Touched by an Angel (1994) s02e09 Episode Script
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1 â« â« ( cooing ) 4:59.
Just in time.
WOMAN: Good afternoon.
Chamberlain Bank.
Bye-bye.
Next, please.
Uh-huh.
Here you go.
I hate to pry, but what are you doing in here, Miss Wings? I'm returning this.
Benji never wore his hair like that.
Oh.
Well, I thought I'd put it in the lost and found.
Angel, baby, you are so cute when you are naive.
WOMAN: Chamberlain Bank.
MAN: All right, then shut down the factory.
Call Jacobs.
You tell him I want the whole operation up and running in Mexico by the first of the year.
What? What? How many? Do we have anything in writing? Then lay 'em off.
Lay them all off.
Period.
End.
They want to play hardball with me Where was I? Oh.
The divorce.
No divorce, Elizabeth.
It's not a good time.
I'm in delicate negotiations.
Oh, I'm sorry it's inconvenient for you, Max.
I'd hate to interrupt you with something as petty as our marriage while you're busy ruining other people's lives.
That's right.
You want a family.
Well, I'm willing to negotiate.
Next year, one child, one nanny, schools in the city, summers out on the island.
I get to pick the schools, and you get to pick the camp.
When did you get like this, Max? Nick, please, pull over right here.
Elizabeth.
Think about what you're I am not gonna stand here and beg for your love, Max, and I will never let a child of mine beg for it.
It's over.
I don't want you in my life, and I don't want you to be the father of my children.
( Cell phone ringing ) Go ahead and answer it, Max.
( Ringing ) I'm sure it's much more important than me.
All right, have it your way.
( Phone ringing ) ( ringing continues ) Let's go, Nick.
We're late.
( Phone ringing ) You really put up a fight, didn't you, Max? Excuse me.
Did you lose this? No.
Watch yourself.
People get very strange when it comes to money.
I don't know why they put so much faith in that little piece of paper.
It's because they can smell it, touch it, and hold it in their hands.
That's not faith.
That's just smelling, touching, holding something.
How much faith do you have? Well, that's a silly question.
I'm an angel.
Well, what would you do if I told you you didn't have any faith at all? What? Sooner or later every angel finds that out.
Sooner or later.
â« When you walk â« â« Down the road â« â« Heavy burden â« â« Heavy load â« â« I will rise â« â« And I will walk with you â« â« I'll walk with you â« â« Till the sun don't even shine â« â« Walk with you â« â« Every time â« â« I tell you, I'll walk with you â« â« Walk with you â« â« Believe me, I'll walk with you.
â« Be right with you.
So how are you two holding up? Oh, I'm fine, but somebody's a little restless.
Oh, I'm sorry.
We're no longer accepting any deposits.
The bank's closing next week.
I've got to pay my rent and my computer online bill.
We just closed.
Well, look, it's good.
It's from the university.
I'm sure it is, Mr.
Ketter, but as I said, The computer's not accepting any more deposits.
Don't blame the computer.
I know computers.
They don't do anything they're not told to do.
I'm sorry.
Get your sucker? Sure did.
I'm gonna get one, too.
( chuckles ) There you go.
Have a nice night.
Good night.
Evening, Mr.
Chamberlain.
WOMAN: Mr.
Chamberlain.
We've been expecting you.
Follow me, please.
I'm going to need a minute alone, please.
Chamberlain for Bargher.
Listen, I've got to cover these checks.
I've been banking here for three years.
You've never turned it down before.
Isn't that funny? A bank turning away a customer's money.
Well, maybe not funny, but certainly slightly amusing in an ironic sort of KETTER: Listen, I've gotta cover these checks.
I'd like to accommodate you.
What we can do is give you a cashier's check, but there's a fee.
I don't want to pay a fee! What is the matter with you? I've never gone through this before with a teller.
Please, step aside.
I'll get the manager.
And Howard, I want you to pull out the prenuptial, take a look at it and get back to me.
Get back to me.
Mrs.
Crespo, I'm ready.
CHAMBERLAIN: I want the monthly report gross, net.
Absolutely.
I have it all here.
Excuse me.
If you'd like, we can take a look at this in the other office.
The vault.
I'm already late.
Oh, fine.
Very good.
Good.
( Gunshots and shouting ) All right, everybody Don't do it! Don't do it! You, over here right now! Guns on the ground, now! Seven bucks an hour is not worth it.
Kick 'em over here.
Come on, over here! All right, everybody else, over here! Let's go! Let's go! Move it! You two, out there now! Now! What is this? We got all day? I want everybody on the ground with your hands on your head, especially you! ( Woman screams ) Oh, you didn't have to do that! Shut up! Ladies, do you mind? Grab some rug, baby.
Get your hands behind your head! What language do you speak?! Don't! ( Woman crying ) If I let you stand, I gotta let everybody stand.
Well, this is as close to the floor as I get.
All right, no one moves, no one gets hurt.
Keep that in mind.
There's gonna be a quiz later.
Excuse me? Get back down! You don't want to shoot me.
There's a part of you that doesn't want to do this.
You know, you're right, but there's a part of me that does.
Now sit down! I'm not afraid.
Everybody's gotta be a martyr.
Okay, well, maybe you wouldn't mind dying, but how would you like it if I killed her? Ohh! No! No, please, don't.
Come on, come on, come on.
Get down.
It's gonna be all right.
Any more heroes? CHAMBERLAIN: You can have the money.
Excuse me? Take the money.
It's okay.
I own this bank.
Do what he says.
Take the money and go.
Leave everybody alone.
Well, you know, that was the plan, sweetheart.
I mean, there I was standing in line, minding my own business, waiting until it was my time to hold up the bank, and in walks a celebrity.
That's right, folks.
He is an owner.
He owns things, like banks and ships and factories and people like us.
And then he sells us all out and just gets richer! Ladies and gentlemen, the owner of the bank On whose floor you now grovel Mr.
Max Chamberlain.
Just take the money and go.
Sorry, Max.
That won't do.
You walked in, and suddenly I realized this really wasn't about money.
It's between you and me.
Do I know you? No, but I know you, pal.
And that's why we're all here.
Look, if you have a problem with me, let's talk about it.
Just let everybody else You take me seriously, Chamberlain, or you will be sorry.
Tess, we can't just sit here.
Shh! Listen to what he's saying.
He's not here for the money, and we're not here to protect the money.
He's here for an altogether different reason, and we can't do anything until we find out what that reason is, so cool it, cool it.
You're obviously a very bright man.
Well, thanks.
I like your suit.
I mean, you know, not so much now, but when you came in.
Well, my point being is that you're too smart to do something stupid.
Do not do not attempt to handle me! Okay, Maxwell? Now, Max, for those folks playing at home, would you care to tell us what you're doing in this nice little bank? Not especially.
( Imitates buzzer sound ) Wrong answer! My father built this bank.
Oh, I see.
So you're here for sentimental reasons.
I see.
Oh, go on.
He gave me a safety deposit box when I was six years old, and I intend to empty it out before I close this bank.
Note the visual aid, folks Late, great dad, bank founder.
Greedy, selfish, money-grubbing, scummy son, bank closer.
I don't see anybody taking notes here! Please! Now, Max, I got plenty of time.
I, for one, would love to see what's in that safety deposit box and get to know you a little better before I I'm getting a little ahead of myself.
Who else would love to see what's inside Daddy's deposit box? Who wants to be class helper? What does this have to do with anything? A volunteer! You are the assistant manager.
Am I right? You have the keys to the safety deposit box.
Is that right? Now for the jackpot, will you give them to me? You and you, empty the vault.
Fetch.
You don't have time for this! Max, you and I have an appointment with destiny.
Do not be a clock-watcher! The police will be here any minute.
Well, you know, little Alison was a little busy.
She didn't quite have time to hit that panic button, did you? Now move.
Okay, one more volunteer.
You, bigmouth, go help them clean out the vault, and if they don't do exactly what I say, you can talk 'em to death! It's okay, baby.
Go ahead.
Would you mind moving it along here? I got dinner reservations.
Well, you said you weren't Shut up! Stop talking! Go, baby, go.
Just go, go, go.
Are you all right? No.
Come on, people! I don't want to lose my table! ( Explosion ) No! ( Woman screaming ) ( coughing ) You're okay.
You're okay.
What happened? Maybe it was an earthquake.
Earthquakes rumble.
This exploded.
Whatever it was, it's over, all right? Everyone, just keep still.
Oh, you can't be serious.
The whole world just blew up, and you're still trying to do this? I'm not trying.
I am.
Now shut up.
What about Alison? Alison.
( Screams ) ( beeping ) CHAMBERLAIN: Nothing.
I can't get a signal.
ALISON: I've had nightmares about being locked in here.
Come on, sit down, just for a minute.
The phone's dead.
Well, at least we have air.
It's not so bad.
You know, you're right.
We could be on that side with that lunatic.
Okay, people, let's go! Down here, come on! Let's go, move it! Come on, let's go! Let's go! Step right up! Everyone's a winner! Come on, come on! Don't be shy.
Move it, move it, move it! We're gonna move a mountain here, huh? Move a mountain? Well, there must be something we can do.
I'm telling you, it's not opening.
Well, let me try.
I know a little trick.
CHAMBERLAIN: It only opens from the outside.
I don't understand.
I mean, I'm supposed to TESS: Monica? Monica? TESS ( through vent ): Don't worry about what you can't do or why you can't do it, baby.
God can use you in there.
Don't escape from it.
Deal with it.
CHAMBERLAIN: Looks like we're gonna be here awhile.
Why, you got another bank to close? ( laughs ) Why is it nobody ever likes the guy who signs the checks, huh? So how long have you worked here? Five years, next month.
How come we never met before? We've only met about a hundred times.
Five years.
Back to my father's time.
I liked your father.
He knew my name.
It doesn't surprise me.
My father had a soft spot for people.
He was a good man.
My father, the sweetheart, the one who remembered your name, couldn't say no.
Gave loans to every hard luck case that came into this bank.
He almost ran this bank into the ground.
You're all lucky I carried you this long.
Please, all this arguing isn't going to get us anywhere.
And who are you? Do you work for me, too? No.
Just an innocent bystander, huh? Okay, boys and girls, we are gonna open that door.
KETTER: There's no time to move the door! Hey, hey, hey, did I ask you to talk? The ceiling's coming down! Hey! Shut up! Okay! Now let's go, let's go! I'm not leaving till I get what's inside of there.
Move! We lost one.
Father, if you are ready to send me a sign, I am really ready to receive it.
Hi.
I guess you got lost.
Next time we'll use the buddy system.
What you ought to do is clear that front door.
It's the only way outta here.
Out to what? We don't even know what's out there.
We don't know what's happened.
I mean, an earthquake or a bomb or a nuclear war.
We don't know.
I mean, I don't hear any sirens.
Maybe there's nothing out there.
Of course there's something out there.
How do you know? The whole world might just be gone.
Well, it's not.
I promise.
( Gasps in pain ) What is it? Cramp.
When is your due date? Next week.
You're not gonna have that baby in here, are you? And let the first thing my baby ever sees be you? I don't think so.
( Rumbling ) This whole building could come down on us.
We're not leaving those people in there.
When did you grow a heart? Nobody wants to leave them, but if we don't, we could die ourselves.
Poor Alison.
All right, shut up! Just shut up, all right? She's not dying, and we're not leaving her.
We can't.
She's my wife, and that's my baby.
That pregnant lady in there She's your wife? I can't believe Alison would have anything to do with somebody like you.
Yeah, well, you know, I didn't start out being somebody like me, all right? Somebodies like me aren't born.
They're made, and then they get replaced by a computer.
Well, the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
Why don't you get your mysterious ways moving, lady? Lord, give me patience, and give it to me right now, and satisfaction soon.
You hate me, don't you? No, hate has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it's never solved one yet.
I know you don't like to think yourself capable of it, but admit it You hate.
You sound like an expert on the subject.
Oh, yeah, yeah, but you see, I'm selective.
I only hate one man The man in that vault.
Mr.
Chamberlain? What's he ever done to you? The same thing he's done to you, you idiot! Or haven't you noticed? Chamberlain likes to call it consolidation, downsizing.
See, I call it throwing people out of work and cutting off their insurance and condemning unborn children in the process.
You're gonna be out of a job soon, pal, and so is my wife.
And who do you think is responsible for that, huh? Stealing his money's too good for him.
He deserves worse, a lot worse.
And I've been given the power to give it to him.
So are we digging so you can get to Alison or to Chamberlain? Did I say stop? ( Beeping ) Whenever I get really stressed at work, I come in here and imagine what might be in these boxes.
I think there's a diamond tiara in here.
And there's a dozen dried roses and love letters in one over there.
And, um, this one has a drawing that Picasso made on a restaurant napkin.
He used it to pay his check, and ever since it's been passed down from family to family.
ALISON: Family to family.
I wonder if we'll ever have anything worth passing down.
Your love.
Love won't pay the insurance.
( Inhales ) MONICA: Have you had any more contractions? A couple.
Look, what I do with my work isn't intended to hurt you.
It's just good business.
Did your father teach you that About business? My father? ( Chuckles ) My father was the worst businessman in the world.
He lacked the one thing you need to succeed guts.
Ah.
Too bad he only had a heart.
And how would you know? Well, you were saying that he gave loans to people who otherwise wouldn't have gotten them.
Obviously he put his faith in people, not money.
I tried faith, once, and I got burned.
Faith is for losers.
I don't hope things happen.
I make things happen.
That must come in very handy.
Come on! It's locked! Hello! Are you okay?! Hello in there! What's the combination? I don't know.
Only the manager knows.
It's gotta be stored somewhere.
I don't know.
KETTER: I wonder.
It's gotta be in the bank's computer.
There's an encrypted password, but it's gotta be in there.
I can access it on my computer, break the code and open the vault.
Hold it! Hang on a second! Would you rather shoot me? All right, go.
Everyone else, stay put.
Why isn't anybody coming for us? Everything's gonna be all right, you know.
Yeah, that's what people always say when they don't really know.
"You're gonna be fine.
"Everything's gonna be okay.
Trust me.
" That's what my husband always says.
"Trust me.
" What's your husband like? Tell me about him.
He must be very worried about you.
He said I could trust him.
( Crying ) He never said it was gonna be like this.
He said nobody would get hurt.
Who's your husband? Who is your husband? The guy.
The guy outside with the gun.
Oh, my God.
( Sobbing ) He was just gonna walk in and wave the gun around, take the money and leave! That maniac outside is your husband? He's not crazy.
He was just gonna take enough to make up for what we were gonna lose.
MONICA: It's all right, Alison.
Just explain.
Explain?! What the hell is there to explain?! I get laid off on Friday.
No maternity leave, no insurance, no job to come back to.
So Jackson got furious, and he said he would just take enough money to make up for the insurance and the rent and everything until I could get another job.
Oh, that sounds real reasonable.
It makes a lot of sense to me! He's not crazy.
I don't know what happened.
He saw you come in, and he snapped.
I saw him.
You know, people like you fired him and replaced him with a computer, and people like you closed the factory we used to work in and wrote it off as a loss on their income tax.
People like me? I work my butt off to succeed, and I owe him something because he didn't? I don't know, I don't know.
All I know is that when somebody's winning, somebody else is always losing.
Yeah, well, that's not my problem, lady, and you got a hell of nerve lecturing me.
You and your psycho husband take a bank full of people hostage.
God knows how many he's killed out there already! ( Sniffling and crying ) If we hadn't been locked in here, he was going to kill me, wasn't he? Wasn't he? No! No! Don't lie to me! Wasn't he?! I'm not lying! Don't lie! Please, stop it! I'm not lying! Please.
I don't know what happened.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
( Creaking ) He was just gonna get us even.
He was just gonna get us even.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Oh, your husband is gonna get a lot more than even.
Do you smell that? It's gas.
He's gonna kill us.
All of us.
I smell gas.
Oh, my God.
He's right.
A gas explosion That's what happened.
So we have got to get out of here.
This whole thing could blow any second.
All right, shut up! We're getting into the vault first.
Come on! In an area this confined, it won't take long.
If I die, will my baby die, too? I don't want my baby to die.
Shh.
It's going to be all right.
Oh, please, if you say that one more time, I You'll what? You'll kill me? Would you rather I believed that it wasn't going to be all right? I'd rather be realistic.
Oh, I forgot.
Faith is for losers.
That's right.
Those who can do, and those who can't make up something to believe in.
That's why I don't believe in anything.
Sure, you do.
You believe in power and money, but what good are they to you now? And what good is your faith to you now? All right, you want me to believe in something? I believe we're going to die.
That's what I believe.
JACKSON: First, we get into the vault.
Then we can dig out the front.
Natural gas is 92% methane.
It's highly combustible.
Well, thank you, Mr.
Science.
Any kind of spark could start an explosion.
Which means if you use that gun, you'll die, too.
But not before you take the bullet.
Now keep going.
KETTER: Come on, come on.
( Beeps ) This might not help much.
( Panting ) But it just might buy us a little time.
( Alison cries out in pain ) There, there.
( Groaning ) Alison, is this your first baby? Well, don't worry.
We'll figure it out.
You need to concentrate on somethin' besides the pain, you know, focus on something.
Like, um, ooh, you know, the box.
Box 872, remember? The roses and the letters? Who do you think wrote them? I don't know.
Oh, come on, try.
Okay, I'll start.
Um, a young man gave the roses to his sweetheart just before he left to go where? Look, I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it, but I think Max is right.
We're probably gonna die.
I'd rather just face it than pretend.
Just before he left to go to war.
And the letters The love letters They don't have any postal mark on them or any stamp because he wrote them when when he was a prisoner of war, so he couldn't mail any of them, but he wrote to her every single day, and he always knew that somehow he'd bring them home to her in person.
You see, because he never lost the love Here it comes The "F" word.
I beg your pardon.
Come on.
It's like being entombed with Tinkerbell.
It's just that it seems to me faith is all we have left to work with now.
Maybe, but I'm sorry.
I didn't inherit my father's faith.
Well, I would like to think you wouldn't.
I mean, it's not something in your genes like your mother's eyes or your grandmother's nose.
No, faith is something you've got to work out for yourself, and it doesn't happen in the good times.
Your father forged his faith one failure at a time.
And what did he have to show for it? A deposit box full of worthless IOU's? Look I can't see the roses behind this box, but I know that someone's special treasure is in there.
Max, what do you suppose is in your father's safety deposit box? I mean, you can't know what's in there, but you know it was precious enough for him to keep it there, and he intended for you to have it.
Whether you open it or not, it's still goin' to be there waitin' for you.
( Weakly ): I have the key.
Box, uh, number one.
â« â« â« â« Come on! Come on! I'm working as fast as I can.
The possibilities are endless.
If you knew anything about mathematics, you would know that.
MAN ( over bullhorn ): Move it in over here! ( Jackhammer rattling in distance ) ( men shouting in distance ) What was that? Oh, my God.
( All talking at once ) Quiet! Quiet! MAN ( in distance ): We're getting closer! ( laughing ) We're saved! No, not yet, you're not.
What now, Mr.
Robber? Well, if they get in here before I get in there you just better hope they don't.
The door is about to open.
You have a chance to lay down that gun and step into the light.
Not before I take care of my business in that vault.
And your business is to kill Max Chamberlain, is that right? You know, I didn't realize before, but that's why I'm here.
An eye for an eye That's what it says in the Bible, right? No.
You will not use the Good Book for your dirty business.
God decides on rewards and punishments, not you.
I've got the gun.
That makes me God.
You may have turned your back on God, but he's still facing you, welcoming you.
Oh, here we A religious nut.
Here we go.
You think you're God, and I'm the religious nut? You know, you people crack me up, you know that? I mean, you're afraid of the dark, and so you create this thing and call it faith and then to pretend to believe what you can't even see.
But the reward of faith is that you see what you believe.
I have faith in myself.
Well, that's your loss.
Oh, these humans.
Come on! Now I lay me down to sleep Shh.
If I should die before I wake Shh.
Alison, get some rest while you can.
Go on, close your eyes.
ALISON ( quietly ): I'm so tired.
( Alison sighs ) That, um, that picture in your pocket, what is it? "Max's first haircut.
" My dad took me to get it on my third birthday.
Day before my mother left us.
My first lesson in faith, and my last.
Your mother didn't come back? "That's okay, son.
Everything is gonna be all right.
" And so it was.
She never came back.
But that wasn't who your father put his faith in.
Faith doesn't get you around trouble, Max.
Faith gets you through it.
In my business, your father's what we'd call a man of God.
And what business would that be? I'm an angel.
We recognize these things.
( laughs ) My God.
An angel? Uh, you've been locked up in this vault too long.
( laughs ): An angel.
"Now I lay me down to sleep.
Pray the Lord my soul to keep.
" But your father didn't say, "If I should die before I wake," did he, Max? What did your father say before he tucked you in each night? What were the words of faith that he wrapped you up in before he said good night? "Now I lay me down to sleep "I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
"Thy love will guard me through the night.
And wake me with the morning light.
" ( sniffling ) My father he always believed there'd be a morning light.
( Crying ) It's okay.
( Crying ) It's okay.
It's okay.
( Sobbing ) ( clattering, thud ) ( jackhammer rattling in distance ) You're stalling! Don't try to pull that! All right, in ten seconds, I start shooting people.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, Wait, wait! Four, three, two, one.
Zero.
Oh, my God! ( Beeps ) I got it! ( Beeping continues ) All right.
( Crying ): Oh, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
( Sobbing ) It's time to start pushing, Alison.
I am pushing! Oh, what's the use? We're gonna die! Oh, no! Shh.
Well, the baby's not comin'.
Come on, you have to try harder, luv.
Oh, you know it, I know it, even the baby knows it! We're gonna die! Oh, no! No, he doesn't.
He doesn't know that for sure.
How much faith does an angel have, Max? I don't know.
I guess more than anybody.
No.
No.
We don't have any at all.
Absolutely none.
You see, we don't need it, but you do.
That's what makes you strong Believing today in the light that doesn't come until tomorrow, and that's why this wee one must be born To become strong and the not knowing to find his faith.
Oh, little one, have I a message for you.
God wants you to be born, and the world that is waiting for you was created by Him, and it is nothing to fear.
Yes, there will be rivers for you to cross, but when you walk through the water, He will be with you.
And, yes, there will be mountains for you to climb, but when you can't take another step, He will carry you.
And there will be people to cherish and hearts to change, but He will hold your hand every step of the way if you just will come out into the light and have faith.
( Jackhammer rattling ) MAN: I'm through! Hello?! Is anybody there? Look, there's nothing else that we can do.
Can we go now? Go ahead.
Go run for your miserable lives.
Oh, my God.
( Baby cooing ) TESS: I got news for you, pal.
Neither one of us is God.
The explosion, I was locked in the vault with the With the, uh, two ladies, and later on, the baby Oh.
He's beautiful.
Thank you, for everything.
It's not over yet, you know.
You'll have to answer for your part in all this.
I know.
But at least now I'll have some answers to give.
I know you will.
You think they can rebuild this? I thought you were closin' it down.
My father built this bank.
Maybe someday I'll have pictures to put in box number one.
Everything's going to be all right.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
You did real good, angel girl.
You kept that faith.
Or maybe you found it? It wasn't easy.
Well, if it was easy, anybody could do it.
Come on.
Just in time.
WOMAN: Good afternoon.
Chamberlain Bank.
Bye-bye.
Next, please.
Uh-huh.
Here you go.
I hate to pry, but what are you doing in here, Miss Wings? I'm returning this.
Benji never wore his hair like that.
Oh.
Well, I thought I'd put it in the lost and found.
Angel, baby, you are so cute when you are naive.
WOMAN: Chamberlain Bank.
MAN: All right, then shut down the factory.
Call Jacobs.
You tell him I want the whole operation up and running in Mexico by the first of the year.
What? What? How many? Do we have anything in writing? Then lay 'em off.
Lay them all off.
Period.
End.
They want to play hardball with me Where was I? Oh.
The divorce.
No divorce, Elizabeth.
It's not a good time.
I'm in delicate negotiations.
Oh, I'm sorry it's inconvenient for you, Max.
I'd hate to interrupt you with something as petty as our marriage while you're busy ruining other people's lives.
That's right.
You want a family.
Well, I'm willing to negotiate.
Next year, one child, one nanny, schools in the city, summers out on the island.
I get to pick the schools, and you get to pick the camp.
When did you get like this, Max? Nick, please, pull over right here.
Elizabeth.
Think about what you're I am not gonna stand here and beg for your love, Max, and I will never let a child of mine beg for it.
It's over.
I don't want you in my life, and I don't want you to be the father of my children.
( Cell phone ringing ) Go ahead and answer it, Max.
( Ringing ) I'm sure it's much more important than me.
All right, have it your way.
( Phone ringing ) ( ringing continues ) Let's go, Nick.
We're late.
( Phone ringing ) You really put up a fight, didn't you, Max? Excuse me.
Did you lose this? No.
Watch yourself.
People get very strange when it comes to money.
I don't know why they put so much faith in that little piece of paper.
It's because they can smell it, touch it, and hold it in their hands.
That's not faith.
That's just smelling, touching, holding something.
How much faith do you have? Well, that's a silly question.
I'm an angel.
Well, what would you do if I told you you didn't have any faith at all? What? Sooner or later every angel finds that out.
Sooner or later.
â« When you walk â« â« Down the road â« â« Heavy burden â« â« Heavy load â« â« I will rise â« â« And I will walk with you â« â« I'll walk with you â« â« Till the sun don't even shine â« â« Walk with you â« â« Every time â« â« I tell you, I'll walk with you â« â« Walk with you â« â« Believe me, I'll walk with you.
â« Be right with you.
So how are you two holding up? Oh, I'm fine, but somebody's a little restless.
Oh, I'm sorry.
We're no longer accepting any deposits.
The bank's closing next week.
I've got to pay my rent and my computer online bill.
We just closed.
Well, look, it's good.
It's from the university.
I'm sure it is, Mr.
Ketter, but as I said, The computer's not accepting any more deposits.
Don't blame the computer.
I know computers.
They don't do anything they're not told to do.
I'm sorry.
Get your sucker? Sure did.
I'm gonna get one, too.
( chuckles ) There you go.
Have a nice night.
Good night.
Evening, Mr.
Chamberlain.
WOMAN: Mr.
Chamberlain.
We've been expecting you.
Follow me, please.
I'm going to need a minute alone, please.
Chamberlain for Bargher.
Listen, I've got to cover these checks.
I've been banking here for three years.
You've never turned it down before.
Isn't that funny? A bank turning away a customer's money.
Well, maybe not funny, but certainly slightly amusing in an ironic sort of KETTER: Listen, I've gotta cover these checks.
I'd like to accommodate you.
What we can do is give you a cashier's check, but there's a fee.
I don't want to pay a fee! What is the matter with you? I've never gone through this before with a teller.
Please, step aside.
I'll get the manager.
And Howard, I want you to pull out the prenuptial, take a look at it and get back to me.
Get back to me.
Mrs.
Crespo, I'm ready.
CHAMBERLAIN: I want the monthly report gross, net.
Absolutely.
I have it all here.
Excuse me.
If you'd like, we can take a look at this in the other office.
The vault.
I'm already late.
Oh, fine.
Very good.
Good.
( Gunshots and shouting ) All right, everybody Don't do it! Don't do it! You, over here right now! Guns on the ground, now! Seven bucks an hour is not worth it.
Kick 'em over here.
Come on, over here! All right, everybody else, over here! Let's go! Let's go! Move it! You two, out there now! Now! What is this? We got all day? I want everybody on the ground with your hands on your head, especially you! ( Woman screams ) Oh, you didn't have to do that! Shut up! Ladies, do you mind? Grab some rug, baby.
Get your hands behind your head! What language do you speak?! Don't! ( Woman crying ) If I let you stand, I gotta let everybody stand.
Well, this is as close to the floor as I get.
All right, no one moves, no one gets hurt.
Keep that in mind.
There's gonna be a quiz later.
Excuse me? Get back down! You don't want to shoot me.
There's a part of you that doesn't want to do this.
You know, you're right, but there's a part of me that does.
Now sit down! I'm not afraid.
Everybody's gotta be a martyr.
Okay, well, maybe you wouldn't mind dying, but how would you like it if I killed her? Ohh! No! No, please, don't.
Come on, come on, come on.
Get down.
It's gonna be all right.
Any more heroes? CHAMBERLAIN: You can have the money.
Excuse me? Take the money.
It's okay.
I own this bank.
Do what he says.
Take the money and go.
Leave everybody alone.
Well, you know, that was the plan, sweetheart.
I mean, there I was standing in line, minding my own business, waiting until it was my time to hold up the bank, and in walks a celebrity.
That's right, folks.
He is an owner.
He owns things, like banks and ships and factories and people like us.
And then he sells us all out and just gets richer! Ladies and gentlemen, the owner of the bank On whose floor you now grovel Mr.
Max Chamberlain.
Just take the money and go.
Sorry, Max.
That won't do.
You walked in, and suddenly I realized this really wasn't about money.
It's between you and me.
Do I know you? No, but I know you, pal.
And that's why we're all here.
Look, if you have a problem with me, let's talk about it.
Just let everybody else You take me seriously, Chamberlain, or you will be sorry.
Tess, we can't just sit here.
Shh! Listen to what he's saying.
He's not here for the money, and we're not here to protect the money.
He's here for an altogether different reason, and we can't do anything until we find out what that reason is, so cool it, cool it.
You're obviously a very bright man.
Well, thanks.
I like your suit.
I mean, you know, not so much now, but when you came in.
Well, my point being is that you're too smart to do something stupid.
Do not do not attempt to handle me! Okay, Maxwell? Now, Max, for those folks playing at home, would you care to tell us what you're doing in this nice little bank? Not especially.
( Imitates buzzer sound ) Wrong answer! My father built this bank.
Oh, I see.
So you're here for sentimental reasons.
I see.
Oh, go on.
He gave me a safety deposit box when I was six years old, and I intend to empty it out before I close this bank.
Note the visual aid, folks Late, great dad, bank founder.
Greedy, selfish, money-grubbing, scummy son, bank closer.
I don't see anybody taking notes here! Please! Now, Max, I got plenty of time.
I, for one, would love to see what's in that safety deposit box and get to know you a little better before I I'm getting a little ahead of myself.
Who else would love to see what's inside Daddy's deposit box? Who wants to be class helper? What does this have to do with anything? A volunteer! You are the assistant manager.
Am I right? You have the keys to the safety deposit box.
Is that right? Now for the jackpot, will you give them to me? You and you, empty the vault.
Fetch.
You don't have time for this! Max, you and I have an appointment with destiny.
Do not be a clock-watcher! The police will be here any minute.
Well, you know, little Alison was a little busy.
She didn't quite have time to hit that panic button, did you? Now move.
Okay, one more volunteer.
You, bigmouth, go help them clean out the vault, and if they don't do exactly what I say, you can talk 'em to death! It's okay, baby.
Go ahead.
Would you mind moving it along here? I got dinner reservations.
Well, you said you weren't Shut up! Stop talking! Go, baby, go.
Just go, go, go.
Are you all right? No.
Come on, people! I don't want to lose my table! ( Explosion ) No! ( Woman screaming ) ( coughing ) You're okay.
You're okay.
What happened? Maybe it was an earthquake.
Earthquakes rumble.
This exploded.
Whatever it was, it's over, all right? Everyone, just keep still.
Oh, you can't be serious.
The whole world just blew up, and you're still trying to do this? I'm not trying.
I am.
Now shut up.
What about Alison? Alison.
( Screams ) ( beeping ) CHAMBERLAIN: Nothing.
I can't get a signal.
ALISON: I've had nightmares about being locked in here.
Come on, sit down, just for a minute.
The phone's dead.
Well, at least we have air.
It's not so bad.
You know, you're right.
We could be on that side with that lunatic.
Okay, people, let's go! Down here, come on! Let's go, move it! Come on, let's go! Let's go! Step right up! Everyone's a winner! Come on, come on! Don't be shy.
Move it, move it, move it! We're gonna move a mountain here, huh? Move a mountain? Well, there must be something we can do.
I'm telling you, it's not opening.
Well, let me try.
I know a little trick.
CHAMBERLAIN: It only opens from the outside.
I don't understand.
I mean, I'm supposed to TESS: Monica? Monica? TESS ( through vent ): Don't worry about what you can't do or why you can't do it, baby.
God can use you in there.
Don't escape from it.
Deal with it.
CHAMBERLAIN: Looks like we're gonna be here awhile.
Why, you got another bank to close? ( laughs ) Why is it nobody ever likes the guy who signs the checks, huh? So how long have you worked here? Five years, next month.
How come we never met before? We've only met about a hundred times.
Five years.
Back to my father's time.
I liked your father.
He knew my name.
It doesn't surprise me.
My father had a soft spot for people.
He was a good man.
My father, the sweetheart, the one who remembered your name, couldn't say no.
Gave loans to every hard luck case that came into this bank.
He almost ran this bank into the ground.
You're all lucky I carried you this long.
Please, all this arguing isn't going to get us anywhere.
And who are you? Do you work for me, too? No.
Just an innocent bystander, huh? Okay, boys and girls, we are gonna open that door.
KETTER: There's no time to move the door! Hey, hey, hey, did I ask you to talk? The ceiling's coming down! Hey! Shut up! Okay! Now let's go, let's go! I'm not leaving till I get what's inside of there.
Move! We lost one.
Father, if you are ready to send me a sign, I am really ready to receive it.
Hi.
I guess you got lost.
Next time we'll use the buddy system.
What you ought to do is clear that front door.
It's the only way outta here.
Out to what? We don't even know what's out there.
We don't know what's happened.
I mean, an earthquake or a bomb or a nuclear war.
We don't know.
I mean, I don't hear any sirens.
Maybe there's nothing out there.
Of course there's something out there.
How do you know? The whole world might just be gone.
Well, it's not.
I promise.
( Gasps in pain ) What is it? Cramp.
When is your due date? Next week.
You're not gonna have that baby in here, are you? And let the first thing my baby ever sees be you? I don't think so.
( Rumbling ) This whole building could come down on us.
We're not leaving those people in there.
When did you grow a heart? Nobody wants to leave them, but if we don't, we could die ourselves.
Poor Alison.
All right, shut up! Just shut up, all right? She's not dying, and we're not leaving her.
We can't.
She's my wife, and that's my baby.
That pregnant lady in there She's your wife? I can't believe Alison would have anything to do with somebody like you.
Yeah, well, you know, I didn't start out being somebody like me, all right? Somebodies like me aren't born.
They're made, and then they get replaced by a computer.
Well, the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
Why don't you get your mysterious ways moving, lady? Lord, give me patience, and give it to me right now, and satisfaction soon.
You hate me, don't you? No, hate has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it's never solved one yet.
I know you don't like to think yourself capable of it, but admit it You hate.
You sound like an expert on the subject.
Oh, yeah, yeah, but you see, I'm selective.
I only hate one man The man in that vault.
Mr.
Chamberlain? What's he ever done to you? The same thing he's done to you, you idiot! Or haven't you noticed? Chamberlain likes to call it consolidation, downsizing.
See, I call it throwing people out of work and cutting off their insurance and condemning unborn children in the process.
You're gonna be out of a job soon, pal, and so is my wife.
And who do you think is responsible for that, huh? Stealing his money's too good for him.
He deserves worse, a lot worse.
And I've been given the power to give it to him.
So are we digging so you can get to Alison or to Chamberlain? Did I say stop? ( Beeping ) Whenever I get really stressed at work, I come in here and imagine what might be in these boxes.
I think there's a diamond tiara in here.
And there's a dozen dried roses and love letters in one over there.
And, um, this one has a drawing that Picasso made on a restaurant napkin.
He used it to pay his check, and ever since it's been passed down from family to family.
ALISON: Family to family.
I wonder if we'll ever have anything worth passing down.
Your love.
Love won't pay the insurance.
( Inhales ) MONICA: Have you had any more contractions? A couple.
Look, what I do with my work isn't intended to hurt you.
It's just good business.
Did your father teach you that About business? My father? ( Chuckles ) My father was the worst businessman in the world.
He lacked the one thing you need to succeed guts.
Ah.
Too bad he only had a heart.
And how would you know? Well, you were saying that he gave loans to people who otherwise wouldn't have gotten them.
Obviously he put his faith in people, not money.
I tried faith, once, and I got burned.
Faith is for losers.
I don't hope things happen.
I make things happen.
That must come in very handy.
Come on! It's locked! Hello! Are you okay?! Hello in there! What's the combination? I don't know.
Only the manager knows.
It's gotta be stored somewhere.
I don't know.
KETTER: I wonder.
It's gotta be in the bank's computer.
There's an encrypted password, but it's gotta be in there.
I can access it on my computer, break the code and open the vault.
Hold it! Hang on a second! Would you rather shoot me? All right, go.
Everyone else, stay put.
Why isn't anybody coming for us? Everything's gonna be all right, you know.
Yeah, that's what people always say when they don't really know.
"You're gonna be fine.
"Everything's gonna be okay.
Trust me.
" That's what my husband always says.
"Trust me.
" What's your husband like? Tell me about him.
He must be very worried about you.
He said I could trust him.
( Crying ) He never said it was gonna be like this.
He said nobody would get hurt.
Who's your husband? Who is your husband? The guy.
The guy outside with the gun.
Oh, my God.
( Sobbing ) He was just gonna walk in and wave the gun around, take the money and leave! That maniac outside is your husband? He's not crazy.
He was just gonna take enough to make up for what we were gonna lose.
MONICA: It's all right, Alison.
Just explain.
Explain?! What the hell is there to explain?! I get laid off on Friday.
No maternity leave, no insurance, no job to come back to.
So Jackson got furious, and he said he would just take enough money to make up for the insurance and the rent and everything until I could get another job.
Oh, that sounds real reasonable.
It makes a lot of sense to me! He's not crazy.
I don't know what happened.
He saw you come in, and he snapped.
I saw him.
You know, people like you fired him and replaced him with a computer, and people like you closed the factory we used to work in and wrote it off as a loss on their income tax.
People like me? I work my butt off to succeed, and I owe him something because he didn't? I don't know, I don't know.
All I know is that when somebody's winning, somebody else is always losing.
Yeah, well, that's not my problem, lady, and you got a hell of nerve lecturing me.
You and your psycho husband take a bank full of people hostage.
God knows how many he's killed out there already! ( Sniffling and crying ) If we hadn't been locked in here, he was going to kill me, wasn't he? Wasn't he? No! No! Don't lie to me! Wasn't he?! I'm not lying! Don't lie! Please, stop it! I'm not lying! Please.
I don't know what happened.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
( Creaking ) He was just gonna get us even.
He was just gonna get us even.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Oh, your husband is gonna get a lot more than even.
Do you smell that? It's gas.
He's gonna kill us.
All of us.
I smell gas.
Oh, my God.
He's right.
A gas explosion That's what happened.
So we have got to get out of here.
This whole thing could blow any second.
All right, shut up! We're getting into the vault first.
Come on! In an area this confined, it won't take long.
If I die, will my baby die, too? I don't want my baby to die.
Shh.
It's going to be all right.
Oh, please, if you say that one more time, I You'll what? You'll kill me? Would you rather I believed that it wasn't going to be all right? I'd rather be realistic.
Oh, I forgot.
Faith is for losers.
That's right.
Those who can do, and those who can't make up something to believe in.
That's why I don't believe in anything.
Sure, you do.
You believe in power and money, but what good are they to you now? And what good is your faith to you now? All right, you want me to believe in something? I believe we're going to die.
That's what I believe.
JACKSON: First, we get into the vault.
Then we can dig out the front.
Natural gas is 92% methane.
It's highly combustible.
Well, thank you, Mr.
Science.
Any kind of spark could start an explosion.
Which means if you use that gun, you'll die, too.
But not before you take the bullet.
Now keep going.
KETTER: Come on, come on.
( Beeps ) This might not help much.
( Panting ) But it just might buy us a little time.
( Alison cries out in pain ) There, there.
( Groaning ) Alison, is this your first baby? Well, don't worry.
We'll figure it out.
You need to concentrate on somethin' besides the pain, you know, focus on something.
Like, um, ooh, you know, the box.
Box 872, remember? The roses and the letters? Who do you think wrote them? I don't know.
Oh, come on, try.
Okay, I'll start.
Um, a young man gave the roses to his sweetheart just before he left to go where? Look, I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it, but I think Max is right.
We're probably gonna die.
I'd rather just face it than pretend.
Just before he left to go to war.
And the letters The love letters They don't have any postal mark on them or any stamp because he wrote them when when he was a prisoner of war, so he couldn't mail any of them, but he wrote to her every single day, and he always knew that somehow he'd bring them home to her in person.
You see, because he never lost the love Here it comes The "F" word.
I beg your pardon.
Come on.
It's like being entombed with Tinkerbell.
It's just that it seems to me faith is all we have left to work with now.
Maybe, but I'm sorry.
I didn't inherit my father's faith.
Well, I would like to think you wouldn't.
I mean, it's not something in your genes like your mother's eyes or your grandmother's nose.
No, faith is something you've got to work out for yourself, and it doesn't happen in the good times.
Your father forged his faith one failure at a time.
And what did he have to show for it? A deposit box full of worthless IOU's? Look I can't see the roses behind this box, but I know that someone's special treasure is in there.
Max, what do you suppose is in your father's safety deposit box? I mean, you can't know what's in there, but you know it was precious enough for him to keep it there, and he intended for you to have it.
Whether you open it or not, it's still goin' to be there waitin' for you.
( Weakly ): I have the key.
Box, uh, number one.
â« â« â« â« Come on! Come on! I'm working as fast as I can.
The possibilities are endless.
If you knew anything about mathematics, you would know that.
MAN ( over bullhorn ): Move it in over here! ( Jackhammer rattling in distance ) ( men shouting in distance ) What was that? Oh, my God.
( All talking at once ) Quiet! Quiet! MAN ( in distance ): We're getting closer! ( laughing ) We're saved! No, not yet, you're not.
What now, Mr.
Robber? Well, if they get in here before I get in there you just better hope they don't.
The door is about to open.
You have a chance to lay down that gun and step into the light.
Not before I take care of my business in that vault.
And your business is to kill Max Chamberlain, is that right? You know, I didn't realize before, but that's why I'm here.
An eye for an eye That's what it says in the Bible, right? No.
You will not use the Good Book for your dirty business.
God decides on rewards and punishments, not you.
I've got the gun.
That makes me God.
You may have turned your back on God, but he's still facing you, welcoming you.
Oh, here we A religious nut.
Here we go.
You think you're God, and I'm the religious nut? You know, you people crack me up, you know that? I mean, you're afraid of the dark, and so you create this thing and call it faith and then to pretend to believe what you can't even see.
But the reward of faith is that you see what you believe.
I have faith in myself.
Well, that's your loss.
Oh, these humans.
Come on! Now I lay me down to sleep Shh.
If I should die before I wake Shh.
Alison, get some rest while you can.
Go on, close your eyes.
ALISON ( quietly ): I'm so tired.
( Alison sighs ) That, um, that picture in your pocket, what is it? "Max's first haircut.
" My dad took me to get it on my third birthday.
Day before my mother left us.
My first lesson in faith, and my last.
Your mother didn't come back? "That's okay, son.
Everything is gonna be all right.
" And so it was.
She never came back.
But that wasn't who your father put his faith in.
Faith doesn't get you around trouble, Max.
Faith gets you through it.
In my business, your father's what we'd call a man of God.
And what business would that be? I'm an angel.
We recognize these things.
( laughs ) My God.
An angel? Uh, you've been locked up in this vault too long.
( laughs ): An angel.
"Now I lay me down to sleep.
Pray the Lord my soul to keep.
" But your father didn't say, "If I should die before I wake," did he, Max? What did your father say before he tucked you in each night? What were the words of faith that he wrapped you up in before he said good night? "Now I lay me down to sleep "I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
"Thy love will guard me through the night.
And wake me with the morning light.
" ( sniffling ) My father he always believed there'd be a morning light.
( Crying ) It's okay.
( Crying ) It's okay.
It's okay.
( Sobbing ) ( clattering, thud ) ( jackhammer rattling in distance ) You're stalling! Don't try to pull that! All right, in ten seconds, I start shooting people.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, Wait, wait! Four, three, two, one.
Zero.
Oh, my God! ( Beeps ) I got it! ( Beeping continues ) All right.
( Crying ): Oh, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
( Sobbing ) It's time to start pushing, Alison.
I am pushing! Oh, what's the use? We're gonna die! Oh, no! Shh.
Well, the baby's not comin'.
Come on, you have to try harder, luv.
Oh, you know it, I know it, even the baby knows it! We're gonna die! Oh, no! No, he doesn't.
He doesn't know that for sure.
How much faith does an angel have, Max? I don't know.
I guess more than anybody.
No.
No.
We don't have any at all.
Absolutely none.
You see, we don't need it, but you do.
That's what makes you strong Believing today in the light that doesn't come until tomorrow, and that's why this wee one must be born To become strong and the not knowing to find his faith.
Oh, little one, have I a message for you.
God wants you to be born, and the world that is waiting for you was created by Him, and it is nothing to fear.
Yes, there will be rivers for you to cross, but when you walk through the water, He will be with you.
And, yes, there will be mountains for you to climb, but when you can't take another step, He will carry you.
And there will be people to cherish and hearts to change, but He will hold your hand every step of the way if you just will come out into the light and have faith.
( Jackhammer rattling ) MAN: I'm through! Hello?! Is anybody there? Look, there's nothing else that we can do.
Can we go now? Go ahead.
Go run for your miserable lives.
Oh, my God.
( Baby cooing ) TESS: I got news for you, pal.
Neither one of us is God.
The explosion, I was locked in the vault with the With the, uh, two ladies, and later on, the baby Oh.
He's beautiful.
Thank you, for everything.
It's not over yet, you know.
You'll have to answer for your part in all this.
I know.
But at least now I'll have some answers to give.
I know you will.
You think they can rebuild this? I thought you were closin' it down.
My father built this bank.
Maybe someday I'll have pictures to put in box number one.
Everything's going to be all right.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
You did real good, angel girl.
You kept that faith.
Or maybe you found it? It wasn't easy.
Well, if it was easy, anybody could do it.
Come on.