0:00:09 > 0:00:12This film contains some strong language
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0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Can't sleep? - Oh!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13(Jesus!)
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Oh, you scared me.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I'm sorry.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21What are you doing here?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I just thought I'd check up on you. Why aren't you in bed?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Your student's still here. He's up in your study.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31He's not my student any more.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34He's teaching now. He's a bright kid.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- What time is it? - After midnight.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- So? - So?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Happy birthday.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Dad!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Do I ever forget? - Thank you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:5527. I can't believe it.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Neither can I.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Goddamn, I forgot the glasses. You want me to...?- No.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11This is the worst champagne I have ever tasted.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- (LAUGHS) - Dad, it's not even champagne!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- The bottle's the right shape. - "Windy Valley Vineyards."
0:03:17 > 0:03:22I didn't know they made wine in Wisconsin. You want some?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I hope you're not spending your birthday alone.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- I'm not alone.- I don't count. - Why not?- I'm your old man.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Go out with some friends. - Yeah, right.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Aren't your friends taking you out? - Nope.- Why not?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- For your friends to take you out, you have to have friends.- Ah.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Funny how that works. - What about that cute blonde?- What?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Lives over on Ellis Avenue. You used to spend every minute together.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Christie Jacobson? - Christie Jacobson.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- That was in third grade, Dad. - Oh.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Last time I saw her was in a sandbox.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58What about Claire?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01She's not my friend. She's my sister.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And she's in New York. And I don't like her.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I thought she was coming in.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Not until tomorrow.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15My advice, if you can't sleep, sit down and do some mathematics.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Please!- Do it together, the old way. - Can't think of anything worse.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Line by line, out loud. - You don't want any?- Get cracking.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27By the time I was your age, I had already done my best work.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- How old were you? - Hmm?- When it started.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33(SIGHS) What?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37You know, when... you got sick.
0:04:37 > 0:04:4026, 27. Is that what you're worried about?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I've thought about it.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46I went bughouse. Doesn't mean you will. It's not strictly hereditary.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Listen to me.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Life changes fast in your 20s, and it shakes you up.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55You're down. You've had a lousy couple of years.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- No-one knows that better than me. You're gonna be OK.- I am?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Yes. I promise you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04The simple fact that we can talk about this together is a good sign.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- A good sign?- Yeah. - How could it be a good sign?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Because crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- They don't?- No. They've got better things to do. Take it from me.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19A very good sign that you're crazy
0:05:19 > 0:05:22is an inability to ask the question, "Am I crazy?"
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Even if the answer is yes?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Crazy people don't ask, you see?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Huh.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Let's call it a night. You go up and get some sleep.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- In the morning -- Wait. - What's the matter?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- It doesn't make sense. - Sure it does.- No.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- Where's the problem? - The problem is... You are crazy.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- So?- So you said a crazy person would never admit that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Ahhh. I see.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55So?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57It's a point.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00So, how can you admit it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Well, because...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06..I'm also dead.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Aren't I?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You died a week ago.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Aneurysm. 63 years old. The funeral's tomorrow.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Ah! - Oh, sorry.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Did I... Did I hurt you? - No.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- It's OK. - Good.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Mr Dobbs, gonna stand there forever? This is my daughter Catherine.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Hi. - Hi.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Mr Dobbs is in our infinite programme as he approaches
0:06:49 > 0:06:53completion of his dissertation, time approaches infinity.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Catherine?
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- What?- I'm sorry. I just wanted to say I'm done for the night.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Good.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Champagne, huh? - Yes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Celebrating? - Do you want some?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Sure. - I'm done. Take the rest with you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Oh. Erm,... no thanks.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Take it. I'm done. - No, I'm driving.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Erm,... I'll let myself out.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Good. - When should I come back?
0:07:21 > 0:07:26- Come back?- Yeah. I'm no way near finished. Maybe tomorrow?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29We have a funeral tomorrow.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33You're right. I'm sorry. I was going to attend, if that's alright.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Sure.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- What about Sunday? Will you be around?- You've had three days.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43You don't need anybody in your hair, but someone's got to go through
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- your dad's stuff. - There's nothing up there.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- There are 103 notebooks. - He was a graphomaniac, Harold.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Do you know what that is? - He wrote compulsively. Call me Hal.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Like a monkey at a typewriter. 103 notebooks full of bullshit.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- I'm prepared to look at every page. Are you?- No!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I'm not crazy.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Well, I'm gonna be late. Some friends of mine are in this band.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14They're playing in a bar on Diversey, way down the bill,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17around 2:30. I said I'd be there.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Great.- They're all in the math department. They're good.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24They have this song called "i". You'd like it. Lowercase "i".
0:08:24 > 0:08:28They just stand there. Don't play anything for three minutes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Imaginary number?- A math joke. You see why they're way down the bill.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35That's a long drive to see some nerds in a band.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I hate when people say that. It's not really that long of a drive.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- So they are nerds. - Raging geeks. But they're geeks
0:08:42 > 0:08:46who can dress themselves and hold down a job at a major university.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Some of them have switched from glasses to contacts.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52They play sports, play in a band.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56They get laid surprisingly often. So it makes you kind of question
0:08:56 > 0:09:00the whole set of terms - geek, nerd, wonk, Dilbert, paste-eater.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03You're in this band, aren't you?
0:09:03 > 0:09:08OK, yes. I play the drums. You wanna come? I never sing. I swear to God.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- No, thanks. - Alright, look, Catherine. Monday.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- What do you say? - Don't you have a job?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- A full teaching load plus my own work.- Plus band practice.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Plus I teach hockey to ten-year-olds.- You make me sick.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I have to do this if you'll let me.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26I loved your dad. I don't believe a mind like his can just shut down.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31He had lucid moments, a lucid year, a whole year three years ago. Sorry.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Look, let me... Wait. You're 27 right?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- How old are you?- Doesn't matter. - How old are you?- I'm 26.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42When your dad was younger than us, he made major contributions
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- to three game theory, algebraic geometry -- Don't lecture me.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49If I came up with a tenth of the shit your dad produced,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I could write my ticket to any math department in the country.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Give me your backpack.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Why? - Because I wanna look inside it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- What?- Open it up and give it to me. - Come on.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- You're not taking anything. - I wouldn't!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- You want something you can publish? - Sure.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- Then you can write your own ticket? - No, it'd be for your dad.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- You have something in that backpack. - What?- Give it to me!
0:10:18 > 0:10:20You're being paranoid.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean there isn't something in that -
0:10:23 > 0:10:27You said that there was nothing up there, didn't you? Didn't you?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Yes. - So what would I take, right?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You're right.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Thank you.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Oh, what the hell...?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47This isn't an airport.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10You can come back.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16(SIGHS)
0:11:18 > 0:11:22The University Health Service is very good.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I'm fine.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Also... exercise is great.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I go running along the lake a couple mornings a week. It clears my head.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40- It's not too cold yet. If you wanted to, I could pick you up.- No, thanks.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Alright. Well, I'm gonna be late for the show. I'd better go.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Good night.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Wait. You forgot your jacket. - Oh, no, you...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I'm paranoid?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Wait.- You think I should go jogging? - Just hold on.- Get out.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Get out of my house!- Let me explain. - You stole it!- Show you something.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14- I'm calling the police.- What? Don't. Look, I borrowed the book, alright?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Cos I found something your father wrote. Not math. Something he wrote.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- I'd like to report a robbery. - Put the phone down.- A robbery.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- It's about you.- He's in the house! - Here's your name.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- I'm at 4655... - "Catherine", see? "Catherine."
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- South...- "Not a bad day. Some good news from Catherine."
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I'm not sure what that meant. I thought you might.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- When did he write this? - "Ma'am?"- Three years ago.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43"Machinery's not working yet, but there's cause for optimism."
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- The machinery is his mind, his ability to do mathematics.- I know.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52"Talking with students helps, so does riding in buses."
0:12:52 > 0:12:54"Most of all Cathy."
0:12:54 > 0:12:58"Her refusal to let me be institutionalised,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02caring for me herself, has certainly saved my life."
0:13:04 > 0:13:07"Made writing this possible."
0:13:07 > 0:13:11"Made it possible to imagine doing math again."
0:13:12 > 0:13:17"Where does her strength come from? I can never repay her."
0:13:17 > 0:13:22"Today is her birthday. She is 24. I'm taking her to dinner."
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- What are we going to do on your birthday?- Dad...
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Let's get out of this neighbourhood.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Let's go to the north side or Chinatown. Greektown.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- I don't know what's good any more. - Dad?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Hmm? - I'm going to school.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42When?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I'm gonna start at Northwestern at the end of the month.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Northwestern?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I shouldn't have tried to sneak it out.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It sounds stupid, but I was gonna wrap it.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Happy birthday.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10What's wrong with Chicago?
0:14:10 > 0:14:14You still teach there.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18I'm sorry. That is too weird, me taking classes in your department.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21It's a long drive.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Not that long. It's half an hour. - Still, twice a day.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Dad.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I'd live there.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32You'd actually want to live in Evanston?
0:14:32 > 0:14:37I'd still be close. I can come home whenever you want.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44Look, you've been well. You've been really well for almost seven months.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You don't need me here every minute of the day.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54(SIREN WAILS)
0:15:02 > 0:15:04(SIREN CONTINUES TO WAIL)
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yes?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Someone here call the police?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20No, honey. I think we should put the aqua plates on the registry
0:15:20 > 0:15:23and the brown couch.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Your mother wants to buy us a substantial piece of furniture.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30It's the biggest thing that I could find that will fit in our apartment.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Well, don't worry about it, honey. I'll be home by tomorrow night.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Yeah, let's just get through today first.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Hold on a second. Hi!
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Huh? Erm... I don't know. She didn't pick up when I called.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Hopefully better than yesterday.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52First thing I'll do is throw her in the shower, get her out in the sun.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Better. Much. - Thanks.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- You feel better? - Yep.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05You look a million times better.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- Have some coffee. - OK. No. Black.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Have a little milk.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Have a banana. - No. Thank you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25Well, it's a good thing I brought food. There is nothing in the house.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- I've been meaning to go shopping. - Do you want a bagel?- No.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I hate breakfast.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- Coffee. - Still making those lists, huh?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's... It's a compulsion.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Do you ever cheat and tick off something you haven't done yet?
0:16:44 > 0:16:49Well, I would only be cheating myself.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Right.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Did you use that conditioner I brought you?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56No. Shit. I forgot.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00It's my favourite. You'll love it, Katie. I want you to try it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- I'll try it next time. - You'll like it. It has jojoba.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06What is jojoba?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09It's something they put in for healthy hair.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Hair is dead.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- What? - It's... It's dead tissue.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- You can't make it healthy. - Whatever. It's good for your hair.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Like what? A chemical? - No. It's organic.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- It can be organic and still be a chemical.- I don't know what it is.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Heard of organic chemistry?- It makes my hair look, smell and feel good,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32and that is the extent of my information about it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You might like it if you decide to use it.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Thanks. I'll try it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41If you don't have anything to wear for today,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44we could go shopping downtown.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- OK. - It'll be fun.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49My birthday present.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Great.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Is there anything else you need? - No. I'm cool.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Anything at all while I'm here? - Uh-uh.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I thought we'd have some people over tonight.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08- If you're feeling OK. - We are burying Dad this afternoon.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12You have to have something. People expect it. And it's the only time
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I can see any old Chicago friends. It'll be nice.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20I think Dad would've wanted us to have a good time.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24It's a funeral, but we don't have to be completely grim about it.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Mitch says hi. - Hi, Mitch.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35He sends you his love. I told him you would see him soon, and...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- We're getting married! - No shit.- Yes!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- We just decided. - Yikes.- Yes.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Oh. When? - In January.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48You know, his job is great. I just got promoted.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Huh.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- You will come? - Yeah. Sure. In January?
0:18:54 > 0:19:00I mean, it's not like I have to check my schedule or anything. Sure.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Do you know what you wanna do now? - No.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Do you wanna stay in Chicago? - I don't know.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- Do you wanna go back to school? - I haven't thought about it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Well, there's a lot to think about. How do you feel?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Physically? Great. Except my hair seems unhealthy.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- I wish there was something I could... - Come on.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23What is the point of all the questions, Claire?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Katie, some police officers came by while you were in the shower.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Yeah?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33They said they were checking up on things
0:19:33 > 0:19:36and wanted to see how everything was.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39That was nice of them. What about this?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42They said they responded to a call last night and came to the house.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Yeah? - Did you call the police last night?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Yeah. - Why?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Because I thought the house was being robbed.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- But it wasn't? - No. I changed my mind.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58The police told me you seemed disoriented and abusive.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- These guys were assholes, Claire. - They seemed perfectly nice.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06They wouldn't leave. They wanted me to, like, fill out a report.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- Were you abusive?- This one cop kept spitting on me when he talked.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- It was disgusting. - Did you use the word "dickhead"?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I don't remember.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Did you tell one cop to go... have sex with the other cop's mother?- No.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- That's what they said. - Not... with that phrasing.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Did you strike one of them?- They were trying to come into the house.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Oh, my God. - No! I may have pushed him a little.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- They said you seemed disturbed. - They were trying to search my house!
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- You called them.- Yes. But I didn't actually want them to come.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42So, why did you call?
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Because I was trying to get this guy out of the house.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- What is this man's name? - Hal.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Harold. Harold Dobbs.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Because the police said that you were the only person there.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Because he left before they got there.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- With the notebooks? - Claire, don't be stupid.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06There are over a hundred notebooks. He was only stealing one
0:21:06 > 0:21:08to give it back to me. I let him go
0:21:08 > 0:21:12so he could play with his band on the north side. What about this?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- His band? - He was late.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18He wanted me to come with him. I was like, "Yeah, right."
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Is Harold Dobbs your boyfriend? - No!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Are you sleeping with him? - Euw! No.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- He's a math geek. - And he's in a band?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- A rock band? - A marching band. He plays trombone.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Yes. A rock band.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- What is the name of this band? - How should I know?
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- Harold Dobbs didn't tell you the name of his rock band?- No.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Well, is Harold Dobbs - - Stop saying "Harold Dobbs".
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Is this person - - Harold Dobbs exists!
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- Sure he does.- He's a mathematician at the University of Chicago.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Call the freaking math department.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Mitch has become an excellent cook. It's like his hobby now.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11He buys all these gadgets. Garlic press, olive oil sprayer.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Every night there's something new.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The other day he made vegetarian chilli.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20What are you talking about?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Stay with us for a while.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- I'm OK here.- Chicago is dead. New York is so much more fun.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Well, the fun thing is not really where my head's at at the moment.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- You look so tired.- I am. - I think you could use some downtime.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- Downtime? - Katie, you've had a hard time.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- I'm perfectly OK. - You're upset and exhausted.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- I was fine until you got here. - Wait.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Catherine! - Who is that?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Harold Dobbs!
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Hi.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03OK?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I really don't need this, Claire.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'm fine, you know. I'm totally fine.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13And then you show up here with these questions. Like, "Are you OK?"
0:23:13 > 0:23:16With that soothing tone of voice. And the poor policemen.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I think the policemen can handle themselves.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24And bagels and bananas and jojoba? And "Come to New York."
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And vegetarian chilli?!
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I mean, it really pisses me off, so just save it!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I'm Claire. I'm Catherine's sister.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Oh, hi. Hal. Nice to meet you.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40He had to go back and fix the paper in galleys.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44He pretty much held it together with baling wire.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49This is a man who, back in the UK, at the age of 22 basically invented
0:23:49 > 0:23:53the mathematical techniques for studying rational behaviour
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and gave the astrophysicists plenty to think about
0:23:56 > 0:23:59when he came over here.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05Men like Robert Llewellyn come into the world very rarely.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And we will miss the man... intensely.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15But... the work will endure.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25(POIGNANT CLASSICAL MUSIC)
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I'm not on the programme. (MUSIC STOPS)
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Wow. I can't believe how many people are here.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I never knew he had this many friends.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Where have you all been for the last five years?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I guess to you guys he was already dead, right?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I mean, what's a great man without his greatness?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Just some old guy.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18So you probably wanna catch up on what you missed out on.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Erm...
0:25:20 > 0:25:23He used to read all day.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27He kept demanding more and more books.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31I was getting them out of the library by the carload. There were hundreds.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35And then one day I realised he wasn't reading.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40He believed aliens were sending him messages
0:25:40 > 0:25:43through the Dewey decimal numbers in the library books.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46He was trying to work out the code.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51He used to, erm, shuffle around in his slippers.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53He talked to himself.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56He stank.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02I had to make sure he bathed, which... was embarrassing.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Then he started writing 19, 20 hours a day.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I got him this huge case of notebooks. He used every one.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I dropped out of school.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19You see, he was convinced that...
0:26:20 > 0:26:25..he was writing the most beautiful, elegant proofs.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Proofs like music.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I'm glad he's dead.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Catherine.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Catherine!
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Don't call the cops.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I can't believe I just said that.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12No. It definitely pushed the envelope.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15(SIGHS)
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- I think I need to go home. - I'll drive you.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20No, that's OK. I'm gonna walk.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- It's a long walk. - Thanks.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Their daycare is excellent. We're starting to apply for preschools,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42which locks you into a commitment.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Oh, it does? - (BOTH) Yeah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Do you ever miss Chicago? - No.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I mean, er...
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Erm,... No.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You have the house now, though.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59You and Mitch should move back and fix it up.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01You look great.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Claire gave it to me.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I like it.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It doesn't really fit.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Sure it does.
0:28:10 > 0:28:16- You can't prove it.- Well, I can try and disprove the opposite.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I can prove that it doesn't not fit.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- How? - I could take a vote.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- To your old man. Helluva guy. - Thank you.- Too bad he went nuts.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- (LAUGHS) - Helluva guy anyway.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- What do you do? - I'm a currency analyst.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38I probably inherited one thousandth of my father's talent.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Are you a mathematician?
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- Ooh. Christ, no. Theoretical phys-physics.- (LAUGHS)
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- To the physicists. - Drink up.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50(SIGHS) When do you think they'll leave?
0:28:50 > 0:28:54No way to know. Mathematicians are insane.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57I went to this conference last fall.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I've never been so exhausted in my life.
0:29:00 > 0:29:0348 straight hours of partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Drugs? - Amphetamines mostly.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I don't. Some older guys are hooked. They think they need it.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- Why?- There's this fear that your creativity peaks around 23
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- then it's all downhill from there. - That's what my dad thought.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21I guess all the really original work, it's... all young guys.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Young guys? - No, there are some women.
0:29:24 > 0:29:29- Really? Who?- There's a woman at Stanford. I can't remember her name.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Sophie Germain? - Yeah.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36I think I've seen her at meetings. I've never met her.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39She was born in Paris in 1776.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Then I've definitely never met her.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Ah, I'm...
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Sophie Germain. I'm stupid. Germain primes.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Right.- Double them, and add one, you get another prime.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Like two is prime, double plus one is five, also prime.- Right.
0:29:57 > 0:30:03Or 92,305 times 2 to the 16,988th plus one.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Right.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09That's the biggest one, the biggest known one.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12< Coming through!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Oh, what the hell are they doing here?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19(GENERAL CHATTER)
0:30:19 > 0:30:21(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
0:30:54 > 0:30:56(ALL CHEER)
0:30:57 > 0:30:59OK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Now we'd like to play a song in tribute to a great man,
0:31:03 > 0:31:05a great mathematician.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08It's called "i".
0:31:11 > 0:31:14One, two, one, two, three...
0:31:17 > 0:31:19(SILENCE)
0:31:19 > 0:31:22(VARIOUS CHUCKLES)
0:31:28 > 0:31:29(CHUCKLES)
0:31:30 > 0:31:33(LAUGHS)
0:31:47 > 0:31:49(JAZZY PIANO MUSIC PLAYS)
0:31:50 > 0:31:53You're probably right. That book I stole?
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I'm starting to think it's the only lucid one,
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- and there's no math in it. - No.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05I mean, I'll keep reading, but if I can't find anything
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- in the next couple of days... - Back to the hockey rink?
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Yep.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13And your own research.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Such as it is.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19What's wrong with it?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22The big ideas aren't there.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Well, it's not about big ideas.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30It's... It's work. You got to chip away at a problem.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- That's not what your dad did. - I think it was, in a way.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I mean, he'd attack a problem from the side,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41you know, from some weird angle.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Sneak up on it, grind away at it.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48I don't know.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I'm just guessing.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53I enjoy teaching.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- You might come up with something. - It's not gonna happen. I'm 26.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Remember the downward slope?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Have you tried speed? I heard it helps.- Yeah.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05(LAUGHS)
0:33:16 > 0:33:18So...
0:33:18 > 0:33:20This is my room.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Wow. You read a lot of math.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38No. I read Cosmo. That's just window dressing.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43You're a mysterious person, Catherine. You know that?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- You want a drink? - I'm OK.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52We never got to celebrate your birthday.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55OK.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Erm...
0:34:05 > 0:34:09I'm sorry. I just... I'm a little drunk.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It's OK.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22(SIGHS)
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I'm a little out of practice.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I always liked you.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- You did? - But then I thought,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39"You don't flirt with your doctoral adviser's daughter."
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Especially when your adviser's crazy? - Especially then.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50I saw you at my dad's office once. Do you remember?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I can't believe you remember that.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I remember you.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I thought that you seemed...
0:34:59 > 0:35:02not boring.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Oh, I'm sorry.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Oh, I feel like I'm gonna crack open like...
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- Like what? - An egg.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Or one of those really smelly French cheeses
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- that ooze out everywhere when you cut them.- (CHUCKLES) Nice.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48(BAND PLAYS POIGNANT SONG)
0:36:35 > 0:36:37(GASPS)
0:36:48 > 0:36:50(SOBS)
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Catherine?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04(CONTINUES TO SOB)
0:37:20 > 0:37:22(BIRD TWITTERS)
0:37:34 > 0:37:37How long have you been up?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39A while.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Is your sister up?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45No.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Her flight leaves in a couple of hours. I should probably wake her.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Let her sleep. She was doing some serious drinking
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- with theoretical physicists. - (CHUCKLES)
0:37:56 > 0:38:00I'll make her some coffee when she gets up.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05Sunday mornings I usually go out, get the paper, have some breakfast.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Do you wanna come? - Oh.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Well, I should probably stick around until Claire leaves.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19OK.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Do you mind if I stay?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27No.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You can work if you want.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Alright.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Should I? - You can if you want to.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Do you want me to go?- You wanna go? - I wanna stay here with you.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Oh.- Wanna spend the day with you, if at all possible.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48I wanna spend as much time with you as I can. If I'm coming on strong
0:38:48 > 0:38:52and scaring you, I'll begin back-pedalling immediately.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07How embarrassing is it if I say last night was wonderful?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It's only embarrassing if I don't agree.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14So?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Don't be embarrassed.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26What?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30(SIGHS)
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Here.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44The drawer in the desk in my dad's office.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47What's in there?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Now?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- Good morning! - Please, don't yell. Please.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35- Are you alright? - No. Theoretical physicists.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- What happened?- Thanks a lot for leaving me alone with them.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- That band! - Yeah.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- They were terrible. - They were OK.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- They had fun, I think. - Well, as long as everybody had fun.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Your dress turned out alright. - I love it.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- You do? - Yeah. It's wonderful.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02- I was surprised you even wore it. - I love it, Claire. Thanks.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04You're welcome.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Well, you're in a good mood.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- Should I not be? - Are you kidding? No, I'm thrilled.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13It's just... I... Hold on a second, Katie.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18- I just... I'm leaving soon, and... - I know. You said.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I would still like you to come to New York.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Yes. January.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28I would like you to move to New York.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Move?
0:41:30 > 0:41:35You could stay with us at first, and then you could get your own place.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39I've already scouted some apartments for you. Really cute places.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41What would I do in New York?
0:41:41 > 0:41:46You could do whatever you want. You could work. Go back to school.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Claire, this is pretty major. - I realise that.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I know you mean well, OK?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Well, to be honest, you were right yesterday.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59It's been a weird couple of years.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03I think I'd just like to take some time and figure things out.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07It would be easier for me to get you set up in an apartment in New York.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I don't need an apartment. I'll stay in the house.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12We're selling the house.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14What?
0:42:14 > 0:42:18I'm hoping to do the paperwork this week. I know that seems sudden.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21No-one was here looking at the place. Who are you selling it to?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25The university. They've wanted it back for years.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- I live here! - Come to New York. We'll have fun!
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- I don't believe this!- It would be so good. You deserve a change.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35It'll be a whole new adventure for you.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- Why are you doing this? - I want to help.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- By kicking me out of my house? - This is my house, too.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Please! You haven't lived here for years.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48I know that. You were on your own. I really regret that, Katie.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- And now I want to help. - You wanna help now?- Yes.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Dad is dead.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- I know. - He's dead. Now that he's dead,
0:42:59 > 0:43:03you fly in for the weekend and decide you wanna help? You're late!
0:43:03 > 0:43:07Where have you been? Where were you five years ago?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- I was working. - I was here.
0:43:09 > 0:43:15- I lived with him alone. - I was working 14-hour days,
0:43:15 > 0:43:20paid off the mortgage on this house while living in a studio apartment!
0:43:20 > 0:43:23- You had a life, finished school. - You could've finished school.
0:43:23 > 0:43:28- How?- I told you a million times to do anything you wanted.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- And what about Dad? - He was ill.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34He should've been in a full-time professional care situation.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39- He didn't belong in the nuthouse. - He might have been better off.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42He needed to be here in his own house,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44near everything that made him happy.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48Maybe. Or maybe professional care would have done him more good
0:43:48 > 0:43:53than rattling around in this mausoleum, you looking after him.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56And his remission? Three years ago he was healthy for a year.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00- He went downhill again.- He might have been worse in a hospital.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03He might have been better. Did he ever do any work again?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- No. - No. And you might have been better.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Better... than what?
0:44:12 > 0:44:14You had so much talent.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18You think I'm like Dad?
0:44:19 > 0:44:22I think you have some of his talent
0:44:22 > 0:44:24and some of his tendency
0:44:24 > 0:44:27- toward instability. - Claire.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31In addition to the cute apartments
0:44:31 > 0:44:35that you've scouted for me, have you devoted
0:44:35 > 0:44:38some of your considerable energies towards scouting out
0:44:38 > 0:44:42another type of living facility for your bughouse little sister?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45No. No! Absolutely not. That is not what this is about.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49- Don't lie to me, Claire! - Resources that I've investigated -
0:44:49 > 0:44:52- Oh, my God! - If you wanted to.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- The doctors and the people in New York are the best.- Jesus!
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- You wouldn't have to live - - I hate you!- Don't yell.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- I hate you! (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) - What are you doing here?
0:45:02 > 0:45:05How long have you known about this?
0:45:05 > 0:45:08A while.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Why didn't you tell me about it?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14I wasn't sure if I wanted to.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Thank you!
0:45:17 > 0:45:19You're welcome.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23What's going on?
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- Catherine, thank you! - I thought you might like to see it.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- What is it?- It's incredible. - What is it?
0:45:28 > 0:45:32Oh, it's a result, a proof. It looks like a proof. It's a proof.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36A very long proof. I haven't read through it all yet or checked it.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I don't know if I could check it.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43If it's a proof of what I think it is, it's a very important proof.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45What does it prove?
0:45:45 > 0:45:49It may prove a mathematical theorem about prime numbers,
0:45:49 > 0:45:52something that mathematicians have been trying to prove
0:45:52 > 0:45:55- since there were mathematicians. - You know about this?
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- Is it any good? - It's historic, if it checks out.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02What does it mean?
0:46:02 > 0:46:06It means that when everybody thought your dad was crazy,
0:46:06 > 0:46:09he was doing some of the most important mathematics ever.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13If it checks out, you publish instantly, hold press conferences.
0:46:13 > 0:46:18All newspapers will want to talk to the person who found this notebook.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22- Catherine? Catherine. - I didn't find it.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- Yes, you did. - No, I didn't.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30- Did you find it or did Hal find it? - I didn't find it.- I didn't find it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35I wrote it.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01- Hey, guys.- Where you headed? - I'm late for Bhandari.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04You know what he's like. Better get there. Catch you later.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Yeah?
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Ah. Catherine.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28- So nice of you to drop by. - Sorry I'm late.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32- This work of yours... - I know. I'm sorry.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- I mean, it's interesting. - You think so?
0:47:35 > 0:47:39In that it has nothing to do with the problems I'd asked you to solve.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43- It won't happen again.- What happened? Simply couldn't control yourself?
0:47:43 > 0:47:47No. I just... I thought I should get all those ideas down
0:47:47 > 0:47:50while they were in my head. Then it was morning.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52I couldn't come in with nothing.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55But this is the third time that inspiration's overtaken you
0:47:55 > 0:47:58at the moment when you had to submit to my idea
0:47:58 > 0:48:01of what it is you should be learning.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05- A third? Really.- Differential equations don't interest you.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08No, they do. I mean... Yeah, they absolutely do.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13- Oh, but they didn't last night. - Not as much as usual.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I mean...
0:48:19 > 0:48:22I'm worried that your work is deteriorating.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25There are some good ideas here,
0:48:25 > 0:48:30but... it isn't a coherent mathematical argument.
0:48:30 > 0:48:34- Well, I didn't get time to finish it. - But mathematics isn't jazz.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38Even the craziest mathematics is working towards a proof.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Not all the mathematicians in my family are crazy.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45- I wasn't using the word in a clinical way.- I know. I know.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Just for the record.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52How is your father?
0:48:52 > 0:48:56I don't know. I haven't been able to get in touch with him for a week.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00He's fine. Last time I talked to him, he was fine.
0:49:00 > 0:49:04He's been fine for months now. Nine months.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08- Yeah. He was a great man. - He still is.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14(SIGHS) You're gonna fail me, aren't you?
0:49:14 > 0:49:18I'm giving you another chance to redo the problem set.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22You need an A. You're quite capable of earning one.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Thank you.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Professor Bhandari?
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- Yeah? - Don't... Don't worry about me, OK?
0:49:33 > 0:49:37I'm gonna write you a really nice fat set of answers
0:49:37 > 0:49:40that you're really gonna like.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01(SIGHS)
0:50:04 > 0:50:07(PHONE RINGS)
0:50:12 > 0:50:16"Hi. We're not here. Please leave a message. (BEEP)"
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Claire? Hi. Listen.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21When was the last time you spoke to Dad?
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Tuesday? Oh, God.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29No, it's fine. It's just that I normally talk to him every day
0:50:29 > 0:50:32and I haven't been able to get a hold of him.
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Well, I'm glad that you're sure everything's fine.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39I feel much more comfortable. Thank you.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41What do you mean, "What could have happened?"
0:50:41 > 0:50:46He could've had a car accident. Could've fallen, broken his hip.
0:50:46 > 0:50:50He could be running naked down the Midway for all I know.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Yes, Claire, I know that you care about Dad.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Yeah, as much as me. OK. Now can I please get off the phone?
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Dad?
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Hello!
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Dad?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Dad!
0:52:48 > 0:52:53- Dad? - Catherine, hi. What a surprise.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57- What are you doing out here? - I'm thinking.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Writing.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03- It's 30 degrees. It's the middle of the night.- I know.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07- Aren't you cold?- Of course I am. I'm freezing my ass off. (LAUGHS)
0:53:07 > 0:53:11- So, what are you doing out here? - It's too hot in the house.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14The radiators clank and I couldn't concentrate.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23I've been calling and calling. Did you not get my messages?
0:53:23 > 0:53:25It's a distraction.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30- I didn't know what was going on. I had to drive here.- I can see that.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34- Why don't you answer the phone? - I'm sorry, Catherine.
0:53:34 > 0:53:39But it's a question of priorities, work takes priority. You know that.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41- You're working? - (LAUGHS)
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Goddammit! (LAUGHS)
0:53:44 > 0:53:48I'm working! (LAUGHS)
0:53:48 > 0:53:51I mean, I say "I".
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Machinery.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57The machinery's working, Catherine.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It's on full blast.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03All the cylinders are firing.
0:54:03 > 0:54:08I'm on fire. That's why I came out here, to cool off.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11I haven't felt like this for years.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13- You're kidding. - No.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17- I don't believe it.- I don't believe it either, but it's true.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19It started a week ago.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23I woke up. I came downstairs, made a cup of coffee.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27Before I could pour the milk in, someone put a light on in my head.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31- Really?- Not the light. The whole grid. I lit up!
0:54:31 > 0:54:35- It's like no time has passed since I was 21.- You're kidding me.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37No. I'm back. I'm back!
0:54:37 > 0:54:39In touch with the source! The font.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44Whatever the source of my creativity was, I'm in contact with it.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48I'm sitting on it. It's a geyser, I'm shooting up in the air on it.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52- God.- (LAUGHS) I'm not talking about divine inspiration.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It's not funnelling into my head, onto the page.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58I'm not saying it won't be a tremendous of work, it will be.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02It's not gonna be easy. But the raw material is there.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05I see places for the work to go, new techniques.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09I'm gonna get whole branches of the profession talking to each other.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13I'm sorry. I'm being rude.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- (GIGGLES) How's school? - School's fine.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22- You're working hard?- Sure. - Faculty treating you alright?- Yes.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25- Made any friends?- Yes. - You dating?- Dad!
0:55:25 > 0:55:28No details necessary if you don't want to provide them.
0:55:28 > 0:55:33- School is fine. I want to talk about what you're doing.- Great. Let's talk.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35- This work... - Yes.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- It's here? - Part of it, yes.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41- Can I see it? - It's all at a very early stage.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44- I don't care.- It's not complete. To be honest, it's all in progress.
0:55:44 > 0:55:49- I think we're talking years. - It's OK. Just let me see anything.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52- You really want to? - Yes.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55- You're genuinely interested? - Dad, of course.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59- Of course. It is your field. - Yes.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03- You know how happy that makes me? - Yes.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07I think there's enough here to keep me working the rest of my life,
0:56:07 > 0:56:10and not just me. I was, er...
0:56:10 > 0:56:13I was starting to imagine I was finished, Catherine.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18Really finished. I was terrified I'd never work again.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- Did you know that? - I wondered.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25I was absolutely bloody terrified. (LAUGHS)
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Then I remembered something. I remembered you.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31Your creative years were beginning.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34You'd get your degree, do your own work.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38If you hadn't gone into math, that would've been alright.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42Now Claire's done well for herself. I'm satisfied with her.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46I'm proud of you! (LAUGHS)
0:56:47 > 0:56:51I know you've got your own work, and I don't want you to neglect that.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55You mustn't neglect it. But I could probably use some help.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58To be honest, I'd like you to help me, to work with me, if you want to.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02If you can work it out with your schedule. I could help.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Make some calls, talk to your teachers.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09I'm sorry. I'm getting ahead of myself.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13Oh, Jesus, look, enough bullshit. You asked to see something.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17Let's start with this. I have roughed something out.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20It's a general outline for a proof.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23It's a major result. It's important.
0:57:23 > 0:57:28It's not finished but, er... you can see where it's going.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Er...
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Here.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53It's very rough.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02- Was there any other work in here? - No.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04- That's the only... - Can I see it?
0:58:11 > 0:58:14I'm sorry. I just...
0:58:14 > 0:58:18So you wrote this incredible thing, but you didn't tell anyone?
0:58:18 > 0:58:22I'm telling you both now.
0:58:22 > 0:58:27- Catherine, I'm sorry, but I find this very hard to believe.- Claire...
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- This is Dad's handwriting. - It's not!
0:58:30 > 0:58:35- It looks exactly like it. - That is my writing.- I'm sorry.
0:58:35 > 0:58:38Well, ask Hal. He's been looking at Dad's writing all week.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41- Well, I don't know. - Hal, come on.
0:58:44 > 0:58:48- I'm not a handwriting expert. - Whose writing does it look like?
0:58:48 > 0:58:52It looks... I don't know what Catherine's handwriting looks like.
0:58:52 > 0:58:56- It looks like that. - OK. OK.
0:58:56 > 0:59:00I think it's early, and everybody's tired and not in the best state
0:59:00 > 0:59:04- to make emotional decisions. Let's take a breath.- You don't believe me.
0:59:04 > 0:59:11- I don't know... I really don't know anything about this.- Never mind.
0:59:11 > 0:59:16I don't know why I expected you to believe me about anything.
0:59:16 > 0:59:20Could you tell us the proof? And that would show that it was yours.
0:59:20 > 0:59:24- You wouldn't understand it. - Well, tell it to Hal.
0:59:24 > 0:59:26I mean, I could.
0:59:26 > 0:59:30We could sit down and talk it through. It might take a while.
0:59:30 > 0:59:34- You can't use the book. - For God's sake, it's 40 pages long!
0:59:34 > 0:59:38I didn't memorise it. It's not a muffin recipe.
0:59:38 > 0:59:41Oh, Jesus, this is stupid!
0:59:41 > 0:59:43- Hal, tell her. - Tell her what?
0:59:43 > 0:59:46- Whose book is that? - I don't know.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50What is the matter with you?
0:59:50 > 0:59:54You've been... You've been going through this other stuff.
0:59:54 > 0:59:58- There's nothing even remotely like that up here.- Catherine...
0:59:58 > 1:00:00OK. OK.
1:00:00 > 1:00:05OK, we'll sit down and I'll talk you through the proof. OK? OK?
1:00:05 > 1:00:08If Claire will please let me have my book back!
1:00:08 > 1:00:12- Alright. OK, talk him through it. - It would take days.
1:00:12 > 1:00:14- It still wouldn't prove that she wrote it.- Why not?
1:00:14 > 1:00:17Your dad may have written it and explained it to you later.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20I'm not saying he did. There's no proof...
1:00:20 > 1:00:24Of course there isn't! But come on! He didn't write it.
1:00:24 > 1:00:28He couldn't have. Even in the year he was well, he couldn't work.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31You know that. You're supposed to be a scientist.
1:00:31 > 1:00:33Here's my suggestion. I know some guys at the department
1:00:33 > 1:00:38- who knew your dad's work. Let me take this to them.- What?
1:00:38 > 1:00:41I'll tell them that we found something potentially major.
1:00:41 > 1:00:45We're not sure of the authorship. I'll sit down with them
1:00:45 > 1:00:49and we'll figure out what we've got. It might take a couple of days,
1:00:49 > 1:00:52- but then we'd have a lot more info. - That's an excellent suggestion.
1:00:53 > 1:00:57- You can't! You can't take it. - I'm not taking it.
1:00:57 > 1:01:00- This is exactly what you wanted. - Oh, come on. Jesus!
1:01:00 > 1:01:03You don't waste any time, do you? No hesitation.
1:01:03 > 1:01:07You can't wait to show them your brilliant discovery.
1:01:07 > 1:01:10- I'm trying to determine what it is. - I'm telling you what it is.
1:01:10 > 1:01:14- You don't know!- I wrote it! - It is your father's handwriting!
1:01:17 > 1:01:20It looks an awful lot like the writing in the other books.
1:01:20 > 1:01:24Maybe your writing looks exactly like his. I don't know.
1:01:24 > 1:01:28It does look like his.
1:01:28 > 1:01:31It's one of his notebooks, the exact same kind he used.
1:01:31 > 1:01:36I told you. He gave it to me.
1:01:38 > 1:01:40I didn't show this to anyone.
1:01:40 > 1:01:45I wanted you to be the first to see it.
1:01:45 > 1:01:48I didn't know I wanted that until last night.
1:01:48 > 1:01:52- I trusted you. - I know.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54- Was I wrong? - No.
1:01:54 > 1:01:58I should've known that she wouldn't believe me, but why don't you?
1:01:58 > 1:02:01I know how hard it'd be to come up with this.
1:02:01 > 1:02:04You'd have to be your dad at the peak of his powers.
1:02:04 > 1:02:09Just because you geeks worshipped him does not mean he wrote the proof.
1:02:09 > 1:02:13He was the best! My generation hasn't produced anything like him.
1:02:13 > 1:02:17He revolutionised the field twice before he was 22. I am sorry.
1:02:17 > 1:02:19You took classes at Northwestern -
1:02:19 > 1:02:22- My education wasn't at Northwestern! - Even so, it doesn't matter.
1:02:22 > 1:02:25It's too advanced. I don't even understand most of it.
1:02:25 > 1:02:30- You think it's too advanced? - Yes.
1:02:30 > 1:02:35- Too advanced for you? - You could not have done this work.
1:02:35 > 1:02:39- But what if I did? - Well, what if?
1:02:39 > 1:02:42It would be a real disaster for you.
1:02:42 > 1:02:48Wouldn't it? You and the other geeks who barely finished your PhD's,
1:02:48 > 1:02:52who are marking time doing lame research,
1:02:52 > 1:02:55bragging about the conferences they go to. Wow.
1:02:55 > 1:02:59Playing in an awful band and whining that
1:02:59 > 1:03:03they're intellectually past it at 26 because they are!
1:03:17 > 1:03:20Catherine. Catherine.
1:03:22 > 1:03:24(CRASH!)
1:03:29 > 1:03:32When are you going to do some mathematics with me?
1:03:32 > 1:03:36- I can't think of anything worse. Want some Parmesan?- I'm all alone.
1:03:36 > 1:03:40I've important things to say. You're not helping. You used to love it.
1:03:40 > 1:03:43- Not any more.- You knew what a prime number was before you could read.
1:03:43 > 1:03:48- Well, now I've forgotten. - Don't be lazy, Catherine!
1:03:49 > 1:03:53I haven't been lazy. I've been taking care of you.
1:03:53 > 1:03:58You dropped out of school. Sleep till noon. Eat junk. You don't work.
1:03:58 > 1:04:02Dishes pile up. Some days you don't even get out of bed.
1:04:02 > 1:04:06- Those are the good days.- They're fever days, you sweated them away.
1:04:06 > 1:04:11You'll never know what work you lost cos you were moping in your bad.
1:04:11 > 1:04:15Up until four in the afternoon sometimes. I have you on my clock.
1:04:15 > 1:04:17You know I'm right.
1:04:17 > 1:04:21I'm told by some very important people. You know I know.
1:04:24 > 1:04:28- I've lost a few days. - How many?- I don't know.
1:04:28 > 1:04:31- I bet you do. I bet you count. - Knock it off!
1:04:31 > 1:04:35- How many days have you lost? - A month. Around a month.
1:04:35 > 1:04:38- Exactly. - Dad, eat your dinner.
1:04:38 > 1:04:40- How many? - 33 days.
1:04:40 > 1:04:44- Be precise, for Christ's sake! - I slept till noon today.
1:04:51 > 1:04:56- Make it 33 and a quarter days. - Yeah, alright.
1:04:56 > 1:04:58- You're kidding. - No.
1:04:58 > 1:05:01- Amazing number. - It's a depressing fucking number.
1:05:01 > 1:05:06If every lost day were a year, it'd be an interesting fucking number.
1:05:06 > 1:05:10- 33.25 years is not interesting. - Stop it. You know what I mean.
1:05:10 > 1:05:13- 1,729 weeks. - 1,729. Great number.
1:05:13 > 1:05:15(BOTH) The smallest number expressible
1:05:15 > 1:05:17as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.
1:05:17 > 1:05:2012 cubed plus 1 cubed equals 1,729.
1:05:20 > 1:05:24And 10 cubed plus 9 cubed... Yes, we've got it. Thank you.
1:05:24 > 1:05:29You see? Even your depression is mathematical.
1:05:29 > 1:05:31Stop moping.
1:05:32 > 1:05:36Do some work.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03(KNOCK ON DOOR)
1:06:03 > 1:06:06'Catherine?'
1:06:09 > 1:06:12Katie, honey?
1:06:23 > 1:06:26Catherine.
1:06:26 > 1:06:29(TV PLAYS)
1:06:42 > 1:06:46I figured out how to get a lower bound for L.
1:06:48 > 1:06:51Modification of Landau-Siegel.
1:06:52 > 1:06:55What if this L had a Siegel zero?
1:06:55 > 1:06:58You'd need an effective version.
1:07:04 > 1:07:05Shit!
1:08:41 > 1:08:43Catherine!
1:08:46 > 1:08:48Catherine!
1:10:09 > 1:10:11Catherine!
1:10:11 > 1:10:15- What? - Aah! Jesus!
1:10:15 > 1:10:20- God, you scared me. What are you doing there?- Sorry.
1:10:20 > 1:10:24- I just... I wanted to... - It's wonderful news.
1:10:26 > 1:10:28I think I've got it.
1:10:32 > 1:10:36Catherine! Katie.
1:10:36 > 1:10:39Katie, what is it?
1:10:39 > 1:10:44- It's not mine. It's his. It's not mine.- What, honey?
1:10:44 > 1:10:47What, honey? What's the matter?
1:10:47 > 1:10:51I stole it from him. I stole it. It's not mine.
1:10:51 > 1:10:55- What do you mean, you stole it? - It's not mine. (SOBS)
1:10:55 > 1:10:58- I killed him. I killed him. - No, honey. No.
1:10:58 > 1:11:01I never should have written it. I never should have written it.
1:11:01 > 1:11:05- You're OK. - I never should have written it.
1:11:05 > 1:11:09Is it...? Is it possible, honey, that...?
1:11:09 > 1:11:15Is it possible that you just wanted to so badly and you...
1:11:15 > 1:11:20..deserved to do something special like this thing, this proof?
1:11:20 > 1:11:23Is it possible that you just...
1:11:23 > 1:11:27imagined that you wrote it? Hmm?
1:11:27 > 1:11:32Is it possible that it really was Dad's after all?
1:11:32 > 1:11:36Hmm? Is that possible?
1:11:40 > 1:11:43You didn't kill him, sweetheart.
1:11:43 > 1:11:45He just died, that's all.
1:11:47 > 1:11:50He just died.
1:11:52 > 1:11:56"Hi. We're not here. Please leave a message. (BEEP)"
1:11:56 > 1:12:00"Catherine. It's me again. I really need to speak to you."
1:12:00 > 1:12:03"Please call me back."
1:12:29 > 1:12:30Claire!
1:12:32 > 1:12:37- (PANTS) I thought you'd left. - I had to delay my flight.
1:12:37 > 1:12:40Where's Catherine? I need to talk to her.
1:12:40 > 1:12:45- She's inside. - This thing... checks out.
1:12:45 > 1:12:49I've been over it with two sets of guys, old geeks and young geeks.
1:12:49 > 1:12:52It's weird. I don't know where the techniques come from,
1:12:52 > 1:12:56it is very hard to follow, but we can't find anything wrong with it.
1:12:56 > 1:13:00I mean, there may be something wrong with it, but we can't find it.
1:13:00 > 1:13:05I have not slept. It's real.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07Thank you.
1:13:07 > 1:13:11I had to swear them to secrecy. They were jumping outta their skins.
1:13:11 > 1:13:16One email, it's all over. I threatened them. I think we're safe.
1:13:16 > 1:13:20They're physical cowards. Where's Catherine?
1:13:20 > 1:13:23This is not a good time.
1:13:24 > 1:13:28- You're leaving? - The flight is at noon.
1:13:28 > 1:13:31- You're taking her away? - Yes.
1:13:31 > 1:13:33- To New York? - Yes.
1:13:33 > 1:13:36- You're just gonna drag her away? - She's happy to come.
1:13:36 > 1:13:40- I'd like to speak to Catherine. - She doesn't want to see you.
1:13:40 > 1:13:45- Does she have any say in this? - She's been completely out of it!
1:13:45 > 1:13:47Five days she wasn't speaking!
1:13:51 > 1:13:54Do you want your coat, sweetie? It's cold.
1:13:54 > 1:13:59I'll get your things. The movers will get anything we've forgotten.
1:13:59 > 1:14:01Are you alright?
1:14:11 > 1:14:14It works.
1:14:14 > 1:14:17I thought you might wanna know.
1:14:19 > 1:14:22- I had to see you. - I'm leaving.
1:14:22 > 1:14:25- Just wait a minute. - What? What do you want?
1:14:25 > 1:14:29You have the book. She told me that she gave it to you,
1:14:29 > 1:14:34so do whatever you want with it. Publish. Go for it.
1:14:34 > 1:14:37Have a press conference. Tell the world what my father discovered.
1:14:37 > 1:14:40I don't think your father wrote it.
1:14:42 > 1:14:46- You thought so last week. - That was last week!
1:14:46 > 1:14:50I spent this week reading the proof. I think I understand it.
1:14:50 > 1:14:55Uses newer mathematical techniques, things developed in the '80s, '90s.
1:14:55 > 1:14:58Non-commutative geometry, random matrices.
1:14:58 > 1:15:02I learned more mathematics this week than in three years of grad school.
1:15:02 > 1:15:04- So? - So the proof is very...
1:15:05 > 1:15:07- ..hip. - Get some sleep, Hal.
1:15:07 > 1:15:11- What was your father doing these last 20 years?- Are you done?!
1:15:11 > 1:15:14He wouldn't have been able to master new techniques.
1:15:14 > 1:15:16- He was a genius. - But he was nuts.
1:15:16 > 1:15:19- So he read about them later. - Maybe.
1:15:19 > 1:15:22The books he would've needed are upstairs in your room, some of them.
1:15:22 > 1:15:26He dated everything. Even his most incoherent entries, he dated.
1:15:26 > 1:15:29- There are no dates in this. - The handwriting.
1:15:29 > 1:15:34Parents and children can have similar handwriting.
1:15:34 > 1:15:38Interesting theory.
1:15:38 > 1:15:42- I like it. - I like it, too.
1:15:42 > 1:15:46It's what I told you last week.
1:15:47 > 1:15:49I know.
1:15:50 > 1:15:53- You blew it. - This is yours, Catherine.
1:15:53 > 1:15:58It's too bad, cos the rest of it was really good.
1:15:59 > 1:16:01"I loved your dad. I always liked you."
1:16:01 > 1:16:05"I wanna spend every minute with you." That's killer stuff.
1:16:05 > 1:16:07I meant it.
1:16:07 > 1:16:11You got laid and you got the notebook. You're a genius.
1:16:11 > 1:16:16- Talk to me, Catherine. This proof is yours.- Forget it.
1:16:16 > 1:16:19You have to deal with it. You can't just ignore it.
1:16:19 > 1:16:23- Get it publish.- Leave me alone. - Take it at least.- I don't want it.
1:16:23 > 1:16:26- Come on! I'm trying to correct things.- You can't!
1:16:26 > 1:16:29Do you hear me?
1:16:29 > 1:16:32You think you've figured something out?
1:16:32 > 1:16:36You run over here all pleased with yourself cos you changed your mind?
1:16:36 > 1:16:40Now you're certain? You don't know anything.
1:16:40 > 1:16:44The book, the math, the dates, the writing,
1:16:44 > 1:16:47all that stuff you just decided with your buddies, it's just evidence.
1:16:47 > 1:16:50- It doesn't prove anything. - OK, what would?
1:16:50 > 1:16:53Nothing.
1:16:55 > 1:16:58You should have trusted me.
1:16:58 > 1:17:02I... I know.
1:17:08 > 1:17:11Claire sold the house?
1:17:14 > 1:17:19- She wants me in New York. She wants to look after me.- What?!
1:17:19 > 1:17:23Do you need looking after? You looked after your father for 5yrs.
1:17:23 > 1:17:26So maybe it's my turn.
1:17:26 > 1:17:30- There is nothing wrong with you. - We should be on our way, honey.
1:17:30 > 1:17:33You can't just walk away, pretend like it never happened
1:17:33 > 1:17:37and then get a job at Urban Outfitters. Just take it.
1:17:37 > 1:17:39Katie, honey, let's go.
1:17:39 > 1:17:42Stay in Chicago. You're an adult.
1:17:42 > 1:17:45- I gotta go. - Please!
1:17:45 > 1:17:48- No. - Catherine, this isn't about me.
1:17:48 > 1:17:50Katie, come on.
1:17:50 > 1:17:54- Don't you owe this to yourself at least?- Goodbye, Hal.
1:18:09 > 1:18:11Catherine!
1:18:13 > 1:18:15Catherine!
1:18:51 > 1:18:54- Hi. And where are you going today? - To New York City.
1:18:54 > 1:18:56Can I see some photo ID, please?
1:19:14 > 1:19:15Hmmm.
1:19:21 > 1:19:25Wow. You sure got a lot done.
1:19:25 > 1:19:27Well, I had five extra days.
1:19:30 > 1:19:33I need some more coffee. Do you want some?
1:19:33 > 1:19:37- Am I on that list? - What?
1:19:37 > 1:19:42"Square away crazy sister" - check.
1:19:43 > 1:19:46That's not fair, Katie.
1:19:46 > 1:19:48I just wanna take care of you.
1:20:00 > 1:20:03'Catherine!'
1:20:03 > 1:20:07- What? - Aah! Jesus!
1:20:07 > 1:20:13- God, you scared me. What are you doing there?- Sorry.
1:20:13 > 1:20:17- I just... I wanted to... - It's wonderful news.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20I think I've got it.
1:20:28 > 1:20:31What do you think?
1:20:50 > 1:20:54- Wow, Dad. - Can you believe it?!
1:20:54 > 1:20:58I knew you had it in you.
1:20:58 > 1:21:01That's a pretty mealy-mouthed response. What do you think?
1:21:01 > 1:21:05- Let's talk it through. - Not tonight. I'm tired.
1:21:05 > 1:21:08This is the beginning of our real work together.
1:21:08 > 1:21:12You think I've stolen the thunder because I broke through first?
1:21:12 > 1:21:16- This is only the beginning. - We should call it a night.
1:21:16 > 1:21:18Read out the first couple of lines.
1:21:18 > 1:21:21We go line by line, out loud, see if there's a better way, a shorter way.
1:21:21 > 1:21:24No. Come on. Tomorrow.
1:21:24 > 1:21:27I've waited years for this, goddammit.
1:21:27 > 1:21:31- Let's do some work together. - I think we should get some sleep.
1:21:31 > 1:21:34- Not until we talk about the proof! - I don't want to.
1:21:34 > 1:21:39Goddammit, open the goddamn book! Read me the lines!
1:21:59 > 1:22:05"Let X equal the quantity of all quantities of X."
1:22:05 > 1:22:09"Let X equal the cold."
1:22:09 > 1:22:12"It is cold in December."
1:22:12 > 1:22:17"The months of cold equal November through February."
1:22:17 > 1:22:22"There are four months of cold and four of heat,
1:22:22 > 1:22:26leaving four months of indeterminate temperature."
1:22:26 > 1:22:29"In February it snows."
1:22:29 > 1:22:33"In March the lake is a lake of ice."
1:22:33 > 1:22:38"In September the students come back and the bookstores are full."
1:22:38 > 1:22:44"Let X equal the month of full bookstores."
1:22:44 > 1:22:48"The number of books approaches infinity
1:22:48 > 1:22:52as the number of months of cold approaches four."
1:22:52 > 1:22:59"I will never be as cold now as I will in the future."
1:22:59 > 1:23:03"The future of cold is infinite."
1:23:05 > 1:23:10"The future of heat is the future of cold."
1:23:12 > 1:23:16"The bookstores are infinite
1:23:16 > 1:23:20and so are never full except in September."
1:23:39 > 1:23:41I'm exhausted.
1:24:51 > 1:24:55I can't wait to get back to the coffee at home.
1:24:55 > 1:24:59We have a place where we buy all our coffee. They roast it themselves.
1:24:59 > 1:25:04They have an old roaster. You can smell it on the street.
1:25:04 > 1:25:08You can smell it from our place, four storeys up. It's wonderful.
1:25:08 > 1:25:13"Manhattan's best." Some magazine wrote it up.
1:25:13 > 1:25:18(LAUGHS) I mean, who knows? But it's very good.
1:25:18 > 1:25:22I think... I'm actually gonna give up coffee
1:25:22 > 1:25:26- cos it's bad for my nerves. - Catherine.
1:25:27 > 1:25:29Catherine!
1:25:49 > 1:25:53'How many days have I lost?'
1:25:57 > 1:26:01'How can I get back to the place where I started?'
1:26:05 > 1:26:11'I'm outside a house, trying to find my way in.'
1:26:11 > 1:26:16'But it is locked and the blinds are down
1:26:16 > 1:26:18and I've lost the key.'
1:26:18 > 1:26:23'And I can't remember what the rooms look like or where I put anything.'
1:26:27 > 1:26:33'And if I dare go in inside, I wonder...
1:26:33 > 1:26:38will I ever be able to find my way out?'
1:27:13 > 1:27:17Sometimes in my head I think it works, and then...
1:27:17 > 1:27:20sometimes I just think it's...
1:27:20 > 1:27:23crazy.
1:27:23 > 1:27:26There's nothing wrong with you.
1:27:28 > 1:27:31I think I'm like my dad.
1:27:33 > 1:27:35I think you are, too.
1:27:39 > 1:27:42I'm afraid I'm like my dad. (CRIES)
1:27:42 > 1:27:44You are not him.
1:27:44 > 1:27:49- Maybe I will be. - Maybe, and maybe you'll be better.
1:27:54 > 1:27:57It was like...
1:27:58 > 1:28:00..connecting dots.
1:28:02 > 1:28:05Some nights I could connect three or four of them,
1:28:05 > 1:28:10and some nights they'd be really far apart.
1:28:10 > 1:28:15I'd have no idea how to get to the next one, if there was the next one.
1:28:16 > 1:28:20It just seems really stitched together and lumpy.
1:28:20 > 1:28:23Dad's stuff was way more elegant.
1:28:23 > 1:28:27Talk me through it and tell me what's bothering you.
1:28:28 > 1:28:35You got a bit of ground to make up, Dobbs. You know that?
1:28:40 > 1:28:43And there's no way to prove that I wrote it.
1:28:45 > 1:28:49No. But we could sit down, we could talk it through
1:28:49 > 1:28:53and determine if you couldn't have.
1:29:21 > 1:29:26'If I go back to the beginning I could start it over again.'
1:29:26 > 1:29:28Here.
1:29:28 > 1:29:31- 'I could go line by line.' - OK.
1:29:31 > 1:29:34'Try and find a shorter way.'
1:29:34 > 1:29:39- There are a lot of... - 'I could try to make it... better.'
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