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...a contemplative Brad, sitting in the corner.

Seeing Troy, Brad rises and gives him a heartfelt embrace.

He clutches Troy tight - smelling his hair.

The other PARENTS and STUDENTS turn. Troy is thrown.

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117 EXT. HARVARD CAMPUS - LATER 117

Troy and Brad exit the campus toward Harvard Square.

TROY:

Well, aren’t you gonna even ask me

how it went?

Brad stops and turns.

BRAD:

Right, right. Yeah! How’d it go?

TROY:

(grins)

Really good. He said Jerome

Backaly already called him - and

told him I was talented and to payattention to my application. Isn’t

that awesome?

BRAD:

That’s great, Troy! Awesome! I

knew you would!

Brad gives Troy a big high-five. Troy grins.

Brad then hails down a passing TAXI.

118 INT. TAXI - TRAVELING - DAY 118

Brad and Troy sit in silence in the back of the cab.

smiling to himself.

He looks over and notices Brad’s uneasy expression.

TROY:

Dad?

Troy is

BRAD:

Troy, I don’t want to like lay atrip on you but...

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BRAD (cont'd)

just so you know - if anything bad

ever happened - to you - whatever

capacity I have left to feel joy...

Brad is about to choke up. He then shakes his head.

BRAD:

Only good things are gonna happen

to you. Only good things.

Brad musters a sweet smile.

Troy looks at his dad, slightly concerned, then turns to the

window - his smile soon returns.

119 EXT. TUFTS UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS OFFICE - DAY 119

Brad and Troy walk up the stairs of the Admissions Building.

120 INT. TUFTS ADMISSIONS OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 120

Brad and Troy approach the RECEPTIONIST.

BRAD:

Hey - I’m Brad Sloan and this is my *

son, Troy. He had an interview

this morning - but we, uh, had to

miss it, unfortunately. Is there

any way he could still sit with

somebody?

RECEPTIONIST:

(looks at computer)

I’m not sure...

BRAD:

I’m an alumni, actually. Class of

‘90.

RECEPTIONIST:

Oh?

BRAD:

And a donor.

Troy covers his face, embarrassed.

RECEPTIONIST:

I’ll have to check the schedule.

I’ll do my best.

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BRAD:

Thank you. Go Jumbos.

RECEPTIONIST:

Meanwhile our next tour is about to

leave, if you’d like to join...

TROY:

Okay, cool.

They step away from the desk. Brad turns to Troy.

BRAD:

Hey, Troy - while you’re on the

tour - I might go visit one of my

old professors.

TROY:

Oh, yeah? Okay.

BRAD:

He was like my mentor - I told you

about him.

TROY:

Yeah, yeah. Do it. Go.

BRAD *

It seems like you’re eager to get *

rid of me.

TROY *

What? *

BRAD *

(smiles amused) *

Are you embarrassed of me? You *

embarrassed of your dad? *

TROY:

(smiles, sheepishly)

Me? No. Never.

BRAD *

Well, it seems like it. You think *

I’m gonna make a scene or *

something? *

(off TROY’S head shake) *

I would never intentionally *

embarrass you. *

TROY *

Good. Thanks. *

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Brad smiles and gives Troy a kiss on the forehead, then heads *

out.

As he goes, he calls out to the ADMISSIONS STAFF.

BRAD:

(points to TROY)

You have a legacy here, people!

And a genius! F.Y.I.!

Brad gives Troy a mischievous wink, then exits the building.

Troy flushes red, shaking his head.

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121 INT. COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES - DAY 121

Brad scans the DIRECTORY OF OFFICES by the entrance.

He finds - “Professor Connor - Room 107”.

Brad heads off, down the hall.

122 INT. COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER

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Brad approaches Room 107 and peers inside. The office seems

to be in transition. There are moving boxes on the shelves

and on the floor.

A FEMALE PROFESSOR - around Brad’s age - is at the desk. She

looks up from her laptop.

BRAD:

Uh, hi. I’m an old student of

Professor Connor’s. I was hoping

to see him. Is he...?

FEMALE PROFESSOR

Oh, you just missed him.

BRAD:

He just left?

FEMALE PROFESSOR

No. I’m sorry to say, he died.

Just a few weeks ago.

BRAD:

He did? His name’s still on the...

directory.

FEMALE PROFESSOR

I know - we need to change that. I

just got in here.

BRAD:

How did he... die?

FEMALE PROFESSOR

He had a stroke. And he never

recovered.

BRAD:

Oh. That’s sad.

FEMALE PROFESSOR

Yes.

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BRAD:

He was a great teacher.

FEMALE PROFESSOR

He was a sweet man.

BRAD:

(after a beat)

Well, have a nice day.

FEMALE PROFESSOR

Thanks. You, too.

Brad heads out. The Professor returns to her work.

123 EXT. TUFTS CAMPUS - DAY 123

Brad wanders the campus, lost in thought.

After a moment, we HEAR:

NARRATOR:

Brad thought about the events of

the morning and felt a sudden

clarity. How ridiculous it was for

him to be jealous - or insecure

about his place.

Brad watches TWO STUDENTS - a young, attractive couple - walk

past, holding hands. They are in love.

NARRATOR:

What a waste of energy to resent

other people’s few pleasures.

Brad watches them go.

A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, looking harried and stressed, is next to

approach.

NARRATOR:

How stingy and mean - when everyone

struggles.

Brad gives her a consoling smile, as she passes.

124 INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DAY 124

A distressed Jason Hatfield sits in a hallway, waiting for

news. His Wife can be seen, talking to a DOCTOR in the b.g.

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NARRATOR:

He pictured his friends in theirprivate, anxious moments. No one

is immune to pain.

Jason nervously cracks his knuckles.

125 EXT. TUFTS CAMPUS - DAY 125

Brad walks, then stops to look at...

...a MEMORIAL PLAQUE, commemorating a departed UniversityPresident.

NARRATOR:

Brad’s thoughts then turned todeath. The great equalizer.

Brad studies the memorial, closely.

126 INT. COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES OFFICE - DAY 126

DIPLOMAS and DEGREES for “ROBERT CONNOR” have been placedinto various boxes on the shelves to be taken away.

In one box, we SEE a PHOTO of the distinguished, oldPROFESSOR shaking some important person’s hand.

NARRATOR:

His professor gone - without atrace - a brilliant man with a

unique mind - and at theinstitution he had given his wholelife to - already replaced.

We SEE now the Female Professor - she types blithely away ather computer.

127 INT. BRAD’S PARENTS’ HOUSE -OFFICE - DAY 127 *

A HOSPICE NURSE tends to Brad’s dying dad.

NARRATOR:

He imagined the moment his fatherwould die - and what his legacywould vanish.

On a nearby couch, Melanie holds Brad’s hand in hers,

comforting him.

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