02x09 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

[bunniefuu]

[♪]

-I don't get it.-No.

You're breakingthe rule.

I'm doing the right thing.

I'm the oldestand I'm in charge.

Well, you're not doinga very good job of it.

Just trust me.

Hi, mr. Everett!

Well, hey,it's peggy, mary lou and bunny.

My favorite family.

What can I do ya for?

How much to mail thisto denver?

It has to get there fast.

Well... Let me see.

So how are you allgetting along these days?

[Mary lou]: two of the cowswouldn't get up this morning.

I thinkit's milk fever...

But the other cowsare fine.

We've got plenty of milk

And some real goodcheese this week.

Well, I will justhave to stop by

And some real goodand pick me up some.week.

Did you want to send thatfirst class?

Yes.

Okay, that'll be $ . .

Is there a...sixth class?

Let me see.

How much you got?

$ . .

By golly, that's gonna do it.

And with two centsto spare.

All done!oughta be there by friday!

Thank you.

Bunny, givemr. Everett a nickel.

[Mr. Everett]: thank you.

Bunny, givemr. Eveand this...el.

Is for you.

Bunny, give[mary lou]:mr. Eveand this..thank you.

Is and can you please

Mark it "fragile"?

Will do.

What do you got in here anyway?

Hope.

[♪]

♪ It's no secreti don't care ♪

♪ Gonna shout it outeverywhere ♪

♪ I love my baby ♪i don't care ♪

♪ Hot, cold, fast or slow ♪

♪ I love my baby ♪

♪ Gonna tell everybody I know ♪

[♪]

♪♪ In the evening, in my bed ♪♪

♪ I hear voices in my head ♪

♪♪ I♪ they say, "never... ♪D ♪♪

♪♪ Never ever let her go" ♪♪

[♪]

♪ I love my baby ♪

♪ Gonna tell everybody I know ♪

♪ Well, I love my baby ♪

♪ Gotta tell everybody I know ♪

♪ Well, I [♪]e my baby ♪

♪ Other womendon't mean a thing to me ♪

♪ Well, I [♪]e my baby ♪

♪ You can pick 'em all up ♪don't mean a thing to me ♪

♪ Drop 'em all in the sea ♪

[♪]

♪ Drop 'em all in the sea ♪♪ if I got no money ♪

♪ She don't care ♪

♪ Drop 'em all in the sea ♪♪ she'll open up♪ her pocket book ♪ ♪

♪ And pay my fare ♪

♪ I know she loves me ♪

♪ Up, down, high or low ♪

[♪]

♪ U♪ I love my baby ♪ow ♪

♪ Gotta tell everybody I know ♪

♪ I'll say it again ♪

♪ I love my baby ♪

♪ Gonna tell all y'allthat I know ♪

-Oh, are you finished?-Yes.

Oh, I love this!

I knowjust where this should go.

Oh, I believeit is already there.

I thought you liked antiques.

I do.

True antiques have character...

And provenance...

Provenance?

A history.

Yes, a story, a pedigree.

But junk is, well, just...

Trash waitingto be made

Into treasure.

Trust me, this'll look great

On one of those blank wallsthat you keep staring at.

Trusi don't see the pointeatin decorating a temporary space.

On oliver, you're goingallsthato have to face it at.

Sooner or later--

The old dlo space is nowthe new online shipping room.

We're not going back there.

[♪]

Hmm...

Now, how did I have this before?

Hum...

Hmm...

Uh... Let's see.

Oh! How about...

Here?

You want to hang itwithout anything in it?

[Shane]: right!

It's very avant-garde.

Whoever's looking at it

Will seewhatever they want to see.

I would like to seea picture in it.

[Shane]: you said you wantedto break out and try new things.

I did.

[Shane]: you saidyes, you did.to break out and try new things.

At leastlet me get it centered.

Oh!

Did you know

That four out of fivepost office brides

Marry outsideof their own zip code?

It's a new world, rita.

Believe itor not,

There's nothing pendingin the pending box

And all the bulk mailve ithas been debulked,not,

So it looks...

Like a light day.

Well, I suggest we takean early lunch!

Oh! Well, ramonlight day.bought a new restaurant.

It's very cool and very chic.an early lunch!

It's called "bistro ramon."

We could go there.

What's the matterwith the mailbox grille?

New horizons, oliver.

Just let me hang this,and then we can...

Neperhapsons, oliver.we should measure first

And then we can find--

Ooh!

...find the stud.

Oh...

[Norman]: huh!

There's a new horizon.

Wow. What is this?some sort of secret room?

I have no idea.

Looks likethat water leak's

Gotten into everything.

I wonder.

[Shane]: oliver...

There's undeliveredmail here from .

All the zip codesare all addressed to...

There's undeliveredmail here fro ..

How did you know?

This...

Is the lost mailbagof harry snapp.

[Rita]: he's real?

I always thoughthe was just a legend.

[Oliver]: oh, yes.

Who's harry snapp?

Harry was a mail carrier,

Something ofwho'a disagreeable loner,

Who suddenly disappearedabout years ago.

Yeah. Postal lore has it

That he would spendhis lunch hours

Hiding somewherein this building,

Scratching off lottery ticketsand entering magazine contests.

And then one day,he just didn't show up.

Scratching off "you may alreadyand entering mabe a winner...".

Sounds like he finallyhit the jackpot.

They never foundhis last delivery.

'Til now.

It's mostly just waterloggedright now,

And, well, magazinesand junk mail

And the occasional...

And, well, magazineswow!nd junk mail

...antique porcelain vase.

And, well, magazinesno, just the wall.

Structural damage?

Define damage...

Any sign of an address?

No. The postmarkand address are gone.

Then, we are now obligatedto return it to the sender.

Senders.

There's a partial return:

"Peggy, mary lou, and bunny..."

Something "county road..."Thsomething, something.n:

Well, facilities"peggy, and maintenanceunny..."

Can have a crew hereby the th.

Excellent.

Next year.

Well, then we shall

Take mattersinto our own hands.

Oh, my.

[Oliver chuckles]

Uh, norman!

Extraction kit, please.

Careful. It's waterlogged,it may disintegrate.

Norman, handwriting?

It's dated years ago

And written witha fountain pen,

But the handwritingis adolescent female,

, Maybe years old.

But thea child who valuesis adolethe written word.

Well, why don't I start?

But thea child who valuesis adolethe"dear sir,ord.

I am sending you this vase

Because we really needto sell it.

When I called you last year,

You said you thoughtmaybe it was worth some money,

But you'd have to see it first,

So here it is.

You also said you would havebut yto know how old it isirst,

And where we got itand the whole story of it.

So here it goes.

We live on a farm.

It is very hard work

And hardly anybodyhas a real farm anymore.

But my mom says that's the waywe've always done it

And that's why our milkis the best,

And that nothing beats

And thhappy cowsur milkand hard work and hope.

But that's wherethe vase comes in,

And thhappy cowsur milkbecause times are bad again

And we are almostout of hope now.

We are a family of farmers.

Our family has been raising cows

And selling milkand making cheese

For more than a hundred years.

The women in our familyalways have girls,

And they all grow upto be farmers,

Except every once in a while,

A girl gets bornwho just wants adventure.

That wasgreat-grandmother betty.

When world w*r ii started,

Great-grandma bettyleft the farm

And joinedthe women's army corps.

Everybody understood

Why betty ran offto join the w*r,

But all the women in our familyare farm folk,

And maybe they wander sometimes,

But sooner or later,they all come home.

When betty went to w*r,

She got marriedto an army captain.

And the man who married them

Gave them this vaseas a wedding present.

She didn't bringher husband home.

Gave them this vaseas just the vase.ent.

And a baby.

That babywas our grandma isabel.

Five generationshave lived on this farm,

That babywas with this vase,bel.

And we all believed whatgreat-grandma betty had said,

That the vase was probably worthwas a lot of money.bel.

She called itour "just-in-case-vase."

We could only sell it

If we really, reallydidn't have a choice--

We but if we werel it

The strong american womendwe were raised to be,

We would alwaysthink of something else

Before it came to that.

And we always did.

One year, we practically losta whole herd of jerseys

To a cow epidemic.

Sometimes, a bad year

Meant we just ateeggs and peanut butter

Soand cans of soup,ar

So the cows could have hay,

But they never sold the vase.

[Singing]

Sometimes, there weretornados, and droughts,

And blizzards, and floods.

Sometsometimes,e werewe had to trade stuff away--

But we never sold the vase.

But six months ago,

Daddy d*ed in a tractor accidentin the west pasture,

And that's whywe are in trouble now.

Our mom and dadreally, really...

Loved each other,

And...

Our mom and dadreally, really loved each other,

And she's still so sad,she can't get out of bed,

And peggy and I are tryingto take care of bunny

And she's still so sad,she caand the cowsof bed,

And go to school

And...

Trade milkto pay the bills.

Then last week,

A lady camefrom the social services

And asked where our mother was.

A lady camewe told her she was sleeping

And she saidshe'd be back next week.

So if we can just sell the vase,

We can pay the bills,

And mama will feel better

Before somebody comesto take us away."

Well, that's all there is.

I hope that they're--

Well,they're still...e is.

How old would she be now?

Oh, about ?

Ms. Mcinerney,uld she be now?

Would you dosome research about ?

On -year-oldfamily farms in the area?

Norman, let'sclean up that mess

On -yeand figure outfamiwhat to do with the room.

And rita, will youtake photographs of the vase,

And make a few copies,

And then lock the vase awaytake phoin the safe?the vase,

Wherever the safe is now.

Got it.

If the vase truly isfrom europe,

Then I doubt we'll be ableto trace it

Back to some dairy farm in--

I'm assuming colorado...

If it was misaddressedand returned to sender,

Then mary lou wouldi'm assnever have heard back

If it was misaddressedand retfrom "dear sir."

So whoever"dear sir" is,

I'm sure she called himor wrote him again

To try to track it down?

I'm sure she called himan art dealer, perhaps?in

There can't bethat many in denver.

Oh, well,

There's in denver proper.

In metro-denver...

Point taken, rita.

Then let's narrow that down

To europeanporcelain specialists.

You guys remembermy cousin serge?

[Shane]: serge?

The one who entereda monastery in minnesota?

The little brothersof perpetual frost. Yeah.

He's relevantto this conversation because...

Because he hasa twin, igor!

He'sand he's theto this conveassociate director

Of decorative arts

At the colorado museumof fine arts!

He always liked bowls and pots.

And they've gotlots of pots there.

Oh, look.s liked bowls and pots.

They used it for packing.

"Persephone, / bucket.

Didn't drink.

"Persephone,seems dehydrated.

Venus, wouldn't pasture.

Penelope,minerva, electra..."

Seems like some sort

Of cow diary, I think.

Oh.

It says"see attached vet prescription."

Well, maybe the name of the vetcan help us locate the farm.

The second page is missing.it must have fallen apart.

Though it looks like

It was stuck togetherlong enough

For some impressionsto get transferred.e

I might be ableto pull something off of that

If I had a bigger lab

And a laserand a spectral-imaging system.

But the budget only approveda paper shredder this year.

Well, there must beand some government agencytem.

To whom we can turn.

What about dale

At the state divisionof investigations?

Ah.

At well, there's--ionthere's a thought.

She's stilla special agent there, right?

A very special agent.

[Oliver]: I'm goingto give her a call right now.

Do you really thinkit's a good idea

For oliver to be...

Reaching out to dale?

[Shane]: oh, absolutely.

And you go with him.

Ah.

[Norman]:and she's really smart.

She has a photographic memory,

And she wasmiss special delivery,

And we like the same things,

And the same music,

And the same booksand everything.

So when's the wedding?

Well, it's still pretty new.

I haven't even met her family.

Just wait till they meet ours.

Well, the style

Certainly seems to be th-century rococo.

So it's either quite valuable...

Certainly seems to beor an excellent reproduction.

We're notactually interested

In the value.

We're noti am, kinda.interested

We're looking for

An art dealerin the denver area

That might have specializedin th-century porcelainor

And been interested

In buying or sellingsomething like this

Years ago.

Well, there aren'ta lot of those around here,

But I can try

To put a listtogether for you.

That would be great.

To put a listtogethethank you so much.

Just a quick question.

If we were interestedin the value of the vase,

What would be a ballpark figure?

Well, if it's genuine,

And it hasa verifiable provenance,

It could be worth a great deal.

And it hasa ve or maybe?ce,

Oh, no.not that much.

...

Oh, no.$ , .not that much.

[Gasps for air]

[Oliver]:if dale can help us out,

Perhaps I'll see another farm.

I've only been to one--

Once, when I was a boy scout.

Rita?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sorry. I was justthinking about dale.

Dale?

I imagine she'll beback any minute.

You know, i...

I always wondered if...

You two had been a...

"Thing."

A "thing"?

"Well...

You know,we've always been good friends,

But there...

Might have been a timewe've alwawhere i...od friends,

But she didn't...

But then she...

But then I was...

Do you mindif we change the subject?

Bno. Sure. Okay..

Oh! My parentsare driving their rv

Up from albuquerqueto meet norman today!

-Really?-Mm-hmm.

-Does norman know?eto meet -no.an today!

-Really?it's short notice,

And my parentsare very spontaneous.

And if I told norman,

He would getthat tummy thing he gets,

You know,

When he's terrified.

Yes.

Unremittingconvulsive stomach syndrome.

Yes.you know him so well.

Anyways, I just thought

If I didn't give him timeto think about it,

Then he wouldn't have time to...

If I didn't give him timeto thconvulse. It,

That's very thoughtful, rita.

Thank you.

So, spectral imagingis going to take six weeks.

But I do have a friendin digital resonance

Who was ableto pull a few words--

"Antibiotics,"

"Appetite,"

Nothing that helpful except...

A partial phone number!

Nothing that helpoh, wonderful.

A partiamm-hmm. Number!

And the prefix and area codematches byers county...

Oh, well,that narrows it down, at least.

And the prefix and area codematchethank you very much.

Oh, well,that narrows iso happy to help.

-How's norman?-We're engaged!

Oh, that's... Wonderful.

-How's norman?-Wecongrats!ed!

Thanks.

And... And...

How is shane?

Well, things are good.

She's good.

I'm good.

I'll just meet you outside.

-Sure.-Bye.

Oliver, it's okay to say it.

You and shane are...

A "thing."

An early thing.

I figured.

And, you know what, it's--

I'm really happy for you.

I think you needsomebody like shane

To shake you up a little.

Do you think I need shaking up?

Absolutely. Yes.

You and i, we...

We solve our problems

By knowing where the lines areand following the rules.

And shane...

Well...

She colors outside the lines,

If you knowwell...what I mean.

But if you putshe cthe two together...ines,

You've got...

A mess?

Or maybe something beautiful.

[♪]

Where's rita?

Oh, she's on her way,

She stopped by the dloto drop off a piece of evidence.

Evidence?

So you really arelike detectives.

Yes.

But postal.

And you're rita's boss?

Well, we're allmore like colleagues.

Ms. Mcinerney and i,and norman and...

Well, we're allwhat's the deal with norm?

He's a good manand a dear friend.

I would trust him with my life,mr. Haywith.

You can call me bill.

Oh!

I had an uncle bill..

William o'toole--

No, "bill" is short for "bilbo."

You know,like inthe hobbit.

You have to addthe goat's milk first,

Then the whey,

You have to addand the cactus root. First,

Hmm.

I'm a little shorton goat's milk.

Almond milk!

Goats, almonds--

They're all god's children,almright?lk!

So this is a popular cocktailin albuquerque you say?

Oh, yes.

It's called an "area ."

You don't knowwhat's in there,yes.

But one drink,

And you know something weirdis going on.

Oh...

And then I met evelyn--sunny--

And we decidedto change our names

The summer of ' .

Everything changed in ' .

How is it

You came to choosethe name "sunny,"

Mrs. Haywith?

Well...

We met duringthe summer of love in ' ,

When I was evelyn,

And for awhile,

I was "mystic harmony..."

And in ' ,we went to woodstock,

And it rained and rained--

And we didn't seeblue skies for days.

And finally,billy said one morning,

"The only sunrise seewe're going to see todayays.

Is the sun in your eyes.

And I became "sunrise."

Sunrise.

Sunny!

That's wonderful.

You see, now there really isa sunrise in there.

Take them off.

See that little--

See that little gold fleckright there?

See that little--see?

-[Norman]: oliver!-Norman!

Oliver, you're nevergoing to guess--

[Rita]: norman!

-[Whirs and crunches]-[rita]: I want you to...

[Whirring and crunching]

...meet my parents.

Oh, you're justso adorable...

What I can see of you.

I'm really sorry

That I blendedyour glasses, mrs. Haywith.

[Bill]: hey, sunny,

They've got the byrdson here.

The beatles, the monkees,

The turtles...

[Laughs] the animals.

All the musical speciesof the ' s!

Is that a joke?

Maybe.

So, you're from new mexico!

[Norman]: land of enchantment.

Some enchantingland developerfrom new mexico!

Wants to turnour rv park

Into wally's wackywaffle world.

You know, we're so thrilledfor norman and rita.

Norman actually reminds meof a small woodland creature.

You know, we're so thrilledfor nthank you.rita.

[Rita]: all right,

So I found a glasses placedown the street

That's open 'til : .

Perfect.

[Sunny]: now, honey,lemme see that ring.

The ring that norman got me?

Well, who elsewould give you one?

[Rita laughing] right.

Well...

He hasn't givenme it yet.

I have it.

I bought it.

I just, uh...

I put itin my pants.

I mean, I put it

In my pant pocket,

And then I changed my pants

When I went to see ritato give it to her,

And then when I got home,i was so happy,

When I went to see ritato gii forgot,her,

And I sent all my pantsto the laundry the next day--

Well, not all my pants,of course!

[Everyone laughing]

We've contactedthe laundry service

And there's beena rather extensive search

Over the last few weeks...

And there's beena ratso, it's lost?search

[Shane]: no. No.

No, no, no, no, no.

We're fairly certain

That it's somewhereat tony's tip top cleaners.

[Norman]: yeah. I go therea lot to look around.

[Rita]: norman described itto me, daddy,

And it sounds very beautiful.

It's in the shape of an owl.

An owl!oh, how precious?

Honey, you've always loved owls.

Billy, hasn't she alwaysoh,loved owls?us?

Yes.

Will you excuse me a moment?

I have to walk around a little.

[Sunny]: of course, darling.

Is he okay?

Yeah. Yeah. It's just usuallyhe's a little more....

[Oliver]: engaging.he just...

Yeah. Yeahsometimesst usuallywhen he's surprised, he...

He gets the erks.

Erks?

Unremittingconvulsive stomach syndrome.

You're marryinga guy who convulses?

Hey, what's--convulsiwhat's that?yndrome.

[Bill]: oh, nothing.

Come on, sunny.

Let's... Order your glasses.

[Sunny]: we'll see you later.

[Rita]: okay.

This way, this way.e you later.

Maybe I should have givennorman a little more notice.

Oh, I don't think

You could have preparedanyone for this, rita.

[Shane's cell phone rings]

Shane mcinerney.

Yes, hi!

Okay.

Can you send those to me?

Great. Thanks.thanks so much, igor.

Well, norman's cousinchas some leads for us.e?

Oh. Great.

[Shane]: we haveone more left on this street.

So this is the vase?

Wow.

No wonder she wanted it back.

Way back in ' or so,

My dad started gettingcalls and letters

From this little girl,

Who said that she'd sent usca vase to sell.s

Dad didn't knowanything about it,

But she swore she'd sent it.

Looks like it got lostin the mail after all.

We are trying to correct that.

He said she'd callevery week,

We arand then every month,hat.

He said she'd calland then every couple of years,

Until the callsjust kind of stopped.

He said she'd calladid she ever leave a number?s,

Actually, yeah,

And dad kept it pinned upbehind the counter forever,

But when I took this place over,

I sort of cleaned house.

[Shane]:we have a partial phone number

From the same area.

Is there any chance

That you might rememberthe area code or the prefix?

Probably not.

It was up therefor so long,

It was just kind ofpart of the wallpaper,

It was up therefor soyou know?

Wait, isn't this the area codefor byers county?

Yes. Yes, it is.

Edgewood's in byers county,isn't it?

[Oliver]: edgewood. Yes.

Okay, because I doremember my dad saying,

"That kidfrom edgewood called again."

Does that help?

Very much.

I'd really like to knowhow a kid from edgewood

Managed to get aholdof something like that.

Well, all we can tell you

Is that it hada very loving home.

Well...

Take good care of that vase.

It probably belongs in a museum.

And if you do find the owner,

And she is still interested,

We'll buy thatin a new york minute.

[Oliver]:my dad's coming in today

To see what we can doabout that room

[Oliver]:you smashed your way into.ay

[Shane]: don't you mean

"The roomyointo which I smashed my way"?

Or have I finallybroken you down

And ruined your love affairwith the english language?

I can't imagine youruining anything.

Anyway, rita's parentsare dropping by today,

So that's perfect.

What is perfect?

Did you notice yesterday

Mr. Haywith had

A present thatdid yohe wanted to give,

And then afterhe met norman,

He decidednot to give it?

Mr. Haywithdoesn't like norman.

Well, everyonelikes norman.

Norman isn't engagedto everyone's daughter.

Just bill's.

And every father

Wants what's bestfor their daughter.

Norman is the best.

Norman is what'sbest for rita

Because he gets her.

And rita gets him.

But mr. Haywithdoesn't get that

Because he doesn'tget norman,

And he's notgoing to get that

Without help.

So I have an idea.

Perfect.

Yes, may I speak withthe postmaster, please?

Yes, I'm calling fromthe usps dlo in denver.

May I ask how long you've workedat the edgewood branch?

And this isthe unattached objects area,

Where the contents

Have become separatedfrom their address

And they requirespecial handling.

[Rita]: oh, yeah.

Norman is very goodat special handling.

-Is that a guitar?-[Rita]: oh, yeah.

You wouldn't believe

What people put in the mailwith just a stamp.

Coconuts, bricks--ve

Norman even delivereda giant bear once.

Oh, stuffed.

I really miss that bear...

[Oliver]: good news.

We may have a leadi reon our dairy farm.r...

The edgewood postmasteris expecting us at : .

Wonderful.

Oh, did you know

That edgewood, colorado

Is the site of

The smallest museumin the state?

The international museumof barbed wire.

Square feet.well worth the drive.

The inrita, how faruseumwould that drive be?

Oh, um...

. Miles,without the toll roads.

[Norman]: there isn'tmuch we could do around here

Without rita.

Where did she gether photographic memory?

[Sunny]: well, her grandmother

Memorized the entire federal tax code,

So I guess it runsin the family.

Memorized the entire f[laughing] code,

Do you likekids, norman?

Oh, yes.

I was one once.

I liked it.

Is there any insanityin your family, norman?

Um...

Is there any insanity[mr. O'toole]: anybody here?n?

The clean-up committeehas arrived!

Mr. O'toole!

Welcome, welcome!

Rita's weird hippie parentsare visiting

And norman brokeher mother's glasses

And her fatherdoesn't like him. Help!

Got it.

[Oliver]: dad!

These arerita's parents,

Sunny and bill haywith.

This is joseph o'toole.

Bill! Just call me joe.

And sunny!

Lovely to meet you!

Same here.congratulations!

When I heard the newslovely tabout these two,

Same here.i gotta tell you...tions!

Hey! Hendrix!

Were youat that concert?

Front row.

Were youno kidding! Me, too!ncert?

F[laughs].

[Sunny]: for heaven's sakes!

You're practically family!

Can you handle a drill, bill?

I build furniturein albuquerque. Yes.

[Sunny]: I weave.

I'm a weaver.

Well, perfect!

Whaddya say we old peaceniks

Show these kidshow it's done,

If you've gota little time?

Norman, why don't youjust tell us

Where you want us to start?

Oh, well...

I thought we could clean upthe new room

And turn it intoa nice office for rita.

Aw!

[Oliver]:an excellent idea, norman.

Brilliant.

And maybe a meditation space?

Hmm!

And myeah, I'm thinkingspace?

A waterfall of hanging beadsto divide the space up.

Oliver would love that.

[Joe]: well, I thinkwe have a plan.

Olirita, do you mindat.

If I stealyour folks for awhile?

[Rita]: please!

I mean, of course.of course.

Great!

I meayou guys,rse.go deliver something!

We'll... We've got this.

Follow me. Come on.

This way?

They're so great, aren't they?

[Mr. Everett]:here it is right here.

Sign there, and yeah.

Thank you.

Mr. Everett?

Ah, I'm guessingyou must be mr. O'toole?

Yes, and these aremy associates.

What cani do you for?

Well, we are attemptingto deliver an object

That may have shipped

From this post office years ago.

Oh, I canhardly remember

What we shippedyesterday!

Do you know who shipped it?

It's a small community.i don't forget my neighbors.

[Shane]: we only havefirst names.

Peggy, mary lou...

And bunny.

Yeah. The kellser family....

Oh, you know them?ny.

Yebeen around forever.ly....

Oh, you are they still a family?

Yeah, the family'sdown on county road .

Can't miss it.

And they stilllive on the farm?

Well...n't miss it.

At least until saturday.

[♪]

Wow.

[Norman]: hello?

[Shane]: hello?

Wow.

"Colorado camembert."I want to try that.

Cool.

Oh, norman, look.

Yes. It's like being herea hundred years ago.

This seems likeyour kind of place.

Are you going steady?

Oh!

Uh...

Oh!we are!

We're engaged!

Can I see your ring?

We're uh...ed!

That's a long story.

I put the ringin my pocket

And then I lost it..

Was there a hole?

A what?

I had chicken feed

In my pocket one time,

But there wasi a hole in my pocket,

And the seeds wentall over the floor.

Oh... Huh.

-Wanna see the cows?-Oh...

Oh...

Well, you know,we would love to,

But we really needto talk to your mom.

My mom drove to the drugstore,but she'll be right back.

You can meet aunt bunny.

She's right on the wayto the cows.

Oh. Good.

Well, we'll just stay hereand wait for your mom.

What did you sayher name was again?

Peggy.

I'm abby.

Okay...

And this is sookie.

She's very stubborn.she likes to be milked last.

And arabelleis always wandering off.

Polly's really sweet,

But she has to be the firstone out of the parlor

Or she'll stayin there all night.

Uh... You allow pollyto sleep in your living room?

Or she'll stayno, silly! All night.

The parloris where the cows get milked.

Or she'll staysilly. Silly! All night.

You can pet her if you want.

[Oliver]:careful of your foot there.

[Abby]: it's all right.

[Cow bells jingling]

There's aunt bunny!

Race you to the farmhouse!

[Shane]:i am very proud of you.

I know that wasn't easy

And all you want to do

Is wash your handsright now, right?

Was I that obvious?

No.

I just...

Know you that well.

Ms. Mcinerney?i just...

Would you like to gosteady with me?

Ms. Mcinerney?why, mr. O'toole!

This is allso very sudden!

Ms. Mcinerneyoh, you're serious?

No, no.

I mean...

Well... I...

I told dalewe were "a thing."

"A thing."

Is that...

Is that differentthan going steady?

I'm not sure.is that...

[♪]

Aunt bunny saysyou can sit on the porch

And she'll makesome lemonade.

I'll go get your friends.

Oh! I forgot to mention

That polly likes to hear musicwhen she has her babies,

So don't forget to sing to her.

Oh, no.

She... She thinks we'rehere to buy the place.

[Birds twittering]

[Shane]: listen to that.

This must bewhat heaven is like.

I hope not.

It's too much work.

Oh, my goodness.

It's too muchhello!

[Shane]: you must beoh, abby's grandmother?

It's too mthat's right.

[Shane]: you must bekim kellser.abby's grandmother?

Abby says your name is o'toole?

[Shane]: you must bekim kellser.yes, oliver o'toole.

This is ms. Mcinerney.

[Si'm afraid must bekim kellser.yeyour granddaughter

Thinks we're here

About the saleof your farm,

Thibut we're not.

Oh.

Actually,that's a breath of fresh air.

What brings you here, then?

We are fromthe dead letter office

Of the u.s. Postal service.

We found something

Your childrenmay have mailed

To a denver art dealer years ago.

Your childrenthe vase?have mailed

Yes.

It is safe andin good condition.

We just havea few details

That we needto clear up first.

Do you believe in god,havemr. O'toole?ew details

I do.

Good, because you just might bethe answer to our prayers.

[Kim]: apparently, they'd sentthe vase to an art dealer

Mary lou had foundin the phone book.

It took a lot of courage

For them to admitwhat they'd done.

But mary lou took the blame,

And all she saidin her defense was...

Was that she was tryingbut mto save the family.ame,

That's the day I got out of bed,

I got my act together,

And I never looked back,

I never caredif I ever saw that vase again.

Until now.

'Cause wehave to move.

[Kim]: I never thoughti'd hear myself say this,

But if there was ever a timei was tempted to sell that vase,

[Kim]: I never thoughti'it would've been now.s,

But I didn't have it to sell.

And then you folkscome up the road.

So if it really isworth some money,

There wouldn't bea better time to find that out.

Well, it will needto be appraised, of course,

And we do have some indication

That it may be worthquite a great deal...

...if it is genuine.

And, of course,we'll have to come up with

Some sort of wayto authenticate ownership.

There aren't any receipts.

It was a wedding giftto my grandmother.

There aren'we have a picture.

That's right!

Abby, would you go findthat old scrapbook, please?

Mm-hmm.

A photo would be great,

And then we would justhave some forms to be signed

By all three senders.

What do you mean, all three?

Well, the box was marked"return to sender,"

And in the case

Of somethingso potentially valuable,

We would needthe signatures

Of all three nameson the return address.

Peggy, mary lou, and bunny.

We haven't seen mary loufor over two years.

[Oliver]: mary louhas quite a way with words.

She wrote a beautiful letter.

Yeah, she did.

If it's not sweet enough,you can put in more sugar.

-It's just right there.-Thank you.

If you put intoo much at first,

You can't fix it,

But you can always put in more.

That's just the wayi make it, too.

Peggy!

Peggy!

Guess what!

The mail peoplefound our vase!

[Peggy]: so you're saying

There's actuallysomeone in denver

With an offer to buy it?

Ther[oliver]:llyi believe the exact quote was

"In a new york minute."

Well, then it must beworth something.

[Oliver]: if it's authenticand not a reproduction.

An authentic what?

[Shane]:we're not actually sure,

But our friend at the museum

Said it could datefrom the s.

Wow.

And then there's the matterof ownership.

Well, it's ours.

That picture will prove it.

[Oliver]: nevertheless,the return address indicates

That the vase was mailedby three individuals,

So we require a signaturefrom all three

In order to release it.

[Bunny]:well, I'll sign something.

Bunny, they needyou and me and mary lou.

Leave it to herto complicate things for us,

Even when she's not here.

Peggy...

Is there a way thatwe could contact mary lou?

Well, she's really busy.

Is th[peggy]: we send emailswe cothat never go through.

We send letters to a p.o. Box

That she's never in the countryto check.

She sends us postcards,fruit baskets.

No, she hasn't quite thoughtto send us an actual address.

And even if she didget a letter that we sent her,

No,and even if she stoppedhtto s"following her heart"ess.

Long enough to read it,

And evenif she did sign your papers,

And even ifshe managed to send it back,

I doubt any of that would happenin time for us to sell the vase

And get the money

So that we can pay our taxesand our bills

And save our farmhouse

And let our mother die in peace!

[Abby]: I found it!

[Norman]: could youshow it to us?

Maybe inside,while the grown-ups are talking.

Wow. That looks old.

[Bunny]:okay. Bye.

[Kim]: okay. Thanks, bunny.

[Kim]: peggy, our problemsare not their problems.

They're just trying to help.

And for the record,you all followed your heart.

You followed your heart,

And when your heart got broken,

You brought all the piecesyou folback here, heart,

And this placeput you back together again.

You bunny has followedecesher sweet, little heart,

Even if it only goesas far as the back fence.

But she loves the animalsand the peace

And it makes her happy.

And you'd do well, missy,

To find a way

To make that kind of peaceand with your sister.ssy,

I apologize.

It's been a tough...

We understand.

Iokay.een a tough...

We underpeggy acts angry,

But, really, she just missesher little sister.

They were so closeweuntil that vase went missing,

And things changed.

Maybe now...

Do you drive a stickshift,mr. O'toole?

Oh...

Well, I'm...

I'm a bit rusty.

Weli can....

-Yeah?-Mm-hmm.

-Yeah?-Mm-hmm.

[Kim]:it doesn't k*ll you right away.

But it kills you.

And there's no cure.

Even if we could findthe right doctor,

And the right treatmentto slow it down,

Even if we could findsooner or later,,

The bone marrow just stopsmaking red blood cells.

And some fancy, expensive vaseisn't going to change that.

But, if it's true,

If we could sell it,

And postpone the auction,

It sure would be nice

To be looking at all this

When my time comes.

It is a truly beautiful place.

Abby says

That sookie is stubborn,

Polly likes to stayin the parlor,abby says

And, well,arabelle likes to wander.

That's just who they are.

They're all different.

Mary lou always--

Always had crazy ideasgrowing up.

And always managedto make them work.

That's why it was so hard on her

When her biggest dreamdisappeared in the u.s. Mail.

We are so sorry about that.

It made us stronger.

And it made mary loudetermined to prove herself.

She went to college,

She worked for a newspaperdeteand a radio station,elf.

And now she runssharound the world,,

She worked for a newspaperdefollowing w*r after w*r,f.

And tells stories

About folkswho're fighting to survive

In a lot worse circumstancesthan ours.

When was the last timeyou saw her?

Three christmases ago.

She and peggy

Got into an argument about something silly,

As usual,

And it ended up where things always ends up.

I came back.

What do you want from me?i'm not a farmer, okay?

Oh, yes. Well,that is the truth!

Wha-if you had been...me?i'm-you're jealous.kay?

Oh, great,we're back to the vase!

[Peggy]: yes!

[Mary lou]:wi'm sorry, I'm sorry,!

And I'm sorry!

I was a -year-old kid.

I can't keep coming back here

Just to be put on trialover and over again.

I'm out of here.

[Kim]:and now there's always a reason

Why she can't make it back here.

She's always...

"Embedded" with some troops

In some combat zone somewhere.

Does she even knowyou've been sick?

I... I don't know.

I don't even know where she is.

It's so...

It's so peaceful here.

It'yeah...

This is my favorite time of day.

When the cowscome home for the night.

The sun starts to set,

The evening comes,

And somehow, they just knowit's time to come home.

Someday, so will i.

I just hope we're all togetherwhen I do.

[Kim]: I love that one.

Oh, look at that.

There's my grandmotherbefore she enlisted.

[Peggy]:i'm still not clear

Exactly how you guys areall involved in this.

[Kim]: this is herwhen she was a baby.

[Rita]: oh, wow.she's very pretty.

She looks a lot like mary lou.

Oh.

So, can you makean exception?

I mean, we can provethat the vase is ours,

And you have me and bunny,

And that's two proveout of three signatures.

Yes. However,

The accompanying letterwas written by mary lou.

I understandthe urgency.

This is obviously...

An unusualset of circumstances, but--

Okay.

An unusualset of cii get it.es, but--

But...

Can you help ustrack down mary lou?

Well, from what I hear,

Mary lou could be anywherein the world right now.

But you found us.

You must be good.

I've got a card.

She's an associate news producerat a news agency in new york.

She's never actually there,but it's a start.

Could you just try?

Please?

Even if it ends up beingtoo late for the auction,

The truth is...

It might just be enoughto bring mary lou home...

In time for mom.

[Kim]: oh, here it is.

[Rita]: oliver, look!

This is bettyon her wedding day.

There she is,

There's her husband,oholding the vase,.

And their commanding officerwho married them.

The one who gavethem the vase.

Where was that taken?

France.

She was stationed in london

And allied headquartersin paris.

[Rita]: wow.

Imagine beingin the middle of all that.

Yeah.

She was quitea character.

To tell you the truth,

She was quitea charai always suspected

She'd exaggeratedthe value of the vase

Just to give us some hope.

Wouldn't it be somethingif it turns out she's right?

Yes. Yes, it would.

So, is that what you needed?

You know, we...

We'll have to compare this vase

With the one we haveat the office.

Could we take this with us?

Or perhaps get a copy of it?

I have a copier in the back.

Perfect.

I havehere, sweetheart.back.

Thanks.

We need to leave.

Hey!

I milked my first cow!

Oh! Wow!

We might have a problem.

[Bill, sunny and joe singing]:♪ ...before you call him a man ♪

♪ And how many seasmust a white dove sail ♪

♪ Before she can sleepin the sand? ♪

♪ Yes, and how many timesmust the cannon balls fly ♪

♪ Before they areforever banned? ♪

♪ The answer, my friendis blowing in the wind ♪

♪ The answeris blowing in the wind ♪

All right.

Oh, hey!

Bravo!

Welcome to the flower powersing-along hour!

[Sunny]: I'm not a lot of help'til I get new glasses,

So I'm the muse.

[Oliver]: it's clearly working.

Wow!

[Olivelook at this place!rking.

It's coming along, right?

We need your expertisewith something.

Do you mind?

[Joe]: sure.

Great song.

Rita says that

She used to sing that

To her imaginarychildhood friend,

Hudson.

Hudson the invisible owl.

She told you about hudson?on.

Oh, yeah.we tell each other everything.

She told youoh!out hudson?on.

I brought yousome fresh raw milk.

Milked it myself.

I know you likehealthy things, so.

Came from a cownamed petula. Yum!

Thanks.

I'll put itin the fridge.

That was so thoughtful of him,wasn't it, bill?

He milked it himself!

Bill?

[Joe]: well, it's possible.

[Shane]: all we know

Is that she brought it backfrom france after the w*r.

[Joe]: it looks likethe same vase.

But even if it was a gift,

If it comes through this office,

You're obligated to confirmwhat you're delivering.

[Norman]: regulation k,paragraph b.

"The mail recovery agent

Must pursueall avenues of identification,

Restitution, and repatriation."

Norman is very goodat rules and regulations.

This is so exciting

To be rightin the middle of the action.

Normally, I wouldn't sharepostal business,

But, frankly,

I need some feedbackon how best to proceed.

Well, the vase is wortha lot of money, right?

Most likely.

And the people it belongs toreally need the money?

Really, really need it.

The question is,does it really belong to them?

Well, when I sawthe french flag in the picture,

I remembered a course I tookin college

About the art that went missingthe fduring world w*r ii.cture,

Some of it was stolenduring the german occupation

From museums or private homes,

And then it was sold,or traded,

Or hidden away.

Now, some of ithas been recovered and returned,

But there's a lot of itthat's still out there,

And people are looking for it.

Family heirlooms,old masterpieces...

And you think this could be

One of thosestolen pieces of art?

Well, if it's from europeafter the w*r

And it's as valuableas we think it could be,

Then there'sa very, very good chance

That it belongedto another family...

That it was taken from.

Thand who knowsdwhat happened to them.

[Bill]: let's go gas upthe starcruiser.

We're back at it again tomorrow?

You got it.

-Goodnight.-Goodnight.

-Goodnight.-Goodnight, norman, dear.

-Goodnight, daddy.-Goodnight, sweetie.

Mr. Haywith,don't forget your...

Oh...

Milk.

Oh...[Sighs]

[♪]

Sir, I directa government task force

That is quite familiarwith the...

[♪]

Great. Thank you so much.

It's valuedat over half a million.

[Rita]: wow.

It's valued[oliver]: ...of course,

It is quite familiar

With the managementof sensitive material,

And I can assure you that...

Alright, then please transfer meto the international desk.

[♪]

Thank you.

So?

Mary lou's news crew

Is embeddedwith an undisclosed combat unit

In an undisclosed country,

sh**ting footagefor a television news special.

Does she havean undisclosed phone number?

She communicates occasionallythrough satellite conferencing,

But sometimes,that doesn't even work.

Oliver, that'snot going to help.

The auctionis in three days.

However...

The news director was willingto try another call,

If I can make it to new york.

Ms. Mcinerney, would you book metoa flight tonight?,

Sure.

If it doesn't fall underthe task force budget,

I'll cover itwith the o'toole foundation.

If it dyou are not undergoing to believe this!

Mr. Benshan saysit's at least years old.

And it was probably madefor a duke,

Or a prince,or a king in austria.

[Norman]: and it was probablygiven to a loyal subject

And handed downthrough the generations to...

[Norman]: a-to...?as probablygi-[norman]: somebody.ct

But it's definitely worthat least a farm

And a few years' worth of stateand local property taxes.

So he called a collector who...

-Wants to buy it!-Wants to buy it!

So he ca[rita laughing]r who...

-Oh, let's go tell my parents!-Wa-oh, okay! It!

I can book you ona redeye that leaves tonight

And returns...

As soon as I'm able.

Oh! You guyshave got to see this.

Where did oliver go?

Hold on.

Um...

Do you mind if I take offand work from home?

It's gonna be a long night.

No, no, of course not.

We'll be fine.

-Goodnight.-'Night.

Say "special delivery!"

Special delivery!

[Camera shutter clicks]ry!"

Hey!

I thought we could all meet upfor dinner at ramon's later.!"

I just need to runan errand first.

I thought we could all meet upfor dioh, let me guess.ater.!"

You're gonna stop bythe tip top cleaners?

I thought we could all meet upfor dioh, luh, no.uess.ater.!"

But I should run.

I thought we could all meet upfor dthey close at : .ter.!"

Joe, will you join usfor dinner?

I'd love to,

But I have an appointmentwith my accountant.

Raincheck?

Sure. Here, let me help you.

Thanks.

You coming, daddy?

You go ahead.i'll catch up.

Daddy.

[Sighs]

Look...

I know you don't like norman.

I never said I didn't like him.

I don't get him.

Well, you wouldif you tried.

You justdon't want to.

Every sinceyou guys got here,

All he's doneis tried to be nice.

The errand he's going onright now

Is to pick up mom's glasses.

He invited you for dinner.

Is to picki mean... Glasses.

He milked a cow.

He lost your engagement ring.

What does that say about a guy?

He lost your engagemi'm sorry,

It's just-- it's notwhat I imagined for you.

You want to knowwhat I imagined for me, daddy?

Somebody sweet and kindand generous and unselfish.

Somebody who's right there

To pitch in and helpwhen you need it,

Somebody who thinksthat I make sense,

No matter what I say.

Somebody who doesn't carethat I wear glasses

Because he sees the worldthe same way I do

And he always tries to findsomething beautiful in it.

He's exactlywhat I imagined, daddy.

Because I imaginedsomebody like you.

Forgot my keys.

Did you hear any of that?

Sure did.

And I'm thinking

Maybe you're the onewho needs the glasses.

[Ramon]: mrs. Haywith!your glasses!

I see you are once againa woman of great vision!

Oh, ramon!

You're... So...

...so ramon.

I have a very special tablefor my little postal family.

It will be readyin a few minutes.

So, anyway, I looked acrossfor the washington mall,ily.

And there he was,

Handing a daisyto a national guardsman,

And I just knew.

Same with me!

It was love at first sight.

Of course, we hada lot of things to work out.

The w*r, watergate,

The beatles breaking up...

Very hard.

Oh, yeah.

And, of course,there was the moon landing.

I was for, billy was against...

And, of course,thereoh, interesting.nding.

Look, he's a good man, norman..

He's just a sad dad right now.

Look, hwhat do you mean?orman..

He used to be her hero.

Now she has two.

I wish oliver was here.

He knows how to handlethese things.

So do you.

Well, I don't thinkhe's coming.

He may surprise you.

Or we'll surprise him.

[Bill chuckles]

Say, that wasa short dinner.

I, uh...canceled it.

Say, that waswell, see, i...a short dinner.

Wanted us all togetherfor a reason,

But oliver had to leave,

Wanted us all togetherand joe had an appointment,

And shane had...

Anyways,

Things don't always end upthe way we plan.

You put all your hopeinto a vase,

And it gets lostin the mail.

You you put a nail in a wall,iand the whole thing falls down.

You fall in love

With the most amazingwoman in the world.

You buy her a ring,

You put it in your pocket,

And it disappears.

You thinkyou know what happened.

Then one day,aa light goes on,.

And you realize

That it fellthrough a hole in your pants,

And got kicked under the bed,

And you find it weeks laterin your snowboot.

[Gasps] oh!

[Norman]: you know,a miracle like that,

You want to share itwith everybody you love

[Norman]: you know,a miraover a nice dinner...

You want to share itwith everybtogether...e

But like I said,

Sometimes plans change,

And I don't think

That I can let another minutego by

Without doing this, so...

That I can let another minutego byrita?

Mm-hmm?

This ring looks like an owl,

Not just 'causei know that you like owls,

But...

Nbecause owlssei knoare beautiful...owls,

And wise,but...like you.

They're smartlike you,

And they are so brave.

It doesn't matterhow dark it gets,

They just keep flyinganthrough the night,e.

Because they can seewhat nobody else can...

And so do you,

Probably becausesomeone else who's wise

And smart and brave...

Taught you how...

And now I get to flyright alongside you forever...

And I am so grateful for that.

With this owl ring,

I thee...

Engage you.

[Laughing]

Mm...

I love you.

[Laughing]

Okay.

[Nice job.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Thank you!

I love you!

[Woman]: I guessif you flew all this way,

It must be important.

It is.

Okay, mr. O'toole.

If she's on schedule,

She should be upin about seconds.

Thank you.

It's a choppy feed,

And you only havea few minutes

Before the satellite passes,

So if you could keep it short,that would be great.

Here we go.

Give me some contrast.

Hey, you guys. You there?

Got you loud and clear, m.l. Youokay?

[Mary lou]:yeah.

I got the b-roll you wanted.

We're just wrapping up here,

And then we're heading stateside.

Check.it's uploading.rapping up here,

Coming through now.

You got a visitorfrom the post office.

The what?

Uh, the united statespostal service, ms. Kellser.

It is a long story,

But we've located the vaseyou mailed years ago

To a mr. Sambenshan in denver.

You're kidding me.

I'm not.

Um, it's ingood condition,

And it's possibly wortha great deal of money.

Wow!

This is like...

This is like the ultimate do-over.

When I was a kid, I messed up big time,...

And I lost that thing,

And I never really forgave myself.

I don't think my family did, either.

Well, I can't speakfor them,

I don't thibut they certainly eseemed pleased.

You saw them?

How are they?

Uh, ms. Kellser,

We need a signed consent

To release the vase

And return it to youand your family.

Yeah.

Just send me something it to you in care of the newsroom,ily.

And I'll sign it and send it right back.

Unfortunately, we're underan urgent time constraint.

Under the circumstances,

I can accepta verbal consent,

Undeif you are amenable.

Amenable?

Yeah, I'm amenable.

Go for it,

And, um,

Can you give my mom and my sisters my love?

And tell abby auntie moo says hi.

I will.

Thanks.

Uh, ms. Kellser!

Yeah, yeah?

Uh, I was toldthat sooner or later,

All the kellser womenfollow their hearts back home.

If it's at all possible...

Perhaps you should...make that sooner.

Why? What's going on?

Uh, well, um...

Your family is...

Your mother's not..

Hello?

Hello, can you...?

[Static]

We're out of range.

[Dale]: great.appreciate it.

[Dale]: well...

Interpol,german restitution files...

It's all there.

I was hopingi was wrong.

It's well,here.

Most people wouldn't evenhave made the connection.

I guess...i don't know...

I just...

Think outside the box...

Which is a good thing!

Only thing is,now you're stuck with the truth.

Yeah, and nowwe have find a way

To break itto the kellsers.

You'll find it.

You and oliver.

You'll do just fine.

[Kim]: I'd forgottenwhat it looked like.

[Oliver]:well, we were hoping

It was wortha great deal of money,

For your sake,and it is.

Um, however...

We also found outthat it's quite rare,

And mr. Benshan

We alhas an ardent collectorthatof th-century porcelain

Who made an offerand mto acquire it from you

Once you wereto take possession.

Once we "were"to take possession?

Does that meanyou didn't find mary lou?

Once we "were"uh, actually, I did.

Does that meani saw her brieflynd mary lou?

On a video conference call.

Did she ask about us,or the farm, or anything?

Oh, yes.

We didn't have much timeto elaborate,

But yes.

Mrs. Kellser,

Ah...

In the courseof processing this return,

We've discovered a little bitabout the provenance

Of this vase.

Well, if it meansthat it's worth a lot of money,

That could really solveour problems, right?

Well, um...

The vase was created

For a memberof the austrian royal family

In ,

And it stayedwith that family

Until it was given, ironically,as a wedding gift,

To a very prominentpolitical family

In frankfurt, germany

To a very prominentnamed rubel.mily

It remainedin the rubel family's possession

For the next years,

Passed downfrom father to son

Until ,when, um...

[Oliver clearshis throat]

When the, uh, family home

[Oliver clearsand its entire contentshroat]

Were confiscated,

And all but one memberof the rubel family...

Uh, disappeared.

My lord.

[Shane]:yes, that, um...

That personwas johann rubel,

A teenager at the time,

Who managedto escape to france

With nothingbut the clothes on his back

Who managedand a family photograph.

With nothingafter the w*r,s on his back

He made his wayto the united states.

He worked his waythrough college,

He started a family,

And he spent his free time

Searchingfor his lost relatives.

The only recordthat he found

Was an inventory of everythingtaken by the germans

From his childhood home.

Was an inventory of everythingum...taken by the germans

The vasewas part of a shipment

Intendedfor the private collection

Of a german officerin france,

But the shipmentwent missing,te collection

And the vasefound its way to france,

And eventuallyto the american officer,

And into betty's hands.

Mr. Rubel is nowin his s,

And, um...

And we thought you might wantsee to see the vase...

One more time.

And we thought you might wantsee to say goodbye....

[Peggy]: so we've lost it?

I don't believe this.

I understandthis must be

A difficult blow...

But...

There has to be a pointwhen you have it for so long,

It just...

It's yours!

I mean, it was a giftto our family.

We did not steal this.ours!

I mean, it was a giftno, we didn't,y.

But that doesn't meanit belongs to us.

I'd rather lose this farmthan lose my soul, peggy.

I'd imaginedyou might say that.

We are so very sorry.

Please tell mr. Rubel

It was an honorto have a piece of his family

Living with usfor a while.

It was an honorto have a piece ofi'll tell him.

Living with usso what do we do now?

We'll get upin the morning

And auction off our farm

And pay off our bills,

And you'll close things up,

And I'll take my medicine...

And we'll teach abbyhow a kellser woman lives...

And how she leaves.

Hi, mama!

Hi, honey.

I love it!such an elegant paradox.

A world of possibilityinside a simple frame.

So very shaneand ovilear.

Such a thoughtful gift.

It was "ovilear's" idea.

[Bill]:hey, ramon,

Another round of area ,please.

Of course!

Another round of[bill]: ,please.thanks, man.

Excuse me.

Another round of[bill]: ,please.th"ovilear?"

Ovilear.

Another round of[bill]: ,[laughs]please.th"ovilear?"

What is this?

It's from your dad.

Oh...

Oh...

Hudson!

Oh...

Thank you, dad.

Look!

Hudson the invisible owl?

Well,one day when she was six,

She didn't want hudsonto be invisible anymore,

So I went to the toy store,and I made him visible.

She didn't want hudsonto be invismm.e anymore,

Found him in the attica couple of weeks ago.

I just thoughtshe should have it,

So that...

Well, you know.

You tryto teach your kids to love,

And then you turn into a jerk

When they finally go outto teacin the worldto love,

And do it.

When they finally go outto teacin the world[chuckles]

I'm sorryi was so tough on you.

I'm sorry I blendedyour wife's bifocals.

It wouldn't have beenthe first time.

[Laughing]

Hey, you guys.

Hi, honey.

So?

So?

Oh, I got a presentfor you, too.

[Keys jingling]

[Rita gasps, laughs]

You're giving us an rv?

Sort of likea honeymoon present.

We're thinking ofgetting off the road

And settling downaround here.

Oh!

And settling downmaybe find ourselves

A nice rocky mountaingeoponic collective,

Get back to our roots.

You were farmers?

Oh, yeah.we lived off the land.

We grew everythingourselves.

It was compost heaven.

Compost heaven.

[Laughs]

[Laughing]ost heaven.

[Gavel bangs]

[Auctioneer]:ladies and gentlemen,

We will begin the biddingat $ , .

[Fast auction patter]$ , . Do I have ?

I've got , I've got ,do I have ?

, I've got .do I have ?

, I've got . .

Do I have ?do I got ?

Got . Got .do I have ? .

Thank you, sir.i've got .

Got . Got . , Do I have ?

I've got .i've got over there.

. Do I have ? , Do ...ave ?

From the gentlemanin the back.

Got .how about ?

I've got , .ando I have ? .

From the gentleman in the front.thank you, sir.

We've got .into a .

Got .do I have ?

We got going once,going twice...

[Man's voice]: .

[Auctioneer]: $ , from the gentleman in the back!

Now $ , .do I have four and five?

$ , Going once,$ , going twice...

Sold...

[Bangs gavel]to the gentleman in the back.

[Kim]: I'm not surei understand what just happened.

Mrs. Kellser,you're not just looking

At the dead letter officetask force

Of the united statespostal office.

We also comprisethe executive committee

Of the board of trusteesof the o'toole foundation.

It's a philanthropicorganizatione committee

Begun with fundsgiven to me

By a father I never knew,

Whose unusual successresulted

In a rather remarkable fortune,

Of which I am the custodian.

So, you're rich?

Well...

Oh, yeah.

[Laughing]

Mrs. Kellser?

With your permission,of course,

The o'toole foundation. Kellser?

Would like to help youput the kellser family farm

Into a living landsconservancy,

And this would guarantee,of course,

That it could never

And this would guarantee,be sold or developed.

Wow.

[Peggy]:thank you...

Um...but what's the catch?

[Kim]:oh, peggy,

For once,stop being so suspicious.

[Kim]:[rita]: well,oh,there is actually a catch.

For the farm to stayas it is,g so suspicious.

It has to remain a sustainableand workable farm

And has to expandinto an education center

That teachesresponsible agriculture.

Okay.

Um, we have no ideahow to teach any of that.

[Norman]:so we've found

A very interestingand lovely couple

Who've agreed to buildand run the education center.

They're actually my parents!

[Laughing]

But they knowall sorts of things

About experimental farming.

So, you'rebuying the farm,

But you're notbuying the farm?

Exactly.

But you're notthe o'toole foundation

Has assumedall financial responsibility,

And you are freeto live here...

Has assumedall finwell, until...ibility,

And you are freeuntil the cows come home.

[Shane]: the vaseis on its way home.

Mr. Rubel sent you an email.

[Car horn honking]

Mary lou![Laughs]

You came back!

I knew you'd come!

[Mary lou]:i was worried about you guys,

And I missed my baby sister.

[Bunny]: I missed you, too.

Mama!

What's going on?

Everything,but we're okay.

What's this for?

Taking walksaround the farm,

Which I plan to dofor a nice, long time...

And I planto take some of those walks

With you.

I'm so sorryit took me so long to get home.

[Kim]:oh, but you did...

And it's still here for you.

Hey.

The vase is back?

Yeah...

And it's gone again.

What?

We didn't need it.

We never needed it.

When are you two goingto get that through your heads?

We just needed each other.

Nothing beats hard work,happy cows, and hope, right?

[Laughing]

So, what happened?

Oh, well...

"My dear madame kellser...

I cannot beginto express my joy

When I was informed todayof your kind understanding,

But I am deeply gratefulfor your willingness

To say goodbyeto our family treasure,

And I'm so touched to hearthat while it was in your care,

It was a source of hopeand inspiration

And I'm so touched to hearthato you and your children.re,

The return of the vasewas a noble and righteous act

And I'm so touched to hearthatthat shall be blessed.n.re,

The return of the vasewas aplease, be assuredus act

That it shall be placedin a proper museum

Twith a letter tracingits extraordinary provenance,

From a great castlein austria..."

[Mr rubel]:to a little farm in america,

To remind future generations of a time and a people

That must never be forgotten.

I shall not forget you,

And I send my best wishes that m to your family.gotten.

May you cherish every moment you have together

For as long as you live.

May yo respectfully,y moment y johann rubel.er

[Shane]:i wish we'd been there

When he put that ringon her finger.

Oh, I don't know.

I think...

I think he justneeded to go solo.

[Shane]: maybe so,

But going soloisn't always easy, though.

Are you sayingyou missed me?

You were only gone

For one day,

But...

It did give mesome time to think.

About?

Well, like, uh...

What one does to gofrom being "a thing"

To "going steady,"you know.

Uh, I don't know.

Are there really"going steady" rules?

Oh... Several.i looked it up.uh, I don't know.

Are there really"gohmm.steady" rules?

Yeah. Prettyserious stuff.

Are there reallystuff like...ohmm.steady" rules?

No hanging picture frameswith anybody but me.

I can pretty muchguarantee that.

No hanging any bead dividerswithout prior approval.

Hmm. I thinki can probably live with that.

And...

When rita and normanget married,

You have to dancethe first dance with...

Me.

I only dance with you.