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- [Oliver] How do I make sense of this?

How does the instrument work?

How do such unearthly sounds come out

of a simple string in the wind?

Let's see here.

Any taut string will vibrate freely

at a certain fundamental frequency,

but it also vibrates at every multiple of that frequency.

That is to say a string will vibrate at a certain speed

when you pluck it,

but it is at that same time vibrating twice as fast

and three times as fast and four times as fast and so on,

the harmonic series.

These numbers and their relationships

are the basis of all conceptions of harmony.

But if we keep going up, the numbers and multiplying,

things stop sounding so harmonious.

Nature is our motto for beauty,

but our modelers can only follow its forms so far.

Simple multiple numbers in a simple string

continue to delight and baffle our ears.

The harmonic series, just a simple series of numbers.

Being a natural property that should be less surprising

how nature can reveal itself to us.

Take a taut string outside in the wind.

And if the speed of a long gust of wind

blowing through that string

comes close to any of those harmonic numbers,

then that harmonic will vibrate without anyone

or anything touching it.

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Well, without anything but air touching it.

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And while we humans have a preference for the lower numbers

of the harmonic series,

the wind has no such proclivity.

The lower harmonics we find so familiar,

mixed with the alien sounds of the upper multiples.

The sound of the wind on a string,

not of our world and yet holy of this earth's nature.

What to find its implications for musical practice?

What does this mean for the musician?

What, what, what are the aesthetic possibilities?

Can simple properties of the universe be arranged

for a human audience?

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The instrument is called the Aeolian harp,

named for Aeolis, the Greek god of wind.

Its origins are likewise semi mental.

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One oral account traces the phenomenon

back to prehistoric Greece

with the story of a shepherd

stretching strings of goat intestines out to dry

on the windy seaside cliff.

Gusts of wind caused these long strings

of goat gut to vibrate,

producing otherworldly sounds

from what was for the shepherd, everyday material.

So with the help of the God Aiolis and his wind,

some lonely Grecian shepherd

discovered that strings could produce sound at all.

At least that's how the story goes.

That the Aeolian harp was the original lire

and the loot and the guitar

and the violin and the piano and the harpsichord.

All other stringed instruments

came from that first experience of nature and physics.

[uneasy music]

[paper rustling]

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- I don't feel like going to work today.

[alarm beeping]

Fuck.

- [Elise] Good morning.

Good morning, baby.

You going to have a good day.

Makes you have a great day.

Oliver.

[equipment beeping]

Oliver.

- Ooh.

[equipment continues beeping]

Hey. - Again?

- Guess I forgot again.

- I'd rather not go to sleep

listening to all this spooky shit.

- [Oliver] I know.

I'm sorry.

- Well, you can pay the electric bill this month.

- I'll turn off everything tonight.

- I got to go to work.

I'll see you later.

- See you later.

Hair looks nice.

That red sweater, um.

- Yeah.

Have a good day. - You too. Yeah.

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Later.

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[dog whimpering]

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- And honestly,

I'll be frank with you.

I think Revolver makes the best

security systems on the market.

At least in America.

ADT, Guard Dog, CPI.

Sure they make decent alarms, but Revolver Alarms

comes with added security.

The security that the men and women installing, surveilling

and dispatching to your home

care just as much about your property as they do theirs.

That's why, sir, madam,

I believe I'm the right fit for the head of sales division

because with a product this good,

it practically sells itself.

- Wow. That was pretty good.

How long it take you to write all that?

- All the writing part is easy.

It's all in the delivery.

You know, big wigs and upper management,

they care about passion when they do

all that technical baloney.

That's why I'm the right fit.

Sure, I don't have a degree,

but I've been selling alarms for almost eight years, Ollie.

They'll see how strongly I feel about this product.

- Yeah, well, I am sure that speech will impress them.

- Gee, thanks, Ollie.

I worked really hard on it too, man.

- Yeah. It shows.

I think they'll love it.

- Enough of all this work talk, man.

How about you, me and Elise,

hit up a Dave & Buster sometime soon?

Man, I got a power card just burning a hole in my pocket.

Pitchers and burgers on me, man.

- It sounds like fun.

But I think I actually have plans coming up.

- Oh yeah? What kind of fucking plans?

- Well, I saw this flyer the other night

and I think I'm about to be playing an open mic.

- Where? - At Bingo's.

- Bingo's. Hell yeah, man.

That's the big time, Ollie.

Best mozzarella sticks in town too.

Good job, bud.

- Hey, it's not that big of a deal, bro.

It's just open mic. - Yes it is.

You think I started here as manager?

Hell no.

I had to work my way up.

That's the kind of attitude you need to maintain, Ollie.

Look your obstacles in the eye and say, fuck you.

I'll conquer you.

I'll conquer life.

You're going to rock that place down, man.

You know it's kind of embarrassing, but

what kind of music do you play again?

- It's like weird experimentalist type stuff.

It'd probably bore you.

- Listen, if you do any requests,

play something by the Eagles.

You know, "Heartache Tonight" instantly gets me going, man.

Best selling band of all time, Ollie.

Did you know that, bro?

- Yeah.

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[knocking on door]

- Come in. - Yes, sir.

- Oliver, how you doing?

- I'm doing well. How are you?

- It's good. Good to see you. - Good to see you too.

- Go ahead and take a seat. - Sure.

- As long as you have a work of genius for me.

- Well, a new piece I've been composing.

Hopefully I can get some opinions from you.

- Hope to help.

- So how are the students this semester?

- Adequate.

Some really talented musicians,

but most just want to become goddamn DJs.

So don't worry.

You're still my favorite pupil of all time.

- Oh yeah?

- You know, the older I get,

the less and less I understand what they're talking about

or what they're listening to.

My God, I've become what I used to hate.

- Well, hopefully this will inspire you.

Open your mind a bit.

- You're talented,

but no one's that talented, I'm afraid.

Now that's a throwback.

- [Oliver] You know how I roll.

Well, you are the only person I think I can trust

to give me an honest critique.

- Well, I'm flattered.

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It was though provoking.

- That's it?

- What were you trying to say with it?

I guess I'm, I'm just curious.

- I don't, I don't know.

I wanted,

I wanted it, I wanted it to feel like,

like a science lecture, right?

Like describing the fabric of the universe

through music, right?

Showing how every note

is a physical property of the universe.

- And you want to keep it simple

so that people can listen and understand.

- Exactly.

- Who is your audience for this exactly?

- Well, I'm actually planning on playing

an open mic tomorrow night.

- An open mic night?

You got any place in mind?

- There's this bar downtown.

They do music and comedy on the weekends, so.

- Bingo's. - Bingo's. Yes, exactly.

- [Professor] Oliver, I like what you have here.

- Yeah. - I just want you

to manage your hopes in a healthy way.

Do you understand?

- Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

[avant-garde music]

- Hey. - Hey.

- So you want me to come with you to the show tonight?

- Not really.

I think it might make me a little nervous if you're there.

- Okay. Cool.

And what are you going to play?

- [Oliver] I'm not sure yet.

- Well, don't play anything too weird.

- I bet when Philip Glass first got on stage,

they probably though it was a little weird.

- Honey, you're not Philip Glass.

I mean-- - Thank you.

- Just saying, you know,

maybe your music is a bit out there for some people.

I like your songs.

You know that.

- Yeah, well, they're free to hate it,

but at least I have a captive audience.

- They might run you out of there

like Frankenstein's monster.

- Well that's a reaction.

Look, I just want to go and try once publicly.

Or maybe someone will like it.

- Well, I just think, I mean,

it's just healthy to have realistic expectations,

that's all.

Don't you want enough money to start a family soon?

Maybe save for retirement.

Afford a new car.

- How did a talk about an open mic

become a talk about money?

- Because we're not getting any younger, Oliver.

You don't like your job now.

That's fine. There's other prospects.

But don't you want a career?

I don't want you putting all your eggs in one basket, okay?

Maybe, just maybe,

we can start focusing on our future.

Something more manageable, you know?

Together.

- Great.

Well, when you start paying my half of the rent,

then you can start telling me what my career goal should be.

- We can keep this civil.

- You just want me to be some

middle manager office type dude.

- No, I want to be able to afford a house eventually.

- [Oliver] Okay, nice.

So I'm going to go downtown now

and go get me a degree in accounting and payroll.

- [Elise] Well, I do know that the tech school has...

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[unusual music]

[unusual music continues]

[unusual music continues]

Great everyday.

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[people chattering] [soft music]

[soft music continues]

[soft music continues] [people chattering]

[people continues chattering]

- [Patron] He's 62, but he looks--

- Hi.

Hi, I'm, I'm Oliver Russell.

I'm a musician.

I do like weird like experimentalish type stuff.

Some of my influences are people like a Miles Davis

and Thelonious Monk and Philip Glass,

who you may have heard of.

So I borrow from Ancient Greek,

a musical theory, Pythagoras mainly.

- Hell yeah, Oliver.

I love you, buddy. Rock and roll.

- I'm sorry.

Sorry about that.

So the piece I just played is one of my original pieces.

It's called "Movement of the Heavenly Spheres".

So I'm going to play one more piece for you guys tonight.

It's called "Silence in B Minor".

- Woo.

[people chattering]

- Let's do this.

I know all this.

All right. Baby, come on.

Fuck me.

No, not fucking now.

[machine beeping]

Fuck me.

Just, ah, fuck it.

Come on.

Please come on. Please work.

It's new bit.

Goddamn it yes.

All right.

All right. Let's just go with this.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah.

[avant-garde music continues]

Start it.

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- Goddamn, this shit's boring.

Hey, play something better.

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- How much do you think he paid for all that equipment?

- Yeah, honestly.

He's wasting his money and he's getting a fucking real job.

[avant-garde music continues]

Boring!

[avant-garde music continues]

- You got this, Ollie?

[avant-garde music continues]

- [Heckler] How many Instagram followers you got?

- [Heckler] Less than 100.

- I got 100. - Yeah, I bet.

- I bet no one likes his fix. - Yeah.

Living with his mom.

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- I must listen to Elise.

Come on, let's get this shit over with.

- Hey.

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Nice job, Pythagoras.

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Fuck off, man.

Play your shit somewhere else.

[avant-garde music continues]

- Ollie.

Hey man, Oliver.

Ollie.

Ollie, wait. Hey!

Hey, man.

Hey, buddy. Hey.

You forgot ya--

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You forgot this thing.

Oliver.

That's okay.

I understand.

I will uphold your honor.

Hey, what did you say about my friend?

- Oh, I just called him a bitch.

What you gonna do about it?

- Shit.

[punches thudding]

- Bro, bro, bro, bro.

- Fuck.

- Let me tell you one thing.

That man back there.

Yeah, yeah, that man that you were insulting,

that's my friend.

He's a good guy.

But me, I'm not like him.

- I can see.

- I'm fucking crazy.

- Whoa. - And I will kill you.

- Whoa, dude. - What?

- Calm the fuck down. - What?

- Calm down, dude.

- Don't even try.

- This ain't even that serious.

- Let me tell you something right now.

- Jesus Christ, bro, come on.

- Buddies here would do

if I decide to beat you down

on the corner here, the concrete.

Nothing.

They're week in the knees.

Right now, look at 'em, look at 'em.

I can tell.

But you know what?

I'm going to let you go.

Because some of us have to be productive members

of society tomorrow.

Nothing you little fuckers know nothing about.

Hm?

That meant just remember.

What you gonna do?

What you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?

- Chill out, bro. - Shut your mouth.

Just remember,

that guy you were picking on,

has more goodness and talent and drive

than any of you little future

french fry-serving motherfuckers.

Have a good night.

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[door creaking]

- Hey.

Hey.

- Sorry I didn't come tonight.

- It's fine.

- No, I should've been there.

- It's probably best you didn't.

- Listen, I know it may seem

like I don't support your dreams, but I really do.

I just get so worked up and frustrated about everything.

You know, work and bills

and I get even more frustrated because like

everybody else is just going around and doing whatever

and I'm sitting here worried all the time.

- Yeah.

Yeah, it's okay.

And I'm sorry too.

I don't know, I just,

I get so fucking sensitive sometimes.

And I work so hard.

You know.

- I do.

- And I'm not asking for much.

Just something.

Just something.

When we're both long gone,

that someone here will know I existed.

I don't know what the hell I was thinking

going up there tonight.

I knew I wasn't ready.

- Oh, babe.

Playing in a dumb bar with a bunch of dumb drunks,

it's not your audience.

You know you got to play to your crowd.

- [Oliver] Yeah.

You right.

- I got to get up early tomorrow.

- Yeah, you head on in.

I'll be in there later.

- You going to be okay?

- Yeah.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

- Okay.

[light strange music]

- Man, I don't even, I don't need them.

Yeah, he's such a good friend.

Leaving me in the fucking dirt.

Yeah, I'll just go

to the barn

and listen to some fucking music.

I got a song.

♪ My friends suck ♪

♪ Yeah, they do ♪

♪ I don't need them ♪

You hear that?

You guys leave me a the bar.

♪ Leaving me ♪

♪ Leave me alone ♪

♪ Country home ♪

[heckler retching]

I don't even, I don't need them.

What's up?

You like my singing?

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Dude, I'm fucking happier here.

All right, I've had the worst night.

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I just need someone to talk to.

That's all I need.

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This blonde guy punched me in the face and my friends left.

He didn't leave his friend. No.

That blonde guy stayed with his friend till the end, dude.

You got a minute.

Come here, bro.

Come here.

Come here. Sorry.

Man.

See?

Dude, you know, the strangers are the nicest part

of this town.

Hey, have some, bro. Dude, this world's crazy.

Man, you just got to keep going no matter what.

Nope. No matter what they said.

Without people like you, I would have died even.

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[equipment powering down]

[avant-garde music]

- What the fuck?

[avant-garde music continues]

What the hell is going on, boy?

Probably just need to hit the breaker.

[avant-garde music continues]

[equipment powering up]

[avant-garde music]

Maverick.

Maverick?

Maverick?

[avant-garde music continues]

[light music]

- Hey, sorry I'm late, Gary.

I had some things to take care of.

You all right, man?

You're looking kind of sick.

- Just checked my email this morning.

Upper management said I wasn't qualified.

The director of sales manager position.

- I am so sorry.

- Fuck it.

Fuck all of them.

Eight years I've been here.

Went above and beyond every day.

Taking everything they've thrown at me.

Pay cuts,

shortening our lunch breaks,

taking our PTO.

For what? Huh?

I don't have anything, Oliver.

Nobody either.

I mean, my work is my life

and they won't even let me prove it, brother.

Fuck them.

- Come on, Gary, like that is not true.

You are a great salesman.

You could outsell anybody in management.

I mean, hell, look at how many

more alarms you've sell than me.

- I'm just so tired, man.

The run around.

Them not believing in me.

- Look, if Revolver doesn't value you

and see you as their best fucking employee,

then another company will.

Believe me.

- Thanks, Oliver.

Maybe you're right.

I mean, between me and you,

CPI has far better response times.

Half our dispatchers here

don't even care about customer satisfaction.

All they want is their paychecks.

They don't care.

Not like me and you, brother.

We're old school.

- You know what?

I bet you can start your own alarm company

and this place will be out of business in a week.

Absolutely.

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- Damn, Ollie.

That's actually not a bad idea.

You know?

I mean, who knows more about the business than me, right?

- I doubt anyone.

- You really think so? - Absolutely.

Come on.

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All right.

[avant-garde music]

- My own operation.

Damn, that's smart.

[avant-garde music continues]

No lip.

Quality care.

Innovation.

Genius, Gary.

So, Oliver we got to address the elephant in the room, man.

- [Oliver] And that is?

- I know your concert didn't go

as planned the other night,

but I just want you to know, man,

you're talented as fuck.

Fuck those drunk idiots, right?

- Yeah, you're right.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

- No problem, brother.

- Oliver, babe, I'm home.

[soft music]

- Hey, how you doing, man? - Not too bad.

How are you? - Pretty good, man.

- Please keep going. That sounds good.

- Hey, thank you.

Feel free to try any instruments out.

- Did you make any more of those flyers?

Oliver?

[jazz music]

Oh, Maverick.

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[jazz music]

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[uneasy music]

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[Elise screaming]

- So baby,

cops said

no one in the neighborhood saw this guy.

Did you get a good look at him?

- I think they [mumbles] Maverick.

- I don't know.

I don't know.

Maybe.

Maybe did you get a good look at him?

- I told you no.

It was big.

It was scary.

I, I don't know.

I just know it, he moved like he was in a shadow or.

I, I don't know, okay? I don't know.

- Okay. Okay.

Look, this is what we're going to do.

I'm going to take off tomorrow

and you can take off tomorrow.

- I said I don't want to be here.

I don't want to be here.

I don't want to be here. I just.

Will you stay in the room with me tonight?

Please.

- Of course, baby.

Baby, come here.

[avant-garde music]

Elise?

What if the fuck?

Elise?

[uneasy music]

The fuck?

Elise?

What are you doing?

[uneasy music continues]

Elise, stop.

Quit playing.

Oh, what the?

[Oliver gasping]

Do not worry.

We're going to find him soon.

He's too fat and too slow to have gotten too far.

- I know.

I just keep thinking about that man.

Like why will somebody even do that to us?

- I don't know.

Could be unrelated maybe.

But we will increase that reward.

We've got a couple hundred in our emergency fund.

All right.

I'm going to get going.

- Okay.

Hey babe? - Yes?

- Can you do me a favor? - Uh-huh.

- Can you come straight home from work?

Yeah, I don't want to be here by myself.

- Okay, I will.

Oh.

Do you want me to carry you to work today?

- You can.

- Come on.

Okay, have a good day.

[light music]

Hello.

Is this the owner of the home?

- [Beth] Hell no.

My name's Beth.

- Can I speak with him?

- [Beth] Yeah, hold on one sec.

- Hello, Mr. Smith.

This is Oliver Russell.

I work with homeowners like you to help you feel safer.

- Go for Gary.

Harvey. Hey, man.

Thanks for calling.

Yes, yes, yes, you are all set on Thursday.

Yes, we got you the A-list series

and we have you set up for 9:00 AM, man.

I cannot wait to see you.

Yes, sir.

No, no, thank you.

Thank you.

Now you have a great one.

All right.

You too now. Bye-bye.

Yo, Oliver, what we doing for lunch?

- Brought mine from home.

- Come on, that's a shame, man.

I heard that new A-Rab place down the street

makes a mean kebab.

I was going to treat you.

- I think someone stole my dog.

- Stole your dog?

- Yeah, man. It's so random.

He never runs away.

And someone broke into the house last night.

Chased after Elise and chased her into the street.

- What the hell, Oliver?

Is she okay?

Did she call the police?

- Yeah, she's all right.

We called the cops.

They didn't find anybody.

But I swear, it's like someone is after us, bro.

- Hold on.

Goddamn, Oliver.

You got any enemies at all?

New neighbors that don't like you?

Of course you don't.

- No, I mean,

we keep to ourselves.

- You got security cameras? - No.

- Look, I'm going to come by Saturday morning

and do an install.

I keep some inventory at my house.

Jesus, Oliver.

A man's got to feel safe in his own home.

You know I got your back, right?

- Yeah.

[screwdriver humming]

- Alrighty.

Three out of three, mounted and ready.

I'll come back in the morning for an hour or so

and run the lines up through the ceiling,

but they're ready to go, man.

Now these are the AD3001s.

A series.

Best you can get.

Gives you panoramic coverage all over your yard.

And you can even install an app on your phone.

You get coverage that way too.

- Thanks, Gary. - No problem, bud.

- I have to give you some money or something, man.

There's no way I can get you-- - Money?

From you?

Ollie, you're my best friend, man.

But I tell you what,

you can take that money

and invest in a business for me and you.

- All right.

- It's beer 30.

Think I can get a brewski from you brother?

- That I can do it.

- Hell yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

Hell yeah, buddy. - Yes, sir.

- Thanks.

Cheers. - Cheers.

- So good.

- You ain't lying.

- So,

I didn't want to say anything,

but those cameras can only do so much.

- Yeah.

That's why I keep a baseball bat by the bed now.

- I think you going to need a little something more.

Some fucking maniac decides he wants to break in.

You hold on to that.

And if this fucker's ready for round two,

you shut him down quick like the Clintons would.

- Gary, I cannot take that.

- Come on, why not?

- Dude, I don't have that in me.

Plus, if Elise saw this shit, she'd fucking flip.

- Oh, geez, Oliver.

I respect the hell out of that, man.

You stick by your principles,

pacificism and all.

But if that son-of-a-bitch decides he wants to try it again,

don't bother calling 911.

You call me,

because I ain't no Democrat.

You though any more about our business idea?

- Oh, well, yeah.

About that.

- It's a full-proof plan, Oliver.

I'm basically a fucking encyclopedia of the business.

With your smarts,

we could be the next Simple Safe.

Hell, even ADT.

We just need some capital,

but we'll get that later, right?

- Gary, that is a really big--

- I know you're focused on your music career right now,

but let's be genuine here.

Music business these days,

I'm just saying, people want to feel safe.

Alarm systems sell.

And I'm not saying you got to quit playing music altogether.

Just put it on the back burner for now.

Oh, soupy, soupy, soupy.

Mom. Mommy.

Mommy, come on, you got to eat supper now.

Come on, mom.

- I didn't hear you come home, son.

- I went out for a bit.

- With your friend?

- Yeah, with Oliver.

You look tired, mommy.

Did you fall asleep?

- Yes.

I was watching a movie and I guess

I dozed off.

- You need anything?

Did you take your medicine tonight?

- No.

And that big bottle. - This one?

- Yes, it makes me a,

not so hungry.

- Okay.

I'll call the doctor Monday for you, okay?

- Thank you, honey.

- I got to get up early in the morning.

- [Mom] Okay, honey.

- Oh, if you need anything,

you're ringing this bell

and I'll come running, okay, mom?

Put it right here.

- Okay, son.

- I'm going to leave the door open for you, okay?

- Okay, I love you.

[gentle music]

- [Gary] Sweet dreams.

[gentle music continues]

[gentle music continues]

[gentle music continues]

[gentle music continues]

[crickets chirping]

Damn, this guy's smart.

[crickets continues chirping]

Be the best you can be, Gary.

Oh man, you're going to go far, dude.

You're going to go so far.

[crickets continues chirping]

Goddamn, man.

I got to say,

Oliver, you're a genius.

You're my best friend too, bud.

Ah, little smart guy.

Be rolling in dirt, man.

Selling these alarms.

[crickets chirping] [uneasy music]

What the fuck?

What the fuck is that?

Let me check it out.

Playing these games with these people around here.

[uneasy music continues]

Hey, bud, you trespassing.

[uneasy music continues]

What the fuck is that?

[uneasy music continues]

Hey, I, I, I'm warning you now.

I'll tell you right now, you trespassing.

Motherfucker don't want to listen, huh?

[uneasy music continues]

I got something for you, cousin.

I'm going to show you son-of-a-bitch.

[uneasy music continues]

Let me show you what Gary's about.

[uneasy music continues]

Wanna fuck with old Gary boy.

That's all right. I got you.

[uneasy music continues]

Yeah, oh yeah. Safety first, motherfucker.

[uneasy music continues]

Yeah, what now, you trespassing son-of-a-bitch?

I will fucking shoot you.

I warned you.

[gun shot fires]

I fucking warned you.

[uneasy music continues] [gun shots firing]

[uneasy music continues]

[uneasy music continues]

[uneasy music continues]

[avant-garde music]

- All right, couldn't sleep in again?

- No.

I have a tutoring session at the school this morning,

but I shouldn't be gone too long.

- Okay.

You want me to make you some breakfast?

- Oh, no, babe.

I can grab something on my way, on the way to school.

Whatever.

- All right. - Love you.

- You too.

You know what?

I'm going to put out some more flyers today.

- [Elise] Oh, please.

Thank you.

- What the fuck?

Oh man.

Damn Gary.

Really?

What a fucking nightmare.

Where's my fucking flip flops?

All right man.

We need to go check on mom.

[phone ringing]

- [Mom] Gary.

Gary.

Gary.

[phone ringing]

[avant-garde music]

[avant-garde music continues]

[uneasy music]

- Oh fuck.

I didn't mean it.

I didn't mean anything.

Please don't do this.

Please man.

[avant-garde music continues]

Fuck.

[avant-garde music continues]

Let me go, man.

Come on man, please.

My mom's not going to find me out here.

Please buddy.

Not like this.

Oh fuck.

Fuck, oh God.

[piano plays]

[Gary screams]

Oh, come on.

Oh, buddy, come on man.

[Gary cries] [gentle music]

[soft music]

- That's it.

Gary Norman.

[soft music continues]

He wont be coming to work ever again.

[soft music continues]

It's crazy to think about.

It's okay baby.

Come on let's ride.

[soft music continues]

Yeah, hold up.

Have I ever told you the story of this building?

Follow me.

I was nervous, but

I pulled it together

and somehow we sounded good.

You know, honestly, every time

we perform in here,

we do well.

I don't know, it's like it's something about this place,

something transcendent.

- Yeah?

What are you thinking?

- I'm thinking that that's all the past now.

It's time to move forward.

Why don't you go ahead and head home without me?

It's no big deal or anything.

I just want to just take a little time.

Just be here.

It's been a while, you know.

- Okay.

- All right.

- I guess I'll see you at home then.

- I'll see you at home. - I bet.

[soft music] [audience applauds]

[soft music continues]

[soft music continues] [audience applauds]

[soft music continues]

[soft music continues] [audience applauds]

[soft music continues]

- How can I help you?

- I'm from upper management.

- Oh.

Well, what can I do for you, sir?

- It's a shame what happened to your coworker.

- Yeah, it is. - A shame?

- Yes.

Have you found someone to fill in his old job?

- We've decided to terminate the cold calling sector.

Calling randomized numbers from a phone book

doesn't have the outcomes that we would like.

We've instead opted to initiate

a technology marketing division.

Focusing our efforts on online advertising

will yield encouraging results.

- But what would happen with my job?

- We took the liberty of recovering your resume.

And upon looking at your sales numbers

over your duration here at the company,

thought that you would make an excellent candidate

for the vice president of this new department.

- Wow.

That sounds great.

- The council meets weekly.

I will tell them of this conversation.

There will, of course, be a large salary increase

and far more responsibility.

Upper management often likes candidates

to send a letter of interest.

Clarify in detail why you deserve this promotion.

Explain and describe your loyalty, your passion,

your eagerness to grow old here.

Why Revolver Security Solutions and its continued growth

is the number one focus of your life here on out.

- Okay.

Okay, I can do that.

- See that this letter is done within the week.

They're eager to have this position filled.

They're not men to be kept waiting.

- Okay.

I will. - Yes.

[soft music]

- Oh my gosh, Oliver.

Baby, that's great news.

You're excited, right?

- Sure.

- What?

You're not going to take the job on you.

- I'm so sorry, Elise.

It's just not what I want to do.

I know my open mic didn't go well, but I figure--

- You figured what?

What are you going to do?

- I'm thinking of putting my music online.

No, I'm serious.

I think I could find my niche that way.

Like I know my music isn't for everyone,

but there are communities--

- Jesus Christ.

Oliver.

- What?

- I paid $250 a month in healthcare.

We haven't taken a vacation in over two years

and we barely have that much money in savings.

Baby, this is an opportunity for us.

We could get out of this hole

and right now you're just,

you're being selfish.

- Elise, it's just not what I was meant to do.

- Oh, and I was meant to work 50 hours a week, right?

And then come back home

for two more hours and do emailing

and grading and planning, right?

You know what?

Why is it that you are the only one

that gets to follow your dreams?

Hmm?

- I do work.

- Grow up.

[soft music]

[soft music continues]

[muffled soft music]

[uneasy music]

[muffled soft music continues]

[soft music continues] [figure growling]

- Fucker.

This can't be real.

[soft music]

[soft music continues] [figure laughing and clapping]

- Oliver Russell, how you doing?

- Hey, Professor.

I'm so sorry.

- It's okay, huh?

What can I help you with?

- So I'm still working on that piece

I told you about, right?

But I have like a question,

like more than a technical question.

It's just, I don't know who else I could come to

with a question like this.

- Sounds good. - No.

Well, actually

this is going to make me sound like a lunatic.

- No judgment.

Consider this a judgment free zone.

- Okay.

I don't even know where to start.

Okay.

So lately I've been reading like

esoteric type stuff, right?

- Okay.

That sounds not out of the ordinary for you.

- So Pythagoras thought the movement

and the planets made music, right?

That certain chords

and notes could heal people.

That music has the power to transcend

our physical existence into the realm of the spiritual.

Do you think any of those thoughts could actually be true?

- Oliver, you know I'm not in the habit

of telling people what to believe.

You know that.

- I know.

I know me either.

But this is going to sound crazy.

- Judgment free zone.

- Lately,

when I've been playing music,

things have a tendency to go bad.

Like,

like my music is cursed or something.

Like I have opened up a portal

into another world,

supernatural, I guess.

I don't want to get into the specifics,

but let's just say it's a feeling that I have

that my music is hurting people.

- You're laying a lot on me here.

- I know. I'm sorry.

I just, I don't know who else to come to.

- Oliver, this is not really my area of expertise.

I can say something though.

You sound stressed.

Maybe you should talk-- - I'm not,

I'm not crazy, professor.

- I'm not calling you crazy.

I'm your friend, Oliver.

Oliver, I respect you and your talent.

You work hard

and you got a lot going on.

- Yeah.

- But maybe you just need someone to talk to.

- I'm not crazy, professor.

I'm sorry.

Okay. I'm sorry.

- [Professor] Oliver, listen.

I respect you and your talent.

But we all have moments like this, however.

Maybe you just need somebody to talk to.

Is there anything wrong with that?

- Thanks.

[vacuum humming]

- Hey, babe. Yeah.

Listen, this storm is really bad.

I'm going to be home a little later than I expected.

I'm still going to be home

just a little later than I thought, okay?

All right?

Okay, bye-bye.

[electronic music]

[vacuum humming]

- Excuse me.

[horn honks]

[electronic music]

[electronic music continues]

[professor yelps]

[electronic music continues]

- Who are you?

Who are you?

[electronic music continues]

No.

[electronic music continues]

No, please.

No.

Please.

No, please, no.

[professor groans] [trunk slams]

[electronic music continues]

[vacuum humming]

[crickets chirping]

- Hey.

I'm going to take the job.

- Huh?

- I'm going to take the job.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Say it again.

- I'm going to take the job.

- Say it again.

- I am going

to take the job.

[soft music]

[keyboard clacking]

- I know you're not exactly thrilled

about taking this promotion, but just,

I don't know.

Happy that

you're doing something to finally bring income in.

I mean, we do want to have kids, right?

College is so expensive.

We're going to need a bigger house.

Definitely can't do one vehicle anymore.

[soft jazz music]

[soft jazz music continues]

[soft music]

- You received my memo.

Good. - Yeah.

Why are you up here?

- I smoked my pipe here.

It allows me to focus

while still maintaining my presence on property,

which I believe is important for company morale.

[soft music continues]

We all have our regular meditations.

It's necessary.

I also think that residing on the absolute top

of the building serves as a metaphor.

Watching over my employees,

like the keeper of the lighthouse.

A beacon to lost ships.

[soft music]

- So you, you wanted to see me?

- Until your promotion is finalized,

I feel it's essential to maintain

a daily correspondence with you, Oliver.

The humming of these machines.

It's breathtaking.

When I was an infant,

my mother would place me

on the washing machine to fall asleep.

It would rock me.

I do believe that is why I, to this day,

have such an affinity for large machinery.

Deliciously maternal.

Everything should run as smooth as these.

[soft music]

There's a beauty in such things.

Why I require my company to run as it does.

[soft music continues]

Everything in its place.

Every gear lubricated.

Tightened.

[soft music continues]

I hope you, Oliver,

can help support my dream.

- Sure.

I'll do the best I can.

- I trust in you.

If you're smart,

which I know you are,

you will seize this opportunity.

Make Revolver Security Solutions your life.

A reason for getting out of bed.

If you give your all,

you will be satisfied.

You can finally live a fulfilled life.

Be

my

gear.

[soft music continues]

- Thank you.

Thank you for the chance.

- You're welcome, Oliver.

Meet me again tomorrow at the same time and place

for our day-to-day meeting.

We must establish rapport.

[avant-garde music]

- Are you not hungry?

How was your day?

- Every day.

- What?

- Every day!

Every day we have the same issues.

Can we not have one night?

One dinner

where we don't talk about money

or bills

or some of that other shit I find so goddamn uninteresting.

- Okay.

Okay.

Sorry.

- Maybe this were a change.

Maybe you ask me about something I actually care about.

Hey, Oliver, how's that new concerto coming along?

Hey, Oliver, how's that new line

in that new song you wrote sound?

Could you play it for me after dinner?

- Maybe because I don't care.

- [Oliver] What?

- It's true.

It is so true.

I'm so over this.

I don't care about your music.

I've never really liked it to begin with.

I mean, if we're being honest.

In the beginning, you know, my boyfriend, we're dating,

he maybe plays the guitar.

But now I,

I don't even want to hear it anymore.

I'm so tired of it.

I'm over it and I just--

[plate breaks]

- I will not

sit here

and listen to you say things like that to me.

I'm going to go outside

and I'm going to cool down.

I suggest you do the same.

[avant-garde music]

[soft music]

[soft music continues]

[engine starting]

[soft music continues]

[blade sawing]

[water dripping]

[avant-garde music]

- You're tardy.

- Yeah, well, I was on a call and it went a little long.

- There are no justifications for tardiness

from here on out, Mr. Russell.

Whether it be in service of our customers or not,

do I make myself clear?

- Yes, you do.

- Do you have something for me?

[soft music]

- [Oliver] My letter of interest. Yes.

- The board will be very

interested in what you have written.

- Yeah. Well, thank you, and

anything you need from me till then.

- I'll warn you now, Mr. Oliver.

The board is thorough.

We scrutinize these letters with unparalleled consideration.

If we remain uncertain of your total devotion

to our founding principles,

then termination may follow.

It is said to take a man

one million hours

to gain an expertise in a given field.

Life is much too short for competing attentions.

I expect you to feel the same.

That will be all for today.

Leave. Now.

[soft music]

- [Oliver] To upper management,

I, Oliver Russell,

have decided to explore the fundamental meanings

of the universe.

[soft music]

To create art that shall drive the rest of history.

By doing my work,

I will push humanity forward.

The future of our civilization

hangs in the balance of this choice.

I will no longer be tethered

to the shackles of pedestrian responsibilities.

Instead, I will do

what I was created to do.

Thank you for this remarkable opportunity.

My deepest love and thanks.

Oliver Russell.

[soft music continues]

- What are we going to do about you, Mr. Oliver?

[dark music]

Who's there?

How did you get past security?

You don't talk.

What do you want?

[tense music]

I can give you money.

[tense music continues]

No, no, no.

[tense music continues]

[gentle music]

- All right, you win. I'll stop.

Are you coming home?

[gentle music continues]

Are you coming home?

All right.

All right.

That's fine. That's fine.

I promise.

I love you.

[uneasy music]

- Oliver.

Oliver.

[uneasy music continues]

Oliver.

[uneasy music continues]

Oliver, really? My birds?

[gentle music]

[soft music]

Oliver.

[soft music continues]

[Elise screaming]

Oliver.

Oliver.

[Elise screaming]

- Should I go in there?

- No.

My man will spare you the sight.

[Elise yelps]

Tomorrow, you will be remembered.

She will be forgotten.

- What happens next?

- You invited me in.

You seek your purpose,

as we are all meant to do.

- I'm sorry it had to happen this way.

[avant-garde music]

[avant-garde music continues]

[avant-garde music continues]

[avant-garde music continues]

- Finally Oliver, your masterpiece.

You played your soul away, bud.

[avant-garde music continues]

[knocking on door]

[avant-garde music continues]

- Hey.

You're a band.

That's nice.

I like the music.

It's, it's good.

I haven't, I live next door.

You remember me, right?

I haven't been able to sleep for days.

I don't know how long.

I don't, I don't know what time it is.

Y'all haven't stopped at all.

What, what's going on here?

- Where were we?

[avant-garde music continues]

[avant-garde music continues]

[soft music]