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There are men too gentle to live among wolves who anoint them for burial with

greedy claws and murder them for a merchant's profit and gain.

There are men too gentle for a corporate world who dream instead of candied

apples and Ferris wheels and pause to hear the distant whistle of a train.

There are men too gentle to live among wolves who devour them with eager

appetite and search for other men to prey upon.

and suck their childhood dry.

There are men too gentle for an accountant's world who dream instead of

eggs and fragrant grass and search for beauty in the mystery of the sky.

There are men too gentle to live among wolves who toss them like a lost and

wounded dove.

Such gentle men are lonely in a merchant's world unless they have a

to love.

Who is it now?

Yeah, I don't get it.

Grant said nobody lose their jobs after the merger.

Yeah, he's the first to go.

Yeah.

The new owner always wants to pick his own people.

It could be good news for you, though. You're the only dinosaur left in the

startup team.

Dinosaur?

Man, that's got to hurt.

He just bought a new house, too.

Well, looks like it's kill or be killed these days, my friend.

The Ice Age has arrived.

Do you remember how this part of the country used to be?

I mean, a long time ago, before all these office complexes and those mini

sprung up and took over.

I remember. There were lovely tall trees everywhere and lots of cute little

animals. A great big animal, too, with antlers that went right out to here.

I remember rain.

Lot and lot of rain.

Yeah, but somehow, everything managed to coexist without it feeling like it was

a... A battle zone.

Yeah. Competition has been the way of the world since creation.

The plants compete for light.

The animals compete for food.

And human beings compete for just about everything.

No. Please, God, not again.

What's that?

Crashed again.

I thought you had that glitch figured out.

I did.

Now I'm working on the solution.

Take time.

Well, you better get it fixed before the meeting tomorrow. That's how million

-dollar stock options turn into chump change.

Let's go, Mr. Grant.

Uh -oh.

Hey, if Grant's out, that must mean you're in.

Yeah, well, you didn't have it set up so that if he got bumped upstairs, I'd get

his title.

You were gonna take me with you, right?

Hey, we're a team, buddy.

Yeah, but Grant didn't get promoted. He got booted.

There still has to be some order of succession.

Wake up, Neil. Rules have changed. All bets are off.

Yeah, well, I haven't heard anything from Harlow yet.

Yes, which tells you, my friend, that that job could go to any one of us. Or

none of us.

No, wait a minute. We don't know what's going to happen.

We should just relax and wait until we know something for sure.

Well, whatever. You guys relax if you want to. I'm not going to.

I mean, I always liked the view from Grant's window. And besides, I think I

might be just the guy to shake things up around here.

Weird, huh? I mean, time next week?

You could be president of this company. Or I could be looking for a job.

I guess you just have to play your cards right.

Yeah, the problem is, I've never had to play the game before.

I don't know if I know how.

A man too gentle to live among wolves.

Oh, but...

when their backs against the wall the gentlest animal in the forest

will attack

when

you walk down the road heavy

burden

I will ride and I will walk with you.

I'll walk with you till the sun don't even shine.

Walk with you every time I tell you I'll walk

with you.

Believe me, I'll walk with you.

Big fake glitch.

The last hour on the internet trying to find out everything I could about Walter

Harlow. Good luck.

He's like a Wizard of Oz.

You gotta kill a witch and steal a broom or something before you ever meet him

in person.

He's just a face on a teleconference screen.

Yeah, well, the man just bought our company, fired our president, and he

the future of our lives in the palm of his hand. It'd be good to know something

about him.

He must be a pretty smart and very rich face because he just turned CompuVent

around in two months.

Yeah, by laying off 30 % of his staff.

Hello. Could you tell me where Mr. Harlow's office is, please?

Yeah, it's second floor. Turn right off the elevator.

Thank you.

He's not there.

Oh, I know. When I saw him in San Francisco last week, he told me he'd be

think it was Zurich today.

You met him?

In person?

Yeah.

Really? So, are you from one of his other companies?

No. Would you forgive me? I don't want to be late for this interview.

Interview?

Yeah.

Okay, on your mark.

Get set.

Bang!

Okay. All right, let's try it again.

Hey, buddy.

Bang means go, remember?

Okay. Hi, you must be Liam, right? Yeah. I'm Andrew. I'm one of the new coaches.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you.

So, how's he doing?

Pretty good. We're trying to get off the box a little quicker, but we're working

on it.

That is Mary.

She's my girlfriend.

Oh.

Hey, Mary. Nice to meet you. You too.

Hmm.

Hello.

I'm glad you're not alone.

What's wrong?

Who said anything was wrong?

You kissed me on the cheek.

Grant got the act today.

Good. Finally got what was coming to him.

So what happens now?

I don't know. Either I get his job or I'm the next to go.

They wouldn't replace you.

They couldn't. Oh, they could.

Hollow's interviewing some woman already.

As what?

Oh, we've got a staff meeting tomorrow.

Did you know Matt has a girlfriend?

You mean Mary?

Great.

Mary's really pretty.

I can tell she likes you a whole lot.

Really? Yeah.

Aren't you not a little secret?

Your mom used to look at me the same way.

Mary likes pretty, too.

It only doesn't stand a chance once you come home with that gold medal this

weekend. You think I will?

Once you get the timing down on that push -off of yours, you will.

Besides, you got a special pal rooting for you.

Who?

What? You didn't check today's email?

I love you, Dad.

I love you, too, kiddo.

Who is she?

All I know is she had an interview with Harlow last night, and she's here at the

staff meeting today.

Do you spy for Harlow? Looks like everyone's coming in.

I'll go ahead and get Mr. Harlow.

Hello, Monica.

Hi, Liam.

So, I guess you found Harlow's office.

Yes, I did. Thank you.

Josh Whitman, VP Marketing. Hello.

Mike Dillingham, Online Services.

John Curley, Human Resources.

Mitch Creighton, Sales.

Hello.

Mr. Harlow's online.

Welcome, everyone.

As you know, Grant Hamilton was released yesterday, leaving the position of

president of this division open. There are many qualified candidates, but

I address the subject of his replacement, I'd like to make sure that

have met Monica.

Monica will serve temporarily in the capacity of vice president for community

relations. I want this company to begin interfacing with the community, which

means redefining our corporate image.

Go ahead and tell them your idea, Monica.

Well, I have a friend, Andrew, and he's volunteering as a coach for the Special

Olympics. And he told me that they could always use more volunteers down there

to help out. Special Olympics.

You mean the sports program for people with mental disabilities?

Yeah, that's right. It's a really inspiring program.

And I thought that we could learn something about competitive spirit and

teamwork from these athletes.

That's a very noble and beautiful idea, Monica, but I think our company is a

little bit more mainstream.

You know, my son has a disability, and he's part of the Special Olympics, so

a big supporter.

But, you know, maybe Josh is right. I mean, if we're going to get into the

charity business, why don't we come up with something that better reflects our

company, like, well, rehabbing old computers for schools, let's say.

All good points.

Clearly, we need to do more research.

Well, the Special Olympics are having an event in town this weekend.

You could always go down there and see what it is for yourself.

We might be able to squeeze it in somehow, Monica, but...

I do have plans for all of us this weekend.

With all the changes recently, it seems that a corporate retreat might be

helpful at this time in order to reevaluate the goals and objectives of

company. I realize it's short notice, but we'll do it this weekend at the

conference center up at Green Mountain.

See Janine, and she'll fill you in on all the details, and I do look forward

seeing you all in person.

So, I thank you for your time, and I'll see you tomorrow.

I can't go this weekend. My kid's got a race.

She knew.

What? I was right about Monica.

You think it was a mistake she mentioned Special Olympics?

I'm telling you, she's got files on us.

That's right. She even knew about Andrew.

He's Matt's coach.

So she is a spy.

First rule of war, know your enemy.

Well, well, well, who cares about war?

You paying attention here, pal?

What do you think, there's last -minute retreats about goals and objectives?

It's like a gladiator tournament. The winner gets to be president.

Wow. I bet you're right.

I heard he made the Comp Event boys do some weird survival thing in the desert

once.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. You mean we're supposed to compete against each

other?

That's crazy. We're friends.

Let me tell you something, my friend. We've come a long way together, but if

this weekend is what I think it is, the killer be killed.

What are you reading?

The Art of War.

Josh told me to read it to get ready.

The Art of War?

All warfare is based on deception.

Hmm.

Don't go quoting that thing like it's the Bible or something.

Yeah, I should have read this years ago.

Then I wouldn't have married you years ago.

Jamie, don't you get what's at stake here?

You really think this retreat is some kind of contest to be president?

Well, it could be.

And if it is, I gotta have a strategy.

I gotta compete.

Honey, you're not competitive.

You don't even fight me for the remote control.

See, it's called a retreat.

All the executives from my office are going, and we're going to have to stay

overnight. The race is tomorrow.

I know.

Preliminaries at 2, finals at 6. I just know you are going to get into the

finals, buddy, and I'll be there tomorrow night to see that.

Finals at 6.

Don't worry.

You just remember what we practice, okay?

Finals go.

You got it.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Good morning. Good morning.

How many of you expect to come away from this retreat with a better sense of

camaraderie and teamwork?

I see. You lie as good as you drink coffee.

Why are you here, Mr. Cadigan?

This is a leadership test.

Very good.

a bottom line man.

It's true.

Mr. Harlow is the kind of a man who likes to see the strength and character

the people he chooses as leaders for his company. That's why Mr. Harlow hired me

to put this weekend together.

Now, you're all leaders in your own division.

This weekend has been put together in the hope that by knowing each other

informally, you will then be able to work better professionally.

What do we have to do?

Be nice, play fair, and watch out for my curveballs.

Well, I say batter up.

I would like each of you to look at the person on your left and tell me what

is their favorite food.

All right, who would like to be first?

All right? Their favorite movie.

Their hometown.

So what we're talking about here is a bunch of people who spend upward to half

of their waking hours together with absolutely no clue about each other's

Well, Tess, speaking for myself, that's really unfair.

I've only known Monica for a day.

24 hours.

Yeah. And in that 24 hours, you didn't take five minutes to find out anything

about your co -worker?

That's what you call a curveball.

Oh, you're out, Mr. Cadigan. Step aside.

All right, come on, come on. One more time, one more time.

I know, I know.

Step aside.

This isn't a game, is it?

Well, I suppose you do, Mr.

Whitman.

But why don't you give Monica a hand up?

Who knows, you might need a hand up from her soon.

Okay, Mike, listen to me.

Don't think about it. Just trust me. I know what I'm doing, okay? Come on.

I'm getting dizzy.

All right, I don't care if you're dizzy. You're going to get up here if I have

to pull you up myself. Now, come on, now.

Now, your right hand, 2 o 'clock.

Over to 2 o 'clock. Stretch. There you go. There you go.

You're doing great.

Now, right hand, 12 o 'clock. Stretch that right hand out.

Come on, come on. Right hand at 12 o 'clock, Josh. Right hand, right hand, 10

'clock. You got it, Josh. Come on.

Right up in front of you is the bell. Right up front.

Congratulations. This is fun.

I'm not even funny.

Hi.

That's a good day, wasn't it?

Do you mind if I ask you a question?

Well, that depends on the question.

Well, when I met you the other day...

You seem different from the other corporate types here.

But something has happened this weekend, and I was wondering what that was.

I bet you were.

If you think I'm going to tell you, forget it.

What would you say if I told you I wasn't interested in being president of

company?

I'd say you were trying to con me, trying to get me to let down my guard.

What would you say if I told you that...

You're not really interested in being president of this company either.

I'd say good night.

I think you're competing so hard because you think you don't have any other

choice.

But you do.

You're good, you know that?

You're really good.

It's awfully hard to be a wolf when you've been a sheep for so long.

What drives them to compete so hard, Tess?

It's not ambition. It's not greed.

No, it's what causes ambition and greed.

Fear.

Before I release you to prepare for tonight's outdoor challenge, I have an

announcement to make.

Excuse me. Yes, Mr. Kenyon.

Did you say tonight's outdoor challenge?

Yes, I did.

Well, I thought we were leaving today. I mean, it's afternoon. No.

Is that going to be a problem for you?

No. No, no, no. That's not going to be a problem at all.

Good. We're going to break up into teams.

And I need three people who will...

It's okay, baby. Go ahead. We'll wait.

Hello? Liam.

Oh, hey, what's up? Look, I'm right in the middle of the... You didn't send

his email.

Oh, I forgot.

It's the first time you've ever done that.

Look, this really isn't a very good time. Maybe... He's upset.

He won't eat. He won't go to the track.

He thinks something's wrong.

You need to speak to him now or we're going to be late for the race.

Okay, fine.

Put him on.

Hello?

Hey, Matt.

How you doing?

Hi, Dad.

No email.

Hey, you want to hear my email?

Yes, please.

Okay. It goes like this.

Dear Matt, I love you very, very, very, very much.

And I'll be rooting for you tonight.

Love, Dad.

Good one.

You're coming, right?

Yeah, I'm going to try.

And listen, whatever happens tonight, just remember...

Bang means go, okay?

Okay.

See ya.

I am randomly selecting three names, and they are...

Mr. Whitman, Miss LaMonaco, Mr.

Cadigan.

Will you step forward, please?

You are the first members of the three teams that will compete in tonight's

outdoor challenge.

From these three names, I will choose...

Mr. Cadigan.

Mr. Cadigan, you have been randomly selected to assign each team member to

team.

My team?

All of them.

You mean he's going to choose who's going to be on my team, too?

Yeah, that's right.

But that's not fair.

I mean, he's going to load his team up with all the best ones, and, you know,

he's going to leave me with the, um... Mr.

Cadigan, you will be fair, won't you?

Of course.

Oh, and by the way, Mr. Harlow asked me to announce that anyone who is not

interested in being considered for the presidency of this company is excused

from this exercise.

I knew it.

Go ahead, Mr. Cadigan.

Let's see.

John and Mitch, you can come to my team.

Monica and Neil, go with Josh.

And you guys go to Carrie.

Good. Now, are these teams even?

Absolutely. Yeah.

Wonderful. Since they're even, we'll now switch.

What? Well, you said the teams were even.

Yeah. Miss Lamonico, you switch with Mr. Whitman.

And Mr. Cadigan, you switch with Ms. Lamonaco.

So these are the teams, red, white, and blue. And just in case you're wondering,

let me answer right away.

From these teams, leaders will emerge. And from these leaders, the president of

the company will be chosen.

May the best man or woman win.

I have a really good feeling about this team.

Now, these are your clues.

And if you follow them correctly, they will lead you to your flags. And the

first team that finds its flag and puts it on top of the mountain will win.

Win what?

Grants hold off.

Everybody get that?

Yep. Hey, hold on. Did I say go? No, I didn't say go.

Now, you've got to do this on your own, by your wits, which means there will be

no cell phone calls to your college roommate who aced algebra, and

there will be no Internet research, and there will be no global positioning

satellite. I want all of your electrical devices right here, right now.

You know, you did really, really good in the qualifying, but I think you can do

even better in the finals.

You ready?

Yes. Okay.

On your mark, get set, bang!

Okay, okay, wait, Matt, Matt, Matt, let's try it again, all right? That was

really good, it was really good, but here's what I want you to do. I want you

push off just a tiny bit sooner, okay?

Yes, sir.

He's a little late, but he's going to try to get here, honey.

Tell him to hurry.

You've been great, Andrew.

Thanks.

But I am not dad. I'm afraid.

We would have walked right by that rock formation if someone hadn't remembered

their ninth grade geology.

Yeah, you're a regular Indiana Jones.

He was an archaeologist, not a geologist.

So that's three clues down, two to go.

So,

how close do you think Josh is? Why?

Well, he's the dangerous one.

Do you think of Josh as your enemy?

Anyone who's not on my team is the enemy.

Believe it or not, he used to be a nice guy.

Matt should have run his qualifying race by now.

Look, I don't know what kind of file you have on me, Monica.

Whether you're a spy or a mole or even my direct competition.

Whatever it is you want from this company, you eat my family out of it.

I think you've already done that.

Yeah.

No, we must have done something wrong. We're 500 feet from the summit. We

haven't found our flag yet.

What did that clue say?

Oh, when you come to her snag, you will find a flag.

Well, I'd say we hit snag, all right?

I'm freezing, and I am tired of playing this stupid game.

There must be something that we're not seeing.

Yeah.

No.

My father used to use that word, snag.

It was after a storm. He used to say, he'd say, let's go out and cut up the

snags.

They were blown over by the wind.

They were dead trees.

That's it.

The snag is a dead tree.

I don't see any fallen trees anywhere around here.

A tree doesn't have to be fallen to be dead.

Wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop.

We're pushing it further back.

You know, shouldn't we be thinking about how we can work together as a team to

get this done?

Yeah, instead of each of us doing our own thing.

We're acting like a stupid bug in our software where it crashes when you give

too many commands at once.

Of course.

That's it.

Neil.

Neil, Neil, this is a genius.

That's what we're missing from our program.

A processor pause programmed into the logical string of actions. And that's

we need here.

A pause?

No, no, no, no. A logical string of actions.

You got any more of that nicotine gum?

Almost

there.

Don't push it back any further.

You got it? I got it. Great.

Victory.

Okay. Faster now.

Come on, Neil. Keep up.

We're going to win this thing.

Neil?

What happened?

My ankle.

Come on, buddy. Shake it off.

Ow! Go on.

It's broken.

Liam, we have to get him down the mountain.

Maybe if we take an arm each.

No.

No, I'm too close to winning this thing.

We can't just leave him here.

You can't.

But I can.

What happened to our team, buddy?

Sorry, pal.

I got too much riding on this.

You'll be okay.

I'm so...

Don't go to sleep, Neil.

Stay awake.

I can see that.

Where do you want me to plant the winning flag?

When does Harlow get here to give me my promotion?

we have a little problem.

What are you talking about?

A leader emerged?

Just like you said.

Well, I see you.

And I see the flag.

But I don't see your team.

Well, Neil went down with an ankle. Monica stayed down to help him.

I see.

Well, apparently you weren't paying attention when I was giving the

Because I definitely said the first team to plant its flag on the mountain would

be the winner.

Team? Like all three of you?

But you seem to have left yours behind.

You can't do this to me.

I didn't do anything to you, Mr. Cadigan. You made this choice on your

What?

If I have to, I'll drag those two up here on my back.

But I was the first one up here with this flag, and I deserve that promotion.

I've hit every curveball you've thrown at me this weekend.

I'm not going to lose now.

You haven't even seen my curveball yet, mister.

Neil!

Monica!

I do now.

That's an interesting question.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to haul Neil up that stupid hill. Where is he?

They should be down at the retreat center by now.

They?

Josh's team took a wrong turn and stumbled upon us.

We made a stretcher out of tree branches and they carried Neil down.

Josh did that? Mr. Kill or be killed? What was he thinking?

Maybe he wasn't thinking. Maybe he was feeling.

Well, that's just the kind of effect it's going to sink, Josh.

Yeah.

Come on.

Maybe Tess will accept us as a two -person team since Neil had to quit.

The game is over, Liam.

Oh, no, it's not.

I still have to plant my flag. I gotta plant my flag.

Why? Why do you want this so much?

Because it's the key to everything.

Everything? Yeah.

I have a family, Monica.

And my son's going to have special needs for the rest of his life, and that

costs money.

And in today's world, that kind of money doesn't happen to someone who's just

another cog in a machine.

You've got to be rich, and you don't get rich unless you're on top.

And that's why you want to win.

Well, it doesn't matter if I want to win.

I have to win.

What am I saying?

It doesn't matter anyway. It's over.

We lost.

to do is go home and pray that I don't get fired tomorrow.

Oh, God, what am I going to do?

What difference does it make to you?

It makes all the difference.

Because you're my assignment.

I knew it.

You're a spy, and you're working for Harlow.

I work for God, Liam.

What's this?

I'm an angel.

An angel?

Yes.

Oh, my God.

You know those little e -mail messages that Matt gets from his father every day

and that mean so much to him?

Well, this is your message from your father, and he wants you to listen very

carefully.

Maybe it's for real, isn't it?

God has sent me here to tell you that he loves you so much, Leo.

But he wants you to stop trying to become what you think you need to be.

Stop being a sheep in wolf's clothing, pretending to be a tough, merciless

competitor, when you're really a kind, gentle soul who loves his family and his

work.

And doesn't need any more money or power to be truly happy.

You know, I don't think I like the idea of being called a sheep.

Then think of yourself as someone so precious to God that he will always send

shepherd to bring you back home if you get lost.

And you have lost your way, Liam.

I didn't know what to do.

You know, I think of my boy.

And what might they have for him if his mother or if

I'm gone.

I get so scared.

But if God is telling you that he is with you, that he is your strength and

your salvation, then what is there to be afraid of?

I wish it was that simple.

Oh, it is.

It is that simple.

If you think there's only one way to solve a problem, and that way is wrong,

you know that it's wrong, then you must also know deep inside yourself that your

answer didn't come from God.

But God has an answer for you.

What do I do?

Ask him.

He will answer you.

It may not be what you expect or what you want, but it will always be exactly

what you need.

And yes, your wee boy has special needs.

But his deepest need is his family.

And being the father of that family is the most important job you will ever

have.

But you don't have to do it alone, Liam.

God gave you this family.

He's blessed this family. He wants to be part of this family.

The choice is yours.

Will you walk in fear?

Or will you walk with God?

Your father in heaven wants you to live the rest of your life in faith.

Will you trust him, Liam?

Will you?

Sit, Matt.

Who's there?

I don't know.

I do.

Hey.

Hey, Dad.

How did you do?

Sorry,

I'm late. That's okay.

Listen, I figured out something about your race. You got the same multi

-threading error that my computer does.

Only you got an extra pause program, Dad.

I don't know.

Here. You know when you're supposed to start?

Baby, go.

Not anymore.

From now on, get that mean go.

Got it? Get that mean go.

The two -meter final is about to begin.

All competitors up to the starting block.

Hey. Hey.

I figured it out on the way over here.

Seems this queue to come soon.

Makes a lot of sense.

Yes, you did, buddy.

Yes, you did.

I'm so proud of you. Oh, thanks, Bob.

Oh,

did you say that?

Thanks, Bob.

Hello, Cadigan. Mr. Harlow.

Not what you expected?

No, I'm just surprised. I thought you'd be back at the retreat picking your new

present. Well, actually, I'm here to make you my new president.

Tess tells me you were the first to the top of the mountain.

Did she also tell you that I betrayed my friends and everything I believed in to

get there?

Yes. Yes, actually, she did.

That's why I want you to run my company.

I need someone who's willing to do whatever it takes to get to the top.

Someone who knows how to make the hard choices.

No.

Thanks, but I'm not your guy.

Afraid you can't take the heat in the kitchen?

No.

Just don't want to miss the family and my own.

You should think about what you're giving up here.

Oh, I am.

I don't want to be the guy working the top of that mountain.

I left too much behind to get there.

My son just taught me that.

That was Mr. Harlow.

How's my son, Matt?

Hi.

You've got a conscience, Cadigan.

Unfortunately, people with a conscience don't get very far.

Actually, Mr. Harlow, I know where I'm going now.

And it's just far enough.

I'm Mary.

You got to be quick.

How long do you think it's been since a man like Mr. Harlow got a hug like that?

Too long, baby.

I guess we know which of those two men is actually richer.

Yes,

we do.