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For 32 years, this man has been showing us the way.

As Chief Honcho at Hewitt Developments and one of the major philanthropists of

this town, Big Pete has been making life good for an awful lot of people.

We're very proud of this man.

No more than his nearest and dearest, right?

Susan, Brad, Melanie, stand up.

Aren't they beautiful?

But we're all family here today.

showing Pete just how grateful we are.

So, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in paying tribute to the Chamber of

Commerce Man of the Year, Pete Hogan.

You know what I like most about being here today?

It's not the beautiful setting or the great food and wine or even this

honor I'm about to receive.

It's the fact that this isn't costing me a dime.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

Fine. No.

Fine. I'm okay.

Back off!

All right, Dad.

I'd like to propose a toast to my dad.

I ask you to lay off the booze just one time.

Just try and hold it together for a couple of hours. I wasn't drunk.

I just enjoy your humor. Stop twerking!

You're a lush and a fool.

You can take the boy out of Shantytown, but you can't take the Shantytown out of

the boy.

That's right, Susan.

I'm 100 % Shantytown Irish, and I'm proud of it.

It's just a shame that this one...

Doesn't have a little more of that in him.

It's encouraging, Dad.

Oh, my other prize.

Her second divorce in three years.

Harry doesn't care about my needs. He's mean and he's self -centered.

He expects his wife to stand by him.

To go to Alaska?

Please. That's where his work is.

You know the word?

Work. I realize it's a very unfamiliar term around here.

The two of you having fed off the family silver trough your entire young,

unremarkable lives. Starting with you, Peter.

I've worked for everything I've got.

Which you happen to get from my father.

You also knew damn well where to feed.

I increased this company's profits ten times over.

Oh, I'm not saying that you're not good, Peter.

I'm just wondering where you would have been without Daddy.

Maybe better off.

Maybe.

But you certainly had a choice, didn't you?

Did I?

Did I really, Susan?

Sure you did.

You didn't have to knock Mom up.

But aren't you glad you did?

Because otherwise you wouldn't have a great chip off the old block like me.

You're not going to the office, are you?

It's Sunday.

I'm going for a run.

No, don't go.

Stay. Have a drink.

Celebrate your award.

Your father has to work off his stress.

Right, darling?

I know.

Let's have a drink to Melanie's divorce.

Where'd you come from?

Long story.

Don't you think you should be taking it a little easier?

What's it to you?

I'm just concerned with all the chest pains you've been having lately.

Just an ulcer or something.

What do you know about it, anyway?

My job.

I really think you should slow down.

Look, I don't know what kind of a weirdo you are. I just want to run in peace,

okay?

Run in peace?

I'm afraid rest in peace is more like it.

presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Keep coming.

Almost there.

Heading for the finish line. Ask not what your country can do for you.

any better.

These are really ugly.

They're mini malls.

Cost -efficient, utilitarian. They did what they're supposed to do.

They were supposed to ruin the landscape?

If I didn't build them, somebody else would have.

I don't think the judge will send you down for being a lousy architect.

What are you talking about? I was a great architect.

Was being the operative word.

Then you sold out and built these.

What's the deal here?

You go to hell for being successful?

No, not in itself.

Although wasting God -given talent doesn't get you a check in the plus

Especially when it was wasted on designing Minimums.

Well, I gotta believe my record will stand up.

I took care of my responsibilities. I played by the rules.

What more do you want?

It's not me. It's Judge Othniel.

Othniel?

Um... Judges 3?

The guy who defeated the Mesopotamians?

He's still around?

Yep. We're all still around, Pete.

Around where?

Question for you.

On top of which, Mr. Hogan was on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes

his local symphony. He took excellent care of his family, recycled before it

lost. Mr. Jones! His language could get a little rough, but he did give

generously to the church. Mr. Jones, please!

Enough! I like the guy!

Then can I assume he's on his way? Not quite, no.

We haven't talked yet about these mini balls.

The book.

No one told me it was a crime to build shopping centers. Only a crime against

the census, Mr. Hogan.

But that's another story.

No, we also haven't talked yet about your...

One important crime.

Your crime of the heart.

What do you mean?

Don't tell me that you've forgotten Isabel Sanchez.

No.

I haven't forgotten her.

Tell me about her.

We met at my... church.

I was halfway through an engineering degree in El Salvador.

I was involved in a rally against the military dictatorship.

They took names.

The government started cracking down. She barely escaped with her life.

It's amazing how we connected.

Not just our hearts, but our minds.

I was designing a new chapel for the church.

She's the one who made it special.

She came up with a way of combining oak wood beams with granite pillars that I

never would have dreamed of on my own. So you work at the church?

Yeah.

You loved her very much.

And she loved you.

Yeah.

But then, Mr. Hogan...

She was the boss's daughter, Your Honor.

How could he say no?

No!

I admit, I let my ambition get the better of me.

Not to mention your libido.

And I admit that, too.

If there's not a day goes by I wish I hadn't slept with her.

I just wanted it to all go away and pretend it never happened.

Go back to Isabel.

But that wasn't so easy to do, was it?

We need to talk.

I'll leave you two alone.

No, no, no, no. Dave, really.

You should hear this.

I'm pregnant.

What?

How?

How?

Isabel, I... It doesn't matter.

From two different worlds.

I wish you a very healthy baby.

He did do the right thing, Your Honor. He did marry her and try to make the

of it. But your heart wasn't in it, was it, Mr. Hogan?

Is that a crime?

No.

It's a tragedy.

And not just for you.

That poor girl, Isabel, deported back to El Salvador.

Never heard from again.

Why are you doing this to me?

Didn't you know I would kill for the chance to turn back the clock?

Fortunately, you didn't kill for it.

But you did die this time.

Let's see how you do.

The second time around.

You will have three days.

And three days only to repair the damage you have caused.

No one will recognize you.

You are a free agent in the universe with the blessing of God Almighty and

court.

Bless me, Father, for I have pinned.

Father.

Jones! Father!

May Almighty God bless and keep you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the

Holy Spirit.

Jones!

Jones, what the heck is going on here?

Let's see. It's 1974.

Gerald Ford is the president.

The Bee Gees album just went... No, not that, not that. I mean here and now.

Well, I'm the gardener.

Love the garden.

And you're the priest.

Which part don't you understand?

Somebody's got to be kidding me. A priest?

I don't make the assignments, but I'm sure there's a good reason for it. Yeah?

Like what?

Hi, Father.

Sorry we're late.

Uh, late?

For what?

To talk to us about our wedding. We asked you to marry us?

Right.

Right.

Okay, um, why don't we, um...

Why don't, uh, we'll go in the church?

Okay, uh, just, uh, right here, sit down.

No?

There you go.

Now you sit right there.

All righty.

What are we talking about here?

Oh, the wedding, of course.

Well, okay, the schedule here, it, uh... Oh, I am a busy priest.

So, uh, what do you say we do it a couple months from now? Okay.

Oh, I don't think you understand, Father. I don't want to show.

Show?

Show? No.

We're talking about getting married tomorrow.

Are you sure you want to rush into this? Father, we're going to have a baby.

Well, I know, but 20 years down the line, you don't want to regret this.

you couldn't possibly be suggesting that we... Oh, no.

No.

I just don't want you two to do something hasty.

We can do something.

Right.

Look, Father, we appreciate your advice. And it is scary, like you say.

Your whole life.

Peter. We're getting married tomorrow.

Four in the afternoon at my parents' home. Will you perform the ceremony?

I guess so.

I mean, I guess so.

get a chance to look at my sketch for your new chap oh uh no but i'll get to

them today i'll bet they're very good i hope so i really enjoyed working on them

peter

Again? I work here three days a week.

Yeah, well, of course.

What were they doing here?

They, um, want me to marry them.

Small.

No media.

Isabel, I know this is very painful for you.

Yes.

I came to tell you I'm leaving.

I'll go tomorrow.

No.

I mean, where would you go?

You can't go back to El Salvador. It's not safe.

I'll find some place.

But you don't know anyone.

You have no money. Stay here.

Please. So I can watch him marry somebody else?

He doesn't care for her.

Then why is he doing this?

He's an idiot.

A greedy, self -serving idiot.

Isabel, I know that he hurt you.

But if you lose each other, he loses not only you, he

loses his conscience.

What do you mean, if?

It's over.

What can change things now?

I don't know.

But I know he loves you.

With all his heart.

Why are you talking like this? You're a priest.

You're going to be marrying them.

This is ridiculous.

I have no idea what my goal is supposed to be. I keep antagonizing everybody.

Life sentences are never easy.

I am a priest, for heaven's sake. They're having a baby. I should be

them to get married. Instead, I tried to talk them out of it. I couldn't help

myself. And tomorrow, I am supposed to marry myself off to a woman I already

know is going to make my life miserable.

Well, could I hear something from you, huh? Like some words of encouragement?

It's too early to judge. Give yourself a chance.

What on earth was I trying to accomplish with Isabel?

I wanted her to stay, but for who? For me?

I have no grasp of this situation.

It's all about renewal, isn't it? What you're doing now, very complex,

unknowable, difficult to plan.

You have to trust yourself, just to what is revealed.

Where do I start?

Where do I go now?

Just follow your instincts.

I guess I could go pay myself a visit.

Since I find out where I am.

Oh, this is spectacular here, Pete. Fantastic, fantastic land.

I like it, Pete.

I like it a lot.

Great location, great layout.

What do you think, Duncan, from a cost standpoint?

Well, actually, all the numbers aren't in yet.

Hard to say. Yeah, well, I'm talking ballpark.

These Harvard business guys, they hate their ballpark.

You and I know this is going to make us a bundle, right?

You can count on it, Mr. Hewitt. That's what I like to hear.

Hello,

Duncan.

Don't you think you could have at least said something to me? Please, don't be

difficult.

But I... I thought that you and I...

Never made any commitments.

But it's over.

I fell in love with Pete, and he fell in love with me.

What?

Duncan still has it for you.

He's a being, Captain. That's all he'll ever be.

You.

You are going to be a star, and I'm going to sit right there with you.

Come on.

You're a little bit happy about that, aren't you?

Sure.

Don't worry. You'll forget about that little Mexican tramp in no time.

She's from El Salvador.

Don't talk about her like that.

All right.

All right.

But you couldn't have been that crazy about her, otherwise you wouldn't have

slept with me, would you?

We're going to be fabulous together.

By the way, how's Fiji sound?

For what?

For honeymoon.

Daddy's going to treat us to three whole weeks anywhere we want to go.

Is Fiji okay with you?

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

Come around.

I love you.

The minute I laid my eye on you, I'm so happy.

Here,

come. I'll wear that.

Well, how are the lovebirds today?

That was lovely -dovey, Father.

We'll see you tomorrow, right?

I mean, you will be there, right?

Absolutely. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

This is beautiful farmland, isn't it?

I picked it up myself.

I wouldn't know. I don't negotiate land acquisitions.

You... development guys know all the potential.

Family farms all going belly up. So you don't think this is all a money

-grubbing desecration of land.

I've set aside half of the acreage from here to town for a public park.

What do you think of that?

What do I think of it?

I think it's a pipe.

I think...

The only thing going up between Garden of Eden and town

are more Gardens of Eden strung together with malls and

slews of franchise stores.

When they're all done, they will look roughly something.

And probably all designed by you.

How'd you know how to do this?

I studied a little architecture before I found my true calling.

But you don't need magical powers to know what's going to happen to all this.

Yes.

Yes, I might.

Night lines.

Very innovative.

I just thought I'd come down.

You have a nice day.

There,

Blair. I didn't know you were here.

Yeah, that's because of this invisible thing I do. You see when I wear this?

You're the only one that can see me.

When I want you to.

Got y 'all that?

Oh, yes.

So what'd you think?

You lived every day with a lot of guilt.

Yeah.

That's what's churning inside of him right now.

Oh, you, uh, want to listen?

Oh, no thanks. My, uh, bedonias need attention.

Pete Hogan.

This conniving little rat.

Duncan.

My son.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

But I despise him, Father.

From the minute he got here, all he's done is take what's mine.

I was Mr. Hewitt's number one guy until Hogan started sucking up to him like his

miserable life depended on it. Easy there.

Maybe Mr.

Hewitt just knows real talent when he sees it. He's an ambitious weasel, plain

and simple.

Why do you think he worked so hard to take Mr. Hewitt's daughter away from me?

Once again, there could be two sides to this story.

I hate him, Father.

He took my place in the company. He took my girl.

And now the worst thing is, he's taking my own child.

The shotgun wedding tomorrow?

That's not Hogan's baby.

It's mine.

How do you know that?

There's one thing I can do, Father. It's math.

She's just been seeing Hogan for a month. But two weeks before that, she

she was late.

When she broke up with me, I asked her, what about the pregnancy?

She said, oh, it's no problem.

She'd miscarried.

Just slipped her mind.

Forgot to tell me.

Father, she's carrying my baby, and there's not a thing I can do.

If there is, you can come out with it.

She'd deny it.

Who'd believe me?

I'd be finished in this town. Her father would crush me.

You have the right to your own child.

Look, I don't want trouble.

I don't want anybody to know, okay?

I just told you to get it off my chest.

Father, that's it.

Look, I'm a little short on time, so if you wouldn't mind giving me my penance

and absolution, I'd appreciate it.

Oh, uh, yeah, no problem.

Jones.

Hey!

Hey! Hey, Jones!

Hey, I just love working the 70s.

Stones.

Exile on Main Street.

Now, listen, I just heard Duncan Price's confession.

I can tell you, right, because you're not, like, really human?

And you're not really a priest?

Oh, yeah, right.

Well, listen, Duncan said he is the father of Susan's baby. It's not me. It

never me.

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh?

That's all you can say, uh -huh?

What do you want me to say?

Pete is marrying Susan tomorrow. What am I going to do?

Give me that.

Careful. I just planted that.

I just gave you an incredible piece of information. All you can do is muck

around with your lilies.

begonias look pete as a priest you were put in a position to receive the truth i

got the truth about duncan and susan what about the truth about pete hogan

truth your truth what you really knew about who you and susan

we had to get married she was having a baby oh

I didn't know the baby wasn't mine. How could I know? The truth.

If you know something, then tell me. No, you have to tell yourself.

Otherwise, this whole journey is a charade.

What do you want me to say?

That I knew the baby wasn't mine?

All right.

I suspect it.

It all was happening too fast.

She was showing too soon, but...

I didn't listen to that little voice in the back of my head.

I didn't want to.

I came from a family that was going nowhere. My mother, she worked her

to the bones.

I was going to be the star.

Sacrificed all my principles and one great love of my life just to get there.

Yes.

The wedding is tomorrow. How am I going to fix this?

Well, you are in a church.

You mean pray?

No, I mean play bingo. What do you think I mean?

Wonderful. It's wonderful.

They're a perfect match. See you later in the return box.

Hey, what kind of face is that?

I'm just not good at big parties, Mr. Hewitt.

Maybe, uh, is this a light in your mood?

Hi, how are you?

Congratulations. Thanks for coming. Really appreciate it. I'll see you at

reception after. Okay. Are you serious?

I sure am.

Tomorrow morning, you are a full partner in Hewitt Development.

Thanks. Come on, call me dad.

You all right?

I just got the letter.

What letter?

The one from Hewitt, making me a partner.

The final production.

My pact with the devil.

You look pretty glum for a guy who's about to marry $50 million.

You don't want to go through with this, do you?

Then don't. Well, that's great advice from a priest.

All right.

I'll make you a deal.

For the next two minutes, I'm not a priest.

No collar, no stock of it.

I'm like you.

We just talk friend to friend.

Breaking character could be dangerous.

I can't walk out on Susan like that.

Why not?

You'd be doing her and yourself a favor.

I can't just pretend.

If you don't love her, you love Isabel.

Now stop sabotaging yourself.

Easy, Padre.

Now listen to me.

First few years.

Your kids will get you through raising them, education, their illnesses.

But then it's going to come down to just you and her.

And just to get through, you're going to start acting like you're in somebody

else's skin.

Like a made -up person.

Your words, your actions, your lovemaking.

You don't want to lose them.

It's all going to be automatic.

An artificial.

What you think she expects.

Until finally you're ready to explode from living a life that has nothing to

with you. Susan is going to have my child.

Oh, that's right.

You're going to be a father.

What a wonderful feeling that must be for you.

To finally realize man's greatest drive.

To have his seed take hold.

His own child, his own flesh and blood.

That money is going to make all those doubts go away.

You are so wrong.

Father!

Father, we're all ready.

Let's do it. I'll be right in. Great.

It's your life, Pete.

It's your future.

And it's now or never.

Hey, Pete.

Pete, come on. You're up.

Let's go.

I need to talk to Susan.

Is there a problem? Please.

Just send her out.

This is embarrassing.

I can't marry you, Susan.

Are you insane?

I don't love you.

What about the baby?

Maybe you should address that question to Duncan.

He is the father, isn't he?

I thought so.

Hey, Duncan!

You do this.

You're finished with me, the town, the state.

Maybe.

The truth is...

I really hate the work I'm doing here.

I won't, baby.

Don't you worry, I won't.

Mr. Jones.

You know, this holy wine is actually very good. Will you join me?

I don't drink on the job, but thanks.

On the job?

What are you talking about?

We did it. We won.

I have avoided my own personal express train to hell on earth.

And I did it with a whole day to spare.

I'll tell you what.

Let's celebrate.

You play golf, Jones?

Because the course here in 1974 was brand spanking new.

Father?

Do you have a minute?

Of course I do.

Who are you talking to?

I am a priest.

We created a monster.

We wanted to thank you.

I have no idea what I'm going to do for the rest of my life, but this just feels

like the right place to start.

We were wondering if you'd perform a marriage between two people who really

belong together.

Would it be official if I did?

I'll have to check into it for you.

Why wouldn't it be official? You are a priest.

Isabel Sanchez?

You men have no right to be in this church. This woman is a fugitive from

justice. We have a warrant for her arrest issued by the government of El

Salvador. For what?

For nothing. For carrying a fine demanding free election.

Go, lady. You're not taking her anywhere.

Get the bail!

Bail is set at $500 each.

Go away.

Your Honor, please, I would like to make another plea, if I may be so bold.

Oh, I'd say you've been damn well bold enough already.

Father, pardon the language.

What do you want to be bold about now?

We were arrested trying to prevent an illegal deportation by the immigration

authorities. Your idea of prevention is punching out officers of the law?

We truly regret our behavior there. But we were trying to prevent a grave

injustice. What injustice?

They are deporting this woman, Isabel Sanchez, back to El Salvador for

peacefully protesting against their military dictatorship.

So you're claiming she's a political refugee?

Exactly. And if she's sent back, we greatly fear for her safety.

Where is this woman?

INS has her.

If they haven't sent her back already.

Hey, who are you?

I'm Pete Hogan, and I'm very much in love with her. I want to marry her.

All right, all right.

Let's not complicate this.

Until we can look into this case further, I'm ordering an

injunction temporarily canceling the

deportation. I

know

she's being processed. I just want to know where.

We have an injunction. That means you're holding her illegally.

What do you mean we're too late? Where is she?

These, uh, revised drawings?

Great. What do they want?

Uh, Father, don't you think you've caused enough trouble already? I have a

order from Judge Mooney, 3rd District Court, for the immediate release of this

about that test. What's that got to do with me?

Thanks to you, she's on your best friend's plane.

She'll be taking off in about five minutes.

Unless you make a phone call to stop it. Now, why would I do that?

You should take this up with the government of El Salvador, Father. Here

Just take your hands off me!

You are the last person who want that plane to take off.

Really?

Yeah, unless you want... Unless you

want 90 or 100 million dollars to just take off with.

What are you talking about?

You know that piece of land near Glen Oaks?

The one that you want Pete to develop for you with the movie theaters and the

retail chains?

I haven't even talked to him about that project yet.

That's how good he is.

He can read your mind.

His plan is brilliant. He's going to make a fortune. There's only one

The best part of that land is on a mountaintop.

The mountaintop belongs to the church.

Now, we're going to grant that easement to somebody, but I guarantee you it

won't be you. Not if you come between two young people who love each other in

way that you...

Your spiteful daughter will never understand.

Who are you to judge my actions? Oh, there's a much tougher judge than me.

waiting to get a hold of you, Jim.

Trust me, I know.

I don't believe you speak for the church.

And I don't believe you're willing to take that chance.

Get Matt Dearborn on the phone.

Now!

I now pronounce you man.

great honeymoon, a great life.

And don't you dare spend one day without thanking God for letting you two get

together.

You're the one who deserves our thanks.

No, no, I'm, uh, I'm just working for him.

So go on, go.

Isabel, wait up.

Assistant, wake it up!

So, is it time for us to go?

Just about.

You know, I was really starting to like this priest thing.

I've seen worse.

I don't want this to go to your head, but it's starting to grow on me too,

Jonesy.

Here's where it gets a little unfair.

I'll remember you, but you won't remember me.

Or any of it.

It'll be like it never happened.

There's one thing I'd like to know before we go.

Hmm?

If I just weren't enough to treat her well.

I don't know about smart, but yeah, you did all right.

Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in paying tribute to the Chamber of

Commerce Man of the Year, Duncan Price.

I'd like to thank you all for this great honor.

I'd especially like to share it.

My wonderful family.

Without whose help and support, none of this would have been possible.

What?

You know, I remember... We have a beautiful family.

Yeah. And I thank God for them every day.

really remember what it was.

I remember, I'd like to post -toast my dad.