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last night and came to the house,

Yeah?

- Did you call the police last night?

- Yeah,

Why?

Because I thought

the house was being robbed,

- But it wasn't?

- No, I changed my mind,

The police told me you seemed

disoriented and abusive,

These guys were a**holes, Claire,

- They seemed perfectly nice,

- They wouldn't leave,

They wanted me to, like, fill out a report,

Were you abusive?

This one cop kept spitting on me

when he talked, It was disgusting,

Did you use the word "d*ckhead"?

I don't remember,

Did you tell one cop to go...

have sex with the other cop's mother?

No,

- That's what they said,

- Not with that phrasing,

- Did you strike one of them?

- They were trying to come into the house,

- Oh, my God,

- No! I might have pushed him a little,

- They said you seemed disturbed,

- They were trying to search my house!

- You called them,

- Yes,

But I didn't actually want them to come,

So why did you call?

Because I was trying

to get this guy out of the house,

- What is this man's name?

- Hal,

Harold, Harold Dobbs,

Because the police said

that you were the only person there,

- Because he left before they got there,

- With the notebooks?

No, Claire, don't be stupid,

There are over a hundred notebooks,

He was only stealing one,

But he was stealing it to give it back to me,

So I let him go so he could play with his

band on the north side, What about this?

- His band?

- He was late,

He wanted me to come with him,

I was like, "Yeah, right,"

Is Harold Dobbs your boyfriend?

No,

- Are you sleeping with him?

- Ew!

No, He's a math geek,

And he's in a band?

A rock band?

No, A marching band,

He plays trombone,

Yes, A rock band,

- What is the name of this band?

- How should I know?

Harold Dobbs didn't tell you

the name of his rock band?

No,

Well, is Harold Dobbs...?

- Stop saying "Harold Dobbs,"

- Is this person...?

- Harold Dobbs exists,

- I'm sure he does,

He's a mathematician at

the University of Chicago,

Call the freaking math department,

Mitch has become

an excellent cook, It's like his hobby now,

He buys all these gadgets:

Garlic press, olive oil sprayer,

Every night there's something new,

The other day he made vegetarian chili,

What are you talking about?

Stay with us for a while,

I'm OK here,

Chicago is dead,

New York is so much more fun,

Well, the fun thing is not really

where my head's at at the moment,

- You look so tired,

- I am,

- I just think you could use some downtime,

- Downtime?

Katie, please, you've had a hard time,

- I'm perfectly OK,

- I think you're upset and exhausted,

I was fine until you got here,

Wait,

Catherine!

Who is that?

Harold Dobbs!

Hi,

OK?

I really don't need this, Claire,

I'm fine, you know, I'm totally fine, And then

you show up here with these questions,

Like, "Are you OK?" with that

soothing tone of voice, And... Oh,

The poor policemen, I think

the policemen can handle themselves,

And bagels and bananas and jojoba,

And "Come to New York,"

And vegetarian chili!

I mean, it really pisses me off,

so just save it,

- I'm Claire, I'm Catherine's sister,

- Oh, hi, Hal, Nice to meet you,

So he had to go back

and fix the paper in galleys,

He pretty much held it

together with baling wire,

This is a man who,

back in the UK, at the age of 22,

basically invented the mathematical

techniques for studying rational behavior

and gave the astrophysicists plenty

to think about when he came over here,

Men like Robert Llewellyn

come into the world very rarely,

And we will miss the man...

intensely,

But... the work will endure,

I'm not on the program,

Wow,

I can't believe how many people are here,

I never knew he had this many friends,

Where have you all been

for the last five years?

I guess to you guys

he was already dead, right?

I mean, what's a great man

without his greatness?

Just some old guy,

So you probably wanna catch up

on what you missed out on,

Um...

He used to read all day,

He kept demanding more and more books,

I was getting them out of the library

by the carload, There were hundreds,

And then one day I realized

he wasn't reading,

He believed aliens

were sending him messages

through the Dewey decimal numbers

in the books,

He was trying to work out the code,

He used to shuffle around in his slippers,

He talked to himself,

He stank,

I had to make sure he bathed,

which was embarrassing,

Then he started writing

I got him this huge case of notebooks,

He used every one,

I dropped out of school,

You see, he was convinced that...

he was writing the most beautiful,

elegant proofs,

Proofs like music,

I'm glad he's dead,

Catherine,

Catherine,

Catherine,

Don't call the cops,

I can't believe I just said that,

No, it definitely pushed the envelope,

- I think I need to go home,

- Then I'll drive you,

No, that's OK,

I'm gonna walk,

It's a long walk,

Thanks,

Their day care is excellent,

We're starting to apply for preschools now,

which locks you into a commitment,

It does?

- Yeah,

- Yeah,

- Do you ever miss Chicago?

- No,

I mean, uh...

Um...

- No,

- You have the house now, though,

You and Mitch should move back

and fix it up,

You look great,

Claire gave it to me,

I... I like it,

It doesn't really fit,

Sure it does,

You can't prove it,

Well, I can try and disprove the opposite,

I can prove that it doesn't not fit,

How?

I could take a vote,

To your old man,

Hell of a guy,

Thank you,

Too bad he went nuts,

Hell of a guy anyway,

- What do you do?

- I'm a currency analyst,

I probably inherited

one thousandth of my father's talent,

- Are you a mathematician?

- Ooh, Christ, no,

Theoretical phys-physics,

- To the physicists,

- Drink up,

When do you think they'll leave?

No way to know,

Mathematicians are insane,

I went to this conference in Toronto last fall,

I have never been so exhausted in my life,

partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures,

- Drugs?

- Amphetamines mostly,

I don't, Some older guys, they're hooked,

They think they need it,

Why?

There's this fear that your creativity peaks

around 23, then it's all downhill from there,

That's what my dad thought,

I guess all the really original work,

it's... all young guys,

- Young guys?

- No, there are some women,

Really? Who?

There's a woman at Stanford,

I can't remember her name,

Sophie Germain?

Yeah, I think I've seen her at meetings,

but I don't think I've ever met her,

She was born in Paris in 1776,

Then I've definitely never met her,

Ah, I'm... Sophie Germain,

- I'm stupid, Germain primes,

- Right,

Double them, add one,

you get another prime,

Like two is prime,

double plus one is five, also prime,

Right,

Or 92,305 times two

to the 16,998th plus one,

Right,

That's the biggest one,

the biggest known one,

Coming through!

Oh, what the hell are they doing here?

OK,

Now we'd like to play a song

in tribute to a great man,

a great mathematician,

It's called "i,"

One, two, one, two, three...

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