At First Sight


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WOMAN: So, Betsy, why am I doing this?

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NEW WOMAN: You're tired, stressed,

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and they're about to carry your overworked butt

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out of the office on a stretcher

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if you don't get some rest.

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Besides, Duncan can take care of things.

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Duncan? Are you kidding me?

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Well, he is your partner,

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and, believe it or not,

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he is just as worried about you as I am.

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Go. This is a vacation.

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You're late already.

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I'm not letting you put it off this time. OK?

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OK. I'm-I'm not gonna put it off,

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but I am taking those plans

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because they're not good enough.

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Now, how do you know that this spa

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is any good, anyway?

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Fine. I'm fine.

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Don't forget to exercise.

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Exercise? Exercise is not restful.

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Are you sure you know where you're going?

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Yes, I know where I'm going.

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I'm very good with directions.

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WOMAN: Betsy? I'm completely lost.

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I'm sorry.

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I thought I was on 128,

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but I'm in the middle of the dark woods,

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and, er, I don't like it.

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Yeah. Hang-hang on a second.

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OK. Wait. I've got... I've got the map.

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I've got the map in front of me, and you know what?

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There's-there's- no Bear Mountain.

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There's no sign.

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I've been looking for the sign.

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Yeah, I did. I-I-I'm...

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Oh, wow. Wait. There's the sign.

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I got it. All right.

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I'll see you in a week.

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OK. Thanks. Bye.

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STARTS CAR

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OK. Your room's in the Timber Lodge,

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which is straight out there to the left.

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And in the main lodge,

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we have a full weight room,

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life cycles, step machines,

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spa, yoga, aerobics, cycling workouts...

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I was really hoping for, like, a quick fix.

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Uh...

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do you have anything that involves just lying down?

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Massage?

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Yeah.

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Um, I'll have one a day, and not too early.

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How is 10.00am?

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11:00? Hmm.

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Thank you. Good night. Good night.

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WOMAN: Ohh.

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Ohh, Virgil. Ohh.

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God. Ohh... no, no, no, harder.

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Just right...ohh.

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Just...no. Don't stop.

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Just a little more... just a little-ohh. Ohh.

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MAN: Come on. Time's up. No, no, no, no. Ohh.

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WOMAN SIGHS

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Virgil, you are gonna have to come live with me.

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No. What would your husband say?

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Ahh.

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VIRGIL: I'll see you.

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That's it. I'm getting a divorce.

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Amy, are you out there?

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Yeah.

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Come on in.

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Hi. I'm Virgil. Hi.

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Why don't you take your clothes off and hop up on the table?

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I'll be there in a minute.

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You sound like a genius at this.

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Oh, yeah. I'm Einstein, Gandhi...

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Virgil Adamson, massage therapist.

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Do you want me sunny side up,

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or down?

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Mm, on your stomach.

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I'm gonna start off somewhat deep.

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And, uh, you let me know if you want

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anything deeper.

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Deeper is good.

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Where I come from, all you get is shallow.

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Ah. A New Yorker.

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How'd you know that?

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Oh, it's all here in the shoulders.

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Here's that honking horn of the taxi you missed. Ha ha ha!

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There's the rumble of the subway.

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Right in here is the screech of the wheels

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cos you're late, and that's why you have that tension.

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You get into the city very often?

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You want a talk or a...massage?

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Ha! Shutting up now.

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Mmm.

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SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

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SHE SOBS

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That too deep?

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No. Um...

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it's just-it's fine.

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Oh, it is too deep.

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Maybe we should stop for today.

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Here's a kleenex.

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I don't...

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don't know why I'm crying.

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Must have been a lot of stuff built up, I guess.

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Sorry.

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Sure.

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I'm gonna go now,

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unless you'd like me to stay.

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Could you, please?

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Oh, sure.

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Sure.

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SHE SOBS

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You always make the girls cry?

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Always.

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SHE GIGGLES Now, just relax.

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OK.

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SHE SIGHS

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PEOPLE TALKING

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WOMAN: Hey, Virgil.

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Virgil...

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VIRGIL: Hi, Carol.

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You look good today.

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Oh, thank you. What a compliment.

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See you tomorrow.

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Hey, Virgil!

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PEOPLE CHAT

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Hey!

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Virgil.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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Amy. Amy Benic.

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Yeah. I didn't recognise you with your clothes on.

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SHE LAUGHS

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You fell asleep, so...

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I thought it best if I just left.

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Oh, thank you.

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Oh, my God, you're the skater.

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I saw you last night driving in.

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Really?

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Yeah. You're pretty good with that stick.

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Are you on some team or something?

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You a hockey fan?

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Um... I don't know.

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I don't really know very much about it,

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but it-it looks like fun.

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I used to skate as a kid, but I've got two left feet.

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CAR HORN

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Well...this is my ride.

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Tommy.

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Hey, Virg.

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Well, I just wanted to apologise

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for falling apart like that on your table.

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Um, I was just in a weird place.

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Sorry.

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And now?

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And now I'm feeling good,

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so I wanted to thank you for what you did.

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For making you cry?

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-No.

-I

-made me cry,

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but you were very kind to me. Thank you.

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Virgil! Virgil, let's move it!

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I should let you go.

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I'm gonna see you tomorrow.

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I booked another massage.

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OK. I'll-I'll see you tomorrow.

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Nice to see you.

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OK. See you.

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See you.

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Oh, my God.

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What?

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I'm sorry. I didn't realise...wow.

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Hey, hey, you already apologised once.

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Oh, God.

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No need to overdo it.

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OK.

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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See you tomorrow.

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Bye.

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HORN HONKS

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OPENS DOOR

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Jesse, get off the bed.

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DOG BARKS There you are.

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Come here, boy.

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You're more like a sleeping eye dog

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than a seeing eye dog.

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Come here, you.

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Come on.

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DOG BARKS Is the game on?

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Come on.

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Hey...

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I met a girl today.

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Oh, she had the most amazing voice. It was...

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smooth, like butter.

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And she smelled like...

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cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Sounds more like a recipe

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for a coffee cake than a girl.

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You're here.

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I didn't hear you.

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TV: ..As this game starts.

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'Sundstrom goes for the puck. Winds it around...'

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So, how are the kids?

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Oh, the usual, they need a lot of attention.

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Here.

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Mmm.

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So, who's the girl?

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Oh, just a spa girl, a client.

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Gone in a week.

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Look. If you like coffee cake that much,

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we can sprinkle some cinnamon on Jesse.

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Too old for me.

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Who - Jesse or the girl?

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You're not jealous of a coffee cake, are you?

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Coke?

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I'm fine. Your lunch is ready.

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Chicken's at 3.00.

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and rice is at 6.00, beans are at 9.00,

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and the news is at 11.00.

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One of these days, I'm gonna switch 'em on you.

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Yeah. One day, I'll play forward

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for the New York Rangers.

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SHE CHUCKLES

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You know, you need better jokes.

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Or a new sister.

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Hmm. I'd work on the jokes, if I were you.

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Aren't you gonna stay and watch some hockey?

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You want to grade some spelling tests?

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I'll be next door if you need me.

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OK. Thanks a lot.

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So, this girl...

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we talked for a long time at the bus stop.

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She thought I could see.

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I really love coffee cake.

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG: # Give me a kiss to build a dream on

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# And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss

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# Mmm, sweetheart I ask no more than this

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# A kiss to build a dream on

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# Give me a kiss before you leave me

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# And my imagination

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# Will feed my hungry heart... #

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Aah! Oh!

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Whoa! Oh!

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Oh, shoot.

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Ah.

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My foot. Ohh. Ow.

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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Coming.

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Coming! Hang on! Hang on!

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Oh. OK.

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KNOCK ON DOOR Coming.

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Hi. Oh, my God. Hi.

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My turn to apologise.

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I should've told you I was blind.

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Well, we're even.

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Apologies cancel each other out.

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Do you want to come in?

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I'm sorry. I just got out of the shower.

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I have to get changed.

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Promise I won't look.

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Ha ha.

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Um, I sort of spilled some stuff on the floor.

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Here. Why don't you sit down on the bed,

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and I'm just gonna go change.

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Be right back.

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All right.

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You know, you didn't have to come all the way back up here

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just to apologise.

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I was in the neighbourhood.

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You were in the neighbourhood?

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Oh, all right. I'll confess.

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I was watching the hockey game with my dog,

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and... I don't know. I was describing you.

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What?

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Yeah. I was describing you to my dog,

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and how great you smelled,

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and my sister thought I was describing a cake.

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Anyway, I just started thinking of you here

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in the midst of your tofu shake

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and really, really boring yoghurt,

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and thought maybe you'd want to get some fresh air

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and take a walk around town...

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just see what we see.

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See what we see?

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Figure of speech.

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You mean, right here, right now?

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Great. I'm blind and you're deaf. What a pair.

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52 lamposts...

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Up here on our left is my sister Jennie's school.

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She's really great with these kids.

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You see that guy across the street?

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Over in the doorway. Uh...

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He's chain-smoking, right?

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Oh, my God, yeah.

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Yeah. That's my friend Bruce.

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We watch the game together sometimes.

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CAR ENGINE RATTLES

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Oh, here comes Nancy. She's the librarian -

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gets me any book I want in braille.

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Hey, Nancy.

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Hey, Virgil. I got that book in for you.

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Still haven't got that old jalopy fixed.

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If I got it fixed, how would you know it was me? Hi.

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Nancy, this is Amy. Amy, this is Nancy.

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Hi, Amy. Nice to meet you.

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Got to go. Have fun.

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Be careful, honey. He's all hands.

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Be nice. Yeah.

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Nice town you have here.

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Seems you're very popular with the ladies.

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Oh, yeah. Moved here when I was 8.

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They figured it was a good place for me to grow up in.

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It's a bit geriatric, but it works.

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Do you mind me asking how long you've been blind?

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No, not at all.

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It started when I was one

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and completely gone by the time I was 3.

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Congenital cataracts

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with a healthy dose of retinitis pigmentosa

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thrown in for good measure.

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Huh. So...

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so you see no bright lights?

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Nothing?

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Nope. Blind as a bat.

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Actually, blinder.

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Bats emit sonar. I wish I had that sonar.

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I don't have a sixth sense.

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I don't have a fifth one.

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Never wrote a book like Helen Keller.

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Wish I could play the piano like Ray Charles.

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I really wish I could sing like Stevie Wonder,

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but I can't.

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Got it.

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Huh.

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So, what do you, er, think of our, er, little Sleepy Hollow?

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Has a very nice feel to it.

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Genuine lines, good use of space.

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To be honest, I would've done something

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a little bit more stimulating

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with some of the newer buildings,

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but that's just me.

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Wow. What's you?

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What are you, a writer for Architectural Digest?

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No. I'm actually an architect.

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That's what I do.

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I have a partnership in a firm in New York.

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Really? Yeah.

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Wow.

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Well...

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this is the end.

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Guess we should go back.

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Well, what's out there

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past the end of the street?

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Nothing.

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Well, there is a...

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an old rundown building

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off to the left,

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kind of like an old gas station.

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Would you describe it to me?

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OK.

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Um...it's kind of dilapidated,

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and it's sitting

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in between two great big trees in a field.

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The trees are sort of like a man and a woman.

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The man is asking the woman to dance,

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and the woman is standing on her toes,

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trying to decide if she's got the guts.

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Oh, God. I'm an idiot.

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What a stupid description. Ha ha ha!

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No.

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I really like that - dancing trees.

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We better get going. It's starting to rain.

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Well, there's a little breeze, but I...

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Oh, my God.

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THUNDER

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OK. Oh, my God!

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Uh, OK. Wait. Let's go this way.

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VIRGIL CHUCKLES

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Oh, my.

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HE LAUGHS

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I can't believe how fast that happens.

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Do you like the rain? I love the rain.

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Well, sometimes.

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I love the rain.

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Ohh. You feel everything at once.

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It's the best way for me to understand dimension

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in a room.

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Can you hear it?

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It's coming down off the ceiling, all the walls.

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WALLS CREAK

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Do you hear that?

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It's hitting a puddle.

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PLOP

0:18:470:18:48

It's echoing the sound across.

0:18:480:18:50

There's no walls.

0:18:500:18:51

RUNNING WATER

0:18:510:18:53

What's that?

0:18:530:18:54

Oh, a drainpipe.

0:18:540:18:57

You hear that? It's high up.

0:18:570:19:00

Rafters?

0:19:000:19:01

Yeah.

0:19:010:19:02

It's got its own rhythm. Hear that?

0:19:060:19:08

Ping ping ping ping.

0:19:080:19:10

And that. That sound way up.

0:19:100:19:13

Uh, it looks like there's...

0:19:140:19:17

No, no. Just listen.

0:19:170:19:19

Now come here. Close your eyes.

0:19:190:19:22

Listen with your whole body.

0:19:230:19:26

Feel it?

0:19:280:19:30

Right in your chest.

0:19:300:19:32

That's beautiful, that...

0:19:320:19:35

that little sound like a...

0:19:350:19:38

like a whisper.

0:19:380:19:39

Mmm.

0:19:390:19:41

It's the wind blowing a branch across the windows.

0:19:410:19:45

I can feel everything when it rains.

0:19:490:19:51

Wish it would rain inside,

0:19:510:19:54

rain all around us.

0:19:540:19:55

Heifunon.

0:19:570:20:00

What's that?

0:19:590:20:01

It's an architectural term.

0:20:010:20:04

It means "to share a feeling."

0:20:040:20:08

I don't think I've ever felt it like this before.

0:20:100:20:13

I wanted you to know I was smiling.

0:20:290:20:31

Virgil, before you lost your sight,

0:20:560:21:00

do you remember seeing anything at all?

0:21:000:21:04

I do.

0:21:040:21:05

One memory.

0:21:050:21:06

People say it's clouds,

0:21:090:21:12

but I don't think it was,

0:21:120:21:14

cos I could touch it.

0:21:140:21:17

It was a...

0:21:170:21:20

puffy thing.

0:21:200:21:23

Must've been important.

0:21:230:21:25

It's a good memory.

0:21:250:21:28

I remembered it all these years.

0:21:290:21:31

How about you? What's your first memory?

0:21:320:21:36

OK.

0:21:380:21:40

Um...

0:21:420:21:43

I was two. Or maybe three.

0:21:450:21:48

I remember being at the beach with my parents.

0:21:510:21:54

It was cold outside.

0:21:560:21:58

So...I had to snuggle down

0:21:580:22:00

between both of them in the sand

0:22:000:22:03

and we all watched the sunset over the horizon.

0:22:030:22:07

Horizon, that's a tough one.

0:22:070:22:10

If I can't feel it, I don't know what it is.

0:22:100:22:13

It's the line where the earth meet the sky.

0:22:130:22:16

It's the end of the world.

0:22:160:22:20

When I was a kid,

0:22:210:22:22

I used to think that if I walked far enough,

0:22:220:22:25

I could reach it.

0:22:250:22:27

I thought that if I could, ah...

0:22:270:22:29

if I could stand on it

0:22:290:22:31

and just look out over the edge...

0:22:310:22:35

that I would be able to see something more beautiful

0:22:350:22:39

than anything I had ever known.

0:22:390:22:43

No one's ever explained "horizon" to me before

0:22:430:22:46

so I could understand it.

0:22:460:22:49

SHE CHUCKLES

0:22:490:22:51

You're very good at what you do.

0:23:040:23:06

It's what I do.

0:23:060:23:07

It's what I can do.

0:23:070:23:09

Do you enjoy it?

0:23:090:23:10

Sometimes, I enjoy it.

0:23:100:23:13

Some times more than others.

0:23:140:23:17

This time?

0:23:180:23:21

This time...

0:23:210:23:22

This time I feel like I can...

0:23:220:23:26

see everything.

0:23:260:23:28

Everything?

0:23:300:23:32

BELL RINGS

0:23:320:23:33

Time's up.

0:23:350:23:37

Now I've got Mr Ketchum.

0:23:370:23:40

All 200 pounds of him.

0:23:400:23:42

Felt like we were just getting started.

0:23:430:23:45

Yeah.

0:23:450:23:46

Me, too.

0:23:460:23:47

Amy...

0:23:520:23:54

cos...

0:23:570:23:59

you're a client,

0:23:590:24:00

I'm not supposed to get that close to you.

0:24:000:24:02

You're not?

0:24:020:24:04

So what does that mean?

0:24:040:24:07

It means you have to stop paying me, you know.

0:24:070:24:10

Come over to my house for dinner

0:24:100:24:11

so we can finish the massage.

0:24:110:24:14

FOOD SIZZLES

0:24:190:24:21

PHONE RINGS

0:24:220:24:24

RING

0:24:250:24:28

Hello.

0:24:280:24:29

Hi, Virgil. It's Amy.

0:24:290:24:31

'Amy, hey.

0:24:310:24:32

'You're in for a real surprise. I'm cooking.'

0:24:320:24:35

So, what time you coming over?

0:24:350:24:36

Virgil, I can't come tonight. I'm so sorry.

0:24:360:24:40

I'm calling you from the road, actually.

0:24:390:24:42

I have to go back into the city.

0:24:410:24:43

An emergency's come up.

0:24:430:24:45

'It's just this project that I'm in charge of'

0:24:450:24:47

is going down the drain,

0:24:470:24:48

and I got to go back in and save it.

0:24:480:24:50

I'm...damn. I'm sorry.

0:24:500:24:53

'But I'm gonna come back, OK?' OK.

0:24:530:24:54

'I feel really terrible.' Bye.

0:24:540:24:57

'OK. Bye.'

0:24:570:24:58

FOOD SIZZLES

0:25:070:25:08

Stupid!

0:25:080:25:09

MAN: You're absolutely right, Mr Falk.

0:25:100:25:13

Something is missing. We realise that now,

0:25:130:25:15

and we just need some time to find out what.

0:25:150:25:18

MR FALK: 'Fine, but y'all know

0:25:180:25:20

'what kind of schedule we're on here.'

0:25:200:25:22

We will, er, we'll take care of it.

0:25:220:25:23

We won't let you down.

0:25:230:25:25

OK. All right.

0:25:270:25:28

Just...don't say it. Don't say it.

0:25:280:25:30

I know you were never happy with the design anyway.

0:25:300:25:33

I wasn't gonna say it.

0:25:330:25:35

Yeah, but you'd have tinkered with it

0:25:350:25:37

till it went away, right?

0:25:370:25:39

You know what this means to us.

0:25:390:25:41

I know.

0:25:410:25:42

I know the whole speech.

0:25:420:25:44

Good, then I won't have to make it.

0:25:440:25:46

We've got the guy hooked,

0:25:460:25:47

you've got your second chance.

0:25:470:25:50

By the way, we ALL deserve a second chance.

0:25:500:25:53

OK.

0:25:530:25:55

Now... see these two trees?

0:25:550:25:57

I think it's time to give them a second chance.

0:25:570:25:59

They're gonna stay.

0:25:590:26:00

We're gonna design the whole thing around them.

0:26:000:26:02

They are the most beautiful, natural thing

0:26:020:26:04

about the whole place.

0:26:040:26:05

And when I was in the car

0:26:050:26:06

on the way back from Pinecrest,

0:26:060:26:07

I came up with a new addition

0:26:070:26:08

for the Tribeca lobby.

0:26:080:26:10

It's just gonna add so much life to the place.

0:26:100:26:12

So what's going on here? A few days ago,

0:26:110:26:15

we sent off Hydra the three-headed monster,

0:26:150:26:16

and we get back Mary Poppins in return?

0:26:160:26:19

What, I can't have a couple of ideas?

0:26:190:26:22

OK! OK! You know, I had my little trip.

0:26:240:26:27

I rested, I exercised.

0:26:270:26:30

Thank you very much, Betsy. And, er...

0:26:300:26:35

I met a guy.

0:26:350:26:36

This is too modern for me.

0:26:380:26:40

Betsy, we're all friends here. Sit down, sit down...

0:26:400:26:43

or you'll be fired.

0:26:430:26:46

You met a guy. That's...

0:26:460:26:49

that's great. That's really great.

0:26:490:26:50

Super. Yeah. Thank you.

0:26:500:26:52

So, er...

0:26:520:26:53

spill the beans.

0:26:530:26:54

Nothing to spill, you know. He's a great guy.

0:26:540:26:57

He's smart, funny...

0:26:570:26:59

blind.

0:26:590:27:01

Oh. I thought you said he was blind.

0:27:010:27:03

He's blond.

0:27:030:27:05

That, too.

0:27:050:27:06

HE CHUCKLES

0:27:060:27:09

I'm sorry. That's fu...

0:27:090:27:12

Blind blind? Like, like...

0:27:120:27:13

white cane, tap tap tap blind?

0:27:130:27:18

Come on. I know you like a challenge.

0:27:180:27:20

Hell, you married me, but, er...

0:27:200:27:21

OK. Thank you very much for your understanding.

0:27:210:27:24

It's not...

0:27:240:27:26

it's not my problem anymore.

0:27:260:27:27

Duncan, don't be a jerk.

0:27:270:27:30

You still work here?

0:27:300:27:31

< Everyone's gone for the day.

0:27:390:27:42

That's OK.

0:27:420:27:43

I'm just gonna work here a little bit longer.

0:27:430:27:46

Just doing something...

0:27:460:27:48

What?

0:27:560:27:57

I just wanna know a little bit more about the guy. Is that so wrong?

0:27:570:28:01

Listen - my father had a problem with severe cataracts.

0:28:010:28:05

Do you have any idea what you're getting into?

0:28:050:28:08

Have you ever listened to the rain?

0:28:120:28:14

I mean, REALLY listened?

0:28:140:28:16

This like that "smell the roses" thing?

0:28:160:28:20

No. It is not.

0:28:210:28:24

But, see, I've...

0:28:250:28:26

For the past five years

0:28:260:28:28

I lived with a man with the depth of a soapdish.

0:28:280:28:31

The only time I ever saw him cry

0:28:310:28:34

was when he did our tax returns.

0:28:340:28:36

I need more than that.

0:28:360:28:38

And there's something about this guy.

0:28:390:28:43

He makes me feel like I-I'm waking up

0:28:440:28:46

after being asleep for a long time.

0:28:460:28:49

I'm inspired again, I can draw again...

0:28:490:28:52

and... the way that he touches me...

0:28:530:28:57

Here we go! It's the sex!

0:28:570:28:59

No! No sex! Not yet.

0:28:590:29:01

It's just that when...

0:29:020:29:05

when he touches me I feel like

0:29:050:29:07

he does it to know me better,

0:29:070:29:10

not to get something from me.

0:29:100:29:12

And, when he listens to me...

0:29:120:29:15

it's as though my words

0:29:150:29:17

are the last sounds on the planet.

0:29:170:29:19

Even though he doesn't know how I look,

0:29:190:29:22

I feel like he really knows who I am.

0:29:220:29:25

He just moves me, that's all.

0:29:260:29:28

Does he have a brother?

0:29:290:29:31

Whoo! Wayne Gretzky, look out.

0:29:450:29:48

Amy?

0:29:480:29:49

How long have you been here?

0:29:500:29:52

About an hour. Ha ha ha!

0:29:520:29:55

No. I went up to the lodge,

0:29:550:29:58

and you weren't there, so I guessed,

0:29:580:30:00

and here you are.

0:30:000:30:02

You're really good at that.

0:30:020:30:04

Thanks. My dad taught me.

0:30:040:30:08

So, how do you like my pond?

0:30:090:30:11

It's beautiful.

0:30:110:30:13

I'm so surprised you're here.

0:30:150:30:17

You want to go skating?

0:30:170:30:19

I didn't bring any skates.

0:30:190:30:20

Nah, come on. It's all right.

0:30:200:30:21

Wait. What do you mean?

0:30:210:30:24

Uh, this is ice. I don't have any skates.

0:30:240:30:26

Come on. I used to take my sister Jennie out

0:30:260:30:29

all the time like this.

0:30:290:30:31

Take my stick, put it over there on the branch.

0:30:310:30:33

OK.

0:30:330:30:35

Yeah? Ready?

0:30:380:30:39

OK. Now, don't think about skating.

0:30:390:30:42

Think about gliding.

0:30:420:30:44

So, don't think about the ice.

0:30:440:30:46

Don't look down.

0:30:460:30:48

Take your mind off it. Tell me about yourself.

0:30:480:30:50

How did you become an architect?

0:30:500:30:52

OK. I was in art school in college and...

0:30:520:30:57

Aah! Don't look down.

0:30:570:30:59

I didn't know what I was going to do with myself,

0:30:580:31:03

and then I met this guy

0:31:030:31:06

who was an architectural grad student,

0:31:060:31:09

and he opened up this whole new world for me.

0:31:090:31:12

Aah! Don't look down.

0:31:120:31:13

OK.

0:31:130:31:14

So, me and the grad student got married,

0:31:140:31:18

and we started a company...

0:31:180:31:19

Uhh!

0:31:190:31:20

Sorry. We're divorced now. It's OK.

0:31:200:31:23

Uh, we got divorced about a year ago,

0:31:230:31:26

but we're still working together,

0:31:260:31:27

which is kind of crazy.

0:31:270:31:30

What-uh, wait!

0:31:300:31:31

Whoa! Whoa!

0:31:310:31:34

You OK? Yeah.

0:31:340:31:36

Yeah.

0:31:360:31:38

SHE LAUGHS

0:31:380:31:40

You think I meant to do that?

0:31:450:31:47

Yeah. Did you?

0:31:470:31:50

Yeah.

0:31:500:31:52

Oh, God. This is so hard.

0:31:560:31:59

What?

0:31:590:32:00

Um, well...

0:32:000:32:02

I'm looking at you, right?

0:32:020:32:05

And there's this, er...

0:32:050:32:07

there's this little thing I do with my eyes

0:32:070:32:10

where I'm sort of glancing out

0:32:100:32:12

from under my eyelashes

0:32:120:32:13

and sort of giving you this sexy look,

0:32:130:32:16

and then I realised it doesn't matter to you.

0:32:160:32:19

No, it doesn't matter.

0:32:190:32:21

Here. Let me see.

0:32:230:32:26

Eyes.

0:32:310:32:32

Nose.

0:32:360:32:37

Mouth.

0:32:390:32:41

You're very beautiful.

0:32:450:32:47

Thank you.

0:32:480:32:50

So are you.

0:32:500:32:52

< SHOWER RUNNING

0:34:010:34:03

< VIRGIL SINGS

0:34:080:34:10

VIRGIL: # The memory of all that

0:34:220:34:27

# No, no, they can't take that away from me... #

0:34:270:34:31

JENNIE: Hello!

0:34:500:34:52

VIRGIL: Hi. I'm in the bathroom.

0:34:520:34:54

Oh! Hi.

0:34:550:34:56

Hi.

0:34:560:34:57

Um... I'm Jennie, Virgil's sister.

0:34:570:34:59

Hi. I'm Amy Benic.

0:34:590:35:02

Nice to meet you.

0:35:020:35:04

You, too.

0:35:030:35:05

Hi. Hi.

0:35:060:35:08

Here, here.

0:35:080:35:10

So, I was at the market,

0:35:100:35:11

picking up a few things before school,

0:35:110:35:13

and I thought you might like...

0:35:130:35:14

apples...and bananas.

0:35:140:35:17

He's being a show-off, Amy.

0:35:170:35:18

He smells them a mile away.

0:35:180:35:20

The apples are on the bottom shelf.

0:35:200:35:21

Two o'clock. I know. Thanks.

0:35:210:35:23

Do you, er...do you want some coffee?

0:35:230:35:26

OK.

0:35:260:35:27

Amy, how long are you in town?

0:35:270:35:30

CRASH Owww!

0:35:300:35:31

You OK?

0:35:310:35:32

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

0:35:320:35:33

No, you're not. You're bleeding.

0:35:330:35:35

VIRGIL: No.

0:35:350:35:36

First thing with a blind man, Amy,

0:35:360:35:37

you don't change anything.

0:35:370:35:38

It's too dangerous.

0:35:380:35:39

Jennie...

0:35:390:35:41

Listen, it's OK. It's all right.

0:35:410:35:42

Damn it! I said I'm OK!

0:35:420:35:44

It's just a chair. Happens to everybody. Really.

0:35:440:35:48

I've got parent meetings tonight,

0:35:480:35:50

so your dinner's in the freezer,

0:35:500:35:52

and it's in the lower corner.

0:35:520:35:54

It's nice to have met you, Amy.

0:35:550:35:57

You, too, Jennie. Thanks.

0:35:570:35:59

She's just being an older sister.

0:36:030:36:06

She's just being jealous.

0:36:060:36:07

Do you want some coffee?

0:36:070:36:09

Yeah. OK.

0:36:090:36:11

TYPING

0:36:230:36:26

Hey...

0:36:560:36:57

Virgil. Hi.

0:36:580:37:00

Hey, I've been looking all over for you.

0:37:000:37:02

I have some great news.

0:37:020:37:04

That Atlanta project of yours?

0:37:040:37:06

Oh, no. Something much better.

0:37:060:37:09

Can I ask you something?

0:37:090:37:10

Sure. I'm all ears.

0:37:100:37:14

Hi. Hey.

0:37:160:37:18

Let me catch my breath.

0:37:200:37:22

OK.

0:37:220:37:23

OK.

0:37:240:37:26

Have you ever wondered

0:37:260:37:27

what it would be like to see?

0:37:270:37:29

Sure.

0:37:290:37:31

Like, er...

0:37:310:37:33

whether there's life on Mars,

0:37:330:37:37

or whether or not the aliens built the pyramids.

0:37:370:37:41

OK, but if there were a chance,

0:37:410:37:44

if something could be done

0:37:440:37:46

to give you sight,

0:37:460:37:47

would you take it?

0:37:470:37:49

Well...

0:37:490:37:51

ha ha! What are we talking about here?

0:37:510:37:54

Ha!

0:37:540:37:56

Um, I saw that article on Dr Aaron.

0:37:560:37:59

Who?

0:37:590:38:00

He-he's the leading eye surgeon

0:38:000:38:02

on the Eastern Seaboard,

0:38:020:38:03

and I called him up

0:38:030:38:05

at Manhattan Eye and Ear,

0:38:050:38:07

and spoke to him about you.

0:38:070:38:09

I'm sorry, you called this guy?

0:38:090:38:12

Yes.

0:38:120:38:13

And he just faxed me back,

0:38:130:38:15

and he said that he would be

0:38:150:38:16

very excited to see you

0:38:160:38:17

because he thinks that in your case

0:38:170:38:19

there might be a chance of reversal.

0:38:190:38:21

What do you think?

0:38:210:38:23

I guess I'm, er,

0:38:250:38:28

I forgot that it's Help the Handicapped Week.

0:38:280:38:31

I-I-I thought you'd be excited.

0:38:310:38:34

I-what-what's the problem?

0:38:340:38:35

That's the point, Amy.

0:38:350:38:36

There is no damn problem.

0:38:360:38:38

Hi.

0:38:440:38:45

Hi, Jennie.

0:38:450:38:46

Did great work today.

0:38:460:38:48

See you tomorrow.

0:38:480:38:49

WOMAN: OK, thanks.

0:38:490:38:51

Hi.

0:38:500:38:52

Amy, right?

0:38:520:38:53

Right.

0:38:530:38:54

Um, could I speak to you for a minute?

0:38:540:38:55

Yeah. Something wrong?

0:38:550:38:57

Well, there's something that I don't understand.

0:38:570:38:59

I saw that article on Dr Aaron,

0:38:590:39:01

and I called him,

0:39:010:39:02

and he's willing to see Virgil.

0:39:020:39:05

In fact, he's really anxious to see him,

0:39:050:39:06

but when I told Virgil about him,

0:39:060:39:08

he acted as if I was trying to...

0:39:080:39:09

What don't you understand?

0:39:090:39:12

Well, if I had spent almost my entire life blind,

0:39:120:39:17

and there was even the remotest possibility

0:39:160:39:18

that I could regain my sight,

0:39:180:39:20

I would be all over that.

0:39:200:39:22

When there's something that you've adapted to, accepted,

0:39:220:39:24

you go and change it without knowing the consequences?

0:39:240:39:28

We're very happy here, Amy.

0:39:300:39:32

Virgil has everything he needs.

0:39:320:39:34

Wait.

0:39:380:39:39

EVERYTHING that he needs?

0:39:390:39:41

Does he need to go through life blind

0:39:410:39:43

if there's the possibility that he could see?

0:39:430:39:47

Look, I would give him my own eyes

0:39:470:39:48

if it would help him see, but it won't.

0:39:480:39:50

I learned a long time ago to stop believing in miracles.

0:39:500:39:52

Look, I see where you're coming from.

0:39:520:39:54

YES, you do, and Virgil doesn't.

0:39:540:39:56

Why can't you accept that?

0:39:560:39:58

He spent the first eight years of his life

0:39:570:40:00

having his eyes probed, pierced, prodded,

0:40:000:40:03

poked at by doctors,

0:40:030:40:04

faith healers, spiritualists,

0:40:040:40:06

shaman, medicine men.

0:40:060:40:07

My father had them lined up outside the door.

0:40:070:40:10

It hurt and disappointed all of us,

0:40:100:40:12

and it almost killed him.

0:40:120:40:13

He doesn't need to go through that again.

0:40:130:40:15

So now maybe you understand.

0:40:160:40:19

RADIO: 'Empty net. Score!'

0:40:240:40:25

No, no, no! I can't believe you guys

0:40:250:40:27

are doing this to me.

0:40:270:40:29

Ugh! I can check better than you guys.

0:40:290:40:31

What, Virgil?

0:40:310:40:33

'..By Rector. We've got a...'

0:40:330:40:35

Amy?

0:40:350:40:36

Hey.

0:40:360:40:37

Hi, Amy. Just a...

0:40:390:40:42

Ranger game. HE CHUCKLES

0:40:420:40:46

Are they losing?

0:40:470:40:48

Well, no. I'd prefer to think of it as not winning.

0:40:480:40:53

Hi.

0:40:530:40:55

Hi.

0:40:540:40:56

Do you want to, er, come in,

0:40:560:40:58

get a coke or, um, a beer or something?

0:40:580:41:01

No, I'm fine.

0:41:010:41:02

I just, er...

0:41:020:41:04

I just wanted to come see you

0:41:040:41:05

before I had to go back to the city.

0:41:050:41:07

Oh. Spa days are over?

0:41:070:41:12

I've got to go back to work.

0:41:110:41:13

I just wanted to apologise

0:41:150:41:16

for stomping in your life like Bigfoot today.

0:41:160:41:20

It wasn't my place. I'm sorry.

0:41:200:41:22

Here. Here.

0:41:220:41:23

See, um, see the tree over there, across the drive?

0:41:260:41:31

Yeah.

0:41:310:41:33

How far away is it?

0:41:330:41:35

Guessing about 25 feet.

0:41:350:41:38

Mm. To you maybe, but to me,

0:41:380:41:40

it's 14 steps.

0:41:400:41:43

14 steps, and I get to the tree,

0:41:430:41:45

but if I think about something else,

0:41:450:41:47

if I go too slow,

0:41:470:41:48

or if I rush,

0:41:480:41:50

then I smash right into it.

0:41:500:41:54

OK.

0:41:580:41:59

Well, I guess that,

0:42:000:42:02

you know, I should go pack.

0:42:020:42:06

Oh, you like smashing into trees?

0:42:060:42:09

Amy?

0:42:380:42:41

I'm over here.

0:42:410:42:42

I couldn't sleep.

0:42:440:42:45

Well, come back in bed.

0:42:450:42:47

JENNIE: What is it you like about this girl?

0:43:190:43:21

VIRGIL: I want you to hear one thing.

0:43:210:43:22

What? That I'm happy.

0:43:220:43:24

That's wonderful, but haven't you been

0:43:240:43:25

through this enough?

0:43:250:43:26

You're not being fair.

0:43:260:43:27

I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's all.

0:43:270:43:29

That's your point? Yes.

0:43:290:43:31

So what's your advice?

0:43:310:43:32

What are you trying to say?

0:43:320:43:33

I'm worried about you, that's all.

0:43:330:43:35

No, that's not true.

0:43:350:43:36

That's not the point.

0:43:360:43:37

Yes, it is the point.

0:43:370:43:38

That's what you're saying,

0:43:380:43:39

but it's not what you're doing.

0:43:390:43:40

No. You're acting like a child.

0:43:400:43:41

You are, too.

0:43:410:43:42

CAR STARTS

0:43:420:43:44

Hi.

0:43:550:43:56

Hi.

0:43:560:43:57

Is everything all right?

0:43:570:43:58

Yeah.

0:43:580:44:00

No.

0:44:000:44:01

I didn't like the feeling last night

0:44:010:44:03

of waking up and...

0:44:030:44:06

thinking you weren't there.

0:44:060:44:08

Let's go to New York.

0:44:110:44:12

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: # Bum ba da doop Dee doo

0:44:120:44:14

# Doo doo

0:44:140:44:15

# The way you wear your hat

0:44:150:44:18

# The way you sip your tea

0:44:180:44:23

# The memory of all that

0:44:230:44:28

# No, no, they can't take that away from me

0:44:280:44:33

# The way your smile... #

0:44:330:44:34

AMY: Honey, it is the most beautiful New York day -

0:44:340:44:38

crisp and clear

0:44:380:44:39

and there are these little, white, puffy clouds

0:44:390:44:41

above the city, maybe like the ones that you saw.

0:44:410:44:43

No, the ones I saw I could hold in my hand.

0:44:430:44:47

Watch out for that car!

0:44:470:44:48

Oh.

0:44:480:44:51

# No, they can't take that away from me. #

0:44:510:44:57

MAN: The cataracts are acting like a curtain

0:44:570:45:00

across the window of sight,

0:45:000:45:02

and if the disease to the retina

0:45:020:45:04

is reduced or in check -

0:45:040:45:06

which is impossible to know at this point -

0:45:060:45:08

but if that is the case,

0:45:080:45:09

using this new procedure,

0:45:090:45:10

there's a very good possibility

0:45:100:45:12

we can give you sight.

0:45:120:45:14

Sounds expensive.

0:45:140:45:16

Well, I think there's an opportunity

0:45:160:45:17

for all of us here.

0:45:170:45:19

Not often do we get to restore sight

0:45:190:45:21

to someone with extended blindness.

0:45:210:45:23

I'm sure we can get the institute

0:45:230:45:25

to pick up the bill here.

0:45:250:45:26

I've been through all this before.

0:45:260:45:29

Yeah, well, believe me, I know,

0:45:290:45:31

but it's nothing as invasive

0:45:310:45:32

as what you went through as a child.

0:45:320:45:34

I mean, 25 years ago, cataract surgery was in the dark ages.

0:45:340:45:38

We've come a long way since then,

0:45:380:45:40

and Dr Goldman here

0:45:400:45:42

will be performing the surgery.

0:45:420:45:44

He's one of our best.

0:45:440:45:46

What if it doesn't work?

0:45:460:45:48

Well...

0:45:480:45:49

then you'd be no worse off

0:45:490:45:50

than you are now.

0:45:500:45:52

I mean, basically,

0:45:530:45:54

what have you got to lose?

0:45:540:45:56

CAR HORN HONKS

0:45:560:45:57

SIRENS

0:45:570:45:58

AMY: So this is my place.

0:45:580:46:00

There's a great park right around the corner.

0:46:000:46:02

We're in Tribeca if you want to go take a walk.

0:46:020:46:04

Hold it, hold it. Sorry.

0:46:040:46:05

Ethan, watch out.

0:46:050:46:06

Hey. This, my friend,

0:46:060:46:09

is Virgil.

0:46:090:46:10

Virgil, Ethan.

0:46:100:46:11

Ethan.

0:46:110:46:12

Are you blind?

0:46:120:46:14

Yeah. Cool. See you.

0:46:140:46:16

See you.

0:46:160:46:18

Kids think I'm cool.

0:46:180:46:19

You are.

0:46:190:46:20

OK, here we are.

0:46:210:46:23

This is my loft.

0:46:250:46:27

Can I put this down here?

0:46:270:46:28

Yeah. Anywhere. I'll just get it.

0:46:280:46:30

OK. Can I do some blind 101?

0:46:320:46:35

If you just walk me down the centre

0:46:350:46:38

and point out all the obstacles.

0:46:380:46:40

If you want to move anything,

0:46:400:46:41

once you move it,

0:46:410:46:42

then don't move it again.

0:46:420:46:44

Otherwise, crash.

0:46:440:46:47

OK. Got it.

0:46:470:46:49

Well, to our right is the living room section.

0:46:480:46:52

There's a couch and some low tables

0:46:520:46:54

and a chair at two o'clock.

0:46:540:46:55

OK. Over here at 10, there is a post,

0:46:550:47:00

and I've hit this many times, so...

0:47:000:47:02

over to the right is - a little bit -

0:47:020:47:05

Whoa. A little further right.

0:47:050:47:07

The bed. Ohh.

0:47:070:47:08

And right in front of it there is

0:47:080:47:09

a low table that you could hurt

0:47:090:47:11

your shin on.

0:47:110:47:12

Uh, three o'clock, there is a TV,

0:47:120:47:15

and...

0:47:150:47:16

this is, er, my desk here.

0:47:160:47:18

I have a computer,

0:47:180:47:20

and I've got my model here of...

0:47:200:47:24

What's this?

0:47:240:47:26

It's a sculpture.

0:47:260:47:29

You did it.

0:47:300:47:31

Yeah. Art school.

0:47:310:47:35

It's not very good.

0:47:340:47:35

It's a mother holding her baby.

0:47:350:47:39

That's beautiful.

0:47:390:47:41

Ah, whatever.

0:47:410:47:42

I mean, I could never finish it.

0:47:420:47:44

OK, come on.

0:47:440:47:46

And then we have reached

0:47:480:47:49

the end of the room

0:47:490:47:50

to the wall of windows.

0:47:500:47:52

Hmm. Do they open?

0:47:520:47:54

Yeah.

0:47:540:47:55

CAR HORNS HONKING

0:47:550:47:56

Oh! Shoot!

0:47:560:47:58

Sorry.

0:47:570:47:59

It's the wind.

0:47:580:48:00

Sorry about that.

0:48:010:48:02

It's OK.

0:48:020:48:04

Just stuff.

0:48:040:48:05

What are they?

0:48:070:48:09

Um, they're my plans.

0:48:090:48:11

Uh, they're designs for different jobs that I'm working on,

0:48:110:48:14

like the Atlanta mall that we're bidding on

0:48:140:48:16

or, I don't know...

0:48:160:48:17

we have the Tribeca lobby.

0:48:170:48:18

It's just what I do.

0:48:180:48:19

What are the plans?

0:48:210:48:23

They drawings?

0:48:230:48:24

Yeah, some of them are drawings.

0:48:240:48:27

The one you're touching is a drawing.

0:48:270:48:29

Some of them are computer generated and blueprints,

0:48:290:48:31

but I drew this one.

0:48:310:48:33

What are you thinking about?

0:48:440:48:45

I want to have this operation.

0:48:480:48:52

You mean it?

0:48:520:48:53

Yes.

0:48:580:49:00

COMPUTER: 'IA map.

0:49:010:49:03

'US hydrosonic.

0:49:030:49:05

'US Stanko.

0:49:070:49:09

'US pulse.

0:49:090:49:11

'US IA.'

0:49:110:49:12

Looks good. All right, balance all.

0:49:120:49:14

And the hydrodissection now, please.

0:49:160:49:19

Cortical cleavage.

0:49:190:49:22

COMPUTER: 'Irrigation...'

0:49:220:49:23

First cut.

0:49:230:49:25

IA map.

0:49:250:49:26

Coffee?

0:49:270:49:29

Oh, thanks.

0:49:290:49:31

It's pretty bad.

0:49:310:49:33

So, Virgil never talks about his parents.

0:49:370:49:39

Do they know?

0:49:390:49:41

Our mom died when I was 18,

0:49:410:49:43

and Virgil was just a teenager...

0:49:430:49:46

and, our, er...father, well, he left us

0:49:460:49:49

quite a while ago.

0:49:490:49:51

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

0:49:510:49:53

Ugh. You're right. That is bad.

0:49:570:49:59

Ha ha!

0:49:590:50:02

That must've been tough on you,

0:50:020:50:03

taking care of him all alone

0:50:030:50:05

after your mom died.

0:50:050:50:07

No. He's my brother.

0:50:070:50:09

Great.

0:50:110:50:12

And now the Sinskey hook, please.

0:50:120:50:16

COMPUTER: 'US hydrosonic. US IA...'

0:50:160:50:18

I can see the optic nerve now and retina.

0:50:180:50:20

'US pulse.'

0:50:200:50:23

Patch.

0:50:230:50:24

That's it. Let's patch him up, Tracy.

0:50:240:50:27

Terrific.

0:50:270:50:28

DOOR OPENS Hello?

0:50:320:50:35

Hi.

0:50:380:50:40

Hi. How you doing?

0:50:420:50:44

How you feeling?

0:50:450:50:48

Well, a bit like a tequila hangover,

0:50:480:50:52

but I can't remember the party.

0:50:520:50:53

The doctor said that you did great.

0:50:530:50:55

Did it hurt a lot?

0:50:550:50:57

Just the operation.

0:50:570:50:59

Hey, how's my hair?

0:50:590:51:01

I'd hate for my first seeing day

0:51:010:51:03

to be a bad hair day.

0:51:030:51:04

Heh...looks good.

0:51:040:51:07

Who are those, um, people?

0:51:070:51:09

There's a camera crew.

0:51:090:51:11

DR AARON: For posterity.

0:51:110:51:12

We're gonna make you famous here,

0:51:120:51:14

and we're sending this closed circuit

0:51:140:51:15

into one of our conference rooms.

0:51:150:51:17

Is that OK? Sure.

0:51:170:51:19

OK. You ready to get started?

0:51:190:51:21

Yeah. Let's...

0:51:210:51:22

..see what we see.

0:51:230:51:24

All right.

0:51:240:51:27

You mean, er, right now?

0:51:270:51:29

OK.

0:51:290:51:31

Is that all right?

0:51:300:51:31

Yeah...just a little nervous.

0:51:310:51:33

DR AARON: OK. All right.

0:51:330:51:36

Let's start taking the first one off.

0:51:360:51:38

This is just the outside.

0:51:390:51:42

DR AARON: OK. Phase one.

0:51:490:51:51

Take off the, er... right patch.

0:51:530:51:57

And the left.

0:52:020:52:04

OK...and there we go.

0:52:060:52:09

OK.

0:52:110:52:12

So, what do you see?

0:52:190:52:20

VIRGIL: Oh, my God.

0:52:240:52:25

DR AARON: Well, what do you see?

0:52:340:52:36

I don't know.

0:52:360:52:38

Can you see Amy?

0:52:380:52:39

I'm over here, Virgil.

0:52:410:52:42

I don't know.

0:52:460:52:47

Can you see your sister?

0:52:490:52:51

Virgil, are you OK? You OK?

0:52:510:52:54

Oh, god.

0:52:540:52:55

This isn't right. Something's wrong.

0:52:550:52:57

What's wrong? There's a problem.

0:52:570:52:58

It's gonna be fine. It just takes a little...

0:52:580:53:00

No, it's not fine. Don't say it's fine.

0:53:000:53:01

This can't be seeing.

0:53:010:53:03

What do you see?

0:53:030:53:04

Aah! Ohh!

0:53:040:53:05

Oh, that's bad!

0:53:050:53:07

OK...

0:53:070:53:08

Oh, god! Aah!

0:53:100:53:11

Stop moving!

0:53:110:53:12

Get the lights out.

0:53:120:53:13

Get them out of here, please.

0:53:130:53:14

What can we do for you?

0:53:140:53:16

OK, Virgil, they've gone.

0:53:160:53:17

Now let's everybody just calm down.

0:53:170:53:19

OK. All right, um...

0:53:190:53:20

DR AARON: It's OK. They've left.

0:53:200:53:23

Just think. Something's wrong.

0:53:230:53:25

This can't be seeing.

0:53:250:53:26

Just relax. It's OK.

0:53:260:53:28

I'm OK.

0:53:280:53:29

What can we do?

0:53:290:53:32

Um, give me something in my hands.

0:53:320:53:35

OK.

0:53:350:53:36

OK.

0:53:370:53:39

OK... OK...

0:53:400:53:44

Good. Now, just use your sense of touch.

0:53:440:53:48

Just associate.

0:53:480:53:49

Now, what do you see in front of you?

0:53:490:53:51

Oh...

0:53:510:53:53

Use your touch.

0:53:530:53:54

OK, Virgil.

0:53:550:53:56

It's a can.

0:54:160:54:17

Yeah, heh heh. Good.

0:54:170:54:19

What's going on?

0:54:190:54:20

Well, he-he's associating.

0:54:200:54:21

His fingers tell his brain,

0:54:210:54:23

and then his brain tells his eyes,

0:54:230:54:24

and then he recognises what's in front of him.

0:54:240:54:27

OK, Virgil...let's give your eyes a rest, OK?

0:54:300:54:35

We should all be very happy.

0:54:350:54:38

We've got something.

0:54:380:54:39

It's the damnedest thing.

0:54:460:54:48

I mean, with extended blindness...

0:54:480:54:49

Doctor, excuse me. May I speak to you?

0:54:490:54:51

Sure.

0:54:510:54:53

What the hell just happened in there?

0:54:530:54:54

Is that what you call seeing?

0:54:540:54:56

Look, it's a little complicated.

0:54:560:54:58

It is clear that he is seeing.

0:54:580:55:00

He's picking up images.

0:55:000:55:02

Apparently, his retina is intact.

0:55:020:55:05

For all intents and purposes, it's a success.

0:55:050:55:08

A success? He's all lost in there.

0:55:080:55:10

He can't see me. He can't see his sister.

0:55:100:55:12

He can't see anything except a coke can.

0:55:120:55:14

And he could only do that

0:55:140:55:15

after he held it in his hands.

0:55:150:55:16

He could do that before.

0:55:160:55:17

Believe me, he can see you.

0:55:170:55:18

He just doesn't understand what he sees.

0:55:180:55:21

So, is this temporary?

0:55:220:55:23

Will this go away?

0:55:230:55:25

Well, there is a visual therapist.

0:55:250:55:28

It's a fellow named Phil Webster.

0:55:280:55:30

He's a little unorthodox,

0:55:300:55:31

but I think he's probably our best bet,

0:55:310:55:33

considering the unique aspects of this case.

0:55:330:55:36

Now, I'll contact him right away,

0:55:360:55:38

but there's no guarantees.

0:55:380:55:39

He might be able to help us.

0:55:390:55:41

No guarantee?

0:55:410:55:42

Look, we are all on new ground here.

0:55:420:55:45

Let's try to be optimistic.

0:55:450:55:47

I mean, he can see.

0:55:470:55:49

Uh, hello.

0:56:050:56:07

Oh...

0:56:100:56:12

Ow.

0:56:200:56:21

Mm.

0:56:300:56:31

Mm!

0:56:310:56:32

Hello?

0:56:340:56:35

Amy?

0:57:500:57:51

No, it's Jen.

0:57:540:57:56

So, this is you.

0:58:060:58:08

This is me.

0:58:090:58:12

Mm.

0:58:130:58:15

Everything's gonna be all right

0:58:180:58:19

soon as we can get you home.

0:58:190:58:21

I'm not gonna go home.

0:58:210:58:22

I'm gonna stay right here in New York,

0:58:220:58:24

where the doctors are

0:58:240:58:25

and where they can take care of me.

0:58:250:58:28

I can't stay here,

0:58:280:58:29

and you can't go through this alone.

0:58:290:58:33

Who's gonna take care of...

0:58:330:58:34

Amy.

0:58:380:58:39

She's gonna look after you?

0:58:420:58:46

She doesn't know anything

0:58:460:58:47

about the blind.

0:58:470:58:48

But I'm not blind anymore, Jennie.

0:58:480:58:51

OK...two weeks.

0:58:510:58:54

No. Not one day. I'm not...

0:58:540:58:58

I'm not gonna do anything to lose her.

0:58:580:59:01

OK.

0:59:060:59:07

Hey.

0:59:130:59:15

Hey.

0:59:150:59:16

Virgil's finishing getting ready.

0:59:170:59:20

Would you mind walking me to my car?

0:59:200:59:22

Are you all right?

0:59:220:59:23

No. I'm scared to death.

0:59:230:59:27

I've spent my whole life

0:59:270:59:29

looking for holes he might fall in.

0:59:290:59:32

I'd run up ahead and cover them up.

0:59:320:59:35

Everywhere I look here, I see holes.

0:59:350:59:39

Well, hopefully,

0:59:390:59:41

he'll start seeing them for himself.

0:59:400:59:43

Believe me, I don't want him to get hurt

0:59:430:59:45

any more than you do.

0:59:450:59:47

You know what hurt Virgil the most

0:59:470:59:49

was his father leaving.

0:59:490:59:52

He thought it had to do with his blindness,

0:59:510:59:54

that somehow he hadn't tried hard enough,

0:59:540:59:56

or he could've been better.

0:59:560:59:57

I'm not going anywhere, Jennie.

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Amy, a blind child can't see those close to them,

1:00:021:00:04

so they never learn how to reach out.

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If he's unhappy or in pain or confused,

1:00:061:00:10

Virgil won't reach out.

1:00:101:00:11

He goes behind a wall, a place we can't go to.

1:00:111:00:16

He just needs to have somebody be there for him

1:00:161:00:18

when he comes back.

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OK.

1:00:231:00:24

OK...

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well, this is it. This is home.

1:00:381:00:42

Oh, god!

1:00:421:00:43

Whoa. You OK?

1:00:431:00:46

Stop the world. I want to get off.

1:00:461:00:47

We'll go slow. What's that?

1:00:471:00:49

Oh, it's a shadow, sweetie.

1:00:491:00:51

It's nothing.

1:00:511:00:52

You can walk right through it, see?

1:00:521:00:54

Hey, Virgil. It's Ethan.

1:00:571:00:59

Hey.

1:00:581:01:00

Are you all right? You look kind of funny.

1:01:001:01:02

I can see what you look like from here.

1:01:021:01:04

OK, we're gonna go upstairs now, Ethan.

1:01:051:01:08

See you later. Hey, Zach!

1:01:081:01:09

I feel like such a child.

1:01:091:01:12

It's OK.

1:01:121:01:13

We're gonna find that Webster guy,

1:01:131:01:14

and we're gonna get his help, OK?

1:01:141:01:16

Just keep your eyes closed

1:01:231:01:24

for one second longer, OK?

1:01:241:01:25

OK.

1:01:251:01:26

OK.

1:01:301:01:32

Ohh...

1:01:321:01:33

Oh, no.

1:01:331:01:34

I'm sorry, sweetie.

1:01:341:01:35

No, I want to see it.

1:01:351:01:37

It's too much.

1:01:371:01:38

Does this look like this all the time?

1:01:401:01:42

No. Oh, god...

1:01:411:01:43

while we were at the hospital,

1:01:431:01:45

I asked Betsy to come over here.

1:01:451:01:47

I wanted to make it special.

1:01:471:01:48

I'm sorry.

1:01:481:01:51

Maybe I better sit down for a second.

1:01:511:01:52

I'm kind of dizzy.

1:01:521:01:54

I'm sorry.

1:01:581:01:59

No...it's great.

1:01:591:02:01

Let me just look at you, though.

1:02:011:02:02

Can you see me?

1:02:051:02:07

Yes.

1:02:071:02:08

Can I see all of you?

1:02:111:02:13

All of me?

1:02:131:02:14

Like, ALL of me? Oh, god.

1:02:141:02:18

If you want to.

1:02:181:02:20

I'm so nervous. I can't believe this.

1:02:201:02:21

What if you don't like what you see?

1:02:211:02:23

Oh, that's impossible.

1:02:231:02:27

I'll close my eyes.

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No, no, no, no.

1:02:291:02:31

This is your first seeing day.

1:02:311:02:32

You have to see everything.

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MAN: All right, OK. Virgil, it says here

1:03:471:03:50

you went blind as a child

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before you developed a visual vocabulary.

1:03:521:03:54

You have a problem with depth of field,

1:03:541:03:57

space, shape, size, and distance.

1:03:571:04:00

It's fascinating.

1:04:001:04:01

There's only been 20 cases of this

1:04:011:04:03

in the last 200 years.

1:04:031:04:05

Basically, your eyes work, but your brain

1:04:051:04:07

hasn't learned to process the information.

1:04:071:04:11

You are mentally blind.

1:04:111:04:13

Neurologists call this "visual agnosia".

1:04:131:04:15

Well, I call it pretty screwed up.

1:04:151:04:18

That's a much better term.

1:04:181:04:19

I'll bring it up at the next meeting.

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Although it would be difficult

1:04:221:04:23

to get grant money

1:04:231:04:25

for the "pretty screwed up foundation."

1:04:251:04:26

I have something I'd like to read to you.

1:04:271:04:30

Oh, Rugalah? I made it myself.

1:04:301:04:34

Damn it.

1:04:351:04:36

Ah, my glasses - I can never find 'em.

1:04:361:04:38

Mrs Finster, help!

1:04:381:04:41

Thank you. Happens all the time.

1:04:441:04:47

OK. Alberto Valvo.

1:04:471:04:50

Sight restoration after long-term blindness.

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Ah..."one must die as a blind person

1:04:541:04:58

"to be born again as a sighted person.

1:04:581:05:01

"However, it is the interim,

1:05:011:05:04

"the limbo between two worlds

1:05:041:05:05

"that is so terrible."

1:05:051:05:07

There you go, pal. You're in limbo.

1:05:091:05:12

What, that's it? Limbo?

1:05:121:05:15

That book doesn't have anything else

1:05:151:05:17

that might help us with Virgil's condition?

1:05:171:05:19

Limbo's not that bad. It's like New Jersey.

1:05:191:05:22

You can see where all the good stuff is happening.

1:05:221:05:24

You just have to get there.

1:05:241:05:26

I know, I know.

1:05:261:05:27

You were expecting Anne Bancroft -

1:05:271:05:29

a dramatic breakthrough out by the water pump.

1:05:291:05:32

I'm sorry. I'm just a professor.

1:05:321:05:34

I teach people how to teach the blind

1:05:341:05:37

how to become independent.

1:05:361:05:38

Unfortunately, there's no manual

1:05:381:05:40

on what you're going through.

1:05:401:05:42

I'd like to help,

1:05:421:05:43

but like the rest of things in life,

1:05:431:05:45

it's really up to you.

1:05:451:05:47

Are you crazy? I'm completely confused.

1:05:481:05:51

You said you'd like to help,

1:05:511:05:53

so we came here for help.

1:05:531:05:55

All right, all right. You want a lesson?

1:05:551:05:58

Yes.

1:05:581:05:59

All right... here we go.

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Lesson number one...

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Repeat after me.

1:06:041:06:05

The rain in Spain

1:06:051:06:07

stays main... Look, I'm kidding.

1:06:071:06:10

It's a joke.

1:06:101:06:11

What's this?

1:06:131:06:15

It's - it's an apple.

1:06:181:06:21

Good, good. You've now won the toaster oven.

1:06:211:06:25

OK...

1:06:251:06:26

What's this?

1:06:301:06:31

It's an apple.

1:06:331:06:34

Good, but is it an apple

1:06:341:06:36

or just a picture of an apple?

1:06:361:06:39

OK...so, er, this is a joke, right?

1:06:441:06:48

What are you saying,

1:06:481:06:50

that...my eyes lie?

1:06:501:06:53

Well, your eyesight

1:06:531:06:54

can and will play tricks on you.

1:06:541:06:55

No matter what I teach you,

1:06:551:06:57

no matter what exercises I could give you,

1:06:571:06:59

they'll still play tricks on you.

1:06:591:07:00

You've got to learn to trust your instincts.

1:07:001:07:02

I don't have any instincts.

1:07:021:07:03

My instinct is to close my eyes

1:07:031:07:05

and feel my way out of your office.

1:07:051:07:07

There you go.

1:07:071:07:08

That's a self- preservation instinct,

1:07:081:07:10

but you have others.

1:07:101:07:11

Look, you have to learn to see,

1:07:111:07:13

just like you learned to speak.

1:07:131:07:16

Perception, sight...life...

1:07:161:07:19

is about experience, about reaching out

1:07:191:07:22

and exploring the world for yourself.

1:07:221:07:24

It's not enough to just see.

1:07:241:07:26

We-we've gotta look as well.

1:07:251:07:29

DR AARON: Immediately following the operation,

1:07:281:07:30

the patient experienced extreme disorientation.

1:07:301:07:36

The images and colours had no meaning for him,

1:07:361:07:38

but now, just weeks after surgery,

1:07:381:07:42

Mr Adamson has mastered the ability

1:07:421:07:44

to define shape and distance,

1:07:441:07:48

giving him confidence to move about his environment.

1:07:481:07:51

However, he still becomes confused by new images,

1:07:531:07:55

just as a child would be fascinated

1:07:551:07:59

by everyday objects we may take for granted.

1:07:591:08:02

Look up.

1:08:021:08:04

What is it?

1:08:051:08:06

It's art. Dubuffet.

1:08:061:08:10

This is art?

1:08:101:08:13

Oh, now that has to be art. Look at that.

1:08:131:08:15

That is beautiful.

1:08:151:08:17

No, that's just somebody being destructive.

1:08:191:08:23

It says "pig shit".

1:08:231:08:25

'And though his progress is steady,'

1:08:251:08:27

Virgil is still very reliant on his touch

1:08:271:08:31

to interpret objects in his surroundings...

1:08:311:08:33

It's a dog!

1:08:331:08:35

I'm sorry. Yes.

1:08:381:08:39

'..and his understanding of three-dimensionality

1:08:401:08:42

'is very limited and confounding to him.'

1:08:421:08:45

Oh, wow, listen to the bells.

1:08:451:08:48

What's that? That lump.

1:08:481:08:49

Oh, that's-that's a homeless person.

1:08:521:08:54

You just walked right past him.

1:08:541:08:56

You didn't even look.

1:08:561:08:58

Well, I mean, some things

1:08:581:09:01

you choose not to see.

1:09:011:09:02

You can't look at everything, Virgil.

1:09:021:09:04

I don't want to look away. I want to see.

1:09:041:09:06

I want to see everything.

1:09:061:09:07

What the hell you lookin' at? Get outta here!

1:09:071:09:10

DR AARON: He also has great difficulty with scanning.

1:09:101:09:13

Basically, that's putting the whole picture together.

1:09:131:09:15

I've got over ten years' experience at Bear Mountain

1:09:201:09:23

in all kinds, really -

1:09:231:09:24

deep tissue, therapeutic, shiatsu.

1:09:241:09:27

That's fine. Let's get you started.

1:09:271:09:29

Here's your I-9, W-4, workman's comp -

1:09:291:09:32

basic employment package.

1:09:321:09:33

Just fill these out,

1:09:331:09:34

take 'em over to accounting at the back of the gym.

1:09:341:09:37

Oh, gosh, you know what? I forgot my glasses.

1:09:401:09:42

I'm just gonna take these home and fill it out,

1:09:421:09:45

and I'll just bring it back, OK?

1:09:451:09:47

All right.

1:09:471:09:48

This includes his ability to read,

1:09:481:09:51

meaning he has a total lack of visual memory.

1:09:511:09:54

Sweetie, it might help if you kind of take...

1:10:001:10:04

No, it won't help, Amy.

1:10:041:10:05

I told you before, it's not helping.

1:10:051:10:07

I know what I'm supposed to do.

1:10:071:10:08

I just can't do it, OK? I can't read.

1:10:081:10:10

By the time I get to the last letter,

1:10:101:10:12

I can't remember the first one.

1:10:121:10:14

I can't fill out a damn application.

1:10:141:10:15

I have to have somebody else do it for me

1:10:151:10:17

like I was a blind person, but I'm not blind.

1:10:171:10:20

Your helping isn't helping.

1:10:201:10:21

OK. I'm sorry.

1:10:241:10:26

'This is an unexpected physiological flaw'

1:10:271:10:30

and one that we hope Virgil will be able to overcome.

1:10:301:10:34

Well, that's it for today. Thank you.

1:10:361:10:39

Mr Adamson, I'm from NYN. Can you give us a little idea of what you're going through?

1:10:421:10:48

That really hurts.

1:10:481:10:50

- Do you need that light? - Yes.

1:10:501:10:53

Did the operation meet with your expectations?

1:10:531:10:57

PHONE RINGS

1:10:571:10:59

Information?

1:10:591:11:01

Pine Crest, New York. Jenny Adamson.

1:11:011:11:04

Um...here, maybe... try this.

1:11:051:11:08

What's that?

1:11:081:11:09

You tell me.

1:11:091:11:11

I don't know. It's a crocodile.

1:11:121:11:14

Come on, concentrate.

1:11:141:11:16

I don't want to concentrate, Amy.

1:11:161:11:18

Can't we just have one meal where it's not about my eyes?

1:11:181:11:21

I just want to sit here and eat.

1:11:211:11:24

I'm just trying to be helpful.

1:11:241:11:26

Let's talk about something else.

1:11:261:11:28

How was your day? What happened?

1:11:281:11:31

Fine. Nothing.

1:11:311:11:33

No. We were invited to a party tomorrow night -

1:11:331:11:37

Duncan's birthday.

1:11:371:11:39

Is that it?

1:11:401:11:42

What do you mean, "is that it?"

1:11:431:11:45

I'm telling you something

1:11:451:11:47

I thought maybe you'd have a response to.

1:11:471:11:50

I'm sorry. Is that not enough?

1:11:501:11:51

OK. I'll go. Uh...

1:11:531:11:57

why haven't you finished your sculpture?

1:11:571:12:00

Where did that come from?

1:12:011:12:03

I want to know. I'm there every day,

1:12:021:12:04

and I, um, think it's perfect, that it's beautiful,

1:12:041:12:07

but you said you didn't like it,

1:12:071:12:09

and that it wasn't finished, and the way you said it

1:12:091:12:12

made me think that you never would, so that's why I'm asking.

1:12:111:12:14

Look, it's something I care a lot about,

1:12:161:12:18

and I can't get right.

1:12:181:12:19

It's something I see in my head,

1:12:191:12:20

and I can't do it right.

1:12:201:12:22

It's beautiful, and I can't match it.

1:12:221:12:23

I'm failing it.

1:12:231:12:25

So...maybe I'm not an artist.

1:12:251:12:27

HE SIGHS

1:12:301:12:31

What's that?

1:12:321:12:34

It's a lobster.

1:12:371:12:39

People eat this?

1:12:401:12:41

OK, measuring cup.

1:12:441:12:46

Try again.

1:12:461:12:47

Hey, you cheated!

1:12:471:12:50

You told me you couldn't touch.

1:12:501:12:52

Sometimes you have to touch.

1:12:521:12:53

DOORBELL RINGS

1:12:531:12:55

Cheese grater.

1:12:551:12:56

Hello?

1:12:591:13:00

It's me.

1:13:001:13:02

Jenny!

1:13:021:13:04

Hi.

1:13:041:13:06

What are you doing here?

1:13:061:13:07

You're being so mysterious. Just tell me why we're here.

1:13:071:13:11

Well...um...

1:13:111:13:13

our father's here.

1:13:131:13:15

What?

1:13:151:13:16

I recognised his voice the minute I answered the phone.

1:13:161:13:20

Which one is he?

1:13:201:13:21

There he is. With the clipboard and phone.

1:13:221:13:26

No, I can't see him.

1:13:261:13:28

Yes, you can. He's our father.

1:13:281:13:32

He heard about the operation and asked to see you.

1:13:321:13:35

I'm not ready.

1:13:351:13:36

No, Jenny.

1:13:361:13:37

Virgil?

1:14:031:14:05

Hi.

1:14:151:14:17

Hi.

1:14:171:14:18

Were you asleep?

1:14:191:14:22

No, I just...

1:14:221:14:24

forget about the light sometimes.

1:14:241:14:27

I've been thinking about that party, and...

1:14:551:14:59

we don't have to go if you don't want to.

1:14:591:15:04

It's your partner's birthday party. You want me to meet your friends.

1:15:041:15:09

Yeah.

1:15:111:15:12

DISCO SONG PLAYING

1:15:151:15:17

A glass of red or white?

1:15:261:15:27

Which one's red?

1:15:301:15:31

That's red. That's white.

1:15:311:15:34

That's the white. You want white?

1:15:351:15:36

# I need it now or never

1:15:381:15:41

# There's something goin' on

1:15:411:15:42

# So together

1:15:421:15:45

# I need it now or never... #

1:15:451:15:49

Quiet! Shh!

1:15:491:15:50

Be quiet, everybody. He's coming.

1:15:501:15:51

He's coming. Kill the lights.

1:15:511:15:53

Kill the lights.

1:15:531:15:54

VIRGIL: What's happening?

1:15:541:15:55

They're turning off the lights for the surprise.

1:15:551:15:58

What?

1:16:011:16:02

Nothing. Just a hair out of place.

1:16:021:16:03

What is this?

1:16:061:16:07

What-you didn't?

1:16:071:16:09

ALL: Surprise!

1:16:091:16:12

Is he all right?

1:16:151:16:17

LAUGHTER

1:16:171:16:18

Yeah. He's just kidding around.

1:16:181:16:19

He always plays jokes.

1:16:191:16:20

Save me some cake.

1:16:201:16:23

FAUCET RUNNING

1:16:231:16:25

Hey, you. I've been looking for you.

1:16:301:16:31

How's it all going, huh?

1:16:311:16:32

OK.

1:16:321:16:34

He's progressing slowly,

1:16:341:16:35

but he's doing the best he can.

1:16:351:16:37

Actually, I was asking about the mall designs,

1:16:371:16:39

but, er, it's OK.

1:16:391:16:41

It's understandable.

1:16:411:16:42

So how is it going?

1:16:421:16:44

It's not quite what you expected, is it?

1:16:441:16:47

What do you mean?

1:16:471:16:49

I mean, you like this guy, you want to help him out.

1:16:491:16:53

Sometimes good intentions aren't enough.

1:16:521:16:55

I mean, look at me. I'm still a jerk.

1:16:551:16:58

Yeah, you are.

1:16:581:17:00

Well, happy birthday, jerk.

1:17:031:17:04

Aah. So, er, of course you know

1:17:121:17:14

that we are expected in Atlanta tomorrow

1:17:141:17:16

with the completed plans.

1:17:151:17:17

Duncan, I can't go.

1:17:171:17:19

There's just too much going on.

1:17:191:17:20

Hey.

1:17:211:17:23

Virgil, I wanted you to meet Duncan.

1:17:231:17:25

Duncan, Virgil.

1:17:251:17:26

Hey, Virgil. How's it goin'?

1:17:251:17:27

Congratulations, man. It's good to see you.

1:17:271:17:29

Well, these days, it's good to see anything.

1:17:291:17:31

Come on, Duncan. Let's dance.

1:17:311:17:33

Ah, duty calls.

1:17:331:17:34

Listen, Amy, sorry about Atlanta.

1:17:341:17:37

Could've used you.

1:17:371:17:38

What was -

1:17:421:17:43

what is that - Atlanta?

1:17:431:17:45

Oh, he tried to spring a meeting on me for tomorrow,

1:17:451:17:47

but I told him I wouldn't go.

1:17:471:17:49

Did you change your hair?

1:17:491:17:52

I just combed it.

1:17:521:17:53

# Sometimes my arms get tired

1:17:531:17:55

# Pushing obstacles aside

1:17:551:17:58

# But still I strive

1:17:581:18:00

# With not much to show... #

1:18:001:18:01

Do you think what Webster said is true,

1:18:011:18:03

that the eyes lie to us?

1:18:031:18:05

No, I don't.

1:18:071:18:09

So, what does you kissing Duncan say?

1:18:091:18:12

Oh, god, no...

1:18:121:18:14

You kissed him, right?

1:18:141:18:15

Yeah... What does that say?

1:18:151:18:16

It says it's his birthday.

1:18:161:18:17

I haven't seen a kiss like that before.

1:18:171:18:21

Well, that's what a birthday kiss looks like.

1:18:211:18:25

What's this look mean?

1:18:251:18:27

What look?

1:18:271:18:28

This look. You look strange.

1:18:281:18:30

I don't understand what your face means.

1:18:301:18:31

Nothing.

1:18:311:18:32

I've never seen it before. What does it mean?

1:18:321:18:34

It doesn't mean anything. We're just talking.

1:18:341:18:37

I'm just looking back at you. It doesn't mean anything.

1:18:371:18:40

Let's dance.

1:18:401:18:42

# I believe

1:18:421:18:46

# There's a purpose for me

1:18:461:18:48

# I need a purpose

1:18:481:18:51

# I need a purpose to live

1:18:511:18:53

# Oh, yes, I know, I know... #

1:18:531:18:54

NEW SONG BEGINS

1:18:541:18:55

# Ways to have a good time... #

1:18:551:19:01

Don't you want to dance anymore?

1:19:011:19:03

Hey, we could try this. It's fun.

1:19:031:19:04

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA... #

1:19:041:19:07

They're just doing letters.

1:19:071:19:09

Do you want to try?

1:19:091:19:11

Just...

1:19:111:19:12

You just...

1:19:131:19:14

I don't belong here.

1:19:141:19:16

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA... #

1:19:161:19:19

It's just a stupid dance, Virgil.

1:19:191:19:21

Hey, look...

1:19:211:19:22

No, fuck looking!

1:19:221:19:24

Oh, my God.

1:19:261:19:28

Take me home.

1:19:281:19:29

Are you OK?

1:19:291:19:31

Honey, are you all right?

1:19:331:19:35

Just take me home.

1:19:351:19:37

PAPER RUSTLING

1:19:561:19:58

God. You never stop, do you?

1:20:011:20:04

Well, gotta get it right.

1:20:051:20:09

Besides, my plane leaves first thing in the morning.

1:20:091:20:12

Plane?

1:20:121:20:13

I didn't think you were going.

1:20:141:20:16

I'll only be gone a day or two.

1:20:181:20:20

I've given you problems, huh?

1:20:231:20:25

What...

1:20:251:20:27

this or us?

1:20:271:20:30

Us.

1:20:301:20:32

Amy, I...

1:20:341:20:35

I wake up every morning,

1:20:351:20:36

and I...

1:20:361:20:38

stare and stare...

1:20:381:20:40

..and I'm looking at a total stranger.

1:20:431:20:47

You don't see me?

1:20:471:20:49

I was talking about me.

1:20:491:20:53

You, I feel like...

1:20:541:20:56

..I saw you better when I was blind.

1:20:581:21:01

Well, you're not blind anymore,

1:21:001:21:02

and I'm sorry if that disappoints you.

1:21:021:21:05

TYPING ON KEYBOARD

1:21:051:21:06

Look, I'm done here.

1:21:061:21:07

It's late, and I've got to get up early...

1:21:071:21:11

and I'm gonna go to bed

1:21:111:21:12

before we both say things that we don't mean.

1:21:121:21:14

MAN: Come on, Katie. Mom's waiting.

1:21:421:21:43

Bye.

1:21:471:21:49

Here you go.

1:21:481:21:50

Hey, Virgil.

1:21:491:21:51

So you came crawling back, huh?

1:21:511:21:53

Bye.

1:21:531:21:54

You want to join us?

1:21:561:21:57

I could use your help here.

1:21:571:21:58

Oh, no. I'll just...

1:21:581:22:00

wait here till you get done.

1:22:001:22:01

OK. Casey?

1:22:011:22:02

Come on. Let's call it a day.

1:22:021:22:04

VIRGIL: How is it working with the kids?

1:22:071:22:10

Aren't they great? They're the best,

1:22:101:22:11

and they're the easiest

1:22:111:22:13

because they're so eager

1:22:131:22:15

to make their way in the world.

1:22:151:22:16

It's the adults who get stubborn.

1:22:161:22:19

Where did you go to blind school?

1:22:191:22:20

I didn't.

1:22:201:22:21

My father, er...

1:22:211:22:23

I was just in regular school.

1:22:231:22:25

I picked it up on my own.

1:22:251:22:27

Oh. Great.

1:22:271:22:29

Apple.

1:22:361:22:37

We've gotta move on to vegetables.

1:22:371:22:40

Come on. I got a place for you.

1:22:401:22:42

Should relax those eyes a bit.

1:22:421:22:44

VIRGIL: Seeing sucks.

1:22:461:22:48

You gotta be kidding.

1:22:481:22:50

It sucks.

1:22:501:22:51

You can say that sitting in these prime viewing seats?

1:22:511:22:54

Yes.

1:22:541:22:55

- Get your head examined. - I'm serious.

1:22:551:22:56

When I was blind, I couldn't see.

1:22:581:22:59

Don't laugh.

1:22:591:23:01

I mean that people don't have any expectations then.

1:23:011:23:03

They know what you are -

1:23:031:23:05

or they think they know -

1:23:051:23:06

and that's it.

1:23:061:23:07

They get on with it. They deal with it.

1:23:071:23:09

Yeah. Didn't exactly get what you counted on here, did you?

1:23:091:23:12

Oh, boy...

1:23:121:23:13

and now - here's where it gets complicated -

1:23:131:23:15

now I can see,

1:23:151:23:16

but I don't know what I can see,

1:23:161:23:18

and then, because your eyes play tricks on you,

1:23:181:23:21

you see things that you don't want to see...

1:23:211:23:24

like jealousy.

1:23:241:23:26

What's most important to you right now? Seeing, or...

1:23:271:23:31

Amy.

1:23:311:23:33

As I thought.

1:23:331:23:34

We're not talking eyes, but heart.

1:23:341:23:37

Look, the other night I was watching TV -

1:23:371:23:40

one of the disadvantages of regaining sight, by the way -

1:23:401:23:44

and there was this famous pianist.

1:23:441:23:46

A what?

1:23:461:23:48

Piano player.

1:23:481:23:49

He was about 6-700 years old.

1:23:491:23:51

- Is this going to be a long story? - Could be.

1:23:511:23:54

They bring out this 7-year old prodigy.

1:23:541:23:56

He plays Chopin backwards and forwards,

1:23:561:23:59

with one hand tied behind his back, spinning plates.

1:23:591:24:01

And the old master listened appreciatively.

1:24:011:24:06

At the end, he said, "You played the piano very well.

1:24:061:24:10

"Maybe one day you will learn to make music."

1:24:101:24:14

I think I know what you're saying.

1:24:161:24:18

I don't know if I'll ever be able to make music.

1:24:181:24:23

Here. See my hand?

1:24:231:24:25

Yeah.

1:24:251:24:26

All right.

1:24:261:24:27

Now focus on it.

1:24:271:24:29

Forget about everything else -

1:24:291:24:30

and that will be difficult here -

1:24:301:24:33

but just look.

1:24:331:24:34

And your point is?

1:24:381:24:39

OK. So that's what, seeing?

1:24:391:24:42

No, grasshopper.

1:24:421:24:43

That's looking. Looking.

1:24:431:24:46

You watched the fist.

1:24:461:24:47

You see it's going to hit you,

1:24:471:24:48

but did you want it to hit you?

1:24:481:24:50

No. No. That's looking.

1:24:501:24:51

Virgil, my advice after three beers -

1:24:511:24:53

you'll see a lot, but none of that matters

1:24:531:24:55

if you lose sight of what you want.

1:24:551:24:57

I love it.

1:25:011:25:03

But I don't care for the trees.

1:25:061:25:10

I think we should lose them.

1:25:131:25:15

JAZZ TRIO PLAYS

1:25:181:25:19

# On the sidewalk

1:25:191:25:20

# Sunday morning

1:25:211:25:23

# Lies a body oozing life... #

1:25:241:25:29

The man just doesn't care for trees. I don't know.

1:25:311:25:35

They were the best part of the location.

1:25:351:25:39

We'll have to change them, that's all.

1:25:391:25:42

You'll come up with something better.

1:25:421:25:44

Hey, um...

1:25:451:25:47

let me buy you a drink, huh?

1:25:471:25:49

Get those creative juices flowing.

1:25:491:25:52

Oh, I don't know.

1:25:521:25:54

Come on. No, look.

1:25:541:25:55

They're playing our song.

1:25:551:25:57

Mack The Knife was our song?

1:25:571:25:59

Come on.

1:25:591:26:00

# Easy come

1:26:011:26:04

# Easy go... #

1:26:051:26:08

See?

1:26:101:26:12

Not so bad, huh?

1:26:121:26:14

Not so bad.

1:26:141:26:17

It's nice dancing together again.

1:26:211:26:24

Yeah.

1:26:251:26:27

Remember the first time?

1:26:301:26:32

Your sister's wedding in Connecticut?

1:26:341:26:38

Yeah.

1:26:381:26:40

It was beautiful with all those red leaves falling.

1:26:401:26:45

I'd love to go back.

1:26:451:26:47

So would I.

1:26:471:26:49

So, what happened to us, Amy?

1:26:521:26:53

Why'd you give up on us?

1:26:531:26:55

I don't know.

1:26:561:26:57

I think we... did it too fast.

1:26:571:27:00

You know? I was just a kid then...

1:27:001:27:02

falling in love with architecture.

1:27:021:27:05

I never fell in love with architecture, but...

1:27:051:27:07

I know I fell in love with you.

1:27:071:27:09

That's bullshit.

1:27:101:27:12

Well, hey. It used to work.

1:27:121:27:15

THEY LAUGH

1:27:151:27:17

# Easy go

1:27:201:27:25

# We never dreamt of romancin'... #

1:27:291:27:35

Oh, god. I'm sorry. I can't do this.

1:27:351:27:39

This is wrong. I have to go home.

1:27:391:27:41

You have to go home?

1:27:411:27:43

To be a baby-sitter?

1:27:451:27:48

Don't say that.

1:27:481:27:49

Amy.

1:27:541:27:56

# Easy come

1:27:571:28:00

# Easy go. #

1:28:021:28:08

Virgil?

1:28:131:28:14

Virgil.

1:28:221:28:24

He's gone, Amy.

1:28:241:28:25

Gone? Gone where?

1:28:251:28:27

The park. Said he was looking for something.

1:28:271:28:30

Virgil!

1:28:481:28:49

Hey, Virgil!

1:28:511:28:53

HONKING

1:28:571:28:58

Virgil, watch out! Watch out!

1:28:581:29:01

What are you doing? What are you doing?

1:29:041:29:07

I was watching the cab as it changed

1:29:071:29:09

and got closer to me.

1:29:091:29:10

It's perspective.

1:29:101:29:12

Yeah, but you're gonna get yourself killed

1:29:121:29:14

doing that in the middle of the street.

1:29:141:29:16

I didn't mean to scare you. I'm sorry.

1:29:161:29:19

Oh, boy.

1:29:211:29:23

I went to the loft, and you weren't there,

1:29:231:29:26

and I thought that you had left.

1:29:251:29:28

I thought about it.

1:29:281:29:30

So I came out here...

1:29:311:29:34

to try and see the horizon

1:29:341:29:36

that you described so beautifully.

1:29:351:29:38

Oh.

1:29:401:29:42

Oh, well, you can't see it from here.

1:29:421:29:44

There's too many buildings.

1:29:431:29:46

Oh, but that doesn't mean it's not still here, right?

1:29:461:29:49

Just because you can't see it

1:29:491:29:50

doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

1:29:501:29:52

Right.

1:29:521:29:53

Just because you can't see things

1:29:531:29:56

doesn't mean that they don't exist.

1:29:561:29:58

I mean, that...

1:29:581:29:59

that's what faith is, right?

1:29:591:30:01

What's that look?

1:30:041:30:05

What does that look mean? That's a new look.

1:30:051:30:08

Virgil, I have to tell you something.

1:30:091:30:13

I was getting confused,

1:30:121:30:14

but that doesn't excuse how I've acted.

1:30:141:30:19

See, I thought I saw you

1:30:191:30:21

slipping further and further away from me.

1:30:211:30:23

And I didn't see that you were slipping away from me.

1:30:231:30:27

Amy, I, oh...

1:30:271:30:30

I don't know why I didn't tell you

1:30:301:30:32

but I want to say this. When...

1:30:321:30:35

Well, Jenny came to see me

1:30:351:30:37

and I went to see my father.

1:30:371:30:39

And I couldn't see him.

1:30:391:30:42

I was afraid.

1:30:421:30:44

Felt like I was letting him down.

1:30:441:30:47

Like I feel like I've let you down.

1:30:471:30:50

The only thing I ever wanted...

1:30:501:30:54

was to be whole...

1:30:541:30:57

not just to be able to ride a bike

1:30:571:31:00

or play in the playground like other kids

1:31:001:31:03

or go on a date...

1:31:031:31:06

but to be whole -

1:31:081:31:09

to be needed by somebody

1:31:091:31:12

like I needed them...

1:31:121:31:14

and the first time

1:31:161:31:18

I ever felt like that in my whole life was with you.

1:31:181:31:21

I know I have a lot to learn,

1:31:241:31:27

but I can see...

1:31:271:31:29

and I don't want you to give up on me.

1:31:311:31:33

I won't, Virgil.

1:31:351:31:37

When I was in Atlanta,

1:31:401:31:41

I realised how much that I need you...

1:31:411:31:44

and I want you to come home with me.

1:31:461:31:48

Up until the operation five weeks ago,

1:31:511:31:54

Virgil had been a touch person,

1:31:541:31:58

someone whose vocabulary,

1:31:581:32:01

whose whole sensibility,

1:32:011:32:03

whose picture of the world

1:32:031:32:05

is based on tactile, nonvisual terms,

1:32:051:32:08

but now as a sighted person,

1:32:081:32:11

by focusing single-mindedly on his goal,

1:32:111:32:15

Virgil has a newfound ability

1:32:151:32:17

to understand distance and shape,

1:32:171:32:22

colour, perspective...

1:32:221:32:24

and though there are still miles to go

1:32:261:32:28

in his learning process,

1:32:281:32:29

for all medical intents and purposes,

1:32:291:32:31

he is...becoming a seeing person.

1:32:311:32:34

Hey.

1:32:341:32:35

What?

1:32:351:32:36

You want me to see, don't you?

1:32:361:32:38

Aren't I supposed to look?

1:32:381:32:39

Oh, my God.

1:32:391:32:41

What?

1:32:411:32:42

She is so flirting with you.

1:32:421:32:44

What?

1:32:441:32:46

What's that look?

1:32:461:32:47

What look?

1:32:471:32:48

That look. You've got so many looks.

1:32:481:32:51

Uh, it was probably a jealous look.

1:32:511:32:55

It was the response to that look.

1:32:581:33:00

OK? All right.

1:33:001:33:02

You want to see my other looks?

1:33:021:33:03

OK. This is what sad looks like.

1:33:031:33:07

Here is jubilation.

1:33:091:33:12

Yippee!

1:33:121:33:14

Careful.

1:33:141:33:15

This is, er...

1:33:151:33:16

terrible fear.

1:33:161:33:19

Extreme suspicion.

1:33:191:33:22

It's all your fault.

1:33:241:33:25

I have an idea.

1:33:251:33:27

SHE BARKS LIKE A SEAL

1:33:271:33:28

Reow!

1:33:311:33:34

# The way you haunt my dreams

1:33:341:33:38

# No, no... #

1:33:381:33:39

This is...

1:33:391:33:40

"I love you."

1:33:401:33:42

Oh, this look I love.

1:33:421:33:44

# We may never, never meet again

1:33:441:33:49

# On the bumpy road to love

1:33:491:33:55

# Though I'll always, always keep the memory of... #

1:33:551:34:00

'Yesterday, the clouds!'

1:34:011:34:04

No. In the sky, not my eyes.

1:34:041:34:07

Oh, purple.

1:34:071:34:09

Purple is the most amazing colour.

1:34:091:34:12

And Amy said yesterday that we saw birds,

1:34:121:34:15

and, um...

1:34:151:34:17

um...what were they?

1:34:171:34:18

Pigeons. Pigeons.

1:34:181:34:20

Tell her about the fish market.

1:34:191:34:21

Dozens of them.

1:34:211:34:22

And the fish market.

1:34:221:34:23

Salmon and, er, crabs and octopus.

1:34:231:34:26

How does anyone eat an octopus?

1:34:261:34:28

OK. Now, I don't know when I'll be back,

1:34:281:34:31

but I'll call you soon. All right?

1:34:311:34:33

OK.

1:34:331:34:35

Me, too. Bye.

1:34:351:34:36

OK. Close your eyes.

1:34:361:34:38

Present.

1:34:421:34:44

A tie.

1:34:441:34:47

That's a large tie, too.

1:34:461:34:49

There's gonna be an opening for the lobby,

1:34:511:34:53

and they're gonna have a party,

1:34:531:34:56

and I thought that we could both dress up to celebrate

1:34:561:34:58

because it's your first time

1:34:581:34:59

seeing any of my work finished.

1:34:591:35:00

That's great.

1:35:001:35:01

What's the matter?

1:35:051:35:06

Nothing. It's - it's really great.

1:35:061:35:09

I like it a lot.

1:35:091:35:11

You sure?

1:35:111:35:12

It looks like it fits.

1:35:121:35:14

You look great in it.

1:35:161:35:18

Thanks.

1:35:181:35:19

Hey, Virg.

1:35:451:35:47

Virg? Where you goin'?

1:35:471:35:49

OK.

1:35:581:35:59

What does that mean?

1:36:041:36:05

What?

1:36:051:36:06

This, um...you did with your mouth.

1:36:061:36:09

What does that mean?

1:36:091:36:10

Well, er...

1:36:101:36:11

I'm only -

1:36:111:36:13

I'm registering sparks of activity -

1:36:131:36:15

retinal sparks - followed by nothing.

1:36:151:36:20

Uh, how long has this been going on?

1:36:201:36:22

Couple of days.

1:36:221:36:24

Have a seat.

1:36:241:36:26

Your, er...

1:36:281:36:29

your retinal function is down 10%.

1:36:291:36:32

I'm afraid the retinal disease

1:36:321:36:34

seems to have returned.

1:36:341:36:36

But you corrected that.

1:36:361:36:37

You-I was healed of that, so...

1:36:371:36:39

Well, I...

1:36:391:36:42

I mean, I don't know whether, er,

1:36:421:36:45

you didn't have the blood vessels

1:36:451:36:47

to supply enough oxygen to your retinas.

1:36:471:36:50

I wish there were an easy way to say this.

1:36:501:36:54

When?

1:37:021:37:03

Well, it's hard to say.

1:37:051:37:07

Uh...a month.

1:37:071:37:10

Two weeks.

1:37:101:37:11

Today?

1:37:131:37:14

I don't know.

1:37:171:37:19

You look good.

1:38:231:38:26

Hey. How do I look?

1:38:271:38:30

I want some answers.

1:38:321:38:35

Why did you leave?

1:38:351:38:37

Did you leave because I was blind or because I gave up on your idea of me seeing?

1:38:371:38:43

To the point. I like that. Something you got from me.

1:38:431:38:47

You make jokes?

1:38:471:38:49

I haven't seen you in 20 years, you find out I can see and you make jokes?

1:38:491:38:53

Virg, can we talk about this later?

1:38:531:38:55

No. Answer my qusetion. Why did you leave?

1:38:551:38:58

I woke up very morning and looked at you and failure.

1:39:011:39:06

My own failures.

1:39:061:39:08

If I couldn't get my own son to see then...

1:39:081:39:11

It's water under the bridge now. Right?

1:39:131:39:17

You can see!

1:39:171:39:19

I knew you could.

1:39:191:39:22

Yeah, I can see...

1:39:221:39:25

and I'm going blind again.

1:39:261:39:28

You're the first person I've told.

1:39:301:39:33

I wanted to see your face. I wanted to look in your eyes while you explain my whole life.

1:39:341:39:40

You know what you did to Jennie? You know what you did to my Mom?

1:39:401:39:44

You shouldn't have done that. Dad.

1:39:441:39:47

You shouldn't have left.

1:39:471:39:50

You shouldn't have left.

1:39:511:39:54

Yeah. A little bit higher, like an inch, half inch.

1:40:271:40:30

Good.

1:40:301:40:32

Uh...hold that thought. Wait.

1:40:311:40:34

Hey.

1:40:341:40:35

What are you doing here?

1:40:371:40:39

God, I didn't want you to see it yet.

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It's not done.

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I came to see you.

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I wanted to tell you something.

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I had this idea, OK? Now, bear with me,

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but because things are going so great right now

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and you're doing so well,

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and we're almost done with this job,

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and I think I've got the Atlanta mall coming in,

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so we've got some more money coming in,

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I thought that maybe we could take a trip,

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a sort of, um, a seeing celebration.

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A seeing celebration.

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Yeah. I thought that we could go to Egypt,

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and you and I could both see the pyramids

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for the first time together.

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Amy...

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And then I could take you to Paris,

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and I could show you the Notre Dame cathedral

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with the gargoyles

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and the water with the light on it

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and the stained glass.

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It's so beautiful. You're gonna love it.

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There are so many things that I want to show you.

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The windows and the water,

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and we'd just have the most wonderful time.

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What do you think?

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I think...

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there is...

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there is one place I'd like to see.

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SHOUTING AND CHEERING

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HORN BLOWS

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CROWD DROWNS OUT SPEECH

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HORN BLOWS

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Virgil.

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Virgil.

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Are you OK?

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The puffy thing.

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This is the puffy thing? This is the cloud?

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You found the puffy thing?

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Oh, my God. It's cotton candy.

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Oh, my God.

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AMY: Thank you so much for taking me here.

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This was wonderful.

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You OK?

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Yeah, I've just...

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I'm having a bad eye day.

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It's a lot to take in.

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I'm OK now. It's just...

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Oh, sorry.

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There's people that want to get by over here.

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What?

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There's people over here on the right.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

1:44:511:44:52

Honey, what's going on?

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What's happening with your eyes?

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Blackouts.

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This was the longest.

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I just want to go home, OK?

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But, baby, wait one second.

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Has...has this happened before today?

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I'm going blind.

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What?

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What do you mean?

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What's wrong? I mean, what...

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you've had blackouts?

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Maybe your eyes were just overworked.

1:45:331:45:34

You've been seeing so much.

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You've been getting so excited.

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No.

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We can go to the doctor,

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and he'll tell us what's happening.

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Maybe, you know, it's just been too fast.

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Amy, Amy, can we just go home?

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Baby, let's go to the doctor.

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I saw Dr Aaron. There's nothing they can do.

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We'll go to another doctor. Let's go to another doctor.

1:45:561:45:58

Amy, what do you want me to say?

1:45:581:46:00

Want me to explain it in some different way?

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I'm going blind.

1:46:021:46:03

Well, this...

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That's what's happening. I'm going blind.

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I just...

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want to go home.

1:46:101:46:12

Baby, don't give up.

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We got...we got...

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I just want to go home.

1:46:151:46:17

It was a good game.

1:46:251:46:27

What are you doing?

1:46:441:46:45

I'm leaving.

1:46:461:46:48

What do you mean?

1:46:481:46:50

You're leaving this apartment,

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you're leaving New York,

1:46:531:46:54

or you're leaving me?

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I'm going home.

1:46:561:46:58

What, are you going home to Jennie?

1:47:001:47:03

Is she gonna take care of you now?

1:47:081:47:10

I'm not going through this bullshit again.

1:47:101:47:12

Bullshit?

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Is that what this has been to you?

1:47:141:47:17

Yes, it's bullshit.

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Who are we kidding?

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I'm blind. I can't see.

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OK? I don't belong here. I'm not meant to see.

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Damn right, you're blind.

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I'm standing right here for you,

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and you don't even look.

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Why are you shutting me out?

1:47:321:47:33

Why didn't you tell me what was going on with you?

1:47:331:47:37

Do you know...

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why I remembered the cotton candy?

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Because it's the one thing in my life

1:47:421:47:44

I remember with my father that was good.

1:47:441:47:46

Everything else after I went blind

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is him pushing and pushing,

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trying to make me into something that I'm not,

1:47:481:47:50

and then he turns his back on me when his plans fail.

1:47:501:47:53

But I'm not turning my back on you.

1:47:531:47:55

I promised you that I wouldn't give up on you,

1:47:551:47:57

and I'm not.

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I'm not asking you to give up on me!

1:47:581:48:00

I'm asking you to give up on the idea of me seeing!

1:48:001:48:03

Didn't you want something more out of your life?

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That's all I wanted to give you a chance for.

1:48:051:48:08

Did you think you would sit on that school bus

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and work in that spa the rest of your life?

1:48:111:48:14

Didn't you have dreams?

1:48:141:48:16

Didn't you want to see or learn or do more than that?

1:48:161:48:18

You have so much to give of yourself.

1:48:181:48:21

And so much to be taken away.

1:48:211:48:24

It's not...

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damn it.

1:48:271:48:29

Your sculpture.

1:48:311:48:33

I'm sorry.

1:48:371:48:38

It's just...

1:48:401:48:42

both didn't get what we wanted.

1:48:421:48:44

I wanted you.

1:48:451:48:47

Did you ever think for one minute

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it wouldn't work out,

1:48:511:48:53

that I might not be able to see?

1:48:531:48:55

Did you ever think about what it would be like to...

1:48:581:49:01

just be with me...

1:49:011:49:04

the blind man?

1:49:041:49:06

That's my answer.

1:49:121:49:14

SHE SOBS

1:49:251:49:28

There's Jessie! Ah!

1:49:521:49:55

Look at you!

1:49:551:49:56

Let me look at you.

1:49:561:49:58

What a beautiful colour you are.

1:49:581:50:00

Look up, dog.

1:50:011:50:03

Everything's the same as when you left.

1:50:051:50:06

Nothing's changed.

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CHILDREN TALKING

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BOY: Come on, hurry!

1:50:311:50:33

Ha ha ha!

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You're gonna miss it!

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DOOR OPENS

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JENNIE: Hello! Hi.

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Hi.

1:51:501:51:51

Hey, Jess.

1:51:531:51:55

Hi.

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I picked up some things at the store.

1:51:581:52:01

Some t-shirts, socks. You're probably out.

1:52:011:52:04

You are so beautiful.

1:52:041:52:06

Why didn't you tell me you were beautiful?

1:52:071:52:10

I just told you what you needed to know, that's all.

1:52:111:52:15

Look at me.

1:52:151:52:17

Why do people look away?

1:52:181:52:20

What do you want?

1:52:231:52:26

I want to see you.

1:52:261:52:28

Isn't there anything more you want?

1:52:281:52:30

You spent your whole life as blind as I was.

1:52:301:52:34

Virgil, please.

1:52:341:52:36

This is your home.

1:52:361:52:37

Don't worry about things that don't matter to you.

1:52:371:52:40

You're safe here, where everybody knows you.

1:52:401:52:42

You matter to me, Jennie.

1:52:421:52:43

This was a great place to grow up.

1:52:431:52:45

It was very safe.

1:52:451:52:48

But I grew up.

1:52:481:52:50

I can't even imagine the things you gave up for me.

1:52:511:52:54

I just want to look at you.

1:52:541:52:56

Look at me, Jennie.

1:52:561:52:58

I want to say thank you.

1:52:581:53:00

I love you from the bottom of my soul,

1:53:001:53:02

and I want to give you your life back.

1:53:021:53:05

I can't.

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Yes, you can.

1:53:161:53:18

Jennie...

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I'm reaching out.

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VIRGIL: 'Growing up blind, I had two dreams.

1:54:331:54:37

'One was to see...

1:54:371:54:39

'and the other was to play hockey

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'for the New York Rangers.

1:54:411:54:42

'After the miracle of my brief period of sight,

1:54:441:54:49

'if I had to choose,

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'I think I'd rather play hockey for the New York Rangers.

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LAUGHTER

1:54:541:54:55

'It wasn't that seeing was so bad.

1:54:551:54:58

'I saw a lot of things.

1:54:581:54:59

'Um...

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'some were really beautiful.

1:55:011:55:04

'Others were scary.

1:55:041:55:06

'Some things I'm already forgetting...

1:55:061:55:10

'a particular look in a pair of eyes.

1:55:111:55:16

'Clouds.

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'Those images will stay with me

1:55:201:55:22

'long after the light fades.

1:55:221:55:25

'As a blind man, I think that I see, um,

1:55:271:55:31

'a lot better than I did while I was sighted...

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'because I don't really think we see with our eyes.

1:55:361:55:40

'I think we live in darkness

1:55:401:55:43

'when we don't look at what's real about ourselves

1:55:431:55:48

'or about others or about life.

1:55:481:55:52

'I think, er, no operation can do that,

1:55:521:55:57

'and...

1:55:571:55:59

'when you see what's real about yourself,

1:55:591:56:04

'then you've seen a lot...'

1:56:041:56:06

Good boy!

1:56:061:56:07

'And you don't eyes for that.'

1:56:071:56:09

Wanna bite?

1:56:091:56:11

You missed.

1:56:261:56:27

Missed?

1:56:271:56:29

Amy?

1:56:291:56:30

Hey.

1:56:301:56:33

Hi.

1:56:331:56:34

Um...

1:56:391:56:42

I was just in the neighbourhood.

1:56:421:56:44

No. Phil told me that you're working here,

1:56:461:56:50

and I thought maybe I could find you in the park.

1:56:501:56:52

I rushed, didn't I?

1:56:551:56:57

14 paces to the tree,

1:56:571:56:58

and I made us slam right into it.

1:56:581:57:01

We tried.

1:57:011:57:03

Are you happy?

1:57:031:57:05

Heh. I'm trying to be.

1:57:051:57:09

Work is good. I went out on my own.

1:57:091:57:11

What happened to Duncan?

1:57:111:57:13

He's building mini-malls.

1:57:131:57:15

Where's Jessie?

1:57:181:57:19

Jessie's at home with Jennie.

1:57:191:57:21

This is Pierce.

1:57:211:57:22

Ha.

1:57:221:57:23

My new dog.

1:57:231:57:25

He's a good boy.

1:57:251:57:27

Hello, Pierce.

1:57:271:57:29

Hello, sweetie.

1:57:291:57:30

Virgil, I finished the sculpture.

1:57:341:57:37

I didn't know where it was going to go,

1:57:371:57:40

but that was OK.

1:57:401:57:42

I really enjoyed letting it take on its own life,

1:57:431:57:46

letting it be just what it was,

1:57:461:57:49

without me pushing or doubting myself.

1:57:491:57:52

And what it was was beautiful.

1:57:531:57:56

I saw the horizon.

1:57:571:57:59

It's out there.

1:57:591:58:03

Even though I may not ever be able to touch it,

1:58:031:58:08

it's worth reaching for.

1:58:081:58:10

You showed me that.

1:58:131:58:15

Thank you.

1:58:191:58:21

Um...

1:58:281:58:29

do you want to walk?

1:58:301:58:32

See what we see?

1:58:321:58:33

Yeah, just see what we see.

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# I used to walk between the shadows #

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Lead on, McDuff.

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# Lost in a world that moved too fast

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# I was afraid I'd always be alone

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# Then I saw your face

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# At last

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# I found my way, even in the dark

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# Though at times, it seemed too far

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# I knew if I listened to my heart

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# I'd find that love is where you are

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# I close my eyes and see tomorrow

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# My dreams begin and end with you

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# I hear you say you'll be there... #

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