Scene 5

Nash believes he is being pursued by a federal agent, and imagines himself in chase scenes. He begins to find patterns where no patterns exist. Eventually, Nash was diagnosed with 25)schizophrenia.

Alicia: What’s wrong with him?

Dr. Rosen: John has schizophrenia. People with this disorder are often 26)paranoid.

Alicia: But his work... He deals with 27)conspiracies, so...

Dr. Rosen: Yes, yes, I know. In John’s world, these behaviors are accepted, encouraged, as such his illness may have gone untreated far longer than is typical.

Alicia: What do you mean, how long?

Dr. Rosen: Possibly since graduate school, at least that’s when his 28)hallucinations seem to have begun.

Alicia: What are you talking about, what hallucinations?

Dr. Rosen: One so far that I’m aware of, an imaginary roommate named Charles Herman.

Alicia: Charles isn’t 29)imaginary; he and John have been best friends since Princeton.

Dr. Rosen: Have you ever met Charles? Has he ever come to dinner?

Alicia: He’s always in town for several times, lecturing.

Dr. Rosen: Was he at your wedding?

Alicia: He has to teach.

Dr. Rosen: Have you seen a picture of him? Ever talk to him on the telephone?

Alicia: This is ridiculous!

Dr. Rosen: I phoned Princeton. According to their housing records, John lived alone, well, which is more likely, that your husband, a mathematician with no military training is a government spy fleeing the Russians...

Alicia: You’re making him sound crazy.

Dr. Rosen: Or that he has lost his 30)grip on reality? Now the only way that I can help him is to show him the difference between what’s real and what is in his mind. What’s he been working on?

Alicia: His work is 31)classified.

Dr. Rosen: He mentioned a supervisor, by the name of William Parcher, maybe Mr. Parcher can 32)clarify things for us, but I can’t get to him without 33)clearances.

Alicia: You want me to help you get the details of my husband’s work?

Dr. Rosen: John thinks I’m a Russian spy, is that what you think?

Scene 6

Nash receives the Nobel Prize in 1994 for his “Equilibrium Theory.”

Nash: Thank you. I’ve always believed in numbers and the 34)equations and logics that lead to 35)reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask what truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me to the physical, the 36)metaphysical, the 37)delusional and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found. I’m only here tonight because of you. You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons. Thank you!