Remember Sunday Page #8

- Welcome back, Dr. Gillenwater.

- Welcome home, Gus.

We have been pretty busy down here, lately.

Ruth called to see if I was

ever coming home. Here we go.

It's still raw data, plenty of crunching to do,

but, uh, I think you'll find this interesting.

Frida, uh, give us a graphic.

- Here it comes.

- Hang on to your hat.

- What's it doing?

- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...

- I-i... is this verifiable?

- So far so good!

And if it holds up, it's a definite game changer.

That's your data, Gus.

That's my data?

- The Quintessence?

- She gave it to us! Molly.

- When she called and set this up.

- Oh, I didn't...

I-I mean I did send them your

paper. It looked finished, what do I know?

Ha, ha. That's a lovely understatement.

Because if this data is correct,

we have just found a way to

directly measure dark energy in the universe.

- And if we can do that...

- Then we'll know the fate of the universe.

We call it, The Gillenwater Effect.

Hope that's OK.

That's what the world will call it, Gus.

This is one for the ages.

Ah, no, hey! Hey, no. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you, guys. Thank you all!

Honey, thank you.

Once upon a time... not too long ago, actually.

The greats, like, like Hubble, and even Einstein

stood, exactly there where

you're standing, right now.

And they used this exact telescope... to alter

- our view of the universe, forever. Yeah.

- Wow!

- Oh, you're shiverin'! Are you freezin'?

- No, it's, it's not the cold.

- Yeah, come on, it's the cold.

- I mean, it's a little, cold.

Ha, ha, ha, ha. Here we go!

- Thanks.

- Uh, huh.

So, what are we seeing? What

am I looking at, right now?

It would be the combined light of

about a trillion stars, usually.

I could do that forever.

Actually, you could, because the universe,

isn't just expanding, it's accelerating.

It simply cannot end. We know that now.

- It's forever. It's pretty comforting, right?

- The Gillenwater Effect.

- Remember to ask.

- Ask what?

Gus! Thank goodness you're still here.

I was hoping we could go through

a few questions before you go.

- Oh...

- Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.

- Go ahead, I'll meet you back at the car.

- OK.

- Hi, there.

- Hi!

- Did you enjoy your visit?

- Oh! Yeah, yeah, the

- facility is just beautiful! That telescope!?...

- It's really something, isn't it?

Doesn't get much use any more, but...

- Well, good night.

- Uh, look I just needed to thank you.

- Oh, sure. Uh, for what?

- For Gus.

For bringing him here and helping him...

I'm Molly Branford. I'm... I don't

know if we've met, I'm sorry...

No, no, I was told you and

Gus might be here today,

I just thought that I should stay out of the way.

I'm Lauren... Reynolds. Did he ever mention me?

Oh... uh... well... we worked here

together and... we were engaged.

Wow... uh...

I-I... I figured, uh, there must have

been someone, but I... I didn't know.

What-what happened?

We were in love, and he had the aneurysm and...

and I tried... for months.

His sister finally decided to bring him back

home, I... and I really wanted to go...

It's just that, ultimately, I couldn't.

- You left him.

- But not because of him! Because...

I want children. We could have kids! It's...

- well, he just won't know who they are.

- Right.

Maybe don't say we ran into each other.

Uh, it's probably better that way.

I'm sorry. It's so good to have met you, Molly.

Me, too.

- Hey!

- Hi!

- Are you OK? What's wrong?

- I'm fine!

Do you wake up every morning,

expecting to be here...

with your work and all your friends?

I wake up every morning unsure of... anything.

- Molly, I want to try with that surgery.

- You do?

- Gus, that's...

- But, Mo-Molly, Molly!

If the surgery doesn't work... I need you to...

promise me something, OK?

I need you to promise me,

that you'll forget about me

- and erase yourself from my life.

- What? No!

Listen! Just listen to me, OK?

When I'm with you everything seems right.

I just, I wish that was enough. You know?

I will never remember you, in the morning

and you deserve better than that.

So this is the only way that I'll do it.

It's that or nothing.

Promise me, Molly.

Will you promise me?

Thanks.

- Hey! Hi!

- Hey sis!

- Let us help you!

- I got it.

Hey, um, I'm sorry, were

we supposed to meet you?

No. I knew you went away with

your cruise director, here, and

arranged to do some software

upgrades on your new computer.

I'll be back tomorrow and go over it with you.

Where did you go?

Uhmm, Mount Wilson.

Hey, will you pop these in my trunk?

It's the green VW Bug, in the alley?.

- Wanna throw that on, babe?

- Yeah.

Be right back!

- He's a piece of work, but you gotta love him.

- Yeah.

- And I really do.

- Listen, I should warn you.

Don't count on him getting better.

That hospital brochure that was upstairs?

What's up with that?

Gus is interested.

- There's this new surgical technique?

- Yes, they have it at UCLA.

And it's not that new. They did the

procedure on Gus, 2 years ago.

- It didn't work.

- Gus... already had the surgery?

Molly, if you really love him, you

have to do it with your eys open.

Because it's possible that he

will never, ever, get better.

All set!

Take care.

See you tomorrow.

- Hi, Gus!

- Hi...

- It's me, Max.

- Oh!

- You got that five bucks you owe me?

- Keep your wallet in your pocket.

- Tell him you're kidding, Max.

- I'm just kiddin'.

OK, heh, heh. Bye!

Comin', Molly?

Yeah.

Wednesday - Jog, water bottle, breakfast.

Smile at strangers.

propose to Molly.

Good mornin', New Orleans! Another

beautiful day in the cresent city!

Hey! What's up, Gene? Good morning, Mike.

High pressure, out in the Gulf will bring

us sunny skies and starlit evenings.

Read this file

Read me every morning

Wednesday - Jog, water bottle, breakfast.

Smile at strangers.

The boy upstairs is named Max.

You don't owe him $5

Looking good!

- Jerry?

- We've been doin' this for six weeks, now.

- We have?

- Can I shout it into your recorder?

- Put, Jerry joins me every morning on to-do list!

- OK, OK, OK, you don't have to yell...jeez!

You look good, though. It's payin' off!

Brenda's giving me another

chance, I'd like to keep in shape!

You and Brenda broke up?

Ha, ha, ha, ha! I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

It's in my notes!

Uh, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Hey, Sam!

Ardis decided we needed

cleaner air at the store.

Bought a bunch of plants. Had a few

extras, so, uh... have a peace lily.

- Hm, hm... OK, thanks.

- I, uh, came here to tell you something.

You know with the, uh, cleaner

air came a cleaner store.

We rearranged the rugs and... cabinets, and...

In one of the drawers, I found this.

The blue diamond.

- It was stuck, way in the back.

- Wow! That's cool!

It's great!

So, uh, will you come... work for me again?

Yeah! Yuh, OK, great! So, tomorrow?

- 10 AM?

- Yeah, on the dot! I'll make a note!

- Great, you do that.

- Great. Thank you.

- Red roses?

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