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- Hey stranger.
- Darren, Hi.
- I had to come take a look at the presentation for myself.
Wow.
That is efficient.
Not an inch of wasted space.
I love that.
Barrington is gonna be thrilled.
- You think so?
- I'm so glad I recommended you for this project.
- Me too.
Me designing and you selling.
We make a great team.
- I agree.
- Ooh, I was actually able to upgrade some of the units
to three bedrooms,
so we have the master bedroom with an en suite,
two small bedrooms with Jack and Jill's.
- Oh, it's perfect, for his and her offices.
- Or children's bedrooms.
- Oh, yeah, for anybody who's into that sort of thing.
- Like us, right?
- Yeah.
You know, someday.
When we're married.
Someday.
First, let's lock down this Barrington deal.
And then, we can plan the rest of our lives together.
- You realize that you're putting our life together
in the hands of a billionaire developer saying,
yes, to a PowerPoint.
- Yeah, absolutely.
That's why you gotta crush this pitch.
That's Barrington.
I should go greet him.
- I should come, too.
- No, no, no, no, you stay here.
I want him to see you in action, you know,
when you're more in control.
I'll go schmooze him, tee it up,
and you...Bring it home.
- Okay.
Thank you, for this opportunity, Mr. Barrington.
Now with mortgage rates at an all-time low,
and single-family developments at an all time high,
my question for you is, how do we make
condo developments a "can't miss" investment?
Well, I believe the answer is
to build a community complete with every must-have amenity.
Dedicated garages, pool, spa, exercise gym, park spaces,
a coffee shop.
Twin Pines is a world unto itself.
- You're very... Sunny.
Aren't you?
- Well, I try to be.
- What about maintenance fees and utilities?
- I have included the most sustainable building methods.
We have green roofs with solar,
thermal cladding on the exterior,
and gray water plumbing systems for irrigation
for the green belts.
I estimate that we can lower common utility costs by 17%.
- I can't wait to start moving these units for you, sir.
I imagine we're gonna have a waiting list of people
wanting in on this community.
- How many units?
- 66.
- That's 10 less than we asked for.
- Oh, if that's a deal breaker,
then I'm sure we can get those additional units back.
Right, Gemma?
- We could.
But, I don't believe
it's the most aesthetically pleasing option,
or the best use of the space, in my opinion.
- Well in my opinion, I think we're done here.
- Oh, wait.
Mr. Barrington.
This is just our first cut at the project.
Why don't you give us your notes,
and we'll come back to you with some revisions.
- No, no no, that's not necessary.
We're gonna go with the proposal from Ken Jordan Architects.
They seem to understand our... sensibilities, better.
- Good day.
- I'm so...sorry, I really thought that Twin Pines
checked all of Barrington's boxes.
- He said 76 Units.
You gave him 66.
And hoped your creativity could cover for it.
- It's the best use of the space, Darren.
- Better for who?
For Barrington?
Or for you?
The client is always right.
- Darren.
I signed off on this design.
I agreed with Gemma.
- Well, it's not benefiting anybody now, is it?
All right, I'm gonna go after him,
to try to salvage this opportunity.
I put too much work in this.
- You've put too much work into this?
I really thought I checked all the boxes, Patti.
- Sometimes, I guess the boxes we don't see
are the ones that need to be checked the most.
- I crashed and burned, Auntie Lani.
- You don't look burned to me, Peanut.
You look beautiful.
- Thank you, Auntie Lani.
- I know how hard you worked on this,
and I know how much it means to you.
- I just, I spent so much time on it,
and I thought that I nailed it.
I even missed your special birthday, and for what?
It was all over in five minutes.
- Chin up, young lady.
Did you love how your design turned out?
- I thought that I did.
But now, I don't know what to think.
- Well, you just keep doing what you love,
success will follow.
I promise.
- But I just really... - No buts allowed.
"Buts" just keep you down in the dumps.
"Yes ands" are what keep you going.
- A little island wisdom from the queen of Maui?
- What's that one?
My Hawaiian's a little rusty.
- Come home more often, it wouldn't be.
What I said was, "Put on your dancing shoes,
and leave the shame at home."
- Okay, I will.
Hey, I love you, Auntie Lani.
- Lani, it's time!
- I got a bunch of oldsters waiting for me to play bingo.
I love you too, Peanut.
- Hey, thanks for the invite.
- So, Patti told you they're going with the other architect?
- Yeah, she did.
Are you gonna be okay?
- I guess I have to be.
They're also going with another real estate agent.
- Maybe I can talk to them
and explain how my design would really benefit them.
- This could've been a year's worth of living, for both of us.
Put a lot of equity in our relationship bank.
- Well, never really thought about our relationship
like a checking account, but...
I know something else will come up.
- I just didn't realize how naive you can be, sometimes.
- I'm not naive, Darren.
Why are you talking to me like this?
- I'm frustrated we lost the job, Gemma.
- Yeah, so am I.
But I didn't go to architecture school for four years
just to bury my opinion in a meeting.
- I think we should slow things down.
Take our time.
- Right.
'Cause four years in a relationship
is really rushing things.
- Now you're being flighty.
Sunny, and flighty.
- No, I'm just being myself.
I'm being honest.
And I won't apologize for being me.
Like you've been asking me to do for years now.
You know what, Darren?
I'm done.
- That's not what I'm asking for.
- I know you're not.
It would be easier if you were.
I hope that you have the life of your dreams, I really do.
But I can see now that I just can't be part of it.
Goodbye, Darren.
- What's wrong, now?
- I just blew up my life.
- Oh, boy.
- You know, on the way to lunch, I thought,
"Everything's gonna be fine."
I even fantasized that today was going to be the day
that he popped the question.
- I'm not really the hugging type, but...
We'll get you through this.
I know you don't see me as the P.J. wearing,
romcom marathon watching type of girl,
but when a man breaks my heart, I break out the ice cream.
So, let's get you out of here
and into the freezer section, pronto.
- Just a sec.
It's my sister.
Hey, Sarah.
- Gemma, how fast can you get here?
- Why, what happened?
- It's Auntie Lani.
It was her heart.
It finally gave out.
- Wait, what?
No, no, I just talked to her this morning.
- She's gone, Gem.
Dad is a wreck.
Can you come home?
Please?
- I'll be on the first flight out.
- Thanks for getting here so quickly.
- How's dad doing?
- He was having lunch with Auntie Lani when it happened.
- I'm just so grateful that he was there with her when...
Dad went inside to say hi to the airport manager.
- Good to see you, Peanut.
- How you doin', Dad?
- I'm, I'm hangin' in there.
How 'bout you?
Come on.
It's a blessed day when we're all together.
Where's what's his name?
- Things have changed with Darren, Daddy.
- Chee-hoo!
- Daddy.
- Come on.
- I forgot how much I miss your baking.
- Just something I threw together.
- Hmm, really?
- So?
Tell me everything.
- I guess after four years of dating,
we just weren't growing together as a couple anymore.
- You do realize that dating for four years
is not really supposed to be a thing, don't you?
- It's not?
- No.
That's just sort of being a... perpetual renter at love,
but never really getting your name on the mortgage.
That is something that Auntie Lani would have said.
I guess we were just in kind of a rut.
We didn't kiss as often, we forgot to say "I love you..."
A lot.
- Girl.
That's old, married couple stuff.
Trust me.
I know.
But I got the ring, and until death do us part,
and that's what gets you through the ruts.
But sometimes, one step back is two steps forward.
- See?
- What?
- That, is Auntie Lani talking, right there.
I'm really gonna miss her.
- Me, too.
- Gemma.
Oh, my God, it is really good to see you.
- You, too.
- Really.
- Thank you for looking after my elderly sister.
- Hey!
- Where's Emma?
- Well, on the way home,
she saw some friends surfing off road,
so she's catching a few more waves.
Gem, you know you can stay here as long as you want, right?
- Thank you, but,
I can only stay through Auntie Lani's service.
- Well, we'll just have to make an island girl out of ya
while we have you.
- It is so nice that everyone came out here
to celebrate Auntie Lani.
- Yeah, she had a lot of good family and friends.
- Auntie Gemma!
- Emma!
Look at you.
What happened to that little girl?
You're such a beautiful young woman, now.
- Mm-hmm.
And that's what all the boys at her school are saying, too.
- Dad.
Mom, can I go to the movies with Kiki?
- You most certainly can't.
We're here for Auntie Lani, remember?
But you may call Kiki to invite her over to join you here.
- Cool.
- I just had a flashback of you two as teenagers.
- Aloha.
It's certainly nice to see the Ohana together.
- Sarah, Gemma, this is Franklin Decker,
Auntie Lani's attorney.
- Nice to meet you.
Your Auntie Lani, she had two assets.
One is her house, and the other is the land
that that house sits on.
And we all understand how much that land is worth
compared to that structure.
And the monies that she did leave, she wanted,
she wanted that money to go towards
the renovation of the house.
- Auntie Lani loved that old house.
It would be a perfect project for you, Dad.
- Well, if I may,
Auntie Lani had something else in mind.
Auntie Lani gave this house to you, Gemma,
and to you, Sarah.
- What? - What?
- That house is a wreck.
- Wait, Sarah.
- Sorry, Dad, it's just that after she moved
into the retirement home, the house sort of fell apart.
- Mr. Decker, did Auntie Lani say anything
about what she wanted us to do with the house?
Sell it?
- H-h-h-hold it.
I can't believe you two are talking like this.
Auntie Lani was like a mom to you.
Even after your own mother passed away.
If you decide to sell this property,
both you and Sarah will share in the proceeds.
But...
- But what?
- Gemma, you're gonna have to renovate the property.
- What? - What?
- If you want to sell this property,
your auntie wanted Gemma to oversee the work.
Otherwise, this house cannot be sold.
- But I have to go back to the mainland after the service.
I can't stay and renovate the house.
- Yeah, but, if you think about it, Gemma,
it's kind of the perfect plan.
You're an amazing architect and designer.
- Well, you know what's not perfect about that plan?
That I have a job to get back to.
And Auntie Lani knew that.
I don't know what she was thinking.
Renovating that house could take weeks, even months.
- I get it.
I understand, but your auntie was very clear.
And once you finish the work, once you're done,
then both you and Sarah can either sell it, rent it,
or move into it, it's completely your choice.
- Well, if I agree to do this, I'm gonna need a contractor.
- Well, your auntie was so akamai,
she was so smart, that she had already planned this.
Well, I took the liberty
in inviting this gentleman here, today.
- Ben!
- Emma.
- Ben?!
Hi!
- She wanted to hire Ben Fincher?
- Well, your auntie was very explicit as to who she wanted.
- Wait, didn't Gemma date him in high school?
- Shh!
Please, dear God,
tell me that I'm being pranked.
- Aloha, Gemma.
- Ben.
- Long time, no see.
- Not long enough.
- Still holding a grudge, huh?
- Me?
No.
Every 17-year-old girl should get stood up
by their homecoming crush.
Have to dance all by themselves.
- It's not like I was off with another girl.
- Oh, well, maybe not technically, but,
leaving me to go surfing is pretty much
the same thing as cheating.
- Cheating?
I was competing in the state surf championships in Oahu.
- Let's not quibble over the details.
It's all water under the heartbreak bridge.
- Great.
You know, I was really sorry to hear about your Aunt Lani.
She was... one special lady.
- Yeah, she really was.
How exactly did she choose you to be the contractor?
- Believe me, I was just as surprised as you to find out
that she wanted me.
- Oh, so you were just as ambushed as I was
with this whole renovation project.
- I wouldn't say I was ambushed, I was thrilled she asked me.
Using my hands to make old things new,
that's what I was made to do.
- Well, my life in L.A. is what I was made to do,
and I need to get back there.
So...
- Hey.
- Let's get this thing done like, yesterday.
- Yes, ma'am.
Hey, you know, this could be kinda nice.
If you just forgave me.
- I'll think about it.
- Good.
And I hope life has treated you more kindly in the 15 years
since I cheated on you, with the ocean.
- Absolutely.
Could not be better.
- Yeah, I, Lani told me that you work in L.A. as an architect.
- Wow, well, I'm glad my life was a topic of conversation.
What else did Auntie Lani say?
- Well, just that she wasn't too fond of your boyfriend, Darren.
- Wow, was nothing off-limits?
And, for your info, former boyfriend.
- Oh, ah...
Sorry.
- Did Auntie Lani have any advice about your life?
- Maybe, a little.
- Oh.
So when it's questions about you, you become
all man of few words.
- Fair enough.
Yes, she was a little concerned that in the last 15 years,
I hadn't found the right woman yet,
but I assured her that I love being a contractor and ah,
my life is perfect.
- Mm, so...
Ambushed, or not ambushed?
- Okay, ambushed.
So, tomorrow, bright and early?
- Count on it.
- Great.
- Okay.
I'm only here 'til we're ready to flip the house,
and then I'm on the first plane out.
- So focus on that.
Besides, you know you love that old house.
- That was a long time ago.
- You and dad would be there all the time,
fixing stuff for Auntie Lani.
You were such a little tomboy.
- What?
I was not a tomboy.
Okay, fine, maybe.
Just like, a little bit.
But I didn't have mom around to pamper me
when I was younger, like you did.
- That's true.
And teach me how to bake.
- Sarah, you were born to bake.
Mom knew that.
- She knew you would become an architect.
- Really?
You think so?
- You were born for it.
Remember Auntie Lani had Dad's old Tinker Toy set
at her house, from when he was a boy?
Well, you were a whiz with those.
So when you think about it, there's no conspiracy here.
Auntie Lani chose you to renovate her house because...
there's no better person to do it.
Of course it doesn't explain why she matched you
with the hottest contractor on Maui to help you.
- Okay.
- And the last time I saw that place...
Well, put it this way.
You got your work cut out for you.
- It can't be that bad.
Okay, it is a dump.
- yeah, it went to pot after Auntie Lani moved out.
If you listen carefully,
you can almost hear the structure groaning.
- No, I actually think that's me groaning.
- It'll be fine.
A little elbow grease and, good as new.
- Oh, you mean my elbow grease.
- Glad you could make it.
Was taking a look at the siding.
Only gonna need a few slats here and there.
- I thought we beat you here.
- Yeah, well contractors do get a bad rap for being late.
I believe in being early.
- Well, except homecoming.
- Ouch.
- I don't think you're out of the woods just yet, Ben.
- Nope, he's fine.
I'm just kidding, no woods here.
- Good.
I promise not to be late to this dance.
- Well, I guess that's my cue to leave.
Have fun, sis.
- Absolutely beautiful.
- We are talking about this house, right?
- The house was damaged from a hurricane a few years ago,
but, look at this old soul.
Given up so much of herself,
it'll appear she doesn't have much left, but,
it couldn't be further from the truth.
A little broken, but she's still standing tall.
We just need to remind her of what she once was,
and what she could be again.
- Well, I think it's a little more of a refresh
than a square one redo.
- You haven't seen inside yet, have you?
- No.
I just want to honor what my auntie asked for.
Nothing more, nothing less, so let's keep it professional.
Stay on the clock, so we can both get back to our life.
ASAP.
- You're the boss.
- Yes, I am.
- Whoa, whoa!
Let me get that for ya.
- Wow.
This is not how I remember it.
- Yeah, it happens when they sit empty for too long.
This place hasn't seen any TLC since your auntie moved out.
- Eight years ago.
Oh!
Thanks.
- Yeah, no problem.
- It's gonna need a whole new floor.
- Yeah, but we can just tear up the linoleum and-
- Replace it with a new tile.
- Exactly.
It'll look good as new.
Maybe I should go first.
- Wow, the kitchen is a complete redo.
What do you say we knock this wall out,
and really open up this room.
- Refresh, not redo.
Remember?
- Sorry, I see it up here.
This house knows what it wants to be.
It's my job to bring it to life.
- Just, keep that window where it is.
- You sure?
- One of my favorite things as a kid,
Auntie Lani and I used to just stand here
and spot the whales breaching off shore.
- Alright, then I say we keep the whale window
but we make it bigger.
- I like it.
Auntie Lani would have loved the whole open floor plan.
She spent most of her time outside on the beach.
- Exactly.
So let's make her interior an extension of the outside world.
Wait a minute, are we fixing this place up for you
or to sell to some nice couple?
- Let's check out the backyard.
- Okay.
- We'll have to replace this deck, dry rot.
We can use composite wood, it weathers better.
- We could just replace it with some simple steps
leading up to the door.
- And not have a back lanai in Maui?
- It'll give it more backyard space.
- Space is one thing this place has plenty of.
Okay, we keep the lanai.
Family needs a place to sit and barbecue
and tell embarrassing stories.
- I think that's your magical picture, not mine.
- I wanna get rid of the fireplace so just box it in.
- Gemma, it's the best feature in the entire house
and you want to make it disappear?
Look. Look at the character in that old brick.
- You mean the cracks?
- I mean the character.
- No one in Hawaii needs a fireplace so just cover it up.
And I don't want any of the walls knocked down either, okay?
It's too time-consuming.
- But what about what the house wants to be?
- Every change costs time and money.
And I don't have a lot of either.
- Okay look, I have never gone over budget
on any of my jobs.
I can stretch the money if you can stretch the time.
- Time is the one thing that I don't have a lot of.
I need to get back to my real life in LA.
Hey, can you just give me a ride back to my sister's place?
- Gemma wait, can we talk about this?
I mean, I don't know what happened in there
but did I offend you somehow?
- Just business.
Apparently we just have different opinions
about how it should be done.
- It's never just business for me, Gemma.
I don't do this work just for the paycheck.
Probably no more than you design buildings
just for a paycheck.
- You don't know me well enough to say that.
- You know what, you're right, I don't.
But a job should be done right
and for a minute there I thought you and I were on the same page
but it's just starting to seem like you're not.
- You know what, Ben?
I appreciate your opinion, but it's my house.
- Maybe it's none of my business.
- You're right.
It is none of your business.
- Fair enough.
- I guess you're not familiar with the idea
that the client is always right.
- No, I get it.
And that's the part of my job I hate the most.
Know-it-alls dictating where the next nail's gonna go.
But you know what?
Life is too short.
If the client knew it all they wouldn't come to me.
If that's the way you want it then, sorry.
I'm just not the right guy for this job.
- It's your choice.
- Hey, Dad.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Got as many minutes as you want, my dear.
- Whatcha working on?
- Coffee table for Auntie Lani.
It was supposed to be in her room at the retirement home.
This lovely piece of wood
came from her favorite tree on the property.
- And it'll be perfect to have something
to remember her by after we sell the house.
- Yeah, maybe so.
- That is if we sell the house.
- Wait a minute, what are you talking about?
- Ben and I weren't exactly seeing eye-to-eye on the reno
and he quit.
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, I know Ben, he's not a quitter.
- Yeah, well, he quit, Dad.
He did.
- You know, are you sure?
'Cause he's not that kind of guy.
- I may have fired him.
- Ahhh, that doesn't sound like you either.
I'm really sorry about that, Gemma.
You know Auntie Lani wanted Ben to do the renovations
so maybe we'll give Franklin a call
and see how flexible the will is
and maybe we'll get somebody else, okay?
- Yeah, it seems like it's gonna take a lot longer
than we thought and I really need to get home.
- I always felt Maui is your home.
You may live over there, but Maui will always be your home.
- You know what I mean, Dad.
I really need to get back.
I still think that you should finish the house
and live there yourself.
- Ha ha ha.
Are you kidding?
And give up living in my RV, Betty Lou?
No way, brah.
Ha ha ha.
See out there?
That was my secret surfing beach with your mother.
Yeah.
Rippin' the lip.
Jammin' the jaws.
- My surf rat daddy.
- You know, Auntie Lani did not leave me the house.
She left it to you and your sister to decide
what the right thing is to do.
And I know your sister has this dream
about opening up a bakery-
- Wait, what?
She never told me about that.
- Yeah, well Emma's getting older
and one day she's gonna leave the nest and
well, your sister is gonna need a purpose.
- Don't we all, sometimes.
Alright, well I guess I better go figure out
what my options are.
- You know, Gemma, all I've ever wanted for my girls
was for them to be happy.
- We know that, Daddy.
We want the same thing for you.
- I love you.
- Love you.
- Ugh.
Darren, please just leave me alone.
What is happening?
No, no, no, no.
Don't spinning-pinwheel-of-death me.
- So do you think there might be a time in your life
where you could give a guy a second chance like Ben?
- Dad, I think he might be a little nuts.
I mean, he keeps referring to Auntie Lani's house as a she.
- Ah.
Like I refer to my hale, as Betty Lou.
- Ha.
- Do you know why Auntie Lani chose Ben
to do the renovation on her house?
- I think I have a pretty good idea.
- No, not because you were sweet on him in high school.
That might've been a part of it.
But because Ben told Auntie Lani that her home was her legacy.
For our whole family, our ohana
to be remembered for at least a hundred years.
- He said that?
- Yeah, he said that.
- Wish me luck.
- Good luck.
- Hey, Ben?
- Hey.
It's a beautiful service.
- Thank you.
I actually wanted to apologize.
You were right.
About Auntie Lani's house.
Her legacy deserves better.
Please come back?
- Okay.
On one condition.
We work together to bring her house back to life, okay?
It's not my show, it's not your show.
It's our show.
Together.
- The house is always right?
- The house is always right.
See you in the morning?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Oh and ah, bring your sledgehammer.
- Ha.
Hey, Emma?
- Yeah?
I need to ask you a favor.
Could you take a look at my laptop?
I think it crashed.
- Spinning pinwheel of death?
- Yeah.
And there is an email on there that I really need to open.
- Well, who is it from?
- If I say you're gonna think I'm crazy.
- I already think that, but it could be a phishing scam
that ghosted your operating system.
- Ghosted?
Okay, that does not sound good.
- Or well-deserved karma for firing Ben.
But I can see what I can do.
- Thank you. - Yeah, of course.
- You beat me here and you have blueprints.
- Well, I just wanted to show you
that us mainlanders can be prompt too.
And my dad never throws anything away.
- Gemma, Ethan.
Ethan helps me out on my jobs sometimes.
- Whoa, brah.
You never said she was gonna be so hot.
- Ethan, she's not hot.
She's a lady.
Just show her some respect, alright?
- You guys do know that I'm standing right here
and I can hear everything that you're saying, right?
Nice to meet you, Ethan.
- It's fixer-upper time!
- Sorry about that, he doesn't exactly have any filters.
He just says whatever springs to mind.
- Kinda reminds me of this surfer kid
I used to know back in high school.
- Touché.
Would you like me to carry that in for you?
- Nope, I got it.
- You sure?
- Need to carry my own weight around here.
Okay, phew.
- Alright, well.
You're the architect, wanna sledge the first wall?
- In all honesty, I've never actually sledged before.
- Oh, it's the best.
Here.
Let me show you.
- Oh, I don't need- - Yes, you do.
Come on.
Left hand here.
Fix, now.
Right hand right about there.
- Okay.
- Now, it's more about using the legs
rather than the back and arms.
Balance is the key.
- Well, I think... you got it. - Yeah, I think I've got it.
Okay.
- Okay, um...
You know, just let it out.
- Let what out?
- Everything in your life that's weighing you down.
Just put it in your swing and, oh!
Let it out.
- Okay.
I miss my Auntie Lani.
I never asked for this old house.
I would give it up in a second to have her back.
Wasted the last four years of my life with my ex-boyfriend
and I will never get that back.
I don't even like designing buildings
for penny-pinching old businessmen.
It doesn't make me as happy as I thought it would.
Ugh!
- That!
Let that out.
- Okay.
Ugh!
- Oh!
- Yeah! - That was awesome!
- It was a good day.
- Yeah.
You swing a mean sledgehammer.
- Not gonna lie, it felt really good.
- Yeah, there's nothing I love more
than breathing new life into old things.
- Hey, can I ask you a question?
- Yeah.
- What happened to you after high school?
- Well, after knocking around the surf circuit for awhile
and realizing there was probably more to life,
I went to college in New York.
I ended up getting a minor in 17th-century
Eastern-European Romantic literature.
- Ha.
Well, that explains a lot.
- Then I got a job in billboards.
- Billboards?
- Advertising... billboard space.
I hated it.
I was basically creating mindless slogans
for people to look at for two seconds as they drove past.
It took me three years of misery to realize
that's not what I wanted to do with my life.
So I eventually moved back here
and learned the renovation business.
- Mm.
Now I understand what Legacy Renovations means.
- Yeah, your Auntie Lani did too.
I gave her that second chances speech
and she hired me on the spot.
- Ha ha...
Well, I'm glad she did.
- Me too.
- Okay, my turn.
Back in the house, when you were getting
your sledgehammer on,
- Mmmhmm.
- It sounded like you had a few things
you had to work out back in LA.
- It does, doesn't it?
- I hope being home helps you find your answers.
- Me too.
- So I was thinking we'll want the hardwood floor
in the living room to flow into the wall tile
of the kitchen, what do you think?
- I agree.
And since we have the gray quartz countertops
I think we should use this for the back-splash.
Ombre.
And then we can use cabinets to finish it off
to match the floor?
- And stainless steel appliances?
- Sounds good.
- I love it. Ha.
You know, your sense of design is quite impressive, ma'am.
- Hm, well.
I guess there's more to you than just demos, sir.
- Well, thank you.
- So...
I spilled my guts yesterday.
Now it's your turn.
- Okay.
What do you wanna know?
- After high school, then what?
- Well, my dad tried to keep me on the right path
but I was a little lost.
So I kind of knocked around between a bunch of random jobs.
It was actually my Auntie Lani
who kicked me out of the nest.
She told me, do what I loved
and that the money would take care of the itself.
So I followed my Tinker Toys, and my angles,
and my math brain to college.
- And that's when you went from island girl
to a big-time L.A. architect?
- Oh, I wouldn't say big-time.
I'm just a junior partner at my firm.
But occasionally in my dreams, I'm Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Ahhh..
So what is it you love the most about being an architect?
- That's easy.
It's that first moment when a client
walks into a completed project
and you just know that you nailed it.
You fulfilled all of their hopes and dreams
and they usually wipe away a few tears of happiness.
Man, I live for those tears of happiness.
But I guess having your happiness
depend on other people's happiness
is a risky proposition, right?
- Yeah, maybe.
I mean, isn't that what it's all about?
- What is?
- Love.
- I wasn't talking about love.
- Sure, you were.
I asked you what you love about being an architect
and you told me.
You know, I think in life, work, in people,
love should be the heart of everything we're about.
I know it can be risky, but I don't know,
I think it's worth it.
- You know, I think you're just a little bit deeper
than you were in high school.
- Yeah, maybe I grew up a little bit.
You know, I know what I'm going to wish for
the first time I see this place when it's finished.
- Hey, uh, guys?
Were you planning on replacing the window
above the kitchen sink?
- Okay, thanks, Ethan.
I'll come in and check it out.
- Why're you taking down that old crown molding?
It's still in good shape.
- Yes, it is.
And I would absolutely insist that we just repaint it
if it weren't upside-down.
- Upside-down?
- Yeah.
This... is how it's supposed to go.
- Wow.
- Be honest.
- Honest about what?
- Come on, I know you're a big-time architect and all.
- Okay, here we go.
- But you're impressed. I know it.
- Okay, yes, I'm impressed.
- And I saved us a whole bunch of time and money
and I know you love that.
- Hmm.
I do love that.
- Ow! Ow ow!
- Okay.
Okay.
- It really hurts, ooh, God.
- Alright, lemme see.
Lemme see, lemme see.
- Okay.
It doesn't look too bad.
- Ow ow.
- But you're probably gonna lose that pretty thumbnail
of yours eventually.
- What?
- Alright.
Gimme your hand, I'm gonna put some ice on it.
- No, no, no, it's gonna burn.
- Come on now.
The ice will help keep the swelling down.
- It still really hurts.
Did you just kiss my boo-boo?
- I kissed your boo-boo baggy.
Is it feeling any better?
- I don't know.
Yes?
We should get back to work.
- Not with that thumbsicle.
I say we knock off early today.
Give yourself a chance to heal.
Besides, there's something I wanna show you.
- We can't lose a day.
- It won't be a total loss. I promise.
- Wow.
- Happy homecoming, Gemma.
- You did all this?
- It's actually what I had Ethan doing all day.
- I don't even know what to say.
- Could you really feel at home without a proper homecoming?
Better late than never, right?
Come on.
- The Spam Loco Moco was delicious.
I've never had it in a cardboard box before.
- It's the best Ethan could do on short notice.
- Hmm. Zippy's on Ho'okelee Street?
- You still know your Maui fast food.
- Yeah, I do.
- Well, since this is a makeup homecoming
I still owe you one more thing.
- What's that?
- I'm going a little old school.
- Ha ha.
You do know that when I said I was dancing by myself
I was just joking, right?
- I do.
But no more dancing by yourself.
Do me the honor?
way that you are
- So you recreated the dance, the song,
the moment that our lives went on separate paths.
Did Auntie Lani put you up to this too?
- Nope.
Not this time.
It was all me.
But I will take that as a huge compliment.
- Well, I think she would approve.
- Wasn't really looking for Auntie Lani's approval.
Just yours.
- Well, we didn't get this far 15 years ago.
What happens next?
- What should have happened then.
- That was so sweet of Ben.
I think I just got a cavity hearing about it.
- Okay, I'm not quite sure what to make of it yet.
- I do.
You're falling for him, girl.
- Don't make such a big deal of it.
- He kissed your boo-boo.
- Okay, maybe a little bit.
- So...
What do you think?
- Grandma's Coffee House.
What about it?
Oh, are we stopping in to get coffee?
- Nope.
I've been dreaming of this place a few years.
I'm hoping it becomes the new home of Sarah's Bakery.
- Sarah, it's perfect for you.
- I know.
As soon as you and your homecoming king
get that house finished,
the sooner Darren can get it sold.
- Wait, Darren?
- Yeah, he called with his condolences about Auntie Lani
then offered us his real estate services to sell the house.
As a gift in her honor.
- Sarah.
Please tell me you did not say yes.
- Not exactly.
It was more of a... a maybe.
- He's my ex!
- I know.
And I realize it may be awkward for you.
But it was so sweet of him to offer.
And we'd save a ton in commissions with him.
Doesn't that make good... business sense?
- Yes.
I guess it does.
- Mm-hm.
- Alright.
I am going to need a very large coffee.
- Darren?
- Hey... Gemma.
- I was just painting... inside.
Uh, Darren. This is Ben.
Ben, Darren.
- Heard a lot about you.
Nice to meet you.
- Uh, Ben's renovating the house.
- With Gemma.
Actually, we're, uh, renovating it together.
- Oh!
Long way to go, huh?
- Ah, right on schedule, really.
- Hey guy, do you mind giving us a moment?
- Guy?
- Hey, I'll be just a few minutes, okay?
- Fine.
This, uh, guy will be right inside if you need me.
- I guess the contractors here aren't all
they're cracked up to be, are they?
- Oh, Ben is fantastic.
I am the amateur.
- Got it.
- But you didn't need to come here, Darren.
We could have done this long distance.
- That's true.
But... I can't deny wanting to see you again.
To present my proposal in person.
- Don't you think it's a little late...for a proposal?
- Okay. I deserve that.
And you were right about a lot of what you said
when we broke up.
But I think I figured out a way to fix everything.
- Everything?
I thought you just came down here to help us list the house?
- That was job number one.
But then I got a better idea.
It's even bigger than that.
- What are you talking about?
- Paradise.
For three dozen families.
Think about it. This prime oceanfront is worth a fortune.
And I already spoke to Orville Barrington about backing us.
He loves the idea.
You design it, I sell it.
We build it together.
We do our own version of Twin Pines right here.
The point is...
Your family can benefit from your auntie's inheritance
in more ways than they can imagine.
Instead of just flipping this house,
Sarah gets her bakery.
- How do you even know about that?
- With the money from this deal
your dad could go on a world wide tour of
all the best surf spots.
Emma could get a real start on life.
She could go to the college of her choice.
- That's all true.
But it is really unnerving coming from you, Darren.
- Okay, just think about the opportunity here.
- What's in it for you?
- This property would be a financial game-changer
for me, too.
For both of us.
- You have always been about the deal.
- No, not, not since you broke up with me.
I've been trying to see things more like you do.
- Oh, well, I thought I was just...
sunny and naive?
- That was a really stupid thing to say.
I'm really sorry about that.
- I gotta get back in there, but...
I will think about it.
- Great. I'll be on the island for a few more days.
I've already got the paperwork drawn up
if you want to move forward with this.
This could happen fast.
You could start revising your
Twin Pines footprint immediately,
and Barrington will be on the first flight here...
the moment you say yes.
- Everything okay?
- Can we just call it a day?
- It's not like you to shut down early.
Schedule... and all.
- I need to talk to Sarah and my dad.
- What did he say?
- Darren has an investment group that...
wants the whole property for a condo development.
- What about finishing the house?
- There would be no point if we go with the development deal.
We'd just have to demo it all to the ground.
- And you would be okay with that?
- Financially...
it would mean a whole new life for my family.
And, and my feelings don't really matter when
it's what's best for the family.
- What about Auntie Lani?
And what she hoped for for the renovation?
- Ben, she left me this property to figure out
what to do with it.
And, and...
that is what I'm trying to do.
- Just let me keep working.
- It would be a waste, Ben.
If we're just going to tear it all down,
there would be no point.
- I'm sorry, Gemma.
I'm just not ready to say goodbye to this house.
- I can't do this right now.
Just... can you just pack up your tools?
Uh, I need to go talk to my family.
- Okay, so, it's settled then?
- I think it's kind of amazing.
Grandma's Coffee House...
Here I come.
- So you're telling me that
if I pick up my grades the last two years of high school,
and wanted to go to the mainland
to the private college of my choice, I could?
- You could.
So... it's settled then?
Dad? You've been kind of quiet.
- I have a couple things I have to do back at home,
so I'll catch up with you all later, okay?
- Dad?
Dad, I need you to talk to me.
Hey!
I miss her too.
- This table was supposed to be in her room
at the retirement home,
so we had a little piece of her home for her there.
I started this table four or five years ago,
and there was other priorities, there was other jobs.
I couldn't finish it...
before she died.
- Dad, that is not your fault.
Stuff happens, and Auntie Lani would have understood.
- Yes, I know.
But I am going to finish this table.
Because we need a piece of her legacy...
before we bulldoze down that house.
- Yeah... we do.
- And you know, just to let you know,
I don't need the world surfing tour.
I'm very happy the way I live right here,
just like this.
And you and your sister...
are my aloha.
And will always be.
- I really hope that the condo project is...
the right choice.
- You have your auntie with you always.
You have your momma with you always.
And they were a lot smarter than me.
And so are you.
- A'a I ka hula, waiho I ka maka'u I ka hale.
- And I agree.
Mahalo ke akua.
- Come in.
- So, the spinning pinwheel of death means that you need
to clean out your laptop more than once every decade.
Your hard drive was full of digital garbage that
was just slowing everything down.
That's the reason why your email was being balky.
- So it's fixed?
- It's fixed.
- And I wasn't ghosted?
- You weren't ghosted.
Well, you better hurry up and get ready.
We do not want to be late for the signing.
- Okay.
- Gemma...
There was something I wanted to say earlier
when we were on Skype.
And I held back because I don't ever want you to think
I'm interfering with your life.
But after we hung up I kicked myself.
Of course, I want to interfere,
because you're my little peanut.
So, here goes...
When it comes to love,
don't ever settle for less than you deserve.
True love is more than a practical choice.
I pray God brings you a man who will love and cherish you,
not for what you can give him, but for who you are.
Yeah, I know I'm biased,
but you are a very special young lady
who is going to change the world with your gifts.
And you deserve someone who will see that in you,
like I do.
Oh no, I gotta go.
I'm late to meet your daddy for lunch.
A hui hou.
I love you, Peanut.
- I love you, too, Auntie Lani.
- I thought you said you stopped working on the house?
- We did.
- I don't think Auntie Lani got the memo.
- Neither did Ben.
- Oh my gosh.
- I...
I don't understand why Ben finished the exterior.
- I learned long ago never question a miracle.
- Aloha, familia!
Mr. Burke!
Hey! Whoo-hoo.
Good to see you again.
- Mr. Barrington, this is my dad, Pono, my sister, Sarah,
my niece, Emma, and my brother-in-law, Mike.
- Nice to see you all.
This is the most beautiful property
I could ever hope to develop.
And I'm glad to see there's
no hard feelings between us about Twin Pines.
- No, sir.
- Gemma would never burn bridges
with a business relationship.
- Well, shall we get started?
- Who should we start with?
Start with Sarah?
All right! Uh, do you mind...?
Thank you.
There we go.
- Auntie Lani would have loved what you did with the house.
- Here...
and here...
and hello bakery.
Perfect.
And actually...
I have my own special pen for Gemma to sign with.
- Wow.
Wow, um...
what is this?
Darren?
- It's my amends... to you.
I'm sorry for blindsiding you,
but just, I didn't want to ruin the surprise.
- You are unbelievable.
- What's going on here?
- Please, indulge me for a moment, Mr. Barrington.
- You're proposing to the sunny girl?
Oh, lovely.
- What did you just call me?
- Gemma, sweetheart, I thought this would be a romantic way
to start our new partnership.
To restart...
our life together.
- Darren, we don't have a life together anymore.
- But we could.
We could be partners in every single way.
- No... we can't.
- Why not?
- It wasn't until just now that I realized that...
I already have a partner.
Mr. Barrington, my apologies for Darren bringing you
all this way for nothing.
And...
Sarah, I promise that
I will help you find a way to get your dream.
The deal is off.
I am not selling the property.
- Gemma... please.
- I could sue you for this.
- Yes, you could.
But I suggest that you just stay for a couple of days.
Sit on the beach, let the waves lap your toes.
Do a little snorkeling and let the ocean,
just wash all of that pompous off of you.
And then you can head back to the mainland,
and be a sunnier, more naive human being.
- I will have your firm shut down so fast
that you don't even-
- Tell you what, Brotha, why don't you follow me home?
I'll teach you how to crack open a coconut.
Maybe you can sip on that for a little while.
- Uh...
- Beat it.
- Darren.
- Mr. Barrington! I...
- What now, sis?
- I go find my partner.
- Yee-hoo!
- Wow!
I don't know if you saw,
but I just sent Darren and Barrington packing.
- Yeah, I didn't want to eavesdrop,
but I, uh, I watched the whole thing through the window.
- That's it, right there.
That's the look I wanted to see on your face.
You know you told me you live for the first impression
a job makes on a client.
Well, that was my wish, too.
First time you walked in here.
- It is so beautiful.
I mean, it's more beautiful than I ever could have imagined.
Outside and in.
- I had to finish the house,
even if the bulldozers were coming.
- I don't know how you got all this done.
I mean, forty-eight hours ago,
you were packing up your tools.
- Yeah, I recruited a team.
My buddies at Subato Studios stepped up with the furniture,
and I had Ethan call all his millennial buddies.
I wanted you to see it like this.
Like a woman in a beautiful gown.
- The whale window never looked so good.
I never thought about this with Auntie Lani's house,
until today, when I walked in.
You turned this into a home that I can see myself
living in someday.
- We turned this into a home. And...
I agree.
Even if I do have to have the furniture back in a few days.
- It's all rented?
- Yeah.
All but one piece.
- Aloha kakahiaka.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Ah-ha-ha...
Dad, you finished it.
- I did.
- It's beautiful.
- It is.
- So you were in on this whole conspiracy too?
- He was one of the favors I called in.
- So, Peanut, where would you like it?
- Over there, Dad.
It's a good place to watch the whales from.
- All right.
- Perfect.
- Yeah.
- I love you.
- I love you too, Daddy.
- And I love you too, buddy.
- Love you, Pono.
- All right!
- So, what changed your mind out there?
- It was something my Auntie Lani said.
About... being with people who love you for who you are.
Not for what you can do for them.
You know, my whole life,
I feel like I've been trying to be that person...
someone that I'm not.
Trying to earn their love instead of just...
opening my arms to the people who already love me.
- So...
who already loves you?
- Well...
my Auntie Lani was one.
And my dad.
And Sarah.
My family cares for me that way.
- Anybody else?
- Ben...
I am so sorry that I gave up on you.
You've never given up on this house or on me.
- I never will.
- It worked really well... Mmm-hm.
- Hope you guys are hungry!
- Uh, Dad is on the prowl,
so you better get those crab cakes out here quick.
Ah, it smells amazing!
- Crab cake?
- Thank you!
- Emma made the raspberry tarts.
- I can't wait to try one.
- She's got a knack for cooking.
- Mmmm. Oh...
my...
- Goodness!
- Oh!
You know what, I drove passed Grandma's Coffee House today,
and the for sale sign was down.
- Really?
Oh. Well, I hope somebody makes good use of the property.
- Me, too.
- Yeah. Me, too!
- Wait, what?
- You are going to be very busy, because you are the new owner!
- How?
- Well, I sold my condo in L.A.,
and you would not believe how much I got
for 900 square feet in Los Angeles.
- Enough to buy a bakery?
- 'O 'oe ke hele.
- Oh, Gemma...
Mahalo!
- I love you.
- Yeah, ha-ha!
You know Sarah's Bakery is going to be great!
- Wait, you knew?
- Papa knows everything.
- Welcome home, Gemma.