Good, next.
- Moving on to D. - What?
Moving on to D.
Not yet, G's not right.
Are you wearing your hearing aids?
Don't worry about my hearing aids.
You forced it too fast, it's growly. I can feel it.
Excuse me, repair guys?
This fucking...
Yes, ma'am?
The toilet's leaking. Can you fix it?
What'd she say?
I'll give you an extra hundred.
What?
She wants us to fix the toilet.
Fix... What?
She'll pay us $100 to fix the toilet.
Okay, fine, 150.
Do we look like plumbers?
No, we don't fix toilets, we're piano tuners.
We fix pianos.
Okay, 200.
Five hundred, we'll talk.
That's the ugliest fucking dog I've ever seen.
She's standing right there. She can hear you.
Hold on to the D.
I want to tell you something about tuna fish, okay?
What do you want to tell me about tuna fish?
Big tunas have much more mercury.
- What? - You can get sick
from having too much mercury in your body.
Did you know that?
So, I stopped eating big tunas.
You just ate a fucking tuna salad sandwich.
Yeah, I know, but sometimes we don't give a fuck.
Let's go.
It's not cholesterol you gotta worry about.
It's called, uh... Starts with an "I".
Don't worry about cholesterol, worry about...
Uh, sorry, can I help you?
Good afternoon, mum... Ma'am.
Harry Horowitz from the Harry Horowitz's Fine...
Piano, uh, Tune and Repair.
What do you want for lunch?
I don't want dementia.
Why do people like hamburgers?
Did they have hamburgers when you were a kid?
Oh, you cocksucker.
Nobody plays the piano.
It's tragic. It still needs a tune up.
- May I say that your... - Bobby!
Bobby! Some guys are here to fix the piano.
Harry, what the fuck are you talking about?
I'm saying, you have to worry about...
I forgot the word.
- Inflammation. - Inflammation. Inflammation.
That's what they say. That's what kills you, inflammation.
Hold this.
No, like this.
- What? - My arm hurts.
Where's the nearest bathroom?
Don't walk on the lawn! What are you doing?
The lawn is a piece of shit.
I'll have an apple. Thank you.
Thanks for coming in on such short notice.
Herbie Hancock's coming in tomorrow.
You tell Herb that Harry Horowitz said
to stay away from the tuna fish, yeah?
He'll understand.
The mercury.
Don't fucking start.
I told him about the mercury.
It's inflammation.
Mind like a steel trap. You're just like your dad.
That is two minutes I'll never get back, Harry.
Anyways, on my 16th birthday,
he takes me to Birdland,
and Oscar Peterson is playing there.
And I can see him from where I'm sitting.
And I don't know what it is, but there's...
I've never seen hands play like that.
Hmm.
Except you. You had great hands.
Why don't you play?
Why don't you play me something?
Ah, I'm pretty tired, Harry.
Come on, play this old fart something.
I'm exhausted.
We're done, Harry. I'm... I finished.
Play me something.
There you go. Happy birthday.
Quit looking at me like that.
Damn it.
This was my father's favorite song.
It was the first song that I ever played off sheet music.
Damn!
Fucking arthritis, I can't play.
It's okay, sweetheart.
Eat, eat, eat.
Your soup will get cold.
Niki, pass the salt.
You don't need the salt.
You want another heart attack?
- Every time I ask... - Sodium.
for salt, you say, "You don't need salt."
I know you're doing it for my benefit. Thank you.
Did you go for burgers today?
- What? - Did you go for burgers today?
Of course not! We had a salad and carrot juice.
- I squeezed it myself. - You blended yourself?
- Yes. - Right in the store?
- Yes. - Did you go behind the counter
- and say, "Let me blend the carrots?" - No, I squeezed it.
- Where are your hearing aids? - What?
Where are your hear...
I'm sorry, Niki. Did he have his hearing aids today?
Don't answer her, just pass the salt.
No, no.
You don't need the salt, but what you do need
is that you better find your hearing aids,
because if you need new ones, we have to pay out of pocket.
Do you understand that?
I know where they are. They're in the safe.
What? Why would you put them in the safe?
I accidentally put my watch in the bathroom,
and my hearing aids in the safe.
- It was a mistake. - Okay, so go get them.
- I can't. - Why?
- It won't open. - The safe?
I can't remember the combination.
It's our wedding anniversary!
I changed it.
- You changed it? - Yes.
Okay. What did you change it to?
- I don't know. - You don't know.
You make it sound intentional.
It'll come back to me. It was a good number.
Better than our wedding anniversary?
H-ee, how can you do your work without your hearing aids?
It's not about hearing, it's about...
a feeling.
Oh, pardon me. I almost forgot.
- It's about feeling. It's... - Yeah.
It's all about feeling.
- Yes. Feeling, feeling. - Excuse me.
You need your hearing aids. Let me see the safe.
Niki, I tried Marla's birthday,
I tried my birthday, your birthday,
your dad's birthday, I tried Dizzy Gillespie's birthday.
You are losing your marbles!
Why are you on my back?
I make one mistake.
We should call the lock guy.
- Who? - Marty Fitzgerald.
Marty Fitzgerald's dead, but go ahead and try him.
Okay, Niki, smash it open. Just smash it open.
No, don't smash it open!
Honey, it's a 1,000 years old. Come on, smash it.
It's a perfectly good safe!
It's not perfectly good anymore.
It's two inches of steel. It's not really smashable.
- I can take it home... - Yes!
Take it home? Forget it, it's too heavy.
- Let him take it home. - It's too heavy!
- Harry! - He can fix anything.
Nik, Harry has a doctor's appointment tomorrow at noon in the city,
so you're gonna have to handle Shafitz on your own.
Whatever you don't get through tomorrow, don't worry.
You'll... You'll finish it on Wednesday.
Yeah.
Oh, and there's that house call in Alpine.
Yeah, yeah, I'll be there by 4:00.
I'll let them know. Get over here.
Nik?
Have you been smoking?
No.
Oh, how do you crack it?
You can hear where the contact points are,
even when the safe is locked, right?
So, to a skilled safe cracker,
this is actually detectable
using touch and hearing.
The difference is in the sound and feel.
When the fence grazes these contact points,
it's so subtle that they're basically imperceptible
without special equipment.
That's why it takes a trained professional with sens...
but with patience and practice.
What we're listening for is for the gate and the tumblers
to make the slightest contact with the fence.
And now what we want to do is keep going.
And you want to go slow and steady.
The composition students are preparing
for the year end showcase.
When the pianos aren't pitched perfect,
everyone gets testy.
Start with the main stage.
Sorry.
- Shit! - Ruthie?
- Mm-hmm? - The piano tuner's here.
Can you move to one of the practice rooms?
I booked the main stage like, a week ago.
We need the main stage ready for this afternoon.
How long is it going to take?
About two hours.
- Um... - Maybe two and a half.
Hmm.
Sorry.
Great, thanks.
I, uh, I needled the right hand a little
made the melody section a bit sweeter for you.
Can you hit E flat above middle C?
E flat? It sounded good.
You sure?
Yeah, can I get 30 seconds?
Hmm.
Twenty seconds?
- Can I... - I'll be quick, I promise.
I have to get back to work.
- Come on, scoot over. - I got it.
Feel the difference?
Do you have perfect pitch?
Yeah.
What's this?
E.
G.
C.
A flat, E flat.
B flat.
Close your eyes. You're cheating.
A, B.
C, F sharp.
B flat, E.
E7 flat 9.
F7, sharp 5, sharp 9.
F sharp,
G, A, A sharp, B over D sharp.
C major 7 sharp 11, B flat 13,
F sharp minor 7 flat 5, E7 sharp 9,
G minor 11, E major 7 sharp 5,
D sharp minor 7 flat 5,
and C sharp major triad over an open E minor triad.
The Strauss Elektra chord.
- See ya. - Nice.
That's every note except F sharp.
Hello. Hi, hi. Um...
Could you help me reset the router?
The Wi-Fi is not working.
Pass the screwdriver, sir.
Move.
Hi, hello, hi.
- You lost? - What?
You come in someone's house, you don't ring the bell.
Sorry, the door was open. I'm the piano tuner.
What's wrong with the piano?
Literally no one has touched that piano
since that thing we hosted for MS last year.
No one.
Yeah, sir,
pianos slip out of tune whether you touch them or not.
Oh, wow.
Well, that's good to know.
Like anyone can tell the fucking difference.
Sorry.
Mr. Conway is hosting a fundraiser tomorrow night.
Billy Joel is performing.
Uh, ma'am, I can't...
I can't work with all this noise.
Oh, gosh. I didn't even think about that.
Can you come back first thing in the morning?
No, I'm booked tomorrow, sorry.
Can you hang around until 8:00?
All of these guys will be gone, you'll have the place to yourself.
- Ma'am, I... - You know what?
Go...
grab a bite on Mr. Conway.
Call me if you have any issues.
Yeah.
God damn it.
Hello?
Who the fuck are you?
Piano tuner.
It looks like you're casing the place.
Looks like you're robbing the place.
You hear a foreign accent
and immediately you think we are criminals?
N-No, it's just the drill.
We're installing a new security system, okay?
Mr. Conway asked us to move the thing from this safe
to a new safe.
A smart safe.
- Bluetooth enabled. - Much better.
Why didn't he give you the combination?
Hey, hey, dude.
Who the fuck are you? Insinuating accusations?
- Hey! - It's discriminatory.
You know how hard it is to make it in this country
with a foreign accent?
- No. - I built a company.
I employ people.
How dare you, huh?
What the fuck do you do?
I'm just a fucking piano tuner, man.
I'm trying to do my job. It's... It's loud.
Do you know how long you're gonna be?
Hard to say.
Can you give me a ballpark?
As long as it fucking takes.
So, unless you can open the safe, fuck off.
Holy fuck.
All right, now shut the fuck up so I can get back to work.
Tuner.
If you want to make real money,
give me a call.
You know, I used to come here in high school
with my buddy, Bob O'Dowd,
and he was in my first jazz trio, I like to say.
And he had a fucked up hand.
He had a thumb, and he had two fingers
and nothing else.
Great drummer. He could even snare with it.
Shit. It's all right.
- You all right? - Yeah.
I'm okay.
- Go on. - I hate when I do that.
It looks like I pissed myself.
Hey, Frank, can I close out?
Yeah, sure, honey, I'll be right there.
Hi, nice to see you again.
Hey.
- Introduce me. - I don't know her name.
I'm Ruthie.
Hello, Ruthie. I'm Harry Horowitz.
You can call me Harry,
just don't call me late for dinner. Ba-dum-dum.
You steal that line from my grandmother?
No, I never stole anything in my life.
This is Niki. He is my tuning apprentice.
He's more like my nephew, though we're not related.
And I'll tell you one thing, he is very eligible,
but he has a hearing condition,
as you can see from his plugs, which are not hearing aids,
although that's a common mistake.
He's not being rude, it's doctor's orders.
And did I mention he is very eligible?
- Harry. - What?
- Please stop. - Here, you want a Boston cream?
It's good fuel for class. Thank you so much.
What sort of class?
Uh... Advanced composition.
Do you hear that, Niki? She's advanced.
Yeah, I heard her play. She's good.
Yeah? It's high praise coming from this guy,
who is a, believe it or not, a virtuoso.
Wow. An eligible virtuoso, huh?
Well, actually, yes, he was a child prodigy,
but he doesn't play anymore
because of his hearing condition.
Maybe you can inspire him.
Oh, okay. Thank you, Harry.
She clearly has to go.
I do, I gotta go.
That's all right. Okay, so walk her to class.
She doesn't want me to walk her to class.
That's unnecessary, thank you. I can...
Well, the menschy thing to do is at least carry her books.
Harry, it's not 1950.
I can carry my own books.
What do you mean it's not 1950?
It's not such a big deal!
Just carry her books to class!
I don't want this.
Give me those.
I'm sorry for being a bitch yesterday.
It's all right. I can be a bitch, too.
Mm-hmm.
And a bit of a show off.
Nice.
It's okay, 'cause you're also a virtuoso, so...
N-No, Harry just makes that stuff up.
I like Harry.
Yeah, you and everybody else.
What was that piece you were playing yesterday?
Something that I'm writing.
Sounded good.
Just good? Thank you. So kind.
You into Mussorgsky?
Yes. Pictures at an Exhibition is an inspiration.
I heard it. Ravel too.
So you're saying my piece is derivative?
Well, the arpeggios are pretty distinct.
Fuck off.
It's very aggressive too.
You working through some anger in this?
I mean, it's a eulogy, so...
Sorry.
What's it called?
Some Asshole Walks Me To Class in G Minor.
- What do you think? - It's good.
Rolls off the tongue.
Thanks for walking me to class.
Thanks for being walked.
"Thank you for being walked"?
The fuck is wrong with you?
Fucking idiot.
Oh, fuck.
This place is a shithole.
Nik.
I need you to sell the van.
What are you talking about? Why?
Harry got pissed off that Medicare wouldn't cover
his hearing aids.
So he stopped paying the premiums in protest.
- How much do you owe? - Oh...
Maybe $36,000.
And whatever this turns into.
Jesus. Fuck, Marla.
Niki, you know how stubborn he is.
- What was he gonna do? - Fuck.
He hasn't raised his prices in 30 years.
Let me buy the van.
What?
Let me buy the van.
Where you gonna get all that kind of money?
I don't know.
I'll figure it out.
Good afternoon, Mr. White.
This is Madeline Plotkin from Lending Direct Financial
returning your call.
Unfortunately, your insufficient credit history
excludes you from a small business loan at this time.
Thank you.
After reviewing your application,
we are unable to accommodate your loan request.
Can I ask why?
Lack of business experience,
collateral, credit history, cash flow, financials.
Okay. Yeah. Thank you.
You tick every box actually.
Bye, baby, bye.
Tuner! How are you, brother?
You're good?
You good? Come.
We've been here almost a year.
This is my cousin's place.
Very nice spot.
We're throwing here famous techno rave parties
every month.
Lots of hot women and great music.
You like?
- No. - Okay.
So what do you think?
Oh, fuck.
What, you don't like dogs?
This is the jet-ski. You can take it whenever you want.
Huh? Go to the lake, do something with a woman.
So, this is Benny.
He's, uh, the son of my sister.
She asked me to tough him up. It's not easy.
And this is Yoni, the smart guy.
Hi, guys. Say hi to Niki.
- Hi to Niki. - Hey, man.
Hi, Niki. How are you? How are you doing?
- Everything is okay. - Hey, uh...
Do you mind asking him to turn it down?
So we install and monitor our security system
for boutique clientele.
I protect the wealthiest homes in the state.
I know when my clients are home and not.
You know how hard it is to find
a good, reliable lock guy?
Can you open it?
- Yoni. - Hmm?
What is the word of someone that is not sure of something,
but you can see on his face that he's not sure?
Uh, skeptical.
Skeptical? Tuner, why are you so skeptical?
So your clients don't notice when their shit goes missing?
If you take a painting off the wall, they notice.
If you take a signature piece
or a wedding ring, they notice.
But if you take a watch here or a ring there,
nobody notice shit.
And if they do, they fire the cleaning lady
and file an insurance claim.
What was the thing that you were telling me about, Yoni?
Law of diminishing marginal utility.
People with too much shit don't appreciate their shit
as much as people with less shit.
It's a different psychology
with those rich fucks.
It's a different world. It's an opportunity.
I know where the doors are, you know how to open it.
It's like... What's the word?
- Uh, synergistic. - Synergetic.
You never know what's behind those doors. And Tuner,
I can see in your eyes
that you are very, very curious.
I sure the fuck am.
Can you open it?
All right, but you got to get the dog out of here.
Uh, Benny.
Okay.
Ready?
Open it.
Ten minutes should be enough.
Hey.
You want one?
- No, I'm good. - Okay.
Tuner.
I have a job for you this Saturday.
How much does it pay?
More than the piano shit.
I need an advance.
That's the down payment for the van.
You'll get the rest soon.
Where'd you get all this?
Don't worry about it.
Tell me who's on piano.
Should I know?
- I wasn't talking to you. - Sorry.
Maybe it's Kenny Barron.
Horace Silver?
Maybe Tommy Flanagan?
Attaboy.
Harry Horowitz Piano Tune and Repair.
Hi. Um...
A pipe burst in my apartment,
and the water came down and completely soaked my piano.
I don't... Harry gave me his card.
Um...
I'm sorry, who is this?
Uh, sorry, it's... This is...
I'm... This is Ruthie.
Um... You walked me to class.
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, Ruthie. Hi.
Uh...
What kind of piano is it?
It's a... a 1930s Bösendorfer.
Here.
The wood is just like ...
Listen, it sounds like shit.
The wood is warping.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh, the keys are sticking.
Fuck. Do you think... Could you come by now,
or today? I just... I... This is a bit of an emergency.
Where are you?
I'm in Bushwick.
Bushwick, huh? Uh, okay.
It's okay if you're busy.
Just... Do you have... Do you have a referral?
Uh, I'm in the piano... I'm in the city right now.
Uh, I can be there in an hour.
That would be amazing.
I can just text you the address.
Thank you so much.
- Hi. - Hi.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Yeah, no problem.
This is a nice piano.
Where'd you get it?
Um, it was my grandmother's.
Oh.
Okay. Well, I'm gonna take out the key action
and let it dry out.
Uh, what can I do to help?
You feeling strong? Can you help me get this off?
Mm-hmm.
Where are we putting it? On the floor?
- Uh, let's put it on the bed. - Okay.
- You good? - Yeah. You?
Yeah.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. - You all right?
God, this is so fucking heavy. How do you do this by yourself?
Well... I'm very strong.
So she left it for you, huh?
Yeah.
She left me two things.
She left me a little pearl watch...
that I fucking lost on the train.
And her piano, which I have now
managed to destroy.
It's not destroyed.
The key action's just swollen, but some heat will help.
I'm gonna mitigate the humidity,
lube it up a bit.
I might have to re-brush some of the felts in the joints.
Got a hair dryer?
Yeah.
Sorry.
This sounds expensive.
Don't worry, it's on the house.
No, no, no, no, no.
I would not feel comfortable not paying you anything.
Well, if I was doing this for a client on Fifth Avenue,
it costs $5,000.
Most of the pianos I fix never get played,
they're just decorative, whereas this one matters.
Can you plug that in?
Can I at least make you like, a $5,000 bowl of pasta?
Okay.
How did you become a piano player?
My grandmother taught me.
What do you want to do after you graduate?
I mean, the dream would be to apprentice for a composer.
Oh, yeah? Which one?
Maissner.
That's ambitious. You're swinging for the fences.
Well, he takes one student from my program every year.
I really want that job.
Do you always... You never take those out?
No, not really.
I got this thing called, uh, hyperacusis.
That means I'm allergic to loud noises.
That's hot, right?
What are the, um... the big ones for?
Uncontrolled acoustic environments.
So basically everywhere?
Basically everywhere.
You'd be surprised at how loud the world is.
You have some sauce on your...
You fucking kidding me? How long has it been there?
Like, like, six bites maybe.
Hmm. Pianos aren't too loud?
I had, uh... I had years of exposure therapy.
So, you know, soft focused sounds are okay.
You don't play anymore?
No.
Why not?
Um...
Sorry.
I, uh... Uh, I got to go.
Um...
Thanks for dinner.
I'm gonna leave some my stuff here, if that's all right.
Then I'll come back tomorrow, and I'll finish up.
Yeah. Thank you so much.
- I really appreciate it. - Yeah.
- Good night. - Good night.
You like dogs?
Yeah.
I want to open a special dog sanctuary
where they never kill the dogs if nobody comes to get them.
Benny loves dogs.
He connected to them intellectually.
It's insulting to dogs.
Insulting the dogs.
You have to work on your muscles, Benny.
Push-ups, pull-ups.
I will make you a man.
A lot of work.
A lot of work, but, uh, we are consistent.
It's right up here.
Yoni, shut the garage.
Uri.
- Yes, it's here? - Yeah.
I knew it. I was just testing you.
Let's go.
You're up, Tuner.
Don't bitch out on us now, Tuner.
You're the guy who opens door, no?
Open it.
- You got this, Tuner. You're good. - Uh...
Come on.
Do you know how this rich fuck bought this fucking house?
This dick
started a lending firm that offered subprime loans
with predatory terms to minority communities
all around the country. Do you understand?
Foreclosure en masse that put hundreds of thousands
of people out on the street if they miss two payments.
Two fucking payments.
So this dick,
live in this fuck you house,
while the rest of the world are hungry.
So don't be a pussy.
Open it.
Get the fuck out of the bed, you idiot!
Are you fucking crazy? With your shoes?
Or...
you can give me back the advance,
and we will get the fuck out of here.
Fuck!
I'd like to make a payment
on a patient's account.
Harry Horowitz, room 410.
Date of birth?
August 8th, 1937.
The outstanding balance on that patient's account
is $36,481.92.
How much would you like to put down?
Uh, $10,000.
Sounds perfect.
I don't know how you did that.
Well, it's not perfect.
Tuners don't really use the "P" word.
What do you mean?
Well, you got... one individual key, right?
And you've got the whole instrument.
Now the one key might sound perfect,
but it might not in relation to the 87 others.
Tuning a piano is...
about creating harmony out of chaos and...
to do that, you gotta be okay with imperfection.
Well...
She's good as new.
Want to give her a whirl?
What do you want to hear?
Whatever you want to play.
Hmm...
This is the first thing I ever wrote.
Do you smell smoke?
Fuck!
Oh!
I'm so sorry.
It's okay, it's okay. I'm fine.
I'm so sorry.
I, uh...
I'll get out of here.
Don't...
Don't go.
It's okay. It's okay.
Wow.
Think I feel better.
Wow.
Again! Three, four.
Okay, stop, stop!
Those cross rhythms are just getting so hidden.
Judy, do you think you can just attack those a bit more?
- Yeah, I got it. - Okay,
we got seven days left.
Please, no hard drugs and no dying, yeah?
Thank you so much.
The mess.
- What? - The mess.
What are you talking about?
It sounds... The ending sounds like shit.
The harmonic progression leading into the coda
is just fucking everything up. I don't know what to do.
I only have two fucking hands.
Add a piano.
What do you mean, add a piano?
Yeah, add a piano or a keyboard.
It'll flesh out the orchestration.
Fuck!
Fuck, that's actually such a good idea.
That's so annoying. That's so annoying.
Fuck!
Solved.
I think you need to take a break.
No, I think I need to go write a keyboard part.
Just take a second. You've been here all day.
I think you should just take a minute, all right?
Niki, I have one week left.
I can't take a break.
I got you something.
Is it a new ending?
No.
Whoa.
It's a... It's a Rolex.
Yeah.
Where did you get this?
I got it at an estate sale.
It reminded me of the one of your grandma's,
the one in the picture, that you lost.
I don't want it.
Okay. Why not?
This is just so new.
That's...
That's a... It's just a lot.
We've only been dating for a month.
I'm sorry, I'm just stressed.
I feel like... I've just been having...
I've been having too much fun.
And that's not a good thing,
because I really need to focus.
Okay.
Stop smiling.
No, no, no. I know, no, I get it, I get it.
It's... It's... It's a lot.
I... I just... I don't...
I don't know what this is.
I do.
You're my girlfriend.
Unless...
Unless that's not what you want.
I don't know.
Sorry about the watch.
Wanted you to know how much...
It's actually such an insane gift to give someone
one month in.
It wasn't that expensive.
I'll give it to you when you're less spooked.
Don't touch it, that's my watch.
- Oh! - Hi, Marla.
Niki!
- Get over here! - How are you?
All the better for seeing you.
- This is Ruthie. - Hi, Marla.
Wow, look at you!
Really something, hey?
Thank you.
Har? H-ee?
- Niki's here. - What?
Niki is here with his friend, Ruthie.
- Hey, Harry. - What?
Hey, sheet music. Get a chair, come here.
Hi, Harry. How are you feeling?
Oh, am I glad to see you.
You owe me a steak dinner.
You carried her books.
We actually brought you some donuts,
but the nurse confiscated them.
Fucking vultures. A pain in the ass.
She's eating my donuts as we speak.
Niki, go get the box.
Niki, don't listen to him.
Sorry, Harry. Marla's in charge.
You used to be on my side.
Oh, I just remembered something.
Your dad was here this afternoon.
You know what he told me?
H-ee, H-ee, you're imagining things.
- No. - No, sweetheart,
John... John died a long time ago, sweetheart.
Why are you trying to make me crazy? Why?
He wouldn't stop talking about you.
He talked about how brave you are
with your hearing.
He talked about you playing a piano
when you were seven years old.
Do you know he's the best piano player I ever heard?
I love you.
I love you, too, Harry.
Okay, we got to get out of here. I don't like it here.
Let's go to a club.
I don't like it here, okay?
Well, what is this?
- What's on my hand? - That's your bracelet.
It says who you are.
Oh, man. What is this place? I don't like this place.
Do you want some water?
I have an idea.
Now you're talking. Niki, play me something.
Uh, no, it's gonna be Ruthie on this one.
You trust me? You want to hear this girl.
Chickenshit.
Okay, Harry, what do you want to hear?
You pick it.
Where did you get it?
What?
I went to the accounting department this afternoon.
The cashier told me we were all paid up.
It's getting a bit curious.
First you come up with the cash for the van,
and now this?
I don't want you doing anything stupid.
We'll be fine.
We'll be just fine.
You understand?
Do you understand me?
Tuner, it's Uri.
Why don't you pick up the phone when I call you?
You don't love me anymore, huh?
I'm just kidding. I got a job tonight.
Yoni will text you the details.
It's a little bit far, but it's huge, it's big,
it's worth it. Don't worry.
Yeah, bye.
What the fuck?
Hi, Niki.
Benny, what is this?
What is what?
Whose house is it?
I don't know.
What are we doing here?
I don't know. You have to ask Uri.
Whoo!
- Oh, Niki! - What's happening?
Uri, what the fuck are we doing here?
These are colleagues of ours, okay.
Yeah, where the fuck are we? Who are these guys?
They hire us to open the safe, okay?
They hired us, we hired you.
Just sit on the chair, and open the safe.
That's it. Then we're gone.
Do it for me.
Turn that shit off.
What am I supposed to do with this?
Watch out, Rain Man.
Fucking guns?
Just do it, man.
Until the safe is open, he's the boss, okay?
Phones on silent.
Benny, you too. And stop eating.
It makes noise.
Fucking damn it!
- Benny? - Yeah, Niki.
Watch for incoming flights, all right?
- How long is this... - Shh!
- Don't fu... - Shh!
Yoni. Plane.
Freezing.
Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up!
- Is he in? - Shit.
- He's in! - What the fuck?
Yo, give me that.
Oh, yeah.
- You're good? - Yeah.
We're gonna be fucking rich, man!
Let's take a picture!
Yo!
What the fuck?
Everybody, chill, Let me do the talking.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Get down. Get down.
Put the motherfucking phones
in the fish tank.
Niki? You okay?
Shut the fuck up.
All of you.
Move your ass!
You too, curly.
Yeah.
All right, toss it over.
Shut the fuck up.
Toss it over.
Pick it up.
Which one?
The sheet, pick the fucking sheet up.
Jinwoo, you didn't think I have this shit memorized?
Hey!
Don't fucking look at it.
Rip it in half. The paper, rip it in half.
Again. Again.
- Now eat it. - What?
Put the sheet in your mouth, chew it, and then swallow it.
Come on.
Oh, you dipshits.
Fucking morons.
What did you think was gonna happen here, huh?
Swallow it!
And you fucking two. Who the fuck are you?
Show me.
All right.
Good. Now I want all you motherfuckers to...
Mystery, ocean.
Shadow, falls, discover, baby.
Solar, arch, random, piano, paddle, one.
Hello?
It's Marla.
Hey.
Whoa, whoa.
Hey, man, I'm really sorry for your loss.
There'll never be another man like Harry.
You know what we used to call him?
Tuner fish.
- Crazy, right? - That's dumb.
Yeah, but...
But he was fresh.
Yeah, well, thank you for being here, Mr. Hancock.
Would have meant a lot to Harry.
Oh, man.
Are you kidding?
Oh, I almost forgot.
You're gonna be tuning pianos, right?
Mm, yeah. Uh...
For now anyway.
I hope it's like Harry.
It won't be.
Sir, would you excuse me for one second?
- Sure, go ahead. - It's good to see you.
The whitefish needs more dill.
What are you doing here?
My grandfather had a smoked fish shop in Vilnius.
Extra dill, that was his secret.
He died in the concentration camps,
but the recipe lives on.
You need to leave.
It's a mitzvah to visit Shiva.
Please.
Listen.
I'm sorry about the other night.
Shit got out of control.
Uri.
Leave.
You swallowed the password to a vulnerable crypto account.
But the thing is, Tuner, there is another way in.
A hardware wallet at the guy's house.
Another key behind another door.
I need you to open it.
Be at my place tomorrow.
- No. - 10:00 p.m.
- No, forget it. I'm done. - Yeah?
This is your girlfriend over there?
She has beautiful hands.
Show up. Understand?
There is a lot on the fucking line.
Hello.
I'm Marla. I'm... I'm Harry's wife.
- Marla. - Yes.
That was my mother's name.
- Really? - Yeah.
My deepest condolences.
Thank you.
Harry was a very special man.
He was lucky to have Niki.
Harry loved Niki very much, as do I.
Please eat.
He... He has to go.
I'm sorry, but I have to leave.
Niki, I'll see you tomorrow.
What a mensch.
Who is this guy?
It's just a guy from work. You had something to eat?
Hello?
Sounded great.
I just... I just hope that...
I hope Maissner responds to my piece.
Hopefully he does.
Hey, why are you being so flippant?
This is a really big deal.
I've been working on this for a really long time.
It's tomorrow.
I'm feeling, like, very anxious and intimidated.
Well, don't feel anxious. What's Maissner done lately?
I love Maissner.
I don't know. Fuck.
What are you doing?
Why can't you just say something nice?
Like "Ruthie, Maissner would be an idiot not to pick you."
- Or something nice. - What do you want from me?
You want me to just sit here and blow smoke up your ass?
Yeah, you're the best composer since Mozart.
Maissner's gonna hear your piece tomorrow,
he's gonna fucking retire because how could he
possibly carry on knowing that
a once in-a-thousand-year talent,
Ruthie Waymon, exists in the world?
That was supportive?
I would say that was mean.
And you just don't get it.
What don't I get?
You don't get what it's like to be working
towards something your entire life.
You're a piano tuner.
You get up in the morning, you go to work,
you come home, you go to sleep.
You're not working towards anything. That's fine.
But I really don't appreciate the condescending tone.
You think I'm not working towards anything?
I spent two years in a dark fucking room
where the sound of my own voice was fucking agonizing.
You know that's not what I'm talking about.
Imagine you wake up tomorrow...
Imagine you wake up tomorrow and you can't play music.
Who are you?
Just imagine that. Who... Who are you?
You're nothing.
And I'm fucking nothing.
I'm nothing. I'm a fucking piano tuner.
Fine.
But every single fucking day I am working towards
just being okay,
getting through the fucking day.
I'm sorry.
It's a fucking miracle that I can be near one of those.
It's a fucking miracle.
My life was ripped out from under me.
My life was supposed to be your life.
This.
So don't fucking sit on your pedestal
and tell me I'm not working towards anything.
Because I was a better fucking piano player
than you'll ever be.
Okay, then, Niki, you should play me something.
Come on, play for me.
What, are you scared?
No, seriously. Play me something.
Are you fucking kid...
Oh, fuck.
Niki.
I really tried to be nice with you,
but if I tell you to show up,
you fucking show up!
Y'all motherfuckers, please speak English.
Don't worry. Niki!
Hey!
Hey, Niki.
Thank fucking God.
Hey, Niki.
It's okay, okay. Bring him.
Yeah. Bring your hand.
All right.
Yeah, he's good. He's good.
- He's okay. - Yeah.
All right.
No, no, all good.
I can't be here. I gotta...
Jinwoo, get the rug.
Open the safe.
Hmm, what time is it?
Open the fucking safe!
I... I can't open the safe. My ears are fucking ringing.
Open it!
You fucking prick.
Goddamn it, I can't open the fucking safe.
My ears are fucking ringing.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's my great pleasure and honor to welcome you
to the Shafitz Conservatory Master...
I can't fucking hear anything.
Coffee. Coffee, I need coffee.
I fucking hate you guys.
Third row, center.
You're up next.
Deep breaths.
I... I got somewhere to be.
Then you probably should hurry the fuck up.
Say one more fucking word. I swear to God.
Hey, hey, hey, relax, guys. Relax.
What the fuck do you have to do?
Last, but certainly not least,
please welcome Ruthie Waymon from New Britain, Connecticut.
Seventeen million!
I'm very proud of you today.
Thank you.
- Well done. - Thank you! Thank you.
Focus now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's good. Yeah.
Maestro.
Ruthie,
Maestro Marius Maissner.
It is such an honor to meet you, Maestro.
Please.
I have been commissioned to compose a new piece
to premiere
at the Sydney Opera House next winter.
That's so exciting.
I need an assistant with orchestral flair
and technical precision.
Are you comfortable with long hours?
Yes, of course.
There is no ego in my studio except for mine,
which is big enough.
One moment you might be working on a concerto,
and... and...
the next, fetching the coffee.
Understood.
It shouldn't be a problem.
It is just a little thing. It is...
a little bit silly.
I am wondering, where did you get this elegant timepiece?
My boyfriend gifted it to me.
Her boyfriend is our piano tuner.
Oh.
Hey! Where's Ruthie?
Whoa! In the Dean's office, I think.
Four weeks ago, I...
discovered that significant objects
were missing from a safe in my armoire.
Among them, two watches
that my grandfather and grandmother
exchanged on their wedding day.
My grandfather entrusted these two watches
to his housekeeper in Paris before he was taken away
by the Nazis.
This is a truly stunning coincidence.
I would very much like to know how the piano tuner
acquired this watch.
Ex... Excuse me one moment.
Sorry.
Sorry, sorry.
I had to... I had to run 16 blocks.
I lost my keys, so I couldn't drive, and...
Where did you get the watch?
What?
You gave me a stolen watch. Do you know that?
- Did you know? - No. I...
I didn't know.
Where did you get the watch?
Uh...
Niki, where did you get the watch?
It's a long story,
and...
I can explain the whole thing, all right? It's, uh...
But I was just trying to do something nice for you,
- but... - I was...
It was wrong, I fucked up, okay? I'm sorry.
I was really worried about you last night.
I'm really glad that you're okay.
Don't follow me.
- No, please. - I'm sorry. Just let me...
No, no, no, I don't want to talk any more.
This is a deeply upsetting situation.
I don't know that I would be comfortable
employing your brilliant Ruthie
knowing her boyfriend is a thief.
No. Hey.
Ruthie didn't know anything about this.
I know you have no reason to trust me,
but just...
Just, please believe that she didn't know anything.
Maestro, would you like me to call the police?
Oh, come on. No, no, no, no, wait.
I have an aversion to the authorities...
but I suppose we must.
Wait.
Wait, wait, wait. Just hear me out.
You said there's a second watch.
Prince Rolex,
rectangular gold case, alligator strap.
Yes?
- What if I can get it back? - Hold on, please.
Is that possible?
Yes, I can get it back.
Okay.
Hey, Marla...
I came by the house yesterday,
and I left you something in the piano.
Don't be mad.
Holy shit.
I love you.
Fuck! Stacey!
Fuck!
You fucking kidding me?
Huh? Huh?
Uri.
Get the fuck out of here! Get the fuck out of here!
I caught him fucking around in the safe.
Fuck you!
Give me the fucking watch.
- This watch? - Yeah.
Look, I just need the watch, all right?
I'll leave, just give me the fucking watch.
Stacey!
Blow the fucking horn!
Blow the horn, you fucking moron!
The guy we stole this from doesn't want any trouble, all right?
He's not gonna call the cops as long as I can give it back to him.
It's his grandfather's Holocaust watch.
We stole a Holocaust watch? But that's bad, Uri!
His whole family was wiped out, all right?
It's the only thing he's got left.
Fuck, Uri, just give me the watch.
You can fuck off with your money.
He's right, Uri.
You gotta give back the Holocaust watch.
- The right thing to do. - Oh.
No, Uri, no! No, no!
Uri, no!
Mr. White, can you hear me?
Your eardrums have been ruptured.
Don't try to stand. I'm getting the doctor.
Here are your belongings.
Take care, okay?
Niki.
What am I gonna do with you?
Hey.
Let's go, boychick.
Thank you for waiting. The Maestro will see you now.
Steinways are fussy,
so I switched to Yamaha.
Ah.
What happened to you, Tuner?
We had a tuner last week,
a fat man with lame ears.
I'm displeased.
Perhaps you could help.
Maestro, the first movement is proofed and ready for printing,
if you'd like to go over it one more time.
Ruthie.
The tuner is absolved.
I'll be right in, Maestro.
Take your time.
What happened to you?
I can't hear you.
What happ... What happened?
Just got into some trouble.
I'm all right.
I should get back to work.
E flat is out.