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You're probably right,

That book I stole?

I'm starting to think it's the only lucid one,

and there's no math in it,

No,

I mean, I'll keep reading,

but if I can't find anything

in the next couple of days...

Back to the hockey rink?

Yep,

And your own research,

Such as it is,

What's wrong with it?

The big ideas aren't there,

Well, it's not about big ideas,

It's... It's work,

You got to chip away at a problem,

- That's not what your dad did,

- I think it was, in a way,

I mean, he'd attack a problem from the

side, you know, from some weird angle,

Sneak up on it, grind away at it,

I don't know,

I don't know, I'm just guessing,

I enjoy teaching,

- You might come up with something,

- It's not gonna happen, I'm 26,

Remember the downward slope?

- Have you tried speed? I heard it helps,

- Yeah,

So...

This is my room,

Wow, You read a lot of math,

No, I read Cosmo.

That's just window dressing,

You're a mysterious person, Catherine,

You know that?

You want a drink?

I'm OK,

We never got

to celebrate your birthday,

OK,

Um...

I'm sorry, I just...

I'm a little drunk,

It's OK,

I'm a little out of practice,

I always liked you,

- You did?

- But then I thought:

"You don't flirt

with your doctoral adviser's daughter,"

Especially when your adviser's crazy?

Especially then,

I saw you at my dad's office once,

Do you remember?

I can't believe you remember that,

I remember you,

I thought that you seemed...

not boring,

Oh, I'm sorry,

Oh, I feel like

I'm gonna crack open like...

Like what?

An egg,

Or one of those really

smelly French cheeses

that ooze out everywhere

when you cut them,

Nice,

Catherine,

How long have you been up?

A while,

Is your sister up?

No,

Her flight leaves in a couple of hours,

I should probably wake her,

Let her sleep,

She did some serious drinking

with the theoretical physicists last night,

I'll make her some coffee

when she gets up,

Sunday mornings I usually go out,

get the paper, have some breakfast,

OK,

Do you wanna come?

Oh,

Well, I should probably stick around

until Claire leaves,

OK,

Do you mind if I stay?

No,

You can work if you want,

All right,

- Should I?

- You can if you want to,

- Do you want me to go?

- Do you wanna go?

- I wanna stay here with you,

- Oh,

Wanna spend the day with you,

if at all possible,

I wanna spend

as much time with you as I can,

unless I'm coming on way too strong

and scaring you,

in which case

I'll begin back-pedaling immediately,

How embarrassing is it if I say

last night was wonderful?

It's only embarrassing

if I don't agree,

So?

Don't be embarrassed,

What?

Here,

The drawer in the desk

in my dad's office,

What's in there?

Now?

- Good morning,

- Please, don't yell, Please,

- Are you all right?

- No,

- Theoretical physicists,

- What happened?

Thanks a lot for

leaving me alone with them,

That band,

Yeah,

- They were terrible,

- They were OK, They had fun, I think,

Well, as long as everybody had fun,

Your dress turned out all right,

- I love it,

- You do?

Yeah, It's wonderful,

- I was surprised you even wore it,

- I love it, Claire,

Thanks,

You're welcome,

Well, you're in a good mood,

- Should I not be?

- Are you kidding? No, I'm thrilled,

It's just... I...

Hold on a second, Katie,

I just...

- I'm leaving soon, and...

- I know, You said,

I would still like you

to come to New York,

Yes, January,

I would like you to move to New York,

Move?

You could stay with me and Mitch at first,

and then you could get your own place,

I've already scouted some apartments

for you, Really cute places,

What would I do in New York?

You could do whatever you want, You

could work, You could go back to school,

I don't know, Claire,

this is pretty major,

I realize that,

I know you mean well, OK?

Well, to be honest,

you were right yesterday,

It's been a pretty weird couple of years,

and I think I'd just like to take some time

and figure things out,

But it would be much easier for me to get

you set up in an apartment in New York,

I don't need an apartment,

I'll stay in the house,

We're selling the house,

What?

I'm hoping to do the paperwork this week,

I know that seems sudden,

No one was here looking at the place,

Who are you selling it to?

The university,

They've wanted it back for years,

I live here,

Come to New York,

We'll have so much fun,

- I don't believe this,

- It would be so good,

You deserve a change, This would be

a whole new adventure for you,

- Why are you doing this?

- I want to help,

By kicking me out of my house?

- This is my house, too,

- Please! You haven't lived here for years,

I know that, You were on your own, I really

regret that, Katie, And now I want to help,

You wanna help now?

Yes,

Dad is dead,

- I know,

- He's dead,

Now that he's dead, you fly in for

the weekend and decide you wanna help?

You're late, Where have you been?

Where were you five years ago?

- I was working,

- I was here,

I lived with him alone,

I was working 14-hour days,

I paid off the mortgage on this house while

living in a studio apartment in Brooklyn,

You had a life,

You got to finish school,

- You could've finished school,

- How?

I told you a million times

to do anything you wanted,

- And what about Dad?

- He was ill,

He should've been in a full-time

professional care situation,

He didn't belong in the nuthouse,

- He might have been better off,

- He needed to be here in his own house,

near everything

that made him happy,

Maybe,

Or maybe some real professional care

would have done him more good

than rattling around in this mausoleum

with you looking after him,

What about his remission? Three years

ago, he was healthy for almost a year,

- Then he went downhill again,

- He might have been worse in a hospital,

He might have been better,

Did he ever do any work again?

- No,

- No, And you might have been better,

Better... than what?

You had so much talent,

You think I'm like Dad,

I think you have some of his talent

and some of his tendency

toward instability,

Claire,

In addition to the cute apartments

that you've scouted for me in New York,

have you by any chance devoted

some of your considerable energies

towards scouting out another type of living

facility for your bughouse little sister?

No, Absolutely not,

That is not what this is about,

Don't lie to me, Claire,

- The resources that I've investigated...

- My God,

If you wanted, All I'm saying is, the doctors

and the people in New York are the best,

- Jesus!

- You wouldn't have to live...

- I hate you!

- Don't yell,

I hate you!

What are you doing here?

How long have you known about this?

A while,

Why didn't you tell me about it?

I wasn't sure if I wanted to,

Thank you,

You're welcome,

- What's going on?

- Catherine, thank you,

- I thought you might like to see it,

- What is it?

- It's incredible,

- What is it?

Oh, it's a result, a proof,

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