播出時間：2012.7/19(週四)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★
(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)
角色:
Donnie Mankuso: 唐尼曼庫索
Cameron: 卡麥倫
Ferdie: 傅迪
人高馬大，患輕微自閉症的公園管理員傅迪看似愚笨古怪，常受鎮民指指點點，實際上木訥憨直，且對火車十分了解，並與新任棒球教練唐尼之子卡麥倫一拍即合。一夜，傅迪的宿舍遭幾名少年蓄意縱火而焚毀，唐尼勉強答應收容傅迪。但在唐尼對之不解與鎮民蜚短流長之下，傅迪的處境陷入危機。與卡麥倫之間的友情能否持續下去呢？
Ken LaZebnik
Directed by:
Tim Van Patten
Produced by:
Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
Guest Cast:
Donnie Joe Regalbuto
Cameron Brendon Ryan Barrett
Ferdie Tait Smith
Harvey Rondell Sheridan
Gloria Marsha Kramer
Anne Sondra Currie
Roger Steve Vinovich
When a widower named Donnie Mancuso is having problems communicating with his son, Cameron, the angels arrive to help them learn from the least likely of souls, an autistic man by the name of Ferdie. Misunderstood all of his life, Ferdie lives in a shack on the edge of a baseball field in Cicero, Illinois. Although harmless, the townspeople are unaware of his autism and think of Ferdie merely as “weird.” Cameron befriends Ferdie, who shares his love of trains. Donnie, a former professional ball player, pushes Cameron to work harder at baseball as a way of making friends. Cameron falls prey to peer pressure and participates in a prank that inadvertently results in the burning of Ferdie’s shack. Monica appeals to Cameron’s conscience, and he convinces his father to let Ferdie live with them until his shack can be rebuilt. While living with Donnie and Cameron, Ferdie behaves strangely but Donnie pays little attention because he seems harmless. Donnie finds Ferdie in the basement using his deceased wife’s train set and forbids him to do so again. The meaning of this is lost on Ferdie, who cannot recognize Donnie when he’s not wearing glasses, nor Cameron when he’s not wearing his ball cap. Ferdie, being Autistic, latches on to certain aspects of people’s appearance in order to recognize them. The day of the championship game Ferdie gets upset when Cameron takes his cap off, and tries to forcibly replace it, unintentionally hurting another player. The confused and angry townspeople drive Ferdie off the field, but Cameron finally realizes Ferdie’s unique method of viewing the world. The championship game continues until Cameron, who is preoccupied with Ferdie, strikes out, losing the game. Donnie blames Cameron for letting the team down and Cameron leaves to find Ferdie, the only friend he connects with. When Donnie and the other townspeople catch up to Cameron at a train yard, he tries to explain, with Andrew’s help, how Ferdie views the world but Donnie refuses to listen. Cameron says he would rather live in a train car with Ferdie than with his father. Monica consoles Ferdie in the train car while Tess reveals herself to Donnie who, ashamed of his behavior, is sitting alone in the dugout. Tess reminds him of how his wife loved trains and how she saw the good in him when no one else would, just as Cameron sees the good in Ferdie. Donnie understands he needs to view the world through Cameron and Ferdie’s eyes, and the three return home to play with the train set and make plans for a train trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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