As the action begin, we see Paul Weston speaking to his former wife, Kate, on the phone. The conversation is about the sudden decision of Max to come and live with his father. Their conversation is cut short because Paul is expecting a patient, but obviously, Kate is upset on the other side of the line.
Sunil comes in with a stain in his clothes. A beverage was thrown at him on the subway car he took to come to his session. He is upset, and Paul tries to make him understand the incident could have been directed to anyone, not to him in particular. Sunil begins by telling his therapist that he is not used to the format Paul uses. He feels strange in that there is no answer from the doctor whenever he asks anything. In India, he reflects, when two men meet, the conversation flows back and forth, not one way, as it is the case now.
The relation with his daughter in law in even more tense recently. His bathroom is being fixed, so Julia ordered to use the one she and Aaron use. He had finished taking a shower, when Julia irrupts in the bathroom wrapped in a towel. She is taken by surprise seeing Sunil coming out of the tub; being covered with a towel as well, there is no embarrassing situation, but Julia goes berserk when Sunil places a small piece of soap over her washbasin.
Asking Sunil about his own relationship with Kamala, his late wife, brings back a lot of memories to Sunil. His was an arranged marriage, one in which he and the wife eventually learned to love one another. He also recalls that Arun had taken Julia to Calcutta when they decided to announce their intention of getting married, something that shocked both of them at the time. Sunil even recalls an Indian custom about the practices in the country about marriages and burials.
Another excellent episode written this time by Adam Rapp, who has a clear understanding of what is going on in Sunil's mind. He was helped in the first chapter by Jhumpa Lahiri, the Indian writer, who must have been influential in the way Mr. Rapp writes about Sunil. Ali Selim directed the chapter. Both actors Gabriel Byrne and Irrfan Khan show an easy rapport with each other.
Sunil comes in with a stain in his clothes. A beverage was thrown at him on the subway car he took to come to his session. He is upset, and Paul tries to make him understand the incident could have been directed to anyone, not to him in particular. Sunil begins by telling his therapist that he is not used to the format Paul uses. He feels strange in that there is no answer from the doctor whenever he asks anything. In India, he reflects, when two men meet, the conversation flows back and forth, not one way, as it is the case now.
The relation with his daughter in law in even more tense recently. His bathroom is being fixed, so Julia ordered to use the one she and Aaron use. He had finished taking a shower, when Julia irrupts in the bathroom wrapped in a towel. She is taken by surprise seeing Sunil coming out of the tub; being covered with a towel as well, there is no embarrassing situation, but Julia goes berserk when Sunil places a small piece of soap over her washbasin.
Asking Sunil about his own relationship with Kamala, his late wife, brings back a lot of memories to Sunil. His was an arranged marriage, one in which he and the wife eventually learned to love one another. He also recalls that Arun had taken Julia to Calcutta when they decided to announce their intention of getting married, something that shocked both of them at the time. Sunil even recalls an Indian custom about the practices in the country about marriages and burials.
Another excellent episode written this time by Adam Rapp, who has a clear understanding of what is going on in Sunil's mind. He was helped in the first chapter by Jhumpa Lahiri, the Indian writer, who must have been influential in the way Mr. Rapp writes about Sunil. Ali Selim directed the chapter. Both actors Gabriel Byrne and Irrfan Khan show an easy rapport with each other.
