American Masters

Pop, do you still consider yourself a scientist? Yes. I'm the most accomplished person living on earth. There are many adjectives one could use to describe Jim Watson. I'm the top dog! And humble is probably not the first to jump to your lips. He discovered the secret of life when he was 25 years old. I wanted to do something big. Jim is a radical. He'll deliberately untie his shoes and mess up his hair to give him what they were paying for *laughs* The book was controversial... just insulting... Francis Crick wouldn't talk to him for years after that book came out but it was a best-seller. Roslyn Franklin had that famous photograph for eight months and never concluded it was the helix. Had Jim Watson and Francis Crick stolen her work? This is clearly unethical behavior in science. He confesses to have a penchant for pretty girls. Women made labs more interesting. You knew when you heard him that you were at the start of a revolution in understanding. He was yawning extremely loudly in the first row throughout my talk. I'm just not afraid to say what I think. Too slow. Hubby pie Watson. You know, you said an absent-minded scientist. I imagine it's in his DNA. She was just 18 and I was then 38 It was unseemly. Now in this, I'll be labeled as a schizo, right? I mean, that would be truth in advertising, right? Genetically Rufus was dealt a bad hand. Well, he's really a lovable child, you know. In our school, we had a Meeting of the Minds project... Yea. Which is basically where people dress up as someone.. like my brother did Beethoven and I did you. Given my desire to never to stay away from messy problems uh, I was bound to have... myself sometimes and that's what I did. It's genetic. He's been put on a pedestal but is the responsibility that comes with being on that pedestal being met? I don't know. I really don't know. What's happened? You know, where's the Jim I knew?