Glen is singing!
- It's a stupid song, but he's singing. - He's wonderful!
- I'm very impressed, Doctor. - Anything that works, Edward.
Just a cut? It's five stitches. You stupid son-of-a...
She could've seriously hurt herself. In front of a parent, too. It's going to stop!
- I don't know what made her so upset. - I'm not letting you mess her up!
- She's not messed up. - I don't want to discuss this.
- Nobody fucks with my students. - She's a 25-year-old woman!
Nor with my employees. It's going to stop!
- She's quitting. - What?
She's quitting her job. She's moving in with me.
I see, she's going to be your maid now.
- Jesus Christ, Franklin. - James, James!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, that wasn't fair.
Not to Sarah, either.
- This kind of thing just doesn't work! - It's not like that.
This is us. This is Sarah and me!
I love her!
Sure, the kids made me happy. Is that against the law?
I don't hate you for not learning how to speak.
Sarah.
I love you.
I need you.
Where are your suitcases?
It's your suitcase.
You are moving in with me today.
Here.
I'm packing your clothes. You'll need some clothes.
Now it's your turn.
Screw your job. I've got mine.
You can do whatever you want.
Sarah, what do you want?
Me? You've got me. What else?
Children.
You want deaf children?
What do you want me to say? That I want deaf children?
No, I don't.
But if they were, that would be fine.
Could you get me some more, too?
I don't think she heard me.
Mr Leeds!
I don't think you're an asshole any more.
No. I think you're a dick-brain.
A dick-brain? That's fantastic. I got it right away.
- Yeah. Dick-brain! - Excellent. Good work!
Freeze!
- Favourite candy, Tony? - Chunky.
Good. Go!
- Freeze! Favourite animal, Lydia? - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A fine actor. Go!
Freeze! Favourite football player.
Johnny?
Thank you, Johnny. And favourite football hero.
- Cheryl? - Billy "White Shoes" Johnston.
Great choice. Go!
Are you ready?
No, Franklin will not expect you to speak. My God, you look so gorgeous.
I'll get it. That must be James.
James?
And Sarah!
Come in, please. Martha, Sarah's here, too.
- Did you teach her how to play poker? - No, she learned it out of a book.
About that time.
Sarah, it's good to see you again. You look...!
Here.
Right next to me.
No, no, no. No couples together. Come on, let's break it up.
Sarah, no cheating.
Don't start.
I've seen deaf people cheat like bandits.
Oh, yes. Those little signs that no one will see.
- Very funny, Franklin. - Don't listen to him.
With Jim, of course! Together you can clean up.
Jim won't cheat. He's not deaf.
That's very good! Very good, Sarah.
High card deals.
- Nine. - Ten.
You're high, you deal.
- A nickel, dime and quarter. - All of them?
Yes. Ante up, everybody.
Out of a book?
Five card draw. One-eyed Jacks wild.
One-eyed Jacks wild?
- You're doing great with her. - Yeah, what a change.
Pretty impressive, James.
What about the poor guys who lost?
- You want these here or in the kitchen? - No, I'll clean up.
I can't believe how well she played.
There goes my mad money.
James?
Where can I get a copy of that book? You are smart.
She bluffed me. I had three of a kind, and I folded. Did you teach her that?
Quite a coup, James. A lesson for us all.
God.
I can't ever get close enough.
Say my name. Just once, say my name.
No, no, I'm sorry. I needed...
I know I promised. I'm sorry. I forgot.
I'm not lying.
I don't want you to speak. It just came out, Sarah!
I'm sorry.
Hike!
No. No!
- Can we have some soda? - Yes.
- The phone is ringing. - What?
- The phone. - What phone?
The phone you can't hear because it's so noisy in here. Turn it down.
Good grief!
What? The phone is ringing, the TV is blasting.
The kettle. Now, if someone would just fire a bazooka through the window.
Could you hold on?
Water's boiling.
Hello.
What?
Can you ask him to hang on for a second?
It's for you. It's one of the dorm counsellors.
She's translating a call from Deaf Man. It's Orin.
Lydia, Danny, for God's sake!
- Over. Bye. - Thank God for small favours.
Are you still there?
Are you both ready? We're both ready.
This is Sarah speaking to Orin.
Hi! Why are you calling?
I'm having a small dinner party. I want you to come, please.
How about me, please? Don't translate that to Orin.
Please.
No, I'm not saying please. Wait a minute.
That was Orin saying please. It's my fault.
I probably sounded like myself
instead of like the dorm counsellor sounding like Orin.
Anyway, he wants you to come to a party for...
...Marian Loesser. Please.
Great.
She is dying to see you. Bring James!
Friday, at seven. OK, fine, we'll be there.
Yeah. Thank you.
My God! Either I just went deaf,
or it is suddenly quiet in here.
I do not make everything into a joke. I possibly obscure.
How the hell would you sign "obscure"?
Obscure.
I'm going to rest my hands and my eyes,
and listen to 20 minutes of Bach.
You know, I haven't turned on my hi-fi since you...
Hold it.
That sounds like I'm blaming you for me not listening to music.
Thank you.
I will rest my hands and listen to something beautiful.
I can't enjoy it.
I can't because you can't.
Show you the music?
I can't.
Don't be sad for you.
All right, I won't.
What should you wear to the party? I don't know.
Have I ever heard of who? Marian, the lady the party's for? No. Should I have?
She's very famous in the deaf community.
Nice catch!
She has two PhDs, and she doesn't speak.
- Take a look at these. - Hungry?
I can't communicate when my mind is amusing itself. You're right. I'm sorry.
What do you hear?
I mean, is it just silence?
No one has ever gotten in there to find out.
Will you ever let me in?
- She's something, isn't she? - Is she a lawyer or something?
An economist in Washington. A real math whiz!
- How thrilling. - Yeah, it is.
I feel like everyone is talking in some foreign northern Hungarian dialect.
I know the feeling.
Just because I wanted to leave, doesn't mean that you wanted to leave. All right.
Sarah, what the hell is wrong with you tonight?
I'll wait.
Sure, Marian's great.
So what?
She has an education, great job, money.
Well, I'll tell you one thing that she has not got: me!
We're not talking about me, for once. That's true.
Let's crawl under the covers, sweetheart,
and pretend we're in some romantic, distant place.
We're not, we're here. Right. OK.
Let's deal with it. What is making you so miserable?
Let's go to sleep?!
No! You can't start a bonfire and then say night-night.
And you can't start a bonfire and then run away either.
You can do anything you want. Yeah, like what?
Nothing. I can do nothing.
I'm equipped for nothing, trained for nothing.
You feel like an idiot. I treat you like an idiot.
I pity you. Wait a second!
And now you see Marian. What about Marian?
Let you be you. I don't?
I want you to be deaf so I can change you into a hearing person?!
I don't want to help anybody. I want to change them and contro...
Goodnight.
No. You think that I want you to speak.
And you just want to be you. Well, who the hell are you?
Right.
What? You want to make love now?
Fuck you, lady! Oh, that's what you want. You understood that.
Then do it.
That didn't help much.
It helped you. Great!
That's really wonderful.
Makes me happy. What a night.
I think that helped.
Yeah? What have you just decided?
No one's ever going to speak for you again. Come on!
How are you going to manage?
Everyone's always told me who I am, and I let them. "She wants, she thinks. "
Usually they were wrong. They had no idea what I said, wanted, thought.
And now they will. That's all right. I'll buy that.
No, I won't. How could I? Because I love you.
Love has nothing to do with it?!
That's wonderful. Then what the hell have we been doing?
Watch your hands. It's hard to avoid them.
This sign, to connect, simple.
But it means so much more when I do this.
Now it means
to be joined in a relationship, separate but one.
That's what I want.
But you think for me, think for Sarah, as though there were no I.
She will be with me. Quit her job, learn how to play poker,
leave Orin's party, learn how to speak. That's all you, not me.
Until you let me be an I, the way you are,
you can never come inside my silence and know me.
And I won't let myself know you.
Until that time,
we can't be like this. Joined.
Well, that's all very moving
but how are you going to manage?
You can lock yourself back in your precious silent castle.
I heard.
I heard every word, goddamit! I translated for myself.
It went from your hands, into my brain and out my mouth.
And you know what? I think you are lying.
I don't think that you think being deaf is so goddamn wonderful.
I think that you're scared to try.
I think that it's nothing but stupid pride that's keeping you from speaking right!
You want to be on your own. You don't want to be pitied.
Then you learn to read my lips, and use that little mouth
for something besides showing me that you're better than hearing girls in bed.
Read my lips.
What am I saying? What...
You want to talk to me, then you learn my language!
Did you understand that?
You've probably been reading lips for years, but that's the control game.
I'm the controller. What a fucking joke!
Now, come on. Speak to me. Speak!
Speak to me!
Hear my voice!
I'm such a freak!
Hot chocolate. Your favourite.
Have you
come home to stay?
Of course you can. As long as you like.
Me... need a job,
but there's nothing.
I'll help.
I never helped.
Don't hurt me now.
The last time you...
We sent you away, because...
...I didn't know how to take care of you.
Your father couldn't accept you.
He felt he'd failed.
You're right.
I hated you...
...for driving him away.
Please forgive me.
Telephone.
What do I say?
Hello.
No.
I'm sorry, James. No, she's not.
All right, I'll tell her that if I see her.
- Favourite books. - Favourite books. Good.
Do you have any favourite books, Glen?
"Skull".
I'll put that on my summer reading list.
I have to see her.
- I know she doesn't want to see me. - She's made that clear.
But I have to see her.
She'll let you know when she wants to see you.
She's working now.
She's saving her money. She wants to go to college.
That's fine. That's wonderful.
I've looked all over, Mrs Norman.
Please?
Spring-cleaning.
How was your day?
Are you OK?
No. You're not fine.
You're lonely.
He was here.
He misses you.
You don't know what to do.
I think maybe you do.
Have a good summer, William.
Language skills can be dangerous. Use a little common sense, OK?
I will, Mr Leeds.
So long, William.
So long, fuck-face!
You look beautiful.
You wanted to see me.
It was a shock seeing you in there.
I didn't know what to do.
You were scared, too.
I hear that "Boomerang" song.
"Oh, my love can't catch ya. "
You've been angry since you were a little girl.
You didn't want to hurt again,
so you used your anger...
...to push me away.
You're sorry.
I'm sorry...
...for hurting you.
But you learned from me.
You learned that you can hurt.
And you won't shrivel up and blow away.
Come on.
I don't want to be without you, either.
Do you think that we could find a place...
...where we can meet?
Not in silence,
and not in sound.