A black comedy centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel.
Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg): Please I need help. I've had marital problem.
Judith Gopnik (Sari Lennick): Honey, I think it's time that we start talking about a divorce.
Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed): Larry, we're gonna be fine.
Larry Gopnik: Professional, you name it.
Gopnik's boss: Larry, we've received a number of letters, denigrating you and not to grand you tenure.
Larry Gopnik: I need help.
Sy Ableman: We're gonna be fine.
Larry Gopnik: I've tried to be a serious man.
Sy Ableman: We're gonna be fine.
Larry Gopnik: Tried to do right, be a member of the community.
Sy Ableman: We're gonna be fine.
Larry Gopnik: Please, just tell him I need help. Please...
Sy Ableman: We're gonna be fine.
Larry Gopnik: ... I need help.
Sy Ableman: We're gonna be fine.
Rabbi scretary: The rabbi is busy.
Larry Gopnik: He didn't look busy.
Rabbi scretary: He's thinking.