All language subtitles for Highway to Heaven S03E25 The Gift of Life_Subtitles01.ENG

[gentle music]

Jon, what do we got
to wear these suits for?

R.R. Benson.

What's an R.R. Benson?

R.R. Benson is the
richest man in the city.

He loves money.

He loves no one, and
no one loves him.

So what's the assignment?

Try to keep him alive.

What, is he sick?

Ah, not physically.

A man like that's
got a lot of enemies.

What do you mean?

Somebody is going to try to--

Yeah.

They're going to have
to get past us to do it.

What do you mean?

I mean, we're going
to be his bodyguards.

Oh my God.

[gentle music]

[phone buzzes]

DOTTIE (ON SPEAKER):
Mr. Benson, your two

new bodyguards are here.

You checked their IDs?

DOTTIE (ON SPEAKER): Yes, sir.

Send them in.

Well, Smith and
Wesson, welcome aboard.

No, that's-- that's
Smith and Gordon.

Yeah, whatever, whatever.

These are for you.

Bulletproof.

Oh, thanks, I guess.

Ah, Mr. Benson, I take it you
feel someone is going to make

an attempt on your life.
- What?

Who, me?

No, no.

Let-- let-- Let me
put it this way.

Construction is
part of my business,

and it's uncanny how
lucky I am at taking

bids away from my competitors.

But just because I'm
in cement, so to speak,

doesn't mean to say I
want to end up wearing it,

if you get my drift.

Now, it's like insurance.

You take it out, but you
don't expect to use it.

But no, no, you don't
have any concern.

Mr. Benson, this
one's got a hole in it.

Well you wouldn't
want to wear it if it

hadn't been tested, would you?

No, I guess not.

That's using the old IQ, son.

Now, if the two of you
just stick close to me

like hair on a bear and
everything will be just fine.

Ah.

[laughs]

So do you think these vests
are really going to work?

What do I care?

I don't need any.

[laughs] Oh.

All right, the first on the
agenda is a leak at the R.R.

Benson Chemical Company.

Who's got that?

Uh, [clears throat]
uh, me, sir.

Uh, who are you?

Oh, Jim White, director
of public safety,

Benson Chemicals.
- All right.

Why?

What's the bottom line?

Well, uh, our--

our plant is leaking
approximately

3,000 gallons of toxic waste
onto Sunrise Beach per day.

What should we do?

Deny it.

JIM: Deny it?

That's right, son.

Lie.

God gave you lips.

Use 'em.

Well, Mr. Benson, excuse
me, but I know Sunrise Beach.

Oh.

Because of the pollution
your company pumps,

people can't even
swim there anymore.

I mean, before you know
it, the beach will--

A good idea.

Good-- good-- good
thinking, Smith.

Gray?

Yes, sir?

Now, you're in
charge of publicity.

Go back in Sunrise Beach
history past 50 years,

find out how many
people drowned.

And if people can't swim
there, they can't drown.

Now, come up with
some kind of concept.

You know, mother and child,
R.R. Benson Industries keeping

children out of troubled water.

You know what I mean?
Good thinking, Smith.

Very good thinking.

Now, what's next?

Uh, Dave Green,
community relations.

There's a delegation of
tenants here to see you, sir.

They have a, uh, long list
of complaints from high rents

to no heat in the
buildings, rats,

bad plumbing, leaky roofs.

Yeah, where-- where are they?

In my office, sir.

Well, you keep them there.

I don't like to see the
faces of people I cheated.

It's bad for my digestion.

All right, boys.

Let's go.

Now, Benson, those tenements
you own, I've seen them, too.

Well, you do get
around, don't you, son?

They're a disgrace.

People shouldn't have
to live like that.

They should be condemned.

Condemned?

You got a Cracker Jack
mind there, Smith.

They will be condemned.

I'll write off a big tax loss,
have one of my other companies

snap them up dirt cheap,
make a few improvements,

raise the rents, and then
we start all over again.

You see, there's money to
be made out of poor people.

All you got to know
is how to do it.

Uh, Gordon?

Go to the underground
parking area there.

That's where I'm going
to meet the councilmen.

You're having a meeting in
an underground parking lot?

Uh, never make
a bribe in public.

That's tacky.

[gentle music]

Well, councilman, there you are.

Now, there's a
property down on Third.

Uh, got some kind
of garden on it.

The common ground garden?

That's right.

Now, I want that rezoned.

I got plans for that property.

Well, common ground
garden is awfully

popular with the people.

Yeah, well, we
make it unpopular.

Let's say that it's a
hangout for drug pushers.

It'll make the streets
safe for the citizens.

You bulldoze that damn thing.

If you can't handle this, I'll
bribe somebody else who can.

How I ever let you get your
hooks into me, I'll never know.

Well, the hook is
in, and you're on it.

Now, I can either destroy
you or pay you off.

It's up to you.

Maybe I should
let you destroy me.

It might be worth it not
to have to feel like scum.

Oh, yeah.

That's great.

I can just see your
wife, and your kids,

and your grandchildren coming
down to see you behind bars.

Now, take the money
and get out of here.

You don't have to
do this, Councilman.

You could use your power
to do an awful lot of good.

The choice is yours.

That's right.

Now, you listen to my man here.

He's right.

You've got-- you've
got your choice.

Of course, you won't do
anybody any good behind bars.

[chuckles]

Good thinking, Smith.

These old guys, you got
to give them strokes,

but he'll come around.

I think I'll start bribing
younger politicians.

You know, buy them
young, buy them cheap.

That's what I always say.

Well, Mr. Benson,
so far today,

you've managed to
guarantee the continued

pollution of a public beach.

You've sidestepped the
health and safety laws

on one of your
tenement buildings,

and now, you bribe
a councilman, things

that affect thousands of people
whose faces you never see.

So what's your point?

My point is, doesn't
this mean anything to you?

And doesn't all this mean
anything to all of you?

It just means that I've
been working hard all day.

Time for a break.

Let's get going.

There's a cocktail
party in my honor.

Let's go have a little fun!

[laughs]

[engine starts]

Get moving!

[gentle music]

Hi, baby.

Hi, Honey.

Ah.

Honey, this is Smith
and Gordon here.

Boys, this is Honey.

HONEY: I was lonesome
without you, baby.

Yes, I know, I know.

She loves me.

What can I tell you?

I love him.

I'm going to go over and talk
to those two gents over there.

They're my partners, or at
least until I buy them out.

So you guys just stay
here and keep an eye

out for anybody suspicious.

Well, at least now I know
what R and R stands for,

Really Rotten.

Come on, Jon, why don't
we blow this assignment?

I mean, why are we trying
to keep this guy alive?

Come on, Mark.

I mean it, Jon.

You spent all day long trying
to get through to this guy.

You haven't made a dent.

I mean, certain people cannot
be turned around, especially

with a subtle approach.

You may be right about that.

Tonight, I think we'll
try the direct approach.

What do you mean?

Well, just tell him who
we are, why we're here,

and it's up to him.

I tell ya, I have a feeling this
just may be his last chance.

All right, boys.

That's all for tonight.

I'll see you in the morning.

Look, uh, Mr. Benson?

I'd like to talk to
you for a minute.

Yeah, well, I don't
care what you like.

You're working for me
now, and I'm going to bed.

Well, that's where
you're wrong, Mr. Benson.

We're not working for you.

What?

What is this?

What a minute.

Some kind of setup?

Who do you work for?

God.

God?

Yes, God.

My boss is God.

I'm an angel.

Oh, you had me scared
there for a second.

I'll see you in the morning.

What?

How did--

I told you.

I'm an angel.

[dramatic music]

No place to run, Mr. Benson.

All right, what
do you want, money?

I got money.
- Come on.

I'm an angel.

You can't buy me off or rent me.

All you can do is listen.

All right, OK, I'm listening.

You just stay where you are.

We all have to choose, Mr.
Benson, what kind of life

we lead.

And ultimately, we're
responsible for the choices

we make.

You've made some very
bad choices in your life,

but there's still time.

It's up to you the way you
use it, your responsibility.

You're a kook, a couple
of religious kooks.

Ah.

I don't know how you did this.

Power of suggestion,
or mirrors, or a light

projector, or whatever.

You slipped me something.

That's it, isn't it?
- Yeah, right.

That's what we did.
Now, come on, Jonathan.

Let's get out of here.

This guy's a lost cause.

Do yourself a favor.

Mr. Benson.

Read this.

You just might learn something.

Kooks!

That's what you are,
religious kooks.

I want you out of this
house in the morning.

And if you're not out,
I'll have you arrested!

[bible thuds]

Kooks!

[gentle music]

What the hell is going on here?

[gentle music]

Ah.

[gentle music]

[tense music]

[gun cocks]

[gun fires]

What was that?

A shot upstairs.

[dramatic music]

Stop that man!

Somebody stop him!

Where the hell
have you two been?

Somebody just tried to kill me!

Thank God he missed.

He didn't miss, Mr. Benson.

The hell are
you talking about?

I'm fine.

Take a look.

[dramatic music]

You see, Mr.
Benson, you're dead.

[somber music]

[gentle music]

All right, this is some
kind of crazy dream, huh?

OK, all right.

I-- I'll go along with that.

Does it feel like
a dream, Mr. Benson?

Have you ever had a dream
that felt like this before?

I-I-- I'm open
to new experiences.

Yeah, well your new experience
says you were just shot

in the chest at point-blank
range, and that's your body

lying there.
Do you understand?

Mm.

Yeah, but what's your point?

The point is you're
deader than a doornail.

RICHARD: I am?

You are.

All right, all right.

Then I'm dead.

OK, and what happens now?

Judgment.

Judgment.

Well, I'm not
ready for judgment.

What do you mean,
you're not ready?

RICHARD: Well, I have to have
time to prepare, don't I?

I mean, I have to have
a lawyer, don't I?

There's got to be a
lot of good lawyers

who have croaked since they
began handing out parchment.

Darrow.

What's Clarence Darrow doing?
No, no.

I tell you what.

I'll plead no contest.

You know, maybe that
isn't such a bad idea.

Why, shoot, son.

That's a great idea.

Maybe he'll just,
uh, give me a fine

and a little public service.

And well, you know what I mean.

No, no.

I wasn't talking
about the lawyer.

I was talking about
time to prepare.

Now, maybe it's time you saw
the faces of some of the people

you've cheated and hurt
just over the last week.

Well, actually, that's
not what I had in mind.

Oh, I'm sure it
wasn't, but that's

the way it's going to be.

It's time to go, Mr. Benson.

Go?

[gentle music]

Jonathan?

Juh-- Hey, Boss, uh, why don't
you let me tag along, huh?

You know I won't get in the way.

I promise I--

Ah.

[dramatic music]

My God, it smells
awful bad around here.

Hi!

Oh.

Well, that-- that answers it.

That smell is from your
chemical plant, Mr. Benson.

It is?

Yeah.

Take a good look.

This beach used to be
filled with families,

children playing.

There used to be
fishing boats out there.

But now all there is a sludge.

Well, there's more
than one fish in the sea.

What's the big deal?

Where are you going to buy
another ocean, Mr. Benson?

Once you turn this
one into a sewer,

where do you get another one?

Go on, take a closer look.

Not a pretty sight, is it?

You know, you sit up there
in your corporate offices.

Instead of coming
up with a solution,

you come up with a PR campaign.

Well, here's the
real bottom line,

Mr. Benson, a piece of your
planet that you poisoned.

This is only the beginning.

We've just begun.

[gentle music]

[dramatic music]

Look at the way
these people live.

You can't blame this on me.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

They're deadbeats.

They want to live this way.

Nobody wants to
live like this.

Go on, take a look
at the baby's arm.

See the bandages?

They're from rat bites.

They can't use the toilet
in their own apartment

because the plumbing
doesn't work.

They can't drink the
water because there's

rust in the pipes.

And when they come
to you, when they

beg you to do some repairs,
you send out your goons

to threaten, or you hire
your lawyers to stall them

with red tape and hearings.

But I-I-I run a business,
not a welfare office.

These people aren't my problem.

Oh, you know how
kids turn out who

are raised in places like this?

I was a cop, pal.

When these kids grow
up, get their strength,

then they mug you.

Well, then you go
screaming to the cops.

Then it is your problem.

And they're supposed to
solve that problem 20 years

after you plant the seeds.

Nobody put a
gun to their head.

They don't have to rent here!

They don't have any choice!

Not their choices, Mr. Benson.

They were yours to
make and you made them.

It's time to go.

Go where?

To see some more of
your accomplishments.

[dramatic music]

What place is this?

Ah, it used to be
just a vacant lot full

of trash and garbage till
that woman came along.

Now, it's the common
ground garden.

The one you bribed the
councilman to get rid of.

Now, you come here
every day after school,

and I'll show you how
to take care of these.

And then, uh, when they
grow up, you can keep them.

For keeps?

Well, sure.

You're the one who's
going to grow them.

You're the one who's
doing the work.

That's neat.

Yeah.

What do you want to grow?

Carrots.

Carrots?

OK, we can grow carrots.

How about some tomatoes?

OK.

OK?

And some lettuce?

OK.

- It's just amazing, huh?
- Yeah.

It's amazing!

Take a good look, Mr. Benson.

There's someone using her talent
to be part of the solution.

They don't just grow
vegetables and flowers here.

They grow friendships
and self-respect.

What's in it for her?

The joy of giving.

I don't understand.

You wouldn't, Mr. Benson.

You've never tried.

Ms. Kate Larson?

Yes, that's right.

Dan Perkins.

I'm from the City
Zoning Commission.

I'm sorry, but the council has
decided to rescind your permit.

We're going to
rezone this block.

Why would you
rescind our permit?

Oh, we've heard about drug
dealers on this premises.

KATE: [chuckles] Do
these people look

like drug dealers, Mr. Perkins?

I can only tell you what
the council has heard.

From whom?

From the people who
work for R.R. Benson?

It is R.R. Benson, isn't it?

If I could only talk to him.

Save your breath.

The slime doesn't have ears.

Oh, slime.

Huh.

Yeah, not very nice.

I know he's sore because
he knows it's a payoff

and he's not in on it.

Time to go.

All right by me.

I don't like crummy
neighborhoods.

[upbeat music]

Oh.

Now, this is more like it.

There's, uh, or what's her name?

I thought her name was Honey.

Yeah, Honey, Sweetheart.

I can't keep track of
them all, you know?

[humming]

She looks happy.

Probably hasn't heard about
my untimely demise yet.

Oh, yes, she has.

That's why she looks so happy.

Don't give me that,
smart-alecky angel.

That girl loves me.

She worships the
ground I walk on.

Here you go.

Thank you, Honey.

Oh, Johnny.

I'm so glad he's finally dead.

It's been hell just seeing
you whenever he was too

busy to see me this past year.

This past year?

She's been seeing
him the whole time?

A cheap tramp.

How long do you think it'll
take before we get the money?

Not long, darling.

My lawyer's filing the palimony
suit against his estate

tomorrow.

We'll take him for
every cent they've got.

Well, I'm sh-shocked at--

after all I did for that bimbo.

Time to go, Mr. Benson.

Well, where are we going now?

To meet your maker.

No.

No, no.

No, no, no.

Listen.

Give me another chance.

To do what?

At-- at life, to-- to-- to do
it different, to do it the way

I should have all along.

I'm sorry.

It's a little late for that now.

No, it isn't.

It can't be.

Sure it can.

You're dead.

Remember?

I-- uh, it-- it's not for me.

Uh, f-for-- for the sake of
the people that I've hurt.

Uh, the people
that I've cheated.

Please!

Please.

Even if I believed
you, I don't

have the power to do that.

It's time to go.

Please.

Please, one more chance.

I'll do it right this
time, I swear it.

[phone buzzes]

DOTTIE (ON SPEAKER): Mr. Benson?

Your two new
bodyguards are here.

What?

Your new bodyguards,
Smith and Gordon.

I've already checked their IDs.

He did it.

He did it.

DOTTIE (ON SPEAKER):
Shall I send them in, sir?

Yes.

Send them in.

Jonathan, I can't
thank you enough.

I can't.

Mark, thank you.

Now, just save it.

If it was up to me,
you'd be on a spit.

- [chuckles]
- Look, this wasn't our idea.

It was the boss's.

He's decided to let you live
the last week of your life over

again.
- Another week?

That's fine.
That's fine.

I'll take it.

It's a deal.

Tell Him it's a deal.

Look, I want you to understand
exactly what's happening here,

Mr. Benson.

Yeah, I understand completely.

It's another chance to good
this week and all is forgiven.

Wrong.

Wrong?

Yeah, wrong.

All he's giving you is a
chance to live the last week

of your life over again.

Seven days from now,
at exactly 10 minutes

after 1:00 in the morning,
no matter what happens,

it's all over.

You mean--

Bang.

But, uh, it's a--

well, seven days,
ah, that's nothing.

Hey, the boss made the
whole world in seven days.

Yes, but I've--

I've been sinning
for 40 years now.

I can't undo 40 years of
sinning in just seven days.

That's right.

You can't.

And you can't buy your way into
heaven, either, Mr. Benson.

Seven days from
now, you'll stand

in judgment, just like before.

[phone buzzes]

DOTTIE (ON SPEAKER):
You have a conference

in five minutes, Mr. Benson.

Thank you.

All right.

You give him back
your life and find out

it's only going to
be seven days long.

Hey, flies only live for two.

That's a lot of comfort, Mark.

Shall we go?

[gentle music]

RICHARD: Dottie?

Cancel any appointments
I have for next week.

[gentle music]

All right, Boyd.

What's the bottom line?

Well, uh, R.R., the,
uh, plant is leaking

approximately 3,000
gallons of toxic waste

onto Sunrise Beach per day.

What should we do?

Mr. Benson?

Sir?

W-what do we do?

Deny it.

BOYD: Deny it?

Why?

That's why God gave you lips.

Right, R.R.?

[chuckles]

Wrong.

Wrong?

Don't deny it.

We don't?

No, we don't deny it.

We admit it.

Admit it?

That's brilliant!

We don't deny it.

They just find us out.

We admit it, then say
we're going to institute

a study, a two-year study.

Then we'll have to
review the findings.

We can stall them on
this thing for years.

[laughs] You're the best, R.R.

I've got a better idea.

No, this is good because
the man's a genius,

I tell ya, a genius.

What is it, R.R.?

We fix it.

Fix what, R.R.?

The lake.

We fix the lake.

MAN: We do?

Right.

You heard why.

We've been dumping 3,000
gallons of toxic sludge

on Sunrise Beach every day.

Well, we don't want to do that.

We don't?

No, we don't.

It kills the fish and the birds,
and people can't swim there.

It poisons the planet now, son.

You don't want to
do that, do you?

Well, it's just an
eensy-weensy little

piece of the planet, R.R.

Well, when you lose
an ocean, where are

you going to buy another one?

I mean, you turn
it into a sewer,

where are you going
to get another one?

No.

Oh, we got to fix it.

We're going to fix it and
clean up that whole area.

Now, Green, you
have a delegation

of tenants in your office
with a long list of complaints

about their apartments?

H-how did you know?

Because that's where I'd be if
I lived in one of those things,

camping right on your
office doorstep with

a mile-long list of complaints.

Gordon, up till now,
you don't like, uh,

the way I do business, do you?

Not even a little bit.

Well, if you owned
those buildings,

what would you do with them?

Sell them.

That's absurd!

Nobody would buy those buildings
in the shape they're in.

Sell them to the tenants.

Let them fix them up.

There's got to be carpenters,
plumbers, electricians

living in those buildings.

Let them fix them up.

MAN: Half of them are
out-of-work deadbeats.

Now, that's good thinking.

Good thinking, Gordon.

Find the tenants who
have building skills

and know how to work.

Put them on a payroll.

Put them on a payroll fixing
up their own apartments.

Well, what about the ones
who don't have any skills?

If they want to
learn building skills,

put them on as trainees.

Take the rent they've
paid up till now.

Put it toward a
fair down payment.

When a fellow has
something that he owns,

he's a lot less
likely to break it.

We're talking about welfare
mothers with tons of kids.

Maybe-- maybe we could set up
a child care center right there

in the building, employ some of
the mothers to run it and give

on-the-job training to those
who'd want to do something

other than child care.

That's using the old IQ, son.

Now, there are
government programs

that can help with this.

A lot of good minds
in this company.

Let's start using them to
solve problems and stop

denying that they exist.

Now, you get on that, Krauss.

But-- but--

I said shake a leg, Krauss.

Time's a-wastin'.

Do you know if you are a
fly that your life would

be one-quarter over right now?

Get moving!

Let's go, boys.

I've got a councilman
I've got to see.

You know, uh, Councilman, I--

Sure.

But what's that?

Your money.

I've told my family everything.

Are you kidding?

No, I'm not kidding.

For the first time
in years, I was

honest with my wife and kids.

They know everything.

And I'll tell you
something, Benson,

they're going to
stand by me no matter

what because they love me.

Now, you can try your
damnedest to destroy me,

but you can't because
I've got family,

and that's the real power.

Yeah, damn right it is.

Councilman, you're a lucky man.

You've got a second chance now.

Don't blow it.

People don't love
you and need you

because you have a big house,
or cars, or boats, or whatever.

They just need you,
and I'm proud of you,

and I'm proud of your family.

You mean that?

You bet your life I do.

And don't worry about me, uh,
changing my mind next week.

Go on.

Get out of here.

OK.

OK.

There goes a really rich man.

Ms. Larson?

Ms. Kate Larson?

That's right.

Do I know you?

Uh, no, no.

Uh, but I hope that I
might get to know you.

Well, you're off
to a good start.

You know my name.

What's yours?

Uh, Benson.

It's nice to meet
you, Mr. Benson.

I'm R.R. Benson.

Ah, the slime without ears.

Who are these, your goons?

Look--

Look, just let me tell you
a thing or two, Mr. Benson.

If you think you're going
to bulldoze this garden,

you've got another thing coming.

Well, actually
I came down here

to see what I could do to help.

And I'll fight you tooth and
nail on this rezoning issue.

You won't have to.

This is not going to be rezoned.

What?

Are you trying to threaten me?

That strong-- what do you mean
there won't be any rezoning?

It's just that I think that
you are doing a great job here.

I came down to offer
my support and my help.

But if you don't need
any assistance, then

perhaps you can help me.

To do what?

Well, set up more of
these common ground gardens,

for example.

I have a lot of, uh, vacant
lots around the city.

They could become places
like this, you know,

where people don't
just grow vegetables,

but friendships as well.

What's the catch?

No catch, but I am in a hurry.

I'm a little pressed
for time, as they say.

How's your schedule this week?

My schedule?

Well, I could always change it.

Good.

Good.

I'd like to meet some
of the people here.

I have a feeling this is
going to be quite a week.

OK, let's go.

Come on.

Hey, guys!

[upbeat music]

[cheering]

All right, let's go to work!

[applauding]

Boy, she is really
something else, isn't she?

So are you.

All right.

Thank you, Mark.

That's high praise
coming from you.

I just didn't realize
this could be so much fun.

What?

Life, feeling, life.

You know, you feel so good when
you're doing something that--

that matters, that
really matters.

I didn't realize there's so
much you could do each day.

You didn't realize you could
fall in love in a week, either.

Didn't you?

That, too.

You tell her yet?

Tonight.

You know, I have,
uh, done a very

good job of wasting my life.

Jonathan, isn't there
something that, uh--

you know, I've
learned my lesson.

There's so much that I could do.

Isn't there--

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm not sorry.

How about that?

[laughs] I hate to see it end,
but I wouldn't trade these

past seven days for all of--

plenty.

Well, let's get on home
there, and I got a sunset

I want to watch and I have a
dinner date with a lovely lady

tonight.

[somber music]

Jonathan, you're
sure there's nothing?

I'm sure.

[somber music]

[gentle music]

Hey, this is supposed
to be a romantic dinner.

What's all this stuff?

Business.

Important business.

Well it can wait, can't it?

Hey, I don't have any air.

- Richard, what are you--
- No.

--talking about?

Let me-- let me finish now.

- Are you ill?
- No.

Is something wrong?

What?

I'm s-- I'm setting up a
foundation to oversee what

material wealth I have,
and I want you to be

the head of that foundation.

I-I know you have a good
heart, and you're honest,

and you're bright, and you
will see that the money is

put to good use.

- Richard, will you please--
- No,

No, no. --tell me what's--

No, no, no, no.

I'm also going to appoint you
to the boards of the companies

that I own, and that way,
you can ride herd on the boys

and make sure that they,
uh, are on the right track.

See, Kate, I don't have
too much longer to live.

No.

No.
Something--

- Kate.
- Some--

Kate, I love you, and
that will never die,

and it will be with you
as long as you wish it.

And all of the good work that
we have started together,

you will see to it
that that won't die.

(CRYING) That's not fair.

Maybe.

It's not fair.

These past seven days,
I've had more than I've ever

had any reason to hope for.

I've had beauty.

I've had meaningful work.

And I've had love.

Now, that's an awful lot.

Isn't it, darling girl?

Richard, I love you.

I want a life with you.

I don't want you to go.

Well, I wish I had known
years ago what I know now.

But these past few days
that we've had together, I--

I wouldn't trade anything
in the whole world for it,

not even just a particle of it.

So I'm trusting you,
Kate, with the best

that's in me, with the only good
that I've ever done, and with--

with the only love
that I've ever known.

So don't you waste
any time with regrets.

Life is too short.

Let me hold you, Kate.

Ah.

Oh, so sweet.

Life, so sweet.

[gentle music]

[somber music]

Well, uh, I guess it's just
about quitting time, huh?

What do I-- just go
upstairs then and wait?

Yeah.

Mr. Benson.

Yeah?

MARK: Good luck.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

I'm really sorry that you two
fellas didn't come into my life

sooner.

[gentle music]

[sighs]

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

[gentle music]

[dramatic music]

[gun cocks]

[gun fires]

[dramatic music]

I got him!

I'll check on Benson.

[dramatic music]

Mr. Benson, are you all right?

Uh, I'm alive.

Look, Mark caught
the guy outside.

Are you sure you're OK?

Jonathan, why am I alive?

Did the-- did the
boss change his mind?

Um, do I get more
than seven days, or--

S-seven days?

I don't know what you're
talking about, seven days.

I'm talking about the deal.

The boss gave me this
whole last week over again.

I mean, you know.

You're the one who told me.

Well, Mr. Benson,
uh, the last thing

I said before you fired
us and went to bed was,

"Do yourself a favor
and read that book."

[gentle music]

Now at the time, I
didn't realize what a

favor it would turn out to be.

Well, then this past week,
all the projects, Kate,

it was a dream?

Guy, I still don't know
what you're talking about.

RICHARD: Didn't you
give me the dream?

No.

Then the boss gave it to me?

And He also gave me this.

He gave that book to everyone.

Yeah, but it didn't stop
a bullet for everyone.

Don't you see?

He's-- He's given me my life.

He never took it.

Jon, this is not a dream now.

Now how-- how much
time do I have?

Well, how much time
has he given me?

For-- for real.

How long do I have?

The same as you always had.

You could live five minutes
or 50 years, just like anyone.

Just like everyone.

Oh, boy, I'll make it count.

It's going to be every
second of every day.

And if you and your friend
Mark want to hang around here,

keep your eyes open,
because you're going to have

a lot of kids this coming week.

[gentle music]

Ms. Larson?

Ms. Kate Larson?

That's right.

Do I know you?

Ah, no, no.

Uh, but I hope that I
might get to know you.

Well, you're off
to a good start.

Well.

You know my name.

What's yours?

Uh, Benson.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Benson.

Ma'am, you don't know the
half of it, but you will.

By heaven, you will.

[uplifting music]

[gentle music]

[chiming]