All language subtitles for The Encounter 2010 English DVD

Hey!

Come on. Come on!

Hey! Hey!

What an idiot.

Jerk!

Don't.

Maybe we can go to counseling or something.

You just don't get it, do you?

I don't want to be your wife anymore.

I want to be me for a while.

I'm not stopping you from being you.

Yeah, as long as being me means being Mrs.
Hank Miller.

Not anymore.

It'll be a fresh start for the both of us.

I don't want a fresh start.

(male voice)
Pick her up.

Hey!

What are you doing? You're not picking her up.

Hey!

What's wrong with you people?

Should have picked her up.

♪♪ Remember the day we first met ♫♫

♪♪ a day that I will never forget ♫♫

(male voice)
Pick her up.

Hey, get in.

Where are you going?

It doesn't matter. Just get in.

You're lucky I came along when I did.

This storm's getting crazy.

So how long have you been out there?

All day.

That's terrible. I'm sorry.

My name's Melissa.

I'm Kayla.

You're not from around here, are you?

Not really.

Running away?

So that either means yes
or mind your own business.

Which is it?

I'm just passing through.

Well, there's a lot to pass through here.

I noticed.

Where are you headed?

Winnemucca.

Where's that?

Up north.

My boyfriend is a mining engineer.

I'm paying him a surprise visit.

Cool.

Where are you headed?

Winnemucca.

Good one, Kayla.

Huh, now there's a guy with a sense of humor.

What do you say we stop
and get you a bite to eat?

Let's just keep going,if you don't mind.

Oh no.

No, you've got to be kidding me.

This is just great.

I'm afraid you're going
to have to turn back, sir.

The road's out until further notice.

The detour told me to go this way.

It's not like we plan these things.

Any idea how long it'll
be before they open the road?

Not until some bureaucrat
in the state highway administration

gives it the all clear.

Okay.

What's the problem, officer?

Road's out, sir.

It's out?

We've got a flash flood warning.

It's dangerousat the moment.

Okay.

Thanks for bringing me out here.

It's not my fault.

What's going on?

That's the guy that almost ran me down.

Huh.

You know what this means?

I've got to go all the
way back to the interstate,

all the way up to Silverton, back down again,

140 extra miles to get some
place that's just 20 miles from here.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hey, aren't you Crusher Cruchetti?

If I say yes, will you let me through?

Does anyone have a working cell?

No, mine broke when you almost ran me over.

That was an accident.

Sorry about not picking you up,

but my wife gets kind of nervous
about picking up hitch hikers.

Oh, no problem.

I had hours before I would
have died from exposure.

I think they have a phone back at that diner.

What diner?

That diner a couple miles back.

There hasn't been a building on this road

for the last 50 miles.

It was called Last Chance Diner.

Last Chance Diner. Now that's rich.

Do you remember seeing a diner?

Sorry to contradict, but
I do believe that diner's closed.

It looked open to me.

So there is a diner.

There was a diner.

Hey, you guys can do whatever you want,

but I'm going to go back and check it out, okay?

Let's go.

Tell that guy at the diner
Officer DeVille sent you.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Hello?

Hello.

Please, have a seat anywhere.

The state trooper down the
road said you guys were closed.

Yeah, he's been trying to keep people

away from me for years.

It's a personal thing.

Would you like some water?

Yeah.

You got a phone?

Do you have any coffee?

I'm sorry.

All I serve here is water.

You have got to be kidding me.

This tastes great.

It's my own recipe.

Two molecules of hydrogen and one of oxygen.

Your phone's dead.

Yeah, the storm probably
knocked down the phone lines.

It's a miracle the electricity's working.

Isn't it, Crusher?

Crusher Cruchetti.

I thought I recognized you.

Can't say I rooted for you though.

I'm a Rams fan.

But I can't lie. I do love your burgers.

Here, good for two Crusher burger meals.

Oh, thanks Mr. Cruchetti.

Can we get some menus?

Sure, but I'll tell you what.

Since you'll probably
be my only customers tonight,

I'll just make whatever you want.

I prefer a menu.

Yes, Ma'am.

Jesus.

Most people pronounce it Jesus.

Nice name.

Religious.

Doesn't really have anything to do with religion.

It was my father's idea.

I don't know that I'd
want to have the name Jesus.

I'd be expected to know everything.

Try me.

Ma'am.

Would you like a menu?

Hank?

Oh, sure.Thanks.

How did he know my name?

What?

He called me Hank.

Well, that's your name, isn't it?

Yeah, but how'd he know?

Just stop.

Ladies, what would you like?

What would you recommend?

Excellent question.

You know, I have a special knack

for knowing exactly what people want.

Of course, what they need
is an entirely different matter.

Well, don't people want what they need?

Not necessarily.

In fact, most of the time people don't.

Your recommendation then, sir.

Okay.

I think you would like
sirloin tips smothered in gravy

on a bed of mashed potatoes
with a green salad on the side.

Thousand Island dressing.

That's what my mother
always made me for my birthday.

Your mother loves you very much.

She did.

She died last year.

Doesn't mean she's stopped loving you.

What about me?

What do I want?

You want many things, young lady,

all of which you don'tnecessarily need.

But as far as dinner is concerned,

I think you'd like a gigantic
beef burrito with black beans

and rice and sour cream
andpico de gallo on the side.

Hmm? Huh? I thought so.

Let me get you some bread.

Hey!

How much is it gonna cost?

Don't worry, I'll take care of it.

No

I don't want to be dependent on anyone anymore.

I pay my own way.

Okay.Okay.

But how's this?

All special orders are free.

My personal gift to you.

Well, if it's free, itmust not be worth having.

I guarantee you, Nick, this is an offer

you don't want to pass up.

Well, I'd like to ask how you're able to do it,

one business man to another,
but I see what you lose in food

you save else where,like this newspaper

It's 50 years old.

Yeah, it belonged to the previous owner

And you just left it sitting here.

It reminds me of the original owner.

Stan Kostic was his name.

Very sweet guy.

He was sitting in your very seat,

reading the newspaper after the morning rush.

Tell me, what's the most
popular section of the newspaper?

Hank?

Sports?

The obituaries.

Right, the obituaries.

He was sitting here, reading the obituaries,

not knowing that the very next day he would be

in the obituaries himself.

If only he had known.

I don't get it.

Maybe he's telling us we're going to be

in the newspaper tomorrow.

Perhaps.

You're the one with the decision to make.

What will it be? Menu or special order?

Well, I think I'll take the special order,

if only to hear what you think that I want.

Well, I think you've had enough burgers

to last you a lifetime.

So what do you think about
a thick porterhouse steak

and a baked potato and some summer squash?

And don't forget a nice slice of cherry pie,

fresh from the window sill.

It's a good choice, Jesus.

Only make the steak a little rare.

I am here to serve.

What would you like?

I'll have a chicken Caesar salad and a diet coke.

I'm sorry, all I serve here is water.

You don't have diet coke?

Fine.

I'll have water.

And I'll have a bacon
cheese burger and diet coke.

All I serve here is water.

Okay, I'll have water.

Would you like fries with your cheese burger?

You know, there's something
a little disconcerting about

a man named Jesus asking me if I want fries.

It's a simple question, sir.

No thanks.

Go ahead.

I don't care what you do anymore.

Yeah, I'll have French fries.

Excellent choice, Hank.

How did you know my name?

Well, it's Hank.

Isn't it, Catherine?

Hey, how did you know our names?

I'm Jesus.

I know everything.

I know all of you.

I've known you since before you were born

and I've got a plan for each of you.

A perfect plan.

All you have to do is believe in me.

Well folks, I don't know about the rest of you,

but I'm due back on planet Earth now.

So if you don't mind, we'll be leaving.

Hank?

Fine.

Catherine, wait.

Where are you going?

I got the keys to the car.

Catherine, wait.

You can go with me.

I've had enoughof this freak show myself.

It's awfully good of you.

You can't leave with my wife.

It's obvious she doesn't want to stay with you.

Sorry, pal.

Enjoy the food.

Thanks a lot, Jesus.

My wife just left me.

She was going to leave you anyway, Hank.

Yeah, but..

Don't worry. She'll be back.

What a bunch of craziness.

You got that right.

Where am I taking you, by the way?

Away from here.

Seriously,if the road's closed,

I've got to go to Silverton.

Silverton's fine.

I can take a bus from there.

[engine not starting]

No.I cannot believe this.

We have just entered into the "Twilight Zone."

Who are you really?

Who do you say I am, Kayla?

Well, you could be Jesus
and I could be Britney Spears.

Yeah, aren't you supposed
to be in heaven or something?

What's it going to take to convince you?

How's this?

Funny.

You know, anyone can get a fake ID these days.

That's right, Kayla.

Even you.

How did you know that?

I'm Jesus.

I know everything

Melissa, for example, is heading
up to Winnemucca for the weekend

to visit her boyfriend, Paul.

She thinks he's going to propose to her.

Is he?

Mm-hmm.

Yes!

I wouldn't be so excited if I were you.

Melissa, do you really want
to marry a man who makes you drive

400 miles just to propose to you?

You're a woman.You're precious.

I've got better for you than that.

What about me, Jesus?

What do you know about me besides my name?

I know your wife no longer wants to be Mrs.
Hank Miller.

Is that true?

It is true.

Look, I don't know who you are,

but you have no right
to interfere in my marriage.

I'm not interfering with your marriage, Hank.

I can save your marriage.

How can you save my marriage?

All you have to do is ask me.

Jesus.

Save my marriage.

Save my marriage. Please, Lord Jesus.

Jesus, save my marriage.

[engine not starting]

I can't believe it.

We've got to go back in there.

I will walk to Silverton
before I go back in there.

He may be crazy, but he's probably harmless.

Probably?

Back so soon?

Car didn't start.

Aren't you worried about your meeting?

Your franchisee's meeting.

You've got what, 1100 restaurants now?

Be more like 3,000 by the end of next year.

It's impressive.

Nick, I can offer you greater riches.

Riches that can never be lost or stolen

or sunk by the stock market.

That's real good, Jesus.

Catherine.

Hank, please.

I meant what I said.

Is there somebody else?

Don't be ridiculous.

We can save our marriage.

It's too late.

Jesus can save our marriage.

Oh, you mean your friend over there?

Yes, he knows we're headed for divorce.

Does he?

That puts him one up on you.

Hey, did you eat all the bread?

Oh, sorry, I was hungry.

Hey, can we get some more bread over here?

There's plenty of bread there.

No, there isn't. It's-empty.

How did you do that?

I'm Jesus.

Will you come with me please?

Sure.

Well, as long as you're
going to perform miracles,

why don't you turn my water into wine?

Am I losing my mind?

That bread basket was empty, wasn't it?

I thought it was.

And then suddenly it wasn't empty.

Doesn't that freak you out?

You haven't been some of the places I've been.

Plus it was your idea to come here.

Suppose..

Suppose it really is him.

Jesus?

Yeah.

Please.

Well, how did he know
that stuff about my boyfriend?

He probably just overheard us talking.

No.

We didn't talk about that in there.

Look, I don't know what the explanation is,

but I'm sure there is one.

It's not so bad here.

There's free food and
a warm place, so you can leave,

but I'm staying.

You shall see the Son
of Man seated at the right hand

of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.

Your good book forgot to mention

there'd be a chance of scattered showers.

I'm glad to see that you
remember some of what you read

in the Bible, Nick.

Especially that part.

That's like one of my favorite parts.

You can thank Gideons for that.

There's no telling what a man will do at 3 a.m.

in a Days Inn outside of Fargo.

You were searching, Nick.

I was bored.

Bored people turn on the TV.

You opened the Bible.

What were you looking for?

You tell me!

You know everything.

It was after the death of your father.

You were wondering how your
parents could be so content with

so little, how your father could
be as proud of his fruit stand

as you are of your fame and your millions.

I loved your parents, real,
authentic, hard-working people.

More people went to your father's fruit stand

for his smile than for his fruit.

And you know who was great?

Your grandmother, Sadie.

I never knew her.

She died when I was little.

Of course you remember her.

In fact, you could say that she's the reason

we're here like this tonight.

What do you mean?

Your grandmother was a delight to my heart,

a humble woman filled with love
and zeal, a real prayer warrior.

In her last years, her
most passionate prayers, Nick,

were for you.

She was praying that you
would come to me as your Lord

and Savior, that you'd come to eternal life.

I'm honoring her faithfulness by coming to you

and making this personal appeal.

Well, there's no need to
go to all the trouble, Jesus.

Because I'm doing just fine on my own.

If I hadn't intervened tonight, you'd be dead.

You'd all be dead.

What?

The flooding left the road unstable.

Nick would have hit the
curve too hard and each of you

would have followed him.

No, no, no.

Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Let me get this straight.

You're trying to take credit for saving our lives

by keeping us off the road.

But if you are indeed
God, then you created the storm

that caused the damage on the road.

So if we kept driving, you'd
be responsible for our deaths.

You live in a fractured creation.

That's what's responsible for the storm.

I stepped in and took advantage
of the storm to bring you all

here tonight so that I could
make this personal appeal.

Okay, Jesus.

If you really are the Christ, why don't
you tell me something amazing about myself,

something that only I'd know?

You don't really want to leave your husband.

Wrong.

Our marriage is over.

No.

You're only looking for
something he can't provide

and you're not going to
find it on your own either.

I'll take that chance.

Catherine, don't be so hard on your husband.

You've got to expect him to believe in me.

He's been listening to my voice since he was 15.

In fact, he heard it earlier today.

I did?

Yes.

I was that still, small
voice in your head that told you

to pick Kayla up.

But you didn't, did you?

I wanted to, but-

But Catherine wouldn't let you.

Am I right?

I'm not ashamed to admit it.

For all I know, she was gonna kill us.

Well, if that's the way
you feel, I probably should have.

Do you see what I mean?

I can't fault you,Catherine.

But I can fault you, Hank.

Why?

She's here, isn't she?

Of course.

I knew you wouldn't pick
her up, so I asked another one

of my servants to do it, didn't I?

Pick her up.

That was you?

That's not the first time you heard my voice,

nor will it be the last.

You just keep listening
and I guarantee you'll find

what you seek.

Hank, do you really think
that you're going to save,

let alone restore your marriage
by putting your wife's wishes

above mine?

She wants to break up your marriage, Hank.

I want to save it.

You've got to be listening to me.

You know, maybe the two of you should get married

and just leave me out of it.

Catherine, you've been
out of it for way too long.

It's time that you and I met.

Are you saying I'm not a Christian?

I'm sorry, you're not.

How dare you.

I go to church every Sunday.

I even teach Sunday school.

I know.

The sad part is that you would
have peace in your heart today

if you had half the faith of some of those kids

in your class.

Catherine

She's only going to the ladies room, Hank.

So Jesus, if you're everywhere,

aren't you in the ladies room as well?

Nick, you've got quite a sense of humor,

but eventually you're going
to find out that you can't make

a joke about everything.

Come on.

Come on.

Great.

[knocking on door]

Go away, Hank.

It's not Hank.

It's Melissa.

You're awfully quiet down here.

I haven't had much to say.

I've given you a lot to think about, haven't I?

Yeah.

I'll be right back.

I'm sorry for being rude earlier.

Everything is such a mess.

Hank and I have been drifting
apart for months now.

I don't even know who I am anymore.

Why am I telling you this?

Sometimes it's just easier to talk to a stranger

about these things, you know?

And that..that man out there.

That man who thinks he's
Jesus, he thinks he knows me?

Do you think he's Jesus?

Do you?

Well, is it true?

I mean, that you don't
want to leave your husband?

I don't know what I want.

I just..I want things to be different.

Well, then does it matter if he really is Jesus?

I mean, he obviously knows a lot about you.

Why don't you just listen to what he has to say?

Like he can fix what's wrong with my marriage?

Like you can?

Thank you for picking up Kayla.

Yeah, it was no problem.

I feel terrible about that.

Hank, you seem to be really
buying this whole Jesus thing.

I'm a believer, yes.

But do you believe in that guy?

He either is who he says he is or..

Or what?

Or he's a lunatic.

And I've seen no evidence of him being crazy.

Hank, you don't get out to the big city too much,

do you, pal?

So tell me, Hank, what do you do for a living?

I'm a head of accounts receivable

for a home improvement company.

What do you pull down there, 90?

Come on, you're among friends.

And besides, he already knows.

Less than that.

Doesn't seem like God's been

too particularly generous to you.

You know, there's more to life than money.

There's family too.

And he hasn't done you any favors

in that department either.

You know, that's not nice.

Am I lying?

Am I?

I mean, if that's your
way of rewarding the faithful,

I'm glad I went out and got what I got on my own.

You wouldn't have anything
if I hadn't put a stone

in your path.

July 4th, 1974, Eldorquin Quarry.

You and your buddies were
racing up the hill to dive in.

You took a shortcut through
the bushes and you hit your foot

on a stone just before you dove.

Yeah.Yeah.

It threw my footing off.

Ruined my dive.

Caused me to hit an underwater rock

that broke my hand in two places.

I could have been a receiver.

If you hadn't tripped over that stone, Nick,

you would have hit your head on that rock.

You would have died at 14 years old.

But your grandmother's
prayers were ringing in my ear.

I put that stone in your path.

But if you really are God,

you could have figured out a way to save him

without breaking his hand.

True.

But Kayla, if nothing had happened,

he wouldn't have remembered
it and he clearly does.

And if he believed in me, he would see it

for what it truly is.

My grace.

So you hurt him so he'd thank you later?

In a way.

Kayla, you've got to remember I'm not the one

that put him on that path.

I'm not the one who made him dive.

I'm the one who saved him.

Just like I saved you 2 days ago in L.A.

before you left.

You remember, Kayla.

What? What happened?

Nothing.

I don't know what you did to that poor girl,

but if you really are God,
the least you could do is take care

of my friend Hank here.

At least he believes in you.

Hank's going through
a rough spot right now, Nick.

But the difference between
you and him is that he knows

in the deep of his heart
that all things work together

for the good of those who love God

and are called to his purposes.

So I guess when that drunk
driver killed my father,

that was your way of patting him on the back.

Nick, your father enjoyed his life,

but he's enjoying his eternal
life a whole lot more right now.

And I want you to see him.

Well, excuse me if I don't
take you up on that offer.

But many do, don't they?

How many people are gonna blow
themselves up in your name today

in the Middle East?

In my name? None.

What about the people
that blow up abortion clinics?

I've never once asked anyone
to blow up an abortion clinic.

But you do remember telling
the Israelites to kill

the Canaanites before
they entered the Promised Land.

Men, women, and children.

Even the livestock.

Today, we have a word for that.

Genocide.

For a non-believer, you
know your Bible very well, Nick.

Answer the question.

Perfect timing.

No, no, no, no.

I'm not gonna let him off that easy.

I want an answer.

Yes, I asked the Israelites
to kill the Canaanites.

Women and children included.

Yes.

Is that any way for a God of love to behave?

I am love.

But I'm also holy and I
cannot allow sin to go unpunished

and that's not just for my sake.

It's for yours.

I don't want you to wallow
in sin and rebellion and guilt.

I want you to thrive in unending peace and joy.

There isn't one human being
on this planet that's an accident.

I hand formed you in your mother's womb

and I formed you for a purpose.

I put before you a path of love and worship.

And the degree with which
you'll experience love and joy

and the good things of
life is the degree to which

you'll bend to my will.

And if we don't seek your will,

you kill us like you did the Canaanites.

Everyone dies, Nick, but
not everyone needs to fear death.

If you abide in me, you'll
be stepping free from this

fallen world and into glory.

Is that what heaven's like?

Glory?

It's more than glory, Melissa.

It's peace and love and joy.

Can you imagine living
in the fullness of the warmth

of God's light?

There are no words in the human
vocabulary that can describe it.

It's a place where there is no suffering.

It's a place where every
tear is wiped from your eyes.

There's no sadness. There's no pain.

And you know, Melissa,
one day you and I will walk

on the streets of gold and we'll
talk about this night together.

What about me, Jesus?

Will I walk the streets of gold?

Nick, that's completely up to you.

Melissa made her decision
on the 232nd day of her 17th year.

That was her birthday into my kingdom.

Why don't you tell Nick all about it?

Tell him why you sought me.

I'd like to hear it.

So would I.

Well, I was depressed.

The guy that I had been dating broke up with me,

so I..it was all I could do.

So I would come home and just sleep and cry

and sleep and cry and eat.

It got so bad that I was thinking

about taking my own life.

I stole a bottle of pain
killers from my mom's house

and was planning on taking
them that night and going to bed

and never waking up.

And the phone rang.

For whatever reason, I picked it up.

And it was a friend from
work and she was a Christian.

And she would always
talk about God and the Bible.

And she said she was going to come pick me up

and take me to a movie.

And I thought, "Why not?"

So half an hour later, I
was sitting in a movie theatre

and it was packed.

It turned out it was like
a Christian film festival.

And this movie was unlike
anything I'd ever seen before.

It was as if the message was directed at me.

And I remember tearing up.

yehh, I can't help myself.

At the and of the movie, a
man went up to the front and began

to speak and it felt like he was talking to me.

You know, personally.

He talked about God's forgiveness, eternal life,

and how this place we called
planet Earth was only temporary.

And that how our real home
was in the kingdom of heaven.

And that I would live there
eternally if I would surrender

my life to him.

You know, I can't quite explain it,

but something was happening to me right then,

right there in the theatre.

He then said who ever would
like to commit their lives to Christ

to get out of their seats and go to the front.

And the most important decision you ever make

in your whole life stands before you right now.

So I did.

I felt like a whole new person that very second.

Come into me, all you who are weary and burdened

and I will give you rest.

Did you find that rest?

Yes.

Looking back, I can't believe I was, you know,

going to take my life over some
guy that had broken up with me.

Melissa, I have so much
more in store for you, too,

if you trust me.

Could be times when I ask you to do things

you may not want to do.

I don't understand.

You can't marry Paul.

But I love him.

Well, I shouldn't say you can't because you can,

but you shouldn't.

It's just not my desire for you, Melissa.

But I love him.

Melissa, you have a very tender heart.

How many guys have you fallen
in love with since you were 16?

But he loves me too.

Melissa, it's just not my will for a couple

to be unequally matched.

Paul doesn't believe in me.

What if we got married and
I made it my mission to save him?

I could do that.

Melissa, do you love him? Do you really love him?

Yes, I do.

Who do you think loves him more, you or me?

You do, obviously, but..

Melissa, Paul doesn't feel about you the same way

you feel about him.

He hates his assignment up in Winnemucca.

He's lonely.

And right now, he thinks that
you're exactly what he needs.

But two years from now, when you're back in L.A.,

he's gonna want something
more, something you can't give him.

He's gonna grow to resent you.

And you know what he's
going to resent most about you?

Your faith in me.

That will still be the biggest difference

between the two of you.

So instead of being the
instrument that draws him to me,

you'll actually cause him to turn the other way.

Aw Melissa, isn't it more
important that he loves me

than loves you?

Will he believe in you?

In time, yeah, he will.

Well, then maybe then we could..

Melissa, I promise you by then you won't

even want to entertain the possibility.

Remember, I have many wonderful
things in store for you.

This is beginning to
sound like "Deal or No Deal."

And if I were you, I'd say no deal.

You know, Nick, your
cynicism is beginning to wear

on all of us.

That's awfully presumptuous
of you to speak for everyone.

Starting to get on my nerves as well.

I was against you the minute
you tried to run me over.

Well, hey, I tried to leave, remember?

It's not my fault the car wouldn't start.

Nick, you're here for one reason.

Because it's not my will
that anyone should perish,

but that everyone would
turn around and come to me.

The word you remember from your Bible is repent.

I don't have anything to repent of.

As I said, Nick, I'm here honoring the prayers

of your grandmother.

I wish I had known her.

You still have that chance.

But only on your terms.

Sounds like blackmail to me.

It's not blackmail, Nick.

I want you to be where your grandmother is.

It's a place of everlasting love.

And suppose I don't want that.

I'm a gentleman, Nick.

I'll never force myself on you or anyone.

Ha!

That's the worst kind of blackmail.

Do things my way or face
fire and brimstone forever.

Nick, you don't want to follow me, do you?

Not particularly.

And you certainly don't want to obey me.

Correct again.

Nick, what would be more unjust and unfair?

For me to steal you at the
moment of your death and force

you to live in my presence
and in my will for all eternity?

Hell, on the other hand, is a place, Nick,

where you'll be completely free from all of my

"thou shalt nots" forever.

Hell never sounded so appealing to me

You know, everyday I get millions of complains

about this world
all the greed and selfishness

poverty, starvation,

the wars, the murders,

the abuse of children

I hardly recognize this place anymore

It bear so literal resemblance to the garden

that I created for you

But it's not hell, Nick.

Even now, there's sunshine on a spring day

there's starry night and desert sky

there's a gentle breeze on a summer afternoon

and the smell of flowers, the song of birds

Not to mention the horrible storms and floods

There's even people who are willing

to lend a helping hand to the helpless

and there's love

Nick, there's still love.

How could we forget love?

Nick, there's one thing for sure

There's no love in hell

There's no beauty, no hope

there's just torment

the kind of torment that comes from within

But surely no one would choose that

if they really believe you existed

Not so

Nobody goes into hell blind-folded

In one way or another I've
reveiled myself to everyone

But if they could just see you

Not even that would be enough

Look at satan

He stood before me in the very throne room of God

but he thought the beauty
and the power bestowed was

somehow earned

Gave himself over to pride

scratch any sin and just below
the surface you'll find pride

People steal because
they think they deserved what

other people worked hard for the

they hop from bed to bed
because they feel entitled

to just satisfy themselves,
no matter who it hurts,

no matter what pain that it costs

Here we go

Can I get you anything else?

No, all great, thanks.

Enjoy your meals.

It's the best burger I've ever tasted

guess I should take my coupons back

I have to give you credit

This is the best salad I've ever tasted

I'll give you a bite of my salad

if you let me have a bite of your burger

This is the first salad I've ever wanted to taste

Here we go

sirloin tips, smothered in
gravy on a bed of mashed potatoes

with a green salad on the side
and Thousand Island dressing

Thank you

Aren't you going to eat?

No, my food is to serve my Father

It tastes just like my mom's

Kayla, would you like to join us

or do you want me to serve you over there

I promise not to mention that LA thing again

unless you want to talk about it

Okay

Wow, this is great.

Is it?

It's not too hard or mild

It's

Perfect?

Ya

Thanks, I get that a lot

On second thought, I'm not hungry

Nick, I guarantee you this
is the best deal you'll ever get

And it's absolutely free

You don't have to do anything but accept it

Thanks but no thanks

I'm liable to end up brain-washed
like the rest of these people

You wasted your time

No, it's not wasted

The meal he rejected will become food for others

Well, if he doesn't want it, can I have it?

Absolutely.

Kayla, I am willing to give you many good things

all you have to do is ask

I have asked

Have I answered?

Do you have any idea how we lived?

One week we'd be at my grandmother's

and then the next we'd be in the shelter

and the week after, we'd be in child services

or foster home

And then my mom would get us back

Promising us that it'd be different this time

But it never was

She's a junky

Junkies never change

Your mother loves you.

Yeah, when she was drunk and crying

but how she could've been this or that

she could have been?

What about me?

What chance did I ever
have what the mother like her?

Do you think she cared if I brushed my teeth

or if I combed my hair

or if I was hungry

or even if I went to school?

She'd never even let me leave her side

when I was little, and cute

She gets twice the handouts

When I got just as dirty as her

people looked away

The way you did.

I've never turned away

So you were watching when I
have to flag down a police officer

after my mom oded

Or how about the time the
guy robbed us and he cut me instead

I'm glad you were watching

Hope you put on a pretty good show for you

I used to pray when I was little

Pastor Jim down at the mission taught me how

He's a good man.

Yeah

At least he cared.

What did you do for us?

I took all of these hard things Kayla

and I used them to turn you into
the wonderful young lady that you are

so strong, and enduring,
such a wonderful role model

for your little sister

But right now she's with him

Him?

My stepfather, Jake.

The funny thing is, at first I thought

he was answer to my prayer

He had a house, and a
job, and it finally looked like

we're gonna have a normal home life

But when he got to drinking

my mother and him got to fighting

It was worse than the streets

and then she locked him out in the bedroom

and he looked for a new place to sleep

and not just to sleep

Where were you then?

I was shouting into his mind and consciousness

to stop, stop.

I was there in the bathroom

Oh God, please.

And I heard you

Kayla, your prayer before you pulled that trigger

It wasn't for death

It was to go to a better place

Kayla, if you had died that night

you wouldn't have gone to a better place

So the night before, I caused your
stepfather to stumble that made him

reconsider the prospects of keeping

the loaded gun in his pocket

so he removed the clamp
and unknowingly saved your life

It's not the first time I saved your life

nor will it be the last either

Kayla, what do you want?

I just want to stop hurting

I can't promise you that all your problems

will disappear overnight

you have a hard road ahead of you

But I can tell you that you'll
have a peace and have purpose

that will not only survive
but it will thrive and grow

If you trust me.

Would you follow me?

Yes

Will you forgive all those people who hurt you?

even as I forgive you?

Yes

Even Jake?

How can you ask me to do that?

You saw what he did to me

Yeah

But Kayla, look what he's done to me

I paid heavy price for your stepfather's sins

It's the same price I paid for your sins

Now Kayla, I want you to go back to Los Angeles

and I want you to tell the
police what your stepfather did

I want him to go to jail

He needs to understand that there's a price

that has to be paid for
sin, even in this fallen world

But Kayla I don't want him to go to hell

I want him to come to me, so I can forgive him

so I can give him a new life

And you know there's another reason

that I want you to forgive him

If you don't, all the
anger and resentment will just

poison every relationship you have

even ours.

If you want love, you have to abandon hate

Don't let anger steal your joy

I forgive him

And I forgive you

You had to be ashamed of yourself

Taking advantage of an emotionally
destruct little girl

Nick, why are you fighting me?

What have I done to make you hate me?

Hate you?

You think I've given you
enough thought to hate you?

I hate federal regulators

I hate taxes

I hate sitting in couch

You don't warn hate

You warn exactly what
I've given you all this time

Indifference

I don't want you

I don't need you

I'm not like these losers

You don't need anything else in your life, Nick?

I'm living in the American dream

Eleven years in the NFL?

Nine PRO BOWLS?

Two Super Bowl rings?

A sack record that no one's
come close to touching yet

A restaurant chain that'll all
take public in a couple of years

for hundreds of millions of dollars

I've got everything I want

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world

and lose his soul

It's not the love of money

that keeps him away from me, Melissa.

Thank you

It's pride

Here we go with pride again

Give pride a break

You show me someone without
pride, and I'll show you a bum

Someone who's taking more
from society than what he's giving

So that's what motivates you?

Giving?

No, but when I succeed, other people do too

When I set the quarterback,
I'll help my whole team

Look at my restaurants

Each one of them employs 25 to 40 people

that doesn't include my vendors

doesn't include corporates

doesn't include my suppliers

Everyone of those families
are doing better than mine did

When I was growing up.

Funny when it always comes back

to your dad's fruit stand, Nick.

Did you not feel loved as a child?

Of course I felt loved

Did you feel secured?

I felt secured

Then why do you have so much
distain for your youth, Nick?

Why were you so embarrassed?

I wasn't embarrassed.

Nick, Nick, I'm gonna call you on that one

As a child, you were happy

You spent all your summers
working with your father

at the fruit stand, listening to his stories

marveling and the way
people came just to talk to him

Everybody liked your father

You have to admit you got
your work ethic from him, Nick

I got a lot of things from him

But not what he wanted you to have the most

When you were a child, everybody
was pretty much the same

Working class, lower middle class

Nobody was rich or unduly privileged

But when you got into high school

Suddenly you were with
the sons of doctors and lawyers

and business man, people
that the rest of the world

thought were very successful

It all comes down at the
summer before your sophomore year

You'll work in the food stand like you always did

Cliff, Bobby came, they
saw you in your white apron

and they thought that was
the funniest thing in the world

And your dad's accent

You used to have an accent, Nick.

You got rid of it didn't you?

You think you're so smart

But you had football

Coach didn't care if you were rich or poor

all he cares about is
your performance on the field

and you excelled

Sports was your ticket

And suddenly you were no
longer little Nicky Cruchetti

in the white apron, the son of the fruit vendor

You're Crusher Cruchetti.

God helped the man who would laugh at you

You really wanna mess with me?

Relax, Nick

Have a piece of pie

It's your grandmother's recipe

I give you this,

she was a great cook

That's because she sprinkled
the generous helping of love

on everything, didn't she, Nick?

I don't remember her

Memory is a funny thing Nick

It can remain perfectly
hidden for years even decades

and then come flooding back because of a picture

or hearing a song, smelling
a scent or even a taste

Grandma, is my pie ready?

Now what do we say?

Thank you, God?

Would you like to pray?

Okay, grandma.

My boy.

Dear Jesus, thank you for this food

Thank you Lord, for my family,
thank you for my grandma

In Jesus name, Amen.

She never graduated from high school

She was never rich

She never even learned to drive a car

But your grandmother
Nick, is a very special lady.

You remember her, don't you?

Your grandmother had true
faith in my ability to intervene

and fulfill my promises

And I promised her that
I would move heaven and earth

to reach you.

So here I am, Nick.

You put this ancient memory
in my head, and you expect me

to throw away the life that I built for myself

What kind of weak will man do you think I am?

The kind of man that hasn't opened himself up

to unconditional love, since he was a child

You put up a wall

You turned your back on the
old fashioned blue-collar values

Blast it off to your future

But with Sadie, ah, there was never a wall

between you and Sadie.

She died before you could shut down completely

So there's still just a fragment,
Nick, of unconditional love that remains

in your heart.

Nick, when is the last
time that you told your parents

that you love them?

I took care of them

I bought them a house

I bought them cars

This is ridiculous

I'm not gonna sit here
and let you make me feel guilty

for something that I didn't do

Nick, some people feel
guilty for things that they did

and others feel guilty for what they didn't do

The question is, what are you gonna do about it?

I don't need to do anything about it.

Oh yes you do, Nick.

This is your time.

All the seemingly random moments
and incidents of your life

they've all come together to
bring you here and now to this point

of making a decision for
your life for all eternity

Kayla stepped out of dead and into life

I want you to join her

I want you to join your mom and dad

I want you to join Sadie

Sadie awaits you in heaven.

Nick, what are you afraid of?

You think I'm gonna ask
you to give all your money

away to the poor and become
a missionary in Africa?

Or are you more afraid that
I'm gonna ask you to proclaim My Name

to your friends and colleagues

Is that what it is, Nick?

You're afraid your business partners

and your former team mates
would laugh at you because of this?

They'll say you're weak?

They'll say you've lost your energy and gone soft

Is that it, Nick?

You think I care what they think?

You think I care what anybody thinks?

I'm my own man

You think you're a self-made man

But you're not

I made you, Nick.

You existed in my heart
before the creation of the world

I have plans for your life

Think of what you're gonna
accomplish with me in your corner

Nick, please, open your heart.

I'm doing just fine on my own

Well well well..

You are still in business

After all these years

nobody been interested in what you're selling

I don't sell anything

Oh that's right

You give it all away

Any takers?

Not me.

He couldn't give me the bite

That's a smart man

I've come very good news

The road is finally clear
and you're all free to leave

Well, hallelujah

That's the best news I've heard all day

It isn't true

The road isn't clear

Like you would know?

This man's been out there

He obviously knows

Does he?

Apparently I do

You coming?

Don't, Nick.

Nick, I don't think you should go.

Can I get an escort?

Absolutely, just follow me.

It's you and me baby

That's one for me

Four set free

Don't worry, Jesus.

We'll meet again.

That was his last chance.

If there's a down side of being God

is knowing

I've reached out to him
with everything I am but I know

I just know.

I am the good shepherd

The good shepherd would
lay down his life for the sheep

Thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy

I am the good shepherd

And I know my own

and my own know me

My sheep hear my voice and I know them

And they follow me

No one shall snatch them from my hand

Melissa?

Yes?

Would you do me a favour?

Drive Kayla back to Los Angeles

Bring her child protection services for me

Yes, of course

Kayla, you're gonna have
some hard times ahead of you

and you have some doubts

This would ultimately be the
first step towards saving your family

Really?

Yeah

And you have such a wonderful life ahead of you

Will I ever see you again?

Ya, ya but not like this.

I mean not for a long while anyway

Can I talk to you?

Yeah, all the time.

I'll be listening

Will I hear you?

Mm-Hmm, Ya

In my word, mostly

That's the bible

That book has all the
wisdom you need for your life

And sometimes, just in the quiet of your spirit

you'll hear me say
"this is the way you should go"

"this is the way you shouldn't go"

Melissa, Paul's gonna be very upset

You're gonna have to be very strong, okay?

Okay.

What about us, Lord?

Hank, I want you to love you wife.

I want you to pray for her

Pray like never stop praying

You have followed, you will now lead.

Many would be blessed because of your faith.

I think I understand.

Catherine, won't you join us?

I don't mean just here and now

I mean, forever.

If you really were who you say you are

You know I'd already answered the call

Yeah, I remembered when
you walked up the aisle but

Catherine, there's a lot more to it

than just walking up an
aisle or saying a few words

You have to really truly repent, change of heart

If you don't believe me, believe
your handsome husband there.

He's a good man, he loves you very much.

Of course, not as much as I do.

I love you.

And I love you

I love you.

Hank ..

Thank you

Sorry for the inconvenience folks

Is the road still closed?

No, sir. The road's open

but there's been a terrible accident

An accident?

Yes, sir. The driver was caught in the fog

and smashed into the guard rail around the curve

What kind of car was it?

Was it a BMW?

Yes, sir. As a matter of fact it was.

And the driver, did he make it?

No, ma'am. I'm sorry

he was killed instantly.

Did you know him?

No, not really.

We were all having dinner
back together at the diner

Which one? The one in Thompsonville?

No, the one a couple of miles back

I'm sorry to contradict you ma'am but

there's no diner at a couple of miles back

No, there was.

We were just there.

I've been patroling this for more than ten years

and I can assure you
there's no diner on this road

But what about officer DeVille?

He walked in the diner himself

Officer who?

Deville

D-e-v-i-l-l-e.

I haven't heard of anybody working around here

named DeVille

If you folks would excuse me

I'm not going crazy, right?

There was a diner.

This has been quite a day

You've got that right

Yeah

I guess we better get going

Be careful

We'll be just fine.

We're in good hands

Come on

Please forgive me.

I'm not a bad person

I'm just confused

It's okay

We're all like that sometimes

So?

Now?

Yeah, but first, let's go back

Go back?

Where?

Are you sure this is it?

This is it.

This is a cut of the parking lot

Over there was the foundation

No

No, this is the wrong place

It must be further back

No, this is right.

This is it.

*You have to really truly
repent, change of heart*

*Come to me all you who are weary and burdened

and I will give you rest*

This is it.

It was true

It was all true, and it really was Him

You knew it was Him.

How did you know?

How can you save my marriage?

All you have to do is ask me

Save my marriage

Save my marriage, Lord Jesus

Jesus, save my marriage

I think at first..there's something in my heart

that tell me it was.

Nothing in my heart told me.

Not until He said He loved me.

I love you.

Then I felt something

We've all sinned and fall short of His glory

But you know, it's all about His grace

His sacrifice on the cross

I don't know what to say

Just imagine he's right there, because he is.

Talk to Him.

Tell Him what you feel,

tell Him what's in your heart.

Catherine, won't you join us?

I don't mean just here and now

I mean forever.

Good afternoon, sir.

What would it be today?

Menu? Or special orders?