The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Page #6

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But just improvise.

Okay.

Okay?

Keep going.

This woman has sinned

against heaven.

What shall be done with her?

Let he who is without sin,

cast the first stone.

My sister, where are

your accusers now?

Does even one remain

to condemn you?

None, lord.

Neither do I.

Go and sin no more.

Yeah. Uh...

This doesn't work.

What's up? I thought it looked good.

Okay.

You're doing great. Uh...

First of all, why does

he even defend her?

Does he know her?

I've got this, Kelly.

Let me... yeah.

It's called the

doctrine of atonement.

What it means, is the

totality of human inequity

can only be removed by the one who

establishes those moral parameters.

However... uh, John

mark, not right now.

But... we can talk

about it later.

The whole thing

just feels so, um...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Where were we?

Uh, it feels...

Yeah, the whole thing just

feels so stiff and formal.

I mean, it's not quite right yet, but

it will get there.

Uh, Gavin, there's a Jack

Roth asking for you.

I'm sorry, I need

to take this. Um...

Yup, just tell him I'll

call him back on my cell.

Sorry. Sorry.

I guess we're taking a five.

Hey, Jack, what in the world?

This is important.

Why didn't you pick up?

I'm in the middle of a scene.

What are you talking about?

From the production.

The church production

that I'm doing.

I didn't tell you about this?

No, I thought you were

doing maintenance.

I was.

But they cast me as Jesus in

their big Easter production.

So now I get to act to work off my hours.

It worked out perfect.

They cast you as who?

Jesus.

Yeah, look, what do

you want, Jack?

Okay, this is

why I love you, kid.

Because I love you,

I took a chance with Meara.

So you got through to him?

I remembered how much

he loved to party,

so I told him

your little hotel story,

but I spiced up your

role in the incident.

And said that you'd love

to catch up with him.

Yeah? And?

And after he demanded

to see the pictures,

he said that he'd keep an eye out

and that he would be in touch.

That's great.

If he gets in contact with you,

you better be all over it.

You got that? I will,

I will, I promise.

Okay, so, seriously, now

that you're a Christian,

can you pray for me?

Bye, Jack.

My sister,

where are your accusers?

Where are your accusers?

Still not working for you?

Hey.

Thought you went home. No, I

was printing up the posters.

Oh. Not bad.

"Not bad"?

You, of all

people, should love it.

I put you front and center.

Gavin comes first.

What?

Uh, that's Jack, my manager.

"Kid, this is all you need

to know about show business.

"Gavin comes first.

"Everybody else, they just need

something from you.

"You want to survive in this

business, you look out for you."

Interesting advice.

Yeah. I was eight.

Wow.

But it stuck.

"Gavin comes first."

Maybe that's why you have such a

hard time playing somebody humble.

Yeah, maybe it is.

Thank you, Dr. Phil.

Wait, I have an idea.

What are you doing tomorrow?

It's Saturday, so sleeping.

Maybe I'll wake up early for lunch.

Not tomorrow.

Meet Doug at the garage

by the parking lot at 9:00.

A.M.?

I did say it was Saturday.

You said your character

wasn't coming easy, right?

Maybe.

Just show up. Trust me.

Hello.

Hey, man.

Hey.

Kelly said you'd be coming by.

Yeah.

Welcome to CFSM.

Cars for single moms.

Okay, so, what's happening?

Well, first of all,

you're changing.

I think I might actually

have something new for you.

Here you go.

Put that on.

Rusted catalytic converter,

detached from the exhaust system.

The VCT solenoid valve

needs replacing,

and there's a significant binding

in the brake pedal linkage.

I have no idea

what those words mean.

All right, first things first,

you're gonna change the oil filter

while I work on the convertor.

You've done that before, right?

All right. Tightened all the way?

Yup.

Okay.

Done?

Not quite.

So, what do you think?

Think I've got a truck

I can bring in next week.

Watch this.

This is the best part.

They always try

to pay something.

No, no, this is on us.

Why don't you go over there? No.

Then she'd know who did it.

Yeah, exactly.

We don't want the credit.

Hashtag, words I've never

said to my agent.

Exactly.

Hey.

Hi.

So, who was she?

That was Olivia.

Uh, two kids. She almost lost her job

'cause she couldn't get to it.

But thanks to you...

Oh! Come on,

thanks to Doug.

You got a little smudge or

something on your outfit here.

That's very funny.

Thanks.

I know I look ridiculous.

It's not so bad.

This?

It works on you.

Really?

Yup.

- You know what this means, don't you?

- Do tell.

You're a free man.

What?

I still have a couple

more hours, don't I?

No. After your car work,

Saturday, you're over 200.

Oh, no, that doesn't count. I don't

even want the hours for that.

Really? Thank you.

Well, then, after

rehearsal, you'll be done.

I'll turn this in today, anyway.

I gotta tell you, Gavin, you have

really livened this place up.

You've been a great

addition to our church.

And you've made my daughter's

life a little easier, too.

Thank you. Thank you

for the second chance.

All right, now I'm gonna need you to

pray for a full house this weekend.

Way ahead of you.

So how's the Messiah doing?

Hey, guys. We're not on for

another 10 minutes, right?

I know, but we wanted...

We just decided...

We just thought...

Well, we got you something.

Years ago, when we

dedicated this building,

pastor Allan did

something really cool.

Gave each church member

a nail from the building.

We all kept ours.

We just thought since you're

a part of the family now,

that you should have them.

Ah...

Do you like it?

Thank you, guys.

I don't know what to say.

All right, it's last

week of rehearsals.

Let's crush this.

All right.

Gavin?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, exit Jesus.

Houselights, please.

Houselights.

You guys, that was great.

Whoo!

It's really coming

together, you guys.

We will pick up work tomorrow morning.

We'll go over tweaks then.

Just call it a night, okay?

Hey, um, I have

a few notes for you,

but l have some last minute costume

alterations I need to do.

I was thinking maybe you could

meet me at my place in a bit.

I'll make you coffee.

You asking me on a date?

Whatever you need.

Just get there, okay?

All right, all right. Just like to

be courted a little bit. That's all.

Hello.

Gavin stone?

Long time, no talk.

Yeah, it has been.

So, I got some good news.

Like the sound of that.

Long story, short.

Your man, Jack,

told me about that rager

you threw on the roof

not too long ago.

Yeah. Yeah, man,

it was something.

Ah! What an animal!

I got so inspired by the story,

that I scrapped

a character in my show,

and I rewrote one just for you.

What?

Yeah.

And I want you to come

out to la to play it.

A series regular.

I need that bad boy energy.

Uh...

I got network approval.

And the PR,

they love the whole thing

about the child actor

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