We get introduced to Adam, a 29-year-old man who has Asperger syndrome. He works in a company and
makes toys for a living. It cuts to his father’s funeral. He doesn’t say anything or does anything.
He is very sad but his syndrome makes it hard to express himself. He heads home. At the apartment,
he crosses out his dad's planner and gets a broom to clean; almost like everything is normal. The
next morning comes and Adam goes to work after breakfast. He had designed a doll with voice
recognition as a new project at work, so he decides to show the doll to his boss but he
isn’t really fond of the idea and tells him to change it. It cuts to him at home. Adam loves
to eat mac and cheese, so that’s what he has for dinner. He goes to his wardrobe and sees that he
has dirty laundry. He heads to the basement and sees a girl trying to open the basement
door. Adam has social anxiety and finds talking to people very difficult. He tries to leave but
the girl asks him to help her. She introduces herself as Beth Buckwolt, and as they get in,
says that she is a writer but she’s going to work as a preschool teacher temporarily. Beth
realizes that she had forgotten her card for the washing machine and asks Adam if she can use his.
He lends her the card but walks away quickly as he gets embarrassed. The next morning Beth sees Adam
sitting on the stairs at the entrance and goes to talk to him. She invites him to a party with
her friends. Adam starts stuttering and acting weird because he has anxiety. She tells him that
she’ll knock on his door and if he wants to come that’ll be amazing. The night comes and Beth goes
to Adam’s room. She knocks and asks for him but he stands silently on the other side of the door.
When she finally leaves Adam starts crying. Some time passes and we see Adam sitting on the stairs
waiting for Beth. When she comes he apologizes for not coming and invites her to his living room.
They go into the living room and Beth is amazed to see a planetarium. She loves the view but Adam
starts talking about space and his obsession can be seen. Beth is kind of weirded out and after
some time she thanks Adam and leaves. She has lunch with her father the next day. They’re having
small talk about her new home and life and they even mention Adam. When they’re about to leave,
Beth’s father tells her that he has to go to court for something he did at the firm, but it
won’t be anything serious. Beth is concerned but he reassures her that everything will be fine.
Late at night, Beth gets a knock on the door; it’s Adam. She tells him she doesn’t want any
company but he insists on her coming with him. They go into the park. Beth is hesitant but is
later amazed by what she sees. They see a family of raccoons in Central Park, which is a rare
thing. They sit on a bench and watch the family in the late hours. The next day as Adam’s working,
his boss comes to talk to him. He thanks him for the year he has worked for the company,
but tells him that he is more than great and he deserves better. He fires Adam because he
is simply too good and maybe a bit expensive. Adam feels awful, he starts to panic, he doesn’t know
what to do, and almost gets hit by a car. He goes to the kindergarten where Beth works and starts
watching the children. As he’s watching them, a police car pulls up on him. They point a gun at
him and tell him to put his hands up. As they’re trying to arrest Adam, Beth walks out and saves
the situation. Adam gets freed and leaves quickly as he is embarrassed. When he leaves he forgets
the box he had taken with him. Later in the night, Beth goes to return the box. Adam invites her to
come in. After having some casual, yet awkward conversation, Adam asks Beth if she had been
physically excited as well when they were at the park. Beth is confused and creeped out and tries
to leave. Adam asks her if she’s leaving because of what he said and she says yes. He explained to
her that his syndrome makes it hard to understand what other people are feeling. He had to learn to
ask about people’s feeling and thought, because he thought that whatever he was thinking was
what other people were thinking as well. He also tells her that with the syndrom it’s hard to get
sexually aroused. Beth understands him and says that it’s okay. The next morning Beth
goes to school and asks her colleague about the syndrome. Her colleague thinks that she’s asking
for a kindergargardener but Beth tells her that it’s about Adam. She admits that she does fancy
him but can’t really expect too much given his situation. Her colleague tells her that he isn’t
relationship material and even tries to give her a book about the syndrome, but Beth denies it and
leaves. On the other side, Adam is speaking with Mr. Waltler about his financial situation. Given
the death of his father, Adam has to move because he doesn’t have the money to keep the apartment.
All hell breaks loose when Mr. Waltler tells him that he doesn’t have other choices. Adam starts
screaming and repeating that he cannot sell the house. His friend manages to calm him down and
they leave. As they’re driving home Adam’s friend tells him that he has to find a job, although Adam
has anxiety and his previous job was found by his father, he applies for a couple of jobs online. As
he’s sitting on his laptop he hears Beth coming in and decides to do a rather bizarre thing. As
Beth’s walking into the apartment she gets scared of Adam hanging from her window. She lets him in
and they have a laugh. Adam explains that he wanted to clean her windows so she can have
an amazing view of the city. Beth invites him to stay over for a cup of tea. Adam tells her
that he has made 87 applications but is afraid of job interviews. After some casual talk Adam
tries to leave, but Beth opens up to him about her father. Adam admits that he doesn’t know what do
to in this type of situation, and Beth asks him to hug her. Some time passes and we see Adam and Beth
at a restaurant. Adam is uncomfortable and asks Beth to leave but she insists of staying. After
some time Beth notices how uncomfortable Adam is and decides to order the food as a takeaway.
They sit at a bench and watch the water. Adam gets excited as he sees that Beth had ordered mac and
cheese for him. They start talking about Adam’s job hunt and that’s when Beth pulls out a book
and gifts it to Adam. The book is about how to get a job with Asperger's syndrome. Adam has lost his
words and Beth thinks that she has offended him. He cuts her off by kissing her and thanks her for
the book. It cuts to them cuddling. They set a bunch of rules as the start of the relationship.
One of them is no Romantic moments. Although it is obvious that Adam’s not really okay with it,
he respects Beth and agrees to it. The new couple goes to a party that Beth’s friends have planned.
Adam doesn’t really want to be there but Beth asks him to stay for at least thirty minutes. One of
the most important characteristics of Asperger's syndrome is that, people who have it are brutally
honest. When Beth’s friends ask him if he wants to hold their daughter he simply says no. Some
time at the party passes and Beth overhears Adam talking about telescopes. She gets him out of the
situation, and tells him that he talks too much. They go home and massage each other’s backs. When
it’s time for Adam to massage Beth, she takes his hand and presses it on her body part. Adam
realizes that Beth is ready and they make love for the first time. As time passes, Adam is learning
to be a great partner and Beth does nothing but support him. It cuts to Beth’s parents having
a conversation; Beth’s mother says that they should have told Beth that they were coming. As
Beth and Adam walk into the cinema Beth sees her parents. They hug, and Adam is more than awkward;
he doesn’t really know what to do. Inside, as the family’s talking about the father’s situation,
Adam asks a rather bizarre question. He asks Mr. Buckwolt what he’s accused of, and even though all
of them are taken aback, he answers. It is when Adam asks if he can go to jail that Beth gets
pissed off. After the date we see Beth yelling at Adam about the way he acted towards his father.
She screams at Adam and tells him to leave her alone and not dare to follow her. The next morning
Beth comes to Adam’s apartment and apologizes. Adam tells her that he had gotten an interview
with a company. Beth is more than excited and tells Adam they should go out for some champagne.
They go to the park and Adam admits that he is scared and has always been scared of interviews.
Beth reassures him that he is brilliant at the job and that’s more than enough. After Adam calms
down they have some fun and play in the park like little children. They make a plan. As time passes
Beth teaches Adam some tricks to make sure the interview goes smoothly. For instance, one of them
is to look between the eyes instead of into them, because Adam gets nervous when he’s looking at
somebody’s eyes. It cuts to Mr. Buchwalds’ court hearing. He gets asked about his relationship
with the Cooper family and shocks everyone by admitting that he had slept with Jennifer Cooper,
who is his friend’s daughter. Both Beth and her mother are heartbroken and Beth decides
to leave and walk in the park to clear her head. At the court, a decision is made. Mr. Buchwald is
sentenced to three years in prison. On the other side of town, Adam is having his first interview.
After the interview, he goes home and receives a call from Beth’s mother crying on the phone. She
tells him that Beth’s father has been sentenced to prison and asks him to look at Beth’s planner,
so they can maybe find where she is. When Adam opens it he cannot believe his eyes at what he
sees. He sees that the whole meeting with the parents at the cinema unexpectedly was planned,
and that Beth had lied to him. Right after he reads it Beth walks into the apartment. Adam
can’t even look at her as he starts screaming that he hates her. He is hurt and angry with the
fact that she had lied to him. He starts screaming and saying that he hates her as he starts breaking
everything. In the midst of his yelling, he lets Beth know that her father was sentenced to
prison and that she is a liar like him. Beth is hurt, sad and dumbfounded. She leaves and Adam
is left to scream by himself. Beth goes to her parents and her mother advises her to give Adam
a chance to express himself and that she should at least have a talk with him. On the other side,
Adam’s friend advises him that he should talk to her and that sometimes people lie because they
love. Adam arrives home one day and sees that he has one voice mail on his phone. It’s Beth’s
mother. She tells Adam that Beth’s father has been sentenced to two years in prison and gives
him the address to where they’re staying. Adam writes it down and heads immediately to get his
Beth back. It cuts to Beth’s parent’s house. Her father is having guests over before he goes to
jail. He sits Beth down for a father-to-daughter conversation. He tells her that she shouldn’t
worry about anything and that everything had been arranged for them. He starts talking about Adam;
saying that he isn’t a good guy for her and that he lives in another world. Beth disagrees with her
father and ends the conversation. After traveling in the snow, Adam finds himself on Beth’s street.
He cannot find the house so he starts calling out for her. Beth sees him through the window
and hurries to him. She goes out and Adam asks her to come with him to California as he’s gotten
a job offer there. As he’s talking, her father comes out of the house. He tells Adam that she
cannot go anywhere with him because the family needs her. She starts screaming at her father
and calling him a liar and a cheater and says that she will leave with Adam. She and Adam leave. As
the time for California gets closer, Beth gets more and more unsure. One day as she’s talking
on the phone with her mother, Adam overhears her saying that he had never said I love you
to her. When she hangs up the phone, he tells her that and expresses how much he needs her.
She has tears in her eyes but soon realizes that she cannot go with him because he has to do that
by himself. He cannot depend on her and she tells him that. Some time passes and Adam realizes that
his passion and love for Science are more than enough for him to go alone. He packs his bags in
a hurry and says goodbye to his friend. It cuts to a year later; Adam is doing a presentation to
a group of people. He’s doing the job he loves and life is good. After he finishes the presentation,
his coworker gives him a package. He goes outside and opens it. He sees a beautiful book with
raccoons on it. He opens it to read it and sees a note from Beth. He is holding the new book of
Elizabeth Buchwald that is about talking raccoons in Central Park, and when he realizes that he
smiles and remembers their relationship, which may have finished but it will always be remembered.