Look, either you believe that human beings share some basic similarities...
or you just throw the towel in.
Buying a telescope is a complicated decision.
- You should focus on your interests. - No pun intended.
- What? - Focus?
Right. A-Are you interested in the solar system– moon, planets, etc?
Or deeper space-nebulae, star clusters, galaxies.
Then you want a much larger lens with a Dobsonian mount.
- The eight-bar refractors go up to 180 millimeters. - Hi, Adam.
Hi. Michael's looking for a telescope to buy for her cottage in Kerhonkson.
For deep space in a static position...
you could really think about some bigger reflectors–
Have– Have you heard too much about telescopes?
No. No.
It's just some of what you're saying is going right over my head.
Oh. Okay. Well, I'll start over.
Three basic considerations.
- Kind of lens. - Come say good-bye to Robin and Jen with me.
All right.
- Thank you for the information. - Oh, you're welcome.
- It's a very big decision. - Nice to meet you, Michael.
And you.
Wow.
I remember the other kids...
chattering away before school or...
at parties whispering to one another...
and I'd always wonder what they were talking about.
Looked so easy.
One, then the other.
Laugh, laugh, laugh.
New topic. Start again.
I started outlining my new book.
- Really excited. - Well, that's good.
You're going to be the first person I thank...
in my Newberry Award speech.
It's an award for children's books.
No, I know what a Newberry Award is.
Are you still gonna make them talk?
Mm-hmm. They're gonna be a typical New York family...
except they live in the park, and they're raccoons.
Okay. Your turn.
I think the father is gonna be in advertising.
Instead of making stuff up...
why couldn't you write about the real raccoons?
Because it's a children's book, not a nature book.
Well, I'd probably like the nature book better.
Yeah, you probably would.
What? I didn't mean–
This is what I meant.
Oh.
Um...
do you, um–
do you want sex?
I think I do.
You said you needed time.
Well, then take it very, very slowly.
This isn't fair.
What's fair? It's a small manipulation.
- What, you aren't curious? - Of course.
But if he isn't ready to meet us.
Yeah, well, sometimes you gotta give "ready" a little push.
- Beth? - Honey!
Daddy! Mom! What? You–What are you doing here?
- We're seeing the play. - But I thought you–
- What? - Hi, honey.
I thought we had your tickets.
No, we were going with the Pierces, and they couldn't make it.
Come on! We're not ogres. At least Becky isn't.
- This is Beth's mother, Rebecca. I'm Marty. - Oh.
- We've heard so much about you. - Oh, you have?
- Yeah. - Lovely to meet you, Adam.
Oh, thank you.
Me and my little girl, we are thick as thieves.
- Hi, Daddy. - Hi, sweetie.
I just couldn't wait any longer.
We rarely go off-Broadway.
I didn't even know this theater still existed.
Oh, the Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running theater off-Broadway.
Um– It was converted from a box factory in 1924...
and-and then in the '20s and '30s and '40s...
it presented the work of writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald...
John Dos Passos, Eugene O'Neill.
I used to bone up on conversation topics, too, when I had a date.
- Marty! - Ask Becky.
From 1951 to 1953, uh...
Julian Beck and Judith Malina's Living Theatre was based here.
Oh, oh! In 1952, Judith Malina chased a fire marshal down the street...
with a spear from her production of Ubu Roi.
Um, Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, had its American premiere here in 1957...
followed by other new works
...such as Happy Days, also by Beckett, in 1962...
Dutchman, in 1964, by LeRoiJones...
The Happy journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder in 196–
B- But that– that's enough about the Cherry Lane Theatre.
Wh-What about the '7 Os?
- Well, in 1971, Godspell opened and then in 197– - Adam, Daddy's joking.
Oh. Oh.
- I'm sorry. - No, no.
- History is always very interesting. - Please take your seats.
Come on. In we go.
Shall we?
Oh, they're dying to go to trial and get their pictures in the paper.
Well, it's-it's written all over them.
- What does Mr. Beranbaum say? - He's a lawyer. He's paid to worry.
Bottom line, if the feds push this all the way to trial, we settle.
- Right? - He— He's sure they'll settle.
That's why you don't have to be there.
You said it would help if we showed our support.
You had to tell her that.
Your father's right. You have work.
Mom, I'm covered at work. I'm coming. I need to be there for you.
What are you accused of, Mr. Buchwald?
I'm accused of trying to help a friend. That's what I'm accused of.
- Beth's Uncle Eric- - Eric Cooper.
...made his daughter, Jennifer, C.F.O. of his company.
But she's qualified, right?
- I mean, she went to Wharton. - Yes. She's qualified.
Uncle Eric's not really my uncle.
He's an old friend of Daddy's, and Jennifer is his daughter.
She's young. She made a few mistakes.
I carried them over from one year to the next...
made her look a little better, even to her own father.
It wasn't even a hard call to make,
but now they all think they've uncovered Enron.
- Could you go to jail? - Adam!
No. I'm glad you asked.
Bethy, I'm not going anywhere.
Any more questions, Mr. Prosecutor?
No.
See? He fits right in.
You put him on the spot, confronted him, pushed him.
Well, I– I didn't understand what he was saying.
Well, maybe that's not his fault.
Monday he goes on trial, in case you didn't get that.
You don't talk about going to jail!
- It seemed like the important thing. - The important thing?
All of a sudden you know what's important?
You can't say two words on how you feel about anything...
but you know what's important to my family.
- I-I do– - You know, my father's not some criminal, okay?
- Oh, okay. - Just forget it!
- Beth? - I'm going home! And please don't follow me!
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May I come in?
I'm sorry.
It's some chocolate.
I'm not Forrest Gump, you know.
Of course not. I didn't me–
- Was that a joke? Are you joking? - Well, I can joke.
I'm sorry.
I–
I took it out on you. I'm just–just scared for my father.
You can apologize too, you know.
Well, you said it was your fault.
I got an interview.
You did?
Halloran Industries, research and engineering...
for space communication and exploration.
Adam, that's– that's perfect!
Break out the chocolate. Let's go get some champagne.
Well, no, it's just an interview.
There's a saying in my family: It's never too early to drink the champagne.
You'd be good at this job, right?
So all you gotta do is let 'em know it.
That's all? That's impossible.
When is it?
It– February 3– 17 days.
Right. So that's how long you got.
You gotta learn it during the day, and then I'll help you at night.
They'll think I'm a freak.
Fine. Whatever you say.
Beth?
Come on.
Whoa!
In most interview situations...
the greeting is done in the standing position.
Simple greeting. "Hello. Nice to meet you. "
Basic greeting. "Hello. My name is Jason.
Nice to meet you. "
Mr. Buchwald, how do you plead?
Not guilty, Your Honor.
Involved greeting.
"Hello. You must be Ms. Austen. My name is Jason. Nice to meet you. "
Mr. Raki?
I'm Elizabeth Buchwald.
I'll be interviewing you for the job we discussed over the phone.
- Phone? - Nice to meet you?
Oh, right, right.
Eyes. Please, step into my office.
Make it a goal of your interview...
to mention each of your strengths at least once.
The items listed as assets are really expenses...
covered up in order to increase the earnings statement of the company.
Eye contact.
One way to get around the poor eye contact dilemma...
is to have the candidate look at the interviewer's forehead.
Practice is needed, however, because it will still require an effort...
to remember to look at a forehead.
- Beth? - No!
Just once more, please.
Adam, can't you think about anyone but yourself, even for a minute?
- I'm sorry. - No.
Okay.
Tell me something about your previous work experience, Mr. Raki.
At your last job, how much of the work did you perform independently?
How much as a team?
Now, you've testified that your relationship with the Cooper family...
is personal as well as professional, isn't that right?
Yes. Eric Cooper and I have been associated for over 30 years.
He's become a close friend. But that doesn't mean–
Would you tell the court a little...
about your relationship with Jennifer Cooper?
She's a wonderful young woman.
I've known her her– her whole life.
Isn't it true that you'd be eager to help Jennifer with any problem she was having?
- Yes. - Out of your affection for the family, of course.
Sure.
Now, Mr. Buchwald, would you feel compelled to help Jennifer...
to preserve your own reputation?
No.
Did you have an affair with Ms. Cooper in 2001?
- Objection, Your Honor. - Mr. Buchwald opened the door, Your Honor.
I understand the evidence, counselor. Overruled.
Please answer the question.
Yes. Briefly.
So, Jennifer had every reason to believe...
that you would help her with this problem.
That had noth–
The one had nothing to do with the other.
Nothing.
# Somehow #
# I'm leading someone else's life #
# I cut a star down #
# With my knife #
# And right now #
# I still see #
# The way the moon #
# Plays this tune #
# Though our lights died #
# My hands shake #
# My knees quake #
# It's every day #
# The same way #
# 'Cause then came you #
# Then there's you #
# I keep your picture #
# In my worn-through shoes #
# Then there's you #
# Then came you #
# When I'm lost #
# I look at my picture of you #
# And somehow #
# I'll make tonight our own #
# Show you every way I've grown #
# Since I met you #
# And right now #
# I'll be the boy #
# In your next song #
# I'll learn the parts and play along #
# If you let me #
# My hands shake #
All rise.
# My knees quake #
# It's every day #
Be seated.
# The same way #
# 'Cause then came you Then there's you #
- Mr. Raki. - # Keep your picture #
Hello. You must be Doug Breindel. I'm Adam Raki.
- Pleased to meet you. - Come in.
# Then there's you I keep your picture #
# In my worn-through shoes #
# When I'm lost #
# In your eyes #
# I see #
# Away for me ##
Six inches by Sunday morning before this storm moves its way through-
So it is a major storm.
- Beth? - Adam, is Beth there?
No, she isn't.
Marty pled guilty.
There's some discretion in sentencing.
The–The hearing is tomorrow.
We may have to make statements, but she isn't answering her cell.
I called the school, but they– she wasn't there.
Do you know when she'll be home?
No. I thought– I was waiting for–
Adam, please. Can you check her calendars, see if there's anywhere I can reach her?
Okay.
Never mind. Marty's coming. I have to go.
They're–They're keeping him overnight. Tell her to call me.
Tell her to call me right away.
Adam!
I've been thinking about you all afternoon. How did it go?
I forgot my phone. How did the interview go?
Okay, you're right.
- Right? - My father and I arranged for us to meet.
You arranged?
I knew they were gonna be at the theater.
They really wanted to meet you.
Now, will you please tell me what happened?
You lied?
Just a little.
Ha-ha-ha! Fooled you!
Dumb Adam! Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb Adam!
Adam, I didn't– I– I'm sorry. I–
- Adam, please just calm down. - No, I hate you!
- No! - I hate you!
I hope your father goes to jail forever. I hate you!
What?
He's guilty! Your mother called.
And he's a liar like you, and he's going to jail. I hate you!
You're a child, Adam. Fuck Asperger's. You're a fucking child.
Liar!
A long time ago, when I told Grandpa Morris...
that I wanted to get married...
he said Marty was great...
but that he was an angles guy.
What does that mean?
That he was a guy who plays the angles...
in business, love.
He even said...
he might wind up in jail someday.
And I told him he didn't understand Marty...
and that even if he ended up in jail for life...
I would never regret marrying him.
And I don't.
We have to help him now, Beth.
Tell the judge who your father is in your life...
who he's always been.
Whatever...
bad decisions he's made.
Okay.
Okay, Mom.
Now, I read that planets are lined up across the sky...
like they haven't been in 30,000 years.
Uh-huh.
You didn't get the job you were going for?
No.
That why you so down?
- Hell, I've lost more jobs than- - No.
- Beth and I broke up. - Oh.
She lied. She lied, and I found out about it.
I can't trust her anymore.
These all seem fine.
Now, before I went into the service...
I met a girl who made me a promise.
When I came back, she was right there waiting for me.
But I found out she hadn't quite kept her promise...
so I put some things in a bag and I left.
Never spoke to her again.
Though sometimes the wanting to was–
was like a live animal clawing at my chest from the inside.
Thirty-five years.
She's the only picture in my head...
can still stop me in broad daylight...
and make me curse myself for a stubborn old fool.
It's not rocket science.
I'm saying you need to talk to the girl one more time, that's all.
No. I don't know.
Liars is all you're gonna run across in this world.
A man has got to learn the difference between just plain liars...
and liars worth lovin'.
Hmm?
Harlan? If you called that girl...
couldn't you stop cursing yourself for a stubborn old fool...
even if you still had to be old?
Be seated.
This court sentences you to a prison term of five years...
24 months to be served in a federal corrections institute...
followed by three years of mandatory probation.
As per your plea agreement, you'll have one week to settle your affairs.
Report to the Corrections Department...
Monday, February 9, at 9:00 a. m.
Adjourned.
You have one new message.
Adam, this is Rebecca.
Marty was sentenced to two years in prison today.
Of course we're all very upset, but Beth-
Anyway, we're going home to Westchester-
211 Richmond Road, Bedford Hills.
You have the number. I- I thought you should know where she is.
For months, all they wanted was for me to give them Eric Cooper.
"Do not go about as a talebearer amongst your people. "
At least I don't have to pack, right, Becky?
We always pack too much.
This time, just the toothbrush.
Excuse me.
Let's talk for a minute.
Ah, Bethy. Bethy.
Your mother's gonna need your help.
Yeah, I know.
There are things you do, there are things you have to do...
and... you make your choices.
You live with them.
You and your mother will never want for anything. I've made arrangements.
In two years I'll be back home...
and this will all be over.
One more thing, about Adam?
He's not for you.
It's not his fault, but he's-he's more like your child...
than- than anything else.
He'll never be the kind of man that you can admire, that you can look up to.
And it's not fair that he should hope for something that's- that's-
that's... impossible.
People with Asperger's get married.
- They have families. - Married?
He lives in another world.
You don't need to make that kind of compromise, Beth.
Um–You know this is the best thing.
You do know that, Bethany.
# Something is said #
# That sits in my head #
# It's been there too long #
# It's killing me slow #
# It's rolling around #
# It's pushing me down #
# It's keeping the good part of me closed #
# Can't you see #
# That when I find you #
# I'll find me #
# Oh-oh-oh #
# I need you to know today #
# I'll wait for you always #
# Oh-oh-oh #
# I need you to know today #
# I'll wait for you always #
# 'Cause when I find you #
# I'll find me #
# Can't you see #
# That when I find you #
# I'll find me #
# Oh-oh-oh #
# I need you to know today #
# I'll wait for you always #
# Oh-oh-oh #
- # I need you to know today # - Beth?
- # I'll wait for you always # - Beth Buchwald!
- # Oh-oh-oh # - Beth?
- # I need you to know today # - Beth Buchwald!
- Beth Buchwald? - Oh, God.
# I'll wait for you always Oh-oh-oh #
- # I need you to know today # - I'll get him.
- Beth? - # I'll wait for you always #
- Adam! - Be–
# When I find you #
# When I find you ##
We–we have to talk again.
You scared me. I thought you were gonna hit me.
No, I would never, ever do that.
The job was gone.
They hired someone for the job...
but they have another one in an observatory.
They said I was just what they needed.
It starts in April, but it's in Flintridge, California.
I want you to come with me.
I could work, and you could write...
and you wouldn't have to teach anymore.
Hello, Mr. Buchwald. I came– Oh.
I'm sorry you have to go to prison.
I came to ask Beth to come to California with me.
I'd be engineering microchips for satellite guidance systems.
I have a job in Flintridge, California.
That's fine. Congratulations, Adam.
- But Beth won't be able to go with you. - What?
- The family needs her. She's needed here. - I need her.
I can't go without her.
- Well, I'm sorry, Adam, but she can't go. - No.
- You can't do that. - Bethy. Bethy.
- You can't speak for me. - We agreed.
- You don't make my decisions! - We agreed!
- We're standing in the middle of the st– - I don't care!
- Calm down. Calm down! - Your own choices– Liar! Cheater!
Nothing will ever be the same! Nothing! I'm going now.
- And I don't care what you think! - Don't go! You can't!
- Let go. Let go of me. - Get off of me!
- Adam! - Oh! God!
Adam!
- But you're coming to California? - No!
- I mean, home, to the city! - You're not coming to California?
- Maybe! I don't know! I'll think about it! - Oh, okay.
Mom! I'm gonna take the car. I'll leave it at the station.
Beth!
Come back here!
It didn't go well?
What did he say?
He wouldn't even see me.
I waited in the visiting room for an hour.
And finally a guard came and told me that he wasn't coming out.
Your mother said he wasn't ready.
I thought if I actually went.
I didn't think that he wouldn't even see me.
- What are you gonna do? - What do you mean?
We're going, right? We're getting on a plane tomorrow and going to California.
You should pack. You haven't packed at all.
Can you give me a minute? Okay?
Just leave me alone for a while.
I'm not sure. I mean, I should be sure, shouldn't I?
Do you know what you want?
We'll never have a moment where we look into each other's eyes...
and know exactly...
what the other person's feeling.
The idea of that wouldn't even make sense to him.
He's never told me that he loves me.
I don't know what it would mean to him if he did.
Yes. Feeling loved is very important...
but...
loving, my precious girl–
that's the necessity.
Mom, I gotta go. I'll– I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Okay?
I love you, Beth.
Adam?
Why do you want me to go to California with you?
What? What do you mean?
Why do you want me to go?
Um–
You, um–
You a-are...
like a part of me.
Um...
and, um...
I n– I need you...
uh, to–
to, uh...
help find a place to live...
and to learn how to get to work and...
to understand what it means when people say crazy stuff...
and, um...
I couldn't go without you.
I'm sorry.
I can't go.
If you want me to go because...
you can't go without me, I–
I can't go.
- You sure about this? - I have to go.
I have to go alone.
Give me that.
Hey, I want you to know...
I made that call.
It took me a while to find her...
but we're–we're gonna meet up.
- The woman's even more stubborn than I am. - Oh, yeah?
I'm just trying to say "thank you," damn it.
You're welcome, Harlan.
Actually, the best image resolution is achieved...
by multiple smaller telescopes called interferometers.
Interferometers combine light waves...
collected from the same source.
Um, a star, for instance, and the– the waves form an interference pattern...
as they add together, or cancel out, add together, cancel out.
It's what we call constructive interference, or destructive interference...
so that the light from two or more telescopes...
can produce a brighter image than one alone.
Um–
But sometimes it's best just to look up at the night sky.
Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Raki.
All right. We'll be heading out.
Watch your step.
Adam. The top one's for you.
Um–
Oh, Carol?
Um, would you like me to help you with those?
Yeah.
Thank you.
- Hey, man. - Hello, Brian.
Oh, you still meeting up with everyone later?
Awesome.
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Dear Adam: Look how far we've come.
Love, Beth.
Adam, his mother and his father...
were a family of talking raccoons...
who lived in Central Park in the middle of New York City.
They didn't really belong there, but there they were.
# Yesterday when you were young #
# Everything you needed done was done for you #
# Now you do it on your own #
# But you find you're all alone #
# What can you do #
# You and me #
# Walk on, walk on, walk on #
# 'Cause you can't go back now #
# You know there will be days when you're so tired #
- # That you can't take another step # - # Ah-ah #
# The night will have no stars #
# And you'll think you've gone as far as you will ever get #
# Ah-ah #
# But you and me #
# Walk on, walk on, walk on #
# 'Cause you can't go back now #
- # Ooh, yeah # - # Yeah #
- # Yeah #
# Go where you wanna go #
- # Yeah # - # Yeah #
# Be what you wanna be #
# If you ever turn around #
# You'll see me #
# I can't really say why everybody wishes they were somewhere else #
# But in the end the only steps that matter#
# Are the ones you take all by yourself#
# Ah-ah #
# And you and me #
# Walk on, walk on, walk on #
# Yeah, you and me #
# Walk on, walk on, walk on #
# 'Cause you can't go back now #
# Walk on, walk on, walk on #
# You can't go back now ##
# Rain turns the sand into mud #
# Wind turns the trees into bone #
# Stars turning high up above #
# You turn me #
# Into somebody loved #
# Nights when the heat had gone out #
# We danced together alone #
# Cold turned our breath into clouds #
# We never said #
# What we were dreaming of#
# But you turned me #
# Into somebody loved #
# Someday when we're old and worn #
# Like two softened shoes #
# I will wonder#
# On how I was born #
# The night I first #
# Ran away from you #
# Now my feet turn the corner back home #
# Sun turns the evening to rose #
# Stars turning high up above #
# You turn me #
# Into #
# You turn me into #
# You turn me #
# Into somebody loved #
# Somebody loved #
# Whoo-hoo #
# Somebody loved ##
# In the morning after#
# You began to see the light #
# Something better#
# It is here for you to find #
# Celebrate the moments #
# That we share #
# Open up your eyes #
# It's a beautiful day #
# Ba-da-da-da, da-da-da #
# Through the winter#
# Now happiness is everywhere #
# You can have it #
# More than you would ever dare #
# Celebrate the moments that we share #
# Open up your eyes #
# It's a beautiful day #
# Ba-da-da-da, da-da-da #
# Celebrate the moments that we share #
# Open up your eyes #
# It's a beautiful day ##
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