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Aren't you the boss? Then why don't you decide who is the first clarinet?

I am talking to Gertrud about you being able to take over until the competition.

- Why Gertrud? - She must nod to that.

- So you're not the boss? - Well, I do have one above me on the board.

Now, just tear it up, pumpkin.

- Like that. Poopidoo. - Poopidoo?

The game that gives a shit about how long you can keep it.

- Isn't it for small children? - No, this is the family game of the year.

Your level of ambition is quite remarkable.

I want a pet.

Yes, but I've talked to mom and it's just not the time.

- Is it because you are divorced? - No no. But yes.

I didn't imagine we were "on present"...

... because we have such a peripheral relationship.

But I felt a responsibility for your education.

- Here you go. - No, how nice, Bo.

- No, wow. - Thank you.

- "Gutterdammerung". - "G�tterd�mmerung" by Wagner.

- Is it a record? - Yes, it's records.

I'll have to slip away now.

I'm really looking forward to the birthday party this afternoon.

Mom picks you up after school and Bo is kind enough to drop you off.

You deliver Alma. I have a meeting with the finance department in 18 min...

- Is it her the Muslim? - Naveed is finance manager.

See you.

The one is going to change your life.

- Good morning. - She is already in there.

I could only get Israeli dates.

- Is that all right? - It's our little secret.

- Assalamu alaikum. - Good morning, Jeppe.

I have brought something delicious for us.

There's nothing like a good date. Good for the stomach.

We must have implemented a savings plan.

Right now our expenses exceed our income.

- It has to be the other way around. - That is also my assessment.

In fact, Gertruds too, who has talked with you.

That is why, among other things, I have switched to a cheaper canteen arrangement ...

... which actually comes into effect already today.

What other measures have you taken?

You said "among other things". What are the other measures?

There are several general savings measures ...

... which the employees have been asked to comply with.

We have to cut ten percent. Then you have to consider redundancies.

Each individual employee contributes with something unique.

You could fire your secretary and hire a student assistant.

Margaret? I can't do that at all.

She has been here for 40 years and will soon receive her medal of merit.

- I really can't do that. - But you have to cut something.

You can start with the Middle Eastern snacks.

Yes.

Yeah!

Well, you don't do that here. We just do that at Det Ny Teater.

There it's not Brahms, but Andrew Lloyd Webber.

But ok then ... Webber, Brahms. Potato, potahto.

No, Hans. Potato and then complete shit.

- Are you the new canteen lady? - That's a damn good guess.

- Have you cooked this? - Yes.

On purpose?

There is no obligation. You have your free will.

And I think you should use it to fuck off.

What do you say, Duddi? Duddi also says you should fuck off.

Now, I'm not in the habit of taking people named Duddi along for advice.

- Fuck off. - You are very rude.

What the hell is going on with the canteen?

- Are you trying to kill us? - I said you were busy.

You can take it easy. Lene and Duddi are really good.

They have had a cafeteria in Hvidovre. The center hall.

Cafeteria? In Hvidovre?

- The center hall? Are you serious? - The level may be a little below...

I'd rather go all inclusive in Abu Ghraib than eat that crap.

How shall we practice art with collective diarrhea?

- We must all squeeze our buttocks together. - Yes, literally.

There will be massive strikes due to the canteen arrangement.

Now you are warned, and so are you, Margit!

We really do not want that tone here.

- I'm sorry. - It's all right, Margit.

- Now you can relax. - Thanks.

- Have you turned down the heat? - Yes.

- What's the temperature now then? - I turned it down to zero.

- You can handle that? - Easily. I also have my plaid.

- I thought you had forgotten me. - Of course not.

I had an intermezzo with a disturbed canteen lady.

- Has the doctor been here? - No not yet.

- What will they say? - Probably that you broke your hip.

A bouquet of flowers would have been lovely.

Hello.

Hello, mrs. H�xenhaven.

Pardon?

You have a pathological fracture in your hip. It is broken.

We know that already with the broken hip.

It is a pathological fracture. It means something else.

I'm sorry, but you have leukemia.

What does she say, Bo?

- What the hell are you saying? - Your mother has leukemia.

We offer chemotherapy, but there are not good chances.

Two, maybe three months. Then you will probably die.

Bo...

It is okay. It is normal to die.

- Hello, Gertrud. - Hello.

- Well, are you here again? - What do you mean?

No, you are here a lot being a board person.

You show commitment. It is inspiring.

And yet you're on your way out the door.

I'm going to my daughter's birthday at Regitze's ... and Si...

Something I just thought of:

Can I give the post of first clarinet to Bo H�xenhaven?

Just temporarily. Until the competition.

- Are you sure about that, Jeppe? - Bo is our best clarinetist.

It's just until the competition has been held.

Fine, but then he's your responsibility. See you, Jeppe.

Have a great time. Say hi to Simon. Take care.

We've been waiting for you.

- Look who came anyway. - How lucky we are.

Sorry, I just had a meeting.

Hello.

Whoa, damn it.

And mother-in-law. Ex-mother-in-law, that is.

Maybe we could stop calling me mother-in-law altogether.

Yes.

Hello. Well, what have you got there, honey?

It's running clothes from grandma so I can loose the puppy fat.

Okay. Well, how thoughtful.

Well, but I've brought a little extra gift here.

- Wow, Jeppe. - You have to be careful with it.

I couldn't resist giving another gift. I'm the father after all.

Yes, you are.

- Then I'll take it. - Wow, a plastic bag.

- There seems to be a little more in it. - Thank you.

- What a sweet idea. - It's a pet fish.

- It could be at our place, Alma. - His name should be Phillip.

It also looks like a Phillip.

It has become fashionable to give one's pets human names.

- You see that more and more. - Now, Alma.

That was the last birthday present. Or was it now too?

- I can hear something fiddling in the garden. - Shall I take this one?

Now you are only four years younger than when I had your mother.

- And my youth ended. - You are nice to remind me of that.

Is there anyone who wants to be my best friend?

- Is it for me? - It is yours.

- Have you bought her a dog? - Yes.

- Thank you very much! - How cute it is, Simon.

- Is it a real dog? - Yes, a chihuahua with pedigree.

- Just what I wanted. - For the birthday princess.

We agreed that Alma should not have a dog.

Yeah, I didn't know Simon had bought one.

And it will be me, who has to deal with it. Alma doesn't want to go with it.

Can I stay here tonight so I can play with Nelson?

Nelson? That'a a very sweet name.

- Is it after Nelson Mandela? - Can I please?

Yeah, but what about Phillip?

- Philip? - Your pet fish.

Honey, you're with daddy this week.

If Alma really wants to stay here, isn't that okay?

It's her birthday. Look.

- Can I please? - Jeppe...

- Yes of course. - Good, thanks.

- Shall we take a photo of the family? - That was a sweet idea.

The whole family with Lord Nelson.

- Here. - You want me to take it?

It's on auto, so you just have to press the button.

Thanks.

- Yes. - Take two or three.

You always have to take a few more.

- There are three. - Thanks.

- That went well, little dog. - It's a great photo. Thank you very much.

If I send them to you, could you print them at work?

Can't you do it yourself? Aren't you unemployed?

Regitze is very ambitious. Materialistically minded.

She gets tired of your dead weight at home.

Do you want some good advice? Get yourself a job.

So you lie here, forced to stare at Poul Gernes's wall colors ...

... like a last slap in the face before dying.

Could you pack a suitcase with some clothes and some photo albums?

You can take the album with the photos from the trip to the Festspiele in Bayreuth.

It was a good trip, wasn't it?

Yes, that was "G�tterd�mmerung".

Great music.

There, Phillip. Now it's just the two of us.

- What are you doing here? - I wanted to give the food another chance.

But there would be more sustenance in licking the toilet seat.

You can get your mother to make you a lunch box. Then you wouldn't have to...

My mother doesn't have time to make me a lunchbox.

She's too busy dying of cancer in Herlev!

This together with the cheaper canteen costs and the light sensors ...

... which turn off the light at inactivity ...

... we are actually well on our way, I think.

That still leaves a deficit of 450,000.

Yes, but I don't see where else we could reduce.

If you fire Margit, we will reach our goal.

We could ask the musicians to reduce their wages a bit.

I have taken a five percent pay cut.

If the musicians went down two percent, we would actually reach the goal.

Good luck with that.

So when ... What shall we have for dinner?

I don't know, Bo. I'm going to be a little late on it today.

- Ja. - Bo?

What would you say to, as musician, taking a little bit of a pay cut ...

... if it meant that we could save the house and Margit's job?

I would say no to that, and so would all the others.

If you tinker with wages, you will have a revolution.

With guillotines and everything.

I just had to hear.

Will you feed Phillip when you get home?

- Who the hell is Phillip? - You haven't met Phillip at all.

It is Alma's pet fish. He just needs a little bit.

At least someone gets dinner.

Will you have a chat with Margit?

Hi Jeppe.

That's knitting for the big gold medal.

I wanted to finish it yesterday. It's a birthday present for Alma.

- You shouldn't have done that. - You think she will like it?

Otherwise, we'll go shopping and buy her a blouse.

- That's just Alma's style, with the "A". - Do you think so?

- Is there something wrong? - No, I was just thinking.

Do you know that it can be tough to get up early in the morning?

Hurrying off. You wish you could jump off the hamster wheel.

No, I don't know that.

It would be okay if you feel that way.

- With all the stress and rush. - I cannot do without my work.

It's great to have something to get up for and also to have a boss like you.

Yes. But it's just that...

You may not have that any longer.

Are you firing me, Jeppe?

No! No no no.

No, it's the house that fires you.

What's up?

I haven't had dinner. Other than those.

Okay.

And what about you, Phillip? Are you daddy's little pet fish?

Oh no.

Have you done this, Bo?

Yes. You said I should.

- Feed it. - You shouldn't have given him the whole can.

Then he can eat some of it tomorrow.

But he's dead, Bo. You killed him.

Alma will be so unhappy when she finds out.

Can you relax, please? It's a fish, dammit.

You have killed a living being.

We all have to go that way. My mother already has one leg in the grave.

- What do you mean? - It was cancer.

It wasn't just a broken hip.

- She only has a few months left. - Oh no, that was...

If there's anything I can do, just let me know.

Maybe you could make some dinner?

Yes of course. Yes yes.

I'm making something for us, Bo.

Well...

I spoke to Gertrud about the position of temporary first clarinet.

It's yours if you want it. Until we hold the competition.

Okay.

I heard a bird sing about you being first.

- That bird doesn't lie. - It's well deserved.

- It's just until the competition. - Won't you win?

- Who could beat you? - Yes.

- Hello, Gertrud. - I have our first clarinet.

- Okay? What about Bo? - I just saved our ass.

Simon Elliott reached out. Suddenly he wants a job.

He wants to come back, and we can't say no to that.

He was the poster boy of the house. He brings the occupancy rate up.

The bookshops sold 50,000 copies of his photo calendar. 50,000!

In the December picture, he slithers in front of a fireplace.

Hello Bo. How good to see you again.

I think you're sitting on my chair.

- Move over, Fischer. - Hi Simon. Long ago.

Thanks, Bo.

It's great to be back.