Search and Rescue
- In Martini's bar, George sits around drinking and feeling miserable. He prays to God for help; he's at the end of his rope.
- The bartender asks if he's alright; Martini is worried, too. He loves George.
- The teacher's husband is at the bar, and he punches George in the face for insulting his wife over the phone.
- Driving away, George crashes his car into a tree. A man yells at him, saying his grandfather planted that tree.
- George wanders out through the snow onto a bridge. A nearby man looks at George as he stares over the edge.
- It's not looking good for our boy, is it?
- But suddenly, the man falls in and starts yelling for help.
- George dives in and rescues him.
- They're invited to go into a watchman's house, where they dry off and change.
- The man is actually Clarence Odbody, the angel-in-training. He admits he's George's guardian angel from heaven, and he intentionally provoked George into saving him so George wouldn't throw himself off the bridge.
- The watchman runs outside, freaked out.
- George is mystified by all of the things Clarence knows about him, like that he owes $8,000.
- Clarence tells him he's an angel that doesn't yet have his wings.