[ECG MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
WOMAN: Hey, butterfly.
[BABY COOING]
WOMAN: Wanna go see your daddy?
MAN: Okay, here's the thing.
All you need to know...
"Go Wildcats."
- [CHUCKLES] - Your mama's a Duke fan. Big rift there.
But this is our year.
You're gonna be on my side. Got it?
[COOING]
MAN: Okay.
All right, we had the talk. You can have her.
- All right. - Uh-huh.
Nice try.
Now focus. Doc says we need a name to sign her out.
And don't say Ed. We're not naming our daughter Ed.
- I said Ed Jr. - [CHUCKLES] I'm serious.
- She needs a name. - [BABY COOING]
Well, her sister wants to call her Yoda.
Maybe you should decide.
Michelle.
- Means "Gift from God." - ED: Okay.
Michelle it is.
Michelle Edward Yoda Schmitt Jr.
[LAUGHING] That's enough.
[CHUCKLES]
Beautiful.
DOCTOR: [MUFFLED] Mr. Schmitt?
DOCTOR: Mr. Schmitt?
Her blood pressure is starting to fall.
It'll be soon.
I'm so sorry.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
I...
I don't know how to do this.
You go rest now, baby.
Okay?
I'll take care of the girls.
[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
[ED SOBBING]
[HARD TO HANDLE PLAYING BY GREAT WHITE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
All right, you know the drill. One, two, three, go.
Hey, you forgot the salt.
MAN: Better do another round.
- Okay. - [MAN CHUCKLES]
One for me, one for my friend,
and one for everyone at the bar.
- [ALL CHEERING] - I am good, honey.
Come on. Let's have some fun.
Y'all want some shots?
[ALL CHEERING]
WOMAN: Come on.
WOMAN 2: Get it, girl!
Cheers.
Now, you said one drink.
Well, I'm just tryin' to make one of these guys look my age.
Well, ain't enough booze in this place for that, honey.
- [CHUCKLES] - I'm good.
[BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIE BY BROOKS & DUNN PLAYING]
I love this song.
Girl.
[SINGING ALONG] ♪ Out in the country Past the city limits sign
Stop that.
- ♪ Where there's a honky-tonk - No.
- ♪ Near the county line - WOMAN 3: Come on, sugar.
- ♪ The joint starts jumpin' every night - WOMAN 4: You got this, girl!
♪ When the sun goes down
Come on, get down.
- Girl, get down from there. - ♪ They got whiskey women
♪ Music and smoke
♪ It's where All the cowboy folk
♪ Go to boot scootin' boogie
♪ I got a good job
♪ I work hard for my money
♪ When it's quittin' time
♪ I hit the door runnin'... ♪
[MUSIC FADES]
- [GASPS] - [MUSIC RESUMES]
- [ALL GASPING] - [OBJECTS CLATTERING]
♪ Stuck out in the woods... ♪
I'm all right! Let's keep goin'!
♪ Yeah
♪ Heel toe, do-si-do Come on, baby ♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
[FAUCET RUNNING]
[FAUCET STOPS RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
WOMAN: Well, good morning.
[GASPS] You scared me.
Please tell me you're the only one here.
It's just me.
Thank God. [SIGHS]
- What a night, huh? - Mmm.
Did you drive me home?
I did. Took a little bit of work.
You were belligerent.
[CHUCKLES]
All right. Come on.
I think it was the bar that was belligerent.
- Did you see what it did to me? - Come on. Get your shoes.
- Waffle House? - No.
- You're a genius. - No Waffle House, Sharon.
This can't keep happening.
Really, I'm officially worried.
[GULPS]
- You're officially worried? - Yeah.
Well, hey, y'all, it's official. She's worried.
Come on. Get your shoes.
- No. - Get your shoes.
Come on, Rose, seriously.
What is this?
This is me bein' a good friend.
This is me not allowin' you to become your mother.
Now, put on the shoes.
Sharon.
MAN: I got so tired of that feeling.
Empty.
No meaning, no nothin'.
I had to find something beyond myself.
Some purpose.
That's when things changed for me.
Started, anyway.
So, that's my advice.
Find a reason to be here that's bigger than you are.
- [ALL MURMURING IN AGREEMENT] - MAN 2: Thanks, man.
Anyone else who would like to share?
Anyone here for the first time?
Really?
Oh.
Oh, sure.
My name is Sharon.
ALL: Hey, Sharon.
And I'm not an alcoholic.
I'm just a pissed-off hairdresser
with a splittin' headache and a super annoyin' friend.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[SAFE PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS BY TROUBLE IN THE WIND ]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
CASHIER: [MUFFLED] Ma'am?
CASHIER: Ma'am?
[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
Dad, we have a situation.
I wanna look pretty for Mommy.
Well...
I don't see the problem here. She looks beautiful to me.
[MICHELLE LAUGHING]
Maybe just a little off the cheeks.
[CAPTIVATING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
SHARON: Liver transplant.
Poor little thing.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
What are you doin'?
This is stupid.
PASTOR: "My God...
"why hast thou forsaken me?"
Sometimes there just isn't an answer.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
PASTOR: For the pain, for the loss.
As humans,
we are always seeking answers.
- [DOOR CLOSES LOUDLY] - We wanna know the reason why.
[MAN CLEARS THROAT]
PASTOR: Why did we lose our sister Theresa?
Beloved mother, wife, friend.
Theresa was a light and an inspiration to everyone.
And that's what makes all this so much more painful.
And the lack of answers so much more frustrating.
Ed.
I am so sorry.
I wish I had the perfect words to say to you in this moment.
But I can tell you this.
God is here with us right now...
in this very room.
And we are here with you.
And we love you.
So, lean on God. Lean on us.
That is my challenge to all of you.
Find a way to help this family.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GIRL: Let's go get some food.
- Okay. Careful. - MICHELLE: Come.
[MICHELLE LAUGHING]
- Oh, my gosh. - It's quite all right.
- Sorry. Thank you. - ED: It's okay.
Your skirt sparkles.
Well, hi there.
You must be Michelle.
I wish my dress sparkled.
Look how it spins.
Oh, well, that's really pretty.
I'm five years old but almost six.
Oh, yeah? And what about you?
I bet you're... Wait, I bet you're 12.
[CHUCKLING] I'm only eight.
Only eight?
Look at your belt. It matches her dress.
Hello. I don't believe we've met.
I don't think we know each other.
Are you one of Theresa's friends?
No. I just wandered in off the street.
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] Uh...
Sorry. [CHUCKLING] I got up a little fast.
I'm dizzy.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I, um...
Um, I'm Sharon.
I just...
I read about your family in the paper,
and I just wanted to come by and say
I'm real sorry.
- Really. - Thank you, ma'am.
And if there's ever anything I can do to help...
Very kind of you, but we're holding on.
SHARON: All right, then. I'll let y'all get back to it and...
Sorry, I know it's kinda weird to have...
Well, anyway, I'll be thinkin' of y'all.
Okay, bye, girls.
GIRLS: Bye. SHARON: Bye.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Stupid.
ROSE: So, wait a minute.
You just wandered into a lady-you-never-met-before's funeral?
[WAY YOU MOVE PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS BY BEN WAGNER ]
Why, exactly?
'Cause she's Aunt Sharon.
Now, I don't know why.
Just somethin' about that little girl, sick,
without a mama, it just breaks my heart.
She's just five, and she already needs a liver transplant.
Then I heard people saying
the family's bled dry from all the hospital bills.
Rose.
I think I'm supposed to give them the money.
For the transplant.
You got that kind of money, I want a raise.
You're lucky I'm paying you anything at all.
I don't mean give them the money, from me, you know.
Find it. Get it somehow.
Thousands of dollars for a stranger's surgery.
Just "get it."
Don't be negative.
You know what it was like for me growin' up.
I guess I just feel... connected to her.
You really think this is what you need to be focusing on right now?
Actually, I do.
'Cause I just heard recently, from this anonymous person
that we all need to find meaning and purpose outside ourselves.
That there's some good advice, don't ya think?
Mmm-hmm.
- [KEYS JINGLE] - [ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[DOOR SHUTS, LOCK CLICKS]
She eat today?
Little bit.
She gotta eat, Ma.
MICHELLE: Daddy?
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
ED: Hey, butterfly.
[MICHELLE GRUNTS SOFTLY]
You're supposed to be asleep.
Mmm.
Where's Mommy?
Grammy said she was in heaven.
Is that true?
But where is she really?
She's in here now.
But where is she really?
Dad, I'm five. You can be real with me.
[CHUCKLES]
It's confusing, I know.
Come on, one bite.
That's a good big bite.
Come on. Let's tuck you in.
[KISSES]
You don't have to stay, Ma.
I know.
Can't do it all by yourself, Ed.
[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
MAN: [ON RADIO] Turning to the weather,
another Kentucky fall here in Louisville.
If you're like me, you're eyeing these skies
with concern, and for good reason.
With dark clouds on the horizon,
high humidity and thunderstorms on the way...
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
...all the conditions are right, so be prepared, folks.
This is what we call tornado weather.
Authorities are recommending you get indoors.
Head to a basement if you've got one
- and stay away from windows. - What'd I ever do to you?
Be safe out there, Kentuckiana.
- [THUNDER RUMBLING] - ASHLEY: "The tide is going out soon.
"If they get stuck on the beach, they'll die.
"The old man frowned..."
- [THUNDER CRASHES] - Daddy.
Oh, it's okay, sweetie. Everything's gonna be fine.
I got you. Look at these big, strong hands.
- Don't, Daddy. Don't, Daddy. - Think anything's gonna happen
- with these big strong hands? - [GIRLS LAUGHING]
- You're safe. - [GIRLS CONTINUE LAUGHING]
You're not stronger than the storm, Daddy.
- Wanna bet? - [BARBARA LAUGHING]
- You wanna bet? - [GIRLS GIGGLING]
ED: Go on. Keep reading.
ASHLEY: "The old man frowned and said, 'Don't you see?
"'The beach stretches for miles
"'and there are more starfish than you can count.
"'Even if you worked all day and all night,
"'it still wouldn't make a difference.'
"As the man spoke, the girl picked up another starfish
"and tossed it back into the ocean.
"Then, grinning, she said,
"'Made a difference for that one.'"
- Whoo! Yeah. Nicely done. - BARBARA: Well done. Good reading.
- ASHLEY: Good job, baby. - [BARBARA CHUCKLES]
- We're gonna have to go. - What? What is it?
Her eyes are yellow.
- Oh, no. What? No. - MICHELLE: What, Daddy?
- You can't drive in this. - ED: No, I'm gonna have to.
Come on, baby girl.
- You wanna go on an adventure? - Mmm-hmm.
What's wrong, Daddy?
Well, nothing. Everything's gonna be fine.
You stay with Grammy. I love you.
No, but the highway's gonna be closed.
- ED: I'll take 150 around. - You're not gonna get through...
- ED: I'll take a side street. - Daddy!
I know every road in this town.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
ED: Come on. You okay?
Your legs okay, sweetie?
Joyce?
We're gonna need another blood transfusion. Right now.
Don't look. We don't look.
Remember what we do?
[SOMBER MUSIC FADES OUT]
Look at me. Staring contest.
- You don't blink. - [MICHELLE GROANS SOFTLY]
Don't look. Don't look.
All right.
It's time to go night-night.
Do the belly song.
Oh, that's Mommy's song.
I'm not very good at that.
Do it.
Um...
All right.
[SINGING] ♪ I can rub Your belly slow
- ♪ I can rub your belly fast - [GIGGLES]
♪ I can rub it to and fro
♪ I can make it last
- ♪ And last - [GIGGLES]
♪ I can rub it round and round
- ♪ I can rub it up or down - [GIGGLES]
♪ I can rub it short
- ♪ Or long - [GIGGLES]
- ♪ This is the end Of the belly song ♪ - [GIGGLES]
Good job, Daddy.
Very sweet of you.
Go to sleep.
[KISSES]
Good night.
[ED GRUNTS SOFTLY]
DOCTOR: She is accelerating faster than we expected.
The good news is we're moving her up to number six
on the transplant list.
Bottom line, Doc.
Without a liver, I believe she has a year.
Or maybe less.
And how long does it take to get from number six to number one?
- I can't say with any certainty, but... - More than a year?
Yeah. Normally.
Two, two-and-a-half years.
Look, I don't want you to give up hope.
Okay? Circumstances change.
But I do want you to be prepared,
[MUFFLED] Mr. Schmitt.
We knew this was gonna be a difficult road.
And it was certainly not gonna be easy.
But let's take this one day at a time.
In the meantime...
[DOCTOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
WOMAN: Insurance card?
No.
No health insurance?
No.
WOMAN: Oh, okay, uh...
[SIGHS] Your total will be $6,130
- and 50... - 6,000?
$6,000?
...$130.50. Yes.
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
Thank you.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[ERROR ALERT CHIMES]
WOMAN: Um...
It declined.
Do you have another form of payment?
Um...
Uh...
Thank you.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[ERROR ALERT CHIMES]
WOMAN: Sorry. Uh...
Do you have a debit card maybe?
MAN: [ON RADIO] Throughout the affected residential area,
there's a large stretch of homes
- damaged or destroyed... - [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
...while their neighbors are completely untouched.
The unlucky path of the beast.
A few communities lie in ruin as the rest of the city
goes on with life as usual.
Quick pause for station identification here on 99.7 DJX.
[I'LL TAKE YOU THERE BY THE STAPLE SINGERS]
Hey, you two. We're doing a hair-a-thon.
We're cuttin' hair for a good cause. Why don't you come on in?
See right down here. Shear Elegance.
Excuse me. How are you?
I'd love to put some highlights in that hair.
I mean, you are so pretty.
I like the volume on the top,
but let's shave a little bit more here.
We can get some of that hair out of your ears.
Watch yourself now. This storm made a big dang mess.
We're raisin' money for this little girl to save her life.
And we're right down the street here. You come on in.
Come on by. We're cuttin' hair for a good cause.
Thank you so much for comin', y'all. Thank you.
The wait won't be long. I promise.
And look at you. Well, you're just perfect.
We don't need to do anything with you.
We'll be right with you.
- Don't you look gorgeous. - WOMAN: Thanks.
Thank you for helpin' save this girl.
[LIVELY CHATTER]
[LAUGHING]
ROSE: Thank you.
- MAN: Keep goin' with it. - Thank you.
How the heck did you do this?
And how come you ain't never done this for us?
Just needed proper motivation.
ROSE: Mmm-hmm.
It's only 7:00.
We need more people. It's not enough.
- Oh, don't you worry. - [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[ENGINE REVS, HORN HONKS]
SHARON: What's this? ROSE: Girl, I got
42 cousins on my mama's side alone.
I called all of 'em.
- I couldn't love you more... - [LAUGHING]
...if you were smothered in gravy.
MAN: Hey! Hello! SHARON: Come on in.
- Rose. [LAUGHS] - Hey.
SHARON: What a beautiful family.
- Hey. - What's up, baby?
I'm good. I'm good.
Make me beautiful.
Make me twice as beautiful.
Twice as beautiful as me? Come on, man.
- They're not magicians. - [SHARON LAUGHING]
- All right. - What can I do for you?
- $3,254. - [MUSIC FADES OUT]
That is a lotta haircuts.
- It sure is. - [CHUCKLES]
I'd say let's get a drink to celebrate, but...
I can feel you not talkin' right now.
All right, I know that was an intense thing to do,
just to drop you off like that, but...
Well, it was a wake-up call.
Message received.
I'm just...
I'm gonna stop drinkin' so much.
[CHUCKLING] But it's mainly so I don't have to
- see that look on your face. - [CHUCKLES]
Okay.
BARBARA: Michelle-my-belle, keep trying my patience,
I'm gonna turn you over my knee. Hey!
Hey! Get over here.
Off with that bathing suit, girl! Okay?
Mommy lets me wait till I'm dry. It's not fair!
I want Mommy back!
Yeah, me, too.
Do what Grammy said. Go.
[SIGHS] Welcome home.
- She's got her energy back. - Yeah, she sure does.
You get my noodles?
- [FAUCET RUNNING] - The what?
The noodles. Egg noodles. They're on the list.
Oh. I guess I forgot.
What do you mean you forgot? I already made the stroganoff.
- All I need is the noodles. - [FAUCET STOPS RUNNING]
Sorry.
Well, how could you forget when I gave you a list?
- I don't know, Ma. - [SIGHS, STUTTERS]
I write lists so you won't forget.
If I knew you weren't gonna do it, I...
[LOUDLY] I said, enough!
Just leave it.
[DOOR SHUTS]
I couldn't afford the noodles.
Couldn't afford half the things on that list.
Billing said if I don't catch up on payments,
I'm gonna have to start taking her to some public hospital two hours away.
Son,
don't lose your faith over this.
Come on now. Gotta hold strong.
My faith?
You know how many prayer lists Theresa was on?
Seventeen.
And now they got Michelle on all those same lists.
Lotta good faith's doin' me.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
- Yeah. - [DOOR OPENS]
Daddy, the lady from Mama's funeral's at the door.
What lady?
The sparkly rainbow lady.
Hi. Sharon.
Remember me? From the service? [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Yes, ma'am.
- How could you forget, right? [CHUCKLES] - Huh.
Um, well, I didn't have your number, so I just thought
I'd come by and give you this.
My friend and I own a hair salon downtown.
We had a thing to raise money for your daughter.
That's $3,254.
I know it ain't much in the overall scheme of things.
But, well, I hope it helps.
This is, uh...
It's an answer to prayer is what that is.
Wouldn't you say, Ed?
What was your name again?
Oh, Sharon. Sharon Stevens.
I'm Barbara. Um...
Well, have you eaten yet?
- I just made dinner, if you wanna stay. - I'd love to.
BARBARA: Yeah, come on in. It's just stroganoff,
but except maybe with rice, if I can find any.
Unless you brought noodles too. [CHUCKLES]
- SHARON: Hi, there. - Hi.
SHARON: How are you doing, huh?
- Good. - SHARON: What'd you do today?
- We went swimmin'. - Oh, you went swimmin'?
- [SOFTLY] Ma. - Huh, what?
What are you doin'?
[SCOFFS] When the Lord sends a woman to the door with an envelope full of cash,
you invite her in for dinner.
I met this woman.
She's a mess.
Perfect. She'll fit right in.
SHARON: I heard she was a real sweetheart.
SHARON: Mmm.
ASHLEY: Grammy, can I have some butter, please?
BARBARA: Mmm-hmm. Here you are. That's for you.
ED: Can you grab me another roll?
BARBARA: Yes. Here, son.
Hope the food's all right.
Are you kiddin'?
- BARBARA: Hmm? - It's excellent.
Mmm. I haven't had a homecooked meal in forever.
Mainly eatin' for one. [CHUCKLES]
You know, your house, it's real nice.
Super cozy.
That's my wife.
Excuse me, Miss Sharon?
[CHUCKLES] Why, yes, Miss Excellent Manners.
Can I please have your sparkle skirt?
- Michelle, you can't do that. - BARBARA: Michelle, honey, no.
It's not okay to ask people for their things.
I'll tell you what, sugar. I'll do you one better.
I'll make you your very own sparkle skirt in your very own size
and it'll spin real big too.
How about that?
You really don't have to do all that.
It'll be my pleasure. Really.
[SHARON SIGHS]
This is so good.
[JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi. Can I talk to your billing department, please?
Hello. Hi. Yeah.
Um, I'm tryin' to settle up some outstanding bills.
The name is Schmitt.
Edward Schmitt.
I'm his accountant.
Yeah. No. Yeah, I understand.
But I am family.
I'm his sister.
And his accountant. Both.
Look, do y'all want the darn bills paid or not?
Thank you much.
Hold on. One sec.
Yep, I'm ready.
I'm sorry. Can you say that number again?
$432,000?
- Excuse me? - Bless your heart.
I need to see your files.
I'm sorry. Did my mother call you?
Your bills, get 'em out. We got ourselves some work to do.
Uh, excuse me. Excuse me.
I don't feel comfortable with you goin' through my personal things.
Ed, there's something you should know about me.
I'm good at plenty of things.
Takin' no for an answer ain't one of 'em.
You better make some coffee. It's gonna be a long night.
Excuse me.
Tons of cream. Tons of sugar.
I like cream. I like sugar.
"Tons of..."
Oh, man. Daddy's in over his head.
SHARON: Oh, yeah, we're gonna get this sorted.
Yeah.
Wait. What does that mean?
[CHUCKLES] Nothin'.
SHARON: All three credit cards maxed out,
runnin' up interest.
Along with a fourth card. I assume this is your mom's?
Yeah.
The 400,000-plus in medical bills, also with penalties.
Michelle's medications, 670 a month.
You really need health insurance, by the way.
Oh, I saw...
Looks like you have a reverse mortgage.
Yeah. 2,400 a month, four months overdue.
And your income's only averagin' about 3,600 a month.
So, on a good month,
you're runnin' a deficit of 1,800
just coverin' the basics.
Yes, ma'am.
That's not good, Ed.
No, ma'am.
You don't talk much, do you?
No, ma'am.
Have you had the house appraised?
I'm not sellin'.
Well, then...
we prioritize.
Pay what you can, negotiate some down, consolidate the rest,
- get on a payment schedule. - [SIGHS]
Meanwhile, we keep fundraising.
Don't you worry. I got ideas.
Look, appreciate it, but I prefer to do things myself.
I'm not comfortable with this.
Well, you're gonna have to get comfortable being uncomfortable
'cause this ain't about you. It's about your little girl.
[SIGHS]
So, what's this stack?
Urgent.
- And this? - Very urgent.
- So, what's this one? - Ignore.
- Ignore? - SHARON: Mmm-hmm.
- I can't ignore these. - SHARON: Ed.
I've owned four small businesses in 20 years.
Here's something I learned.
Some bills are like wine.
They get better with age.
[JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES]
[ED SIGHS]
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS] - [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- I know. Sorry I'm late. - ROSE: Mmm-hmm.
- Good morning. - Hi.
Hey, Mindy. You gettin' highlights?
- MINDY: Yes, ma'am. - I was up all night thinkin'.
I'm gonna put together a press kit for Michelle,
something I can take to businesses,
get corporate donations, that kind of thing.
First, I gotta set up a nonprofit, so the donations are tax deductible.
Smart, right?
- So, you're still doin' this? - Of course.
Three grand ain't gonna solve their problems.
Not even close.
There it is. All right, I gotta get to the bank.
Wait a minute. You have an 11:00.
No, I pushed her to 2:00.
Bye, Mindy!
ROSE: Mmm-hmm.
[MOUSE CLICKING]
[DIALING]
VOICEMAIL: Hey, it's Derek. You got my machine.
Do your thing at the beep.
- [ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS] - Hi.
It's me.
Just, uh, leaving a message.
It'd be nice if you'd...
call me back one day. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Okay.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: [ON RADIO] The city continues cleanup after the devastating tornado.
In some neighborhoods, almost every single house has an issue.
Obviously, some are leveled.
Some are just shingle and window issues.
Lots of work. Lots of cleanup.
This is just getting started.
It's hard to say how long it'll take.
WOMAN: [ON RADIO] All right, Dan. Thank you so much.
Speaking of weather, it is looking like things should be warmin' up...
"Top Roofers.
"One-nine-nine..."
- Daddy! - BARBARA: Hey!
Hey, butterfly.
ASHLEY: Hey, Daddy.
ED: You two good for Grammy today?
- MICHELLE: Mmm-hmm. - I'm gonna eat that nose.
- She wasn't. But I was. - [ED KISSES]
ED: She wasn't?
- How was your day? - Oh, good.
Oh, it's hot as molasses in here.
[FAUCET RUNNING]
I think I got an idea.
Yeah?
How to make some more money. Help with all that.
- Well, tell me. - MICHELLE: Daddy.
Can we please go up to the stars?
To the stars?
- ED: Right now? Why? - Mmm-hmm.
- Because I want to. - BARBARA: Go on.
Take her. You can tell me later.
- Go on. - Please.
I just can't stand your face.
- I can't stand your face. - [BARBARA CHUCKLING]
Hey, come here. Give me a kiss.
- I hate that face. Give me... - [BARBARA LAUGHING]
Wanna know what I'm never doing when I grow up?
War.
- War? - Uh-huh.
Because I might get punched in the eye.
[LAUGHING]
In war, do people sometimes punch each other in the eye?
Sometimes.
Then no, thank you.
Instead I'm gonna do dance when I grow up.
- Or make pickles. - ED: Pickles?
- MICHELLE: Or be a scientist. - Oh.
I don't know.
Should I know?
I think you got time.
We're almost there.
- [ED MIMICS WHOOSHING SOUND] - [MICHELLE LAUGHING]
[ED SIGHS]
All right, we're on our way.
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
A million bajillion miles an hour.
Are we there yet?
Almost.
[GASPS] I see them.
There they are, Daddy.
The stars. We made it.
Good job.
Is Mommy up there?
Looking at us?
What do you think?
I think she is.
Well, then wave.
Hi, Mommy.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Well, hi, sweet pea. Is your Daddy home?
Yeah.
Daddy! Come in.
- Why, thank you. - [ASHLEY CHUCKLES]
- [DOOR SHUTS] - [SHARON GASPS]
- Good morning. - Hi, Sharon!
Hi, peanut.
I was just on my way to work
and I thought I'd bring by these blueberry muffins
to thank y'all for the other night.
- Thank you. - SHARON: The only thing
I know how to bake.
But more importantly, I wanted to bring you these.
[MICHELLE GASPS]
Is that really for me?
Wait till you see how it spins.
Thank you, Sharon.
You're welcome.
And for you, mademoiselle, why don't you open that up,
see if there's anything in there?
It's a lip gloss. Is that all right, Dad?
- Yeah, it is. Mmm-hmm. - Daddy, look how it spins.
- [MICHELLE CHUCKLES] - Beautiful.
ASHLEY: Come on. Let's eat 'em up.
Very kind of you, ma'am.
Oh, you gotta stop with the "ma'am."
And what's with the suit, Mr. Fancy Pants?
Oh, um... [CLEARS THROAT]
Meeting. I... [STUTTERS]
An idea I had.
Well...
After the storm, roofin' companies are gonna have
more work than they can handle.
I know roofing.
Figured I'd pitch myself. Handle the jobs they can't.
Hmm. Well, is that your proposal?
[ED CLEARS THROAT]
That's a good idea, Ed.
A very good idea
and a very bad presentation.
How do you mean?
You can't go in there with this sad little piece of paper.
And you sure as heck can't go in there with that tie.
Girls, you got a camera?
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[CAMERA WHIRRING]
SHARON: Smile.
Smile.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[SIGHS] Ed, no one's gonna hire a guy
- who can't manage a smile. - [SIGHS]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] - [SIGHS]
Girls, help your daddy out.
- [GIRLS LAUGHING] - No, wait.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] - [CHUCKLES]
- Seriously. - [CHUCKLING] That's better.
[GIRLS CONTINUE LAUGHING]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Come on. I gotta take this picture.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[UPLIFTING MUSIC FADES OUT]
You got a crew?
I can get one together. Real quick.
You're insured?
Well, uh, no.
But I figured I'd work under your company policy.
Our policy?
Well, yes, sir.
- Uh, that way, work's done... - [CELL PHONE RINGING]
...under your company name.
Uh, protected.
You look good. Clients are happy.
- That kinda thing. - Look, we've seen the news.
Two hundred roofs wrecked in one night.
It's gonna take an army to get them fixed.
Now, you can let your competitors get the work,
go with someone who'll charge you 40% over margin
'cause they got a fancy billboard.
Or you can go with this guy, who's been fixin' roofs for 20 years.
No nonsense, no markups, no fancy billboards.
I mean, look at him. There's nothin' fancy about him.
Heck, he doesn't even know how to have fun. [CHUCKLES]
He's the most boring, reliable person on God's green earth
and that's exactly who you're gonna need
to get through all them busted roofs.
ED: I'm turnkey.
I'll do the work, handle billing, wrap out, all of it.
Well, truth is, we are backed up.
We got over 100 roofs on the waitlist,
need to be done before winter.
How many of those you think you can handle?
bHow about we take half of 'em?
- Half of 'em? - SHARON: Mmm-hmm.
Huh.
Let me think about it.
Thank you for comin' by.
Fifty roofs by December? That's four times what I can handle.
Four times the money too.
Life's about sayin' yes, Ed, and then figurin' out how.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
Take a look at this.
Here's all the information wrote out...
Excuse me, sir. Please.
Please, help save a girl's life. Will you take a look at that?
You can do a lot of fundraising, like $200,000.
A lot.
COMMENTATOR: [ON TV] Looking, looking. He's got time. He looks good.
- Touchdown! - That's it!
- Wildcats! - Wildcats!
Here you go. Hope that helps.
[SHARON GASPS]
Good news is, we made over $11,000 this month.
Great work. Keep it up.
SHARON: But the bad news is,
with the hospital visits and the new medication,
you owe 13,000.
[ED SIGHS]
SHARON: Mr. Congressman!
Excuse me. Uh, thank you for stopping.
Give anything you can. It's all tax deductible.
I do need to get my car back in here too.
It's still makin' that weird sound.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
- [UPBEAT MUSIC FADES OUT] - [ENGINE STARTS]
Oh, it looks so good.
- Ain't that pretty? Oh, yeah. - ASHLEY: Mmm-hmm.
How do you know how much?
Well, whatever amount feels right.
You know, we do this for us, not for anyone else.
- Okay? You got that? - Don't worry.
- I know all about self-worth. - [SHARON CHUCKLES]
You do now, do you?
All right, my turn.
Okay, your turn.
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS] Okay.
- What happened? - [TV SHUTS OFF]
Well, I was runnin' around with the girls, and I twisted my ankle pretty good.
- Just so dumb. - You should've called me.
No, no, no. I don't wanna bother you at work.
Sharon drove me to the doctor.
He said I gotta stay off it a couple of months.
- Ma, you should've called me. - It's fine.
That's why I always leave the number on the fridge.
- I know. - And I don't wanna be
relyin' on her for everything.
[GIRLS AND SHARON LAUGHING]
- SHARON: Come on. - Yeah, so she's gonna
help out, uh, with the girls a few nights a week.
I need the help. I mean, we need the help.
Why don't you just have her move in, Ma?
- Ain't a bad idea. - [FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
SHARON: Oh, that's pretty.
Let me see.
A little bit more.
[ALL LAUGHING]
- ASHLEY: The other side? - Want more blush?
- ED: What's this? - Self-worth! [CHUCKLES]
ASHLEY: Daddy, look at me! [CHUCKLES]
Well, don't you look like perfect little peaches.
- [ASHLEY CHUCKLES] - How about you go
wash your faces off before Grammy has a heart attack?
- Daddy. - ED: Go on.
Don't "Daddy" me. Get.
Bye, peanut.
Just havin' a little girly fun.
Those are Theresa's.
Oh.
I'm sorry. I just figured, she wasn't usin' 'em, so...
I got this.
Sorry. I guess I'll go.
ED: That's probably best.
You're a real frustrating man, you know that?
Sure, I ain't great with boundaries, so that's on me.
But I'm just trying to help here.
Do somethin' nice for the girls,
take their mind off all the gloom and doom around here.
I don't remember asking for parenting advice.
You know, despite what you may think, Ed,
you're not alone here.
All right, bye, girls.
MICHELLE: Bye. ASHLEY: Bye.
- Can I keep the jacket? - [SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[SWITCH CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
[LAUGHING]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[LOSING MY RELIGION BY R.E.M PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
[DOOR CREAKING OPEN]
Doors don't open till 9:00.
I'm lookin' for Derek.
Derek!
Yeah.
Hold on a second.
Hi.
Hi, son.
What are you doin' here?
I was wondering if you were gettin' my messages.
I went by your house and...
Yeah, yeah, I moved.
I didn't know. When was that?
What do you need, Ma?
Nothin'. [CHUCKLING] I just wanted to see you.
Well, here I am.
You saw me.
Your hair, I like it like that.
Derek, wait.
Just started our work.
There's this family I'm helpin'.
They have this little girl.
She's sick.
Um, I'm helpin' 'em raise money for a surgery.
That's great.
Um...
Well, she's five.
And I guess being around her...
makes me think of you when you were little.
We used to take the bus to the library.
Your little sock puppets.
Remember when you used to say "Yew Nork"
instead of "New York"? [CHUCKLING]
Is that why you're here, Ma, to reminisce?
Because I got a lot of memories too.
Do we have to do this every time?
Well, you're the one who showed up.
All right.
Look, I know...
I let you down. I wasn't always there
- when I should've been. - [SIGHS]
Bein' a single mom ain't easy.
[DEREK SCOFFS]
And I know you're still angry, and I'm sorry. I just...
[SOFTLY] I'm angry? I'm angry?
[SOFTLY] I'm the problem? That's the problem here?
No, I didn't say that.
I said I'm sorry. I said it a million times.
I know. You love to say you're sorry.
But you've never taken responsibility,
never, never gotten help, never even admitted that you needed it!
[DEREK SIGHS]
[DEREK BREATHES DEEPLY]
I can't do this.
I'm not gonna do... I'm not gonna do this.
Would you please leave?
Please.
Okay. I'm goin'.
I'm sorry I showed up here.
You know... [SIGHS]
that girl,
I feel sorry for her.
Yeah. Me, too.
Not because she's sick.
Because she's countin' on you for help.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. I'm back.
[LOSING MY RELIGION CONTINUES PLAYING]
BARTENDER: Here you go.
♪ That was just a dream Just a dream ♪
♪ Just a dream, dream ♪
MICHELLE: [LOUDLY] Daddy!
- [LOUDLY] Daddy! - [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Daddy! Daddy!
I'm itchy and my belly hurts.
Oh. Uh... [BREATHING HEAVILY]
All right, uh, get up.
- You wanna go on an adventure? - Mmm-hmm.
Yeah, okay. Gotcha, come on.
ED: Sorry to call. I know it's early.
Uh...
I, uh...
I could use a favor.
- SHARON: Mornin', y'all. - [KNOCK ON DOOR]
ASHLEY: Aunt Sharon.
- Hi, little miss. Hi. - Hi.
How you doin', Ed?
Well, good.
Hi, peanut.
All right, let's get you home, get you dressed, and get you to school.
Again, sorry. Ma can't drive with her foot.
You don't need to say sorry, Ed. I'm happy to help.
Here, brought you a muffin.
ED: Oh.
SHARON: Wanna go to Waffle House first?
ASHLEY: Really? SHARON: Are you hungry?
ASHLEY: Yeah.
BARBARA: I've to say, I really like having you around.
Not sure Ed agrees.
Well, he's just grumpy like his daddy was.
- Hey. - Upped her medication. [SIGHS]
- Again? - 400 more a month.
BARBARA: Ugh! It's just robbery.
Daddy, which color are Mommy's eyes?
It's for school.
That's Grammy.
That's Pop Pop.
And that's you,
and that's Mommy.
But I can't remember
which color to use for her eyes.
Mommy's eyes were brown.
MICHELLE: Okay.
Hey, so I was, uh...
thinkin' of takin' the girls roller-skatin'. Why don't you come?
- Now? - SHARON: Yeah.
Nah.
Come on. You can't work all the time. You gotta play a little.
The girls need to have some fun with their daddy.
I don't roller-skate.
Everyone roller-skates.
I don't.
[LOUDLY] Hey, girls! Guess what?
Your daddy's goin' roller-skatin' with us!
MICHELLE: Really? ASHLEY: What? Really?
No way!
[GIRLS SQUEALING EXCITEDLY]
[SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING BY PEACHES & HERB PLAYING]
SHARON: You're a natural too. Must run in the family.
- [SHARON LAUGHING] - ASHLEY: Careful, Daddy.
SHARON: Careful, don't push your papa now.
- You havin' fun? - Yeah.
SHARON: You don't wanna push him down.
ED: No, don't pull on me.
- You're gonna pull me down. - I love this song.
- Oh, yeah! You got the moves! - [MICHELLE LAUGHING]
- [SHARON CHUCKLES] - MICHELLE: Yeah!
[MICHELLE GIGGLES]
Oh, I got ya. I got ya. [LAUGHING]
- SHARON: No frownin' anymore. - Not too fast.
SHARON: We need to turn that frown upside down.
[ED SIGHS]
If I can get out of this death spiral, maybe I can.
ASHLEY: Smile. [CHUCKLES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
ASHLEY: Circles. Let's go.
- Faster. - [BOTH CHUCKLING]
This was fun.
Told ya.
I appreciate everything you've done.
Still doin' for the girls.
But if I'm bein' honest...
[CHUCKLES] Yes, Ed. Be honest. Why not?
I resent it.
[CHUCKLES] I can't tell if that's a thank you or an apology.
You help me out.
I'm her father.
I'm supposed to be the one taking care of her.
[SIGHS]
Hmm. I'll tell you what.
I'll keep on helpin', and you can keep on resentin' it, all right?
So what about you?
- Oh, I don't like to talk about me. - [LAUGHING]
I find that hard to believe.
I like to talk, just not about me.
Right. Okay.
Married? Kids?
Hmm. [SIGHS]
Long ago.
Married young.
Then he realized he had a dream, which didn't include me.
Or our son.
So, he started a band. He's had some success.
I'm happy for him.
We don't talk much.
Your son?
Same.
But like I said, I don't like to talk about me.
You and me both.
ASHLEY: Three, four,
- five, six... - [MICHELLE EXCLAIMS]
...seven, eight...
[SINGING] Happy birthday, dear Derek
Happy birthday to you
[CHUCKLES]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
I can't believe you're 23. [CHUCKLES]
I went...
roller-skatin' tonight in your honor.
You know you'll always be mama's little stink bug.
I love you.
Happy birthday, son.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[SIGHS]
MICHELLE: Let's water the pool.
Baby, let's make a magic potion again.
- Yeah. - ASHLEY: All right.
Here, water the other plants. You're gonna water one of those plants.
Hi.
All right, I got an idea.
But before you go sayin' no, you gotta hear me out.
- Promise? - No.
Come on. It's a good idea. You gotta promise.
All right.
Okay, I've been doin' some lookin' around.
And I found this.
No.
- Hey. You promised. - BARBARA: Just listen to her.
It's a real nice place.
Look, I found movers who'll donate their services.
The rent is half your current mortgage
and you got...
Wait for it...
$126,000 in cash.
That's how much equity you got.
Ashley, keep an eye on your sister. I'm headed back to work.
- BARBARA: Ed. - No.
You gotta work with me here. I'm doin' everything I can,
but for every dollar I raise, you owe five more.
ED: I'm not sellin'. I already told you that.
SHARON: Ed.
Ed, your roofing jobs ain't gonna cut it.
Sell this house and we got a fighting chance.
Sharon, that's enough!
This is the last piece of her I got left.
I'm not selling the only house my daughters have ever known,
the house my father built,
so we can give the money to some collection agency.
Not happenin'.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
Well, look who got a lot to say all of a sudden.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
WOMAN: And you're asking us to reduce
the family's medical bills due to hardship?
No, I'm asking you to erase them.
All of 'em.
[CHUCKLES IN DISBELIEF]
Was that funny?
Let me show you somethin'.
Ed's daughter made this for school.
A family tree.
A simple drawing made by a child.
How one life leads to another.
Or in this case, how one death
- leads to another. - Miss Stevens, please.
Theresa Schmitt came to this hospital for help.
Now, the good doctors did their best to save her,
but they couldn't and she died.
Leaving behind a heartbroken husband and a very ill little girl.
Michelle.
Her treatment costs thousands of dollars a month
her family can't afford. Know why?
'Cause after you sent her mama to the morgue,
you sent them a bill so high,
their family couldn't pay it off in 100 years.
You realize the message you're sendin' this girl, right?
You're sayin', "We charged your mama so much to die that you gotta die too."
We can't just eliminate
hundreds of thousands of dollars
- in medical bills. - [SIGHS]
WOMAN: Now, I'm sorry.
I truly am.
Virginia.
What if it was your daughter?
Forgive me, but I did a little homework, and I know
you got a beautiful 11-year-old girl.
What if it was her I was here tryin' to save?
You'd wanna find a way, right?
For her to have a future.
To build branches of her own.
Please.
Gotta be somethin' we can do here.
[ED SIGHS]
Open it.
Thought you might wanna frame this.
It's the latest hospital bill.
$400,000 wiped clean.
Everything from Theresa's hospital stay to all the out-of-pocket expenses,
all of it gone.
What?
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
How?
I told you I wasn't good at takin' no for an answer.
Well, look, we still have a lot of
medications and the credit cards to pay off.
- But this means that... - We keep the house.
You get to keep the house.
Ed, I don't wanna overreact here,
but I think this moment warrants a high five.
[CHUCKLES]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Excuse me.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
[SOBBING]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
ED: It's gonna be a late one, boys.
- Gotta wrap this out tonight. - MAN: Ah. All right.
Let's get goin', boys.
SHARON: "The old man frowned.
"'Don't you see the beach stretches for miles
"'and there are more starfish than you can count?
"'Even if you worked all day and night,
"'it still wouldn't make a difference.'
"As the man spoke, the boy...
"the girl picked up another starfish
"and tossed it back into the ocean.
"Then, grinnin', she said..."
[MICHELLE GRUNTING SOFTLY]
- [GASPS] Barbara! - [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BARBARA GASPS]
No, no, no! My-Belle!
Ed. Ed.
We just got a call. [PANTING]
Your daughter's been taken to the hospital.
DOCTOR: She's desatting.
BARBARA: Hurry. Hurry, get her in there.
Get the mask on her now.
I'm gonna need a CHEM-7, CBC, and a full blood panel.
Clear the hall! Thank you.
I'm sorry, folks. No one past this point.
I think we're gonna need a crash cart too.
Watch the door, please.
[PANTING]
SHARON: Hey.
Oh, my... [BREATHING HEAVILY] Tell me exactly what happened.
SHARON: I don't know.
ED: She's got a tube in her nose.
SHARON: She started coughin' up blood.
It just came out. She wasn't...
DOCTOR: Her condition is not good.
Now, we've moved her up to number one on the transplant list.
But she needs a donor liver to show up as fast as we can get it.
How long does she have without it?
Four weeks.
Six, maybe.
Look, if a donor match is available in time,
Michelle will need to fly
to the children's hospital in Omaha immediately.
They're the closest ones that perform this kind of surgery.
But they're 700 miles away and a ten-hour drive,
and the donor liver is only viable for six hours.
- [ED SIGHS] - DOCTOR: I've had patients
who have missed that window because
they couldn't get a flight. So, I would recommend
that you arrange to have a plane stand by.
Wait. So, wait. You're telling me we need a plane now?
- I would recommend that you... - What do you mean? Like what?
Like a private plane?
- Look, I... - Is that what you...
- I know this is a lot to take in. - A private plane?
How exactly do you recommend
- we get a plane, Doc? - Hey. Wait.
No, tell me. Ma, how do we do that?
- How do we arrange a plane? - We'll figure it out.
We will.
Ed.
I'll get you a plane, I promise.
- You'll get a plane? - BARBARA: What?
- A private plane? - SHARON: I will.
ED: Mmm-hmm.
Thank you.
MAN: [OVER PHONE] We're just a charter service, ma'am.
We don't own the planes.
Oh, I see. Who does?
Corporations mainly, big companies, CEO types.
Okay. All right. Well, thank you for your time.
MAN: Uh-huh.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[DIALING]
Albert, there's a Sharon Stevens on the phone.
ALBERT: [OVER PHONE] Who now?
Sharon Stevens.
I don't know that name.
I didn't think so.
I'm sorry. He is not available.
Oh, that's okay. I'm happy to wait.
I don't expect him to be available. He's very busy.
You have a nice day.
- No. Wait. - [LINE DISCONNECTS]
[JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, good afternoon. Can I please speak to Maurice Thomas?
This is Sharon Stevens.
I was wonderin' if I could speak to Donald Coletti.
Felipe Alves.
Anthony Lendary.
I meant "Lundary." [CHUCKLES]
Um, hi, yeah, is this Cardinal Finance and Trust?
It's really important,
and I promise I won't take much of his time.
Is Mr. Blaine in?
I'm tryin' to make an appointment.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, Lydia. Sharon Stevens. Sorry to bug you again.
Just forgot to ask you one important question.
What's your favorite kind of muffin?
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
WOMAN: First Bank of Kentucky. This is Doris.
May I help you?
SHARON: Hi, Miss Janine.
Bow to your blueberry muffins.
So you can read a little bit more about her.
While you do that, I'm gonna show you this little girl.
So the thing is, when you learn you have to get a private plane to save her life...
Oh, this poor child.
Al, there's a woman out here you should meet.
ALBERT: [OVER PHONE] Janine, I'm busy right now.
Can you have her come back later?
Albert, get your butt out here now.
Hi, there.
I'm Albert.
Congratulations, Albert. I'm gonna make you a hero.
[UPBEAT MUSIC FADES OUT]
Hey.
Guess what I got.
Wait. No way.
You got a plane?
- Nope. - Ah.
- I got five planes. - [GASPS]
- Just in case. - What? [SHRIEKS]
[CHUCKLES] I can't believe it.
- Oh! Ed, Ed, get in here. - [LAUGHING]
- What? - She did it. Sharon did it.
She got a plane.
Uh, she got a bunch of planes.
- [SHARON AND BARBARA CHUCKLE] - How?
- Can't believe it. [CHUCKLES] - Wait, you know what?
Don't even tell me.
Well, we ain't done yet. We got more money to raise.
No, you've done enough.
Oh, you've done more than enough.
We don't need to be runnin' around worryin' about
- money and bills right now. - No, you...
I mean, surgery's gonna be a couple hundred thousand dollars.
You know, and without your roofin' account,
you're gonna be right back where you were, so...
Sharon...
you've done enough.
No more fundraisin'.
I just wanna be with my family right now.
He's so frustratin'. He won't listen to me.
- What? - Ed.
He's just so stubborn.
We gotta keep workin'. Build more awareness.
- [SIGHS] - Okay, you know what?
That's it. I've held my tongue long enough.
You're gone all the time, you're losing clients,
you done emptied out
your savings account for these people,
you're running yourself into the ground.
And I know you're drinkin'.
I'm not drinkin', Rose.
- I'm working. - Not here you're not.
'Cause I've been doin' this all by myself.
[SIGHS] Look, I know
that you're tryin' to do a good thing here.
But this, all of this...
it's addict behavior.
Is it?
Well, I'd love to talk more about that,
but I'm busy tryin' to keep a little girl from dyin'.
How did it become your responsibility to save her?
'Cause I'm here. 'Cause I can.
Because nobody did it for me.
Someone's gotta do somethin', Rose.
Someone's gotta fight for her. And if it's me, then it's me.
And if that's addict behavior, then, hey,
I guess I am an addict.
Might as well put it to good use.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
BARBARA: Ed, wanna come in?
We're ready to do the Advent calendar.
- ED: Yeah, we're on our way. - Okay.
- Come on, Michelle-my-belle. - Careful.
- You ready? - This chair.
BARBARA: Here, this is comfy. ASHLEY: Oh.
BARBARA: Hmm.
- Butterflies. Yeah. - ED: Butterflies.
Just like you.
- Twenty-three days. - [ASHLEY CHUCKLES]
Twenty-three days till Christmas.
I wonder what we'll get tomorrow.
How many weeks is 23 days?
Like three weeks.
Will you open my presents for me
if I'm not there?
You can open your own presents, dummy.
I heard Daddy.
He said I might not have three weeks left.
Here, this is for you. Open it right now.
Just in case.
[MICHELLE GRUNTING]
It's a starfish I made at school.
Do you like it?
What is that for?
[SIGHS] I love it.
Give it to me again on Christmas. Okay?
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SHUTS]
What are you doin' up?
I wanted to see you.
Where's your grandma?
She's upstairs with Michelle.
[ED GRUNTS]
- Daddy? - Hmm?
Is Michelle gonna die like Mama?
ANCHOR: [ON TV] The Mighty Morphin Power Ranger.
At KB, there are only 15 left.
And when the doors finally open two hours later,
you might as well just
leave your Christmas cheer with the reindeer.
I'm Amy Chan, and good night.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[DIALING]
[LINE RINGING]
Yeah, can I please get the number for ABC news station in Louisville?
[SAWING]
[SIGHS]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
MAN: Lookin' good, Ed.
What's goin' on over at your house?
How do you mean?
What in the world?
Can you tell me what kind of things you like to do during the day?
What's happenin'? What is this?
- Ed. [SHUSHES] - Wait, is this the father?
It's so nice to meet you. I'm Amy Chan from WPVK.
- Can I actually ask you a few questions? - No, ma'am.
I don't want an interview, don't want any cameras here.
Appreciate it if y'all pack it up.
Can I talk to you both?
We'll be right back.
Was I somehow unclear?
I say no more fundraising, now you got her on TV beggin' for money
in front of the whole world?
It's not the whole world. It's just local.
It's strangers in our home.
She's sick, Sharon.
And I told you I don't want this.
Oh, Ed, she's just so excited to be on TV.
SHARON: Look, I'm sorry, I know.
This is a good opportunity to get her story out.
It's good for her, Ed. Trust me.
Honestly, who do you think you are?
Ed. Ed.
She's tryin' to help us.
She's doin' the best she can and then some.
You've done a lot for my family.
I'm not gonna say you haven't.
But let's stop pretending you're doin' this for Michelle.
This is for you.
And get 'em outta my house.
All of 'em.
I gotta get back to work.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
BARBARA: [MUFFLED] You really have done an awful lot for us.
I just want you to know that it means the world to me.
And to Ed.
Well, if you're all right with the girls for a bit,
[GRUNTS] I think I'm gonna head home.
- Yeah, sure. - [SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT] Yeah.
Are you all right to drive?
I'm fine. I mean, I can't really walk, but I can drive. [CHUCKLES]
See you later.
Bye.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SHUTS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[DOOR OPENING]
ASHLEY: Daddy. [SOBS] ED: Hey.
What's wrong? What's wrong?
Aunt Sharon was talkin' real funny,
and bein' really weird, and scaring Michelle.
And now she's outside and she won't move, and I think she died.
- [DOOR SHUTS] - Where's your sister?
Upstairs crying.
ED: Okay.
Okay.
- Everything's fine. - What?
Aunt Sharon's just sleepin'.
You go upstairs, take care of your sister, okay?
- I'll wake her up. - Okay.
[GRUNTS]
Ed.
- I was just gettin' some fresh air. - Get your things.
- What? - You need to go.
- No, I was just... - Get up.
I'll call you a cab.
I can't have you around the girls anymore.
Good choice.
ED: Something could've happened to her.
- How could you do this here? - [SIGHS]
I'm broken, Ed.
I always have been.
I get it from my mama.
She was a mean drunk.
She never liked me.
And I never knew why.
[SHARON SOBS]
But I swore I'd be different with my kid.
But he hates me.
[SOBS]
My son hates me.
[SHARON SIGHS]
[SHARON SNIFFLES]
I'm sure that's not true.
I have this voice in my head.
Every day, it tells me I'm no good.
Not worth lovin', not worth nothin'.
And drinkin' is the only thing that makes that voice go away.
I guess I figured,
if I could save Michelle,
maybe it would save me, too.
[CHUCKLES]
Just usin' your daughter to fix myself like that...
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
I'm Really... I'm really so sorry. [VOICE SHAKING]
- [SOBBING] No. - Hey.
ED: Hey.
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
Tell those girls good night.
[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
I need help.
[ANCHOR BY NOVO AMOR PLAYING]
I'm Sharon.
And I am an alcoholic.
ALL: Hi, Sharon.
ED: Here we go.
This one.
- [ED SIGHS] - ASHLEY: Hmm.
ED: Ashley, this is for you.
Still love it.
[KISSES]
ASHLEY: [SINGING] ♪ Starfish ♪
All right, we got more to open.
- ♪ Starfish song ♪ - Yeah, let's...
VOICEMAIL: Hey, it's Derek. You got my machine.
- Do your thing at the beep. - [ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
Hi, it's me.
Merry Christmas.
I won't leave any more messages after this.
No more apologies.
No more excuses.
Just want you to know I'm goin' to meetings,
and I'm gettin' help.
[TV PLAYING]
MICHELLE: I like to swim. AMY: You like to swim?
ASHLEY: Daddy, look. Michelle's on TV.
- AMY: What else do you like to do? - I like to ride on my...
- That's me. - AMY: The address
on your screen is where donations can be sent to help
- support this family... - ASHLEY: It's so cool.
- ...as they struggle... - You're like a movie star.
...to cover medical bills. And to help pay for little Michelle's liver transplant.
I'm Amy Chan for WPVK News. Have a great evening.
Here you go, Mommy.
Let's get these out of the way.
You mad at God, Dad?
Is that why we don't pray anymore?
It's okay. Everybody gets mad sometimes.
[INHALES]
You should still talk to Him, though.
You first.
Hi, God. It's Ashley and Dad.
[WHISPERING] Say hi. Don't be rude.
Hi.
[SIGHS] We miss you.
And we're worried about Michelle.
I'm thankful that we get to spend Christmas together.
PASTOR: Couple of announcements before we start.
Please remember to...
if you purchased a poinsettia, please take it with you
at the close of the service.
We're gonna start with one of my favorites,
Angels We Have Heard on High,
which you can find on the insert in your program.
Good to have you back, Ed.
All right, sing with me, won't you?
CONGREGATION: [SINGING] ♪ Angels we have heard on high
♪ Sweetly singing
♪ O'er the plains... ♪
- [ANCHOR ENDS] - [TV PLAYING]
GIRL: [ON TV] Oh, boy. This is big.
And when I say big,
I mean, really, really, really small.
MAN: [ON TV] That's small.
- [GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING] - MICHELLE: Daddy.
Look, it's snowing.
Well, would you look at that?
[STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING]
ED: Got the last gallon of milk.
- Hey. Hey. - Good thing I walked.
Roads are all iced up.
It really looks like it's comin' down now.
Yeah, it's only gonna get worse.
NEWSREADER: [ON TV] Officials are saying be prepared
for what they're calling
the worst blizzard in state history.
- Forty-two thousand homes... - BARBARA: Hm.
...without power.
Half of the interstates are closed, and all inbound,
- outbound flights grounded. - I hope we got enough food.
Highway patrol says stay off the roads, hunker down where you are.
This storm isn't letting up anytime soon.
[TV PLAYING]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
BARBARA: I'll get it. I got it.
Hello?
Ah, yes, just a moment, please.
Ed, for you.
- Here. There you go. - [ED CLEARS THROAT]
This is Ed.
What?
Today?
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah, I got it. [GRUNTS]
Six hours? [GRUNTS]
That's for pre-op?
Yeah, okay. We gotta be on the plane when?
Tomorrow.
Okay.
Okay. We'll be there.
BARBARA: Six hours to Omaha.
Ed, Ed.
Honey, listen, listen. It's not gonna be possible.
- We'll make it possible. - No, look. Look outside.
Look, we're snowed in.
I mean, the roads haven't been plowed. The airport's closed.
Honey, listen. It's too dangerous. You gotta call the doctor back.
- No. - BARBARA: Honey,
maybe this isn't our liver, okay?
Maybe this one needs to go to somebody else's child.
No. It is, Ma.
It has to be.
- But... - This is our last chance.
If we don't take it, Michelle dies.
If you take her out there in this,
- she dies. - Ma, I'll make it. [PANTS]
I have to make it.
[BARBARA SIGHS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
Hello?
Sharon, it's Ed.
Ed, hi, hi.
Listen, I've heard you're doin' good.
I'm real glad about that, but right now,
I gotta cut to the chase 'cause there's not much time.
Okay.
We got a liver, Sharon.
We got it.
- Today? - Yes.
Michelle's gotta be in Omaha in six hours.
- Six hours? - Actually less.
Look, if I can't find a way to make this work by sundown,
we gotta give the liver to the next family who needs it.
That's barely two hours from now.
Yep. Today's the day, Sharon.
We gotta get it done.
Just have her bags packed. I'll call you back.
[SIGHS] Okay.
- Okay. - Boom.
- There we go. - What? Come on.
ROSE: Go get your narrow behind out this kitchen.
- [TELEPHONE RINGING] - Shoot.
Hello.
I need you to call highway patrol.
Find out which roads are open, and then plot a route
from 12th and Henley to the airport.
- Wait, what? - It's liver time. This is it.
Oh, good Lord. Today?
Yes. And I need you to do this as fast as you can.
It's a two-hour flight, then 45-minute drive
to the hospital, 30 minutes to prep her.
That gives us a little over two hours
to get her to the airport 36 miles away.
We miss that deadline, we lose the liver.
We lose Michelle.
- Okay. 12th and... - Henley. Off the Pike.
I still gotta find a plane that'll fly in this storm.
Do it. I got this.
Al, I need to get that plane up today.
Ha! Real funny.
But I'm dead serious. The liver just came in.
Uh, okay, then.
I'll call the pilot.
I don't think they're gonna takeoff in this weather.
I'd imagine the airport's snowed in like the rest of us.
Just ask him if there's any way.
- Please. - Uh, I'll get back to you.
- MAN: Airport's closed, ma'am. - [LINE DISCONNECTS]
- All runways. - SHARON: No.
You hear me? "No" is not an option.
We are goin' to save this girl.
You're gonna clear a runway.
Please.
I meant to say "please."
MAN: Let me see what I can do.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
- [ENGINE SPUTTERING] - Come on.
[ENGINE STARTS]
Yeah.
ROSE: Okay, so he's going to take
Rounders Pike to Preston Highway...
- to I-65. - Sixty-five just closed.
REPORTER: [ON TV] Interstate 65 is now closed.
Oh, crap. Okay, scratch that. He gonna have to go around.
He's gonna have to go through...
Canyon Creek.
Canyon Creek? That's a one-lane highway.
That's the only road that's not closed.
Hold on. I'm gettin' another call.
- Hello? - MAN: Yeah, you're the lady
called about the flight for the little girl?
Yes, that's me.
We're gonna make an exception and open up the runway.
We'll have someone
- waitin' for you at the gate. - Thank you.
- [LINE DISCONNECTS] - Thank you. God bless you.
And tell that other guy I'm real sorry I yelled. [CHUCKLES]
Sharon says take Canyon Creek all the way around.
It'll spit you out just south of the tarmac.
- Canyon Creek? - Yeah.
That'll add time. We only got a... [PANTS] hour 42.
No, honey, it's the only route.
- Take care of your grandma. - Okay.
- Wait! - I love you. [KISSES]
Bye, Michelle-my-belle. Honey, what?
- Meli, bring it back to me, okay? - Okay.
- Be careful out there! - [DOOR OPENS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
Okay, here we go.
- [TELEPHONE RINGING] - This is Sharon.
Sharon, he'll take that plane up.
- He'll do it? - Yes.
He said he's flown in worse storms than this.
He's on his way right now.
Oh, my God. Thank you, Al.
Thank you more than you'll ever know.
[ED GRUNTS]
I'm cold, Daddy.
I know, baby. I know.
We'll warm up.
NEWSREADER: [ON TV] More bad news from the highways.
More closures on 265 Watterson Expressway,
and a big rig jackknifed on Canyon Creek, closing traffic
- in both directions. - Come on.
You gotta be kiddin' me.
[GRUNTS]
SHARON: Gotta get him to turn around and go a different route.
ROSE: There is no other route. They're all blocked.
And we don't have a way to get ahold of him anyway.
[SHARON SIGHS]
Well, he's gonna find out soon enough.
WOMAN: [ON RADIO] And I think it goes without saying that
this just isn't the kind of weather we're used to here in Louisville.
MAN: [ON RADIO] Yeah, that's right...
- Where are we, Daddy? - [ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
Be right back. Wait here a second.
[CAR HONKING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PANTING]
Oh, come on.
[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
SHARON: The sun's goin' down. We're runnin' out of time.
Come on, Rose. There's gotta be a way to get him through.
ROSE: [ON PHONE] Okay, hold on.
If we can't get through, how about we get over?
SHARON: Over? What do you mean...
Oh, like a helicopter.
- You're a genius. - ROSE: [CHUCKLES] Thanks.
Wait a minute. How the heck do we get a helicopter?
AMY: [ON TV] We're gonna keep an eye on this for you
and we'll be right back with more.
Gotta call you back.
I know there's...
a service road on Canyon Creek somewhere.
Meets up with surface streets.
- That'll work. - What'll work?
Daddy's got a new plan.
You wanna go on an adventure?
Yeah.
All right. Sit tight.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
WOMAN: [ON PA] Sharon Stevens on line four.
Oh, put her through.
- Thank you. Thank you. - You got it.
Sharon, hey. How are you?
You need a what?
[ED SIGHS]
Hold on for me, baby.
[ENGINE ACCELERATING]
Here we go.
- [TELEPHONE RINGING] - REPORTER: Highway exits
virtually at standstill...
- Hello. - SHARON: Don't panic.
- Turn to Channel Seven. - BARBARA: Oh.
Ashley, click on Channel Seven. Hurry up.
...the airport are closed,
and her only hope now is a helicopter.
Please, if you're a helicopter pilot, or know one...
ROSE: He's gotta be somewhere on Canyon Creek.
Find him and tell him we're trying to get a helicopter.
- Got it. - ROSE: I think he's in, uh,
- a truck, a blue truck. - [DOOR SHUTS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
ED: Almost there.
Almost.
I'm sleepy, Daddy.
I'll need you to stay awake for me, all right?
Hey, we're gonna make it, kiddo.
- We're gonna make it. - Mmm-hmm.
ED: What is this?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay. Okay.
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[CONTINUES GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
Okay.
Hold on. Hold on.
- [ENGINE ACCELERATING] - [CAR THUDS]
- [ENGINE ACCELERATING] - [DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]
[SHOUTING] Come on! Don't do this to me! Come on!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES OUT]
- [ED GRUNTS, PANTS] - [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[CONTINUES PANTING]
Come on!
[GRUNTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SHOUTING] Please!
[CONTINUES GRUNTING]
Please. Please.
Please, not like this. [SOBBING]
[CONTINUES SOBBING]
[SOMBER MUSIC FADES OUT]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
Come here, butterfly.
[ED SOBBING]
How come you're crying, Daddy?
[ED SNIFFLES]
I love you so much, baby girl.
[ED SNIFFLES]
Daddy loves you so, so much.
Are we going on the plane?
[ED INHALES]
We're goin' home.
But first...
[SIGHS] Daddy has to make a call.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WATCH ALARM BEEPING]
- WOMAN: Dave, come here. - [TV PLAYING]
WOMAN: They're talkin' about little Michelle Schmitt on the TV.
Our Michelle?
They got her a liver, but the roads are closed,
and now they're tryin' to get a helicopter.
Amy, I know our viewers
have always come through in the past.
They will again this time.
WPVK viewers always come through in Louisville.
The numbers are on your screen.
Please give us a call. It's very important.
[TELEPHONE KEYPAD CLICKS]
[LINE RINGING]
OPERATOR: Operator. How may I direct your call?
Yes, I have an emergency. Please connect me
to St. Andrew's Children's Hospital.
Anyone with a shred of a connection
to a helicopter pilot, please give us... Oh.
We've got a caller on line one.
Go ahead. You're on the air.
MAN: Hello. This is Todd from A-1 Aviation.
I remember that little girl from the news.
I got a helicopter.
And you can fly in this weather?
TODD: Ma'am, I flew 26 missions in Saigon,
- so, yeah. - Yes!
- I can handle a little snow. - Yes!
[ROSE SHRIEKING]
You guys, we got a helicopter!
We got a helicopter.
TODD: What we'll need now is a flat, open place to pick her up.
No trees, no power lines.
I'm gonna need about 100 feet by 100 feet cleared of snow
- so I can land. - Did everyone hear that?
I know where they can land that helicopter.
- Quick, where's the phone? - They need a cleared-up space
- big enough to land. - Where's the cordless?
WOMAN: Just use the one in the kitchen.
- Use the one on the wall. - Right, right.
Okay, we've got a caller on line two.
Go ahead.
Yeah, hi. This is Pastor Dave Stone
of Southeast Christian Church.
You can land the helicopter in our parking lot.
- It's on Washington. - That's Pastor Dave.
You hear that, Louisville?
The parking lot of Southeast Church. Interstate 64.
But we're gonna need help clearin' it.
So, anyone...
[OVER TV] anyone who's hearin' this, please,
come on down and help us.
And to my congregation,
please spread the word. Get to the church.
Let's help save this little girl.
And bring shovels.
We're gonna need a lot of shovels.
Oh, okay, everybody, get some shovels.
Get all the shovels. We gotta get some blankets.
And coats and... Where are my shoes?
[GRUNTING]
All right, you can go with the Bordens.
They're right there waitin' on the corner.
- Okay. - Here you go.
Here, put this on. It's freezin'.
All right. Grab a shovel off the porch.
- Go on. Be careful out there. - ASHLEY: Okay.
[WIND BLOWING]
DOCTOR: [ON PHONE] Ed?
It's Dr. Ghorbani. Everything all right?
Doc.
They're prepping for surgery.
They need Michelle at the hospital in less than four hours.
I can't.
Ed?
I'm stuck.
- In the storm. - Ed, if you need
to surrender the liver, we have to know now, okay?
We have a second family on standby. We can...
- Look, she has the priority... - [CAR HONKS]
- ...but tell me. - MAN: Hey, man?
Are you gonna be able to make it?
Hold on, Doc.
MAN: Is that your Bronco?
Yeah.
We're friends of Sharon. Got a helicopter waitin'.
Take you to the airport.
- Ed, can you hear me? - MAN: Gotta go. Come on.
Doc, never mind. We're gonna make it.
- On our way. - MAN: Go load your daughter
in the truck. I gotta call Sharon.
Where we headed? I'll follow you.
- Southeast Christian Church. - That's my church.
They said you gotta be there in 45 minutes.
Still time if we go now.
That's all the way back the way I came.
And the interstate's closed. Come on, let's go. Jump in with us.
I know a way.
We're gonna have to go off-road.
Let me drive.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[ALL GRUNTING]
MAN: There we go.
ROSE: Let's go, let's go! MAN: Yeah!
ROSE: Try to get it off to one side.
I'm here!
Well, look who decided to show up.
Good to see you.
AMY: [ON TV] Another weather update.
We're getting reports there's now a second storm surge inbound,
and this one is looking even uglier than the first, with high winds...
MAN: [ON RADIO] ...characteristics of almost
a winter hurricane, and traveling is discouraged
through the rest of tonight
- and early tomorrow. - Just great.
Twenty-six minutes. Hold on tight.
MAN: [ON RADIO] ...records for snowfall and low temperature.
This ain't no light and fluffy snow.
This ain't gonna work, not without a lot more help.
Sharon.
PASTOR: Hey there.
Do you guys need a hand?
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
- Let's go, guys! - [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
ASHLEY: Aunt Sharon!
PASTOR: All right, come on, y'all. Split up!
We need 100 feet by 100 feet.
You guys stay here,
and the rest of y'all go down that way.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
MAN: [ON RADIO] With this storm gettin' worse by the minute,
all of Louisville is now holding its breath.
AMY: I can tell you, everyone here at the station
is on the edge of their seat.
But one thing I know for sure,
that little girl now has the entire city rootin' for her.
WOMAN: [ON RADIO] We've got heavier snow
and the wind's starting to pick up,
and it is gonna be intensifying very quickly here. Whiteout conditions.
We could be talking about wind gusts of hurricane force
70 miles per hour or greater.
So, these are gonna be bands of really heavy snow
and a strong northerly wind.
This is gonna be a really powerful storm...
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
I got your message.
I got all of 'em.
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
Let's save this little girl.
- [CHUCKLING] Yeah. - What do you say?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
AMY: [ON RADIO] We've got some fantastic news.
The helicopter is now only five minutes away.
- [ALL CHEERING] - DEREK: Five minutes. Let's go. Let's go.
ROSE: Faster!
ED: You doin' okay, butterfly?
- Mmm-hmm. - ED: Okay.
All right. All right, few more miles.
Homestretch.
WOMAN: There it is!
MAN: There it is.
It's here! It's here!
[HELICOPTER HOVERING]
[ALL CHEERING]
ED: [SIGHS] There it is.
Nice.
MAN 1: There it is. We made it.
- [ALL CHEERING] - MAN: There's Ed!
- ROSE: Let's go, Ed! - [CAR HONKS]
WOMAN: Let's go. MAN 2: We gotta keep goin'.
- He's here. - MAN 3: Let's do this!
- It's all right. - WOMAN 2: It's Michelle!
She made it!
MAN 4: Let's go!
MAN 5: We ain't done yet. ED: Oh.
[SIGHS]
So, still feel alone now?
This is...
incredible.
Hi, little one.
- Missed you so much. - ASHLEY: Daddy!
- Hey, come here, baby. - ASHLEY: Look what we did!
You did good.
GIRL: Watch out! MAN: Watch out!
- MAN 2: Watch out! - Turn up the radio.
AMY: [ON RADIO] Getting word from the pilot.
Go ahead.
TODD: I can't see the landing area in the whiteout conditions.
Said he can't see.
It's a whiteout.
TODD: [OVER RADIO] I'm sorry. I just can't see.
No, we did not come this far to fail.
[LOUDLY] Headlights!
Everybody, turn on your headlights quick!
PASTOR: Yeah, good idea. MAN: Put on lights.
PASTOR: Headlights. Turn on the headlights.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[HELICOPTER HOVERING]
Wait, Ashley. Where's she goin'?
Hey, Ashley!
Ashley!
- Does this help? - MAN: That's good. We got it.
TODD: [OVER RADIO] I can see that.
Yeah? Yeah, he says he can see.
TODD: I need more. Give me more.
Everybody, get your coats!
Blankets, anythin'!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
MALE ANCHOR: [ON TV] Take a look at the pictures, Amy.
They're coming in now of...
Those are jackets, I believe, being laid out.
- People are literally... - [CHUCKLES]
...taking off their jackets, putting them down
- for him to see. - AMY: [ON TV] Okay, he's good.
He's good to land.
Okay, everybody, get back!
Back up so he can land!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES OUT]
- [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] - THERESA: Hey, butterfly.
- Aw. - [BABY COOING]
[CHUCKLES]
Michelle, look.
MICHELLE: Butterflies.
MAN: Go on, Ed!
[ED PANTING]
MAN 2: Godspeed, Ed.
Oh.
I want you to know somethin'.
That voice in your head couldn't be more wrong.
You're not just worthy, Sharon.
You're a miracle.
Go. Go.
Oh, and, Sharon...
somethin' else I've been meanin' to say.
Thank you.
[CROWD CHEERING]
AMY: [ON TV] And there she goes.
Little Michelle Schmitt off to surgery.
And our prayers go with her.
- What an incredible moment. - [SIGHS] Thank you.
MALE ANCHOR: [ON TV] We'll take a short break
and be right back.
MAN 2: We love you, Michelle!
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
[ECG MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Ma.
ED: Hey, butterfly.
[SWEET CHILD O' MINE ACOUSTIC VERSION PLAYING]
♪ She's got a smile that it seems to me ♪
♪ Reminds me of childhood memories ♪
♪ Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky ♪
♪ Now and then when I see her face ♪
♪ She takes me away to that special place ♪
♪ And if I stare too long, I'd probably break down and cry ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh Sweet child o' mine ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh Sweet love of mine ♪
WOMAN: [ON TV] I called the radio station and asked them
why the helicopter couldn't land back here,
and they said it would have to be plowed.
MAN: [ON TV] The next thing you know, everybody started comin' from everywhere.
MAN 2: Perfect strangers you're never gonna see again
come out to help somebody they've never even laid eyes on before.
It really makes you feel good.
I can't believe it, and I'd say thank you from the bottom of my heart.
That doesn't seem to be enough.
But I just want everybody to know how much we appreciate it.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[UPLIFTING MUSIC ENDS]