Jerry Fortune is a theater critic who doesn\u2019t like anyone.\u00a0 He is buying his much younger wife Esther a player piano because she wants to learn to play and he thinks it will be a cruel insult to taunt her with.\u00a0 Jerry discovers that when this piano plays a song that is resonant with some hidden emotion in a listener then that person uncontrollably reveals the feeling to those present.\u00a0 First the solemn faced butler reveals that he actually finds Mr. Fortune\u2019s little cruelties quite funny.\u00a0 Jerry decides to use the piano to reveal everyone\u2019s secret feelings at Esther\u2019s birthday party that night.<\/p>\n
Esther reveals that she despises Jerry and wants to leave him.\u00a0 Next, we find out that playwright Greg Walker is secretly in love with Esther and wants her to run away with him.\u00a0 Then a very overweight \u201cfriend\u201d Marge is humiliated by revealing her inner desire to be a dancer.\u00a0 But before Jerry can continue the reign of terror Esther replaces the music spool with one that makes Jerry reveal that he is an insecure child that attacks everyone around him because inside he fears them.\u00a0 When he admits his inadequacy Esther and Greg leave together, apparently to be together permanently and all the other guests leave as Jerry throws a childish tantrum.\u00a0 When the butler returns Jerry asks him if he is going to laugh at him but the butler says, \u201cYou\u2019re not funny anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
This episode is pretty thin stuff.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even particularly dislike it.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty forgettable.\u00a0 C-.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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