BUSINESSMAN CARL HANDYMAN HENRY IZZY JOHENRY PARKING_ATTENDANT PEGGY ROBIN SHOPPER SHOPPERS SOPHIE TODD ROBIN Hey kiddo. I think we’re all ready! Okay. Time to go. Can you just try to be a little excited? Come on. SOPHIE Why? New town, new school, no friends, nothing to do. ROBIN It’s called a fresh start. People love that. SOPHIE I still don’t get why we had to move. ROBIN Well, you’re just gonna have to trust me on this one, kid. Nice neighbourhood, right? And we are here! Try to contain yourself. Come on! Huh? Huh? Home sweet home. SOPHIE Are you serious? ROBIN They always say buy the worst house in the best neighbourhood. SOPHIE Who’s they and what’s wrong with them? ROBIN It doesn’t matter. Let’s go. Huh? Let me... let me get a little bit of light in here. Ok. Ok, see the backyard, open it up. Get some air and some light. Ah. SOPHIE Mom! Your hands... ROBIN Ah! Ew. Let’s start a fix-it list. Um, kitchen faucet, number one. Number two item, the movers. Um, they’re gonna be here tomorrow. And we have our sleeping bags in the car. It’ll be so fun. It’ll be like camping. You love camping. SOPHIE Yeah, in the woods. Not in here. ROBIN Do you even want to know where your room is? Come on. It’s over here! Huh? SOPHIE Are you sure this isn’t a closet? ROBIN Come on. It’s not a closet. It just needs uh... a coat of paint. You’ll love it. SOPHIE This outlet is dead. ROBIN Oh, yeah. That’s because the electricity upstairs isn’t quite working yet. Just charge your phone downstairs. SOPHIE Great. ROBIN That wasn’t a real smile. Can I have a real one? Please? Just a little one? Ok, you leave me no choice. SOPHIE ROBIN What’s that? Is that a smile? That’s a smile! ROBIN Hello? PEGGY Oh! ROBIN Sorry, uh.. my name’s Robin and I just moved in next door. PEGGY Yes, I noticed. Peggy Peterson. It’s very nice to meet you. ROBIN Nice to meet you. Wow, you really have a... an amazing garden. PEGGY Thank you. I do love to garden. But it’s been a lot of work over the years. ROBIN I bet. I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me, as well. The previous owners just really let the place fall apart. PEGGY I’m the previous owner. My late husband, he um... completely renovated both of these houses with his own two hands. ROBIN I’m so sorry, I had no idea. PEGGY You know, I really didn’t want to part with it but, well, he’s been gone for the past ten years now so... I didn’t really have a choice. ROBIN Well, it’s a great house. It's... I'll see you later, Peggy. TODD Excellent. You are so prepared. ROBIN I try to be. TODD Izzy, will you assist this customer in locating the proper light bulbs? IZZY Right this way, ladies. ROBIN Isn’t this fun? SOPHIE No. ROBIN IZZY I don’t think I’ve seen you in here before, have I? ROBIN Yeah, no, we’re uh, we’re new in town. You’ll see a lot of us, though. We uh, we just bought a house. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper. SOPHIE It’s a disaster. ROBIN It’s not that bad. IZZY Well it definitely has some interesting light fixtures. The 1920’s? ROBIN Yeah, that’s when the place was built. You know your stuff. IZZY Thanks. My last boss didn’t want to listen to any of my ideas, and he thought I got too personable with the customers. So, are you married? ROBIN Um, divorced. IZZY Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to- I shouldn’t- I mean, you look like you’re doing great, right? You don’t need no man. Girl power. ROBIN Yeah, no, it’s- it’s been two years and uh, yeah. We’re great. We’re great. ROBIN Oh, no, no! No! SOPHIE Mom? ROBIN Yeah? SOPHIE Are you ok? I heard a crash. ROBIN Yeah, I just uh... dropped a thing. Don’t worry. SOPHIE Ok mom. ROBIN I can't do this. SOPHIE Hey, whoever’s up there. It's me. Listen, I never really ask for anything and neither does my mom. You see how she is. She thinks she can do everything all by herself and most of the time it works. But this time she can’t. I’d help her but I’m a kid. I don’t know anything about fixing houses. So if you could just help in any way that would be amazing. She deserves it. CARL I don’t care how many times he’s praying for it, we can’t just let them all win the lottery. Ever heard of inflation? Yes. Well, I’m sorry. Just deal with it. You wanted to see me, Carl? CARL Yes. Upper management has just selected you for a field assignment. HENRY Really? My first field assignment? CARL Don’t get too excited. Fieldwork is not the same as background duty. Appearing as a human, living in the earthly realm? It’s no joke. HENRY Yeah, I know that, sir. CARL I don’t think you do. You’re used to making a flower bloom with the snap of your fingers. As a human, everything is slow. Painfully slow. HENRY I’m- I’m ready for a challenge, Carl. I want to help people one on one. I know I can do this. CARL And are you familiar with the three rules? HENRY Uh, let’s see. There is- CARL One: respect free will. Two: be of service. And three- HENRY Don’t fade. I remember that one. CARL But do you know what it means? Only use your powers when absolutely necessary or you’ll start to fade. Then you’ll be in big trouble. Got it? HENRY Got it. CARL Good. Here. HENRY Um, Carl. Just one question. Uh, why me? CARL I don’t know, Henry. Upper management made the call. Now get outta here. IZZY Hey. Back already? ROBIN Yeah, I told you I’d be seeing a lot of you. I need to return this. IZZY Are you finished already? ROBIN Nope, I just think it’s a little above my pay grade. SOPHIE She wrecked a wall. ROBIN Sophie! IZZY It’s ok, it happens. ROBIN Yeah, well, who knew that eight years in corporate finance doesn’t exactly prepare oneself for doing a DIY renovation. IZZY Do you want me to help you find a contractor? They come through here all the time. ROBIN You would do that? IZZY Yeah, of course. Why do you think I wanted this job? Might meet my future husband. ROBIN I’m so glad I met you. I’m so glad I met you and so are my fingers and my hands and my toes. I just don’t want to die in a DIY accident. And I never wanna see that thing again. IZZY Um, Dave Pfefferman is cute in a scruffy, plaid shirt kind of way, and he’s a general contractor so he’s got a lot of guys that can do a bunch of different things, too. He’s married, though. ROBIN Oh, good for him. IZZY And if you need painting done there’s Chad Castor. He’s super cute, really affordable- ROBIN Affordable is good. Affordable is really good. The rest? Kind of irrelevant. IZZY Oh, and you were saying you were having electrical issues, right? ROBIN Yes! IZZY Ok. ‘Cause I know this electrician who has the cutest smile. He’s kind of flirty- ROBIN I really don’t care what he looks like. I just need him to do a good job. IZZY You say that now but you’re going to be seeing a lot of these guys. You might as well have some eye candy while you’re at it. ROBIN I know you may find this hard to believe... boys aren’t really on my mind right now. IZZY Why? ROBIN You know, I put everything into my marriage. I really did. And when that ended I put everything into my job. And now I want to put everything into this house and Sophie and just focus on that, finally. You know? IZZY Ok. ROBIN This is my dream house. At least it will be one day. SOPHIE This fell off my door. ROBIN Doorknob. It’s on the list. SOPHIE Thanks. ROBIN Oh, hello. You're... early. Um, I’m Robin Belden. HENRY Hi, Miss Belden. I’m Henry. Of Henry the Heavenly Handyman. Nice to meet you. ROBIN Ok. Uh, sorry. Heavenly Handyman... did we speak on the phone? Did we schedule an appointment? It’s just not ringing a bell. HENRY Uh... my bad, I’m new in town. I didn’t know I needed an appointment. ROBIN Well, how did you know we were meeting with contractors today then? HENRY Uh, word gets around. ROBIN I thought you said you were new in town. HENRY Which is why I thought I should come by and introduce myself. ROBIN Ok. Well, shoot. I’m really sorry, Henry, but I’ve got appointments scheduled all day today. Um, maybe just leave your card and I’ll contact you if nothing else works out. HENRY Or I could just wait, just in case there’s an opening. ROBIN Ok, um, sure. Yeah. Feel free. Ok. HANDYMAN Well, you’ve got lots of scuffs and scratches on the hardwood here. Still, I think we can get this floor looking great again. ROBIN Yeah? That’s good news. HANDYMAN Oh yeah. I mean, I love to preserve the hardwood whenever I can. It’s a nice place. It’s got good bones. Lots of potential. ROBIN I’m glad you can see what I see in it. HENRY Ring ring. ROBIN I really look forward to seeing your quote. Oh, sorry, yeah. Go ahead. HANDYMAN Sorry, I just have to take this. It’s my wife here. Hi, honey. Yeah, I’m just with a client. Is everything ok? What? Really? No, I mean, we totally should go. Yeah, ok. I’ll be right home. Ok, I love you. Bye. Uh, this is so unexpected. My wife just won a three-week vacation to Europe. ROBIN Wow, really? HANDYMAN The only problem is we have to leave Friday, and I have a couple other jobs to wrap up this week, so I won’t be able to start here ‘til next month. ROBIN Next month. SOPHIE What’re you doing? HENRY I was just doing some magic. SOPHIE There’s no such thing as magic. HENRY Sure there is. Wanna see a trick? SOPHIE Only if you promise it’s not lame. Let me guess. You’re gonna pull out a quarter? HENRY Something like that. You like that one better, huh? ROBIN What did you say your area of expertise was again? HENRY Well, I- I guess I would call myself a jack-of-all-trades. ROBIN So is that like a general contractor? HENRY Yes. Yeah, if it breaks I can fix it. ROBIN Yeah, so I mean, we need work done on the plumbing- HENRY Yeah. Yeah. ROBIN The painting... HENRY Oh yeah. ROBIN Flooring... HENRY Yeah, no sweat. ROBIN And you do all of this by yourself or do you work with a... a team? HENRY I do have a few guys I can call in a pinch. I promise you, if there’s anything that breaks in this house I can fix it. ROBIN Do you have any references I could contact? HENRY Uh, references... Yes, I do have references. TODD Izzy, it’s time for you to learn the inventory system. IZZY Woah, ok. Let me stop you right there. If we’re gonna do anything that... boring, we need some music! TODD Uh, won’t that be a little distracting? IZZY No. Let’s make this an inventory party! Woo! Come on, get into the spirit, Todd! TODD Of inventory? Izzy, that- that doesn’t make sense. IZZY Yes, it does. Come on. Move your hips. Get ‘em going, loosen up. Good. Better. Feel the music. Close your eyes. Much better. TODD Can we start working now? IZZY Yes, now we can work. TODD Good. Let’s just do this. Ok, so we start with... ROBIN Hi, yes. Um, my name is Robin Belden, I got your number from Henry the Heavenly Handyman. Is this Carl? CARL Yes, it is. ROBIN Hi Carl. He listed you as a reference. CARL Did he? Isn’t that nice. ROBIN So he has done some work for you then? CARL Oh yes, Henry has worked for me for a very long time. ROBIN What did you have him doing? CARL Oh, this and that. I’m sure he can handle whatever task you throw at him. He’s very capable. ROBIN Was it for your business or your residence? CARL Oh, I have several different accounts I manage. Trust me. If it’s broke, Henry can fix it. ROBIN That’s what he said. CARL I give Henry a positively glowing recommendation. And rest assured he’s a stand-up guy. Good luck to you, Miss Belden. ROBIN Thank you. CARL Hello? ROBIN Hi, this is um... Robin Belden calling. Um, Henry the Heavenly Handyman listed you as a reference. CARL Oh, Henry, he’s the best. You’ll absolutely adore him. ROBIN What a day. SOPHIE I like Henry. ROBIN Do you? Well, why is that? SOPHIE I have a good feeling about him. ROBIN Yeah, I don’t know. I mean, I think I would feel better if we met with a few other people. SOPHIE Mommy, I want you to hire Henry. ROBIN His references were glowing. And his rate was affordable. Like, crazy affordable. SOPHIE See? It’s meant to be. ROBIN Ok, we’ll give it a shot. SOPHIE Thank you. TODD And that will do it for adhesives. IZZY Ok. TODD It was looking sticky for a while there. IZZY Todd, did you just make a joke? TODD Don’t be so surprised, I do have a sense of humour. IZZY But do you have a sense of hammer? IZZY Nailed it. TODD Thank you so much for your help tonight, Izzy. This whole process has been much smoother with you by my side. You really know your stuff. IZZY Thank you. That really means a lot coming from you. TODD Well, you’re very welcome. IZZY So what about you? How did you get into this business? TODD My dad. Um, he started this store when I was a kid. He's not uh... doing so well. No, he hasn't been for... quite a few years now. IZZY I’m sorry. TODD So you know, it's... up to me to take care of things. Every day I just... imagine what he would say if he walked through that door. IZZY Wow, that’s a lot of pressure. TODD Sometimes. IZZY I’m sure you’d make him proud. TODD Uh, you know, I think that’s enough for tonight. IZZY Already? TODD Yeah, let's uh... finish the rest tomorrow. Why don’t you go home and get some sleep? IZZY Ok. Goodnight. TODD Goodnight. CARL Keeping busy, Henry? HENRY Oh! CARL Never gets old. HENRY So I did it. I got the job. I start tomorrow. CARL I know. And your earthly pleasures. Are they helping you adjust? HENRY You know, there’s a lot of things that I never understood about humanity. But this? Pizza? I totally understand. CARL You’re not here to enjoy anything. You’re an angel. You’re here to serve. You don’t need to eat, you don’t need to sleep, you don’t get tired, you don’t feel pain. You’re here to do your job. HENRY I just- you know, I thought I’d do a little research just so I... I fit in. CARL And don’t think I didn’t see what you pulled to get that repair job. Do we need to talk about the three rules again? HENRY No, no. No, I know the three rules, Carl. CARL And you came dangerously close to breaking all three today. HENRY About that, I have a question. Rule one and two I get. I’m not supposed to, you know, involve myself and respect free will and all that. Rule number three, why do I have my powers if I’m not supposed to use them? CARL It’s not that you can’t use them, you just can’t abuse them. I don’t know. Maybe upper management was wrong about you. Maybe you’re not ready for field duty. HENRY I am ready. CARL Prove it. HENRY What if I- HENRY Mrs. Peterson. You need a hand with that? PEGGY Do I know you? HENRY Uh, no, I don’t think so. I’m Henry. I’m here to help Miss Belden work on the house. PEGGY Oh, well. My late husband was the best carpenter in this town for nearly 30 years so I know most of the good contractors who work in this area. HENRY Well, I'm new in town, so... let me help you with this. PEGGY Oh, well... thank you, Henry. Hmm. HENRY Uh, hello? ROBIN Oh, hey. Uh, sorry. You’re early. I thought we said 9:00? HENRY It is 9:00. ROBIN It is? Oh. I guess I lost track of time. HENRY I can leave and come back whenever you’re done whatever it is that you’re doing. ROBIN Ever heard of yoga? HENRY Yoga? ROBIN I’ll just be a minute. IZZY I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know I’m late. TODD 30 minutes late. IZZY I know. My alarm didn’t go off. It really threw a wrench into my whole day. Is something wrong? TODD Last night I made a mistake on this order form. See where I put a 12? IZZY 12 paper towel rolls. TODD No, 12 dozen paper towel rolls. IZZY TODD That’s 144 paper towel rolls. IZZY Todd, it’s ok. It’s just a little mistake. TODD It’s an expensive mistake that the store can’t afford to make right now. IZZY I know. Do you um, want me to call around to some stores and see if they want to buy them off of us? TODD That would be great, thank you. But from now on I can’t get distracted, ok? So we just need to keep joking around to a minimum. IZZY Ok, yeah. Whatever you say, boss. TODD Ok. HENRY Off. ROBIN That hurt? HENRY Uh, right. Ow. ROBIN So, what do you think? How long ‘til we have water that doesn’t look like it died and came back to haunt me? HENRY Hard to tell. Have to wait ‘til I get in there. ROBIN You’re not in there yet? HENRY Well, it could just be build-up, rust in the pipes. Could be old pipes. Do you know when the last time the water heater was changed? ROBIN No. I don’t know. I could ask Peggy next door. HENRY Water heaters tend to have a life expectancy of about ten years, so it could just be that. SOPHIE Mmmhmm. Ok. Yeah, she’s right here. Ok, bye, dad. Love you. He wants to talk to you. Hi, Henry. HENRY Hey, Sophie. How was your day at school today? SOPHIE Dumb. Excuse me while I go crawl back into the tiny, dark closet that is my room. ROBIN You do realize I just bought a house? JOHENRY I was just hoping you could help me out a little bit. I’d pay you back as soon as I get back to the States. The promoter here really screwed us, and- ROBIN You just want me to bail you out. Again. JOHENRY Come on, Robin. ROBIN No, seriously. Johnny, you wanted to live your dream then you can figure out how to finance it. I already have one child to take care of. JOHENRY I thought we weren’t going to talk to each other like that anymore. ROBIN I’m not judging, I’m done being angry with you. Just please never call asking for anything ever again. Sophie? Sophie! I didn’t mean for you to hear that. I’m sorry. SOPHIE Too bad I did. I’m never gonna see dad again, am I? ROBIN Don’t say that. SOPHIE If you yell at him every time he calls he’s never gonna want to come and visit me. ROBIN Babe, listen. Things are over with me and your dad, but that has nothing to do with how much he loves you. SOPHIE Whatever. ROBIN All I can promise is that you’ve got me. I’m here, ok? Always. ROBIN Hey. HENRY I’m done for the day, I was just gonna head out. ROBIN Ok. Thank you. HENRY I’ll see you tomorrow? Hey, uh... I was thinking maybe I could start on Sophie’s room, you know? Help her feel a little more at home? A little more settled? ROBIN Yeah. I’m sure she would like that very much. Thank you for thinking about her. HENRY Of course. CARL Hmm. Hmm... Yes? HENRY Carl, it’s me. CARL Of course it is. HENRY I just, I wanted to let you know that I have decided to pursue a matchmaking angle with Robin, uh, in addition to my work on the house. CARL Why? HENRY Because she’s lonely and shouldn’t I be trying to make her happy before I leave? CARL Henry, this is how you get yourself into trouble. You’re a meddler, Henry. And too easily distracted. HENRY I won’t let you down. CARL Don’t worry about me, worry about Robin! HENRY I won’t let Robin down. ROBIN Oh, oh, sir! No, no, sir, I didn’t park in the... What?! Okay, that wasn't there... well, obviously I did. PARKING ATTENDANT It’s ok. I’ve had mornings when I didn’t see straight, either. Don’t worry about it this time. ROBIN Thank you. Oh, thank you so much. PARKING ATTENDANT I’ve never seen you around here. ROBIN Uh, I’m new in town. PARKING ATTENDANT Do you work there? ROBIN I shop there a lot. I’m doing a remodel. PARKING ATTENDANT Ok. ROBIN Ok. Thanks. ROBIN Oh! Oh. I’m sorry. Are you alright? Was that my fault? SHOPPER: Uh, I don’t know, but it looks like we’re co-mingled. ROBIN What? SHOPPER Um, our hardware? ROBIN Oh, of course. Yeah. Um... SHOPPER Is that mine or yours? ROBIN That's... It's this one. SHOPPERS Those... Ok. ROBIN Thanks. SHOPPER Yeah. ROBIN Oh! BUSINESSMAN Not your day. ROBIN Oh, thank you. BUSINESSMAN Maybe I could buy you some coffee? Warm you up? ROBIN Um, I think I just have to go home and clean this up. BUSINESSMAN Another day then. Give me a call. I’m Steven. ROBIN Sure. HENRY That’s awesome. ROBIN No, it’s crazy. I’m telling you. I don’t remember the last time I was on an actual date. And now all of a sudden every day some random guy hits on me. IZZY Really? Wow, I need to hang out with you more. ROBIN You know what? I hate grey. IZZY You do? Why did we pick up so many of these samples? ROBIN I don’t know. Out of habit I guess? John likes grey. John likes grey! IZZY Oh. ROBIN So are you really not gonna call any of those guys? Not even one? ROBIN I told you. I’m just not dating anybody right now. IZZY Oh, come on. It’s just one date. One date isn’t dating. Unless you want it to be. ROBIN I’m just not ready. CARL Tell me what happened. HENRY I messed up. CARL Why? HENRY Because... mistakes happen. CARL Ok, mistakes happen. But what I’m really concerned about is rule one. You heard Robin. Her heart is closed for business right now. You have to respect her free will. HENRY Yeah, I- I guess I was wrong to try and set her up. She just looked so- CARL Just consider this a warning. Focus on the house from now on. Do the work. HENRY So I’m not off the job? CARL Not yet. But you still have Robin and her free will to contend with. HENRY Okay. HENRY What’s wrong? SOPHIE I got in trouble at school today and they took my phone away. HENRY Were you playing with it during class? SOPHIE What else am I supposed to do? It’s not like I have anyone to talk to. I hate this stupid town and I hate this stupid house! HENRY Come on. You don’t mean that. SOPHIE Yes, I do. HENRY Think of all the great things about this house. SOPHIE Like what? HENRY Well, like this backyard. You didn’t have one like that in the city, did you? SOPHIE So? HENRY So, look at all the room you have to play. SOPHIE Play what? HENRY Well... Like soccer. SOPHIE I guess. Too bad I don’t have any friends to play with. HENRY Are you saying we’re not friends? There you go, you’re a natural. SOPHIE Thank you. Have you ever played before? HENRY Not as much as I’d like. ROBIN Peggy. Is everything ok? PEGGY No, it is not ok! My garden is flooded and it’s coming from your pipes! ROBIN Oh no. Um... just give me a minute, ok? ROBIN I’m so sorry. The water didn’t make it all the way over to your house, did it? PEGGY No, I don’t think so. ROBIN Something must have gone wrong when Henry was fixing the plumbing. PEGGY You think? ROBIN I’m sorry, Henry. I just... I feel like I have no choice but to let you go. HENRY I am so sorry this happened, Robin. Please, give me another chance? I’ll cover the damage, I’ll get it right. I can fix this. ROBIN I appreciate your honesty, Henry, and I really do wish I could give you a second chance but I can’t. HENRY Why? ROBIN It’s Peggy. She’s threatening to call the city on me if I keep you. I just cannot afford to be at war with my next-door neighbour. HENRY I can talk to her. TODD Oh, hey. Careful. You’re about to rub a hole in that glass. IZZY I’m sorry. When I get stressed I clean. Actually very productive, or very unhealthy. TODD Izzy? IZZY I don’t know. Whatever. All about perspective, right? TODD Izzy, slow down. What’s wrong? IZZY I just found out that I owe a bunch of money on last year’s taxes. I had two W2’s and three 10-99’s and I thought I could just, you know, get one of those software tax things, it would be easy and... TODD Do you need help? I’d be happy to take a look at your tax forms. IZZY Really? TODD Of course. Forms are fun. IZZY I love that you just said that with a straight face. Thank you. You’re my hero. I wanted to say sorry for being so late the other day. No, I don’t want you to think that I’m unreliable or that I don’t care, ‘cause I do. I- I love it here and I want to stay. TODD I know that. And you're... important here. Will you um... close the register? I’m gonna go take a look at these forms in my office. Better light. Ok. Fun times ahead. IZZY Woo. PEGGY What are you doing here? HENRY Uh, I wanted to apologize for the flooding and especially for your flowerbeds. I know how much you loved your snapdragons. PEGGY How do you know how much I love my snapdragons? HENRY I saw you admire them while you were gardening, so... PEGGY Oh. I knew I was gonna have trouble with you from day one. HENRY Your husband made this. PEGGY Yes. HENRY He was a carpenter. PEGGY I did say that. HENRY It’s beautiful. All the det- PEGGY Please. Don’t touch. HENRY Sorry. PEGGY That’s the way Albert loved to do everything. He did it very slowly and cautiously. It drove me bonkers at the time but now it, well... HENRY Mrs. Peterson, I’d like to offer my services to you at no cost if you need any help around here. I’m no Albert but I work hard and I’m free. PEGGY That's very kind of you but... I can look after myself. HENRY Yeah. I hope you’ll reconsider what you said to Robin about calling the city. PEGGY I don’t want to make any trouble for Robin. She’s got enough on her hands. She’s on her own with a kid. HENRY If you’d like I can replant your flowers, too. PEGGY Are you kidding? That’s the silver lining. I get to plant my garden again. IZZY So this little piece here goes on the top and then you just fill the gap, just let it dry, and then you make sure you trim off the excess, then that’s about it. HENRY Thank you. IZZY No worries. HENRY She is great. TODD She’s amazing. HENRY How long have you two been together? TODD Izzy and I? We’re- we’re not together. We’re strictly professional colleagues. HENRY Oh. TODD Uh, will this be all for you today? HENRY For today. TODD I’m sorry, what made you say that about me and Izzy? HENRY The way that you looked at her. I just thought... TODD There are certain lines that you don’t cross in the workplace. HENRY But isn’t life too short to follow all the rules? TODD No. Life is long and hard. HENRY Isn’t that all the more reason to spend it with somebody you care about? TODD Perhaps. HENRY So I refinished the floors, installed a new lighting fixture and finally replaced that crack in the crown moulding. ROBIN It looks amazing, Henry. I’m really impressed. I can tell how much time and care you took with everything. HENRY Well, I’m glad you can tell. You’re the one that inspired me. ROBIN Me? HENRY Yeah, you. Everything you do, you do it with care. You take your time. Like with yoga, the way you can control your body. It’s really impressive. ROBIN It’s really not that impressive. It just takes practice. HENRY I don’t know if I could ever do it. ROBIN Do you wanna learn? HENRY Will this work? ROBIN Yep. Whatever you’re comfortable in. HENRY I’m uncomfortable just generally. I didn’t know what yoga was until I met you. ROBIN Don’t worry, I’ll go easy. Ok, so we’re gonna start off with some ujjayi breathing. The secret to yoga is all in controlling the breath. You wanna breathe as fully and deeply as possible through your nose. You want to feel your belly expand as you breathe, and your chest should be the last to rise, ok? So, one, two, three, four... ROBIN Five, six. HENRY I don’t think I’m a good breather. ROBIN No, it’s ok, it’s ok. Nobody is at first. I mean, we go our whole lives breathing shallow. It takes practice to breathe deep. Let’s go together, okay? ROBIN We’re gonna try a mountain pose next. That was good breathing. Let’s try a mountain pose. HENRY Oh! Goal! SOPHIE Gooooooal! HENRY You’re getting too good for me, Sophie. SOPHIE Your defense could use some work. HENRY That's true, but uh... I’m not the one trying out for the school team. SOPHIE I can’t do that. HENRY Yes you can. You’re getting really good, and you’re having fun, right? SOPHIE Yeah. HENRY Yeah, well that’s the most important part, right? And it would be a good way for you to make new friends. SOPHIE Why do I need friends? I have you. HENRY True, yes. SOPHIE And since we are friends, when were you gonna tell me about my mom? HENRY What about her? SOPHIE That you like her. HENRY What? I don’t know what you’re talking about, Sophie. SOPHIE Do you think she’s pretty? HENRY Yes, she’s pretty. She’s very pretty. But that doesn’t mean we’re anything more than good friends. SOPHIE Well, as her good friend, the most important thing is you can’t ever lie to her or break a promise. My dad did that a lot. You saw how that ended up. Is that gonna be a problem, Henry? HENRY No. Not at all. My word is as good as gold. SOPHIE That’s what I thought. HENRY Anyway, enough about me. Let’s focus on you. You’re the one with soccer tryouts next week. Let’s go. Oh, nice! SOPHIE Another! ROBIN Hi, Peggy. PEGGY Oh, hi. ROBIN I just wanted to come over and say how lovely your garden is looking all together again. And again, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. PEGGY You’ve apologized enough, dear. ROBIN I wish you would let me cover the costs. PEGGY No, no, no. It’s alright, really. They’re just plants. Plants die. Would you like to come in for a cup of tea? ROBIN Yeah. PEGGY Come on. So whatever made you want to take on a wreck of a house like that, anyway? ROBIN What can I say? Um, I love a challenge. PEGGY That house is more than a challenge. It’s more like a minefield. That can't be all there is to it. ROBIN No, you’re right. I guess I could see the potential to really make it our own. You know? A fresh start and some place that Sophie and I could really call home. What about you and Albert? Did you have kids? PEGGY No. No kids for us. It just didn’t happen. But no mind. We were happy with each other and our little projects. ROBIN I noticed the little ships everywhere. Are those yours or his? PEGGY Those are his. PEGGY That man. He could just spend hours working on things like that. ROBIN You must really miss him. PEGGY Mmmhmm. I do. Every day. IZZY Ah, here it is. Of course. How could I miss it? ROBIN Great, thank you. IZZY Do you see this? Who feels the need to label a stapler? ROBIN I guess it prevents confusion if you bring your stapler from home. IZZY Dude, I don't even own a stapler. I don’t staple. Clearly it’s not in my nature. I- he's just- Todd is so tightly wound. It’s exhausting. I don’t know how he functions. It's just I feel so bad for him. He puts so much pressure on himself, I don't know how he can manage. I know it’s just ‘cause he’s stressed out about the store, I just... I wish there was just something I could do to help because he's a... great guy. He’s a really great guy. ROBIN So you like him. IZZY No, I don’t- I don’t like him, I maybe. A bit. ROBIN Look, if something’s meant to happen then, you know, it’ll happen. No pressure. You could do something nice for him, you know, let him know that you care about the same things he cares about. He seems organized, but perhaps not all of his pens are labeled. SOPHIE Hi Henry! You wanna practice soccer? HENRY Uh, I gotta finish this painting first. But it might go a little faster if I had some help. ROBIN I thought I heard you guys out here. SOPHIE Wanna help us paint? ROBIN Oh, no. No, no. I’m not dressed for that. SOPHIE Come on, it’s like you always say there’s no I in team. ROBIN Hey! HENRY Well, it looks like you’re dressed for it now. ROBIN You know what? HENRY Ooooh! ROBIN No! No! ROBIN Come here! ROBIN You're done! You're done! ROBIN Stay out of my section! Oh, oh, oh! What’s up now! That’s it, you’re dead! ROBIN I was going to make chicken, but I decided on pizza instead. HENRY I’m sure the chicken would have been delicious, too. SOPHIE I like pizza better than chicken, anyway. ROBIN Oh, ow. Ow. Wow. Thankfully my self-esteem is not completely tied to my cooking ability. SOPHIE Thankfully. ROBIN What? No, no, no, no, no! We’re not starting this again. IZZY Surprise! TODD What did you do? IZZY Well, you were saying that things have been a bit slow lately and I wanted to help. I was- I was trying to think about, you know, what would attract more business and I just- you know, I think people need to be more inspired when they come into the store. You know, they see the paint chips and they think hmm, project And then they go over here, they’re like what else can I change in my house? How about the cabinet hardware? And then pretty soon they end up pretty much buying the entire store. TODD But the aisles follow the logical flow of a house. Door knobs in the front, paint in the back. IZZY Yeah, but people don’t think like that. When was the last time you changed a doorknob? TODD That’s not the point. You shouldn’t have done this. IZZY What’s wrong? TODD I just- I didn’t ask you to change anything. IZZY Todd, you don’t have to keep everything exactly how your father had it. TODD Just... put everything back. ROBIN Sophie’s finally asleep. What were we talking about again? HENRY Your old job. ROBIN Right, yes. Uh, yeah. It was just like every day, same thing over and over again and eventually I think I just burned out. HENRY I know exactly what you mean. ROBIN Are you trying to tell me something? HENRY No, that’s not what I meant. Working with you and Sophie every day has been awesome. It's just I have had some jobs that are just really repetitive. Taking orders and not being able to see the big picture. It’s tough. ROBIN Exactly. It's why I wasn't really surprised when they let me go. I was so ready for something new. HENRY So what do you think you’ll do next? ROBIN I don’t know. I guess I’m just waiting for a sign from the universe. HENRY Well, what if the answers you need are already within you? ROBIN Henry. So philosophical. HENRY No, I’m serious. What makes you happy? ROBIN Well, I have occasionally thought about maybe opening my own yoga studio. HENRY You’d be great at that. ROBIN If any of my old work colleagues from the corporate world thought that I was gonna become a yoga instructor... You think I could really do it? HENRY It seems to me you can do anything you set your mind to, Robin. ROBIN Well, I don’t know about that, but it would give me more time with Sophie. She needs it. HENRY You’re a great mother. ROBIN I’m trying. HENRY Uh, I should get going- ROBIN I’ll walk you out. You know, Henry, you never really tell me very much about yourself. HENRY There’s not much to say. ROBIN I just mean you know so much about my past and I know very little about yours. HENRY Well, I guess I just don't dwell on the past. ROBIN What about the future? HENRY What about it? ROBIN Do you think about it? HENRY All the time. ROBIN I’ll see you tomorrow, Henry. HENRY Yeah. IZZY Robin! Lookin’ good! TODD Well, hello, Miss Belden. Nice to see you. You look lovely today. ROBIN I only put on a little bit of lipstick. I must look awful normally! IZZY No. Stop. Just take a compliment. ROBIN Do you have the paintbrushes I called for? IZZY Yes, I do. Here. Shouldn’t Henry be handling this? ROBIN Oh, I just thought I’d help him out a little bit 'cause, you know, I ruined some of his brushes yesterday in a- a paint fight. IZZY A paint fight? ROBIN You’re the worst. IZZY I’m on to you, Belden. ROBIN Nope! HENRY Aaah! CARL This is not a game, Henry. HENRY Uh oh. CARL Now, I’m just gonna ask you, since I can barely fathom it when word got back to me. Did you kiss Robin? HENRY Maybe. CARL Yes or no, Henry. HENRY Yes. CARL That is so incredibly unprofessional! What does rule two mean to you? HENRY Rule two? Um... I know what rule two means, um... to not make it about me. CARL What does that mean to you, Henry? HENRY Uh, to do what’s best for the client? CARL Wrong. It’s to be of service. It means to not get involved. HENRY I didn’t. I- I’m not. CARL Kissing Robin. That would qualify as getting involved, don’t you think? HENRY Yes. Yeah... but see, I don't know where the line is, right? Because with Sophie, she is my friend- CARL No, no, no, no, she's not your friend. She’s your client. And I suggest you ease off on that, too. The last thing that little girl needs is more disappointment. This is your second warning. There will not be a third, Henry. HENRY Ok. SOPHIE Henry, can you practice? HENRY Uh, I really can’t today. I gotta focus on the house, Sophie. SOPHIE But tryouts are tomorrow. HENRY Uh, you’re gonna do great. You’re ready. You can go outside and practice your footwork without me. You're already doing everything you need to do to make the team, alright? You got this. SOPHIE You’re going to be there, right? HENRY Yeah. Yeah, I’ll be there. HENRY Miss Belden. I fixed your window, good as new. I even restored the original hardware. ROBIN That’s great. It looks really great, and I won’t have any more smashed fingertips. Yay. HENRY As it should be. ROBIN Oh, would you like to stay for dinner? I’m making lasagna. Don’t worry, it’s a recipe I’ve made a hundred times so it’s ok. HENRY I can’t tonight. ROBIN Oh, ok. Well, yeah. That's fine. HENRY See you tomorrow. ROBIN Yeah. See you. PEGGY Hi, Robin! ROBIN Hey, Peggy. PEGGY I see you painted. ROBIN Oh yeah, what do you think? PEGGY It’s fine. Does this mean that the remodel is almost done? ROBIN Yeah, I think we're getting there. We’re pretty close. PEGGY Oh. PEGGY So does it mean that we won’t be seeing so much of Henry? ROBIN Um, I'm not- I'm not really sure. I mean, we’ll see. Have a good day, Peggy. SOPHIE Sorry! My bad. HENRY No worries, I can always get another face. ROBIN Oh, good. You found your soccer ball. SOPHIE Yeah, it was next to the garage. ROBIN Good. So should we get going? HENRY To where? SOPHIE To the soccer tryouts, remember? HENRY Right. Y- yeah. Um, why don’t you two go, I’ll meet you there. I just- I have some painting I gotta finish up. ROBIN Yeah, alright. That’ll be fine. Um, and then we'll have to go out after and celebrate, of course. HENRY I would love that. ROBIN Ok. Well, we’ll see you soon. SOPHIE See you, Henry. HENRY Hello? ROBIN Henry. Are you ok? HENRY Yeah, I’m fine. ROBIN So what... what happened? Where were you? HENRY I uh... got called away suddenly. ROBIN You got called away suddenly um, and you didn't... you didn't bother to call, you didn't show up, just nothing? HENRY I hope Sophie wasn’t too disappointed. I’m sorry, Robin. Just so you know, the work is done. ROBIN I noticed. I have a lot of questions. HENRY I finished it today. So I wouldn’t have been coming back, anyway. ROBIN So that's... that's it then? HENRY I guess so. ROBIN Alright then. Thank you, goodbye. SOPHIE What did he say? ROBIN It doesn’t matter. SOPHIE Don’t be mad at him, mom. ROBIN Ah, they’re perfect. IZZY I know, right? I can’t believe it’s all finished. ROBIN It does seem like it went by kinda fast. IZZY Speaking of which, how are things going with Henry? ROBIN Uh-uh. IZZY Oh no. ROBIN Henry just isn’t the man I thought he was. IZZY What? ROBIN I have to admit, I guess something good did kinda come out of it. IZZY What? ROBIN Well, I mean obviously it didn’t work out between us, but even still it felt good to kind of have those butterflies again. IZZY Your heart is open again. ROBIN Well, I’m not sure about open, but it's... it’s not closed. ROBIN Hello? Uh, Steven? This is Robin Belden calling. We met the other day. I believe I owe you a new pocket square. CARL You have broken every single rule. HENRY Carl, I can explain. CARL You’ve been careless. You used too much of your power. HENRY I had to! I had to finish the job. I couldn’t stand going back there for another day. CARL Why? HENRY Because I’m in love with her. CARL You what? HENRY I did what I did because I’m in love with her. CARL Henry, that is preposterous. HENRY Why? CARL You’re an angel. Angels don’t fall in love. HENRY Aren’t we supposed to be all about love? CARL Unconditional love, yes. But to project your confused feelings onto a helpless human? That’s breaking the ultimate rule! HENRY I didn’t mean to. CARL No matter. You’ll have plenty of chances to learn what it is to serve in the background. I’ll prepare your next assignment. Go get ready. HENRY Sophie. SOPHIE Finally. I’ve been knocking forever. HENRY How did you find me? SOPHIE Your address is on your website. HENRY Right. I... I don't think your mom would be too happy if she knew you were here. SOPHIE She’ll survive. HENRY So did you make the team? SOPHIE I didn’t try out. HENRY What? Why not? SOPHIE I didn’t want to. HENRY I’m so sorry. I wanted to be there more than anything. And then something happened. SOPHIE What? HENRY Sophie, I’m gonna tell you something that I haven't told anyone. I'm a... I'm an angel. SOPHIE How long have you been an angel? HENRY Ah, well, we don’t really measure linear time the way that you do. Um, but not long. SOPHIE Why am I not surprised? HENRY That obvious, huh? SOPHIE I suspected all along. I’m the one that asked for you. So does that mean now that the house is done, you're leaving us? HENRY I’m sorry. SOPHIE I’ll be ok. It’s my mom that’s the problem. HENRY Helping your mom build her dream house was my way of proving myself. And at least I did that on the house part. I just... I wish I could tell her everything. SOPHIE She’d never believe you, anyway. Maybe it’s better if we just don’t say anything. PEGGY Well, look at you. ROBIN Tah-dah. ROBIN Hang on. He’s texting me that he got held up at work, can we chat online instead? What? For a first date? Is that a thing? PEGGY Don’t ask me. ROBIN Well, why not, right? Ok. BUSINESSMAN: Thanks for jumping on. I got called away on business this morning, couldn't get out of it, but uh... here I am. You know how it is. ROBIN You’re really making me miss the corporate world. BUSINESSMAN: The corporate world? ROBIN How so? Finance. I wasn’t passionate about it though, so now I’m actually thinking about starting my own business as a yoga teacher. BUSINESSMAN: Well, that’s a pretty big step down, isn’t it? ROBIN I don’t think so. BUSINESSMAN: Sorry, I wasn’t knocking yoga, it’s a great way to stay fit. I just meant that... well, it’s gonna have an impact on your earning power. No biggie, though. I mean, you must have scaled back on any major liabilities or expenses other than your own. ROBIN Well, I uh... I have a ten-year-old daughter. BUSINESSMAN: Wow. ROBIN Well, you know, I think it’ll all work out. I’m not worried. BUSINESSMAN: Me, I could never... never let go of the security. Especially if I had a kid. ROBIN I just really don’t think of it that way. BUSINESSMAN: Hold that thought. Ah, I gotta take this. Just a sec. Hey. Yeah, I need that report yesterday, ok? I mean, what are you clowns doing? Oh, woah, hey- ROBIN I’m back. PEGGY I guess that’s my cue to skid-addle. Goodnight, honey. ROBIN Well, thanks a lot, Peggy. I appreciate it, even though it was a false alarm. PEGGY Happy to do it. That’s what neighbours are for. SOPHIE How was your date? ROBIN It was fine. SOPHIE Just fine? ROBIN It was terrible. It was really, really, really terrible. SOPHIE Mom? ROBIN Yeah? SOPHIE I really miss Henry. ROBIN Yeah, me too. TODD Izzy! What're you doing? IZZY It's jammed, Todd. I can't deal with this. Thank you. Todd, how long are we gonna keep doing this? TODD How much longer are we gonna keep doing what? IZZY The awkward silences? TODD You call this silence? IZZY You know what I mean! TODD Why are we shouting?! IZZY I don’t know! TODD I am so sorry. Oh. Um... that was uh... listen, I- I- don’t have the words to describe- IZZY Todd? TODD My momentary lapse of judgment, to say that you, Izzy, are the best part of every single day and I have felt that way for a long time now. IZZY Todd- TODD But if you don’t feel the same then I can assure you- IZZY Todd- TODD That that was an isolated incident- IZZY Todd- TODD And it will never happen again. IZZY Todd! I want it to happen again. TODD I’m sorry that took me so long. IZZY That's alright. Hey, you wanna know what the best part of this is? TODD What? IZZY I got you to break a rule. TODD CARL Here are your reassignment papers. I just need your initials on the marked pages. I’ll tell you, Henry, I’m disappointed, I really am. HENRY I’m sorry I let you down, Carl. But I think I know what I need to do. CARL What’re you talking about? No one gets off background duty. HENRY I want to be human. CARL You what?! HENRY I um... I just- I think this has been the answer all along. I think I’m supposed to be human. I’m supposed to be with Robin and Sophie. CARL No. And you know that. HENRY But- CARL As usual, you haven’t thought this through at all. As a human you’d have to eat, sleep, pay taxes, and do all the other tedious human functions that go with the human suit. HENRY Yep. CARL You’d have no powers. HENRY Yep. I’m ok with that. CARL You’d feel pain. HENRY Well, that’s ok too, to be with Robin. CARL It’s out of the question. It cannot be done. We have rules for a reason, Henry. Hello? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Ok. You are? You do? Yes, sir. Fine, sir. Will do. Thank you for calling. HENRY Is everything ok? CARL Management is willing to grant your request. HENRY Really? CARL Apparently the big guy saw it coming. Of course he did. HENRY What did he say? Was he upset? CARL He said rules are meant to be broken. HENRY Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow. Ah. Ooh. Gotta walk it off. ROBIN Is that the garage door? SOPHIE I think so. ROBIN Oh... how did you do this? HENRY With my own two hands. SOPHIE You’re still here! Something’s different. HENRY Everything is exactly the way it should be. ROBIN We thought we were never gonna see you again. HENRY Robin, if you’ll have me, for as long as we live, I will never leave you.