Good Witch

- Previously on Good Witch. - I've been hearing

all of this talk about some rare plant here.

- The Middleton Merriwick. - Malabathrum.

For those days when nothing seems to be going right.

- Cassie, are you alright? - Is something wrong?

I don't know.

The Merriwick looks like it's trying to bloom, even though

it must be hurting all the way down to its roots.

It's this whole town that's hurting. Everyone was so excited

to see this plant's flower; now I don't know if we ever will!

We're doing everything we can to make it healthy.

Yes, well, I need it to be healthy now. I've already

invited the tourism committee to come here and see it

so they'll put it on the cover of their book!

I decided that's what you would do.

You know, believe in the best and then, hope that it happens.

- A solid course of action. - Yes, but now

I actually have to deliver, so...

come on, Merriwick, don't let this optimistic mayor down!

Oh. I didn't realize you'd all be here.

The Merriwick is the heart and soul of our community.

We all want to see it back to full strength

- as quickly as possible. - That's right. She's one

of our most prized possessions.

It really is struggling.

- What's in the soil? - It's, uh...

egg shells and coffee grounds. I brought some things from Grey House.

I'm using the best fertilizer I know of.

Well, keep at it. I have to get back to city hall

and find out where Chief Sanders is in his investigation.

But in the meantime,

stay strong. And believe!

- Cassie! - Hello, Sam!

Trying to catch you since I saw you on the corner.

Well, I'm glad you finally did.

I'm gonna grab a bite to eat before I go to the hospital.

- Are you hungry? - Oh, I just ate.

- Well, you could watch me eat. - I can make time for that, yeah.

Hey! Can we talk about this little problem?

Of course.

I should probably get back to work, then.

Well, I can eat without an audience.

- Hm! I'll see you around. - Yeah.

So this is the stuff that made Ben's back

- break out in hives. - I still don't understand

- how that could have happened. - I know. I told him everything

you've ever gave me worked amazing.

Well, let's exchange that for something that works now.

Well, that's why you have the best customer service in town.

Hm...

Uh...

Here. Give him this.

And this will help with his sore muscles?

Ask if it's something he'd like to try.

- I will. Thanks. - OK.

- Abigail! - Hey!

- Hi! - Ah, I'm completely

out of vases at my store and I thought maybe you had a few.

- I do, except... - I like this one.

- Ooh... - Oh...

Whoops!

Isn't that the Grey Lady?

Slightly damaged, but yes.

Well, I broke it, I'll fix it. And I'll take as many of these as you can spare.

Oh, except those vases are decorative

for dry flowers, only. They don't really hold water.

- So you don't have what I need? - Doesn't look like I do.

- Hi. - Grace. How was school?

Horrible. There was a pop quiz in calculus

- that I did not see coming. - Isn't that the point

- of a pop quiz? - Well, yeah,

but usually I can tell when they're about

to happen and I always review,

except this time, I didn't

and if I failed that thing, they might take me out of AP!

They wouldn't do that to a Merriwick girl.

Except the Merriwick girls don't seem to be operating

at full Merriwick.

Wow. What a beautiful place.

Thank you. We are fortunate to call Grey House home.

What brings you to Middleton?

Visiting an old friend.

Ah, the best kind of journeys.

Yeah. I've been looking forward to this trip since I booked it a couple of week ago.

Well, I have your room all ready for you.

It is upstairs, second door on the right.

Breakfast is be in the dining room and just let me know

- if there's anything you need. - You know,

I can already tell I'm going to love it here. Thanks.

- Ooh! Ooh! - Sorry. Still bothering you?

- Uh, night and day. - It's really inflamed.

I thought that steroid shot we did last week

- would bring that down. - Well, you did say that stuff

didn't always work.

Well, stay off it 'til we get it right.

Ah, I appreciate that, thank you, Doc.

OK. I'm going to...

recommend two things.

First...

here's a prescription for an anti-inflammatory

to bring the swelling down in your meniscus.

Alright, and second?

As your doctor, I'm ordering you to stay off of trampolines.

That I can do.

Have you narrowed things down to a list of suspects?

Not yet. But this definitely wasn't an accident.

That stalk was cut,

not broken. Looks like with shears,

because the slice is pretty clean.

It's like whoever did this was attacking the entire town!

Well, I spoke to everybody who works at the Gardens

and nobody saw anything.

I was also hoping to get a little bit of information

out of this. Grace Russell's camera.

She told me she was taking photos the morning

- the Merriwick was cut. - Yeah. Except we can't

get the power to come on. So I took it down

to an electronics store, the guy looked at it and he said

it was fine, should be working. Nope.

Ah! Honestly, all this high-tech stuff!

I ask you, what is the point?

I'll have her come pick this up when she can.

Well, this room is all yours

- as you gather more evidence. - I'll keep at it,

- just like you asked. - Which means that I can devote

more of my time to writing the blurb that's going to appear

in the state's tourism book when the Merriwick is featured

on the cover. Not looking like that, of course, but...

when the plant is actually in bloom.

- And you're confident it will? - Well, I'm hoping,

which is all we can do.

Oh, hey, I have something for you.

It's not just that, but I thought I'd start with that.

Then we're off to a good start!

Cassie wanted to say that she was

really sorry about what she gave you, but she is

pretty sure this will work better.

- Pretty sure? - If you want to try it.

Yeah, I think I'll stick with what I can get

- from the regular old drugstore. - I guess I can understand that.

But wait till you hear what happened on my way back there.

I went past the old Middleton theater and there were

these two guys I did construction for heading inside.

Yeah, except that theater has been closed for years.

It's for sale. They're looking

to buy the place and fix it up.

Movies at the Middleton theater again?

That's a great idea.

And they want me to invest in it with them.

- That would be perfect for you. - Right?

If I could get in there and restore some of the frescos

and the old architecture...

You could make it look amazing.

And it would actually be something of mine.

- Yeah! - Did I hear you say

you were going to re-open the Middleton theater?

Yeah, but first I have to come up

- with the money to buy into it. - You've got connections,

- and lots of money saved. - Right now I don't have enough of either one.

Well, why don't you just ask the local business-owner

that you're dating to help you out?

What?

Business is good.

I'm sure Stephanie can spare a few dollars.

I'm not going to ask my girlfriend for money. I mean,

that would be...

- weird. - Oh.

Sorry I brought it up.

Thank you for dinner.

Well, I hope you don't mind it was delivered in a box

instead of coming out of an oven.

Well, I always love Persian food.

- We had pizza. - Which some say

was invented by King Darius's armies more than 2000 years ago.

Is that even true or did you just make it up?

I never lie about food.

Oh. I didn't mean to interrupt.

- Oh! No, no. Come on in. Sam, this is Kevin. - Nice to meet you.

- You as well. - Sam is a doctor here in town.

- Where are you from? - New York.

- That's where I'm from. - I work in advertising there.

Kevin?

- Abigail. - What is he doing here?

He's a guest.

- I was hoping we could talk. - I have nothing more

to say to you. Ever.

Are you ready for any pop quizzes

- that might surprise you today? - I am

and I reviewed again, just in case.

It's always good to be prepared, just in case.

- Good morning, Daphne. - Hi. I was just

admiring the plants in your beautiful garden.

Grace and I love to work together back there.

Except she plants things a little too close together.

I like them to be able to feed off of their proximity

- to others. - And certain things need

a little extra space so they can stand out from the rest.

One of the many differences between me and my daughter.

Oh yeah, we fight all the time.

Kevin.