On the Spectrum (2018): Season 1, Episode 4 - Yes, I am lonely - full transcript

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"On the Spectrum"

Episode 4:
"Yes, I'm Lonely"

Remember the house rules?

That we only meet close to home,
and if he comes over, I must inform.

Right. Either me or Asher.
-Yes, or Amit or Ron.

Leave us outta this abomination!
-Stop it, Ron.

Only me or Asher,
call at any time.

But will he be normal?
-Who?

My boyfriend.

Zohar, it...



it doesn't matter... You know.
-When did you have a boyfriend?

Me? I happened to meet mine
when I was young. 20 years old.

There, you see?! I'm the only one
who never had one!

Zohar, I have friends my age
who don't have a boyfriend,

I mean, our age.
-But are they looking for a normal one?

Every girl should find someone
suitable for her, okay?

How you define him, normal or not,
makes no difference.

But I'll have a normal boyfriend,
right?

My hope for you is
that you'll have a boyfriend you love

and who loves you back.
That's most important.

But it's possible that someone normal
would fall in love with me, right?

You can't say
it's impossible.

I can't say it's impossible.

I knew it.



Can you wash these?
-No.

Thanks, Yaeli. -Yaeli,
can I ask you a hypothetical question?

Sure.

You know what "hypothetical" means?
-Of course I do.

You didn't know
what Alpha Particles were.

What's your question, Ron?

Would you date me?

I'm your counselor, you know.

And if you weren't?

I'm currently dating someone,
you know.

Suppose you didn't have a boyfriend
you're currently dating?

I don't know how things would be
if I weren't your counselor

and if I weren't currently
dating someone.

I think that plate
is soapy enough.

If we met at the supermarket
and I'd ask you on a date,

would you go out with me or not?

I don't know. How can I...
I have no idea, Ron.

Why are you lying?

You wouldn't date me
because I'm different.

Ron, that's not...
I don't know for sure.

Admit it. You wouldn't date me
because I'm different.

It's fine,
I wouldn't date you either.

Your driving is one thing, but I can't stand
how you keep contradicting yourself.

What do you mean? -Don't tell Zohar
she can find a normal boyfriend,

because she won't.
-I didn't tell her...

Wait, what do you mean by
"you contradict yourself"?

You have no opinion of your own.

If you say something
and Asher says something different,

you immediately change your mind.
-Wow, that's so not true.

It's not intentional. It's because
you're not knowledgeable enough.

Wow, you're really...

You know what kind of material
I study for my degree?

Anyone can learn by heart.

I'm talking about
an intellectual, cultural basis.

Ron, I appreciate your honesty,
but you're out of line.

And you have weird body odor.

I'll wait for you here,

it's not like I'm wooing her
or anything.

I also don't want her
to fall for me or anything...

Are you sure this is how
you woo girls?

Yes, I told you,
I'm good at this.

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
-What?

Oh my God!
-What?

Who are you?!

Hey, Lior.
-What are you doing here, Amit?!

What did I do?

What? What?

Help!

Get outta here!

Shani, he's charged with harassment.
Watch him while I contact his family.

Category 6.

I was only visiting Lior.
Her roommate isn't nice?

Empty your pockets on the table.

Are you angry?

Empty your pockets, now.

Please sit down until they call you.

Where's my dad?
-Sit.

Where's my dad?
-You were told to sit down.

But where's my dad?
-Sit.

I see you've brought
lots of stuff with you.

I brought you something too
for your first day.

What's that?
-A notebook.

I don't need it.

This is my cup from home,
you can't use it.

What do I do?

Well, you can sit
in that corner over there.

Here?
-Yes.

Can I put my cup here?
-You can do whatever you want.

That's inaccurate.
I can't smash the computer on the floor.

Feel free, it's your office.

Which products arrived?
-There are some here from yesterday.

We've got the egg slicer,

the walkie-talkie,

makeup,

and there's the...
-I'm not trying on makeup.

Fine, I'll try it on myself.
What we basically do is...

Can I ask you something?

Yes.

It won't get me fired, will it?
-Go on.

If you receive a garment,
how do you try it on?

I try it on other people.

Like men's electric shavers

or floaties for kids,
which I obviously can't...

That's why you're here.

For your first task, I'd like you
to try out the egg slicer.

But I'd need an egg for that.
-So go make one.

You never mentioned cooking
in the job description.

I can't cook.
Are you going to fire me now?

I won't fire you that quickly.

There's a small pot
on the stove.

It's clean.

Can I take an egg out of the refrigerator?
-Sure.

Amit once put an egg
in the microwave oven and it exploded!

Who's Amit?

Unlike him, I know to cook it
in a pot and not microwave it.

Who's Amit?

Zohar?

Zohar?

What?

Someone here is asking about you.

Who?

I don't know.

He's waiting for you at the table.

Seems cute.

Go, I'll cover for you.

He asked us one by one

which of us is Zohar
from the Bar Ilan campus.

Are you Zohar
from the Bar Ilan campus?

Yes.

You're very pretty.

Thank you.

I am Tamir, I am a librarian.
Would you like to sit down?

I'm on a short break,
I have to get back to work soon.

Can I get you a cup of coffee?

I get free coffee here.

Could I have a free one too?

I'd have to ask.

Reut, could I have a cup of coffee
for my break and a free one for him too?

Sure, it's my treat.

He's cute, Zohar.

He's not my boyfriend.

Looks like he's right for you.
Right, Anna?

Are we getting free coffee?

Sit down, we'll bring it over.

They'll bring it over.

What kind of coffee do you drink?

What?

What kind of coffee do you drink?

Latte.

So do I.

Look how romantic.
-It's got nothing to do with us.

Shall we hold hands?

But we're a couple.
-We're not a couple!

But I love you.

I don't want
to be your girlfriend!

But we're right for each other.
-No, we're not!

I'm not right for you!

Yes, you are.
-No, I'm not!

You're not...

You're different!

I'm not different, you're different!
-I'm not different, I'm normal!

You're...
-You're special!

You're special!

You're special!
-You're special! -No!

I'm only here because
your brother told me to come!

I hate him and you can't make me
be his girlfriend!

Zohar, I merely met someone
who seemed nice

so I suggested he meet you,
that's all. -You're a liar, Asher!

I told you I want a normal boyfriend
so stay out of it!

Okay, but this is how people
meet each other.

Don't set me up on dates!

You keep trying to ruin it for me!

Fine, do whatever you want.

I'll do whatever I want!

I'll do whatever I want!

Fine, but don't complain to me
that you're single, okay?

Work it out yourself.
Good luck, Zohar.

I'll do whatever I want.

Goodbye! I'm going
to hang up in your face now,

because I'm angry!

Fine.

I'm hanging up, okay?

In your face, okay?

Hang up already.

Serves him right.

Serves him right, that moron!

You didn't hang up.

Zohar?

Zohar?

Does Asher know you're here?

I should inform him.

Could you please inform
my counselor instead?

Yes.

Hey, sweetie, what's up?

Okay, cool.

Just letting you know
that Zohar is here,

and we'll talk later. Bye.

She was in the middle
of something urgent.

You know each other?

Do we know each other...?

You have her number in your phone
and you called her "sweetie".

Sure, she's your counselor,
so we know each other.

What's the matter, Zohar?

What's wrong?

Why do the girls at the cafe
think I'm different?

Why do you suppose?

I don't know.

Okay.

Why do you live in assisted living
with your roommates?

Because Asher put me up there.

He just put you up there
for no reason?

Because he thought I needed
round the clock assistance.

But I don't.

I have some difficulties,
but not when it comes to guys.

I can get a bit forgetful

and I didn't know how to cook,
but now I do.

Is that it?
Are those the reasons why?

The girls at the cafe
thought I was suitable

for someone special
that Asher tried setting me up with.

Fuck the girls at the cafe.
They don't know what's right for you.

Fuck them.

Yep.

But you also think I'm different,
don't you?

I do.

Or that maybe
I'm different from you.

People should be
with someone who's right for them.

Why am I not right for you?

Me?

I think it's got to do
with how you see things

and your interests.

What interests?

Well...

The fact that you like dolls,

fairies,

all kinds of colorful things.

Is it wrong to like dolls and fairies?
-No, of course not...

To each his own, but...
it is different.

It says "6" here.
What does the "6" mean?

It's a classification...

Did you see him already?
-It's to help us categorize him.

Why did you even arrest him?
Why a restraining order?

Don't you understand his problem?
-He broke into her apartment, Baruch.

"Broke in"...
He didn't know any better.

I thought she understood
that they're friends.

They're not friends. He broke in,
and scared her roommate, too.

You can't be anywhere near Lior.

Can I still eat a croissant?

Yes, but not there.
We'll have to find another place.

And orange juice?
-That too.

He was there first,
he sits there every day.

Amit, do you understand
that you can't go there anymore?

Amit?

Amit, focus. Amit.

Excuse me?
-Amit, I'm talking to you.

Excuse me?
-Amit!

Excuse me?

Are you a pirate?

"Not only do I despise
your company's choice of color

"who wrongfully painted
the slicer in yellow and white

"making it hard to detect any traces
of egg after using the device,

"but I must also add that
since I dislike hard-boiled eggs,

"this device is pointless to me."

Okay, it takes time
to learn how to write a review,

but everything you wrote, aside
for your dislike of hard-boiled eggs,

which isn't relevant,

is useful.

Good job.

Really?
-Really.

Now take the walkie-talkie,

go downstairs
and we'll talk.

I'll go up a flight.
-You have to get really far.

The whole idea is, it's guaranteed
to work from a 600-meter distance.

I won't do it.
Are you going to fire me?

You do it.

If I could,
I wouldn't need your help.

Yes?
-Who's there?

I have no idea.

Come in.

Amit, what are you doing here?
Go home!

I came here because
I have nowhere to go...

You can't show up
at my workplace unannounced!

Go home, you're disrupting us!
-Ron, it's fine, he can come in.

Nice to meet you, I'm Naava.
-Your name is Naava?

Yes. -You're our fat neighbor
who could cave down on us...?

Amit, you're disrupting us!
Go home now!

Ron...
-What? He's disrupting!

But I'm sad at home.
I'm all alone.

We don't care,
it's not our problem!

Ron...
-Go home!

I said, go home!

Ron, that wasn't nice.
He's your friend and he's sad.

You could've at least asked
what's wrong.

He's not my friend,
just my roommate.

Yes, but you should start
noticing others.

That way others will notice you.

I don't want others to notice me.
-I don't believe you.

Are you going to fire me?
-It has nothing to do with getting fired.

Pull your head out of your ass.

I even gave you a gift
and you didn't say thanks.

Did you just curse me?

It's not a curse.

You said something disrespectful.

When does my shift end?
-Whenever you wish.

I pay by the hour.

Then I'll leave now.

What about the walkie-talkie?

You can't talk to me like that.

You'll have to get used to it
and to agree to go outside

if you want to keep working here.
-Don't tell me what to do.

I'm not fired, am I?

See you tomorrow.

Are you calling me from jail?
-No, I'm home.

But were you at the police station?

Yes.

Did they try to rape you there?

No, they just told me
I'm not allowed to sit at the cafe

or eat croissants there.

So my dad said that tomorrow
we'll sit in another cafe.

Yes, but at this cafe they serve
freshly squeezed orange juice.

But you don't drink juice.

Yes, but I wasn't arrested,

so I have a right to go there

and it's best if we didn't talk
because they might call me to testify.

I don't want us to be friends anymore,
you're a bad influence.

Because of you I'll end up staying
at the hostel and not move out,

so I'm hanging up now
because they might be listening in.

Amit, change the...

Amit, change the channel!

It's the children's channel.

It's not a program for adults.

Because of you
people make assumptions about me.

"You've reached
the voice mailbox of..."

Hello?

There's a situation with Amit again,

just like this afternoon.

You mean, that he's sad?

Yes. You said
I should do something about it.

I think that would be nice of you.

So what do I do?

Did you try talking to him?
To ask him why he's sad?

I know why he's sad.

Some girl that he likes hates him
and doesn't want his company.

Her roommate hates him too
and wanted to put him in jail,

and his only remaining friend
cut off contact with him.

What would cheer you up?

I wouldn't have gotten to this point.

What makes you happy
or comforts you?

Nothing.

Why don't you two
go for a walk?

Watch a movie?

I don't feel like watching a movie.

But we're talking about
doing something for him.

I have an idea.

We can listen to a song which
addresses the topic that's troubling you.

A love song?
-A song about aching love.

It'll make you feel better.

But it's in English.

"I go low

"Lower

"I don't feel time

"I only feel my bones

"Mom doesn't hear me anymore

"She got sick, you know why

"Like the other

"About to die

"It's the worst it can be

"I go low

"Mom doesn't hear me anymore

"She got sick, you know why

"It's a little late tonight

"To start worrying about myself

"I rather stay close by

"My medication is on the shelf

"I go low

"Go lower

"Mom doesn't hear me anymore

"And you know she's sick

"Oh no

"I'll swallow the bitter pill

"Let the taste pass

"I'll feel so suicidal

"Even drinking my blue shot

"But it won't work

"Because I go low

"Mom doesn't hear me anymore

"She got sick, you know."

Yes, Asher? -Get dressed,
I'm taking you out to dinner.

I'm busy now.

I'm downstairs.

Are you still mad at me?
-No.

I'm busy.

Busy doing what?

It's personal.

Okay.

Should I wait an hour?

No, thanks, I ate at home.

Okay, let's just sit somewhere,
you'll drink something.

I'm busy now, Asher.

Should I bring you something?
-No.

Okay, bye.
-Fine.

"I go low

"Go lower

"I don't feel time

"I only feel my bones

"Mom doesn't hear me anymore

"She got sick, you know why."

Good night.

English: Hagit Harel

Subtitles: Trans Titles Ltd.