"And so it came to pass." "Having vanquished the enemies of the King, the brash and brave young knight, Flynn of Stewart, his long journey done, returned home, with heart wide open to free his lady fair." "What mischief be this?" "Zounds!" "What treachery!" "Fear not, my lady!" "Oh!" "Alack, doth hath returned too late!" "While you were out warring, Halsey" "My brother." "We're betrothed." "And this is his idea of courtship?" "Zounds!" "Thou art but bait!" "We must away!" "We must away!" "We must away." "Away!" "I am not going out that way." "Unhand her, you vain, foppish sprig!" "Aye, Beelzebub." "Tell me, he doesn't still have you doing his dirty work?" "You know this pitiful creature?" "Mm, our nursemaid." "Always favored Halsey, she did." "Little toady." "I'll give you toady." "Green, green ye shall be for all eternity, till the purest maiden fair lays a smooch on thee." "Not again!" "Oh, Flynn, why can't you be real?" "This is the year Mom meets her mystery knight." "Goodnight, Mrs. Polanski." "Zoe, I know you can hear me." "Give me my kissy or else." "Or else!" "Do you give, do you give, do you give?" "Never!" "Okay, okay, okay." "Give me, give me, give me." "Geez, nothing comes between you and your frog man." "Prince, Mom." "Frog Prince." "Well, it wouldn't hurt you to spend a little less time with make believe and a little more time with Math." "Come on." "Sure, as soon as you do a little less work and have a little more fun." "I have all the fun I need to have with you." "Now sleep." "Mommy, I miss Daddy, too, but he'd want you to live happily ever after." "You are my happily ever after, Zoe." "Goodnight, Daddy." "You handsome rascal, you." "When I think of all the hearts sure to break when they hear their favorite marquess, me," "Percival of Summerland is off the market." "Talking to ourselves again, sir?" "At least I don't give me a hard time over everything, Wilkins." "At least I..." "know my place." "Oh, if you're referring to my reminding you that a marriage without love is..." "Is so old-fashioned." "Love never goes out of fashion, sir." "Well, tell that to the royal pains in my" "That would be rude and impudent to offer the Duke and the Duchess..." "You had no problem pointing out my" "Oh what, my pointing out your foolishness, Percival?" "No, none indeed." "Thank you, Wilkins." "And thus concludes today's lecture." "Final lecture, sir." "For if you insist on throwing away your future..." "I'm not throwing away my future." "I'm surrendering to it." "Oh, you mean resigning, sir?" "I have one job." "One responsibility to my family and my title." "I marry someone." "The right someone." "And besides, I'm not about to throw away my life on some antiquated notion of true love." "I'm sorry, Wilkins, but I like my life." "I like doing whatever strikes my fancy." "It's... fun." "Fun to toy with the innocent heart of another?" "Oh please, it's an arranged marriage." "Hilary doesn't love me." "She barely knows me." "Oh, would you please help me with this?" "Sir, just so we're clear." "Your persisting in this charade places me in an untenable position." "Meaning what?" "You'd resign?" "You know, somewhere deep inside you is a prince of a man dying to get out." "I just pray that you'll find him before it's too late." "Good job, Wilkins." "Naturally, sir." "Marvelous and big smiles." "And with the parents, please." "And your hand on his chest so we can see your engagement ring." "And the ring." "And the ring." "And the ring." "And the ring." "And the ring." "And the ring." "Have you tried the bird, my dear?" "Divine." "So flavorful on the palette." "It better be." "We specified only organic vegan fed squab be served." "Is this buckshot?" "Can you see it, Percy?" "My poise?" "I've been refining it." "Mother says I owe it to her subjects to always look majestic." "After all, we are going to be majesties." "I think that your wedding is highly overrated." "Exactly, such a plebeian month." "And besides, we spend all our Junes summering in the south of France." "Of course." "We spend ours in our award-winning vineyards in Napa." "How's your July?" "A maritime modeling festival." "Top judge this year." "August?" "International Bridge Championship." "Oh!" "Here I took you for a yahtzee man." "And for our honeymoon, I was thinking of taking in one of our commonwealth countries." "You know, a cute sounding one like Papua New Guinea." "I just love the Caribbean." "South Pacific, Hilary." "Papua New Guinea's in the South Pacific." "Oh, better start brushing up on my geography then." "After all, we are going to carry on your family's grand tradition and send our children abroad for school." "Think how much fun it will be to visit them." "It will be like taking a vacation." "Yes." "Well, September it is then." "That'll give us plenty of time to manipulate the media." "Re, our family alliance." "Yet, one must remember one's station." "Now this tea is for the common people, and we are never common." "But, if our sweet babies spend too much time in Australia, they might develop an Australian accent, which I find a little tinny on the ear, don't you?" "I mean, it is rather common, right?" "An Australian accent compared to yours?" "It's considered common." "Because the last thing we want to do is raise common children." "I wonder what New Zealand sounds like?" "Just stepping out for a bit of fresh air." "Steady, sir." "A bit close for my comfort given your vertigo." "Yeah." "Let me see to that." "May I be of any other service, sir?" "No, Wilkins." "You've done enough." "All right?" "Yo, prom queen." "Take a hike, okay?" "If you hurry, you might get to the ball in time to get crowned." "Or we could play a game of arrows." "See who buys the next round of drinks." "Oh, you're on, buddy." "Good!" "Hah, hah, hah!" "And one not even looking." "Ha!" "And voila!" "Thank you, thank you." "Barkeep!" "A round of drinks for my mateys!" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ Early in the morning" "♪ Way hay up she rises, Way hay up she rises" "♪ Way hay up she rises Early in the morning ♪" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ Early in the morning" "♪ Way hay up she rises" "♪ Way hay up she rises, Way hay up she rises ♪" "I have just the thing for this drunken sailor" "We're low on milk." "Check." "And juice." "Check." "And celery, carrots, and tomatoes." "Just check." "Not very funny, Zoe." "Check." "Okay." "Homework." "Lunch box." "To the top." "Okay." "Oh, my" "Keys?" "Thank you." "Check." "Mrs. Polanski is making you pasta with vegetables tonight." "I have to work late." "You mean pasta drowning in another one of her chunky bland sauces?" "Yes." "You should eat your vegetables." "They are good for you." "Hat on." "Mom!" "On." "Is that really necessary?" "It's a zillion degrees in here." "It's cold and flu season, Mrs. Bieker." "You can't be too careful." "And you better be wearing your hat when Mrs. Polanski picks you up." "I don't see you wearing a hat, Missy." "Okay, so Mrs. Polanski will be here at 3:00." "I'll call you from work." "Have a good day, all right?" "I love you very much." "Bye." "Bye." "Hey, Zoe." "Hi, Sam." "You wanna be my lab partner?" "Oh, Sam!" "I saved a seat for you." "Right next to me." "Oh, do you want to share my chewing gum?" "Sure." "Does everybody have a frog?" "Frog, frog, frog, frog." "Zoe, come get your frog." "Now take it back to your seat and wait for it to die." "Leave your specimens." "We're moving on to mammals on Monday." "Are you thirsty, Mr. Froggy?" "Can you even believe her?" "That stupid Zoe." "Thinking she can even look at Sam." "What a loser." "I mean, look at me!" "And then look at her." "You are so much prettier." "It was like a really big snake, and I think it came from the toilet." "Just one more sec, Mr. Froggy." "Oh, did I hurt you?" "I'm so sorry." "Here, let me kiss your boo-boo." "Hey, Zoe." "Hi, Sam." "You ditched, too?" "Me ditched, too!" "Me ditched, too?" "Oh!" "Froggy?" "Froggy?" "Oh, my gosh!" "A webbed foot?" "The kiss." "I've turned a frog into a Prince." "Uh!" "Oh, man, Froggy." "What am I gonna do with you?" "I can't just leave you here." "Not like this." "You'll freeze to death." "Well, if he should happen to stumble into your fine establishment again for another game of chance, if you would be so good as to contact me." "And only me." "I'll make it well worth your time and consideration." "I'd love a cup of tea." "Besides being filthy dirty and stinky, you're kind of beat up." "Knock off the croaking!" "Talk!" "Oh, my head!" "Wash." "Somewhere deep under all that gunk is a Prince." "Prince?" "Exactly." "If Mom finds out, I am so dead." "Majesty, you stink." "I don't remember anything." "Who are you?" "Somewhere deep under all that gunk is a Prince." "Is a prince of a man dying to get out." "Yoo hoo!" "Are you okay?" "I'm coming in, Mr. Froggy!" "Sure hope you didn't drown!" "Where am I?" "And what is all this?" "Yeah, webbed toes?" "Eww, it must be some kind of residual side effect." "What effect?" "From when you were a frog." "Well, when you were turned into a frog." "Not by me." "I turned you into a man." "Well, back into a man." "Not on purpose." "Not that I'm sorry I did." "Seeing you're a Prince with that royal sash you have." "Anyway, it was just an accident." "I pinched your poor little foot." "The frog's foot." "The frog that I kissed at the pond." "Just before it, he, you, turned into a man." "Prince." "Look, just scrub up and I'll leave you some clean clothes outside the door." "And then I'll show you what I mean." "And hurry, we don't have all day." "What?" "Green, green, ye shall be for all eternity." "Until the purest maiden fair lays a smooch on thee." "I know it's a lot to take in all at once, but when you add up your webbed toes, the sash, my kiss, all the evidence is here that you are, in fact, the actual Frog Prince." "I'm sorry, but none of this makes even a bit of sense." "Hey, you're the one who doesn't remember who you are or how you got here." "At least I have a logical explanation to offer you." "Let me see that." "Having vanquished the enemies of the King, the brash and brave young knight, Flynn of Stewart, returned home." "Lady fair, treachery, betrothed, zounds." "Who on earth says zounds?" "It's not normal!" "Coming out of your mouth?" "With that fancy English accent of yours, you are incontrovertible proof you are indeed a Prince." "Don't look at me like that." "Try again, you'll see." "Zounds." "No, like you mean it." "Zounds." "Zounds." "Zounds!" "This is nothing but poppycock." "No man, and certainly no brave knight would ever say zounds." "The you in the book does." "That's got to be Mrs. Polanski." "What have you done to my floor?" "Go on, get in." "She won't understand." "Jail, or worse if she finds out you're here." "For both of us!" "But I" "No but's, Flynn." "Here, read all about you." "Leaving early?" "Walking home alone?" "I searched that entire school for you." "Almost had a heart attack!" "I can't take this anymore!" "Bye." "A miscommunication." "You really want to stick with that?" "Zoe, do you have any idea what it does to my day to have another nanny quit over something you've done?" "Especially one who liked my list as much as Mrs. Polanski." "I don't want a nanny." "I want you." "Oh, sweetie, you have me." "But you know I can't leave you home alone while I go to work." "I have to support this family, and this does not help!" "And what happened in here?" "I overfilled the tub." "No kidding." "What is that smell?" "It's like pond scum." "We dissected frogs in Science." "I must have got frog guts on me." "Well, wash them off and clean this up." "I have to go back to the restaurant, because I have to do the books, and you know what that means." "Mom." "I'm calling Mrs. Bieker!" "The odds of making two holes in one are about 9 billion, 222,500 to one." "The man who defied those odds?" "Dr. Eli Gindi." "Don't you just love these great moments in golf highlights, Mrs. Bieker?" "Mrs. B?" "On the 143 yard Par Three 17th hole," "Gindi defied those astronomical odds with his trusty seven iron." "Privy, allow me to introduce myself, fair Miss." "Prince Flynn of Stewart." "Dashing older brother to the loathsome Halsey of Stewart." "So, tell me something that I don't know." "Halsey's a snake." "I've been there, read that." "But right now we've got to get you to some place" "Mom hardly ever goes." "Snake is too kind." "Halsey stole my lady intent on marrying her upon the lie that I was unworthy." "Well, you were always unworthy." "In chapter two, that joust you lost?" "Chapter five." "Deserting your post?" "Chapter nine." "Almost drowning in the moat?" "Well, I was never much of a swimmer." "You spent six months as a frog!" "The water was freezing!" "Here, look." "It's all right here." "Well?" "Egads, you're right." "Chapter after chapter nothing but a disappointment." "All looks and no game." "No wonder my lady found me lacking." "Mrs. Bieker?" "Mrs. Bieker, wake up." "Don't just sit there." "Mom's back from her restaurant." "Come on, come on!" "In here!" "Here, take this." "You should have seen it." "I've just never seen a tournament like that." "It was a hole in one, and then another one." "Sounds amazing." "And it just kept going on and on." "Unbelievable!" "Thank you, goodnight." "Goodnight." "Zoe, I'm sorry for losing my temper." "But I just can't help worrying about you, and when we have a day like today I go a little crazy." "Sweetie, come on, talk to me." "What in the world came over you?" "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." "Of course I would." "What I said about dissected frogs?" "I couldn't do it, so I ditched to set him free." "But I hurt him and then kissed him and turned him into a Prince." "Which makes sense, as there's a blue moon this month." "Meaning tons of more love and magic." "Sweetie, you know that a blue moon is nothing more than a lunar event." "There is no magic." "I mean, why can't you be like other girls your age and just be obsessed with werewolves and vampires?" "Is that what this is about?" "I have some amazing mystery Prince as a Valentine?" "Baby, you're my favorite Valentine." "I'm not a baby." "Maybe somebody else wants to be my Valentine this year." "Somebody, not you." "Oh, so that's how it is." "You've got a better offer." "No." "Maybe." "It's more than that." "Daddy's Valentine?" "I never told you, but that last year, when he gave me this," "Daddy said he wanted me, you and me, to someday have another someone special to give us Valentines." "I was just hoping you knew that this would be the year." "Ghastly is what it is." "To come gallivanting who knows where with who knows who when he knew we had plans to be in D'gustar this week." "It's reprehensible." "And to have to bring in the local authorities." "Wilkins, how is it you so easily tracked Percy to that circus he joined in Milan, yet cannot find him here?" "Shocking, my Lord." "Undone by the mad carnival that is San Francisco." "I've brought extra coffee for the Frog Prince." "Where is he?" "Psst!" "Wake up!" "Hey!" "Do not under any circumstances go anywhere." "I have to figure out where you're gonna live now that you're a man again." "So... stay." "Replace Mrs. Polanski." "Ruthie?" "You can't be serious." "Come on, it helps me think." "Fine, check." "I could read some of Zoe's books." "Check." "I could" "Stop making lists to avoid dealing with what really matters." "Check!" "Like you know everything." "I know that Zoe's infatuation with this Frog Prince is just her way of filling an emotional void." "Thank you, Dr. Phil." "Look, mock all you want, but you're living your life as if it's on hold and smothering Zoe in the process." "Which doesn't lead to open communication like knowing she has a crush on some boy." "Okay, I will admit it." "I don't know what to do." "You know what to do." "You just don't want to do it." "And you know that what Zoe really wants is what you really need." "An M-A-N, man." "I don't need a man, and what I really want is a happy daughter." "Prove it." "Go on a date, have some fun, take a chance on love!" "Love takes too much time, and I don't already have enough time as it is." "No one has enough time, Gwen." "Why do you think I like having Stanley around?" "He may not be a prince, but he's a heck of a cop and a great husband." "I know I'm just your older, must wiser sister, so why should you listen to me?" "But Zoe would benefit from a male influence, and it wouldn't be so bad for you, either." "It's just ridiculous." "What's ridiculous?" "How late it is." "Yes, it is getting late." "And Jason's alone with Stanley." "Bye." "Bye." "You eat, then dress." "With no one here to watch you, you're gonna need to come to work with me today, so bring some homework." "I promised Mrs. B I'd stick around." "You want to spend your whole Saturday with Mrs. Bieker?" "You?" "I promised her I'd help her do her laundry, and besides, I'm saving for a new outfit, and she's gonna give me five bucks." "This is so surprising." "I had no idea you were a budding laundress." "Yeah, it's a new passion of mine." "Well, I really appreciate the help." "But Mr. B. used to help, too." "Oh yes, my Harold found household chores quite relaxing." "It must be nice being surrounded by his stuff." "Like maybe some of his old clothes are around here somewhere?" "You know, to remind you of him." "Oh yes, I never could part with any of it." "I'll just put these away for you." "I don't care what Ruthie says, Stanley." "I'm not in a rut." "Come on." "If this isn't a rut, I don't know what is." "I grew up here with Matt." "Since his folks opened the restaurant." "We played together." "We got in trouble together." "Met a pair of beautiful sisters and married them." "But you haven't changed a thing around here in years." "Look, Gwen." "Even a guy like me, he can only eat so much of your magnificent meatloaf before he wants a cheeseburger." "Now if Matt were here, I think he'd tell you the same." "Maybe it's time for you to just shake things up a little bit." "That's all I'm saying." "Flynn, look what I got!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Give me that!" "I-I meant no harm." "Wow, look how little I am." "Yes, I have been for hours." "Look at Mom." "Look at Daddy." "They were so great together." "You have his eyes, you know." "Your father's." "Sir Matthew of Cole." "Just Matthew." "Cole's our last name." "Not our kingdom." "If it's not too forward of me" "Daddy died when I was seven." "He had cancer, but we had lots and lots of time to say goodbye." "This is in the park, not too far from where I found you." "That was our spot." "Mom would fix these great picnics down there, so we'd just go be there together." "Daddy would make up the corniest stories on how the squirrels were plotting against the ducks." "Silly stuff." "Mom doesn't like going anymore." "She usually comes home early on Saturdays." "We'd better hurry if we're gonna keep you off the streets." "Why would I be on the streets?" "'Cause if I can't convince my mom to hire you as my male nanny, that's where you'll be living." "No." "No." "No." "Yes." "Okay, now for this to work, you need a total makeover." "Just relax." "Hey, good afternoon." "What can I get you?" "A cup of tea with milk please." "Hot." "Pardon?" "Your milk?" "Would you like it hot?" "I mean warmed?" "No, that wouldn't be necessary." "Anything else?" "Something to eat?" "Prince Charles told me that if I was ever in San Francisco, that I must sample the hot apple pie at Cole's Coffee Shop." "Right, and I'm the Queen Mother." "Lady Gwendolyn, I understand that your" "How do you know my name?" "Well, only because your proclamation as the proprietor heralds you so." "Flynn Stewart." "Nanny to the English monarchy." "Retired." "So, tell me, how'd it go?" "Interview tonight." "7 p.m. sharp." "Great!" "Time for your makeover, part two." "Okay." "Marvelous and big smiles." "Flynn, I bought you a briefcase." "Oh, thank you." "You're welcome." "This is so great." "See, you can make yourself into anybody, Flynn." "Flynn?" "Thou art indeed the most handsome knight in all the land." "Talking to yourself there, Flynn?" "Talking to ourselves again, sir?" "Give me that!" "I meant no harm." "It's just, look, it's me!" "See how handsome I am?" "Please tell me you didn't open it." "This is a limited edition collectible Blue Moon doll." "Oh, thank goodness." "You didn't open the others, did you?" "The Lady or the Halsey?" "These are not for play." "You never open these toys." "Understand?" "Uh huh, yes." "We don't have all day and I have to get this finished." "Okay, wait here for 10 minutes, tops." "And don't forget the handshake." "Mom's big on those." "Hey, Zooey!" "We've been out shopping all day for Valentine's Day." "I bought the cutest outfit to wear for Sam." "Oh, look, girls." "Cirque du Soleil must be in town." "Mistress Zoe, are these children known to you?" "I'm Kate Basset." "And you are?" "I?" "Why, I am..." "Oh, my!" "What's this?" "What?" "Are you some kind of fortune teller or something?" "Is he, Zoe?" "Only the world's best." "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk." "Well, what do you see?" "Tell me!" "Well, sadly, that you are a... spoiled imp!" "And unless you repent and mend your cruel ways, you'll live a life in a solitary state." "And from here on, you'll wear only common clothing." "Oh, and Duckie, your little chums, they mock you behind your back." "Kate, wait!" "Too hard, too soft?" "Just right." "See you in 10." "Okay, thank you, Mrs. Bieker." "Whoa!" "Get off him!" "Get away from him!" "I'll beat you like a rented mule!" "Jason, get back here!" "Oh, dear." "So, where is this royal nanny?" "Late, and I really don't need your help, Ruthie." "Yes, you do, and Stanley insisted." "Oh, no jumping!" "Jason, get down from there this instant!" "Okay." "Oh, this flake is definitely a no-show." "You can go home now, Ruthie, and take Jackson Pollock, Jr. with you." "I'll get it." "I'd hang onto that if I were you." "Please, forgive my tardiness." "What happened to you?" "I ran into bit of a hiccup, sorry." "This is no time for sorry." "Head up, chest out." "Let's see some charm." "Licensed by the BMA." "Bonded by Lloyd's of London." "An RAF veteran." "What can anybody say but "wow"?" "Jason stop finger painting with your mashed potatoes and eat!" "But it's all gooey and everything's touching." "It's touching." "It's touching." "It's considered common, considered common, it's considered common." "My nephew, he's got some sort of finicky food mushing disorder." "By your leave, my ladies." "Madam... if I may?" "Knock yourself out." "Young sir, in my youth," "I, too, found that when foods collided, the meal was not to my liking." "Really?" "Very." "However, when one took the time to divide up the meats, greens, and starches, and gave them ample space to live in harmony on the plate, my compulsion to mush my food was suddenly gone." "And the meal not only appealing, but rather yummy." "What say you give it a go?" "I call dibs if you don't want him." "What do you mean call?" "You saw him with Jason." "This guy is a miracle worker." "A looker, too." "Mr. Stewart." "Flynn, my lady." "Simply Flynn." "Okay, Flynn." "You've got the job." "How soon can you start?" "There's no time like the present." "Great, where are you staying?" "Why?" "Because you'll want to get your belongings so you can move in." "Mom, I think he means the W." "My belongings are on my back." "I left my things some place and have no clue as to their whereabouts." "Isn't it just like the airlines to lose all his luggage?" "Since no one seems to need me, guess we'll be going." "Pardon me, my lady." "A thousand times goodnight." "You, too." "I'll be seeing you" "All right." "Real soon." "Goodnight, Ruthie." "Goodnight, okay." "Bye-bye." "Okay, so you will escort Zoe to and from school, supervise homework, shop, do light housework, and see that she has three squares a day." "I find that detailing assignments in writing really helps with communication." "Any questions?" "Only one." "Where does one acquire these squares for Miss Zoe?" "Acquire squares." "What a kidder." "Would you look at the time?" "Shouldn't we show Flynn his bedroom?" "Let him get some rest?" "Yeah?" "Your call from Scotland Yard is on line two." "Thanks, Effie." "Inspector O'Malley here." "Inspector!" "Good to finally speak." "Yeah, listen." "I was wondering if you had anything on a gentleman who goes by the name of Flynn Stewart?" "Everyone has a bad day once in awhile, Flynn, but you yesterday..." "Yes, my lady, a brilliant disaster." "Let's review, shall we?" "Bacon will catch fire if left unattended." "Check." "Dish towel?" "Not a fire extinguisher." "Check." "Colors run in hot water." "Check." "And should any of these bad days happen again..." "My services will no longer be required, my lady?" "Check." "And so you don't get lost, Zoe's school is right here." "Mom, I'm gonna be there to show him." "Not when he comes to pick you up." "And button, Flynn, to the top, okay?" "From now on, whatever happens, keep your mouth shut and smile." "Oh, my keys." "Good thing Flynn reminded me." "So, use these at Walgreens, these at Safeway, and these to get my dry cleaning." "And I want receipts." "Now, let's talk about groceries." "Who doesn't know how to get to Fisherman's Wharf?" "He's new in town." "Really new." "You take a cable car downhill till you hit the bay." "How hard is that?" "It's you!" "Flynn, right?" "It's me, remember?" "Mr. Wong gave me 100 bucks to split with you, but by the time the cops left, you disappeared." "Police?" "What is this about, Flynn?" "Do you know this Prince Valiant?" "He's our new nanny." "Well, some no-goodnik was trying to rob poor Mr. Wong, and boom!" "We sure took him downtown, didn't we, cutie?" "Take good care of him." "Right." "Okay, so seeing you're a local crime fighter," "I suppose the least I could do is show you around and get you started on the right foot." "Oh, there's no need for you to miss work, Mom." "I can just take a day off of school." "No, you're going to school." "I will get them started at work, and I will be back here to meet you at 9:00 sharp." "Your generosity my dear lady is..." "Yes, yes, yes, fine, okay." "Love you." "The thing is, Mom doesn't mean to be bossy." "It's just that after Dad died, she took on a lot of responsibility, and this isn't helping, is it?" "No." "Hey, Zoe." "Hi, Sam." "Have a good weekend?" "Sure." "You?" "Good." "Good." "And who might this young robe be?" "Flynn, this is Sam." "Sam, Flynn." "Hi." "My new nanny, who was just going." "Yes." "Good luck with Mom." "And remember..." "Of course." "Pleasure meeting you, Sam." "You know, I would have figured him more for a butler than a nanny, but cool hat." "You're ready early." "I like that." "As I appreciate your kindness." "Well, my kindness is on the clock." "I have one hour to give you." "You can't eat fish if you can smell it." "It's bad." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "You don't buy it." "If it's got a clear eye and it's got smell..." "Come on!" "♪ Got these memories" "♪ Swimming laps Around my head ♪" "First, look at the fish." "Does it shine?" "You want it to shine." "And then smell it." "A fish that's really fresh is like clean water." "Young sir, what pray tell are these?" "Legs, old dude." "Fresh frog legs." "I guess I won't take him to my butcher in Chinatown." "I'd hate to see what a hanging Peking duck does to him." "♪ So much love Now from above ♪" "♪ You're watching, dancing ♪" "Oh, puka shell bracelets." "♪ Singing through this candle" "I had one of these when I was Zoe's age." "My first boyfriend gave it to me." "Right before he broke up with me because I wouldn't French kiss him." "Enough foolishness." "♪ Paved the way So I could grow ♪" "Well, we really don't have time for this." "Oh yes, you do." "Everyone has time for the Museum of the City of San Francisco Toys!" "Oh, please, you're gonna love it!" "You're gonna love it!" "All right." "Be strong." "Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!" "Ooh, help me!" "♪ Stupid stories, photos" "Ow!" "♪ It's all the same" "♪ But it's all that's left And I'll make the claim that ♪" "You've got to try this." "It's fantastic." "Oh no, it's fun." "Fine." "It's wild." "I'd like to see." "Ah, I think you're gonna hit passionate." "Wild?" "♪ So much love Now from above" "♪ You're watching Dancing with the wind" "♪ I'm singing through This candle to you" "♪ Pray it's not just pretend" "♪ And burning for a little more" "♪ Of my best friend" "♪ You gave me music Gave me soul ♪" "Yeah, Alice, I'm just gonna grab a quick bite." "No, no, everything's fine." "Breaking in my new nanny is taking me a little longer than expected." "I'll be five minutes." "I am delighted to pay." "You know, I haven't taken a day off like this in too many years." "You've actually got me to break my routine and just enjoy a simple glass of wine with lunch." "And un repas sans vin et comme au journée sans soleil." "A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine." "And a sight this spectacular commands nothing less." "I live in such a beautiful city, and I never take the time to enjoy it." "Thank you for slowing me down for a bit, Flynn." "It is I who thanks you, my lady." "For your kindness and your trust." "To my sweet daughter then." "Mistress Zoe?" "I could tell from the start that... she... cares for you." "And you for her." "So yes, to Mistress Zoe." "Yes." "Though I don't see how anybody in their right mind goes from Oxford to nanny." "I suppose, um," "I've made it a point to never question the why in my life but rather live in the moment." "So leaving the monarchy, it's just..." "Your latest adventure." "In a manner of speaking." "Pardon my impudence, but I can't help noticing you still wear your ring." "Forgive my asking such a personal question." "I don't" "No, no, it's okay." "It's... um..." "It's that... it's that Matt put it on me." "And I can't imagine taking it off." "I know I'm such a cliché." "The widow who never stops mourning." "Never..." "Never really moves on." "Zoe wants me to, and Ruthie, and Stanley, even I want me to, but..." "I'm just stuck, I guess." "I don't know why I'm telling you all this." "It's quite all right." "It's quite all right." "It's kind of embarrassing, actually." "So, tell me." "Are you okay?" "Did things go okay with Mom?" "I suppose you could say things went swimmingly." "No pun intended." "So will we be waiting for your handsome chum to retrieve his bike?" "Where'd you get that idea?" "Let's go." "Oh, pity." "I myself was rather hoping to speak with him again." "Young Sam." "About what?" "Well, you know, his preference in bicycles, where he has his hair cut." "You." "Now don't play coy with me, young Miss." "I know you're keen on the lad." "So what if I am?" "Every girl in seventh grade likes him." "Ah hah, so that tart, Kate, fancies him?" "Zoe, with you in the game, no other young Miss stands a chance." "Especially one so unpleasant." "Are you nuts?" "Go up against her?" "Mistress, if I have learned anything from the total lack of courage" "I too often display in my books, it's that if one is unwilling to put it all on the line for love, what good is the winning?" "But what if Sam doesn't like me that way?" "The way I like him?" "I so want him to be my Valentine." "Then into the breach you must go, Zoe." "Heart wide open, ready to take your bumps and bruises, no foe keeping you from your prize." "Sure, Flynn." "Flowery words sound great coming from some Frog Prince." "But I'm just an 11-year-old girl." "I didn't grow up in some castle." "I don't have subjects calling me 'Your Majesty'." "Mother says I owe it to her subjects to always look majestic." "After all we are going to be majesties." "Stanley, it's sweet of you to worry, but you're barking up the wrong tree." "Well, I've called around, Gwen." "Even Scotland Yard and the princes have had a Margaret and a Mary, and even a Hermione as nannies." "Okay, so the royal family has gone through a lot of nannies." "They're all women, Gwen." "Not a man amongst them." "And no Flynn." "And as far as these credentials, a smart kid with a computer could print that up in an afternoon." "I think Flynn is a very nice man." "Zoe likes him." "I like him." "And I know if you met him, you would like him, too." "I might, but I'm gonna keep poking around just to make sure." "Listen, I didn't say I was gonna take him downtown for questioning, Gwen, geez." "All right, but I expect an apology when you find out how wonderful he is." "Huh." "Zoe actually finished her homework." "Prepare thyself, big brother." "Thou art no brother." "Vile thief who steals my beauty, my love!" "Ha!" "It is my heart she desires." "What is that I hear?" "Could it be my rescuer coming to save me from his castle keep?" "Verily, it is I, your Prince!" "Do not be fooled!" "For he loves none as he loves himself, and will only bring you heartache when he returns to the bog and froggy hood." "What?" "He gets turned into a frog again." "Oh." "For green, green, ye shall be." "Never to kiss the lips of she." "Nay." "Nay, the cure is mine alone to give." "And I offer my kiss so that he may live." "Then away I fly to my lady's side." "Whoosh." "That's not how the story goes." "Rewrite." "I'm very critical, so..." "You?" "It's a big compliment." "You think I'm critical?" "No, no, no, not at all." "Not at all?" "No." "Not a bit?" "Nope." "I think it's a good thing." "I think so, too." "I'm specific, and you know what," "I know what I like." "Oh, oh, um ..." "You've got soap on your nose." "I know I must." "Hold on one second." "Oh, you've actually got it here, too." "Thanks." "It's actually quite a good look." "What do you think?" "I like it." "I think it's quite good." "Yeah, I like it." "Looks good on you." "You look good in my apron." "Thank you." "I think we found her someone special, Daddy." "Just in time for Valentine's Day." "Mm, if it's not strawberry, what's the point?" "Here, tell me that's not the best." "Hm, while it's yummy, my preference remains the chocolate cherry." "Give me." "Mm, you're both wrong." "Double bubble espresso extra dark is the only way to go." "I'm a tea man myself, but I must admit, that's dangerously good." "No." "No." "She was traumatized by that." "Sorry about that." "Allow me, my ladies." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Isn't that puddle a coat?" "Oh, umph!" "I can't believe you spent all your money on ice cream and the penny arcade." "A gentleman should not accept" "Great, just spare me the Sir Walter Raleigh routine." "Okay now, it will be your money." "No, I'm serious." "You can't keep wearing the same suit day after day hoping the air line find your bags." "This is far too generous." "Just consider the extra a bonus for your first week of excellent services." "You know, I think I like the jeans better." "Turn around again." "Yeah, definitely the jeans." "Mom, mom, there are so many cute clothes to choose from." "I can see that." "That's only half of the ones I want to show you." "Come on, help me pick." "Something pretty caught her fancy." "More like something pretty to catch some lucky boy's fancy." "Well, I was just like your daughter at that age." "Boys and clothes." "Oh, we're not to..." "I'll be right back." "Mother, must you be so annoying?" "You're really trying my patience." "I shan't tolerate such tardiness." "Especially when I'm going to be Your Majesty." "If you insist on throwing away your future..." "I'm not throwing away my future." "I'm surrendering to it." "Thank you." "Thank you, you..." "And the ring." "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ What would you do With a drunken sailor" "♪ Early in the morning ♪" "And the ring." "Oh!" "Why, if it isn't the lovely Miss Hilary!" "Ha!" "Fancy bumping into you." "And here of all places." "Come on." "What a lovely surprise!" "I'm so thrilled." "Cash or charge?" "Cripes!" "Dearest Mistress Zoe," "I address this to you and not your dear Mum, as it is you I primarily deceived." "As you will unfortunately soon discover," "I was not whom or what we, for a time, imagined me to be." "All I will say in my defense is that I had amnesia and was truly without my memory when you came upon me." "The result of severe punishments served by a pair of brutes." "For demonstrating has always been my true selfish character, and thus, justly deserved." "I never meant to take advantage of you or Lady Gwen and hope that you can someday find it in your hearts to believe this and forgive me." "Good morning!" "Flynn?" "Flynn?" "Good morning." "No breakfast?" "Ouch." "Somebody didn't sleep last night." "Bad dreams?" "I know you prefer tea, but what you need is a good, strong cup of coffee." "And my egg scramble to go with it, and I do mean egg scramble and not scrambled eggs." "Big difference." "Lady Gwendolyn, there's something that I must tell you." "I used to make this for Zoe all the time." "She loves the little veggies I put in, but after 12 hours on my feet in a hot kitchen..." "Tie my bow, will you, Flynn?" "I've got to look my best for the party." "Into the breach?" "Heart wide open?" "No, just giving Sam a card." "That he's gonna love." "I know it." "I gotta make it right now." "Egg scramble?" "No way, Mom." "This is gonna be the best day ever." "What was it you wanted to say to me?" "Nothing, my lady." "Nothing." "Cole residence." "Sir Stanley!" "To what do I owe this honor?" "He either already knows what's what." "Or I tell him." "Right." "Would you look at the size of that firearm?" "Right." "Stanley!" "I don't believe we've had the chance..." "Flynn!" "You made it!" "Alice, I want you to meet the guy that fixed my kid." "Flynn." "Alice." "You know for years I was begging Jason please, don't play with your food!" "Oh, I could kiss you." "Pleasure to meet you, ma'am." "Pleasure to meet you, too." "We won't need those." "No?" "I'll have the usual, and one for my friend here." "I hope you like a hearty gravy, sir." "I mean sure, I have my doubts." "But the way Gwen goes on about you." "And my Ruthie has been a little more than frisky lately." "Since she doesn't have to worry about her kid sister anymore." "How could you and I not be buddies?" "So we're on for Thursday?" "Bowl-a-rama, you and me." "Anything else?" "Oh, another piece of pie, please." "You know, you were right." "He's a stand-up guy." "I knew you'd feel that way." "And thank you for caring." "Okay, put your cards in the cubbies!" "No passing them out now." "We'll get to them after lunch." "Whoo!" "Okay, go!" "Go get your valentines!" "Oh, Sam, I bought these just for you." "Zoe?" "Hi, Zoe." "Mistress, what's the matter?" "Zoe!" "Zoe!" "Mistress?" "You asked me, commanded me to let you be, but I cannot." "If you don't let me try and help..." "Why can't you just leave me alone?" "Because I am your friend." "Some friend." "Look at what all your stupid talk about taking a chance on love got me." "Go on, look!" "Oh, Zoe, I'm so deeply sorry that my interference brought you pain." "You know I would gladly suffer an eternity to undo the hurt I've caused you." "But you must know this." "You are a smart, beautiful young lady." "And any lad who does not recognize this and cherish you, well, he's both blind and a fool." "To treat the expression of your gentle heart in such a manner reflects only on his character, and I would, I would defend your honor with my life." "Come here." "Come here, come here." "Not her best day ever, huh?" "It's enough to break one's heart." "I know just how to fix that." "Oh, Mistress Zoe, look what I found." "To Zoe." ""There was once a girl I knew who wished the moon was blue." "I needed her help, as covered in kelp" "I was quite the hullabaloo." "Happy Valentine's Day." "From Flynn"." "And one for my lady." ""To Gwen, you need to laugh every day" "Check." "You need to take time for you." "Check." "You need to speak French more often." "Check." "Won't you be my valentine?" "Would you please put check?" "Goodnight." "You loathsome coward, you." "Do you always talk to yourself?" "I suppose I do, yes." "A bit of a habit." "Flynn, it's clean." "Even Mrs. Polanski would approve." "Would you give it a rest?" "I wanted to tell you this earlier, but Zoe was so upset." "And I kind of needed the time to think about what you did and said to her." "It is I who must talk to you about..." "Please, please, just listen." "It's been a long time since I've had someone in my life" "I could really count on." "Someone who loves Zoe as much as I do." "And hearing you pledge your strength and commitment to my child," "and the respect you have for her, it's more than I could want in any father." "From any man." "I know we've just met, and I know this is very inappropriate and forward," "but..." "I feel something between us." "Something good and special that I know you feel, too." "I cannot find the words, though." "The words that will allow me to spend the rest of my life here exactly as it is right now." "Who says you can't?" "Fate." "Fate is what we make it." "Gwen?" "Gwen, it's Stanley." "Stanley?" "What's going on?" "So, this is where we find you." "Flynn, do you know these people?" "There is no Flynn." "This is our son, Percival." "The Marquis of Summerland." "I so wanted--I tried to tell you." "There's no need for histrionics." "I'm not hysterical." "Oh, of course you are." "And to what end?" "You know your place." "What's expected of you." "And that is that." "Percy, we are finished here." "Thanks for trying." "I mean tonight." "You pick tonight of all nights to abandon me?" "I don't know what to do, Wilkins." "You can't just leave me like this." "I must, dear boy." "For life awaits." "Are you aware that if you drop a frog into boiling water it will hop right out?" "None the worse for wear." "However, if you drop the very same frog into cool water and then gradually increase the temperature, it will not perceive the danger it is in until it's too late." "And the poor fool will boil to death." "Now, I will set about seeing forthwith that I do not meet such a fate." "And I heartedly suggest that you do the same." "I'll miss you, Wilkins." "Naturally, you will write weekly." "As you told me." "In longhand, cursive and to the point." "♪ I will wait" "♪ For you" "♪ I will wait" "♪ For you" "♪ Snowflakes on the trees" "♪ The last few Colors of the leaves" "♪ Make me want to stay ♪" "Great, I just need a couple of hours." "I'll call when I'm on my way in, Alice." "♪ We're just what you need don't go away ♪" "Ruthie, I'm done." "All talked out." "Okay, love you, goodbye." "I made oatmeal." "Mom, I told you I'm not hungry." "I made oatmeal." "I've been thinking a lot." "I spoke with Mrs. Bieker." "She's going to sit with you here today." "Sure, whatever." "It's just that I get it now." "He wasn't a prince." "Well, he was sort of, but not that prince." "Uh-huh." "Uncle Stanley said Flynn was mugged." "That he must have had amnesia." "But you saw his face when they caught him." "He was a frog." "Fraud." "A fraud." "But he knew who he really was." "He knew he was busted." "That's what I saw in his face." "Forget him." "But Flynn was part of our family." "Flynn was only make believe." "Nothing about him was real." "Then why did he stay here so long?" "Why did he care so much about us?" "Haven't you even wondered?" "Okay, sweetie, I'm just gonna, I'm gonna lay down and I'm gonna rest my eyes, okay?" "I'm sorry, Mommy." "♪ Told you many times before" "I'm sorry, too, sweetie." "♪ ..." "Love you more than Stars up in the sky" "♪ Why they mean so little now" "♪ I do not understand How or why" "♪ But I will wait" "♪ For you" "♪ I will wait" "♪ For you" "♪ Wake up in the morning" "♪ Feeling strange What has changed" "♪ It feels like frost ♪" "Oh, Zoe, I'm so sorry your Mr. Flynn turned out to be a lousy rat." "I thought he was an amphibian." "Oh, whatever he was, don't worry." "If he so much as dares to show his face around here, keeech, lights out, Casanova." "Zoe, I didn't rip up your card." "It was Kate." "She even admitted it." "Would you wait?" "I'm trying to explain!" "I brought you your valentine." "You're kidding me, right?" "I've been standing around here all morning." "Sam, this really isn't the time, okay?" "I just don't want to hear..." "Zoe." "You came back!" "You came back!" "Oh!" "Will you ever forgive me, child?" "Oh, how I pray that you do." "It's not me you have to worry about." "She's home, then?" "With a splitting headache, a little mood to go with it." "Well then to her side I must go." "That's not going to be very easy." "Mrs. B's staked out in the lobby playing watchman." "Uncle Stanley has already been by twice this morning, so even if you could get in..." "Not could." "Must." "Or give my life in the try." "I could help you." "That is, if you're willing to let me, and if you're brave enough to try." "Brave, how?" "Is there a problem?" "Ugh." "Here, this should help." "Ahhh!" "What did you eat for breakfast today?" "Into the breach, heart wide open." "For luck." "Luck." "Luck, yeah." "Yes." "I so badly need it." "Oh, God!" "Steady, sir." "A bit close for my comfort given your vertigo." "All right." "Okay." "Oh!" "Oh!" "No, fear not!" "Your lady waits." "Come on, Percy!" "Umph!" "Zounds." "You!" "What are you doing here in my apartment?" "Don't make me get my purse!" "Zoe, I'm trying to get some rest, sweetie!" "The door is open!" "Just let yourself in!" "Gwendolyn!" "I'll call the police!" "Let them come." "I fear no justice for the wrongs I've done during our brief time and budding courtship." "Our what?" "Our courtship?" "How full of yourself are you?" "Too full and for far too long." "I've spent my entire adult life shirking responsibility." "Caring only for my own comfort and my ease." "And never, until now, felt regret." "Well, you can just regret yourself right out of here." "Verily, I'll away, but not before you hear what I carry in my heart." "Okay, will you stop with the Shakespeare already?" "Just spit it out, Percy." "Percy is no more." "And Flynn, he has fallen madly, wildly and deeply in love with you." "Really?" "Does your fiancee know?" "I have no fiancee." "Oh, so she wised up, too." "Good for her." "Indeed." "And smart enough to know that for any marriage to truly blossom it must take root in true love." "True love?" "Like in fairy tale land where people fall topsy-turvy in love with peppermint tomorrows." "From what Zoe told me, you are the very woman who went to collect a tip only to find a note reading," ""The best tip I can give you is to marry me."" "Love becomes no sweeter." "Matthew was a real prince." "You're" "An impostor?" "Guilty as charged." "But can you honestly tell me after all that's happened, all that's been said, that you're not pretending?" "That maybe, just maybe," "I'm the man, not the prince, not the king that you've been dreaming of." "A man with his heart wide open, who is committed and determined to be worthy of a love that only comes along once in a blue moon." "To be worthy of you... forever." "Would you kiss her already?" "And so it came to pass that City by the Bay fell in love with her own little Lily Pad." "Named for my baby sister, Lily." "While the princess who made it all happen, moi, is doing okay, too." "But seeing my guy is, well, you know how boys are." "I can't be sure if he's going to be a prince or just a charming toad giving flavor to my life." "Want some gum?" "Strawberry?" "Sweet." "And they all lived happily ever after." "Well, mostly happily ever after, which is about all you can really expect out of life."