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Relations become strained between Tommy and his girlfriend August when Cheryl, a cheerleader, enters the picture. Dick, Sally and Harry attend a party in honor of Dr. Hanlin, an irascible faculty member, who is almost universally disliked. When Dr. Hanlin drops dead of a heart attack at the party after a brief run-in with Sally, most of his colleagues are secretly relieved, but Dick, whose honesty Dr. Hanlin admired, is perplexed to learn that Dr. Hanlin's dying wish was for him to deliver an honest eulogy at the funeral. The funeral becomes an occasion for the aliens to ponder the fragile and fleeting nature of human life, and Dick manages to deliver a eulogy that is both honest and touching.
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