1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:02,585 --> 00:00:05,505 [audio logo] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:08,883 --> 00:00:11,803 [whimsical music] 5 00:00:14,889 --> 00:00:16,182 {\an8}LEAH (VOICEOVER): The story takes 6 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:18,685 {\an8}place in a charming little French village 7 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:21,271 {\an8}at Christmastime. 8 00:00:21,271 --> 00:00:23,648 {\an8}In this idyllic setting, our heroine 9 00:00:23,648 --> 00:00:28,778 {\an8}lives, a shy, hardworking maid with dreams as expansive 10 00:00:28,778 --> 00:00:31,031 {\an8}as the starry winter sky and a heart 11 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,658 {\an8}as pure as the fresh fallen snow. 12 00:00:33,658 --> 00:00:37,162 {\an8}She moves through her days with a secret wish tucked deep 13 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:41,332 {\an8}within her, a wish for a love as deep as the rivers, 14 00:00:41,332 --> 00:00:45,337 {\an8}as enduring as the old stone bridges of her village. 15 00:00:45,337 --> 00:00:48,381 {\an8}But such a love seems elusive. 16 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:50,467 {\an8}And then the hero comes in. 17 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,177 {\an8}He's perfect. 18 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:55,722 {\an8}He's a doctor, rides horses. 19 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:59,726 {\an8}The poor maid locks eyes with him across the crowded market 20 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:03,229 {\an8}and everything else melts away. 21 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:06,941 {\an8}And they know, in that perfect moment, 22 00:01:06,941 --> 00:01:10,779 {\an8}they're meant to be together forever. 23 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:12,697 {\an8}WOMAN: Leah. 24 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:15,200 {\an8}Leah? 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,580 {\an8}Leah, honey, I know the story, The Doctor and the Maid. 26 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:23,083 You made your father read it to you every night. 27 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:24,668 Yeah, well, it's my favorite. 28 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:26,920 Yeah, well, you're not going to find a husband 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,672 in a fairy tale, I'm afraid. 30 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:31,925 And I hate to say it but, honey, you're not getting any younger. 31 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,051 Ow. 32 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:35,136 Thanks for the reminder, Mom. 33 00:01:35,136 --> 00:01:37,305 What about Alexander from church? 34 00:01:37,305 --> 00:01:39,474 I've always thought he was very cute. 35 00:01:39,474 --> 00:01:40,517 Well, cute. 36 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:41,434 Well-- tall. 37 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:42,352 [scoffs] 38 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:46,064 Can you stop trying to set me up with every single man 39 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:47,273 in the city. 40 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:49,067 And Alexander is way too tall. 41 00:01:49,067 --> 00:01:51,986 I would have neck pain my entire life. 42 00:01:51,986 --> 00:01:57,117 Besides, I will know it when I see him. 43 00:01:57,117 --> 00:02:00,453 We'll lock eyes and-- 44 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:03,665 everything else will melt away. 45 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:06,084 Sounds lovely. 46 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:09,462 But I don't think it always works like that. 47 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:13,258 And-- oh, honey, I just think you 48 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:15,969 could be waiting a long time for something like that. 49 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:16,970 It's not waiting. 50 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:18,346 It's being patient. 51 00:02:18,346 --> 00:02:20,807 There's a difference. 52 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:24,436 And I remember a dad reading me those stories when I was small. 53 00:02:24,436 --> 00:02:27,689 When he passed, someone else read it to me. 54 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:29,482 You did. 55 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:32,485 You told me stories about how you met and how amazing he was. 56 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:35,655 And I don't want to settle for anything less than that. 57 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:38,992 Mom, I'm bored. 58 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:41,411 Hey, this is cute. 59 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:43,913 But I don't want to leave with anything that isn't on my list. 60 00:02:43,913 --> 00:02:45,457 OK, OK. 61 00:02:45,457 --> 00:02:47,500 All I'm looking for is a jewelry box-- 62 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:52,922 wooden, simple, and-- elegant. 63 00:02:52,922 --> 00:02:55,008 Well, would you look at that. 64 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,926 It looks just like the one your father 65 00:02:56,926 --> 00:02:58,136 gave you when you were little. 66 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:00,680 Exactly, it's perfect. 67 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,848 Good eye. 68 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:03,850 We just got that in from France. 69 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,143 It used to play a melody. 70 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:07,270 But the mechanism is broken. 71 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:08,688 Do you know how old it is? 72 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:09,981 No idea. 73 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:13,651 By the condition, at least 50 years. 74 00:03:13,651 --> 00:03:15,153 Great, I'll take it. 75 00:03:15,153 --> 00:03:18,156 And, uh, this as well. 76 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:19,240 [scoffs] 77 00:03:20,408 --> 00:03:21,951 I thought you weren't getting anything 78 00:03:21,951 --> 00:03:23,161 that wasn't on your list. 79 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:25,038 Yes, but the list is-- 80 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:26,873 BOTH: Subject to change. 81 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:27,832 [laughing] 82 00:03:27,832 --> 00:03:29,918 Exactly. 83 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:33,088 Hey, someone to keep you company. 84 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:35,757 Merry Christmas. 85 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:38,093 Oh, cute. 86 00:03:38,093 --> 00:03:40,929 So tell me again how you and dad met. 87 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:43,431 Ah, we were young-- 88 00:03:43,431 --> 00:03:46,226 much younger than you are now. 89 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,769 Yes, The Doctor and the Old Maid. 90 00:03:47,769 --> 00:03:48,603 I get it. 91 00:03:52,941 --> 00:03:55,235 Yes, we're here at the Museum of Modern Art where 92 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,737 they're moments away from unveiling the brand-new 93 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,531 Christmas exhibition. 94 00:03:59,531 --> 00:04:01,658 The highlight of the collection undoubtedly 95 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:04,577 is a piece from an artist in post-war France 96 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:06,454 and has been causing quite a stir 97 00:04:06,454 --> 00:04:07,831 with its enigmatic subject. 98 00:04:07,831 --> 00:04:09,082 [indistinct chatter] 99 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,917 [crowd exclaiming] 100 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:15,088 It's a-- painting. 101 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:16,172 [camera shutter clicks] 102 00:04:16,172 --> 00:04:17,549 What's the big deal? 103 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:20,135 It's the mystery of it, an unknown artist. 104 00:04:20,135 --> 00:04:21,553 It's romantic. 105 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:23,304 It brings up so many interesting questions. 106 00:04:23,304 --> 00:04:24,389 Who is this woman? 107 00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:25,807 Where was it painted? Why? 108 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:26,599 When did she-- 109 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:27,559 When's lunch? 110 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:28,852 Exactly. 111 00:04:28,852 --> 00:04:30,311 Come on, Mark. 112 00:04:30,311 --> 00:04:32,272 You don't feel anything when you look at this? 113 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:35,942 I feel-- like we both should be covering 114 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:37,986 something more important. 115 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:38,945 Well, we saw it. 116 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:39,946 Come on, Brian. 117 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:40,780 Let's go. 118 00:04:43,867 --> 00:04:46,286 REPORTER (ON TV): And while we don't know the artist's name, 119 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,621 the painting is dedicated to someone 120 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:52,625 named Ma Fleur, which translates from the French to "my flower." 121 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:58,757 And-- come on, what a dedication, so romantic. 122 00:04:58,757 --> 00:05:01,426 The only identifying information we have is the signature 123 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:06,139 of the artist with just the letter F. This piece, 124 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:11,811 alongside its story, is sure to be the talk of the new exhibit. 125 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:14,731 [gentle music] 126 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:32,207 Do you know what "Marché de Noel" means? 127 00:05:32,207 --> 00:05:33,583 I took Spanish in high school. 128 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:35,168 And I don't even remember that. 129 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:37,587 It means "Christmas Market." 130 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:40,632 They pop up every winter in various towns across Europe. 131 00:05:40,632 --> 00:05:44,094 They're quaint, romantic festivals with twinkling 132 00:05:44,094 --> 00:05:46,137 lights and cozy drinks. 133 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:51,685 And this journal is all about finding love-- true love 134 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:53,978 at the Christmas market in a French village 135 00:05:53,978 --> 00:05:56,022 called Petit Marchand. 136 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:58,024 It's a love story. 137 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,235 Well, the drawing does look similar to the painting. 138 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:01,361 Right? 139 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,405 OK, now, look at the signature. 140 00:06:06,408 --> 00:06:09,327 Huh, you have my full attention. 141 00:06:09,327 --> 00:06:10,704 What does it say? 142 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:14,624 OK, so F recounts the story of falling 143 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:17,210 in love with Ma Fleur on the first night 144 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,713 of the Marché de Noel, right? 145 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,798 And he talks about the legend of the town 146 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:24,592 that you are destined to meet your soulmate 147 00:06:24,592 --> 00:06:26,636 at Le Marché de Noel. 148 00:06:26,636 --> 00:06:30,056 And he's sure that he's found his. 149 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:33,226 And him and Ma Fleur both know that her parents 150 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:34,769 wouldn't approve. 151 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:38,690 So they meet secretly every night at the market. 152 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:42,902 And after he proposes, they decide to elope. 153 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:44,237 Very Romeo and Juliet. 154 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,739 Without the tragic ending, I hope. 155 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,741 It actually doesn't even have an ending at all. 156 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,701 The last few pages are missing, so-- 157 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:51,536 Sounds like the kind of human interest story 158 00:06:51,536 --> 00:06:52,579 The Post would love. 159 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:54,581 Except I am not a journalist. 160 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:56,833 Yet. 161 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,878 I think this story could bring you up to the majors. 162 00:06:59,878 --> 00:07:02,005 You know, maybe I should buy a ticket to France 163 00:07:02,005 --> 00:07:05,550 and visit that magical town, find my perfect soulmate, 164 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:07,177 and finally finish a writing sample 165 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:09,346 that I am proud to submit. 166 00:07:09,346 --> 00:07:13,433 Leah, you're passionate, articulate, driven, more 167 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:15,560 optimistic than anyone I know. 168 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,854 You'd be a great journalist. 169 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:21,316 But waiting for the perfect moment or the perfect writing 170 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:22,609 sample to fall into your lap isn't 171 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:23,985 going to get you anywhere. 172 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:26,988 Well, hey, biding my time to get what's right 173 00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:28,740 isn't always a bad thing. 174 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:30,992 If you're happy being a copy editor. 175 00:07:30,992 --> 00:07:33,286 Hey, copy editor, finish proofreading 176 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:34,662 the Johnson article? 177 00:07:34,662 --> 00:07:35,580 I am. 178 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:37,791 It should be in your inbox. 179 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:38,958 Great. 180 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,585 Oh, but I did notice a couple of times 181 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,754 that you have misused the word "disinterested." 182 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:44,381 It's a common misconception, you know. 183 00:07:44,381 --> 00:07:47,050 While most people think it means just simply not interested, 184 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:49,928 it actually refers to a lack of bias or being 185 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:55,141 fair and impartial, such as a disinterested judge 186 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,060 or a disinterested journalist. 187 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:58,978 Mm, did you fix it? 188 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:00,105 I did. 189 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:01,606 Well, you always fix it. 190 00:08:01,606 --> 00:08:03,983 So to be honest, I am rather-- 191 00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:05,026 disinterested. 192 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,077 I would think that a journalist would care 193 00:08:14,077 --> 00:08:15,662 about the English language. 194 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:17,747 I find it hard to believe that Moody 195 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:19,833 Mark could care about anything. 196 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:25,839 WOMAN: Company meeting-- now. 197 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:28,758 So-- bad news. 198 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:31,177 Our annual holiday issue headliner 199 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,179 has fallen into the abyss. 200 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,222 So we need something new. 201 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:35,348 And we need something fast. 202 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:37,475 Who's got a lead? 203 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:39,853 How about a story on the soup kitchen? 204 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:43,440 Mm, we aren't just writing about businesses in peril. 205 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:44,858 Where's the heart? 206 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,693 Tell me the story about the woman 207 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:49,988 who quits her job, moves back to her hometown, 208 00:08:49,988 --> 00:08:52,157 crosses paths with her high school sweetheart who 209 00:08:52,157 --> 00:08:54,242 volunteers at the soup kitchen, and now 210 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:55,410 they keep it open together. 211 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:56,703 Now, I want that story. 212 00:09:00,165 --> 00:09:02,459 Really, people, nothing? 213 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:04,878 Need I remind you, this is our biggest seller. 214 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,881 This is important to The Post's bottom line. 215 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,716 You know that new painting at the Museum 216 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:12,719 of Modern Art, the one the whole city has been buzzing about? 217 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:14,554 Leah found the diary of the painter. 218 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,766 Oh, well, I'm listening, Leah. 219 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:21,269 What is Christmas about-- 220 00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:25,023 if not bringing people together? 221 00:09:25,023 --> 00:09:30,028 The year's 1959 in the French village of Petit Marchand, 222 00:09:30,028 --> 00:09:33,907 where local legend has it you're destined to meet your soulmate. 223 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:37,452 It's a love story between two young lovers 224 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:39,704 forbidden from being together. 225 00:09:39,704 --> 00:09:42,165 But under the twinkling lights of the Marché Noel, 226 00:09:42,165 --> 00:09:44,834 they promise each other their future. 227 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:48,088 And they make a plan to escape. 228 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:51,007 And together, they create this painting 229 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:54,803 and also a love that still inspires 230 00:09:54,803 --> 00:09:58,431 the public decades later. 231 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:01,142 So what happened to them since then? 232 00:10:01,142 --> 00:10:03,978 Did they ever find their happily ever after? 233 00:10:03,978 --> 00:10:07,607 That's what I'd like to find out. 234 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:15,281 Mystery, romance, Christmas-- 235 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,867 I love it. 236 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:19,327 So is this couple still together? 237 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:20,954 I don't know. 238 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:23,581 But based on, you know, how he writes about his love, 239 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:24,582 I'd bet on it. 240 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:26,918 Well, I hope you're right. 241 00:10:26,918 --> 00:10:29,337 Nobody wants a tragic ending at Christmas. 242 00:10:29,337 --> 00:10:32,340 Emilio, start looking at flights to Petit Marchand. 243 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:33,508 You're really going for this? 244 00:10:33,508 --> 00:10:34,968 Oh, no, Mark, you are. 245 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:36,845 Now, you need to get to France in the morning, 246 00:10:36,845 --> 00:10:39,055 so you better get packing. 247 00:10:39,055 --> 00:10:39,973 Uh, what? 248 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:40,807 What? 249 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:45,145 [scoffs] 250 00:10:48,106 --> 00:10:49,274 Hmm, yeah. 251 00:10:52,235 --> 00:10:55,071 You're assigning me a Christmas puff piece. 252 00:10:55,071 --> 00:10:56,281 Yes, I am. 253 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,408 I have been on the ground in refugee camps. 254 00:10:58,408 --> 00:11:00,827 I have covered places other reporters refused to go. 255 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,663 And you are under utilizing my skills. 256 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:07,667 Mark, you are the best reporter that we have here. 257 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,045 You know how to go overseas and work out a story. 258 00:11:10,045 --> 00:11:11,671 And I need someone of your caliber 259 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:12,797 to drive this story home. 260 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:14,007 I'm the only one available. 261 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:17,302 You're the only one available. 262 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:18,094 Fine. 263 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:18,970 Thank you. 264 00:11:18,970 --> 00:11:20,221 Fine. 265 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:22,766 [light music] 266 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,233 Oh, hey, good pitch back there, Leah. 267 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:34,694 Will you make sure Mark gets the journal to take with him? 268 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:38,365 Actually, I'd like to talk to you about that. 269 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:39,699 I want to write the piece. 270 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,868 You're a copy editor, not a journalist. 271 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,912 Well, no, not-- not yet. 272 00:11:43,912 --> 00:11:48,041 Noted, but this is a big seller for The Post. 273 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:50,460 Look, I-- I can't assign a story to someone 274 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:51,795 who hasn't written for us yet. 275 00:11:51,795 --> 00:11:53,421 What if I flew myself out? 276 00:11:53,421 --> 00:11:55,340 I could use my vacation days. 277 00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:57,717 This piece is important to me. 278 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:59,761 I've been reading The Post my entire life. 279 00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:03,306 And to see my name on the page would mean the world. 280 00:12:03,306 --> 00:12:04,641 Give me this chance. 281 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:10,105 And-- technically, the journal belongs to me. 282 00:12:13,358 --> 00:12:14,317 OK. 283 00:12:14,317 --> 00:12:15,402 OK? 284 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:16,986 OK-- yes? 285 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:17,904 Go. 286 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:18,863 OK. 287 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:21,700 Mark, Leah's going with you. 288 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:23,910 Work with her. 289 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:26,496 I look forward to working with you. 290 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:27,831 No, you don't. 291 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:29,207 You're right. 292 00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:30,667 But I do look forward to being in France 293 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:33,753 and unearthing a beautiful love story. 294 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:36,798 Find your enthusiasm concerning. 295 00:12:36,798 --> 00:12:39,926 The proper word you're looking for is disconcerting. 296 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:44,848 You're speaking to me concerning my disconcerting enthusiasm. 297 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:47,976 Wow, so much fun already. 298 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:50,937 ["jingle bells" playing] 299 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,609 Never even left the country before. 300 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:58,486 What am I supposed to pack? 301 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,280 Does my hair dryer work in France? 302 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,365 Do they even have hair dryers in France? 303 00:13:02,365 --> 00:13:04,284 I mean, they must, otherwise the French people 304 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:06,745 are just walking around with wet hair, which seems-- 305 00:13:06,745 --> 00:13:07,954 [chuckling] 306 00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:10,790 LEAH: What? 307 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:11,833 I'm just proud of you. 308 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,126 That's all. 309 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,628 Finally getting the shot you deserve. 310 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,964 Thank you. 311 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:20,008 Now, the legend says you meet your soulmate 312 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:23,094 in this Christmas market, yeah? 313 00:13:23,094 --> 00:13:26,806 So should I plan for a plus one at Christmas dinner? 314 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,683 If there happens to be a doctor. 315 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:30,018 MOM: Who's not too tall. 316 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:31,603 Right. 317 00:13:31,603 --> 00:13:33,855 ["jingle bells" playing]--ride in a one horse open sleigh. 318 00:13:33,855 --> 00:13:35,357 [footsteps] 319 00:13:41,863 --> 00:13:43,448 MARK: Not the sad eyes. 320 00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:45,450 Don't you dare. 321 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:47,827 I'm only gone a week. 322 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,747 And besides, you get to hang with Emma next door. 323 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:52,499 I know she sneaks you scraps under the table. 324 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:53,375 [knocking] 325 00:13:54,209 --> 00:13:55,502 Come in. 326 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:56,336 Hi, Mark. 327 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,421 Buddy! 328 00:13:58,421 --> 00:13:59,714 Ahh. 329 00:13:59,714 --> 00:14:01,091 Thanks. 330 00:14:01,091 --> 00:14:02,676 You'll take good care of my boy, right? 331 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:03,802 I will. 332 00:14:03,802 --> 00:14:05,887 We're having spaghetti tonight. 333 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:07,347 Wait-- no spaghetti. 334 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:08,807 EMMA: Bye. 335 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:10,183 Buddy gets special food. 336 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,685 I made enough to last a week. 337 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:14,604 [upbeat music] 338 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:23,571 [singing in french] 339 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:54,519 [snoring] 340 00:14:59,941 --> 00:15:03,069 So-- I put together a strategy so we 341 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:04,279 can hit the ground running. 342 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:07,449 It's a comprehensive, multi-point plan. 343 00:15:07,449 --> 00:15:09,075 Totally. 344 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,494 I was thinking we could use the journal as our guide 345 00:15:11,494 --> 00:15:13,455 and recreate the activities that F and Ma Fleur 346 00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:15,790 did the night they met at Le Marché de Noel, 347 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,584 you know, see things from their perspective, 348 00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:21,546 discover every little detail that brought them together. 349 00:15:21,546 --> 00:15:22,881 I scheduled it by day. 350 00:15:22,881 --> 00:15:24,215 Mm-hmm. 351 00:15:24,215 --> 00:15:26,885 I also scoured the journal for clues. 352 00:15:26,885 --> 00:15:29,012 That list is here. 353 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,930 There's one thing I can't figure out. 354 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:35,101 F mentions that he would hide notes for Ma Fleur 355 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:37,187 under a loose stone behind la glace, which 356 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:39,814 translates to "behind the ice," which doesn't even make sense. 357 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,316 Neat. 358 00:15:41,316 --> 00:15:43,818 Can you at least pretend like you care about this. 359 00:15:43,818 --> 00:15:46,363 Look, I get all that. 360 00:15:46,363 --> 00:15:47,697 Really, I do. 361 00:15:47,697 --> 00:15:49,908 And, um, that's actually really well put together. 362 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:51,451 Thank you. 363 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,912 But the way you're going about it, it makes it seem-- 364 00:15:53,912 --> 00:15:56,706 green, new, fresh. 365 00:15:56,706 --> 00:15:59,292 I know what green means. 366 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,670 Besides, I am all those things, OK? 367 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:06,925 So how would you approach it, you know, being so wise 368 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:08,510 and, uh, what's the opposite of green? 369 00:16:08,510 --> 00:16:11,805 Uh, ripe or spoiled? 370 00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:13,139 I prefer to let go of the plan-- 371 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:15,517 [blows air] Wing it. 372 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:19,187 Yeah, uh, winging it isn't exactly my style. 373 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:20,355 Clearly. 374 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:22,023 Look, in this line of work, you need 375 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:24,234 to develop a skill for adapting, starting 376 00:16:24,234 --> 00:16:26,528 by adapting to your time zone. 377 00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:29,364 We're jetlagged, and you didn't sleep at all on the plane, so-- 378 00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:30,824 I was too excited on the plane. 379 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,951 It was my first flight internationally, 380 00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:34,661 so I couldn't sleep. 381 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,079 You're exhausted. 382 00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:37,831 I'm exhausted. 383 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,082 A journalist who's falling asleep 384 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:40,458 isn't any good to anybody. 385 00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:44,838 So let's close our eyes and get some rest, yeah. 386 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:48,008 OK, so once you have your beauty sleep, 387 00:16:48,008 --> 00:16:50,010 how do you suggest we find this couple? 388 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:52,178 We find what we can online. 389 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:54,514 And then we go boots on the ground. 390 00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:57,058 Someone in this town has to know what happened to the couple. 391 00:16:57,058 --> 00:16:59,102 So we play to the hearts and minds of the locals. 392 00:16:59,102 --> 00:17:00,520 Hearts and minds? 393 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,354 It's a military term. 394 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:03,523 We get them working for us. 395 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,025 Gee, you don't have any experience 396 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,067 working for the military? 397 00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:08,361 No, but-- 398 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:10,864 I have nothing but respect and admiration for them. 399 00:17:10,864 --> 00:17:12,449 That was a rhetorical question. 400 00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:14,200 And I used rhetoric in my answer. 401 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,166 For the record, la glace doesn't mean ice. 402 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:22,542 It means ice cream. 403 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,337 Behind the ice cream doesn't even make sense. 404 00:17:25,337 --> 00:17:28,548 Besides, words can have multiple meanings, you know. 405 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:30,091 [yawns] 406 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:32,761 But which one will be right for this situation? 407 00:17:32,761 --> 00:17:34,012 Bet it'll be ice cream. 408 00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:36,222 [singing in french] 409 00:18:04,292 --> 00:18:07,754 MARK: All this Christmas kitsch, little bit much, 410 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:08,546 don't you think? 411 00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:09,422 Hmm. 412 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:10,548 Pere Fouettard. 413 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:11,591 [children laughing] 414 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,636 Charming. 415 00:18:14,636 --> 00:18:17,097 You know, there's no way this F and Ma Fleur 416 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:18,640 are still together, eh? 417 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,225 Don't put that out there. 418 00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:22,435 What we say or do or think now is 419 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,938 it going to change what happened to this couple of decades ago. 420 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:27,816 No, not with that attitude. 421 00:18:27,816 --> 00:18:30,610 So clearly we have different approaches to this. 422 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,947 You know, we don't necessarily have to-- 423 00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:35,990 work side by side on this. 424 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:37,701 Yeah. 425 00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:39,953 Yeah, maybe it's more efficient if we split 426 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,246 up, do things our own way. 427 00:18:41,246 --> 00:18:42,831 We'd cover more ground. 428 00:18:42,831 --> 00:18:44,708 Yeah, and I'm sure it'll be a more pleasant experience 429 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:45,875 for the both of us. 430 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:48,461 OK, so where is your first step? 431 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:51,214 Bed and breakfast, specifically the bed part. 432 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:53,508 Perfect, you can take my bags. 433 00:18:53,508 --> 00:18:54,801 OK. 434 00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,679 [suitcases rattling] 435 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:14,362 [upbeat music] 436 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:17,365 [singing in french] 437 00:19:21,953 --> 00:19:23,121 Ah, bonjour. 438 00:19:23,121 --> 00:19:24,748 I am Camille. 439 00:19:24,748 --> 00:19:26,207 Welcome to my inn. 440 00:19:26,207 --> 00:19:29,586 Uh, this is Sophie, [french]. 441 00:19:29,586 --> 00:19:30,420 [french] 442 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:31,671 Checking in, monsieur? 443 00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:34,299 Yeah, hi, for Mark Webber and Leah-- 444 00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:38,970 my colleague Leah. 445 00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:42,390 Ah, the American reporters. 446 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:45,477 You must be very tired after your long trip, no? 447 00:19:45,477 --> 00:19:47,020 Absolutely exhausted. 448 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,646 Thank you for asking. 449 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:49,314 Room three. 450 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:52,484 [singing in french] 451 00:20:04,329 --> 00:20:07,457 [merry-go-round music] 452 00:20:15,298 --> 00:20:18,093 Bonjour. 453 00:20:18,093 --> 00:20:20,303 [speaking french] 454 00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:24,182 Uh, [stammering] chocolate, uh, 455 00:20:24,182 --> 00:20:27,811 [french] hot-- hot chocolate. 456 00:20:27,811 --> 00:20:28,853 Yes, oui, that. 457 00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:29,813 Merci. 458 00:20:29,813 --> 00:20:31,856 [french] 459 00:20:31,856 --> 00:20:33,024 [stammering] 460 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:36,111 Oh, chestnuts. 461 00:20:36,111 --> 00:20:37,320 Oh, hot chestnuts. 462 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:38,738 Yes, oui, merci. 463 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,490 [speaking french] 464 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,618 Yeah, sure, whatever that is. 465 00:20:43,618 --> 00:20:46,705 [chuckles] Wow, Mark is really missing out. 466 00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:47,622 [knocking] 467 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:50,667 No, merci. 468 00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:51,543 [door opens] 469 00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:54,671 Hot chocolate and roasted chestnuts? 470 00:20:54,671 --> 00:20:57,465 That's a-- [clears throat] very kind 471 00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:58,967 of-- you could just leave-- 472 00:20:58,967 --> 00:20:59,968 um, there. 473 00:20:59,968 --> 00:21:01,761 Is it fun being reporter? 474 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:05,765 Um, uh, yeah, sometimes it can be. 475 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,851 I want to be a reporter when I grow up. 476 00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:08,560 Really? 477 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,813 I'm very observant. 478 00:21:11,813 --> 00:21:12,897 I'll tell you what. 479 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,649 I'll give you your first mission, OK? 480 00:21:14,649 --> 00:21:17,527 You be my eyes and ears here. 481 00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:22,032 And right now, that means letting me sleep. 482 00:21:24,993 --> 00:21:28,371 And what if I find anything important? 483 00:21:28,371 --> 00:21:30,540 Well, if it's really important-- 484 00:21:33,668 --> 00:21:40,800 you tell me-- later, way after I wake up. 485 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:41,843 Yes, sir. 486 00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:42,761 You can count on me. 487 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:46,806 Au revoir. 488 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:47,640 Mm. 489 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:53,313 Backwards-- uh, excuse me. 490 00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:55,982 Bonjour, uh, do you speak English? 491 00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:56,858 Yes. 492 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:58,068 Yes, OK, good. 493 00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:00,403 Do you know where the Hall of Records is? 494 00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:03,365 Oh, [french]. 495 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:04,282 Yes. 496 00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:06,743 It burned down in 1977. 497 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:10,705 Anything prior to that was lost in the fire. 498 00:22:10,705 --> 00:22:11,539 Merci. 499 00:22:17,504 --> 00:22:19,089 All right. 500 00:22:19,089 --> 00:22:20,048 [knocking] 501 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:21,132 [gasps] 502 00:22:21,132 --> 00:22:21,966 Why? 503 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:29,557 Hello, Sophie-- again. 504 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:33,186 Sorry to bother you, but you told me to wake you up 505 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,730 if I found anything important. 506 00:22:35,730 --> 00:22:38,608 I don't recall wording it exactly like that. 507 00:22:38,608 --> 00:22:42,362 I noticed your work partner still has not arrived. 508 00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:45,365 And that's really important to you? 509 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:49,661 It would be if I was in a new country with another reporter 510 00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:53,289 and she had not checked in for hours and I 511 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:55,166 cared about her well-being. 512 00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:57,127 I did a good job, no? 513 00:22:57,127 --> 00:22:59,045 Yeah, sure. 514 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,714 Good job, kiddo. 515 00:23:00,714 --> 00:23:03,216 ["silent night" playing] 516 00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:12,100 [indistinct chatter] 517 00:23:13,518 --> 00:23:17,022 [light music] 518 00:23:17,981 --> 00:23:18,815 Oh. 519 00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:19,816 [french] 520 00:23:19,816 --> 00:23:20,650 Pardon. 521 00:23:20,650 --> 00:23:22,277 [speaking french] 522 00:23:22,277 --> 00:23:25,155 Monsieur! 523 00:23:25,155 --> 00:23:27,115 Oh, pardon. 524 00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:27,907 Pardon. 525 00:23:34,372 --> 00:23:35,290 [sighs] 526 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,880 [whimsical music] 527 00:24:07,614 --> 00:24:10,200 MARK: There you are. 528 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,409 Come on, Sleeping Beauty. 529 00:24:11,409 --> 00:24:12,744 Let's get you back to the inn. 530 00:24:15,246 --> 00:24:16,206 [exhales] 531 00:24:16,206 --> 00:24:17,165 Yeah, OK. 532 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:19,334 Yeah, come on. 533 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,169 This way. 534 00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:21,961 You all right? 535 00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:28,760 MOM (ON PHONE): Did you find your perfectly average height 536 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,178 doctor? 537 00:24:30,178 --> 00:24:33,682 No, but the setting is perfect, the quaint stalls 538 00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:35,475 and the cobblestone streets. 539 00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:37,268 MOM (ON PHONE): Whoa, who's that? 540 00:24:37,268 --> 00:24:38,561 He's handsome. 541 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:39,729 Oh, Mother. 542 00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:40,980 I've got to go, mom. I love you. 543 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:41,940 Bye. - [groans] 544 00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:44,901 What's this I hear about the hunt 545 00:24:44,901 --> 00:24:46,778 for an average height doctor? 546 00:24:46,778 --> 00:24:47,654 Bonjour. 547 00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:51,950 Would you like a pain au chocolate? 548 00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:54,119 Some coffee for me, please, Camille. 549 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,286 Yeah, mine was delicious. 550 00:24:55,286 --> 00:24:56,913 Thank you, Camille. 551 00:24:56,913 --> 00:25:00,041 I see you've left no gifts for the gnomes last night. 552 00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:03,086 Mm, no, we have not. 553 00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:04,421 Should we have? 554 00:25:04,421 --> 00:25:07,465 If you don't leave any gifts, the gnomes, 555 00:25:07,465 --> 00:25:09,300 they will play tricks on you. 556 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,594 What kind of gifts should we leave? 557 00:25:11,594 --> 00:25:16,099 Chocolates or toys, a macaron. 558 00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:18,351 Just leave it outside your bedroom door at night. 559 00:25:18,351 --> 00:25:23,440 And, um, these gnomes, do they give good luck as well? 560 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,984 If they're feeling friendly. 561 00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:28,737 OK, that's about enough of that. 562 00:25:28,737 --> 00:25:29,863 We should get to work. 563 00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:31,614 Yes, uh, thank you for breakfast, 564 00:25:31,614 --> 00:25:33,616 Camille, and you too Sophie. 565 00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:35,952 Oh, uh, one more thing. 566 00:25:35,952 --> 00:25:40,290 What is the most common meaning of la glace? 567 00:25:40,290 --> 00:25:41,166 Ice. 568 00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:42,292 Ice cream. 569 00:25:50,175 --> 00:25:52,385 LEAH: So I already looked at the Hall of Records. 570 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:53,386 MARK: That's a dead end. 571 00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:54,596 Burned down before 1977. 572 00:25:54,596 --> 00:25:56,014 LEAH: Wait, how did you know that? 573 00:25:56,014 --> 00:25:58,058 Well, you were running yourself ragged yesterday, 574 00:25:58,058 --> 00:26:00,143 I got some rest and simply looked it 575 00:26:00,143 --> 00:26:01,644 up online, because you could just 576 00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:03,438 Google things like a reporter. 577 00:26:03,438 --> 00:26:06,524 OK, but maybe the records are archived regionally. 578 00:26:06,524 --> 00:26:09,069 Nope, I already checked. 579 00:26:09,069 --> 00:26:10,820 Uh, what else is there on your agenda? 580 00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:14,449 [clears throat] 581 00:26:14,449 --> 00:26:19,496 Look, um, I know I said yesterday 582 00:26:19,496 --> 00:26:21,039 that we should work separately. 583 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:28,505 But-- you are more experienced, so maybe there's a thing 584 00:26:28,505 --> 00:26:30,340 or two I could learn from you. 585 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:34,761 Well, that was very brave, yet embarrassing of you to admit. 586 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:37,597 I respect it. 587 00:26:37,597 --> 00:26:39,641 All right, well, don't make me regret it. 588 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:40,684 Where will we start? 589 00:26:40,684 --> 00:26:42,894 With the tangible clues. 590 00:26:42,894 --> 00:26:44,646 Let me see the music box. 591 00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:48,566 F hired a woodworker to custom make this for Ma Fleur, right? 592 00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:50,110 And there's a symbol here on the top. 593 00:26:50,110 --> 00:26:51,820 If we can figure out what this means, 594 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:53,238 maybe we can get somewhere with the story. 595 00:26:53,238 --> 00:26:54,823 I'm guessing you already googled it. 596 00:26:54,823 --> 00:26:56,366 Hey, you're learning. 597 00:26:56,366 --> 00:26:58,034 Well done. 598 00:26:58,034 --> 00:27:00,203 Unfortunately, there's nothing available online. 599 00:27:00,203 --> 00:27:02,080 I had the tech department at The Post run 600 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,832 some photo recognition software on it, 601 00:27:03,832 --> 00:27:06,084 which turned up exactly nothing, which is why we are 602 00:27:06,084 --> 00:27:07,335 starting with an interview-- 603 00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:09,170 [snaps] here. 604 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:12,424 This is your first one, so you let me do the talking. 605 00:27:12,424 --> 00:27:13,508 I'll show you how it's done. 606 00:27:24,728 --> 00:27:28,690 Bonjour, monsieur, I-- [french]. 607 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:31,192 Oui, I certainly do. 608 00:27:31,192 --> 00:27:33,361 Always happy for a chance to practice my English. 609 00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:35,155 Well, that's lucky for you, because, uh, 610 00:27:35,155 --> 00:27:38,199 my Francais is, uh, pretty terrible. 611 00:27:38,199 --> 00:27:39,868 So hi, I'm Mark. 612 00:27:39,868 --> 00:27:40,744 This is Leah. 613 00:27:40,744 --> 00:27:41,745 Bonjour. 614 00:27:41,745 --> 00:27:43,204 Your work is beautiful. 615 00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:44,372 Merci. 616 00:27:44,372 --> 00:27:45,582 Bernard Du Bois. 617 00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:47,208 Welcome to [french]. 618 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:52,047 Um, so this-- this, uh, box was made here in Petit 619 00:27:52,047 --> 00:27:55,342 Marchand sometime in the 1950s. 620 00:27:55,342 --> 00:27:56,509 Do you recognize it? 621 00:27:56,509 --> 00:27:58,720 Do you know anything about it? 622 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,891 Excellent-- um, artisinal-- 623 00:28:02,891 --> 00:28:03,975 the English escapes me-- 624 00:28:03,975 --> 00:28:05,977 Uh, craftsmanship. 625 00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:08,772 Oui, voila, merci. 626 00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:13,068 But, um, I cannot tell you much. 627 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:16,738 This symbol is likely the mark of the woodworker who made it. 628 00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:20,408 But not ones that I recognize. 629 00:28:20,408 --> 00:28:27,582 Hmm, um, do the names F and Ma Fleur mean anything to you? 630 00:28:27,582 --> 00:28:28,667 I apologize. 631 00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:30,752 I cannot be of more, um-- um-- 632 00:28:30,752 --> 00:28:32,879 [snaps] [french]. 633 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:34,422 Aid-- aid. 634 00:28:34,422 --> 00:28:36,257 You're apologizing for not being able to help more. 635 00:28:36,257 --> 00:28:37,342 Help. 636 00:28:37,342 --> 00:28:38,760 Help, merci beaucoup, mademoiselle. 637 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:39,678 LEAH: Thank you. 638 00:28:39,678 --> 00:28:41,262 Oh, uh, one more thing. 639 00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:43,306 Do you believe in the legend that you're 640 00:28:43,306 --> 00:28:46,559 destined to meet your soulmate at the Marché Noel? 641 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,270 I have seen many people fall in love here. 642 00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:53,775 My parents fell in love at Le Marché Noel, my brother. 643 00:28:53,775 --> 00:28:54,943 I haven't found my love yet. 644 00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:57,570 But I believe she's on her way. 645 00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:59,948 I'm always late, so it makes sense that she would be too. 646 00:28:59,948 --> 00:29:01,241 [laughing] 647 00:29:01,991 --> 00:29:02,826 All right, time to go. 648 00:29:02,826 --> 00:29:04,411 Merci. 649 00:29:04,411 --> 00:29:05,120 Thank you so much, Bernard. Nice to meet you. 650 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:05,829 Bye. 651 00:29:05,829 --> 00:29:06,663 LEAH: Au revoir. 652 00:29:12,252 --> 00:29:16,506 So-- that's how it's done, huh? 653 00:29:16,506 --> 00:29:19,175 Every lead we check off is a step closer. 654 00:29:19,175 --> 00:29:20,385 Mm-hmm. 655 00:29:20,385 --> 00:29:21,636 Well, it seems like there might be something 656 00:29:21,636 --> 00:29:22,679 to this legend after all. 657 00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:24,180 People do fall in love here. 658 00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:26,474 Hmm, and how much tourism does that little legend 659 00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:28,018 bring to town? 660 00:29:28,018 --> 00:29:29,978 I'm sure they're all very happy to perpetuate it. 661 00:29:29,978 --> 00:29:31,479 Was that an act back there? 662 00:29:31,479 --> 00:29:33,815 Do you just pretend to be charming to get your way? 663 00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:37,318 No, I am charming, just when it suits me. 664 00:29:37,318 --> 00:29:38,069 Ah. 665 00:29:38,069 --> 00:29:41,406 There's a difference. 666 00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:44,659 OK, if you say so. 667 00:29:44,659 --> 00:29:47,537 [whimsical music] 668 00:29:53,126 --> 00:29:55,003 MARK: This music box, do you recognize it? 669 00:29:55,003 --> 00:29:56,254 Do you know anything about it? 670 00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:57,922 LEAH: We work in a newspaper. 671 00:29:57,922 --> 00:29:59,966 And we are writing an article about le marché. 672 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:00,967 MARK: No, no, no. 673 00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:02,135 We're not looking to buy. 674 00:30:02,135 --> 00:30:03,261 We're, uh, journalists. 675 00:30:03,261 --> 00:30:05,055 LEAH: Actually, we were wondering 676 00:30:05,055 --> 00:30:06,514 if we could ask you a few questions about your shop. 677 00:30:06,514 --> 00:30:09,392 MARK: We're looking for a loose stone below la glace. 678 00:30:09,392 --> 00:30:11,436 LEAH: Can you tell us anything about, uh, the-- 679 00:30:11,436 --> 00:30:13,021 MARK: We were hoping we could ask you 680 00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:14,189 a few questions about your-- 681 00:30:14,189 --> 00:30:15,899 LEAH: May we ask you a few questions? 682 00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:18,610 MARK: Do you mind if I take a look around? 683 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:20,070 Look, I know you're the pro. 684 00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:22,697 But how do you feel about switching strategies? 685 00:30:22,697 --> 00:30:24,407 Hey, you know what? 686 00:30:24,407 --> 00:30:26,701 You think you could do better than established protocol-- 687 00:30:26,701 --> 00:30:27,786 be my guest. 688 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:28,661 Really? 689 00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:29,746 Really. 690 00:30:29,746 --> 00:30:30,789 And you'll go along with it? 691 00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:32,999 I will go along with it. 692 00:30:32,999 --> 00:30:34,292 Great. You won't regret it. 693 00:30:34,292 --> 00:30:35,251 You might actually have some fun. 694 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:36,586 [scoffs] 695 00:30:36,586 --> 00:30:38,963 So I'm thinking we go back to our original plan, 696 00:30:38,963 --> 00:30:41,299 do what F and Ma Fleur did the night they met, 697 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:42,926 see things from their perspective. 698 00:30:42,926 --> 00:30:47,097 I really think if we can recreate the night, 699 00:30:47,097 --> 00:30:52,185 you know, that perfect moment, we can unlock the story. 700 00:30:52,185 --> 00:30:53,728 Cool, I'm glad you're on board. 701 00:30:53,728 --> 00:30:56,690 Hmm. 702 00:30:56,690 --> 00:30:58,441 Bonjour. 703 00:30:58,441 --> 00:31:01,486 So F and Ma Fleur met when he was dancing with his friends 704 00:31:01,486 --> 00:31:02,612 by the musicians. 705 00:31:02,612 --> 00:31:05,865 And she walked by, and he accidentally 706 00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:07,826 knocked a pomme d'amour out of her hand. 707 00:31:07,826 --> 00:31:08,910 Pomme d'amour? 708 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:10,370 Apple of love. 709 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:12,372 That's what they call candied apples here. 710 00:31:12,372 --> 00:31:13,289 Cute. 711 00:31:13,289 --> 00:31:13,915 I know. 712 00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:14,791 Do you want one? 713 00:31:14,791 --> 00:31:16,459 No. 714 00:31:16,459 --> 00:31:17,252 One, please. 715 00:31:20,005 --> 00:31:20,922 Merci. 716 00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:23,299 OK, so now you-- 717 00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:24,801 uh, you go and dance. 718 00:31:24,801 --> 00:31:27,512 And when I walk by, you knock this out of my hand. 719 00:31:27,512 --> 00:31:28,304 [exhales] 720 00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:30,890 You said you'd go along with this. 721 00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:31,850 OK. 722 00:31:31,850 --> 00:31:33,268 Go, OK. 723 00:31:33,268 --> 00:31:34,978 OK. 724 00:31:34,978 --> 00:31:36,187 [sighs] 725 00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:42,944 Come on. 726 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:44,320 I know you can bust a move. 727 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,699 Just-- OK, what kind of dance do you know? 728 00:31:47,699 --> 00:31:50,285 I danced ballroom-- 729 00:31:50,285 --> 00:31:52,078 briefly in high school. 730 00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:53,705 I will not explain further. 731 00:31:53,705 --> 00:32:00,628 OK, uh, then ballroom and knock this out of my hand. 732 00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:01,671 OK. 733 00:32:01,671 --> 00:32:03,089 [upbeat music] 734 00:32:03,089 --> 00:32:04,090 [chuckles] 735 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:07,635 [music continues] 736 00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:09,095 [gasps] 737 00:32:09,095 --> 00:32:12,182 [blows air] Tourists. 738 00:32:12,182 --> 00:32:13,558 - We should go. - We should go right now. 739 00:32:13,558 --> 00:32:14,142 Yeah, let's go. 740 00:32:14,142 --> 00:32:16,144 Let's just go. 741 00:32:16,144 --> 00:32:19,189 So that was the perfect moment, a candied apple. 742 00:32:19,189 --> 00:32:20,565 Not just. 743 00:32:20,565 --> 00:32:23,360 They-- went on a walk after meeting to get 744 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,652 to know each other better. 745 00:32:24,652 --> 00:32:27,447 And then they shared their first kiss-- 746 00:32:27,447 --> 00:32:29,866 in front of the big tree. 747 00:32:29,866 --> 00:32:30,742 It's beautiful. 748 00:32:30,742 --> 00:32:33,078 It's a tree. 749 00:32:33,078 --> 00:32:35,246 What's your deal with Christmas? 750 00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:36,873 What do you mean? 751 00:32:36,873 --> 00:32:39,334 Any time anyone brings up anything about Christmas, 752 00:32:39,334 --> 00:32:41,086 you get all pessimistic. 753 00:32:41,086 --> 00:32:44,339 And not just like neutral, you become such a downer about it. 754 00:32:44,339 --> 00:32:45,715 There's something going on there. 755 00:32:48,218 --> 00:32:50,011 You know what? 756 00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:51,513 I'm going to turn this around for you. 757 00:32:51,513 --> 00:32:52,889 I have faith. 758 00:32:52,889 --> 00:32:56,017 OK, this is our perfect moment. 759 00:32:56,017 --> 00:32:57,143 Dip me. 760 00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:58,603 Why? 761 00:32:58,603 --> 00:33:00,355 F dipped Ma Fleur in front of the big tree 762 00:33:00,355 --> 00:33:02,482 and then they shared their first kiss. 763 00:33:02,482 --> 00:33:03,274 So dip me. 764 00:33:03,274 --> 00:33:06,111 No kiss necessary. 765 00:33:06,111 --> 00:33:08,321 Do I have to make fun of your ballroom dancing? 766 00:33:08,321 --> 00:33:10,573 Do I have to make fun of your quest for a short doctor? 767 00:33:10,573 --> 00:33:13,410 Average-- I said average height. 768 00:33:13,410 --> 00:33:15,161 Come on. 769 00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:16,871 Get to dipping. 770 00:33:16,871 --> 00:33:17,872 [chuckles] 771 00:33:18,873 --> 00:33:21,835 MARK: [clears throat] 772 00:33:21,835 --> 00:33:22,752 [laughs] 773 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:24,754 OK. 774 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:35,890 That's the symbol. 775 00:33:35,890 --> 00:33:38,768 [upbeat music] 776 00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:49,029 See? 777 00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:49,863 I told you. 778 00:33:49,863 --> 00:33:51,156 It worked. 779 00:33:51,156 --> 00:33:53,491 It's the same woodworker symbol. 780 00:33:53,491 --> 00:33:56,202 Whomever made this stand must have custom made the music 781 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:58,371 box for our painter, right? 782 00:33:58,371 --> 00:34:02,792 Exactly, except it's whoever, not whomever. 783 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,961 Subject-pronoun, not object-pronoun. 784 00:34:04,961 --> 00:34:07,547 Um, I'm going to take the lead on this one. 785 00:34:07,547 --> 00:34:10,675 I found the clues that brought us here, so-- bonjour. 786 00:34:10,675 --> 00:34:15,972 Bonjour-- oh, what a cute couple you two are. 787 00:34:15,972 --> 00:34:18,850 [french],, I have the perfect cookie for the perfect night. 788 00:34:18,850 --> 00:34:20,852 Tell me your names, I'll make one special for you. 789 00:34:20,852 --> 00:34:22,687 Yes, except we are not together. 790 00:34:22,687 --> 00:34:24,606 I mean, we are technically together 791 00:34:24,606 --> 00:34:26,399 as we are here together. 792 00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:28,151 But we are not a couple-- 793 00:34:28,151 --> 00:34:29,361 coworkers. 794 00:34:29,361 --> 00:34:30,737 Coworkers, [french]. 795 00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:32,906 I can see the Marché Noel at work here, 796 00:34:32,906 --> 00:34:34,657 perhaps more than coworkers soon enough. 797 00:34:34,657 --> 00:34:36,868 Right, so we work at a newspaper. 798 00:34:36,868 --> 00:34:39,162 And we are writing an article about the market. 799 00:34:39,162 --> 00:34:41,414 May we ask you a few questions? 800 00:34:41,414 --> 00:34:43,083 [french],, I would love to help. 801 00:34:43,083 --> 00:34:46,419 But Christmas is our busiest time of the year at the bakery. 802 00:34:46,419 --> 00:34:47,921 I'm afraid I'm out of time. 803 00:34:47,921 --> 00:34:50,090 Just like a few little seconds, s'il vous plait. 804 00:34:50,090 --> 00:34:51,716 Madam, [french]. 805 00:34:51,716 --> 00:34:53,176 As you can see, it's crowded. 806 00:34:53,176 --> 00:34:54,260 There's so many people. 807 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:55,387 I cannot do this. 808 00:34:55,387 --> 00:34:57,806 I'm sorry. 809 00:34:57,806 --> 00:35:00,183 I love that big one in the back. 810 00:35:00,183 --> 00:35:02,018 Could you personalize it for us? 811 00:35:02,018 --> 00:35:03,770 Leah and Mark with a K. 812 00:35:03,770 --> 00:35:05,105 [french] 813 00:35:05,105 --> 00:35:07,440 Mark with a K, right away. 814 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,235 Ah, say, mate, how long has this stand been around? 815 00:35:10,235 --> 00:35:13,113 Oh, we've had the bakery since just 816 00:35:13,113 --> 00:35:14,781 after the Second World War. 817 00:35:14,781 --> 00:35:18,034 Been in my family since my grandfather built the stand. 818 00:35:18,034 --> 00:35:19,536 He built it himself. 819 00:35:19,536 --> 00:35:20,662 That's impressive. 820 00:35:20,662 --> 00:35:22,789 Oh, he was an impressive man. 821 00:35:22,789 --> 00:35:25,709 Baker, wood worker, carpenter, you know, he 822 00:35:25,709 --> 00:35:27,961 loved working with his hands. 823 00:35:27,961 --> 00:35:32,090 And this symbol up here, can you us anything about that? 824 00:35:32,090 --> 00:35:35,552 And here you are Mark with a K. Sorry, very busy. 825 00:35:35,552 --> 00:35:37,220 That'll be 8 euros. 826 00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:39,764 You know, we-- 827 00:35:39,764 --> 00:35:41,641 we forgot to get one for Sophie at the inn. 828 00:35:41,641 --> 00:35:42,851 Yes. 829 00:35:42,851 --> 00:35:44,102 Can we get another one for Sophie, please? 830 00:35:44,102 --> 00:35:45,812 Right away, sir, Sophie. 831 00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:47,647 [clears throat] 832 00:35:47,647 --> 00:35:52,819 [french] symbol, it was actually my grandfather's trademark. 833 00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:55,321 He was the best in town, you know, like creme de la creme 834 00:35:55,321 --> 00:35:57,073 [french]. 835 00:35:57,073 --> 00:35:59,200 That's how people knew they were buying quality. 836 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,246 [speaking french] Here you are. 837 00:36:03,246 --> 00:36:04,330 [french] 838 00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:05,665 Oh, actually, you know what? 839 00:36:05,665 --> 00:36:07,500 That one in the back is-- looks really good. 840 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:11,087 Um, and your grandfather, did he put that symbol 841 00:36:11,087 --> 00:36:12,130 on everything that he made? 842 00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:13,840 Oh, yes, he did. 843 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,176 Grandpere would have the recipients name on everything 844 00:36:16,176 --> 00:36:17,344 he sold for them to find. 845 00:36:17,344 --> 00:36:19,346 That was his little game, you know. 846 00:36:19,346 --> 00:36:23,058 If he made a gift for you, he would a hidden mark with a K. 847 00:36:23,058 --> 00:36:24,351 You know what? 848 00:36:24,351 --> 00:36:27,062 We'll take this whole row right here. 849 00:36:27,062 --> 00:36:28,855 [scoffs] 850 00:36:28,855 --> 00:36:30,648 Your grandfather, he didn't-- he didn't keep sales records, 851 00:36:30,648 --> 00:36:32,025 did he? - Oh, no. 852 00:36:32,025 --> 00:36:33,151 All gone years ago. 853 00:36:33,151 --> 00:36:37,280 Um, that'll be 75 euros. 854 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,907 Oh, wow. 855 00:36:38,907 --> 00:36:40,367 It's so nice to meet you. Thank you. 856 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:41,201 Yes, thank-- 857 00:36:41,201 --> 00:36:43,370 Pay the man. 858 00:36:43,370 --> 00:36:44,287 [exhales] 859 00:36:45,747 --> 00:36:47,207 You know what's funny-- 860 00:36:47,207 --> 00:36:51,628 snow, the cobblestone streets, your doctor-- 861 00:36:51,628 --> 00:36:53,421 reminds me of this kid's book my mom used 862 00:36:53,421 --> 00:36:55,215 to read me when I was little. 863 00:36:55,215 --> 00:36:57,342 The Doctor and the Maid. 864 00:36:57,342 --> 00:36:58,885 You know it. 865 00:36:58,885 --> 00:37:01,554 Yeah, it's my favorite book. 866 00:37:01,554 --> 00:37:04,808 Yeah, it was my mom's favorite too. 867 00:37:04,808 --> 00:37:07,519 Huh. 868 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:10,689 [gentle music] 869 00:37:21,116 --> 00:37:22,992 [fire crackling] 870 00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:04,784 [indistinct chatter] 871 00:38:06,953 --> 00:38:13,084 So it took me a while to find, but do you remember, 872 00:38:13,084 --> 00:38:16,629 he said his grandfather would engrave the name of the person 873 00:38:16,629 --> 00:38:18,465 the piece was made for. 874 00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:22,469 And so-- voila. 875 00:38:22,469 --> 00:38:25,388 Ava Auclair, our Ma Fleur. 876 00:38:25,388 --> 00:38:26,931 Well done. 877 00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:28,058 Thank you. 878 00:38:28,058 --> 00:38:29,976 And just like you, I used the internet. 879 00:38:29,976 --> 00:38:32,395 And according to recent census records, 880 00:38:32,395 --> 00:38:34,814 there are no Auclairs is currently living in town. 881 00:38:34,814 --> 00:38:40,445 But I did find this-- 882 00:38:40,445 --> 00:38:46,910 a photograph labeled Ava Auclair Petit Marchand 1955. 883 00:38:46,910 --> 00:38:48,995 Photographer uncredited. 884 00:38:48,995 --> 00:38:51,581 You did good. 885 00:38:51,581 --> 00:38:53,375 Well-- I-- 886 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:54,626 I did well. 887 00:38:54,626 --> 00:38:57,337 Uh-- good is an adjective. 888 00:38:57,337 --> 00:38:59,297 Well is an adverb. 889 00:38:59,297 --> 00:39:01,508 Just take the compliment. 890 00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:03,343 Good-- I did good. 891 00:39:03,343 --> 00:39:05,428 Thank you. 892 00:39:05,428 --> 00:39:06,930 Voila. 893 00:39:06,930 --> 00:39:08,723 And for you, Leah? 894 00:39:08,723 --> 00:39:11,810 Uh, a croissant au chocolate, s'il vous plait. 895 00:39:15,897 --> 00:39:19,609 So do you see the townhome in the picture? 896 00:39:19,609 --> 00:39:21,778 It's a much less abstract version 897 00:39:21,778 --> 00:39:23,405 of the one in the painting. 898 00:39:23,405 --> 00:39:28,034 It looks like the townhomes by the cathedral, the street 899 00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:30,370 with all the Christmas lights. 900 00:39:30,370 --> 00:39:31,454 Thank you, Sophie. 901 00:39:31,454 --> 00:39:33,081 That's actually very helpful. 902 00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:36,251 Observant, sign of a good reporter. 903 00:39:36,251 --> 00:39:37,043 Merci. 904 00:39:37,043 --> 00:39:38,294 [french] 905 00:39:38,294 --> 00:39:41,131 In France, we have chocolate for breakfast. 906 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:48,638 There's salt. That's salt. 907 00:39:48,638 --> 00:39:49,556 [laughing] 908 00:39:49,556 --> 00:39:50,807 [chuckles] 909 00:39:50,807 --> 00:39:53,059 Those silly gnomes. 910 00:39:53,059 --> 00:39:56,396 I'm guessing you didn't leave any gift for them. 911 00:39:56,396 --> 00:39:57,272 Hmm. 912 00:40:02,277 --> 00:40:03,862 [church bells tolling] 913 00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:07,157 It's like this building doesn't exist. 914 00:40:07,157 --> 00:40:09,701 I mean, none of them quite line up. 915 00:40:09,701 --> 00:40:11,911 Yeah, and we've been on it all afternoon. 916 00:40:11,911 --> 00:40:14,372 So at what point do we just say it's a dead end and move on? 917 00:40:14,372 --> 00:40:15,457 You know what? 918 00:40:15,457 --> 00:40:17,751 Maybe the journal might help. 919 00:40:17,751 --> 00:40:19,502 Let's see. 920 00:40:19,502 --> 00:40:24,716 So on the second day of the market, the two young lovers-- 921 00:40:24,716 --> 00:40:26,968 rode a horse-drawn carriage-- 922 00:40:26,968 --> 00:40:27,927 [groans] 923 00:40:27,927 --> 00:40:29,262 to see the Christmas lights. 924 00:40:29,262 --> 00:40:30,055 What do you say? 925 00:40:30,055 --> 00:40:31,097 Worked for us last night? 926 00:40:31,097 --> 00:40:32,766 No, last night was pure luck. 927 00:40:32,766 --> 00:40:34,768 And, uh, I think we checked every house in the area. 928 00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:36,019 It's not going to magically change 929 00:40:36,019 --> 00:40:37,312 if we take a carriage ride. 930 00:40:37,312 --> 00:40:38,605 [children yelling] 931 00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:40,565 LEAH: Pere Noel, Santa Claus. 932 00:40:40,565 --> 00:40:41,649 La Pere Fouettard. 933 00:40:41,649 --> 00:40:42,442 Oh, oh. 934 00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:43,443 Oh, whoa. 935 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:44,694 [children laughing] 936 00:40:44,694 --> 00:40:46,196 Ow, why do these kids keep kicking me? 937 00:40:46,196 --> 00:40:46,863 We should go. 938 00:40:46,863 --> 00:40:48,990 [overlapping speech] 939 00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:54,454 MARK: Well, it isn't exactly a horse-drawn carriage, 940 00:40:54,454 --> 00:40:55,955 but it'll do. 941 00:40:55,955 --> 00:40:58,667 At least I can practice my, uh, princess wave. 942 00:40:58,667 --> 00:40:59,626 [scoffs] 943 00:40:59,626 --> 00:41:00,669 Like a homecoming queen. 944 00:41:00,669 --> 00:41:02,253 [laughs] 945 00:41:02,253 --> 00:41:04,047 Yeah, well, my mom wanted me to be homecoming queen. 946 00:41:04,047 --> 00:41:06,216 Imagine her disappointment when I ended up doing Model UN. 947 00:41:06,216 --> 00:41:06,925 [scoffs]. 948 00:41:06,925 --> 00:41:07,759 Nerd. - Hey. 949 00:41:07,759 --> 00:41:09,219 No. 950 00:41:09,219 --> 00:41:10,845 No, no, no, I'm only saying that because you 951 00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:14,307 are talking to a delegate Mark Webber UN Ambassador 952 00:41:14,307 --> 00:41:15,183 to the United Kingdom. 953 00:41:15,183 --> 00:41:15,809 Hey, there. 954 00:41:15,809 --> 00:41:17,435 How you doing? 955 00:41:17,435 --> 00:41:19,187 I went to a national conference, did a whole speech 956 00:41:19,187 --> 00:41:21,064 on nuclear non-proliferation. 957 00:41:21,064 --> 00:41:24,067 Got ripped to shreds. 958 00:41:24,067 --> 00:41:26,653 Nuclear non-proliferation was my subject. 959 00:41:26,653 --> 00:41:28,738 Hmm, and I knew you were a nerd. 960 00:41:28,738 --> 00:41:30,573 I didn't know that you were my kind of nerd. 961 00:41:30,573 --> 00:41:31,533 [laughs] 962 00:41:33,118 --> 00:41:35,495 I could see how this setting would be romantic-- 963 00:41:35,495 --> 00:41:37,205 under different circumstances. 964 00:41:37,205 --> 00:41:40,166 Oh, different as in with a handsome 965 00:41:40,166 --> 00:41:44,337 doctor instead of your grumpy but charming co-worker? 966 00:41:44,337 --> 00:41:46,089 Ideally. 967 00:41:46,089 --> 00:41:49,009 So you're-- you're pretty sold on the whole love story thing. 968 00:41:49,009 --> 00:41:51,094 Do you mind if I ask where that comes from? 969 00:41:51,094 --> 00:41:55,015 Uh, my dad passed away when I was a kid. 970 00:41:55,015 --> 00:41:58,018 You know, and he left my mom with five children 971 00:41:58,018 --> 00:42:00,729 under the age of nine, which was really hard for her 972 00:42:00,729 --> 00:42:03,189 and really tough on us. 973 00:42:03,189 --> 00:42:04,232 Sorry. 974 00:42:04,232 --> 00:42:05,483 Thank you. 975 00:42:05,483 --> 00:42:07,068 Uh, but he's the reason I believe in true love, 976 00:42:07,068 --> 00:42:09,195 the way my mom talks about him. 977 00:42:09,195 --> 00:42:11,031 But they never got their happy ending. 978 00:42:11,031 --> 00:42:15,910 So-- I guess I've always been looking for it. 979 00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:19,289 Have you ever been in love? 980 00:42:21,875 --> 00:42:24,377 Once. 981 00:42:24,377 --> 00:42:25,503 Didn't work out. 982 00:42:25,503 --> 00:42:26,296 Why not? 983 00:42:28,923 --> 00:42:31,301 I always wanted a big family. 984 00:42:31,301 --> 00:42:32,302 She didn't. 985 00:42:32,302 --> 00:42:34,054 Put an expiration date on things. 986 00:42:34,054 --> 00:42:35,889 I always kind of pictured you as a loner. 987 00:42:35,889 --> 00:42:37,432 Well, full of surprises. 988 00:42:37,432 --> 00:42:39,726 LEAH: Yeah. 989 00:42:39,726 --> 00:42:40,727 Hey, excuse me, sir. 990 00:42:40,727 --> 00:42:41,561 Stop the trolley. 991 00:42:41,561 --> 00:42:45,065 [suspenseful music] 992 00:42:51,029 --> 00:42:53,782 Wait, show me the picture. 993 00:42:53,782 --> 00:42:54,908 MARK: That's it, right? 994 00:42:54,908 --> 00:42:56,326 That's the door. 995 00:42:56,326 --> 00:42:59,329 Yes, well done, Delegate Webber. 996 00:43:06,503 --> 00:43:07,462 [knocking] 997 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,218 Bonjour, [french]. 998 00:43:13,218 --> 00:43:14,803 Hi, my name is Mark. 999 00:43:14,803 --> 00:43:15,595 This is Leah. 1000 00:43:15,595 --> 00:43:16,596 Bonjour. 1001 00:43:16,596 --> 00:43:18,014 They call me Marguerite. 1002 00:43:18,014 --> 00:43:19,933 We were hoping we could ask a few questions 1003 00:43:19,933 --> 00:43:21,768 about your lovely town home. 1004 00:43:21,768 --> 00:43:23,478 [french]. 1005 00:43:23,478 --> 00:43:25,146 I'm not interested in selling. I'm sorry. 1006 00:43:25,146 --> 00:43:26,189 Oh, no, no. 1007 00:43:26,189 --> 00:43:27,357 We're not looking to buy. 1008 00:43:27,357 --> 00:43:29,234 We're journalists from the US. 1009 00:43:29,234 --> 00:43:32,195 Journalists, how intriguing. 1010 00:43:32,195 --> 00:43:34,531 But it's a very busy time for me, I'm afraid. 1011 00:43:34,531 --> 00:43:36,658 I'm in the middle of wrapping Christmas gifts 1012 00:43:36,658 --> 00:43:37,826 for my nieces and nephews. 1013 00:43:37,826 --> 00:43:38,785 Oh. 1014 00:43:38,785 --> 00:43:39,744 And there are many-- 1015 00:43:39,744 --> 00:43:41,788 so many. 1016 00:43:41,788 --> 00:43:43,289 au revoir. 1017 00:43:43,289 --> 00:43:46,126 I'm actually really great at wrapping gifts. 1018 00:43:46,126 --> 00:43:47,293 And we would be happy to help. 1019 00:43:47,293 --> 00:43:49,796 Wouldn't we, Mark? 1020 00:43:49,796 --> 00:43:51,089 I love it. 1021 00:43:51,089 --> 00:43:52,882 It's my favorite pastime. 1022 00:43:52,882 --> 00:43:53,717 So kind. 1023 00:43:53,717 --> 00:43:54,843 So generous. 1024 00:43:54,843 --> 00:43:58,430 Uh, come in. 1025 00:43:58,430 --> 00:43:59,806 Come in. 1026 00:43:59,806 --> 00:44:00,807 Hearts and minds. 1027 00:44:00,807 --> 00:44:03,393 OK. 1028 00:44:03,393 --> 00:44:05,228 I'm one of six children. 1029 00:44:05,228 --> 00:44:08,606 And they have all decided to make many little babies. 1030 00:44:08,606 --> 00:44:11,693 I'm the oldest of five, so I get it. 1031 00:44:11,693 --> 00:44:14,738 So tell me, what brings two beautiful, 1032 00:44:14,738 --> 00:44:17,991 fancy American reporters all the way to my petite maison? 1033 00:44:17,991 --> 00:44:23,580 Oh, well, a photograph of a girl in front of this townhome. 1034 00:44:23,580 --> 00:44:26,499 Do you happen to know anything about Ava Auclair? 1035 00:44:26,499 --> 00:44:27,334 Mais oui. 1036 00:44:27,334 --> 00:44:28,752 Oui? 1037 00:44:28,752 --> 00:44:30,712 My parents bought this home from a family Auclair 1038 00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:31,921 a long time ago. 1039 00:44:31,921 --> 00:44:34,299 I was not here yet, a star in heaven 1040 00:44:34,299 --> 00:44:37,427 waiting to make my entrance. 1041 00:44:37,427 --> 00:44:41,139 Um, and, uh, did your parents happen to mention anything 1042 00:44:41,139 --> 00:44:43,016 about the Auclairs to you? 1043 00:44:43,016 --> 00:44:43,850 [sighs] 1044 00:44:43,850 --> 00:44:45,477 Not much. 1045 00:44:45,477 --> 00:44:48,146 I only know that they used to own the ice 1046 00:44:48,146 --> 00:44:51,024 cream shop in town, La Glacier. 1047 00:44:51,024 --> 00:44:53,068 Ice cream shop. 1048 00:44:53,068 --> 00:44:54,486 Mm-hmm. 1049 00:44:54,486 --> 00:44:56,029 Because that's what I heard was ice cream. 1050 00:44:56,029 --> 00:44:57,030 I just want to-- seems like it was-- 1051 00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:57,906 Yes. 1052 00:44:57,906 --> 00:44:59,199 important. 1053 00:44:59,199 --> 00:45:00,533 Do you mind if I take a look around? 1054 00:45:00,533 --> 00:45:01,534 Oh, feel free. 1055 00:45:01,534 --> 00:45:02,994 Thanks. 1056 00:45:02,994 --> 00:45:04,746 Each item was acquired over a lifetime of holidays. 1057 00:45:08,541 --> 00:45:11,419 Is there anything left in the house from the Auclairs? 1058 00:45:11,419 --> 00:45:14,089 I cannot imagine anything but the walls, the windows, 1059 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:15,590 the floors beneath us. 1060 00:45:15,590 --> 00:45:20,387 Do you believe in the legend, Marguerite, 1061 00:45:20,387 --> 00:45:23,181 that you're destined to meet your soulmate 1062 00:45:23,181 --> 00:45:24,099 at the Marché de Noel? 1063 00:45:24,099 --> 00:45:25,558 [sighs] 1064 00:45:25,558 --> 00:45:26,393 [french] 1065 00:45:28,478 --> 00:45:31,523 For me, it is not real. 1066 00:45:31,523 --> 00:45:33,441 Every year, I sat on the bench in the middle 1067 00:45:33,441 --> 00:45:36,778 of Le Marché waiting for my Prince Charming 1068 00:45:36,778 --> 00:45:39,572 to whisk me away. 1069 00:45:39,572 --> 00:45:42,117 He never did. 1070 00:45:42,117 --> 00:45:43,660 I haven't been in years. 1071 00:45:43,660 --> 00:45:48,832 Perhaps Le Marché and perhaps love are not for me. 1072 00:45:48,832 --> 00:45:53,503 But what if your prince is just around the corner? 1073 00:45:53,503 --> 00:45:57,090 You shouldn't give up on love, especially around Christmas. 1074 00:45:57,090 --> 00:45:59,384 Apologies, Marguerite. 1075 00:45:59,384 --> 00:46:02,762 Leah has a very idealistic view of romance. 1076 00:46:02,762 --> 00:46:08,018 Oh, my darling, so do I. Even as a little girl, 1077 00:46:08,018 --> 00:46:12,147 I imagined that my love, mon amour, lived in this house, 1078 00:46:12,147 --> 00:46:13,690 here. 1079 00:46:13,690 --> 00:46:18,278 And that-- this was my house just over the bridge. 1080 00:46:18,278 --> 00:46:19,779 Oh, well, there's your problem. 1081 00:46:19,779 --> 00:46:22,032 The bridge isn't big enough to go over the water. 1082 00:46:22,032 --> 00:46:23,450 MARGUERITE: [chuckles] 1083 00:46:23,450 --> 00:46:25,785 Mm-hmm, I have had many bridges over the years-- 1084 00:46:25,785 --> 00:46:29,622 too big, too small, no, not quite the right size. 1085 00:46:29,622 --> 00:46:32,751 I actually think I know someone who can help you. 1086 00:46:32,751 --> 00:46:34,085 [train horn blowing] 1087 00:46:39,090 --> 00:46:40,383 What? 1088 00:46:40,383 --> 00:46:43,178 You are full of surprises. 1089 00:46:43,178 --> 00:46:45,221 OK, I told you. 1090 00:46:45,221 --> 00:46:47,640 So what did F and Ma Fleur do next? 1091 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,144 I'm not sure how to explain it, but I admit, 1092 00:46:51,144 --> 00:46:53,021 your strategy has been working for us. 1093 00:46:53,021 --> 00:46:57,817 OK, uh, well, after the boat, they danced to the music 1094 00:46:57,817 --> 00:46:59,861 of the street musicians. 1095 00:46:59,861 --> 00:47:00,945 Am I going to regret this? 1096 00:47:00,945 --> 00:47:02,072 [laughs] 1097 00:47:02,072 --> 00:47:03,490 Come on. 1098 00:47:03,490 --> 00:47:05,116 Let's put your ballroom moves to good use. 1099 00:47:13,166 --> 00:47:17,837 It was nice of you to, um, set up Marguerite and Bernard. 1100 00:47:17,837 --> 00:47:19,714 Eh, she needed a bridge. 1101 00:47:19,714 --> 00:47:22,300 Hmm, come on, now, Mark Webber. 1102 00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:23,343 Don't deny it. 1103 00:47:23,343 --> 00:47:24,678 You knew what you were doing. 1104 00:47:24,678 --> 00:47:26,221 Well, maybe. 1105 00:47:26,221 --> 00:47:32,018 Maybe your positivity might actually be rubbing off on me. 1106 00:47:32,018 --> 00:47:34,979 Believe it or not, I did get into journalism to help people. 1107 00:47:34,979 --> 00:47:36,481 Really? 1108 00:47:36,481 --> 00:47:39,067 Is it that hard to believe that Moody Mark might 1109 00:47:39,067 --> 00:47:41,778 actually care about something? 1110 00:47:41,778 --> 00:47:43,947 Yeah, don't worry. 1111 00:47:43,947 --> 00:47:46,032 I know people call me that. 1112 00:47:46,032 --> 00:47:48,910 In fact, I started it so everyone would leave 1113 00:47:48,910 --> 00:47:51,037 me alone and let me write. 1114 00:47:51,037 --> 00:47:52,080 Interesting tactic. 1115 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,457 [upbeat music] 1116 00:47:54,457 --> 00:47:55,625 OK. - Mm-hmm. 1117 00:47:55,625 --> 00:47:56,251 OK. 1118 00:47:56,251 --> 00:47:57,127 Mm-hmm. 1119 00:47:57,127 --> 00:47:58,044 All right. 1120 00:47:58,044 --> 00:48:00,880 [music continues] 1121 00:48:03,717 --> 00:48:05,719 I spent a lot of time over the years 1122 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,387 telling stories for people who aren't 1123 00:48:07,387 --> 00:48:10,932 capable of telling their own. 1124 00:48:10,932 --> 00:48:13,226 After all that, coming back to the office, 1125 00:48:13,226 --> 00:48:17,564 I guess, small talk, it felt superficial. 1126 00:48:17,564 --> 00:48:20,525 So I became Moody Mark. 1127 00:48:20,525 --> 00:48:22,819 People don't bother Moody Mark. 1128 00:48:22,819 --> 00:48:26,156 They let me come and go, do my work. 1129 00:48:26,156 --> 00:48:29,325 It's easier that way. 1130 00:48:29,325 --> 00:48:33,163 Yeah, I could see how a puff piece like this 1131 00:48:33,163 --> 00:48:34,956 would feel frivolous in comparison. 1132 00:48:34,956 --> 00:48:36,666 But for me, it was beautiful stories 1133 00:48:36,666 --> 00:48:39,085 like these that kept me going. 1134 00:48:39,085 --> 00:48:43,631 When my mom was working, I would tell my younger siblings 1135 00:48:43,631 --> 00:48:48,011 uplifting stories from The Post, especially around Christmas. 1136 00:48:48,011 --> 00:48:52,057 I've seen firsthand how a little joy and a little hope 1137 00:48:52,057 --> 00:48:54,976 can make a difference in someone's life. 1138 00:48:54,976 --> 00:48:57,979 Kind of always dreamed of having my name printed next to them. 1139 00:49:01,024 --> 00:49:04,903 My parents divorced when I was young and I was an only child. 1140 00:49:04,903 --> 00:49:07,572 I always wondered what Christmas would be like for a big family. 1141 00:49:07,572 --> 00:49:10,450 Well, it may be a shock to your system, 1142 00:49:10,450 --> 00:49:13,286 but you're always welcome to ours. 1143 00:49:13,286 --> 00:49:14,621 I'm hosting this year. 1144 00:49:14,621 --> 00:49:16,623 OK, I just might take you up on that. 1145 00:49:16,623 --> 00:49:17,791 OK. 1146 00:49:17,791 --> 00:49:20,627 [upbeat music] 1147 00:49:23,338 --> 00:49:24,297 [exhales] 1148 00:49:24,297 --> 00:49:26,341 We should, uh-- 1149 00:49:26,341 --> 00:49:27,759 I mean, it's getting late so we should go-- 1150 00:49:27,759 --> 00:49:28,343 Yeah. 1151 00:49:28,343 --> 00:49:29,344 rest. 1152 00:49:29,344 --> 00:49:31,012 Yeah, yeah, after you. 1153 00:49:31,012 --> 00:49:31,846 Hmm. 1154 00:49:48,488 --> 00:49:49,239 For the gnomes. 1155 00:49:54,494 --> 00:49:57,330 Good night. 1156 00:49:57,330 --> 00:50:03,169 Leah, good night. 1157 00:50:03,169 --> 00:50:06,172 Good night. 1158 00:50:06,172 --> 00:50:07,173 [door closes] 1159 00:50:24,733 --> 00:50:29,362 Why does your face look like that? 1160 00:50:29,362 --> 00:50:31,364 Shouldn't you be at sleep? 1161 00:50:31,364 --> 00:50:32,866 I'm French. 1162 00:50:32,866 --> 00:50:33,700 I stay up late. 1163 00:50:36,369 --> 00:50:40,582 Tell me, Sophie, why do you want to be a reporter anyway? 1164 00:50:40,582 --> 00:50:43,668 I like to know why things are the way they are. 1165 00:50:43,668 --> 00:50:45,670 And I like to ask questions. 1166 00:50:45,670 --> 00:50:49,090 You know, that's actually a really good strategy. 1167 00:50:49,090 --> 00:50:53,636 You ask why until you can't ask why anymore. 1168 00:50:53,636 --> 00:50:57,515 And then you've gotten to the bottom of the story. 1169 00:50:57,515 --> 00:51:00,685 You remind me of me when I was a kid. 1170 00:51:00,685 --> 00:51:02,645 I liked to ask annoying questions too. 1171 00:51:02,645 --> 00:51:03,730 [blows air] 1172 00:51:04,731 --> 00:51:06,483 And now you don't like anything. 1173 00:51:06,483 --> 00:51:07,275 [snickers] 1174 00:51:09,235 --> 00:51:11,488 Touché. 1175 00:51:11,488 --> 00:51:13,573 Thanks for the cookie with my name by the way. 1176 00:51:13,573 --> 00:51:14,657 It wasn't me. 1177 00:51:14,657 --> 00:51:16,659 SOPHIE: Leah said it was. 1178 00:51:16,659 --> 00:51:17,744 Leah's wrong. 1179 00:51:17,744 --> 00:51:20,663 Leah's nice and beautiful, no? 1180 00:51:20,663 --> 00:51:23,041 OK, goodnight, Sophie. 1181 00:51:23,041 --> 00:51:26,211 You should leave gifts for the gnomes. 1182 00:51:26,211 --> 00:51:28,171 Maybe they can help you. 1183 00:51:28,171 --> 00:51:29,714 Good night, Sophie. 1184 00:51:39,766 --> 00:51:42,894 [upbeat music] 1185 00:51:45,063 --> 00:51:46,356 Did you see Samantha's email? 1186 00:51:46,356 --> 00:51:47,732 She wants to know if we have anything yet. 1187 00:51:47,732 --> 00:51:48,733 What do we tell her? 1188 00:51:48,733 --> 00:51:49,984 Don't worry about Samantha. 1189 00:51:49,984 --> 00:51:51,403 She's like this on every article. 1190 00:51:51,403 --> 00:51:52,404 We're fine. 1191 00:51:52,404 --> 00:51:53,238 We're on the right track. 1192 00:51:53,238 --> 00:51:54,989 Voila. 1193 00:51:54,989 --> 00:51:56,700 Oh, chocolate croissant? 1194 00:51:56,700 --> 00:51:57,617 Oui. 1195 00:51:57,617 --> 00:52:00,286 Mark ordered it for you. 1196 00:52:00,286 --> 00:52:02,580 In France, we eat chocolate for breakfast, right? 1197 00:52:02,580 --> 00:52:04,249 - Yeah. - And nothing for me, Camille. 1198 00:52:04,249 --> 00:52:05,667 Thank you. 1199 00:52:05,667 --> 00:52:07,419 Wouldn't want the gnomes to play another trick 1200 00:52:07,419 --> 00:52:09,087 on me this morning. 1201 00:52:09,087 --> 00:52:12,590 Mm, OK, I know you usually only have coffee for breakfast, 1202 00:52:12,590 --> 00:52:13,591 but you need to try this. 1203 00:52:13,591 --> 00:52:14,759 It's delicious. 1204 00:52:14,759 --> 00:52:16,261 I'm good, thank you. 1205 00:52:16,261 --> 00:52:17,554 But I-- 1206 00:52:17,554 --> 00:52:19,222 Yeah, I know you thrive on being no fun. 1207 00:52:19,222 --> 00:52:21,099 Just try it. 1208 00:52:21,099 --> 00:52:22,434 Trust me. just got to try it. 1209 00:52:22,434 --> 00:52:23,268 OK. 1210 00:52:23,268 --> 00:52:25,145 Yeah. 1211 00:52:25,145 --> 00:52:27,397 Mm. 1212 00:52:27,397 --> 00:52:29,399 Oh, wow. 1213 00:52:29,399 --> 00:52:31,192 Oh, wow, that is good. 1214 00:52:31,192 --> 00:52:35,947 Sophie, I'm going to need like two or three dozen more of-- 1215 00:52:35,947 --> 00:52:37,282 See, I knew you'd like it. 1216 00:52:37,282 --> 00:52:38,450 Come on. 1217 00:52:38,450 --> 00:52:40,118 Let's go for hot chocolates. 1218 00:52:40,118 --> 00:52:42,120 OK. 1219 00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,163 [grunts] 1220 00:52:46,166 --> 00:52:48,418 Not the gnomes. 1221 00:52:48,418 --> 00:52:49,502 How did they find me? 1222 00:52:54,799 --> 00:52:55,967 SOPHIE: [giggles] 1223 00:52:59,763 --> 00:53:01,306 Ooh. 1224 00:53:01,306 --> 00:53:04,434 Do you think the ice cream shop has pastries too? 1225 00:53:04,434 --> 00:53:05,393 Yeah. 1226 00:53:05,393 --> 00:53:08,772 Yeah, I would think so. 1227 00:53:08,772 --> 00:53:10,231 [speaking french] 1228 00:53:12,233 --> 00:53:14,611 Shh. 1229 00:53:14,611 --> 00:53:16,279 Why do kids keep saying that to me? 1230 00:53:16,279 --> 00:53:16,905 I don't know. 1231 00:53:16,905 --> 00:53:17,989 It's weird. 1232 00:53:17,989 --> 00:53:18,782 Hmm. 1233 00:53:18,782 --> 00:53:19,616 Thank you. 1234 00:53:24,162 --> 00:53:25,163 [french] 1235 00:53:25,163 --> 00:53:26,039 Hello. 1236 00:53:26,039 --> 00:53:28,667 Bonjour. 1237 00:53:28,667 --> 00:53:31,836 Some ice cream, or a crepe, or perhaps a hot chocolate? 1238 00:53:31,836 --> 00:53:33,171 I will have a hot chocolate. 1239 00:53:33,171 --> 00:53:33,797 Make it two. 1240 00:53:33,797 --> 00:53:35,173 OK. 1241 00:53:35,173 --> 00:53:38,093 Sounds good. 1242 00:53:38,093 --> 00:53:41,262 Actually, we had some questions about your shop, 1243 00:53:41,262 --> 00:53:43,056 if you don't mind. 1244 00:53:43,056 --> 00:53:44,474 No, we don't mind at all. 1245 00:53:44,474 --> 00:53:46,393 It would be a pleasure. 1246 00:53:46,393 --> 00:53:49,104 Can you tell us anything about the Auclairs? 1247 00:53:49,104 --> 00:53:51,523 They used to own the shop previously. 1248 00:53:51,523 --> 00:53:56,486 Oh, that was so long ago. 1249 00:53:56,486 --> 00:53:58,571 They were nice people, I recall. 1250 00:53:58,571 --> 00:54:02,826 I believe they moved away from Petit Marchand. 1251 00:54:02,826 --> 00:54:04,911 Beyond that, I don't know. 1252 00:54:04,911 --> 00:54:09,374 Did you ever know their daughter, Ava Auclair? 1253 00:54:09,374 --> 00:54:10,667 Uh-uh. 1254 00:54:10,667 --> 00:54:11,501 I did not. 1255 00:54:11,501 --> 00:54:12,627 No, no. 1256 00:54:12,627 --> 00:54:14,045 But that takes me back. 1257 00:54:14,045 --> 00:54:15,714 Do you remember, Vivian? 1258 00:54:15,714 --> 00:54:18,717 We were young and newly married when we bought this shop. 1259 00:54:18,717 --> 00:54:20,218 [laughs] 1260 00:54:20,218 --> 00:54:23,388 We fell in love right there at Le Marché Noel. 1261 00:54:23,388 --> 00:54:28,727 And we wanted so desperately to own a piece of the town. 1262 00:54:28,727 --> 00:54:33,732 Between everyone here, you all believe in legend of the town? 1263 00:54:33,732 --> 00:54:36,151 We have a first-hand account right here. 1264 00:54:36,151 --> 00:54:38,111 What else do you need? 1265 00:54:38,111 --> 00:54:41,406 Pierre and I had been at school together. 1266 00:54:41,406 --> 00:54:43,783 He was-- how you say-- 1267 00:54:43,783 --> 00:54:45,994 bookish? 1268 00:54:45,994 --> 00:54:48,872 And I was a bit wild. 1269 00:54:48,872 --> 00:54:51,082 I never gave him a glance. 1270 00:54:51,082 --> 00:54:55,628 She was intimidating for a quiet boy like me. 1271 00:54:55,628 --> 00:54:59,090 And it was there at the market. 1272 00:54:59,090 --> 00:55:02,093 He was working the pretzel stand for his uncle. 1273 00:55:02,093 --> 00:55:06,765 And I saw him in a different light. 1274 00:55:06,765 --> 00:55:07,891 The magic of the market. 1275 00:55:07,891 --> 00:55:09,768 Mm. 1276 00:55:09,768 --> 00:55:13,063 Is it magic though? 1277 00:55:13,063 --> 00:55:16,608 Uh, who's to say you wouldn't have met and fallen 1278 00:55:16,608 --> 00:55:18,693 in love someplace else? 1279 00:55:18,693 --> 00:55:20,320 I believe there is magic. 1280 00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:24,949 Or maybe there's, um, a placebo effect. 1281 00:55:24,949 --> 00:55:26,659 If you expect to meet your partner, 1282 00:55:26,659 --> 00:55:29,537 the odds of it happening go up. 1283 00:55:29,537 --> 00:55:32,791 Placebo or not, we are all very happy. 1284 00:55:32,791 --> 00:55:37,295 Well, absolutely no argument there. 1285 00:55:37,295 --> 00:55:39,756 Thank you so much for your time and this delicious hot 1286 00:55:39,756 --> 00:55:41,466 chocolate. 1287 00:55:41,466 --> 00:55:44,969 But before we go, since la glace means ice cream-- and we all 1288 00:55:44,969 --> 00:55:47,472 know la glace means ice cream-- 1289 00:55:47,472 --> 00:55:51,851 we're looking for a loose stone below la glace. 1290 00:55:51,851 --> 00:55:53,687 Does that mean anything to you? 1291 00:55:53,687 --> 00:55:54,562 No. 1292 00:55:54,562 --> 00:55:56,106 No, I'm afraid not. 1293 00:55:58,650 --> 00:55:59,859 Bummer. 1294 00:55:59,859 --> 00:56:01,027 [bells jingling] 1295 00:56:03,863 --> 00:56:06,449 So what do you think? 1296 00:56:06,449 --> 00:56:09,285 Is this legend still a publicity stunt? 1297 00:56:09,285 --> 00:56:12,831 Hmm, they seem like the real deal. 1298 00:56:12,831 --> 00:56:14,582 I think you may be cracking, Mark Webber. 1299 00:56:14,582 --> 00:56:15,917 What is that? 1300 00:56:15,917 --> 00:56:17,711 Is that a way out of this conversation? 1301 00:56:22,716 --> 00:56:24,968 Hold on. 1302 00:56:24,968 --> 00:56:26,970 This is La Pere Fouettard. 1303 00:56:26,970 --> 00:56:28,596 This is what these kids keep calling me. 1304 00:56:28,596 --> 00:56:30,807 I guess so. 1305 00:56:30,807 --> 00:56:33,268 What even is La Pere Fouettard? 1306 00:56:33,268 --> 00:56:38,148 In France, he is known for accompanying Santa and-- 1307 00:56:38,148 --> 00:56:42,527 dispensing whippings to naughty children. 1308 00:56:42,527 --> 00:56:44,029 Come on. 1309 00:56:44,029 --> 00:56:45,655 I mean, you kind of give off a vibe. 1310 00:56:45,655 --> 00:56:50,952 There is-- a vast difference between Moody Mark and, uh, 1311 00:56:50,952 --> 00:56:51,911 whatever that is. 1312 00:56:51,911 --> 00:56:54,080 Here, try the cloak on. 1313 00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:54,998 Do you mind? 1314 00:56:54,998 --> 00:56:56,082 Thank you. 1315 00:56:59,919 --> 00:57:00,837 Huh? 1316 00:57:00,837 --> 00:57:01,588 You got to like-- 1317 00:57:01,588 --> 00:57:03,214 Huh? 1318 00:57:03,214 --> 00:57:04,090 You got to just-- 1319 00:57:04,090 --> 00:57:05,133 It's way different. 1320 00:57:05,133 --> 00:57:07,052 Do the-- do the-- 1321 00:57:07,052 --> 00:57:07,802 yeah, you're right. 1322 00:57:07,802 --> 00:57:08,720 I don't see it. 1323 00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:09,721 Children! 1324 00:57:09,721 --> 00:57:10,638 Children, Pere Fouettard! 1325 00:57:10,638 --> 00:57:11,556 Pere Fouettard! 1326 00:57:11,556 --> 00:57:13,475 [children yelling] 1327 00:57:13,475 --> 00:57:14,851 Ow, oh. 1328 00:57:14,851 --> 00:57:16,561 Ow. 1329 00:57:16,561 --> 00:57:18,772 You better be nice or you're all getting coal this year. 1330 00:57:18,772 --> 00:57:20,023 Ah, oh, OK. 1331 00:57:20,023 --> 00:57:21,066 Oh, we got to go. 1332 00:57:21,066 --> 00:57:22,400 Oh, we need to go right now. 1333 00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:23,234 Oh, excuse me. 1334 00:57:26,571 --> 00:57:28,448 [indistinct yelling] 1335 00:57:28,448 --> 00:57:30,283 [laughter] 1336 00:57:30,950 --> 00:57:31,785 Ow. 1337 00:57:31,785 --> 00:57:34,829 Ah, tourista. 1338 00:57:44,297 --> 00:57:45,924 LEAH: [scoffs] 1339 00:57:45,924 --> 00:57:51,346 So OK, it's, uh, right here, outside of this cathedral, 1340 00:57:51,346 --> 00:57:53,264 after knowing each other for only three days, 1341 00:57:53,264 --> 00:57:55,517 that F proposed to Ma Fleur. 1342 00:57:55,517 --> 00:57:56,601 Three days. 1343 00:57:56,601 --> 00:57:58,019 You don't think that's a little quick? 1344 00:57:58,019 --> 00:57:59,354 What? 1345 00:57:59,354 --> 00:58:00,772 Do you have a timeline on true love? 1346 00:58:00,772 --> 00:58:02,315 When you know, you know. 1347 00:58:02,315 --> 00:58:06,695 No, I think true love takes time, trust, pragmatism. 1348 00:58:06,695 --> 00:58:11,616 Ah, yes, the key to every woman's heart-- pragmatism. 1349 00:58:11,616 --> 00:58:13,743 So I'm not proposing to you, for the record. 1350 00:58:13,743 --> 00:58:14,577 Understood. 1351 00:58:14,577 --> 00:58:16,287 And agreed. 1352 00:58:16,287 --> 00:58:18,373 When I get proposed to, I want it to be for real. 1353 00:58:18,373 --> 00:58:20,750 Hmm. 1354 00:58:20,750 --> 00:58:22,544 So what's next? 1355 00:58:22,544 --> 00:58:24,212 Well, to celebrate their engagement, 1356 00:58:24,212 --> 00:58:25,213 they rode the carousel. 1357 00:58:25,213 --> 00:58:27,757 But we could just skip that. 1358 00:58:27,757 --> 00:58:30,301 That's it? 1359 00:58:30,301 --> 00:58:32,262 You-- you have made me do every activity so far. 1360 00:58:32,262 --> 00:58:33,930 And you don't want to go to a carousel. 1361 00:58:33,930 --> 00:58:37,058 Well, you're generally pretty opposed to the concept of fun. 1362 00:58:37,058 --> 00:58:38,309 So we could just let it go. 1363 00:58:38,309 --> 00:58:40,562 No, absolutely not. 1364 00:58:40,562 --> 00:58:42,981 What would you possibly have against carousels? 1365 00:58:42,981 --> 00:58:45,108 I just get terrible motion sickness. 1366 00:58:45,108 --> 00:58:47,861 And I don't love horses. 1367 00:58:47,861 --> 00:58:50,405 Didn't the doctor ride a horse in The Doctor and The Maid? 1368 00:58:50,405 --> 00:58:52,115 You got to face that fear sometime. 1369 00:58:52,115 --> 00:58:53,533 Come on. 1370 00:58:53,533 --> 00:58:56,745 Maybe it'll lead to a, uh, perfect moment. 1371 00:58:56,745 --> 00:58:57,537 Come on. 1372 00:58:57,537 --> 00:58:58,955 Let's go. 1373 00:58:58,955 --> 00:58:59,789 LEAH: [sighs] 1374 00:59:01,624 --> 00:59:05,170 OK, I guess you've been a good sport, so it goes both ways. 1375 00:59:05,170 --> 00:59:06,921 I think so. 1376 00:59:06,921 --> 00:59:07,797 Hello. 1377 00:59:07,797 --> 00:59:08,715 Hello, bonjour. 1378 00:59:08,715 --> 00:59:09,341 Can we ride? 1379 00:59:09,341 --> 00:59:10,925 Ah, oui, monsieur. 1380 00:59:10,925 --> 00:59:12,761 After you. 1381 00:59:12,761 --> 00:59:14,929 Excellent choice. 1382 00:59:14,929 --> 00:59:17,599 Thank you. 1383 00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:19,267 Oh, OK. 1384 00:59:19,267 --> 00:59:22,187 Ah, OK, wow. 1385 00:59:22,187 --> 00:59:23,021 Wow. 1386 00:59:26,399 --> 00:59:27,400 This is actually fun. 1387 00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:29,444 Thank you for the extra push. 1388 00:59:29,444 --> 00:59:32,405 Hey, you have been making me do things around town all week. 1389 00:59:32,405 --> 00:59:34,991 Figure now we're even. 1390 00:59:34,991 --> 00:59:36,159 Fair enough. 1391 00:59:36,159 --> 00:59:37,786 You can have this one. 1392 00:59:37,786 --> 00:59:39,287 Oh-- oh, what? 1393 00:59:39,287 --> 00:59:42,040 Was that can I have this one? 1394 00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:43,541 You may have this one. 1395 00:59:43,541 --> 00:59:48,046 Ah, the student becomes the master. 1396 00:59:48,046 --> 00:59:49,005 LEAH: [sighs] 1397 00:59:49,923 --> 00:59:50,674 MARK: [laughing] 1398 00:59:51,549 --> 00:59:52,258 You OK? 1399 00:59:52,258 --> 00:59:54,177 Merci. 1400 00:59:54,177 --> 00:59:55,804 MARK: [laughing] 1401 00:59:56,805 --> 00:59:58,181 OK. 1402 00:59:58,181 --> 01:00:00,809 Whoo. 1403 01:00:00,809 --> 01:00:02,477 So what next? 1404 01:00:02,477 --> 01:00:06,606 Uh, well, F gave Ma Fleur an ornament as a placeholder 1405 01:00:06,606 --> 01:00:08,316 until he could get a ring. 1406 01:00:08,316 --> 01:00:11,486 OK, so the ornaments stand then? 1407 01:00:11,486 --> 01:00:12,320 Yes. 1408 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:13,154 Let's go. 1409 01:00:13,154 --> 01:00:14,698 Yes. 1410 01:00:14,698 --> 01:00:17,826 Oh, this reminds me of my mom. 1411 01:00:17,826 --> 01:00:18,993 She's big into crafting. 1412 01:00:18,993 --> 01:00:19,828 Oh, yeah? 1413 01:00:19,828 --> 01:00:20,829 Mm-hmm. 1414 01:00:20,829 --> 01:00:21,913 What would she craft? 1415 01:00:21,913 --> 01:00:23,665 Everything. 1416 01:00:23,665 --> 01:00:28,294 Um, jewelry, journals, dolls, sock monkeys. 1417 01:00:28,294 --> 01:00:30,046 She would take us to thrift stores as children 1418 01:00:30,046 --> 01:00:33,049 and help us sew beads and patches on our clothes 1419 01:00:33,049 --> 01:00:35,343 to make them our own. 1420 01:00:35,343 --> 01:00:37,012 I used to think that she was just 1421 01:00:37,012 --> 01:00:38,972 encouraging our creativity. 1422 01:00:38,972 --> 01:00:41,057 But then, when I got older, I realized she was 1423 01:00:41,057 --> 01:00:43,101 struggling to pay the bills. 1424 01:00:43,101 --> 01:00:46,021 Anything she could DIY, she did. 1425 01:00:46,021 --> 01:00:47,480 She sounds incredible. 1426 01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:48,898 Yeah, she is. 1427 01:00:48,898 --> 01:00:49,899 Don't let me fool you. 1428 01:00:49,899 --> 01:00:50,859 She's a spitfire. 1429 01:00:50,859 --> 01:00:52,110 [laughing] 1430 01:00:54,029 --> 01:00:55,363 Ah, we'll take this-- 1431 01:00:55,363 --> 01:00:56,906 for your mother. 1432 01:00:56,906 --> 01:00:59,826 And this as well. 1433 01:00:59,826 --> 01:01:01,578 Should make the gnomes happy for once. 1434 01:01:07,417 --> 01:01:08,335 VENDOR: Merci. 1435 01:01:08,335 --> 01:01:11,296 Thank you. 1436 01:01:11,296 --> 01:01:12,380 She'll love that. 1437 01:01:12,380 --> 01:01:13,131 You're welcome. 1438 01:01:13,131 --> 01:01:15,967 Thanks. 1439 01:01:15,967 --> 01:01:17,010 It's pretty. 1440 01:01:17,010 --> 01:01:19,554 [gentle music] 1441 01:01:31,274 --> 01:01:33,193 [fire crackling] 1442 01:01:38,198 --> 01:01:39,115 [sighs] 1443 01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:41,576 Help a guy out, gnomes. 1444 01:01:54,172 --> 01:01:55,131 [door opens] 1445 01:01:57,884 --> 01:01:58,677 Hmm. 1446 01:02:11,147 --> 01:02:13,441 Thanks for meeting me here. 1447 01:02:13,441 --> 01:02:15,193 Well, you look festive. 1448 01:02:15,193 --> 01:02:16,569 Thanks. 1449 01:02:16,569 --> 01:02:18,071 Trying to get these kids to lay off me. 1450 01:02:18,071 --> 01:02:20,031 Not sure how much more my shins can take. 1451 01:02:20,031 --> 01:02:22,492 Well, I like it. 1452 01:02:22,492 --> 01:02:24,786 So uh, F and Ma Fleur decided to meet 1453 01:02:24,786 --> 01:02:28,498 here at midnight to exchange vows before running away. 1454 01:02:28,498 --> 01:02:31,084 And then he was planning on giving 1455 01:02:31,084 --> 01:02:35,380 her his gifts, that painting and the music box, that night. 1456 01:02:35,380 --> 01:02:38,508 But that is where the journal ends. 1457 01:02:38,508 --> 01:02:40,468 Well, everything's been leading here it seems. 1458 01:02:40,468 --> 01:02:42,178 I guess so. 1459 01:02:42,178 --> 01:02:45,140 No pressure, right? 1460 01:02:45,140 --> 01:02:46,349 La Pere Fouettard! 1461 01:02:46,349 --> 01:02:47,559 [grunts] 1462 01:02:48,435 --> 01:02:50,020 [children laughing] 1463 01:02:50,854 --> 01:02:52,689 You OK? 1464 01:02:52,689 --> 01:02:53,314 Yeah. 1465 01:02:53,314 --> 01:02:54,357 [laughs] 1466 01:02:54,357 --> 01:02:57,485 [organ music] 1467 01:02:57,485 --> 01:03:02,323 Wow, this is amazing. 1468 01:03:02,323 --> 01:03:07,620 Everything in the US was built like yesterday in comparison. 1469 01:03:07,620 --> 01:03:09,080 Sometimes I forget you're seeing 1470 01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:10,373 this all for the first time. 1471 01:03:10,373 --> 01:03:11,541 Really? 1472 01:03:11,541 --> 01:03:14,627 No, you remind me constantly. 1473 01:03:14,627 --> 01:03:17,922 Well, I'm still green, right? 1474 01:03:17,922 --> 01:03:20,592 Maybe not as much as I thought. 1475 01:03:20,592 --> 01:03:25,263 I'll admit I doubted you pretty much at every step 1476 01:03:25,263 --> 01:03:26,765 right from the start. 1477 01:03:26,765 --> 01:03:29,809 But kind of hard to argue with your results so-- 1478 01:03:29,809 --> 01:03:34,481 so you tell me, where do we go from here? 1479 01:03:34,481 --> 01:03:36,066 [exhales] 1480 01:03:36,066 --> 01:03:38,735 Well, there has to be something in this cathedral, 1481 01:03:38,735 --> 01:03:42,489 right, something that could help us break this story? 1482 01:03:42,489 --> 01:03:43,323 Mm. 1483 01:03:48,244 --> 01:03:49,245 What does la glace mean? 1484 01:03:53,083 --> 01:03:56,378 Just-- just do it. 1485 01:03:56,378 --> 01:03:58,254 I think we all know it means ice cream. 1486 01:03:58,254 --> 01:03:59,089 Yes. 1487 01:03:59,089 --> 01:04:02,008 And-- 1488 01:04:02,008 --> 01:04:03,301 Oh, ice, wow. 1489 01:04:03,301 --> 01:04:04,094 And-- 1490 01:04:06,346 --> 01:04:07,097 Mirror. 1491 01:04:13,436 --> 01:04:14,312 LEAH: Below the mirror. 1492 01:04:17,357 --> 01:04:19,651 [laughter] 1493 01:04:30,787 --> 01:04:33,873 [suspenseful music] 1494 01:04:35,333 --> 01:04:45,552 MARK: [clears throat] 1495 01:04:45,552 --> 01:04:47,679 MAN: Can I help you? 1496 01:04:47,679 --> 01:04:49,639 Um, actually, yes. 1497 01:04:49,639 --> 01:04:52,350 Yes, I was wondering if you could 1498 01:04:52,350 --> 01:04:58,314 answer some questions for me about the nativity over there. 1499 01:04:58,314 --> 01:04:59,232 Yes. 1500 01:04:59,232 --> 01:05:00,066 Yeah? 1501 01:05:00,066 --> 01:05:01,359 Yes, great. 1502 01:05:01,359 --> 01:05:03,028 We'll just be a second, honey. 1503 01:05:03,028 --> 01:05:04,946 Why don't you light a candle for me. 1504 01:05:04,946 --> 01:05:06,072 - Got it. - Thank you. 1505 01:05:06,072 --> 01:05:06,948 Mm-hmm. 1506 01:05:17,292 --> 01:05:20,128 Uh, so I-- 1507 01:05:20,128 --> 01:05:23,631 I was hoping that you could tell me who these people are. 1508 01:05:23,631 --> 01:05:24,716 - Yes. - Obviously that's-- 1509 01:05:24,716 --> 01:05:25,633 Yes. 1510 01:05:25,633 --> 01:05:26,968 Mary and baby Jesus. 1511 01:05:26,968 --> 01:05:29,637 Oui, and Joseph [french]. 1512 01:05:29,637 --> 01:05:32,265 Oh, yeah. 1513 01:05:32,265 --> 01:05:37,479 And-- oh, uh, and who is-- who is this? 1514 01:05:37,479 --> 01:05:39,064 Uh, that's a shepherd, Madam. 1515 01:05:45,612 --> 01:05:46,946 And what's-- what's he got there? 1516 01:05:46,946 --> 01:05:48,406 That's a sheep, Madam. 1517 01:05:48,406 --> 01:05:49,616 Mm, fascinating. 1518 01:05:49,616 --> 01:05:53,787 And, uh, what-- what's, uh, this? 1519 01:05:53,787 --> 01:05:55,163 This is another sheep. 1520 01:05:55,163 --> 01:05:56,081 Mm, mm-hmm. 1521 01:06:03,963 --> 01:06:06,466 And, uh, that guy in the back over there, that's-- 1522 01:06:06,466 --> 01:06:07,550 That's a wiseman. 1523 01:06:07,550 --> 01:06:10,637 Oh, yeah, and-- 1524 01:06:10,637 --> 01:06:14,849 MAN (VOICEOVER): To my love, Ma Fleur, never showed up. 1525 01:06:14,849 --> 01:06:16,810 Waited for hours. 1526 01:06:16,810 --> 01:06:18,770 Broke my heart. 1527 01:06:18,770 --> 01:06:21,648 Forever yours, F. 1528 01:06:21,648 --> 01:06:24,901 [melancholy music] 1529 01:06:25,819 --> 01:06:27,529 [indistinct conversation] 1530 01:06:36,621 --> 01:06:38,248 Yeah, and then, obviously, that is-- 1531 01:06:38,248 --> 01:06:39,165 - Joseph. - [clears throat] 1532 01:06:39,165 --> 01:06:39,958 Yep. 1533 01:06:39,958 --> 01:06:42,419 Hey, honey, are you-- 1534 01:06:42,419 --> 01:06:43,294 you ready to hang out? 1535 01:06:43,294 --> 01:06:44,045 Yes. 1536 01:06:44,045 --> 01:06:47,841 Uh, thank you so much. 1537 01:06:47,841 --> 01:06:51,594 Uh, yeah, very informative. 1538 01:06:51,594 --> 01:06:53,596 I've learned-- I've learned a lot. 1539 01:06:53,596 --> 01:06:54,472 Merci. 1540 01:06:54,472 --> 01:06:56,516 Um, joyeux noel. 1541 01:06:56,516 --> 01:06:58,852 Joyeux noel. 1542 01:06:58,852 --> 01:07:01,521 So did you find it? 1543 01:07:01,521 --> 01:07:02,897 Yeah. 1544 01:07:02,897 --> 01:07:05,066 See, I knew it was the right way to go. 1545 01:07:05,066 --> 01:07:08,194 Leah, I have some bad news. 1546 01:07:08,194 --> 01:07:09,362 Bad news, what? 1547 01:07:09,362 --> 01:07:10,155 Was it stuck? 1548 01:07:12,782 --> 01:07:15,285 Was it empty? 1549 01:07:15,285 --> 01:07:17,704 Yeah. 1550 01:07:17,704 --> 01:07:19,748 Yeah, it was empty. 1551 01:07:19,748 --> 01:07:21,666 Sorry. 1552 01:07:21,666 --> 01:07:23,376 Well, OK. 1553 01:07:23,376 --> 01:07:24,878 Well, that doesn't necessarily mean anything though, right? 1554 01:07:24,878 --> 01:07:26,296 They would have gotten rid of it eventually. 1555 01:07:26,296 --> 01:07:28,548 And we can just find something else. 1556 01:07:28,548 --> 01:07:30,216 That's all. 1557 01:07:30,216 --> 01:07:31,051 Yeah, I'm not sure we're going to find what we're looking 1558 01:07:31,051 --> 01:07:32,677 for in the next few hours. 1559 01:07:32,677 --> 01:07:35,221 Yeah, but we haven't exhausted all of our resources yet. 1560 01:07:35,221 --> 01:07:37,682 I mean, we can talk to some more people. 1561 01:07:37,682 --> 01:07:39,392 Somebody's going to know something. 1562 01:07:39,392 --> 01:07:45,815 Maybe-- maybe our time is better spent regrouping. 1563 01:07:45,815 --> 01:07:48,234 Uh, well, I'm not going to give up on their love 1564 01:07:48,234 --> 01:07:51,029 that easily, especially not now. 1565 01:07:53,948 --> 01:07:56,910 OK, look, I'm gonna go find something else. 1566 01:07:56,910 --> 01:07:58,703 You can come with me or not. 1567 01:08:01,623 --> 01:08:04,834 I'm gonna head back to the inn, 1568 01:08:04,834 --> 01:08:08,546 see if there's something I can salvage. 1569 01:08:08,546 --> 01:08:10,256 Great. 1570 01:08:10,256 --> 01:08:11,883 Go team. 1571 01:08:11,883 --> 01:08:15,303 [melancholy music] 1572 01:08:21,101 --> 01:08:24,396 I appreciate you letting me stop by. 1573 01:08:24,396 --> 01:08:26,898 Well, I had no idea there was so much in the attic. 1574 01:08:26,898 --> 01:08:29,567 Oh, thank you for letting me look through it. 1575 01:08:29,567 --> 01:08:30,985 Mm, my pleasure. 1576 01:08:30,985 --> 01:08:32,320 So take your time. 1577 01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:33,738 And if you need me, I'm upstairs. 1578 01:08:33,738 --> 01:08:34,864 - OK. - OK? 1579 01:08:34,864 --> 01:08:35,824 Thank you. 1580 01:08:35,824 --> 01:08:36,700 Merci. 1581 01:08:41,663 --> 01:08:43,707 SOPHIE: That's a new face. 1582 01:08:43,707 --> 01:08:46,084 I don't like it. 1583 01:08:46,084 --> 01:08:49,421 Yeah, well, I don't think we're 1584 01:08:49,421 --> 01:08:51,923 going to find the happy ending we've been looking for. 1585 01:08:51,923 --> 01:08:53,925 Maybe I can help. 1586 01:08:53,925 --> 01:08:56,261 I'll investigate. 1587 01:08:56,261 --> 01:08:59,806 Why won't you find your happy ending? 1588 01:08:59,806 --> 01:09:03,226 It says it right here. 1589 01:09:03,226 --> 01:09:06,187 Ava stood him up, broke his heart. 1590 01:09:06,187 --> 01:09:08,815 He waited for hours, but she never showed up. 1591 01:09:08,815 --> 01:09:12,318 So he wrote her a letter on the last page of his journal, 1592 01:09:12,318 --> 01:09:13,820 left it for her to find, pleading 1593 01:09:13,820 --> 01:09:14,946 for her to change her mind. 1594 01:09:14,946 --> 01:09:18,658 But-- she never came. 1595 01:09:18,658 --> 01:09:21,077 Hmm, why? 1596 01:09:24,289 --> 01:09:25,665 Probably because she realized it'd 1597 01:09:25,665 --> 01:09:28,001 be ridiculous for two teenagers to run away 1598 01:09:28,001 --> 01:09:30,086 together after just a few days. 1599 01:09:30,086 --> 01:09:35,300 But-- it would have been a really good story. 1600 01:09:35,300 --> 01:09:37,385 Why? 1601 01:09:37,385 --> 01:09:40,597 Everyone loves a love story, right? 1602 01:09:40,597 --> 01:09:43,975 I think Leah would have written it really well. 1603 01:09:43,975 --> 01:09:45,935 SOPHIE: I see. 1604 01:09:45,935 --> 01:09:48,229 Why? 1605 01:09:48,229 --> 01:09:51,608 I just know how much she cares about it. 1606 01:09:51,608 --> 01:09:55,612 She believed this couple was together so much she 1607 01:09:55,612 --> 01:09:57,197 almost had me believing it. 1608 01:09:57,197 --> 01:10:00,200 She must be really sad they broke up then. 1609 01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:02,869 I haven't told her yet. 1610 01:10:02,869 --> 01:10:04,746 I haven't had the heart to. 1611 01:10:04,746 --> 01:10:06,164 She put so much faith in the magic 1612 01:10:06,164 --> 01:10:09,084 of this town and true love. 1613 01:10:12,045 --> 01:10:14,255 I guess I didn't want to break her heart. 1614 01:10:14,255 --> 01:10:15,131 And why? 1615 01:10:18,510 --> 01:10:19,469 [exhales] 1616 01:10:20,553 --> 01:10:23,473 [light music] 1617 01:10:33,650 --> 01:10:34,442 Hmm. 1618 01:10:44,953 --> 01:10:47,872 [uplifting music] 1619 01:11:12,397 --> 01:11:14,482 [footsteps approaching] 1620 01:11:19,070 --> 01:11:20,780 Kind of hard to write a feel-good story 1621 01:11:20,780 --> 01:11:23,783 without a feel-good ending. 1622 01:11:23,783 --> 01:11:25,577 How about you? 1623 01:11:25,577 --> 01:11:27,954 Will the find anything, use your magic? 1624 01:11:27,954 --> 01:11:31,041 Yes, about that-- 1625 01:11:31,041 --> 01:11:34,294 the name Philip makes the F sound. 1626 01:11:34,294 --> 01:11:38,673 So maybe they eloped and then got married later. 1627 01:11:43,303 --> 01:11:45,221 This is a British Army uniform. 1628 01:11:45,221 --> 01:11:46,389 His last name is Bancroft. 1629 01:11:46,389 --> 01:11:48,308 Our painter's French. 1630 01:11:48,308 --> 01:11:50,226 Yeah, but maybe they moved to the UK and he changed his name. 1631 01:11:50,226 --> 01:11:52,395 OK, I think it's time to start being realistic here. 1632 01:11:52,395 --> 01:11:54,856 We're talking about two teenagers 1633 01:11:54,856 --> 01:11:56,232 from half a century ago. 1634 01:11:56,232 --> 01:11:57,776 Yeah, my parents got married as teenagers. 1635 01:11:57,776 --> 01:12:00,695 And they'd still be together if he hadn't-- 1636 01:12:00,695 --> 01:12:02,989 look, I'm sure we have a contact in London, OK? 1637 01:12:02,989 --> 01:12:03,990 We can find them. 1638 01:12:03,990 --> 01:12:05,617 I'll call Samantha. 1639 01:12:05,617 --> 01:12:08,995 Leah, it's not him. 1640 01:12:08,995 --> 01:12:10,538 They didn't elope. 1641 01:12:10,538 --> 01:12:12,040 They didn't end up together at all. 1642 01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:13,708 And I'm sorry. 1643 01:12:13,708 --> 01:12:16,670 I really-- I shouldn't have let you take it this far. 1644 01:12:16,670 --> 01:12:17,545 Let me? 1645 01:12:20,215 --> 01:12:23,760 I found the missing pages to the journal. 1646 01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:27,263 F wrote Ava a letter and left it for her. 1647 01:12:27,263 --> 01:12:28,390 She stood him up. 1648 01:12:31,351 --> 01:12:33,937 Where was this? 1649 01:12:33,937 --> 01:12:36,022 I found it in the church. 1650 01:12:36,022 --> 01:12:37,023 [exhales] 1651 01:12:37,023 --> 01:12:40,026 But you said it was empty. 1652 01:12:40,026 --> 01:12:41,986 You were so enthusiastic about it. 1653 01:12:41,986 --> 01:12:43,279 I-- I didn't want to mess that up. 1654 01:12:43,279 --> 01:12:44,197 I thought maybe-- 1655 01:12:44,197 --> 01:12:46,700 So you just lied to me? 1656 01:12:46,700 --> 01:12:48,576 You know that I'm a journalist, right? 1657 01:12:48,576 --> 01:12:50,829 And more than anything, I want the truth. 1658 01:12:50,829 --> 01:12:53,164 God, it feels like we have been on a magical scavenger 1659 01:12:53,164 --> 01:12:54,708 hunt for the last week. 1660 01:12:54,708 --> 01:12:57,961 We are chasing some impossible dream instead of seeing 1661 01:12:57,961 --> 01:12:59,629 what is right in front of us. 1662 01:12:59,629 --> 01:13:01,881 OK, what's in front of me is a jaded reporter who'd rather 1663 01:13:01,881 --> 01:13:03,883 be dishonest than helpful. 1664 01:13:03,883 --> 01:13:05,593 Look, I knew you were moody, OK? 1665 01:13:05,593 --> 01:13:07,929 But I just-- I didn't think you were manipulative. 1666 01:13:07,929 --> 01:13:08,763 OK. 1667 01:13:11,307 --> 01:13:13,101 I'm the senior reporter here and I should have 1668 01:13:13,101 --> 01:13:14,310 reeled this in a long time ago. 1669 01:13:14,310 --> 01:13:15,562 So I'm calling it now. 1670 01:13:15,562 --> 01:13:18,023 It is time to pack up and go home. 1671 01:13:18,023 --> 01:13:19,399 Great, so you're just quitting? 1672 01:13:19,399 --> 01:13:20,942 Better than sitting around and waiting 1673 01:13:20,942 --> 01:13:24,612 for something that is literally never going to happen. 1674 01:13:24,612 --> 01:13:26,114 You want to be a good reporter, Leah? 1675 01:13:26,114 --> 01:13:27,198 Here's a tip. 1676 01:13:27,198 --> 01:13:29,993 Expect the worst. 1677 01:13:29,993 --> 01:13:31,661 It's always the worst. 1678 01:13:31,661 --> 01:13:34,622 [melancholy music] 1679 01:13:44,049 --> 01:13:46,551 [playful music] 1680 01:13:49,387 --> 01:13:50,513 What are you looking at? 1681 01:13:54,225 --> 01:13:55,643 What are you all looking at? 1682 01:13:55,643 --> 01:13:57,979 SOPHIE: There's no need to yell. 1683 01:13:57,979 --> 01:14:00,482 We're are right here. 1684 01:14:00,482 --> 01:14:02,359 Now's not the time, Sophie. 1685 01:14:02,359 --> 01:14:03,777 SOPHIE: It's not Sophie. 1686 01:14:03,777 --> 01:14:06,988 It's the gnomes. 1687 01:14:06,988 --> 01:14:09,783 That's enough, Sophie. 1688 01:14:09,783 --> 01:14:13,912 I'm tired of games, tired of fairy tales. 1689 01:14:13,912 --> 01:14:16,664 It's over, gnome. 1690 01:14:16,664 --> 01:14:20,085 SOPHIE: It's only over if you say it over. 1691 01:14:20,085 --> 01:14:26,049 If you stop now, you're not even giving a happy ending a chance. 1692 01:14:26,049 --> 01:14:31,930 That is actually pretty insightful, for a gnome. 1693 01:14:31,930 --> 01:14:33,139 It was me the whole time. 1694 01:14:33,139 --> 01:14:34,015 Oh, wow. 1695 01:14:34,015 --> 01:14:36,893 No way. 1696 01:14:36,893 --> 01:14:41,356 As your, uh, girl reporter here in Petit Marchand, 1697 01:14:41,356 --> 01:14:42,691 I noticed something. 1698 01:14:42,691 --> 01:14:46,027 You and Leah make a good team. 1699 01:14:46,027 --> 01:14:49,406 And you smile more when you're with her. 1700 01:14:49,406 --> 01:14:50,240 You're right. 1701 01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:52,867 Leah and me-- 1702 01:14:52,867 --> 01:14:57,706 Leah and I, we do make a good team. 1703 01:14:57,706 --> 01:15:00,709 And I do smile more when I'm with her. 1704 01:15:00,709 --> 01:15:03,878 You're going to be a pretty good reporter one day. 1705 01:15:03,878 --> 01:15:05,296 I'll tell you what. 1706 01:15:05,296 --> 01:15:08,299 When you're older, I know an editor in Paris. 1707 01:15:08,299 --> 01:15:09,926 And I'll set you up with an internship 1708 01:15:09,926 --> 01:15:11,469 if you're interested. 1709 01:15:23,440 --> 01:15:24,399 How did you do that? 1710 01:15:24,399 --> 01:15:26,609 Do what? 1711 01:15:26,609 --> 01:15:28,903 Move the music box when I wasn't looking. 1712 01:15:28,903 --> 01:15:30,989 How did you do that? 1713 01:15:30,989 --> 01:15:33,533 I didn't. 1714 01:15:33,533 --> 01:15:35,785 [inhales] The gnomes! 1715 01:15:35,785 --> 01:15:38,204 They're trying to tell you something. 1716 01:15:45,545 --> 01:15:46,588 Excuse me. 1717 01:15:53,178 --> 01:15:54,804 Hi, mom. 1718 01:15:54,804 --> 01:15:58,224 I just wanted to show you the market before I leave. 1719 01:15:58,224 --> 01:16:00,310 It's beautiful, sweetie. 1720 01:16:00,310 --> 01:16:02,854 Hey, did you find your mysterious couple? 1721 01:16:02,854 --> 01:16:05,231 LEAH (ON PHONE): No, mom, I failed. 1722 01:16:05,231 --> 01:16:09,402 I wanted to will myself into finding something perfect, 1723 01:16:09,402 --> 01:16:12,322 you know, find like a beautiful love like what you and dad had. 1724 01:16:12,322 --> 01:16:15,283 And it turns out there's nothing out there. 1725 01:16:15,283 --> 01:16:18,495 MOM (ON PHONE): Uh, oh, sweetie, I 1726 01:16:18,495 --> 01:16:20,330 may have exaggerated our love story 1727 01:16:20,330 --> 01:16:22,999 for you kids just a little bit. 1728 01:16:22,999 --> 01:16:26,795 I mean, it made me happy to tell you stories about him 1729 01:16:26,795 --> 01:16:28,755 and, I don't know, have you seen him 1730 01:16:28,755 --> 01:16:30,840 as some larger-than-life character. 1731 01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:34,803 But we had problems just like any other couple. 1732 01:16:34,803 --> 01:16:35,762 Really? 1733 01:16:35,762 --> 01:16:37,138 MOM (ON PHONE): Really. 1734 01:16:37,138 --> 01:16:40,058 And we fought from time to time. 1735 01:16:40,058 --> 01:16:44,813 And it took years to get over certain things. 1736 01:16:44,813 --> 01:16:48,483 And after all these years without him, 1737 01:16:48,483 --> 01:16:50,360 it's the great memories that are strongest. 1738 01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:52,028 But it's all still there-- 1739 01:16:52,028 --> 01:16:53,113 the good and the bad. 1740 01:16:53,113 --> 01:16:54,406 And isn't that great? 1741 01:16:54,406 --> 01:16:57,367 Because who needs a fairy tale when 1742 01:16:57,367 --> 01:16:58,702 you can have something real? 1743 01:17:03,665 --> 01:17:05,500 Hey, everything's shaking. 1744 01:17:05,500 --> 01:17:08,712 Where are you going? 1745 01:17:08,712 --> 01:17:10,213 To find something real. 1746 01:17:10,213 --> 01:17:13,174 [uplifting music] 1747 01:17:19,597 --> 01:17:22,726 [gentle music] 1748 01:17:54,466 --> 01:17:55,300 Sorry I lied to you. 1749 01:18:01,514 --> 01:18:04,684 You are a good reporter. 1750 01:18:04,684 --> 01:18:09,939 And we would not have gotten nearly as far without you. 1751 01:18:09,939 --> 01:18:15,779 This job has-- has worn me down over the years. 1752 01:18:15,779 --> 01:18:18,031 Working with you has actually been really refreshing. 1753 01:18:20,784 --> 01:18:22,285 I think I got so used to being Moody 1754 01:18:22,285 --> 01:18:25,205 Mark, shutting people out, that I forgot what 1755 01:18:25,205 --> 01:18:26,664 it was like to let them in. 1756 01:18:29,125 --> 01:18:31,211 I have been happier this past week than I have 1757 01:18:31,211 --> 01:18:33,296 been in a really long time. 1758 01:18:33,296 --> 01:18:36,508 And that's because of you. 1759 01:18:36,508 --> 01:18:38,760 So thank you. 1760 01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:41,388 I think I'm finally ready to let go of Moody Mark. 1761 01:18:41,388 --> 01:18:42,347 [scoffs] 1762 01:18:43,932 --> 01:18:48,228 Wow, that was very brave, yet very embarrassing 1763 01:18:48,228 --> 01:18:49,062 of you to admit. 1764 01:18:53,608 --> 01:18:56,736 We wouldn't have gotten anywhere without you. 1765 01:18:56,736 --> 01:19:00,865 And I shouldn't have clung so tightly to some ideal 1766 01:19:00,865 --> 01:19:03,827 when it clearly wasn't helping us anymore. 1767 01:19:03,827 --> 01:19:06,246 I just-- I spent so long looking for something 1768 01:19:06,246 --> 01:19:08,748 perfect that I was-- 1769 01:19:08,748 --> 01:19:11,001 blind to what was real. 1770 01:19:11,001 --> 01:19:15,672 So thank you for showing me how to do the job. 1771 01:19:15,672 --> 01:19:16,756 [exhales] 1772 01:19:20,135 --> 01:19:22,012 Sorry you won't get your name in The Post. 1773 01:19:22,012 --> 01:19:22,846 [scoffs] 1774 01:19:24,472 --> 01:19:26,725 Yeah, that's OK. 1775 01:19:26,725 --> 01:19:28,685 You know, I don't have to wait till another journal 1776 01:19:28,685 --> 01:19:31,104 falls into my lap to try again. 1777 01:19:31,104 --> 01:19:33,815 You know, a very wise gnome told 1778 01:19:33,815 --> 01:19:35,775 me once upon a time-- and please, follow 1779 01:19:35,775 --> 01:19:36,985 my train of thought here. 1780 01:19:36,985 --> 01:19:38,236 Mm-hmm. 1781 01:19:38,236 --> 01:19:40,864 It's not over until you decide it's over. 1782 01:19:43,908 --> 01:19:47,078 I think the magic of Le Marché de Noel 1783 01:19:47,078 --> 01:19:48,955 might be rubbing off on me after all. 1784 01:19:54,753 --> 01:19:56,046 [music box playing] 1785 01:19:56,046 --> 01:19:58,548 I had Bernard fix it for you. 1786 01:19:58,548 --> 01:20:01,509 [music box playing] 1787 01:20:12,854 --> 01:20:14,272 I know who the painter is. 1788 01:20:22,322 --> 01:20:25,408 There's a painting that's been the talk of the city lately. 1789 01:20:25,408 --> 01:20:26,910 You know the one. 1790 01:20:26,910 --> 01:20:28,703 And our journey to find the artist 1791 01:20:28,703 --> 01:20:30,580 didn't quite go as planned. 1792 01:20:30,580 --> 01:20:32,791 But not much in life does. 1793 01:20:32,791 --> 01:20:36,044 We eventually did track down the mysterious F, 1794 01:20:36,044 --> 01:20:40,507 also known as Francois Renard. 1795 01:20:40,507 --> 01:20:44,427 And his grand plan to elope with Ma Fleur, Ava Auclair, 1796 01:20:44,427 --> 01:20:49,474 the subject of his painting, ended in heartbreak. 1797 01:20:49,474 --> 01:20:52,102 She stood him up that night. 1798 01:20:52,102 --> 01:20:55,522 Francois wrote her a letter and left it in their secret spot. 1799 01:20:55,522 --> 01:20:59,067 But she never showed up to find it. 1800 01:20:59,067 --> 01:21:01,486 Heartbroken, he tossed his journal, 1801 01:21:01,486 --> 01:21:06,324 the music box, and the painting in the snow that night. 1802 01:21:06,324 --> 01:21:10,328 How these items found their way across the world decades later, 1803 01:21:10,328 --> 01:21:11,913 I guess we'll never know. 1804 01:21:15,333 --> 01:21:18,712 Francois' story may not have played out like a fairy tale. 1805 01:21:18,712 --> 01:21:21,673 But he did get his happy ending after all. 1806 01:21:21,673 --> 01:21:27,971 He met Celine, a sculptor visiting Le Marché from Lyon. 1807 01:21:27,971 --> 01:21:32,267 Their shared passion for the art blossomed into a deep love. 1808 01:21:32,267 --> 01:21:36,229 And after a few years together, they married. 1809 01:21:36,229 --> 01:21:38,815 Now, with generation of their families 1810 01:21:38,815 --> 01:21:41,901 still living in Petit Marchand, I guess Le Marché 1811 01:21:41,901 --> 01:21:44,195 worked for him after all. 1812 01:21:47,866 --> 01:21:50,535 But that's the thing about love, it's 1813 01:21:50,535 --> 01:21:52,037 not just a fairy tale or something 1814 01:21:52,037 --> 01:21:54,414 you build up in your head. 1815 01:21:54,414 --> 01:22:00,086 It can be, but it's the magic of reality that makes it work. 1816 01:22:04,215 --> 01:22:08,428 Sorry you didn't get your perfect ending. 1817 01:22:08,428 --> 01:22:10,388 It's better. 1818 01:22:10,388 --> 01:22:11,931 It's real. 1819 01:22:11,931 --> 01:22:15,018 [uplifting music] 1820 01:22:35,747 --> 01:22:38,249 As for the legend of Le Marché de Noel, 1821 01:22:38,249 --> 01:22:41,795 the jury is still out on that one. 1822 01:22:41,795 --> 01:22:45,131 Maybe it's just a Christmas wish, born under the twinkling 1823 01:22:45,131 --> 01:22:46,549 lights and the fallen snow. 1824 01:22:49,803 --> 01:22:52,889 Or maybe it's the magic of being surrounded by people you 1825 01:22:52,889 --> 01:22:56,559 care about during the holidays. 1826 01:22:56,559 --> 01:22:59,896 Either way, I experienced firsthand what the magic 1827 01:22:59,896 --> 01:23:02,357 of the Christmas market brings. 1828 01:23:02,357 --> 01:23:07,278 And though life may not turn out exactly how you expect it to, 1829 01:23:07,278 --> 01:23:12,450 that doesn't mean it can't be unexpectedly perfect. 1830 01:23:12,450 --> 01:23:14,285 [uplifting music] 1831 01:23:40,437 --> 01:23:43,356 [upbeat music]