Adam Page #4

I thought it might be helpful.

Are you offended?

No.

'Cause I was just trying to help.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Try to be careful.

I had my heart broken by a big jerk recently.

I need time to take things slowly.

What did he do?

While we were together,

he slept with other women.

Not together together,

but while we were in the relationship.

Oh.

So, I need to take things slowly.

- No sex.

- Right.

- Kissing.

- Yes.

- Holding.

- Yes.

And no sex.

Is that all right?

Yes.

It's only been a month!

How long it should be before you meet Adam

is not written in scripture, Daddy.

You've justYou made that up.

Don't worry about me. I'm fine.

Has there been any more news

on the on the court

Okay.

Okay. Sure.

I will. I'll tell him.

Okay. I love you, Daddy. Bye.

You can stay for an hour.

You might even have fun.

Well, I'd have fun at home.

It's not the gates of hell, Adam.

It's my friends.

- You look great.

- You've gotta meet the baby.

Her name is Ling Yao,

which means beautiful jade treasure.

- That's beautiful.

- Don't you think?

I mean, really, she is young enough.

We could call her anything.

- Her name is Ling Yao.

- That's what I said.

- Well, that's who she was when we got her.

- Oh, she's asleep.

- I know. Look at her.

- Yeah, she is.

We have a video, of course.

Would you like to see the video?

No, thank you. Where's the bathroom?

Down the hall, second right.

I'd love to see the video.

- Oh, so now you're an expert.

- Oh, come on.

Tory, you don't have to know a lot about Islam...

to understand hunger or

or anger or desperation. I mean

We don't understand who these people are,

how how they think.

I don't understand people from New Jersey.

Look, either you believe that human beings

share some basic similarities...

or you just throw the towel in.

Buying a telescope is a complicated decision.

- You should focus on your interests.

- No pun intended.

- What?

- Focus?

Right. A-Are you interested

in the solar system moon, planets, et cetera?

Or deeper space-nebulae, star clusters, galaxies.

Then you want a much larger lens

with a Dobsonian mount.

- The eight-bar refractors

go up to 180 millimeters.

- Hi, Adam.

Hi. Michael's looking for a telescope

to buy for her cottage in Kerhonkson.

For deep space in a static position...

you could really think about

some bigger reflectors

Have Have you heard too much about telescopes?

No. No.

It's just some of what you're saying

is going right over my head.

Oh. Okay. Well, I'll start over.

Three basic considerations.

- Kind of lens.

- Come say good-bye to Robin and Jen with me.

All right.

- Thank you for the information.

- Oh, you're welcome.

- It's a very big decision.

- Nice to meet you, Michael.

And you.

Wow.

I remember the other kids...

chattering away before school or...

at parties whispering to one another...

and I'd always wonder

what they were talking about.

Looked so easy.

One, then the other.

Laugh, laugh, laugh.

New topic. Start again.

I started outlining my new book.

- Really excited.

- Well, that's good.

You're going to be the first person I thank...

in my Newberry Award speech.

It's an award for children's books.

No, I know what a Newberry Award is.

Are you still gonna make them talk?

Mm-hmm. They're gonna be

a typical New York family...

except they live in the park,

and they're raccoons.

Okay. Your turn.

I think the father is gonna be in advertising.

Instead of making stuff up...

why couldn't you write about the real raccoons?

Because it's a children's book,

not a nature book.

Well, I'd probably like the nature book better.

Yeah, you probably would.

What? I didn't mean

This is what I meant.

Oh.

Um...

do you, um

do you want sex?

I think I do.

You said you needed time.

Well, then take it very, very slowly.

This isn't fair.

What's fair? It's a small manipulation.

- What, you aren't curious?

- Of course.

But if he isn't ready to meet us.

Yeah, well, sometimes

you gotta give "ready" a little push.

- Beth?

- Honey!

Daddy! Mom! What?

YouWhat are you doing here?

- We're seeing the play.

- But I thought you

- What?

- Hi, honey.

I thought we had your tickets.

No, we were going with the Pierces,

and they couldn't make it.

Come on! We're not ogres.

At least Becky isn't.

- This is Beth's mother, Rebecca. I'm Marty.

- Oh.

- We've heard so much about you.

- Oh, you have?

- Yeah.

- Lovely to meet you, Adam.

Oh, thank you.

- Me and my little girl, we are thick as thieves.

- Hi, Daddy.

Hi, sweetie. I just couldn't wait any longer.

We rarely go off-Broadway.

I didn't even know this theater still existed.

Oh, the Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest

continuously running theater off-Broadway.

Um It was converted

from a box factory in 1924...

and-and then in the '20s and '30s and '40s...

it presented the work of writers

such as F. Scott Fitzgerald...

John Dos Passos, Eugene O'Neill.

I used to bone up on conversation topics, too,

when I had a date.

- Marty!

- Ask Becky.

From 1951 to 1953, uh...

Julian Beck and Judith Malina's

Living Theatre was based here.

Oh, oh! In 1952, Judith Malina chased

a fire marshal down the street...

with a spear from her production of Ubu Roi.

Um, Endgame, by Samuel Beckett,

had its American premiere here in 1957...

followed by other new works such as Happy Days,

also by Beckett, in 1962...

Dutchman, in 1964, by LeRoiJones...

The Happy journey to Trenton and Camden

by Thornton Wilder in 196

B-But that that's enough

about the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Wh-What about the '7 0s?

- Well, in 1971, Godspell opened and then in 197

- Adam, Daddy's joking.

Oh. Oh.

- I'm sorry.

- No, no.

History is always very interesting.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please take your seats.

- Come on. In we go.

Shall we?

Oh, they're dying to go to trial

and get their pictures in the paper.

Well, it's-it's written all over them.

- What does Mr. Beranbaum say?

- He's a lawyer. He's paid to worry.

Bottom line, if the feds push this

all the way to trial, we settle.

- Right?

- He He's sure they'll settle.

That's why you don't have to be there.

- You said it would help if we showed our support.

- You had to tell her that.

Your father's right. You have work.

Mom, I'm covered at work.

I'm coming. I need to be there for you.

What are you accused of, Mr. Buchwald?

I'm accused of trying to help a friend.

That's what I'm accused of.

- Beth's Uncle Eric-

- Eric Cooper.

- made his daughter, Jennifer,

C.F.O. of his company.

- But she's qualified, right?

- I mean, she went to Wharton.

- Yes. She's qualified.

Uncle Eric's not really my uncle.

He's an old friend of Daddy's,

and Jennifer is his daughter.

She's young. She made a few mistakes.

I carried them over from one year to the next...

made her look a little better,

even to her own father.

It wasn't even a hard call to make,

but now they all think they've uncovered Enron.

- Could you go to jail?

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