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Heaven Can Wait: A Tale of Life, Death, and Football

Joe Pendleton, a backup quarterback for the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams, is looking forward to leading his team to the Super Bowl. While he is riding his bicycle through a tunnel, an overzealous guardian angel on his first assignment, known only as The Escort, sees a large truck heading into the other end of the tunnel towards Joe. The Escort plucks Joe out of his body early in the mistaken belief that Joe was about to be killed in order to save him from any suffering.

A Brush with Death

Once in the afterlife, Joe refuses to believe that his time is up, and upon investigation, Mr. Jordan (the Escort’s supervisor) discovers that Joe was going to just narrowly miss the truck and he was not destined to die until March 20, 2025, at 10:17 AM. Unfortunately, his body has already been cremated, so a new body must be found for him.

The Second Chance

After rejecting several possible men who are about to die, Joe is persuaded to accept the body of a multi-millionaire industrialist. Leo Farnsworth has just been drugged and drowned in his bathtub by his cheating gold digger wife Julia Farnsworth and her lover Tony Abbott, Leo’s personal secretary.

With the Rams about to play in the Super Bowl, all the characters face a crisis. Mr. Jordan informs Joe that he must give up Leo’s body as well. Joe resists but hints to Betty that she might someday meet someone else, possibly another quarterback, and should think of him.

The Final Game

After a brutal hit on the field, Tom is killed. With Mr. Jordan’s help, Joe occupies Tom’s body and leads the Rams to victory. During the team’s postgame celebration, Max finds Tom/Joe, and when he realizes that it is him, they share an emotional embrace.

As Tom/Joe is being interviewed on television, Mr. Jordan tells him that, to live as Tom Jarrett, he will have to lose his memories of his life as Joe Pendleton. As Mr. Jordan disappears, Tom/Joe becomes disoriented. Max goes to find him later and is crestfallen to realize that Joe has “left” Tom.

A New Beginning

Tom bumps into Betty while leaving the stadium. They strike up a conversation, and each appears to recognize the other, but they do not know how. Tom asks her to go with him for coffee, and she accepts. The lights go out one by one in the stadium as they exit the venue, and Tom says something that reminds Betty of Leo/Joe. Looking into his eyes, Betty remembers what he said to her before and whispers “You’re the quarterback.”

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