The Engagement Dress (2023) Movie Script
(bright music) (film reel clicking)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Hold my hand 'til the courage sticks
Shine your light
'til the darkness lifts
(upbeat music continues)
Hold me up so I don't look weak
Soon I'll stand on my own two feet
You look beautiful.
(upbeat music continues)
Oh but don't stop
I need you to hold me up
Don't break
I need you to hold the weight
Don't fade, I need you to light the way
Claudia, over here!
How's it look?
Perfect.
Can't believe I have to
wait until y'all get engaged
before it's my turn.
That dress is actual magic.
You drew the short straw.
That's the rules.
Okay, don't remind me.
Oh, look, here she comes.
(bright music)
So, how's it look?
Oh my.
You look like the goddess Freya.
I don't know what that means.
The Norse goddess of love.
She travels in a carriage pulled by cats.
What Quinn means is that you look hot.
You really think he'll propose?
You're wearing the engagement dress.
If he's gonna propose, it'll
happen while you're wearing it.
Just ask January.
I wore it on Dan and
my five-year anniversary,
and boom, ladies.
Harry Winston, pear cut, two carats.
And it worked for my Great Aunt Julia.
And my mom and her
best friends before all of us.
So just trust in the dress.
It will work for you, Barbie.
(bright music)
(Barbie screaming)
I love so much, Sterling!
Is that a yes?
Yes!
Quinn, you're next.
(people laughing)
He's gonna do it.
Totally. Look how nervous he looks.
Will you marry me?
You ready?
Born ready.
[Fiances] We killed it, we killed it, eh!
- I did it! I did it!
- Yeah!
[January] Oh my God! Clauds!
Clauds!
Okay, last one standing.
Today is the day.
I can feel it.
You and Mike have
been dating for three years.
He's going to propose.
It's practically a common-law
marriage at this point.
Remember, trust the dress.
Trust the dress.
Mm! Red velvet.
So good.
(upbeat music)
Why don't we dance?
Okay. Sure.
(upbeat music)
Ooh!
Watch out. Here it comes.
- Baby, no, no.
- Do the worm.
- Don't do the worm.
- Okay.
- Come here. Okay.
- Yeah.
Sorry. I know you hate when I do that.
It's okay. It's okay.
So I was thinking about the future.
Oh yeah?
I've been thinking about that a lot too.
You have?
Will you
- go get my cake.
- Of course I'll marry you.
- Wait, what?
- What?
Get your cake?
Hold up. You thought I
was gonna propose to you?
Mike, we've been dating for three years.
Yeah. And I'm like an action guy
and you like movies in languages
you don't even understand.
I can't look at the
actors while I'm reading.
I don't even know where
my eyes are supposed to go.
Okay, that's not fair.
I let you hit pause as much as you need.
Pause.
That's a great idea.
Maybe we should take a break.
(upbeat music continues)
I hate this stupid dress!
I want it off of me!
I hate it.
I trusted you, you stupid dress.
You're a liar.
Everything okay?
(gentle music)
Preston, what are you doing here?
New York wasn't great,
so back here catering weddings again.
Yay.
But seriously, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You don't look fine.
Okay, I'm not.
Everything is awful.
What happened?
Well...
Well, I thought I was
getting engaged tonight,
but instead Mike and I broke up.
Sorry to hear that.
One minute he's doing the worm,
the next minute, he's
ruining my entire life.
Well, there's your problem.
Letting a guy that does
the worm ruin your life.
I just don't get it. It
worked for everyone else.
What worked?
Nothing. Forget it.
You know Mike's an idiot, right?
You're probably better off.
I just wanted to know who my person is.
You know, I want a teammate or partner.
Here I thought you
wanted to colonize Mars.
Okay, maybe when I was four.
Here.
(gentle music continues)
Ew, Preston!
Here come the troops.
Are you seriously hitting on my friend
in her time of need?
Relax, sis, I was just
taking out the trash.
I... What the heck happened?
Oh, he dumped me.
Do you want me to slash his tires?
Egg his house?
- Quinn.
- Violence is not
the answer, Quinn.
Let's ruin his credit instead.
I don't understand, this dress is-
Is a lie.
Or a placebo effect.
Or whatever it is, it's not real, okay?
This is just a stupid piece of fabric.
It's not magic and it's not fate.
And I can't believe I spent
my entire life believing
in this fairytale!
- Claudia, wait.
- No, let her go.
It's up to us to fix this.
(melancholy music)
How?
(birds chirping)
Up, up, up.
Time to get up, Clauds.
Come on, Clauds.
(Claudia groaning)
I rue the day I gave you a key.
[Barbie] Wedding emergency.
What happened?
Look, I know the last
few weeks have been hard,
but I really need your help right now.
Okay.
We lost the venue.
Wait, what?
They double booked us, so we got bumped.
You're kidding. So now what?
Okay, don't freak out.
Barbie...
We wanna have the wedding next weekend
at my family's lake house.
Next weekend?
Yes. It's the last nice
weekend of the summer!
Everyone can come.
Think about it.
You loved summers at the lake house.
It'll be like old times.
I know, I know I'm asking for a lot,
especially so soon after you and Mike.
But look, my mom is gonna
be away at a conference
all the way up until the wedding,
and I really need your help.
Okay!
I am officially taking
off my sad single hat
and putting on my best maid of honor hat.
(Barbie squeals)
You're the best.
So when do we leave?
About that.
Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
come down from your tower.
- It's let down your hair.
- Same thing.
Come on, we're already
30 minutes behind schedule.
(upbeat rock music)
Come on.
We have a wedding to save.
(upbeat rock music continues)
We'll light it up like
there's no tomorrow
Hands up if you wanna be free
(upbeat rock music continues)
We're here!
The prodigal daughters return.
- Hi, Preston.
- Hey.
- Bye, Preston.
- Hey, sis.
Hey, bro.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Is this Barbie's?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
(Barbie giggling)
So apparently we have a
week to plan an entire wedding.
Who's we?
Barbie!
Who's we?
Preston's gonna cater, obviously,
but since he's Sterling's
best man and my brother,
I just figured that you
two could just like pair up
on all the tasks.
And trust me, there's a lot to do.
(upbeat music)
Okay. Cool.
Do you remember when you dared me
to kiss B.O. Bobby on the dock?
Yeah, I can't believe you actually did.
A dare is a dare.
He literally smelled
like stale potato chips.
Like is basic hygiene that much to ask for?
Wait, wasn't that summer
that Preston and Katie started dating?
Right, sorry. We don't talk about Katie.
So strange being here without my dad.
He'd love that you're
having your wedding here.
He would, wouldn't he?
[Preston] Dinner is served.
- Mm!
- That looks so good.
So how you doing?
Feeling better about the breakup?
I don't know.
Trying not to think about it.
Well, you're gonna be too busy
to think about anything pretty soon.
Can't be that much to do.
You haven't seen the binder?
What binder?
(Preston scoffs)
One second.
Please tell me you're joking.
Nope.
These are all the things
we've been assigned
by my dear sister.
- Floral arrangements?
- Mm-hm.
Hold on. We're in charge of finding a DJ?
No, my music taste
stopped evolving in 2006.
This is...
Yeah, it's a lot.
Tomorrow afternoon?
What?
Well, that's what you're
worried about, right?
When Mike gets here.
Can you blame me?
If it's any consolation, we
did give him the worst room.
- The room?
- Oh yeah.
He's gonna be having
night sweats and back pains.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Ready for blast off.
Three, two, one!
(gentle music continues)
Sleep at last!
(knuckles tapping)
(curious music)
Oh, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Come on.
- What now?
- Emergency dress meeting.
No, absolutely not.
No!
By the powers of my
Great-Great Aunt Hilda
and the other women of the Dress Circle,
I hereby call this emergency
meeting of the Dress Circle
to order.
Guys, this is ridiculous.
Sh!
Barbie has the dress.
These rules aren't even real.
(curious music continues)
- Claudia, no!
- Claudia, no! No!
Would you stop it already?
Okay, fine.
I won't kill it by fire.
Just because your dress
experience wasn't exactly ideal
doesn't mean that you
should just stop believing.
Yes. That is exactly what it means.
It's a dress that everyone
who wears it gets engaged,
and I got dumped in it.
So I think it's the ideal
time to stop believing,
if you ask me.
Maybe you just need
to wear it again, okay?
Yeah. Maybe it needs to
be recharged between uses.
It is a dress, Quinn,
not a lithium battery.
Guys, I am fine. Okay?
I wanted to marry Mike and
it didn't work for me, okay?
Okay, but just because it didn't work
this time doesn't mean
that it won't ever work.
We can fix this.
I love you and I appreciate
what you're trying to do,
but I'm not interested, okay?
I don't wanna be a
part of this Dress Circle.
I am fine.
Really.
(gentle music continues)
Well, that didn't go as planned.
You know, Mike arrives tomorrow.
We can still fix this.
How?
Maybe they just need like,
like a little push,
like a touch of romance
to remind them why they
got together to begin with.
And we could just like aid in the process.
Okay. Yeah. I see
where you're going with this.
I don't know, but Mike's
like the worst, right?
No.
I don't know.
He wasn't always so awful.
Like she was so smitten
with him in the beginning.
That's true.
They were so cute together.
And if they can just rekindle that
and then we could just
get her back into the dress
and then if he proposes... (bright music)
That would just restore the Dress Circle.
Wait, I like this.
This is like the fairy
godmother in Cinderella,
but it's the three of us.
Yeah.
Wait, so are you in?
(bright music continues)
Get ready to fly, little baby.
It's gonna work.
I hope so.
(bright music continues)
- After you.
- Thank you.
All right. Since it's such short notice,
we're gonna have to pick
everything out ourselves
and assemble it.
Assemble it? You mean
like put it in the vase?
It's a little more involved than that.
Look, she included reference photos.
She wants us to make that.
What? Did the Michelangelo
of florists put that together?
Let's just pull what we can
outta the inspiration photos.
Color scheme is consistent.
Pinks, creams, whites.
Let's just stay in that zone.
- Okay. All right.
What about this guy?
- Oh, carnations.
- Yeah.
The star of every sad
grocery store bouquet
and tacky prom corsage.
No.
What about roses?
Everybody likes roses?
Sure. We can mix in roses.
And peonies.
Those are Barbie's favorites.
Okay, so we got roses, we got peonies.
What else?
Orchids. My favorite and
very wedding appropriate.
Okay.
What?
Nothing.
No, no, no. The snark jumped out.
Go on. Enlighten me.
Wedding appropriate?
I mean, what makes a
flower wedding appropriate?
For someone who is
constantly catering weddings,
you really don't like weddings.
I just don't see the point.
These couples spend so much money
to declare to the rest of the world
that they're stuck with the same person
for the rest of their life.
Wow.
No, I...
Okay, marriages can be great.
My parents had an amazing marriage.
It's weddings that I can't
wrap my head around.
What do you mean?
Like first you have the ring,
and then the engagement,
and then the wedding.
And the couples are just so
bogged down with everything
and they overshadow it with all this stuff.
If it's truly about love, then why do that?
Because it's the biggest day of your life
and you want it to be perfect.
Is that so hard to understand?
And by the way,
since we're captaining
this wedding planning,
you should probably
hide your obvious disdain.
Okay.
I know Barbie wants this
weekend to be perfect.
And I know that with my dad gone,
there's added pressure for
me to fill his proverbial shoes,
and I will do that.
But it doesn't mean that I
think this wedding mania stuff
is in any way rational.
Okay. Will you just shut
up and pick a vase, please?
Okay.
That one.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go order.
(goofy music)
Here we go.
Well, well, well, look
what the dog dragged in.
It's cat.
Michael.
Hi, ladies.
So, ah, which room is mine?
The bad room.
Should have expected that.
Sh!
Ow.
Look, I know this is awkward,
but I'm one of Sterling's best friend,
so I will just stay out of the way.
Mike, the way you ended
things with Claudia was...
Hideous.
Sinister.
Worthy of extreme punishment!
Down, Quinn!
Mike, you have an opportunity here
to smooth things over with Claudia.
Smooth things over?
Yeah. Make amends for
how harshly you ended things.
I didn't do it on purpose.
Claudia kinda ambushed me
with the whole engagement thing,
and I panicked.
Was it really that bad?
- You broke up with her
and then immediately
did the Electric Slide.
I dance when I'm emotional.
It's my process.
All we're saying is that
you should just make an effort
to be nice.
Sure. Yeah.
I can be nice.
[Barbie] Great.
So can you guys leave
so I can get changed?
(goofy music continues)
I'm watching you.
(gentle music) (ducks quacking)
[Barbie] Claudia!
(Barbie squeals)
What?
We found the map!
- No!
- Yes.
Show me.
Our fifth-grade time capsule.
I don't even remember what I put in this.
I say we dig it up.
I mean, when's the next time
where we're all gonna be here together?
I for one am booked for
the next three summers.
How do you plan your
vacations that far in advance?
Okay.
It looks like we buried it
on the other side of the lake.
(Barbie squeals)
This'll be fun.
This is not fun.
It's gotta be around here somewhere.
The map is difficult to read.
It's between the fork-shaped tree
and the straight up and down one.
Why did we put a five next to the tree?
Five paces.
Wait, remember, we were kids
so our paces are shorter.
(gentle music continues)
How did none of us
think to bring a shovel?
(gentle music continues)
There it is.
Oh my gosh.
- Are you ready?
- Uh huh!
[Barbie] Oh my God.
(kazoo beeps)
I used to love this thing.
[Friends] We know.
Oh, I made myself a necklace.
Surprisingly chic.
This one was my favorite.
[January] Read it.
Okay.
"Dear grownup Claudia."
[Barbie] Aw!
"I hope by now you're working at NASA,
building all kinds of awesome rocket ships.
And I hope you're married to someone cool.
Maybe you...
(melancholy music)
Go on!
I don't... (thunder rumbling)
Oh, we should head back.
[January] Don't wanna get my hair wet.
[Quinn] Come on, come on!
- Come on.
- All right.
(melancholy music continues)
"Dear grownup Claudia,
I hope by now you're working at NASA,
building all kinds of
awesome rocket ships."
Sorry, kid.
I am wasting my aerospace
engineering degree
at a tech company.
"And I hope you're married to someone cool."
Maybe someone like Preston.
"Hopefully it's Preston."
(melancholy music continues)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Oh, it smells amazing!
Hey, stop eating all my work!
Shush!
It's my wedding week.
Okay. You can't play
that card for everything.
Watch me.
(upbeat music continues)
So are my flower arrangements
going to be perfect?
They'll be great.
Oh, we also check out
the chair rental place.
Are you cool with mixing and matching?
Mm, do I have to?
Well, if you want uniformity,
we have metal folding chairs
or, yeah, that was about it.
Metal folding chairs.
But that could be cool.
Your wedding could have the same aesthetic
as a group therapy session.
- Ew.
- Ignore him.
We also found some white wooden chairs.
- Those could be beautiful.
- Yeah, we did.
[Barbie] Okay. I don't hate that.
Hey, anything I can help with?
No, I think we're good.
You can handle the drinks.
I'll go outside and set the table.
Hm.
What?
I was nice.
(upbeat music continues)
(people chattering)
All right.
Dinner.
(guests oohing)
There you go.
Some salt and pepper.
Preston, sit next to me.
(gentle music)
Hi.
Hi.
(gentle music continues)
Clink, clink, clink.
I'd like to make a toast.
To the soon-to-be bride and groom.
And to a weekend full of
love and second chances.
Ah!
To second chances.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
(gentle music continues)
(upbeat music)
Woo. Let's go!
Hey, Clauds,
do you mind going the shed
to look for the old badminton set?
I'm like craving a game.
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
So what gives? What's the plan?
Okay, so the shed door always locks,
and for some reason,
nobody ever remembers that.
So I was just thinking
if Mike and Claudia
won't talk to each other
on their own accord,
maybe if they're trapped
in a room together,
it'll force some conversation.
In a minute,
go ask Mike to go to the shed
to look for that badminton set.
Okay, January, now.
Hey, Mike.
What? What's up?
Would you mind running to the shed
and grabbing that old badminton set for me?
I'd do it myself, but you know I hate dust.
And this is dry clean only so...
Yeah, yeah. Totally, totally.
After this turn.
Okay.
Right.
Good.
Barbie!
Your wedding dress just arrived.
Special delivery! (Barbie squealing)
Let's go try it on.
- Yes!
- Yes!
- Please, please.
- Let's go, let's go,
- let's go!
- Oh my God.
I'll pop a bottle of champagne.
You guys are going to love!
Yo, Preston.
Can you go down to the
shed and get the badminton set
for the girls?
I am on a streak here!
Sure.
(upbeat music continues)
(birds chirping)
Oh, Claudia. Hey.
Wait, wait, wait, the door!
(goofy music)
Shoot.
Well, you might as well help me look
for the badminton while you're here.
Badminton?
Come on, Barbie.
What?
Nothing.
J'adore!
Isn't it perfect?
Claudia, helped me pick it.
Speaking of, how long should
we keep Mike and Claudia
in the shed?
With all they have to sort out?
Let's just get them in the morning.
The morning? If
they're both alive by then.
What?
All I'm saying is that she's really mad
and there are a lot of sharp
and rusty objects in the shed.
It's like a tetanus shot waiting to happen.
I'm sure they're having a
real heart to heart by now.
Help us! (Fist thudding)
Help us!
Help us!
[Preston] Can you please stop doing that?
What else am I supposed to do?
Maybe if we both scream at the same time,
they'll hear us.
On the count of three.
One, two-
This place might as well be a panic room.
It is absurdly soundproof.
Nobody's gonna hear you, trust me.
Seriously.
We're just gonna wait until
they realize we're missing?
You know, Quinn and Barbie once left me
at a rest stop in Tucson
because they assumed I was
just sleeping in the backseat.
(Preston laughs)
Okay, that's not funny.
Let's just chill.
Look, we got some games right here.
We got...
(goofy music)
Sure. Let's play checkers.
Okay.
All right.
Let's see who's going first.
Pick a hand.
That one.
Looks like I'm going first.
Such a cheater.
How did I cheat?
You can't cheat with that.
You do every time.
Oh, tomorrow we are on DJ duty,
so I have some people
scheduled to come here,
show us what they got, and
then we can pick who we like.
So, classic tunes or current hits?
I'd say maybe mostly
classic, touch of modern,
preferably not a DJ
who yields a microphone.
- Good call.
- Yeah.
Can I ask you a personal question?
Sure.
Why'd you wanna marry Mike?
I think it was just
the inertia of it all.
(gentle music)
You know, everyone's
getting engaged and married.
After three years with someone,
you just start to feel like
that next step is inevitable.
Romantic.
Mike and I worked.
We're different, but we still worked.
Working isn't the same as being happy.
I mean, isn't that what it's all about?
Being happy?
Okay, I thought you
were anti all this stuff.
Now suddenly you're
the Yoda of lifelong love?
I'm not anti-love.
I'm just anti-commercialization
of relationships.
You're literally a wedding caterer.
I'm a man of many contradictions.
(gentle music continues)
Do you ever feel
like your life just veered
into a direction and you
just didn't really stop it?
What do you mean?
I mean, when I was a
kid, I was a big dreamer.
So obsessed with Space Camp and NASA.
I remember.
(gentle music continues)
Yeah. I just don't
know when along the way
I gave up on spaceships and big love
and traded it for spreadsheets and...
Settling?
If it's any consolation,
I thought I'd be a
MICHELIN Star chef by now.
Instead, I am slinging fillet mignons
during best man speeches.
You could get a star.
You just need to take a leap
and finally open a restaurant.
Maybe.
(gentle music continues)
But what about you?
It's not too late for you
to jump back in a rocket.
Looks like you're not gonna win this one.
You wanna make it a tournament?
Sure.
Best of whenever they find us?
Deal.
It's one for me.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
(crickets chirring)
(goofy music)
- [Barbie] Morning, Mike.
- Morning.
Wait, Mike?
Huh?
If you're here, then...
What?
The badminton set.
You were supposed to be
looking for the badminton set.
- What?
- The shed, Mike!
What happened in the shed?
Oh, right.
I sent Preston.
(Barbie gasps)
Oh no! No! No!
(goofy music continues)
Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry.
Took you long enough.
I can't believe you left me in here
with Mr. Cheats at Checkers.
(goofy music continues)
[Preston] It's not funny.
I'm sorry. I meant to send-
Mike. Yeah, I gathered that.
Was that really your plan?
Claudia's way too good for him.
- No.
- No what?
No. I'm not gonna have you hitting
on my best friend at my wedding.
I didn't say anything
about hitting on her.
Well, you remember
the last time you dated one
of my friends.
Katie was junior year of high school.
I still had braces.
Right, just because she's single now
doesn't mean it's your
chance to shoot your shot.
Okay, I don't have any plans
to hit on your friend at your wedding okay?
- Good.
- Good.
(goofy music continues)
(gentle music)
Why won't you just work again?
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Sorry.
I can go.
No, no, it's okay.
Do you want coffee?
Sure.
Okay.
- Thanks.
- Mm-hm.
(gentle music)
I'm sorry... This is awkward.
Okay. Yeah, you first.
Look. I know it's awkward,
both of us being here together,
and I know I ended things like a jerk.
You know how I get on dance floors.
Oh, I'm well aware. (Mike chuckles)
Honestly, I think I just
cracked under all the pressure.
It's not you. You're great.
- I just...
- It's okay.
Look, I get it.
I was putting on a lot of pressure.
Yeah.
But I could have gone
about it in a better way.
I understand if you and the ladies hate me.
They don't hate you.
Quinn left a note
under my pillow telling me
to watch my back.
(gentle music continues)
But they're right to be protective of you.
I was a total idiot.
I'm kind of always an idiot, actually.
But I don't want these
next few days to be weird.
(gentle music continues)
Truce?
(Claudia laughs)
Totally.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
We're good.
Can I ask you a question though?
Sure.
How long were you planning
on breaking up with me?
I wasn't.
Just sorta happened. (Melancholy music)
[Preston] Oh, sorry.
It's all good.
The tent's up and the first DJ's here.
So wanna do this thing?
Yeah.
Okay.
(melancholy music continues)
(intense electronic music)
That's all the time we have for today.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Thank you! We'll call you.
(upbeat electronic music)
- Thanks.
- We'll be in touch.
This is insane.
Who's next?
Ed.
Ed? Just Ed?
(Ed coughing)
Check one, two.
Oh, no, he's using the mic.
I prefer if people were dancing.
Oh, it's okay.
We can watch like this.
Please stand.
Okay. I don't think ol' Ed
is taking no for an answer.
(upbeat music)
Ain't we got fun
Not much money
Oh but honey
Well, I can't dance in my shoes.
Ain't we got fun
Those are your dancing shoes?
- No. No.
- No?
They're not your dancing shoes?
Definitely not. I have dancing
shoes. Those aren't them.
Oh, got it.
She's a professional now.
I'm a professional.
Oh, are you?
- Yeah.
- I can tell.
Oh, I was hoping later
that you could sample some of the stuff I
was thinking about using for the menu.
Sure. Sounds great.
Oh, you dance?
- You're a dancer now?
- I can dance.
- Yeah.
- Oh you wanna see some moves?
Yeah, show me your moves.
What do you know about this?
The rich get rich and
the poor get poorer
I like the sound effects.
Yeah. It needs the sound effects.
We got fun
All right, wanna do the double spin?
I call that the tornado.
Oh, the tornado?
Yeah, I got moves.
I got names for my moves.
- Got sound effects.
- Yeah.
- Now what do you got?
- I got moves.
[Preston] Yeah. You do?
- Yeah.
- All right. Show me.
- All right.
- Okay.
Little bit of that.
(upbeat music)
Hey, let's do,
remember what we used
to do when we were little.
- No!
- Come on. Come on.
- All right.
- Okay. I was this big.
I'll catch you. It's
fine. It'll be the same.
You'll catch me?
Yeah. What's the worst that could happen?
Okay.
(upbeat music continues)
(Claudia gasping)
In the morning, I fell
In the evening, for you
Ain't we got fun
Let's see a movie or maybe a play
Ain't we got fun
We don't have much money
But we keep life sunny
And honey, ain't we got fun
Ed, you're hired!
Hey (chuckles).
(bright music) (ducks quacking)
Well, it took all day,
but I think we found a DJ.
Oh, good.
We found the perfect arch today
and we got the marriage license.
[Claudia] Oh, that's great.
[Barbie] And we picked
out the wedding rings.
[January] Yeah. They're so pretty.
(bright music continues)
Hello?
Earth to Claudia.
I'm just gonna hang here.
Preston needs my help with the menu.
You sure?
Yeah. I don't mind staying behind.
Is this because of Mike?
Actually, no.
He apologized this morning. So we're good.
Hmm. Good as in reconciling?
Good as in, we're fine.
We're not back together or anything,
so don't get too excited.
Okay, but would you want to?
He would have to change a lot
for me to even consider that.
Well, have fun tonight.
I still have a few
wedding things to finish up.
(bright music continues)
Is Mike even capable of change?
Well, his mom still
does his laundry, so no.
Oh Mike's gonna change,
whether he likes it or not.
Okay, perfect.
We'll pick them up tomorrow.
[Mike] Hey.
Hi.
(gentle music)
Are you going bowling tonight?
We're about to head out.
No, I'm helping Preston
with some wedding stuff tonight.
Barbie really loaded
us up with things to do.
Oh, I was kinda hoping you would go.
You're the only other one
who wants to be in the bumper lane.
You know, you can just bowl granny style.
That always works.
Have fun.
(gentle music continues)
(Mike sighs)
(bright music)
[Preston] All right.
Mm!
So, what can I help with?
Nothing.
All I need you to do right now is to taste.
I can certainly do that.
Wait a minute!
It's hot!
Well, you attacked it
before I could warn you!
Heathen!
- Wow.
- Yeah?
This is incredible?
It could be the burns talking, but wow.
Cool.
Let's eat the rest of it outside.
(gentle music)
Okay. So between these
two, which did you prefer?
This one.
I figured you'd pick that one.
How'd you know?
Because I've been
cooking for you for a long time.
I could probably guess
what the rest of your choices are gonna be.
Try me.
Okay.
Between these two.
But wait, hold on.
This makes a difference.
All right. Try that.
(gentle music continues)
Still the steak, right?
How'd you know?
Because you have,
well, you have a tell.
- A tell?
- Yeah, when you're eating,
when you are enjoying something,
you sort of nod like
you're agreeing with it.
- Do I?
- Yeah.
Yeah. Watch. Hold on.
Try the sides.
Okay.
(gentle music continues)
See.
- Weird.
- Yeah.
I didn't realize I did that.
Hmm.
Barbie's gonna love all of this.
I hope so.
So what about a cake?
Oh, dessert is a surprise.
Mm.
(Claudia and Preston laughing)
So instead of doing cake,
I figured we'd do my
dad's blueberry cobbler.
(gentle music) (crickets chirring)
Mm.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
Wow.
Okay now that brings back memories.
Mm.
Remember how we used to sit out here
and I used to quiz you on constellations?
Bring it on.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Ursa Major.
It's easy.
There. Third largest
constellation in the sky.
Remember in the shed?
Yeah.
What you said about opening a restaurant.
I actually was doing that.
I had a place picked out and everything,
but when my dad got sick,
I kinda felt like I had to put
everything else on pause.
Your dad wouldn't want you
to keep your dreams paused.
I just didn't think it'd
be me walking my sister
down the aisle, you know?
He always liked you.
He was always a fan.
He sometimes...
I didn't tell you this but...
Hey! There you guys are!
Barbie and Sterling wanna watch a movie.
Oh, we'll be in in a minute.
Oh.
Okay.
(gentle music)
What were you saying?
Oh, nothing.
Forget about it.
That's enough of walking
down memory lane, right?
(gentle music continues)
You coming?
No, I'm good.
I kinda like it out here.
Okay.
Thank you for dinner.
You're welcome.
(gentle music continues)
Hey, Preston.
Yeah?
Your dad would be proud
and I think you should open the restaurant.
(gentle music continues)
(bright music)
(Mike coughs)
You were right.
I want Claudia back, and I need your help.
I thought you'd never ask.
(bright music continues)
So what should I do?
Mike, you're gonna have to step it up.
Prove to her that you care about the things
that she cares about.
So I have to start watching reality shows
about rich women fighting
at expensive dinners?
- Oh my gosh.
- No, but it wouldn't kill you
to try a little harder.
Okay. How?
Show her that you're thinking about her.
Buy her flowers.
Look, if you want her to
get by together with you,
you're gonna have to prove
that you actually changed.
Okay.
I can do that.
Looks like there's hope
for the dress after all.
Huh?
Nothing.
Oh, you got carnations.
What? (Goofy music)
The flowers.
That's what these are called?
They're nice, right?
They're for Claudia.
Yeah. The star of every
sad grocery store bouquet
and tacky prom corsage.
What?
Nothing. (Goofy music continues)
Sure she'll love them.
Thanks, pal.
(goofy music continues)
(knuckles tapping)
Can we talk?
Wait, is that the shirt I
bought you for your birthday?
Uh-oh.
Looks like Mike's a
fun shirt guy after all.
Yeah, I imagined it to
look a little bit different.
- It's bad, right?
- Mm-hm.
Yeah. Yeah. I hate it too.
It's just, it's too busy.
- Yeah, it's way too busy.
(goofy music continues)
Can we talk outside?
Yeah, sure.
(goofy music continues)
What do you think he's saying?
Hmm. Let's see.
Sorry I care more about playoffs than you.
Sorry I treat ketchup
like its own food group.
I can't tell if she likes it or not.
[Barbie] We need to find a way
to get her into the dress again.
Wait, what dress?
Don't you have a list
of things to do today?
Pardon me, bridezilla,
but my fellow nuptial servant
is being occupied by somebody
that treats corn hole
like an Olympic sport.
Oh, jealous much?
No.
- Super jelly.
- Super jelly.
So do you think we can try again?
Honestly, I don't know.
Oh.
Huh?
That wasn't the answer I was expecting.
I just need a beat
to process all of this.
You know, honestly, I don't know
if I can go back to just dating you.
Huh.
Yeah.
I think I'm looking for something more,
and I'm not sure if
you're on the same page.
(gentle music)
- I understand.
We have to go pick up the
chairs today, so I have to go.
Oh, sure.
You wanna take the flowers?
Yeah, sure. (Gentle music continues)
(birds chirping)
I'm afraid to see you waste away
You okay?
Yeah.
Let's just focus on these chairs
and the 20 other errands
Barbie has us running today.
(gentle music)
What are you doing?
This isn't the chair rental place.
We got time.
Time for what?
You'll see.
Let's go.
(gentle music continues)
[Claudia] What are we doing?
Just come on!
There you go.
- Fishing?
- Mm-hm.
Preston, we don't have time for this.
The rental place closes at five
and they don't open again
until after the wedding.
Rehearsal dinner is tomorrow.
We don't have time to fish
when the wedding is in two days.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
(gentle music continues)
You are so annoying.
I'm a calming presence.
Let's go.
(gentle music continues) (ducks quacking)
Okay, this is exactly
what I wanted to happen.
So why do I feel so conflicted?
People change their minds.
I don't change my mind
though. I have a plan.
A clear trajectory.
This is what Quinn, January, Barbie,
and I have wanted for years.
Call me crazy,
but I don't think marriage
should be a group decision.
Don't you think that you
care a little bit too much
about what your friends think?
No. I value their advice.
More than your own feelings?
What's that supposed to mean?
I don't think that you love Mike.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Well, why should I take
relationship advice from you?
You haven't had a serious
girlfriend since college.
Okay.
Yeah, sure.
Don't listen to me. What do I know?
(gentle music continues)
There you go, princess.
I'm sorry, I just...
Everyone's just breathing
down my neck all the time
about the breakup and
the future, and I just...
Oh, I just wish I could
get some peace and quiet!
(gentle music continues)
Are you serious?
Look at this scenic nature I brought you to
for that exact reason.
Really?
Wait, I think I got
something. (Goofy music)
Really?
It's heavy.
All right. Bring it in.
I'm trying.
There you go. All right.
Hold on.
Reel! Come on.
Oh, there it is!
Wow. She's a beauty.
Look at her.
I tried to catch a fish and
ended it up with an old boot.
- Great.
- Huh?
Great.
You can't always get what you want.
(goofy music continues)
This metaphor feels
a little too on the nose.
- You want my advice?
- Not really.
Well, I'm gonna give it to you anyway.
Okay.
Stop taking into account
what everybody else thinks.
If you're honest with
yourself, what do you want?
Just you.
It's not that easy.
(gentle music)
What did you wanna tell me the other night?
When?
When we were sampling the menu,
you said there was
something you never told me.
What was it?
No, it's stupid.
Come on, tell me.
(gentle music continues)
Well, my dad would always say,
he would joke that you and I would...
Would what?
Be a thing someday.
(gentle music continues)
What? Why?
I don't know.
I guess he was sensing that
there was something between us.
Why would he sense that?
Come on.
You have to realize
that I had a crush on you.
When?
From like middle school onward.
What do you...
- I thought you hated me!
- Why?
Because we were always fighting
and making fun of each other.
Yeah, that's like every
teenage boy's love language.
Why didn't you tell me then?
I wanted to, but I don't know.
That's actually why Katie and I broke up.
I thought you guys broke up
because you didn't wanna go to prom.
Oh, I wanted to go to prom with you.
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Yeah.
She realized I was
always talking about you,
making excuses to hang out with you.
She got me to admit it
and then she told Barbie
and they got in a big fight about it.
Ended their friendship.
And then Barbie got convinced
that I would ruin your friendship too.
So she banned me from dating her friends.
Mostly you.
(gentle music continues)
Wait, that's what happened with Katie?
Yeah.
I probably shouldn't have said anything.
Well, it's just that Barbie...
Yeah, I know. Yeah.
But you know, it's
probably for the best, right?
We don't want to risk our friendship.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's not worth it.
(birds chirping) (river whooshing)
We should get the chairs.
- Yeah, let's do it.
Thank you for the detour.
Of course.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Thank you.
Hey, you guys need any help?
No, man.
I think we're good.
You sure? I don't mind.
Actually, you can take over for me.
I could use a break.
Sure.
(goofy music)
Thanks.
Hey, can I ask you a question?
Okay.
You and Claudia are friends, right?
Yeah.
Could you help me with something?
What? (Goofy music continues)
I am going to propose.
Ow!
Oh, you all right?
No. Yes.
Ah!
Propose? What?
I know, I know, I know, but...
You just broke up with
her a few weeks ago.
Things change.
I think Claudia wants me to
show her how serious I am.
She wanted me to propose,
and that's what I'm doing.
Tomorrow night after the rehearsal dinner,
I'm gonna pull her
aside for a little dessert
and I'm gonna ask her.
And I know she loves that cobbler you make.
Think you could whip one up for me?
(goofy music continues)
Are you sure you wanna do this?
I love her.
I should have appreciated her.
I should have been better to her.
I should probably pay attention
to what's happening right in front of me.
You're right about one thing.
And you really love her?
I do.
So, cobbler?
(goofy music continues)
Sure.
Yes! Thanks, man.
(goofy music continues)
Orchids.
What's that?
It's her favorite flower.
Huh?
Thanks.
Oh, you know what would be awesome?
If you could put the
ring inside the cobbler.
You the best, Pres!
(bright music)
- So what did Mike say?
- Are you back together?
We need to be strategic about
when you put on the dress again.
We need time to steam it.
Okay. Wait, wait, wait.
Slow down.
This is a lot.
We're not back together yet or ever.
I don't know.
- Why not?
- Yeah.
A week ago you would've been over the moon
at the prospect of Mike coming back.
I know.
It just doesn't feel like I expected it to.
What do you mean?
I just don't feel that
certainty I felt before.
You know, I was so bought
in on the engagement dress,
and now I just...
Maybe you should wear the dress again.
- Restore the faith.
- Right.
The dress knows.
No, I am not wearing
the dress again, okay?
One disaster is enough.
I'm telling you, that dress
just is not meant for me.
But we're the Dress Circle.
We just want you to experience
the same magic that we did.
Please give the dress one more chance.
It could help you figure out what you want.
I am making this decision
about my relationship sans dress.
And it's not like Mike's even proposing.
It would be a waste of wear
to put the dress on again too soon.
And it's nice to see that he's trying.
So you're saying there's hope?
Maybe.
We'll take maybe.
No, no, no, no, no.
Good!
(gentle music) (crickets chirring)
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Cobbler? Score!
Okay!
(Preston humming)
(door clicks)
(crickets chirring)
(goofy music)
Ow, what is...
Whoa!
Preston?
You weren't supposed to eat that.
Why not?
Who's cobbler is it?
Mike's.
Come on!
Is this engagement cobbler?
Seriously, Preston,
what's with the cobbler?
I need answers.
Come on! I'm dying here.
You ate the ring?
No, I told Mike not
to put it in the cobbler
'cause it'd be a choking hazard.
No, I didn't swallow it.
I'm just extremely confused why Mike
would have you bake a
cobbler with a ring in it.
(goofy music continues)
You knew he was gonna propose to me?
Yeah. (Gentle music)
How long have you known this?
A few hours.
Before or after you
told me about your crush?
After.
If I would've known, I
wouldn't have said anything.
(gentle music continues)
You know, just...
Let's just forget it, okay?
I want you to be happy. I
want my sister to be happy.
So let's just stick to the plan.
I'm just surprised you
would help Mike with this.
He's trying. (Gentle music continues)
Can't believe he's gonna
propose to me via baked good.
Well, to be fair,
I don't think this is how
he intended you to find out.
Yeah, you're right.
I've eaten his proposal.
Yeah, you did.
Could you make another cobbler
and put the ring back in it?
(gentle music continues)
What am I, the cobbler fairy?
The amount of cobbler demands
at this wedding is ridiculous.
Yeah, I'll make another one.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What are you guys doing up?
I couldn't sleep.
Yeah, I was just going to bed.
Here, I'll take your plate for you.
[Claudia] Thank you.
Good night.
Night.
(gentle music)
What are you doing up?
Nobody tells you how bad weddings are
for your sleep schedule.
I literally cannot turn my brain off.
It's gonna be perfect.
(gentle music continues)
Yeah.
I just wish my dad could be here.
(gentle music continues)
Me too.
(birds chirping)
Not bad, right?
I mean, it's not the insane
thing from the binder,
but it's the more attainable version of it.
You know, I actually like ours better.
Me too.
(bright music)
(bell rings)
- Preston!
- Hey, Mama.
- Hi, baby.
- Hi.
Give me a hug.
Oh!
Okay. That's enough.
Hi. How was the drive?
It was smooth.
Oh, Claudia, look at you, baby!
Oh my gosh, look at the both of you!
You believe my little
baby's getting married?
I mean, you guys were just so little.
No crying allowed yet, Mom.
Oh, baby.
Oh.
Okay. I'll hold off the
waterworks 'til later.
Stop it. Stop it.
You're gonna make me cry!
(bright music continues)
Get this, honey, will you?
Yeah. Okay.
It's really happening.
Yeah.
B's actually getting married.
(upbeat music) (guests chattering)
(glass clinking)
Preston...
Hi, everybody.
Since Barbie insisted no
speeches at the wedding,
I figured I'd get my time in now.
What, you didn't say anything
about the rehearsal dinner!
That's on you.
Okay, I'm making a rule right now.
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's too late.
Oh!
Go.
Being here with you all,
friends, mom, sister, family,
it has me thinking about
what that word really means.
Family. (Gentle emotional music)
My dad, he built this house for my mom.
And I don't even think he
would've imagined all the memories
that we would make here.
Fishing at the lake.
First kisses.
Remember that the time we
went skinny dipping in that river.
Do you remember that?
Don't tell anybody!
Fighting over the last piece of cobbler.
Locking myself in that
shed one too many times.
(gentle emotional music continues)
This place has been an
education for all of us on love.
And now, B, you found somebody
to spend the rest of your life with.
And that's love.
(gentle emotional music continues)
So now I wanna raise a toast to the couple.
To Barbie, Barbara, Baby B,
my beautiful, slightly demanding,
but still lovable, younger sister.
And to Sterling, my new brother for life.
Welcome to the family.
Thanks.
May your wedding
tomorrow go off without a hitch.
(gentle emotional music continues)
Cheers.
Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Salud!
- Cheers!
(gentle emotional music continues)
(upbeat music)
[Barbie] We're so happy you made it.
[Guest] We really had no idea if we would
'cause it's so last minute so...
Thank you.
Are you okay?
You look a little sick.
Yeah. I'm about to pop the question.
Really?
When?
When my heart rate goes back to resting.
(Barbie gasps)
Okay. Thanks for the help.
[Barbie] Ladies, ladies.
(Barbie murmuring)
- Okay, we're going.
- Okay.
We're going.
(bright music)
Hey.
Hey. Great speech.
Thanks.
(gentle music)
I'm gonna go refresh the potatoes.
Sure. Thanks.
Here.
You like these.
(gentle music continues)
I think everything's
going well, don't you?
So great.
Mike is proposing tonight.
That's why he looks sea sick.
Wait, how do you know?
I found the ring in the cobbler.
Wait, how do you know?
Mike just told me.
Here. You like those, right?
(bright music)
So you think you'll say yes?
I don't know.
I mean, he really does
seem like he's trying.
I just...
- Quinn, wait!
- Oh!
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm so, so, so, so, so, so sorry.
It's okay.
It's okay. I'm just gonna go clean up.
What? I thought that was the plan?
I just hope we're doing the right thing.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Where are all my clothes?
(bright music continues)
You gotta be kidding me.
(bright music continues)
"The dress always knows,
love the Dress Circle.
P.S. Please don't set it
on fire or throw it away."
Fine, but you better
be nice to me this time.
(bright music continues)
Oh my goodness.
Is that the dress?
It is.
[Preston] What dress?
Nothing.
That dress has seen a lot of proposals.
Wait, isn't that the dress
you were stomping on
in the parking lot?
Excuse me?
It's a long story. (Gentle music)
No, Mom. What's the deal with the dress?
Why are you guys talking
like you're in some sorta cult?
Are you getting proposed to tonight?
I am.
(gentle music continues)
Congratulations!
Have to admit, I always thought
maybe you'd marry Preston,
but whoever it is, he's a lucky guy.
(gentle music continues)
Hey, Claudia.
Wanna take a walk?
Sure.
(gentle music continues)
[Cathy] Good luck.
(goofy music)
Ah!
My lady.
There we go.
Little scoot. Little scoot.
There we go.
(goofy music continues)
Cobbler?
Sure.
Claudia, I know that
you wanna get married
and I wasn't ready,
but I think I was just
looking at it the wrong way.
And I've realized I don't wanna lose you.
And we don't have to see
eye to eye on everything.
We just have to be together.
(goofy music continues)
How's the cobbler?
It's good.
Oh my goodness.
Is this a ring in my cobbler?
Yeah!
Do I... Oh.
- Put it on?
- Let me.
- Yeah, kinda covered in...
- Rinse it off for you.
Mm!
Good as new.
Claudia, will you marry me?
Oh, slippery!
Sorry.
It's here.
(gentle music)
The dress knows.
[Mike] What?
(Claudia laughing)
Oh my God!
Little bit of a
cliffhanger here, Claudia.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I mean, it's just, of course it ripped.
Yeah.
I'm not following.
I can't marry you.
What? Why?
Because we were so
obviously wrong for each other.
I was so obsessed with getting
married and getting engaged
that I completely let go
of what I actually want out of life.
I want big love and I wanna
be an aerospace engineer.
Huh? Since when?
Since forever.
I just stopped thinking
that it was possible.
No, space and true love,
I want that. (Gentle music continues)
I got so consumed
with thinking that my fate
was decided by some dress
that I stopped thinking
that I even had a choice.
But you know what?
I do have a choice.
So no, I won't marry you.
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Is it bad that I'm relieved?
No. Come here.
Mike, you deserve someone
who loves it when you do the worm.
I'm just not her.
Just because we're not a good fit
doesn't mean I don't want you to be happy.
Thanks, Claudia.
And I want you to be happy too.
Thanks, dress. (Gentle music continues)
Oh my gosh!
Thank goodness!
(gentle music)
Never too late to get
back in the spaceship, right?
(gentle music continues)
(door tapping)
Hey.
[Claudia] Hey.
Sorry we forced the dress on you again.
It's okay.
I ripped it.
Sorry.
(Barbie laughs)
Oh, kinda like it.
There's nothing wrong
with showing a little bit of leg.
Right?
(Barbie groans)
I just don't understand
why the dress didn't work for you, Clauds.
I mean, technically he did propose,
but, you know, no engagement.
So can it really still be
the engagement dress?
You know what?
I think it did exactly what
it was supposed to do.
You know, it let me know
that I was heading down the wrong path.
No engagement is a lot better
than the wrong engagement.
True. (Gentle music)
As long as you're happy.
I am.
Why didn't you tell me all these years
that Preston had a crush on me
and about Katie? (Gentle music continues)
I know, I know we don't talk about Katie.
But really, why?
The idea of you dating Preston
has always stressed me out.
Because if you guys ever
broke up, I could lose you.
You know I would never
do anything to hurt you.
You are my best friend.
And you're mine.
But I still have to know,
do you feel that way still?
I mean, I think you know
that I've felt the same way
about him all these years.
Do you still want me to not pursue Preston?
(gentle music continues)
I'm sorry.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Understood.
Thank you.
Big day tomorrow.
Huge. (Gentle music continues)
I'm gonna go take a quick shower.
Okay.
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music continues)
(gentle music)
Oh, hey.
Hi.
I heard about Mike.
[Claudia] Yep.
Double breakup.
Brutal.
Well, at least the
second one was my choice.
Hey, there's something
I wanted to tell you.
We have a couple hours.
Maybe you wanna go fish?
Look, today is about Barbie
so can we just leave it at that?
Claudia, no, I get that.
There's just,
there's something I want to tell you.
(gentle music continues)
I should go get ready.
All right.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Mm
I see it with bright eyes
And they work at night
You look beautiful.
Thank you.
(upbeat music continues)
You ready? I hear with my ears
Everything all sounds real
Thanks for filling in for Dad.
I was old then
Any time. But I'm young now
I grew up, then I grew back down
I was tripped up
I was found out
(upbeat music continues)
Mm
I walk with my own feet
And I don't make ends meet
I ache with my bones
I am only alone
I was old then but I'm young now
I grew up, then I grew back down
Oh, I was tripped up
I was found out
I got lost and I don't mind
(upbeat music)
Oh yeah.
Get it, girl!
Every morning, every evening
Aint we got fun
Not much money
Oh but, honey, ain't we got fun
The rent's unpaid, dear
We haven't a car
I'm the worst.
Babe, what's wrong?
There's something I
need to fix. I'll be right back.
Even if we
Preston, come here.
Ain't we got fun
What now?
Just come here. We need to talk.
There's nothing surer
Are you in love with my best friend?
What?
You heard me.
(gentle music)
Are you in love with my best friend?
Why do I feel like
this is a trick question?
My rule is stupid, okay?
It's so obvious that you
two should be together.
Even the dress thinks so.
What is this dress that
everybody keeps talking about?
It's the engagement dress.
It's been passed down from generations
to different Dress Circles.
Anybody who wears the
dress gets engaged in it.
Except for Claudia.
That's what this is about?
Some superstition over a dress?
It's not a superstition.
It's real.
And
- you now what?
- Okay.
Wait, the dress was
actually right all along.
Okay.
Think about it!
The night that Mike and Claudia broke up,
she ran out into the parking
lot and boom, there you were.
Yeah. And?
And I hid the dress in the shed the night
that you and her got trapped in there.
I was trying to help Mike and Claudia,
but instead she ended up again with you.
I even cut a piece of
the lining off of the dress
and put it in the binder
that you've been carrying
around for good luck.
You did what?
Barbie, are you having a stroke?
There is no such thing as a magic dress.
No, but there is.
Mom and Dad got engaged in the dress.
I got engaged in the dress.
Aunt Fiona did too.
I'm telling you, it's real.
This is insane.
It's always been you and Claudia.
No it hasn't.
She's been icing me out
ever since I told her how I felt.
She's icing you out
because I told her last night
that my no dating my
friend's rule is still in effect.
And she's just too loyal
of a friend to push back.
She's had the same crush on you
that you've had on her all of these years.
(gentle music continues)
No she hasn't.
Why does this look like it
was written by a five year old?
Well, technically she was 11.
She put it in our fifth-grade time capsule.
Read it.
Even as a little girl,
she knew that she wanted
to grow up to be with you.
What are you saying?
That I'm giving you my blessing.
Really?
Yes!
Thank you!
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Emergency dress meeting.
Now? Why?
Just come on.
It's important.
Leave that!
(bright music)
What's this?
All the women of the
Dress Circle we could find.
Wow.
Yeah, turns out we may have been wrong
to call it the engagement dress.
You're not the only one
who didn't get engaged in the dress.
I got divorced in it.
Took a cab home from signing the papers.
And, what do you know?
I fell in love with the cab driver.
Really?
And that's Jenny.
She got into grad school in the dress,
and then she met her partner
there the following year.
The point is, we shouldn't
have been so hard on you
when it came to the dress.
Turns out, it's not just
about being engaged.
Yeah. It could just
be a date dress for you.
Or maybe it's just a lucky dress.
Oh, I think we've pretty much established
that the dress is a breakup dress for me.
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
I read your note from the time capsule.
You deserve every single dream
that you had as a little girl.
And I refuse to stand in the way of that.
(gentle music continues)
If you break her heart, I'll kill you.
(gentle music continues)
Barbie told me about the dress,
about everything.
There's something I've wanted
to ask you for a long time.
What's that?
(gentle music continues)
Claudia,
will you
go to prom with me?
Yes.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(romantic music)
Didn't even need the dress.
Well, Barbie did put a
piece of it in that binder
that she gave us.
Of course she did.
I thought it might help me right now.
So when's this prom happening?
Tomorrow night at my restaurant.
Well, the empty shell of the place
that will be my restaurant.
Wait, are you saying...
Yeah.
That's what I was trying to tell you.
I put a down payment
on the spot this morning.
I'm taking the leap.
Well, I guess we're all leaping.
I applied for a new job.
Oh yeah?
In space?
It's never too late, right?
It's never too late.
(uplifting romantic music)
(upbeat music)
This is the engagement dress.
It could be whatever you want.
[Barbie] You just have to believe.
So it's magic?
More like it helps you
create your own magic.
Could I go to space in it?
Well, if I can build the rocket ship,
you can definitely be the one in it.
Cool.
Can we keep it?
Yep. But you have to keep it a secret.
Let's go try it on.
To allow us
To allow us
To allow us
To be
Hey, sweetie.
Restaurant was packed.
Is our daughter running
around with what I think she is?
Yep. It's the lucky dress.
Stay with me while I sleep
Watch over me
Wake me with the sound of the birds
I listen to your words
Talk to me
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Hold my hand 'til the courage sticks
Shine your light
'til the darkness lifts
(upbeat music continues)
Hold me up so I don't look weak
Soon I'll stand on my own two feet
You look beautiful.
(upbeat music continues)
Oh but don't stop
I need you to hold me up
Don't break
I need you to hold the weight
Don't fade, I need you to light the way
Claudia, over here!
How's it look?
Perfect.
Can't believe I have to
wait until y'all get engaged
before it's my turn.
That dress is actual magic.
You drew the short straw.
That's the rules.
Okay, don't remind me.
Oh, look, here she comes.
(bright music)
So, how's it look?
Oh my.
You look like the goddess Freya.
I don't know what that means.
The Norse goddess of love.
She travels in a carriage pulled by cats.
What Quinn means is that you look hot.
You really think he'll propose?
You're wearing the engagement dress.
If he's gonna propose, it'll
happen while you're wearing it.
Just ask January.
I wore it on Dan and
my five-year anniversary,
and boom, ladies.
Harry Winston, pear cut, two carats.
And it worked for my Great Aunt Julia.
And my mom and her
best friends before all of us.
So just trust in the dress.
It will work for you, Barbie.
(bright music)
(Barbie screaming)
I love so much, Sterling!
Is that a yes?
Yes!
Quinn, you're next.
(people laughing)
He's gonna do it.
Totally. Look how nervous he looks.
Will you marry me?
You ready?
Born ready.
[Fiances] We killed it, we killed it, eh!
- I did it! I did it!
- Yeah!
[January] Oh my God! Clauds!
Clauds!
Okay, last one standing.
Today is the day.
I can feel it.
You and Mike have
been dating for three years.
He's going to propose.
It's practically a common-law
marriage at this point.
Remember, trust the dress.
Trust the dress.
Mm! Red velvet.
So good.
(upbeat music)
Why don't we dance?
Okay. Sure.
(upbeat music)
Ooh!
Watch out. Here it comes.
- Baby, no, no.
- Do the worm.
- Don't do the worm.
- Okay.
- Come here. Okay.
- Yeah.
Sorry. I know you hate when I do that.
It's okay. It's okay.
So I was thinking about the future.
Oh yeah?
I've been thinking about that a lot too.
You have?
Will you
- go get my cake.
- Of course I'll marry you.
- Wait, what?
- What?
Get your cake?
Hold up. You thought I
was gonna propose to you?
Mike, we've been dating for three years.
Yeah. And I'm like an action guy
and you like movies in languages
you don't even understand.
I can't look at the
actors while I'm reading.
I don't even know where
my eyes are supposed to go.
Okay, that's not fair.
I let you hit pause as much as you need.
Pause.
That's a great idea.
Maybe we should take a break.
(upbeat music continues)
I hate this stupid dress!
I want it off of me!
I hate it.
I trusted you, you stupid dress.
You're a liar.
Everything okay?
(gentle music)
Preston, what are you doing here?
New York wasn't great,
so back here catering weddings again.
Yay.
But seriously, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You don't look fine.
Okay, I'm not.
Everything is awful.
What happened?
Well...
Well, I thought I was
getting engaged tonight,
but instead Mike and I broke up.
Sorry to hear that.
One minute he's doing the worm,
the next minute, he's
ruining my entire life.
Well, there's your problem.
Letting a guy that does
the worm ruin your life.
I just don't get it. It
worked for everyone else.
What worked?
Nothing. Forget it.
You know Mike's an idiot, right?
You're probably better off.
I just wanted to know who my person is.
You know, I want a teammate or partner.
Here I thought you
wanted to colonize Mars.
Okay, maybe when I was four.
Here.
(gentle music continues)
Ew, Preston!
Here come the troops.
Are you seriously hitting on my friend
in her time of need?
Relax, sis, I was just
taking out the trash.
I... What the heck happened?
Oh, he dumped me.
Do you want me to slash his tires?
Egg his house?
- Quinn.
- Violence is not
the answer, Quinn.
Let's ruin his credit instead.
I don't understand, this dress is-
Is a lie.
Or a placebo effect.
Or whatever it is, it's not real, okay?
This is just a stupid piece of fabric.
It's not magic and it's not fate.
And I can't believe I spent
my entire life believing
in this fairytale!
- Claudia, wait.
- No, let her go.
It's up to us to fix this.
(melancholy music)
How?
(birds chirping)
Up, up, up.
Time to get up, Clauds.
Come on, Clauds.
(Claudia groaning)
I rue the day I gave you a key.
[Barbie] Wedding emergency.
What happened?
Look, I know the last
few weeks have been hard,
but I really need your help right now.
Okay.
We lost the venue.
Wait, what?
They double booked us, so we got bumped.
You're kidding. So now what?
Okay, don't freak out.
Barbie...
We wanna have the wedding next weekend
at my family's lake house.
Next weekend?
Yes. It's the last nice
weekend of the summer!
Everyone can come.
Think about it.
You loved summers at the lake house.
It'll be like old times.
I know, I know I'm asking for a lot,
especially so soon after you and Mike.
But look, my mom is gonna
be away at a conference
all the way up until the wedding,
and I really need your help.
Okay!
I am officially taking
off my sad single hat
and putting on my best maid of honor hat.
(Barbie squeals)
You're the best.
So when do we leave?
About that.
Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
come down from your tower.
- It's let down your hair.
- Same thing.
Come on, we're already
30 minutes behind schedule.
(upbeat rock music)
Come on.
We have a wedding to save.
(upbeat rock music continues)
We'll light it up like
there's no tomorrow
Hands up if you wanna be free
(upbeat rock music continues)
We're here!
The prodigal daughters return.
- Hi, Preston.
- Hey.
- Bye, Preston.
- Hey, sis.
Hey, bro.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Is this Barbie's?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
(Barbie giggling)
So apparently we have a
week to plan an entire wedding.
Who's we?
Barbie!
Who's we?
Preston's gonna cater, obviously,
but since he's Sterling's
best man and my brother,
I just figured that you
two could just like pair up
on all the tasks.
And trust me, there's a lot to do.
(upbeat music)
Okay. Cool.
Do you remember when you dared me
to kiss B.O. Bobby on the dock?
Yeah, I can't believe you actually did.
A dare is a dare.
He literally smelled
like stale potato chips.
Like is basic hygiene that much to ask for?
Wait, wasn't that summer
that Preston and Katie started dating?
Right, sorry. We don't talk about Katie.
So strange being here without my dad.
He'd love that you're
having your wedding here.
He would, wouldn't he?
[Preston] Dinner is served.
- Mm!
- That looks so good.
So how you doing?
Feeling better about the breakup?
I don't know.
Trying not to think about it.
Well, you're gonna be too busy
to think about anything pretty soon.
Can't be that much to do.
You haven't seen the binder?
What binder?
(Preston scoffs)
One second.
Please tell me you're joking.
Nope.
These are all the things
we've been assigned
by my dear sister.
- Floral arrangements?
- Mm-hm.
Hold on. We're in charge of finding a DJ?
No, my music taste
stopped evolving in 2006.
This is...
Yeah, it's a lot.
Tomorrow afternoon?
What?
Well, that's what you're
worried about, right?
When Mike gets here.
Can you blame me?
If it's any consolation, we
did give him the worst room.
- The room?
- Oh yeah.
He's gonna be having
night sweats and back pains.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Ready for blast off.
Three, two, one!
(gentle music continues)
Sleep at last!
(knuckles tapping)
(curious music)
Oh, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Come on.
- What now?
- Emergency dress meeting.
No, absolutely not.
No!
By the powers of my
Great-Great Aunt Hilda
and the other women of the Dress Circle,
I hereby call this emergency
meeting of the Dress Circle
to order.
Guys, this is ridiculous.
Sh!
Barbie has the dress.
These rules aren't even real.
(curious music continues)
- Claudia, no!
- Claudia, no! No!
Would you stop it already?
Okay, fine.
I won't kill it by fire.
Just because your dress
experience wasn't exactly ideal
doesn't mean that you
should just stop believing.
Yes. That is exactly what it means.
It's a dress that everyone
who wears it gets engaged,
and I got dumped in it.
So I think it's the ideal
time to stop believing,
if you ask me.
Maybe you just need
to wear it again, okay?
Yeah. Maybe it needs to
be recharged between uses.
It is a dress, Quinn,
not a lithium battery.
Guys, I am fine. Okay?
I wanted to marry Mike and
it didn't work for me, okay?
Okay, but just because it didn't work
this time doesn't mean
that it won't ever work.
We can fix this.
I love you and I appreciate
what you're trying to do,
but I'm not interested, okay?
I don't wanna be a
part of this Dress Circle.
I am fine.
Really.
(gentle music continues)
Well, that didn't go as planned.
You know, Mike arrives tomorrow.
We can still fix this.
How?
Maybe they just need like,
like a little push,
like a touch of romance
to remind them why they
got together to begin with.
And we could just like aid in the process.
Okay. Yeah. I see
where you're going with this.
I don't know, but Mike's
like the worst, right?
No.
I don't know.
He wasn't always so awful.
Like she was so smitten
with him in the beginning.
That's true.
They were so cute together.
And if they can just rekindle that
and then we could just
get her back into the dress
and then if he proposes... (bright music)
That would just restore the Dress Circle.
Wait, I like this.
This is like the fairy
godmother in Cinderella,
but it's the three of us.
Yeah.
Wait, so are you in?
(bright music continues)
Get ready to fly, little baby.
It's gonna work.
I hope so.
(bright music continues)
- After you.
- Thank you.
All right. Since it's such short notice,
we're gonna have to pick
everything out ourselves
and assemble it.
Assemble it? You mean
like put it in the vase?
It's a little more involved than that.
Look, she included reference photos.
She wants us to make that.
What? Did the Michelangelo
of florists put that together?
Let's just pull what we can
outta the inspiration photos.
Color scheme is consistent.
Pinks, creams, whites.
Let's just stay in that zone.
- Okay. All right.
What about this guy?
- Oh, carnations.
- Yeah.
The star of every sad
grocery store bouquet
and tacky prom corsage.
No.
What about roses?
Everybody likes roses?
Sure. We can mix in roses.
And peonies.
Those are Barbie's favorites.
Okay, so we got roses, we got peonies.
What else?
Orchids. My favorite and
very wedding appropriate.
Okay.
What?
Nothing.
No, no, no. The snark jumped out.
Go on. Enlighten me.
Wedding appropriate?
I mean, what makes a
flower wedding appropriate?
For someone who is
constantly catering weddings,
you really don't like weddings.
I just don't see the point.
These couples spend so much money
to declare to the rest of the world
that they're stuck with the same person
for the rest of their life.
Wow.
No, I...
Okay, marriages can be great.
My parents had an amazing marriage.
It's weddings that I can't
wrap my head around.
What do you mean?
Like first you have the ring,
and then the engagement,
and then the wedding.
And the couples are just so
bogged down with everything
and they overshadow it with all this stuff.
If it's truly about love, then why do that?
Because it's the biggest day of your life
and you want it to be perfect.
Is that so hard to understand?
And by the way,
since we're captaining
this wedding planning,
you should probably
hide your obvious disdain.
Okay.
I know Barbie wants this
weekend to be perfect.
And I know that with my dad gone,
there's added pressure for
me to fill his proverbial shoes,
and I will do that.
But it doesn't mean that I
think this wedding mania stuff
is in any way rational.
Okay. Will you just shut
up and pick a vase, please?
Okay.
That one.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go order.
(goofy music)
Here we go.
Well, well, well, look
what the dog dragged in.
It's cat.
Michael.
Hi, ladies.
So, ah, which room is mine?
The bad room.
Should have expected that.
Sh!
Ow.
Look, I know this is awkward,
but I'm one of Sterling's best friend,
so I will just stay out of the way.
Mike, the way you ended
things with Claudia was...
Hideous.
Sinister.
Worthy of extreme punishment!
Down, Quinn!
Mike, you have an opportunity here
to smooth things over with Claudia.
Smooth things over?
Yeah. Make amends for
how harshly you ended things.
I didn't do it on purpose.
Claudia kinda ambushed me
with the whole engagement thing,
and I panicked.
Was it really that bad?
- You broke up with her
and then immediately
did the Electric Slide.
I dance when I'm emotional.
It's my process.
All we're saying is that
you should just make an effort
to be nice.
Sure. Yeah.
I can be nice.
[Barbie] Great.
So can you guys leave
so I can get changed?
(goofy music continues)
I'm watching you.
(gentle music) (ducks quacking)
[Barbie] Claudia!
(Barbie squeals)
What?
We found the map!
- No!
- Yes.
Show me.
Our fifth-grade time capsule.
I don't even remember what I put in this.
I say we dig it up.
I mean, when's the next time
where we're all gonna be here together?
I for one am booked for
the next three summers.
How do you plan your
vacations that far in advance?
Okay.
It looks like we buried it
on the other side of the lake.
(Barbie squeals)
This'll be fun.
This is not fun.
It's gotta be around here somewhere.
The map is difficult to read.
It's between the fork-shaped tree
and the straight up and down one.
Why did we put a five next to the tree?
Five paces.
Wait, remember, we were kids
so our paces are shorter.
(gentle music continues)
How did none of us
think to bring a shovel?
(gentle music continues)
There it is.
Oh my gosh.
- Are you ready?
- Uh huh!
[Barbie] Oh my God.
(kazoo beeps)
I used to love this thing.
[Friends] We know.
Oh, I made myself a necklace.
Surprisingly chic.
This one was my favorite.
[January] Read it.
Okay.
"Dear grownup Claudia."
[Barbie] Aw!
"I hope by now you're working at NASA,
building all kinds of awesome rocket ships.
And I hope you're married to someone cool.
Maybe you...
(melancholy music)
Go on!
I don't... (thunder rumbling)
Oh, we should head back.
[January] Don't wanna get my hair wet.
[Quinn] Come on, come on!
- Come on.
- All right.
(melancholy music continues)
"Dear grownup Claudia,
I hope by now you're working at NASA,
building all kinds of
awesome rocket ships."
Sorry, kid.
I am wasting my aerospace
engineering degree
at a tech company.
"And I hope you're married to someone cool."
Maybe someone like Preston.
"Hopefully it's Preston."
(melancholy music continues)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Oh, it smells amazing!
Hey, stop eating all my work!
Shush!
It's my wedding week.
Okay. You can't play
that card for everything.
Watch me.
(upbeat music continues)
So are my flower arrangements
going to be perfect?
They'll be great.
Oh, we also check out
the chair rental place.
Are you cool with mixing and matching?
Mm, do I have to?
Well, if you want uniformity,
we have metal folding chairs
or, yeah, that was about it.
Metal folding chairs.
But that could be cool.
Your wedding could have the same aesthetic
as a group therapy session.
- Ew.
- Ignore him.
We also found some white wooden chairs.
- Those could be beautiful.
- Yeah, we did.
[Barbie] Okay. I don't hate that.
Hey, anything I can help with?
No, I think we're good.
You can handle the drinks.
I'll go outside and set the table.
Hm.
What?
I was nice.
(upbeat music continues)
(people chattering)
All right.
Dinner.
(guests oohing)
There you go.
Some salt and pepper.
Preston, sit next to me.
(gentle music)
Hi.
Hi.
(gentle music continues)
Clink, clink, clink.
I'd like to make a toast.
To the soon-to-be bride and groom.
And to a weekend full of
love and second chances.
Ah!
To second chances.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
(gentle music continues)
(upbeat music)
Woo. Let's go!
Hey, Clauds,
do you mind going the shed
to look for the old badminton set?
I'm like craving a game.
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
So what gives? What's the plan?
Okay, so the shed door always locks,
and for some reason,
nobody ever remembers that.
So I was just thinking
if Mike and Claudia
won't talk to each other
on their own accord,
maybe if they're trapped
in a room together,
it'll force some conversation.
In a minute,
go ask Mike to go to the shed
to look for that badminton set.
Okay, January, now.
Hey, Mike.
What? What's up?
Would you mind running to the shed
and grabbing that old badminton set for me?
I'd do it myself, but you know I hate dust.
And this is dry clean only so...
Yeah, yeah. Totally, totally.
After this turn.
Okay.
Right.
Good.
Barbie!
Your wedding dress just arrived.
Special delivery! (Barbie squealing)
Let's go try it on.
- Yes!
- Yes!
- Please, please.
- Let's go, let's go,
- let's go!
- Oh my God.
I'll pop a bottle of champagne.
You guys are going to love!
Yo, Preston.
Can you go down to the
shed and get the badminton set
for the girls?
I am on a streak here!
Sure.
(upbeat music continues)
(birds chirping)
Oh, Claudia. Hey.
Wait, wait, wait, the door!
(goofy music)
Shoot.
Well, you might as well help me look
for the badminton while you're here.
Badminton?
Come on, Barbie.
What?
Nothing.
J'adore!
Isn't it perfect?
Claudia, helped me pick it.
Speaking of, how long should
we keep Mike and Claudia
in the shed?
With all they have to sort out?
Let's just get them in the morning.
The morning? If
they're both alive by then.
What?
All I'm saying is that she's really mad
and there are a lot of sharp
and rusty objects in the shed.
It's like a tetanus shot waiting to happen.
I'm sure they're having a
real heart to heart by now.
Help us! (Fist thudding)
Help us!
Help us!
[Preston] Can you please stop doing that?
What else am I supposed to do?
Maybe if we both scream at the same time,
they'll hear us.
On the count of three.
One, two-
This place might as well be a panic room.
It is absurdly soundproof.
Nobody's gonna hear you, trust me.
Seriously.
We're just gonna wait until
they realize we're missing?
You know, Quinn and Barbie once left me
at a rest stop in Tucson
because they assumed I was
just sleeping in the backseat.
(Preston laughs)
Okay, that's not funny.
Let's just chill.
Look, we got some games right here.
We got...
(goofy music)
Sure. Let's play checkers.
Okay.
All right.
Let's see who's going first.
Pick a hand.
That one.
Looks like I'm going first.
Such a cheater.
How did I cheat?
You can't cheat with that.
You do every time.
Oh, tomorrow we are on DJ duty,
so I have some people
scheduled to come here,
show us what they got, and
then we can pick who we like.
So, classic tunes or current hits?
I'd say maybe mostly
classic, touch of modern,
preferably not a DJ
who yields a microphone.
- Good call.
- Yeah.
Can I ask you a personal question?
Sure.
Why'd you wanna marry Mike?
I think it was just
the inertia of it all.
(gentle music)
You know, everyone's
getting engaged and married.
After three years with someone,
you just start to feel like
that next step is inevitable.
Romantic.
Mike and I worked.
We're different, but we still worked.
Working isn't the same as being happy.
I mean, isn't that what it's all about?
Being happy?
Okay, I thought you
were anti all this stuff.
Now suddenly you're
the Yoda of lifelong love?
I'm not anti-love.
I'm just anti-commercialization
of relationships.
You're literally a wedding caterer.
I'm a man of many contradictions.
(gentle music continues)
Do you ever feel
like your life just veered
into a direction and you
just didn't really stop it?
What do you mean?
I mean, when I was a
kid, I was a big dreamer.
So obsessed with Space Camp and NASA.
I remember.
(gentle music continues)
Yeah. I just don't
know when along the way
I gave up on spaceships and big love
and traded it for spreadsheets and...
Settling?
If it's any consolation,
I thought I'd be a
MICHELIN Star chef by now.
Instead, I am slinging fillet mignons
during best man speeches.
You could get a star.
You just need to take a leap
and finally open a restaurant.
Maybe.
(gentle music continues)
But what about you?
It's not too late for you
to jump back in a rocket.
Looks like you're not gonna win this one.
You wanna make it a tournament?
Sure.
Best of whenever they find us?
Deal.
It's one for me.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
(crickets chirring)
(goofy music)
- [Barbie] Morning, Mike.
- Morning.
Wait, Mike?
Huh?
If you're here, then...
What?
The badminton set.
You were supposed to be
looking for the badminton set.
- What?
- The shed, Mike!
What happened in the shed?
Oh, right.
I sent Preston.
(Barbie gasps)
Oh no! No! No!
(goofy music continues)
Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry.
Took you long enough.
I can't believe you left me in here
with Mr. Cheats at Checkers.
(goofy music continues)
[Preston] It's not funny.
I'm sorry. I meant to send-
Mike. Yeah, I gathered that.
Was that really your plan?
Claudia's way too good for him.
- No.
- No what?
No. I'm not gonna have you hitting
on my best friend at my wedding.
I didn't say anything
about hitting on her.
Well, you remember
the last time you dated one
of my friends.
Katie was junior year of high school.
I still had braces.
Right, just because she's single now
doesn't mean it's your
chance to shoot your shot.
Okay, I don't have any plans
to hit on your friend at your wedding okay?
- Good.
- Good.
(goofy music continues)
(gentle music)
Why won't you just work again?
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Sorry.
I can go.
No, no, it's okay.
Do you want coffee?
Sure.
Okay.
- Thanks.
- Mm-hm.
(gentle music)
I'm sorry... This is awkward.
Okay. Yeah, you first.
Look. I know it's awkward,
both of us being here together,
and I know I ended things like a jerk.
You know how I get on dance floors.
Oh, I'm well aware. (Mike chuckles)
Honestly, I think I just
cracked under all the pressure.
It's not you. You're great.
- I just...
- It's okay.
Look, I get it.
I was putting on a lot of pressure.
Yeah.
But I could have gone
about it in a better way.
I understand if you and the ladies hate me.
They don't hate you.
Quinn left a note
under my pillow telling me
to watch my back.
(gentle music continues)
But they're right to be protective of you.
I was a total idiot.
I'm kind of always an idiot, actually.
But I don't want these
next few days to be weird.
(gentle music continues)
Truce?
(Claudia laughs)
Totally.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
We're good.
Can I ask you a question though?
Sure.
How long were you planning
on breaking up with me?
I wasn't.
Just sorta happened. (Melancholy music)
[Preston] Oh, sorry.
It's all good.
The tent's up and the first DJ's here.
So wanna do this thing?
Yeah.
Okay.
(melancholy music continues)
(intense electronic music)
That's all the time we have for today.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Thank you! We'll call you.
(upbeat electronic music)
- Thanks.
- We'll be in touch.
This is insane.
Who's next?
Ed.
Ed? Just Ed?
(Ed coughing)
Check one, two.
Oh, no, he's using the mic.
I prefer if people were dancing.
Oh, it's okay.
We can watch like this.
Please stand.
Okay. I don't think ol' Ed
is taking no for an answer.
(upbeat music)
Ain't we got fun
Not much money
Oh but honey
Well, I can't dance in my shoes.
Ain't we got fun
Those are your dancing shoes?
- No. No.
- No?
They're not your dancing shoes?
Definitely not. I have dancing
shoes. Those aren't them.
Oh, got it.
She's a professional now.
I'm a professional.
Oh, are you?
- Yeah.
- I can tell.
Oh, I was hoping later
that you could sample some of the stuff I
was thinking about using for the menu.
Sure. Sounds great.
Oh, you dance?
- You're a dancer now?
- I can dance.
- Yeah.
- Oh you wanna see some moves?
Yeah, show me your moves.
What do you know about this?
The rich get rich and
the poor get poorer
I like the sound effects.
Yeah. It needs the sound effects.
We got fun
All right, wanna do the double spin?
I call that the tornado.
Oh, the tornado?
Yeah, I got moves.
I got names for my moves.
- Got sound effects.
- Yeah.
- Now what do you got?
- I got moves.
[Preston] Yeah. You do?
- Yeah.
- All right. Show me.
- All right.
- Okay.
Little bit of that.
(upbeat music)
Hey, let's do,
remember what we used
to do when we were little.
- No!
- Come on. Come on.
- All right.
- Okay. I was this big.
I'll catch you. It's
fine. It'll be the same.
You'll catch me?
Yeah. What's the worst that could happen?
Okay.
(upbeat music continues)
(Claudia gasping)
In the morning, I fell
In the evening, for you
Ain't we got fun
Let's see a movie or maybe a play
Ain't we got fun
We don't have much money
But we keep life sunny
And honey, ain't we got fun
Ed, you're hired!
Hey (chuckles).
(bright music) (ducks quacking)
Well, it took all day,
but I think we found a DJ.
Oh, good.
We found the perfect arch today
and we got the marriage license.
[Claudia] Oh, that's great.
[Barbie] And we picked
out the wedding rings.
[January] Yeah. They're so pretty.
(bright music continues)
Hello?
Earth to Claudia.
I'm just gonna hang here.
Preston needs my help with the menu.
You sure?
Yeah. I don't mind staying behind.
Is this because of Mike?
Actually, no.
He apologized this morning. So we're good.
Hmm. Good as in reconciling?
Good as in, we're fine.
We're not back together or anything,
so don't get too excited.
Okay, but would you want to?
He would have to change a lot
for me to even consider that.
Well, have fun tonight.
I still have a few
wedding things to finish up.
(bright music continues)
Is Mike even capable of change?
Well, his mom still
does his laundry, so no.
Oh Mike's gonna change,
whether he likes it or not.
Okay, perfect.
We'll pick them up tomorrow.
[Mike] Hey.
Hi.
(gentle music)
Are you going bowling tonight?
We're about to head out.
No, I'm helping Preston
with some wedding stuff tonight.
Barbie really loaded
us up with things to do.
Oh, I was kinda hoping you would go.
You're the only other one
who wants to be in the bumper lane.
You know, you can just bowl granny style.
That always works.
Have fun.
(gentle music continues)
(Mike sighs)
(bright music)
[Preston] All right.
Mm!
So, what can I help with?
Nothing.
All I need you to do right now is to taste.
I can certainly do that.
Wait a minute!
It's hot!
Well, you attacked it
before I could warn you!
Heathen!
- Wow.
- Yeah?
This is incredible?
It could be the burns talking, but wow.
Cool.
Let's eat the rest of it outside.
(gentle music)
Okay. So between these
two, which did you prefer?
This one.
I figured you'd pick that one.
How'd you know?
Because I've been
cooking for you for a long time.
I could probably guess
what the rest of your choices are gonna be.
Try me.
Okay.
Between these two.
But wait, hold on.
This makes a difference.
All right. Try that.
(gentle music continues)
Still the steak, right?
How'd you know?
Because you have,
well, you have a tell.
- A tell?
- Yeah, when you're eating,
when you are enjoying something,
you sort of nod like
you're agreeing with it.
- Do I?
- Yeah.
Yeah. Watch. Hold on.
Try the sides.
Okay.
(gentle music continues)
See.
- Weird.
- Yeah.
I didn't realize I did that.
Hmm.
Barbie's gonna love all of this.
I hope so.
So what about a cake?
Oh, dessert is a surprise.
Mm.
(Claudia and Preston laughing)
So instead of doing cake,
I figured we'd do my
dad's blueberry cobbler.
(gentle music) (crickets chirring)
Mm.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
Wow.
Okay now that brings back memories.
Mm.
Remember how we used to sit out here
and I used to quiz you on constellations?
Bring it on.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Ursa Major.
It's easy.
There. Third largest
constellation in the sky.
Remember in the shed?
Yeah.
What you said about opening a restaurant.
I actually was doing that.
I had a place picked out and everything,
but when my dad got sick,
I kinda felt like I had to put
everything else on pause.
Your dad wouldn't want you
to keep your dreams paused.
I just didn't think it'd
be me walking my sister
down the aisle, you know?
He always liked you.
He was always a fan.
He sometimes...
I didn't tell you this but...
Hey! There you guys are!
Barbie and Sterling wanna watch a movie.
Oh, we'll be in in a minute.
Oh.
Okay.
(gentle music)
What were you saying?
Oh, nothing.
Forget about it.
That's enough of walking
down memory lane, right?
(gentle music continues)
You coming?
No, I'm good.
I kinda like it out here.
Okay.
Thank you for dinner.
You're welcome.
(gentle music continues)
Hey, Preston.
Yeah?
Your dad would be proud
and I think you should open the restaurant.
(gentle music continues)
(bright music)
(Mike coughs)
You were right.
I want Claudia back, and I need your help.
I thought you'd never ask.
(bright music continues)
So what should I do?
Mike, you're gonna have to step it up.
Prove to her that you care about the things
that she cares about.
So I have to start watching reality shows
about rich women fighting
at expensive dinners?
- Oh my gosh.
- No, but it wouldn't kill you
to try a little harder.
Okay. How?
Show her that you're thinking about her.
Buy her flowers.
Look, if you want her to
get by together with you,
you're gonna have to prove
that you actually changed.
Okay.
I can do that.
Looks like there's hope
for the dress after all.
Huh?
Nothing.
Oh, you got carnations.
What? (Goofy music)
The flowers.
That's what these are called?
They're nice, right?
They're for Claudia.
Yeah. The star of every
sad grocery store bouquet
and tacky prom corsage.
What?
Nothing. (Goofy music continues)
Sure she'll love them.
Thanks, pal.
(goofy music continues)
(knuckles tapping)
Can we talk?
Wait, is that the shirt I
bought you for your birthday?
Uh-oh.
Looks like Mike's a
fun shirt guy after all.
Yeah, I imagined it to
look a little bit different.
- It's bad, right?
- Mm-hm.
Yeah. Yeah. I hate it too.
It's just, it's too busy.
- Yeah, it's way too busy.
(goofy music continues)
Can we talk outside?
Yeah, sure.
(goofy music continues)
What do you think he's saying?
Hmm. Let's see.
Sorry I care more about playoffs than you.
Sorry I treat ketchup
like its own food group.
I can't tell if she likes it or not.
[Barbie] We need to find a way
to get her into the dress again.
Wait, what dress?
Don't you have a list
of things to do today?
Pardon me, bridezilla,
but my fellow nuptial servant
is being occupied by somebody
that treats corn hole
like an Olympic sport.
Oh, jealous much?
No.
- Super jelly.
- Super jelly.
So do you think we can try again?
Honestly, I don't know.
Oh.
Huh?
That wasn't the answer I was expecting.
I just need a beat
to process all of this.
You know, honestly, I don't know
if I can go back to just dating you.
Huh.
Yeah.
I think I'm looking for something more,
and I'm not sure if
you're on the same page.
(gentle music)
- I understand.
We have to go pick up the
chairs today, so I have to go.
Oh, sure.
You wanna take the flowers?
Yeah, sure. (Gentle music continues)
(birds chirping)
I'm afraid to see you waste away
You okay?
Yeah.
Let's just focus on these chairs
and the 20 other errands
Barbie has us running today.
(gentle music)
What are you doing?
This isn't the chair rental place.
We got time.
Time for what?
You'll see.
Let's go.
(gentle music continues)
[Claudia] What are we doing?
Just come on!
There you go.
- Fishing?
- Mm-hm.
Preston, we don't have time for this.
The rental place closes at five
and they don't open again
until after the wedding.
Rehearsal dinner is tomorrow.
We don't have time to fish
when the wedding is in two days.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
(gentle music continues)
You are so annoying.
I'm a calming presence.
Let's go.
(gentle music continues) (ducks quacking)
Okay, this is exactly
what I wanted to happen.
So why do I feel so conflicted?
People change their minds.
I don't change my mind
though. I have a plan.
A clear trajectory.
This is what Quinn, January, Barbie,
and I have wanted for years.
Call me crazy,
but I don't think marriage
should be a group decision.
Don't you think that you
care a little bit too much
about what your friends think?
No. I value their advice.
More than your own feelings?
What's that supposed to mean?
I don't think that you love Mike.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Well, why should I take
relationship advice from you?
You haven't had a serious
girlfriend since college.
Okay.
Yeah, sure.
Don't listen to me. What do I know?
(gentle music continues)
There you go, princess.
I'm sorry, I just...
Everyone's just breathing
down my neck all the time
about the breakup and
the future, and I just...
Oh, I just wish I could
get some peace and quiet!
(gentle music continues)
Are you serious?
Look at this scenic nature I brought you to
for that exact reason.
Really?
Wait, I think I got
something. (Goofy music)
Really?
It's heavy.
All right. Bring it in.
I'm trying.
There you go. All right.
Hold on.
Reel! Come on.
Oh, there it is!
Wow. She's a beauty.
Look at her.
I tried to catch a fish and
ended it up with an old boot.
- Great.
- Huh?
Great.
You can't always get what you want.
(goofy music continues)
This metaphor feels
a little too on the nose.
- You want my advice?
- Not really.
Well, I'm gonna give it to you anyway.
Okay.
Stop taking into account
what everybody else thinks.
If you're honest with
yourself, what do you want?
Just you.
It's not that easy.
(gentle music)
What did you wanna tell me the other night?
When?
When we were sampling the menu,
you said there was
something you never told me.
What was it?
No, it's stupid.
Come on, tell me.
(gentle music continues)
Well, my dad would always say,
he would joke that you and I would...
Would what?
Be a thing someday.
(gentle music continues)
What? Why?
I don't know.
I guess he was sensing that
there was something between us.
Why would he sense that?
Come on.
You have to realize
that I had a crush on you.
When?
From like middle school onward.
What do you...
- I thought you hated me!
- Why?
Because we were always fighting
and making fun of each other.
Yeah, that's like every
teenage boy's love language.
Why didn't you tell me then?
I wanted to, but I don't know.
That's actually why Katie and I broke up.
I thought you guys broke up
because you didn't wanna go to prom.
Oh, I wanted to go to prom with you.
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Yeah.
She realized I was
always talking about you,
making excuses to hang out with you.
She got me to admit it
and then she told Barbie
and they got in a big fight about it.
Ended their friendship.
And then Barbie got convinced
that I would ruin your friendship too.
So she banned me from dating her friends.
Mostly you.
(gentle music continues)
Wait, that's what happened with Katie?
Yeah.
I probably shouldn't have said anything.
Well, it's just that Barbie...
Yeah, I know. Yeah.
But you know, it's
probably for the best, right?
We don't want to risk our friendship.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's not worth it.
(birds chirping) (river whooshing)
We should get the chairs.
- Yeah, let's do it.
Thank you for the detour.
Of course.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Thank you.
Hey, you guys need any help?
No, man.
I think we're good.
You sure? I don't mind.
Actually, you can take over for me.
I could use a break.
Sure.
(goofy music)
Thanks.
Hey, can I ask you a question?
Okay.
You and Claudia are friends, right?
Yeah.
Could you help me with something?
What? (Goofy music continues)
I am going to propose.
Ow!
Oh, you all right?
No. Yes.
Ah!
Propose? What?
I know, I know, I know, but...
You just broke up with
her a few weeks ago.
Things change.
I think Claudia wants me to
show her how serious I am.
She wanted me to propose,
and that's what I'm doing.
Tomorrow night after the rehearsal dinner,
I'm gonna pull her
aside for a little dessert
and I'm gonna ask her.
And I know she loves that cobbler you make.
Think you could whip one up for me?
(goofy music continues)
Are you sure you wanna do this?
I love her.
I should have appreciated her.
I should have been better to her.
I should probably pay attention
to what's happening right in front of me.
You're right about one thing.
And you really love her?
I do.
So, cobbler?
(goofy music continues)
Sure.
Yes! Thanks, man.
(goofy music continues)
Orchids.
What's that?
It's her favorite flower.
Huh?
Thanks.
Oh, you know what would be awesome?
If you could put the
ring inside the cobbler.
You the best, Pres!
(bright music)
- So what did Mike say?
- Are you back together?
We need to be strategic about
when you put on the dress again.
We need time to steam it.
Okay. Wait, wait, wait.
Slow down.
This is a lot.
We're not back together yet or ever.
I don't know.
- Why not?
- Yeah.
A week ago you would've been over the moon
at the prospect of Mike coming back.
I know.
It just doesn't feel like I expected it to.
What do you mean?
I just don't feel that
certainty I felt before.
You know, I was so bought
in on the engagement dress,
and now I just...
Maybe you should wear the dress again.
- Restore the faith.
- Right.
The dress knows.
No, I am not wearing
the dress again, okay?
One disaster is enough.
I'm telling you, that dress
just is not meant for me.
But we're the Dress Circle.
We just want you to experience
the same magic that we did.
Please give the dress one more chance.
It could help you figure out what you want.
I am making this decision
about my relationship sans dress.
And it's not like Mike's even proposing.
It would be a waste of wear
to put the dress on again too soon.
And it's nice to see that he's trying.
So you're saying there's hope?
Maybe.
We'll take maybe.
No, no, no, no, no.
Good!
(gentle music) (crickets chirring)
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Cobbler? Score!
Okay!
(Preston humming)
(door clicks)
(crickets chirring)
(goofy music)
Ow, what is...
Whoa!
Preston?
You weren't supposed to eat that.
Why not?
Who's cobbler is it?
Mike's.
Come on!
Is this engagement cobbler?
Seriously, Preston,
what's with the cobbler?
I need answers.
Come on! I'm dying here.
You ate the ring?
No, I told Mike not
to put it in the cobbler
'cause it'd be a choking hazard.
No, I didn't swallow it.
I'm just extremely confused why Mike
would have you bake a
cobbler with a ring in it.
(goofy music continues)
You knew he was gonna propose to me?
Yeah. (Gentle music)
How long have you known this?
A few hours.
Before or after you
told me about your crush?
After.
If I would've known, I
wouldn't have said anything.
(gentle music continues)
You know, just...
Let's just forget it, okay?
I want you to be happy. I
want my sister to be happy.
So let's just stick to the plan.
I'm just surprised you
would help Mike with this.
He's trying. (Gentle music continues)
Can't believe he's gonna
propose to me via baked good.
Well, to be fair,
I don't think this is how
he intended you to find out.
Yeah, you're right.
I've eaten his proposal.
Yeah, you did.
Could you make another cobbler
and put the ring back in it?
(gentle music continues)
What am I, the cobbler fairy?
The amount of cobbler demands
at this wedding is ridiculous.
Yeah, I'll make another one.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What are you guys doing up?
I couldn't sleep.
Yeah, I was just going to bed.
Here, I'll take your plate for you.
[Claudia] Thank you.
Good night.
Night.
(gentle music)
What are you doing up?
Nobody tells you how bad weddings are
for your sleep schedule.
I literally cannot turn my brain off.
It's gonna be perfect.
(gentle music continues)
Yeah.
I just wish my dad could be here.
(gentle music continues)
Me too.
(birds chirping)
Not bad, right?
I mean, it's not the insane
thing from the binder,
but it's the more attainable version of it.
You know, I actually like ours better.
Me too.
(bright music)
(bell rings)
- Preston!
- Hey, Mama.
- Hi, baby.
- Hi.
Give me a hug.
Oh!
Okay. That's enough.
Hi. How was the drive?
It was smooth.
Oh, Claudia, look at you, baby!
Oh my gosh, look at the both of you!
You believe my little
baby's getting married?
I mean, you guys were just so little.
No crying allowed yet, Mom.
Oh, baby.
Oh.
Okay. I'll hold off the
waterworks 'til later.
Stop it. Stop it.
You're gonna make me cry!
(bright music continues)
Get this, honey, will you?
Yeah. Okay.
It's really happening.
Yeah.
B's actually getting married.
(upbeat music) (guests chattering)
(glass clinking)
Preston...
Hi, everybody.
Since Barbie insisted no
speeches at the wedding,
I figured I'd get my time in now.
What, you didn't say anything
about the rehearsal dinner!
That's on you.
Okay, I'm making a rule right now.
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's too late.
Oh!
Go.
Being here with you all,
friends, mom, sister, family,
it has me thinking about
what that word really means.
Family. (Gentle emotional music)
My dad, he built this house for my mom.
And I don't even think he
would've imagined all the memories
that we would make here.
Fishing at the lake.
First kisses.
Remember that the time we
went skinny dipping in that river.
Do you remember that?
Don't tell anybody!
Fighting over the last piece of cobbler.
Locking myself in that
shed one too many times.
(gentle emotional music continues)
This place has been an
education for all of us on love.
And now, B, you found somebody
to spend the rest of your life with.
And that's love.
(gentle emotional music continues)
So now I wanna raise a toast to the couple.
To Barbie, Barbara, Baby B,
my beautiful, slightly demanding,
but still lovable, younger sister.
And to Sterling, my new brother for life.
Welcome to the family.
Thanks.
May your wedding
tomorrow go off without a hitch.
(gentle emotional music continues)
Cheers.
Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Salud!
- Cheers!
(gentle emotional music continues)
(upbeat music)
[Barbie] We're so happy you made it.
[Guest] We really had no idea if we would
'cause it's so last minute so...
Thank you.
Are you okay?
You look a little sick.
Yeah. I'm about to pop the question.
Really?
When?
When my heart rate goes back to resting.
(Barbie gasps)
Okay. Thanks for the help.
[Barbie] Ladies, ladies.
(Barbie murmuring)
- Okay, we're going.
- Okay.
We're going.
(bright music)
Hey.
Hey. Great speech.
Thanks.
(gentle music)
I'm gonna go refresh the potatoes.
Sure. Thanks.
Here.
You like these.
(gentle music continues)
I think everything's
going well, don't you?
So great.
Mike is proposing tonight.
That's why he looks sea sick.
Wait, how do you know?
I found the ring in the cobbler.
Wait, how do you know?
Mike just told me.
Here. You like those, right?
(bright music)
So you think you'll say yes?
I don't know.
I mean, he really does
seem like he's trying.
I just...
- Quinn, wait!
- Oh!
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm so, so, so, so, so, so sorry.
It's okay.
It's okay. I'm just gonna go clean up.
What? I thought that was the plan?
I just hope we're doing the right thing.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Where are all my clothes?
(bright music continues)
You gotta be kidding me.
(bright music continues)
"The dress always knows,
love the Dress Circle.
P.S. Please don't set it
on fire or throw it away."
Fine, but you better
be nice to me this time.
(bright music continues)
Oh my goodness.
Is that the dress?
It is.
[Preston] What dress?
Nothing.
That dress has seen a lot of proposals.
Wait, isn't that the dress
you were stomping on
in the parking lot?
Excuse me?
It's a long story. (Gentle music)
No, Mom. What's the deal with the dress?
Why are you guys talking
like you're in some sorta cult?
Are you getting proposed to tonight?
I am.
(gentle music continues)
Congratulations!
Have to admit, I always thought
maybe you'd marry Preston,
but whoever it is, he's a lucky guy.
(gentle music continues)
Hey, Claudia.
Wanna take a walk?
Sure.
(gentle music continues)
[Cathy] Good luck.
(goofy music)
Ah!
My lady.
There we go.
Little scoot. Little scoot.
There we go.
(goofy music continues)
Cobbler?
Sure.
Claudia, I know that
you wanna get married
and I wasn't ready,
but I think I was just
looking at it the wrong way.
And I've realized I don't wanna lose you.
And we don't have to see
eye to eye on everything.
We just have to be together.
(goofy music continues)
How's the cobbler?
It's good.
Oh my goodness.
Is this a ring in my cobbler?
Yeah!
Do I... Oh.
- Put it on?
- Let me.
- Yeah, kinda covered in...
- Rinse it off for you.
Mm!
Good as new.
Claudia, will you marry me?
Oh, slippery!
Sorry.
It's here.
(gentle music)
The dress knows.
[Mike] What?
(Claudia laughing)
Oh my God!
Little bit of a
cliffhanger here, Claudia.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I mean, it's just, of course it ripped.
Yeah.
I'm not following.
I can't marry you.
What? Why?
Because we were so
obviously wrong for each other.
I was so obsessed with getting
married and getting engaged
that I completely let go
of what I actually want out of life.
I want big love and I wanna
be an aerospace engineer.
Huh? Since when?
Since forever.
I just stopped thinking
that it was possible.
No, space and true love,
I want that. (Gentle music continues)
I got so consumed
with thinking that my fate
was decided by some dress
that I stopped thinking
that I even had a choice.
But you know what?
I do have a choice.
So no, I won't marry you.
(gentle music continues)
Oh.
Is it bad that I'm relieved?
No. Come here.
Mike, you deserve someone
who loves it when you do the worm.
I'm just not her.
Just because we're not a good fit
doesn't mean I don't want you to be happy.
Thanks, Claudia.
And I want you to be happy too.
Thanks, dress. (Gentle music continues)
Oh my gosh!
Thank goodness!
(gentle music)
Never too late to get
back in the spaceship, right?
(gentle music continues)
(door tapping)
Hey.
[Claudia] Hey.
Sorry we forced the dress on you again.
It's okay.
I ripped it.
Sorry.
(Barbie laughs)
Oh, kinda like it.
There's nothing wrong
with showing a little bit of leg.
Right?
(Barbie groans)
I just don't understand
why the dress didn't work for you, Clauds.
I mean, technically he did propose,
but, you know, no engagement.
So can it really still be
the engagement dress?
You know what?
I think it did exactly what
it was supposed to do.
You know, it let me know
that I was heading down the wrong path.
No engagement is a lot better
than the wrong engagement.
True. (Gentle music)
As long as you're happy.
I am.
Why didn't you tell me all these years
that Preston had a crush on me
and about Katie? (Gentle music continues)
I know, I know we don't talk about Katie.
But really, why?
The idea of you dating Preston
has always stressed me out.
Because if you guys ever
broke up, I could lose you.
You know I would never
do anything to hurt you.
You are my best friend.
And you're mine.
But I still have to know,
do you feel that way still?
I mean, I think you know
that I've felt the same way
about him all these years.
Do you still want me to not pursue Preston?
(gentle music continues)
I'm sorry.
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Understood.
Thank you.
Big day tomorrow.
Huge. (Gentle music continues)
I'm gonna go take a quick shower.
Okay.
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music continues)
(gentle music)
Oh, hey.
Hi.
I heard about Mike.
[Claudia] Yep.
Double breakup.
Brutal.
Well, at least the
second one was my choice.
Hey, there's something
I wanted to tell you.
We have a couple hours.
Maybe you wanna go fish?
Look, today is about Barbie
so can we just leave it at that?
Claudia, no, I get that.
There's just,
there's something I want to tell you.
(gentle music continues)
I should go get ready.
All right.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Mm
I see it with bright eyes
And they work at night
You look beautiful.
Thank you.
(upbeat music continues)
You ready? I hear with my ears
Everything all sounds real
Thanks for filling in for Dad.
I was old then
Any time. But I'm young now
I grew up, then I grew back down
I was tripped up
I was found out
(upbeat music continues)
Mm
I walk with my own feet
And I don't make ends meet
I ache with my bones
I am only alone
I was old then but I'm young now
I grew up, then I grew back down
Oh, I was tripped up
I was found out
I got lost and I don't mind
(upbeat music)
Oh yeah.
Get it, girl!
Every morning, every evening
Aint we got fun
Not much money
Oh but, honey, ain't we got fun
The rent's unpaid, dear
We haven't a car
I'm the worst.
Babe, what's wrong?
There's something I
need to fix. I'll be right back.
Even if we
Preston, come here.
Ain't we got fun
What now?
Just come here. We need to talk.
There's nothing surer
Are you in love with my best friend?
What?
You heard me.
(gentle music)
Are you in love with my best friend?
Why do I feel like
this is a trick question?
My rule is stupid, okay?
It's so obvious that you
two should be together.
Even the dress thinks so.
What is this dress that
everybody keeps talking about?
It's the engagement dress.
It's been passed down from generations
to different Dress Circles.
Anybody who wears the
dress gets engaged in it.
Except for Claudia.
That's what this is about?
Some superstition over a dress?
It's not a superstition.
It's real.
And
- you now what?
- Okay.
Wait, the dress was
actually right all along.
Okay.
Think about it!
The night that Mike and Claudia broke up,
she ran out into the parking
lot and boom, there you were.
Yeah. And?
And I hid the dress in the shed the night
that you and her got trapped in there.
I was trying to help Mike and Claudia,
but instead she ended up again with you.
I even cut a piece of
the lining off of the dress
and put it in the binder
that you've been carrying
around for good luck.
You did what?
Barbie, are you having a stroke?
There is no such thing as a magic dress.
No, but there is.
Mom and Dad got engaged in the dress.
I got engaged in the dress.
Aunt Fiona did too.
I'm telling you, it's real.
This is insane.
It's always been you and Claudia.
No it hasn't.
She's been icing me out
ever since I told her how I felt.
She's icing you out
because I told her last night
that my no dating my
friend's rule is still in effect.
And she's just too loyal
of a friend to push back.
She's had the same crush on you
that you've had on her all of these years.
(gentle music continues)
No she hasn't.
Why does this look like it
was written by a five year old?
Well, technically she was 11.
She put it in our fifth-grade time capsule.
Read it.
Even as a little girl,
she knew that she wanted
to grow up to be with you.
What are you saying?
That I'm giving you my blessing.
Really?
Yes!
Thank you!
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Emergency dress meeting.
Now? Why?
Just come on.
It's important.
Leave that!
(bright music)
What's this?
All the women of the
Dress Circle we could find.
Wow.
Yeah, turns out we may have been wrong
to call it the engagement dress.
You're not the only one
who didn't get engaged in the dress.
I got divorced in it.
Took a cab home from signing the papers.
And, what do you know?
I fell in love with the cab driver.
Really?
And that's Jenny.
She got into grad school in the dress,
and then she met her partner
there the following year.
The point is, we shouldn't
have been so hard on you
when it came to the dress.
Turns out, it's not just
about being engaged.
Yeah. It could just
be a date dress for you.
Or maybe it's just a lucky dress.
Oh, I think we've pretty much established
that the dress is a breakup dress for me.
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
I read your note from the time capsule.
You deserve every single dream
that you had as a little girl.
And I refuse to stand in the way of that.
(gentle music continues)
If you break her heart, I'll kill you.
(gentle music continues)
Barbie told me about the dress,
about everything.
There's something I've wanted
to ask you for a long time.
What's that?
(gentle music continues)
Claudia,
will you
go to prom with me?
Yes.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(romantic music)
Didn't even need the dress.
Well, Barbie did put a
piece of it in that binder
that she gave us.
Of course she did.
I thought it might help me right now.
So when's this prom happening?
Tomorrow night at my restaurant.
Well, the empty shell of the place
that will be my restaurant.
Wait, are you saying...
Yeah.
That's what I was trying to tell you.
I put a down payment
on the spot this morning.
I'm taking the leap.
Well, I guess we're all leaping.
I applied for a new job.
Oh yeah?
In space?
It's never too late, right?
It's never too late.
(uplifting romantic music)
(upbeat music)
This is the engagement dress.
It could be whatever you want.
[Barbie] You just have to believe.
So it's magic?
More like it helps you
create your own magic.
Could I go to space in it?
Well, if I can build the rocket ship,
you can definitely be the one in it.
Cool.
Can we keep it?
Yep. But you have to keep it a secret.
Let's go try it on.
To allow us
To allow us
To allow us
To be
Hey, sweetie.
Restaurant was packed.
Is our daughter running
around with what I think she is?
Yep. It's the lucky dress.
Stay with me while I sleep
Watch over me
Wake me with the sound of the birds
I listen to your words
Talk to me