Dr Donald Blake has lost a patient in surgery; distraught,
he heads to a bar and begins drinking heavily. A woman notices him and tries to
get him to talk about his troubles. Suddenly the Lady Sif enters and begs Don
to take up his staff, saying that his place is in Asgard; Don replies that he
is equally at home in Midgard (Earth). Some barroom toughs try to get fresh
with the Asgardian beauty and Don narrowly prevents a slaughter. He gives her
back the staff and she departs. Soon after, Don and the woman leave, going back
to her apartment where they find solace in one another’s embrace. The following
morning, Don awakens to find his staff by the bed, Sif having placed it there
quietly. Don heads up to the roof and shouts defiance at this father Odin,
lashing out at the woman for interfering. Remorseful, Don changes into Thor before
her eye and apologizes. He takes her on a journey through the skies….
Meanwhile, Sif returns to Asgard to report to Odin who had
sent her to discover why his son clings so strongly to his mortal half. The
All-Father comforts the spurned Sif, regretting that he had given his son a
mortal frame to teach him humility….
Thor returns his guest to her apartment building and takes
his leave. He flashes by a construction site where he is just in time to catch
a toppling crane. He then stops fleeing bank robbers by dropping Mjolnir on
their car. Then he offers his help to firefighters but is rebuffed by their
commander; Thor summons a rainstorm and departs. After having his picture taken
with a hot-dog vendor, he mounts the Chrysler
Building and muses on his divided
soul. Unable to reconcile his two halves, he flies out into space and hurls
Mjolnir away from him, knowing that it will not return before his 60-second
limit is up and he changes to Don Blake and dies in the cold wastes. Instead
fear grips him and he effects his transformation into Thor, plummeting back to
Earth….
In the park, he is met by the Lady Sif who seeks to persuade
Thor to return to Asgard. When he returns a little girl’s ball, Sif seeks to
understand his affection for mortals; he offers to show her. As Don Blake they
go shopping for suitable clothes for Sif, after a brief altercation over
relinquishing her sword before entering the store. In her new duds, Don takes
her on a brief tour of the city but she understands nothing. When he tries to
get her to see how to “live in the moment” as mortals do, she has had enough
and returns to the apartment. Don asks her to stay with him as a mortal and she
is shocked and confused. He attempts to throw his staff into the fire but she
stops him. Declaring that his struggle is of his own making she tears off her
Earth dress and departs. Don then gets a call summoning him to the hospital. He
arrives to find a critically injured patient whom only he can save but Don,
fearing failure again, runs out of the operating theater. Sif approaches him to
confess that the compassion he has for mortals is a strength she will never
comprehend but his divine nature can help him overcome his human fears. Don
returns to the OR and operates successfully….
In Asgard, Odin is pleased that his son has managed to
resolve his inner conflicts. Meanwhile, there are more lessons he needs to
learn….