Plot summary
Chris accidentally kills a dog with his truck and quickly falls in love with its owner, animal-loving math doctoral student Amy ( Wendel Meldrum ). She is strongly attracted to him too, but after her pet parakeet dies while in his care, they agree he needs to sacrifice something he loves as much to save their relationship. Maurice buys a very expensive antique Augsburg clock, and Rolf Hauser ( Mark Pellegrino ), a highly trained specialist, assembles it for him. Holling and Shelly are invited to a dinner at Maurice's to celebrate his new clock, but he becomes irate when it does not keep accurate time.
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