567 --> 00:37:45.467
or doesn't realize

957
00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:49.266
that he actually
does love them, yeah.

958
00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:54.100
Does that makes sense?

959
00:37:59.867 --> 00:38:04.500
- Yeah, that's, that's
really helpful, actually.

960
00:38:04.633 --> 00:38:06.300
- Good.

961
00:38:06.433 --> 00:38:09.934
- I'm sorry about
being uncool in there.

962
00:38:10.066 --> 00:38:13.800
- Yeah, it was a little
uncool, but all good.

963
00:38:20.367 --> 00:38:22.467
So some of us are gonna go

964
00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:26.467
to the Three Ghost Pub
after the candlelight walk.

965
00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:27.367
You wanna join?

966
00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.900
- I would love that.

967
00:38:29.033 --> 00:38:31.600
- Okay. Meet you
at the inn at 8:00?

968
00:38:31.734 --> 00:38:32.734
- Great.
- Great.

969
00:38:32.867 --> 00:38:34.700
- Yeah.
- Okay.

970
00:38:34.834 --> 00:38:36.200
- Thank you, Cassie.

971
00:38:36.333 --> 00:38:37.400
- No problem.

972
00:38:50.133 --> 00:38:51.000
- Hey, boss.

973
00:38:51.133 --> 00:38:52.066
- Hey, where you been?

974
00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:53.000
What is that?

975
00:38:53.133 --> 00:38:53.934
- I went to Cleveland to get

976
00:38:54.066 --> 00:38:55.166
some more of your moisturizer.

977
00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.967
- Nah, you didn't
have to do that.

978
00:38:56.100 --> 00:38:57.700
The hotel stuff is fine.

979
00:38:59.767 --> 00:39:01.166
- I don't even know
who you are anymore.

980
00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.000
- You know what, in fact,

981
00:39:02.133 --> 00:39:03.266
I want you to keep this.

982
00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.867
Merry Christmas, it's a
little present for you.

983
00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.100
- Thanks. You going somewhere?

984
00:39:06.233 --> 00:39:07.834
- Yeah, I am gonna do
the candlelight walk

985
00:39:07.967 --> 00:39:09.533
down Main Street, and then,

986
00:39:09.667 --> 00:39:12.166
I'm gonna hang out with
the cast afterwards.

987
00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.667
What?

988
00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:15.100
- I don't know. It's just,
you seem happier than usual.

989
00:39:15.233 --> 00:39:16.700
- Well, I don't know,

990
00:39:16.834 --> 00:39:19.400
it's kind of nice
being back home.

991
00:39:19.533 --> 00:39:20.433
- You want some tasty news?

992
00:39:20.567 --> 00:39:21.600
- Yes. What?

993
00:39:21.734 --> 00:39:23.200
- My celebrity
assistant text group

994
00:39:23.333 --> 00:39:25.333
has some chatter about
the "Dunes of Eastlynn."

995
00:39:25.467 --> 00:39:29.400
And, FYI, they still haven't
cast their Travis yet.

996
00:39:29.533 --> 00:39:31.000
- Huh. Does Denise know this?

997
00:39:31.133 --> 00:39:32.500
- I already took care of it.

998
00:39:32.633 --> 00:39:34.834
- Ben, my man, I'm starting
to lose count on my IOUs.

999
00:39:34.967 --> 00:39:36.100
- Eh, don't worry. I'm not.

1000
00:39:36.233 --> 00:39:38.433
- All right. I'll see you later.

1001
00:39:38.567 --> 00:39:41.934
♪ Noel, noel, noel, noel ♪

1002
00:39:44.734 --> 00:39:48.100
- Merry Christmas!
- That was fun.

1003
00:39:49.734 --> 00:39:51.600
I haven't sung Christmas
carols since I was a kid.

1004
00:39:51.734 --> 00:39:53.333
- I know, right?

1005
00:39:53.467 --> 00:39:55.133
One question though,

1006
00:39:55.266 --> 00:39:56.166
were you lip syncing?

1007
00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.667
- Oh, busted!

1008
00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:00.700
Okay, A, I don't know the
words to any of those songs,

1009
00:40:00.834 --> 00:40:03.100
and, B, you are the one
with the beautiful voice.

1010
00:40:03.233 --> 00:40:05.133
- Okay, now, that
is exaggeration.

1011
00:40:05.266 --> 00:40:07.500
- Holiday Christmas
program senior year,

1012
00:40:07.633 --> 00:40:09.033
"Let It Snow."

1013
00:40:09.166 --> 00:40:10.800
You brought down the house.

1014
00:40:10.934 --> 00:40:14.567
- There he is, our
town's celebrity!

1015
00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.867
- Jake, you remember

1016
00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.066
my mom, right?
- Yeah, I remember your mom.

1017
00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:19.100
Come here.

1018
00:40:19.233 --> 00:40:19.934
You look good!

1019
00:40:20.066 --> 00:40:21.467
- Oh, thank you.

1020
00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:24.633
Everyone is so excited you
came home to do the play.

1021
00:40:24.767 --> 00:40:26.066
- I'm happy to help out,

1022
00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:27.834
but you must be very
proud of your daughter.

1023
00:40:27.967 --> 00:40:29.767
- Oh, I couldn't be prouder.

1024
00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:31.100
- Thanks, Mom.
- Oh, Cassie, look,

1025
00:40:31.233 --> 00:40:32.633
there's Glynnis Palmer. Go.

1026
00:40:32.767 --> 00:40:34.467
Go talk to her about that job.
- Mom, it's

1027
00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:35.767
not a good time.
- What job?

1028
00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.667
- No job.

1029
00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.867
- What job?

1030
00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:40.700
- Okay, I'll go talk
to her. Glynnis!

1031
00:40:40.834 --> 00:40:42.600
- Um, so listen,
we're all meeting

1032
00:40:42.734 --> 00:40:43.533
at the Three Ghost Pub.

1033
00:40:43.667 --> 00:40:44.467
So we should probably-

1034
00:40:44.600 --> 00:40:45.400
- Is that where we should go?

1035
00:40:45.533 --> 00:40:46.633
- Yeah, we should go right now.

1036
00:40:46.767 --> 00:40:48.000
- Okay, get you
out of this moment

1037
00:40:48.133 --> 00:40:50.367
of awkwardness.
- Yeah, it was really weird.

1038
00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:53.500
♪ Are you ready for Christmas ♪
- This is an nice place.

1039
00:40:53.633 --> 00:40:56.533
♪ Are you breaking my heart ♪
Oh, look at this.

1040
00:40:56.667 --> 00:40:58.000
♪ Are you ready for Christmas ♪
- Oh, look who that is.

1041
00:40:58.133 --> 00:40:59.633
♪ - Scrooge! ♪

1042
00:40:59.767 --> 00:41:01.767
- Bah, humbug.

1043
00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.266
- Hi.
- Hi.

1044
00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:06.767
- Do you want a drink?

1045
00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:08.934
- Yes, could I get a Bob's
Buttered Rum, please.

1046
00:41:09.066 --> 00:41:13.033
- And I'm gonna try the
Marley's Mead. Thanks bro.

1047
00:41:13.166 --> 00:41:14.767
- I think you better
get out there,

1048
00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.967
otherwise you're gonna
disappoint all your fans.

1049
00:41:17.100 --> 00:41:18.767
- Oh, I'm not a big dancer.

1050
00:41:21.033 --> 00:41:22.533
I'm not a small one either.

1051
00:41:22.667 --> 00:41:23.967
- Just come with me.

1052
00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:25.233
- Where are we going?

1053
00:41:25.367 --> 00:41:26.800
- We're going to dance.

1054
00:41:26.934 --> 00:41:28.266
- No, I don't know how to dance.

1055
00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.667
- Well, look, I am
going to show you,

1056
00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.700
okay?
- Okay.

1057
00:41:30.834 --> 00:41:33.600
- Yes. One hand here.
- Okay.

1058
00:41:33.734 --> 00:41:35.100
- This hand goes here.
- Okay.

1059
00:41:35.233 --> 00:41:36.533
- And then we sway.

1060
00:41:36.667 --> 00:41:38.166
- We just sway?
- Yeah.

1061
00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:40.266
See, it's not that hard.

1062
00:41:41.433 --> 00:41:43.233
Um, what was that conversation

1063
00:41:43.367 --> 00:41:44.433
that you were having
with your mother?

1064
00:41:44.567 --> 00:41:46.200
What was that about?

1065
00:41:47.667 --> 00:41:48.633
I don't think you wanna know.

1066
00:41:48.767 --> 00:41:50.033
- No, I do wanna know.

1067
00:41:50.166 --> 00:41:52.734
Absolutely. You can talk to me.

1068
00:41:54.967 --> 00:41:57.066
- So it's been a long time

1069
00:41:58.700 --> 00:42:01.367
since I've worked as a director.

1070
00:42:02.600 --> 00:42:04.500
And it's just because
I put my career on hold

1071
00:42:04.633 --> 00:42:07.400
to help my
ex-husband's business.

1072
00:42:07.533 --> 00:42:10.000
And now that we're divorced,

1073
00:42:10.133 --> 00:42:11.700
I'm just trying to figure out

1074
00:42:11.834 --> 00:42:13.734
what my next steps are.

1075
00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:17.166
But I need to prove to myself

1076
00:42:18.333 --> 00:42:20.667
that I can still do this, right?

1077
00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:22.600
Before I just give up.

1078
00:42:24.834 --> 00:42:25.734
That's why I want this play

1079
00:42:25.867 --> 00:42:27.834
to be really successful.

1080
00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.867
- I guess that means I gotta be

1081
00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.800
the best Ebenezer Scrooge
this town has ever seen,

1082
00:42:35.934 --> 00:42:38.567
even though some people
say that I can't.

1083
00:42:38.700 --> 00:42:39.834
- I think you can.

1084
00:42:39.967 --> 00:42:42.166
- Ah, you were skeptical.

1085
00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:43.500
You were skeptical

1086
00:42:43.633 --> 00:42:44.834
on the first conversation
on the phone.

1087
00:42:44.967 --> 00:42:48.200
- I, um, that's
because I was jealous.

1088
00:42:48.333 --> 00:42:50.200
- Jealous? Of what?

1089
00:42:50.333 --> 00:42:52.734
- It's embarrassing.

1090
00:42:52.867 --> 00:42:54.567
I was the one that
was voted most likely

1091
00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.734
to become a household name.

1092
00:42:58.367 --> 00:42:59.967
Don't laugh!
- That is embarrassing.

1093
00:43:00.166 --> 00:43:01.266
- Do you wanna know something

1094
00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:03.367
that's even crazier?
- What?

1095
00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:05.033
- I was voted the guy

1096
00:43:05.166 --> 00:43:08.700
who was least likely
to leave Dickens.

1097
00:43:08.834 --> 00:43:10.567
- Well, I guess the
voters were wrong, right?

1098
00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:12.166
- They were wrong.

1099
00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:20.633
You know, I don't
blame you for doubting

1100
00:43:20.767 --> 00:43:23.934
whether or not I
could play this role,

1101
00:43:24.066 --> 00:43:25.200
because even after
all this time,

1102
00:43:25.333 --> 00:43:28.800
I'm not sure that I
have what it takes to,

1103
00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:33.033
to do something more serious.

1104
00:43:33.166 --> 00:43:35.800
- I know you have what it takes.

1105
00:43:36.767 --> 00:43:38.900
I'm gonna help you see it.

1106
00:43:50.633 --> 00:43:52.100
- Oh, okay, can...

1107
00:43:53.333 --> 00:43:55.633
It's close, but can
I make a suggestion?

1108
00:43:55.767 --> 00:43:58.166
- Uh, yeah. Yep, of course,
you are the director.

1109
00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.700
What do you got?
- So I think

1110
00:43:59.834 --> 00:44:02.967
the key here is Scrooge's shock

1111
00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:05.433
at feeling afraid for
someone else's future

1112
00:44:05.567 --> 00:44:08.033
rather than just his own.

1113
00:44:08.166 --> 00:44:09.233
- Huh, okay.

1114
00:44:09.367 --> 00:44:11.233
- I want you to
think about Brandon.

1115
00:44:11.367 --> 00:44:13.967
He is your actual nephew.

1116
00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:16.500
This is all here for
you. Get into it.

1117
00:44:16.633 --> 00:44:19.033
- Okay. All right, all right.
- Yeah, be great.

1118
00:44:19.166 --> 00:44:22.633
- Um, okay.

1119
00:44:23.934 --> 00:44:26.367
- Merry Christmas
to us all, my dears.

1120
00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:28.633
- God bless us, every one.

1121
00:44:30.600 --> 00:44:34.333
- Spirit, tell me that
Tiny Tim will live.

1122
00:44:34.467 --> 00:44:37.767
Oh, kind Spirit, say
he will be spared.

1123
00:44:39.767 --> 00:44:42.400
- If he be like to die,
he had better do it

1124
00:44:42.533 --> 00:44:46.000
and decrease the
surplus population.

1125
00:44:49.467 --> 00:44:50.567
- Yes!
- Yeah?

1126
00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:51.533
- Yes!
Yeah, yeah?

1127
00:44:51.667 --> 00:44:52.767
- Thank you.

1128
00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:54.166
- Okay.
- So much better.

1129
00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:55.433
- Possibly.
- Right? You're good.

1130
00:44:55.567 --> 00:44:56.934
- Okay, just a
reminder for everyone

1131
00:44:57.066 --> 00:44:59.600
who is delivering pies for
Dickens Days of Giving,

1132
00:44:59.734 --> 00:45:02.734
we are meeting at the
Country Grill at noon.

1133
00:45:02.867 --> 00:45:05.567
I'll see you there.

1134
00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:09.433
- Hey, I would like to
join you. Is that okay?

1135
00:45:11.166 --> 00:45:12.900
- I'd like that.

1136
00:45:13.033 --> 00:45:14.300
- Good.
- Okay.

1137
00:45:14.433 --> 00:45:16.800
- Nice work today. Thank you.

1138
00:45:23.367 --> 00:45:25.166
- I put the figgy
puddings in the back,

1139
00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:27.800
the mince meat and the
rum cakes on the counter.

1140
00:45:27.934 --> 00:45:29.367
- Hey, hey.

1141
00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.734
Ah, it smells good in here.

1142
00:45:31.867 --> 00:45:33.266
- Yeah, that'd be the pies.

1143
00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:36.133
- Yeah. This place
looks amazing.

1144
00:45:37.133 --> 00:45:38.467
- Hey.
- Same old vibe.

1145
00:45:38.600 --> 00:45:41.533
- Yeah, that's 'cause
it's the same old place.

1146
00:45:41.667 --> 00:45:44.000
- Hey, wait a minute.

1147
00:45:44.133 --> 00:45:45.633
What happened to the
second dining room?

1148
00:45:45.767 --> 00:45:46.867
Why is it walled off?

1149
00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:48.400
- A few years ago, I
had to sell the space

1150
00:45:48.533 --> 00:45:49.667
to the shop next door.

1151
00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.900
- Well, why didn't you tell me?

1152
00:45:51.033 --> 00:45:52.300
- Well, I didn't think
you wanted to know.

1153
00:45:52.433 --> 00:45:54.500
- Of course I wanna know.

1154
00:45:54.633 --> 00:45:56.967
Hey, if you needed money, Craig-

1155
00:45:57.100 --> 00:46:00.533
- No, I didn't need
money. I needed the help.

1156
00:46:00.667 --> 00:46:01.767
- Cool, I mean, can I help

1157
00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:03.433
with the cost of some
of these pies at least?

1158
00:46:03.567 --> 00:46:05.700
- Jake, we make the
pies every year.

1159
00:46:05.834 --> 00:46:06.700
I'm happy to do it.

1160
00:46:06.834 --> 00:46:08.533
- Hey, I wanna help.

1161
00:46:08.667 --> 00:46:10.767
- Yeah, well, Mom passed
away about five years ago

1162
00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:12.100
and we haven't
heard from you much,

1163
00:46:12.233 --> 00:46:13.967
so that's news to me.

1164
00:46:15.266 --> 00:46:16.233
- Just because I didn't stay

1165
00:46:16.367 --> 00:46:17.400
and help you run this restaurant

1166
00:46:17.533 --> 00:46:18.567
doesn't mean I don't care.

1167
00:46:18.700 --> 00:46:19.900
- I didn't ask you to stay,

1168
00:46:20.033 --> 00:46:21.066
and I didn't expect you to.

1169
00:46:21.200 --> 00:46:23.900
- You know, what
is your problem?

1170
00:46:25.233 --> 00:46:28.467
- My problem is, Jake,
is that you say you care

1171
00:46:28.600 --> 00:46:30.667
about Brandon and
the rest of us,

1172
00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:34.000
but we hear from you
once a year at Christmas

1173
00:46:34.133 --> 00:46:35.166
when a bunch of presents show up

1174
00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:36.467
that nobody really wants.

1175
00:46:36.600 --> 00:46:38.800
- Hey, I'm trying
to be generous.

1176
00:46:38.934 --> 00:46:42.066
I don't, I don't
know what else to do.

1177
00:46:44.233 --> 00:46:46.400
- It's not complicate, Jake.

1178
00:46:46.533 --> 00:46:48.266
Just check in once
in awhile, okay?

1179
00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:49.867
Come home for a birthday,

1180
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.633
be part of your family,
not some celebrity

1181
00:46:52.767 --> 00:46:55.567
who occasionally
remembers he has one.

1182
00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.400
- Thanks
for the pie, honey.

1183
00:47:00.533 --> 00:47:01.467
- Thank you.

1184
00:47:01.600 --> 00:47:02.900
- Bye.

1185
00:47:03.033 --> 00:47:05.367
- Brr, all right, how
about when we're done

1186
00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.633
delivering the pies,

1187
00:47:06.767 --> 00:47:08.400
we go get some dinner?

1188
00:47:08.533 --> 00:47:10.066
- Hmm. Yeah, I'd like that.

1189
00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:11.066
- Yeah?

1190
00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:13.800
Maybe, uh, maybe Craig's?

1191
00:47:13.934 --> 00:47:15.233
- I don't know about that.

1192
00:47:15.367 --> 00:47:19.166
I saw him earlier, and
things were a little tense.

1193
00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:21.867
- Well, you're gonna be
with me this time, yeah?

1194
00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:23.300
And Craig and I are buds.

1195
00:47:23.433 --> 00:47:25.867
- Ha ha, what, so you're
gonna vouch for my character?

1196
00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:27.367
- I don't know.

1197
00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:29.400
I think I gotta get to know
you a little better first.

1198
00:47:29.533 --> 00:47:31.066
- I look forward to that.

1199
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.800
- Holy cow.

1200
00:47:39.934 --> 00:47:41.600
Wow.

1201
00:47:41.734 --> 00:47:43.400
You look amazing.

1202
00:47:43.533 --> 00:47:47.500
- Thank you.

1203
00:47:47.633 --> 00:47:49.934
Oh, full service. I like it.

1204
00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.500
Thank you.

1205
00:47:56.467 --> 00:47:57.266
- Hi.
- Hi.

1206
00:47:58.367 --> 00:47:59.300
Have you seen Craig yet?

1207
00:47:59.433 --> 00:48:00.600
- I have not, no.

1208
00:48:00.734 --> 00:48:03.033
So I don't think
that sibling rivalry

1209
00:48:03.166 --> 00:48:05.467
will be on the menu tonight.

1210
00:48:06.633 --> 00:48:08.367
- There he is. Craig, hi!

1211
00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:09.734
- Oh, hi.

1212
00:48:09.867 --> 00:48:12.367
- There he is.
- Do you need some menus?

1213
00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:13.600
There you go.

1214
00:48:13.734 --> 00:48:16.834
The specials are on the back.

1215
00:48:16.967 --> 00:48:19.934
- So what were your
favorites growing up?

1216
00:48:20.066 --> 00:48:23.367
- Uh, well, chicken pot pie.
- The chicken pot pie.

1217
00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:24.867
- And do you still serve it?

1218
00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:26.400
- Every night.

1219
00:48:26.533 --> 00:48:28.066
- Do you remember when we
would just eat the crust,

1220
00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:30.000
how mad Mom would get?

1221
00:48:31.433 --> 00:48:33.266
- You know, I made a couple
of tweaks to that crust.

1222
00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:34.934
And I think it's even better,

1223
00:48:35.066 --> 00:48:36.867
but you should try it.

1224
00:48:38.233 --> 00:48:41.133
- I would, I would love that.

1225
00:48:41.266 --> 00:48:42.600
- Yeah, sounds good.

1226
00:48:42.734 --> 00:48:44.200
- I'll be right back.

1227
00:48:44.333 --> 00:48:46.567
- Okay, what just happened?

1228
00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:52.133
- I just helped my actress
change the motivation.

1229
00:48:52.266 --> 00:48:53.900
- First you get people
to stop filming me

1230
00:48:54.033 --> 00:48:55.133
and then you give me that advice

1231
00:48:55.266 --> 00:48:57.266
about getting into
Scrooge's body,

1232
00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:58.533
and now this.

1233
00:48:58.667 --> 00:49:00.100
- I'm just, you know.

1234
00:49:00.233 --> 00:49:03.800
- You're just doing your
job extremely well, Cassie.

1235
00:49:03.934 --> 00:49:05.166
Don't ever let anybody tell you

1236
00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:06.567
that you can't be a director,

1237
00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:08.400
because you are an
amazing director, Cassie.

1238
00:49:08.533 --> 00:49:10.633
You were meant to do this.

1239
00:49:11.967 --> 00:49:12.934
- Thank you.

1240
00:49:14.133 --> 00:49:17.834
It's, uh, it's really
nice of you to say.

1241
00:49:17.967 --> 00:49:19.934
- I'm just being honest.

1242
00:49:29.467 --> 00:49:30.567
- Well?

1243
00:49:30.700 --> 00:49:34.200
- Mm, Craig, my gosh,
this was fantastic.

1244
00:49:34.333 --> 00:49:35.934
This was like all
of our childhood

1245
00:49:36.066 --> 00:49:37.200
just wrapped up on a plate.

1246
00:49:37.333 --> 00:49:40.066
- And that's
why I love what I do.

1247
00:49:40.200 --> 00:49:42.500
- Mom would be really proud.

1248
00:49:43.934 --> 00:49:44.934
She knew that she was
leaving the family legacy

1249
00:49:45.066 --> 00:49:46.400
in the right hands.

1250
00:49:49.900 --> 00:49:52.867
- Well, thanks for coming in.

1251
00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:54.900
Jake, that means a lot.

1252
00:50:04.667 --> 00:50:06.400
- Well, look at that.

1253
00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:10.100
Well, I would offer
to walk you home, but-

1254
00:50:10.233 --> 00:50:12.600
- You've got to be kidding me.

1255
00:50:12.734 --> 00:50:13.867
Did you plan this?

1256
00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:16.200
- I had nothing to do
with this, I promise.

1257
00:50:16.333 --> 00:50:20.400
But, I mean, we can't let a
perfectly good carriage ride

1258
00:50:20.533 --> 00:50:23.000
go to waste, can we?

1259
00:50:23.133 --> 00:50:23.834
Jump in.

1260
00:50:26.133 --> 00:50:28.166
Can we jump in?

1261
00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:29.667
We're jumping in.

1262
00:50:33.433 --> 00:50:34.400
- All right.

1263
00:50:37.700 --> 00:50:39.900
- It really does feel like
Victorian London, doesn't it?

1264
00:50:40.033 --> 00:50:40.834
- Yeah.

1265
00:50:43.867 --> 00:50:47.367
- Okay, smile.

1266
00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:50.433
- Ah. You know, I bet Scrooge
would have hated selfies.

1267
00:50:50.567 --> 00:50:52.467
- Oh, I'm sorry. We
don't have to take one.

1268
00:50:52.600 --> 00:50:55.500
- No. Tonight, I am
not Ebenezer Scrooge.

1269
00:50:55.633 --> 00:50:56.934
I'm Jake Dorsey.

1270
00:50:57.066 --> 00:50:58.200
- What, who?

1271
00:50:58.333 --> 00:51:01.133
Ha ha, ha ha, yeah.
- Ha ha, zing.

1272
00:51:01.266 --> 00:51:02.633
- And I have, I don't know,

1273
00:51:02.767 --> 00:51:04.533
it's been a long time
since I've wanted

1274
00:51:04.667 --> 00:51:06.000
to take a selfie with somebody.

1275
00:51:06.133 --> 00:51:07.200
So, ready?
- Okay, yeah.

1276
00:51:07.333 --> 00:51:09.133
- One, two, three.
- Look cute.

1277
00:51:14.100 --> 00:51:15.633
- Got it. All right.

1278
00:51:15.767 --> 00:51:17.000
- Aw!

1279
00:51:17.133 --> 00:51:18.233
- There.

1280
00:51:21.066 --> 00:51:21.967
Are you cold?

1281
00:51:22.100 --> 00:51:22.967
- I am, actually.

1282
00:51:23.100 --> 00:51:25.300
- Here, let me get a blanket.

1283
00:51:25.433 --> 00:51:26.400
Oh, my gosh.

1284
00:51:27.467 --> 00:51:28.800
- What?

1285
00:51:28.934 --> 00:51:30.467
- This is so weird.

1286
00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:33.467
Wow, it's so wild.

1287
00:51:35.300 --> 00:51:37.100
It's like, of all the books

1288
00:51:37.233 --> 00:51:39.900
this guy could be
reading right now.

1289
00:51:40.033 --> 00:51:42.133
This is the book that they're
turning into the movie.

1290
00:51:42.266 --> 00:51:44.600
This is the role that
I wanted so badly.

1291
00:51:44.734 --> 00:51:47.400
This was my mother's
favorite book.

1292
00:51:47.533 --> 00:51:49.500
That's, that's why I
wanted to do it, you know?

1293
00:51:49.633 --> 00:51:51.834
'Cause I just, I just
wanted to make her proud.

1294
00:51:51.967 --> 00:51:53.266
- Why didn't you tell me that?

1295
00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:55.500
- I don't know, I mean,
I have to pace myself

1296
00:51:55.633 --> 00:51:59.667
about how much I
overshare today.

1297
00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:00.934
- I had a great time today.

1298
00:52:01.066 --> 00:52:02.533
- Yeah?
- Yeah.

1299
00:52:02.667 --> 00:52:03.433
- Me too.

1300
00:52:05.367 --> 00:52:07.934
It kind of makes me wish I'd
asked you out in high school.

1301
00:52:08.066 --> 00:52:09.333
- You did.

1302
00:52:09.467 --> 00:52:12.667
Yeah, you asked me to
the prom, remember?

1303
00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:15.934
- You remember, you
remember the one thing

1304
00:52:16.066 --> 00:52:18.000
that I wish you would have
forgotten from high school.

1305
00:52:18.133 --> 00:52:22.000
It's amazing.

1306
00:52:22.133 --> 00:52:23.900
- I regret something
too, though.

1307
00:52:24.033 --> 00:52:24.834
- What?

1308
00:52:26.066 --> 00:52:27.800
- I should've said yes.

1309
00:52:27.934 --> 00:52:30.300
- Yeah, it's 'cause
I'm famous now.

1310
00:52:30.433 --> 00:52:32.800
- No, because I know you now.

1311
00:52:53.633 --> 00:52:54.533
- Good morning, Ben.

1312
00:52:54.667 --> 00:52:55.900
- Good morning, boss.

1313
00:52:56.033 --> 00:52:56.667
You enjoy you're
carriage ride last night?

1314
00:52:56.800 --> 00:52:57.800
- Ooh, I did.

1315
00:52:57.934 --> 00:52:58.734
In fact, you wouldn't
happen to know

1316
00:52:58.867 --> 00:53:00.467
who arranged that, would you?

1317
00:53:00.600 --> 00:53:01.567
- Santa's little helper.

1318
00:53:01.700 --> 00:53:02.900
So don't forget,

1319
00:53:03.033 --> 00:53:04.133
before rehearsal,
we've got the crew

1320
00:53:04.266 --> 00:53:05.600
from Cleveland today
coming to interview you

1321
00:53:05.734 --> 00:53:06.867
at the ice rink.

1322
00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:09.900
- Hmm. Okay, but
why the ice rink?

1323
00:53:10.033 --> 00:53:12.066
- Because it's
fun. And Christmas.

1324
00:53:12.200 --> 00:53:13.200
You played hockey.
- I don't, I don't want

1325
00:53:13.333 --> 00:53:15.500
this play to be about me, Ben.

1326
00:53:15.633 --> 00:53:17.934
- Isn't that
why you came here?

1327
00:53:18.066 --> 00:53:19.700
This is about you.

1328
00:53:19.834 --> 00:53:20.967
- Not anymore.

1329
00:53:26.633 --> 00:53:28.133
I mean, I kind of
feel like Uncle Jed

1330
00:53:28.266 --> 00:53:29.166
from "Beverly Hillbillies."

1331
00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:31.467
- You look cute.

1332
00:53:31.600 --> 00:53:33.400
- Cute. Cute on Scrooge.

1333
00:53:33.533 --> 00:53:35.233
Isn't that an oxymoron?

1334
00:53:35.367 --> 00:53:38.433
- It's a different
direction, I'll say that.

1335
00:53:38.567 --> 00:53:40.467
But, on show night
when your makeup is on

1336
00:53:40.600 --> 00:53:41.967
and you're onstage,

1337
00:53:42.100 --> 00:53:43.867
no one will think you're cute

1338
00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:46.300
or even remotely
attractive whatsoever.

1339
00:53:46.433 --> 00:53:48.033
- Okay, now you're just
hurting my feelings.

1340
00:53:48.166 --> 00:53:50.367
Uh, "Cleveland Today" is
coming to interview me

1341
00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:51.800
at the ice skating rink.

1342
00:53:51.934 --> 00:53:52.967
- Are you serious?

1343
00:53:53.100 --> 00:53:54.200
- Yeah, do you
wanna come with me?

1344
00:53:54.333 --> 00:53:55.700
- No, do you have any
idea how hard we worked

1345
00:53:55.834 --> 00:53:57.567
to get them to come here
and do a piece on the play?

1346
00:53:57.700 --> 00:54:00.767
But they just kept saying,
"You're too far away."

1347
00:54:00.900 --> 00:54:04.066
Hmm, I guess that's what
they mean by star power.

1348
00:54:04.200 --> 00:54:05.133
- Wanna know what they
mean by star power?

1349
00:54:05.266 --> 00:54:06.867
- Yeah.
- Boom, right here.

1350
00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:08.066
This is what they
mean by star power.

1351
00:54:08.200 --> 00:54:09.433
Feel it. Feel it!
- You are such a dork.

1352
00:54:09.567 --> 00:54:11.100
- Uncle Jake!
- Whoa!

1353
00:54:11.233 --> 00:54:12.467
Hey buddy. What's up?

1354
00:54:12.600 --> 00:54:13.967
My parents wanna know
if you and Cassie

1355
00:54:14.100 --> 00:54:16.433
can come to dinner
tomorrow night.

1356
00:54:16.567 --> 00:54:17.400
- Can we?

1357
00:54:17.533 --> 00:54:18.567
- We can.
- Yes!

1358
00:54:18.700 --> 00:54:19.767
- There you go. It's a date.

1359
00:54:19.900 --> 00:54:21.300
All right, you two
work out the details.

1360
00:54:21.433 --> 00:54:23.200
I am gonna go change.

1361
00:54:23.333 --> 00:54:24.467
- Your uncle is nuts.

1362
00:54:24.600 --> 00:54:25.734
- I know.

1363
00:54:25.867 --> 00:54:27.166
- Welcome back to
"Cleveland Today."

1364
00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:29.300
And as promised, we
are live in Dickens

1365
00:54:29.433 --> 00:54:32.166
with hometown
megastar, Jake Dorsey.

1366
00:54:32.300 --> 00:54:33.600
Jake, welcome back to Dickens.

1367
00:54:33.734 --> 00:54:35.266
- Well, I'm happy
to be here, yeah.

1368
00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:36.834
- Now, I have it
on good authority

1369
00:54:36.967 --> 00:54:39.200
that you didn't come home
just to do some skating.

1370
00:54:39.333 --> 00:54:40.700
You're here to do
community theater,

1371
00:54:40.834 --> 00:54:42.100
is that right?
- That's right, yeah.

1372
00:54:42.233 --> 00:54:44.333
I am going to play
Ebenezer Scrooge

1373
00:54:44.467 --> 00:54:46.033
in a Dickens production
of "A Christmas Carol."

1374
00:54:46.166 --> 00:54:47.834
- What made you
decide to do that?

1375
00:54:47.967 --> 00:54:50.233
- Well, I'm from Dickens, Ohio.

1376
00:54:50.367 --> 00:54:52.266
Dickens Days is
close to my heart.

1377
00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:53.734
And of course, Ray Muller,

1378
00:54:53.867 --> 00:54:55.734
who happens to be the
best actor out of Dickens

1379
00:54:55.867 --> 00:54:57.700
and was also my
coach in high school,

1380
00:54:57.834 --> 00:55:01.166
he got a little sick
so I stepped in.

1381
00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:02.667
- Well, that's
very heroic of you.

1382
00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:05.033
- Yeah.

1383
00:55:05.166 --> 00:55:07.867
Also, it's given me a chance

1384
00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:10.867
to work with a really
incredible director.

1385
00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:12.767
- Oh, is it somebody you've
made movies with before?

1386
00:55:12.900 --> 00:55:16.200
- No, actually,
somebody that I've known

1387
00:55:17.266 --> 00:55:18.367
for a very long time,

1388
00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:20.934
somebody I have a
lot of respect for.

1389
00:55:21.066 --> 00:55:22.667
In fact, do you mind
if we call her over?

1390
00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:23.667
- Absolutely!

1391
00:55:23.800 --> 00:55:25.433
- Cassie, come on over here.

1392
00:55:25.567 --> 00:55:26.834
This is Cassie
Pruitt, everybody.

1393
00:55:28.200 --> 00:55:28.967
-
Isn't she great?

1394
00:55:29.100 --> 00:55:29.900
- There she is.

1395
00:55:30.033 --> 00:55:31.166
Well, I was hoping we would get

1396
00:55:31.300 --> 00:55:33.000
to see you on the
ice as well, Jake.

1397
00:55:33.133 --> 00:55:34.066
Didn't you use to play hockey?

1398
00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:35.967
- I did.
- Oh no, no, no, no.

1399
00:55:36.100 --> 00:55:37.567
Sorry, I do not need to lose

1400
00:55:37.700 --> 00:55:39.533
my lead actor to a broken arm.

1401
00:55:39.667 --> 00:55:42.300
He is just fine in
this dirty chair.

1402
00:55:42.433 --> 00:55:44.700
- Can you imagine Ebenezer
Scrooge on crutches?

1403
00:55:44.834 --> 00:55:45.800
You'd be like, "Wait,
is it Tiny Tim?

1404
00:55:45.934 --> 00:55:47.066
Is it Scrooge? (grumbles)"

1405
00:55:47.200 --> 00:55:48.000
- Okay, well, Cassie, tell me?

1406
00:55:48.133 --> 00:55:48.934
- Yeah?
What is it like

1407
00:55:49.066 --> 00:55:50.467
directing such a mega star?

1408
00:55:50.600 --> 00:55:51.767
I can imagine it's
a little daunting.

1409
00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:53.367
- Ah, no, no.

1410
00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:55.934
Jake's a total pro.
We're lucky to have him.

1411
00:55:56.066 --> 00:55:57.133
- And between you
and I, tell me,

1412
00:55:57.266 --> 00:55:59.100
what is your favorite
Jake Dorsey movie?

1413
00:55:59.233 --> 00:56:00.433
- Ooh, good question.

1414
00:56:00.567 --> 00:56:01.567
I actually would like to know

1415
00:56:01.700 --> 00:56:03.433
the answer to this too, Cassie.

1416
00:56:05.567 --> 00:56:07.367
- Okay, well it's, um,

1417
00:56:08.266 --> 00:56:09.066
it's the one where he is,

1418
00:56:09.200 --> 00:56:10.333
he is like (imitates whooshing),

1419
00:56:10.467 --> 00:56:11.600
like, right onto the car.

1420
00:56:11.734 --> 00:56:12.967
- They all have that in them.

1421
00:56:13.100 --> 00:56:14.266
- Yeah, right?

1422
00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:15.700
That's the joke.
- Yeah.

1423
00:56:15.834 --> 00:56:18.467
- Just want to let you
viewers know that the festival

1424
00:56:18.600 --> 00:56:21.233
runs all the way
through Christmas Eve.

1425
00:56:21.367 --> 00:56:25.000
It's gonna be a step back
into Victorian London.

1426
00:56:25.133 --> 00:56:26.867
- That's right. It's
gonna be a lot of fun.

1427
00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:30.133
So come on down
to Dickens, Ohio,

1428
00:56:30.266 --> 00:56:31.900
and come see a play.

1429
00:56:33.100 --> 00:56:34.133
- Well, I think
you just convinced

1430
00:56:34.266 --> 00:56:35.967
a few thousand people
to do just that,

1431
00:56:36.100 --> 00:56:37.433
Jake Dorsey.
- I hope so.

1432
00:56:37.567 --> 00:56:39.133
I'm Carrie Lee Gaffney
for "Cleveland Today."

1433
00:56:39.266 --> 00:56:40.066
Now I'm going to
throw it on back

1434
00:56:40.200 --> 00:56:42.633
to you in the studio.

1435
00:56:42.767 --> 00:56:44.533
- I can't believe
that you haven't seen

1436
00:56:44.667 --> 00:56:46.100
any of my movies.

1437
00:56:46.233 --> 00:56:49.600
We're doing a marathon.

1438
00:56:49.734 --> 00:56:50.867
- Hey, is it cool with you

1439
00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:52.333
if I take the rest
of the night off?

1440
00:56:52.467 --> 00:56:53.600
- Ben.

1441
00:56:53.734 --> 00:56:54.867
- I wanna visit a couple
of friends in Cleveland.

1442
00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:58.834
- Oh, Ben, why don't you
take the holidays off?

1443
00:56:58.967 --> 00:57:00.600
I'll see you next year.

1444
00:57:00.734 --> 00:57:03.533
- Hey, I wanna see
you nail this part.

1445
00:57:03.667 --> 00:57:04.734
I'm not going anywhere.

1446
00:57:04.867 --> 00:57:07.533
I'll see you later.

1447
00:57:07.667 --> 00:57:08.767
- It must be nice knowing

1448
00:57:08.900 --> 00:57:09.967
someone's got your
back like that.

1449
00:57:10.100 --> 00:57:11.100
- Yeah. I mean,
well, I pay him, so.

1450
00:57:11.233 --> 00:57:12.700
So there's that.
- Well, right.

1451
00:57:12.834 --> 00:57:15.600
No, but I think
he actually cares, though.

1452
00:57:15.734 --> 00:57:17.300
- He does. He does.

1453
00:57:19.066 --> 00:57:22.033
Actually, more than
my agent, sadly.

1454
00:57:25.900 --> 00:57:27.200
- Well, thanks.

1455
00:57:27.333 --> 00:57:29.133
Thanks again for including
me in the interview.

1456
00:57:29.266 --> 00:57:30.300
- Of course, Cassie.

1457
00:57:30.433 --> 00:57:32.433
Hey, what are you doing

1458
00:57:32.567 --> 00:57:35.000
for the rest of the afternoon?

1459
00:57:35.133 --> 00:57:37.767
- I was
actually debating

1460
00:57:37.900 --> 00:57:39.000
getting a Christmas tree,

1461
00:57:39.133 --> 00:57:40.600
but I'm not sure
if I'm up for it.

1462
00:57:40.734 --> 00:57:42.100
- Wait, wait a minute.

1463
00:57:42.233 --> 00:57:44.767
Hold on, you don't have
a Christmas tree yet?

1464
00:57:44.900 --> 00:57:45.967
I mean, you know
that's like a felony

1465
00:57:46.100 --> 00:57:47.300
in this town, right?

1466
00:57:47.433 --> 00:57:49.467
- I know. Yeah, it kind of is.

1467
00:57:49.600 --> 00:57:53.400
But you know, I just,
I've been so busy and...

1468
00:57:56.700 --> 00:58:00.266
Okay, the truth is
Christmas kind of reminds me

1469
00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:01.533
of my ex-husband,

1470
00:58:01.667 --> 00:58:04.033
and I just didn't
wanna do it alone.

1471
00:58:04.166 --> 00:58:05.700
- Well, guess what?

1472
00:58:08.700 --> 00:58:10.066
You're not alone.

1473
00:58:18.133 --> 00:58:21.367
When I was a kid,
my favorite thing

1474
00:58:21.500 --> 00:58:23.500
was decorating a
huge Christmas tree.

1475
00:58:23.633 --> 00:58:25.867
- Yeah?
And when I worked here,

1476
00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:28.133
I had this knack for
finding the perfect tree

1477
00:58:28.266 --> 00:58:29.333
for every customer.

1478
00:58:29.467 --> 00:58:31.066
- Hmm, what's the secret?

1479
00:58:31.200 --> 00:58:33.100
- The secret was
finding the tree

1480
00:58:33.233 --> 00:58:34.834
that's right for you.

1481
00:58:34.967 --> 00:58:36.967
- Oh, so I should look for one

1482
00:58:37.100 --> 00:58:39.266
going through a rough patch?

1483
00:58:39.400 --> 00:58:41.266
- Well,
it's funny, you know,

1484
00:58:41.400 --> 00:58:42.800
if a tree has gone
through a rough patch,

1485
00:58:42.934 --> 00:58:46.400
it makes it the strongest
tree on the lot.

1486
00:58:47.533 --> 00:58:50.333
- I like the way you think.

1487
00:58:50.467 --> 00:58:51.600
I think this is it.

1488
00:58:51.734 --> 00:58:53.100
- Yeah? That's the one?
- Yeah.

1489
00:58:53.233 --> 00:58:54.934
- Jake?
- Matt!

1490
00:58:55.066 --> 00:58:57.266
Ah, what's up brother?

1491
00:58:57.400 --> 00:58:59.033
Oh, look at this guy.

1492
00:58:59.166 --> 00:59:00.266
Oh, look at you.

1493
00:59:00.400 --> 00:59:01.467
- You wanna work here again?

1494
00:59:01.600 --> 00:59:03.533
- It's
tempting, actually.

1495
00:59:03.667 --> 00:59:04.767
- You're great at
drawing in crowds.

1496
00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:06.433
- Ah, it's probably
just the popcorn.

1497
00:59:06.567 --> 00:59:07.800
- It could be.

1498
00:59:07.934 --> 00:59:08.867
- It's good to see you, man.

1499
00:59:09.000 --> 00:59:09.667
- Have fun, guys.
- Bye.

1500
00:59:09.800 --> 00:59:11.033
- That's amazing.

1501
00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:20.066
Well, this is, this
is a lot better

1502
00:59:20.200 --> 00:59:21.967
than what I would
be doing in LA.

1503
00:59:22.100 --> 00:59:24.133
- Yeah? What would you be doing?

1504
00:59:24.266 --> 00:59:26.133
- Um, well, I'd probably
be watching old movies

1505
00:59:26.266 --> 00:59:30.533
in my pajamas, and then be
sulking about being alone.

1506
00:59:30.667 --> 00:59:34.367
And then I would be
spying on my brother,

1507
00:59:34.500 --> 00:59:36.567
Craig, and his family
via social media.

1508
00:59:36.700 --> 00:59:37.500
- Is there a reason you wouldn't

1509
00:59:37.633 --> 00:59:40.500
just come home for the holidays?

1510
00:59:40.633 --> 00:59:43.834
- Ever since
my mother passed away,

1511
00:59:43.967 --> 00:59:47.367
I have found it very
hard to come back here,

1512
00:59:47.500 --> 00:59:49.467
especially at Christmastime,

1513
00:59:49.600 --> 00:59:52.667
which I guess makes Craig
feel like I don't care.

1514
00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:53.633
He doesn't understand it,

1515
00:59:53.767 --> 00:59:55.166
which makes my feelings get hurt

1516
00:59:55.300 --> 00:59:56.400
and I don't understand him.

1517
00:59:56.533 --> 00:59:57.633
And then, we sort
of just drift apart,

1518
00:59:57.767 --> 01:00:00.633
which I guess is how
that happens, so.

1519
01:00:04.567 --> 01:00:06.333
- Your home now, right?
- Yeah.

1520
01:00:06.467 --> 01:00:09.233
- So maybe it's
time for new start?

1521
01:00:09.367 --> 01:00:11.367
- Yeah. And it's
going pretty good.

1522
01:00:11.500 --> 01:00:13.100
- Good.
- All right.

1523
01:00:13.233 --> 01:00:16.333
Should we do the magic three?

1524
01:00:16.467 --> 01:00:18.100
- Yes.
- Remember that?

1525
01:00:18.233 --> 01:00:19.033
- I do.
- Okay.

1526
01:00:19.166 --> 01:00:20.567
- Okay. Here we go.

1527
01:00:20.700 --> 01:00:23.133
- One, two, three.

1528
01:00:24.667 --> 01:00:26.567
- Oh!

1529
01:00:26.700 --> 01:00:27.700
- It never gets old.

1530
01:00:27.834 --> 01:00:29.900
- It works though.

1531
01:00:30.033 --> 01:00:34.033
It's beautiful.

1532
01:00:34.166 --> 01:00:35.200
You know the only
thing that's missing

1533
01:00:35.333 --> 01:00:37.734
is a bunch of presents
under the tree.

1534
01:00:37.867 --> 01:00:39.033
- No, I'm good.

1535
01:00:39.166 --> 01:00:42.667
I'm, I'm very content
with what I have.

1536
01:00:42.800 --> 01:00:44.333
- Okay, I have a
confession to make.

1537
01:00:44.467 --> 01:00:45.166
- You're married?

1538
01:00:45.300 --> 01:00:46.567
- No.
- Okay.

1539
01:00:46.700 --> 01:00:49.867
- When we were in high school,

1540
01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:51.333
I made a present for you,

1541
01:00:51.467 --> 01:00:53.033
and I didn't have a
courage to give it to you.

1542
01:00:53.166 --> 01:00:54.266
- Why?

1543
01:00:54.400 --> 01:00:55.300
- Well, because I
asked you to the prom

1544
01:00:55.433 --> 01:00:56.333
and that took me two weeks

1545
01:00:56.467 --> 01:00:57.300
to muster up the
courage for that

1546
01:00:57.433 --> 01:00:58.900
and then you turned me down.

1547
01:00:59.033 --> 01:01:00.900
So, you know, I could
only imagine how,

1548
01:01:01.033 --> 01:01:02.166
how the gift was just gonna

1549
01:01:02.300 --> 01:01:03.500
Right?

1550
01:01:03.633 --> 01:01:04.767
- Okay. So what was it?

1551
01:01:04.900 --> 01:01:05.800
Do you remember?
- Yeah, of course

1552
01:01:05.934 --> 01:01:06.967
I remember what it was.

1553
01:01:07.100 --> 01:01:08.734
- And?
- No, I'm not gonna tell you.

1554
01:01:08.867 --> 01:01:14.467
- Jake!

1555
01:01:14.600 --> 01:01:17.467
not the man I was.m not, m

1556
01:01:19.033 --> 01:01:20.300
I am not the man I.

1557
01:01:22.667 --> 01:01:24.533
I am not the man I was.

1558
01:01:25.867 --> 01:01:26.667
- Okay.

1559
01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:35.133
So this whole,
this whole story

1560
01:01:35.266 --> 01:01:37.500
is about changing your life

1561
01:01:39.700 --> 01:01:42.133
before it's too late.

1562
01:01:42.266 --> 01:01:45.467
Now, I know you've had success,

1563
01:01:45.600 --> 01:01:47.900
but so has Scrooge, right?

1564
01:01:48.033 --> 01:01:50.667
And it's, it's the other things,

1565
01:01:52.033 --> 01:01:53.734
the important things,

1566
01:01:54.967 --> 01:01:57.400
the things that matter
to us at Christmastime

1567
01:01:57.533 --> 01:02:00.400
that he still has
the power to change.

1568
01:02:00.533 --> 01:02:04.767
And I just see that you
are so busy up in here.

1569
01:02:04.900 --> 01:02:07.000
I need you to get
out of your head

1570
01:02:07.133 --> 01:02:08.700
and into your body.

1571
01:02:10.533 --> 01:02:11.600
- Yeah.

1572
01:02:20.900 --> 01:02:22.367
- Spirit! Hear me.

1573
01:02:29.100 --> 01:02:31.000
I am not the man I was.

1574
01:02:34.567 --> 01:02:37.600
I will not be that
man that I have been

1575
01:02:37.734 --> 01:02:39.200
for so many years.

1576
01:02:42.900 --> 01:02:44.533
Why show me all this

1577
01:02:46.800 --> 01:02:48.600
if I am past all hope?

1578
01:02:50.967 --> 01:02:54.567
Assure me that I yet
may change the shadows

1579
01:02:54.700 --> 01:02:56.567
that you have shown me.

1580
01:02:58.266 --> 01:02:59.633
Let the boy live!

1581
01:03:03.467 --> 01:03:06.934
I will honor Christmas
in my heart and keep it,

1582
01:03:07.066 --> 01:03:08.567
try to keep it all the year,

1583
01:03:08.700 --> 01:03:12.300
in the past and the
present and the future.

1584
01:03:12.433 --> 01:03:16.400
The spirits of all three
shall strive within me.

1585
01:03:19.600 --> 01:03:23.567
I will not shut out the
lessons that they teach,

1586
01:03:28.000 --> 01:03:30.300
the lessons that they teach.

1587
01:03:33.300 --> 01:03:34.266
- Brilliant.

1588
01:03:36.033 --> 01:03:39.967
Ah, it was so good.

1589
01:03:40.100 --> 01:03:41.667
Mm.

1590
01:03:57.033 --> 01:03:59.000
Now this is mulled wine.

1591
01:04:00.533 --> 01:04:03.066
It's a English
Christmas tradition.

1592
01:04:03.200 --> 01:04:05.000
- Ooh, it smell spicy.

1593
01:04:05.133 --> 01:04:07.233
- One of the vendors
made it in his garage.

1594
01:04:07.367 --> 01:04:10.033
- Ooh, garage wine. Risky!

1595
01:04:11.600 --> 01:04:13.200
- Craig actually
tried to make eggnog

1596
01:04:13.333 --> 01:04:14.700
a couple of years ago.

1597
01:04:14.834 --> 01:04:16.166
It didn't go his way.

1598
01:04:16.300 --> 01:04:17.900
- Can I try?

1599
01:04:18.033 --> 01:04:19.266
- Sure, son.

1600
01:04:19.400 --> 01:04:20.800
No, just kidding.
- Uh, maybe in a few years.

1601
01:04:20.934 --> 01:04:24.734
- Mm, I got something
for you to try. Hang on.

1602
01:04:25.900 --> 01:04:27.467
Here you go, buddy.

1603
01:04:28.433 --> 01:04:30.667
- Oh, Christmas 'crackers.

1604
01:04:30.800 --> 01:04:33.400
- Uh, you got my
child explosives?

1605
01:04:33.533 --> 01:04:36.600
- I did. Yeah,
apologies in advance.

1606
01:04:36.734 --> 01:04:38.066
Although Craig and I,

1607
01:04:38.200 --> 01:04:39.467
we used to blow those
things up every Christmas.

1608
01:04:39.600 --> 01:04:41.166
Good times, good memories.

1609
01:04:41.300 --> 01:04:43.700
- Blew the place up.

1610
01:04:43.834 --> 01:04:46.400
- Speaking of, do you
happen to have the stuff

1611
01:04:46.533 --> 01:04:47.600
that I left at Mom's?

1612
01:04:47.734 --> 01:04:49.200
- Well, as a matter
of fact, yes.

1613
01:04:49.333 --> 01:04:51.400
It's been collecting
dust in the shed.

1614
01:04:51.533 --> 01:04:52.667
Walk this way.

1615
01:04:54.000 --> 01:04:57.900
- Cheers.
- Good thing. Cheers.

1616
01:04:58.033 --> 01:05:00.400
- Oh, Dickens League champs,

1617
01:05:03.600 --> 01:05:07.500
peewee division.

1618
01:05:07.633 --> 01:05:08.900
I remember that.

1619
01:05:12.200 --> 01:05:13.500
Do you remember the summer

1620
01:05:13.633 --> 01:05:15.000
you taught me how to
throw a curve ball?

1621
01:05:15.133 --> 01:05:17.266
- You mean I tried

1622
01:05:17.400 --> 01:05:18.734
to teach you how to
throw a curve ball?

1623
01:05:18.867 --> 01:05:21.333
- No, no, you taught me.
- No no, it didn't curve much.

1624
01:05:21.467 --> 01:05:23.967
- No, it curved!

1625
01:05:24.100 --> 01:05:27.000
- That's what big
brothers are for.

1626
01:05:28.367 --> 01:05:29.166
- Oh, wow.

1627
01:05:36.600 --> 01:05:39.066
I'm sorry, I, I have been gone

1628
01:05:41.934 --> 01:05:43.834
for the past few years.

1629
01:05:45.400 --> 01:05:46.533
And I'm sorry.

1630
01:05:50.333 --> 01:05:51.467
- You missed a lot.

1631
01:05:54.667 --> 01:05:56.133
But I'm sorry too.

1632
01:05:57.033 --> 01:05:59.066
- Why? Why are you sorry?

1633
01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:02.867
- You know, when mom got sick

1634
01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:06.133
and you were already
in LA working,

1635
01:06:06.266 --> 01:06:08.233
my life here was,

1636
01:06:08.367 --> 01:06:09.700
you know, trying to
keep the restaurant open

1637
01:06:09.834 --> 01:06:11.700
and taking care of her.

1638
01:06:12.900 --> 01:06:13.867
It was hard.

1639
01:06:15.333 --> 01:06:18.533
So when she died
and you came home

1640
01:06:18.667 --> 01:06:21.033
for the funeral, I was angry,

1641
01:06:23.367 --> 01:06:25.400
and I said a bunch of
things I shouldn't have.

1642
01:06:25.533 --> 01:06:26.600
So I'm sorry.

1643
01:06:29.200 --> 01:06:31.266
- Yeah. Yeah, I remember.

1644
01:06:33.900 --> 01:06:37.600
And I also said a lot
of stuff that I regret.

1645
01:06:39.467 --> 01:06:41.200
That was rough patch.

1646
01:06:45.734 --> 01:06:49.133
- You know, the truth
is, I like it here.

1647
01:06:50.333 --> 01:06:53.533
I love Dickens, and I
love the restaurant.

1648
01:06:54.734 --> 01:06:56.533
And I'm happy for you.

1649
01:06:58.100 --> 01:07:00.300
Mom would be proud of you.

1650
01:07:04.133 --> 01:07:05.500
I'm proud of you.

1651
01:07:07.567 --> 01:07:09.400
- I just miss her, man.

1652
01:07:11.200 --> 01:07:14.333
- And I know that she
would be proud of you.

1653
01:07:14.467 --> 01:07:16.100
She really would be.

1654
01:07:17.266 --> 01:07:18.834
She would also be
really jealous of you,

1655
01:07:18.967 --> 01:07:20.300
because the crust, man,

1656
01:07:20.433 --> 01:07:22.000
on her chicken pot pie.

1657
01:07:22.133 --> 01:07:26.600
'Cause it's, it was
better.

1658
01:07:29.734 --> 01:07:31.767
Hey, I'm coming home a
lot from here on out.

1659
01:07:31.900 --> 01:07:36.533
So you're gonna wish that
I would leave, actually.

1660
01:07:36.667 --> 01:07:37.967
- Love you, man.

1661
01:07:45.333 --> 01:07:47.900
- So before we get ready
for our dress rehearsal,

1662
01:07:48.033 --> 01:07:50.166
I just wanna say
that this has been

1663
01:07:50.300 --> 01:07:53.000
one of the best
weeks of my life.

1664
01:07:53.133 --> 01:07:55.200
Thanks to all of you.

1665
01:07:55.333 --> 01:07:56.333
Thank you.

1666
01:07:56.467 --> 01:07:57.433
- And here's the
Cassie for bringing out

1667
01:07:57.567 --> 01:07:58.567
the best in all of us.

1668
01:08:02.266 --> 01:08:04.233
Oh! Now, before I forget,

1669
01:08:04.367 --> 01:08:05.567
all right, here they are.

1670
01:08:05.700 --> 01:08:09.233
Okay, a little birdie
told me that Ray

1671
01:08:09.367 --> 01:08:11.734
used to get you all a
present before the show.

1672
01:08:11.867 --> 01:08:13.233
- It was me. I'm the bird.

1673
01:08:13.367 --> 01:08:14.900
- That's right, he is.

1674
01:08:15.033 --> 01:08:17.300
So I know this is
just dress rehearsal,

1675
01:08:17.433 --> 01:08:19.500
but I wanted to thank you

1676
01:08:19.633 --> 01:08:21.834
for your patience with me

1677
01:08:21.967 --> 01:08:24.567
and just for making me feel
like part of the family.

1678
01:08:24.700 --> 01:08:26.433
- Aw, thanks, Jake.
- Merry Christmas.

1679
01:08:26.567 --> 01:08:28.266
- A pocket watch!

1680
01:08:28.400 --> 01:08:29.166
Thanks, Jake.

1681
01:08:29.300 --> 01:08:31.533
Thank you!
- Thanks, Jake.

1682
01:08:33.633 --> 01:08:35.367
- And you, come here.

1683
01:08:40.300 --> 01:08:41.100
All right.

1684
01:08:43.700 --> 01:08:44.967
- You didn't have
to get me something.

1685
01:08:45.100 --> 01:08:46.133
- Technically I didn't.

1686
01:08:46.266 --> 01:08:47.600
I couldn't believe it,

1687
01:08:47.734 --> 01:08:49.100
but when I was going through
all my stuff at Craig's,

1688
01:08:49.233 --> 01:08:50.367
I found this.

1689
01:08:50.500 --> 01:08:51.600
This is the gift that I made you

1690
01:08:51.734 --> 01:08:55.033
all those years ago
that I never gave you.

1691
01:09:00.367 --> 01:09:01.967
- What?

1692
01:09:02.100 --> 01:09:03.734
Is this an actual mixed tape?

1693
01:09:03.867 --> 01:09:05.233
- It is, yeah,
it's the collection

1694
01:09:05.367 --> 01:09:06.400
of all my favorite songs.

1695
01:09:06.533 --> 01:09:07.934
Old things.

1696
01:09:08.066 --> 01:09:09.100
- How am I supposed to play it?

1697
01:09:09.233 --> 01:09:10.433
- I don't know.

1698
01:09:11.900 --> 01:09:13.767
- Thank you, Jake.

1699
01:09:13.900 --> 01:09:16.967
- Thank you, Cassie,
for everything.

1700
01:09:17.100 --> 01:09:18.266
- And I got something
for you too.

1701
01:09:18.400 --> 01:09:19.266
- You did?
- I did.

1702
01:09:19.400 --> 01:09:22.967
- Ah!

1703
01:09:24.300 --> 01:09:26.033
- Look here. Aw, man.

1704
01:09:31.033 --> 01:09:32.333
This is awesome.

1705
01:09:34.867 --> 01:09:37.066
"To my all-time
favorite Scrooge.

1706
01:09:37.200 --> 01:09:39.667
It's all right, it's all true,

1707
01:09:40.834 --> 01:09:42.867
it all happened, Cassie."

1708
01:09:46.200 --> 01:09:48.533
Is this the line from the play?

1709
01:09:48.667 --> 01:09:51.667
- Have I taught you nothing?

1710
01:09:51.800 --> 01:09:52.600
- Thank you.

1711
01:10:01.500 --> 01:10:03.633
This is an amazing gift.

1712
01:10:03.767 --> 01:10:06.166
- I'm so glad you like it.
- I love it.

1713
01:10:06.300 --> 01:10:10.133
I love it.

1714
01:10:10.266 --> 01:10:12.033
- Jake!
- Yes.

1715
01:10:12.166 --> 01:10:13.000
- I've been trying
to get ahold of you.

1716
01:10:13.133 --> 01:10:15.567
- Uh, yeah, 60,000 texts later.

1717
01:10:15.700 --> 01:10:16.633
What's going on?

1718
01:10:16.767 --> 01:10:17.900
- So don't kill me,

1719
01:10:18.033 --> 01:10:19.266
but I may have recorded
some of your rehearsals.

1720
01:10:19.400 --> 01:10:20.166
- Why?

1721
01:10:20.300 --> 01:10:21.400
- Before you get upset,

1722
01:10:21.533 --> 01:10:22.633
I may have sent some
of the best parts

1723
01:10:22.767 --> 01:10:23.800
to some people who
may have sent it

1724
01:10:23.934 --> 01:10:25.800
to their bosses at the studio

1725
01:10:25.934 --> 01:10:28.600
making "Dunes of Eastlynn."

1726
01:10:28.734 --> 01:10:32.233
And the producers are
considering you for the role.

1727
01:10:32.367 --> 01:10:33.700
- The role?
- The role.

1728
01:10:33.834 --> 01:10:35.667
- Jake, that's amazing!

1729
01:10:35.800 --> 01:10:36.900
- Okay, hold on a second.

1730
01:10:37.033 --> 01:10:39.066
Why, why hasn't
Denise called me yet?

1731
01:10:39.200 --> 01:10:40.333
- Oh, I think your
agent is still trying

1732
01:10:40.467 --> 01:10:41.667
to figure out how to
take credit for it.

1733
01:10:41.800 --> 01:10:43.266
- Well, we know who
the credit belongs to.

1734
01:10:43.400 --> 01:10:46.800
It belongs to you,
and it belongs to you.

1735
01:10:48.033 --> 01:10:49.900
- There is one thing you
have to do first though.

1736
01:10:50.033 --> 01:10:50.867
- What?

1737
01:10:51.000 --> 01:10:53.400
- The producer, Jeff MacQuarrie,

1738
01:10:53.533 --> 01:10:55.033
he has this holiday
party every year.

1739
01:10:55.166 --> 01:10:56.233
- Yeah, okay.

1740
01:10:56.367 --> 01:10:57.633
So this party in
Hollywood, it's like,

1741
01:10:57.767 --> 01:10:59.100
it's infamous.

1742
01:10:59.233 --> 01:11:00.467
You have to be in his inner
circle to get invited.

1743
01:11:00.600 --> 01:11:01.900
- You're invited, Jake.

1744
01:11:02.033 --> 01:11:03.433
- Ah, are you kidding me?

1745
01:11:03.567 --> 01:11:04.400
- That's amazing.

1746
01:11:04.533 --> 01:11:05.667
- He wants to meet you first

1747
01:11:05.800 --> 01:11:06.800
before he makes
his big decision.

1748
01:11:06.934 --> 01:11:08.300
- Of course he does, absolutely.

1749
01:11:08.433 --> 01:11:09.934
When is it?

1750
01:11:10.066 --> 01:11:13.767
- Tomorrow night.

1751
01:11:13.900 --> 01:11:17.300
Christmas Eve.

1752
01:11:17.433 --> 01:11:18.667
- Gosh darn it.

1753
01:11:19.834 --> 01:11:21.133
Well, that's a no-brainer.

1754
01:11:21.266 --> 01:11:23.734
I made a commitment to
Cassie, to the play.

1755
01:11:23.867 --> 01:11:24.934
I'm not going.

1756
01:11:25.066 --> 01:11:26.967
- Jake, I'm sorry,

1757
01:11:27.100 --> 01:11:29.500
but you have to
play the game here.

1758
01:11:29.633 --> 01:11:30.400
If you want a shot at this part,

1759
01:11:30.533 --> 01:11:31.667
you have to be there.

1760
01:11:31.800 --> 01:11:33.800
- Yeah, well, I'm
not gonna be, so.

1761
01:11:33.934 --> 01:11:36.400
- Jake, I think you should go.

1762
01:11:42.667 --> 01:11:44.834
- Ben, give me
just five minutes.

1763
01:11:44.967 --> 01:11:46.533
Yeah? Five minutes.

1764
01:11:49.033 --> 01:11:50.266
What are you talking about?

1765
01:11:50.400 --> 01:11:52.166
- The whole reason you're here

1766
01:11:52.300 --> 01:11:56.266
is for this exact
career-defining role,

1767
01:11:56.400 --> 01:11:58.033
and now you have a shot.

1768
01:11:58.166 --> 01:11:59.967
I am not gonna be the one

1769
01:12:00.166 --> 01:12:02.500
to stand in the way
of your dream part.

1770
01:12:02.633 --> 01:12:03.800
- Okay, with all due respect,

1771
01:12:03.934 --> 01:12:04.633
I understand that.

1772
01:12:04.767 --> 01:12:06.700
But what about the play?

1773
01:12:07.667 --> 01:12:09.533
- We'll figure it out.

1774
01:12:09.667 --> 01:12:11.767
- Cassie, you needed
this to be a success.

1775
01:12:11.900 --> 01:12:14.800
- No, what I needed
was to remember

1776
01:12:15.967 --> 01:12:17.700
why I love directing.

1777
01:12:18.934 --> 01:12:20.800
It's not about success,

1778
01:12:22.533 --> 01:12:24.633
it's about the whole production,

1779
01:12:24.767 --> 01:12:26.967
the whole experience with
the cast and the crew

1780
01:12:27.100 --> 01:12:29.734
and watching the whole
play come together,

1781
01:12:29.867 --> 01:12:32.834
helping you find
that inner Scrooge.

1782
01:12:34.400 --> 01:12:36.367
Yeah, that's the whole thing.

1783
01:12:36.500 --> 01:12:40.700
And it all made me
realize that, directing,

1784
01:12:40.834 --> 01:12:43.600
that is what I am meant to do,

1785
01:12:43.734 --> 01:12:46.333
and that's not gonna change.

1786
01:12:46.467 --> 01:12:50.567
- You know what else
is not gonna change?

1787
01:12:50.700 --> 01:12:51.767
Your Scrooge.

1788
01:12:53.767 --> 01:12:54.734
I'm staying.

1789
01:12:56.934 --> 01:12:59.367
- Then I'm kicking
you off the show.

1790
01:12:59.500 --> 01:13:01.900
- What are you talking about?

1791
01:13:02.033 --> 01:13:03.900
You can't do that.

1792
01:13:04.033 --> 01:13:05.033
- I just did.

1793
01:13:08.533 --> 01:13:11.533
Jake, you've wanted
this for so long,

1794
01:13:14.233 --> 01:13:15.633
and you're ready.

1795
01:13:17.100 --> 01:13:18.100
You're ready.

1796
01:13:21.400 --> 01:13:23.033
- But what about us?

1797
01:13:24.333 --> 01:13:26.734
- I, um, I have to figure out

1798
01:13:29.100 --> 01:13:30.900
my own future,

1799
01:13:31.033 --> 01:13:35.166
you know, before I can
have one with someone else.

1800
01:13:45.533 --> 01:13:46.333
- Hey.

1801
01:13:50.066 --> 01:13:52.400
I am sorry that I have to go.

1802
01:13:52.533 --> 01:13:54.934
I hope you're not
too disappointed.

1803
01:13:55.066 --> 01:13:56.400
- It's okay.

1804
01:13:56.533 --> 01:13:59.533
Dad said the movie is about
grandma's favorite book.

1805
01:13:59.667 --> 01:14:01.300
- How did you know
what role it was?

1806
01:14:01.433 --> 01:14:02.667
- Cassie.

1807
01:14:02.800 --> 01:14:03.934
That's when I understood

1808
01:14:04.066 --> 01:14:05.934
why you had to leave again.

1809
01:14:06.066 --> 01:14:08.767
And if she didn't make
you go, I would have.

1810
01:14:08.900 --> 01:14:10.633
- when will I see you
again, Uncle Jake?

1811
01:14:10.767 --> 01:14:12.233
- Soon, I promise.

1812
01:14:14.200 --> 01:14:15.400
I got a lot to come back for.

1813
01:14:15.533 --> 01:14:19.100
I got you, I've got
your mom, your dad.

1814
01:14:19.233 --> 01:14:20.834
- Isn't there
another reason, Jake?

1815
01:14:24.667 --> 01:14:25.800
- I can't believe
he's just gonna leave.

1816
01:14:25.934 --> 01:14:27.433
Well, he didn't
have a choice, Mom.

1817
01:14:27.567 --> 01:14:28.700
- Why?

1818
01:14:28.834 --> 01:14:29.967
- Because I kicked
him off the show.

1819
01:14:30.100 --> 01:14:31.467
Well, I'm not talking
about the show, honey.

1820
01:14:31.600 --> 01:14:33.800
I'm talking about your heart.

1821
01:14:33.934 --> 01:14:34.900
- Right, well, I also-

1822
01:14:35.033 --> 01:14:36.166
- If there's one thing

1823
01:14:36.300 --> 01:14:37.400
the last few weeks
have proven to me,

1824
01:14:37.533 --> 01:14:40.600
it's that you are a
fabulous director.

1825
01:14:41.734 --> 01:14:43.266
And I know you'll figure out

1826
01:14:43.400 --> 01:14:46.033
how to put on a great play.

1827
01:14:46.166 --> 01:14:49.133
And I'm sorry for
ever doubting you.

1828
01:14:50.900 --> 01:14:53.367
- Thank you. That means a lot.

1829
01:14:56.367 --> 01:14:59.266
- I've also never
seen you so happy,

1830
01:14:59.400 --> 01:15:01.133
until today, that is.

1831
01:15:04.066 --> 01:15:07.533
You know, I understand why you
kicked him out of the play.

1832
01:15:07.667 --> 01:15:10.633
I doubt he would've
left if you hadn't.

1833
01:15:10.767 --> 01:15:14.900
But, did you tell him you
wanted him to come back?

1834
01:15:17.433 --> 01:15:18.233
- No.

1835
01:15:19.200 --> 01:15:20.000
- Do you?

1836
01:15:22.300 --> 01:15:23.100
- Yes.

1837
01:15:25.066 --> 01:15:28.100
- Then he
deserves to know.

1838
01:15:29.467 --> 01:15:32.033
- Mom, I told him it
wasn't the right time.

1839
01:15:32.166 --> 01:15:33.233
- And is that the truth?

1840
01:15:33.367 --> 01:15:34.166
- No.

1841
01:15:35.734 --> 01:15:37.433
- You're just scared.

1842
01:15:38.667 --> 01:15:42.233
Plus, the heart doesn't
care about timing,

1843
01:15:42.367 --> 01:15:46.033
it only knows who
makes it beat faster.

1844
01:15:46.166 --> 01:15:49.900
- Thank you.

1845
01:16:01.600 --> 01:16:02.500
- You okay?

1846
01:16:07.467 --> 01:16:10.867
- Ben, you've had my
back for a long time.

1847
01:16:12.800 --> 01:16:15.367
You're the only person I trust.

1848
01:16:17.400 --> 01:16:21.333
Do you think I'm
doing the right thing?

1849
01:16:21.467 --> 01:16:24.934
- Do you want me to answer
that as your assistant

1850
01:16:25.066 --> 01:16:26.533
or as your friend?

1851
01:16:31.266 --> 01:16:33.667
- How about as my manager?

1852
01:16:35.567 --> 01:16:37.400
- Seriously?
- Seriously.

1853
01:16:37.533 --> 01:16:38.567
I mean, I don't know
what took me so long.

1854
01:16:38.700 --> 01:16:39.400
- Yeah.
- I mean, you've been

1855
01:16:39.533 --> 01:16:41.800
in that role for years.

1856
01:16:41.934 --> 01:16:43.200
It's about time
you get recognized,

1857
01:16:45.433 --> 01:16:47.166
and paid for it.

1858
01:16:47.300 --> 01:16:48.867
- Well, now I am really
glad I came with you

1859
01:16:49.000 --> 01:16:50.066
to Dickens instead of Vegas.

1860
01:16:52.166 --> 01:16:53.567
Thank you, Jake.

1861
01:17:07.800 --> 01:17:09.133
- You guys, he
didn't want to leave.

1862
01:17:09.266 --> 01:17:10.333
I told him to go.

1863
01:17:10.467 --> 01:17:11.567
- What? Why?

1864
01:17:11.700 --> 01:17:14.400
- Because this is a role
of a lifetime for him,

1865
01:17:14.533 --> 01:17:17.600
and we are still gonna
put on a great show.

1866
01:17:17.734 --> 01:17:19.800
This is community theater.

1867
01:17:19.934 --> 01:17:21.667
It's not about any one of us,

1868
01:17:21.800 --> 01:17:23.633
it's about all of us.

1869
01:17:23.767 --> 01:17:25.233
- So we're not
canceling the show?

1870
01:17:25.367 --> 01:17:26.867
- Of course not.

1871
01:17:27.000 --> 01:17:28.867
You guys have worked
way too hard for that.

1872
01:17:29.000 --> 01:17:30.400
- So what are we
supposed to do now?

1873
01:17:30.533 --> 01:17:32.200
We're right back where
we were last week.

1874
01:17:32.333 --> 01:17:33.867
- We're gonna be fine, trust me.

1875
01:17:34.000 --> 01:17:35.066
- Are we?

1876
01:17:35.200 --> 01:17:36.133
Because there's a
bunch of new stations

1877
01:17:36.266 --> 01:17:37.433
coming from Cleveland,

1878
01:17:37.567 --> 01:17:39.233
all here to see Jake Dorsey.
- That's true.

1879
01:17:39.367 --> 01:17:40.467
- What are they going to say

1880
01:17:40.600 --> 01:17:42.033
when they find out
he's not even here?

1881
01:17:42.166 --> 01:17:44.133
- I don't know, but
they're gonna see

1882
01:17:44.266 --> 01:17:46.100
a great performance.

1883
01:17:46.233 --> 01:17:48.934
- Well, who's
gonna play Scrooge?

1884
01:17:50.400 --> 01:17:51.400
- Me.

1885
01:17:53.166 --> 01:17:54.400
- I mean, with
the right costume,

1886
01:17:54.533 --> 01:17:55.767
I think we could pull it off.

1887
01:17:55.900 --> 01:17:56.900
It could be great.

1888
01:17:57.033 --> 01:17:58.567
- You guys, we're doing this.

1889
01:17:58.700 --> 01:18:00.200
The show must go on.

1890
01:18:00.333 --> 01:18:01.500
Get into it. Let's go!

1891
01:18:01.633 --> 01:18:03.467
- Whoo!
- All right!

1892
01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:05.233
Let's go!

1893
01:18:23.467 --> 01:18:25.066
Okay, this is it.

1894
01:18:25.200 --> 01:18:27.266
Break a leg, everyone.

1895
01:18:27.400 --> 01:18:29.166
And I'm gonna need
a compound fracture.

1896
01:18:29.300 --> 01:18:30.433
- Are you sure
you wanna do this?

1897
01:18:30.567 --> 01:18:32.433
- Well, I would rather
be down here with you,

1898
01:18:32.567 --> 01:18:34.600
but I don't really
have a choice.

1899
01:18:34.734 --> 01:18:35.967
Okay, I gotta get to the stage.

1900
01:18:36.100 --> 01:18:37.000
- Okay. Oh, your headset.

1901
01:18:37.133 --> 01:18:38.600
- Oh, sorry. Okay.

1902
01:18:43.333 --> 01:18:44.567
- Hi!

1903
01:18:44.700 --> 01:18:46.033
- What is happening?

1904
01:18:46.166 --> 01:18:48.533
Um, hold lights. Hold lights.

1905
01:18:48.667 --> 01:18:51.767
- Hey. Sorry, guys.

1906
01:18:51.900 --> 01:18:53.266
- What are you doing here?

1907
01:18:53.400 --> 01:18:55.166
As much as I would actually love

1908
01:18:55.300 --> 01:18:59.200
to see you play Scrooge,
and I really would,

1909
01:18:59.333 --> 01:19:02.367
I have grown fond of the role,

1910
01:19:02.500 --> 01:19:03.400
and of you.

1911
01:19:05.800 --> 01:19:09.467
I meant it when I said
you could count on me.

1912
01:19:11.200 --> 01:19:12.700
-
They showed up.

1913
01:19:12.834 --> 01:19:14.633
- It's Jake!
_ Hey, look, it's Jake!

1914
01:19:14.767 --> 01:19:16.867
- All right.
- You see? He's back.

1915
01:19:17.000 --> 01:19:18.100
- Yeah, we've got a show to do.

1916
01:19:18.233 --> 01:19:19.800
All right, let me go, uh-

1917
01:19:19.934 --> 01:19:21.433
- Get ready, okay.

1918
01:19:21.567 --> 01:19:23.900
♪ We wish you a
Merry Christmas ♪

1919
01:19:24.033 --> 01:19:26.300
♪ We wish you a
Merry Christmas ♪

1920
01:19:26.433 --> 01:19:28.633
♪ We wish you a
Merry Christmas ♪

1921
01:19:28.767 --> 01:19:31.400
♪ And a happy New Year ♪

1922
01:19:31.533 --> 01:19:33.600
♪ Good tidings we bring ♪

1923
01:19:33.734 --> 01:19:36.934
♪ To you and your kin ♪

1924
01:19:37.066 --> 01:19:38.200
- Bah, humbug!

1925
01:19:40.300 --> 01:19:42.266
Merry Christmas, indeed.

1926
01:19:45.000 --> 01:19:48.300
Spirit, say that the
boy will be spared.

1927
01:19:49.467 --> 01:19:51.667
- If he be like to die,
he had better do it

1928
01:19:51.800 --> 01:19:53.633
and decrease the
surplus population.

1929
01:19:53.767 --> 01:19:55.100
- No.

1930
01:19:55.233 --> 01:19:57.734
- And so I release you with
a full heart, Ebenezer.

1931
01:19:57.867 --> 01:19:59.800
- Turn around, you fool.

1932
01:19:59.934 --> 01:20:01.600
What's wrong with you?

1933
01:20:04.000 --> 01:20:05.567
Oh, Spirit, oh, oh.

1934
01:20:08.133 --> 01:20:10.767
Spirit!

1935
01:20:19.967 --> 01:20:24.000
Merry Christmas, all!

1936
01:20:25.133 --> 01:20:28.433
Happy New Year to all the world!

1937
01:20:28.567 --> 01:20:29.367
Ah, hello!

1938
01:20:30.533 --> 01:20:33.033
There, the window

1939
01:20:33.166 --> 01:20:36.967
through which I saw all
the wandering spirits!

1940
01:20:38.200 --> 01:20:39.433
It's all right.

1941
01:20:42.600 --> 01:20:43.734
It's all true.

1942
01:20:50.133 --> 01:20:51.400
It all happened.

1943
01:20:54.667 --> 01:20:56.300
- Merry Christmas, indeed.

1944
01:20:56.433 --> 01:20:57.767
- That's all you
need to say, Bob.

1945
01:20:57.900 --> 01:20:58.834
Hop up, boy!

1946
01:20:59.734 --> 01:21:00.633
Oh! Hey!

1947
01:21:00.767 --> 01:21:03.200
- God bless us every one!

1948
01:21:14.133 --> 01:21:16.734
- Ray Muller, everybody!

1949
01:21:16.867 --> 01:21:18.233
This play would not be possible

1950
01:21:18.367 --> 01:21:21.567
without our amazing
and brilliant director.

1951
01:21:21.700 --> 01:21:23.800
Let's hear it for Cassie Pruitt.

1952
01:21:23.934 --> 01:21:25.567
Cassie, come on out.

1953
01:21:26.533 --> 01:21:27.667
Good job.

1954
01:21:31.567 --> 01:21:32.533
- Thank you.

1955
01:21:34.367 --> 01:21:35.467
- Uncle Jake, say the line.

1956
01:21:35.600 --> 01:21:36.600
- You want me to say it?
- Yeah.

1957
01:21:36.734 --> 01:21:38.800
- Hey, do the right thing.

1958
01:21:38.934 --> 01:21:41.467
- Or it's the
last thing you'll do!

1959
01:21:41.600 --> 01:21:42.934
- That's right.

1960
01:21:43.066 --> 01:21:44.367
Congratulations.

1961
01:21:45.867 --> 01:21:47.467
- And a cheers to you.

1962
01:21:50.066 --> 01:21:51.066
- I'm so proud of you.

1963
01:21:51.200 --> 01:21:52.533
You guys just nailed it.

1964
01:21:52.667 --> 01:21:54.066
There wasn't a dry
eye in the house.

1965
01:21:54.200 --> 01:21:55.600
- Thank you, Craig.

1966
01:21:55.734 --> 01:21:56.600
- Come here.

1967
01:21:58.467 --> 01:21:59.567
I love you, buddy.

1968
01:21:59.700 --> 01:22:02.500
- Ah, I love you
too, little brother.

1969
01:22:02.633 --> 01:22:05.166
- And this one

1970
01:22:05.300 --> 01:22:07.900
is gonna take Broadway by storm.

1971
01:22:24.734 --> 01:22:26.367
Hey. You look happy.

1972
01:22:29.567 --> 01:22:32.433
- Yeah, I'm happier than I've
been in a really long time.

1973
01:22:32.567 --> 01:22:33.700
- Me too.

1974
01:22:33.834 --> 01:22:36.066
- You have no idea
how relieved I was

1975
01:22:36.200 --> 01:22:38.667
to see you standing
on that stage.

1976
01:22:38.800 --> 01:22:42.867
- It's the easiest, best
decision of my life.

1977
01:22:43.000 --> 01:22:44.934
- But you miss the party in LA.

1978
01:22:45.066 --> 01:22:46.667
Now you're not gonna
get the role you wanted.

1979
01:22:46.800 --> 01:22:48.367
- Maybe, maybe not.

1980
01:22:51.934 --> 01:22:53.166
It's Christmas,

1981
01:22:54.834 --> 01:22:57.533
and I need to be with
the people that I love.

1982
01:22:57.667 --> 01:23:02.133
- How do you feel about
long distance relationships?

1983
01:23:02.266 --> 01:23:04.467
- Cassie, wherever you are,

1984
01:23:05.433 --> 01:23:06.767
that's where I wanna be.

1985
01:23:06.900 --> 01:23:08.166
- Mm, good line.

1986
01:23:09.600 --> 01:23:11.867
Or was it the delivery?

1987
01:23:12.000 --> 01:23:14.066
- It wasn't a line,

1988
01:23:14.200 --> 01:23:15.633
and I'm not acting.