Douglas Langley owns a sandwich shop in New York City. One day, he sees a man being beat up and goes out with his gun to chase off the assaulters. The man introduces himself as Sherman Onley, and Langley invites him into his shop. Sherman notices that Douglas's refrigerator monitor is loud and offers to fix it. He does so, and it only takes a few seconds. Douglas then offers to hire Sherman, paying him a minimum wage and letting him stay in the room above the sandwich shop. When Douglas tells his wife Sheila about Sherman, Sheila tells her husband that he is crazy and that he needs to tell Sherman to get out of their shop. The two drive over to the shop and Douglas begins to tell Sherman he needs to leave when Sherman fixes Sheila's foot massager, which she was told was unrepairable. Sheila tells Sherman to stay, and he fixes every single problem around the shop. People around town hear about the mysterious Sherman, and his ability to fix things brings business to the sandwich shop. Sherman never refuses anyone, whether they ask him to fix a toy or for advice in a relationship. One day, a paramedic brings his recently deceased wife to the shop and asks Sherman to fix her. He brings the woman back to life. Word gets around and local news stations arrive at the sandwich shop to interview Sherman. Sherman begins crying and tells Douglas he does not want the attention, does not want the gift he has. He says those men that beat him up on the night they met worked for the government and wanted Sherman to fix something corrupt, and he refused. Sherman and Douglas run away from the shop and the media and end up on a bridge, where the townspeople start closing in on Sherman, chanting at him, "Fix us." Sherman steps on the ledge of the high-up bridge, and Douglas nods. The townspeople continue shouting.