"Jonathan." "Jonathan." "Jonathan." "Jonathan." "Mark, turn around." "I know you don't trust my sense of direction but our assignment is this way." "This doesn't have anything to do with our assignment." "What's wrong?" "You all right?" "It's my wife, Jane, she's calling me." "What is it, what's wrong?" "She's dying." "Are you sure there is" "something?" "Oh, there's more than something." "There is everything in heaven." "And Arthur?" "Will I see my Arthur again?" "Yes." "She's gone." "I'm sorry." "I just wish my daughter and the kids could have gotten here in time." "Yeah." "How you feeling?" "I'm fine." "She's waiting for me now." "He'll be taking me back soon." "What, you--?" "You mean, the boss?" "Yeah." "He wouldn't keep me down here now." "Not with Jane up there." "I'm gonna be able to hold her again soon." "Jonathan, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "He said I can't go." "That I'm needed here, I have an assignment." "Well, I won't." "You hear me?" "I won't!" "Damn it, I won't!" "Forty years." "I did my best for 40 years, waiting for the day I could be with my Jane." "And now he says I can't" "I can't go." "No more." "No more!" "Damn it, I'm through!" "Jonathan, where are you going?" "Wherever the hell I want, I'm gonna do what I want." "Now, come on, don't talk like this, will you?" "No!" "Stay away from me, Mark." "You don't wanna be with me anymore." "Who are you?" "My name's Jonathan." "What are you doing here?" "I brought you here from the beach." "The beach?" "The ocean?" "Get out of here." " Come on, I made you some hot tea." " Get out of here or I'll call the police." "All right, fine, call the police." "I'll tell them you tried to kill yourself." "I'll show them what's left of your pills." "They'll give you a blood test and you'll end up in a county facility." "Now, wouldn't you rather sleep in your own bed tonight?" "You'll sit up and drink some of this hot tea." "You picked a lousy night for a dip." "Come on." " Jonathan?" " Yeah?" "Look." "I can't believe I'm being this..." "I live alone and you don't seem to have a place right now and I have a perfectly good restroom." "Guest room." "I like being with you." "Well, I like being with you." "Then what do you say?" "Are you sure?" "Very sure." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "You know, I was thinking, what if I made a little cart for the pup's hindquarters?" "I've seen it on TV." "That sounds great." "And you've gotta watch him all the time in case the cart falls over." " At least she can get around." " Oh, let's try it." "Okay." "I really do feel wonderful." "So do I." "How about...?" "No, that's no good." "Why can't we find a name for this little puppy?" "What's the matter?" "Oh, nothing, nothing." "I was thinking." "We've gotta find a name for that dog." "Can't keep calling her "you."" "Wait a minute, why not?" " Why not what?" " Why not call her Ewe?" "I mean, you know, like" "Well, not like the "you," Y-O-U, but like the animal ewe, E-W-E." "Look at her." "She's soft and cuddly like a little lamb." "What do you think?" "Hey, Ewe." "Hey, why not?" "She likes it, I like it." "From now on, you are Ewe." "First time in 40 years, you're mortal and you can sleep but you can't sleep." "Come on, you know why." "It's her." "It's Jennifer." "What is it about her?" "Oh, wait a minute." "Wait a minute, now I get it." "Make me mortal, give me a few feelings." "Then give me a little guilt over those feelings." "Well, whose fault is it anyway, huh?" "Fine, give me the silent treatment." "That's fine with me." "I do the best I can for you for 40 years and I ask you for one thing." "One thing." "When a guy's with a company for 40 years, at least they give him a gold watch, you know what I mean?" "Yeah?" "Oh, hi." "Are you all right?" "I heard voices." "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." "It wasn't voices, it was a voice." "I have a tendency to talk to myself sometimes." "But don't worry, I never argue." "Can't you sleep?" "No." "No, maybe I'm not used to the ocean, I don't know." "Well, here, let me rub your shoulders." " No, it's okay." " It'll relax you." "Come on, don't be stubborn." "Turn a bit." "All right." "Tell me if it's too hard." "No, it's great." "You know, my wife used to rub my back like this when I'd come home from work." "You remind me a great deal of her." "She was so lovely, so kind." "And I miss her so." "Hey, listen, you don't have to hear me rattling on at 3:00 in the morning." "Hey, we're friends, remember?" "Yeah, we're friends." "Would you like to hold me?" "Yes, I would." "But you feel guilty." "Oh, do I ever." "My life has changed so much in these last few days." "I was so filled with anger and then I met you and I felt love again." "And I know it's wrong." "Jonathan." "You loved your wife very much and you always will." "But no one can stop the need to feel love, to love others." "To be held and to hold." "There's a great deal of love in your soul, Jonathan." "Don't let anger or guilt push that aside." "She needs to go out and potty." "Yeah." "You, you're driving me crazy" "What did I do?" "What did I do?" "There you go, Ewe." "Jane." "I don't even know if he lets you hear me." "You remember our last night together?" "Sitting on those rocks by the fire?" "Oh, how I wanted to tell you who I was." "Who I really was." "But I couldn't, I couldn't." "Are you warm enough?" "Yes." "If I tell you something, promise not to laugh?" "Never." "Just being with you these last few days has made" "Go on, please?" "Has made me feel young again." "It's almost like being with Arthur." "Can you understand that?" "Very well." "You see, years ago," "I was very, very much in love with a woman." "And you remind me so much of her." "I'll never forget you, Jane Thompson." "Nor I you," "Jonathan Smith." "Jane, if you can hear me, please understand." "I've met someone." "She reminds me so very, very much of you." "And I need to feel love inside me again." "Please try to understand." "Please." "Come on." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Oh, I feel so cosy this morning." "What are you doing up so early?" "Well, because if I'm gonna live here, I'm gonna pay my own way." "So I'm going out to get a job." "Oh, not right away." "I told you." "I am not gonna have you supporting me, understand?" "You're so old-fashioned." "Very." "So give me a kiss and wish me luck." "Sure you have to go right this minute?" "I'm very sure." "I love you." "I love you." "I better get out of here now." "Jonathan?" "Yeah." "No luck?" "No luck is putting it mildly." "I can't believe it." "I thought going out and finding a good job was gonna be a snap." "Oh, no way." "Everybody says the same thing:" ""You have to have references."" "Well, you have them." "You said you were with the same company for over 40 years." "Your old boss would give you one." "No, he wouldn't." "Did you ask him?" " No." " Why not?" "Because we're not speaking, that's why." "I think you're being stubborn." "I'm being stubborn, but I'm not gonna talk to him." "Now just forget about it." "I'm sorry, I had a bad day." "Well, hey, it's your first day." "You'll find a job." "No, it's not that." "What is it then?" "Nothing." "It has to do with your boss, doesn't it?" "What makes you say that?" "The way you acted when I asked you to talk to him." "You two were pretty close, weren't you?" "I thought we were." "The argument between the two of you, is there a possibility you were wrong?" "No." "No, what he did was wrong." " You're sure?" " I am positive." "Someone wrote" "Oh, I think it was Ambrose Bierce." "that the definition of positive is wrong at the top of your voice." "You know, it's very difficult to stay in a bad mood around you." "Well, think about talking to your boss again." "Just think about it, okay?" "Okay, I'll think about it." "Good." "Now let's go out to dinner." "Oh, no." "No, I'm not gonna have you spending your money taking me out to dinner." "I have no intention of spending a bunch of my money." "I have a taste for a messy, gooey cheeseburger and I know just the place to go." "Now, do I have to go alone?" "They're great, aren't they?" "I can't tell you how long it's been since I had one." "If they don't drip, they're not worth eating." "These are definitely worth eating then." "It's funny, how everything seems okay when you're with someone you love." "I wanna ask him to play something." "That song." ""Clair de lune." It's always been my favourite." "What's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "That's my wife's favourite." "It's the only song I knew how to play." "I memorised it when I was a kid." "It's a small world." "Small and wonderful." "And so are the burgers." "Used to like Tom Jones too?" " Hey, Gordon." " Oh, yes, Mr. Carver?" "You know what time it is?" "No, I don't, my watch is busted." "Oh, well, look at the time clock." "Why?" "It can't be working either." "Of course it's working." "Then why are you asking me what time it is?" "Oh, can the smart talk, Gordon." "This is the third time you've been late since you started." "Really?" "How late?" "You were ten minutes late on the third, six minutes late on the ninth and" "And five minutes late this morning, which makes a grand total of 21 minutes, right?" " Right." " I'll tell you what I'll do." "I'll come in 21 minutes early tomorrow morning, we'll be even." "You're not funny." "If you don't like this job, why don't you say so?" "I don't like this job." "Then why don't you quit?" "Hey, that's a good question." "That'll give me something to think about while I'm working." "Look at the dust in this place." "They ought to put it on TV." "Freight cars can be hazardous to your health." "It wouldn't do any good." "They'd just come out with an extra long freight car." "What's in these things anyhow?" "I don't know, plastic something." "At least it's a light load." "Hey." "Hey, don't do that." "Carver will have an attack." "Who cares?" "Hey, look." "They're bubble makers." "Makes a whole lot of bubbles at the same time." "Hey, I got an idea." "Why don't we see how many bubbles we can make before the break's over?" " Look, I don't know." " Come on, it'll be a hoot." "Oh, what the heck." "What the hell are you doing?" " Making bubbles." " You know you can get fired for this?" "Oh, come on, I opened one box." "I mean, I'll pay for it." "Suppose every guy in here opens a box." " What do you think we'd have?" " Oh, a lot of bubbles." "Gordon, you're fired." "Now you're talking." "You can pick up your cheque tomorrow." "Hey, don't forget to take out for the bubble makers." "Hey, buddy, I'm sorry." "Hey, don't be." "Take care of yourself, Jimbo." "Hey, Mark." "What are you gonna do?" "What I should have been doing the whole time:" "Trying to help people." "How you doing, buddy?" "Mark." "Golly, I was about to give up on you paying us a visit." "Well, I've been sorting things out and this is a little more than a visit." " Was wondering, is that job still open?" " Is it still open?" "You bet it's open." " Sure." " Listen, I've been a pain in the butt for the past few weeks." "I'm ready to go back to work now." "That's good." "Have you heard from Jonathan?" "No, no." "I don't expect too either." "And, Caz," "I need to feel needed." "Well, Mark, let's see if we can do something about that." "Come on." "Listen to my hands." "In the basket." "Shoot it straight up." "There we go, and-- There, you got it!" "Yeah, let me see, let me see." "Okay, see if you could do it straight, come on." "Listen up, listen up." "Listen up, now." "We've got a friend of the Junior Blind and he's back here with us." "But he probably thinks we don't remember him." "So how about a big welcome for the bear, Mark Gordon?" "Listen up." "Hey." "The bear." "Yeah, thanks." " Hey." " Hey." "I'm glad you're here." "Thank you." "Hey, all right." "Boy, this is great." "I've tried everything:" "Bloodworms, sand crabs, mussels." "Anybody hungry out there?" "I don't believe it." "Not only can't I get a job, I can't even catch a fish." "I'm really useless, you know that?" "How long you been standing there?" "Long enough." "Well, I told you, I talk to myself." "Yeah, but you said you didn't argue." "That wasn't an argument, it was a discussion." "Now, give me a kiss and let me get back to fishing." "Can I ask how long the old man and the sea are going to be out here?" "As long as it takes." "I'm gonna catch us a fish for dinner." "You said that six hours ago." "Don't you think it's about time to give up?" "No, I don't think it's time I gave up." "I wanna show you I can put some food on the table." "If I can't be the breadwinner, at least I'm gonna be the fishwinner, all right?" "Now go on inside and let me catch a fish, madam." "Aye, aye, sir." "But I think you need a miracle." "I think you better ask God for some help." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm sure he's interested in what I have to say." "Ewe gets her cast off tomorrow." "I can't believe how fast these last two months have flown by." "I know." "What are you thinking about, O provider of wonderful fish?" "You're miles away." "I'm sorry." "What were you thinking about?" "I was just wondering how long we were gonna be together." "Forever seems about right to me." "Oh, there's no such thing." "I think there is." "Don't you believe in God?" "I know there is a God, if that's what you mean." "Do you talk to him?" "I used to." "But not anymore?" "No, it was a waste of time." "You don't really mean that." "How do you know?" "I guess I think I know you and me and lots of people." "When we feel sorry for ourselves or can't understand why things happen, we blame him." "It's only when we open ourselves up to him that we can feel whole again." "All the pain and the anger go away." "I prayed to him that we would be together forever." "Well, I hope he heard you." "It might help if he heard from both of us." "I'll go make us some coffee." "Forgive me, Father." "Forgive me." "So soon?" "Must it be so soon?" "Come on, Ewe." "Come on, girl." "Come on, that's it." "Look at that." "Look at that." "Look at you running." "Hey, did you see her run?" "In a couple of weeks she'll get that bandage off, she'll be good as new." "Won't you girl, huh?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I was just looking at you." "What do you wanna do today?" "Be with you." "Me too." "But I have some errands I have to run." " I'll go with you." " No." "You stay here with Ewe and relax." "Besides, I wanna stop at the store and pick up a few things for dinner." "I don't want you there, it's going to be a surprise." "Oh, wait now, let me see." "No 20 questions." "It's a surprise." "I won't be long." "Hey, drive careful." "I will." "All right, come on, Ewe." "We gotta run, you need the exercise." "Mr. Gordon?" " You are Mark Gordon?" " Yeah." "My name is Jennifer Sims." "Could we talk for a few minutes?" "Well, I'm afraid you caught me at a bad time." "It's about Jonathan." "Hey, boss, take the kids inside, will you?" "I'll be in there in a minute." "What about Jonathan?" "He's doing fine." "He's been staying at my place for the last two months." "What's he been doing?" "Getting rid of his anger." "I think he's ready to go back on assignment." "He told you?" "No." "But I know." "How?" "Who are you?" "It's all in this letter I've written to Jonathan." "Would you please give it to him when you see him?" "He'll be at the little market across from Westward Beach." "Do you know where that is?" "Yeah, but you sure he's gonna wanna see me?" "Very sure." "He'll be there about 4:00." "I'll be there." "Goodbye, Mark." "Goodbye." "Jen, that you?" "Yes, I'm in the kitchen." "I missed you." " Let me put that away for you." " No, no." "Like I said, this is a surprise." "You go out." "Go, out, out, out." " Read your paper." " Yes, my dear." "Oh, dear." "How could I forget that?" "What?" "I forgot the butter." "Could you do me a favour and run down to the market for me?" "I'd be happy to go to the market for you." "If you'll tell me what we're having for dinner." "That's not fair." "You're right, I'll get the butter." "Anything else while I'm there?" "No, just the butter." " Jonathan." " Yeah?" "I love you." "And I love you." "Hey, go on, start my supper." "I'm starving." "Jonathan?" "How you doing?" "I'm doing fine." "Working up at Laurelwood with the blind kids." "I missed you." "I've missed you too." "I've got a lot to tell you." "Let me grab butter, we'll go back to the house." " There's somebody I want you to meet." " Jennifer?" "How did you know about her?" "She came to see me today." "She's the one that told me you'd be here." "She gave me this letter for you." "My dearest, for these past few months," "I have been happier than I have been in the last 40 years." "I wish that it would never end." "But it must, my love." "We both have highways we have to travel." "Our work is important and it must be accomplished before we can be together again." "And though it may seem like a long time until we meet again, remember, to God, it is no more than the blink of an eye and then we'll have forever." "I love you." "Jane." "Jane." "Jane." "Mark, take me back to the house." "And though it may seem like a long time until we meet again, remember, to God, it is no more than the blink of an eye and then we'll have forever." "You all right, buddy?" "Yeah." "I'm fine." "We've got an assignment."