All language subtitles for Gifted (2017)_track5_[eng]

FRAN K: Hey! Come on .
Let'S move I

MARY: No!

FRAN K: Let me See.
MARY: No!

Come on . I made you
a Special breakfast.

MARY: You can't cook.

Hey, Mary, open u p !

You Iook beautifu I.

I Iook I ike
a Disney cbaracter.

(SIO HS)

Where's the "special"?

Tbe wbat?

You said you made me
a special breakfast.

PIease don't make me go.

You can keep homeschool ing me.

I've taug ht you
everyth ing l know.

But I don't wanna go.

Well, I don't wanna go
to work, but l do.

You don't go to work.
You fix the boats on a dock.

Okay. It's a poor exam PIe,
but you're sti ll going .

But wbat about Fred?

FRAN K: Wbat about h im?

MARY: You won't
take care of h im .

You don't I ike cats.

I don't Iike two-eyed cats.

Fred, as you know,
is monocu lar.

Who's gon na th row h im
h is ping pong bal l?

Fred's gonna be fine.
No more arg u ment, okay?

We've d iscussed tb is
ad nauseam .

What's ad nauseam ?

Oh , you don't know?

Wel I, Iooks I ike
someone needs school .

(CH ILDREN C HATTERI NO)

Tb is is gon na be tu n .

You're gonna meet kids today

you can borrow money trom
tbe rest of you r l ife.

Come on .

You're gonna be great.

You know, j u5t...

l don't know. Try bein' a kid .

(KNOC KINO)

ROBE RTA: M m m -m mm .

Prank!

Pran k, l know you bear me.

Prank!

(LOCKS DOOR)

(DOORKN OB RATTLIN G)

Tbere's still time
tor you to u ndo th i5 non5en5e.

Oo get in you r car
and go get that cb i ld .

Are you tech n ically al lowed to

use those keys
wbenever you want?

How can you stand there...

acting all calm
and everyth ing, Prank,

and make ligbt ot tb i5?

Now go get her back
before it'5 too late.

Sbe gotta get out
in tbe world .

Sbe ha5 no triend5 her age.

No 5ocial 5ki ll5.

She doesn't know
bow to be a kid .

Two n ig bts ago,
5he told me

that even if Oermany
bail5 out tbe eu ro...

tbere cou ld sti ll be
a worldwide dePre55ion .

I was staring at tbe ceiling
tor tbree hou r5.

(CRYIN G) l'm 5o worried .

(SIO HS) Come on, Roberta.

If you 5tart crying,

l'm gon na bave to
Pretend to start crying.

Hey.

You know, tbere's sometb ing
you cou ld be overlookin'.

Tb i5 cou ld work out.

Maybe.

But if anybody takes
tbat baby away...

l'll smotber you
in your 5leep.

-Morn ing, Fred .
-(KEYS JANO LIN G)

(DOOR C LOSES)

(SIO HS)

BON N lE : One Plus one i5 two.

That is fact n u m ber one
of today.

Wbo can tell me
wbat two plu5 two i5?

Who's got it?

-M m m -h m m?
-Pou r.

Excel lent, Don na.

It is. Two plus two is,
indeed, fou r.

Okay, wbo wants to try
tbree plu5 tbree?

Th ree plu5 tbree? Real ly?

I beg you r pardon?

What kinda scbool
i5 tb i5 anyway?

It'5 tbe kind of school

where students don't speak
witbout Perm is5ion .

All rig ht.
But everyone know5 it'5 six.

Nobody in tb is classroom
5Peak5...

u n le55 tbey are called u Pon .

Okay? ls everybody clear
on tbat?

STU D ENTS : Ye5, ma'am .

Oood . Mary, can you
5tand u p plea5e?

Stand on u P. Stand u P, babe.

Tbese questions are for you
because you're 5o advanced .

Wbat is n ine Plus eig bt?

J 7.

Yeab . Yes, it is.
Tbat'5 good .

What i5...

J 5 plu5 J 7?

32.

(STAM M ERS)
Yeah . That i5 rig ht.

Al l rig bt, then .

Well, wbat is 57 plu5 J 35?

J g2.

Yeab .

Can you tell me...

wbat 57 m u ltiPlied by J 35 i5?

(EXHALES)

Okay.

Who can tel l me wbat fou r...

7,6g5.

O lRL: l don't tb in k
anyone can do that.

MARY: The sq uare root i5 B7.7.

And cbange.

Now what does ad nau5eam mean?

I have a very 5trange kid.

I bave 27 5trange kid5.

Oood morn ing .

Oood morn ing, good morn ing,
good morn ing .

BON N lE : That's great, g uys,
but take you r seat5, okay?

Ob, God . See ya.

Good morn ing, M5. Steven5on .

Oood morn ing .

M i nd if l 5it in?

Not at all !

Okay, cla55.

I bave a treat tor you .

I wou ld like to introduce you
to our princiPal, M rs. Davi5.

Oood morn ing, fir5t g rader5.

STU DENTS :
Oood morn ing, M r5. Davi5.

Are you ready
for a g reat year?

STU DENTS : Ye5 !

U b .. . Yes, Mary?

Sbe'5 the bo55?

M rs. Davis is ou r princi pal.
Mm-kay...

Okay. Now l want you

to get on you r phone
and cal l Prank...

and tel l h im to
get me out of here!

AMAN DA: Wait a m inute.
Tbat'5 tbe dad? l know b im .

I see b im at Perg's
almo5t every Priday n ig ht.

He's the qu iet,
damaged hot g uy.

Wbat are you doing at Ferg's
every Friday n ig bt?

Trying to get picked u p
by b im .

Excu5e me? H i.

Oh . Look, it'5 my teacher.

Probably wants to rem ind me
what one plu5 one i5.

Oo to the car, okay?

-H i.
-H i.

Sorry to yell at you
and then cha5e you down .

It's okay. Mary's teacber?

Ye5. l'm Bonn ie Steven5on .

Pran k. How are you?
Sorry about today.

I know she got
a little overexcited .

I th in k
it'5 j u5t first day j itter5.

Su re. Yeab .

We're ru nn ing a l ittle late
actually. We gotta get going .

Okay. l don't even wanna
talk about that.

-L'll keep you just a m in ute.
-Okay.

I th in k you r daug hter...

l tb ink Mary m ig ht be g ifted .

What?

Yeah . Today in Math,
5he an5wered some really...

-Oh , no, no, no. That's...
-No, Please.

-It's not gitted.
-Really d ifficu lt q ue5tion5.

All rig ht.

J ust tbat
a 5even-year-old wou ld ...

lt'5 Trachtenberg.

-Jakow Tracbten berg .
-l'm 5orry?

Spent seven years
in a Nazi concentration cam p.

Developed a system
to rapid ly 5olve Problems.

It'5 tbe Trachtenberg metbod .

But 5he'5...

l mean, 5be's 5even thoug h .

I learned it wben l was eig bt.

Do l look g ifted to you?

It's ki nd ot gone out of vogue

si nce tbe invention
of the calcu lator...

but, u b, l can stil l win
a drin k at a bar u5ing it.

Sorry for today.

-Won't happen again .
-Okay.

N ice to meet you . Bon n ie.

Pran k.

-(CAR DOOR C LOSES)
-(EN GIN E STARTS)

H m m .

Por the record,
l d id n't wan na go

to the stu pid scbool
in tbe first place.

And the boy in tbe next row

acts inappropriately
for 5omeone wbo'5 a cb ild.

L'm sorry. l'm still passive
agg re55ively ignoring you .

Otber kids answer q uestions.
Tbey don't get into trou ble.

You didn't get in trouble
tor an5wering q ue5tions.

You yelled at the Principal.

You know wbat? You're gonna
tind th is intere5ting .

So, l goog led "first graders
wbo yell at the principal. .."

And statistically,
you're never gon na

bel ieve how many kid5 do it.

How many?

None.

(STARTS MOTOR)

Prank, l'm sorry.
l'm real ly sorry.

Yeab, rigbt.

You can't show off
l ike tbat at 5cbool .

I know.

You prom ised you wou ldn't,
then the tir5t day...

l know, l know. l 5crewed u p.

Do you th ink maybe
th i5 boat need5 a te5t ride?

Oo get Pred .

Don't ru n .

(m u5ic Playi ng)

I llsten to the wind
To the wind of my soul

Where l'll end up
Well, l think

Only Ood really knows

l've sat upon the setting sun

But never, never, never, never

l never wanted water once

Ho, never, never, never

Pred loves to watcb
the sandPiPer5.

He th in ks be'd like to
catcb one...

but be'd regret it.

Pred'5 not a ki ller.

He'5 a lover.

(MARY SIO HS)

Wou ld my mom bave wanted me
to go to tb i5 5chool?

I can on ly gue55.

But l'l l tell you what,

she wou ld bave wanted you
to have friend5.

Id iot friends?

And she'd want you to bave
com Pas5ion for otber5.

Like a cat can have
for a 5and piper.

But what if
tbey don't l ike me?

Tben tbey're id iot5.

Good morn ing, cla5s.

STU DENTS :
Good morn ing, M5. Steven5on .

Good morn ing, Mary.

(SING-SON G)
Good morn ing, M5. Steven5on .

Okay, good morn ing .

Oet a bold of you r5elf.

Por my Sbow and Tell,
l bave...

the most awesome cat
in tbe b i5tory of time.

Not on ly
i5 b i5 name Pred, but...

(PRED M EOWS)

He bas just one eye.

Uno. Go ahead and cou nt...

but l prom ise you ,
it's alway5 one.

How d id be lo5e h i5 eye?

I don't know. l wasn't tbere.

J ust tou nd b im
inside of a tra5h can

next to a bottle ot alcohol
or 5ometb ing.

He is a smart, smart cat,
but no one real ize5 tbat.

No one u nderstands b im .
No one.

BON N lE : Put you r name
on tbe top ot tbe Paper...

so that l know
wbo d id 5ucb good work.

BOY: l left my Pen witb you .

BON N lE :
Pa55 tbo5e arou nd, guy5.

Okay? l wanna 5ee you r work.

Tu rn arou nd, face the de5k.

Th ink about
how you get to the an5wer.

It's not j ust about,
you know, g ue5sing .

Don't be me5sy.

Done.

(TAPPl NG PEN ON DESK)

Let'5 see.

M m m-h m m .

Okay. l tbougbt
you m ig ht fin isb q u ickly,

5o a l ittle 5ometb ing extra.

Done.

(TYPIN O)

(GASPS)

Ob ...

(U PBEAT M USIC PLAYl NO)

(lN DISTINCT C HATTERl NO)

Do you know wbo l am?

Hey! Mary's teacher...

BOTH : Bon n ie.

You lied to me.

Okay.

-Can you narrow it down?
-M m m -h m m .

L'd like to know the truth
about Mary, my 5tudent...

you r n iece.

PRAN K: l wa5 ru n n ing

ridicu lously late
for a date...

and my sister sbowed u p
witb Mary.

And sbe never just
5bowed u P u nan nou nced.

Sbe never showed u p
witb tbe baby.

Sbe 5aid 5be wanted to talk.

Sbe 5aid 5be needed to talk.

I told her l wou ld talk to ber
when l got back.

I th in k l fig u red sbowing u p
tbat late to my date...

wou ld h u rt my chances
ot gettin' laid .

Came bome tbat n ig ht
and Mary was on tbe coucb ...

and fou nd Diane
on tbe batbroom tloor.

I mean, tbere's no way
l cou lda known ...

but l sbou lda known .

Six and a half year5 later,

me and Mary
are 5till bang in' out.

And wbat about tbe tather?

(SCOPPS)

D iane was
5o 5ocially awkward ...

she d idn't date enougb to know
a good guy from a bad g uy.

Th is particu lar g uy
didn't la5t a montb .

And no grand parent5?

Dad died when l was eig ht.
My mom .. . (SCOPFS)

Short version is
5he tu rned ber back on D iane

when 5he got pregnant.

Why?

Did n't fit into ber plan .

She's an exacting woman,
my mother.

U ncom prom i5i ng .

Very Britisb .

Do you mean,
Briti5h in demeanor or...

-No. Like sbe's. ..
-She'5 from Eng land .

Prom England . Yeah .

(SIO HS)

So, Mary is a gen ius?

(SIO HS)

(CH lLDREN C HATTERl NO)

ALL : Ob !

(BOY LAU G H lNO)

Look out. Look out.

You r l ittle an imals
are e5caping, d u m ba55.

Heyl You shou ld not
be laug b ing !

You did a mean tb ing
to a little kid !

What are you gonna do
about it?

(SMACKS)

(CRYIN G)

Hey. Hey, you okay?

You good? All rig ht.

How do we resolve tb i5?

You know,
5be cou ld be expel led .

Ood . l boPe not.

But if every otber tirst-time
offender was exPel led,

l g ue5s tair is tair.

Are you gon na
take tb i5 5eriou5ly?

Sure. You don't blutf me,
l don't bluff you .

Ms. Steven5on bel ieve5

that you r cb ild
i5 excePtional...

and has talents
that ou r cu rricu lu m

can't begin to cbal lenge.

It ju5t 5o haPpens

tbat l am good friends
with the beadmaster

of the Oaks Academy
tor G ifted Education .

He bas alway5 5aid

tbat if l tind
tbat one in a m i ll ion ...

And tbe one i n a m ill ion
ha5 a $30,000 tu ition .

M r. Adler, l can get
you r daugbter a 5cholarsb iP.

Pu l l ride.

I wou ld n't say it
if l cou ldn't do it.

(EXHALES)

I realize, putting that girl
in tbat 5etting,

you know, 00 times out ot
a J 00, that'5 what you do.

It's tbe Oaks.
lt's a great 5chool.

I looked into it.

But tb is fam ily has a h istory
witb tbo5e 5chools.

And l th in k tbe last th ing
that l ittle g irl need5

is reintorcement
tbat 5he'5 d ifferent.

Tru5t me, 5be knows. So...

l th in k Mary,
l tb ink 5he'5 gotta be bere.

Today's a bad end ing.
You can't h it peoPle.

But a J 2-year-old
bu l lie5 a 5even-year-old

and 5be 5tand5 u p?

Do you know how im portant
it i5 to me tbat 5he d id tbat?

You know bow proud l am
ot ber? Aren't you?

M r. Adler, your daugbter
5hattered a you ng boy's...

l know. You can't b it People.

That will be made very clear.
l get tbat.

But M rs. Davis,
if we 5eParate ou r leaders,

if we segregate tbem
trom PeoPle like you and me,

you get cong re55men .

So, l'm 5orry.

I wisb l cou ld take
you r offer, but Mary 5tays.

U n le55 you kick ber out.

Th is is a m istake. We'll never
be able to rai5e th is cb ild

to the level of scbolarsb ip
5be deserve5.

Well, just dumb ber down
into a decent buman bei ng .

Everybody win5.

(DOOR OPENS)

You know wbat?
Can you excu5e me one m in ute?

Bring me
every Piece of paperwork

we bave on th i5 g irl.

Hey.

Are you su re
you know what you're doing?

No.

Okay. Mary, l th in k

you have someth ing you'd like
to 5ay to the cla5s.

You wan na boP u p and 5ay it?

Okay. l'm su pposed to
5ay sometb ing.

H itting people is wrong
even if they're bad .

I won't do it again,
5o don't be afraid of me.

Okay. Tbank you .

Now can l say sometb ing
l wan na say?

Su re.

Before they ru ined it,

J ustin's zoo
was the be5t art Project.

By far. lt wa5 awe5ome.

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

Come on . A l ittle barder.

(ALL APPLAU DIN G)

Okay.

Tbank you . Tbank you .

Tbere's a lady stand ing
in front ot ou r door.

Wbo i5 it?

How sbou ld l know? l'm seven .

(STOPS ENO l N E)

Tbat wou ld be
you r grandmother.

Holy 5h it!

An ApPle? Wboa.

It'5 a MacBook, darl ing .

Top of tbe line
witb tbe Retina Di5play.

Hey, you know wbo else
ha5 a Retina D isPlay?

Pred !

Mary, l u nderstand
you like matbematics.

So, on there,

you'l l find a g reat

out-of-print book
by Charle5 Zim mer

cal led Transitions
In Advanced Algebra.

Yeab . Love that book.

You're saying you've read it?

Yeah . l've kind of moved on
to d ifferential eq uation5 now.

Don't forget you r man ners.
Tbank your g randma.

Tbank you, G randma.

Grandmother or Evelyn
wi ll do just fine.

There'5 so m ucb more on there.

Th ings l know you'll find
really challeng ing .

Yes. But sad ly,
it'5 a 5chool n ig bt

and there's homework to do.

Wbat a 5u rPri5e thoug h, rig ht?

Say good n ig bt
to G randmotber or Evelyn .

Good n ig bt.

L'd kil l a priest
for a Benad ryl.

Still witb tbe allerg ie5?

Why i n Ood's name
have you got a cat?

You don't even like cat5.

It's not my cat.
lt'5 Mary's cat.

L'm just along for the ride.

So let me gue55.

Ou r lovely principal,
Ms. Davi5.

Never get on tbe bad side
of 5mall-m inded People

who have a l ittle autbority.

I tboug bt l taugbt you tbat.

Wbat are you doin' here?

You don't tb ink
l bave the rigbt

to 5ee my g randdaugbter?

I do. l'm th ril led your
5even-year exbau5tive searcb

has finally come
to a fru itfu l conclu5ion .

I don't tb ink th is is
an aPproPriate time to talk.

Certai n ly not tbe 5etting .

Wb ile l was waiting,
a cockroacb tb is big

tried to steal my 5hoe.

Yeab . Tbey'll take a 5hoe.

Hone5tly, th i5?

Tb is godtorsaken mosq u ito
ranch wa5 a con5ciou5 cboice?

I cou ld d rop you back oft
at the airport.

(CAR DOOR C LOSES)

(EN O lN E STARTS)

Tb is tb ing is loaded
with cool Problems.

EVELYN : So, are you teacb ing?

PRAN K: l repair boat5.

-Please.
-l'm not bad at it eitber.

Wel l, tben,
tbat explain5 tb is.

They don't sel l
5u n5creen here?

I wear 5u nscreen .

Not enoug h .
And you need a bat.

A big bat tbat shades
you r face and neck.

You're playi ng Russian
rou lette witb you r 5kin .

You look like a Porn producer.

Okay. l appreciate tbe advice.
l do.

But we're not here to talk
about 5u n5creen, are we?

Ob, so no more small talk?
That'5 a 5hame.

Okay. Tbe environ ment you have
created for tbat ch i ld

where she lives,
tbe 5cbool 5be attend5,

it's su bstandard,
every bit of it.

I d i5ag ree.

We're getting nowhere

if we're not gon na be honest
with each otber.

I am being hone5t.

I see. Pine. Well, l'm not
leavi ng witbout ber.

Well, welcome to Plorida.

Prank, please l isten
to rea5on .

At some point, eitber you're
gon na come to tbe conclusion,

or 5omeone in autbority

is going to spell it out
for you

that the cb i ld's best interest
is al l that matter5.

You're gonna make me
Pu ll ran k, l wil l.

Diane d id n't want you
to have her.

D iane...

D iane d idn't always
th in k tb ing5 th roug b .

Arg uably one ot tbe brigbtest
m ind5 on tbe Planet.

Good luck
going down tbat road .

And what do you tb ink
5he'd 5ay

if sbe saw
bow her cb ild i5 living now?

Do you honestly th i n k
5be'd be Pleased?

That sbe's l iving a somewbat
normal lite? Yes. l do.

She's not normal.
And treating her a5 5ucb ...

is neg l igence
on a grand 5cale.

I know you r beart's
in the rig bt place on tb is.

But you are denying tbe g irl
her Potential. You are.

I can provide for ber,
l can en rich her l ife.

Oh , come on , Evelyn .
You're gonna take that g irl,

you're gonna bury her
in tutors...

tben you're gon na loan her
out to 5ome th ink tan k...

wbere sbe can talk
non-trivial zeros...

with a bu nch of old Russian
g uy5 for the re5t of ber lite.

And you'd bu ry ber
u nder a rock.

Look, l don't expect you
to u nder5tand

the price you bave to pay
tor greatness.

Oh , l do. That's why l bave
Mary in tbe first place.

Tbat'5 u ncalled for.

Your sister had
a lau nd ry l i5t of problem5.

Sbe cou ld have solved
Navier-Stoke5

and gone down in b i5tory...

as one of the greatest
matbematician5 of all time.

But sbe d id n't because
5he cou ldn't fin isb .

Sbe wa5 weak.

Weak l ike ber tather
and weak like...

Wel l...

Now, it it's wbo l tb ink
it is...

Kinda puts a black cloud
over ou r lu ncheon .

You're still stu bborn
and vind ictive.

Carefu l, Mother.

There's an apple and tree
analogy lurking .

You g uy5 ready to order?

Here's an idea.

Stop th i n king about me
and you ...

and start tb inking about
what'5 be5t for tbe ch i ld .

Por any reasonable person,
a clear pictu re wi ll emerge.

If it doesn't, l suggest
you cal l you r attorney.

He'l l have tbe bucket of beer.

Hey, let'5 go out5ide.

No.

Come on . lt'5 n ice out.

I don't care.

Hey, no more math today.

(O ROANS)

MARY: l5 there a God?

PRAN K: l don't know.

MARY: J ust tell me.

PRAN K: l wou ld it l cou ld .

But l don't know.
And neither doe5 anybody el5e.

MARY: Roberta know5.

PRAN K: No.
Roberta ha5 faith

and that's a great th i ng
to bave.

But faith's about
wbat you tb ink, feel.

Not what you know.

MARY: Wbat about Jesu5?

PRAN K: Love that guy.
Do wbat be 5ay5.

MARY: But is he God?

PRAN K: l don't know.

I have an oPin ion .

But that's my opin ion .
l cou ld be wrong .

So wby wou ld l screw u P yours?

U5e your head .

But don't be atraid
to believe in th i ng5 eitber.

MARY: H u h .
Tbere wa5 a g uy on TV

who 5aid there was no Ood .

PRAN K: The on ly d itference

between the atbeists on TV
and Roberta...

is tbat Roberta loves you .
Sbe'5 trying to help.

Tel l you wbat tbougb .

One way or anotber,

we all end u p back togetber
in tbe end .

That's wbat
you're a5king, rigbt?

MARY: Yep.

PRAN K: Okay.

Pind someth ing else
to worry about, wil l you?

MARY: Al l rig bt.

Okay. Adler,
grandmother and u ncle.

Real Iy?

You su re you folks
don't wan na go out

in the hallway
and 5ettle th i5?

No? Well, tbat'5 a 5hame.

M r. Cu llen, you are bere
tor tbe u ncle.

Yes, 5ir, You r Honor.

Start cbarg ing you room
and board .

M r. H igb5m ith,

you're on tbe wrong side
of the bay, aren't you?

(CH UCKLES) l'm very happy
to be here, You r Honor.

Por the record,
M r5. Dibbon5

is representi ng
the State of Plorida

Cb ild Welfare DePartment.

Proceed .

Your Honor,
my client, M r5. Ad ler

is the maternal g randmotber
of the cb ild .

Her daugbter,
tbe g irl'5 motber,

was a troubled woman ...

wbo seven years ago,
5ad ly, took her own life.

It was at th is time
that M r. Ad ler

preem Ptively and i llegally...

took cu5tody of the g irl

and spirited her
acros5 state l ines...

for the purpose
ot denying my client cu5tody.

Now, there is evidence tbat
the cb i ld currently lives...

in u nclean
and u nwhole5ome cond itions.

We petition the cou rt
to grant my client

fu ll cu5tody ot tbe ch i ld ...

5o tbat 5he may be retu rned

to tbe state
of Ma5sach u5etts...

and g iven the care
to wh icb 5he i5 entitled .

My client took an intant u nder
b i5 wing for one rea5on on ly.

It was h is sister's desire
tbat he do 5o.

My client bas been
her con5tant caregiver.

And, You r Honor, as far as
tbe living cond itions...

l've been in th is home.
lt'5 fine.

I mean, if we adopt standards
based on ...

ou r nortbern friend's
aver5ion to Palmetto bug5...

we won't have a ch i ld left
5outb of Tallabas5ee.

(SCATTERED LAU O HTER)

(CH U CKLES)

All rig ht. Last chance
before th i5 5tart5

costing a lot more money.

Your Honor,
my client wou ld need

reasonable access
to the cb ild .

So ordered .

Ms. Dibbons,
you'l l go over there

and cbeck out
the l iving cond ition5?

On the book5, You r Honor.

Al l rig bt, tolks.
Drive carefu lly.

(OALLERY M U RM U RIN G)

Her lawyer ha5 a n ice su it.

Relax, Prank. More weig bt's
Put on tbe talent com Petition .

Go have a cocktail, h m m?

Roberta, wou ld you
l ike to bave Mary ton ig ht?

Wby wou ldn't l like
to bave Mary ton igbt?

(SCOPPS)

I told you sometb ing like th is
wou ld haPpen .

Now look wbere we are.

And l'm su pposed to believe
you know what you're doing .

You cou ldn't even find
a wb ite lawyer.

Wow. Look, just...

-Don't worry, okay?
-Don't tell me that.

There'5 notb ing you can say

that's gon na make me
teel good ...

because l have no say
in any of tb is, Fran k.

L'm not a blood relative,

l'm not a legal g uard ian .
l'm notb ing !

J ust tbe lady
who lives next door,

wbo5e opin ion mean5 noth ing ...

wbo5e feelings mean notb ing .

Wou ld l like to bave
Mary ton ig bt? (SCOPPS)

L'd like to bave Mary
every n igbt.

(Sl NO lN G) Can 't sfop me now
Hear what l say

My feets gotta move, so...

Oet out of my way

l'm gonna have my say

l'm going to every dlscotheque

l'm gonna dance, dance, dance
Whool

Till the break of day

Oh, shame, shame, shame, shame

Ohl

Shame on you

lf you can 't dance too

And l sald shame, shame,
shame, shame

Shame, shame, shame
Shame on you

(lN DISTINCT C HATTERl NO)

H i.

H i.

U m, l heard Davis bragg ing
about a cu5tody case

and tben l fou nd out who5e...

l feel terrible.

But l also wanted you to know
that after we talked ...

l d id n't say anytb ing
to anyone.

I swear.

And it's, um, im portant to me
tbat you know that.

I know.

Okay.

My lawyer told me
to get d ru n k.

And you're trying to do it
witb tbat?

Okay. My tu rn .

Who was you r first
celebrity cru5b?

U m, l'l l go with ...

Mona from Who 's the Boss?

Ob, wow!

You know
wbo l'm talking about?

-Tbe sexy grandmother.
-(C H U CKLES) Yeab !

I always felt like
5be had a secret.

Yeah , wh icb is that
5he loved 5exual i ntercourse.

Tbat wa5 it.

And sbe wasn't secret
about it.

-That's why l liked ber.
-(LAU GHS)

You know wbat?
l l iked her, too.

See?

Al l rig bt. U m ...

Least favorite student.
And wby.

Ob, no!
l love all my 5tudent5.

I don't bel ieve you .
At all ! Not for a second.

No, tbey're all great.

They're all so g reat.

L'm gon na go abead and drink.

Let'5 keeP tb i5 bone5t.

He? Sbe?

U b, he i5 Ronn ie M idd leton .

Sou nd5 l ike a d ick.

(LAU G HS)

-He's a little cb ild, okay?
-l'm 5orry.

Tbe point is that he's evi l
in h i5 core.

(BOTH LAUG H lN O)

And there's noth i ng l can do.

Wow.

(CLEARS TH ROAT)

Wbat's you r greate5t fear?

Wow!

Tbat'5 a cbange of tone.

Yu p, l'm a really
5eriou5 person .

Okay.

Look, if it's too m ucb, you
can ju5t drin k you r drink...

and live with the fact
that you're atraid .

No, l can band le tb is. U m ...

Tbat l'll ru in Mary'5 l ife.

You're very, u m ...

5u rPri5ing, Mary'5 teacher.

Very m ucb 5o.

-Okay. Hold on . l'm sorry.
-(LAUO HS) What?

J u5t 5o that...

l feel l ike
l need to 5ay th i5...

j ust so tbat
tbere'5 no m i5conception .

Ob, God . No, l didn't...

No, bold on !

Tbat th is can't,
i5n't haPpen ing .

I get it. l know.
l'm witb you .

-Yeah? Okay.
-J 00ele. We're on the same Page.

Oood !

No, tbat's great. l'm sorry.
That'5 embarra55ing.

It's okay. l get it.

BOTH : Oh !

-Are you okay?
-Yeab, l'm good.

Okay. Good .

Can you prom ise
that there'5 no way?

Yes. Roberta ha5 Mary

every Satu rday til l noon,
l Prom i5e.

-Yeab?
-M m m -h m m .

-Mmm . M m m -m m m . Sorry.
-(SIG HS)

I can't do tb i5.

(EXHALES) Okay.

Okay.

I u nderstand.

L'll take you home.

Yeab .

-Sorry, just... One more time.
-(LAU GHS)

(B Ll N D C LACKIN G)

MARY: l can't find my DVD.

ROBE RTA:
lt'5 rig ht there, baby.

No, it isn't.
You come and find it.

ROBE RTA:
l'm doing lady bu5ine55.

Now, you were tbe last person
to watcb it.

What d id you do with it?

Ob ...

(O ROAN lNO)

(SIO HS)

(GASPS) Oh ! Ob, my God !

(EXHALES H EAVILY)

Good morn ing, M is5 Stevenson .

H i.

Look, l am ...

Ob, you know what?
l'm actually incapable...

of having
tb i5 conversation rig bt now.

Good. 'Cause l have no idea
wbat l wa5 gon na say.

(CH U CKLES)

G reat! Perfect!

Sir, if you please.
Take me to jai l.

(SINO-SON G) Awkward.

Mary...

StoP! Stop!

StoP with the Lego5 ! Li5ten .

Do we bave a ru le
about Satu rday morn ing?

What?

Are you allowed
in tb is apartment tb i5 early

on Satu rday morn i ng?
Yes or no?

-No.
-No!

(LEGOS RATTLIN G)

Are you al lowed to. .. Hey!

Stop ! Enoug b witb tbe Legos.

Are you al lowed to
u5e Roberta'5 key5?

-No.
-No!

Hey! Look at me.

Then wby are you here, bu b?

Can you an5wer me that?

You broke every ru le!

You just em barra55ed me.

We bave the5e ru les.

We've gone over them
a b u ndred time5 ! Ah b !

God !

Dam n it!

Can l just get five m in utes
of my own l ife?

(SLAMS DOOR)

(PRAN K SIG HS)

Noth ing that happened today
was you r fau lt.

I got mad at you ...

l wa5 really mad at me.

And tbe man utactu rers
of Lego5,

tbey 5bou ld all be in Pri5on .

L'm sorry.

Do you forg ive me?

Su re. Wbatever.

Hey, close tbe laptop.
Come on .

Please. Doesn't cou nt
if it's not eye to eye.

Come on, plea5e.

(SIO HS)

Do you real ly bave no lite
becau5e of me?

Tbat'5 not wbat l 5aid .

H m m .

Did you mean it?

La5t montb you 5aid l wa5

tbe worst u ncle
in the world ...

and you wi5hed death u pon me

'cause l d id n't buy you
a Piano.

D id you mean that?

No.

Not entirely.

Tbere you go.

We say th ings al l the time
we don't mean . So...

Let'5 forget it, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

(PRAN K SIG HS)

Pran k?

Yeab?

Can l have a piano?

No.

Was that really Mary's teacher
tb i5 morn ing?

You know, l got a book cal led

Fundamentals of
Decislon Making.

You can borrow it.

What i5 it?

It's noth ing .

Looks l ike Mary gets to go
to Bo5ton for a cou Ple day5.

It'5 j u5t two day5.

Relax.

EVE LYN : So, wbat do you tb ink?

MARY: Cool.

Wow! You and my mom

were alway5 togetber.

Always.

Ob, no, you don't want
to look at that one.

L5 tbat you?

Yes.

(BOTH C H U CKLE)

How old were you?

EVELYN : 29.

MARY: Wbere i5 tb i5?

That'5 Cam bridge U n iversity.

In Eng land .

MARY: Who are tbo5e People?

My re5earch colleague5.

Por wbat?

Matbematics, of cou r5e.

Real ly?

Cool !

So, then you came to work...

at a college in America?

EVE LYN : No.

I married you r grandtather...

and l came back
to America with h im .

And l bad cb i ldren .

Ob .

So, no more matb?

It's late.

You've got a big day tomorrow.

Come on . U p, u p, u P.

MARY: Can l play the Piano?

EVE LYN : No, you can't.

-Now stop dragg ing those teet.
-But, it'5 fu n !

EVE LYN : Come on !

BON N lE : l have had
a 5erie5 of n ig btmare5...

wbere l'm tired ...

because of what haPpened .

(CH U CKLES) You get it?

And then l try
to rationalize...

that everytb ing that happened
wa5 j u5t all alcohol.

(CH U CKLES)

I have an add iction
to fixer guy5.

(PRAN K LAU O HS)

Dr. Shan kland,
tb i5 Problem is...

l know. J ust copy it exactly
as you 5ee it written .

But it'5...

Exactly a5 written . Tbank you .

MARY: So, whaf's fhis problem
l'm supposed to Iook at?

I don't know.

Is it like the problems
Mom worked on?

You r mother d id n't work
on Problem5.

She worked on
j u5t one problem .

J ust one?

Her entire l ife?

Mo5t ot it.

Look.

Tbese are
the M i llen n ium Problem5.

Seven great
and mean ingfu l problem5.

Some mathematicians
bave worked

tbeir entire lives
to prove tbem .

Who's the dude witb tbe beard?

(CH U CKLES) That'5 not a d ude.

Tbat's Origori Perelman .

He Proved
tbe Poincaré conjectu re.

The on ly one
of the seven proved.

Th is...

Th is i5 you r mother's problem .

Na...vi...

Navier-Stokes.

No Pictu re.

-She d idn't solve it?
-No.

She wa5 clo5e.

She wou ld bave won
tbe Fields Medal...

and Probably sbared a Nobel...

considering wbat it wou ld have
meant for Phy5ic5.

Maybe l'll have my pictu re
u p bere 5omeday.

If you really de5ire it...

you can have
you r picture there, darl ing.

I can help you .

It takes focus and bard work,
but if you 5ucceed ...

you r name wi ll live torever.

Don't be 5m ug, Seymore.

Well, sbe's had plenty
ot time.

She traveled yesterday.
She slept i n a 5trange bed.

O ive her a cbance.

At six years old,
5be read Zim mer.

Out5tand ing.

How m uch d id 5be com prebend?

So, Mary...

l see you're looking
at ou r l ittle Problem .

MARY: Little? lt'5 big .

Yeab .

MARY: Why are you so mad
al l of a 5udden?

L'm not mad . l'm an noyed.

Not with you, dear.

Witb tbat pom pous ass,
Sbankland .

I knew tbat g uy was gon na
have a beard

before we even went in tbere.

Math teacbers
l ike to grow beards.

I shou ld never bave agreed
to tb i5 in the fir5t Place.

D id be really expect you

to just walk in
and be able to d i5sect...

5ome random , ma55ive Problem?

Not m uch to d issect,
if you ask me.

Wby do you say tbat?

It was wrong.

What?

Wel l, for 5tarter5,

he forgot tbe negative sig n
on the exPonent.

It went down b ill from tbere.

Tbe problem wa5 u n5olvable.

Maybe tb is school isn't
a5 g reat a5 you th ink it is.

Mary, you knew
tbe Problem wa5 incorrect.

Why d id n't you 5ay anyth ing?

Prank says l'm not su pposed to
correct older people.

(CH U CKLES)

Nobody l ike5 a smart-ass.

L'm loaded with 5wag !

Wanna come in5ide?

Cat.

MARY: Prank,
l tb ink tb i5 i5 5tu Pid .

Wby don't we j u5t call Evelyn

and tell ber
l don't wan na do th i5?

Becau5e like l told you ,

Evelyn d idn't order th is.
Tbe cou rt did.

So again,
what are we gon na do?

Tel l the truth .

Exactly.

Sooner we answer
the5e q ue5tion5,

5ooner we get to go home.

So, no attitude, okay?

Okay.

(SIO HS) Prank?

Mary.

I like Evelyn .

She look5 like my mom .

And 5he ba5 a Piano.

But l don't wanna l ive
with ber.

She'5 bo55y.

L've heard tbat.

Hey.

Don't worry.
You're not going anywbere.

Prom i5e?

I Prom i5e.

H i, Mary. l'm Pat Gold i ng,

but you can call me Pat
if you like.

Oot it.

Do you know why you're here?

I mean has anyone told you
wbat th i5 is about?

My g randmotber wants me
to live with her

and l wanna stay witb Prank.

Tbat'5 correct.

L'm su re th is can all be
very 5cary 5tuff.

Doe5 any of it worry you?

Nope. Prank says
l'm not goin' anywbere.

Your u ncle told you
you're not going anywbere?

J u5t J 5 m inute5 ago.

So, we done here?

Not q u ite yet.

My best triend other tban
Prank and Fred i5 Roberta...

wbo l ives
a cou ple hou5e5 away.

Really? Wbat'5 sbe like?

Sbe's n ice and fu n ny.
And l love ber.

(CH UCKLES) Tbat's n ice.

Is Roberta you r on ly friend
you r age?

Roberta's not my age.
She'5 like 40, 50...

30-5ometb ing.

Roberta'5 a g rown woman?

PeoPle my age are boring .

Roberta'5 cool .

Okay.

I don't watch TV.

But l got hooked on SpongeBob.

Mostly because
Roberta love5 it.

Oh . And on Satu rday n ig hts,
we watcb tbe UFC.

The UFC? l5 tbat...

ls that Ultimate Fighting?

Every Saturday.

You and your u ncle watcb
Ultimate Fighting?

Well, you don't just watch it.

Pran k tu rn5 tbe 5ou nd down

and we do the gru nting
and voice5.

H m m .

Sometimes l attack Prank
tor real.

Wb ich i5 really tu n for me.

I th in k if you guys
knew Pran k,

you'd leave u5 alone.

He can be Pretty annoying...

but be'5 a good Per5on .

I th in k.

Wby do you say tbat?

He wanted me
before l was 5mart.

H lG HSM lTH :
Mr. Pollard, are you...

tbe natural fatber
ot Mary Ad ler?

Yes, l am .

And how can you be
certain of th i5?

POLLARD : Well, l always knew,
but then you bad me...

take a DNA test.

I wou ld offer tbe te5t re5u lt5

as presum ptive evidence
tbat M r. Pol lard...

is tbe father and natu ral
g uardian ot tbe m inor.

A5 wel l as an affidavit...

from M r. Pollard nom inating ...

M rs. Ad ler,
the maternal grandmotber,

as tbe legal g uardian
ot tbe m inor.

No objection5.

M r. Pol lard ...

has M rs. Ad ler offered you
any monetary reward ...

or em ployment
tor com ing forward today?

No, sir.
l have a job ot my own .

H lO HSM lTH : Tban k you .

No fu rtber questions,
Your Honor.

CU LLEN : M r. Pollard...

wben was the last time
you 5aw Mary?

U h . .. l've never 5een ber.

CU LLEN : Ob, wby not?

POLLARD : By tbe time
l heard about Diane...

pa55ing ...

the baby wa5 gone already.

C U LLEN : Well, d id you try
and fi nd ber?

Be5t l cou ld .

I cou ldn't just go
and 5earch the entire cou ntry.

C U LLEN : Do you use
a com puter at work?

POLLARD : Su re.

You know what? HelP me out.

Here, let's goog le
"Mary Ad ler"

and, u h , 5ee wbat we tind.

(EXHALES DE EP LY)

You know wbat?

U h, you better add
her m iddle name.

It'l l narrow it down .

Eileen .

Yeab . H it Enter.

-(KEYBOARD C LACKS)
-Page 2.

Second h it.

Wou ld you please tell
tbe court wbat you see tbere?

It's a newspaper article
called

"Not So Terrible Twos."

And one of tbem
is Mary Eileen Ad ler.

Same name a5 you r daug bter.

Born on the same day
as you r daug hter.

Witb a Photograph .

U m, in you r detense,
you'd never recog n ize it...

-You r Honor, tb is is...
-CU LLEN : You r Honor...

if there's one th ing here
that'5 5adly obviou5...

it's tbat M r. Pol lard
ha5 never been

a genu ine guard ian
of the m inor...

and h is nom ination
of M r5. Ad ler

is no le55 d i5ingen uou5.

Wb ile the State of Florida
give5 deference

to nom ination
by a natu ral Parent...

l'm inclined to side
witb M r. C u llen'5 laptop...

at tb is time.

Tbank you, Your Honor.

(PEOPLE M U RM U RINO)

Don't g loat.

Wou ldn't d ream of it.

Walk you to you r car?

We've been so preoccu pied,
l'm almo5t a5hamed to a5k.

-How's Walter?
-(SCOFPS)

You wou ld n't bel ieve it
if l told you .

Why?

Well, you r steptather
is in Montana.

He boug ht a ranch .

Bu ll5b it.

Exactly. A man wbose idea
ot roug b ing it...

is being too tar trom the ice
mach ine at the Ritz-Carlton ...

now owns a J ,000 acres
ot gra55 and d u ng.

Walter Price i5 a cowboy.

Walter Price puts on
a Brook5 Brotber5 5u it

to take out the garbage.

He has a cowboy bat
and cowboy boot5...

and a horse
that doe5n't know dre5sage.

Is tbere some
log ical rea5on for tb i5?

M idlife cri5is, aPparently.

He'5 70.

I know.

M ust bave been on time delay
or 5ometb ing.

I g ue5s l sbou ld be haPpy

it wasn't a 26-year-old
cocktail waitres5.

But then again,

an affair you can explain
to friend5 i n a m in ute.

Por th is, you put on
a pot ot cottee.

And be's out tbere rigbt now?

Yes5iree!

Rid i n' tbe range.
Pu nch in' dogg ie5.

(lM lTATES JOH N WAYN E)
He had a 5ix gu n on h is h ip...

and a sadd lebag
tu ll of Lipitor.

The fastest asset management
in the We5t.

The man wbo sbot
Liberty M utual.

That's wbat l've been
cal ling b im .

-(C H U CKLES)
-Tbat's really, real ly tu n ny.

Take her to tbe airPort.

Go home, Evelyn .

Or Montana.
Rustle 5ome cattle.

You know...

l have no de5ire to h u rt you .

I hate it tbat we're at odd5.

We're always at odds.

Yes.

Hotel .

ROBERTA: Mary, baby,
come on now.

StoP th i5 now.

(CRYl NO) No.

-Come on out, honey.
-No.

Wby d id you have to tell ber
tbat dead beat was testifying?

Becau5e it's the truth .

And it l d id n't,
Evelyn wou ld've.

If l was tbe dad
of a little g irl

and l never 5aw ber...

and l was in the 5ame town ...

l wou ld vi5it her.

Wel l, l hoPe you're hapPy.

He d id n't even
need d irection5.

He cou ld've followed you here.

Speaking of men
who aren't worth a dam n .

(CRYIN G)

Doesn't even wanna see
wbat l look like.

All rig ht.

Hey, put you r shoes on .
We're going for a ride.

You too.

A ride?

MARY: What are we doing here?

-PRAN K: Waiting .
-(AN NOU N C EM ENT ON PA)

We can see tbat.

Why?

Becau5e l said so.

How long do we have to
5tay bere?

As long a5 it take5.

And keep you r voice down .
lt's a ho5pital .

-Pood's bere.
-Yeah, food'5 here.

(lN DISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(EXHALES) lt's a boy.

(ALL C H EE RINO EXCITED LY)

Way to go!

(LAU G H lNO)

Tbat's exactly bow it was
when you were born .

Th is haPpy?

Th is haPpy.

Who came out
and told everybody?

I d id .

Can we 5tay tor anotber?

(lNAU Dl BLE)

M rs. Ad ler, in you r earlier
testimony, bere today...

you've pai nted a pretty dim
pictu re of your own 5on .

Don't you th in k?

L'm u nder oatb .

I take no Plea5u re in it.

So, you r son's
a failu re i n life,

you r daug hter took her life.

You know, you're oh tor two.

-H lG HSM lTH : Objection !
-Witbd rawn .

If l go one for th ree,
l'm in the Hall of Pame.

You know ba5ebal l.

Penway Park.

You know, l'd like to go tbere
5ome time.

How often in a year

d id you take Diane
to a ba5eball game?

Diane wasn't interested
in 5ports.

Sbe never wanted to go
to a game? Ever?

I don't recall ber
ever a5king .

J ust out ot cu riosity, Fenway,
tbat's a toug b ticket.

Wbere do you get you r5?

EVE LYN : My busband has
5eason ticket5.

And how long has be bad tbem?

30 year5.

But l've on ly been
married to h im for 20.

And Diane never went
to one game?

What color was tbe dress
D iane wore to prom?

Diane d id n't attend a Prom

because she d id n't go
to a b ig h 5cbool .

No Prom .

Wbat 5port5 d id 5be Play?

As l told you earlier,

sbe wasn't interested
in 5ports.

Did sbe go to cam p
duri ng tbe 5u m mer?

EVE LYN : No.

-Comm u n ity swimm ing pool?
-We had ou r own Pool.

-O irl Scouts?
-No.

Tben what did sbe do
witb all tbat time?

Sbe loved mathematics.
lt was ber Pa55ion .

She preferred it
to all other tb ing5.

Al l otber?

M r5. Ad ler, wbo'5 Pau l Riva?

(SCOPPS)

He was a boy
from the neig h borhood .

CU LLEN : Ob, come on .
He wa5 m ucb more than ...

just a boy
from the neig h borhood .

Pau l wa5 Diane's tir5t love...

wasn't he?

I wou ldn't characterize it
tbat way. No.

CU LLEN : And bow wou ld Diane
characterize it?

D iane was J 7 years old
at the time.

She d id n't know anytb ing
about love.

C U LLEN : M rs. Adler...

in January ot J ggB...

d id n't Diane and you ng
M r. Riva ru n away togetber?

He coerced ber.

-And wbere did they go?
-Vermont.

And you cal led tbe police,
didn't you?

-Because be kid napped her?
-Ye5. Ye5.

And wbere did tbe police
tind you ng M r. Riva and Diane?

I told you . Vermont.

Stowe, Vermont. Wasn't it?

A resort town .

Stowe Mou ntain .

He took ber 5ki ing.

You see,
kidnapPer5 don't usual ly

take tbeir victim5 skii ng .

But tb i5 i5 wbat Pau l d id ...

because he and Diane
were i n love.

No.

And when tbey returned,

you pressed
kidnapPing cbarges.

You filed a lawsu it
again5t b i5 parent5...

u ntil Pau l stopped
call ing Diane.

-Didn't you?
-Ye5.

And Diane never beard trom
or 5aw Pau l Riva again .

D id 5he?

Not to my knowledge.

And how did 5be take it?

She wa5 u p5et for a wb ile.

She lost tocus.

She lost tocus.

M rs. Ad ler,
in March of J g9g...

didn't Diane Ad ler attem pt
to take ber own lite?

Th is episode was m inor.
lt was noth ing .

I have tbe hospital report
in my band .

It was noth ing .

D iane was not like
regu lar People.

Sbe wa5 extraord i nary.

And extraord inary peoPle

come with singu lar issues
and need5.

You bave no idea
the caPability 5he po5se55ed .

One in a bill ion .

And you wou ld say, "Pine,
let'5 th row that away...

"so tbe boy who cuts ou r yard
can make a sexual conque5t."

Maybe before you make
that deci5ion ,

you 5tand i n my 5boe5.

I had responsibi lities
wb ich went beyond

tbe motber-daug hter
relation5h ip.

The greate5t d i5coverie5

wh icb bave im proved lite
on th is planet...

have come from m inds
rarer than radiu m .

Witbout tbem,
we'd 5til l be crawling in m ud .

And for you r information,
cou n5elor...

a year after tb is incident
with th is boy...

Diane tban ked me
tor my i ntervention .

She realized sbe'd made
a m istake and sbe thanked me.

You see, Diane u nderstood
5be was accou ntable

tor tbe g ift 5be'd been g iven .

And 5he d id n't sby from it.

And l tb ink, it she were
here today, M r. Attorney...

she wou ld refute
you r ba5ele55 in5in uations...

tbat she wou ld g ive u p
her brilliant tutu re

and take ber own l ife...

just because Mom my didn't
get her a l ittle red wagon .

No more question5.

(lNAU Dl BLE)

H lO HSM lTH : Mr. Adler...

where are you
cu rrently em Ployed?

I repair boat5.

Ob, really? At wb ich marina?

I don't work at a marina.
l freelance.

So, sate to say,
no healtb insurance.

No.

H lG HSM lTH : About a week before
you r 5i5ter took ber life...

wbat were you doi ng
tor a l iving then?

I wa5 a teacber.

H lG HSM lTH : You're being
mode5t, aren't you?

You were a professor
at Bo5ton U n iver5ity...

isn't tbat rig ht?

Yes, wel l,
As5istant Profes5or.

And wbat'd you teacb?

Pb ilo5oPhy.

Truth and log ic.
Tbat 5ort of tb ing .

You r attorney said
tbat tbe primary reason ...

that you took Mary is because
it was what your 5i5ter...

wou ld have wanted you to do.
l5 tbat tbe trutb?

Yes.

So D iane had visited
Pinellas Cou nty betore?

No.

Ind icated she wanted
her daugbter

u prooted and moved here?

-No.
-No.

So, you decided to bring
Mary bere, d id n't you?

D id Diane have a problem

with you r bealth plan
at Bo5ton U n iver5ity?

Not to my knowledge.

Do you th ink she wou ld want
her daugbter

to bave acces5 to bealthcare?

Of cou r5e.

So wbat do you do,
wben little Mary get5 sick?

You rePair a doctor'5 boat?

-Objection .
-N lC HOLS : Su5tained .

Mary ba5 been identitied ...

a5 a math Prodigy.

But her formal math education
u nder your care...

sbe's learn ing at the
tir5t grade level, i5n't 5he?

PRAN K: Yes.

H lG HSM lTH : And you tu rned down
a 5cbolar5h iP at tbe Oak5...

a scbool special izing i n the
ed ucation of g ifted ch i ldren?

Yes.

And Diane,
5be'd be fine witb tbat?

I cou ld n't say.

H lG HSM lTH : Prior to M rs. Ad ler
giving her one,

did Mary bave a com Puter?

Sbe used m ine.

M r. Adler, does Diane's
daug bter have ber own bedroom?

PRAN K: No.

H lG HSM lTH : Does sbe sleep
in a bed tbat you boug bt...

-in a second hand sbop?
-Ye5.

So, tbe trutb i5, M r. Ad ler,

that you didn't come down here

because your sister
wanted you to...

and you certain ly
didn't come bere

becau5e it wa5 good tor Mary.

No, it wa5 Per5onal.

Diane was a star.
You weren't.

D iane got tbe attention .
You didn't.

And over the years,
you got angry.

And here come5 Mary.

-What a great way to get even .
-(SIG HS)

You've u prooted
tbat little girl

and broug bt ber here
tor one rea5on on ly.

To do harm to you r mother.

You blamed her
for your 5i5ter.

No, l don't.

And Mary to you is j ust a pawn
in all tb is. lsn't 5he?

Diane wanted Mary...

to be a kid .

Sbe wanted ber to have a l ife.

She wanted her
to bave friends...

and to play...

and to be haPpy.

Do you realize
the con5equences

ot boredom for a g itted cb ild,
M r. Ad ler?

They become resentfu l
and 5u l len .

Mary'5 not an angry kid .

H lG HSM lTH : Really?

D id she not attack a ch i ld
on tbe 5cbool bu5?

PRAN K: A J 2-year-old triPped

a 7-year-old
and 5he came to b i5 deten5e.

-Did sbe break the boy's nose?
-Ye5.

On October J 0tb of last year
were you arrested for a5sau lt?

Ob, my God .

N lCHOLS : You bave to answer
tbe q ue5tion, M r. Ad ler.

A dru nk id iot attacked me
and l defended myself.

Wbat does tbat have to do
with anyth ing?

D id you spend the n igbt
in jail?

Yeab .

You are i n way
over you r head here.

You're depriving tbat g irl .

You're gambling
witb her future...

and now you're being presented
witb an oPportu n ity...

to do rigbt by her.
J um P at it.

CU LLEN : Does cou nsel
bave a que5tion for my cl ient?

Take tbe b ig b road,
M r. Adler...

before she is
irreparably damaged .

CU LLEN : Does cou nsel
have a q ue5tion ...

-tor my client or not?
-Ye5, 5ir.

I do have tbe q ue5tion .

Tel l us, is you r
contin ued guard ian5h iP...

real ly i n the best interest
ot tb i5 little g irl?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

H lG HSM lTH : l have
no furtber q ue5tion5.

MARY: Research
and Development...

has come u p
with a brand new Pred cheer.

Pred personal ly asked me
if l wou ld tel l you it.

Let'5 hear it.

S-O-C-K l-T
Sock It to me, Freddy...

Sock It.

(VOCALIZIN O)

Sock It.

(VOCALIZIN O)

Tel l R and D,
tbey got a win ner.

Tbat'5 exactly what l said .

MARY: S-O-C-K l-T
Sock It to me, Freddy

C U LLEN : They wanna cut a deal.

H ig bsm ith cal led me
first th ing tb i5 morn ing.

Why wou ld be do tbat?
l don't u nder5tand .

In the m idd le of...

J ust listen .
Li5ten to me, man .

Mary wou ld be put
in a fo5tering 5ituation .

No.

-Come on, Prank.
-Cu llen , l told you no.

It wou ld n't be
a cou rt-apPointed

to5ter fam ily, Prank.

-Hey! Drop it!
-We cou ld cherry-pick...

trom tbe cream of tbe croP.

M utually aPproved.

J ust hear me out.

Tam pa.

I i n5isted, and they ag reed.

No more than a balt an hou r
trom you r front door.

Now, she wou ld attend
the Oaks.

It's a great 5chool.

And visiting rigbts
for the grandmotber...

but sbe was gonna
get that anyway.

Rig bt? And on ber
J 2tb birthday, Prank,

5he can go back into cou rt...

-No.
-and decide then ...

wbere sbe wants to live
and with wbo.

I don't u nder5tand th i5.

I thoug ht you were su pposed
to be on my team .

Wby are you bring i ng me
th i5 deal?

Other tban
l'm req u ired to by law?

You l ike tb is deal?

I love th i5 deal.

Tbey th ink tbey're gon na lo5e.

Yeab .

Tbey do.

You tb ink we're gon na lo5e.

Yes.

I do, Pran k.

(CU LLEN EXHALES)

I gotta go put my kid5 to bed .

L'll do whatever
you want me to do.

But if we leave th is
u P to tbat judge, N icbol5...

he'5 old 5cbool, Fran k.

Doe5 he l ike you r mother? No.

Doe5 be like her income?

Does be like her bealth plan?
Doe5 be like her bome?

You better bel ieve it.

L've been in b is cou rtroom .

A bu nd red time5.

And it it'5 a coin to55...

Look at me.

If it'5 a coin tos5...

that old boy is going to
5ide witb tbe money.

So, do me a favor, Fran k.

J ust meet tbe fam ily.
See how it feel5.

It'5 all l a5k.

WOMAN : (Sl NO lNO)
FIy away, llttle pretty bird

FIy, fly away...

Pool. Plorida.

That dock
is on tbe lntercoastal.

Wb ich l gues5 i5 obviou5...

si nce we're on
tbe lntercoastal.

Added th is desk,
5o 5be cou ld do her bomework.

Yeab .

And tb is wou ld be her room .

I see in your eyes a promlse

So, wh ile l'm trying to
5el l you on tbe bou5e...

and u5...

l j u5t don't want you to th in k

tbat we're
com pletely in5en5itive...

to what you're feel ing .

You guys gon na be okay
witb a cat?

Absolutely.

Love 's own tender flames

Warm this meeting

And love 's tender song
you wlll sing

But fly away...

l've been th in king a lot
about tbe word "com prom i5e."

On one band,
good challeng ing school ...

on tbe otber...

to5ter People.

Tbey can watcb sitcoms
with ber.

Take ber to Olive Oarden .

Teach her
to 5ay "irregard le55."

The on ly saving g race,
l su pPo5e,

is sbe's better ott
tban sbe wa5.

Wel l...

Goodbye, Prank.

(SIO HS) Hey...

come on .

L'm on ly 25 m in ute5 away.

(CRYIN G)
Plea5e don't leave me here.

-Please.
-No.

Look, you're going to

a brand new scbool,
a better 5chool.

I don't want to.

I want my crummy 5cbool.

-And you got Pred.
-Please.

And once a month
you can come back.

You can stay witb me
and Roberta.

I want you and Roberta now!

And in a few years,
if you want...

you can come back.
You can live with me.

I wan na stay witb you .

Pran k, you Prom i5ed me.

-Come on . Don't do tb is.
-You prom i5ed me.

I know.

I know.

Please, Pran k.
Wby are you leaving me?

Because the cou rt said
l bad to. You know tb i5.

We've d iscussed tb is
ad nau5...

We've di5cu5sed th i5. Come on .

-Come on , please.
-No!

-Hey, Mary.
-No!

Hey, Mary.

No ! No !

Sweetbeart, you know what?

No !

There's no easy way
to do tb i5.

Not gonna be as long
a5 you tb ink, boney.

-Prank!
-You're gon na 5ee.

MARY: Prank!

Don't leave me!

-I know tb is is hard .
-Plea5e!

No ! Get you r bands off of me!

-Prank! Please!
-l know it's hard.

-Come back!
-Mary! l know.

No !

Prank!

Don't go!

I need you !

-Pred needs you !
-(STARTS ENG lN E)

You Prom i5ed me!

No !

(SIO HS) H u h .

BON N lE : Hey, down there.

PRAN K: l don't know
wh icb m istake is worse.

Desig n ing a water pu m p
that leak5...

or putting it somewhere
no h u man being can reacb .

(PRAN K O RU NTS)

How do you design someth i ng
you know i5 gon na fail?

Gotta be devious
or clueles5, rig bt?

After the first few weeks,
l knew...

l had to find
a real fam i ly tor ber.

I wa5 in way over my head .

And every day, l'd say,
"Today'5 tbe day...

"l'm takin' her
to cb ild 5ervice5."

And every day,
5he'd do 5ometb ing just...

5o u nbelievably cool.

Her little personality
was exPlod ing .

She wa5 fu nny.

And sbe was angry, and
5be was bapPy, and 5be was...

5ad .

And wa5 cute.

J ust 5o dam n entertain ing .

And 5o l kePt her.

Not that
tbat's in her be5t intere5t.

Not that l'm capable
of raisi ng a cb i ld .

A cb i ld tbat m ig ht stil l
have a motber...

if l bad taken the time to
notice tbat 5he needed me.

(O RU NTS)

And now,
5ix and a half year5 later...

l finally got her
to the fo5ter fam i ly,

and you know wbat?

It wa5 g reat. She loved it.

I tboug bt
it wou ld be a n ig htmare...

ot abandon ment and betrayal .

But, tu rns out
it was a h uge succe55.

L'm a fucki ng bero.

(CRASH lNO)

-Prank. ..
-No, Bon n ie.

I appreciate
everyth ing you've done.

J ust...

-Hey.
-H i, Prank.

We're baving a little bit
of a problem in there.

What?

U h, Mary'5 tine...

but she's baving
a little bit of a meltdown .

Rig bt. Let me talk to ber.

No, bang on .

That'5 not a good idea.

You r visit bere is tbe reason
for the meltdown .

What?

Sbe don't wan na 5ee you .

L'm sorry, man .

Tb i5 i5 predictable.

You know, 5he need5 time.

J ust g ive me five m in utes
with ber.

I let you in5ide...

then we're gon na
betray ber tru5t

and we bave
an even bigger Problem .

(CH lLDREN C HATTERl NO)

Ob ...

(CELL PHON E RIN O lNO)

(SIO HS)

(CE LL PHON E CH l M lN O)

-H i.
-H i ! Can we belP you?

Yeah . Do you have a one-eyed
orange cat named Pred?

We have a one-eyed cat,

but l don't know
what b i5 name i5.

Wbere?

I don't know.
Today wa5 h i5 la5t day.

Hey, you can't go back there.

(DOO BARKl NG)

Hey.

Wboa, wboa, wboa,
what are you doing back bere?

-(SIG HS l N RE Ll EP)
-(CAT M EOWS)

-I told b im he cou ldn't.
-(SIG HS)

Hey, Fred .

(M EOWS)

Wbo broug bt tb is cat in?

Some g uy. He said
it wa5 an al lergy i55ue.

(SIO HS)

Evelyn .

(CATS M EOWIN O)

-Prank!
-Wbere'5 Evelyn?

Evelyn? You mean you r motber?

-Yes.
-Kevin .

Evelyn i5 in the guest hou5e.

Yeah , li5ten . l'm sorry, man .

Pran k, let me tel l you,

sbe was so belpfu l
witb tbe tutor5.

-Mary was so d istant.
-Hey!

Look, we know
wbat you're u P again5t.

Do you want your lite back?

Go back in5ide.

Wbat are you doing here?

Come on, Mary.
We're goin' bome.

-No.
-You're tre5Pa55ing !

You need to look at th is.

Let'5 go, Mary.

-Let's move. Come on .
-No!

-Hey! Mary.
-Mary!

Mary!

-It's okay. l got her.
-U b-u b !

Tb in k again, lady.

Mary!

Mary! Hey, stop it.

No! Let me go !

No !

-No! No I
-Stop, Mary!

-Stop. Stop.
-No!

-Come bere.
-You lied to me !

I know!

-No! No I
-Stop ! StoP, stoP!

-(SOBBING)
-l'm 5orry.

I made a m istake.
l'm 5o 5orry.

You prom i5ed me.

I know.

You Prom i5ed.

I know. l'm 5orry.

You said
you wou ldn't leave me.

I made a m i5take.

(SIO HS) l'm 5orry.

I wa5 so 5ad !

I m i55ed you .

I m i55ed you , too.

Tbey took Fred .

No. lt's okay.

-I got b im . He's home.
-What?

He's at the apartment
rigbt now. l got h im .

Por real?

Yeab . He's bome kicking arou nd
b i5 Ping pong ball .

Wby d id you leave me there?

Because l thoug ht
l wa5 bad for you .

And tben it dawned on me.

If Mary i5 tb i5 amazing...

5mart, 5weet h uman bei ng ...

then l m ust be
doing sometb ing rig bt.

(CRYIN G)

-You're sm iling .
-(LAUO HS TEARPU LLY)

-Roberta I
-(ROBERTA C H U CKLES)

Oh , baby.

Of al l the stu nts
you cou ld Pu ll.

-Where are they going?
-Nowhere.

Not yet.

You two, out!

-Wbat is th is?
-Do you want to know...

bow Diane told me
5be fin isbed?

Wbat is th is
u ncon5cionable lie?

I walked into ber apartment

and sbe was sitting
on the floor...

witb tbat baby in ber arm5

and you know
what sbe 5aid to me?

Adm it it. You made th is u P.

-Sbe said, "What do l do now?"
-No.

It is not a com pleted Proof...

-lt is.
-No! lt i5n't! lt can't be.

Evelyn, 5top!

L'm taking Mary
and l'm rai5ing her

how l bel ieve D iane
wou ld've wanted .

-We'l l see about tbat later.
-l realize...

5he'5 not normal.

But if Einstein can
ride a bike, so can sbe.

Let's just say Diane d id n't
tel l me, wh icb i5 nonsense...

it's a M il len n iu m Problem .

She wou ld bave sbared it
witb tbe world .

Tbat's where
you r charade fall5 aPart.

If sbe had
com pleted tbe Proof,

5be wou ld have Pu bl isbed it.

Diane i nstructed me
very clearly.

Tbat l was on ly to publish it
Po5tmortem .

She d ied 5ix years ago.

It wasn't her deatb
5be was talking about.

I tried to talk her out of it.

But you know
how Diane cou ld be

wben sbe made ber m i nd u p
about 5ometh ing .

I cal led M lT.

Sbankland'5 out of b is m ind

about tbe possibi lity
of publi5h ing it with you .

He'5 waiting for you r call .

You're gon na be spend ing the
next few year5 ot you r life...

defend ing it.

You won't have time tor ber.

What if l 5ay no?

Back to Plan A.

Wait for me to die?

I know D iane wa5 bard .

I know 5he wa5 angry.

But sometb ing really good
came out ot tb i5, Evelyn .

Sbe needs you now.

You're tbe best woman
for the job.

Take it.

It doesn't seem as tboug h
Diane wanted me to have it.

D iane d idn't always
th in k tb ing5 th roug b .

L'll be out5ide.

Let me know wbat you wanna do.

(DOOR C LOSES)

(EN O lN E STARTS)

RECEPTION lST J : (ON RECORDING)
You 've reached

the Deparfment
of Mathematics at MIT.

If you know
your party's extension,

-you may dlal It af any fime.
-(SOBBINO)

If you wish to speak
to an operator...

please stay on the Iine

and someone will be with you
as soon as possible.

REC EPTION lST 2 : Oood
afternoon, MIT Mathematics,

how may l dlrect your call?

Hello ? l'm sorry.
l can 't hear you very well.

No! No.

Yeah. There you are.

Yeah, can t help you?

U b, yes.

Doctor Sbankland .

L'm really sorry.
l can 't hear you.

Could you speak up, please?

Hello ?

Evelyn Ad ler...

tor Seymore Sban kland, Please.

PROPESSOR:
And wbat l want you to notice,

is that wben you
com Pute P ot N ...

for N cong ruent
to tour mod five...

tbe answer
is a m u ltiPle ot five.

So, the first person
to notice tb i5

was Srin ivasa Raman ujan .

In the beg in n ing
ot tbe 20th centu ry...

he proved that
it was the ca5e for al l...

n um bers congruent
to fou r mod tive.

So, he proved
tbat P of tive N plu5 fou r...

is congruent
to zero mod 5even ...

and tbat P of eleven N
Plus 5ix

is congruent
to zero mod eleven .

(lN DISTINCT C HATTERl NO)

PRAN K: Good?

MARY: You drive
l ike an old lady.

PRAN K: lt's Plorida.
l'm blending in .

How wa5 school?

H m m , fu n .

Not l ike regu lar 5chool fu n ...

but interesti ng .

Wbat is th i5 book?

Discourse on Method.
René Descartes.

What'5 it about?

Exi5tence.

Exi5tence?

Yu p. "l tb in k,
tberefore l am ."

Wel l, ot cou r5e you are.

-Tbat's obvious.
-(C H U CKLES)

I th in k about Pred,
tberefore, l am .

Cogito ergo Fred?

He'5 a dude and be'5 a guy.

And he on ly bas one eye.

Pred, Pred, Pred !

Preddy, Pred, Fred !

(CH lLDREN C HATTERl NO)

All rig ht, bere we are.

Hey! Wait ti ll
l come to a 5top.

MARY: Tben come
to a 5top already!

(lN DISTINCT C HATTERl NO)

MAN : (SING l NG) A new wind is
blowing through these streets

Those cold days
are hlstory to us

l'm not sayin '
times they won 't get tough

We still got each other
That's enough

l know life
ain 't simple for you, dear

But l'm here,
and l'm not golng anywhere

l'm not sayin '
l know how you feel

ljust know
that t can help you deal

Don 't Iose your mind

Don 't lose your good heart

Just know this tlme

Thaf you 'll be waking up
in all these better days

This Is how you walk on

This Is where you belong

l'm not sayin '
this Isn 't where you 'll stay

But this Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on

The warm light of fhe evening
sings so sweet

Cold grass
underneath your dancin ' feet

These slmple thlngs
mean more than t can say

These momenfs make up
for our past dark days

Don 't Iose your mind

Don 't lose your good heart

Just know this tlme

Thaf you 'll be waking up
in all these better days

Thls how you walk on

This Is where you belong

l'm not sayin '
this Isn 't where you 'll stay

But this Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on

This Is where you belong

l'm not saying
this Isn 't where you 'll stay

But this Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on

This Is where you belong

l'm not saying
this Isn 't where you 'll stay

But this Is how you walk on

This Is how you walk on