0:00:02 > 0:00:04This film contains some strong language.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31WOMAN: So, Betsy, why am I doing this?
0:01:31 > 0:01:32NEW WOMAN: You're tired, stressed,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and they're about to carry your overworked butt
0:01:34 > 0:01:35out of the office on a stretcher
0:01:35 > 0:01:37if you don't get some rest.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Besides, Duncan can take care of things.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Duncan? Are you kidding me?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Well, he is your partner,
0:01:42 > 0:01:43and, believe it or not,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45he is just as worried about you as I am.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Go. This is a vacation.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48You're late already.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I'm not letting you put it off this time. OK?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53OK. I'm-I'm not gonna put it off,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55but I am taking those plans
0:01:55 > 0:01:56because they're not good enough.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Now, how do you know that this spa
0:01:57 > 0:01:59is any good, anyway?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Fine. I'm fine.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Don't forget to exercise.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Exercise? Exercise is not restful.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Are you sure you know where you're going?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Yes, I know where I'm going.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I'm very good with directions.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13WOMAN: Betsy? I'm completely lost.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I'm sorry.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17I thought I was on 128,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19but I'm in the middle of the dark woods,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and, er, I don't like it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Yeah. Hang-hang on a second.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29OK. Wait. I've got... I've got the map.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I've got the map in front of me, and you know what?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33There's-there's- no Bear Mountain.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34There's no sign.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I've been looking for the sign.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Yeah, I did. I-I-I'm...
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Oh, wow. Wait. There's the sign.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42I got it. All right.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I'll see you in a week.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47OK. Thanks. Bye.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54STARTS CAR
0:02:59 > 0:03:02OK. Your room's in the Timber Lodge,
0:03:02 > 0:03:03which is straight out there to the left.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05And in the main lodge,
0:03:05 > 0:03:06we have a full weight room,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08life cycles, step machines,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12spa, yoga, aerobics, cycling workouts...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I was really hoping for, like, a quick fix.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Uh...
0:03:16 > 0:03:18do you have anything that involves just lying down?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Massage?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Yeah.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Um, I'll have one a day, and not too early.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27How is 10.00am?
0:03:27 > 0:03:2911:00? Hmm.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Thank you. Good night. Good night.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35WOMAN: Ohh.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Ohh, Virgil. Ohh.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42God. Ohh... no, no, no, harder.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Just right...ohh.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Just...no. Don't stop.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Just a little more... just a little-ohh. Ohh.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51MAN: Come on. Time's up. No, no, no, no. Ohh.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54WOMAN SIGHS
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Virgil, you are gonna have to come live with me.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58No. What would your husband say?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Ahh.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00VIRGIL: I'll see you.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04That's it. I'm getting a divorce.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Amy, are you out there?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Yeah.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Come on in.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Hi. I'm Virgil. Hi.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Why don't you take your clothes off and hop up on the table?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22I'll be there in a minute.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23You sound like a genius at this.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Oh, yeah. I'm Einstein, Gandhi...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Virgil Adamson, massage therapist.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Do you want me sunny side up,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35or down?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Mm, on your stomach.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I'm gonna start off somewhat deep.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48And, uh, you let me know if you want
0:04:48 > 0:04:50anything deeper.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Deeper is good.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Where I come from, all you get is shallow.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Ah. A New Yorker.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01How'd you know that?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Oh, it's all here in the shoulders.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Here's that honking horn of the taxi you missed. Ha ha ha!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12There's the rumble of the subway.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Right in here is the screech of the wheels
0:05:15 > 0:05:18cos you're late, and that's why you have that tension.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You get into the city very often?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25You want a talk or a...massage?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Ha! Shutting up now.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Mmm.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:05:54 > 0:05:55SHE SOBS
0:05:55 > 0:05:56That too deep?
0:05:58 > 0:05:59No. Um...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02it's just-it's fine.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Oh, it is too deep.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Maybe we should stop for today.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Here's a kleenex.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I don't...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16don't know why I'm crying.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Must have been a lot of stuff built up, I guess.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Sorry.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Sure.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I'm gonna go now,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29unless you'd like me to stay.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Could you, please?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Oh, sure.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Sure.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36SHE SOBS
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You always make the girls cry?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Always.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47SHE GIGGLES Now, just relax.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48OK.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59SHE SIGHS
0:07:50 > 0:07:53PEOPLE TALKING
0:07:55 > 0:07:56WOMAN: Hey, Virgil.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Virgil...
0:07:57 > 0:07:58VIRGIL: Hi, Carol.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59You look good today.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Oh, thank you. What a compliment.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02See you tomorrow.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Hey, Virgil!
0:08:06 > 0:08:08PEOPLE CHAT
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Hey!
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Virgil.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Hi.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Hi.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Amy. Amy Benic.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yeah. I didn't recognise you with your clothes on.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23SHE LAUGHS
0:08:23 > 0:08:25You fell asleep, so...
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I thought it best if I just left.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Oh, thank you.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Oh, my God, you're the skater.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33I saw you last night driving in.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Really?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Yeah. You're pretty good with that stick.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Are you on some team or something?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39You a hockey fan?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Um... I don't know.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42I don't really know very much about it,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44but it-it looks like fun.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I used to skate as a kid, but I've got two left feet.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48CAR HORN
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Well...this is my ride.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Tommy.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Hey, Virg.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Well, I just wanted to apologise
0:09:00 > 0:09:02for falling apart like that on your table.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Um, I was just in a weird place.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Sorry.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07And now?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And now I'm feeling good,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11so I wanted to thank you for what you did.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13For making you cry?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- No.- I- made me cry,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18but you were very kind to me. Thank you.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Virgil! Virgil, let's move it!
0:09:20 > 0:09:21I should let you go.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22I'm gonna see you tomorrow.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23I booked another massage.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25OK. I'll-I'll see you tomorrow.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Nice to see you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29OK. See you.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32See you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Oh, my God.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36What?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42I'm sorry. I didn't realise...wow.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Hey, hey, you already apologised once.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Oh, God.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47No need to overdo it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49OK.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50I'll see you tomorrow.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52See you tomorrow.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Bye.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22HORN HONKS
0:10:22 > 0:10:24OPENS DOOR
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Jesse, get off the bed.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32DOG BARKS There you are.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Come here, boy.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36You're more like a sleeping eye dog
0:10:36 > 0:10:38than a seeing eye dog.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Come here, you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Come on.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44DOG BARKS Is the game on?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Come on.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Hey...
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I met a girl today.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Oh, she had the most amazing voice. It was...
0:10:55 > 0:10:58smooth, like butter.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00And she smelled like...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02cinnamon and nutmeg.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Sounds more like a recipe
0:11:03 > 0:11:06for a coffee cake than a girl.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07You're here.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I didn't hear you.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11TV: ..As this game starts.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14'Sundstrom goes for the puck. Winds it around...'
0:11:14 > 0:11:16So, how are the kids?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Oh, the usual, they need a lot of attention.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Mmm.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22So, who's the girl?
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Oh, just a spa girl, a client.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Gone in a week.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Look. If you like coffee cake that much,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32we can sprinkle some cinnamon on Jesse.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Too old for me.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Who - Jesse or the girl?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You're not jealous of a coffee cake, are you?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Coke?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45I'm fine. Your lunch is ready.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Chicken's at 3.00.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and rice is at 6.00, beans are at 9.00,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51and the news is at 11.00.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52One of these days, I'm gonna switch 'em on you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Yeah. One day, I'll play forward
0:11:55 > 0:11:56for the New York Rangers.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58SHE CHUCKLES
0:11:58 > 0:12:00You know, you need better jokes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Or a new sister.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Hmm. I'd work on the jokes, if I were you.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Aren't you gonna stay and watch some hockey?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09You want to grade some spelling tests?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I'll be next door if you need me.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13OK. Thanks a lot.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16So, this girl...
0:12:16 > 0:12:19we talked for a long time at the bus stop.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23She thought I could see.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I really love coffee cake.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33LOUIS ARMSTRONG: # Give me a kiss to build a dream on
0:12:33 > 0:12:39# And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss
0:12:39 > 0:12:43# Mmm, sweetheart I ask no more than this
0:12:43 > 0:12:49# A kiss to build a dream on
0:12:50 > 0:12:53# Give me a kiss before you leave me
0:12:53 > 0:12:56# And my imagination
0:12:56 > 0:12:59# Will feed my hungry heart... #
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Aah! Oh!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Whoa! Oh!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Oh, shoot.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Ah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08My foot. Ohh. Ow.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10KNOCK ON DOOR
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Coming.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Coming! Hang on! Hang on!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Oh. OK.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17KNOCK ON DOOR Coming.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Hi. Oh, my God. Hi.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23My turn to apologise.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I should've told you I was blind.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Well, we're even.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Apologies cancel each other out.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Do you want to come in?
0:13:32 > 0:13:33I'm sorry. I just got out of the shower.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I have to get changed.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Promise I won't look.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Ha ha.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Um, I sort of spilled some stuff on the floor.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Here. Why don't you sit down on the bed,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and I'm just gonna go change.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Be right back.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53All right.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56You know, you didn't have to come all the way back up here
0:13:56 > 0:13:58just to apologise.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I was in the neighbourhood.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02You were in the neighbourhood?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Oh, all right. I'll confess.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I was watching the hockey game with my dog,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and... I don't know. I was describing you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11What?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Yeah. I was describing you to my dog,
0:14:13 > 0:14:14and how great you smelled,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and my sister thought I was describing a cake.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Anyway, I just started thinking of you here
0:14:19 > 0:14:21in the midst of your tofu shake
0:14:21 > 0:14:23and really, really boring yoghurt,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and thought maybe you'd want to get some fresh air
0:14:25 > 0:14:27and take a walk around town...
0:14:27 > 0:14:30just see what we see.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31See what we see?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Figure of speech.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35You mean, right here, right now?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Great. I'm blind and you're deaf. What a pair.
0:14:40 > 0:14:4252 lamposts...
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Up here on our left is my sister Jennie's school.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49She's really great with these kids.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52You see that guy across the street?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Over in the doorway. Uh...
0:14:54 > 0:14:55He's chain-smoking, right?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Oh, my God, yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Yeah. That's my friend Bruce.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01We watch the game together sometimes.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02CAR ENGINE RATTLES
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Oh, here comes Nancy. She's the librarian -
0:15:05 > 0:15:07gets me any book I want in braille.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Hey, Nancy.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Hey, Virgil. I got that book in for you.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Still haven't got that old jalopy fixed.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17If I got it fixed, how would you know it was me? Hi.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Nancy, this is Amy. Amy, this is Nancy.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Hi, Amy. Nice to meet you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Got to go. Have fun.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Be careful, honey. He's all hands.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Be nice. Yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Nice town you have here.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Seems you're very popular with the ladies.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Oh, yeah. Moved here when I was 8.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38They figured it was a good place for me to grow up in.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's a bit geriatric, but it works.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Do you mind me asking how long you've been blind?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48No, not at all.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It started when I was one
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and completely gone by the time I was 3.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Congenital cataracts
0:15:54 > 0:15:57with a healthy dose of retinitis pigmentosa
0:15:57 > 0:15:59thrown in for good measure.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Huh. So...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03so you see no bright lights?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Nothing?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Nope. Blind as a bat.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Actually, blinder.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Bats emit sonar. I wish I had that sonar.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13I don't have a sixth sense.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I don't have a fifth one.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Never wrote a book like Helen Keller.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Wish I could play the piano like Ray Charles.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I really wish I could sing like Stevie Wonder,
0:16:22 > 0:16:23but I can't.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Got it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Huh.
0:16:28 > 0:16:34So, what do you, er, think of our, er, little Sleepy Hollow?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Has a very nice feel to it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Genuine lines, good use of space.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41To be honest, I would've done something
0:16:40 > 0:16:42a little bit more stimulating
0:16:41 > 0:16:42with some of the newer buildings,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44but that's just me.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Wow. What's you?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49What are you, a writer for Architectural Digest?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51No. I'm actually an architect.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53That's what I do.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54I have a partnership in a firm in New York.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Really? Yeah.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Wow.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Well...
0:17:01 > 0:17:03this is the end.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Guess we should go back.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Well, what's out there
0:17:06 > 0:17:08past the end of the street?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Nothing.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Well, there is a...
0:17:15 > 0:17:17an old rundown building
0:17:17 > 0:17:18off to the left,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20kind of like an old gas station.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Would you describe it to me?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26OK.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Um...it's kind of dilapidated,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31and it's sitting
0:17:31 > 0:17:34in between two great big trees in a field.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36The trees are sort of like a man and a woman.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38The man is asking the woman to dance,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40and the woman is standing on her toes,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44trying to decide if she's got the guts.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Oh, God. I'm an idiot.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47What a stupid description. Ha ha ha!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49No.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53I really like that - dancing trees.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We better get going. It's starting to rain.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Well, there's a little breeze, but I...
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Oh, my God.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04THUNDER
0:18:04 > 0:18:06OK. Oh, my God!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Uh, OK. Wait. Let's go this way.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14VIRGIL CHUCKLES
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Oh, my.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19HE LAUGHS
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I can't believe how fast that happens.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Do you like the rain? I love the rain.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Well, sometimes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I love the rain.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Ohh. You feel everything at once.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36It's the best way for me to understand dimension
0:18:36 > 0:18:37in a room.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Can you hear it?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43It's coming down off the ceiling, all the walls.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44WALLS CREAK
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Do you hear that?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It's hitting a puddle.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48PLOP
0:18:48 > 0:18:50It's echoing the sound across.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51There's no walls.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53RUNNING WATER
0:18:53 > 0:18:54What's that?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Oh, a drainpipe.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00You hear that? It's high up.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Rafters?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Yeah.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's got its own rhythm. Hear that?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Ping ping ping ping.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And that. That sound way up.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Uh, it looks like there's...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19No, no. Just listen.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Now come here. Close your eyes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Listen with your whole body.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Feel it?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Right in your chest.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35That's beautiful, that...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38that little sound like a...
0:19:38 > 0:19:39like a whisper.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Mmm.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45It's the wind blowing a branch across the windows.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I can feel everything when it rains.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Wish it would rain inside,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55rain all around us.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Heifunon.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01What's that?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04It's an architectural term.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08It means "to share a feeling."
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I don't think I've ever felt it like this before.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I wanted you to know I was smiling.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Virgil, before you lost your sight,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04do you remember seeing anything at all?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05I do.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06One memory.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12People say it's clouds,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14but I don't think it was,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17cos I could touch it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It was a...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23puffy thing.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Must've been important.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28It's a good memory.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I remembered it all these years.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36How about you? What's your first memory?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40OK.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Um...
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I was two. Or maybe three.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I remember being at the beach with my parents.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It was cold outside.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So...I had to snuggle down
0:22:00 > 0:22:03between both of them in the sand
0:22:03 > 0:22:07and we all watched the sunset over the horizon.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Horizon, that's a tough one.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13If I can't feel it, I don't know what it is.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It's the line where the earth meet the sky.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20It's the end of the world.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22When I was a kid,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I used to think that if I walked far enough,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I could reach it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I thought that if I could, ah...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31if I could stand on it
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and just look out over the edge...
0:22:35 > 0:22:39that I would be able to see something more beautiful
0:22:39 > 0:22:43than anything I had ever known.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46No one's ever explained "horizon" to me before
0:22:46 > 0:22:49so I could understand it.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51SHE CHUCKLES
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You're very good at what you do.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07It's what I do.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's what I can do.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Do you enjoy it?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Sometimes, I enjoy it.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Some times more than others.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21This time?
0:23:21 > 0:23:22This time...
0:23:22 > 0:23:26This time I feel like I can...
0:23:26 > 0:23:28see everything.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Everything?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33BELL RINGS
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Time's up.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Now I've got Mr Ketchum.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42All 200 pounds of him.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Felt like we were just getting started.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Yeah.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Me, too.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Amy...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59cos...
0:23:59 > 0:24:00you're a client,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I'm not supposed to get that close to you.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04You're not?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07So what does that mean?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It means you have to stop paying me, you know.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Come over to my house for dinner
0:24:11 > 0:24:14so we can finish the massage.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21FOOD SIZZLES
0:24:22 > 0:24:24PHONE RINGS
0:24:25 > 0:24:28RING
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Hello.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Hi, Virgil. It's Amy.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32'Amy, hey.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35'You're in for a real surprise. I'm cooking.'
0:24:35 > 0:24:36So, what time you coming over?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Virgil, I can't come tonight. I'm so sorry.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I'm calling you from the road, actually.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I have to go back into the city.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45An emergency's come up.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47'It's just this project that I'm in charge of'
0:24:47 > 0:24:48is going down the drain,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50and I got to go back in and save it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'm...damn. I'm sorry.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54'But I'm gonna come back, OK?' OK.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57'I feel really terrible.' Bye.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58'OK. Bye.'
0:25:07 > 0:25:08FOOD SIZZLES
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Stupid!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13MAN: You're absolutely right, Mr Falk.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Something is missing. We realise that now,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and we just need some time to find out what.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20MR FALK: 'Fine, but y'all know
0:25:20 > 0:25:22'what kind of schedule we're on here.'
0:25:22 > 0:25:23We will, er, we'll take care of it.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25We won't let you down.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28OK. All right.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Just...don't say it. Don't say it.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I know you were never happy with the design anyway.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I wasn't gonna say it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Yeah, but you'd have tinkered with it
0:25:37 > 0:25:39till it went away, right?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41You know what this means to us.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42I know.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I know the whole speech.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Good, then I won't have to make it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47We've got the guy hooked,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50you've got your second chance.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53By the way, we ALL deserve a second chance.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55OK.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Now... see these two trees?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I think it's time to give them a second chance.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00They're gonna stay.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02We're gonna design the whole thing around them.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04They are the most beautiful, natural thing
0:26:04 > 0:26:05about the whole place.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06And when I was in the car
0:26:06 > 0:26:07on the way back from Pinecrest,
0:26:07 > 0:26:08I came up with a new addition
0:26:08 > 0:26:10for the Tribeca lobby.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It's just gonna add so much life to the place.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15So what's going on here? A few days ago,
0:26:15 > 0:26:16we sent off Hydra the three-headed monster,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and we get back Mary Poppins in return?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22What, I can't have a couple of ideas?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27OK! OK! You know, I had my little trip.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I rested, I exercised.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Thank you very much, Betsy. And, er...
0:26:35 > 0:26:36I met a guy.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40This is too modern for me.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Betsy, we're all friends here. Sit down, sit down...
0:26:43 > 0:26:46or you'll be fired.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49You met a guy. That's...
0:26:49 > 0:26:50that's great. That's really great.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Super. Yeah. Thank you.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53So, er...
0:26:53 > 0:26:54spill the beans.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Nothing to spill, you know. He's a great guy.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59He's smart, funny...
0:26:59 > 0:27:01blind.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Oh. I thought you said he was blind.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05He's blond.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06That, too.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09HE CHUCKLES
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I'm sorry. That's fu...
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Blind blind? Like, like...
0:27:13 > 0:27:18white cane, tap tap tap blind?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Come on. I know you like a challenge.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Hell, you married me, but, er...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24OK. Thank you very much for your understanding.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It's not...
0:27:26 > 0:27:27it's not my problem anymore.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Duncan, don't be a jerk.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31You still work here?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42< Everyone's gone for the day.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43That's OK.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I'm just gonna work here a little bit longer.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Just doing something...
0:27:56 > 0:27:57What?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01I just wanna know a little bit more about the guy. Is that so wrong?
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Listen - my father had a problem with severe cataracts.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Do you have any idea what you're getting into?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Have you ever listened to the rain?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I mean, REALLY listened?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20This like that "smell the roses" thing?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24No. It is not.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26But, see, I've...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28For the past five years
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I lived with a man with the depth of a soapdish.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The only time I ever saw him cry
0:28:34 > 0:28:36was when he did our tax returns.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I need more than that.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43And there's something about this guy.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46He makes me feel like I-I'm waking up
0:28:46 > 0:28:49after being asleep for a long time.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I'm inspired again, I can draw again...
0:28:53 > 0:28:57and... the way that he touches me...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Here we go! It's the sex!
0:28:59 > 0:29:01No! No sex! Not yet.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05It's just that when...
0:29:05 > 0:29:07when he touches me I feel like
0:29:07 > 0:29:10he does it to know me better,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12not to get something from me.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15And, when he listens to me...
0:29:15 > 0:29:17it's as though my words
0:29:17 > 0:29:19are the last sounds on the planet.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Even though he doesn't know how I look,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I feel like he really knows who I am.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28He just moves me, that's all.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Does he have a brother?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Whoo! Wayne Gretzky, look out.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Amy?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52How long have you been here?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55About an hour. Ha ha ha!
0:29:55 > 0:29:58No. I went up to the lodge,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and you weren't there, so I guessed,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02and here you are.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04You're really good at that.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Thanks. My dad taught me.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11So, how do you like my pond?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It's beautiful.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I'm so surprised you're here.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19You want to go skating?
0:30:19 > 0:30:20I didn't bring any skates.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Nah, come on. It's all right.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Wait. What do you mean?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Uh, this is ice. I don't have any skates.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Come on. I used to take my sister Jennie out
0:30:29 > 0:30:31all the time like this.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Take my stick, put it over there on the branch.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35OK.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Yeah? Ready?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42OK. Now, don't think about skating.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Think about gliding.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46So, don't think about the ice.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Don't look down.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Take your mind off it. Tell me about yourself.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52How did you become an architect?
0:30:52 > 0:30:57OK. I was in art school in college and...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Aah! Don't look down.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03I didn't know what I was going to do with myself,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06and then I met this guy
0:31:06 > 0:31:09who was an architectural grad student,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12and he opened up this whole new world for me.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Aah! Don't look down.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14OK.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18So, me and the grad student got married,
0:31:18 > 0:31:19and we started a company...
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Uhh!
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Sorry. We're divorced now. It's OK.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Uh, we got divorced about a year ago,
0:31:26 > 0:31:27but we're still working together,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30which is kind of crazy.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31What-uh, wait!
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Whoa! Whoa!
0:31:34 > 0:31:36You OK? Yeah.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Yeah.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40SHE LAUGHS
0:31:45 > 0:31:47You think I meant to do that?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Yeah. Did you?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Yeah.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Oh, God. This is so hard.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00What?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Um, well...
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I'm looking at you, right?
0:32:05 > 0:32:07And there's this, er...
0:32:07 > 0:32:10there's this little thing I do with my eyes
0:32:10 > 0:32:12where I'm sort of glancing out
0:32:12 > 0:32:13from under my eyelashes
0:32:13 > 0:32:16and sort of giving you this sexy look,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and then I realised it doesn't matter to you.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21No, it doesn't matter.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Here. Let me see.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Eyes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Nose.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Mouth.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47You're very beautiful.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Thank you.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52So are you.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03< SHOWER RUNNING
0:34:08 > 0:34:10< VIRGIL SINGS
0:34:22 > 0:34:27VIRGIL: # The memory of all that
0:34:27 > 0:34:31# No, no, they can't take that away from me... #
0:34:50 > 0:34:52JENNIE: Hello!
0:34:52 > 0:34:54VIRGIL: Hi. I'm in the bathroom.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56Oh! Hi.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Hi.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Um... I'm Jennie, Virgil's sister.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Hi. I'm Amy Benic.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Nice to meet you.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05You, too.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Hi. Hi.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Here, here.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11So, I was at the market,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13picking up a few things before school,
0:35:13 > 0:35:14and I thought you might like...
0:35:14 > 0:35:17apples...and bananas.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18He's being a show-off, Amy.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20He smells them a mile away.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21The apples are on the bottom shelf.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Two o'clock. I know. Thanks.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Do you, er...do you want some coffee?
0:35:26 > 0:35:27OK.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Amy, how long are you in town?
0:35:30 > 0:35:31CRASH Owww!
0:35:31 > 0:35:32You OK?
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35No, you're not. You're bleeding.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36VIRGIL: No.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37First thing with a blind man, Amy,
0:35:37 > 0:35:38you don't change anything.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39It's too dangerous.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Jennie...
0:35:41 > 0:35:42Listen, it's OK. It's all right.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Damn it! I said I'm OK!
0:35:44 > 0:35:48It's just a chair. Happens to everybody. Really.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50I've got parent meetings tonight,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52so your dinner's in the freezer,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54and it's in the lower corner.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57It's nice to have met you, Amy.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You, too, Jennie. Thanks.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06She's just being an older sister.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07She's just being jealous.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Do you want some coffee?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Yeah. OK.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26TYPING
0:36:56 > 0:36:57Hey...
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Virgil. Hi.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Hey, I've been looking all over for you.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I have some great news.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06That Atlanta project of yours?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Oh, no. Something much better.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10Can I ask you something?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Sure. I'm all ears.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Hi. Hey.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Let me catch my breath.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23OK.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26OK.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Have you ever wondered
0:37:27 > 0:37:29what it would be like to see?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Sure.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Like, er...
0:37:33 > 0:37:37whether there's life on Mars,
0:37:37 > 0:37:41or whether or not the aliens built the pyramids.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44OK, but if there were a chance,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46if something could be done
0:37:46 > 0:37:47to give you sight,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49would you take it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Well...
0:37:51 > 0:37:54ha ha! What are we talking about here?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Ha!
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Um, I saw that article on Dr Aaron.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Who?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02He-he's the leading eye surgeon
0:38:02 > 0:38:03on the Eastern Seaboard,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05and I called him up
0:38:05 > 0:38:07at Manhattan Eye and Ear,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09and spoke to him about you.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12I'm sorry, you called this guy?
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Yes.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15And he just faxed me back,
0:38:15 > 0:38:16and he said that he would be
0:38:16 > 0:38:17very excited to see you
0:38:17 > 0:38:19because he thinks that in your case
0:38:19 > 0:38:21there might be a chance of reversal.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23What do you think?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I guess I'm, er,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I forgot that it's Help the Handicapped Week.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I-I-I thought you'd be excited.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35I-what-what's the problem?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36That's the point, Amy.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38There is no damn problem.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Hi.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Hi, Jennie.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Did great work today.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49See you tomorrow.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51WOMAN: OK, thanks.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Hi.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53Amy, right?
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Right.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Um, could I speak to you for a minute?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Yeah. Something wrong?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Well, there's something that I don't understand.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01I saw that article on Dr Aaron,
0:39:01 > 0:39:02and I called him,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05and he's willing to see Virgil.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06In fact, he's really anxious to see him,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08but when I told Virgil about him,
0:39:08 > 0:39:09he acted as if I was trying to...
0:39:09 > 0:39:12What don't you understand?
0:39:12 > 0:39:17Well, if I had spent almost my entire life blind,
0:39:16 > 0:39:18and there was even the remotest possibility
0:39:18 > 0:39:20that I could regain my sight,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22I would be all over that.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24When there's something that you've adapted to, accepted,
0:39:24 > 0:39:28you go and change it without knowing the consequences?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32We're very happy here, Amy.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Virgil has everything he needs.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39Wait.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41EVERYTHING that he needs?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Does he need to go through life blind
0:39:43 > 0:39:47if there's the possibility that he could see?
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Look, I would give him my own eyes
0:39:48 > 0:39:50if it would help him see, but it won't.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I learned a long time ago to stop believing in miracles.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Look, I see where you're coming from.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56YES, you do, and Virgil doesn't.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Why can't you accept that?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00He spent the first eight years of his life
0:40:00 > 0:40:03having his eyes probed, pierced, prodded,
0:40:03 > 0:40:04poked at by doctors,
0:40:04 > 0:40:06faith healers, spiritualists,
0:40:06 > 0:40:07shaman, medicine men.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10My father had them lined up outside the door.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It hurt and disappointed all of us,
0:40:12 > 0:40:13and it almost killed him.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15He doesn't need to go through that again.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19So now maybe you understand.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25RADIO: 'Empty net. Score!'
0:40:25 > 0:40:27No, no, no! I can't believe you guys
0:40:27 > 0:40:29are doing this to me.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Ugh! I can check better than you guys.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33What, Virgil?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35'..By Rector. We've got a...'
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Amy?
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Hey.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Hi, Amy. Just a...
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Ranger game. HE CHUCKLES
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Are they losing?
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Well, no. I'd prefer to think of it as not winning.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Hi.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Hi.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Do you want to, er, come in,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01get a coke or, um, a beer or something?
0:41:01 > 0:41:02No, I'm fine.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04I just, er...
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I just wanted to come see you
0:41:05 > 0:41:07before I had to go back to the city.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Oh. Spa days are over?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I've got to go back to work.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16I just wanted to apologise
0:41:16 > 0:41:20for stomping in your life like Bigfoot today.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It wasn't my place. I'm sorry.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Here. Here.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31See, um, see the tree over there, across the drive?
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35How far away is it?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Guessing about 25 feet.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Mm. To you maybe, but to me,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43it's 14 steps.
0:41:43 > 0:41:4514 steps, and I get to the tree,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47but if I think about something else,
0:41:47 > 0:41:48if I go too slow,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50or if I rush,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54then I smash right into it.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59OK.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Well, I guess that,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06you know, I should go pack.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Oh, you like smashing into trees?
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Amy?
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I'm over here.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45I couldn't sleep.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Well, come back in bed.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21JENNIE: What is it you like about this girl?
0:43:21 > 0:43:22VIRGIL: I want you to hear one thing.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24What? That I'm happy.
0:43:24 > 0:43:25That's wonderful, but haven't you been
0:43:25 > 0:43:26through this enough?
0:43:26 > 0:43:27You're not being fair.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's all.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31That's your point? Yes.
0:43:31 > 0:43:32So what's your advice?
0:43:32 > 0:43:33What are you trying to say?
0:43:33 > 0:43:35I'm worried about you, that's all.
0:43:35 > 0:43:36No, that's not true.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37That's not the point.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38Yes, it is the point.
0:43:38 > 0:43:39That's what you're saying,
0:43:39 > 0:43:40but it's not what you're doing.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41No. You're acting like a child.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42You are, too.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44CAR STARTS
0:43:55 > 0:43:56Hi.
0:43:56 > 0:43:57Hi.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58Is everything all right?
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Yeah.
0:44:00 > 0:44:01No.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03I didn't like the feeling last night
0:44:03 > 0:44:06of waking up and...
0:44:06 > 0:44:08thinking you weren't there.
0:44:11 > 0:44:12Let's go to New York.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14LOUIS ARMSTRONG: # Bum ba da doop Dee doo
0:44:14 > 0:44:15# Doo doo
0:44:15 > 0:44:18# The way you wear your hat
0:44:18 > 0:44:23# The way you sip your tea
0:44:23 > 0:44:28# The memory of all that
0:44:28 > 0:44:33# No, no, they can't take that away from me
0:44:33 > 0:44:34# The way your smile... #
0:44:34 > 0:44:38AMY: Honey, it is the most beautiful New York day -
0:44:38 > 0:44:39crisp and clear
0:44:39 > 0:44:41and there are these little, white, puffy clouds
0:44:41 > 0:44:43above the city, maybe like the ones that you saw.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47No, the ones I saw I could hold in my hand.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Watch out for that car!
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Oh.
0:44:51 > 0:44:57# No, they can't take that away from me. #
0:44:57 > 0:45:00MAN: The cataracts are acting like a curtain
0:45:00 > 0:45:02across the window of sight,
0:45:02 > 0:45:04and if the disease to the retina
0:45:04 > 0:45:06is reduced or in check -
0:45:06 > 0:45:08which is impossible to know at this point -
0:45:08 > 0:45:09but if that is the case,
0:45:09 > 0:45:10using this new procedure,
0:45:10 > 0:45:12there's a very good possibility
0:45:12 > 0:45:14we can give you sight.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Sounds expensive.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Well, I think there's an opportunity
0:45:17 > 0:45:19for all of us here.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Not often do we get to restore sight
0:45:21 > 0:45:23to someone with extended blindness.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25I'm sure we can get the institute
0:45:25 > 0:45:26to pick up the bill here.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29I've been through all this before.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Yeah, well, believe me, I know,
0:45:31 > 0:45:32but it's nothing as invasive
0:45:32 > 0:45:34as what you went through as a child.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38I mean, 25 years ago, cataract surgery was in the dark ages.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40We've come a long way since then,
0:45:40 > 0:45:42and Dr Goldman here
0:45:42 > 0:45:44will be performing the surgery.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46He's one of our best.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48What if it doesn't work?
0:45:48 > 0:45:49Well...
0:45:49 > 0:45:50then you'd be no worse off
0:45:50 > 0:45:52than you are now.
0:45:53 > 0:45:54I mean, basically,
0:45:54 > 0:45:56what have you got to lose?
0:45:56 > 0:45:57CAR HORN HONKS
0:45:57 > 0:45:58SIRENS
0:45:58 > 0:46:00AMY: So this is my place.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02There's a great park right around the corner.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04We're in Tribeca if you want to go take a walk.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05Hold it, hold it. Sorry.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06Ethan, watch out.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Hey. This, my friend,
0:46:09 > 0:46:10is Virgil.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Virgil, Ethan.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12Ethan.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Are you blind?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Yeah. Cool. See you.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18See you.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19Kids think I'm cool.
0:46:19 > 0:46:20You are.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23OK, here we are.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27This is my loft.
0:46:27 > 0:46:28Can I put this down here?
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Yeah. Anywhere. I'll just get it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35OK. Can I do some blind 101?
0:46:35 > 0:46:38If you just walk me down the centre
0:46:38 > 0:46:40and point out all the obstacles.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41If you want to move anything,
0:46:41 > 0:46:42once you move it,
0:46:42 > 0:46:44then don't move it again.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47Otherwise, crash.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49OK. Got it.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52Well, to our right is the living room section.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54There's a couch and some low tables
0:46:54 > 0:46:55and a chair at two o'clock.
0:46:55 > 0:47:00OK. Over here at 10, there is a post,
0:47:00 > 0:47:02and I've hit this many times, so...
0:47:02 > 0:47:05over to the right is - a little bit -
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Whoa. A little further right.
0:47:07 > 0:47:08The bed. Ohh.
0:47:08 > 0:47:09And right in front of it there is
0:47:09 > 0:47:11a low table that you could hurt
0:47:11 > 0:47:12your shin on.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15Uh, three o'clock, there is a TV,
0:47:15 > 0:47:16and...
0:47:16 > 0:47:18this is, er, my desk here.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I have a computer,
0:47:20 > 0:47:24and I've got my model here of...
0:47:24 > 0:47:26What's this?
0:47:26 > 0:47:29It's a sculpture.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31You did it.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Yeah. Art school.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35It's not very good.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39It's a mother holding her baby.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41That's beautiful.
0:47:41 > 0:47:42Ah, whatever.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44I mean, I could never finish it.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46OK, come on.
0:47:48 > 0:47:49And then we have reached
0:47:49 > 0:47:50the end of the room
0:47:50 > 0:47:52to the wall of windows.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Hmm. Do they open?
0:47:54 > 0:47:55Yeah.
0:47:55 > 0:47:56CAR HORNS HONKING
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Oh! Shoot!
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Sorry.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00It's the wind.
0:48:01 > 0:48:02Sorry about that.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04It's OK.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05Just stuff.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09What are they?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Um, they're my plans.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Uh, they're designs for different jobs that I'm working on,
0:48:14 > 0:48:16like the Atlanta mall that we're bidding on
0:48:16 > 0:48:17or, I don't know...
0:48:17 > 0:48:18we have the Tribeca lobby.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19It's just what I do.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23What are the plans?
0:48:23 > 0:48:24They drawings?
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Yeah, some of them are drawings.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29The one you're touching is a drawing.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Some of them are computer generated and blueprints,
0:48:31 > 0:48:33but I drew this one.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45What are you thinking about?
0:48:48 > 0:48:52I want to have this operation.
0:48:52 > 0:48:53You mean it?
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Yes.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03COMPUTER: 'IA map.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05'US hydrosonic.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09'US Stanko.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11'US pulse.
0:49:11 > 0:49:12'US IA.'
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Looks good. All right, balance all.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19And the hydrodissection now, please.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22Cortical cleavage.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23COMPUTER: 'Irrigation...'
0:49:23 > 0:49:25First cut.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26IA map.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Coffee?
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Oh, thanks.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33It's pretty bad.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39So, Virgil never talks about his parents.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Do they know?
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Our mom died when I was 18,
0:49:43 > 0:49:46and Virgil was just a teenager...
0:49:46 > 0:49:49and, our, er...father, well, he left us
0:49:49 > 0:49:51quite a while ago.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Ugh. You're right. That is bad.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Ha ha!
0:50:02 > 0:50:03That must've been tough on you,
0:50:03 > 0:50:05taking care of him all alone
0:50:05 > 0:50:07after your mom died.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09No. He's my brother.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12Great.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16And now the Sinskey hook, please.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18COMPUTER: 'US hydrosonic. US IA...'
0:50:18 > 0:50:20I can see the optic nerve now and retina.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23'US pulse.'
0:50:23 > 0:50:24Patch.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27That's it. Let's patch him up, Tracy.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Terrific.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35DOOR OPENS Hello?
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Hi.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Hi. How you doing?
0:50:45 > 0:50:48How you feeling?
0:50:48 > 0:50:52Well, a bit like a tequila hangover,
0:50:52 > 0:50:53but I can't remember the party.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55The doctor said that you did great.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Did it hurt a lot?
0:50:57 > 0:50:59Just the operation.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Hey, how's my hair?
0:51:01 > 0:51:03I'd hate for my first seeing day
0:51:03 > 0:51:04to be a bad hair day.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Heh...looks good.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Who are those, um, people?
0:51:09 > 0:51:11There's a camera crew.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12DR AARON: For posterity.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14We're gonna make you famous here,
0:51:14 > 0:51:15and we're sending this closed circuit
0:51:15 > 0:51:17into one of our conference rooms.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Is that OK? Sure.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21OK. You ready to get started?
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Yeah. Let's...
0:51:23 > 0:51:24..see what we see.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27All right.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29You mean, er, right now?
0:51:29 > 0:51:31OK.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31Is that all right?
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Yeah...just a little nervous.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36DR AARON: OK. All right.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38Let's start taking the first one off.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42This is just the outside.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51DR AARON: OK. Phase one.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57Take off the, er... right patch.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04And the left.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09OK...and there we go.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12OK.
0:52:19 > 0:52:20So, what do you see?
0:52:24 > 0:52:25VIRGIL: Oh, my God.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36DR AARON: Well, what do you see?
0:52:36 > 0:52:38I don't know.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39Can you see Amy?
0:52:41 > 0:52:42I'm over here, Virgil.
0:52:46 > 0:52:47I don't know.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Can you see your sister?
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Virgil, are you OK? You OK?
0:52:54 > 0:52:55Oh, god.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57This isn't right. Something's wrong.
0:52:57 > 0:52:58What's wrong? There's a problem.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00It's gonna be fine. It just takes a little...
0:53:00 > 0:53:01No, it's not fine. Don't say it's fine.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03This can't be seeing.
0:53:03 > 0:53:04What do you see?
0:53:04 > 0:53:05Aah! Ohh!
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Oh, that's bad!
0:53:07 > 0:53:08OK...
0:53:10 > 0:53:11Oh, god! Aah!
0:53:11 > 0:53:12Stop moving!
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Get the lights out.
0:53:13 > 0:53:14Get them out of here, please.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16What can we do for you?
0:53:16 > 0:53:17OK, Virgil, they've gone.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Now let's everybody just calm down.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20OK. All right, um...
0:53:20 > 0:53:23DR AARON: It's OK. They've left.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Just think. Something's wrong.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26This can't be seeing.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Just relax. It's OK.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29I'm OK.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32What can we do?
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Um, give me something in my hands.
0:53:35 > 0:53:36OK.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39OK.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44OK... OK...
0:53:44 > 0:53:48Good. Now, just use your sense of touch.
0:53:48 > 0:53:49Just associate.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Now, what do you see in front of you?
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Oh...
0:53:53 > 0:53:54Use your touch.
0:53:55 > 0:53:56OK, Virgil.
0:54:16 > 0:54:17It's a can.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Yeah, heh heh. Good.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20What's going on?
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Well, he-he's associating.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23His fingers tell his brain,
0:54:23 > 0:54:24and then his brain tells his eyes,
0:54:24 > 0:54:27and then he recognises what's in front of him.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35OK, Virgil...let's give your eyes a rest, OK?
0:54:35 > 0:54:38We should all be very happy.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39We've got something.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48It's the damnedest thing.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49I mean, with extended blindness...
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Doctor, excuse me. May I speak to you?
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Sure.
0:54:53 > 0:54:54What the hell just happened in there?
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Is that what you call seeing?
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Look, it's a little complicated.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00It is clear that he is seeing.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02He's picking up images.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Apparently, his retina is intact.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08For all intents and purposes, it's a success.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10A success? He's all lost in there.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12He can't see me. He can't see his sister.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14He can't see anything except a coke can.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15And he could only do that
0:55:15 > 0:55:16after he held it in his hands.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17He could do that before.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18Believe me, he can see you.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21He just doesn't understand what he sees.
0:55:22 > 0:55:23So, is this temporary?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Will this go away?
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Well, there is a visual therapist.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30It's a fellow named Phil Webster.
0:55:30 > 0:55:31He's a little unorthodox,
0:55:31 > 0:55:33but I think he's probably our best bet,
0:55:33 > 0:55:36considering the unique aspects of this case.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Now, I'll contact him right away,
0:55:38 > 0:55:39but there's no guarantees.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41He might be able to help us.
0:55:41 > 0:55:42No guarantee?
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Look, we are all on new ground here.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Let's try to be optimistic.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49I mean, he can see.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Uh, hello.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Oh...
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Ow.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31Mm.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32Mm!
0:56:34 > 0:56:35Hello?
0:57:50 > 0:57:51Amy?
0:57:54 > 0:57:56No, it's Jen.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08So, this is you.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12This is me.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15Mm.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19Everything's gonna be all right
0:58:19 > 0:58:21soon as we can get you home.
0:58:21 > 0:58:22I'm not gonna go home.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24I'm gonna stay right here in New York,
0:58:24 > 0:58:25where the doctors are
0:58:25 > 0:58:28and where they can take care of me.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29I can't stay here,
0:58:29 > 0:58:33and you can't go through this alone.
0:58:33 > 0:58:34Who's gonna take care of...
0:58:38 > 0:58:39Amy.
0:58:42 > 0:58:46She's gonna look after you?
0:58:46 > 0:58:47She doesn't know anything
0:58:47 > 0:58:48about the blind.
0:58:48 > 0:58:51But I'm not blind anymore, Jennie.
0:58:51 > 0:58:54OK...two weeks.
0:58:54 > 0:58:58No. Not one day. I'm not...
0:58:58 > 0:59:01I'm not gonna do anything to lose her.
0:59:06 > 0:59:07OK.
0:59:13 > 0:59:15Hey.
0:59:15 > 0:59:16Hey.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20Virgil's finishing getting ready.
0:59:20 > 0:59:22Would you mind walking me to my car?
0:59:22 > 0:59:23Are you all right?
0:59:23 > 0:59:27No. I'm scared to death.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29I've spent my whole life
0:59:29 > 0:59:32looking for holes he might fall in.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35I'd run up ahead and cover them up.
0:59:35 > 0:59:39Everywhere I look here, I see holes.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41Well, hopefully,
0:59:40 > 0:59:43he'll start seeing them for himself.
0:59:43 > 0:59:45Believe me, I don't want him to get hurt
0:59:45 > 0:59:47any more than you do.
0:59:47 > 0:59:49You know what hurt Virgil the most
0:59:49 > 0:59:52was his father leaving.
0:59:51 > 0:59:54He thought it had to do with his blindness,
0:59:54 > 0:59:56that somehow he hadn't tried hard enough,
0:59:56 > 0:59:57or he could've been better.
1:00:00 > 1:00:02I'm not going anywhere, Jennie.
1:00:02 > 1:00:04Amy, a blind child can't see those close to them,
1:00:04 > 1:00:06so they never learn how to reach out.
1:00:06 > 1:00:10If he's unhappy or in pain or confused,
1:00:10 > 1:00:11Virgil won't reach out.
1:00:11 > 1:00:16He goes behind a wall, a place we can't go to.
1:00:16 > 1:00:18He just needs to have somebody be there for him
1:00:18 > 1:00:20when he comes back.
1:00:23 > 1:00:24OK.
1:00:35 > 1:00:38OK...
1:00:38 > 1:00:42well, this is it. This is home.
1:00:42 > 1:00:43Oh, god!
1:00:43 > 1:00:46Whoa. You OK?
1:00:46 > 1:00:47Stop the world. I want to get off.
1:00:47 > 1:00:49We'll go slow. What's that?
1:00:49 > 1:00:51Oh, it's a shadow, sweetie.
1:00:51 > 1:00:52It's nothing.
1:00:52 > 1:00:54You can walk right through it, see?
1:00:57 > 1:00:59Hey, Virgil. It's Ethan.
1:00:58 > 1:01:00Hey.
1:01:00 > 1:01:02Are you all right? You look kind of funny.
1:01:02 > 1:01:04I can see what you look like from here.
1:01:05 > 1:01:08OK, we're gonna go upstairs now, Ethan.
1:01:08 > 1:01:09See you later. Hey, Zach!
1:01:09 > 1:01:12I feel like such a child.
1:01:12 > 1:01:13It's OK.
1:01:13 > 1:01:14We're gonna find that Webster guy,
1:01:14 > 1:01:16and we're gonna get his help, OK?
1:01:23 > 1:01:24Just keep your eyes closed
1:01:24 > 1:01:25for one second longer, OK?
1:01:25 > 1:01:26OK.
1:01:30 > 1:01:32OK.
1:01:32 > 1:01:33Ohh...
1:01:33 > 1:01:34Oh, no.
1:01:34 > 1:01:35I'm sorry, sweetie.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37No, I want to see it.
1:01:37 > 1:01:38It's too much.
1:01:40 > 1:01:42Does this look like this all the time?
1:01:41 > 1:01:43No. Oh, god...
1:01:43 > 1:01:45while we were at the hospital,
1:01:45 > 1:01:47I asked Betsy to come over here.
1:01:47 > 1:01:48I wanted to make it special.
1:01:48 > 1:01:51I'm sorry.
1:01:51 > 1:01:52Maybe I better sit down for a second.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54I'm kind of dizzy.
1:01:58 > 1:01:59I'm sorry.
1:01:59 > 1:02:01No...it's great.
1:02:01 > 1:02:02Let me just look at you, though.
1:02:05 > 1:02:07Can you see me?
1:02:07 > 1:02:08Yes.
1:02:11 > 1:02:13Can I see all of you?
1:02:13 > 1:02:14All of me?
1:02:14 > 1:02:18Like, ALL of me? Oh, god.
1:02:18 > 1:02:20If you want to.
1:02:20 > 1:02:21I'm so nervous. I can't believe this.
1:02:21 > 1:02:23What if you don't like what you see?
1:02:23 > 1:02:27Oh, that's impossible.
1:02:27 > 1:02:29I'll close my eyes.
1:02:29 > 1:02:31No, no, no, no.
1:02:31 > 1:02:32This is your first seeing day.
1:02:32 > 1:02:34You have to see everything.
1:03:47 > 1:03:50MAN: All right, OK. Virgil, it says here
1:03:50 > 1:03:52you went blind as a child
1:03:52 > 1:03:54before you developed a visual vocabulary.
1:03:54 > 1:03:57You have a problem with depth of field,
1:03:57 > 1:04:00space, shape, size, and distance.
1:04:00 > 1:04:01It's fascinating.
1:04:01 > 1:04:03There's only been 20 cases of this
1:04:03 > 1:04:05in the last 200 years.
1:04:05 > 1:04:07Basically, your eyes work, but your brain
1:04:07 > 1:04:11hasn't learned to process the information.
1:04:11 > 1:04:13You are mentally blind.
1:04:13 > 1:04:15Neurologists call this "visual agnosia".
1:04:15 > 1:04:18Well, I call it pretty screwed up.
1:04:18 > 1:04:19That's a much better term.
1:04:19 > 1:04:22I'll bring it up at the next meeting.
1:04:22 > 1:04:23Although it would be difficult
1:04:23 > 1:04:25to get grant money
1:04:25 > 1:04:26for the "pretty screwed up foundation."
1:04:27 > 1:04:30I have something I'd like to read to you.
1:04:30 > 1:04:34Oh, Rugalah? I made it myself.
1:04:35 > 1:04:36Damn it.
1:04:36 > 1:04:38Ah, my glasses - I can never find 'em.
1:04:38 > 1:04:41Mrs Finster, help!
1:04:44 > 1:04:47Thank you. Happens all the time.
1:04:47 > 1:04:50OK. Alberto Valvo.
1:04:50 > 1:04:54Sight restoration after long-term blindness.
1:04:54 > 1:04:58Ah..."one must die as a blind person
1:04:58 > 1:05:01"to be born again as a sighted person.
1:05:01 > 1:05:04"However, it is the interim,
1:05:04 > 1:05:05"the limbo between two worlds
1:05:05 > 1:05:07"that is so terrible."
1:05:09 > 1:05:12There you go, pal. You're in limbo.
1:05:12 > 1:05:15What, that's it? Limbo?
1:05:15 > 1:05:17That book doesn't have anything else
1:05:17 > 1:05:19that might help us with Virgil's condition?
1:05:19 > 1:05:22Limbo's not that bad. It's like New Jersey.
1:05:22 > 1:05:24You can see where all the good stuff is happening.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26You just have to get there.
1:05:26 > 1:05:27I know, I know.
1:05:27 > 1:05:29You were expecting Anne Bancroft -
1:05:29 > 1:05:32a dramatic breakthrough out by the water pump.
1:05:32 > 1:05:34I'm sorry. I'm just a professor.
1:05:34 > 1:05:37I teach people how to teach the blind
1:05:36 > 1:05:38how to become independent.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40Unfortunately, there's no manual
1:05:40 > 1:05:42on what you're going through.
1:05:42 > 1:05:43I'd like to help,
1:05:43 > 1:05:45but like the rest of things in life,
1:05:45 > 1:05:47it's really up to you.
1:05:48 > 1:05:51Are you crazy? I'm completely confused.
1:05:51 > 1:05:53You said you'd like to help,
1:05:53 > 1:05:55so we came here for help.
1:05:55 > 1:05:58All right, all right. You want a lesson?
1:05:58 > 1:05:59Yes.
1:05:59 > 1:06:01All right... here we go.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03Lesson number one...
1:06:04 > 1:06:05Repeat after me.
1:06:05 > 1:06:07The rain in Spain
1:06:07 > 1:06:10stays main... Look, I'm kidding.
1:06:10 > 1:06:11It's a joke.
1:06:13 > 1:06:15What's this?
1:06:18 > 1:06:21It's - it's an apple.
1:06:21 > 1:06:25Good, good. You've now won the toaster oven.
1:06:25 > 1:06:26OK...
1:06:30 > 1:06:31What's this?
1:06:33 > 1:06:34It's an apple.
1:06:34 > 1:06:36Good, but is it an apple
1:06:36 > 1:06:39or just a picture of an apple?
1:06:44 > 1:06:48OK...so, er, this is a joke, right?
1:06:48 > 1:06:50What are you saying,
1:06:50 > 1:06:53that...my eyes lie?
1:06:53 > 1:06:54Well, your eyesight
1:06:54 > 1:06:55can and will play tricks on you.
1:06:55 > 1:06:57No matter what I teach you,
1:06:57 > 1:06:59no matter what exercises I could give you,
1:06:59 > 1:07:00they'll still play tricks on you.
1:07:00 > 1:07:02You've got to learn to trust your instincts.
1:07:02 > 1:07:03I don't have any instincts.
1:07:03 > 1:07:05My instinct is to close my eyes
1:07:05 > 1:07:07and feel my way out of your office.
1:07:07 > 1:07:08There you go.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10That's a self- preservation instinct,
1:07:10 > 1:07:11but you have others.
1:07:11 > 1:07:13Look, you have to learn to see,
1:07:13 > 1:07:16just like you learned to speak.
1:07:16 > 1:07:19Perception, sight...life...
1:07:19 > 1:07:22is about experience, about reaching out
1:07:22 > 1:07:24and exploring the world for yourself.
1:07:24 > 1:07:26It's not enough to just see.
1:07:25 > 1:07:29We-we've gotta look as well.
1:07:28 > 1:07:30DR AARON: Immediately following the operation,
1:07:30 > 1:07:36the patient experienced extreme disorientation.
1:07:36 > 1:07:38The images and colours had no meaning for him,
1:07:38 > 1:07:42but now, just weeks after surgery,
1:07:42 > 1:07:44Mr Adamson has mastered the ability
1:07:44 > 1:07:48to define shape and distance,
1:07:48 > 1:07:51giving him confidence to move about his environment.
1:07:53 > 1:07:55However, he still becomes confused by new images,
1:07:55 > 1:07:59just as a child would be fascinated
1:07:59 > 1:08:02by everyday objects we may take for granted.
1:08:02 > 1:08:04Look up.
1:08:05 > 1:08:06What is it?
1:08:06 > 1:08:10It's art. Dubuffet.
1:08:10 > 1:08:13This is art?
1:08:13 > 1:08:15Oh, now that has to be art. Look at that.
1:08:15 > 1:08:17That is beautiful.
1:08:19 > 1:08:23No, that's just somebody being destructive.
1:08:23 > 1:08:25It says "pig shit".
1:08:25 > 1:08:27'And though his progress is steady,'
1:08:27 > 1:08:31Virgil is still very reliant on his touch
1:08:31 > 1:08:33to interpret objects in his surroundings...
1:08:33 > 1:08:35It's a dog!
1:08:38 > 1:08:39I'm sorry. Yes.
1:08:40 > 1:08:42'..and his understanding of three-dimensionality
1:08:42 > 1:08:45'is very limited and confounding to him.'
1:08:45 > 1:08:48Oh, wow, listen to the bells.
1:08:48 > 1:08:49What's that? That lump.
1:08:52 > 1:08:54Oh, that's-that's a homeless person.
1:08:54 > 1:08:56You just walked right past him.
1:08:56 > 1:08:58You didn't even look.
1:08:58 > 1:09:01Well, I mean, some things
1:09:01 > 1:09:02you choose not to see.
1:09:02 > 1:09:04You can't look at everything, Virgil.
1:09:04 > 1:09:06I don't want to look away. I want to see.
1:09:06 > 1:09:07I want to see everything.
1:09:07 > 1:09:10What the hell you lookin' at? Get outta here!
1:09:10 > 1:09:13DR AARON: He also has great difficulty with scanning.
1:09:13 > 1:09:15Basically, that's putting the whole picture together.
1:09:20 > 1:09:23I've got over ten years' experience at Bear Mountain
1:09:23 > 1:09:24in all kinds, really -
1:09:24 > 1:09:27deep tissue, therapeutic, shiatsu.
1:09:27 > 1:09:29That's fine. Let's get you started.
1:09:29 > 1:09:32Here's your I-9, W-4, workman's comp -
1:09:32 > 1:09:33basic employment package.
1:09:33 > 1:09:34Just fill these out,
1:09:34 > 1:09:37take 'em over to accounting at the back of the gym.
1:09:40 > 1:09:42Oh, gosh, you know what? I forgot my glasses.
1:09:42 > 1:09:45I'm just gonna take these home and fill it out,
1:09:45 > 1:09:47and I'll just bring it back, OK?
1:09:47 > 1:09:48All right.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51This includes his ability to read,
1:09:51 > 1:09:54meaning he has a total lack of visual memory.
1:10:00 > 1:10:04Sweetie, it might help if you kind of take...
1:10:04 > 1:10:05No, it won't help, Amy.
1:10:05 > 1:10:07I told you before, it's not helping.
1:10:07 > 1:10:08I know what I'm supposed to do.
1:10:08 > 1:10:10I just can't do it, OK? I can't read.
1:10:10 > 1:10:12By the time I get to the last letter,
1:10:12 > 1:10:14I can't remember the first one.
1:10:14 > 1:10:15I can't fill out a damn application.
1:10:15 > 1:10:17I have to have somebody else do it for me
1:10:17 > 1:10:20like I was a blind person, but I'm not blind.
1:10:20 > 1:10:21Your helping isn't helping.
1:10:24 > 1:10:26OK. I'm sorry.
1:10:27 > 1:10:30'This is an unexpected physiological flaw'
1:10:30 > 1:10:34and one that we hope Virgil will be able to overcome.
1:10:36 > 1:10:39Well, that's it for today. Thank you.
1:10:42 > 1:10:48Mr Adamson, I'm from NYN. Can you give us a little idea of what you're going through?
1:10:48 > 1:10:50That really hurts.
1:10:50 > 1:10:53- Do you need that light? - Yes.
1:10:53 > 1:10:57Did the operation meet with your expectations?
1:10:57 > 1:10:59PHONE RINGS
1:10:59 > 1:11:01Information?
1:11:01 > 1:11:04Pine Crest, New York. Jenny Adamson.
1:11:05 > 1:11:08Um...here, maybe... try this.
1:11:08 > 1:11:09What's that?
1:11:09 > 1:11:11You tell me.
1:11:12 > 1:11:14I don't know. It's a crocodile.
1:11:14 > 1:11:16Come on, concentrate.
1:11:16 > 1:11:18I don't want to concentrate, Amy.
1:11:18 > 1:11:21Can't we just have one meal where it's not about my eyes?
1:11:21 > 1:11:24I just want to sit here and eat.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26I'm just trying to be helpful.
1:11:26 > 1:11:28Let's talk about something else.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31How was your day? What happened?
1:11:31 > 1:11:33Fine. Nothing.
1:11:33 > 1:11:37No. We were invited to a party tomorrow night -
1:11:37 > 1:11:39Duncan's birthday.
1:11:40 > 1:11:42Is that it?
1:11:43 > 1:11:45What do you mean, "is that it?"
1:11:45 > 1:11:47I'm telling you something
1:11:47 > 1:11:50I thought maybe you'd have a response to.
1:11:50 > 1:11:51I'm sorry. Is that not enough?
1:11:53 > 1:11:57OK. I'll go. Uh...
1:11:57 > 1:12:00why haven't you finished your sculpture?
1:12:01 > 1:12:03Where did that come from?
1:12:02 > 1:12:04I want to know. I'm there every day,
1:12:04 > 1:12:07and I, um, think it's perfect, that it's beautiful,
1:12:07 > 1:12:09but you said you didn't like it,
1:12:09 > 1:12:12and that it wasn't finished, and the way you said it
1:12:11 > 1:12:14made me think that you never would, so that's why I'm asking.
1:12:16 > 1:12:18Look, it's something I care a lot about,
1:12:18 > 1:12:19and I can't get right.
1:12:19 > 1:12:20It's something I see in my head,
1:12:20 > 1:12:22and I can't do it right.
1:12:22 > 1:12:23It's beautiful, and I can't match it.
1:12:23 > 1:12:25I'm failing it.
1:12:25 > 1:12:27So...maybe I'm not an artist.
1:12:30 > 1:12:31HE SIGHS
1:12:32 > 1:12:34What's that?
1:12:37 > 1:12:39It's a lobster.
1:12:40 > 1:12:41People eat this?
1:12:44 > 1:12:46OK, measuring cup.
1:12:46 > 1:12:47Try again.
1:12:47 > 1:12:50Hey, you cheated!
1:12:50 > 1:12:52You told me you couldn't touch.
1:12:52 > 1:12:53Sometimes you have to touch.
1:12:53 > 1:12:55DOORBELL RINGS
1:12:55 > 1:12:56Cheese grater.
1:12:59 > 1:13:00Hello?
1:13:00 > 1:13:02It's me.
1:13:02 > 1:13:04Jenny!
1:13:04 > 1:13:06Hi.
1:13:06 > 1:13:07What are you doing here?
1:13:07 > 1:13:11You're being so mysterious. Just tell me why we're here.
1:13:11 > 1:13:13Well...um...
1:13:13 > 1:13:15our father's here.
1:13:15 > 1:13:16What?
1:13:16 > 1:13:20I recognised his voice the minute I answered the phone.
1:13:20 > 1:13:21Which one is he?
1:13:22 > 1:13:26There he is. With the clipboard and phone.
1:13:26 > 1:13:28No, I can't see him.
1:13:28 > 1:13:32Yes, you can. He's our father.
1:13:32 > 1:13:35He heard about the operation and asked to see you.
1:13:35 > 1:13:36I'm not ready.
1:13:36 > 1:13:37No, Jenny.
1:14:03 > 1:14:05Virgil?
1:14:15 > 1:14:17Hi.
1:14:17 > 1:14:18Hi.
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Were you asleep?
1:14:22 > 1:14:24No, I just...
1:14:24 > 1:14:27forget about the light sometimes.
1:14:55 > 1:14:59I've been thinking about that party, and...
1:14:59 > 1:15:04we don't have to go if you don't want to.
1:15:04 > 1:15:09It's your partner's birthday party. You want me to meet your friends.
1:15:11 > 1:15:12Yeah.
1:15:15 > 1:15:17DISCO SONG PLAYING
1:15:26 > 1:15:27A glass of red or white?
1:15:30 > 1:15:31Which one's red?
1:15:31 > 1:15:34That's red. That's white.
1:15:35 > 1:15:36That's the white. You want white?
1:15:38 > 1:15:41# I need it now or never
1:15:41 > 1:15:42# There's something goin' on
1:15:42 > 1:15:45# So together
1:15:45 > 1:15:49# I need it now or never... #
1:15:49 > 1:15:50Quiet! Shh!
1:15:50 > 1:15:51Be quiet, everybody. He's coming.
1:15:51 > 1:15:53He's coming. Kill the lights.
1:15:53 > 1:15:54Kill the lights.
1:15:54 > 1:15:55VIRGIL: What's happening?
1:15:55 > 1:15:58They're turning off the lights for the surprise.
1:16:01 > 1:16:02What?
1:16:02 > 1:16:03Nothing. Just a hair out of place.
1:16:06 > 1:16:07What is this?
1:16:07 > 1:16:09What-you didn't?
1:16:09 > 1:16:12ALL: Surprise!
1:16:15 > 1:16:17Is he all right?
1:16:17 > 1:16:18LAUGHTER
1:16:18 > 1:16:19Yeah. He's just kidding around.
1:16:19 > 1:16:20He always plays jokes.
1:16:20 > 1:16:23Save me some cake.
1:16:23 > 1:16:25FAUCET RUNNING
1:16:30 > 1:16:31Hey, you. I've been looking for you.
1:16:31 > 1:16:32How's it all going, huh?
1:16:32 > 1:16:34OK.
1:16:34 > 1:16:35He's progressing slowly,
1:16:35 > 1:16:37but he's doing the best he can.
1:16:37 > 1:16:39Actually, I was asking about the mall designs,
1:16:39 > 1:16:41but, er, it's OK.
1:16:41 > 1:16:42It's understandable.
1:16:42 > 1:16:44So how is it going?
1:16:44 > 1:16:47It's not quite what you expected, is it?
1:16:47 > 1:16:49What do you mean?
1:16:49 > 1:16:53I mean, you like this guy, you want to help him out.
1:16:52 > 1:16:55Sometimes good intentions aren't enough.
1:16:55 > 1:16:58I mean, look at me. I'm still a jerk.
1:16:58 > 1:17:00Yeah, you are.
1:17:03 > 1:17:04Well, happy birthday, jerk.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14Aah. So, er, of course you know
1:17:14 > 1:17:16that we are expected in Atlanta tomorrow
1:17:15 > 1:17:17with the completed plans.
1:17:17 > 1:17:19Duncan, I can't go.
1:17:19 > 1:17:20There's just too much going on.
1:17:21 > 1:17:23Hey.
1:17:23 > 1:17:25Virgil, I wanted you to meet Duncan.
1:17:25 > 1:17:26Duncan, Virgil.
1:17:25 > 1:17:27Hey, Virgil. How's it goin'?
1:17:27 > 1:17:29Congratulations, man. It's good to see you.
1:17:29 > 1:17:31Well, these days, it's good to see anything.
1:17:31 > 1:17:33Come on, Duncan. Let's dance.
1:17:33 > 1:17:34Ah, duty calls.
1:17:34 > 1:17:37Listen, Amy, sorry about Atlanta.
1:17:37 > 1:17:38Could've used you.
1:17:42 > 1:17:43What was -
1:17:43 > 1:17:45what is that - Atlanta?
1:17:45 > 1:17:47Oh, he tried to spring a meeting on me for tomorrow,
1:17:47 > 1:17:49but I told him I wouldn't go.
1:17:49 > 1:17:52Did you change your hair?
1:17:52 > 1:17:53I just combed it.
1:17:53 > 1:17:55# Sometimes my arms get tired
1:17:55 > 1:17:58# Pushing obstacles aside
1:17:58 > 1:18:00# But still I strive
1:18:00 > 1:18:01# With not much to show... #
1:18:01 > 1:18:03Do you think what Webster said is true,
1:18:03 > 1:18:05that the eyes lie to us?
1:18:07 > 1:18:09No, I don't.
1:18:09 > 1:18:12So, what does you kissing Duncan say?
1:18:12 > 1:18:14Oh, god, no...
1:18:14 > 1:18:15You kissed him, right?
1:18:15 > 1:18:16Yeah... What does that say?
1:18:16 > 1:18:17It says it's his birthday.
1:18:17 > 1:18:21I haven't seen a kiss like that before.
1:18:21 > 1:18:25Well, that's what a birthday kiss looks like.
1:18:25 > 1:18:27What's this look mean?
1:18:27 > 1:18:28What look?
1:18:28 > 1:18:30This look. You look strange.
1:18:30 > 1:18:31I don't understand what your face means.
1:18:31 > 1:18:32Nothing.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34I've never seen it before. What does it mean?
1:18:34 > 1:18:37It doesn't mean anything. We're just talking.
1:18:37 > 1:18:40I'm just looking back at you. It doesn't mean anything.
1:18:40 > 1:18:42Let's dance.
1:18:42 > 1:18:46# I believe
1:18:46 > 1:18:48# There's a purpose for me
1:18:48 > 1:18:51# I need a purpose
1:18:51 > 1:18:53# I need a purpose to live
1:18:53 > 1:18:54# Oh, yes, I know, I know... #
1:18:54 > 1:18:55NEW SONG BEGINS
1:18:55 > 1:19:01# Ways to have a good time... #
1:19:01 > 1:19:03Don't you want to dance anymore?
1:19:03 > 1:19:04Hey, we could try this. It's fun.
1:19:04 > 1:19:07# It's fun to stay at the YMCA... #
1:19:07 > 1:19:09They're just doing letters.
1:19:09 > 1:19:11Do you want to try?
1:19:11 > 1:19:12Just...
1:19:13 > 1:19:14You just...
1:19:14 > 1:19:16I don't belong here.
1:19:16 > 1:19:19# It's fun to stay at the YMCA... #
1:19:19 > 1:19:21It's just a stupid dance, Virgil.
1:19:21 > 1:19:22Hey, look...
1:19:22 > 1:19:24No, fuck looking!
1:19:26 > 1:19:28Oh, my God.
1:19:28 > 1:19:29Take me home.
1:19:29 > 1:19:31Are you OK?
1:19:33 > 1:19:35Honey, are you all right?
1:19:35 > 1:19:37Just take me home.
1:19:56 > 1:19:58PAPER RUSTLING
1:20:01 > 1:20:04God. You never stop, do you?
1:20:05 > 1:20:09Well, gotta get it right.
1:20:09 > 1:20:12Besides, my plane leaves first thing in the morning.
1:20:12 > 1:20:13Plane?
1:20:14 > 1:20:16I didn't think you were going.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20I'll only be gone a day or two.
1:20:23 > 1:20:25I've given you problems, huh?
1:20:25 > 1:20:27What...
1:20:27 > 1:20:30this or us?
1:20:30 > 1:20:32Us.
1:20:34 > 1:20:35Amy, I...
1:20:35 > 1:20:36I wake up every morning,
1:20:36 > 1:20:38and I...
1:20:38 > 1:20:40stare and stare...
1:20:43 > 1:20:47..and I'm looking at a total stranger.
1:20:47 > 1:20:49You don't see me?
1:20:49 > 1:20:53I was talking about me.
1:20:54 > 1:20:56You, I feel like...
1:20:58 > 1:21:01..I saw you better when I was blind.
1:21:00 > 1:21:02Well, you're not blind anymore,
1:21:02 > 1:21:05and I'm sorry if that disappoints you.
1:21:05 > 1:21:06TYPING ON KEYBOARD
1:21:06 > 1:21:07Look, I'm done here.
1:21:07 > 1:21:11It's late, and I've got to get up early...
1:21:11 > 1:21:12and I'm gonna go to bed
1:21:12 > 1:21:14before we both say things that we don't mean.
1:21:42 > 1:21:43MAN: Come on, Katie. Mom's waiting.
1:21:47 > 1:21:49Bye.
1:21:48 > 1:21:50Here you go.
1:21:49 > 1:21:51Hey, Virgil.
1:21:51 > 1:21:53So you came crawling back, huh?
1:21:53 > 1:21:54Bye.
1:21:56 > 1:21:57You want to join us?
1:21:57 > 1:21:58I could use your help here.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00Oh, no. I'll just...
1:22:00 > 1:22:01wait here till you get done.
1:22:01 > 1:22:02OK. Casey?
1:22:02 > 1:22:04Come on. Let's call it a day.
1:22:07 > 1:22:10VIRGIL: How is it working with the kids?
1:22:10 > 1:22:11Aren't they great? They're the best,
1:22:11 > 1:22:13and they're the easiest
1:22:13 > 1:22:15because they're so eager
1:22:15 > 1:22:16to make their way in the world.
1:22:16 > 1:22:19It's the adults who get stubborn.
1:22:19 > 1:22:20Where did you go to blind school?
1:22:20 > 1:22:21I didn't.
1:22:21 > 1:22:23My father, er...
1:22:23 > 1:22:25I was just in regular school.
1:22:25 > 1:22:27I picked it up on my own.
1:22:27 > 1:22:29Oh. Great.
1:22:36 > 1:22:37Apple.
1:22:37 > 1:22:40We've gotta move on to vegetables.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42Come on. I got a place for you.
1:22:42 > 1:22:44Should relax those eyes a bit.
1:22:46 > 1:22:48VIRGIL: Seeing sucks.
1:22:48 > 1:22:50You gotta be kidding.
1:22:50 > 1:22:51It sucks.
1:22:51 > 1:22:54You can say that sitting in these prime viewing seats?
1:22:54 > 1:22:55Yes.
1:22:55 > 1:22:56- Get your head examined. - I'm serious.
1:22:58 > 1:22:59When I was blind, I couldn't see.
1:22:59 > 1:23:01Don't laugh.
1:23:01 > 1:23:03I mean that people don't have any expectations then.
1:23:03 > 1:23:05They know what you are -
1:23:05 > 1:23:06or they think they know -
1:23:06 > 1:23:07and that's it.
1:23:07 > 1:23:09They get on with it. They deal with it.
1:23:09 > 1:23:12Yeah. Didn't exactly get what you counted on here, did you?
1:23:12 > 1:23:13Oh, boy...
1:23:13 > 1:23:15and now - here's where it gets complicated -
1:23:15 > 1:23:16now I can see,
1:23:16 > 1:23:18but I don't know what I can see,
1:23:18 > 1:23:21and then, because your eyes play tricks on you,
1:23:21 > 1:23:24you see things that you don't want to see...
1:23:24 > 1:23:26like jealousy.
1:23:27 > 1:23:31What's most important to you right now? Seeing, or...
1:23:31 > 1:23:33Amy.
1:23:33 > 1:23:34As I thought.
1:23:34 > 1:23:37We're not talking eyes, but heart.
1:23:37 > 1:23:40Look, the other night I was watching TV -
1:23:40 > 1:23:44one of the disadvantages of regaining sight, by the way -
1:23:44 > 1:23:46and there was this famous pianist.
1:23:46 > 1:23:48A what?
1:23:48 > 1:23:49Piano player.
1:23:49 > 1:23:51He was about 6-700 years old.
1:23:51 > 1:23:54- Is this going to be a long story? - Could be.
1:23:54 > 1:23:56They bring out this 7-year old prodigy.
1:23:56 > 1:23:59He plays Chopin backwards and forwards,
1:23:59 > 1:24:01with one hand tied behind his back, spinning plates.
1:24:01 > 1:24:06And the old master listened appreciatively.
1:24:06 > 1:24:10At the end, he said, "You played the piano very well.
1:24:10 > 1:24:14"Maybe one day you will learn to make music."
1:24:16 > 1:24:18I think I know what you're saying.
1:24:18 > 1:24:23I don't know if I'll ever be able to make music.
1:24:23 > 1:24:25Here. See my hand?
1:24:25 > 1:24:26Yeah.
1:24:26 > 1:24:27All right.
1:24:27 > 1:24:29Now focus on it.
1:24:29 > 1:24:30Forget about everything else -
1:24:30 > 1:24:33and that will be difficult here -
1:24:33 > 1:24:34but just look.
1:24:38 > 1:24:39And your point is?
1:24:39 > 1:24:42OK. So that's what, seeing?
1:24:42 > 1:24:43No, grasshopper.
1:24:43 > 1:24:46That's looking. Looking.
1:24:46 > 1:24:47You watched the fist.
1:24:47 > 1:24:48You see it's going to hit you,
1:24:48 > 1:24:50but did you want it to hit you?
1:24:50 > 1:24:51No. No. That's looking.
1:24:51 > 1:24:53Virgil, my advice after three beers -
1:24:53 > 1:24:55you'll see a lot, but none of that matters
1:24:55 > 1:24:57if you lose sight of what you want.
1:25:01 > 1:25:03I love it.
1:25:06 > 1:25:10But I don't care for the trees.
1:25:13 > 1:25:15I think we should lose them.
1:25:18 > 1:25:19JAZZ TRIO PLAYS
1:25:19 > 1:25:20# On the sidewalk
1:25:21 > 1:25:23# Sunday morning
1:25:24 > 1:25:29# Lies a body oozing life... #
1:25:31 > 1:25:35The man just doesn't care for trees. I don't know.
1:25:35 > 1:25:39They were the best part of the location.
1:25:39 > 1:25:42We'll have to change them, that's all.
1:25:42 > 1:25:44You'll come up with something better.
1:25:45 > 1:25:47Hey, um...
1:25:47 > 1:25:49let me buy you a drink, huh?
1:25:49 > 1:25:52Get those creative juices flowing.
1:25:52 > 1:25:54Oh, I don't know.
1:25:54 > 1:25:55Come on. No, look.
1:25:55 > 1:25:57They're playing our song.
1:25:57 > 1:25:59Mack The Knife was our song?
1:25:59 > 1:26:00Come on.
1:26:01 > 1:26:04# Easy come
1:26:05 > 1:26:08# Easy go... #
1:26:10 > 1:26:12See?
1:26:12 > 1:26:14Not so bad, huh?
1:26:14 > 1:26:17Not so bad.
1:26:21 > 1:26:24It's nice dancing together again.
1:26:25 > 1:26:27Yeah.
1:26:30 > 1:26:32Remember the first time?
1:26:34 > 1:26:38Your sister's wedding in Connecticut?
1:26:38 > 1:26:40Yeah.
1:26:40 > 1:26:45It was beautiful with all those red leaves falling.
1:26:45 > 1:26:47I'd love to go back.
1:26:47 > 1:26:49So would I.
1:26:52 > 1:26:53So, what happened to us, Amy?
1:26:53 > 1:26:55Why'd you give up on us?
1:26:56 > 1:26:57I don't know.
1:26:57 > 1:27:00I think we... did it too fast.
1:27:00 > 1:27:02You know? I was just a kid then...
1:27:02 > 1:27:05falling in love with architecture.
1:27:05 > 1:27:07I never fell in love with architecture, but...
1:27:07 > 1:27:09I know I fell in love with you.
1:27:10 > 1:27:12That's bullshit.
1:27:12 > 1:27:15Well, hey. It used to work.
1:27:15 > 1:27:17THEY LAUGH
1:27:20 > 1:27:25# Easy go
1:27:29 > 1:27:35# We never dreamt of romancin'... #
1:27:35 > 1:27:39Oh, god. I'm sorry. I can't do this.
1:27:39 > 1:27:41This is wrong. I have to go home.
1:27:41 > 1:27:43You have to go home?
1:27:45 > 1:27:48To be a baby-sitter?
1:27:48 > 1:27:49Don't say that.
1:27:54 > 1:27:56Amy.
1:27:57 > 1:28:00# Easy come
1:28:02 > 1:28:08# Easy go. #
1:28:13 > 1:28:14Virgil?
1:28:22 > 1:28:24Virgil.
1:28:24 > 1:28:25He's gone, Amy.
1:28:25 > 1:28:27Gone? Gone where?
1:28:27 > 1:28:30The park. Said he was looking for something.
1:28:48 > 1:28:49Virgil!
1:28:51 > 1:28:53Hey, Virgil!
1:28:57 > 1:28:58HONKING
1:28:58 > 1:29:01Virgil, watch out! Watch out!
1:29:04 > 1:29:07What are you doing? What are you doing?
1:29:07 > 1:29:09I was watching the cab as it changed
1:29:09 > 1:29:10and got closer to me.
1:29:10 > 1:29:12It's perspective.
1:29:12 > 1:29:14Yeah, but you're gonna get yourself killed
1:29:14 > 1:29:16doing that in the middle of the street.
1:29:16 > 1:29:19I didn't mean to scare you. I'm sorry.
1:29:21 > 1:29:23Oh, boy.
1:29:23 > 1:29:26I went to the loft, and you weren't there,
1:29:25 > 1:29:28and I thought that you had left.
1:29:28 > 1:29:30I thought about it.
1:29:31 > 1:29:34So I came out here...
1:29:34 > 1:29:36to try and see the horizon
1:29:35 > 1:29:38that you described so beautifully.
1:29:40 > 1:29:42Oh.
1:29:42 > 1:29:44Oh, well, you can't see it from here.
1:29:43 > 1:29:46There's too many buildings.
1:29:46 > 1:29:49Oh, but that doesn't mean it's not still here, right?
1:29:49 > 1:29:50Just because you can't see it
1:29:50 > 1:29:52doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
1:29:52 > 1:29:53Right.
1:29:53 > 1:29:56Just because you can't see things
1:29:56 > 1:29:58doesn't mean that they don't exist.
1:29:58 > 1:29:59I mean, that...
1:29:59 > 1:30:01that's what faith is, right?
1:30:04 > 1:30:05What's that look?
1:30:05 > 1:30:08What does that look mean? That's a new look.
1:30:09 > 1:30:13Virgil, I have to tell you something.
1:30:12 > 1:30:14I was getting confused,
1:30:14 > 1:30:19but that doesn't excuse how I've acted.
1:30:19 > 1:30:21See, I thought I saw you
1:30:21 > 1:30:23slipping further and further away from me.
1:30:23 > 1:30:27And I didn't see that you were slipping away from me.
1:30:27 > 1:30:30Amy, I, oh...
1:30:30 > 1:30:32I don't know why I didn't tell you
1:30:32 > 1:30:35but I want to say this. When...
1:30:35 > 1:30:37Well, Jenny came to see me
1:30:37 > 1:30:39and I went to see my father.
1:30:39 > 1:30:42And I couldn't see him.
1:30:42 > 1:30:44I was afraid.
1:30:44 > 1:30:47Felt like I was letting him down.
1:30:47 > 1:30:50Like I feel like I've let you down.
1:30:50 > 1:30:54The only thing I ever wanted...
1:30:54 > 1:30:57was to be whole...
1:30:57 > 1:31:00not just to be able to ride a bike
1:31:00 > 1:31:03or play in the playground like other kids
1:31:03 > 1:31:06or go on a date...
1:31:08 > 1:31:09but to be whole -
1:31:09 > 1:31:12to be needed by somebody
1:31:12 > 1:31:14like I needed them...
1:31:16 > 1:31:18and the first time
1:31:18 > 1:31:21I ever felt like that in my whole life was with you.
1:31:24 > 1:31:27I know I have a lot to learn,
1:31:27 > 1:31:29but I can see...
1:31:31 > 1:31:33and I don't want you to give up on me.
1:31:35 > 1:31:37I won't, Virgil.
1:31:40 > 1:31:41When I was in Atlanta,
1:31:41 > 1:31:44I realised how much that I need you...
1:31:46 > 1:31:48and I want you to come home with me.
1:31:51 > 1:31:54Up until the operation five weeks ago,
1:31:54 > 1:31:58Virgil had been a touch person,
1:31:58 > 1:32:01someone whose vocabulary,
1:32:01 > 1:32:03whose whole sensibility,
1:32:03 > 1:32:05whose picture of the world
1:32:05 > 1:32:08is based on tactile, nonvisual terms,
1:32:08 > 1:32:11but now as a sighted person,
1:32:11 > 1:32:15by focusing single-mindedly on his goal,
1:32:15 > 1:32:17Virgil has a newfound ability
1:32:17 > 1:32:22to understand distance and shape,
1:32:22 > 1:32:24colour, perspective...
1:32:26 > 1:32:28and though there are still miles to go
1:32:28 > 1:32:29in his learning process,
1:32:29 > 1:32:31for all medical intents and purposes,
1:32:31 > 1:32:34he is...becoming a seeing person.
1:32:34 > 1:32:35Hey.
1:32:35 > 1:32:36What?
1:32:36 > 1:32:38You want me to see, don't you?
1:32:38 > 1:32:39Aren't I supposed to look?
1:32:39 > 1:32:41Oh, my God.
1:32:41 > 1:32:42What?
1:32:42 > 1:32:44She is so flirting with you.
1:32:44 > 1:32:46What?
1:32:46 > 1:32:47What's that look?
1:32:47 > 1:32:48What look?
1:32:48 > 1:32:51That look. You've got so many looks.
1:32:51 > 1:32:55Uh, it was probably a jealous look.
1:32:58 > 1:33:00It was the response to that look.
1:33:00 > 1:33:02OK? All right.
1:33:02 > 1:33:03You want to see my other looks?
1:33:03 > 1:33:07OK. This is what sad looks like.
1:33:09 > 1:33:12Here is jubilation.
1:33:12 > 1:33:14Yippee!
1:33:14 > 1:33:15Careful.
1:33:15 > 1:33:16This is, er...
1:33:16 > 1:33:19terrible fear.
1:33:19 > 1:33:22Extreme suspicion.
1:33:24 > 1:33:25It's all your fault.
1:33:25 > 1:33:27I have an idea.
1:33:27 > 1:33:28SHE BARKS LIKE A SEAL
1:33:31 > 1:33:34Reow!
1:33:34 > 1:33:38# The way you haunt my dreams
1:33:38 > 1:33:39# No, no... #
1:33:39 > 1:33:40This is...
1:33:40 > 1:33:42"I love you."
1:33:42 > 1:33:44Oh, this look I love.
1:33:44 > 1:33:49# We may never, never meet again
1:33:49 > 1:33:55# On the bumpy road to love
1:33:55 > 1:34:00# Though I'll always, always keep the memory of... #
1:34:01 > 1:34:04'Yesterday, the clouds!'
1:34:04 > 1:34:07No. In the sky, not my eyes.
1:34:07 > 1:34:09Oh, purple.
1:34:09 > 1:34:12Purple is the most amazing colour.
1:34:12 > 1:34:15And Amy said yesterday that we saw birds,
1:34:15 > 1:34:17and, um...
1:34:17 > 1:34:18um...what were they?
1:34:18 > 1:34:20Pigeons. Pigeons.
1:34:19 > 1:34:21Tell her about the fish market.
1:34:21 > 1:34:22Dozens of them.
1:34:22 > 1:34:23And the fish market.
1:34:23 > 1:34:26Salmon and, er, crabs and octopus.
1:34:26 > 1:34:28How does anyone eat an octopus?
1:34:28 > 1:34:31OK. Now, I don't know when I'll be back,
1:34:31 > 1:34:33but I'll call you soon. All right?
1:34:33 > 1:34:35OK.
1:34:35 > 1:34:36Me, too. Bye.
1:34:36 > 1:34:38OK. Close your eyes.
1:34:42 > 1:34:44Present.
1:34:44 > 1:34:47A tie.
1:34:46 > 1:34:49That's a large tie, too.
1:34:51 > 1:34:53There's gonna be an opening for the lobby,
1:34:53 > 1:34:56and they're gonna have a party,
1:34:56 > 1:34:58and I thought that we could both dress up to celebrate
1:34:58 > 1:34:59because it's your first time
1:34:59 > 1:35:00seeing any of my work finished.
1:35:00 > 1:35:01That's great.
1:35:05 > 1:35:06What's the matter?
1:35:06 > 1:35:09Nothing. It's - it's really great.
1:35:09 > 1:35:11I like it a lot.
1:35:11 > 1:35:12You sure?
1:35:12 > 1:35:14It looks like it fits.
1:35:16 > 1:35:18You look great in it.
1:35:18 > 1:35:19Thanks.
1:35:45 > 1:35:47Hey, Virg.
1:35:47 > 1:35:49Virg? Where you goin'?
1:35:58 > 1:35:59OK.
1:36:04 > 1:36:05What does that mean?
1:36:05 > 1:36:06What?
1:36:06 > 1:36:09This, um...you did with your mouth.
1:36:09 > 1:36:10What does that mean?
1:36:10 > 1:36:11Well, er...
1:36:11 > 1:36:13I'm only -
1:36:13 > 1:36:15I'm registering sparks of activity -
1:36:15 > 1:36:20retinal sparks - followed by nothing.
1:36:20 > 1:36:22Uh, how long has this been going on?
1:36:22 > 1:36:24Couple of days.
1:36:24 > 1:36:26Have a seat.
1:36:28 > 1:36:29Your, er...
1:36:29 > 1:36:32your retinal function is down 10%.
1:36:32 > 1:36:34I'm afraid the retinal disease
1:36:34 > 1:36:36seems to have returned.
1:36:36 > 1:36:37But you corrected that.
1:36:37 > 1:36:39You-I was healed of that, so...
1:36:39 > 1:36:42Well, I...
1:36:42 > 1:36:45I mean, I don't know whether, er,
1:36:45 > 1:36:47you didn't have the blood vessels
1:36:47 > 1:36:50to supply enough oxygen to your retinas.
1:36:50 > 1:36:54I wish there were an easy way to say this.
1:37:02 > 1:37:03When?
1:37:05 > 1:37:07Well, it's hard to say.
1:37:07 > 1:37:10Uh...a month.
1:37:10 > 1:37:11Two weeks.
1:37:13 > 1:37:14Today?
1:37:17 > 1:37:19I don't know.
1:38:23 > 1:38:26You look good.
1:38:27 > 1:38:30Hey. How do I look?
1:38:32 > 1:38:35I want some answers.
1:38:35 > 1:38:37Why did you leave?
1:38:37 > 1:38:43Did you leave because I was blind or because I gave up on your idea of me seeing?
1:38:43 > 1:38:47To the point. I like that. Something you got from me.
1:38:47 > 1:38:49You make jokes?
1:38:49 > 1:38:53I haven't seen you in 20 years, you find out I can see and you make jokes?
1:38:53 > 1:38:55Virg, can we talk about this later?
1:38:55 > 1:38:58No. Answer my qusetion. Why did you leave?
1:39:01 > 1:39:06I woke up very morning and looked at you and failure.
1:39:06 > 1:39:08My own failures.
1:39:08 > 1:39:11If I couldn't get my own son to see then...
1:39:13 > 1:39:17It's water under the bridge now. Right?
1:39:17 > 1:39:19You can see!
1:39:19 > 1:39:22I knew you could.
1:39:22 > 1:39:25Yeah, I can see...
1:39:26 > 1:39:28and I'm going blind again.
1:39:30 > 1:39:33You're the first person I've told.
1:39:34 > 1:39:40I wanted to see your face. I wanted to look in your eyes while you explain my whole life.
1:39:40 > 1:39:44You know what you did to Jennie? You know what you did to my Mom?
1:39:44 > 1:39:47You shouldn't have done that. Dad.
1:39:47 > 1:39:50You shouldn't have left.
1:39:51 > 1:39:54You shouldn't have left.
1:40:27 > 1:40:30Yeah. A little bit higher, like an inch, half inch.
1:40:30 > 1:40:32Good.
1:40:31 > 1:40:34Uh...hold that thought. Wait.
1:40:34 > 1:40:35Hey.
1:40:37 > 1:40:39What are you doing here?
1:40:41 > 1:40:43God, I didn't want you to see it yet.
1:40:43 > 1:40:44It's not done.
1:40:44 > 1:40:45I came to see you.
1:40:45 > 1:40:48I wanted to tell you something.
1:40:51 > 1:40:53I had this idea, OK? Now, bear with me,
1:40:53 > 1:40:55but because things are going so great right now
1:40:55 > 1:40:56and you're doing so well,
1:40:56 > 1:40:58and we're almost done with this job,
1:40:57 > 1:40:59and I think I've got the Atlanta mall coming in,
1:40:59 > 1:41:01so we've got some more money coming in,
1:41:01 > 1:41:04I thought that maybe we could take a trip,
1:41:03 > 1:41:07a sort of, um, a seeing celebration.
1:41:07 > 1:41:10A seeing celebration.
1:41:10 > 1:41:13Yeah. I thought that we could go to Egypt,
1:41:13 > 1:41:15and you and I could both see the pyramids
1:41:15 > 1:41:16for the first time together.
1:41:16 > 1:41:18Amy...
1:41:18 > 1:41:19And then I could take you to Paris,
1:41:19 > 1:41:22and I could show you the Notre Dame cathedral
1:41:22 > 1:41:23with the gargoyles
1:41:23 > 1:41:25and the water with the light on it
1:41:25 > 1:41:26and the stained glass.
1:41:26 > 1:41:28It's so beautiful. You're gonna love it.
1:41:28 > 1:41:31There are so many things that I want to show you.
1:41:31 > 1:41:32The windows and the water,
1:41:32 > 1:41:35and we'd just have the most wonderful time.
1:41:35 > 1:41:36What do you think?
1:41:41 > 1:41:43I think...
1:41:45 > 1:41:47there is...
1:41:47 > 1:41:49there is one place I'd like to see.
1:41:49 > 1:41:51SHOUTING AND CHEERING
1:41:52 > 1:41:53HORN BLOWS
1:42:03 > 1:42:06CROWD DROWNS OUT SPEECH
1:42:34 > 1:42:35HORN BLOWS
1:43:47 > 1:43:48Virgil.
1:43:48 > 1:43:50Virgil.
1:43:55 > 1:43:56Are you OK?
1:43:56 > 1:43:58The puffy thing.
1:43:59 > 1:44:01This is the puffy thing? This is the cloud?
1:44:02 > 1:44:04You found the puffy thing?
1:44:04 > 1:44:07Oh, my God. It's cotton candy.
1:44:07 > 1:44:09Oh, my God.
1:44:20 > 1:44:22AMY: Thank you so much for taking me here.
1:44:22 > 1:44:23This was wonderful.
1:44:31 > 1:44:32You OK?
1:44:33 > 1:44:35Yeah, I've just...
1:44:35 > 1:44:39I'm having a bad eye day.
1:44:40 > 1:44:41It's a lot to take in.
1:44:43 > 1:44:45I'm OK now. It's just...
1:44:45 > 1:44:47Oh, sorry.
1:44:46 > 1:44:49There's people that want to get by over here.
1:44:48 > 1:44:49What?
1:44:49 > 1:44:51There's people over here on the right.
1:44:51 > 1:44:52Oh, I'm sorry.
1:44:58 > 1:45:00Honey, what's going on?
1:45:00 > 1:45:02What's happening with your eyes?
1:45:04 > 1:45:05Blackouts.
1:45:05 > 1:45:08This was the longest.
1:45:08 > 1:45:11I just want to go home, OK?
1:45:11 > 1:45:13But, baby, wait one second.
1:45:13 > 1:45:17Has...has this happened before today?
1:45:22 > 1:45:24I'm going blind.
1:45:24 > 1:45:26What?
1:45:28 > 1:45:29What do you mean?
1:45:29 > 1:45:32What's wrong? I mean, what...
1:45:32 > 1:45:33you've had blackouts?
1:45:33 > 1:45:34Maybe your eyes were just overworked.
1:45:34 > 1:45:36You've been seeing so much.
1:45:36 > 1:45:38You've been getting so excited.
1:45:38 > 1:45:39No.
1:45:39 > 1:45:40We can go to the doctor,
1:45:40 > 1:45:43and he'll tell us what's happening.
1:45:43 > 1:45:45Maybe, you know, it's just been too fast.
1:45:45 > 1:45:47Amy, Amy, can we just go home?
1:45:51 > 1:45:53Baby, let's go to the doctor.
1:45:53 > 1:45:56I saw Dr Aaron. There's nothing they can do.
1:45:56 > 1:45:58We'll go to another doctor. Let's go to another doctor.
1:45:58 > 1:46:00Amy, what do you want me to say?
1:46:00 > 1:46:02Want me to explain it in some different way?
1:46:02 > 1:46:03I'm going blind.
1:46:03 > 1:46:04Well, this...
1:46:04 > 1:46:07That's what's happening. I'm going blind.
1:46:07 > 1:46:09I just...
1:46:10 > 1:46:12want to go home.
1:46:12 > 1:46:14Baby, don't give up.
1:46:14 > 1:46:15We got...we got...
1:46:15 > 1:46:17I just want to go home.
1:46:25 > 1:46:27It was a good game.
1:46:44 > 1:46:45What are you doing?
1:46:46 > 1:46:48I'm leaving.
1:46:48 > 1:46:50What do you mean?
1:46:50 > 1:46:53You're leaving this apartment,
1:46:53 > 1:46:54you're leaving New York,
1:46:54 > 1:46:56or you're leaving me?
1:46:56 > 1:46:58I'm going home.
1:47:00 > 1:47:03What, are you going home to Jennie?
1:47:08 > 1:47:10Is she gonna take care of you now?
1:47:10 > 1:47:12I'm not going through this bullshit again.
1:47:12 > 1:47:14Bullshit?
1:47:14 > 1:47:17Is that what this has been to you?
1:47:17 > 1:47:18Yes, it's bullshit.
1:47:18 > 1:47:20Who are we kidding?
1:47:20 > 1:47:23I'm blind. I can't see.
1:47:23 > 1:47:26OK? I don't belong here. I'm not meant to see.
1:47:26 > 1:47:27Damn right, you're blind.
1:47:27 > 1:47:29I'm standing right here for you,
1:47:29 > 1:47:31and you don't even look.
1:47:32 > 1:47:33Why are you shutting me out?
1:47:33 > 1:47:37Why didn't you tell me what was going on with you?
1:47:38 > 1:47:40Do you know...
1:47:40 > 1:47:42why I remembered the cotton candy?
1:47:42 > 1:47:44Because it's the one thing in my life
1:47:44 > 1:47:46I remember with my father that was good.
1:47:46 > 1:47:47Everything else after I went blind
1:47:47 > 1:47:48is him pushing and pushing,
1:47:48 > 1:47:50trying to make me into something that I'm not,
1:47:50 > 1:47:53and then he turns his back on me when his plans fail.
1:47:53 > 1:47:55But I'm not turning my back on you.
1:47:55 > 1:47:57I promised you that I wouldn't give up on you,
1:47:57 > 1:47:58and I'm not.
1:47:58 > 1:48:00I'm not asking you to give up on me!
1:48:00 > 1:48:03I'm asking you to give up on the idea of me seeing!
1:48:03 > 1:48:05Didn't you want something more out of your life?
1:48:05 > 1:48:08That's all I wanted to give you a chance for.
1:48:08 > 1:48:11Did you think you would sit on that school bus
1:48:11 > 1:48:14and work in that spa the rest of your life?
1:48:14 > 1:48:16Didn't you have dreams?
1:48:16 > 1:48:18Didn't you want to see or learn or do more than that?
1:48:18 > 1:48:21You have so much to give of yourself.
1:48:21 > 1:48:24And so much to be taken away.
1:48:24 > 1:48:26It's not...
1:48:27 > 1:48:29damn it.
1:48:31 > 1:48:33Your sculpture.
1:48:37 > 1:48:38I'm sorry.
1:48:40 > 1:48:42It's just...
1:48:42 > 1:48:44both didn't get what we wanted.
1:48:45 > 1:48:47I wanted you.
1:48:49 > 1:48:52Did you ever think for one minute
1:48:51 > 1:48:53it wouldn't work out,
1:48:53 > 1:48:55that I might not be able to see?
1:48:58 > 1:49:01Did you ever think about what it would be like to...
1:49:01 > 1:49:04just be with me...
1:49:04 > 1:49:06the blind man?
1:49:12 > 1:49:14That's my answer.
1:49:25 > 1:49:28SHE SOBS
1:49:52 > 1:49:55There's Jessie! Ah!
1:49:55 > 1:49:56Look at you!
1:49:56 > 1:49:58Let me look at you.
1:49:58 > 1:50:00What a beautiful colour you are.
1:50:01 > 1:50:03Look up, dog.
1:50:05 > 1:50:06Everything's the same as when you left.
1:50:06 > 1:50:09Nothing's changed.
1:50:25 > 1:50:27CHILDREN TALKING
1:50:31 > 1:50:33BOY: Come on, hurry!
1:50:33 > 1:50:35Ha ha ha!
1:50:35 > 1:50:37You're gonna miss it!
1:51:47 > 1:51:48DOOR OPENS
1:51:48 > 1:51:50JENNIE: Hello! Hi.
1:51:50 > 1:51:51Hi.
1:51:53 > 1:51:55Hey, Jess.
1:51:56 > 1:51:57Hi.
1:51:58 > 1:52:01I picked up some things at the store.
1:52:01 > 1:52:04Some t-shirts, socks. You're probably out.
1:52:04 > 1:52:06You are so beautiful.
1:52:07 > 1:52:10Why didn't you tell me you were beautiful?
1:52:11 > 1:52:15I just told you what you needed to know, that's all.
1:52:15 > 1:52:17Look at me.
1:52:18 > 1:52:20Why do people look away?
1:52:23 > 1:52:26What do you want?
1:52:26 > 1:52:28I want to see you.
1:52:28 > 1:52:30Isn't there anything more you want?
1:52:30 > 1:52:34You spent your whole life as blind as I was.
1:52:34 > 1:52:36Virgil, please.
1:52:36 > 1:52:37This is your home.
1:52:37 > 1:52:40Don't worry about things that don't matter to you.
1:52:40 > 1:52:42You're safe here, where everybody knows you.
1:52:42 > 1:52:43You matter to me, Jennie.
1:52:43 > 1:52:45This was a great place to grow up.
1:52:45 > 1:52:48It was very safe.
1:52:48 > 1:52:50But I grew up.
1:52:51 > 1:52:54I can't even imagine the things you gave up for me.
1:52:54 > 1:52:56I just want to look at you.
1:52:56 > 1:52:58Look at me, Jennie.
1:52:58 > 1:53:00I want to say thank you.
1:53:00 > 1:53:02I love you from the bottom of my soul,
1:53:02 > 1:53:05and I want to give you your life back.
1:53:13 > 1:53:15I can't.
1:53:16 > 1:53:18Yes, you can.
1:53:21 > 1:53:22Jennie...
1:53:25 > 1:53:26I'm reaching out.
1:54:33 > 1:54:37VIRGIL: 'Growing up blind, I had two dreams.
1:54:37 > 1:54:39'One was to see...
1:54:39 > 1:54:41'and the other was to play hockey
1:54:41 > 1:54:42'for the New York Rangers.
1:54:44 > 1:54:49'After the miracle of my brief period of sight,
1:54:49 > 1:54:51'if I had to choose,
1:54:51 > 1:54:54'I think I'd rather play hockey for the New York Rangers.
1:54:54 > 1:54:55LAUGHTER
1:54:55 > 1:54:58'It wasn't that seeing was so bad.
1:54:58 > 1:54:59'I saw a lot of things.
1:54:59 > 1:55:01'Um...
1:55:01 > 1:55:04'some were really beautiful.
1:55:04 > 1:55:06'Others were scary.
1:55:06 > 1:55:10'Some things I'm already forgetting...
1:55:11 > 1:55:16'a particular look in a pair of eyes.
1:55:15 > 1:55:17'Clouds.
1:55:20 > 1:55:22'Those images will stay with me
1:55:22 > 1:55:25'long after the light fades.
1:55:27 > 1:55:31'As a blind man, I think that I see, um,
1:55:31 > 1:55:36'a lot better than I did while I was sighted...
1:55:36 > 1:55:40'because I don't really think we see with our eyes.
1:55:40 > 1:55:43'I think we live in darkness
1:55:43 > 1:55:48'when we don't look at what's real about ourselves
1:55:48 > 1:55:52'or about others or about life.
1:55:52 > 1:55:57'I think, er, no operation can do that,
1:55:57 > 1:55:59'and...
1:55:59 > 1:56:04'when you see what's real about yourself,
1:56:04 > 1:56:06'then you've seen a lot...'
1:56:06 > 1:56:07Good boy!
1:56:07 > 1:56:09'And you don't eyes for that.'
1:56:09 > 1:56:11Wanna bite?
1:56:26 > 1:56:27You missed.
1:56:27 > 1:56:29Missed?
1:56:29 > 1:56:30Amy?
1:56:30 > 1:56:33Hey.
1:56:33 > 1:56:34Hi.
1:56:39 > 1:56:42Um...
1:56:42 > 1:56:44I was just in the neighbourhood.
1:56:46 > 1:56:50No. Phil told me that you're working here,
1:56:50 > 1:56:52and I thought maybe I could find you in the park.
1:56:55 > 1:56:57I rushed, didn't I?
1:56:57 > 1:56:5814 paces to the tree,
1:56:58 > 1:57:01and I made us slam right into it.
1:57:01 > 1:57:03We tried.
1:57:03 > 1:57:05Are you happy?
1:57:05 > 1:57:09Heh. I'm trying to be.
1:57:09 > 1:57:11Work is good. I went out on my own.
1:57:11 > 1:57:13What happened to Duncan?
1:57:13 > 1:57:15He's building mini-malls.
1:57:18 > 1:57:19Where's Jessie?
1:57:19 > 1:57:21Jessie's at home with Jennie.
1:57:21 > 1:57:22This is Pierce.
1:57:22 > 1:57:23Ha.
1:57:23 > 1:57:25My new dog.
1:57:25 > 1:57:27He's a good boy.
1:57:27 > 1:57:29Hello, Pierce.
1:57:29 > 1:57:30Hello, sweetie.
1:57:34 > 1:57:37Virgil, I finished the sculpture.
1:57:37 > 1:57:40I didn't know where it was going to go,
1:57:40 > 1:57:42but that was OK.
1:57:43 > 1:57:46I really enjoyed letting it take on its own life,
1:57:46 > 1:57:49letting it be just what it was,
1:57:49 > 1:57:52without me pushing or doubting myself.
1:57:53 > 1:57:56And what it was was beautiful.
1:57:57 > 1:57:59I saw the horizon.
1:57:59 > 1:58:03It's out there.
1:58:03 > 1:58:08Even though I may not ever be able to touch it,
1:58:08 > 1:58:10it's worth reaching for.
1:58:13 > 1:58:15You showed me that.
1:58:19 > 1:58:21Thank you.
1:58:28 > 1:58:29Um...
1:58:30 > 1:58:32do you want to walk?
1:58:32 > 1:58:33See what we see?
1:58:35 > 1:58:38Yeah, just see what we see.
1:59:07 > 1:59:13# I used to walk between the shadows #
1:59:13 > 1:59:15Lead on, McDuff.
1:59:15 > 1:59:21# Lost in a world that moved too fast
1:59:23 > 1:59:32# I was afraid I'd always be alone
1:59:32 > 1:59:37# Then I saw your face
1:59:36 > 1:59:38# At last
1:59:40 > 1:59:48# I found my way, even in the dark
1:59:48 > 1:59:55# Though at times, it seemed too far
1:59:57 > 2:00:05# I knew if I listened to my heart
2:00:05 > 2:00:14# I'd find that love is where you are
2:00:26 > 2:00:34# I close my eyes and see tomorrow
2:00:33 > 2:00:41# My dreams begin and end with you
2:00:41 > 2:00:46# I hear you say you'll be there... #
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