Adrift in Manhattan

uh-uh, I ain't going out with no high school boy.

he's 19.

So I'm supposed to be impressed he was kept back?

You leaving?

What are you developing in the back?

Nothing.

Probably some nudie pictures.

he's good.

come on.

What? He's cute.

You always say that.

Well, why don't you then?

Um, Mr. Sneider?

Good night, Simon.

you love that too.

I always laugh.

Yes?

You said-- earlier, you said, um...

Oh, right, right.

Right.

Here you go.

Take care of it.

hey, watch where you're going!

Hello, mama.

You're late.

Where were you?

I was delivering some stupid packages.

I thought maybe you met a friend.

Do you have a new friend?

That girl from down the hall?

No.

How was your day?

Mr. Lawson expects everything he wants

In five seconds.

If I get one thing wrong, he yells--

look to the right.

To the left.

Good. Thank you very much, Mr. Pensara.

You have macular degeneration.

The part of your eye that processes light

Is diseased.

Can you fix it?

I'm sure you're going to want

To talk this over with your family.

I'm gonna prescribe you

These drops.

You take them two times a day,

Once when you get up in the morning

And once before you go to bed at night.

They've been effective

In slowing the course of disease

In some patients.

How long do I have?

A few months.

Oh, it's very progressed, Mr. Pensara.

I'm sorry, but you're going blind.

Tommaso, how are you?

Good morning, Tommaso.

Buenos dias, Tommas.

Notice anything different about me?

My bangs.

My daughter cut them and--

Oh, yes, I see.

Very nice.

Gracias.

Ooh. Oh.

This is-- this isn't for me.

It's for Vargas.

I'm sorry.

Hello, Mr. Pensara.

I'm sorry you had to wait.

I'll be late getting back to work.

Well, you didn't have an appointment.

Am I really going blind?

What do you do, Mr. Pensara?

I'm a painter.

What do you paint?

People, mostly.

Well, did you talk to your family?

I don't have one.

Do you have friends?

Of course.

Do I look like a pariah?

I think you're gonna need to talk to them

And ask for their help right now.

is that your son?

Yes. How old is he?

In that picture, he's 20 months.

Well, I have patients waiting, so I have to get back to work.

Yahoo!

Uh-oh.

Hey. Hey.

How you doing?

Fine.

What do you want?

I needed your signature on some papers.

That's a waste of time.

I told the bank I'd have them back

First thing in the morning.

To refinance a place we're not gonna keep?

So if he's rich, you might change your mind.

Rose.

Rose, I'm sorry.

I'll drop it, okay?

hi, Mark.

Hi, Rose.

Hi, Jen.

Can you explain

How it is that those dogs

Are always dressed better than I am?

I bet you they have a charge account

Over at barney's.

Bergdorf's.

So what are you doing tonight?

I have to finish some reading.

The apartment's playing over at the beekman.

Okay, well, I'll see you later.

Oh, come on.

It'll just be a couple of hours.

It'll be fun.

I can't. I have to read.

How many more chances

Are you gonna get to see Jack Lemmon

Strain spaghetti through a tennis racquet?

Hay, Tommas.

Estas mi--

You remember my daughter Christina.

Very nice to see you.

And these are my grandchildren,

Yvette and Carlitos.

We're going out to lunch.

Say hello to Mr. Pensara, children.

hi.

Wait.

"first class."

And "handle with care."

Thank you.

What do we say?

thank you.

Yvette, you're a pretty little girl,

But you will be a beautiful woman.

It's very nice to see you again.

And you.

Have a nice lunch.

my daughter, Christina,

She wants to take a trip to Puerto Rico,

And she wants to take the whole family.

It's just that I'm not sure

If I should join them.

I see new people coming into your life.

I see a new man coming into your life.

A new man.

En Puerto Rico, ay bendito, dios me libre.

Bonasera, Tommaso.

Buenos dias, Isabel.

dear Isabel,

I would like to have the pleasure of your company

For a performance of Beethoven’s string quartets.

If you would like to join me,

Please let me know at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely yours, Tommaso Pensara.

If business doesn't pick up, we're cooked.

The guy who invented the digital camera,

The number one reason

To repeal the assault weapon ban.

yeah.

Mr. Sneider.

You like that, eh?

Hey, Simon, you finish your prints?

Yeah, and?

Yeah, well, at least you got a hobby.

And hobbies are good.

They keep you from going crazy

Like me.

You're a funny kid, Simon.

You don't say much, do you?

Come on, Simon, let's play.

You lost some weight.

For real?

Mm-hmm.

You got to eat,

Or you're gonna disappear

Like Houdini.

You're crazy, mom.

Oh.

Ma, ma.

Oh, come on. It's terrible.

It's like a third eye.

Who is she?

Let me get those.

No, I want to know who she is.

Are you stalking her?

Well, that's perverted.

Why do you want to take pictures

Of girls you don't know?

Instead of taking pictures of women,

Why don't you try talking to one?

Since feeling is first,

Who pays any attention to the syntax of things

Will never wholly kiss you.