Good Witch

Previously on Good Witch...

Elizabeth Merriwick.

- The candle's never been lit. I wonder what her dream was.

"Never stop learning." - "If true love completely

"breaks the heart, the curse is sealed and shan't depart."

- You think Roderick's letter was talking about that ruby?

- If that ruby cracks-- - The curse is here to stay.

Ah. My hand's a little asleep.

- : Cheers. - Oh!

- Can you lower your arm? - I don't think so.

- Well, I think you'd make a great teacher.

- Hmm. Now, I just have to find a school that agrees with you.

- What about teaching holistic medicine

at Wellingsly? - Yeah, I thought about that,

but Grace is there and... - You don't wanna

cramp her style? - I was gonna say step on

her toes. - Either way.

- Wellingsly's out. And I'm not so sure

that holistic medicine would be my first choice.

- Really? - I do have

this art history degree and...

well, I always dreamed that I would do more with it.

- Sounds like Elizabeth Merriwick's dream candle

wasn't the only one to burn down?

- You guys ever get these "On This Day" reminders?

- Turn it off unless you want a bunch of pictures

of your old boyfriends popping up.

- Huh. Too late. - Ooh. Let me see.

He's cute.

- Oh, we had the worst luck. - You did? Like what?

- Every time we were together, something went wrong.

We'd go for a drive to the beach and the car would break down.

And we'd go to the movies, they ran out of popcorn.

We took a walk in the park and got sprayed by a skunk.

- Sounds like you guys were cursed.

- Welcome to my world. - OK, what is

the deal with this curse you keep talking about?

The tumor is right there,

between C5 and C6.

It's still relatively small.

How do we... fix it?

- Surgery would be my recommendation.

A tumor?

My arm was asleep.

Sometimes...

these don't present with any symptoms at all.

The weakness in your arm actually helped us

catch it early. - Right.

I know this isn't easy.

OK.

When? - Tomorrow.

- Tomorrow? - Yeah, I'd rather not wait.

- "If true love completely breaks the heart,

the curse is sealed and shan't depart."

- That was in the letter we found in Roderick Davenport's

secret study. - This started cracking

right after we found it. - Coincidence?

I think not. - I think this is a lot to take.

Welcome to being a Merriwick.

At least the crack hasn't gotten any bigger.

- Well, certainly something to be thankful for.

- For 200-years-old, this box is pretty well preserved.

- It would seem that everything connected to the curse has

withstood the test of time.

- Check out the Middleton medallion.

The end of this key is

the same shape as the hole in the center.

- : Well, that's promising.

So is that!

There's something on the wood.

- "A breaking heart can only stop

with luck, love, and one teardrop."

- That's an intriguing little riddle. Luck is clearly

the emerald. - Well, love is the ruby.

- And if the teardrop is the diamond...

- Then finding it would stop the heart from breaking.

Which would break the curse.

- Tomorrow? - Yeah, I said the same thing.

Did you tell your parents?

- No. My dad's never missed a day at the pharmacy.

- I think he would for this. - I don't want him to.

I don't want him

or my mom to worry.

- You shouldn't go through this without your family.

I have you.

Yeah. You definitely do.

- So, I got all the way to work...

- And now you're here? - 'Cause I can't get

the curse out of my head. - I can't get it out of my life.

- I may know someone who can help.

- Who? - I renovated a house

for a woman who's a cryptologist.

- A what? - She cracks codes.

- Well, we already cracked the riddle.

- Yeah, but there may be something more in there that

could help us find the diamond. It's worth a shot.

Hi. Can I help you?

- You already did. Your chocolates got me through

an incredibly long lecture on the art of Mesopotamia.

- I can see why that might require a sugar boost.

- I had to know where they came from and the organizer

pointed me here. - Let me guess,

caramel clusters? - And the coconut chews.

I'll take two dozen.

Another lecture?

- A gift for a colleague. He's leaving on a book tour.

- You're an author? - Professor.

I'm head of the fine arts department at BCC.

So you're one professor down?

For the next month.

Either of you an expert in French Impressionism?

Ooh! French Impressionism?

How impressive.

Monet was sensitive,

perceptive and a bit shy.

- Sounds like you're describing my Dylan.

- Oh! When will he be here? - Not soon enough.

- Well, it'll be really nice for the two of you to catch up.

- You mean the three of us. My daughter-in-law

will be with him. - Oh, I can't wait

to meet Claire. - I can't wait for you

to meet her either. She's... - Lovely?

- Yes. - How does she feel about you?

- I suppose I'm about to find out.

Dylan has always been there as sort of a buffer.

But he's heading to Chicago for two days on business.

- Sounds like you and Claire will have

some quality time together. - If you say so.

- Sometimes when we get to know someone,

we get to know ourselves even more.

Hmm...

Yo. Everything OK?

Yup.

You wanna talk about it?

Nope.

- You're a man of few words today.

You're in the dog house, aren't you?

Mia wants me to go

to some fancy dinner with her boss.

- So what's wrong with that? - I'm not exactly

a fancy dinner guy. - You're worried you're gonna be

a fish out of water? - I prefer to eat food

I can pronounce. - So just don't slurp from your

soup bowl and you'll be fine. - Be even better if I don't go.

- I can guarantee that's the wrong choice.

- How do you know? - How do you not know?

OK, well, when you figure out I'm right,

make sure you dress to impress.

- I've got a surprise for you. - Ooh! Caramel clusters

and coconut chews? - A possible teaching job.

"Professor Alicia Barnes".

- She's expecting your call. - Oh. So no chocolates?

Thank you. - You're welcome.

Now wish me luck.

Good luck. For what?

- Donovan and I are on our way to see a cryptologist.

Oh. Worth a shot.

- That's what Joy said. - Mm.

Did she also say take the road past the old train station?

- She did not. - Well, you should.

It's a shortcut.

- The sooner the better. Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

: Everything must be

parfaitfor the French delegation's visit tomorrow.

What?

No, not the kind with yogurt.

Look who I found.

- Dylan! - Hey, Mom.

Oh! Ooh.

You feel thin. Is Claire feeding you?

- All homemade, all the time. - Claire.

You never fail to make an entrance.

- And I never miss a chance to hug my mother-in-law.

I'm glad you two are gonna

get to spend some time together. - Can I just say,

you look fantabulous.

Oh, and you look...

Actually, you're positively glowing.

- Funny you should say that. We have some news.

- No. - Yes.

- You're having-- - A tiny Tinsdale!

Oh!

- Congratulations, son. - Thanks, Dad.

- Aw. - Oh.

- I've waited eons to be called grandmama.

- Grandmama? - Too much?

- I love it. - Oh!

Hey.

Hey.

- I needed that. - I know.

How's Adam?

Uh... As good as he can be.

- And how are you? - As good as I can be.

I know this isn't easy.