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So what's new in the education of Gloria?

Oh, well, yesterday I learned the Dewey Decimal System, Calculus, and Pig Latin.

Which, by the way, has nothing to do with pigs or Latin.

And today I thought I'd solve a few mysteries of life, and I thought... Ah,

mysteries of life did you have in mind?

Well, the chicken or the egg, for example. Which came first, the chicken

egg? That's a total defiance of logic.

There can't be a chicken without an egg, or an egg without a chicken. I know.

God made them both.

There you go. Mystery solved.

Yes, but life holds many more mysteries, Gloria.

That's why we're here.

Hospitals are where most humans enter the world and where most of them leave

as well.

Is that what this assignment is about? Life and death?

When it comes right down to it, Gloria, every assignment is about life and

death.

His name is Chuck Parker.

Hello, Maureen.

So, what do you have for me today?

Okay. Let's see.

An excellent choice.

To everything, there is a season.

And a time to every purpose under heaven.

It's a time to be born.

Hey. How you doing, kid?

Mom said she would call you later.

And I spoke to Steve, and he's going to bring the boys by after school today.

You look better today.

Need some coffee.

If I can find you one of those brownies, I'm sneaking you one.

Okay? I'll be right back.

There's a time to die.

No purse, no coffee.

Help!

Help me!

She's DNR. Do not resuscitate.

about this.

I know it's what you wanted.

But there's nothing I can do.

You are.

You're here.

It sounds awful.

But a part of me is relieved.

Happy.

Almost.

Maureen?

Yeah. When that lady died, those people seemed both happy and sad.

Why is that?

They were happy that Maureen had gone to be with God, but they're sad that

she'll no longer be with them.

I don't think I understand.

Perhaps you need to spend a day with Andrew and a ride along.

A ride along?

I like to think of it as take your angel to work day.

How was your trip?

It was amazing.

Oh, question. Where is Tess?

Tess has an assignment.

What?

Light. Robbie, I didn't mean to spill the milk. It was an accident. It wasn't

your fault, Sarah.

Okay?

Be quiet.

I'll be back as soon as he chills out.

When you walk down the road,

heavy burden, heavy load, 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.

You know, no two people are exactly alike.

Take yesterday, for instance, Max Underwood.

He wanted to rehash every single little mistake he'd ever made in his entire

life. And he was 100 years old. And then Eileen Driscoll.

She just wanted someone to hold her hand while she watched her last sunset.

And then Mr.

Ponteer. Mr.

Ponteer wanted to play Parcheesi.

So that's what we did.

It's wonderful that you care about them so much.

Wish they were all that easy.

But people really face death the same way that they faced life.

For some, that means a lot of...

Fear, a lot of anger.

And they'll curse God with their last dying breath rather than just accept his

mercy.

And for them, their final journey is not so good.

But for the ones who make peace, you know, to watch their bravery and their

strength, their faith, it humbles me. And it inspires me, I think.

To be a better angel.

Do you mind if I write that down?

No. No, I don't mind.

Morning,

Chuck. Hey, Dave.

How's the knee?

Better than the other knee.

The Farley's still out of town?

Yeah, their mail's on hold till Friday.

Okay, thanks.

I'll keep an eye on the house.

See you later.

Have a good one.

Hi, Mr. Parker.

Hey, Robbie. All right.

You're not going to get this one. Ready?

I hold the all -time record for pitching wins. Who am I?

Cy Young, 511.

Okay, so did my package come yet?

I didn't see it. But as soon as it does, it's coming straight from my truck to

your mailbox.

Um, no, it's the kind you got to sign for.

Wow, no kidding. Must be important.

Real important.

Robbie!

Get in here

Hey

Robbie

Registered mail. I need a signature.

Okay.

It's for Robbie. He has to sign.

Robbie's, uh... He's busy.

What kind of package would you need to sign for?

Huh? Was that for me? I asked you a question.

What is it?

It's... It's something I ordered. Yeah.

And now you're gonna tell me what.

Right now, Robbie. I can't.

Why not?

Because it... It's your birthday present.

Why don't you say so, huh?

Yeah.

All right, I'm gonna... I'm gonna go find Sarah.

She's... Hey.

Why don't we have some of that Chinese takeout you like for dinner, huh? How's

that sound?

Sounds good.

All right. All right. Yeah.

Um, geez, where's my, uh, where's my wallet?

Here it is.

Thanks. I'll see you in a bit.

Yeah.

Hello there.

Who are you?

My name is Tess, and you're Sarah McGregor.

I'm an angel.

Okay.

What are you doing down here?

My brother Robbie says once upon a time, they were going to have a war with

bombs, so everybody was going to live down here.

But they didn't, so now it's our secret playhouse.

Secret, yes, but I don't see too much playing going on.

because it was bad.

You have never been bad a day in your life.

Not what my daddy said.

See what I made?

It's beautiful, baby.

It's really beautiful.

It's okay.

He went out.

Want to come eat, Robbie? He's nice.

I'm sure he is, but I think I'll just stay down here a little while.

Okay.

You can go down there.

Right.

Come on.

thing out. It's called knocking.

I'm sorry. I just... Hi.

Uh, who are you?

Oh, this is Monica.

She's filling in for Mrs. Miller, who says she's ill. I think she's gone to

track.

Hello. Hi.

Thanks for being here.

You see, polite, handsome.

He's a good catch.

Are you, uh, married, Monica?

No, I'm not.

She said no.

I heard her. Cut it out.

You know, if gentlemen were supposed to come barging into ladies' bedrooms

without knocking, God would not have invented doors.

Grams, I'm sorry. I called out and nobody answered. I thought that I was

you were... Please, I'm not going to die. I have a date tonight with Alex.

Listen, uh...

I got to get back to work, okay? I just came to check on you, and I'm going to

bring home dinner tonight.

Monica, would you like to stay?

Yes, I would like that. Thank you.

Okay, I'll see you later then.

Gramps, I'll see you later.

Don't forget the free soap samples.

He's very handsome in that uniform, don't you think, Monica?

Well, throughout history, people have feared death because it's the ultimate

unknown.

The Germans had a word for it. They called it tut.

It meant the total end of life.

Learn German.

In the ancient Greeks, they used to believe that souls traveled down the

Styx to a place called the underworld.

And then the Egyptians, they buried their dead with food in case they got

on their journey.

But that's all wrong.

Yeah, but see, people can't control death.

So they create these fantasies about it, which they can't control.

Wait till they see what heaven's really like.

Not everybody will, Gloria.

Thanks.

So how's Graham's doing?

Oh, she's on her date with Alex.

The vice president who does that. Daniel, I'll take Steinbeck for 400.

It's not about Ms. Bailey or Ms. Buck. It's a tale of Keno. The fisherman.

Andrew? Who are the pearl fishers? The pearl, you idiot!

What is the pearl?

Oh.

Oh.

Numbskulls. Numbskulls. Dummies.

My dad had her living in one of those assisted living places.

And he died five years ago, and so I brought Graham to live here with me.

Not everybody would have done that.

Well, all we have left is each other.

I hope you like frozen dinners.

Body likes frozen dinners.

It's not food. It's flavored ice.

I was going to learn how to cook one. I almost even took lessons, but I

chickened out.

That's right, Mr. Turtle.

Mr. Turtle?

Yeah. Graham says I'm like a turtle.

I curl up in my shell and I'm safe, but I never get anywhere.

Do you know what a turtle has to do to get somewhere, Monica?

Stick his neck out.

Smart girl.

Take chances in this life. I know, I know.

Uh, I think I will go and lie down before dinner.

Okay?

Oh, but don't forget to tell me who won Final Jeopardy.

Have you finished your ride along so soon?

Nope. I'm still on it.

I think she's... She's... Dead.

That's the word he's looking for, isn't it, Andrew?

Grams, you always did get right to the point.

Look.

Nothing hurts.

No more arthritis.

This is just the beginning, Mrs. Graham.

You're going to love heaven. I mean, it is, after all, heaven.

Oh, the poor boy. He looks so sad.

I know he needs the birthday present I bought for him.

Oh, but it's too late.

Grahams, you know that with God, all things are possible.

Now it all makes sense.

I knew she was too nice to be a human being.

Monica, it's in the desk.

Goodbye, Kranz.

I love you.

She knows, John.

Would you like to make the trip with us?

We're kind of breaking her in.

Oh, well, I must say, you're doing a great job.

Oh, thank you. Thank you so very much.

Thank you for getting time with me, Daddy.

You bet, kid.

It's great when everybody's happy, huh?

Yeah.

I know, you kids, you just make me so crazy sometimes.

I made this for you, Daddy.

Thank you, Sarah.

It's beautiful.

Who's gonna help me do the dishes?

No big deal. Nobody got hurt.

I'm gonna go sweep it up.

What are you doing here? If you're not too busy, may I come in for a moment?

There's something that your grandmother wanted you to have.

She bought it as an early birthday gift.

Mr. Turtle.

I'm going to miss her so much.

I know.

I got to go.

I'm going to be late for work.

Work? Not yet. They'll give you a leave of absence, Chuck.

You need to take some time for yourself.

I don't want to be by myself.

I just sit here thinking about her.

I think about her drinking her tea and watching the same TV shows every night.

Listening to her nag me about getting up off my rear and getting some gumption.

Drove me crazy.

What I wouldn't give for one more minute of it right now.

Okay, come on. Let's get you outside.

I know. He's going to wake up. And when he does, he's going to be drunk and he's

going to be mean and he's going to be... Go, go. I'll be right out.

Hey, Mr. Parker.

You have a signature right there?

So what's my trivia question today?

No trivia today.

I've been kind of busy.

Thank you.

Angel? Where is she?

Trust me.

If there were angels around, I wouldn't be needing this.

Robbie, where'd you get that?

Doesn't matter.

What's important is that I've got it.

What's it for?

Protective.

How do you get these bullets in?

Oh, Dad!

What are you doing? Nothing.

Where's Sarah?

I don't know. Look in her room.

She's not in there.

She's not anywhere!

You're hiding it, Robbie. I want you to tell me where she is now!

Someplace you're never going to find her.

I'm going to teach you a lesson, boy.

You hear me? Robbie, ask yourself one question.

Is this what you really want? Because once this is done, it's done.

What's in that box?

Told you, your birthday present.

Let me see it.

Sure.

Happy birthday.

You want to play a game?

Sure, baby. What kind of game?

Let's play the little girl and the angel.

I think I can handle that.

Okay. I'll be the angel.

Oh.

Little girl, don't be scared.

Now, you say something, little girl.

I'm afraid of my daddy.

That's good.

Thank you.

Your daddy started getting sad when your mommy got sick.

And then after she went to heaven...

He started drinking that yucky whiskey.

And that makes him mad.

And I'm afraid to be down here in the dark.

Well, don't be scared.

Robbie will come and get you. He always does.

Just be patient.

Okay, then.

We have witnesses.

They all say you weren't speeding and Robbie ran right out in front of your

truck. There was nothing you could have done.

I should have seen him. No.

No, this wasn't your fault.

It was an accident.

Oh, my God.

Is there somebody who can take you home?

No. I can take him home.

Let's go.

Mr.

McGregor, I'm sorry for your loss.

I know this is a bad time, but I have some questions I need to ask.

Could we talk inside?

There's no Mrs.

McGregor?

She died.

Four years ago, cancer.

Sorry.

Do you have a daughter?

Huh? What's that?

A daughter named Sarah.

Yeah? What about her?

Where is she?

Oh, she, uh... She had a sleepover at a friend's.

That's a lie.

Yeah. Kind of questions on these anyway.

Routine follow -up, sir.

Have you, uh... Have you gotten a hold of Sarah to let her know what happened?

Yeah. In fact, I'm on my way right now to pick her up.

I think families should be together at times like this, don't you?

Yes, I do.

Well, I've taken up enough of your time.

My condolences.

What's that?

Oh, that, um...

You know, kids playing ball.

El Nato goes in one ear, out the other.

You got kids?

Yeah.

What kind of ball?

Football.

Well, get my condolences.

Hmm Hmm

Yeah,

I want to report a missing...

It's my mistake.

Mr. McGregor, I don't really know what to say,

but I had to come over.

My grandmother always told me that in times like these, you make a casserole.

I am just so sorry.

You killed my son.

And now you think you can come over here with a casserole and that's going to

make it all right?

No.

I know nothing can make it all right.

But I wanted to tell you how I feel.

How you feel.

Who cares how you feel?

I'll tell you something.

If I didn't have a little girl to raise, I would kill you right now with my own

bare hands and spend the rest of my life in prison, happy I'd done it.

So why don't you just get out of here?

Take the crap and food with you.

I found some of your grandmother's old recipes, and I made you some lunch.

Oh, okay.

Are you all right?

Yeah, yeah, fine.

I'm just going to put the car in the garage, and then I'll be in.

Okay.

I'll see you inside.

This is totally illogical. God gives people the instinct to live, not to die.

Chuck doesn't wanna die.

Just for right now, living hurts too much.

No, he can't do this.

Gloria.

Monica, look, we got here just in time.

This is not our decision to make.

But he was going to kill himself.

Gloria, you don't understand.

You didn't just take away a gun from him.

You took away his free will.

And that didn't come from you.

And that didn't come from me. That comes from God.

Well, of course it does.

But as much as it pains all of us, you must give it back.

But... Now, Gloria.

How can you... Now, there is another way to handle this.

You don't want to do this, Chuck.

Monica.

What is... How did she do that?

I'm an angel.

Sent by God to help you through this difficult time.

What do you want?

We don't have much time, Chuck.

Time... Time doesn't matter.

Nothing matters right now.

I've lost my grandmother.

I killed a little boy.

I hurt so bad, I just want to die.

I know that.

And God knows that.

God loves you so much, Chuck Parker.

And he will welcome you into his kingdom one day. But not today.

And not in that way.

Then why did I find this gun?

I mean, it was just sitting there in the bushes waiting for me.

You know where that gun came from, Chuck.

You delivered it yourself.

Look at it.

No, no, this was...

Wait a minute.

This is what Robbie was waiting for?

Why would a kid like Robbie need a gun?

To protect himself and his little sister, Sarah.

From what?

Not from what. From whom?

Their father.

Yes.

At first, he hit only Robbie.

But then he started hitting Sarah, too.

So Robbie began hiding Sarah and taking the beatings for both of them.

But they grew more vicious and more frequent until one day Robbie decided

next beating would be the last one.

He bought the gun illegally on the Internet.

And he held it in his hand yesterday, just like you are holding it now.

And he had a chance to use it, just like you do.

But he didn't, because he knew that no matter how much pain he suffered, no

matter how hopeless he felt that things would never, ever change, he knew deep

inside his soul that it was wrong, just like you do.

I knew something was going on, but I didn't... I didn't want to get

involved.

You didn't want to stick your neck out.

What grams would have done?

Your grandmother wanted you to get as much out of life as she had.

And she did it by living without fear and being willing to make a difference.

That's what she wanted for you.

So that when it came your time to leave, you could do so without regret and with

great joy, just as she did.

Little Sarah really needs your help. Now, Chuck, what are you going to

do?

Mr.

McGregor. I don't have anything else to say to you, sir.

I was just bringing by Robbie's personal effects. I thought you might want to

have them.

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

Oh, no.

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

I told you Robbie would come.

He told you.

Sarah. Daddy.

Get up here.

I'm going to beat you within an inch of your life.

You just try it. Who the hell are you?

I'm someone who doesn't appreciate being spoken to in that tone of voice.

That's Tess.

She's my angel.

Whoever you are, get out of here!

Me and Sarah, we got some talking to do.

Talking or beating?

She's my daughter.

I'm gonna do what I damn well please.

I don't think so.

Yeah?

Who's gonna stop me, huh?

I am.

You know what this is?

Give it to me. It's my birthday present. Robbie got it for me. Oh, he got it for

you. You want to see what it is?

Come on.

What is this?

Robbie and Sarah were getting beat up by a drunken bully who was bigger than

them and stronger than them.

Who should have been loving them, not hurting them.

So Robbie finally decided to make it stop.

Are you telling me my kid wanted to kill me?

Sarah. You hurt us, Daddy.

You hurt us a lot.

That's crazy.

I mean, that's not true.

I mean, if you're some kind of monster to have your own kid want to kill you.

You need help, Mr. McGregor.

And you're about to get it.

Mr. McGregor, I'm going to need you to come with me.

Can somebody stay with the girl until child services gets here?

I will.

I won't cuff you in front of your daughter if you come along.

Bye, Sarah. Okay?

Bye, Daddy.

Where's Robbie?

He's gone to be with your mother, honey.

In heaven?

But who's going to stay with me?

I will stay with you as long as it takes to find you a place to live where you

will never get hurt anymore.

Will Robbie ever get hurt? Oh, no, baby.

Never again.

Hey, Sarah.

Hey, look what I have here.

You like turtles?

Oh, lookie there.

Would you like to have it?

I don't need it anymore.

So?

So, every human being touches the life of someone else, sometimes without even

knowing it.

And before they leave this world, they each have a chance to leave something

behind, to say, I was here, I matter.

They leave children, or wisdom, or love, or sometimes a little turtle.

And in a way, it's like they never really left.

That's good, Gloria.

That's very, very good.

Well, she learned from the best.

Well, the lesson's not over yet. We have one final stop to make.

Isn't she beautiful?

Oh, pardon me, sir. He.

So now that you've learned about death, time to learn about life.

beautiful baby boy

it's

amazing somebody leaves and somebody else arrives that's the wonderful thing

about being an angel we get to stand at the door