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It's gone off.

Just look straight ahead.

Look over to your right.

And down.

And forward again.

Try not to blink.

You never knew you had Fuch's before?

No.

Okay, well you are a bit young for it.

Essentially, the water pump in your cornea

isn't working well or fast enough to move

the water over your eye.

So symptoms include halos at night

and a foggy feeling...

Not super glamorous, but I love it!

Now, aren't you glad you came out?

Yes, I am.

It's nice to see some old friends.

I need some time alone, just to process.

Do you need anything?

Probably.

Don't know what.

Losing a partner is crushing.

That's a normal feeling.

I'll have dreams when I sleep.

Never really was a big dreamer. But now...

I got the rest of my life

to uncover all by myself and...

I think I'm okay on my own.

Come over for dinner soon, okay?

You need to get out more.

And I don't know why you insisted on driving!

- Maryanne or I could pick you up! - I know!

- Just ask in the future! - I will! I will! Okay.

C'mon. God, you're freezing! I can't believe you'd do this.

It's cold!

You old pothead.

I feel like you're seeing everything super fresh.

Which is okay, but don't you think that...

stacking wood and leaky windows is going to stop being cute

and get old real fast?

I mean, if you forget milk up here,

you have to go 30 minutes to a corner store.

I mean yeah, it's challenging. But if you forget milk,

you just don't drink milk.

Yeah, I don't drink milk!

How about like an avocado?

That is something you would totally forget up here.

I'll plant an avocado tree, and grow it beside my figs.

Alright.

I was gonna wait to tell you this 'til tomorrow.

What is it?

I got the job in Guatemala.

When did you find that out?

- Few days ago. - When do you leave?

- Next week. - For how long?

Three months.

- I mean, what about...? - Just be happy.

For me.

You can visit me.

No, I can't. I mean, I can't afford a flight.

I need to stay here and clean up this mess, you know that.

I'll just wait.

Like always.

I mean, I'll be back soon.

I'll see the lilac bushes in bloom...

Holy shit!

It's fine. It's fine.

How bad are your eyes?

- They're not great. - It was right there!

They say I have to wait for surgery.

I just have to ride it out.

It's gonna get foggier and foggier and...

there's really nothing I can do right now.

Hey, don't be sad.

Look. I had a great time.

I'll call you before I leave, okay?

Congratulations!

You just won a free cruise to the Bahamas!

Please press one to claim your prize!

Myrna said that Peter harvested Beaujolais.

Oh!

At his place, he's having dinner next week.

With truffles from Croatia?

Of course.

The man will never use ordinary mushrooms!

Never!

You love his cooking though, right?

I do.

I wish we could have some of it.

I... wish we weren't leaving.

Yeah, we can come back, right?

Visit Long Point, the marina.

Oh yeah, Rick said we could use his boat anytime.

I am sad too, right?

I admit it. I would like to grow old in this place

and we can't do that anymore.

Or at least older.

Remember when we first came here,

the trees didn't touch?

I hope they just stay here like this, you know,

hanging onto this slope and land as long as they can.

I'd like to remember them that way.

This is the first place I thought about marrying you.

Mmm.

How many times can we tell each other that story?

Sorry, buddy.

...skies and a high of -18 tomorrow.

Currently it's -22 in Bracebridge and Huntsville,

and -19 in the Kawartha Lakes, 16 in Belleville

with poor visibility. Environment Canada has declared

an extreme cold weather alert for overnight

across Southeastern On...

Oh, God.

Okay, please be okay.

Please be okay.

Okay, okay. Hang on.

Hang on!

You okay? I'm sorry! I'm so sorry.

- Yeah, I'm fine. - Do you want me to call 911?

- Don't call anybody. - What?

- My car is just... - You okay? What are you doing?

- It's just... ugh! - I'll pay for the damages!

What?

Hey, hey, buddy?

Have you been drinking?

Yeah, I had a couple beers.

No, but you're the one that came swerving into my lane

- on the hill here. - Okay. Uh... yeah.

- I'm sorry. - My car is screwed.

I shouldn't have been driving tonight.

But I had to say goodbye to some friends.

I need to figure something out.

I need this car to drive to Ottawa in the morning.

Well...

Listen, I live close to here.

So why don't we... you know, you can come back to my place

and we can figure it out from there, right?

Just call the police... tell them it was an accident!

This is gonna be great. I can't wait to call the cops.

I'm gonna go, "Hey, yeah, you know,

I hit black ice on the road. I put my car in the ditch.

This nice old lady pulled up and took me back to her place.

And now I'm having a cup of tea and my car's there...

but don't be concerned about it!"

That's a great story.

It actually works for me. Come on. It's freezing.

Let's just go, come on. We'll figure out... something.

I told you I would pay for the damages, okay?

I'm heading to my cabin tomorrow...

it's right outside of Ottawa.

- Jesus! - Sorry! Sorry!

Just... force of habit.

I can't wait for robotic cars.

Me either.

You know, why'd you swerve like that last night?

Oh, my eyes aren't right.

I think I probably hit some black ice?

Don't really drive that much, but yeah...

I'm on my own, so I've got to get around somehow, right?

So why are you living out here?

Do you have family out here, or something?

Just ended up here, and 20 years went by.

Guess I just kinda settled here.

Settling never really sounds like a good thing.

I used to think that too, but...

Followed someone I loved.

Left someone I didn't.

At some point you have to do what makes you happiest, right?

What brought you here?

Your attention please.

For your safety, please stand behind

the yellow platform line and do not cross the tracks.

Thank you.

I can't go in just yet.

You're kidding, right?

You know how many times I've sat there with her?

Talked to her, watched her sleep?

So that I can see that she's still breathing?

And you can even go inside?

Kelly, just wait one second!

I really wish I spent more time with Mum.

She was so quiet, too,

I feel like she talked to herself

more than she talked to me.

Yeah, that was her though. Wasn't you.

She's the one that left us, not Dad.

They did the best that they could.

Oh, c'mon.

And besides, we turned out kind of normal.

Hey, is Scooperman's still a thing?

- The ice cream shop? - Yeah.

The one, remember, they used to have campfire ice cream

- Mum used to take us to get. - No, that was Slickers.

I think Scooperman's is a vape shop now.

That makes sense.

This place has changed so much.

I'm just trying to figure out why she was still driving.

Shanna called me, it's gonna be a few grand to fix that car.

We've been over this and over that. I don't know

why we have to keep arguing about it.

No one knows why she was driving, but we don't know

how much longer our mother has to live

so why do you keep on bringing this up?

Guess you're okay with a few thousand dollars

- at the mechanic... - No, I'm not okay.

I'm not okay with our mom dying either, but what's the point

- of arguing about it? - The only reason I bring it up,

Kelly, is because someone's gonna have to deal

- with this whole mess. - Okay, but why are you focusing

on all the money? I will send you money!

- I'll help you pay for this shit! - You're gonna fly back to LA.

And I'm gonna have to deal with all this bullshit.

No, you're not! We're brother and sister!

We're gonna figure this out. I'm just saying

there's more important things to fucking focus on right now.

Someone needs to be practical, you can't just be

- emotional the entire time. - Well, someone's got to be.

Sorry, it's me.

Mum put the house up for sale.

I thought we were gonna keep renting it out?

Did she not talk to you about that?

It needs a lot of work.

You know, I'm just thinking about the light,

and the way it's interacting with the window angles.

I mean, it's... it's lovely.

Yeah. Yeah.

Is it big enough to raise a family here, do you think?

We also have a rescue dog, and I'm thinking about, like,

getting chickens, y'know? Chicken coops?

Yeah, yeah, no, there's plenty of room

out back for animals or whatever there.

Oh, my God, look at this bathroom!

It's so big.

It's like a time capsule.

Yeah, inside, it definitely would take a lot of work

to modernize things. But it could be a gut job.

I mean, you could move in and just chip away?

Yeah.

I do wonder if the land...

I don't think the land's worth that much,

because it's not on the waterfront...

- And the wind turbines. - Yes, yeah.

And we also read that they were gonna build wind turbines?

I thought I saw some standing just down the road, I...

Yeah, no, they're only half built,

and they're gonna eventually tear those down, so...

- M'kay. - Okay.

- Do you wanna head downstairs? - Yeah!

Yeah? Alright.

Yeah?

I guess we could... maybe tear down the barn.

Maybe do like a shipping container, rebuild kinda thing.

Will you stop with the shipping containers?

- What? - We can't even afford

this place at this price, let alone have a budget

- for renovations, please! - Pretty inexpensive,

and they look good. So I don't know what the problem is.

Francis, look at the original hardwood floors.

Oh. It's such an old house.

Could you ever get rid of the dirt?

- Ah... I'm not sure. - Yeah... That's a good point.

Because we do want something with age, but not with dirt.

- Hi guys. Hi, sorry, I'm late. - Oh, hi! I'm David.

Uh, so we've been through. So I guess we'll be in touch.

Okay, okay, great. Thanks for coming by.

- Oh, thank you. - Thank you.

- Thanks. - See ya.

That couple's probably been through 20 houses today.

They have no idea what they want.

'Cause you know exactly what you want, right?

Sorry, dude! I know I'm late.

- How are ya? - Good.

Not into the Phantom anymore?

Nah, I like the Inspire, man, and the Zenmuse,

but it's like so expensive.

Well, thanks for giving us a deal on it.

And don't worry, we'll still hire you.

Even though we have your gear.

Craig's been tapping tons of interactive money

from the government. It's insane how much work we have right now.

Dude, that's awesome, man. I was just kinda hoping

to offload some stuff so I'd have some money to work

on my own creative projects. I was gonna email you guys

last week. I shot some footage down here of the turbines

that got half built that I thought you should see.

I heard about that. They stopped production on that.

My aunt, she's up in Goderich. And they put one of those

on her farm. She was fucked from those turbines.

- Brutal. - Dude, her well water

went black, probably 'cause of the drilling.

- It's basically fracking! - Yeah.

And then the wind turbine, like, every night,

it would put a shadow on the house, just whew...

Whew...

- Yeah? - Shadow on the house. Whew...

- Just like that, whew... - Yeah, get it.

- Just imagine, whew... - Yeah.

Right? It's like a horror movie. She ended up

selling her house for a quarter of the value.

- Brutal. - Fucking brutal.

Yeah, was gonna do a documentary about it.

- But got busy with other stuff. - Yeah.

Plus, who wants to watch an anti-wind energy documentary?

Remember that concert you shot for me?

Uh... that one last year at Lee's?

Uh... Urgency Stakes, or whatever it was called?

Yes! They are blowing up!

- Dude, they were good! - Number one on CBC charts.

Yeah, they're incredible. Uh, your footage?

- Yeah. - A little soft.

- Seriously? - Yeah.

- Fuck. - That's why we shoot it

- from six angles, but... - No, I know, you know...

I need to get a new monitor for that camera.

Um, and the place that I was sitting in at Lee's,

it's like, I could hardly see the stage.

I mean, those are all excuses, my bad.

- Sorry about that. - Something to keep an eye on.

Yeah, yeah, for sure. No, it's good to know.

You wanna get in on that, uh, Costa Rica gig

that I was talking about earlier?

- Yeah. - We could totally use you

on drone. It's like, all expenses covered.

We're on the beach.

Unlimited java from a local forest.

Sounds amazing. I want to do that, count me in,

just like let me know when and where.

Yeah. Cool. Get outta here, man.

Peace.

Oh, shit!

Yeah, yeah, come in, come in! Sorry!

- Hey, Jared? - Yeah, come in, yeah!

- What's up? - Kelly's brother, right?

Yeah, and you know her through... what is it?

Kat and her crew? Is that right?

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly.

Oh, whoa. You're taller than me, huh?

Ah, it's okay, it'll still work. Um, you know what?

Go in there, and uh, get cozy.

I'm gonna go change for a sec.

And yeah, I'll be back in a spliff.

Okay. Cool.

- Hey! - Hey, man.

What's up? Hey.

How's your first winter been going out here?

Aw, it's fucking fantastic, man.

The isolation, the quiet, the fire.

This is country living, am I right?

- I can do this! - Yeah, I guess so.

Try some of that kombucha.

- This is yours? - Yeah.

It's good, right?

- It's... it's okay. Yeah. - Yeah, it's great.

So hey, why don't you tell me what you usually do

for your clients, right? And then I could figure out

what I could have you do for me?

Yeah, cool. Normally, I'd always start

with something artistic, but clients, you know,

oftentimes they want something that's, you know,

- short and sweet. - I'm artistic!

That's what I want! Yeah, yeah.

I've been doing a lot of flyovers lately,

just, like with my drones, like doing aerial shots

of wineries or...

tours for like tourism boards.

Golf courses, that kind of thing.

But then I do, like, macro shots of product

or whatever it is you're... you're trying to sell,

and I edit as well.

So, you know, I can cut those things together,

whatever length you want.

Like I don't... what do you... what are you thinking?

Like what... what's your idea?

Check this out.

Figaro.

- Yeah. - Like the song?

No, no. The... the... like this.

Right? Beside the leaf.

Fig... aro.

I'm importing figs here.

I got a connection in Lagos, Portugal, right?

And they're sending me the trees and I'm getting them

here in the spring, and then I'm going to grow them in these

giant clay pots that are like the size of you.

And then I got this climate controlled barn.

That is gonna be in the shape of a giant

freakin' fig tree, man!

That everybody can see.

- That sounds insane. - Yeah, it's insanely good.

Figs, man. They're like an untapped market domestically

and I got my hands all in it right now, man.

I got this like, CBD oil side project.

Like, it's infused in the kombucha.

Wait, that's not the same thing I was drinking? Or...

Like, I'm a finalist on Lion's Lair.

You watch that show?

This fire's trying to kill me.

You tried the gross one, right? I think I can tell.

- I tried this one. - Yeah, yeah, try this one.

This one's better. Try that kombucha.

Yeah, yeah. Right? That's the one.

I miss my friends from the city.

I like living in Toronto.

Montreal is cool.

Ottawa's whatever.

I can't really picture myself waking up there

for the rest of my life.

Then I kinda got used to the tempo out here, you know?

It's like... when I was in the city,

it's just so hard to focus

on any personal projects, you know?

And stuff I wanted to make,

and I was just working, working, working, job to job,

permanent stopgap, just to kind of, you know,

pay rent. It's like...

You know, then I got out here and it's like,

man, I love the quiet and...

I just like being alone.

What kept you out here, then?

Like in the country?

My partner. We-we moved here together.

We got outside more too, you know?

Out on the water.

Grew to love the land itself.

I think I'd love to settle into a life out here.

Just trying to figure out a way to make a living.

Just managing the day to day...

Just trying to be self-sustaining, you know,

it's hard enough to keep up with.

The only thing that works in an old house is the owner,

and John loved to remind me of that.

Loved seeing the days through together, though.

It looks like it's warming up there.

Oh yeah, for sure. It's gonna be really excellent skiing.

A little chilly though, maybe.

Ah, chilly makes your skin glow.

Okay, darling.

Oh, these are fabulous.

Well, you can never sneak up on anyone in corduroy.

Mmm, no.

Oh... that looks nice.

Wow.

Okay.

You know what? You're not old enough

to start wearing blankets.

It's not a blanket!

It's just a really huge cozy scarf.

- Oh. - Yeah.

- Well, it's uh... lovely. - Thank you.

Yeah, you need another scarf, because you only have like...

a thousand?

No! Look at the... Feel it! Feel it!

- Alright, yeah. - Yeah?

- Okay. - Okay.

That's good.

As long and stressful as this drive is,

it really is one of my favourite things to do.

These roads, the way they dip and turn...

I can really feel the effort it took to carve them out.

Yeah, giant machinery,

the petroleum-based chainsaws, the loss of habitat

- for the ruffled grouse. - Yes, the TNT, the dynamite.

I get it. But that... but the flow?

And the contour? It's almost like its own river now.

- Yeah. - It's magical.

I wish you could enjoy it through my eyes.

They bothering you again?

Yeah. The spots have come back.

Only at dusk, you know, halos...

Why didn't you tell me this before?

- It's only been for a month. - A month?!

A month. Okay, great.

You've talked to your doctor, right?

Yes, I've... I talked to the doctor.

You know, he said it could be up to a year before

everything sorts itself out.

- A year! - How else were we gonna

get around?!

Okay.

Where are you going?

Just keep going straight! You know the way!

I saw it.

Oh, I can already feel my back seizing up.

We haven't even parked yet.

Oh...

You know, I, I honestly don't know how many more years

we could actually make this climb.

- Okay. - Do you want me to try

to make it up with the car? It's gonna be tough.

No. No, I know it won't make it,

I just want to be able to complain about it, okay?

- Well, don't take it out on me. - I'm not!

It's okay.

What are you doing?!

What... John!

Stop! Stop!

Would you stop it?!

It's not going to make it, okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

I'm just heading out to the car.

Yeah, I thought I saw some coyote

or wolf tracks out there on the hill.

Well, if I'm not back in 15 minutes...

come get me.

- Hey! - Hi!

- Were you worried about me? - No.

I was just... getting some wood.

Here, let me help you.

Listen, I'm sorry.

You know, I hate to see you in pain.

I know what this weather does to your back.

I just thought that maybe this time....

You know, maybe the car would make it.

It's okay. It's alright.

Don't worry about it, okay?

Let's just...

It's just to enjoy ourselves, right?

That's what we came here for.

Mmm, my knees are killing me.

Five hours, ugh...

Let's take it easy on the trails tomorrow.

You're okay with that?

Uh... yeah.

Sorry, I was daydreaming about Peru.

Oh yep, that's not unusual.

You know, Jose emailed me his latest survey data...

- Mm-hmm. - ...and the Atlantic sockeye

crab is going to be extinct by 2020.

- You know, and you promised... - Oh...

...to celebrate my retirement, we would finally go see it.

That Machu Picchu.

- Ugh, Machu Picchu? - Yeah.

- C'mon. So clich�! - What?

Oh, come on.

Now, what about Greece or....

Hey, what about here? Isn't this what you wanted?

- Yes. - Mm-hmm.

- Yes, yes, yes. - Yes, yes.

You know, I....

You know, I just always wanted to be in another country,

with another language, just for a year.

You know, I've never done that.

No, me either, sounds lovely.

But, you know, aside from that poor crab,

- we've got lots of time, right? - Well... Maybe not.

You know, we are getting older, maybe this is the time to do it.

Mmm...

We spent... all of our time freaking building,

and tinkering, and now, you know,

it's finally done and we can actually enjoy it.

Also I thought we wanted to get animals, right?

Oh...

You think we're finally mature enough to have a dog?

Hmm? 'Cause I was thinking we'd start off

with maybe the Atlantic sockeyed crab.

- Ooh. - We'll work our way slowly.

I'd wanna speed that process up.

I wanna go first.

Ah, after you, madame!

Alright.

See ya!

Car got towed. And the mechanic says

it's gonna be two to three grand in repairs.

And they can't get to it for another week!

Oh, God.

I don't think I hit you!

Yeah, it... you know, it was the bumper

and then they gotta paint. And then I slid into the ditch,

I guess I must've hit a rock or something. So...

Got a flat tire, then the tow truck guy

towed the car with the flat and damaged the rim.

So I've got to pay for that.

I mean, they just don't make cars like they used to.

Seems like they're designed

to break now.

Anyways, I was thinking, it's like

two to three grand on this car.

It's a 2008.

It's got over 300,000 kilometres on it.

It looks a lot better on the outside than it actually is.

Uh...

I'm late, renewing my license,

and I haven't paid my insurance...

Whoa.

So I was thinking that maybe...

I'll give you my car for payment?

No.

I mean I've got an old beater at the cabin.

Right now I've got more cars than licenses, so...

It's probably worth like four grand or something.

Actually, my daughter, she listed it.

Best offer we got was 3500.

Well, I just found out my flight's delayed.

- What? - Yeah, the weather.

So, I'm thinking I might actually just drop you off

- and then head home. - No, I've got an extra space.

Really. They're calling for high winds, so...

This car offer is kind of tempting.

You know, it does drive a little more like a car

- than a minivan. - Mmm...

It's not cool enough for my son,

but what does he know?

Thank you.

Why were you driving without a license anyways?

Out in the country, you gotta get around somehow.

Right?

Yeah, but you had your license, so...

I didn't think I'd have to give her up so soon.

There you go, looking good!

Thank you! I'm ready!

Thank you for stopping.

Gave me a chance to say goodbye to a few ghosts.

Bad memories?

Ghosts don't have to be bad, they can haunt you

by reminding you of the good times.

John and I met through sailing actually out on Lake Erie.

And I think every marina's got that hippie guy

who lives on this little tiny sailboat all year round

on almost nothing.

That sounds ideal to me really.

You know, just zen lifestyle.

You and the boat.

Nothing else to really worry about.

Well, that was John. He was that guy.

Was vegan, played the fiddle.

He had to make some money somehow.

So he offered personal sailing lessons.

Our first trip was out

to the Thousand Islands that fall.

We, uh, almost capsized on our second day,

ran aground on the beach.

I'll never forget the colours of those trees.

There was, um...

a partnership in sailing I just adored.

That was one of the few places that I knew

that John needed me as much as...

as I needed him and he... he had to admit it.

We were a great team.

Hey, girls!

Hello! Here you go.

Ooh...

You like your new home?

Well, you're well taken care of.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

It's so nice to see you here again, Joanne.

- How have you been doing? - I'm getting there.

Thanks, Carol.

So, Suzanne is coming down from her reading week

- with her fiance. - Oh?

Yeah, they got a fancy new espresso machine

for the wedding shower, and I really think

she'd like your mugs.

Oh, well that's great. I... That might be

my last batch for a while.

Oh... well, that's a shame.

Mmm, not really, I... haven't wanted to make

the same things since John died, so...

- Ah. - I think I wanna try

something different. Y'know... maybe travel?

- Mmm. - Study Grecian urns.

Well, we all move along in our way, you know?

But don't stop making your pottery.

I uh, use your mugs every day and I really love them.

Ah, thank you, I appreciate that, yeah.

So uh, what about mittens?

Did you need some mittens?

Oh, wow. They are beautiful.

Uh, you... I have actually two pairs already.

They last for years. Your stuff is fantastic.

Well... I was really hoping we could barter.

She really loves your butterfly mugs.

The monarch butterfly mugs that you make?

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Goddammit.

I won't get up to half as many things

out here without you around.

And you have to come and stay with me.

Especially on the shoulder seasons

when my back room isn't rented.

No, it's my favourite season.

More animals out then, too.

Heh, that's true.

The summer here is just all about the tourists.

A different kind of animal.

Yeah, they don't give a damn what goes on here

when we're not around.

They drink their county Chardonnay

and enjoy their farm-to-table dinner,

but they leave us here to protect the land,

the nature of it all.

I know, I know, we can't all be you, right?

What... 300? What is it two now?

Different species of birds you've spotted there?

I-I just don't think they have any idea

how precious the place is.

I'm so glad we stopped them from building

- those wind turbines. - Mmm.

That crazy whoosh noise alone.

Even my son says they're green energy.

Just 'cause you can't measure the sound of something,

doesn't mean it's not having an effect.

That's true.

I talk to myself more and more the older I get.

- You ever listen to yourself? - All the time.

It's when I argue with myself that I worry.

But I'm... I'm less embarrassed about it

the more time goes on, it keeps me focused.

So what's wrong with that?

I still talk to Graham the odd time, too.

Hmm.

And I know he can't hear me.

Oh... Thank you.

Where are we?

Mmm... I don't really know.

We're still along the lake.

Not as far as Kingston yet.

John and I must have driven this...

thousands of times.

So you mentioned your pottery.

Like, was that a conscious decision?

Like, something... was that always planning to like...

You were always planning for that to be your career?

If I have to put another freaking butterfly mug

I might shoot myself, but...

I mean, I've slowed down with age, right?

But for 20 years, I've managed to make a living as a potter.

You know?

I mean... I'm not the Gardiner Museum

or anything like that, but I'm proud of what I've made.

People drink from my mugs, they eat off my plates.

That's something. I mean, how much I make or sell, or...

I can win awards. I mean, that doesn't...

give something its value.

You have a partner, or...?

I have a girlfriend, yeah.

It's kind of hard for us to meet in the middle.

She's still in the city, and she's back here often.

This is gonna blow your mind up here.

- Really? - I haven't been here in years,

- but it's unreal. - What is it?

Just the dunes. The dunes, man!

- Snow dunes? - Dunes covered in snow, yeah.

Are there bears up here?

They're hibernating, obviously.

No, but the bears here are special bears, actually.

- They don't hibernate. - They don't hibernate?

They get so hungry in the middle of the wintertime.

They just come after the skiers?

They can't sleep, and they just come after... yeah.

Hikers and skiers, and...

- Gonna get deep. - Oh, yeah.

I'm here for it.

See, can't you picture us like, swimming out here?

Wading in the summertime?

It's like, so shallow, it's like the Caribbean.

'Kay, definitely some millennial marketer wrote that.

That's... it's like Ontario did.

You think you could picture yourself

out here in the country?

- Honestly? - Yeah, look at it.

It's amazing.

But at your mom's?

Yeah.

Uh... Okay, okay, okay.

May... okay. Maybe like a few weeks here,

a few weeks there.

I'm just trying to start the conversation.

Okay, I'm gonna follow in your tracks.

Yeah, just stay in my tracks.

I just feel like if I moved here,

I'd have to quit everything and start knitting

and harvesting seed pots or...

- making pottery. - Come on, come on.

You really think that your surroundings

change you that much?

Yeah, probably.

We're gonna become alcoholics,

because I need a drink right now.

I fear the boredom situation, being out here.

But you just... what do you think?

You just adjust to a different...?

I think it's always like a tempo.

That's what I always said.

This is mine, this is yours.

I feel it's like a tempo thing.

It's like eventually, it's like...

or like circadian rhythm.

- You just like... - What's that mean?

Well, I... you just slow down.

And then it just becomes normal.

- Right. - I hope that's what happens.

I'm still like... I'm not there. But...

I meet people our age and they're, like, relaxed.

- That'll happen right? - Mm-hmm.

I have actually really got into puzzles.

Is it meditative? Is that why?

- It's just mindless? - It's mindless, yeah.

You're just searching for your peace?

Yes.

You don't get frustrated?

No. No.

You got all the time in the world

- to make a giant puzzle. - Oh, literally.

There's something really sweet about how simple it is.

I don't know, there's not distractions and it's just...

- ...easy. - Just puzzles...

- Mm-hmm. - Cooking.

Mm-hmm.

Puzzles and cooking...

Is that what we're gonna do tonight?

All those things that turn you on.

You freak.

Alright, hun.

Here's a nice one. Coboconk.

You'd be Co... co... Cobokong? Coboconkers?

It'll be ten years before you can actually

pronounce the name of the place.

Here's a nice seventies bungalow,

insulated barn workshop, 47 acres, 125 grand.

- What do you think? - Okay. Silent Lake.

- It's near the park? - Mm-hmm.

Century home with renovated kitchen,

unfinished basement... ooh!

And it's got this, like...

one of those castle turret thing.

- 155. - That sounds cool.

Tear down in Tweed with a view over some fields.

And it looks like it's... there's a huge pond

- on the property too. - Oof.

Sixty grand as is.

Okay, so we put together, what?

Like five shipping containers.

Yeah, at three grand per raw container.

You can get 'em in all sorts of different colours.

Okay, so at least 100K.

How much you gonna get for this place?

I mean, I don't know.

Once I pay down Mom's bills...

Give half to my sister...

It feels so morbid talking about this stuff,

not knowing what's happening with her.

You went to visit her this week, didn't you?

I call in every day.

Mmm... she's not really getting any better.

Hey.

Hey, I just got a call from the hospital.

- Did they call you? - Yeah. I know.

- I'm here now. - Just tell her that I love her.

Okay? I'll fly back as soon as I can.

Yup. Love you.

Okay, I'm gonna go back and push,

- when I yell go, hit the gas. - Yeah, yup. Okay.

- Okay, go! - Go?

- Oh, okay! - Go! Go!

Okay! I got it!

You okay?

Hop in.

No, no, I'll drive.

- It's okay. - You sure?

Yeah, yeah, you've done enough.

- You wanna drive in this? - You're tired!

Just go! Get in the car!

You're covered in snow. Oh, my God.

- There you go. - Hey.

Whatever happened to that cat Mom used to have?

Remember it was like a...

light brown and lived in the back of the barn?

- Remember that thing? - Yeah.

The one that used to come by every spring.

Yeah.

She called me and she told me she had to put it down.

I don't think I've ever heard her so emotional.

She was... hysterical.

I mean, that cat only ever came back

'cause Mum grew catnip. You know that, right?

Like, in her herb garden?

Yeah.

Do you remember the smell of the lilacs?

Oh, that's what that was.

Yeah, I forgot all about that.

I do remember, I was thinking this morning how...

she used to always take us to pick fresh blueberries.

Yeah.

And she always used to make us wait

until the sunset went finally down.

Didn't matter if we were at the beach

or if it was like, freezing cold out.

I really loved that about her.

Wonder if that's where I got my weird love for light.

What, through Mom's obsession.

She had such a great eye, she should have been a painter,

or a photographer.

I just don't think anyone really encouraged her.

I think it would've been cool to meet Mom

as just a total stranger. Not our mother.

Like, the grocery line checkout.

Start up a conversation with her,

get to know her, you know? Not...

Not the way it is, it's just so much baggage between us.

- Is that your place up there? - Yup.

What, you don't think we could make it up?

Here you go.

This is great wine.

Another thing I'm gonna have to

enjoy without John.

He loved his wine.

Hmm.

So, what happened with your kids?

And your first husband?

I was really young when we met,

and I was a sucker for a pretty face.

In those days, you got pregnant,

you got married, tried to make it work,

and we did for a while.

But... kids got older and we had less in common

until... eventually there was really not much...

...left.

That sounds terrifying.

My mom, I don't know, we just grew apart.

I don't know if it was my fault or not, but...

I know when all this stuff was going down,

I just needed distance. So... I put it between us.

I'm just scared I'm gonna end up like her...

Alone.

Oh. Don't worry about this.

It is a regular occurrence.

How are you going to survive out here?

You're like, 30, 45 minutes from the closest town.

I have an old beater, right?

It can get me to my neighbours if I need to,

or run to town.

Not that I would ever drive without a license.

Oh, you.

And I have my books.

Might get a cat.

Again, John was allergic,

but I love the idea of a cat snuggling at my feet.

You know, my mom's place, it's isolated.

It's such a pain in the ass.

You know, it's so hard to keep it up.

You know, the act of actually keeping something alive

is part of the joy?

You know, I love being out here with you, right?

- And don't ever forget that. - Of course.

I know that.

I wanna go first.

John?

John!

John!

John!

John!

John!

I think they said the storm's gonna pass through

in the morning.

Really? They always say that.

Don't believe it!

Yeah, I guess that's true.

Well, this wasn't on my traffic app.

Thank you very much for driving. I appreciate it.

- Oh look! Beautiful. - So crazy.

Here they come, I think... I think...

I think we're almost at the end here, right?

- Mm-hmm. - Looks like.

Hmm...

Are you sure you're gonna be okay out here?

You know me by now.

Yeah, I don't think you're gonna regret staying at the house.

Thanks, Joanne.

You're welcome, Christopher.

- Bye-bye. - You take care.

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