The Coen Brothers' 2009 existential dramedy A SERIOUS MAN trades on their Jewish upbringing to paint a larger picture about the voices that take over amid the inescapable silence of organized religion. As Harry says, it's a movie about "paying more attention to the people in your life." With eternal suffering the only constant in human existence, inaction is a recurring motif – the line, "I didn't do anything!" is meant in a different way each time it's spoken – as an increasingly untenable excuse in the woebegone life of St. Louis Park physics professor and cuckolded family man Larry Gopnik.

This episode is the fifth in a short series on a selection of Coen Brothers films screened at the Trylon Cinema in 2019.

Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.