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    The Rehearsal S2E4 Recap:: “Kissme” — The Magic of Acting

    The following recap contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S2E4, “Kissme” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Rehearsal S2E4 begins with the performance of a multi-genre medley of “Amazing Grace” by contestants in the Wings of Voice competition, which Nathan notes he doesn’t really […] More

  • Fake Bogdens in the kitchen of an apartment in The Rehearsal S2E3.
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    The Rehearsal S2E3 Recap: “Pilot’s Code” — Find Your Evanescence

    The following recap contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S2E3, “Pilot’s Code” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Rehearsal S2E3, “Pilot’s Code,” features two plots that are thematically tied together. First, Nathan meets with a couple whose dog, Achilles, died, which led them […] More

  • Nathan Fielder talking to John Goglia while looking at documents in The Rehearsal S2E1, "Gotta Have Fun."
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    The Rehearsal Returns to Save Our Lives (S2E1 Recap)

    The following recap contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S2E1, “Gotta Have Fun” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Rehearsal Season 1 began with a small-stakes episode that seemed fairly self-contained before spiraling out into a continuing narrative that just kept getting weirder. […] More

  • Nathan hunches to talk to a crying Remy, who is held by his mother Amber, in The Rehearsal

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    The Rehearsal S1E6: “Pretend Daddy” (Season 1 Finale)

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E6, “Pretend Daddy” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) As the first season of The Rehearsal comes to an end, I find myself wondering how much of what happened within it was planned from the beginning. There are those […] More

  • Nathan, Angela and Adam sit on the couch

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    The Rehearsal S1E5: “Apocalypto” Puts the Frame in the Picture

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E5, “Apocalypto” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) If you approach The Rehearsal trying to parse what’s real and what’s not, you’re bound to fail, since (as I’ve argued throughout these writeups), the series consistently undermines the usefulness of […] More

  • Nathan stands in front of a whiteboard that says "What is Fielder Method?" with a drawing of a stick figure
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    The Rehearsal S1E4: “The Fielder Method” Breaks Reality

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E4, “The Fielder Method” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) Since entering Angela’s rehearsal in Episode 2, Nathan has been helping her raise Adam, and I thought at the time that this premise would take over the rest of […] More

  • Nathan Fielder stands looking at an array of screens in The Rehearsal
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    Recommendations: The Rehearsal and The Black Phone

    We’re here each week (or most weeks) with recommendations from a collection of our staff. These won’t always be about new things (though sometimes they are), but they will always be about things that we think are worth your time. This week, Caemeron recommends Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal and Paul suggests answering the call of […] More

  • Nathan stands with an Apple laptop strapped around his shoulders such that it sits in front of his torso
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    The Rehearsal S1E3: “Gold Digger”

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E3, “Gold Digger” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) I don’t know why it didn’t quite occur to me last week that The Rehearsal might proceed with both a season-long arc and a client of the week structure. Clearly […] More

  • Nathan has a bit of a smirk on his face as he stands in Angela's house

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    The Rehearsal S1E2: “Scion” Disrupts the Premise

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E2, “Scion” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) As much as the premiere of The Rehearsal last week may have primed us for a client of the week structure to the show, by the end of S1E2 (“Scion”), it […] More

  • Nathan Fielder sits at a bar with his hands together to the front of his face
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    The Rehearsal S1E1: “Orange Juice, No Pulp”

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E1, “Orange Juice, No Pulp” (written and directed by Nathan Fielder) I’ve been trying to put my finger on what The Rehearsal shares in common with Nathan for You. If you’ve seen both, I think it’s obvious that they’re in the same wheelhouse, and it probably even makes […] More

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    Watching From Behind the Sofa: The Best Horror TV Shows

    I begin this article with the knowledge that almost no horror fan will agree with this list, or with my parameters, and possibly even with anything I have to say about any of the shows. Such is the horror genre. It has passionate, opinionated fans from all age groups, nations, and social groups. Is it […] More