Her Pen Pal (2021)

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[indistinct chatter]

- How do you feel?

- So happy.

Thank you, Victoria, truly.

This day has been everything

I ever imagined and more.

It's perfect.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

it's time

for the bouquet toss!

- I think that's me.

How do I look?

- Happy.

- [laughs]

- Can we have all the single

ladies and the bride

to the front

of the room, please?

It's time to toss the bouquet.

- Mia, thanks for taking

over for me.

- All right, so you have

everything covered, right?

- Gotta go vacation in Paris.

- Not sure taking a week off

being a wedding planner

to be my best friend's

wedding planner is a vacation,

but it is an honor.

[laughs]

So Grayson's on my desk.

You've got everything else.

I've got roaming,

so keep in touch.

[cheers and applause]

Okay!

So we have wedding heels,

wedding kitten heels,

wedding flats.

- Tell me again why I need

three pairs of heels

for a wedding.

- Okay, one,

because it's your wedding.

Two, because you'll be happy

you have them,

and, three, because

you couldn't make up your mind.

- Sorry I'm so indecisive,

but if I'd have known

the wedding planning

was just an endless

decision-making tree,

I probably would've eloped.

- Tracy, honey, life is an

endless decision-making tree.

- Great, thanks!

That's reassuring.

How about a wine break?

- Ooh, yes, please.

Thank you!

Cheers.

- Cheers.

Okay, so I wanted

to talk to you.

- Oh, let me guess.

Is this about a certain

ex-boyfriend of mine

who, starting tomorrow,

I will be spending

a fun-filled week

of wedding activities with

as maid of honor and best man?

Don't worry, Trace.

I'm not!

I'm actually kind of excited.

- Excited?

- Mm.

I mean, Cam and I, we haven't

talked in six months,

but maybe we needed this time

to reflect

and reconsider before,

who knows?

Reconnecting against

a romantic Parisian backdrop?

- [laughs awkwardly]

Okay.

So, awkward follow-up:

Cameron has just told us

he's bringing a date.

- A date?

To your wedding?

- Are you okay?

- Of course!

[laughing]

I'm--I'm fine.

I--I will be.

- Vic...

- What matters is you

are getting married,

and we are going to Paris!

- Whoo!

Would you look at this?

- This is it!

- Babe, we're in Paris!

[laughs]

- Wow!

Oh, it's so fancy!

- Tracy, Mike?

So, how was your flight?

- Great, although my brain

still thinks

it's the middle of the night.

[laughter]

- Then let's get you checked in

so you can have

a petite sieste.

Marion...

[speaking French]

And you must be Victoria Lewis?

- Yes.

- We have

the welcome baskets ready.

I hope they are to your

very fastidious specifications.

- Oh, well, the bow

should be like this.

- Ah.

- It's all about

the details, right?

- It's all about

enjoying yourself,

so please enjoy.

See the Eiffel, the Louvre.

- Maybe.

Oh, I would love to show

the bride and groom where

they'll be getting married.

- Oh!

- But of course.

Right this way!

Please follow me.

Mesdames et monsieur,

La Plaza du

Palais grand ballroom!

- Gorgeous, isn't it?

- Oh, wow.

- Yes!

And it's very grand.

- So I was thinking the band

over here by the windows

and the tables evenly spaced

along this wall,

and of course the dance floor

in the middle.

It's gonna be perfect!

- It's amazing.

- Ah, I believe more

of your party are just--

- Hey!

- Hi!

Baby bump!

Come here.

You look gorgeous!

- Hi!

- Isn't she glowing?

- I'm not glowing.

I'm sweating.

- How was your flight?

- Hi, guys.

- Yeah, we're good.

You know, Seth read me

"What to Expect When You're

Expecting" the entire time,

so it was--

- Educational.

- Henri, this is

Seth and Nathalie.

They're part of

our college crew

along with Mike and Mike's

best man, Cameron.

- Hey!

Are you okay?

- That depends.

Is Jen Cameron's date?

- Who's Jen?

- She's only his

supermodel-esque lawyer prodigy

work wife,

now I guess his wedding wife?

- Wedding date, Vic.

- Cam!

- Good to see you.

- How are you?

- All right.

- Welcome, welcome.

- Good to see you.

- Everyone, this is Jen.

Jen, this is everyone.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Hi, everyone.

I'm glad you all have

one easy-to-remember name.

- Right.

- She's also endlessly witty.

- Hey, I'm Seth.

This is my wife Nathalie.

- Hi.

- And this is Mike and Tracy,

the bride and the groom.

- That's us!

- Hi.

- Thank you for coming.

- And then of course,

this is--

- Oh, hi, Victoria.

I don't know

if you remember me.

- Jen, yes, of course

I remember you!

So great to see you again.

- So, Jen, what do you do?

- Oh, I'm a patent lawyer

like him.

- Yeah, that's how we met,

through work.

- Wow, two lawyers.

- Can't imagine when you argue.

[awkward laughter]

- We never argue, so...

[laughs softly]

Okay.

- Let's check in.

Bienvenue Paris!

Let's--let's check in.

[elevator dings]

- You okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

So what if we dated for

12 years and he ended things

because he couldn't see

a future with me,

and now he's dating

his perfect work wife?

I mean, I-I'm fine.

I'm actually happy for them,

yeah.

And now I'm 100% done

talking about it.

No, really, I'm canceling

your subscriptions

to my Cameron issues.

- Vic, it's okay to be upset.

- Yeah, you were together

a long time.

- We were!

And I thought we were

going to have a life together.

It seemed perfect.

Cam was my first love.

- Um, I'm pretty sure Jacques

was your first love.

- No, he wasn't.

We were teenagers.

It was long-distance.

- Okay, right, wait a second.

I-I have never even heard

you talk about this person.

Who is Jacques?

- Freshman year

of high school French,

we all got assigned

a Parisian pen pal,

and Victoria's was Jacques,

and they fell in love,

wrote letters

throughout high school.

- What, like, real letters

in the mail?

- Yeah, like, international

postage rates and everything.

- Wow.

- Jacques finally came to visit

the summer before college.

- He was so sweet.

- And Victoria was supposed

to go to Paris the next year,

but they broke up before that.

- Aw, why'd you break up?

- We were kids.

- She met Cameron.

- That is not what happened.

- So have you

looked Jacques up?

- Yeah, I Google

"Jacques in Paris",

and now I'm combing through

the millions of search results.

Hey, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa!

What are you doing?

- What's Jacques' last name?

- Why would I tell you that?

- Artis!

That's his last name,

and where's he live?

- How would I possibly know?

- Come on.

- He grew up in Taverny,

a small town outside of Paris.

You'll never find him.

- Found him.

Hmm, he's a contractor.

Call him.

- No.

- It's already ringing.

[cell phone ringing]

[saw buzzing]

- [speaking French]

- I got his voicemail.

- Leave a message.

- And say what?

"Hi, this is Victoria,

your long-lost pen pal.

Surprise!"

No, I'm hanging up.

- No--oh, hi, this is Victoria,

your long-lost pen pal.

Um, I'm in Paris.

Surprise!

And I am staying

at the Plaza du Palais,

so we should reconnect.

Okay, thanks, okay, bye-bye.

- What are you doing?

- Oh, hmm, whoops.

- Let's hope he never

checks his voicemails.

- Welcome.

- You're lucky you're pregnant.

- [laughs]

- [giggles]

- She's gonna thank me later.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Bonjour, Jacques.

- Alex.

- I've been trying to call.

- Je suis dsol.

I forget to check

my voicemails.

- Ah, it's okay.

From your friends at

the Newton-Abbott Hotel Group.

- Merci.

I assume this comes with

no strings or pressure to sell.

- Oh, no, no, no,

of course not.

This is simply

our way of saying,

"We know what this chateau

means to you,

and we wanna make sure

you know

what it would mean to us

if you were to sell."

We wanna make sure we have

a property within this area

by next spring or summer,

and we're looking to start

renovations as soon

as possible.

- Okay, so both

take my time and...

- Have an answer for us

within a week.

- Salut.

- Bye.

- Hi, this is Victoria,

your long-lost pen pal.

Um, I'm in Paris.

Surprise!

And I am staying

at the Plaza du Palais,

so we should reconnect.

- Trace!

- Hi.

- Oh, sorry, were you napping?

It's time

for the champagne tasting.

We have to pick a bottle

for the reception.

- Ugh, you think you could just

pick for me and Mike?

Sorry, jet lag struggle

is real.

- Of course.

My pleasure.

- Thank you, bye-bye.

- Love you.

[elevator dings]

- Hold the door!

- Come on, come on, come on!

- Thank you.

[elevator dings]

- Mm-hmm.

- Hmm.

So, how are you?

- Great, and you?

- Good, busy.

Quite the best man

to-do list you made for me.

- Yeah, well,

destination wedding.

- Well,

a Victoria Lewis wedding.

Oh, I'm sure it'll be flawless

like always,

but I am surprised

that Mike and Tracy

wanted this whole

big Parisian wedding thing.

Doesn't really seem like them.

- Well, Cameron,

while I appreciate

you sowing last-minute seeds

of doubt

into an event I've spent

the last year planning,

I also think...

"Paris is always a good idea."

It's Audrey Hepburn

in "Sabrina".

- Never saw it.

- Yeah, you did.

We watched it together--

oh, no, that's right.

You fell asleep.

- Vic, you know old movies

are not my thing.

- Yeah.

I know new things

are much more your preference.

[elevator dings]

- So, enjoy the city.

- I will.

"Not every girl's lucky enough

to go to Paris."

Still "Sabrina".

- And I've still never seen it.

[faint indistinct chatter]

- [speaking French]

- Monsieur, can I help you?

- [speaking French]

- [speaking French]

- [speaking French]

- Oh, hi.

Before we start,

I just wanna say I'm looking

for the perfect bottle

of champagne for this wedding.

- Well, maybe I can help.

This is a demi-sec.

It's dry.

It's crisp.

It's fruity.

It's aged three years.

- Mm, maybe something

a little older?

- You know, not everything

gets better with age.

And, you know, maybe

you should think less about

the champagne's qualifications

and more about the feelings,

more about the feelings

it gives you.

- It's supposed to

give you a feeling?

- Yeah, of course,

that first sip feeling

that all is well in the world.

- It's a lot to ask

from a bubbly.

- Well, you know, my father

used to say that champagne

is to the French what duct tape

is to the Americans.

It fixes everything.

- "It fixes everything".

Jacques?

- Victoria.

- I'm so sorry!

I-I didn't know it was you.

Oh!

- Big surprise getting

your message.

- Yeah, me too.

Um, please sit.

- Merci.

So, you've finally

made it to Paris.

- Well, actually, I've been

here before a number of times,

but just for work, never play.

- Yeah.

- But I've never been

to any of the sights

on our "Tour de France".

That's what you used to call

showing me Paris when--

- No, no, I remember.

Actually, there's a place

not far from here

that was on the tour.

- Oh?

Um...

- Ah, but you're busy,

of course.

- No, no, no, I can go.

I mean--

I could use some food

to go with the bubbly.

- Perfect.

- Parfait.

- That's a little dessert.

Allez?

[faint indistinct chatter]

Merci beaucoup.

- Holy crepe!

This is amazing.

[laughs]

How's your croque monsieur?

- Parfait.

It's the national dish

of the French.

- Got to love a country

where the national dish

is a fried ham sandwich,

and a fried ham sandwich

with an egg is its wife.

- Croque monsieur,

croque madame.

That's funny.

Allez.

- Mm.

- Still living in Chicago?

- My parents are,

but I'm in Los Angeles now.

- Oh, okay,

and what do you do there?

- I own an event

planning company.

- Ah.

- It's a good mix

of me loving parties

and being very detail-oriented.

[both laugh]

What about you?

Did you travel the world

like you've always said

you would?

- Uh, yeah, yeah,

but then my father got sick,

so I had to return

to the chateau to help him.

He passed three years ago,

actually.

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

- No, no, it's okay,

and so now I look after

the upkeep of the chateau.

I run a contracting business.

You know, we fix up old houses.

It--it's good work.

It allows me

a flexible schedule.

- So you can take time off

to stroll aimlessly

with an old pen pal?

[chuckles softly]

- With an old pen pal?

And, you know, anyway, a stroll,

it's not so aimless.

- [gasps]

It's just so

incredibly romantic.

[both laugh]

- Well, you should--

you should come back here

one day with your fianc.

- Well, to do that, first

I'd have to be dating someone.

- I thought--I thought that

you were getting married.

- What?

Oh, the champagne!

No, no, no, no.

Um...

That's--that's my best friend

Tracy, remember?

She's getting married.

- Oh.

Okay, okay.

So you're--

you're not seeing anybody?

- Well, I was for many years,

but he broke up with me

six months ago,

and now he's at this wedding

with someone else.

Yeah, as you say

in French, "Oof".

[both laugh]

What about you?

You seeing anyone?

- Me?

No, no, no.

Well, I see you.

- [laughs]

Okay.

Well, I should get back

to the hotel.

- Okay.

I'll walk you.

- Okay.

Thank you

for a lovely afternoon.

I know it's been 13 years

and we didn't end

on the best of terms, but--

- Jacques?

Is that Jacques?

- Uh, you remember

my best friend, Tracy?

- Tracy, of course.

- And this is her fianc, Mike.

- Mike, enchant,

and felicitations

on your wedding.

What a happy occasion.

- Speaking of, I should go.

- Yes, of course.

Well, it was

lovely reconnecting,

and if you have time,

I'd love to take you

on our Tour de France.

- I'd like that, but I'm so

slammed with the wedding prep.

- Well, then maybe Jacques

could join us

for a wedding activity.

There's a welcome

dinner tonight.

- No, I couldn't impose.

- No, no, no imposition.

You're an old friend.

- And Victoria has a plus-one

she's not using.

- Hmm!

- I do.

[laughs]

Um, welcome dinner here,

8:00 p.m.?

- Yes.

Yes, 8:00 p.m.

bientt.

- Okay, bye.

[laughs]

- Wow, Jacques grew up.

- Stop.

- Hon-hon-hon.

- Don't.

[indistinct chatter]

Thank you so much.

One, two, three, four.

Trace, I need to talk to you.

It's really, really important.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Hey, babe.

- Absolutely.

- Hey, guys.

- Hey, there she is.

- Oh, you gotta try the salmon.

It is superb.

- Really?

- Ooh, salmon.

- Is it raw or cooked

because I'm not sure ...

- Oh, no, Seth, please don't.

It's fine.

- I don't know

if you can have raw.

- God, you look beautiful.

- Thank you.

You look very handsome.

- I still can't believe

it's you.

- I know the feeling.

- Should I get us a drink?

- Sure.

- Oh, no.

- The ex-boyfriend?

- Mm-hmm, that's him.

- Quite the elaborate affair.

Hi, I'm Cameron.

- Bonsoir.

I'm Jacques.

- Jacques?

As in pen pal Jacques?

- As in Jacques,

my old friend Jacques.

- And your new plus-one, no?

- Really?

Um, uh...

Plus-one, I mean,

for the entire week, or...

- Well, no--

- Yeah, for the whole week.

So we'll be getting

to know each other.

Shall we get champagne?

I hear it's really well-chosen.

- Yes, I would like that.

- Salut.

- [clears throat]

- I'm sorry if that seemed

presumptuous.

I just felt that you could use

some moral support.

- I-I could.

I can, and thank you.

But the whole week?

Aren't you busy?

- I'm French, so I'm never

too busy for a party.

Plus, we have to finish

our Tour de France.

- Well, I have

a little break tomorrow.

- Perfect.

- Thank you.

Well, to old pen pals.

- And to new plus-ones.

- Okay, wait, so is Jacques

now your date?

- No, Jacques is my plus-one.

- Is there a difference?

- Yes!

He's just an old friend.

- Does Cameron know that?

- Oh, who cares?

- How's it going in there?

Oh!

You look beautiful!

- Gorgeous!

- Yeah, whoa...

Yeah, but how am I

supposed to do the "YMCA"?

[soft laughter]

Maybe I should find

a different dress.

- Oh, I thought

you loved this dress.

- I did.

- Did?

- Do!

I do love this dress.

Sorry, Vic.

You know how I can be.

- Well, you know,

it is your wedding.

I want you to be happy.

- I am happy.

I just hope

I made the right choice.

- Well, you know,

just a little alteration,

and you'll be throwing

your hands in the air

like you just don't care.

- Whoo!

- Plus, this dress is perfect

for the venue.

- It is really pretty.

Oh, wow, look at that dress!

It's so elegant and simple.

- Trace?

- No, I promise

I'm not changing my mind.

- Cake is booked.

Cooking class

wedding activity confirmed.

We, my friends,

are on schedule.

- Vic, are you gonna be

on your phone the entire trip?

- Do you want Tracy's

wedding planned?

I just wanna congratulate Mia.

Do you remember I promoted my

assistant Mia to event planner?

- Yeah, so you could work less

and delegate more?

- Oh, I forgot about that,

but yes.

Anyway, she pitched her

first wedding,

and she got off

to a rocky start,

but she's really

pulling it together.

She's got impeccable taste

but equal part self-doubt.

- Mm, sounds like you

when you first started.

"The sky is falling!"

- Remember, Vic?

Every little thing

that went wrong,

you'd be calling us like,

"The sky is falling!"

- I did not do that.

- You did!

- Okay, maybe a little.

- Yeah.

- Oh, she's kicking.

- [gasps]

- Oh, I can't believe

you're gonna be a mama.

- I know--you know,

I can't believe it either.

Seems like baby life crept

up on us real quick.

Oh, and this trip

is mine and Seth's

last hurrah as just a couple,

so bring on all the romance

and all the fun.

- Yeah.

- Yes!

[laughter]

- Hey!

- That'd be good.

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Hey!

- Hey!

- Excuse us.

- How are you?

- So how are you feeling?

- I'm great.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, I thought we could

relive our honeymoon in Paris.

- Okay, all right.

- Yeah, so dinner at a bistro.

- Yeah.

- Dancing in the Marais,

and then to the Eiffel Tower

all lit up?

- We're going on a walking

architecture tour of Versailles

if you wanna join.

- No.

- Okay.

- We would love to,

but we're meeting our aunts.

- Aunts.

Two of them.

- Let's go.

- Aunts?

Vic?

- Hmm?

- Walking tour?

- Oh, thank you, but Jacques

is taking me sightseeing, so...

- Salut.

- Hi.

- [laughs softly]

- You're late.

- No, I'm French.

- Oh, and that's an excuse?

- Well, the French

do everything fashionably,

especially being late,

but you're in a rush somewhere?

- No, but I do have a schedule.

- Maybe you shouldn't.

Instead, take a break.

Be a flaneur.

You know this, flaneur?

It's a French thing.

It means somebody who strolls

just to experience,

who wanders with no purpose.

- That sounds kind

of terrifying.

- Well, you used to love

to wander, remember?

When I came to visit, we spent

whole days just getting lost.

- Yeah, but you grow up.

You get more goal-oriented.

- Okay, well, for our next goal

on the Tour de France,

I'm gonna take you

to my favorite patisserie.

- Oh, well, if you'd led

with patisserie,

I would've overlooked lateness.

- [laughs]

Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

- [speaking French]

- Yes.

- [speaking French]

- This is the best croissant

I've ever had

in my entire life.

Being here, I'm remembering

my teenage dreams

for my summer in Paris:

sunny days in Montmartre,

reading poetry,

learning to paint,

leisurely picnics in the park.

- Yes, being a flaneur.

- Teenagers are good

at flaneur-ing.

- Well, some of us

never lose the skill.

- Mm, I wish I hadn't.

Life is just very busy now.

My business grew quickly,

which I'm so grateful for,

but it's fast-paced, you know?

Weddings are an industry.

- Oh, so here naive me thought

they were a celebration

of love and community.

- Oh, no, no,

purely just the money.

[both laugh]

Actually, that's why

I got into event planning.

I love the idea

of bringing community

together in celebration.

- Mm.

- And it turns out the romantic

in me nailed the wedding part,

so now I'm known

for these big lavish affairs.

- But you enjoy it, no?

- I do.

Uh...

But if I'm honest,

some of the excitement

has worn off.

- What happened?

- I don't know.

- Hmm.

Ah.

Now, this is my favorite part

in the whole of Montmartre.

Le mur des je t'aime.

- The wall of "I love you"?

- Mm-hmm.

Two artists created this wall

as a lasting monument to love.

They've written "I love you"

311 times in 250 languages.

- What are the red

splashes for?

- Well, they symbolize

the pieces of a broken heart.

- [laughs softly]

Why have a broken heart here?

- Maybe because to love fully,

you--you have to embrace

a broken heart.

- It's beautiful.

- Mm.

I think so.

- Ah, Victoria, good.

I was about to call you.

We have a problem.

We just discovered

that due to water damage,

sections of the ballroom

ceiling are crumbling.

- And this is just

a friendly heads-up

that it will have no effect

on Tracy and Mike's wedding?

- We are starting

repairs immediately,

but the ballroom won't be ready

for the wedding,

and the banquet room

is already booked.

- So we have no wedding venue?

- [sighs]

I'm so sorry.

I've called

the insurance ten times.

- It's okay.

We'll figure it out.

- Hey!

My parents just arrived!

- Hi, Victoria.

- Hi.

- What's wrong?

Is the sky falling?

- No, just the ceiling.

- Oh, this is not decaf,

so don't tell Seth.

[laughter]

- Whoo!

- Mmm, so good!

- Are you still thinking

about the daffodils?

- No.

I guess losing the venue

has made me wonder

if this wedding

is somehow wrong,

if I should've chosen

something different,

like a ceremony

at a courthouse,

or we could've eloped.

- No one's eloping.

- Well, we could've planned

many different weddings,

but I thought you wanted

the big destination wedding

in Paris.

- Yeah, I did.

I do!

I'm just spinning out.

This is incredible.

Paris is the most

romantic place in the world.

[cell phone beeps]

Speaking of romance, Nathalie,

how was your big night out

with Seth?

- Oh, well, we didn't go

because Seth was worried

about me overtiring myself,

so instead he gave me

a foot massage.

- That's romantic.

- Because he was worried

about my ankles swelling.

- Less romantic.

- Yep.

[chuckles]

- We've lost her again.

- Sorry.

Muting the phone.

Oh, but we should get going

'cause the cooking class

is across town.

- Cooking class?

- Victoria booked us

a cooking class

as a wedding week activity.

- Oh, Victoria!

- But shouldn't we be focused

on finding a venue?

- We'll find one.

Don't worry.

For now,

let's just relax and cook.

Two words I don't usually

find synonymous.

- And so, is Jacques

coming to the class?

- Maybe.

[quirky music]

Please, don't make

those faces around him.

- No promises.

[laughter]

- Today, we will learn to make

a very typical French dish,

ratatouille,

followed by a tarte aux pommes,

so let's get cooking.

- Oh, that sounds delicious.

[soft applause]

- Excuse me, chef.

While ratatouille and tarte aux

pommes do sound delicious,

but when I booked this class

I thought we'd be making

something a little fancier.

- Yes, but the point

isn't for it to be fancy.

The point is for it

to be enjoyed, right?

- Right, but--

- [laughing]

- Ugh!

- Right.

I see that now.

- Is everything okay?

- I've been having this gut

feeling lately,

I couldn't figure out

what it was,

but now I realized I planned

Tracy a Victoria Lewis wedding.

Complex, lavish, fancy.

But maybe not enjoyable,

at least not for her and Mike.

Now Tracy feels like

her wedding is wrong

because it is wrong for her.

[sighs]

Gosh.

She really relied on me,

and I messed this up.

- But it's okay.

You can fix it.

You have, how long?

- Six days.

Six days to replan

an entire wedding.

- Well, then,

you better get cooking.

- Okay, yeah.

Let's do this.

- Here.

- Okay.

- Comme a.

And then around like that.

I...

We're missing eggs

for the tart.

- [exhales softly]

- Hi.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Fine.

- Okay, um...

[clears throat]

Does it feel weird for you,

us not being here together?

- Bonjour, Cameron.

- Hey, yeah.

- Did you need something?

- Um, I was looking for, um,

an egg.

- Well...

- [clears throat]

Sorry.

- Victoria, I was thinking,

maybe tomorrow you could come

to the chateau and we could

brainstorm wedding venues.

- I would love that.

- We need to get cooking.

Come on.

- Bonjour.

- [exhales]

When you said chateau,

I didn't know

that was French for palace.

- It's just a country home.

- For who? Louis XIV

the 14th fourteenth?

You are now legitimately

a fairy-tale prince.

- Yeah, but I didn't need

a chateau for that.

- [laughs]

So, this was

your grandparents'?

- Yeah, they bought it

almost 70 years ago.

It was out of their budget

and totally crumbling,

but my grandmother

fell in love with it.

- So you come from a long line

of romantics?

- Something like that.

My grandparents restored it,

and then my parents

added in the gardens,

which was their hobby,

and then they

passed it on to me.

- Wow.

Very lucky you.

[both laugh]

This staircase!

Those windows!

[gasps]

I can't believe you live here.

It must add so much glamour

to doing your laundry.

- [laughs]

Well, it's only ever

so glamorous folding socks.

But I do live here,

at least for now.

- For now?

- Yeah.

I'm considering selling it to

the Newton-Abbott Hotel Group.

- That huge hotel chain?

- You're not a fan of the idea?

- No, no.

I'm just surprised.

- Yeah.

I'm surprised too.

My family had their lives here,

and I always thought

I'd have the same.

But maybe I want

something different, you know?

I always feel most alive

when I'm wandering the world

and chasing adventures

and meeting new people,

and I can't do that

with the chateau.

It requires a lot of upkeep.

- Look at you complaining

about owning a castle.

- [laughs]

Well, I am French, you know?

- I guess I just don't really

understand the issue

with the chateau.

- I guess it gets lonely here.

- Well, you could adopt a dog.

- [laughs]

- Or a pack of dogs.

Or you could repurpose it.

Forget Newton-Abbott, you could

turn this into a hotel.

- Yeah, you know what,

I've thought about it,

but it's a big project.

It's too big for just me.

- Well, start small,

just a few rooms.

You could host events here.

You could hold weddings here.

- [laughs softly]

- You have to see it.

Jacques' chateau is stunning.

It's, like, straight out

of a wedding magazine.

- Wait, wait, wait.

Jacques has a chateau?

- But more than that, Tracy.

It's just so you.

It's unique.

- It just seems like a lot

to ask of Jacques.

He's really okay hosting?

- Oh, more than okay.

Yeah, he's excited.

- Excited?

- And I assume that by holding

the wedding there,

you know, you two could spend

a lot more time together.

- Ooh.

- Trace, so what do you say?

Do you wanna see the chateau?

- Field trip?

[laughter]

- Wow.

- All this?

- Would you look at this?

[laughter]

- Hey, if I get lost in there

I'll drop a pin.

- So, the whole crew is here?

- We roll deep.

[chuckles]

- Well, come in.

It's special for everyone.

- Can you believe this?

It has over 30 rooms.

- Who cleans it?

- I know!

- [laughs]

- So, what do you think?

- I think you

didn't oversell it.

- It's gorgeous.

- So, is that a yes?

- Yes, that's a yes.

- Yes.

It's a yes.

No indecision.

No waffling.

Maybe.

No, I'm just kidding.

[laughter]

- This is so generous

of Jacques.

- Where do you think

we should hold the ceremony?

- Oh, well, I thought we could

hold it over here in the...

what do you two wanna do?

- Um, maybe we hold the whole

thing in the garden?

Maybe we place the altar

against the garden backdrop.

- Perfect.

A simple,

stunning garden wedding.

Ceremony under the setting sun,

dancing under the stars.

- Sounds beautiful.

- But does it sound

like you two?

At the cooking class,

I realized

I was throwing you the wedding

that I'm used to throwing.

I love you two so much,

and I just wanted to make it

as big and lavish as possible,

but in doing that,

I lost sight of it being you.

Being right for you.

- It's hard for me to know

what's right for this wedding.

But, Vic, it's all been great.

We appreciate

everything you've done.

- Well, it's an honor,

and it will be exquisite.

And now, I just have to

figure out how to get it

all done in five days.

Totally doable, by the way.

- Is the sky falling?

- No.

The heavens are

just re-adjusting.

[laughter]

- I know we have a ton to do,

but my parents

are just getting in,

so we're gonna

head to the hotel.

- I have us booked on an

evening tour of the catacombs.

- Th-that's a lot of walking.

Are you sure you don't want

to just stay in, rest up?

- No, no.

Let's rally.

- And I was hoping we could

catch the sunset

at the Sacr-Coeur?

- Ooh, sounds good.

- Okay, well,

how about we break for today

and meet back here

bright and early tomorrow?

Is it okay if I stay

a little longer

just to iron out

the to-do list?

- Yeah, of course.

I'll cook us dinner.

[mouthing] What the...?

[mouthing] Stop it.

- So what exactly

are we making?

- It's just a simple

salade nioise.

- You have 20 ingredients

and three burners going,

and yet it's simple?

- I take it

you don't cook much?

- No, no.

[laughs]

I work late most nights,

and--cue your horror--

I usually grab something

from a drive-through.

- Fast food?

Oh l l.

- Don't judge.

You eat slow food.

- Hmm?

- Escargot.

- Victoria, that was terrible.

Here.

- Mmm.

You know,

but I don't cook much.

It feels like you spend an hour

cooking, 10 minutes eating

and then three hours

cleaning up,

and cooking for one.

- What about when you were

with Cameron?

- We weren't very good

in the kitchen together,

or at any project together.

We were both

fairly independent.

Success is really important

to Cameron.

- It seems like

it's important to you too.

- It is.

It was.

No, it still is.

But, you know, you get older

and you find yourself alone,

sitting in your car,

eating a dinner of fries

dipped in a milkshake

five nights a week,

and you start to question

the definition of success.

- You're lonely?

- No, I'm happy by myself.

I pride myself in being

a strong, independent woman.

I can open jars

and assemble furniture alone,

but it does make me sad

to cook for one.

- Hmm.

What about you?

Do you cook like this

when you're on your own?

- Yeah, of course.

I mean, I enjoy it.

But I like to think

I'm worth the effort.

- [laughs]

- But, of course,

I prefer cooking

for other people, you know?

Inviting friends

and family over

and having the house feel full,

that's when I'm the happiest.

- Well, that pack of dogs

would fill it.

- Yeah, but imagine

what they'd do to the lawn.

- [laughs]

Well, that was incredible.

- Better than the croissant?

- Well, bake me some fresh

chocolate croissants right now

and I'll tell you.

- Well, no croissants

this evening,

but I think I have

something even sweeter.

- Oh.

- A little something.

- Oh.

[gasps, laughs]

- [laughs]

- My old letters?

You saved them?

- Of course I saved them.

- [laughs]

[sighs]

I poured my heart out to you.

I told you things

I never told anyone else.

- Me too.

- These letters are just a

place I could truly be myself.

- You know, you broke my heart.

- Well, you broke mine too,

but we were just kids.

- What does that mean?

- That means that we were 17,

and I was there

and you were here,

and I just didn't see

how we could ever be together.

You know, I started to wonder

if we were just puppy love,

or a fairy tale.

- But when did you stop

believing in fairy tales?

- I'm not sure.

Maybe when I felt like it

was time to grow up,

which was around

the same time I wondered

if our love was actually real.

- Isn't all love real?

- Well, maybe that's

the problem,

that it gets too real.

- Mm.

[exhales deeply]

- [laughs softly]

Well, I should get back

to the hotel.

- Oui.

Oui, absolument.

- Okay.

- Um...

I'll take you back.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I sent you an e-mail

about the walking tour.

- Yep.

Got the e-mail.

- Okay.

- Was there something else?

- Yes--no--yes.

Um...

I was wondering

if I had made a mistake.

- I'm sure you've made

a lot of mistakes.

- No, I mean,

a mistake in us breaking up.

Because I'm realizing

I still have feelings for you.

- Vic, you okay?

- Mm.

I'm okay, yeah.

More cake, please.

- Okay.

Is this about Cameron?

- I mean, I spent six months

hoping that Cam and I

would get back together,

and just as I'm finally

starting to get over him

he tells me

that he still has feelings.

- So what are you gonna do?

- I don't know.

I can't just go

running back to Cam.

- As you shouldn't.

- But also,

it's very complicated.

- You have a history with him.

- I thought I was gonna

have a future with him,

a home, a marriage, a family.

And I don't know,

when he broke up with me

it just felt like

I lost the life

I thought I was gonna have.

And what about Jen?

They seem great together.

- What about Jacques?

- Okay,

this isn't about Jacques.

Well, maybe it is, because

spending time with Jacques

reminds me of all the things

I hoped for before Cam.

- Which was?

- I don't know.

All my dreams

manifest into a life

of eternal happiness

guaranteed.

- [laughs]

So, all the reasonable asks.

- Yeah.

- Speaking of eternal

happiness guaranteed,

what says that more:

lemon chiffon

or salted caramel?

- Oh.

Um...

- Or,

instead of just one flavor,

we could do something

a little more fun?

- I'm listening.

- [laughs]

[laughter]

- What are we gonna do

if it rains?

- Ugh, the one thing out

of every wedding planner's

control: the weather.

The sky isn't falling.

Not yet, anyway.

- Honey, why don't you show me

the rest of the chateau.

- Okay.

- Oh, Seth and I are going

on a food tour.

I'm gonna eat everything.

- Yeah.

- All of it.

[laughter]

- Ah, Victoria.

This is Alex from

the Newton-Abbot Hotel Group.

- Nice to meet you.

- Yeah, you too.

- Alex was just

pressing me for news,

but, alas, I'm undecided.

- Okay, we do need to know

by the end of the week, though.

I should get going.

Enjoy.

- Salut.

He keeps bringing me

gift baskets,

like that's somehow

gonna help me determine

the course of my life.

I mean, the wine

is a nice touch, but...

- I'm beginning to think

the chateau sale

is about more

than just travel and upkeep.

- It is.

You know, I thought I'd always

thought I'd spend my 20s

traveling the world and finding

myself along the way.

- [chortles]

'Cause it's that easy.

- Exactly.

And then, I'd come back here,

I'd get married,

I'd start a family.

And instead, I'm alone,

and the chateau is a reminder

of what I don't have.

You know, I always had

big dreams for this place.

Turning it into something else,

but I always felt I'd do that

with a partner.

- I get that.

Sometimes we have to let

go of the life

we thought we'd have

with someone else

so we can try to build a life

of our own.

Or at least try.

- Are you letting go of that

with Cameron?

- Um...

[clears throat]

Well, he...

yesterday, he told me

he still has feelings for me.

- And do you still

have feelings for him?

- I don't know.

[indistinct chatter]

- Oh.

Hey!

- Hey.

- How was your food tour?

- [sighs]

Seth was worried about me

being near soft cheeses

and charcuterie,

so instead we did

a city bus tour.

A lot of selfie-snapping

tourists.

- Honey, what's going on?

- You know, Seth and I

were always active,

adventurous,

spontaneous people.

Ever since I got pregnant,

all he wants to do

is research diapers

and practice hypnobirthing.

I feel like he's losing sight

of us and who we are.

- Hi, guys.

- Well, talk to him.

- Okay.

Well, I'll see you guys later.

Oh, God.

[grunts]

- Tell me about your day.

- Well, my employee, Mia,

is planning her first wedding,

and she's just so excited.

- Why do you look sad

about that?

- I guess I miss being excited.

You know, I realized that for

years I've been on autopilot,

and Tracy's wedding

falling apart

is the first time that I'm not.

- So does that mean you want

to do things differently,

or you want to do

different things?

- I don't know.

I have this dream

of taking a break,

and I know that's

the same dream everyone has,

to take a breather

from everyday life to just--

- Wander?

- Wander.

Yes.

Travel.

Try new things.

Find myself, as you would say.

- So do it.

- I built a business, a brand.

To give that up to chase

some unknown dream,

I'd be setting myself

up for failure.

- No--I mean, only if you

perceive it as a failure.

I mean, take

the Arc de Triomphe.

Everybody thinks that

it's a monument to triumph,

but no one realizes

the real triumph

was in its construction.

It took 30 years to build.

The real triumph is not

in the final product,

it's in the journey.

What I'm trying to say

is it's not about success.

It's--it's about what we learn.

- I like that.

Even if the analogy

is kind of random.

- It's not so random.

- How are these giant

architectural marvels

constantly right in front

of my face,

and I never see them?

- It's 'cause you are too busy

looking at me.

[both laugh softly]

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Um, where are you off to?

- I was just gonna check in

on the caterer.

- Can I join?

It's probably my duty

as the best man, right?

- Okay.

Sure.

- Three days to plan,

prepare, and cook

a sit-down multi-course meal

for all those people?

It's just not possible.

- I know it's not possible,

but what is possible

is something casual,

something fun.

Croque monsieurs, poutine,

salade nioise,

maybe even a crepe bar.

Like someone very wise

and very much needed to cater

this wedding once told me,

"The point isn't to be fancy."

- [sighs]

All right.

- Yes!

- Excellent.

You were great in there.

It was like having

the old Victoria back,

passionate, fiery, persistent,

sometimes annoyingly so.

- [laughs]

Yes.

- So, I talked to Jen,

told her I think

I still have feelings for you.

- Oh, wow.

How did she take that?

- Well, she was upset,

but she understood.

She knows you and I

have history together,

plus it's complicated.

We were friends and coworkers

for a long time.

Sometimes it's hard to know

if our dynamic is

just a friendship or more.

- I think Jen's great,

and I think

she could be great for you.

- But you were also good.

- You know, I should get back

to the hotel.

So I'll see you

at the architecture tour.

- [sighs deeply]

- Hi, I'm here to pick up

the dress for Tracy Cook.

- Mm-hmm.

- Actually,

there's something else.

Guess who found a caterer?

- Oh, whew!

I was starting to resign myself

to ordering pizza

for the reception, or Chinese.

- She can't decide.

- Of course.

- But now we have

a new problem.

- Oh, great, I hate to relax.

Lay it on me.

- Our pastor suddenly can't

make it to the wedding.

- Okay, so we need to find

someone to officiate

the ceremony.

- Yeah, and we have

someone in mind.

- [gasps]

Great--who?

- You.

- Me?

- You know us

and love us so much,

and you're heartfelt

and hilarious,

and the best friend.

So, will you marry us?

- It would be an honor.

[laughter]

- This was one wedding decision

that was easy to make.

- Well, I'm glad there was one.

- Ah, other than the decision

to marry me, of course.

- Of course, other than that.

- Well, lucky for all of us,

I'm already ordained.

Wedding planner equivalent of

packing three pairs of heels.

So, three days to pen

a touching homage to your love

that you'll remember forever?

On it.

- To the right you can see

the Louis Le Vau influence

with the mansard roof

and prominent cupola.

- What is a mansard cupola?

[both laugh]

- I think she's making it up.

- And now, we can take a break

for a petit goter.

- Oh, well,

now she's speaking my language.

- Yeah?

- Always.

- Come on.

- [laughs]

I used to think

architecture tours

were the seventh

circle of boring,

but eating a fresh beignet

on a sunny day in Paris,

I am sold.

- Well, don't tell anyone,

but next time

you can just skip the tour

and go straight

to the beignets.

[both laugh]

You have--you have a little--

- What?

Hmm?

- Sugar, here.

- Oh.

- Did I really,

or were you just looking

for an excuse to get closer?

- [laughs]

I don't need an excuse.

- How about we sneak off

and you can show me

another site

on our Tour de France?

- That's a good idea.

- Okay.

You know what's strange?

I'm here,

and yet I already miss it.

- That because you've

become a Parisian.

- I've been here for six days.

I'm hardly a Parisian.

- Being a Parisian

isn't about living in Paris,

it's about

coming alive in Paris.

- Well, then I guess

I'm an honorary Parisian.

- Exactly.

- Tu me manques, Paris.

That means

"I'll miss you Paris", right?

- Um, sort of.

"Tu me manques" in French

doesn't mean "I miss you".

"Tu me manques" means

"you are missing from me."

So this used to be

the Pont des Arts.

- Oh, the bridge

covered in locks?

- Exactement.

Couples in love would come here

and write their name on a lock,

put it on the bridge, and then

throw the key into the Seine.

- So where are all the locks?

- Yeah, well, the weight made

the bridge collapse,

so they had to be cut off.

- Oh, that's sad.

- I don't think so.

I know it was supposed

to be romantic,

but for me it was

the opposite, you know?

Because love is not a lock.

The heart is not something

that should be unlocked.

You don't need to give someone

a key if it's already opened.

- You wrote something like that

in a letter,

one of your last letters to me.

- I remember.

I was trying to explain

why I didn't fight for us,

because I believe

if you love something

and it don't love you,

you set it free.

And if it comes back to you,

then you know

it was meant to be.

- Yes, but you also might have

to fight for it,

because you say "set free",

but I hear "give up".

And it's not just

giving up what is,

it's giving up the possibility

of what could be.

- Mm-hmm.

So you're glad that

you came to Paris?

It was a good idea.

- "Paris is always

a good idea."

- "I have learned how to live.

How to be in the world

and of the world,

and not just stand and watch.

I will never, ever again

run away from life

or from love either."

It's Audrey Hepburn

in "Sabrina".

- Yeah.

- [laughs softly]

[sighs]

- Two days to go.

Excited?

- I've never been more ready.

Everything okay?

- Yeah, I'm trying to decide

which candles to go for.

- I like the pink one.

- Yeah, but the white's

more elegant, don't you think?

- White's nice.

Which one do you like better?

- I don't know.

[both laugh]

- Imagine when we have

to decide on paint colors

for our new home.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, honey.

You shouldn't be lifting that.

Come on.

- Seth, come on, I'm fine.

We just talked about this.

- Yeah, I know, and I told you,

I'm just trying

to look out for you.

- Just--I don't need to be

looked out for!

- What did I do?

- Nat?

What's wrong?

- I tried to talk to Seth,

and nothing has changed.

If anything, he's got worse.

- Oh, honey.

- Now I'm sitting here

remembering

how perfect our wedding was,

how exciting and romantic.

I don't know.

Just everything is changing.

Everything is different.

Oh, no.

I think I'm scaring Tracy.

- No, you're not scaring me,

because I'm already scared.

- You are?

Of what?

- I don't know.

Nathalie saying everything

changing, getting married,

a new life, baby names,

paint colors.

Brr.

What if this

is the wrong choice?

What if marriage isn't right

for every couple?

- But you love Mike so much.

- With every iota of my being.

And I've wanted to marry him

since our third date.

And with all my indecision,

he's the only thing

I've ever been totally sure of.

Until now.

- Trace, it's okay if you

don't wanna get married.

The prewedding jitters

are normal.

Every couple I work with has

some version of cold feet.

- Really?

- Yeah, of course.

- Hi!

Sorry I'm late.

Um, I will come back.

- No, it's fine.

I should get back

to wedding prep.

- Hey!

Are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Um...

what can I help with?

- Uh, well, you can assist me

with the tables.

Looks great.

- Just trying to master

the lost art

of setting the table.

- [laughs]

- This is awkward.

- So awkward.

- It's just the most awkward.

It doesn't have to be.

Look.

I know Cameron still

has feelings for you.

I was the one that

encouraged him to tell you.

- You did?

- Honestly,

this was a concern of mine.

When we first started dating,

I wanted to take things

really slow

'cause I thought

he might not be over you,

and I guess I was right.

- Well, maybe he is over me,

and this is just growing pains.

Maybe you two

are meant to be together.

- Or maybe we're friends

and got confused.

I-I don't know.

But at least

he's being honest about it,

and that helps.

- You are so much

more mature than me.

[both laugh]

- Definitely not.

This is all for show.

But I know this situation

is complicated,

but Cameron is a friend,

and you're his friend,

so I'd really like to think

that the two of us

could be friends too.

- I'd like that.

- And whatever happens,

"We'll always have Paris".

- "Casablanca"?

- Yeah, I love old movies.

- I do too.

"I think this is the beginning

of a beautiful friendship."

[both laugh]

- You've been

avoiding my calls.

- I'm sorry.

It's...

it's a lot to consider.

- I understand,

but we need an answer.

Jacques, I understand

your family has history here,

but just think

of the possibilities

if you were to sell.

Maybe it's time to let go.

- Hmm.

Let go.

Let go.

So, you're finally taking

a much needed break.

- I wish.

Instead, I'm trying to write

the wedding ceremony,

but I don't know what to say.

Any ideas?

- Well, maybe you could

write something about love?

- Good insight.

Thanks for the help.

[both laugh]

- Well, maybe you could

say something

about fighting for love.

Fighting for your dreams,

never giving up.

- You're not selling?

[both laugh]

That's amazing!

- You know, I just--

I saw the chateau come alive

with the wedding preparations,

and it made me realize

I have plans

for this place for myself,

and I'm gonna take

your suggestion.

- And adopt a pack of dogs?

[both laugh]

- Maybe one day, but for now,

I'm gonna repurpose

the chateau.

I wanna make it into

a beautiful inn or event space.

I know there are

a lot of event spaces,

but only a few

so close to Paris.

- I know!

This is prime location.

Ever since I set eyes

on the chateau,

all I could think was

"event space".

And I have a million ideas,

and not just for weddings

and parties,

but creating a space

that really brings

community together.

- I love that.

I wanna hear all your ideas.

Maybe we could be

unofficial partners.

- I'd like that.

[laughs softly]

- Excuse me, Jacques.

We lost power.

- Oh, it happens.

It's probably the fuse box.

I'll show you.

[sighs]

- You know, it's really

gracious of you

to host the wedding,

to do all this

for a total stranger.

- Well, Victoria is not

really a stranger.

- Yeah, of course not.

You two were pen pals, right?

- We were a little

more than that.

- Yeah, sure, of course.

Hey, I still even remember

my first kiss,

but you and Vic,

it's vacation romance.

Vic and I,

we have a life together.

- But you broke up with her.

- Yeah.

I made a mistake.

We need to talk.

Um...

I wanna give us another sh*t.

- I...

I don't know if I do.

- Vic, please,

don't give up on us.

[indistinct chatter]

- Hi.

So good to see you both.

Let me fix that.

- [laughs]

- Okay, good.

Mm...

Three...

Excuse me, can we get some

more ice for the champagne?

Thank you.

- Vic!

- [gasps]

- Hey.

- You look amazing.

- You guys look great.

- Oh, stop.

- We know.

- Have you, uh--

have you seen Jacques?

- I have not, not yet.

I mean, is he late?

- He's French.

He's always late.

[laughter]

- True.

Okay, I'm gonna grab

some appetizers.

- Oh, it's okay, sweetie.

I'll get them for you.

- Hey, no, no, no, wait.

Thank you.

That is chivalrous,

but I can get it myself.

I know shrimp cocktail.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Are you sure

you're allowed shrimp?

Because I'm pretty sure

the book said something about,

you know, the mercury--

- Okay, you know what--no, no.

Shh!

Sit.

- What?

- Yeah, right now.

- Are you okay?

- Well...

Okay.

Seth, I love you.

I love us, and you are my best

friend and the love of my life.

- I know.

- No, but ever since

I got pregnant,

I feel like

we're Mommy and Daddy.

- Well, yeah, we will

be Mommy and Daddy.

- Mm-hmm, yes, to our baby.

But to each other?

You know, we're still partners

and friends and us.

That is so special, babe.

I don't want it to change,

and I wanna protect it.

- Oh.

I'm sorry.

- No, you don't need

to be sorry.

Just be you.

And let us be us.

- God, I love you.

- Honey, you okay?

- Yeah!

I'm a little nervous

about tomorrow.

- You are?

- Aren't you?

- Nervous about marrying you?

Not in the slightest.

I've never been more certain

about anything in my life.

I thought we both

felt that way.

- We do.

- Tracy, do you have cold feet?

- [sighs softly]

No.

I just wonder if...

what if this is

the wrong choice?

- That sounds a lot

like cold feet.

[glass clinking]

- Welcome, and thank you

for being here.

Now, as you all know Tracy,

you know that she can be

a tad indecisive,

but the one thing

that she always knew

is that Mike is the one.

Congratulations,

Tracy and Mike.

[applause]

[indistinct chatter]

- Hey.

Um, about yesterday,

I'm really sorry.

I guess I just care

a lot about you,

and I was confused,

and I guess a little jealous.

- No, I think

it's good it happened.

We needed to know for sure, but

you were right the first time.

We don't have

a future together.

- At least not as a couple.

- Exactly.

And I think--I think that's

why it was so hard for me

to accept our breakup because,

you know,

you're such

a big part of my past,

and I don't wanna lose you

from my life.

- I don't either.

- Also, I think you and Jen

are really great together.

- Thanks, but I really

messed that up.

- Well, fix it.

[both laugh]

- Yeah. I'll work on it.

- I've been

calling and texting.

What's going on?

- [sighs]

Victoria,

I'm so glad that

we reconnected, really,

and I take full responsibility

for what happened here.

I do.

Because, you know, I knew that

you weren't over Cameron,

and I knew that

you didn't think

we were real the first time,

but I hope that this time

you feel differently.

- I do feel differently.

- Do you?

Or do you think

that you're just using me

to make Cameron jealous?

- Is--is that what

you really think?

- [sighs]

I think that--

I think that it feels

just like it did

the first time, you know?

Cameron appears,

and then I'm gone.

- You ended things with me,

and now--

now you're doing it again.

And why?

Because I'm not

some teenage pen pal

or a flaneur

or adventure to chase,

but a real person.

Okay.

Now I remember the real reason

we broke up the first time.

- I...

I'll see you at the wedding.

- Honey.

Honey, there you are.

The hairstylist has been--

what--

Oh, honey.

What's going on?

- I messed things up with Mike.

I got in my head,

and now he thinks

he's just another thing

I can't make my mind up about.

- But is he?

- No!

I love him.

And what you said

in your toast was true.

He's the only thing

I've ever been sure about.

I just let my indecision

sabotage me again.

- Oh, honey.

Yes, you are indecisive,

but that's not necessarily

a bad thing,

because your indecision

allows you to not need a plan

and not be afraid

of the unknown.

It opens doors to possibilities

that other people

only dream about.

- Like marrying my soul mate

in the most romantic city

in the world?

- Yes!

Exactly.

So now you go get your man.

- Yeah.

- Go get your man.

- Mike.

I need to talk to you.

- I got dressed in case you

wanted to go through with it.

- Of course I wanna

go through with it.

And I'm sorry I momentarily

lost my mind.

With so much changing,

I didn't see the one thing

that will always stay the same:

my love for you.

And I know I'm indecisive,

but there's one choice

that's easy to make,

that I'm so grateful

I get to choose

over and over every day,

the choice to love you.

- Well, I mean, look at me.

I don't give you

much of a choice.

Trace, I don't know

anything either,

but I know

I wanna not know with you.

- That was hard to follow,

but I love the gist.

[both laugh]

- Hey!

Save it for the wedding.

- Okay, and we are done.

- [laughs]

- Oh, you look beautiful.

[both laugh]

Now, it's time for the dress.

- Oh.

- So, we still have

this beautiful number,

but also a little gift from me.

- What?

Oh, it's the one

I fell in love with!

Thank you.

You're gonna make me choose

on my wedding day?

- I would never.

I was thinking

more of a costume change.

You can wear the original

for the ceremony,

and this one for the reception.

And do the "YMCA"

all night long.

- Yes!

- Oh, yeah, you are definitely

gonna be able to do some

good dance moves in this one.

- So this is why I brought

three pairs of heels.

- Yeah.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm great.

Guys, I'm fine.

[laughs]

Also kind of

completely crushed.

I fell for Jacques,

and as much as I didn't

want to admit it,

it felt real.

- Then why not try

and fight for him?

- Well, Jacques doesn't think

that love works that way,

and maybe it doesn't.

Maybe I should just be grateful

because spending time with him

reminded me of what

I always hoped love would be,

what I hoped life would be,

who I hoped I would be.

And despite being hurt,

I actually--

I feel like myself again.

I feel unlocked.

Uh, I-I gotta go.

- [laughs]

- I knew it.

- I know.

- I told you, I told you.

- I--you did.

- Hey.

Mom.

Sorry, I know it's super early

there, but I need your help.

There's a box of letters

probably in my old room

in the closet with the artwork.

I need a photo

of one of the letters.

Oh, it's not time yet.

Let's stay up here.

- Thanks for coming.

- Well, I wasn't gonna miss

the cheese tower.

- [chuckles]

Yeah.

Look, Jen, I am so sorry.

I got confused and made

a big mess of things.

- [laughs incredulously]

- But the one thing I know

for sure is how important

you are to me,

and I don't wanna

lose your friendship.

- You haven't.

I'm still your friend.

So let's start there.

See what happens.

- Wow.

- [laughs, exhales]

I want to be honest.

I really didn't know

what to say up here,

so I asked a friend for help,

and he said, "Talk about love."

And I know that sounds obvious,

but then I wondered,

"Well, what is love?"

And then I remembered

a letter someone wrote me

a very long time ago

that answers that question,

and I'm paraphrasing because

he was 18 when he wrote it,

and English is

his second language.

[faint laughter]

[tender music]



What is love?

We're often told it's

an interlocking of two souls,

but no, love is not a locking,

but rather an embracing,

an embracing of dreams

and hopes and fears and hurts,

an embracing of both what is

and what could be,

what love could be,

what life could be,

what we could be.

We sometimes ask

what is the key to love?

Well, the bad news

is there is no key.

The good news is,

it isn't locked.

And that's what I see

when I look at the two of you.

A love of open hearts

and open minds and open eyes,

a love that inspires you

to believe in fantastic things,

a love worth growing for,

worth working for,

worth fighting for.

And with that...

Mike, do you take Tracy

to be your wife?

- You know I do.

- [laughs]

- And, Tracy, do you take Mike

to be your husband?

- I do.

- Well, I now pronounce

you husband and wi--

[cheers and applause]

[indistinct chatter]

- I swear,

next time I will

come on the walking

architecture tour.

- You will?

- Okay, I promise.

- I sent you a letter

A telegram too

Answer your phone, baby

I need to talk to you

We can't go on

With me just loving you

Open your mirrors, baby

That's my last letter

to you

I need no picture

To remind me of you

- That was

a beautiful ceremony.

I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

I thought that if you love

something, you set it free.

And now I see you

can set it free

and hold it close

at the same time,

and I want to do that.

I don't want to give up.

I want to fight.

- Hopefully for me,

and not with me.

- But I'm here,

and you're there.

How does this work?

- I'm not sure.

But I know the way

I feel about you is real.

It was always real.

And I don't know

what I'm doing,

or what we're doing,

or what we are,

or what our final destination

will be,

but I wanna wander with you.

[laughs softly]

And if my impassioned

speech didn't convince you,

then think of all the money

we'd save on stamps.

- Oh, and when all these

wonderful moments

That I have spent here

with you

Oh

I swallowed up my pride

And I beg, I beg

I beg of you, oh, baby

- Tu me manques.

- Not anymore.

- These changes

you're putting me through

[romantic retro music]