It was Christmas time once again for the people of Jessica Town.
The tree was felt and trimmed.
The widow Koko was baking her famous gingerbread cookies.
Even the village playhouse was...
"Titanic"?
Oh, uh, sorry.
I just can't wait for "Titanic" to come out.
I've been a big Leo fan ever since
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
I really believed he was a...
Anyway, he was really good.
You should turn that extra train station
into an orphanage.
Why would I need an orphanage?
There are no unwanted children in Jessica Town.
Thanks to my steady hand
and harsh, but fair, management style,
everything is perfect.
If only it were this easy
to whip a real neighborhood into shape for Christmas.
Order! Order! Order!
Tensions run high this time of year,
but that's why the HOA
elected a Christmas committee chairperson.
Jessica Huang, the floor is yours.
Lisa, I count 14 plastic reindeer on your roof,
including three Rudolph.
Lose some deer.
Amanda, you bring store-bought to a cookie swap,
you go home empty-handed.
How could you even tell?
I can taste the laziness. We all can.
Deidre, jolly up your eggnog.
No one should have to drink a quart of cream
to get a buzz.
What night is caroling?
You really want to carol again?
Remember what happened last year?
♪ A partridge in a pear tree ♪
♪ On the second day of Christmas ♪
♪ When I'm singing up here, you all should sing ♪
- ♪ My true love gave to me ♪ - ♪ Down here ♪
Christmas is not the time for mediocrity.
Oh, actually, I have some great news.
My college roommate's marriage is disintegrating,
so Holly's gonna stay with us this Christmas.
She teaches performance and movement
at an art school,
and she's offered
to direct the caroling this year.
Wow, good luck to Holly.
Maybe she can make some figgy pudding
out of a bunch of rotten figs!
What I'm saying is that you're all real bad.
S04E10 Do You Hear What I Hear
♪ Fresh off the boat
♪ I'm gettin' mine everywhere I go ♪
♪ If you don't know, homey, now you know ♪
♪ Fresh off the boat
♪ Homey, you don't know where I come from ♪
♪ But I know where I'm goin'
♪ I'm fresh off the boat
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Guess who booked passage
on the White Star Line's ill-fated maiden voyage?
All aboard!
I got tickets to the "Titanic" premiere!
Who's in?
Another period drama?
Remember how hard you tried to sell me
on "Remains of the Day"?
No, thanks.
Sorry, Dad.
I'm reading a book about the Titanic now
and don't want to spoil the ending.
I can't. I'm meeting Nicole for coffee.
I'm thinking of getting mine... iced.
Boys, this is an event.
Missing "Titanic" would be unthinkable.
Ma, do you want to see a movie?
A lot of people die.
3 hours and 14 minutes.
Ah, is that your Lao Ban Santa costume?
It's your Christmas tradition.
So, any interest in seeing "Titanic"?
You do love others' misfortune.
Eh, if I wanted to watch white people sink a boat,
I'd watch "Gilligan's Island."
Besides, I have my own disaster to deal with.
Oh, come on. Your hair looks great.
I was talking about caroling.
Oh.
♪ Eight maids a milking ♪
♪ Seven swans a swimming ♪
♪ Six geese a laying ♪
♪ Five golden rings ♪
♪ Four calling birds ♪
♪ Three French hens ♪
♪ Two turtle doves ♪
♪ And a partridge in a pear ♪
♪ Tree ♪
Great job!
Guys, you put me down on "pear" instead of "tree."
But, hey, that's why we rehearse.
Holly.
Jessica Huang... HOA Christmas chair.
That was amazing.
It's fun! So much positive energy.
Unlike my marriage.
Mm.
So, I was thinking this year,
we would sing at every house
and then end with a grand finale in the cul-de-sac.
- I thought you didn't want to carol. - I didn't,
until you flew in the Puerto Rican Maria von Trapp.
A-Actually, my mom's Canadian,
and my father's Syrian-Jewish,
- but raised in Brazil. - Mm.
Or maybe you're from Heaven,
because this is a Christmas miracle.
Aw, it's nothing.
The only challenge is,
is working with so many people.
So thin the herd.
Hold auditions
and cut the people who are not worthy.
Like her.
No, no!
We can make it work with everyone.
Come on, it's supposed to be fun.
It is a visual burden for people who open doors
to see more than six singers.
I don't think that's true.
Make the cuts, Holly.
Snip-snip, Lisa.
Keep it moving, lady!
Louis?
Honey.
Uh, sorry about the foghorn sound.
I just excited for Leo.
Oh.
- Is Marvin here? - No, he's not.
And would you mind not telling him you saw me?
I promised I'd wait
till "Titanic" comes out on video
so we can watch it together at home.
He won't see it in the theater?
He was in the Navy, and he's really worried
about watching a ship go down in public.
I hate going behind his back,
but I just couldn't wait.
I mean, missing "Titanic" would be
- unthinkable! - Unthinkable!
- Oh! - Ah!
Don't worry.
Unlike the supposedly water-tight compartments
inside Titanic's hull,
my lips are sealed.
Why'd you pick this place?
It's way outside my preferred bike radius.
What? They have great coffee.
The beans are, like, extra roasted or whatever.
Also...
Jackie.
Who Jackie?
Blend, you piece of crap!
She doesn't take any guff from machines.
Cute, right?
I've been coming here every day for two weeks,
and yesterday,
she started doing this.
A smiley.
I knew this day would come.
You need my help with a girl.
So, what do I do?
Uh, should I go say hi?
Nah, that'll seem desperate.
Just sit here and give off casual, confident vibes.
You know, laugh a little,
but not too much because she'll think we're together.
Yeah, see? That's too much.
If you want to sit, you have to order a drink.
Store policy.
Spot me some cash?
Sorry. I'm broke.
So, I hear Cupid dipped his arrow in coffee
and struck someone square in the ol' pumper.
Yeah, yeah. You bring your wallet?
♪ I really need you tonight ♪
♪ Forever's gonna start tonight ♪
♪ Forever's gonna start to ♪
♪ Once upon a time, I was falling in love ♪
♪ Now I'm only falling apart
♪ There's nothing I can do
♪ A total eclipse of the heart ♪
Bonnie Tyler takes it out of me!
Next... Uh, Jessica Huang.
Get ready to feel.
I didn't bring any Kleenex,
so when the tears come,
just use your sleeves.
♪ Every night in my dreams ♪
♪ I see you, I feel you ♪
♪ That is how I know you ♪
♪ Go on ♪
♪ Near, far ♪
♪ Wherever you are ♪
♪ I believe that the heart does ♪
♪ Go on ♪
♪ We'll stay ♪
♪ Forever this way ♪
♪ You are safe in my heart ♪
♪ And my heart will ♪
♪ Go on and on ♪
Merry Christmas to all.
All right, let me first start off by saying
you all were so great.
I really wish the human eye
could process more than six people in a door frame,
but apparently it can't.
Ah.
Ah! Evan you made it!
Vocal rest. Respect.
There must be some mistake.
My name's not on the list.
I'm sorry. You didn't make the cut.
I didn't make the cut? But I hit three octaves!
Did you hear me ascend the ladder?
I climbed up over Celine.
I stepped on the shoulders of that French-Canadian angel,
and I kissed the heavens!
Jessica, you're a wonderful singer.
It's just that you're lacking a little...
Christmas spirit.
Christmas spirit?
I've seen how you treat your sister carolers.
You kept yelling "No" during Amanda's audition,
you slept through Lisa's,
and pretended to hang yourself
while Deidre was singing.
I was kidding.
Hey, doesn't anyone like to laugh anymore?
That kind of negative energy is toxic in a group.
Just look what happened to Oasis!
So, they're steaming across the North Atlantic,
- everything's going great. - Louis.
Hey, Marvin! What brings you by?
So, I'm hiding Honey's Christmas gift,
which is something we do every year...
You know, it preserves
the magic and the wonder of the season...
When I find this ticket stub...
for a major motion picture.
Oh.
Now, I know it couldn't be Nicole
because she was at a coffee shop.
And Honey told me that she went to the gym,
but I found this...
in her purse... Goobers.
Honey hates the combo of chocolate and peanuts.
That means she went to the movie
with somebody who was eating these!
Hmm, hmm, sounds like a dead end.
No, there's something going on, Lou.
She's been acting very strangely lately.
I need to stake out some movie theaters,
get to the bottom of this.
Or... don't.
Nah, I gotta go do this thing.
Coffee is great!
I feel like the show "Friends"
makes a lot more sense now.
I am super focused.
I've read three articles about hockey.
Hockey!
Cupdate!
Look what Jackie wrote.
A heart over the "I"?
I knew playing "hard to get" would pay off!
- So what's my next move? - I don't know!
Well, how did you first connect with Alison?
We met playing piccolo.
Oh, right! I knew it was doing something.
How can Holly say I don't have Christmas spirit?
Of course, you have spirit, Mommy.
Everyone knows how much you love Christmas.
Holly just met you.
She hasn't had a chance to see that.
Well, I'm off to rehearsal.
Holly's going to fine tune my step and twists.
As if she could.
So, Marvin came by to tell me
he found your ticket stub and a box of Goobers.
He thinks you've been acting strange
so he's staking out movie theaters.
Ugh.
He always makes some excuse to stage a stakeout.
I think he just likes eating in his car.
He did order a couple quarts of scalloped potatoes to go.
I feel kind of bad.
Maybe we should just tell him we saw "Titanic."
I'll tell him after I give him his Christmas gift.
I don't want to upset him.
Like in "Titanic" when Billy Zane
finds the nude sketch Jack drew of Rose.
I must've missed that scene when I was in the restroom.
- Well, it was a great scene. - Oh...
- They were all great. - I know.
I have to admit, I can't stop thinking about it.
Me neither.
- We can't go see it again. - No way. No.
I mean, not with Marvin staking out the theaters.
Yeah.
Perfect. No one will notice us.
Whoo!
Oh, wow.
I know what you need to do, Nicole.
So, every couple has a special love language, right?
Right. For Eddie and Alison, that language was woodwinds.
For Nicole and Jackie, that language is coffee cups.
Here's Alison's cup.
No smiley face in her "O," No heart atop her "I."
You want to communicate with Jackie?
You speak through these.
My boy done cracked this thing!
I'm gonna go grab some coffee cups
so we can workshop the perfect message.
Do you really need a move?
Why not just go up and say "Hi"?
Alison, please.
When Nicole needs help dumping her, we'll come to you.
Whoa. I don't know why I said that.
Sorry. That was the java talking.
It's fine. I've never been happier.
It's crazy, I know,
but I thought maybe they wouldn't sink this time.
Well, you did your part
by yelling "iceberg" at the screen.
Honey?
I'd been to five theaters
and starting to think I was crazy,
but then, here you are,
wearing your "Little Orphan Annie" wig
in the company of some strange, old woman.
Are you the Goober queen?
Louis?
We just wanted to see "Titanic."
I'm sorry, sweetie.
I know I promised you I'd wait,
but I couldn't help myself.
You mean you've been doing all this sneaking around
just to see some silly boat movie?
- Yes. - It's more of a ship, really.
Must be some kind of picture
for you to go through all this just to see it again.
Oh. It's an amazing movie.
Maybe seeing a boat go down in public
won't be so bad if my wife and my best friend
are with me.
Oh, we just missed the 7:10.
Oh, well, luckily, it's playing again
at 7:20, 7:40, 7:50,
8:25, 8:55...
Where the "H" is Holly?
It's show time!
Tidings!
You all look so nice.
We ready to do this?
Uh, you didn't make the cut.
Does Holly know you're here?
Oh, I fired her.
♪ Joy to the world ♪
♪ The Lord has come ♪
♪ Let Earth... ♪
♪ Repeat. Repeat the sounding joy ♪
Bravo, Mrs. Huang.
A very merry Christmas to you.
What do you mean you fired Holly?
I took your advice,
and I went to go convince her how much I love Christmas
when I realized I outrank her.
Who is she to say who can and can't sing?
It's my committee, and it's my Christmas.
I can't believe you did that to her on Christmas!
I mean, even her dirtbag husband
had the decency to run off
the day after her birthday.
Evan, we don't need them.
We can carol on our own.
Sorry, but I don't feel like singing with you.
I guess I was wrong.
You don't have Christmas sprit.
I think you're being too critical.
You definitely are.
I'm sorry, but the nautical mistakes
took me right out of it.
When a vessel that size breaks apart,
she makes a hell of a lot more noise.
Hell of a lot more.
Mm. I'll get it.
All right.
♪ Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells ♪
♪ All seem to say, throw cares away ♪
♪ Christmas is here bringing good cheer ♪
♪ To young and old, meek and the bold ♪
♪ Ding, ding, ding, dong, that is their song ♪
♪ With joyful ring, all caroling ♪
I killed Christmas.
But you love Christmas.
Who else sends everyone on the street
her own ornament?
Evan was so excited about caroling,
and I messed it up.
I ruined Christmas for my son.
Honey, look what I found
in the garage behind the absinthe.
"To Big Daddy, From Honey Poo"
- Marvin, let me... - Who's Big Daddy?
You call me Boopsy, Mr. Muffin, and Fish Stick.
Never Big Daddy.
I knew you were hiding something.
Open the gift.
A satellite image of a hurricane?
Your sidecar is a weatherman?
It's a sonogram.
I'm pregnant.
I'm Big Daddy?
You will be.
We're gonna have a baby, Honey Poo!
- Congratulations. - Congratulations.
Is this my Lao Ban suit?
Later, later.
This was supposed to be
your Christmas gift, Fish Stick.
Yeah...
I'm so happy for you!
I've been dying to tell you.
So exciting!
I'm not gonna lie, I am really nervous,
but I am so thankful you'll be here to help me.
Right, to help you ruin Christmas for your baby.
I'm great at that.
Don't be too hard on yourself.
I know you'll figure out a way
to make things right with Evan.
You are a great mother.
Nicole, we got it!
This is the message you should give to Jackie.
"What up, girl, you gay?
You play any instruments?
Holla back at me."
- Confident, cool... - And a haiku.
It's time.
Take that cup and give it to her.
Hi.
Hey.
Anything I can help you with?
Yeah.
I have something to give you.
My coffee order.
- No! - My words!
This must be what it's like
watching your kid strikeout in baseball.
I wussed out and ordered a coffee.
No smiley face.
No heart.
I blew it, guys.
Did you?
Turn the cup around!
- Digits! - Yes!
We did it!
Evan.
I made you something.
Everyone should have a part in celebrating Christmas,
inside Jessica Town and out.
I'm sorry I ruined caroling.
I just love Christmas so much,
and I wanted it to be perfect.
Christmas isn't about being perfect.
It's about everyone being together.
Yes, it is.
I'm gonna put this in Jessica Town
next to Menthol Reds National Forest
where Grandma hides her cigarettes.
Yeah, Jessica'll do that to you.
I once ate a pound of gummy worms
because she criticized the way I walked...
"Like a hooker?"
Yeah, well, you don't move that great.
It might the shoes you're wearing.
Holly.
I never should've asked you to make cuts
or fired you for making such a dumb one.
And we're lucky to have you this Christmas.
I know it's late...
but would you join the HOA carolers tonight?
This time, the whole herd?
You know, I'm gonna do something
my husband never could...
Admit I was wrong.
You definitely have the Christmas spirit, Jessica.
- Come here. Come here. - Aww!
You should never admit that you're wrong, okay?
Never admit that you're wrong.
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy new year ♪
♪ Good tidings we bring ♪
♪ To you and your kin ♪
♪ Good tidings for Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy new year ♪
♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy new year
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