Mysterious Ways (2000) s01e10 Episode Script

Amazing day, huh?
Oh, yeah.
Tickets to the Blazers.
Just talking about the day, man.
Look at it out here.
I swear, higher building, bluer sky.
What's wrong?
Your parents are hassling
you again, aren't they?
They got a point.
No future in window washing, man.
No security, not saving
any money, that's for sure.
Look, they're just mad because
you're not wearing a suit.
I mean, so what, you want to
be like your sister, the lawyer?
Hey, she's 25, she's on the partnership
track, and she makes a ton of dough.
And she's the poster
child for job stress.
I mean, God, look at this.
What more can you ask for?
I gave my notice today.
What?
Can't be a kid the
rest of my life, right?
Oh, man.
Cindy, the directions, where are they?
Never mind.
Holly
You investigate, what did you call it?
- Miraculous phenomena.
- Miraculous phenomena.
Peg !
Do you see the guy down in room 26?
Just a sec, Declan.
- Huh?
- Just one second.
Did you
Hola.
Mucho trabajo.
That's for patients.
Do you see the Caballero in room 26?
Hm?
Maybe you don't speak Spanish.
Do you see the fellow in room 26?
He fall from a story building
200 feet to his bottom
with no broken bones.
Not a scratch on his hiney, nothing.
Two hundred feet.
Two hundred feet!
Si!
Si!
Maybe you don't believe me.
You should see this for yourself.
Come on !
You got any more questions, guys?
Hey, no, it's all right.
It's all right.
I think you should just get some rest.
I'm fine, Mom.
Really, I'm fine.
I feel great.
Can I help you?
Yes, I'm Peggy Fowler.
I'm with the hospital.
A psychiatrist ?
Why do I need a psychiatrist?
You don't.
I just thought I'd come by and see if you
or your family needed someone to talk to.
He's all right, isn't he?
I mean, the doctor said
We're just keeping him in the
hospital overnight for observation.
Oh, yes, he's all right.
I spoke with the doctor.
So, all this media attention, it's
a little bit overwhelming, isn't it?
Oh, yes it is.
The phones have been ringing constantly.
You gotta admit, what happened
to him was pretty amazing, huh?
This is Declan Dunn.
You at the hospital too?
No, Professor Dunn teaches over at NOU.
Oh, really?
I'm at OSU, English Lit?
Which department are you?
Anthropology.
He's just a friend of mine
Shadowing her for the day, the day.
Well, more like a year.
Oh.
They got cable in here?
I don't want to miss the news.
You ever been on TV, George?
Me?
No, are you kidding?
Amazing how many reporters crawl out
of the woodwork for this sort of thing.
You'd think they'd be more
interested in the real news.
Well, it's pretty incredible
what happened to him, sir.
I think most people
wouldn't walk away from that.
It is remarkable.
I mean, we're thrilled that George is alright.
We just wish he'd get some
recognition for his accomplishments.
rather than for an accident.
I've got a run,
pre-trial motion to file.
Oh yes, full docket today.
Will you be alright, dear?
Hands off the nurses.
You're the luckiest guy alive, George.
Think about it.
You have a pretty nice family.
Yeah.
They just want the best for me.
Susan, she thinks it's a sign.
What do you think?
I think I just fell 200 feet and lived.
If it's not a sign from God, then,
what is it?
It's luck, Declan.
200 feet?
Lucky or not, people don't
walk away from 200 foot falls.
They tend to splat.
Okay, it is remarkable.
And you don't think it's
a little bit weird, too,
that he should meet me
here in this hospital?
- You?
- Yeah.
He's exactly the same as
I was after my avalanche.
He's a little confused,
a little disoriented,
trying to figure out
the meaning of stuff.
If there is meaning
Peggy, don't play the
coincidence card on me, please.
I mean, there's meaning here.
Okay, it is amazing.
And go ahead, investigate the miracle.
Just be careful.
Careful of what?
You took the avalanche as
a sign to change your life.
George may not be ready to do that.
I wasn't ready at first either, Peg.
You should have seen me.
It took me weeks to
sort out how I felt about
what was going on.
But you made the decision
to change your life.
And George needs to make the
decision to change his life, too.
It doesn't need to be
made by somebody else.
See ya.
Okay, okay, he bounced off the building.
And that slowed him
down a little, right?
A little.
Then he bounced off the tree and
that slowed him down even more, right?
A little.
How much is a little?
Less than a lot.
How much, how much less than a lot?
A little.
Could you close those?
These?
I can't see the computer with that glare.
Great view here.
So you're an architect, huh?
You design these things?
Used to, now I run the firm.
What can I do for you?
I was wondering if
I could talk to you
about your body shop guys.
They, uh
I can't
They won't let me in there to see the car
without your permission, so I thought
Why do you want to look at the car?
Might have something to do with it.
He landed on it, so I'd like
to take a look at it if I could.
Whatever, just as long as it
doesn't screw up my insurance.
I've had enough trouble
explaining this to them as it is.
Right, I bet.
It's a tough thing to explain, huh?
You're parked there, and next thing you know,
this guy falls out of the sky into your car.
But lucky, huh?
Lucky?
For George.
Lucky for George.
I mean, you know, if you'd have
pulled away a second earlier
Pancake City, right
there on the pavement.
I guess it's one of those things about
being at the right place at the right time.
Fate, huh?
Yeah, maybe.
Yes.
I told him the permits are screwed up.
He's going to have to wait.
It's that all ?
Yeah.
You mean
Do me a favor.
Would you call the body shop about
the car so I can get in there?
- Fine. It's fine.
- Okay.
So it's a classic, yeah?
Yep.
That's why it's expensive to fix.
About to get parts for her?
I got my sources.
I'll bet.
A gold mine you got going here, huh?
Strictly legit.
It's expensive, you gotta find
all the original materials.
Like these tops, hard to come by.
Especially these 79s.
The material's a lot stronger.
Strong enough to break somebody's fall?
Sure.
From 200 feet?
Not a chance.
You ready?
Bombs away.
Come on.
Maybe the barbells
weighed a little too much.
Nor the added weight compensates
for the shorter distance.
Okay.
Maybe we should try and get the same
specific material that they used
in the convertible top, you know?
Try it again.
Declan.
It might make a difference.
Yeah, maybe his skull wouldn't
have cracked open completely.
The tarp was as strong as the
original material, Declan, and
Thanks.
- You bet.
- Cool office !
Must be fun, teaching
about bones and stuff.
It's all right.
Teaching's cool.
Students are the best part of it though.
What about you?
Bet you're ready to
go back to work, huh?
Actually, no.
I quit that morning, just before I fell.
Really?
Re-man now.
Alright.
Okay.
How's that feel?
To be honest, I don't know.
My sister keeps saying that
what happened was a wake-up call.
I guess I'm just waiting for God to
tell me what happens next, you know?
Yep, I do know.
I know exactly what you mean, man.
A few years back, I was out skiing by
myself and I got trapped in an avalanche.
Wow !
I was under the snow,
just run out of oxygen,
and all of a sudden a
shovel hit me in the head.
It's my own personal wake-up call.
That is so weird.
I mean, the same kind of
thing happening to both of us.
Yep.
So I know exactly how you feel.
You're wondering what
you're gonna do next, right?
Yeah, yeah, and how do you know?
You gotta find your fuel, George.
You gotta find your passion.
Before my accident, I didn't
have much direction in my life.
I drank too much.
I was angry at the world.
I slept too much.
I had a job, but I didn't
get anything out of it.
So you quit?
No.
No, didn't quit.
Same job I have right now.
I found my fuel man.
I found what it is that gets
me out of bed in the morning.
I found my passion.
What was it?
Amazing coincidences.
Miraculous phenomena.
- Cool.
- Yeah.
What's the one thing that you've never
done that you've always wanted to do?
Building things.
Skyscrapers.
Taller the better.
You mean like, uh An architect?
Yeah.
What ?
That woman whose car you landed in.
Guess what line of work she's in?
Hello?
Anybody here?
Miss Pearson?
What can I do for you?
I'm sorry.
Is this a bad time?
This is Peggy Fowler.
We're here to talk to you
about, um, George Mannheim.
Remember, landed three-year roofier
Miss Pearson, you're not going to believe this,
but George has always wanted to be an architect.
It's been his dream since he was little
to build skyscrapers and the big
buildings and stuff like that.
And since you're an architect, and he wants
to be an architect, I just thought maybe
He doesn't have any experience, but if
you could give him a job, any kind of job.
Can he start Monday?
This morning?
My office assistant quit today.
Today?
Pay isn't good, you'll
see how things get done.
Could help him get into
architecture school.
Now if you'll excuse me.
- Yeah.
- Sure.
Thanks.
So glad I could be of help.
Me too.
Thanks.
I don't care what the contractor says.
If we go any higher, we'll
have to mitigate the setback.
George, this should be
alphabetical by client.
Right.
No, you're alphabetizing by project.
Oh. So when you say client
I mean the actual last
name of the actual client.
Right. So this would be Tate?
No, that's the name of the building.
The client is
- Adele Pearson and partners.
- No, that's us.
Look, just leave it.
Cindy!
Well, wasn't this nice?
A family lunch on
George's first day of work.
Your tie is fine, George.
We're so proud of you, dear.
Mom, it's just an assistant job.
Which will lead to excellent
opportunities for you, son.
You've got it in you.
Excellent opportunities.
Excellent opportunities for you, son.
I mean you've got it in you.
Yeah.
Oh, that reminds me.
Talk to Fred Jamison over
at OSU's architecture school.
What?
Set up a luncheon meeting
for you next Tuesday.
I thought the deposition was at three.
She's such a fireball
I'm such a fireball
She's such a fireball
We get you in there, you take classes
at night, earn your degree on the job.
If we can get you in there.
If we can get you in there.
Take classes at night.
Night courses.
Night classes.
Earn your degree.
Earn your degree.
Earn your degree while you work.
On the job.
On the job.
I think you're going to like this.
Sure beats Legos, huh?
Thank you, George.
Declan!
Hey, George.
What are you doing here?
Well, I just came by to see how
your first day was going, man.
I think I'm gonna quit.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do it.
I'm just saying you should
think about it first.
So does your boss snatch
at you a couple of times.
Probably all day long.
So does mine.
It's no big deal.
Look, this woman Adele's got this
There's still something going on.
I don't know what it is, George.
It's got nothing to do with you.
Just do me a favor.
Give it a couple more
days, what do you say? Hm?
It's too perfect, George.
I mean, you wanna be
an architect, right?
Right?
She's an architect in
need of an assistant.
Sounds like it's meant to be to me.
People call me weird.
That's because you are weird.
So I brought it.
What's it say?
Winds, 36 miles per hour.
All right.
Declan, you're gonna get
arrested for littering.
No, I'm not.
You notice anything?
There's an updraft.
Aha!
No way.
Yeah way.
Declan, George is heavier
than a piece of toilet paper.
Believe it or not, I knew that.
I talked to all the shop owners
up and down the street here.
They say the street is
like a variable wind tunnel.
Comes ripping down here.
So I called the weather channel, right?
You have their number?
Of course.
I love the weather.
Yeah, weather's cool.
Yeah, it is.
So check it out.
Did some research.
Turns out the wind this time of
year never blows below 25 knots.
Sometimes blows higher than 40 knots.
It picks up speed as it comes
off the river up there, right?
The heat rises from the city.
pushes the wind up and
funnels it right through here.
Now, the buildings around here
act like a, what do you call it?
Like capellos, sucking the wind down,
increasing the air pressure as it comes up,
and blowing the wind right
up the side of the boat.
You're learning.
Now, the day George had his accident,
I called the Weather Channel.
The records indicate the
wind was blowing at 56 knots.
- Still
- Now, I know.
Listen, you said, look, look.
You said, see the tree down there?
Mm-hmm.
Didn't you say if you hit
the tree at the right angle
it would sufficiently or at least
substantially decrease its airspeed?
Right?
I said a little.
but it is possible that a lot of a littles
could add up to a little bit more than a little.
- A lot?
- Enough.
So there you have it.
No miracles.
Declan, in order for this guy to survive,
everything had to be in exactly the right place
at exactly the right time.
It is possible
but it's still weird.
Hey.
There's George.
Hey, George!
George, up here !
What's up, dude ?
She fired him.
Yeah, just like that.
That woman has a bug up her patoothe.
Did he say why she fired on him?
Yeah, because he asked
her how she's doing.
Since she was a little
aggravated, said, how you doing?
Bang, there goes your job, pal.
That's why she fired him?
Declan.
Yeah, that and a little incident involving
a little fire with a copying machine,
but that was an accident
that could happen to anybody.
You know what I mean?
Declan, let it go.
He'll get another job.
Yeah, but it's almost so muah.
This one was perfect for him.
Things just happen.
There's no big plan.
It's just the way it is.
Renee!
Declan Dunn, meet Dr. Renee Barber.
She's my mentor.
She heads up the Trott County
Adoption Placement Program.
It's nice to meet you.
Pleasure.
Peggy's off and spoke of you.
Nice things, I hope.
What brings you here?
Oh, they brought a patient
of mine here last night.
He's up in cardiology.
I was hoping you could look in on
him for me from time to time.
Of course we can.
Oh, it fine.
I knew I shouldn't try to
lug all these files with me.
Adele Pearson ?
Do you know her?
Yes, we do.
Declan, you're not
supposed to read that.
Give me that.
She's looking for a daughter
or something. That's it?
Oh, yes.
She's been petitioning to discover
her whereabouts for years now.
It's a very difficult situation.
I'm sorry, we shouldn't have read that.
I know it's confidential.
Oh, it was an accident.
Oh, and here's the file.
Are we still on for Friday?
You bet.
Okay, good.
Nice to meet you.
I'll look in on him.
Did you see that?
She's the one who denied
Adele's petition for the
You weren't supposed to read that.
Oh, I wasn't?
Oh, imagine this.
Adele's been looking for the daughter
she gave up 25 years ago, right?
The adoption agency that denies a
petition is headed up by your mentor,
who we just happened to
bump into in the hallway.
who just happened drops that file on the floor.
- You don't think this is a little
- Weird?
Good word.
You looked at my file?
Well, it spilled on the
floor, so it was an accident.
I mean, actually,
maybe that's the point.
My friend Declan thinks
maybe I was supposed to see it.
Oh, right.
You were meant to help
me find my daughter.
Well, meant to or not,
I'd like to help you, and I think I can.
Please, Dr. Fowler, please.
I can't take always one more
avenue, always a dead end.
This was my last chance appealing directly
to the head of the program, and now
I can't get my hopes up anymore.
I just can't take it.
- I know.
- No, you don't.
Well, you're right.
I don't know.
I don't know your pain
or the exact taste of it.
But I do know what it's
like to be without hope.
And I do know what it's like to run from that
feeling by being busy and how that doesn't work.
Let me help you.
Please.
So put it behind you, dude.
I mean, you know, move on.
That job wasn't the right one for you.
I'm sure there's other things in the world
you've never tried that you want to try, right?
I don't know, man.
I do like climbing.
That's a picture of Peru.
It's nice.
Yeah, mountain climbing's good.
You, uh
You know, you could be a park
ranger, maybe, or a Sherpa.
A what?
A Sherpa.
It's like a A guide.
I also like computers.
Computers are cool.
Computers are really cool.
George, dude, you're gonna
search and you're gonna find.
Trust me, it's all gonna
come clear to you soon.
And you're gonna say,
dude, that's my fuel.
That's what it is.
I don't know for sure.
I guarantee it.
I swear to God. I promise.
You're gonna find it,
you're gonna know.
It's hospital policy, and there's
good reason for that policy.
Peggy, I already tried to contact the
woman's daughter, but I couldn't find her.
Which means she may
not want to be found.
But you don't know that for sure.
I mean, maybe I could find her.
You know, like a neutral third party.
Don't you have enough on your plate?
You're always complaining about how
you don't have time for yourself.
She's desperate, Renee.
I mean, come on, that's what we do.
This is our job.
We help people make contact
with themselves and each other.
This is an amazing coincidence, a great
opportunity that's just dropped into our lap.
Please, Renee.
You know, if Adele's daughter doesn't want to
make contact with her, I'll respect her choice.
Then I'll back off.
If you can find her.
George.
I'll be right there, man.
- Ready ?
- Yeah.
Hey, I really appreciate you
getting me this job, man.
Hey, man, it's no problem.
Guy at the computer lab, his daughter had a
little trouble in my class, so I, you know
Really it's great.
Oh, man, I gave her a second chance.
Hey, you know, I don't have a
lot of experience with computers.
You know that, right?
Yeah, but you do, uh, like them.
I mean, you said to me that
computers were a thing that you had.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Dude, I got like the third
highest score ever in Quake 3.
George.
What?
Susan, what are you doing here?
Forgot your wallet in my car yesterday.
Wow, thank you.
First day of the new job?
Yeah.
Try to make it last
this time, all right?
You don't put in the effort,
you don't get the rewards.
Hi, I'm Declan.
We met at the hospital.
Hi.
Listen, if you need to
talk, call me, alright?
I can handle the job, Susan.
Thank you.
I've gotta go.
Good luck.
No pressure.
Yeah, none.
Looking for something?
Yes, actually, I'm
I can't seem to find 821 Rosemont.
Tore it down.
Sweet little house.
Whole neighborhood used
to be little houses.
Tore most of them down for these.
So you lived here then?
Born and raised on this street.
Well, I'm trying to find
someone who used to live at 821.
- The Teals.
- That's right.
- They adopted
- A little girl.
Terrible.
- What ?
- They died in a car accident.
The whole family?
No.
The little girl was with her aunt.
Mother's sister.
She took her in afterwards.
You wouldn't happen to
know where the aunt lives.
Do you know her name?
Same as her sister, Teal.
Do you know the little girl's name?
Do you know where I
might be able to find her?
Sorry.
Well, thank you.
You've been very helpful.
- A kin of yours?
- No.
They kin of yours?
No.
But you're looking for
somebody, somebody who's yours.
No, I'm trying to help
someone find her daughter.
Hope you find what
you're looking for, too.
Oh no !
What the
Paper cut.
I don't know the daughter's name.
But I did find out the name of her
new adoptive mother, Virginia Teal.
Oh yeah?
Yeah, it's her maiden name.
She got married.
How'd you find that out?
City records.
Nothing online goes this far
back, so I had to go downtown.
So now our baby girl's new adoptive
mother has a new last name, Smith.
Can you believe it?
She actually married
a guy named Bob Smith.
Do you have any idea how
many Bob Smiths there are?
No.
A lot?
Yeah.
A lot.
But I mean, it gets better and then
it gets worse because they divorced.
So now there's no record of the mother
anywhere as either Teal or Smith.
Maybe she got married again.
Change her name.
Jones.
Who knows?
If it isn't in Portland, then it's
not going to be in city records.
I'm looking for a girl whose name I don't know,
whose mother has just fallen off the radar.
Well, if you need me to tap into
anything, I can use the university system.
University.
They both went to
University of Washington.
- Maybe it's on one of those
- Alumni bulletin boards.
We've got one.
We do?
Yeah, you wouldn't be interested.
There's not a lot of pictures.
Okay, here it is.
Right, okay, so post an inquiry
for Virginia Teal Smith.
I don't know.
She didn't want her adopted
daughter her birth mother.
Well, I don't know, but I mean,
this is the only lead I've got.
- I mean, if this doesn't work, I'll
- You don't know what you'll what?
I don't know, but I'll
find something else.
Well, Peg.
Well, what?
I haven't seen you this
worked up since we first met.
Remember how hard you looked for that kid's
grandfather, the kid that fell through the ice?
Yeah, yeah.
You found him?
Putting families together is
really important to you, isn't it?
Yeah.
Doesn't matter.
Whatever the reason, it's a good thing.
I met this elderly man who said he
hopes I find what I'm looking for.
Which is what?
My father.
My parents divorced when I was ten.
And we moved in with my mother,
and I only saw him a few times.
And then nothing.
What do you mean nothing ?
Yeah, like nothing.
I haven't seen my father since I was 14.
So, I may not find what I'm looking for,
but maybe, maybe Adela
and her daughter will.
There's all kinds of family, Pig.
Dr. Fowler.
Oh, thank you.
I'll be right there.
George Mannheim's in the ER.
What?
Staph infection, and
they say it's not good.
It is one of the fastest moving
staph infections I've ever seen.
From a paper cut.
Move past his elbow.
His whole system is septic.
But you've got it under control.
Time will tell.
I think we got the antibiotics into
him in time, but he's still critical.
From a paper cut ?
I pushed him too far.
Declan.
What?
You were right.
I should have listened to you. I
You know, he should He has to
He's got to come to his conclusion on his
own, make his own decisions in his own life.
I can't
I shouldn't Not only did I push him
too far, but in the wrong direction.
I mean, look at him,
he's a mess.
Declan, wait a second.
You're saying, to prove that he was
pushed in the wrong direction.
the Big Kahuna got him fired
and gave him a staph infection ?
Big Kahuna?
No, I'm just saying that
I mean, all right, look, he
had a job that he clearly loved.
He fell 200 feet to the ground,
not a scratch on his butt.
Then he gets in a job that
he's kind of lukewarm about,
gets a paper cut, and ends up in
the hospital, almost ends his life.
Now somebody or something
is clearly yelling at him.
Well, maybe.
Or maybe not.
I mean, if something is trying to tell him
something, we may never figure out what that is.
I mean, come on, you
can't explain everything.
And if you try to assign reason
to it, you just get confused.
Peggy.
What?
You've got mail.
It's her.
We found her.
It's Virginia, the adoptive mother.
25 years is a long time.
And I understand if you are nervous,
I too am nervous.
Terrified, more like it.
But for years, there's been an
emptiness in my life that I can't ignore.
An emptiness that has
left me incomplete.
November 29, 1975.
Her birthday?
Yes.
She uses it as her screen name.
I cried for an hour when I saw it.
I can't thank you enough.
I'm ashamed I was so rude to you.
That's okay.
I understand.
So the adoptive mother didn't mind
putting you in touch with your daughter.
They're both still a bit nervous.
Won't give me any names or numbers.
But at least we're in contact by email.
Have you suggested meeting her?
Yes.
But she's wary.
I understand that.
We'll give her time.
Hang in there.
Try and stop me.
Did I leave this dump
on my own two feet?
With your record, our
liability won't take it.
Best thing for you now, George,
is fresh air, moderate exercise.
Oh, and Keep your arm moving.
Get the circulation back.
Doc, when you say fresh air, you mean
like outside fresh air? Fresh air.
Yep.
Window washing.
This fall wasn't a
sign to change my life?
No.
Maybe he was just telling you your
life was fine the way it was, huh?
Twenty stories up.
Maybe that's the safest
place for you, huh?
Back where you started.
Tell you what, man.
Why won't you get out of here
on your own two feet ?
You don't need me.
Thank you.
Get out of here.
I'm sorry.
- How do I look ?
- Happy.
I waited 25 years for this day,
and now I'm a nervous wreck.
Yeah, but a
beautiful nervous wreck.
- Declan
- What ?
So where are you going to meet her?
Across the street at the Statue.
Well Here goes.
Declan!
Hey! George!
How you doing, man?
Oh, it's great, man.
Look at this awesome day.
Yeah, it's pretty awesome!
Happy to have your old job back?
Dude, this is it.
This is my fuel.
How does your family deal with it?
Hey, that's their problem, right?
I'm up here, fresh air,
great view, doing what I love.
Cool.
Go ahead.
- What ?
- Tell him.
Hey, George, man, I'm
I'm sorry that I pushed
you in the wrong direction.
Oh man, it's not your fault.
I had to find out for myself, right?
Hey, it all comes
clear eventually, right?
You bet.
- Declan.
- What?
Isn't that Look, isn't that
It's his sister.
Hey, George!
Is that your sister?
Yeah.
She's meeting her birth mother today.
Pretty cool, huh?
She's adopted?
Yeah.
Didn't I tell you that?
Sister's meeting the architect
She's the one.
- That's cool.
- Yeah.
Well, how about that?
Once his mission is complete the hero
returns back to his ordinary world, but
with a reward.
The knight comes back
with the Holy Grail.
Moses returns from the
mountaintop with the tablets.
Jason with the golden fleece.
Mm-hmm.
They also come back with knowledge.
Like Luke Skywalker being
reconciled with his father?
Yes.
Or like Dorothy, finally realizing
there's no place like home.
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