see, dad, it's coherent light.
no.
hi.
thanks
just argon. but i have it all structured for hf if i could get some.
it's all theoretical at this stage, but i have the power supply completely worked out.
thanks.
yes?
they're okay. they just sometimes don't have any idea of what i'm talking about.
no. i don't have any. i think i intimidate other kids.
i don't want to.
it sounds great.
chris kinsley.
no, but he's a legend in the physics club.
wow.
good afternoon. i'm looking for the president's freshman tea.
mitch simon.
i'm a minor.
yes, sir.
i hope so.
thank you.
okay. i guess i better go now.
yes?
me?
i don't have any ah.
no, sandwiches.
how about my shorts.
no. i'm mitch simon. i'm a student. dr. atherton told me to come up here.
how do you mean?
i'm fifteen.
are you expecting him or.
are any of you guys chris kinsley?
why?
oh. well, i'm supposed to have a look at your work up to date. check it over.
yes.
mistakes, i guess. he said you guys are stuck.
negative. there's a mistake all right, but i think you guys made it. look, you inverted the last two steps.
this shouldn't take too long to fix.
well, it has been kind of a long day.
sure.
hello?
hello?
what kind of place is this?
what is this thing?
no!
what?
i was here for a second this morning.
no.
anyway, i dropped off my luggage and now all my bags are empty.
oh, no.
library.  library. 205.
what?
how does he do it?
not skating. the horsing around. the never studying. i know he's smart. but nobody's that smart.
you okay?
mitch
your welcome. who was that?
yes.
yeah.
aw! kent, we were going to name you king of the winter carnival.
well. no, i mean
that's neat.
hello?
last night?
yeah.
thanks, i will.
i can't start.
i think so.
me, too.
bye.
something strange happened to me this morning.
no
liquid nitrogen?
oh. there's a guy living in our closet.
who is it?
is he.  safe?
sure, as long as we go with h.f.
boy, when i think of all the applications for this!
yes. but.
what is it?
aggghh!!
i'm stuck. dr. atherton says we've got to miniaturize the power supply and you're not helping.
what for?
all set, i think.
what are you doing now?
oh, no!
wow!
have you ever considered the fact that you are completely wasting your life?
who are they?
which one?
they're beauticians?
hi.
i was watching you. swim.
i was thinking of maybe going for a swim myself.
i'm not very.
sure, all right.
i guess. how come you're not.
well.
i didn't.  i wouldn't even.
i think you're very nice.
i was and.
i was working, i.
i'd like to make a collect call to mrs. bill simon.
i know, but i don't like it here anymore. i want to live at home with you.  yeah, and dad. i want to go back to high school. i-dad did what? rented out my room? . well, why can't mr. echevarria and i share it?.  please, ma, i want to come home.
the lab. where you were supposed to be.
what fun?
that's sick! that's a sick thing to do!
you're always just kidding. there's something wrong with you.
the other night i needed your help and all you wanted to do was party.
being snubbed by beauticians isn't my idea of relaxing.
i thought this place was going to be different, but it's just the same. i'm either used or made fun of. in high school they pushed me in a mailbox, did i tell you that?
really? what's a whiss?
you?
god
hopsfield? oh! the guy in the closet.
what?
what do you mean?
you had a arrangement going with atherton, don't you? that's why you don't have to study.
if i stay, what should i do, i mean.
yeah.
you're not supposed to park on campus.
what are you doing?
something wrong?
but you had a deal.
excuse me?
i have to agree. it does appear that you've been the victim of your own erroneous logic.
however, this doesn't mean that you can't get yourself out.
hard work?
please, vito, not in the mailbox again.
oh.  i was just reliving some high school highlights.
i have to go to sleep now.
uhhh. thanks, no.
jordan?
who?
for what?
for what?
for what?
'cause so far it's working great.
could you turn that off a second?
i. i just. i came back from helping chris and there was this woman in my room.
a woman. i mean she was. blessed
and she wanted to. how can i say this so as not to offend you?
yeah. i hope you're not offended.
she kissed me. then she took off her clothes. then i took off my clothes-she had to help me. i kept blacking out - then.  it was unbelievable.
no. that's what was unbelievable.
it's true. i stopped her and told her i didn't want to.
no. i mean i really did want to .  but not with her.
now we open the vacuum chamber.
let's celebrate.
i don't think i'm ready for that yet. maybe we should wait a year; at least until i get my license.
the applications are unlimited. industrial for one.
let the engineers figure out a use for it. that's not our concern.
how big a mirror?
he lied to us.
did you do it?
i don't know he stopped talking about an hour ago. may i see it?
kent. kent. wake up, kent.
i'm talking to you, kent.
i said i'm talking to you.
yes.
you're not overworked, kent.
that remains to be seen, kent. but we are having a conversation.
this is jesus, kent, and you've been a very naughty boy.
i am known by many names. i am the one. turn to me and be saved.
cut the crap, kent, you've built a weapon.
i know everything.
that's right, kent. where is the laser now?
how would you like to burn for the rest of time?
oh.
nothing. i want you to think about what you've done and repent, and from now on, stop playing with yourself.
now what?
okay, we tap atherton's office phone. what about his home?
you shouldn't be depressed. it's us he used.
excuse me?
you think that hurts? you should've met my uncle stan. he was a weasel.
no, that was his lodge. the royal order of friendly weasels. every wednesday when i was eight, he'd take me down to his lodge meeting and he'd challenge people to call out two five-digit numbers. i had to multiply them in my head faster than a guy could do it on a calculator. they'd bet on me. of course, after the meeting, he'd take me for ice cream.
well. he'd take me to the supermarket and i had to dip my hand in.
not anymore.
jordan?
you were sleeping.
wow!
i put jordan to sleep.
yeah.
it's only weapon if it works, right?
why?
what if they don't fool anybody?
are you out of your mind?
they're coming this way.
hi, kent.
not yet. have you been touching yourself?
good, kent. dad, my father, you know, god, wants to show you something.
i've learned not to ask.
he wants you to wait on the sidewalk at six thirty nine ivy crest drive at precisely six-oh-eight this morning.
just wait there and you shall receive a sign. do not despair and do not go inside.
if it doesn't work ?
i told him not to go in!
kent!
maybe a little.
what is all this?
sherry?
I like it.