Sign language translation

Factual Questions
1

This was in an ep of “ER.” If you don’t follow the program, here’s some background:

Peter Benton and Robert “Rocket” Romano are two distinguished, but unlikeable, surgeons. Peter Benton has a hearing-impaired son (basically). Benton picks up his son and turns around to leave. His back is to Romano, and he is holding his son so that he is looking back at Romano. Romano makes eye contact and gives him the following four signals:

  1. Both hands with middle and index fingers out. Other fingers are withdrawn. Left arm is extended. Right hand comes down, makes contact with left hand twice.

  2. Right arm extended; hand at 90º, so that palm is facing out. Fingers are all together, not spread.

  3. Symbol for “father.” Thumb against forehead, fingers pointing up.

  4. Points to child.

Now this could also be made up. After all, it’s just a TV program.

2

At the time, someone transalted as (IIRC) “Take care of your father.”