A Beautiful Mind Page #6

I can't find it.

It's gone.

You see, the nightmare

of schizophrenia...

is not knowing

what's true.

Imagine...

if you had suddenly learned

that the people and the places...

and the moments

most important to you...

were not gone, not dead,

but worse-

had never been.

What kind of hell

would that be?

Administering

insulin.

How often?

Five times a week

for 1 0 weeks.

John always spoke so fondly

of being here at Princeton.

And Hansen is running

the department now.

So he keeps reminding us,

and reminding us.

Yeah.

John won't come near

the campus, though.

I think he's ashamed.

Hey. Hey.

Want this?

So, Alicia, how-

how are you holding up?

Well, the delusions

have passed.

They're saying

with the medication...

and low stress

environment-

No, l- I mean,

how are you?

I think often

what I feel...

is obligation.

Or guilt

over wanting to leave.

Rage against John,

against God and-

But...

then I look at him...

and I force myself to see

the man that I married.

And he becomes that man.

He's transformed

into someone that I love.

And I'm transformed

into someone who loves him.

It's not all the time,

but...

it's enough.

I think John is

a very lucky man...

Alicia.

So unlucky.

This is us. This is it?

It's nice.

It's near where I work.

John? You've a visitor.

Hi.

Hi.

I hope it's okay.

Hey ya, chief.

- Cigarette?

- Ah, no, thanks.

I quit, actually.

Hello.

Hey, John.

Have you met

Harvey?

Umm, l...

-John, there's no-

- Relax, it's okay.

There's no point

in being nuts if you can't

have a little fun.

Jesus Christ, John.

I should have known.

Here you go.

I can take those later.

You're supposed

to take them now.

- Can I bring you something?

- I'm okay.

Okay.

So, um... yeah.

I- I was in town...

giving a workshop.

I go back tonight.

You know, Bender,

he really wanted...

to stop by

and you know, see you.

You know, say hi.

Squeamish?

Yeah.

I suppose

I would be, too.

But alas,

I'm stuck with me.

I'm trying to solve

the Reimann hypothesis.

Uh-huh.

Oh, yeah?

I figured if-

if I dazzle them,

they will have

to reinstate me.

But it's difficult

with the medication,

because it's hard to...

see the solution.

You know, John,

you should go easy.

There are other

things besides-

besides work.

What are they?

Shh-hh.

Shh.

What are you

thinking about?

What do people do?

It's life, John.

Activities available,

just add meaning.

You could try

leaving the house.

You know, maybe...

talk to people.

You could try

taking out the garbage.

And there's some more-

there's some more in...

Who- Who were

you talking to?

Garbage man.

Garbage men don't come

at night.

I guess around here

they do.

Sorry.

Is it the medication?

I don't know

what to do.

My mother's

going to keep the baby

a little longer tonight.

I can get three hours

of overtime.

I'm going to bed.

- Good night.

- Good night.

It's good to see you, John.

It's been a while.

Parcher?

Yes, sir.

You're not real!

Of course I am.

Don't be ridiculous.

I don't think that I would

go that way, John.

It's time for you

to get back to work.

The bomb is in

its final position...

here in the U.S.

Knowing

your situation...

requires you keep

a low profile,

"Mohammed,"

we've brought

the mountain to you.

We've narrowed the bomb's

location to somewhere...

on the eastern seaboard.

But we haven't been able

to pinpoint its exact position.

Their codes have grown

increasingly complex.

Here, look at this, John.

What?

What?

- Dr. Rosen said-

- Rosen! That quack!

"Schizophrenic break

from reality," right?

Psychological bullshit!

Look at me, John.

John, look at me.

Do I look

like I'm imagined?

Wheeler has

no record of you.

Do you think we list

our personnel?

John, I'm sorry you had

to go through all this.

I've gone to a great deal

of trouble to get you back.

I can restore

your status at Wheeler.

I can let the world

know what you did.

But I need you now, soldier.

I was so scared

you weren't real.

There's a storm

coming.

I'm just going to grab

the laundry, okay?

I'll draw his bath.

It's okay.

Okay.

John?

I've almost got it!

Charles, you just

watch the baby.

I've got one more to close!

- No!

- I'll be right there.

- Oh, God.

I need a towel.

Shhh.

Charles was watching him.

He was okay.

There is no one here.

- Charles was watching him.

- There is no one here!

He's been injected

with a cloaking serum.

I can see him

because of a chemical...

that was released

into my bloodstream...

when my implant dissolved.

I couldn't tell you,

it was for your own protection!

Alicia!

- No!

- Hello, I need

Dr. Rosen's office, please.

You've got

to stop her, John.

You leave her out of this.

- Who are you talking to?

- It's not her fault.

-John.

- She'll compromise us again.

- No, she won't.

- You'll go back to the hospital.

-John, answer me!

- Countless people will die.

Alicia, please,

put the phone down.

- I can't let that happen.

- Yes, hello?

Hi, I need Dr. Rosen.

Is he in?

I'm sorry, John.

No-oo!

Alicia?

You know

what you have to do, Nash.

- Get away from me.

- She's too great a risk.

Get away!

I didn't mean

to hurt you!

Finish her.

She knows too much now.

Uncle John?

Take care of her,

you pathetic piece of sh*t,

or I'll take care of you.

John,

Christ, John,

please do what he says.

Move, soldier.

Now.

Uncle John?

John, please!

Now!

Alicia and Charles never

coexist in the same...

interactive field.

Alicia and Parcher...

- Let's play!

...Charles, and Marcee cannot

coexist with Alicia.

I understand.

She never gets old.

Marcee can't be real.

She never gets old.

You see them now?

Yes.

Why did you

stop your meds?

Because I couldn't

do my work.

I couldn't help

with the baby.

I couldn't-

I couldn't respond

to my wife.

You think that's better

than being crazy?

We'll need to start you

on a higher run...

of insulin shocks

and a new medication.

No.

There has

to be another way.

Schizophrenia is degenerative.

Some days maybe symptom-free,

but over time,

you are getting worse.

It's a problem.

That's all it is.

It's a problem

with no solution.

And that's what I do,

I solve problems.

That's what I do best.

This isn't math.

You can't come up

with a formula...

to change the way

you experience the world.

- All I have to do is apply my mind.

- There's no theorem, no proof.

- You can't reason

your way out of this.

- Why not? Why can't l?

Because your mind

is where the problem is

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