Dance Brothers (2023) s01e08 Episode Script
Chapter 8
1
[low, atmospheric tones playing]
[faint whoosh]
[wind rushing]
[exhale echoing]
Yeah?
He's just lying there.
That's not the Sakke we know.
You can't imagine
what the Sakke we know can be like.
Honey, you're fighting again.
Please settle things.
Make sure your brother's okay.
Please, Mom. Sakke is not a child.
He's your brother.
You should be looking after him.
- He's a grown-ass
- I don't care.
As long as he looks up to you
and he's a part
of your grandiose projects,
he is very much your responsibility.
- I don't wanna do it.
- Please fix it. Okay? Bye.
Bro.
Okay.
[Roni clears throat]
The bet wasn't the greatest idea.
But at least now we have Angelo with us.
Without him,
the renovation costs would've ruined us.
I promise you I didn't know
you cared about Laundry.
Of course you didn't.
I thought it'd be a way
to advance our dancing careers.
Fuck Laundry.
And fuck Angelo.
Bro.
I'm gonna make you some noodles.
And fuck you, Roni.
["Seven Days"
by Kania Allard and Pierre Terrasse plays]
[soulful pop music playing]
Even though you feel shitty right now,
this might be good.
Is that right?
Well, I was thinking,
you've got too much weight
on your shoulders now.
So, it's too much for me
if Angelo starts controlling Laundry?
He's got no time or interest
for anything like that.
But he is interested in profits,
so we gotta start charging more.
Then people will stop going there.
If you're there, they'll go.
You're the soul of that place.
We'll find a way to balance
rehearsing and running things at our club.
I told you, I'm done.
Can you just stop it?
We both said things we didn't mean,
so can we just forget it and move on?
Hey.
Just think, Drastic at the HIDF.
[hot sauce squirts]
[video game gunfire]
[gentle, emotional synth music playing]
[indistinct dialogue]
[joyful clamoring]
[indistinct, soulful singing]
[friend] Hey, honey.
Aww, are you alright?
- I'm all right. Yeah.
- Good.
[Roni] Six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
One Sakke.
Hitting the accents is key.
I need the whole thing to be sharper.
- Understood?
- Yeah, yeah.
From the top, let's go. Seven, eight.
One, two, three, four.
- For fuck's sake, Sakke!
- Let's just go again.
[Ronni] We don't have time for this shit.
Hey! Look at me, man. Are you with us?
Viima?
- Where you going?
- I'm tired of you fucking around.
I think I'll go on a holiday
while Sakke figures this out.
Or maybe I'll go get wasted
and set something on fire.
See ya!
Viima!
Viima, come on. We're running out of time.
[Viima] Exactly!
[Roni] It's vital
that we rehearse together.
Be reasonable.
I'm tired of being reasonable
and understanding and flexible.
I want to be frigging reckless
for a fucking change.
Why do I always have to be the grown-up
while everyone else fights?
Roni, you're like an impulsive toddler
who obsesses over everything all the time.
Meanwhile, we're walking on eggshells
constantly trying to make sure
we don't say anything to insult you
or fucking hurt your self-confidence.
If I'm so terrible,
then why are you still with us?
You really don't feel this
between you and I?
There's nothing between you and I.
You're cynical, you know?
I'm pragmatic.
And now I'm asking, how can we continue
working together after your outburst?
Hmm?
Should we go to the bathroom
and fuck on the sink or toilet
with our heads banging against the tiles?
Viima, let's end this between you and I
so we can finally focus on rehearsing!
Nothing left here to end, asshole.
I quit.
Go on, then!
Just give up!
Hooray!
I don't need you anyway.
We'll continue as a duet.
Did she seriously just quit?
She's just a fucking diva.
- Better like this.
- Better?
- Man, we don't have time to
- Yes, we do!
We don't have any other choice, Sakke.
We'll find another way,
even if it kills us.
And fuck Viima, yeah?
We got this!
[quirky electronic music playing]
Six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four
That works. We'll get there.
How was that?
- [Sakke] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Roni] Okay.
[Roni] Fuck!
And what if this thing,
this kind of kind of movement,
we combine it
with a kind of battle dynamic?
Like Fire and Ice?
Do you get it?
[music trails off]
Hey.
It's nice to see you.
But look, I feel really, really shitty.
I should have
I should've stood my ground
when Aki pushed for
all those modifications.
I should've said
that we won't change the choreography
or who you are.
No matter what.
And this has nothing to do with
the fact that I ended it with Sakke?
Nah.
Yeah, but that's irrelevant.
I misread you back at Kiddo's.
I just wish we could
just forget what happened
and pick up where we left off.
I mean professionally, at least.
Kiddo, I'm sorry.
Think we can get through this?
Of course, Angelo.
We're a team.
- Really?
- Mmm.
Next week we have "Lullaby"
going live for the first time,
and we can't do it without you.
I have one condition, though.
It has to do with Doris.
All right.
- Anything.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Aki will send you a message.
I mean Ile or Aki, whoever. Okay, bye.
Of course we're going. This is so cute.
Bosch considers us close enough
to invite us
to some strange family gathering.
[Roni] That's one day before the premiere.
I'd say that's not a good time
- [door opens]
- to go listen and reminisce
[Angelo] Ah.
I came to check on the renovations,
but since you're here,
we could have a little company meeting.
The door has a sign
that reads "Asshole-free zone."
Ah. If my memory serves me right,
it was you who came to my club
all messed up, acting like an ass
[Roni] Yeah, okay.
What do you want, Antero?
For this place to be profitable.
Are we turning this joint into another
soulless cash cow like Kiddo?
- Mmm.
- [Angelo] Okay.
I don't wanna destroy Laundry.
My only wish is to appeal
to a wider customer base.
Fuck your wider customer base horseshit.
Well, well, well.
Do you have any idea
how much it was to fix
all the fire damage to this place?
Huh?
That underground thing is really cute,
but underground's fate has always been
to blend into the mainstream.
And before that,
there's a sort of interface
where I like to operate.
Some new, some old.
And that's where we're taking Laundry.
Speaking of which
Go on, take it.
Some ideas on how we can
make this dump take off.
We can discuss after I'm done with
the premiere of my new single next week.
- With Karo, of course.
- [Roni] Yes. Thank you.
An energy drink sponsorship,
foam party, toga party.
This is exactly the kind of shit
we wanted to avoid with Laundry.
We'll take care of Angelo
as soon as the premiere's over.
["Black Man in a White World"
by Michael Kiwanuka playing]
I've been low, I've been high ♪
Let me do the talking.
You don't have to have
any contact with Ranta.
No offense,
but we're on very thin ice with her.
So you want me to be unseen and unheard.
- Basically like I'm not even there?
- Pretty much, yeah.
We just need to get that dude
from the Warsaw Festival on our side.
Okay.
I've been told all my life ♪
I'm in love but I'm still sad ♪
I've found peace but I'm not glad ♪
All my nights and all my days ♪
I've been trying the wrong way ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I feel like I've been here before ♪
I feel that knocking on my door ♪
[song trails off]
Do you know what I'd love
to do right now, Roni?
Dissolve your contract.
[chuckles]
I can assure you
that the duet works better.
Viima was redundant. You said so yourself.
But sadly, I can't.
You sell tickets,
so the board is against firing you.
Congratulations. The tickets are sold out.
But pay attention now.
In five years, I've managed to turn HIDF
Into an internationally
recognized institution,
and they all expect
a certain high standard.
One that I will always sustain.
If you don't meet that standard,
I promise you
and your brother's careers are over.
Understood?
[door opens, closes]
[water running]
Hey.
I've been thinking.
My behavior was unprofessional.
I pressured you, and it's not okay.
Sorry.
It's okay.
I kinda hoped you would apologize as well.
Yeah.
Anyways, I don't want
to leave you in a tough spot,
so let's just get the premiere over with.
Thank you.
But we've changed the choreo
for two dancers already.
It's better this way.
[tense music building]
[music intensifies]
Oh shit!
- Are you kidding me?
- I'm sorry, bro.
Are you working here?
Where's your manager?
No, no, no. I'm a I'm a choreographer.
Francesco, darling!
Welcome, so nice to see you.
[Ranta kissing, laughs]
Oh, I see you have already met
one of our up-and-coming choreographers.
Did you do proper introductions? No?
Please, let me.
This talented young man is Roni Luoto,
and this is Francesco Apolinar
from the Warsaw Festival.
And I'm afraid I have to steal you now.
Please, come see,
because Alice is here also.
Hey!
[Ranta laughing]
[Apolinar] Would you please?
- Fantastic.
- How are you? Nice to meet you.
[tense, rousing synth music playing]
[Roni screams]
No!
[tense synth music continuing]
[moody, atmospheric synth music playing]
[low, atmospheric tones playing]
[faint whoosh]
[wind rushing]
[exhale echoing]
Yeah?
He's just lying there.
That's not the Sakke we know.
You can't imagine
what the Sakke we know can be like.
Honey, you're fighting again.
Please settle things.
Make sure your brother's okay.
Please, Mom. Sakke is not a child.
He's your brother.
You should be looking after him.
- He's a grown-ass
- I don't care.
As long as he looks up to you
and he's a part
of your grandiose projects,
he is very much your responsibility.
- I don't wanna do it.
- Please fix it. Okay? Bye.
Bro.
Okay.
[Roni clears throat]
The bet wasn't the greatest idea.
But at least now we have Angelo with us.
Without him,
the renovation costs would've ruined us.
I promise you I didn't know
you cared about Laundry.
Of course you didn't.
I thought it'd be a way
to advance our dancing careers.
Fuck Laundry.
And fuck Angelo.
Bro.
I'm gonna make you some noodles.
And fuck you, Roni.
["Seven Days"
by Kania Allard and Pierre Terrasse plays]
[soulful pop music playing]
Even though you feel shitty right now,
this might be good.
Is that right?
Well, I was thinking,
you've got too much weight
on your shoulders now.
So, it's too much for me
if Angelo starts controlling Laundry?
He's got no time or interest
for anything like that.
But he is interested in profits,
so we gotta start charging more.
Then people will stop going there.
If you're there, they'll go.
You're the soul of that place.
We'll find a way to balance
rehearsing and running things at our club.
I told you, I'm done.
Can you just stop it?
We both said things we didn't mean,
so can we just forget it and move on?
Hey.
Just think, Drastic at the HIDF.
[hot sauce squirts]
[video game gunfire]
[gentle, emotional synth music playing]
[indistinct dialogue]
[joyful clamoring]
[indistinct, soulful singing]
[friend] Hey, honey.
Aww, are you alright?
- I'm all right. Yeah.
- Good.
[Roni] Six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
One Sakke.
Hitting the accents is key.
I need the whole thing to be sharper.
- Understood?
- Yeah, yeah.
From the top, let's go. Seven, eight.
One, two, three, four.
- For fuck's sake, Sakke!
- Let's just go again.
[Ronni] We don't have time for this shit.
Hey! Look at me, man. Are you with us?
Viima?
- Where you going?
- I'm tired of you fucking around.
I think I'll go on a holiday
while Sakke figures this out.
Or maybe I'll go get wasted
and set something on fire.
See ya!
Viima!
Viima, come on. We're running out of time.
[Viima] Exactly!
[Roni] It's vital
that we rehearse together.
Be reasonable.
I'm tired of being reasonable
and understanding and flexible.
I want to be frigging reckless
for a fucking change.
Why do I always have to be the grown-up
while everyone else fights?
Roni, you're like an impulsive toddler
who obsesses over everything all the time.
Meanwhile, we're walking on eggshells
constantly trying to make sure
we don't say anything to insult you
or fucking hurt your self-confidence.
If I'm so terrible,
then why are you still with us?
You really don't feel this
between you and I?
There's nothing between you and I.
You're cynical, you know?
I'm pragmatic.
And now I'm asking, how can we continue
working together after your outburst?
Hmm?
Should we go to the bathroom
and fuck on the sink or toilet
with our heads banging against the tiles?
Viima, let's end this between you and I
so we can finally focus on rehearsing!
Nothing left here to end, asshole.
I quit.
Go on, then!
Just give up!
Hooray!
I don't need you anyway.
We'll continue as a duet.
Did she seriously just quit?
She's just a fucking diva.
- Better like this.
- Better?
- Man, we don't have time to
- Yes, we do!
We don't have any other choice, Sakke.
We'll find another way,
even if it kills us.
And fuck Viima, yeah?
We got this!
[quirky electronic music playing]
Six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four
That works. We'll get there.
How was that?
- [Sakke] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Roni] Okay.
[Roni] Fuck!
And what if this thing,
this kind of kind of movement,
we combine it
with a kind of battle dynamic?
Like Fire and Ice?
Do you get it?
[music trails off]
Hey.
It's nice to see you.
But look, I feel really, really shitty.
I should have
I should've stood my ground
when Aki pushed for
all those modifications.
I should've said
that we won't change the choreography
or who you are.
No matter what.
And this has nothing to do with
the fact that I ended it with Sakke?
Nah.
Yeah, but that's irrelevant.
I misread you back at Kiddo's.
I just wish we could
just forget what happened
and pick up where we left off.
I mean professionally, at least.
Kiddo, I'm sorry.
Think we can get through this?
Of course, Angelo.
We're a team.
- Really?
- Mmm.
Next week we have "Lullaby"
going live for the first time,
and we can't do it without you.
I have one condition, though.
It has to do with Doris.
All right.
- Anything.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Aki will send you a message.
I mean Ile or Aki, whoever. Okay, bye.
Of course we're going. This is so cute.
Bosch considers us close enough
to invite us
to some strange family gathering.
[Roni] That's one day before the premiere.
I'd say that's not a good time
- [door opens]
- to go listen and reminisce
[Angelo] Ah.
I came to check on the renovations,
but since you're here,
we could have a little company meeting.
The door has a sign
that reads "Asshole-free zone."
Ah. If my memory serves me right,
it was you who came to my club
all messed up, acting like an ass
[Roni] Yeah, okay.
What do you want, Antero?
For this place to be profitable.
Are we turning this joint into another
soulless cash cow like Kiddo?
- Mmm.
- [Angelo] Okay.
I don't wanna destroy Laundry.
My only wish is to appeal
to a wider customer base.
Fuck your wider customer base horseshit.
Well, well, well.
Do you have any idea
how much it was to fix
all the fire damage to this place?
Huh?
That underground thing is really cute,
but underground's fate has always been
to blend into the mainstream.
And before that,
there's a sort of interface
where I like to operate.
Some new, some old.
And that's where we're taking Laundry.
Speaking of which
Go on, take it.
Some ideas on how we can
make this dump take off.
We can discuss after I'm done with
the premiere of my new single next week.
- With Karo, of course.
- [Roni] Yes. Thank you.
An energy drink sponsorship,
foam party, toga party.
This is exactly the kind of shit
we wanted to avoid with Laundry.
We'll take care of Angelo
as soon as the premiere's over.
["Black Man in a White World"
by Michael Kiwanuka playing]
I've been low, I've been high ♪
Let me do the talking.
You don't have to have
any contact with Ranta.
No offense,
but we're on very thin ice with her.
So you want me to be unseen and unheard.
- Basically like I'm not even there?
- Pretty much, yeah.
We just need to get that dude
from the Warsaw Festival on our side.
Okay.
I've been told all my life ♪
I'm in love but I'm still sad ♪
I've found peace but I'm not glad ♪
All my nights and all my days ♪
I've been trying the wrong way ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I'm a Black man in a white world ♪
I feel like I've been here before ♪
I feel that knocking on my door ♪
[song trails off]
Do you know what I'd love
to do right now, Roni?
Dissolve your contract.
[chuckles]
I can assure you
that the duet works better.
Viima was redundant. You said so yourself.
But sadly, I can't.
You sell tickets,
so the board is against firing you.
Congratulations. The tickets are sold out.
But pay attention now.
In five years, I've managed to turn HIDF
Into an internationally
recognized institution,
and they all expect
a certain high standard.
One that I will always sustain.
If you don't meet that standard,
I promise you
and your brother's careers are over.
Understood?
[door opens, closes]
[water running]
Hey.
I've been thinking.
My behavior was unprofessional.
I pressured you, and it's not okay.
Sorry.
It's okay.
I kinda hoped you would apologize as well.
Yeah.
Anyways, I don't want
to leave you in a tough spot,
so let's just get the premiere over with.
Thank you.
But we've changed the choreo
for two dancers already.
It's better this way.
[tense music building]
[music intensifies]
Oh shit!
- Are you kidding me?
- I'm sorry, bro.
Are you working here?
Where's your manager?
No, no, no. I'm a I'm a choreographer.
Francesco, darling!
Welcome, so nice to see you.
[Ranta kissing, laughs]
Oh, I see you have already met
one of our up-and-coming choreographers.
Did you do proper introductions? No?
Please, let me.
This talented young man is Roni Luoto,
and this is Francesco Apolinar
from the Warsaw Festival.
And I'm afraid I have to steal you now.
Please, come see,
because Alice is here also.
Hey!
[Ranta laughing]
[Apolinar] Would you please?
- Fantastic.
- How are you? Nice to meet you.
[tense, rousing synth music playing]
[Roni screams]
No!
[tense synth music continuing]
[moody, atmospheric synth music playing]