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I don't want nothing melancholy, just a little eggnog and holly on this holiday

with you.

So hurry up, don't keep me waiting. I'm in the mood for celebrating.

Just want a holiday for two.

As long as I'm with you, I don't care what we do.

A cozy fire of snowflakes under the moon.

Grab some candy canes, we'll go ice fishing. As long as we're together, we

can only win. When you're around, it's Christmas the whole year through.

Oh, I don't want nothing melancholy. Just a little eggnog and holly

on this holiday.

$4,000.

$4,000. It's going to need that much in repairs.

$2,000.

I'll pay $4,000.

Oh, now we're talking. Wait, wait, wait, wait a second. Are you going to pay $4

,000? No, but... Sold to the lady in the red coat?

I have a client, New Rochelle Classic Cinema.

They're looking to authenticate their movie-going experience, and this

projector is exactly what they have in mind.

Thank you.

Who's that?

Catherine Liu of Liu Antiques.

And she just swiped your projector. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'd like one large hot cocoa, two shots of peppermint, one shot of vanilla,

three shakes of cinnamon, and no foam creamer.

Cute. A lady that knows what she wants and gets it.

Like the film projector.

For your client. Who would be so happy?

Once it's repaired.

There's that.

Rob Ashford, Vintage Mechanical Restoration Specialist.

I've heard about you. You're actually who I was intending to call about

repairing this Inplex XL.

Then this must be fate.

Oh, must it? It must.

Well, I have your card, Rob Ashford. I will be in touch about working together.

Or, you know, maybe we could discuss over coffee?

Coffee. Or dinner.

Or coffee. Or just, we could keep it at a phone call or never see each other

again. He says feeling suddenly awkward.

Whatever you prefer.

I like dinner.

Yeah?

I'll give you a call.

Okay.

I'm nervous.

You never get nervous.

Just making me more nervous.

Do you like him?

I mean, I'm going on a date with him. I mean, do you like him? Like him.

You're gorgeous and successful, and you get asked out a ton.

You never get nervous.

I don't know.

Maybe.

It's not like I had any luck with dating.

Okay, you were married one time.

Like 15 years ago.

I know, but it's, you know, it's not just me. It's all the Liu's. We're

romantically jinxed.

Hi, Dad. Catherine, find anything exciting at the Antiques Fair?

She's trying to figure that out.

Uh, that's girl talk, Dad.

Well, you don't need me for that.

Your dad is always fastest when he's running away from anything with feels.

Welcome to my childhood.

Oh, I'd love to, but I'm delivering a Wedgwood stove to Philly that day.

And I have estate sales in Maine through the 19th, and then I'm back for a few

days, and then I fly out to Vail for a ski trip right after Christmas. How does

the 20th work for you?

Oh, I have a thing.

You have a thing?

Yeah, okay, so here's the deal.

Every year, my family get together, and we do a cookie-baking night. Family and

friends, you know, come over, we bake, like, 900 Christmas cookies.

900 Christmas cookies? Are you starting a side business?

It's for charities my parents support.

And mom was a district judge, dad was a DA. So between the two of them, they

know every charity in the five boroughs. Well, that's kind of awesome.

Yeah, it's like my favorite night of the year, actually.

But clearly not a first date setting.

No. What about the 21st? I'm full time at the shop until after Christmas.

Oh. Well, maybe we're not going to be able to see each other until after the

new year. Yeah, sounds like it.

Unless... Unless?

Okay, this might sound kind of crazy.

Crazy? I just told you I'm making 900 Christmas cookies.

Um,

what if I joined you?

You'd do that?

Well, you said that people besides your family would be there, right?

Yeah, that's right. I mean, you know, people come around every year. It's

super fun. It's like 10 people baseline.

10? Okay, that's not so scary.

And that way we wouldn't have to wait weeks.

I'm really on board with this. I mean, you get to see me in my best element,

Christmas time with my family. It's kind of my jam.

Okay, well if it's your jam, I'll see you on the 20th.

Can't wait.

You made it. Come in, come in. Ah, I did, I did.

Although, you know, if I had gotten lost, all I would have had to do is,

um... Oh, here. Oh, thank you. Just follow the smell of cookies.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, pretty, uh, fantastic, right? Oh.

Miss Herr?

Yes, Dad, this is Catherine.

Dave Ashford.

It's great to finally meet you. Oh, finally.

Uh, it's been less than three days.

Fewer.

Hi, Catherine.

Hi. I'm Amy. I am Rob's older and wiser sister.

And I'm going to take Dad here back into the kitchen so that you can have a

moment's breathing space before you dive into the madness.

Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Welcome. Another Christmas sweater.

This is my cookie-making sweater.

Um, is everybody wearing a Christmas sweater?

Well, maybe, but not required.

Oh. Come on, this is going to be fun. Okay.

Wow, it's so perfect.

Oh, there you are.

I'm almost ready for it.

Coming? Yeah.

Family.

Rob. Hey, Rob again.

Everyone, this is Catherine. She's a friend of Rob's. She's just now

realizing what she got herself into. So just put her on icing duty.

Yeah, thanks, Amy.

Uh, this is, uh, my brother-in-law, Craig.

Rob, I don't know what you're talking about. She's not funny-looking at all.

Oh, that's so funny.

Uh, and his greatest, cutest niece and nephew in the whole wide world.

So, um, 900 cookies.

Yeah, give or take.

Catherine, uh, this is my mom.

Judge Ashford?

Retired now, like my husband.

Meryl is fine. Nice of you to help us out tonight. Of course. Thank you for

having me. This is for you. Oh, that's so sweet of you. Thank you.

Okay, well, we've got a lot to do and we're already behind, so... Excuse me.

I got that.

Here we go.

You'll be rolling out the dough.

prep it for cutting then you can pass it to dave he'll handle the oven okay all

right wow good luck willy wonka did christmas

cookies

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy...

What do all these go to?

Churches, schools, shelters.

When we were growing up, mom and dad taught us that Christmas isn't just

about what you receive, but about giving to others.

Yeah, I think that's the real meaning of the season.

It's wonderful.

So, Katherine, what does your family do for Christmas, tradition-wise?

Um, we didn't have a lot of traditions growing up.

Um, except...

My dad and I always went out for Christmas Eve pancakes at Lucy's Diner

in Bronx.

Well, we still do.

Just the two of you? Oops.

Yeah. My parents, um, they divorced when I was really young.

Um, my mom, she remarried and moved to Portland.

And my dad, he remarried twice, and now he's dating Susan. She's really nice.

Don't worry, honey. Let me.

Not my first cookie bake.

All right. Ready?

I'm gonna press it. Give it a good press.

Wow.

I'm guessing skiing is going to be pretty easy after tonight. I may have

underestimated what I was signing up for. It's my fault.

Probably should have warned you better.

No, no, I volunteered.

But I do appreciate your family's creativity, especially around Christmas.

Well, it's the one time a year that my two workaholic parents had time off

simultaneously and we could all be together.

I envy that.

You know, having traditions, especially around the holidays.

Yeah.

You know, if it wasn't so close to Christmas, I'd give you the full Rob

Ashford Christmas experience.

Hey, Catherine.

Yeah.

I'm just going to put this out there.

I'd love to see you again.

When you get back.

If you want.

I would like to see you again as well. Oh, maybe this time we just do dinner.

Yes! Dinner!

So, yeah.

This time I'll take you somewhere fancy. You know, like a proper date.

A proper date.

Yeah.

Go get the old chimney sweeper.

Make sure the chimney is clear.

Time to get humming.

Santa is coming. I love this time of the year.

I'll set the... Good morning.

Cocoa. Two shots of peppermint. One shot vanilla.

Three shakes of cinnamon.

No foam creamer. You remember.

That's my job.

As your boyfriend, to remember everything about you. And I take my job

very seriously.

You're so perfect.

Stop it.

You are.

No, I'm not. Brilliant, gorgeous, successful, talented, funny.

Just perfect.

You're perfect.

Does this mean what I think it does?

Tis December 1st. And yes, and as promised, it is time for the full...

Rob Astrid Christmas experience. I have so many things planned, babe, and you

should see the house.

Full Griswold!

Oh, your neighbors must love that. Well, just as long as you do. I aim to pass

the Catherine test.

What does that mean?

You know, Christmas dates that don't remind you of last year's cookie-making

experience.

Okay, to be fair, it was our first date, and your mother was there.

True, but she won't be at my place tonight for our special date. Don't

forget. I never forget.

Have a good day.

Perfect.

Bye.

Oh, my gosh.

Rob, this is gorgeous.

When did you... Two months ago. I've been waiting for December to get here.

This way we can spend Christmas together, newly engaged.

You're 100% sure about this.

I know that you adore her and I really like her too, but you've known each

other less than a year. So what? You can know someone forever and never really

know them at all.

I knew Catherine was the one for me the second I saw her.

She's perfect, Amy.

Careful.

Putting someone up on a pedestal because you can't stand beside someone if you've

got them above you.

Why am I so nervous?

Hi, come in.

Uh, okay.

Wow. Yeah. Oh. Um, come and stand right here. Okay.

Mm-hmm.

Okay. So, well, as you know, I have a lot of plans this Christmas.

Sleigh ride, nutcracker, walking through the Christmas market together.

Big list.

But everything on the list, it only matters because you're going to be

there. It's a thing that I've been most looking forward to from last year, if

I'm being completely honest.

And it's just amazing.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Okay.

I had this big speech planned.

But it all just comes down to one thing.

I love you, Catherine Leo.

I loved you from the moment... that i saw you stealing my projector i knew

right then that you were the person that i've been waiting for

you're you're perfect and i want this i want all of this

every christmas starting right now what rob i am

what i think i think we should stop

Stop? Stop, stop.

Yeah, stop, stop. Because this is coming out wrong, but, um... You are too good

for... And I just... What are you saying?

I'm so sorry. I have to go.

Catherine?

She ran away.

Oh, no.

Come over.

Rob?

Come over.

Hi, Amy.

I think he's going to be okay. We're just waiting to hear what they have to

say. I know. Oh, here she is.

Hey.

Hi. No, he's okay. He's going to be okay.

We haven't seen him yet, though. Yeah, he got really lucky. The neighbors heard

the crash, called it in almost immediately.

Dr. Fisher said his scans are clean. There's no broken bones, no internal

bleeding, not even a concussion.

Thank God.

Oh, I'll take that.

Thank you.

Just check that everything is here. It's just...

Is that what I think it is?

This is a heck of a way to get welcomed into the family, kiddo.

Yeah, I am. Good news.

You can see him now.

Great. Okay.

Go ahead.

Congrats. Hey.

Hi. How do you feel about him?

A little weird, but I'm okay.

You had us all scared, son.

I'll be fine, Dad. I just... I don't really remember what happened. It's

just... Hi, Rob.

Hi.

Who's who?

The woman that just said hi.

That's Catherine.

A friend of yours?

She's looking at me like she knows me.

Well, of course she knows you, Rob. That's Catherine.

She's your fiancé.

Good one, Dad.

He'll be fine.

He'll be fine. Get the doctor. Yeah, I'm going to go.

Lack in her amnesia, also known as selective amnesia.

Not entirely surprising considering the trauma of the crash.

But he still knows who we are.

That's the unusual specificity of his case.

He appears to have lost events of approximately the past year, more or

less.

When will he get his memories back?

That's difficult to predict.

Condition typically resolves when a patient rests and returns to his normal

routine. Could be days or weeks, could be longer.

We really don't know.

What causes it?

That's the interesting part here. There's no biological explanation.

Rob's scans are clear, which suggests the cause is psychological rather than

physical. Well, how do we help him get his memories back?

Familiar context exposure.

Get him back in his environment.

Surrounded by things he knows. His home. He just bought a new house.

Yeah, but he's just done it up for Christmas, and Rob loves Christmas. He

should remember that, at least. That may work.

However, given the specific nature of what he's forgotten, my instinct is the

best approach is direct exposure to experiences of the past year.

Something in that context could trigger the return of his overall missing

memories. Well, he spent most of his time with me.

They're engaged.

Rob still had the ring. Not potato-potato. They're practically

engaged. Sounds like you're who should be shepherding Rob through this, Miss

Liu. You can reintroduce the conversations you've had, the places

you've gone, things you two did during this time, but keep it low pressure.

Don't push the memories.

Let them surface naturally. Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. Are you saying that I

should redate Rob?

Essentially, yes.

I thought we were getting cookies.

What happened last night?

You know.

I know that the proposal didn't go as planned, and that's why Rob was on his

way to my place when the accident happened.

He started to propose, and then I just said... Said no.

Not exactly.

It's yes or no question.

I panicked, and I ran.

I'm not going to ask why. That is not my business.

Do you want me to leave?

I want my brother to get his memories back. And according to Dr. Fisher, you

may be the key.

Or the reason that he's lost them all together. I mean, that whole time frame

that's wiped out, that's all to do with me. All the more reason to do as the

doctor suggests.

Redate him.

I know.

It's a big ask.

I mean, he'll hate me if he remembers.

Rob would never hate you.

Will you just consider it?

Please?

Are you going to tell your family that we're not engaged?

No. No, that is not my story to tell.

Plus, my mom is very intense.

Wait, wait.

Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl. Yep.

And you know what? Don't tell your dad I said this, but it turns out you just

have to leave the Jets to have a successful career.

Uh-huh.

What else happened?

What else? What else? Oh, yeah.

No big deal, but you, uh, you bought a house.

Why would I do that?

I love the space behind my workshop.

No, no, you still have your workshop.

Still full of all the things.

But, um, yeah, last spring you just became hyper-focused on buying a real

house. It's actually quite nice.

Well, that's good.

Yeah, yeah, I think you'll like it.

And, of course, there's Catherine.

Man, I wish I remembered her.

Kind of seems out of my league. Oh, my friend. She is absolutely out of your

league. And, you know, I may have mentioned that to you a few times,

actually. I bet you did.

You know what? I did bring a few things to get you out of here.

Mainly this guy. That's mine?

Yeah, this is your Christmas cookie-making sweater from last year.

Were there no other options, or...? No, trust me, you love this sweater. Rob

loves this sweater.

dude it's super cheesy yeah yeah i mean that's that's kind of the whole point of

a christmas sweater there pal ah there you are

what's wrong oh sorry that's a foolish question what are you going to do about

dr fish's suggestion well help rob of course thank you

Hon, I'm gonna go out and get the car warmed up and ready to go.

All right, I'll get the discharge papers.

I'll go talk to Rob.

Catherine Liu.

It's me.

Hi. Hi.

I, uh, I like that sweater.

Yeah, thanks.

Apparently it, uh, lights up.

Yes, it does.

I got you your favorite Christmas tea.

It's gingerbread spice.

Your mom is just getting the final information on your discharge.

Gotcha. Thanks.

So, um, how'd you sleep?

Uh, truthfully, I'm just dying to get home, though.

Probably not going to recognize it.

Right.

Have you been to the new place? Of course you have.

Sorry, this is kind of weird.

We'll stay on that one.

Okay, you're good to go.

Dr. Fisher said he spoke with you this morning?

He did, yeah.

About us redating.

and showing you things that you did in the past year or talked about.

And what's your take?

I think you deserve the chance to remember.

So do I.

Okay.

Guess we're re-dating.

I guess we are.

But first things first, I'm gonna need a ride home.

Oh, well, my car's just... That's okay. What if, uh...

If we're gonna do this, maybe we should just get started.

Follow me.

Okay.

I

gotta

say, this is a whole lot of Christmas.

Oh, wait till you see the inside.

Oh!

Wow. Is this you?

No, all you.

Gosh,

okay.

Let's see here.

It's, uh, it's from my dad.

I told him what happened and he wanted to send you a care package.

Well, that's nice.

I guess he likes me.

Let's see what we got here.

We've got... Chicken noodle soup.

Nice. This is my favorite.

And?

Chocolate chip cookies. Classic.

We baked about a gazillion of these together last year.

All right. These go first.

Maybe I'll take a bite.

Get my memories back.

Speaking of memories, what's the plan?

You know, for our first re-date?

Well, our first dinner was the private room at Chez Florence, so I thought we'd

do that again.

What? You picked it?

I chose it?

Oh.

It's so pretentious.

Oh. Well, we can go somewhere else if you want. No, no, no. It's fine, you

know?

If that's why we had our first date, we should do that again.

Okay.

Well, if you need me at all, don't hesitate to reach out.

Listen, Catherine, I know this has got to be pretty hard for you, so I just

want to say I really appreciate your help.

Well, you deserve to have your memories.

I'll text you about our first date.

Second first date?

Second first date.

Great. Okay.

So much Christmas.

Rob was supposed to come over to my place this weekend to help me decorate.

He had a whole plan for it.

Now it's like Rob has forgotten his love of Christmas, which feels so wrong on

top of everything else that already feels wrong.

It'll get there.

How can you be so sure?

Excuse me.

Are you going to help Rob with the memories?

Like the doctor wanted?

Yeah. Our first re-date is Friday.

Is this like a guilt thing?

Probably a little bit.

Over the disaster proposal?

Thanks.

I bolted, Zoe.

Why did you bolt? I don't know. Maybe because of what the proposal meant.

If I had said yes and then it goes wrong again... It might go right.

My entire family thought that, too, up until they didn't.

And Rob is so perfect, and his whole family is, too. I... I don't want to be

the one that ruins that.

How do you think Rob will react if he remembers, you know?

That I will deal with when it happens.

Hello there.

Oh, wow!

Well, at least this feels the same.

Ooh. Oh, I got that.

Oh.

Thank you.

Of course.

And sorry about the dress code. I just forgot.

No worries, sir. We always keep some jackets and ties on hand.

All the way over there.

Thanks.

Guess she's getting the jacket.

Well,

uh... Oh.

Hi. Hi. Hi.

So, uh, how have you been feeling?

Fine, yeah.

And thanks for checking in on me so often.

And for reminding me where the Peppa McCreamer was. Yeah, I educated you that

it needed to be refrigerated after opened.

Makes total sense.

Well, that's what you said, actually, when I... Sorry, I will try not to do

that so much.

Oh, it's okay. I mean, we're just... We're figuring this out as we go along.

Yeah.

Here you go, sir.

Ah.

Thank you.

It's a perfect fit.

Sorry, I should have told you about the dress code again. I should have

mentioned it.

Fine, I should have remembered.

I mean, we can go somewhere else. No, no, no. It defeats the whole purpose of

re-dating.

Plus, I've already learned something.

What? That last year, me was trying really hard to impress you.

Well, isn't the whole purpose of dating to impress the other person?

Kind of, yeah. But it's also, I think, about just being yourself, showing the

other person what they're...

Getting into?

Well,

I had a pretty good hint of who you were when we came here the first time.

This wasn't exactly our first date.

What was?

Your family's charity cookie baking night.

No.

I took you to that?

Wow. Well, in your defense, you did warn me, and you said he wanted me to see you

at your best, and that your best was Christmas time with your family.

That's true.

And it worked. I mean, we're engaged, or...

Together, or what?

Hi.

Thank you.

It's all happened.

Oh, thank you. Yep.

Yeah.

Bread? Sure.

There you go.

Thank you.

So, can you tell me about your family?

I don't really know anything about you anymore.

Right, right. Well, my dad and I, we run an antique shop in Manhattan.

His parents started it, and I kind of grew up there.

Which would explain why I can't think of doing anything else.

Although, working with one's dad presents certain challenges.

What challenges?

The kind where your business partner thinks they know everything about you

because they've known you since birth.

My mom lives in Seattle. They divorced when I was seven.

And they both remarried.

and remarried so not exactly the ashford's no i i'm definitely lucky in

some ways yeah you are that was

fun admit it you'd rather have a hot dog at yankee stadium

so um you um you mentioned ideas for christmas dates before the uh

the accident and

We were really excited about them, so I thought maybe we could try some of

those. Right.

This would have been our first full Christmas together.

That was the plan.

Yeah, okay.

Well, let's do it.

All the things.

Who knows?

Maybe some of this Christmas stuff will jog my memories loose.

Explain why I forgot them in the first place.

Well, good night.

Good night.

I wouldn't put it in, but it's good.

Oh, cool.

Look at this. This is a 1954 shoe coat, German.

Look at this gear mechanism here.

Oh, sorry.

Okay.

Shall we?

What are we supposed to be looking at?

Ah, that explains it.

Okay.

So how you doing?

Adjusting. You know, slowly but surely.

Been working on this beauty.

World at your jukebox.

Though I...

I have no idea who the client is.

You were restoring it to donate to Mom's charity auction on Christmas Eve.

Oh.

Thanks. Yeah.

Better pick up the pace.

Um, what's, um... What's this stuff?

Oh, just, uh... It's Christmas decorations. I'm not gonna use them. I

got way too many.

Take them.

Uh... Since when have you ever thought you had too many Christmas decorations?

Since I bought a...

Giant new house.

Filled wall-to-wall, yuletide.

Five bedrooms.

You know, I said the same thing, but, um, you said you wanted a place to grow

into.

Did anyone push me into this?

Why do you ask that?

You know, buying a new house, that house, feels like it's out of nowhere.

Well, from where I'm sitting now, it's a year ago, and then... I don't know, I

loved where I was.

And then, what, six months later, I'm house hunting?

I know, it feels a little fast, but, you know, love can do that to a person.

Make you see things from a new perspective, change your priorities.

Yeah, and Catherine, she didn't push you into this, if that's what you're

wondering. This was all your idea, but obviously your feelings for her were

part of the equation.

Okay, so, uh, in six months, I fell in love, and I bought a ginormous house.

Pretty much.

You... You said that you fell in love at first sight.

Then why didn't I at second sight?

What's next on the redate list?

A sleigh ride from my home. You hate those things.

I so do.

And we didn't do it last year, so it's not technically a redate, but Rob had

the idea that he wanted to do it last year before, you know, when...

I just thought it'd be nice to honor his vision.

You act like they're different people.

Well, sometimes they don't feel like the same person.

My Rob loved Christmas and was so excited to show me all these cheesy

Christmas dates he had planned.

I don't know. New Rob kind of feels like he's lost his passion for the season.

I'm going to channel my psych 101 class and say that it's probably a

subconscious protection from... Me.

Yeah. I'm aware.

Hi. Just a coffee, please.

Thank you.

Over the fields we go.

Laughing. Oh.

King Spirit's bride. Hello.

Hi. Beautiful day for a Christmas carriage ride. You guys picked a good

one. Great.

Now, if you don't mind, we're going to take a couple minutes here because...

Dudley here needs some snacks.

Snack away, Dudley.

Okay. Here.

Oh! Oh. Here we go. Thank you. Yeah.

Oh.

Ah. Yeah.

So, how long have you two lovely people been together?

Uh, about a year.

How'd you meet?

How did we meet?

Oh. You don't remember?

What's up?

Long story.

An antiques fair, week before Christmas.

I do love an antiques fair. Yes, you do.

Then what happened?

I outbid you for a 35mm Simplex XL film projector.

My client at the Classic Cinema wanted it.

Impressive. You were impressed.

I bet I was.

Well, enough to follow me and try to get me to hire you as an excuse to ask me

out. I'm impressed.

Sorry. So sorry.

This... The song is great, but do you mind just turning it down? It's a

classic, but okay.

So, tell me more.

Um, well, I could tell you were nervous, despite being chipper.

That didn't scare you away?

No, no, I was very much interested.

Was it love at first sight for you?

I was told it was for me.

Sorry. Is that none of my business?

No, no, of course it is.

It's just I don't believe in love at first sight.

Well, me either.

I mean, this me.

Maybe I did before, but... So, why don't you?

I was married 15 years ago in college. It didn't even last a year.

And I stopped believing in happily ever afters.

Did he tell me you didn't believe in happily ever afters after?

Actually, no.

All righty, then.

Let's start heading out.

Giddy up, Duggan.

You,

uh, you okay over there?

That bench was, like, lacking something.

Padding? Right. Yeah, exactly.

It's just for decoration or what?

I'm pretty sure I'm going to smell like Dudley all night.

But honestly, I had a really good time.

Me too.

Do you want to get something to eat?

I know this really cool place just around the corner. They do really

delicious Christmas kebabs. You know, red, green peppers, mozzarella.

You know, Christmas-y. It's delicious.

Actually, I don't know. It's open. Let me just check.

Oh, I just... I just got a text from my old neighbor. Oh, I know Mr. Shipley.

Right, right, of course. Yeah, he's... His stove's just gone out in the middle

of his holiday bake. He's got a family get-together tomorrow.

He's asked if I could go fix it.

Oh, well, let's go fix it. We can get some food after. Yeah? Yeah. Okay, cool.

I'm kind of deviating pretty majorly from the redating plan, though.

I think we can handle it.

I think we can, too.

Okay. Okay.

Shall we?

Let's go.

But why antiques? It doesn't seem like a career for a young person.

It was a family business, actually.

My grandparents opened the shop in the 1950s. And before that, it was a kind of

pawn shop, and it sort of expanded throughout the years into what it is

today. Why did you choose it? I mean, you didn't have to.

I felt... comfortable there when i was a kid i was always moving around a lot

going from one parent's house to the other and plus i was always losing my

toys and things that meant something to me you know leaving them behind oh that

had to have been hard that's what it was but i would go to the shop and i got to

play with the toys there as long as they weren't too fragile my uh my daddy would

hold some back for me and i just love them so much i probably put a little bit

too much projection on the things there but which is childish but You know, I

was a child.

I don't think

that's childish.

Well, you're my boyfriend. You have to say that.

No, I'm just saying it because it's true.

Well, thanks.

You know what?

I'm feeling pretty hungry.

We can get Christmas kebabs another time.

Anyone for pizza?

I vote yes.

Seconded. Motion for pizza passed.

I'll get the menus.

That was good. I just ate too much of it.

So, uh, last month you mentioned a pop-up igloo restaurant that was back on

a rooftop in Midtown. Yeah, you know what? Can I just stop you there for a

second? Yeah, is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, it's just... These redates we've been going on, they feel kind of

forced. Not your fault at all. It's just like...

pop-up igloo restaurant, a tree museum thing.

It's not really me.

Oh, okay.

But, um, Dr. Fisher's idea to have you regain your memories was to have you re

-experience things that you did last year, you talked about.

Yeah, but you were with me for that year, right?

So, as long as you're with me going forward, we're following doctor's

orders.

Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Uh, so what did you have in mind?

I don't know.

I don't know, but... It's gonna be better if I'm my actual self instead of

whoever I was pretending to be.

So, did you make the reservation for Christmas Eve pancakes?

Always do.

Why?

That's where I met Rob.

Uh, how's he doing?

Uh, no change.

Yet.

That must be hard.

On him and on you.

It is, but... Rob's worth it.

Hey, um, how's Susan doing? You haven't mentioned her much. She's in

Albuquerque.

Oh, I thought... I thought you two were spending the holidays together.

She's visiting her sister for the holidays.

Guys, guys.

I just found a French empire and ebonized Gilbron's mantel clock.

It's like Christmas morning.

Where? Over here.

Christmas auction venue locked.

Josie's caterers just confirmed for the 22nd. Excellent. The Steinway and the

Norwegian Slay are scheduled for delivery the day before the auction.

Well, that's two days after our cooking night. I should be recovered in time to

be there for that.

Maybe?

Oh.

Oh. The only outstanding item is the jukebox.

Rob said he's close.

Well, we need photos for the website.

Okay, I will go over there and take those.

Good. Though, let's be prepared if the jukebox doesn't arrive on time.

I don't want to force Rob, given everything he's gone through.

I mean, he was fine when we saw him last week.

Though he's still off about Christmas.

He gave Craig and me his extra holiday decorations because he thought he had

too much. There's something more going on with him. I can feel it.

For Rob to have lost all his memories of his time with Catherine and his love for

Christmas, that's not a coincidence.

I don't know.

I had fun, though.

Yeah, I have fun with you all the time.

You know what I mean.

Wait.

What are you up to?

You're just gonna have to wait and see.

Come on.

Come on.

After you.

Oh.

I don't know what it looked like before, but it sure looks good now.

You outdid yourself.

The client was thrilled.

So was I.

I'm flattered.

I wish I remember what it's like working on this.

Hey, the show's about to start.

Uh, should we head to the theater?

Actually, could we watch from up here?

Uh, the bosses say you're VIP, so I'm good. As long as you stay out of my

bubble.

Okay.

Cheers. Oh, yeah.

Perfect. Great.

Thank you. Yeah.

So why didn't you want to watch from downstairs?

Well, you and I used to watch a lot of movies together.

It's kind of our thing.

And I always wanted to watch from up here.

It just feels... Romantic.

christmas please make my wish come true

cause i trim trees

and

christmas time christmas wrapping this christmas nice are you only putting

christmas music in there apparently oh this one's good what you

got there it's a surprise

I still believe in summer days The seasons always change And

life will find a way I'll be your harvester of

light And send it out tonight So we can start again

Are you okay?

Yeah, hi.

Oh. I guess I can tell Mom that the jukebox is ready for the Christmas

auction.

Almost. Still got a few things to do.

Credit system collaboration.

She has a safety check. Okay.

Can I still take pics?

Yeah, sure.

Mom needs them for the auction. Oh, she asked me to pick up her cardamom order

from her favorite spice shop on Mercer.

But I have a last-minute meeting now at school.

Oh. I had to work on the jukebox, and we have plans later.

Well, I can pick it up on my way home and drop it off to her.

You are a lifesaver. Thank you. It is for cookie night, and we all know how

she gets.

Do you have the description for the jukebox that you wrote up?

Yes. Can you grab it? Yes.

Thank you.

Don't. I didn't say anything.

You were thinking it.

I was.

It looked fun.

It was.

Okay, I am going to say something now. Okay.

Rock.

He has wanted to get married ever since he was like 12 years old.

And not just to anyone, he was very specific about that. Even as a kid, he

used to say that he would rather be alone than settle, and he meant it.

He's been on plenty of dates over the years, and he has walked away from all

of them without even looking back.

But he didn't walk away from you.

If Rob proposed to you, you're it for him, okay?

And I guess what I'm wondering is, is he it for you?

Here, let me know if that works.

Good enough.

Good enough.

Bye. See ya.

Where were we?

Oh, yeah, more dancing.

Catherine.

Cardamom? Oh, thank you, dear.

Please come in.

How is he?

Um, getting there.

He's more himself every day.

But no memories?

Not yet, that I can tell.

I've been keeping it safe.

Does it fit?

I don't know.

Because you never put it on, did you?

But he proposed.

He did.

And you panicked.

He ran off.

Oh.

I see.

Should I... Do you want me to stop with the redates?

No, dear. I think this is... I think this is the right course of

action for now.

Okay.

Chocolate chip cookies.

Let's keep the party going.

Yeah.

right where is the remote uh i ah thank you

now what movie would you like to watch oh oh

oh it's really coming down out there

i don't think you can drive home in this looks like you're staying

so

I have nearly finished the jukebox.

How do you feel?

I'm a little sad if I'm being honest.

You know, I put my heart and soul to it, spent every day on it, and now I've just

got to let it go.

I made some really nice memories.

So, big Ashford family cookie baking night tomorrow night. What are the

chances you're coming with me? Pretty good. You know, I did survive last year.

Thank you.

Yeah, barely, according to Amy.

She's right.

I did feel a little bit like Sarah Jessica Parker in The Family Stone, just

completely out of sync with everybody else.

Well, that's probably why I took you to such a fancy place after.

To be clear, I do like all sorts of places.

But my favorite nights were always her movie nights.

No agenda, nobody trying to impress the other person.

Just kind of like tonight.

Okay.

Let me get this straight.

We met at an antiques fair.

Then I took you to my family's cookie-baking night.

Then we went to Chez Florence.

And then we were dating for a year.

That pretty much sums it up.

Big question.

When was our first kiss?

Well, it was the night I got back from skiing.

I was getting ready for bed, and then I heard... a sound outside i went to go

check it out i opened the door and you were standing on my porch leaving a gift

at my doorstep trying to be all stealth and so not succeeding what was the gift

there was a small plastic snow glow with the figure of a man pulling the woman on

the sled through the snow we talked about sledding before and you just said

i was in the neighborhood at midnight with a fully wrapped gift with a bow and

everything oh i'm a terrible liar yeah you are you really are

and um you were so caught and so cute

and i just pulled you by your jacket and pulled you in you

kissed me first i had to it was beyond my control

And you went home and we texted until 3 a.m. And then you took me to dinner and

just like that.

Dating.

I like this story better than the movie we didn't watch.

I do love you.

Hey.

Hey.

Did the power come back on? Yeah, it was just now, and I have Wi-Fi again, so...

What time is it?

It's very early o'clock.

I should... No.

You didn't have to go.

Well, I should.

Change, get back to the shop.

Just, um, don't forget, cooking night tonight.

Oh, I will be ready this time.

Okay.

Thank you for letting me crash here last night. Yeah, of course.

Yeah, um, even if you did beat me in every hand of cards.

I warned you I was a shark.

Well, you just wait till the rematch. Hmm, won't do you any good.

So, 6 p.m.? Yep, 6 p.m. I'll see you there.

Mm-hmm.

Hey. Hey. Any chance we can move Christmas Eve pancakes to tomorrow?

Sure. Is everything okay?

It's fine. We'll talk more then.

Okay.

Cryptic much?

As ever.

Here.

Oh, thanks.

Oh, and for the record, if this goes sideways, I'm not taking a shave,

Lawrence. Again, once a year's enough.

Well, that's okay, because you still owe me Christmas kebabs. Well, that's on the

agenda whatever way this goes.

Good. Family!

Rob!

Finally.

She's back for round two.

Oh, sounds like we have to up our goal by a couple of hundred. Easy there now,

Dad. Welcome, welcome.

All right. Glad you're here.

All right. Who wants to do the honors?

Not me.

I'll take it. Take a bite. Take a bite. Take a bite.

Well done.

Well done.

This is my station. You're there. We've got melted snowmen.

That looks good.

Can you focus?

What? Get to work. Okay. Yeah.

Follow me in merry measure Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la While I tell of

each thy treasure Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la Okay, this is the

last. Dave and I will take our batches to Grandview and the Harbor Lighthouse.

We have the schools covered, honey. Thank you.

Yes, high five. High five. Jets game Sunday?

Yes, definitely. Good job, kiddo. Thank you.

Dad, drive safe.

Thank you, dear.

Thank you.

Don't work too hard.

Okay. Bye.

Okay.

Want to get some fresh air first? Yeah.

Yeah. Good. I really do.

I had a memory

the other day.

You were laughing.

And you looked really beautiful.

In that moment, I remembered being in love with you.

What else do you remember?

Impressions.

Smells, sounds, feelings.

Katherine. Yeah.

I really wanted to kiss you this morning.

Just me.

The man that met you three weeks ago.

I, um... I really wanted to kiss you, too.

Yeah.

Want me to make you something warm to drink?

Okay.

Okay.

I'll be right back.

I'm leaving now. Okay.

Any second. Right.

Don't move.

Two shots of peppermint, one shot of vanilla, three shakes of cinnamon, no

foam creamer.

Hi, I'd like one large hot cocoa, two shots of peppermint, one shot of

vanilla, three shakes of cinnamon, and no foam creamer.

Once it's repaired.

A proper date.

I love you, Catherine Leo.

And I want this.

With you.

Every Christmas.

I'm sorry.

Rob. Why'd you do this?

What do you mean?

These past three weeks.

All of it.

Be with me.

Let everyone believe you're my fiancé when we both know you weren't.

Aren't. I just wanted to help you get your memories back.

That's what Dr. Fisher said, so... I remember.

What Dr.

Fisher said.

I remember everything.

You trying to hurt me? No, never.

Because that's what it feels like.

No, I just wanted to help you be you again.

I proposed to you.

And you left. You ran away like you couldn't get away fast enough from me.

Only to turn around and pretend you said yes.

To me.

To my friends.

My family.

I'm not really in a place to talk right now, actually.

Rob, come on.

It's okay.

I'll just, uh... I'll get a ride home later.

So, all in all, to sum it up, I guess I'm just not good at dating.

Maybe that's partly my fault.

How is that your fault?

I should have been a better example.

Been more consistent and been more... transparent with you.

I didn't tell you, but... Susan and I broke up a month ago.

Dad, I thought you two were good.

We were.

But it was time for me to step up, and I didn't. Why didn't you tell me this

sooner? Because I wasn't ready to admit it yet.

And I didn't want it to be true that I messed up again.

Susan went to Albuquerque to be with her sister for Christmas.

I'm sorry, Dad. Normally I'd let that be that, but I'm old enough now to know my

own patterns, and I want to fix them while I can.

You know, I don't think of you as somebody who doesn't step up.

Honey.

I've been running away my whole adult life.

I simply got good at hiding it.

Like I did with your mom.

I gave up too easily when things got hard.

That's my biggest regret.

And a habit I have to break.

You've... You've never told me that.

Some wisdom takes longer to figure out.

And some I chose not to see.

And that's the thing, Catherine.

That Leo's bad luck in relationships isn't fate or being romantically jinxed.

It's about choices.

You were a starry-eyed kid when you married the first time, before I learned

anything useful to share with you.

And when your marriage didn't work out, you went so far in the other direction,

you just stopped letting anyone in.

Until Rob.

I colossally messed things up with Rob.

Here's what I see.

For weeks, you've been fighting for him, stepped up, even when you knew it would

cost you.

But that's different.

Is it?

Because watching you fight for him like that made me realize I've never done the

same. Not really.

Which was my own choice, but I can choose to be different now, and so can

you.

I don't think so, Dad.

Is he dating someone else?

No.

Married?

No.

Moving to the other side of the country. No.

Then it's not too late.

Not if you really want to try.

You either.

I know.

That's why I moved Christmas pancakes to today.

I'm going to Albuquerque tomorrow to do the grand gesture.

Maybe you should try something like that too.

But first, eat your pancakes before they get cold.

What are you talking about? You had something to do with this? Yes, yes, I

encouraged her to re-date you, but she was going to do it anyway, Rob, I could

tell. Oh, you could tell?

Yeah.

Guess guilt's a powerful motivator.

Guilt doesn't make someone dance with you in your workshop or endure a second

night of making a seriously crazy amount of cookies with your family.

She wasn't phoning it in.

I don't know.

I can't get over the image of...

of reaching for the ring and Catherine just running away.

Do you even know why she did that?

I don't have a clue.

Maybe it's time you find out.

Ask her.

I was wondering if we could talk.

Yeah, of course.

Um, can I get you some tea?

Maybe some gingerbread spice?

No.

No, I'm okay.

Thanks for seeing me.

Of course.

No, not of course. I was off last night.

We didn't get to talk.

You were experiencing a lot. I was.

But I'm okay now.

I'm getting there.

I have questions.

Okay.

Ask them.

Why'd you run away that night?

From the proposal?

From me?

Well,

at the time that it happened, I...

I didn't really know why.

Although I've been thinking about it non-stop ever since.

And?

You always called me perfect.

And I'm so not.

You know, I always felt like my family had this terrible track record when it

comes to love. My parents, my marriage, my dad twice over.

And I just, in a way, I've spent my entire adult life just waiting for the

thing that I love the most to disappear.

And in that moment, when you're proposing and it's about to suddenly

become very real and very permanent, something in me just seized because,

in my experience, permanent things break.

You didn't want us to break?

But we did anyhow.

And you redated me because... You deserve to have your memories.

Oh, so you were just being kind?

I couldn't walk away from you, Rob.

Even though I probably should have.

I owe you an apology.

For what?

For putting you on a pedestal without ever asking if you wanted to be there.

I thought it was a compliment. It wasn't. It was pressure.

And I think some part of you knew that what I was in love with was a version of

you that I'd built in my head.

You were just waiting for me to figure that out.

Yeah, but I should have said something.

It's a pretty hard subject to bring up.

But I know you would have said something eventually if I didn't push the proposal

on you.

Are you still angry with me?

No.

I'm just sad.

Feels like I lost you twice.

But I'm also really grateful.

Grateful?

You did the hard thing in taking care of me.

You stepped up. You could have just left it with my family.

Rob, you mean so much to me.

I need you to know that.

I do know that.

And I also know that I wasn't fully showing up as myself, not until after

the accident.

I did notice you were more comfortable being you when you forgot you were in

love with me.

I mean, don't we deserve to be with the person who brings out the truest version

of ourselves?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Good morning.

Meryl, hi.

Not expecting me. I get it.

But I was on my way to run a few quick errands for the Christmas auction

tonight. And one of them is this.

I recognize this is embarrassingly last minute, but to be fair, I assumed you

would be going with Rob.

No.

Which means you'll simply have to attend solo.

I don't think that's wise.

Isn't it?

Catherine, did you know that before Dave and I got engaged, he proposed to me

three times?

Three? That surprises you. Yeah.

I just always envisioned you two being perfect from the start.

Oh, honey, no one is perfect.

And I didn't hesitate with Dave because I didn't love him. I did love him. I

simply... i simply needed to feel safe enough to say yes which is my own story

the point is some people need an extra beat or two regardless

of their reason and there is nothing wrong with that

Christmas is here.

It's time for fun.

People dressed up and parties everywhere.

To share with the family and friends this year.

Snow is glistening and you can hear the bells ring all around.

So, uh, how's it going here?

Well, good, Dad. It's just... memories.

Yeah. You're looking sharp.

Thanks.

Is this on?

Hello, hello.

Thank you all for being here this evening. As a reminder, every item you

bid on tonight, all the proceeds will go directly towards the new children's wing

at Grandview General Hospital. So I encourage you.

to bid generously.

And with that, let the auction commence.

Our first item this evening is a Norwegian

Christmas sleigh, circa 1890.

And now, the final item of the evening, and one of my favorites.

a fully refurbished 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox restored

by local craftsman Robert Ashford and donated by his mother, tonight's co

-chairwoman Meryl Ashford.

I think we can all agree this one's a real beauty and it's full of Christmas

songs. Let's start the bidding at $10,000.

Do I have $10,000? I need $10,000. I got $10,000.

I got $10,000. Do I have $12,000? I need $12,000. I got $12,000. Number 16, 14.

Thank you very much. How about 15?

Anyone here? $15,000. 15.

Excellent. Great work, everyone.

All goes to charity.

Are you sure about this?

Positive. I've got $15,000. Now I need $16,000. Anyone have $16,000? I've got

$16,000. Thank you, everyone.

$17,000. Thank you, sir.

We've got $17,000.

All I need is $18,000. Who's got $18,000? $18,000. Thank you very much,

ma'am. How about $19,000? Anyone over for $19,000? Come on, everyone. This is

for the kids. We've got $19,000. Sure, we have $19,000.

$19,000.

Thank you, sir. Now let's see if we can take things up a notch.

Who here wants to push things past $19,000? Maybe we could take it to $20

,000.

$25,000.

$25,000. Anyone else?

Sold to the lady in the green dress.

Go, Rob.

So did you find her? No, it's like she vanished.

Did she at least leave a note or a glass slipper this time or something?

I don't get it.

I don't get why she outbid me for the jukebox. Doesn't make sense. The auction

card. She requested that the jukebox be delivered to your house.

She just left.

You left before I could ask you to dance.

Look at you, remembering your love of Christmas.

I remember all my loves.

Even the ones that just, uh, swipe my jukebox like they swipe my projector.

I had to.

You put yourself into everything you restored, but especially this one.

It had to be yours.

It's my Christmas gift to you.

Although I...

Won't be able to wrap it and leave it on your porch by midnight.

Well, it's okay.

Maybe you can come over.

Help me find a place to put it.

And maybe we can have that dance?

I'd love that.

Here's the thing, Catherine.

I've fallen in love with you twice now.

First time I thought I knew you, second time I really did.

And... I know it's complicated.

I know we've been through a lot.

I know you might want to steer clear of me, but if you're up for it and you're

not doing anything else tonight, I'd really like to take you on our third,

first date.

Well, here's the thing, and it's super important.

I love you too, Rob Ashford.

Every part of you.

And I always will.

So I guess that's a yes to the date.

Say yes to everything.

I don't know if I

told you, but I know this place that does great Christmas kebabs.

What do you think they are?

I don't know.

Let's find out.

Hey, I love you.