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So my mother's flying in from Denver

for the christening, Father.

Well, how nice. I'll get to meet her next Sunday.

Yeah, all the guys from work will be here.

We're having a party over at the house.

You gonna come?

Oh, and Sister Stephanie.

We wouldn't miss it.

And how is the object of all this attention, huh?

Look at that. She's sleeping like an angel.

Marie?

Oh, Father Dowling.

Time to fix lunch?

Oh, no, no, no, no, you go right ahead with your prayer.

Are you all right?

You know me. I'm always all right.

Hey.

Amen!

G-great sermon, Father. Just a great, great sermon.

Yes, I can see how it kept you on the edge of your seat.

Mass is over. I missed him!

Missed who, Mr., uh...?

Michael. No "Mister," just Michael.

Now, I'll tell you who I'm looking for.

I made a... I made a note here someplace.

Ah, here it is. I found it.

Um... Rick McMasters. There. Rick McMasters.

Yes, Rick McMasters.

Yeah, I flew in late last night just to see him.

May I ask why?

May you? There is no stopping you!

Frank, you are nosey, but you can't help it.

God made you that way.

How do you know my name? Who are you?

Well, y-you might say that I'm-I'm an investigator.

I look into things, know what I mean?

Not entirely, no.

Whoa!

I had forgotten just how much bones can ache.

Whoa!

So, where can I find Rick?

Well, I don't think I can tell you that, uh, Michael?

This is important.

Oh, I'm sure it is, but you see,

Rick is a member of my parish, and I'm afraid I don't know you.

You see, you are stubborn and that isn't God's doing.

You became that way all by yourself!

So long, Frank.

A day. What a trip.

So I fell asleep. Big deal.

Frank, I think you should go see Rick McMasters.

I just saw him at mass.

Oh. Well, I think you should go over and talk to him.

I just have this feeling about it.

Is something wrong?

I don't know, I just had this very strong feeling

that you should go talk to him.

All right, I will.

Okay.

Where are you off to?

Senior citizens' center, and I'm late.

I'm sorry lunch isn't ready.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I forgot to go to market.

Oh, don't worry about lunch, Marie.

Would you give me a lift?

Oh, sure, I'll get my coat.

Oh.

Is something troubling you, Marie?

Would you like to talk about it?

Now, you've got a parish full of people

telling you their troubles, isn't that enough?

Well, you're more than a parishioner, Marie.

You're a very good friend.

How's your sister?

Well... Mildred hasn't been feeling well,

and she's going into the hospital for tests.

How'd you know?

Well, I paid the phone bill yesterday

and I couldn't help notice

there were quite a few calls to Cleveland.

Oh, I'll pay for those calls.

No, no, no, no, you'll do no such thing.

Tomorrow morning,

I'm going to offer my first mass for Mildred.

Oh, thank you, Father Dowling.

And don't you worry.

God cares.

I'm gonna walk back, Marie.

Such a nice day,

I'm gonna tell Steve that I'm getting my exercise.

Bye, Marie. Thanks.

- Where did you come from? - Breakfast.

- You followed me. - You see a car?

Well, how did you get here?

Actually, I had a Plymouth once, red-black running board.

I romanced Ellie Stone in that car

and gave that woman the best ten days she ever had.

Father Dowling.

Hi, Rick. I'm Michael. I came to warn you.

Tony Lakka is out of prison.

I don't wanna talk about Tony Lakka.

Now, look here. You...

Uh, excuse me, Father.

Rick, this is very, very important.

Look, forget it, all right?

Tony Lakka is history.

I don't know why you brought him here, Father,

but I don't want to talk to him.

He thinks you're with me.

Well, why not? I'm a nice guy.

Have a nice day, Mr... Michael.

Rick won't listen to me.

That's up to Rick.

- But he'll listen to you. - You think so?

Then why'd he slam a door in my face.

You'll go back alone, you'll talk to him.

Ha! What makes you think that?

Because it's a matter of life and...

You gonna stay in the street all day, Father?

I almost got killed!

You're here, you're breathing, don't worry about it.

That car was speeding!

The driver didn't even see me, and he stopped just like that.

Happens.

You need a ride home?

Oh, I'll never get a cab around here.

Who are you? What's this all about?

Questions, questions. Always questions.

Don't you ever just kick back, go with the flow?

I can't believe this!

You put it that way, I'll answer your questions.

We'll go to church.

- Why church? - You'll see.

You feeling okay, Frank?

Fine. Now, if you'll just...

The altar. Those posies?

We can do better than that.

How-how did you do that?

Now, to answer your question, Frank,

I'm an angel.

You're a what?

I'm an angel.

I am assigned to the record division.

The computer made a mistake.

All right, I made a mistake.

Now, Frank, someone is being called before his time.

Y-you don't expect me to believe that you're actually an angel?

You don't expect me to go out and perform

any big stunts, because there are limits to what I can do.

All right, see if this works for you.

Your twin brother, Blaine?

Last week you prayed for the salvation of his soul.

Good enough for you?

Now, how would you know that?

Because where I'm from, it's common knowledge.

Now, look.

Well, that's just a cocktail napkin with smudged writing.

I came through a rainstorm and it got soaked.

Now, I can only make out the two names,

Rick McMasters and Tony Lakka.

Well, what about them?

You have got to keep Rick McMaster away

from the hood, Tony Lakka.

You mean, Rick could get himself killed?

Frank?

W-what is goin' on?

Did I hear organ music?

Oh, well, I-I-I-I can't explain right now, Steve,

but you were right, and, uh,

I think we should go see Rick McMasters.

He said he was a what?

I know it sounds crazy, but that's what he said.

Well, yeah, did you smell his breath?

Look, Steve, I don't know whether he's an angel or not,

but I've got to follow through on this.

Frank, I think you've been workin' too hard.

I urge you not to get involved with Tony Lakka.

Why would I do that?

Rick, I know that years ago your father worked for Tony Lakka,

and when Lakka and his associates were arrested,

your father already was a very sick man,

but Lakka never implicated your father.

Yeah, Lakka kept his mouth shut

and Dad ended up dying at home instead of in prison.

So what?

Well, that's a very big favor Lakka did for your family.

So Tony's a sweetheart.

So what?

I haven't heard from him.

Well, according to my sources you will.

Hey, you mean that bum you brought over here?

Well, he's not a bum, he's a...

Well, I-I'd rather not say.

I'd rather he didn't either.

Excuse me.

How are you?

Mr. Lakka...

I know one of those guys, Frank.

He's bad news.

Let's go over to the warehouse.

I, uh, I got to go pick up Sarah and Emily.

Rick, we really must talk about this.

Well, I'll call you, Father, before the christening.

Looking good, Rick, marriage agrees with you,

and you're a daddy.

Baby girl, isn't it?

Yeah, her name's Emily.

Emily... that's nice.

Your father would have been proud.

Your mother got the money I sent her?

Oh, yeah, and, you know, we really appreciate that.

Oh, my pleasure.

Made me feel good to know your father died

at home in whatever comfort I could provide.

What do you want, Mr. Lakka?

I own this place.

Used to serve the best pizza in town.

Go away for five years, everything changes.

But not you, huh, Rick?

I haven't changed either, Rick.

Looking to get back in the business,

but I need your help.

What can I do?

Remember the time you came to me

and asked me to keep your father out of jail?

Yeah, I remember.

Now, there was a man

who understood loyalty and obligation.

He knew that a man pays his debts

and the debts of his family.

Isn't that right, Rick?

Are you saying I owe you, Mr. Lakka?

He's with Tony Lakka.

I don't like this, Steve.

They just struck a deal.

God is the giver of all life, human and divine.

May he bless the father of this child.

He and his wife will be the first teachers

of their child in the ways of faith.

May they be also the best of teachers,

bearing witness to the faith by what they say

and they do.

In Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Amen.

By God's gift, through water and the Holy Spirit,

we are reborn to everlasting life.

In his goodness

may he continue to pour out his blessings

upon these sons and daughters of his.

Yeah, mm-hmm.

Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah.

A little louder... I can hardly hear you.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, louder, uh-huh.

Yeah, yeah, I'm back, mm-hmm.

Yeah.

So, so what about it, Ellie, do we go stepping tonight or not?

Mm-hmm, okay, I'll talk to you later.

Yeah, sure, I'll stay out of trouble.

Bye.

Excuse me.

Can you believe this?

I call up four foxy ladies

who used to be absolutely crazy about me

and what do I get?

I get an earful of kids and grandkids and bunions

and rheumatism, falling this and collapsing that.

I tell you, Stevie, it is getting disheartening.

I'm, I'm sorry, do I know you?

I'm Michael, Father Dowling's friend.

Oh, yeah.

Frank says you're connected.

I mean, you, you know some things

that most people don't know.

Yeah.

I know some things about you, Steve.

Like what?

Well, like the time you got Old Man Casey drunk

and you took your friends for a joyride on his truck

while he slept it off in the back.

Uh, how do, how do you know about that?

And the time you stole the statue of St. Teresa

from Sister Martha's classroom?

Actually St. Teresa was flattered.

Now, Steve, that baby that you delivered...

The mother was your best friend Karen.

She was 14 and so very, very frightened.

You remember you took the baby and Karen to the sisters

and you always wondered what had happened to her?

Well, the baby is fine,

Karen's happy and married, and she prays

for you every day.

I promised Karen I would never tell anybody about that

and I never did.

You really are, aren't you?

You are.

I just took a pie out of the oven.

Thought you might like some.

Oh, dear lady, how thoughtful.

I don't know why I took a notion to bake.

I haven't made a rhubarb pie in years.

Rhubarb... my favorite.

How delightful.

Coming, Steve?

Yeah.

You put your thumb on the bottom on the ace.

That way, when you cut the deck,

- it's on the top. - Hey, great.

Hi, Frank. Talk to Rick?

Yeah, after the christening, but I didn't get anywhere.

On top of that I misplaced my missal.

Here it is; you dropped it on the floor.

Oh, well, thank you.

Michael...

would you take another look at your notes

that you made on that cocktail napkin?

Maybe there's something more you can tell me.

Sure.

Here, it...

Down here... I had it here somewhere.

Okay.

Oh.

Maybe it's over here.

Not there.

Okay, I'm not quite there yet.

Got it here someplace.

Maybe it's over here.

I got it.

Uh-huh.

Ah, ah, here it is.

Not much, though, just a, just a bunch of numbers.

What about 'em?

Beats me.

Well, you wrote 'em.

Okay, I confess.

On my way in, what with the rain and all,

I stopped off in Cleveland,

had a few beers just to ward off the chill.

I, I can't exactly remember what these numbers mean.

You know what?

I think I'm gonna go see Sarah.

Bye, Michael.

Bye.

Good luck.

Yeah.

Steve is very special.

Gets a lot of attention up there.

Now, Frank, let me give you some advice.

You've done all you could do.

From here on in you stay out of it.

Personally... I'm going to the track.

Now, wait a minute, you can't do that.

Frank, your friend Rick has made his deal with the devil...

Or Tony Lakka... same thing.

He's made the wrong turn in the road,

which takes it out of my jurisdiction.

Nothing I can do.

So what if Rick has struck a deal with Lakka?

Nothing's happened yet.

Maybe we can still stop them.

It's too late, Frank, leave it alone,

and that's my last word on the subject.

Father Dowling?

There's an article in here about the bishop.

I am not even mentioned once, and it was my idea.

I am sorry, I didn't realize you had company.

Hi, Phil.

Have we met?

No, but I'm sure we will.

Who, who is he?

Oh, he's just passing through.

What's going on here, Frank?

Is he with the church?

Yes, yes, in fact he's quite high up.

I knew it, there's something about him.

Traveling incognito?

You might say that, yes.

Say no more, Frank.

Hmm.

This pie looks wonderful, Marie.

It is... but it's for company.

- Watch it. - Yeah.

Excuse me, Sister.

- Do you want us to take it inside? - This way.

- This, too, huh? - Yes, uh, that one together.

- Right, yes, ma'am. - Yes.

- Hi. - Steve, hi. Ah.

You're three hours early for the christening party.

Oh, well, I just stopped by to say hello.

- Oh. - What is all this stuff?

This isn't all of it.

You have to come inside.

Look, isn't it wonderful?

All of this from Rick's Uncle Tony.

Oh.

Yeah, it's wonderful.

Um, Sarah, do you know who this Uncle Tony is?

Not really.

Why do you ask?

Well, let's just say

that Uncle Tony doesn't give gifts

without getting something back.

Is something wrong, Steve?

There's nothing wrong, honey.

You know, this is a blessed day for my family, Sister.

I'm glad you could share in our happiness.

You're right, this is a special day.

I'll see you guys later, okay?

Kiss Emily for me.

Oh, I will.

Bye.

Burt's waiting for you, boss.

Let's go.

Hey.

Oh, you must be here for the audition.

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

It's all yours, honey.

Thanks.

I got a warehouse on 12th just south of Wabash.

- You know the place? - I know the place.

That's where the Gurriera Brothers got it.

I need the delivery made tonight.

You realize this is not

the easiest item to put your hands on?

Deal goes off tomorrow.

Now, don't disappoint me.

You can count on me, Tony. It'll be there.

Half now, half on delivery.

You got it.

Well... that's it.

Got to go. Sayonara.

Hey!

Not so fast.

Hi, Frank.

Hi.

Oh, I keep losing my missal.

Well, why don't you tie it around your neck, like mittens?

Ha, ha. Where have you been?

Well, there I was, slicing and dicing,

the onions and the bean sprouts were flying

- all over the place... - What are you talking about?

Well, I went back to that Japanese restaurant

- and did a little snooping around. - Steve.

And I got caught

- trying to get into Lakka's office. - What?

Well, it turned out okay, though,

because they thought that I was there to audition for the chef.

That's the slicing and dicing part.

And the lucky part is that I auditioned at Lakka's table,

so I overheard him tell some guy named Burt

to make a delivery tonight at a warehouse

that Tony owns over on 12th and Wabash.

- Delivery of what? - He didn't say.

But it's got something to do with Rick?

Sure looks that way, Frank.

Uh, well, thank God you got out of there all right.

Well, it wasn't easy, you know.

As I was leaving, this big goon comes up,

and he grabs me, and he spins me around.

What happened?

I start Wednesday.

Raw squid, Frank. All you can eat.

Ew!

God is in his heaven, Marie. What could be wrong?

I didn't see you come in.

Please, please, dear lady, finish your tea.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

I-I never get tired.

You're worried about Mildred and her medical tests.

Father Dowling told you.

Not exactly.

But you are worried, aren't you?

I'm worried sick.

Now, I-I pray for Mildred, I'm lighting candles.

I'm even saying a novena, but...

But you don't know if God will answer your prayers.

Oh, Mother taught us that God answers everyone's prayers.

It's just that sometimes the answer is no.

But God never said no to my mother.

Gee, I remember when Mildred was sick...

She had pneumonia...

And my mother, God bless her, sat up all night

by Mildred's bed saying her rosary,

and in the morning, that fever was broken.

But you-you see, my mother was a very good woman.

She was sweet and devout.

And I'm not as sweet as I should be.

And I'm not as devout as I could be.

I don't pray all that much.

Mildred is gonna be fine.

She is?

Yeah. You see, you're a very good person,

Marie, and if you fix me some lunch,

you're gonna be an even better person.

Marie, have you seen Michael?

Didn't you pass him on the way in?

He was in here?

He was here just a second ago.

How could he disappear so quickly?

Well, he's had a lot of practice.

Uh, look if he shows up again,

will you tell him we'd like to see him, please?

Bye.

So, what do we do now?

I'm not sure.

Maybe visit a certain warehouse?

Over there.

Where's that truck?

It's late.

Get the other door there.

Good. There.

Here you go, Burt.

Right.

You guys call Danny here

when you're through with the paint job.

He'll, uh, take a look at it.

And, uh, let's do nice work here, huh?

Okay, Mr. Lakka.

How's that, sir?

Looking good.

Burt, talk to you.

There can't be any mistakes tomorrow.

I'm gonna be there.

Come on, Father.

Where are you taking me?

Church.

Let's go inside.

Frank?

Shh.

Bless me, Father.

You're gonna hear my confession.

Go ahead, Mr. Lakka.

Tomorrow morning,

a Morgan Security armored car is scheduled

to pick up a shipment of diamonds.

It'll never get there.

Rick told me the route they're taking,

and, uh, we have a fake armored car waiting.

We hijack their armored car, ours picks up the diamonds,

and Tony Lakka's back in business.

You have no intention of resisting temptation?

Nope.

Without that, or remorse,

I cannot give you absolution.

You can't talk about it, either.

To anyone.

See you around.

Let's go.

Oh, Frank... are you okay?

Yeah.

Well, what happened?

I can't tell you about it, Steve.

Yeah, I understand that, but what is the problem?

I never used to have trouble finding a floating game.

Got to go. Bye.

Perhaps I can help.

You can?

Forgive me for overhearing,

but if you're interested in floating games,

I can arrange for you to use the diocesan pool.

It opens at 9:00 in the morning.

Appreciate that, Phil, but some other time.

Uh...

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

- I-I... I don't mean to pry... - Mm-hmm.

But I'm aware that you have some standing in the church...

- Mm-hmm. - And I was wondering...

You want to know what certain people think of you?

Well, who wouldn't?

I mean, one is always curious

about the opinion of one's superiors, isn't one?

All I can say is,

those in high places have an eye on you.

Really?

Yes.

If I may be so bold,

how do they see my chances for advancement?

Relax, Father.

You're going to live a very long life.

You're gonna spend it all in the church

doing some interesting work.

I'll always go wherever I'm called.

That's the spirit.

Now, I have a temporary problem.

Could I put the touch on you for $50?

My pleasure.

Wish me luck.

Luck.

Father Prestwick, have you seen Michael?

He was just here.

You didn't see him when you came in?

Did he say where he was going?

No. Why? Is there a problem?

Yes, there is.

We need a miracle.

Frank, I know you're stymied.

You're right about that.

Well, I think I figured out what your problem is.

Tony Lakka takes you into the confessional,

tells you the whole story,

and now you can't act on what he told you.

Now I know that you can't say anything,

but I'm just... I'm just talking out loud here, okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

So there's certain things that I know

and nothing's gonna stop me.

- That's true. - So, listen to this.

I've been putting it together all night, and I think I got it.

I go to the Japanese restaurant,

I hear Tony Lakka saying he's getting an item delivered.

Then we go to the warehouse,

and this huge moving van shows up.

So, I figure that the item inside

has got to be a really big one, right?

Now, I don't go into the warehouse,

so I don't see what's happening but it's my guess...

And I'm thinking like you here, Frank...

That there is an armored car inside that moving van.

What makes you say that?

Because Rick McMasters works for an armored car company,

and why else would Lakka need him for the deal?

So, Tony Lakka takes delivery on an armored car.

The next question I ask myself is why?

Hmm, and what do you answer yourself?

Well, I figure that these guys

are up to no good with this armored car.

Some kind of a heist or something.

Am I right, or am I right?

Well, that's certainly a possibility, I guess.

Well, the only thing that we don't know

is what they're gonna rob, where and when,

just that it's soon.

Yeah, that's true.

But Michael has this napkin.

It's got these numbers on it.

It could be the time and the place or both.

But Michael is gone.

Oh, yeah.

He could be anywhere.

Oh, he probably went for a swim.

A what?

Yeah, the diocesan pool.

Why would he do that?

He said he was looking for a floating game.

I think I know where to start looking.

I've got to go have another talk with Rick.

Or you might try the YMCA.

Here we go.

Eight!

Eight.

We got to talk.

Okay.

Listen, roll the dice for me.

I want them back when I come back.

You having a good time, Michael?

I am having the time of my life.

Oh, come on, don't look at me like that.

I only have 24 hours before I'm due back

and I would like to make the most of it.

I'm going to take my winnings

and go out and have myself a whale of a time.

Hey.

You know, I went to a lot of bars tonight looking for you.

You know what I found out?

It seems that a lot of people in the old neighborhood

remember a guy that fits your description,

a guy named Michael Moore.

Ooh.

Michael Moore was a con man and a thief,

boozed pretty good, had an eye for the ladies.

Sounds like a pretty good man to me.

Yeah, well, they also told me about a fire

in an apartment house.

A lot of old people.

They said that this Michael Moore kept going back

into the house and bringing people out.

And he went back in

until he got every last one of them out.

And then he went back in one more time,

just to make sure,

and the roof collapsed.

He died in that fire.

Michael Moore was a hero.

He couldn't walk away from saving a life.

Hey, Michael, it's your roll.

You in this now?

- Give me the dice. - Bring me luck.

Now you all... all the money.

Put it all... put it all down there.

Come on.

Snake eyes.

How do you like that?

A nun brings me bad luck.

Got to get to work, Father.

You're in trouble, Rick.

I know you made a deal with Tony Lakka,

and I know it's gonna happen today.

Are you going to the police?

Ordinarily I would; I'd have to.

But in this case I can't, and I can't explain to you why.

But you've got to do it, Rick.

You've got to go to the police

and tell them everything you know.

- I can't. - You must.

For Sarah and for Emily.

The police can help you, and I can help you.

You know, you think so, Father; you're wrong.

You can't just cross a man like Tony Lakka and get away with it.

If they don't get me,

they get Sarah and they get Emily.

Rick, wait a minute, listen to me, please.

You've still got a choice.

You're wrong, Father.

My choices were over the day

my family took favors from Tony Lakka.

Did you find him?

Oh, yeah.

What can I say?

It's been a long night.

Drink this.

Thank you.

Mmm, this is powerful stuff.

Can I have another touch of that rhubarb pie, please?

This place where you, uh, work,

do they go by international time?

What?

Military time?

Yeah, that's right.

Well, then this 13:15 could be 1:15 in the afternoon.

Yeah, 1:15.

Frank, that's ten minutes from now.

But where, Michael?

Uh, corner of 31st and Crawford.

Ha, I remembered.

Marie, call Clancy

and tell her we're on the way.

Where's Michael?

It's almost 1:15.

Where are they?

- Over there, Frank, look. - Hmm?

What are they doing here?

It's all over, Tony.

You broke your vows.

No, I didn't.

Frank.

Put the gun down now.

Call an ambulance!

Frank?

Don't die on me, Frank.

He's not breathing, Michael.

Now, let me take a look, Sister.

This was in his pocket all along,

and it stopped this bullet.

Frank?

Oh.

Must have knocked the wind out of me.

You all right?

Yeah.

I suppose so.

Michael's here, Frank.

Hmm?

Michael?

It's okay.

Okay.

When Michael told me that somebody was

about to be taken prematurely,

I-I just thought it was Rick.

So did I.

All the time, it was me.

You know, Steve, I've seen miracles of faith,

love, courage,

the grace of God working through his people,

but I never saw anything like this.

I don't understand.

Neither do I, Frank.

Do you think he'll be back?

I don't know.

I hope so.

I'd like to tell him how grateful I am.

But somehow, I think he knows.

Good-bye.

Oh.

I just got off the phone with my sister, Mildred.

Her tests came back; she's fine.

Oh, that's so great, Marie.

You must be relieved.

Oh, I'll say.

Where's Michael?

I think I'll make him another rhubarb pie.

Well, uh, Michael's gone.

I don't know when he'll be back.

Oh.

Think I'll make a pie anyway.

Michael's gone.

Oh.

Michael's concluded his business?

That's right.

I had some wonderful ideas I wanted to share with him.

Notions about fund-raising, financial restructuring.

And there's the matter of the $50 he owes me.

It's a $50 bill.

Where did this come from?