1 00:02:03,125 --> 00:02:06,583 '9:13. Personal note. 2 00:02:07,917 --> 00:02:10,667 'When I was a little kid, 3 00:02:10,792 --> 00:02:14,167 'my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 4 00:02:14,292 --> 00:02:17,333 'So once, when I was six, I did. 5 00:02:17,458 --> 00:02:21,292 'The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. 6 00:02:22,708 --> 00:02:24,917 'I was terrified, 7 00:02:25,042 --> 00:02:27,542 'alone in that darkness. 8 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:30,750 'Slowly, 9 00:02:30,875 --> 00:02:34,125 'daylight crept in through the bandages 10 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:36,417 'and I could see. 11 00:02:36,542 --> 00:02:39,042 'But something else had changed inside me. 12 00:02:41,458 --> 00:02:44,500 'That day I had my first headache.' 13 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:50,708 [Woman calls] Jenna, come back here. 14 00:02:51,917 --> 00:02:54,125 Max, Max, can I do it? 15 00:02:54,250 --> 00:03:01,250 - Jenna. - What's 322 times 491? 16 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:03,792 158,102. Right? 17 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,917 Right! 18 00:03:06,042 --> 00:03:08,542 OK, 73 divided by 22? 19 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:12,000 3.318...18...18... 20 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:15,750 ..18...18...18...18... 21 00:03:32,208 --> 00:03:35,542 '12:45. Restate my assumptions. 22 00:03:35,667 --> 00:03:38,333 'One: Mathematics is the language of nature. 23 00:03:42,292 --> 00:03:44,042 'Two: Everything around us 24 00:03:44,167 --> 00:03:46,417 'can be represented and understood through numbers. 25 00:03:50,458 --> 00:03:54,000 'Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. 26 00:03:55,958 --> 00:04:00,042 'Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. 27 00:04:02,833 --> 00:04:04,167 'Evidence: 28 00:04:04,625 --> 00:04:06,458 'The cycling of disease epidemics; 29 00:04:08,042 --> 00:04:10,333 'the wax and wane of caribou populations; 30 00:04:11,667 --> 00:04:13,083 'sun spot cycles; 31 00:04:14,458 --> 00:04:17,708 'the rise and fall of the Nile. 32 00:04:21,833 --> 00:04:24,250 'So, what about the stock market? 33 00:04:24,375 --> 00:04:27,583 'The universe of numbers that represents the global economy. 34 00:04:27,708 --> 00:04:30,750 'Millions of hands at work, billions of minds. 35 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:34,833 'A vast network, screaming with life. An organism. 36 00:04:34,958 --> 00:04:37,208 'A natural organism. 37 00:04:37,333 --> 00:04:39,625 'My hypothesis: 38 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:43,208 'Within the stock market, there is a pattern as well... 39 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:44,792 'Right in front of me, 40 00:04:44,917 --> 00:04:48,417 'hiding behind the numbers. Always has been. 41 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:50,708 '12:50, press return.' 42 00:05:01,708 --> 00:05:05,417 [Phone rings] 43 00:05:09,125 --> 00:05:10,500 Hello. 44 00:05:10,625 --> 00:05:12,083 [Woman] Maximillian Cohen, please. 45 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:15,083 - Yeah? - Hi, it's Marcy Dawson. 46 00:05:15,208 --> 00:05:18,083 I'm a partner at the predictive strategy firm... 47 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:20,000 - I told you... - Sorry I haven't called. 48 00:05:20,125 --> 00:05:23,417 I hoped we could have lunch tomorrow. Say one o'clock? 49 00:05:48,417 --> 00:05:50,708 - Max, good. - Hey, Devi. 50 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:53,417 - I grabbed you some samosas. - Great. 51 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:56,833 - Your hair! - What are you doing? 52 00:05:56,958 --> 00:05:59,875 - You can't go out like that. - It's fine. 53 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,042 - Don't worry. - It's fine. 54 00:06:04,625 --> 00:06:07,000 - You need a mom. - I gotta go. 55 00:06:07,792 --> 00:06:12,958 Max. Here, your samosas. 56 00:06:13,042 --> 00:06:15,083 Thanks. 57 00:06:16,875 --> 00:06:20,375 '16:23. Results. 58 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:23,208 'Euclid predicts NTC will break 100 tomorrow. 59 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,875 'A good bet. Other anomalies: 60 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,583 'lt predicts PRO NET settling at sixty-five and a quarter, 61 00:06:29,708 --> 00:06:31,375 a career high.' 62 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:35,708 [Man] Am I bothering you? I'm sorry, I'll put it out. 63 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:37,375 Name's Lenny Meyer. 64 00:06:39,208 --> 00:06:40,292 And you are? 65 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:42,458 Max. 66 00:06:42,583 --> 00:06:45,583 Is that Max? Max...? 67 00:06:45,708 --> 00:06:49,500 - Max Cohen. - Cohen! Jewish. 68 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,208 It's OK. I'm a Jew too. Do you practise? 69 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,917 No. I'm not interested in religion. 70 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:03,667 - Did you ever hear of Kabbalah? - No. 71 00:07:03,792 --> 00:07:06,333 - Jewish mysticism. - Look, I'm busy right here. 72 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:08,875 I understand. 73 00:07:09,958 --> 00:07:14,042 But right now is a very exciting moment in our history. 74 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:18,292 Right now is a critical moment in time. 75 00:07:18,417 --> 00:07:21,208 - Really? - Yeah. It's very exciting. 76 00:07:21,333 --> 00:07:25,708 Have you ever put on Tefillin? You know Tefillin? 77 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:29,167 Yeah, I know, it looks strange. It's an amazing tradition. 78 00:07:29,292 --> 00:07:32,958 It has a tremendous power. It's a mitzvah Jewish men should do. 79 00:07:33,083 --> 00:07:36,167 Mitzvahs, good deeds. They purify us. 80 00:07:36,292 --> 00:07:39,333 Bring us closer to God. Wanna try it? 81 00:07:39,458 --> 00:07:42,375 - Shit. - You all right, Max? 82 00:08:00,792 --> 00:08:03,833 Please. Please, a small one. 83 00:08:05,958 --> 00:08:10,167 '17:55. Personal note. Second attack in under 24 hours. 84 00:08:11,167 --> 00:08:13,875 'Administered 80 milligrams Promozine HCI 85 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,375 'and six milligrams Sumattrapan orally, 86 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,375 'as well as one milligram Dihydroric-atamine-mezilayte 87 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,375 'by subcutaneous injection. 88 00:08:52,417 --> 00:08:54,500 [Coughs and splutters] 89 00:09:03,375 --> 00:09:04,792 [Whimpers] 90 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:35,042 [Creaking] 91 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:43,125 [Rattling] 92 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:48,875 [Banging] 93 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:58,000 [Silence] 94 00:09:58,917 --> 00:10:01,333 [Phone rings] 95 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:06,292 [Phone rings] 96 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:15,583 - Hi. - Mr Cohen? 97 00:10:15,708 --> 00:10:18,375 Marcy Dawson here again, from Lancet-Percy. 98 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:23,542 I checked my schedule and I'm in Chinatown tomorrow at three. 99 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:27,000 I'd love to stop by to meet you. 100 00:10:27,125 --> 00:10:29,792 It'll be worth it for us. How's three sound? 101 00:10:29,917 --> 00:10:33,917 - How did you get my address? - I got it from Columbia. 102 00:10:34,042 --> 00:10:35,958 Three it is. Looking forward to it. 103 00:10:36,083 --> 00:10:38,750 Wait a minute... [Click] 104 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:12,208 Max. 105 00:11:34,375 --> 00:11:36,417 Stop thinking, Max. 106 00:11:36,542 --> 00:11:39,542 Just feel. Use your intuition. 107 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,333 - What did you think of Hamlet? - I didn't get to it. 108 00:11:51,458 --> 00:11:56,792 It's been a month. You haven't taken a single break. 109 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:02,583 I'm so close. 110 00:12:05,167 --> 00:12:08,708 Have you met the new fish my niece bought me? 111 00:12:08,833 --> 00:12:13,625 I named her lcarus after you, my renegade pupil. 112 00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:16,958 You fly too high, you'll get burnt. 113 00:12:17,792 --> 00:12:20,667 I look at you, I see myself 30 years ago. 114 00:12:20,792 --> 00:12:27,000 My greatest pupil. Published at 16, PhD at 20. 115 00:12:27,125 --> 00:12:30,583 But life isn't just mathematics, Max. 116 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:34,583 I spent 40 years searching for patterns in Pi. 117 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:38,750 - I found nothing. - You found things. 118 00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:41,458 I found things... 119 00:12:43,125 --> 00:12:45,208 but not a pattern. 120 00:12:49,083 --> 00:12:52,542 'Not a pattern. 121 00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:56,000 '11:22. Personal note. 122 00:12:56,125 --> 00:12:59,583 'Sol died a little when he stopped research on Pi. 123 00:13:01,208 --> 00:13:04,375 'It wasn't just the stroke. 124 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:07,542 'He stopped caring. 125 00:13:10,042 --> 00:13:11,500 'How could he stop, 126 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:16,083 'when he was so close to seeing Pi for what it really is? 127 00:13:21,542 --> 00:13:24,958 'How could you stop believing that there is a pattern, 128 00:13:25,083 --> 00:13:28,542 'an ordered shape behind those numbers, when you were so close? 129 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:35,792 'We see the simplicity of the circle, 130 00:13:35,917 --> 00:13:38,708 'we see the maddening complexity of the endless numbers, 131 00:13:38,833 --> 00:13:42,542 '3.14 off into infinity.' 132 00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:45,333 # Are the stars out tonight? 133 00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:49,083 # I don't mind if they're cloudy or bright 134 00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:54,625 # For I only have eyes 135 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:57,708 # For you, dear 136 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:02,667 # I don't mind if we're in a... # 137 00:14:30,042 --> 00:14:32,542 Hey, Max. 138 00:14:32,708 --> 00:14:34,208 Lenny Meyer. 139 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,292 I'll put it out. 140 00:14:39,125 --> 00:14:42,208 So... What do you do? 141 00:14:45,458 --> 00:14:49,000 I work with computers. Math. 142 00:14:49,125 --> 00:14:51,125 Math? What kind of math? 143 00:14:51,292 --> 00:14:53,667 Number theory. Research mostly. 144 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:56,250 No way. I work with numbers myself. 145 00:14:56,375 --> 00:15:00,583 I mean, not traditional. I work with the Torah. Amazing! 146 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:06,792 Hebrew is all math. It's all numbers. 147 00:15:07,958 --> 00:15:09,625 You know that? Look. 148 00:15:09,750 --> 00:15:12,875 Ancient Jews used Hebrew as their numerical system. 149 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,292 Each letter's a number. 150 00:15:15,417 --> 00:15:20,250 The Hebrew A, Aleph, is 1 . B, Bet, is 2. 151 00:15:20,375 --> 00:15:24,208 Understand? But look, the numbers are interrelated. 152 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:26,833 Take the Hebrew for father, ab. 153 00:15:26,958 --> 00:15:29,958 Aleph, Bet. 154 00:15:30,083 --> 00:15:32,583 1, 2 equals 3. 155 00:15:32,708 --> 00:15:34,875 The word for mother, haim. 156 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,833 Aleph, Mem. 157 00:15:37,958 --> 00:15:44,167 1, 40 equals 41 . The sum of 3 and 41, 44. 158 00:15:44,292 --> 00:15:49,208 Right? Now, the Hebrew word for child - mother, father, child. 159 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:51,542 Yelev. 160 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:54,708 That's 10, 30 and 4. 161 00:15:56,875 --> 00:15:57,583 44. 162 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:02,958 Torah is just a long string of numbers. 163 00:16:03,083 --> 00:16:07,458 Some say that it's a code, sent to us from God. 164 00:16:07,583 --> 00:16:09,042 That's kind of interesting. 165 00:16:09,167 --> 00:16:11,625 That's kid's stuff, check this out. 166 00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:14,292 The Garden of Eden, Kadem. 167 00:16:14,417 --> 00:16:17,667 Numerical translation, 144. 168 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:22,042 The value of tree of knowledge, in the garden. Right? 169 00:16:22,167 --> 00:16:26,667 Aat ha haim. 2, 33. 1, 44. 2, 33. 170 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:29,667 - You can take those numbers... - Those are Fibonacci numbers. 171 00:16:29,792 --> 00:16:30,708 They're...? 172 00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:33,750 You know, like the Fibonacci sequence? 173 00:16:33,875 --> 00:16:35,250 Fibonacci? 174 00:16:35,375 --> 00:16:42,375 Fibonacci is an ltalian mathematician in the 13th. 175 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:46,167 If you divide 144 into 233, 176 00:16:46,292 --> 00:16:50,208 - the result approaches Theta. - Theta? 177 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:56,625 Theta. The Greek symbol for the golden ratio, the golden spiral. 178 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Wow. 179 00:17:00,125 --> 00:17:03,500 I never saw that before. 180 00:17:03,625 --> 00:17:06,583 That's like that series you find in nature? 181 00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:11,417 - Like the face of a sunflower? - Wherever there are spirals. 182 00:17:11,542 --> 00:17:14,083 See, there's math everywhere. 183 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:38,583 Hey, I... Max? 184 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:42,625 '13:26. Restate my assumptions. 185 00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:45,292 'One: Mathematics is the language of nature. 186 00:17:46,958 --> 00:17:49,917 'Two: Everything around us 187 00:17:50,042 --> 00:17:54,125 'can be represented and understood through numbers. 188 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:59,208 'Three: lf you graph the numbers of any system, 189 00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:02,042 'patterns emerge. 190 00:18:02,167 --> 00:18:05,833 'Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. 191 00:18:05,958 --> 00:18:08,167 'So what about the stock market? 192 00:18:08,292 --> 00:18:11,292 'A universe of numbers that represents the global economy. 193 00:18:11,417 --> 00:18:14,083 'Millions of human hands at work, billions of minds. 194 00:18:14,208 --> 00:18:17,375 'A vast network screaming with life. An organism. 195 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:19,917 'A natural organism. 196 00:18:20,042 --> 00:18:23,750 'My hypothesis: Within the stock market, 197 00:18:23,875 --> 00:18:26,958 'there is a pattern, right in front of me, 198 00:18:27,083 --> 00:18:29,458 'playing with the numbers. Always has been. 199 00:18:30,458 --> 00:18:32,625 '10:18, press return.' 200 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:46,875 [Devi moaning faintly] 201 00:18:49,292 --> 00:18:50,417 [Voice whispers] Max. 202 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,667 Max. 203 00:19:08,042 --> 00:19:09,542 What the...? 204 00:19:14,958 --> 00:19:16,708 Shit! 205 00:19:17,292 --> 00:19:20,292 Aaargh! God damn it! 206 00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:26,292 '10:28. Results. 207 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:31,917 'Bullshit. Euclid predicts AAR at six and a half. 208 00:19:32,042 --> 00:19:35,667 'AAR hasn't been beneath 40 in 20 years. 209 00:19:35,792 --> 00:19:40,042 'Explanations for anomaly: Human error. 210 00:21:21,208 --> 00:21:24,042 '11:11. Results. 211 00:21:25,958 --> 00:21:28,333 'Failed treatments to date: 212 00:21:28,458 --> 00:21:33,625 'Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, adrenaline injections, 213 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:36,917 'high-dose ibuprofen, steroids, 214 00:21:37,042 --> 00:21:41,458 'trigger metastics, violent exercise, caffeine, 215 00:21:41,583 --> 00:21:43,917 'acupuncture, marijuana, 216 00:21:44,042 --> 00:21:48,542 'percodan, midrin, tenormen, sanser, homeopathics... 217 00:21:51,208 --> 00:21:53,000 'No results. 218 00:21:55,375 --> 00:21:57,292 'No results.' 219 00:22:00,167 --> 00:22:02,583 [Thunderclap] 220 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,917 Euclid crashed. 221 00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:19,833 - I lost all my data, hardware. - Your mainframe? 222 00:22:19,958 --> 00:22:21,000 Burnt. 223 00:22:21,833 --> 00:22:23,167 What... What's happened? 224 00:22:23,292 --> 00:22:26,500 First, I get these crazy low picks, 225 00:22:26,625 --> 00:22:29,750 then it spit out this string of numbers. 226 00:22:29,875 --> 00:22:33,292 I never saw anything like it. And then it fries. 227 00:22:33,417 --> 00:22:36,083 - It crashed. - You have a print out? 228 00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:38,708 - Of what? - Of the picks, the number? 229 00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:42,208 - I threw it out. - What number did it spit out? 230 00:22:42,333 --> 00:22:44,583 I don't know, a string of digits. 231 00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:47,292 - How many? - I don't know. 232 00:22:47,417 --> 00:22:52,833 What is it, 100, 1 ,000, 216? How many? 233 00:22:52,958 --> 00:22:55,083 Probably around 200. Why? 234 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:59,708 I dealt with some bugs back in my Pi days. 235 00:22:59,875 --> 00:23:02,708 I wondered if it was like one I ran into. 236 00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:05,083 Have you met Archimedes? 237 00:23:06,750 --> 00:23:09,375 The one with black spots. See? 238 00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:13,750 You remember Archimedes of Syracuse? Eh? 239 00:23:15,292 --> 00:23:19,958 The king asks Archimedes to determine if a present 240 00:23:20,083 --> 00:23:23,292 he has received is actually solid gold. 241 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,458 Unsolved problem at the time. 242 00:23:25,583 --> 00:23:29,000 It tortures the great Greek mathematician for weeks. 243 00:23:29,125 --> 00:23:33,125 Insomnia haunts him and he twists and turns in his bed 244 00:23:33,250 --> 00:23:38,625 for nights on end. Finally, his equally exhausted wife, 245 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,625 forced to share a bed with this genius, 246 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:46,792 convinces him to take a bath, to relax. 247 00:23:46,917 --> 00:23:53,042 While he's entering the tub, he notices the bath water rise. 248 00:23:53,167 --> 00:23:58,625 Displacement - a way to determine volume, 249 00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:02,083 and thus a way to determine density. 250 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:08,458 Weight over volume. And thus Archimedes solves the problem. 251 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:11,750 He screams "Eureka!" and he is so overwhelmed, 252 00:24:11,875 --> 00:24:15,292 he runs naked through the streets to the king's palace 253 00:24:15,417 --> 00:24:17,750 to report his discovery. 254 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:23,500 Now, what is the moral of the story? 255 00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:27,542 That a breakthrough will come. 256 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:32,375 Wrong! The point of the story is the wife. 257 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:35,000 Listen to your wife, she'll give you perspective. 258 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:37,125 Meaning, you need a break. 259 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:40,458 You must take a bath or you'll get nowhere. 260 00:24:40,583 --> 00:24:44,042 There will be no order, only chaos. 261 00:24:46,125 --> 00:24:50,625 Go home, Max, and you take a bath. 262 00:24:55,833 --> 00:24:57,417 [Water dripping] 263 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,458 Excuse me. Can I take a look at the paper? 264 00:25:38,542 --> 00:25:40,958 Oh, my God. 265 00:25:48,208 --> 00:25:50,625 Six and a half. 266 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:52,042 [Man] Hey... 267 00:25:53,958 --> 00:25:54,875 Hey! 268 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,292 The paper, please. 269 00:26:42,792 --> 00:26:48,792 Mr Cohen? Perfect timing. I was going to head home. 270 00:26:48,917 --> 00:26:52,125 - Who are you? - Marcy Dawson. We were meeting. 271 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:53,167 It's really not... 272 00:26:53,292 --> 00:26:56,250 It's such a pleasure to finally meet you. 273 00:26:56,375 --> 00:26:58,042 - I studied your paper... - Excuse me. 274 00:26:58,167 --> 00:27:00,333 - Let's take my car. - I can't. 275 00:27:00,458 --> 00:27:01,333 Mr Cohen... 276 00:27:33,792 --> 00:27:35,792 Yes! 277 00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:56,667 I just threw out something. I didn't realise I needed it. 278 00:27:56,792 --> 00:28:00,625 Just a print-out. I lost my data. 279 00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:14,750 Whoa! I'm sorry. Max. How're you doing? Lenny Meyer. 280 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:17,208 - Where you going? - Up there. 281 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,292 You got five minutes? Do you wanna try Tefillin? 282 00:28:20,417 --> 00:28:23,958 - Not now. - I've a car to go to the Shul. 283 00:28:24,083 --> 00:28:26,792 - You got a car? - That's my friend, Ephraim. 284 00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:30,792 - Let's go. - Great. 285 00:28:32,875 --> 00:28:34,500 When you said you're Max Cohen, 286 00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:37,250 I didn't realise you were the Max Cohen. 287 00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:41,708 Your work's revolutionary. It's inspired the work we do. 288 00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:44,792 - It has? - Very much so. 289 00:28:44,917 --> 00:28:49,458 The only difference is, we're not looking at the stock market. 290 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:51,542 Go ahead. Wrap that round your hand. 291 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:54,333 We're searching for a pattern in the Torah. 292 00:28:54,458 --> 00:28:56,792 - What kind? - We're not sure. 293 00:28:56,917 --> 00:28:59,458 All we know is it's 216 digits long. 294 00:28:59,583 --> 00:29:03,667 - OK, stand up, please, Max. - 216? 295 00:29:03,792 --> 00:29:07,667 That's right. You've gotta be quiet now. Stand up. 296 00:29:07,792 --> 00:29:10,792 - 216? - Shh. This goes on your head. 297 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:15,625 Look at me, Max. Right here. 298 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:18,583 There you go. 299 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:24,333 All right. Now, we'll say a prayer together. 300 00:29:24,458 --> 00:29:28,792 Repeat after me: Shma Yisroel. 301 00:29:28,917 --> 00:29:31,792 - Shma Yisroel. - Right. 302 00:29:31,917 --> 00:29:35,750 - Adenoi Eloihenu. - Adenoi Eloihenu. 303 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:39,667 - Adenoi Echod. - Adenoi Echod. 304 00:29:42,292 --> 00:29:45,417 Now, what's up, Max? 305 00:29:45,542 --> 00:29:49,625 What is this 216 number, Sol? 306 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:50,625 Excuse me? 307 00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:53,875 You asked me if I'd seen a 216-digit number. 308 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,167 Oh, yeah. You mean the bug. 309 00:29:59,292 --> 00:30:02,250 I ran into it working on Pi. 310 00:30:02,375 --> 00:30:07,000 - What do you mean ran into it? - Max, what's this about? 311 00:30:07,125 --> 00:30:09,958 There are these religious Jews I've been talking to. 312 00:30:10,083 --> 00:30:11,917 Religious Jews? 313 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:14,083 Yeah, Hasids, the guys with beards. 314 00:30:14,208 --> 00:30:15,125 I know them. 315 00:30:15,250 --> 00:30:19,167 I know one in a coffee shop. He's a number theorist. 316 00:30:19,292 --> 00:30:21,500 The Torah is his data set. 317 00:30:21,625 --> 00:30:25,125 He says they're after a 216-digit number in the Torah. 318 00:30:25,250 --> 00:30:28,750 Come on, it's just coincidence. 319 00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:30,333 There's something else, though. 320 00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:32,042 What? 321 00:30:32,167 --> 00:30:34,250 You remember those weird stock picks? 322 00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:38,417 - Yesterday's stock picks? Yes. - They were correct. 323 00:30:38,542 --> 00:30:42,542 I got two picks on the nose. Smack on the nose, Sol. 324 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:45,458 Something's going on. 325 00:30:46,583 --> 00:30:50,167 It has to do with that number. There's an answer in it. 326 00:30:50,292 --> 00:30:55,208 Max... Come with me. 327 00:30:55,333 --> 00:30:58,000 The ancient Japanese considered the Go board 328 00:30:58,125 --> 00:31:00,875 to be a microcosm of the universe. 329 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:06,125 Although, when it's empty, it appears simple and ordered, 330 00:31:06,250 --> 00:31:10,375 the possibilities of gameplay are endless. 331 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:15,208 No two Go games are alike, just like snowflakes. 332 00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:19,208 So, the Go board actually represents 333 00:31:19,333 --> 00:31:25,125 an extremely complex and chaotic universe. 334 00:31:25,208 --> 00:31:28,958 And that's the truth of our world, Max. 335 00:31:29,083 --> 00:31:32,125 It can't be easily summed up with math. 336 00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:35,375 There is no simple pattern. 337 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:38,792 But as the game progresses, the possibilities become smaller. 338 00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:42,083 The board takes on order. Soon, every move's predictable. 339 00:31:42,208 --> 00:31:43,167 So? 340 00:31:43,292 --> 00:31:47,042 So maybe, even though we're not aware of it, 341 00:31:47,167 --> 00:31:53,042 there is a pattern, an order underlying every Go game. 342 00:31:53,167 --> 00:31:56,417 Maybe it's like the pattern in the stock market? 343 00:31:56,542 --> 00:31:59,375 The Torah? This 216 number? 344 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,208 - It's insanity. - Maybe it's genius. 345 00:32:02,333 --> 00:32:06,125 - I must get that number. - Hold on! You're losing it. 346 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:09,500 You have to breathe. Listen to yourself. 347 00:32:09,625 --> 00:32:14,000 You're connecting my computer bug with one you might've had 348 00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,333 and some religious hogwash. 349 00:32:16,458 --> 00:32:21,667 If you want the number 216, you can find it everywhere. 350 00:32:21,792 --> 00:32:24,958 216 steps from your street corner to your front door, 351 00:32:25,083 --> 00:32:30,000 216 seconds you spend in the elevator 352 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:32,417 When your mind becomes obsessed 353 00:32:32,542 --> 00:32:36,750 you filter everything else out and find that thing everywhere. 354 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:40,417 320, 450, 22, whatever. 355 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:45,875 You've chosen 216 and you'll find it everywhere in nature. 356 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,417 But, Max, 357 00:32:48,542 --> 00:32:52,500 as soon as you discard scientific rigour, 358 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:55,625 you are no longer a mathematician, 359 00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:57,917 you're a numerologist. 360 00:33:01,583 --> 00:33:02,333 Mr Cohen? 361 00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:03,417 Mr Cohen... 362 00:33:03,542 --> 00:33:06,458 God damn it! I'm sick of you following me. 363 00:33:06,583 --> 00:33:10,375 I'm not interested in money. I want to understand our world. 364 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:12,625 I don't deal with materialists like you. 365 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:16,000 I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. 366 00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:18,500 I admit we've been too aggressive. 367 00:33:18,625 --> 00:33:22,542 But all I ask is that you give me five minutes. 368 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:26,667 - As a token, accept this. - I don't want your money. 369 00:33:26,792 --> 00:33:31,667 The suitcase isn't filled with 50s, or gold, or diamonds. 370 00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:34,292 Just silicon. A Ming Mecca chip. 371 00:33:34,417 --> 00:33:37,917 Ming Mecca? They're not even de-classified yet. 372 00:33:38,042 --> 00:33:42,417 You're right, they're not. But Lancet-Percy has many friends. 373 00:33:43,875 --> 00:33:44,958 Beautiful, isn't it? 374 00:33:45,083 --> 00:33:47,500 Do you know how rare these are? 375 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,250 What do you...? 376 00:33:52,625 --> 00:33:54,500 Mr Cohen? 377 00:33:54,625 --> 00:33:57,042 - Are you OK? - No. 378 00:33:57,167 --> 00:34:00,625 Mr Coh... Sir, are you sick? 379 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,625 [Dripping] 380 00:34:57,042 --> 00:34:59,042 Hey! 381 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:44,833 [Whistle blows] 382 00:37:01,042 --> 00:37:03,458 [Whistle blows] 383 00:37:23,125 --> 00:37:27,125 [Train whistle] 384 00:37:34,708 --> 00:37:37,500 C'mon, buddy. Get up. 385 00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:40,583 It's Coney lsland, last stop. 386 00:37:40,708 --> 00:37:44,042 Here. For your nose. 387 00:38:37,542 --> 00:38:40,208 [Bleeping] 388 00:41:20,917 --> 00:41:24,375 Jenna, come back! Jenna! 389 00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:28,583 Jenna, come back here. 390 00:41:43,250 --> 00:41:46,708 - Farrouhk? - No, it's Max, from next door. 391 00:41:49,458 --> 00:41:52,125 Max. Is everything all right? 392 00:41:52,208 --> 00:41:55,375 - Do you have any iodine? - Did you cut yourself? 393 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:57,708 No, it's to stain a slide. 394 00:41:57,833 --> 00:42:00,875 Ah. Science. The pursuit of knowledge. 395 00:42:03,708 --> 00:42:06,375 One second. 396 00:42:06,458 --> 00:42:10,542 You surprised me. I thought you were Farrouhk. 397 00:42:12,292 --> 00:42:14,292 Here we are. 398 00:42:14,417 --> 00:42:18,833 What are you examining? A potato? 399 00:42:20,167 --> 00:42:22,917 No. Just something for my computer. Thanks. 400 00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:23,583 - Shalom. - Lenny, it's Max Cohen. 401 00:43:23,708 --> 00:43:26,125 Max. What're you doing now? 402 00:43:26,250 --> 00:43:29,292 I was thinking about our conversation last night. 403 00:43:29,417 --> 00:43:32,250 - That's good. - I wanna help. 404 00:43:37,667 --> 00:43:40,208 '4:42. New evidence. 405 00:43:42,583 --> 00:43:45,042 'Remember Pythagoras. 406 00:43:45,167 --> 00:43:50,667 'Mathematician, cult leader. Athens, circa 500 BC. 407 00:43:50,792 --> 00:43:55,583 'Major belief: The universe is made of numbers. 408 00:43:55,708 --> 00:43:58,375 'Major contribution: 409 00:43:58,458 --> 00:44:01,500 'The golden ratio. 410 00:44:03,250 --> 00:44:07,333 'Best represented geometrically as the golden rectangle. 411 00:44:07,458 --> 00:44:09,958 'Visually, there exists a graceful equilibrium 412 00:44:10,083 --> 00:44:11,708 'between its length and width. 413 00:44:12,833 --> 00:44:17,708 'When it's squared, it leaves a smaller golden rectangle behind, 414 00:44:17,833 --> 00:44:20,292 'with the same unique ratio. 415 00:44:20,417 --> 00:44:24,875 'The squaring can continue, smaller and smaller, 416 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,208 'to infinity. 417 00:44:59,458 --> 00:45:02,250 '11:18. More evidence. 418 00:45:02,375 --> 00:45:06,708 'Remember da Vinci. Artist, inventor, sculptor, naturalist. 419 00:45:06,833 --> 00:45:09,417 'ltaly, C15th. 420 00:45:09,542 --> 00:45:12,250 'Rediscovered the perfection of the golden rectangle 421 00:45:12,375 --> 00:45:16,375 'and pencilled it into his masterpieces. 422 00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:20,500 'Connecting a curve through the concentric golden rectangles, 423 00:45:20,625 --> 00:45:24,542 'You generate the mythical golden spiral. 424 00:45:24,667 --> 00:45:27,875 'Pythagoras loved this shape, for he found it in nature - 425 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,583 'a nautilus shell, rams' horns, whirlpools, tornadoes, 426 00:45:31,708 --> 00:45:36,000 'our fingerprints, our DNA and even our Milky Way. 427 00:45:36,833 --> 00:45:38,875 '9:22. Personal note. 428 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,375 'When I was a little kid, 429 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:44,750 'my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 430 00:45:44,875 --> 00:45:47,000 'So once, I did. 431 00:45:47,125 --> 00:45:49,375 'At first, the brightness was overwhelming, 432 00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:52,375 'but I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink. 433 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,083 'And then the brightness began to dissolve. 434 00:45:55,208 --> 00:46:00,083 'My pupils shrank to pinholes and everything came into focus. 435 00:46:00,208 --> 00:46:03,000 'And for a moment I understood. 436 00:46:03,125 --> 00:46:07,167 'My new hypothesis: if we're built from spirals, 437 00:46:07,292 --> 00:46:09,583 'while living in a giant spiral, 438 00:46:09,708 --> 00:46:14,208 'then everything we do is infused with the spiral. 439 00:46:20,667 --> 00:46:22,917 '10:15. 440 00:46:23,042 --> 00:46:26,625 'Personal note. 441 00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:31,083 'lt's fair to say I'm stepping out on a limb. 442 00:46:31,208 --> 00:46:34,042 'But I'm on the edge where it happens.' 443 00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:36,417 [Marcy Dawson] 'I'm happy you...' 444 00:46:36,667 --> 00:46:39,958 Look, what do you want in exchange for the chip? 445 00:46:40,083 --> 00:46:43,167 You tech' guys. I think you know what we want. 446 00:46:43,292 --> 00:46:47,750 - I may not find anything. - We'll take the risk. 447 00:46:47,875 --> 00:46:50,583 First, I want you to call off the surveillance. 448 00:46:50,708 --> 00:46:52,208 Done. Anything else? 449 00:46:52,333 --> 00:46:57,542 Yeah, I'm a very private person. Just knock on my door 450 00:46:57,667 --> 00:47:01,000 and leave the suitcase outside. I don't wanna talk to anybody. 451 00:47:01,125 --> 00:47:04,958 - How do I know you're home? - I'll knock back. 452 00:47:18,667 --> 00:47:23,833 - The Torah. - Coffee. 453 00:47:25,333 --> 00:47:27,333 What is it? 454 00:47:27,458 --> 00:47:30,292 In Hebrew, characters and numbers. 455 00:47:30,417 --> 00:47:34,500 No, the 216 number. What is it? 456 00:47:34,625 --> 00:47:36,875 I don't know. 457 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:41,083 If you can find it, maybe we can figure it out. 458 00:47:41,208 --> 00:47:47,167 - Can you really find it? - If it's there, I'll find it. 459 00:48:02,250 --> 00:48:03,375 [Knocking] 460 00:48:16,375 --> 00:48:17,875 Max. 461 00:48:18,042 --> 00:48:20,042 Jenna. 462 00:48:20,125 --> 00:48:22,667 - Can we do it? - Not now. 463 00:48:22,792 --> 00:48:24,042 Please, Max? 464 00:49:33,625 --> 00:49:36,458 Happy birthday, Euclid. 465 00:50:04,333 --> 00:50:08,083 '18:30. Press return. 466 00:50:14,667 --> 00:50:16,917 [Pulsing bleep] 467 00:50:52,208 --> 00:50:55,250 [Woman murmuring] 468 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,583 '18:33. Press return. 469 00:52:04,875 --> 00:52:08,333 [Devi moans with pleasure] 470 00:52:17,917 --> 00:52:20,333 [Drilling whine] 471 00:52:30,625 --> 00:52:33,292 Hell! 472 00:52:33,375 --> 00:52:36,417 You fuck! You fuck! 473 00:52:36,542 --> 00:52:38,542 [Wails] 474 00:52:48,167 --> 00:52:50,583 Fuck! 475 00:53:05,625 --> 00:53:07,250 Fuck! 476 00:53:15,167 --> 00:53:19,375 [Wails] 477 00:53:21,083 --> 00:53:24,125 Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! 478 00:53:24,250 --> 00:53:26,750 Fuck you! 479 00:53:28,917 --> 00:53:31,333 [Screams in pain] 480 00:55:20,792 --> 00:55:23,458 [Phone rings] 481 00:55:28,083 --> 00:55:31,125 Yes, hello? 482 00:55:31,250 --> 00:55:34,292 He's busy right now, I'm sorry. 483 00:55:38,708 --> 00:55:41,208 You were screaming. 484 00:55:41,333 --> 00:55:45,833 [Mrs Ovadia] Who said you could put locks on the door, Mr Cohen? 485 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,417 [Devi] Are you OK? 486 00:55:55,750 --> 00:55:58,875 You're out, you hear me? Out of here! 487 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,708 - I've had it with you! - Get out! 488 00:56:01,833 --> 00:56:04,583 Let's go. [Phone rings] 489 00:56:04,708 --> 00:56:08,125 God damn it, no! You're the one out of here, mister. 490 00:56:08,250 --> 00:56:09,250 Get out! 491 00:56:09,375 --> 00:56:11,750 Get out! Get out! 492 00:56:11,875 --> 00:56:13,750 Get out! 493 00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:17,875 Are you OK? 494 00:56:18,667 --> 00:56:19,625 Get out! 495 00:56:24,125 --> 00:56:26,833 [Phone continues to ring] 496 00:58:54,208 --> 00:58:56,208 You bastard. 497 00:59:38,750 --> 00:59:40,667 Nineteen and a half. 498 00:59:41,958 --> 00:59:43,458 Thirty-nine and an eighth. 499 00:59:45,292 --> 00:59:47,000 Six and three quarters. 500 00:59:49,500 --> 00:59:50,792 Seven and an eighth. 501 00:59:52,625 --> 00:59:54,125 Twelve and a quarter. 502 00:59:57,833 --> 01:00:00,875 I know these numbers. 503 01:00:08,042 --> 01:00:12,833 They're going down... down...down. 504 01:00:12,958 --> 01:00:14,667 You lied to me. 505 01:00:16,958 --> 01:00:18,208 You have it? 506 01:00:23,750 --> 01:00:26,417 OK, sit down. 507 01:00:27,500 --> 01:00:33,417 I gave up before I pinpointed it, but my guess is that, er, 508 01:00:33,542 --> 01:00:38,542 certain problems cause computers to get stuck in a loop. 509 01:00:38,667 --> 01:00:44,042 The loop leads to meltdown, but just before they crash 510 01:00:44,167 --> 01:00:49,708 they become aware of their own structure. 511 01:00:49,833 --> 01:00:54,750 The computer has a sense of its own silicon nature 512 01:00:54,875 --> 01:00:58,292 and it prints out its ingredients. 513 01:00:59,417 --> 01:01:02,333 The computer becomes conscious? 514 01:01:02,458 --> 01:01:07,542 In... In, er...some ways... I guess. 515 01:01:10,208 --> 01:01:14,292 Studying the pattern made Euclid conscious of itself. 516 01:01:14,417 --> 01:01:18,917 It died spitting out the number. Consciousness is the number? 517 01:01:19,042 --> 01:01:22,125 No, Max. It's only a nasty bug. 518 01:01:22,250 --> 01:01:25,708 - It's more than that. - No. It's a dead end! 519 01:01:25,833 --> 01:01:29,833 - There's nothing there! - It's a door, Sol. A door. 520 01:01:29,958 --> 01:01:33,208 A door to a cliff, you're driving yourself over the edge. 521 01:01:33,333 --> 01:01:36,417 - You need to stop. - You were afraid. 522 01:01:36,542 --> 01:01:39,125 - That's why you quit. - I got burnt. 523 01:01:39,250 --> 01:01:41,417 - Come on. - It caused my stroke! 524 01:01:41,542 --> 01:01:46,083 That's bullshit! It's mathematics, numbers, ideas. 525 01:01:46,208 --> 01:01:49,000 Mathematicians should go to the edge. 526 01:01:49,125 --> 01:01:51,833 - You taught me that. - It's death! 527 01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:53,750 You can't tell me what it is. 528 01:01:53,875 --> 01:01:56,875 You've retreated to your Go and books and goldfish. 529 01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:58,000 Max, go home. 530 01:01:58,125 --> 01:02:00,042 - You're not satisfied. - Go home. Get out... 531 01:02:00,167 --> 01:02:01,375 I'm gonna see it! 532 01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:04,250 - Get out! - I'm gonna understand it. 533 01:02:21,250 --> 01:02:22,292 Hey! 534 01:02:27,958 --> 01:02:28,750 Hey! 535 01:02:35,208 --> 01:02:36,125 Hey! 536 01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:45,875 - Who are you working for? - Me. 537 01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:48,250 - Who sent you? - I'm a student. 538 01:03:48,375 --> 01:03:51,333 - Gimme that. - I've an assignment for class. 539 01:03:53,042 --> 01:03:54,167 Leave me alone. 540 01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:14,208 - Marcy. What's the matter? - Let's go for a ride, Max. 541 01:04:14,333 --> 01:04:16,125 I can't. I have work. 542 01:04:18,125 --> 01:04:21,625 We had a deal, Max. Now, let's get in the car. 543 01:04:21,750 --> 01:04:25,750 - Don't ever touch me! - Max! Max! 544 01:04:25,875 --> 01:04:27,208 - Help! - Max. 545 01:04:28,833 --> 01:04:31,917 - Leave me alone! - Max, come here. 546 01:04:32,042 --> 01:04:35,958 Max. Where're you going, Max? Stop, Max! 547 01:04:36,083 --> 01:04:38,792 - Max! God damn it! - Help! Help! 548 01:04:40,417 --> 01:04:41,375 Help! 549 01:04:42,417 --> 01:04:44,208 - Get him! - I got him. 550 01:04:44,333 --> 01:04:45,667 Come here, Max. 551 01:04:48,208 --> 01:04:49,333 Get outta here. 552 01:05:07,458 --> 01:05:11,292 - Where'd he go? - He's over there. 553 01:05:13,583 --> 01:05:15,042 [Footsteps] 554 01:05:24,625 --> 01:05:25,875 Max. 555 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,750 Leave me alone! 556 01:05:28,875 --> 01:05:31,917 - I got him. - Get off of me! 557 01:05:32,042 --> 01:05:35,917 - Help me! Help! - Get over here! 558 01:05:38,458 --> 01:05:42,500 - Sit down and shut the hell up. - Calm down. 559 01:05:42,625 --> 01:05:46,583 Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with matches? 560 01:05:46,708 --> 01:05:48,417 The market's going to crash. 561 01:05:48,542 --> 01:05:52,292 I didn't do anything. I don't play the market. 562 01:05:53,125 --> 01:05:55,500 Be careful where you throw out your trash. 563 01:05:55,917 --> 01:05:58,125 How could you do that? 564 01:05:58,292 --> 01:06:02,958 You gave faulty information. You dangled the carrot, 565 01:06:03,083 --> 01:06:05,792 but only gave us part of the code. 566 01:06:05,917 --> 01:06:08,292 Now give us the rest to set it right. 567 01:06:08,417 --> 01:06:10,958 You bastards! How could you be so stupid? 568 01:06:11,083 --> 01:06:14,667 Max, you just don't get it. 569 01:06:14,792 --> 01:06:20,042 I don't give a shit about you, just what's in your head! 570 01:06:20,167 --> 01:06:25,000 If you won't help us, we'll comply with the laws of nature. 571 01:06:25,125 --> 01:06:29,625 Survival of the fittest - and we've got the fucking gun! 572 01:06:30,792 --> 01:06:34,333 - Max! Come here! - Lenny? Lenny! 573 01:06:34,458 --> 01:06:38,458 - Hey! - C'mon, get in here. Hurry! 574 01:06:38,583 --> 01:06:40,542 Stay down! Stay down. 575 01:06:41,333 --> 01:06:42,625 We've been looking for you. 576 01:06:42,750 --> 01:06:45,625 - What's going on? - You have the number? 577 01:06:45,750 --> 01:06:47,833 What's going on? What is it? 578 01:06:49,333 --> 01:06:51,167 What're you doing? Get off of me! 579 01:06:51,292 --> 01:06:52,708 Where's the number? 580 01:06:52,833 --> 01:06:55,583 It's not on me. It's in my head. 581 01:06:55,708 --> 01:06:58,917 You memorised it? Did you give it to them? 582 01:06:59,042 --> 01:07:01,208 - Who? - Those Wall Street bastards. 583 01:07:01,333 --> 01:07:03,667 - What do you care? - Answer me. 584 01:07:05,792 --> 01:07:08,583 Listen. This is really big. 585 01:07:08,708 --> 01:07:11,958 I don't wanna hurt you. Did you give it to them? 586 01:07:12,083 --> 01:07:14,625 They've got part of it. Let go! 587 01:07:14,750 --> 01:07:17,167 Damn it! 588 01:07:17,292 --> 01:07:19,250 - They're using it. - Using what? 589 01:07:19,375 --> 01:07:22,500 Shut up! Impetuous little runt! 590 01:07:22,625 --> 01:07:25,708 - Let go! - No, don't! 591 01:08:07,625 --> 01:08:09,625 Max. 592 01:08:10,375 --> 01:08:12,375 Max. 593 01:08:13,167 --> 01:08:15,167 Max. 594 01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:17,125 Max. 595 01:08:19,333 --> 01:08:20,833 You're all right. 596 01:08:22,875 --> 01:08:26,750 I'm Rabbi Cohen. Cohen, like you. 597 01:08:28,500 --> 01:08:32,583 I'm sorry for what Lenny did. He's been reprimanded. 598 01:08:32,708 --> 01:08:36,667 It's not our way. Are you OK? 599 01:08:36,792 --> 01:08:38,833 Yeah. 600 01:08:41,792 --> 01:08:46,083 Max, you have to give us the number. 601 01:08:48,042 --> 01:08:50,542 What is it? 602 01:08:54,708 --> 01:08:57,667 The Talmud tells us it began 2,000 years ago, 603 01:08:57,792 --> 01:08:59,958 when the Romans destroyed the second temple. 604 01:09:00,083 --> 01:09:02,625 What is this? 605 01:09:02,750 --> 01:09:05,875 Max, you'll understand if you listen. 606 01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:09,458 The Romans also destroyed our priesthood, the Cohanim. 607 01:09:09,583 --> 01:09:13,875 And with their deaths, they destroyed our greatest secret. 608 01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:17,875 In the centre of the temple was the heart of Jewish life, 609 01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:20,958 the holy of holies. 610 01:09:21,083 --> 01:09:25,417 It was the earthly residence of our God. 611 01:09:25,542 --> 01:09:29,000 The one God. 612 01:09:29,125 --> 01:09:31,417 It housed the Ark of the Tabernacle, 613 01:09:31,542 --> 01:09:34,292 which stored the original 10 Commandments 614 01:09:34,417 --> 01:09:38,042 which God gave to Moses. 615 01:09:38,167 --> 01:09:42,500 Only one man was allowed to enter this holy of holies 616 01:09:42,625 --> 01:09:46,917 on one day, the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur. 617 01:09:47,042 --> 01:09:48,792 On the Day of Atonement, 618 01:09:48,917 --> 01:09:50,958 all of lsrael would descend upon Jerusalem 619 01:09:51,083 --> 01:09:55,083 to watch the High Priest, the Cohen Godul, 620 01:09:55,208 --> 01:09:58,083 make his trip to the holy of holies. 621 01:09:58,208 --> 01:10:02,375 If the High Priest was pure, he would emerge moments later 622 01:10:02,500 --> 01:10:05,583 and we'd have a prosperous year. 623 01:10:05,708 --> 01:10:09,042 It meant we were one year closer to the Messianic age. 624 01:10:09,167 --> 01:10:15,542 But, if he was impure, he would die instantly 625 01:10:15,667 --> 01:10:19,625 and it meant we were doomed. 626 01:10:19,750 --> 01:10:23,083 The High Priest had one ritual to perform there. 627 01:10:23,208 --> 01:10:26,042 He had to intone a single word. 628 01:10:26,167 --> 01:10:28,542 Yeah? 629 01:10:28,667 --> 01:10:32,750 That word was the true name of God. 630 01:10:34,917 --> 01:10:36,292 So? 631 01:10:36,417 --> 01:10:40,292 The true name, which only the Cohanim knew, 632 01:10:40,417 --> 01:10:43,458 was 216 letters long. 633 01:10:48,708 --> 01:10:51,542 Are you telling me that... 634 01:10:51,667 --> 01:10:56,375 That the number in my head is the true name of God. 635 01:10:56,500 --> 01:10:59,833 Yes! It's the key to the Messianic age. 636 01:10:59,958 --> 01:11:02,792 It will take us closer to the Garden of Eden. 637 01:11:02,917 --> 01:11:05,750 As the temple burnt, the Talmud tells us 638 01:11:05,875 --> 01:11:08,375 the High Priest walked into the flames. 639 01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:11,333 He took the key to the top of the building, 640 01:11:11,458 --> 01:11:15,542 the heavens opened and received the key 641 01:11:15,667 --> 01:11:18,708 from the priest's outstretched hand. 642 01:11:18,833 --> 01:11:21,958 We have been looking for that key ever since. 643 01:11:22,083 --> 01:11:25,917 And you may have found it. 644 01:11:28,125 --> 01:11:30,958 That's what happened. 645 01:11:34,375 --> 01:11:36,417 I saw God. 646 01:11:36,542 --> 01:11:41,958 No. You are not pure. You cannot see God unless you are pure. 647 01:11:42,083 --> 01:11:45,458 No... I saw everything. 648 01:11:45,583 --> 01:11:50,792 You saw nothing, only a glimpse. There's so much more. 649 01:11:50,917 --> 01:11:56,000 We can unlock the door and show God we're pure again. 650 01:11:56,125 --> 01:12:00,167 You're not pure. How are you pure? I found it! 651 01:12:00,292 --> 01:12:07,292 Who do you think you are? You are only a vessel from God. 652 01:12:07,417 --> 01:12:10,125 You're carrying a delivery meant for us! 653 01:12:10,333 --> 01:12:12,792 It was given to me. 654 01:12:12,917 --> 01:12:16,625 It's inside of me. It's changing me. 655 01:12:16,750 --> 01:12:21,625 It's killing you! Because you are not ready to receive it. 656 01:12:25,917 --> 01:12:28,958 It's just a number. 657 01:12:29,875 --> 01:12:33,750 I'm sure you've written down every 216-digit number. 658 01:12:33,875 --> 01:12:36,958 You've translated all of them. 659 01:12:37,083 --> 01:12:41,708 You've intoned them all. Haven't you? 660 01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:44,667 What's it gotten you? 661 01:12:44,792 --> 01:12:47,625 The number is nothing. 662 01:12:50,708 --> 01:12:53,625 It's the meaning. 663 01:12:53,750 --> 01:12:58,875 The syntax. It's what's between the numbers. 664 01:13:00,958 --> 01:13:04,458 You haven't understood it. 665 01:13:04,583 --> 01:13:08,458 It's because it's not for you. 666 01:13:09,250 --> 01:13:12,583 I've got it. I've got it! 667 01:13:12,708 --> 01:13:19,833 I understand it. And I'm gonna see it. Rabbi, I was chosen. 668 01:13:19,958 --> 01:13:23,458 '17:13. Personal note. Getting faster... 669 01:13:23,583 --> 01:13:28,292 'You stare into space like that, you could go blind. 670 01:13:28,458 --> 01:13:31,542 'What can the eyes do without the brain? 671 01:13:31,708 --> 01:13:35,375 [Cacophonous dialogue] 672 01:13:37,375 --> 01:13:39,833 '14:50. 673 01:13:43,083 --> 01:13:45,500 '15:10. 674 01:13:46,833 --> 01:13:49,250 '16:55. 675 01:13:49,625 --> 01:13:52,042 '10:35. 676 01:13:52,167 --> 01:13:55,583 'Already, I'm beginning to see.' 677 01:14:00,208 --> 01:14:02,417 Can I help you? 678 01:14:02,542 --> 01:14:04,542 Sol? 679 01:14:04,667 --> 01:14:07,083 Were you a friend? 680 01:14:07,208 --> 01:14:12,000 - What do you mean? - He had a second stroke. 681 01:15:34,333 --> 01:15:37,375 No! No! 682 01:15:38,375 --> 01:15:40,375 No! 683 01:15:44,542 --> 01:15:48,083 [Screams in agony] 684 01:15:52,458 --> 01:15:56,542 Three! Five! Nine! 685 01:15:56,667 --> 01:16:00,375 Ten! Eight! Six! Five! Two! 686 01:16:00,542 --> 01:16:03,208 [Screams list of numbers] 687 01:16:36,667 --> 01:16:38,667 Five. 688 01:16:40,917 --> 01:16:42,917 Eight. 689 01:16:44,458 --> 01:16:46,458 Nine. 690 01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:52,000 Seven. 691 01:16:52,125 --> 01:16:56,875 [Devi's voice echoes] No, Max. No. 692 01:16:57,292 --> 01:16:59,292 Six. 693 01:16:59,417 --> 01:17:02,458 [Devi] Stay with me, Max. 694 01:17:05,542 --> 01:17:08,375 Max. 695 01:17:15,833 --> 01:17:17,542 No! 696 01:17:17,667 --> 01:17:21,542 [Devi whispers] It's all right. 697 01:17:23,583 --> 01:17:26,250 It's all right. 698 01:18:55,042 --> 01:18:59,667 '17:22. Personal note. When I was a little kid, 699 01:18:59,792 --> 01:19:02,875 'my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 700 01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,833 [Electric drill whirs] 701 01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:10,375 'So once, when I was six, I did.' 702 01:19:36,375 --> 01:19:38,792 Max, Max. Look. 703 01:19:39,875 --> 01:19:42,292 Pretty, huh? 704 01:19:43,500 --> 01:19:46,542 Can we do it, Max? Can we? 705 01:19:47,250 --> 01:19:52,458 How about 255 times 183? 706 01:19:52,583 --> 01:19:55,417 I got it! What's the answer? 707 01:20:09,292 --> 01:20:12,333 I don't know. What is it? 708 01:20:12,458 --> 01:20:16,167 46,665. See? 709 01:20:22,333 --> 01:20:27,958 How about 748 divided by 238? 710 01:20:28,875 --> 01:20:32,750 [Jenna] I got it. What's the answer? 711 01:20:34,708 --> 01:20:56,583 Subtitles by werewulf (werewulf@xnet.ro) Resynced for SiNNERS by stlc_8tr