:50:03
Well, it was really quite extraordinary,
very unusual. I was seeing a patient...
:50:08
Dr Fine, there's a friend
of your son's here. He's hurt.
:50:13
- My God.
- Hi.
:50:14
- I was mugged.
- Come in.
:50:16
He was more scared than hurt.
A knife wound. A few bruises.
:50:22
- I don't know how to thank you.
- Don't be silly.
:50:24
My father'll be here tomorrow.
:50:26
He's making a movie of Cats.
:50:29
Yes.
:50:31
And this man had been
a matinée idol of my youth.
:50:35
Somebody who had really forged ahead
and made new paths for blacks
:50:39
just by the strength of his own talent.
:50:43
Strangely, I'd identified with him
before I started medical school.
:50:48
I mean, I'm a Jew.
My grandparents were killed in the war.
:50:52
And I had this sense of self-hatred, of fear.
:50:57
And this kid's father,
:51:00
the bravery of his films,
gave me a direction, confidence.
:51:07
Simple as that.
:51:09
We're always paying off debts.
:51:13
Then my beeper went off - a patient in
her tenth month. Her water finally broke.
:51:18
I gave the kid my keys.
:51:20
- Number 121.
- Thank you.
:51:22
- Doug told me all about your brownstone.
- Is that right?
:51:25
How you got it at a great price
because there'd been a murder in it,
:51:29
and people thought it had a curse.
:51:31
But you, sir, were a scientific man,
and were courageous.
:51:35
Well, yes. Courageous.
:51:36
Very courageous.
:51:39
I ran off to the delivery room.
:51:41
- Twins. Two boys.
- (woman) Ahh.
:51:44
I thought of my son.
I dialled my boy at Dartmouth.
:51:48
Amazingly, he was in his room.
Doing what, I hate to ask.
:51:52
You've accused me of having
no interest in your life,
:51:55
of not doing for your friends,
being a rotten father.
:51:59
Well, this should make you very happy.