Missing In Action

Monica disappointed in the human race, watches Tess perform in a small Chicago bar. She finishes and announces God has Monica give someone a miracle in this bar. Initially hesitant to decide, Monica observes the inhabitants, the owner Noah, who is upbeat despite being wheelchair bound, Claude Bell, a craggy employee with wasted ambition and hie co-dependent wife Loafer, an eccentric crossword-puzzle aficionado, Buddy Baker, a charming salesman who drinks to drown inner pain, and Amethyst, a young woman with dubious plan for her future. After observing awhile, Monica announces she is an angel with a miracle to give away. They respond with raucous laughter. Humiliated, she hides underneath a pool table. As the laughter continues, Andrew enters. He is stranger whom Claude is obsessed with beating. Having been the advance angel for the assignment, the Angel of Death takes a cue from Tess to find out what miracles these people need. Someone else soon enters the tavern, Mr. Burns fr