Pretend Daddy

Nathan does it again, delivering top ground breaking TV, that'll make you feel you watched something special. Isn't that what TV is all about?

The episode.

Nathan goes deeper into his persona that graduated with high grades. He asks a mother if her 6 year old child knows what acting is, ponders that the natural layout of a house with children is art, pretends to be a father to a man pretending to be a child, and to a doll, and basically steals a mother and her fatherless child's behaviours and hires a kid for them to incorporate the behaviours.

This is madness.

Flipping the coin, in the middle of the episode he manages to explain to a child, who is confused about him not being his daddy (meaning the rehearsal with Nathan should have worked wonderfully), that he is not his daddy with a metaphor. It was truly smart, evoking the shared loved experience of pretending to be a dinossaur and playing, and saying that what they were doing was the same. I can't think of a better way to explain this. It saved a lot of potential therapy.

This is the opposite of madness.

It's a profound piece of TV really anyone can enjoy and learn something.

I really loved Nathan for you for how it explored the idea of giving a business owner a second chance to rebuild their establishment and succeed by taking risk no matter how bizarre or unethical the methods would be. When I seen The Rehearsal on HBO Max I was really entertained by episodes such as "Orange Juice, No Pulp", "Scion" and "The Fielder Method". Unfortunately what starts as charming and creative turns into a huge problem with a big ordeal on religion and Nathan completely abandons the show's premise to divulge in his own embarrassing attempt at being a dad. The whole episode made me cringe over and over again and was a pain to sit through, I honestly believe Nathan fielder should not be allowed around kids, whether they are actors or not he isn't suitable to be a parent with his disgusting behavior.

I watched so many movies, shows.. and I always listen to music.. but when I watch this show.. It gives me feelings I've never had.. It is obvious and mysterious in the same time.. I consider this show as an Art.

The scathing review by Richard Brody in The New Yorker titled "The Cruel and Arrogant Gaze Nathan Fielder's the Rehearsal" has a lot of legitimate points: it calls Fielder's gaze on his subjects "arrogant, cruel, and above all, indifferent", says the "driving force" of the show are its "vanity and ambition" and ends with "he looks the Look (the stare in which those with power look at their subjects) at the people he films, but doesn't seem to see them". I agree that there is something off-putting about Fielder's approach. Still, there was a number of times I guffawed watching this show and it is funny most of the time, but an unpleasant aftertaste stayed with me.

This episode was the icing on the cake. Their are so many morals this episode dives into that Nathan was able to take us on a journey I just was not expecting. The season finale was definitely the bail in the coffin for making this show a one of a kind. He has done it again for making a masterpiece but this time taking the route of a drama rather than comedy. 10/10 episode and will be a surreal 30 minute episode that will teach you things you didn't know you needed to learn. Thanks Nathan for this work of art.