Until Forever Page #4

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Michael's not doing too good,

so we're gonna head over there,

but, uh, anyway, good luck, man.

I know you're gonna kick

some Bison butt tonight, so...

(phone beeps)

(somber music)

(crowd cheering)

(upbeat rock music)

- [Cheerleaders] Here we

go, Spartans, here we go.

- [Boy] Spartan left, 34 ISO.

- Spartan left, 34 ISO. One to one.

Ready!

- [Cheerleaders] Here we

go, Spartans, here we go.

(crowd cheering)

(upbeat rock music)

(crowd cheering)

(whistle blowing)

- Yeah.

Time out, time out, time out.

(cheerleaders cheering)

(despondent music)

- Here's what we're gonna do,

we're gonna go for two,

we've gotta punch this in.

Win this in overtime, alright?

Gun left, 17 ISO.

Gotta run your tail off, bud.

You have got to block hard, alright?

It's the only way it's gonna work.

Let's win this thing.

Get in here, Spartans on three.

One, two, three.

- [Team] Spartans!

(dramatic music)

(crowd cheering)

(dramatic music)

(grunting)

(heavy metal music)

(wheels rolling)

(knocking on door)

- Hello there.

Hey, you, uh, barged into my room,

so I thought I'd come

and barge into yours.

- What can I do for you?

- Look, I brought you

some reading material,

since you sit here all day

with your nose in that fairy tale.

These are awesome books.

Stephen Hawking, "A

Brief History of Time",

Richard Dawkins, "The Magic of Reality",

and, of course, my favorite

is Carl Sagan, "Cosmos".

- I've read 'em.

- You've read 'em and you

still read that garbage?

- Interesting theories by brilliant men.

Obviously, I don't agree with everything,

but when I read those books,

it reminds me what a great

creator God really is.

(scoffs)

- Dude.

- Listen, right now is not the best time

for a theological debate.

Maybe we can try another day.

- 'Cause the little girl died.

I'm sorry.

I know she meant a lot to you.

But she is in heaven, right?

I mean, that's what you believe.

- Yep.

(sniffs)

Doesn't mean I understand it.

- It hurts when a fairy

tale starts to crumble away.

- You may not have the same beliefs,

and you might think I'm a wishful thinker,

and that I'm naive,

but you tell me what's harder to believe,

that our finely-tuned

universe that we live in,

full of life, means nothing?

Or that God is given it

more purpose than you

and your books can even

begin to understand?

He's the most brilliant mind.

- We don't have to talk.

Can we just play dice?

- You play Yahtzee?

- I'll kick your butt.

(dice rolling)

- [Michael] Yahtzee.

- Impossible.

- [Michael] It's not impossible.

- No, you're changing out the dice.

- I swear to you, I'm not.

- Oh, I doubt you swear.

- Maybe, it's God telling

you that I'm right.

- Ha!

- So, how long have you

been a non-believer?

- A free-thinker, you mean?

- Okay, how long have

you been a free-thinker?

- Believe it or not, I

was once naive like you.

- So what changed ya?

(sighs)

- If I had to pinpoint it on one thing,

I'd say it was the war.

I came home and my marriage

quickly fell apart.

I bought a cabin by the lake,

took up carving, I tried

to forget those images

that were burned in my brain.

I used to think God was

this all-powerful being

who looked after us,

but now I know better.

The only one who's looking

after you, Michael, is you.

- It's a pretty sad outlook on life.

- It's just the truth.

- Not for me, it isn't.

- Oh, yeah?

And what makes you so special?

- I'm not saying I'm special.

My life is no more or less

amazing than anybody else's,

but everywhere I look, I

can see God's handiwork.

In everything.

- You know what they call that, Michael?

They call that "confirmation bias."

You see anything that you want to see,

and when it does not

fit in your little box,

you reject it.

- I know what you're gettin' at, okay?

Yes, humans are pattern-seekers

who see shapes in clouds

and Jesus' face in potato chips.

That's fine, but,

haven't you ever had something

happen to you where you knew that it had

nothing to do with chance.

That it had something to do with

something greater than you?

- In the world of random chance,

things are bound to happen.

- [Michael] So nothing then?

- Nothing what?

- Nothing greater than you?

- When we get out of this place,

you're comin' with me up to my cabin,

and after we catch our dinner,

we're gonna carve away

on a couple of blocks

as the sun sets on the

waters smooth as glass,

and when the last rays of

sunlight hits your face,

you're gonna get the

calls of a thousand voices

that maybe you forgot shared

this random, chaotic, painful,

beautiful world with us.

- Sounds good.

- Then it's set then?

- It's set.

- You're gonna have to give

me a couple of weeks, though.

I've been in this place too stinkin' long

and who knows what it looks like now.

(container rattles)

(sighs)

- [Mr. Fenton] Gah, this

game does not agree with me.

- No, it doesn't.

- Can we pick up on it later?

- Yeah.

- Ya know, Michael,

science does have a answer

to how we live in such

a finely-tuned universe.

You ever heard of quantum mechanics?

- I've heard of it.

- [Mr. Fenton] Yeah.

It predicts an infinite

number of universes

with different properties in each one.

Most are empty of life.

This one works.

So, maybe there's an alternate universe

where you and I are playing

Yahtzee cancer-free.

- And I whip your butt every game.

- An infinite number of universes

with an infinite number of possibilities

and you're saying there's no room for God?

- There is no miracle, son, I'm sorry.

I wish I was wrong about that,

but I'm not.

(somber music)

(wheels rolling)

(dice thudding)

(knocking on door)

- [Dr. McAlpine] Hey, guys.

- Hey, Dr. McAlpine.

- Well, I thought I was comin' in here

today to give you guys some bad news,

to tell you that the second round

of chemotherapy had failed,

but, actually, it is pretty remarkable.

I've never seen anything

like this in my career.

Yesterday, your blast cells were at 80%

and today, this morning's tests,

and I double-checked these tests.

You're in complete remission.

Now, there's a pretty

good chance of relapse,

so we need to start planning

for a bone marrow transplant.

That planning means we need to find

the best possible match for Michael,

but for right now, get outta here.

You can go home.

(cheering)

(kissing)

(somber piano music)

- I cannot wait to go on

a proper date with you.

We can go to the movie theater

and we can buy one of those

really big buckets of popcorn

and just drench it in butter,

and buy all the candy...

- That's such a good idea,

because nothing says, "I just beat cancer"

than going into cardiac arrest.

- Hey, you can bring Sheila,

we could make it a double-date.

- No, no, no, I don't

wanna intrude, you guys go.

- What's wrong?

- Do you guys wanna do

something really cool?

(light guitar music)

- Hi, I'm Michelle.

- [Tony] Tony,

it's nice to meet you.

- Michael.

- [Michael] Yeah, hi.

- Nice to meet you.

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