Touched by an Angel

Go on now, boys. Eat your breakfast. We gotta get to school.

Yeah, your lunches are almost ready.

Hank, leave me alone. Ew. Hank! What? I'm not doing anything.

Hank. AMY: Hank.

He gave me a wet willie.

Hank. Hank.

We're out of milk. AMY: Well, I'll pick some up on my way home.

Hey, Noah, what do you wanna do for your birthday?

Have a party?

Yeah, right. Who'd come?

Hey, of course you can have a party.

All right, come on. Let's get a move on.

Time and school wait for no man, or boys.

These are the Monroes.

They seem like a very happy family.

Well, they are, for the moment.

Are they my assignment?

No, just Hank over there. He's yours. The parents are mine.

Huh? What about the wee boy?

Noah? Whose is he?

That's yet to be determined.

I hate elevator music.

Thank you.

So, um, is this them? Mmm-hmm.

And they work in the same office building?

And they live in two different worlds.

His name is Ray. He needs you to help him

unburden himself of a great secret.

And this is? His name is Grant.

He has a secret, too, and more guilt than any one man deserves.

He's had some hard times, and they're about to get harder.

Okay. Now what?

Push the button.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Hello there.

My name is Monica, and I'll be your server today.

Hi. And you are?

My name? Uh-huh.

My name is Hank.

Hank, what can I get for you?

What's the special?

Ah, well, actually, the special isn't very special at all.

Um, I'll have a chocolate sundae.

Great. That'll be right up, and I'll be right back.

I need one snow-covered black cow with a siren on top.

There you go.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You looked the other way.

When people look the other way, you can lose a French fry,

or something a lot more precious.

Maybe even their soul.

Hello there. Sit down here, Angel Girl.

Now this is going to be one nasty case.

We've got six puzzle pieces

and we've got to fit them together and make a pretty picture,

and I'm not just talking about puzzle pieces,

I'm talking about six human lives.

Now we've got six hands between us,

and we're gonna have to use each of them on this case.

When's Mom coming home?

Oh, any minute.

She has a new partner at work and she's showing her the ropes.

Dad, I know what I want for my birthday.

Great. What? A little brother.

No. No more little brothers. They're a pain.

Hank.

And, Noah, your Mom and I aren't having any more children.

It's not fair. Hank got me.

And you're all we can handle.

Well, I either want a little brother, or some paints.

Paints we can do.

Hey, Noah, paint my picture.

Dad.

Hank. What?

Hello?

Hi. This is Tess, my new partner.

This is Jake and Noah and Hank.

Nice to meet you, Tess.

Well, I'd shake your hand, but, uh...

That's quite all right.

Hello there, little one.

I'm gonna be nine on Saturday.

Well, I've heard that boys are at their smartest at age nine.

Can you stay for dinner, Tess? Yes, I can, and I will.

Set another place, would you, Hank?

I'm already on it.

Tess sold three houses today.

You're kidding? That's great.

I've never seen anything like it.

Beginner's luck, huh, Tess?

I think not.

Hank, could you pour the milk, please?

It's in the bag on the counter. Oh, all right.

Thank you. Oh, you're welcome.

No, it's not. Thank you.

Oh, I forgot the milk?

No. Look under the lettuce, baby.

Oh, yeah, there it is.

Hey, Noah, you look just like this dorky kid who's lost on the milk carton.

Hank.

No, I'm serious. Look.

Hank, stop it.

All right, all right.

There you are.

Morning.

It's a nice day.

I'm new in the building. My name's Andrew.

And, and you are? Getting off here.

Strike one. Morning.

Hello. How are you doing, son?

I'm fine. Great, great.

Nice looking jacket. Where'd you get that? Didn't pay retail, did you?

Tell me you did not pay retail.

Uh, no, no, no.

I, I don't buy my own clothes. They're given to us.

Oh, a perk. Good, good,

but if you ever need something like that you let me know

'cause I got a guy.

You got a guy? Got a guy.

You're new in the building, aren't you? I'm Ray.

Andrew. Ray Bishop.

Glad to meet you. If you ever need anything,

or if you know anybody needs anything, you let me know because...

You got a guy. I got a guy.

Actually, uh, Ray, I got a question for you.

Good talking to you. See you again sometime, Andrew.

Strike two.

All right, it's begun.

No, it's too soon. Tess, we're not ready.

We're ready when we have to be,

and right now we have to be.

Morning. Hey, how are you doing, Andy?

Yeah, it's Andrew, and I'm good, I'm good. Hmm.

I was wondering, what, what kind of work do you do?

A little this, a little that. How about you?

I thought that we were talking about you. We did.

Hi, Ray.

Hey, how'd you do that?

You know,

usually I spend a lot more time than this on a case,

but I just don't have much on this one, that I know.

What are you talking about?

You're not gonna make this easy, are you,

so I'm just gonna hit you with it all at once.

Don't touch me.

Ray, I'm an angel.

And I have been sent to you by God to give you a message.

God?

God. Uh-huh.

God knows what you've done, Ray,

and he wants you to remember this. The truth will set you free.

Mmm-hmm, well, whoever set you free made a big mistake.

Talk about cutting to the chase.

Tess, I just don't have the time.

You have less than you think.

Okay, then I'll go find Grant.

I'll find his office.

Grant doesn't come to work anymore.

Uh-oh. You said it.

He's in apartment 761.

Grant?

Grant, are you home?

Closing time, Hank. You all right?

You haven't said a word since you got here.

I don't know what to say, or who to say it to.

Well, how about your friends?

You know, there are some things you just can't talk to your friends about.

Well, how about your parents?

Usually, yes. This time, no.

Well, you can talk to me if you like.

I saw one of those milk cartons.

You know, with the missing kids faces on the back.

And one of them looked just like my little brother Noah.

I see. And you think that it might be Noah?

I don't know what to think.

I went through our photo albums

to look for his baby pictures and...

There's none of him when he was born and stuff.

What do you think that means? It means it's weird.

But I don't know what that means.

Does it frighten you? No.

Maybe a little.

Hank, go home.

Tell your parents how you feel and see what they say.

You think? Yes.

Now go on. I have to clean up in here.

I could help you.

You're very sweet, but I'll have it done in no time.

Okay.

Good night, Hank.

Good night.

Got it? Yeah.

What kind of party do you want, pal?