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you know that?

Yes. But pizza-

Now, pizza I have

enormous respect for.

And of course beer.

I have respect for beer.

I have respect for beer!

Good evening, Neils.Hey, Nash.

Who's winning? You or you?

Evening, Nash.Hey, guys.

Hey, Nash.

He's looking

at you for sure.

Hey, Nash.

Neils is trying

to get your attention.

You're joking. Oh, no.

Go with God.

Come back a man.

Fortune favors the brave.

Bombs away.

Gentlemen, might I remind you

that my odds of success...

dramatically improve

with each attempt.

This is going

to be classic.

Maybe you want

to buy me a drink.

I don't exactly know

what I'm required to say...

in order for you

to have intercourse with me,

but could we assume

that I said all that?

Essentially we're talking

about fluid exchange, right?

So, could we just

go straight to the sex?

Oh, that was sweet.

Have a nice night,

a**hole!

Ladies, wait!

l-

I especially liked

the bit about fluid exchange.

It was really charming.

Walk with me, John.

I've been meaning

to talk with you.

The faculty is completing

mid-year reviews.

We're deciding which placement

applications to support.

Wheeler, sir.

That would be

my first choice.

And actually,

I don't really have

a second choice, sir.

John, your fellows

have attended classes.

They've written papers.

They've published.

I'm still searching, sir,

for my-

Your original idea, I know.

Governing dynamics, sir.

It's very clever, John,

but I'm afraid...

it's just not nearly

good enough.

May l?

Thank you.

I've been working

on manifold embedding.

My bargaining stratagems

are starting to show

some promise.

If you could just

arrange another meeting,

if you'd be kind enough,

with Professor Einstein-

I've repeatedly asked

you for that.

Now, John.

I'd be able to show him

my revisions on his-

John? John.

Do you see what they're

doing in there?

Congratulations. Thank you so much.

Congratulations,

Professor Max.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

It's the pens.

Reserved for a member

of the department...

that makes the achievement

of a lifetime.

Now, what do you see, John?

Recognition.

Well done, Professor.

Well done.

Well, try seeing

accomplishment.

Is there a difference?

John,

you haven't focused.

I'm sorry,

but up to this point,

your record doesn't warrant

any placement at all.

Good day.

And my compliments

to you, sir.

Thank you so much.

I can't see it.

- Aah!

-Jesus Christ, John.

I can't fail.

This is all I am.

Come on, let's go out.

I got to get

something done.

John!

- I can't keep

staring into space.

-John, enough!

Got to face the wall,

follow their rules,

read their books,

You want to do

some damage? Fine-

But don't mess around.

do their classes.

Come on!

Go on, bust your head!

Kill yourself.

Don't do it.

Don't mess around.

Bust your head!

Go on,

bust that worthless head

wide open.

Goddamn it, Charles!

What the hell is your problem?!

It's not my problem.

And it's not your problem.

It's their problem.

Your answer isn't

face the wall.

It's out there...

where you've been working.

That was heavy.

That Isaac Newton fellow

was right.

He was onto something.

Clever boy.

Don't worry, that's mine.

I'll come and get it in a minute.

Oh, God.

Incoming, gentlemen.Ay-yi-yi.

Deep breaths.

Nash, you might

want to stop...

shuffling your papers

for five seconds.

I will not buy

you gentlemen beer.

Oh, we're not here

for beer, my friend.

Oh.

Does anyone else feel

she should be moving

in slow motion?

Will she want

a large wedding, ya think?

Shall we say swords,

gentlemen?

Pistols at dawn?

Have you remembered nothing?

Recall the lessons

of Adam Smith,

the father

of modern economics.

"In competition...

individual ambition

serves the common good."

- Exactly.

- Every man for himself, gentlemen.

And those who strike out

are stuck with her friends.

I'm not gonna strike out.

You can lead a blonde to water,

but you can't make her drink.

- I don't think he said that.

- Nobody move-

She's looking over here.

She's looking at Nash.

Oh, God. He may have

the upper hand now,

but wait until he

opens his mouth.

Remember the last time?

Oh, yes, that was one

for the history books.

- Adam Smith needs revision.

- What are you talking about?

If we all go for the blonde,

we block each other.

Not a single one of us

is gonna get her.

So then we go

for her friends,

but they will all

give us the cold shoulder...

because nobody likes

to be second choice.

Well, what if no one goes

for the blonde?

We don't get

in each other's way,

and we don't insult

the other girls.

That's the only way we win.

That's the only

way we all get laid.

Adam Smith said...

the best result comes...

from everyone

in the group doing...

what's best

for himself, right?

That's what he

said, right?

Right.

Incomplete.

Incomplete, okay?

Because the best result

will come...

from everyone

in the group...

doing what's best

for himself...

and the group.

Nash, if this is some way

for you to get the blonde

on your own,

you can go to hell.

Governing dynamics.

Governing dynamics.

Adam Smith...

was wrong.

Oh, here we go. Careful, careful.

Thank you.

"C" of "S" equals "C" of "T."

You do realize this

flies in the face...

of a 1 50 years

of economic theory?

Yes, I do, sir.

That's rather presumptuous,

don't you think?

It is, sir.

Well, Mr. Nash,

with a breakthrough

of this magnitude,

I'm confident you will get

any placement you like.

Wheeler Labs,

they'll ask you to recommend

two team members.

Yes!

Stills and Frank

are excellent choices.

Sol and Bender, sir.

Sol and Bender are

extraordinary mathematicians.

Has it occurred to you

that Sol and Bender...

might have plans

of their own?

We made it!

Wheeler, we made it!

Cheers, cheers, cheers!

To- Oh! Oh!

Okay, awkward moment,

gentlemen.

Umm...

Hmm.

Governing dynamics.

Congratulations, John.

Thanks.

Toast!

To Wheeler Labs!

To Wheeler!

General, the analyst

from Wheeler Lab is here.

Dr. Nash, your coat?

Thank you, sir.

Doctor. General, this is

Wheeler team leader

Dr. John Nash.

Glad you could

come, Doctor.

Hello.

Right this way.

We've been intercepting

radio transmissions

from Moscow.

The computer can't

detect a pattern,

but I'm sure

it's code.

Why is that, General?

Ever just know

something, Dr. Nash?

Constantly.

We've developed several ciphers.

If you'd like to review

our preliminary data...

Doctor?

I need a map.

Starkey Corners, Maine.

Prairie Portage,

Minnesota.

These are latitudes

and longitudes.

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