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Episode 2
bobcobb30119 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This was a little bit more balanced than the first episode, but there was still way too much with the director playing blackjack and somehow getting a woman to want to go home with him. The show just drags and plays that ominous music making people think that maybe they're.... Twin Peaks? I don't know.

But the absurdity of the shouting in the tent, that you can't talk about, and then the reveal of the oft-debated medical procedure in the end, these are the awkward kind of moments we expect a Nathan Fielder show to excel at.

There are things to like but as a whole the show still needs to find its footing.
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9/10
starting to gel
nerrdrage17 February 2024
I'm really enjoying this series. All three of the main characters are coming into focus and the tragic/cringe style of comedy is very effective. I guess only a certain proportion of people will like it, but if you like it, you will know.

Dougie (Benny Safdie) is coming into sharper focus in this episode. Before, he just seemed like some golden boy producer with the "network's" ear, key to Whitney and Asher's success, but now we see that he's a bit of a fraud with a sketchy past that he hasn't come to terms with, which explains his exile to New Mexico.

Meanwhile, Whitney is deluding herself about her social status in the Santa Fe art world and Asher is very awkwardly and hilariously playing Jack Bauer in a casino in a desperate attempt to keep embarrassing footage off the local news. Can't wait to see what happens next!
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