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>> You want them there smelt?

Not sure.

How much are your pogies?

The thems are $1.72 a pound. They were

$1.67 Saturday. Oh, yeah?

That was Saturday.

Today, being Tuesday.

Well, my father would roll over in his

grave if he knew that fish went up 5¢ in

3 days. Basic supply and demand, Cody.

Commercial lobsters determine the price,

and what's left to you independents just

got to deal with it. Well,

someday someone's going to have to deal

with me.

All right, give me uh give me $10 of

mackerel. Coming right up.

By the way, you ain't going to charge me

for that one, are you?

No.

Just want to make sure you didn't think

it was shoplifting.

Oh, yeah.

I'll see you, Rusty.

>> [music]

>> Jakey, come on.

What's that smell? Bacon.

I'm not talking about that smell, I'm

talking about the other smell.

Oh, that's some perfume Anne gave me.

You like it?

At least it smells better than Dad's

lobster boots. Yeah, armpit smells

better than Cody's boots.

But thanks for the compliment.

Stomp.

Why are you going to bother me when I

want to eat? If you hurry up, I'll give

you a ride. Otherwise, you'll have to

walk to school. Can you drop me at

Mike's?

I'll walk to school from there.

Oh, Mike and his mom doing?

Fine, I guess.

Oh, look at the time, Jakey. We got to

go.

All right.

Hey, Mom.

Can you take me to that brock's later?

I need some new pants.

Maybe at the end of the month. I'll have

to see how we're doing. You always got

to see how we're doing, Mom.

It's never as good as everybody else.

Jakey.

That's not true.

Hm?

It is true, Mom.

You just won't admit it.

Shush.

Nothing but shush is all there is these

days.

I see you're having as tough a time

catching dinner today as I am.

I'll give this to you.

You promise not to crap in my boat?

Sorry, I don't trust you.

I'm going to throw it over there.

You can go get it.

Come on, seagull.

Hey.

If you were stuck on a deserted island,

who's the one person you'd want to have

with you?

Which island?

What do you mean, which island? No one

asks which island.

Well, I mean, if it was somewhere like

the Mark's Cove, which has a lot of

crabs,

I'd bring the crabber.

But if it was, let's say, Mount Heegan,

with all them birds,

>> Okay, okay, okay. A tropical island with

one palm tree and no crabs.

I don't know.

You're my best friend.

I just want to bring you.

Man, I like you, Jake. But if it were

me,

I'd want to be stranded with Shelly

O'Connor.

We'd build fires together, fish

together, harvest a coconut tree.

Of course, most of the time we'd just be

making out and trying not to get

rescued.

Hey, Brewer.

What are you doing looking in my dad's

store for? You know you can't afford

anything in there anyway. Not everyone

wants to dress like a mannequin, Timmy.

Yeah, well, you know what?

I'd rather dress like a mannequin than

an ad for Salvation Army.

Don't worry about it.

Well, if it isn't the fearless Cody

Brewer. Hey, Walter.

Looks like you took a direct hit on your

bow there.

See that, do you? Oh, yeah? If one of

them flying rats crapped on my boat, I'd

shoot it out of the sky with my .22.

Probably think my boat needs a paint

job.

Not half wrong, either.

Where you working next?

Out at Cook Hole's rocks. Damn it, Cody.

You got to stop fishing Fool's rocks.

One storm comes out of the south, I'm

going to end up being a pallbearer at

your funeral. You know how much I hate

wearing a suit? It serves you right to

be uncomfortable after what you done to

pogie prices.

Just be careful, Cody, cuz friends are a

lot harder to come by than lobsters.

>> Yeah, they sure don't pay as well,

though, do they?

Eddie, need a boiled for table six.

What's the matter with the bluefish

anyway?

Too fishy.

Well, I hope her lobster isn't too

fishy. Lobster.

Joe, pass me a boiled one.

All right.

I figure I got 15 seconds before Joe

gets me that lobster

to tell you how lovely you look today.

Never did get used to handling a

compliment, did you, Mom?

Suppose not. Well, that ain't going to

stop me from giving them to you.

Thanks, Eddie.

You're a lifesaver.

>> Never seen Stevie like that before.

A tourist,

a charter boat captain, and a lobsterman

walk into [music] a bar.

And to their surprise, when they get

their drinks,

each of them finds a fly floating in the

beer.

So, the tourist, he just quickly sets

his beer aside in disgust.

The fisherman, of course, he just fishes

his fly out of his beer and drinks it.

What about the lobsterman? The

lobsterman?

Well,

he holds the fly by its wings over his

beer mug, and he yells, "Spit it out!

SPIT IT OUT!"

>> [laughter]

>> SPIT [laughter] IT OUT. THAT'S FUNNY.

SPIT IT OUT.

THAT'S FUNNY.

Hey there, Cody. Hey guys. You're

working that late shift again, I see.

Come on, let me buy you a beer. No,

thanks, Walter. I got to get home.

Bubba, just want to let you know,

one of your pots [music] got tangled in

the channel marker back of Squirrel

Island.

Gee, thanks, Cody.

No problem.

I'll see you guys tomorrow.

I'll see you.

Take it easy, Cody.

Ah, it's a tough life he's got.

Oh, yeah.

Sometimes I think he makes it tougher

than it ought to be.

Bubba's right. Last year, I asked Cody

if he wanted to join the co-op with me.

You know what he says? He says He says

He says,

"I'll have to think about it."

>> [snorts]

>> To think about it. Can you believe that?

A guy with a boat I wouldn't let my kids

flounder fishing says he'll have to

think about it.

You know what they say, to understand a

man, you got to walk a mile in his

boots.

Oh, yeah.

It's a good thing his boots don't fit

me.

Hey, fella.

Stomp. Hey, come on. Come on.

So,

Cody, how was your day?

Oh, the usual. You know, pulled a few

pots, threw back some crabs, tied some

seagull

>> Cody.

Uh sorry. Droppings.

Hey, Dad.

Can we get them new pants tomorrow?

Jakey,

I said we'd see at the end of the month.

But, Mom, what if these pants get Timmy

Brock to make fun of me?

What's Timmy Brock got against brown

pants?

Get it.

>> [snorts]

>> When I was your age,

I was pulling pots to pay for my own

pants.

You got any relish?

We got ketchup.

We got mustard. Can't you just be happy

with mustard and ketchup?

Why do you always want what we don't

have?

Damn engine.

The rubber band.

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>> How the hell am I going to explain this?

Okay. Now, it's decision time.

So, do you want to look more like

Heather Locklear or one of them girls

from The Young and the Restless?

I never watched that program.

But, Heather Locklear is real pretty.

Yeah, that is.

>> [laughter]

>> Oh.

Thanks again, Anne, for fitting me in.

Especially considering I'm not a paying

client.

You're a friend. That's more important.

How is Cody, anyway?

Oh,

he's

just so preoccupied

with his work these days.

That's a Yep.

For instance, the other day, I put on

some of that real nice perfume that you

lent me.

Didn't say a word.

Not one word.

Well, this is more serious than I

thought.

No matter.

I mean, this style is guaranteed to get

his mind off them damn lobsters and back

on shore, where it belongs.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

What is it? Where is it?

Go in, Cole. Okay, stand back. Back

away.

Ow!

What the odd gesture. You all right?

Well, I'm

It's real bad. Let's have a look, see.

Ah!

Just just stay calm. Don't don't panic.

This

paramedics will be here real soon.

They'll take real good care of you.

Dale's right. They'll be here real soon.

Rusty,

I might have I tried something real

stupid.

You ain't going to slow dance to nothing

with me, are you?

No, Rusty. I ain't going to do that.

Uh

what exactly are you doing there, Cody?

Make sure, [music] Dale. Well, stop, for

God's sake, before you add locked jaw to

Rusty's list of conditions.

Well,

here goes nothing.

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>> What in the hell was in that can?

I wonder if I know.

Does Claire still have some left?

That's it.

I don't say nothing.

Let's see how long it takes him to

notice.

Hey. Hey, Dad.

What?

You notice anything different about Mom?

Oh, yeah.

What happened to your hair?

It's a new style Anne gave me.

Do you like it?

Uh what was wrong with the way it was?

Nothing.

Just a little change.

You don't like it.

Hm? No, no, no, no, no, no,

I I like it. I like it.

Mom.

Got too much help and not enough

hamburger. Well, tastes good to me.

So,

anything interesting happen today?

Yep.

Really?

Yep.

Like what?

Well,

yesterday, while I was working off of

cockles,

I found a strange moss in one of my

pots.

I didn't think much about it,

except uh

it's a color I ain't never seen before.

So, I tossed it in that there a can

and left it in the boat.

Kind of looks like antifreeze to me.

It ain't normal-looking moss, I'll give

you that.

I probably wouldn't have thought no more

about it,

except today,

I accidentally

cut off my finger with the boat

propeller.

Since I needed [music] someone to keep

the finger until I could get to the

doctors, I tossed it in that there a

can.

And this is where it gets kind of

strange.

As soon as my finger [music] hits the

moss,

poof,

it magically reattaches itself to my

hand.

Good as new.

Cody Brewer,

this is without question the biggest

Downey's yarn I ever heard.

Well, I ain't finished yet.

When I get back to Bayport, Rusty's

going to burn himself. So, I take some

of that moss and I rub it on his arm and

just like that, it heals.

You really expect us to believe you

found some moss

that makes fingers grow back and heals

burns instantly?

That's ridiculous. I know it is, but

it's also true.

Let me see.

Hello, Brewer's residence. He's making

this up, Dad.

Yeah?

I had a phone with jam.

Yeah? propeller

and and I was trying to loosen it. Yeah?

And right off, went over the side to

fish it out.

Don't know.

Yep, you too.

Who's that?

Colleen Kendrick.

Says Rusty told her the same story about

you putting moss on his arm and it

healing like that he split.

So, she didn't believe none of it

herself.

So, she went down to the barn

and seeing that there had been indeed a

big grease fire inside.

Now, she's wondering what I think

and hoping if you have any moss left,

she can have it for her bunions.

I told you it's all true.

Does anyone else know about this?

Well,

Colleen and Rusty and the old Dale was

there as well.

So, so then three of us.

Hello. Hello, Dar. Yeah. It's Colleen.

Hello. You know I don't like to gossip,

but did you hear about Cody Brewer

Hello. out by [music] Cockles? He had

five fingers and he had four. Rumor has

it it's floating around all over there.

Kind of a healing moss. It was in his

lobster pot.

We never heard of

Yeah.

Yeah.

Goodbye, Brentwood.

So, uh Dad,

you going to give some moss to Ms.

Kendrick?

I don't know, Jake.

Bunions don't seem like a very good

cause to spend a miracle on.

Now, you're saying this moss performs

miracles.

Well, when Freddy Paxson bowled 242 down

the lanes, everybody called that a

miracle.

If that's a miracle, well,

damn it.

Holy crap. Jake, you watch your mouth.

Holy crap.

Come here.

This is unbelievable.

Well, there goes another miracle.

How many miracles you figure you got

left in there, Dad?

Huh?

Not sure, really. Hard to say. Two,

maybe three.

Why don't you put it in here for

safekeeping?

Thanks.

Why'd you decide with the spinnerman?

Well,

well, I figure

it's like when you got a silver dollar

in your pocket, you know, you

you hold on to it. You don't spend it on

gum or popcorn

or beer down the Blue Whale.

You save it for something special.

Well, um

how do you know if something's special?

Well, you feel it.

You just feel it.

Do you think we should get a safe

deposit box down at the bank to keep it

in? And pay someone good money to hold

our moss?

Nope.

We are going to keep it

where we can all keep an eye on it.

There.

Hey, Cody.

Well, Rusty.

What you doing?

Oh, I thought I'd bring your bait down

for you.

I think you didn't need to do that,

Rusty.

Oh, I figure

it's the least I could do.

Thanks.

Yeah.

How much do I owe you? Oh, this This is

on the house.

You got to remember who your friends

are.

Right? Right, Cody?

Yeah.

Guess you do.

Bubba?

Is that you?

Yeah.

Hey, Cody.

So, uh

is it true?

Is what true?

About the moss.

Yeah, it's true.

Folks say you caught it out of Cockles.

That's right.

Other folks saying this moss can do

miracles.

Yeah.

You're not trying to make us look silly,

are you, Cody?

I'm going to make you look silly, Bubba.

Hm?

Yeah.

In its simplest definition, a

trigonometric function is one of the

many functions that relates one

non-right angle

of a right triangle

to the ratio of the lengths of any two

sides of that triangle.

Hey, Brewer.

My dad says that your father made up

some type of bogus story

about finding some type of miracle moss

in his lobster pot.

For your information,

he didn't make it up.

Oh, is that a fact?

Yeah, that's a fact.

Well, if it really does perform

miracles, then uh

maybe it'll make you a new pair of

pants.

Ones that actually go around your

ankles.

Or is that too big of a miracle to ask

for? Shut up.

>> Mr. Brewer,

do you have something you would like to

share with the rest of the class?

No.

And Mr. Brock,

I know that my classroom rule should be

of no surprise to you,

seeing you are in my class for the

second year in a row.

All right, everyone. Let's look over

here, please.

The hell is this?

Didn't get much fishing done here today.

Not again.

Oh,

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Yeah.

>> I'll tow your boat back to your house in

the morning, if that's okay. Edith and I

were just heading somewhere now.

Thanks, Walter. Thanks for helping me

out. Don't mention it.

Hello, Cody.

Hey, Edith.

We're going to the doctor's, Cody.

Walter's having heart palpitations.

Is that true, Walter?

You know what he needs?

Some of that miracle moss.

>> Never you mind about me, Cody. I'm fine.

You just worry about them.

I'll see you, Walter. See you, Edith.

Good luck.

Hey there, Cody. How you doing?

Well, let me see. My engine quit, only

got a half a pot, and uh

the guy with the biggest heart in town

just told me it ain't working right. How

do you think I'm doing?

Well, I imagine a whole heck of a lot

better than them other 62 people who

never did find no moss at a [ __ ] to this

rock today. The difference is I wasn't

looking for moss, Dale. I was looking

for lobsters.

Well,

all the same, uh don't suppose you

wouldn't happen to have no extra that

there green stuff to spare? Sure could

use some.

Me, too. I, uh

me, three.

What exactly you need it for, Dale?

My shin splints.

Norm?

Keratosis.

You know, bad breath.

It's true, he does got that.

How about you, Bubba? Uh well, I uh

I uh

I got a third

third nipple.

Yeah.

Well, fellas, I uh

I ain't got that much moss. And it don't

seem to me like any of you guys need a

miracle that bad.

See you.

If you need a ride, Cody, I got a new

lilac air freshener in my garbage truck.

You know what, Norm?

I think I'll walk.

Well, well.

Yeah.

Well, if it isn't Cody Brewer.

Howdy, Mayor.

Yeah, hop in. I'll drive you out to the

farm. No, thanks.

Well, Marty, are you on some new kind of

health kick? You're burning up calories

walking in your lobster boots? Nope.

Just don't want to hear about your

bunion, your ingrown toenail, or third

nipple.

Why on earth would I tell you about

that? Because like everybody else in

this town, you think if I hear about

your particular ailment, I'll give you

some of that moss. Ailment? I don't need

your moss for my ailments. Look at me.

I'm fit as a fiddle.

Come on, get in the car. I want to tell

you something.

I got a terrific

Come on.

>> [music]

>> Listen.

I got this terrific plan.

It's called Moss World.

So, all I need is a little moss. Just

like

>> Don't No, listen. I'll leave you alone.

I just want a little bit of moss to just

get started.

Jesus.

Tell you what. I'm talking about jobs,

I'm talking about rides, restaurants,

and of course, moss rocks.

Where for small feet, folks will be able

to pull moss-filled traps just like the

famous Cody Brewer.

Just think what it'd do for the town.

Hey.

Go back, lady.

The engine broke, so I started to walk.

Then I got a ride.

That didn't work out, so I walked some

more.

Well, I'm just glad you're home.

A whole bunch of people looking for you

and your moss.

You ready?

No, but

tell me anyway.

Okay.

Carl Hackett wants it for his back.

Sally Leeds for her warts.

Pat McCowan wants it for his chicken

pox.

Cliff Ecot for his dysentery.

Edith Hockstead wants to remind you

about Walter's heart palpitations.

And Marty Thorp, he's in the living

room.

Wants to talk to you in person.

Nobody's ever wanted to talk to me in

person.

You never had something they wanted so

bad before.

Hey there, Marty.

Hi, Cody.

Well,

I've heard everybody else's reason for

why they want the moss.

What's yours?

Uh it's uh

kind of

complicated.

Can't you trust me?

Marty,

there's two miracles left in that jar,

maybe three.

And you want me to trust you?

I wish you would.

Well, I can't.

Now, if you want me to give you a piece,

you better give me a good reason.

All right.

What are you doing? I got impotence,

Cody. Geez, Marty, I don't need to know

a thing like that.

Pull up your pants.

Oh.

Sorry, Cody.

Wait.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Thinking about who deserves the moss the

most.

No.

No, I'm thinking about my engine.

Trying to figure out

what could be wrong.

Maybe the head gasket's blown

or maybe the impeller.

I got something that might take your

mind off that engine.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

You give me 1 minute.

>> [sighs]

[gasps]

>> Hey, Brewer.

Going to get you that moss.

COME ON, CODY. Prospect Radio with

another dedication going out to Cody

Brewer. Sadie says the kid's got the

pink eye.

Well, I'll be. Hey there, Cody.

Hey, Stanley.

Having a little engine trouble. Reckon

it's my fuel hose. You got any 8th of an

inch rubber coated? Your old outboard

giving you trouble, is she? Uh you could

say that. What year? '93.

Ooh, '93, that's a bad year.

That's the year they changed the whole

lower unit.

Come to think of it,

wasn't that the year Thelma left me for

that carpenter up in Eastwood?

Oh, well. See what I got out back.

Hey, Cody. How's it going?

Hey, Gene.

Your old outboard, got one left.

Oh, great.

What'll it cost me?

Well, I could sell it to you for a

dollar 22.

Or if you're interested in some kind of

barter,

you could bring it in. I could fix it

myself.

Barter?

I think you boys like lobster.

Don't.

But we sure could use some of that

miracle moss in order to

fix our weight problem.

The doctor figures we got underactive

thyroid glands.

>> That's what he said.

Well,

I'm no PhD,

but uh

do you ever think that maybe your

thyroids would be more active

if they weren't always digesting donuts?

Never thought about it.

Yeah? Never thought about it?

So, can I have some moss?

Boys, if you don't mind,

I think I'll hold on to the moss. I'll

pay you the dollar 22.

Okay, but if you change your mind, let

me know. I'll even throw in a free lawn

mower repair.

Yeah.

Thanks, boys.

See you later. See you, Cody.

Oh, hey there, Cody. Hey, Ned.

What's up?

Oh, we're just trying to keep Amity

Harbor in this town that's gone moss

crazy.

Yeah, tell me about it. You bet. Hold

that for me. Sure.

You really drink two of these at one

time?

You ever try one of these iced

cappuccinos?

Can't say that I have.

Well,

let's just keep it that way then.

See you later, Cody. Duty calls. Yeah.

See you, Ned.

Yummy.

I think they need to share it

cuz they'd be sharing

and I'd be sharing it

with

My foot.

Wow.

I tied mine in a BMW,

but it looks like you tied yours in an

ivy pool.

>> [snorts]

>> So, you got something for me, Prue?

Timmy,

what could I possibly have that you'd

want?

It's not what you have.

It's the moss that your dad has.

What makes you think he'd give it to

you?

Well, it's not for me.

See, Tazzie has a little bit of an acne

problem.

And them school photos are coming up

next week.

My dad ain't going to give any Taz

just cuz he's got acne. Then you better

steal it. Cuz if Taz don't look like he

belongs on the cover of Teen Beat

magazine by the end of next week,

then you're going to get it.

I don't even think a miracle

could get Tazzie's face on the cover of

National Geographic.

I'm a serious Prue.

It's not about why I want the moss. It's

about you getting it for me, okay?

Okay?

Jake'll bring you the moss.

I don't even know what it's good for.

What?

Why'd they send it back?

Oh.

A woman didn't like the shrimp touching

the scallop.

How are you and Cody doing these days?

We're all right.

Doing a little better these days

and these nights.

How long you been married now, Martha?

15 years. 20.

It's a long time.

Yeah.

Yeah, can I ask you something?

You still in love with him?

Cody?

Of course I still love him.

I know you love him, but

are you in love with

Yeah.

I just

I don't know.

Just sort of feel like I'm in this

current

and I'm trying to stay close to the

shore.

You know?

I can see the lighthouse.

The light's getting

fainter

and fainter.

And if the tide don't change soon,

I just need something to change the

tide.

Eddie, you still ain't asked me nothing

about the moss.

I ain't interested in the moss, Martha.

What are you doing?

Cody doesn't think we're good enough for

the Miracle Moss. Oh, yeah? He's just

hoarding it all for himself.

Oh, yeah?

That's not true.

It's just he thinks your reasons aren't

good enough.

Not good enough? Is that what you

Brewers think?

It's not that.

>> Who are you to be judging who who who

who needs it? Yeah, who are you?

I'll tell you who I am.

I'm Martha Brewer.

Now that you know who I am, maybe you

can tell me who you are cuz frankly, I

don't recognize most of you anymore.

Dale,

are you someone whose shin splints keep

you from walking?

And what about you, Bubba?

Are you someone who genuinely needs a

miracle?

And you, Colleen, are your bunions

really that bad? I can't wear my

favorite sandals anymore.

Everybody just go home.

Just go home.

What is it, Mayor? I just wanted you to

give this to Cody.

And Ned, and

tell him I I

I need him to sign a waiver so we can

sell these in the in the gift shop.

And and I'll I'll need a little moss

so we can start the construction.

I'll see that he gets it, Ned. I got to

go. But we're we're doing real well, I

think.

What's that?

It's you.

Two days ago, I was a lobsterman.

Now I'm a stuffed toy.

This whole thing's gone too far.

What the hell's wrong with everybody?

Something's got to change around here.

Your dinner's in the oven.

Ain't you hungry?

I ate at work.

Hello, Cody.

Hello, Edith.

Nobody was up the house, so I just

walked down. Yeah.

It was nice to see you.

I'm

here to ask a favor.

Save your breath.

If it's about Walter, he told me to pay

no concern to his heart palpitations. He

ain't having them palpitations no more.

Well, that's good.

He died of a heart attack this morning.

Good news is,

he's only been dead

2 hours, 18 minutes.

Cody,

do you think that moss he owes could

bring him back after such a short time?

To tell you the truth, I

I don't know.

You willing to try?

Thanks for holding off on the embalming,

Hank.

Well, I had never done this before.

Once we get a customer, we tend to keep

them.

You've always been a good friend,

Walter.

I should have given you some of this

before.

Let's hope it works now.

>> [music]

>> Walter,

you still dead?

Are you sure you put enough on?

I used the same amount I did on myself

and Rusty.

No offense, Cody,

but in my professional opinion, this is

a much bigger job.

To tell you the truth,

this is about all we can afford to

spare.

Not knowing if it'll work or not.

Maybe it just needs a little more time

to take effect.

I'm afraid if

Walter was going to rise,

he would have done so by now, Edith.

I'm sorry.

I'm going to miss him.

We all going to miss him.

>> [snorts]

>> Got something in there for me, Brewer?

My history book? Figured you had my

moss.

You do have my moss, don't you?

No.

All right, um

I'm going to give you one more day,

Brewer.

One more.

That's it.

I need that moss, okay?

Mhm.

What's the matter?

The electric bill's overdue.

I figure if you don't pull some pots

soon,

I'll be cooking over a can of Sterno.

Mhm.

Jake, you get the door, please.

Hello, is your father here?

Yeah.

Ma, dad.

Hello.

My name's Daryl Stone. This is my wife,

Samantha. How do you do?

May we have a moment of your time?

Uh

Yeah, sure.

Sorry, we ran out of milk. Oh.

This is just fine.

Mr. Brewer, I head the homeopathic

division of a company called Trymore as

Laboratories, and we're very interested

in acquiring some of that moss you

found.

Well, I'm surprised.

I imagine you have quite a few suitors.

You do have some of that left, don't

you, Mr. Brewer?

Well, not much, but uh

Yeah, I I got some.

Mind if I take a look at it?

Oh, sure. Suit yourself. It's right over

there.

Amazing.

Truly amazing.

You know, the Abenaki Indians who

originally inhabited this coastline once

wrote about a moss that could cure all

ills?

No, I didn't know that.

We just assumed they were talking about

ginseng or eucalyptus, but uh

Mr. Brewer, I'll cut to the chase. You

see, we bring drugs to market. Pain

relievers, anti-inflammatories,

acid neutralizers, you name it. And when

we're able to exploit a particular

pharmaceutical niche, well, we can

charge a premium for our drugs whose

cost is largely absorbed by the large

health insurance companies.

Well, you can only imagine what this

moss could do to an industry like ours.

Yep, I think so.

Which is why I'm prepared to pay you

half million dollars to keep it from

coming to market.

Oh, we're going to be rich.

We're going to be rich.

Well, not yet, Jakey.

Dad said he had to think about it.

What's there to think about that?

Oh,

it's a lot, Jake.

A lot of that

>> [sighs]

>> I'm not saying we we don't

take Mr. Stone up on his offer, but

it's not as simple as it sounds.

Sounds pretty simple to me, Dad.

When do you figure you'll decide?

Well,

I don't know.

I don't want to rush into anything. Um

Day or two.

Once we get the money,

I'm going straight down to Brock's and

getting 10 new pairs of pants.

So, it's still just sitting there on top

of the TV set?

Yeah.

Man, if that were me,

I'd rub some on Shelly O'Connell, make

her have the biggest crush in history on

me. It ain't a love potion, Mike.

You don't know that.

Mike,

you miss your dad?

Sometimes so much.

I still don't understand how a guy who

loved his whole life never learned how

to swim.

I don't understand how people who grew

up here

never got a boat when they could. Yeah.

But that ain't going to happen to us,

Mike.

We ain't going to make the same mistakes

our parents did.

First chance we get,

trouble's far away from this place as we

can.

All the way to Vermont or something.

Some place where they ain't never even

heard of a lobster.

Can Shelly come, too?

Only if my dad discovers some love

potion off Coggins Rocks. Hey.

Brewer.

You got my miracle moss for me?

My dad ain't giving it to you.

He sold it to company for half a million

dollars.

Yeah, that's a good one, Brewer.

Why don't you just admit what everyone

else knows already?

That your dad's a total loser.

Always has been, always will be.

And you know what else?

You're going to grow up to be just like

him.

>> [panting]

[clears throat]

[gasps]

[panting]

>> You decided yet, Dad?

Decided what?

On the moss.

Not today, Jake. Why can't you just do

it now, Dad?

What if something bad happens?

It always does.

Nothing bad's going to happen.

You shouldn't have said

and you know it.

Why is your shirt ripped?

Got in a fight. Why the heck did you do

that?

Timmy Brock said something about you.

Said you're a loser and I'm going to be

just

He said you're a loser.

I don't care what some bratty smart

mouth kid thinks about me. Why do you?

Cuz I'm sick of taking it, Dad.

Sick of having to make excuses for my

clothes,

my house,

my father.

What did you say?

You know, Mom can pretend you ain't a

loser, Dad,

but I can't anymore.

Think of half a million dollars, Dad.

Half a million.

I could go to school with new pants for

once in my damn life.

I could quit that stupid job down at the

wharf.

But no,

you had to think about it.

And you know what we'll get, Dad?

What we always get.

Nothing.

>> You think Jake's right?

You think I'm going to mess this up?

No matter how it ends,

I know you'll do what you think is

right.

You always do.

Got to go.

Picked up an extra dinner shift to help

with the bills.

>> [bell]

>> Brewis. Hello there, Cody. How are you

today?

I've been better. Great. Great. Well,

I'm just calling to see when you're

ready to go into business together with

this mask, well.

>> Not today, man. Look, look, I I got to

go, okay?

Brewis. Hello, Mr. Brewis. Daryl Stern

from Trymark. So, are you ready to

become a very wealthy man?

Well, not today, sir. Well, you you

know, this money is burning a hole in

the pocket of my lab coat, so whenever

you think you're ready to make a deal,

>> I'll let you know.

Okay, then.

Ugh.

Brewis. Cody.

Marty Thorp.

I still can't get the little fella to

salute.

>> No, Marty, not today, not tomorrow, not

next week, not next year, not ever.

Jake.

>> [music]

>> I told you something bad would happen.

Jakey.

I got to go to work.

You should call the sheriff.

Martha, can I ask you a question?

What's that?

If I had taken

that money for the mask,

would that have made you happy?

Cody, when we got married, I never

expected to be rich.

I expected to be loved. That's it.

Sure, there were a couple of dresses

down at Brock's that were real pretty.

And some pearl earrings

I seen in the consignment store that I

would have liked to have bought.

Since the only person I cared about

impressing was you,

I didn't think much about them things.

Especially since I never thought I

needed anything else other than myself

to get your attention.

Not until recently, anyway.

You should have bought them earrings.

You deserve something nice like that.

I don't need no earrings, Cody.

>> [sighs]

>> Comment vous appelez-vous? What is your

name?

Je ne comprends pas.

I do not understand.

Yeah, I'm here.

Uh nothing. Uh I'm on it.

Bastards.

Cut us off.

Hey there, Cody. I rushed right over.

Not today.

Well, I figure if I'm going to find your

mask, today'd be a good day to start.

Sorry, Nana. I'm all wound up.

So, you have any idea who might want to

steal said mask?

Yeah, everyone.

Well, in a case like this, time is of

the essence.

Course, I never really had a case like

this before.

With a bike or some lobster pots, it's

uh

it's usually good to find them quickly.

Great.

You okay, Cody?

I'm

I

I thought if I could hold on to that

damn mask for something really special,

I could make a difference.

I was wrong. I was wrong about

everything.

Well,

let me tell you a little story.

There was once a wise old man

>> [music]

>> who lived at the top of the highest

mountain in his land.

And the people from the village, they

would

trek up the mountain and seek his

counsel and guidance.

Anyway, there was this fellow named Ram

Chandra. He climbed up the mountain,

and when he got to the top, tired and

hungry,

the wise man asked him,

"How can I help you, my son?"

And Ram Chandra said that he had made a

series of unwise business investments

[music]

that left him broke.

And he added that his children didn't

respect him anymore.

And it was only now that he had reached

[music] old age that he realized that he

had missed best years of his life

working late into the nights.

Then Ram Chandra asked the wise old man,

"How can I solve my problems?"

The wise man, he paused for a long

moment.

Then he said,

"Everyone is born with 99 problems,

and that man I see sitting before

[music] me has 100."

Ram Chandra said that he didn't

understand.

And the wise man told him,

"Your extra problem

is that you think

you can live

with no problems."

Then,

what the hell does that mean?

It means that life is filled with

certain amount of suffering and

hardship,

and that finding your mask

ain't necessarily the same thing as

finding happiness.

Before we get started today,

I have some bad news.

There's no easy way to say this,

so I'm just going to say it.

Timmy Brock has been diagnosed with

stomach cancer.

>> I'm going to postpone our lesson on

polynomial identities long enough to

pass around this card

for everyone to sign.

I'm going to start it with Shelly.

It says,

"The best thing about bad times is

discovering how many good friends

[music] you have."

I don't think truer words

have ever been said.

Now, Mrs. Broke,

keep in mind that with a disease like

this, things do change.

Unfortunately, right now, prognosis is

not good.

We've given him something for the pain

and something that will help him sleep.

But, the primary tumor has metastasized

and is now involving the liver and the

lungs. Metastasized? What What does that

mean? I don't understand what that

means.

>> means that the cancer is spreading. Is

he Is he going to die, doctor?

I really can't answer that, ma'am.

We're doing the best we can.

What we need is some of that miracle

moss Corey Brewer found.

Living out in Prospect, there are two

things I've learned: weather in November

and whatever comes out of a Loftusman's

mouth.

Timmy doesn't need some fantasy moss. He

needs the best medicine money can buy

and we will pay whatever it costs.

That's some news about Timmy, huh?

Yeah?

Should have written something in the

card.

What was I supposed to say?

Get well soon?

Hope you feel better?

Can't wait to see you?

He could die, Jake.

You get that, right?

Yeah?

What I'd say?

So long.

You know, Jake,

one day you'll lose someone you care

about and then you'll feel differently.

I still won't give a crap about Timmy

Broke.

You know, Jake,

sometimes you can be a real loser.

Come on.

Come on.

>> [panting]

>> Not the hoses?

Not the shields?

Not the flywheel?

BUGS NOTHING IN PARALLEL?

Let's pull some parts.

Sheriff?

Dale?

What brings you by here?

Oh, just down an investigative trail, as

all things. Uh-huh.

And that led you to my work shed?

Well, uh haven't found the trail, per

se, yet.

But, you'll be the first one to know if

I do.

Uh-huh.

In the meantime, do you mind moving that

there bully over there so I can stack

these here parts?

Uh sure.

AH! [screaming]

WHAT'S THE MATTER, DALE? AH, it's my

shin splints-es.

Oh. You still got them?

Of course I STILL GOT THEM.

AH! SO,

THAT'S INTERESTING.

AH!

You should look into that. Ah!

Gene, Stanley.

Hey there, Sheriff.

What brings you by?

Oh, I just thought you boys might help

me finish this baker's dozen.

Can't say no to that invitation.

So, you boys give up on your weight

loss?

No.

Really?

Although, we were thinking of asking our

mother for one of those stationary

exercise bikes

for our birthday.

Oh, yeah?

Well, you enjoy.

Chef.

Hello, Chef. What can I help you with?

Oh, I was just wondering if you ever got

a sample of that moss you was after.

No, I haven't. Uh

is there something you know that [music]

I don't?

Not sure.

You speak French, Mr. Stern?

Un petit peu.

Well, I guess I don't then.

Bye, Mr. Stern.

Hey, young fella. How about one of these

sweet babies?

This place is missing a hat. Is that Let

me see.

>> [laughter]

>> Well, it looks good on you.

Most people

Hi, Sheriff.

Aha!

They turned off the power.

Yep.

I did.

Figured

it ought to be enough to get it turned

back on.

Where'd you get all of the money?

Uh

fix the engine,

pull the parts.

Jake's in his room.

Ain't said two words to me all day.

Martha,

you know I ain't no good with words,

but I

I hope this comes out right cuz

I figure things being as they are,

I don't only get one chance.

Now, I I realize

I

>> [music]

>> ain't everything you ever wanted in a

husband.

I don't drive a fancy car

or work in a big office building.

[music]

And I ain't so good with my feelings, so

sharing them and all.

I don't tell you how

how beautiful you look when you're

sleeping next to me or

how I still get that

little feeling

there

every time I think about you.

I don't tell you none of that.

But Martha,

you are what matters most to me in the

whole world.

That's why when I'm out there pulling

pots,

I'm not wishing I was someone else.

Some doctor or a lawyer.

Cuz you see,

I already got everything I ever dreamed

of.

I don't want nobody else's life, Martha.

Because it can never compare with the

one I got.

Just know that I love you, Martha.

Know that I love you more than

anyone else ever will.

More than anyone else ever can.

Thank you, Cody.

Thank you

for changing the tide.

>> [snorts]

>> And so it is with a heavy heart

that we lower Walter Hogshead,

a man of the sea,

to his final resting place

in the earth.

Let us pray.

Our heavenly father,

grant that we may fish until our dying

days.

And when you come for the final pulling

of the pots,

may we be judged in your infinite mercy

as big enough to keep.

Amen.

Hey there, bro.

It's a

lovely service. Yeah.

It was nice.

Uh Cody, maybe you'd be interested in uh

taking a ride with me.

I think I know where we can uh find your

moss.

Really?

All right, uh

I'll see you back at the house.

So, why is the sheriff's shop fired up?

You sure it's him?

Well, he's the only one on the list that

didn't check out.

I don't hope there's some left.

After all you've been through, I'm

surprised you want that moss back.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about

just that.

I really wanted to do what was best with

that silly moss.

In the end,

all I've done is ignore what was truly

important. Well, that's a

That's an easy mistake.

Of all the hundreds of people in the

world, why did I have to be the one who

found it?

Well,

maybe you didn't.

Maybe it found you.

>> [crying]

>> Better stay here, Cody.

Could get messy.

>> [crying]

>> HALLELUJAH!

I am reborn.

Could there be a more rewarding miracle?

Yeah, a miracle that's going to keep you

from this arrest. Come on, Sheriff.

You're not going to arrest me for trying

to re-consummate my marriage, are you?

Well, I guess that'll work as a

confession.

Sorry, Cody.

But the little tinker had been out of

commission for 45 years. You hear that,

Homer?

Had been.

Marty, how could you?

Huh. It isn't as if I took it all, Cody.

Heck, most of it's still up there, right

on your television set.

All right, Marty. Keep on going. Yeah,

I'll keep on going.

You can take my WORD FOR IT.

BYE, HONEY.

HUH.

Don't forget visiting day.

Just uh one more question, Mrs. Thorp.

Uh

since Marty here won't tell us where he

stashed the moss,

perhaps you will. Marty's telling the

truth, Sheriff. There wasn't no

jar of moss. He brought that stuff home

in a shot glass. He only needed a small

amount of the stuff.

Let's just say it wasn't that big of a

miracle, if you know what I mean.

Uh

yes, sir. Thank you, Mrs. Thorp.

Well,

looks like the guy here is a second

perpetrator.

For what?

Well, the thing is, I checked out almost

everybody in town and

they all seem clean.

Are you sure?

In my line of business, Cody, you learn

to trust your instincts.

Now, the moss that Marty used to fix his

little problem may be gone,

but my gut tells me someone's holding a

mayonnaise jar somewhere else.

So, if we find your jar,

maybe we'll find one more miracle.

Ned,

you drop me at the point?

Yeah, certainly.

Jake, you here?

Martha,

you seen Jake around?

No, not for a while.

Said he had to go do something, but back

in a bit.

See where he's gone? No.

Why, Cody? What's wrong?

Did you get the moss back? Nah,

not yet.

So,

did you get what you wanted?

Why, Jake?

Why would you do this?

Can you tell me what you used it for?

Well,

I sure hope it was worth it.

Me, too.

Morning, Cody. Hey, Al. What brings you

all the way out here?

Timmy's cancer's gone.

It is?

Well, that's

that's really great news.

Great.

Doctors are calling it a miracle.

Said just before the symptoms

disappeared,

Timmy was having his dinner,

and he took a sip of chocolate milk and

a bright white light appeared.

Wouldn't happen to know anything about

that, would you, Cody?

No.

Sorry, Al. No, I

I don't know nothing about it.

How about you, Jake?

No, nothing.

>> See you, Al.

See you, Cody.

That's some story, Mr. Brock. Al.

Yeah.

It's a story, all right.

You know, Dad,

I was going to get us some money.

Just that I started thinking uh Hey,

here's our buoy.

Let me help you with that, Dad.

Is this where you found the miracle

moss? This is the spot.

Well,

what if there's any more down there?

You never know.

Probably ought to keep our pots here

just in case, huh?

Yeah.

Of course, the fishing might be better

on the north side.

Yep.

Well,

talk to me.

I think I'm going to move over there.

Maybe we ought to.

Damn seagulls.

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