Ep. 5: Keaton’s Paris Lecture and Reunion with Professor Scott

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At the Simmons Adult Education Center in Paris, Keaton delivers a special presentation on European civilizations originating in Egypt. The school president informs him that the forty-year-old building will soon be demolished to make way for a retirement home planned by Minister of Culture Moreau, who intends to preserve a mural. Upon returning to his apartment, Keaton is surprised by the arrival of his daughter Yuriko Hiraga. While eating on the rooftop, he expresses his desire to study archaeology, comparing it to attics. The following day, Yuriko attends Keaton’s second lecture, where he reveals theories about civilizations along the Danube drainage basin. Moreau attempts to interrupt, but Keaton continues, explaining that his mentor, Professor Yuri Scott, encouraged him to pursue this research after Keaton failed his thesis. Keaton resolves to return to Japan to live near Yuriko and fulfill his archaeological dreams. After the final presentation, which Keaton completes without interruption, the building is demolished. He later attends a farewell party and reunites with Scott, who praises his work.