[theme song plays]
♪ Demons come from every side ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Out of the shadows of my life ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Surrender will win the fight ♪
♪ This girl's walked on fire and ice ♪
♪ But I come out ♪
♪ On the other side of paradise ♪
♪ Paradise ♪
[Fi] Angels... they're everywhere.
I mean, I don't know if they're really everywhere,
but I know they're in a zillion paintings and statues and stained glass windows.
And they all seem to look alike,
heavenly beings with these completely awesome wings.
But even cooler than the artwork are the stories people tell
about being visited by angels in visions, in dreams,
even in person, at the time when they really need it.
Most of these stories are about angels delivering messages of hope.
But sometimes you'll hear a different story,
about a dark angel who foreshadows bad luck... or worse.
[typing]
-[guitar playing] -[vocalizing]
[Irene laughing]
Oh, yeah...
Oh, thanks.
You want to take a break, honey? You've been driving all day.
No way, I am one with the road.
OK, zen master.
After I map out the next leg of the tour, I'm taking over the wheel.
Molly, want to check out the list of venues?
[Molly] Oh, yeah.
Whoa!
[tires screeching]
[Ned] Hold on, everybody!
[yelling]
[Clue] Mom!
[yelling and grunting]
[panting]
-[Irene] Clu? -[Clu] I'm OK, Mom.
Whoa, Jack?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Fiona?
-Everybody OK? -What was it, honey?
Keep the kids on the bus, all right. I'll be right back.
Thank you. Thank you.
Hey, mister, you all right?
Yeah...
-I... I... I thought that... -Honey?
What's the deal?
It's OK, I guess.
OK, guys, coast is clear.
Are you OK?
[Clu] Oh, trouble...
Hi, I'm Molly Phillips.
I'm so sorry for all of this, we'll pay for your fence.
No, no, no. That's all right.
As long as everybody's OK, that's all that really matters.
-I'm Seth Crawford. -[Molly] Hi.
-I'm Gabe. -Hi, I'm Jack.
Hi.
What's the damage?
Broken idler arm.
[Seth] No steering.
One with the road.
Honey, will it upset the universal balance if I call a tow truck?
Great... totally dead.
I just charged this thing an hour ago.
You could use our phone.
Oh, uh, thanks.
If it's not a problem, it--
No, sure. That's quite all right, please.
[Molly] Thank you.
I don't get it. I know I saw someone.
-Someone? -In the road.
He saw me coming and he stood there like he didn't care.
He was, like, totally... calm.
Well, you know, um... that could have been a cow.
They do get out sometimes.
[Ned] Then I must have been asleep.
Usually when I'm awake, I can tell the difference between a man and a cow.
Well, you know, I've done long-haul trucking,
and sometimes the mind can start playing tricks on you.
Coffee?
Sure, guess I could use a cup.
-Come on, baby. -[Fi] I'll be right back.
I just gotta to get something off the bus.
-OK. -OK.
[door opens]
You know, at this rate, we're never going to get to rehearsal.
Give me another number.
May I help?
Well, I've been making my own coffee now for a long time.
Why don't you just have a seat at the table.
Please? I need something to do with my hands.
All right, well, um, I'll go get the kettle.
-You all right? -Mm-hm.
-Jack, she knows something. -She sure does.
Didn't you see her face when Ned talked about the man he saw on the road?
Yeah. It's a great face.
Clu, Jack won't listen to me.
-Moo. [laughs] -Clu!
Of course he's not listening to you, Fi.
Look at him, he's in serious like. It's way romantic.
Something weird's going on here.
I mean, first, your dad said he sees a man.
There's no body, no footprints, except her dad's.
Well, it could have been Bessy.
Hey, why did the cow cross the road?
And no cow prints, either.
Something weird's going on here.
Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Gabe.
Thanks.
-Aren't you going to have some? -Oh, I'm not thirsty.
So have you guys gone hiking in the Rockies?
OK, here's the deal...
Apparently, people don't break down in Ohio.
The soonest that we can get some roadside service
is sometime after the rooster crows tomorrow.
So, it looks like rehearsal is out.
We'll have to spend the night on the bus.
Oh, we've got extra rooms.
They could stay with us, right, Dad?
Well...
No, don't even think about it. We'll make do on the bus.
No, that's all right, um...
I'll, uh, make up a few extra beds, and...
-Well, then, let me help. -Overnight on a farm? Stellar, dude.
Great. You guys want to see my room?
-[Fi] Sure. -[Jack] Yeah.
[Clu] Awesome...
Wow. What a cool room.
Yeah.
Hey, you been to all these places, Gabe?
[chuckles] I wish.
-Hey, we were just there two weeks ago. -[Gabe] Really?
Yeah, my mom had a gig in Sioux Falls.
I could show you some pictures.
-I'd love that. -Great. I'll go get 'em.
Sorry.
Looks like you don't use your computer much.
Hm? Oh, it doesn't work.
I don't really care, though.
It never seemed worth the trouble to learn how to use it.
Something chewed right through your power cord.
Really?
Probably field mice. We've got a lot of them around here.
You know what Ned saw, don't you?
He said it was a cow.
Your dad said it was a cow.
He said it was a man, a calm man, standing right in front of our bus.
Back in a sec.
I got to show Fi some girl stuff.
Gotcha...
Listen, you can't tell my dad about this.
He's got enough on his mind these days.
I knew it. Was the man on the road a ghost?
Somebody you knew?
If I tell you, will you promise not to tell anyone?
I cross my heart... really.
He's an angel.
Angel?
Fiona, honey, you're gonna stay with me.
And the boys can stay across the hall.
Ned and Irene will take the boys bunks on the bus.
Hey, Gabe, I got the photos.
Great.
Actually, I'm gonna stay on the bus, if that's OK.
I got some extra homework to do.
Sure, that's fine with me.
Just let Ned get some sleep, honey, he really needs it.
Sure, Mom.
[phone ringing]
Come on, guys, help me out here.
[phone ringing]
Is somebody going to get that?
I thought you weren't working.
Hello?
[man] You're the one.
[screaming]
What's going on? You OK?
What happened?
Wrong number.
-[guitar playing] -[vocalizing]
[Molly] Good morning.
Morning.
-You write songs? -I try.
-What's that one about? -Truthfully?
It's about how hard it is to keep going sometimes.
Hmm.
Can I give you a hand?
Uh, no, I'm fine. I've already got a volunteer.
-Howdy, ma'am. -Well, you're up early.
Yes, ma'am, I reckon I am.
Oh, man, isn't this cool, Mrs. P?
now if only we could move this place to the beach, right?
[laughing]
Got to work.
Hey, baby.
Hey, do you know where Gabe is?
-I think she's still upstairs. -OK, thanks.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Irene said you scared her so badly last night she fell off the top bunk.
Oh, it was nothing.
Uh, just one of those scary cows again.
Gabe?
Hi.
Uh, wanna help me make breakfast?
-We have to talk. -OK, sure. Let's talk in the kitchen.
Gabe. Gabe!
-Scrambled OK? -Gabe, listen to me.
I got a call from your angel guy last night.
-He talked to you? -On a cell phone with a dead battery.
-He told me I was the one. -But that can't be.
-He's here for me. -For you?
He's here to take me.
That's all right.
Everything's going to be all right.
I don't... I don't think this thing's an angel at all.
[Jack] Hey, Gabe. Where are you?
Please don't say anything.
I... I... I like your brother.
If it's an angel, why did it run us off the road?
I don't know... he just is.
I need to use your phone again, honey, hmm?
Hey, sis, glad to see you weren't taken back to the home planet last night.
Hey, Gabe, you got to help Clu with this milking thing.
Uh, he can't find the on switch.
You have to pull down and squeeze. Come on, I'll show you.
Yeah, yeah, I'll hold.
-Honey, have you seen Ned? -What?
The service station guy went to see if his tow truck operator is available.
Wait for him. I'll go look for Ned.
[man] Hello.
I'm here.
-Your voice changed. -I get younger every day.
Well, my guy can be out there as soon as he's done plugging a tire here.
-I'll be about 20 minutes or so. -OK.
Probably be easier if I just set up shop out there.
Wh... why?
Five cars broken down out by the Crawford place in three months.
Kind of ironic, seeing is how they just want to keep to themselves these days.
-Is he back on again? -Uh-huh.
Thanks, honey. I'll take him.
It's a '91 Eagle, uh, something about a busted idler arm.
Thanks.
Hey, you put up with my clan for the night,
the least I can do is give you a hand.
She's a sweet girl, your Gabe.
I don't know, getting up at five in the morning...
Yes, she is.
She's a lot like her mama that way.
It's not easy raising one all by yourself, especially a girl.
I'm not sure I know much about girls.
I've done my best.
Well, I think you're doing a terrific job.
I shouldn't have to lose both of them.
It ain't fair.
Who... who are you?
Why'd you run us off the road? Answer me!
Why am I the one?
Why can't you leave her alone?
She thinks you're an angel, but... but... but you're creepy.
Who are you really?
Are you a demon? Answer me!
[sighs]
You're the one.
No way.
Come on, dude.
It tastes so much better straight out of the cow.
Jack, Dad and I do it every day. Watch.
-See? -Give me that.
It's not bad. A little warm, but, uh, not bad.
My compliments to the cow.
[laughing]
Hey, you OK?
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Here, just pour the milk in these bottles and put them in the fridge.
I'll be right back.
Dude, sweet move with the cow jokes.
Chicks dig it when you like their pets.
She's, uh... sweet, huh?
She's beautiful, man.
Hey, you two connected, man.
I'm not going to interfere with that.
Where's Gabe?
Uh, she went up to her room. What's wrong?
Fiona?
-Jack, we have to get her out of here. -What are you talking about?
That man Ned saw in the road,
I don't know what he is, but he's about death.
What Ned saw... Fi, there was nothing there.
Jack, she thinks it's an angel, but it wants to hurt her,
and I think it wants to hurt me, too.
Hurt you how? Fi, I don't know what you...
The light...
Fi, what's going on?
Jack, I'm scared.
You want me to come in?
Come in where? Hey, sis, you're scaring me.
Fi, is it him?
Fi, it's me. It's me that he wants.
It's gonna be all right.
[no audio]
-Jack, what happened? -Mom, I don't know.
She said some weird stuff, then just passed out.
She went into the light... for me.
[mumbles]
Fiona, honey, are you OK?
He showed me my bones...
You have leukemia.
You told her?
No, Daddy, I didn't.
I'm the one, Gabe. I'm the match for your bone marrow transplant.
-Mom. -All ready.
Hey, baby, are you OK?
Hey, you.
Hey.
-She was very brave. -Nah, it was no big deal.
They put me out before they stuck in that big needle.
Um... Gabe... can I see her?
Oh, sorry, they're doing the infusion now.
Her father's with her. And he said to thank you all.
-He'll call you later tonight. -Thank you, Doctor.
Hey, Jack?
Gabe gave me this.
She, uh, wanted you to have it.