The Oner

This is a perfect episode of television. The pacing, the writing, the acting and most of all...the cinematography! Funny, suspensful and perfectly executed. I wasn't sold on this show after the first episode but I am now!

This almost felt like a Seinfeld episode in the sense of something that seems so innocent and meaningless ends up coming back to haunt the characters in this story. Brilliantly written!

How they shot the episode is absolutely incredible. The cinematographer did an an outstanding simply from a lighting perspective. I can't imagine how difficult this was to film.

I'm very excited to see where this show goes next!

If your criticism of this episode is that no studio executive could behave so stupidly, you're wrong.

I worked my entire life in film production and I've seen and heard things you wouldn't believe. A set can be a real pressure cooker of barely controlled chaos, full of stressed out exhausted people constantly fighting against the clock, priorities and egos ricocheting all over the place, and stuff can just go epically wrong at the drop of a hat. It's actually unfair to single out executives for blame, since almost anyone who's around long enough will eventually find themselves to be the fly in the ointment at some point.

I know assistant directors who scream commands in their sleep, still trying to control the set even while unconscious. I bumped into one of them at the grocery store the day after this episode dropped and he grabbed me and asked if I'd seen it. I nodded and we both started babbling about how traumatizing it was.

We both had watched the entire episode with our hands over our mouths moaning no no no! It stirred up a lot of memories. Not fears. Not anxieties. Memories.

Well done. It all felt exactly right.

It annoyed me so much, that I had to skip to the end, when there were 2 minutes left.

Also, I had to turn apple tv off and walk a bit around my living room .

The fact that they pressed so much on the same annoying thing on and on was just too much for me.

And yes, I understand that the entire episode is a Oner, and probably it took a lot of work and talent to create, but it was still so annoying that I needed to take a breather.

All in all, is the new studio head supposed to be a complete imbecile ? He reminds me of Kramer, in Seinfeld. I sure I hope I will get to see at least a bit of character development, or at least a punishment fit for his character, in the end (kind of like Seinfeld, who got jail time at the end of the show). 😅😅

When I first watched it, I found Seth Rogan's character to be insanely bumbling and annoying. I kept thinking, "He's the studio head and should know better than to be so distracting on set." But then I realized his passion for making great movies got the best of him. That wasn't what this episode was all about.

The true magic of this episode completely eluded me until I read the reviews. The premise is that they are on set to watch a "Oner." This is where a single camera shot records a very long scene. What I utterly failed to miss was this entire episode was a Oner!!!

I can only imagine the amount of planning and rehearsing that went into filming this episode. Watch it twice. Watch it three times. Every time the camera turns to focus on someone else, you know those other actors are now prepping for the next scene. Also, just maneuvering the camera from the initial car to the entire house shot and then back to the car must have been a logistical nightmare. The camera goes inside and outside from room to room. Everyone had to be ready and in place for this continuous cut to work until the very end when they drove away.

Speaking of driving the car - it's a bookend!

Brilliant television!!!

Amazing. Combines the best of comedy with the best of cinematography and story telling. You're not going to see a better episode of television this year. The one shot is well-crafted and perfectly timed. Rogen plays the Costanza role perfectly Barinholtz and O'Hara are marvelous. Watching this will spoil you for other television.

Amazing. Combines the best of comedy with the best of cinematography and story telling. You're not going to see a better episode of television this year. The one shot is well-crafted and perfectly timed. Rogen plays the Costanza role perfectly Barinholtz and O'Hara are marvelous.