- Will hangs out with Lambeau and easily solves the equations that Lambeau throws at him. All the while, Lambeau's Teaching Assistant seems to get jealous.
- Next thing we know, Will is meeting with various therapists and taking them apart with his intellect, making up all kinds of stories about himself. The basic effect is that no one wants to work with him.
- Finally, Lambeau goes to his former college roommate, Sean Maguire.
- We flash to Maguire teaching at a community college. The students are clearly not on the same level as he is and he can barely hide his frustration.
- Lambeau walks in and Maguire dismisses his class before Lambeau tells him, "I've got something that might interest you."
- Next thing we know, Maguire and Lambeau are sharing a glass of wine. Lambeau asks how long it's been since they last saw each other, and Maguire says it was before "Nancy" died.
- We can assume Nancy was Maguire's wife. Lambeau apologizes for missing the funeral because of a conference in Paris.
- Maguire wants to know what makes Will so special, so Lambeau tells him the story of Ramanujan, an Indian man from the beginning of the 1900s who lived in a hut and had no education.
- But he came across an old math book and was able to create equations that had confused the world's best minds for hundreds of years. He eventually mailed some of his work to a guy in England, who recognized his genius and worked with him for years.
- Together, they developed some of the most important math ever created. In Lambeau's eyes, Will can be the next Ramanujan as long as he can get his emotions under control.
- Lambeau also seems to think Maguire will have more success with Will because they're both from the same neighborhood in Boston (Southie).