The Note

The Studio's third episode, "The Note," showcases more hilarious guest performances, cringe humor, and Hollywood satire. Matt and his team watch Ron Howard's action thriller, Alphabet City, until a slow, esoteric sequence set at a motel. As Howard arrives for a marketing meeting, Matt has to build up the courage to tell a legendary, kind-hearted filmmaker to cut his favorite scene from his latest movie. With Howard's spectacular turn in "The Note," The Studio is now two for two with its A-list director cameos. The show plays brilliantly on the public perception of great filmmakers, with Martin Scorsese's reputation as the nicest guy in Hollywood being juxtaposed with Matt's mandate to make a Kool-Aid movie. Howard has the spot-on comic timing to pull off both his early obliviousness and his later fury. Chase Sui Wonders as creative executive Quinn Hackett shines in "The Note," as she gets starstruck when she sees Anthony Mackie, her favorite actor, also comes along for the meeting. Ike Barinholtz also shines when Matt learns the motel sequence is based on Howard's grief over his dead cousin, and he tasks Sal with pretending to have a dead cousin to convince Howard to cut the scene. Howard and Mackie make for a surprisingly great comic duo, sharing terrific chemistry as onscreen creative partners. The Studio's cinematography is still more creative than the average TV comedy, with fake snowfall adding another visual layer to a typical walk-and-talk sequence. The third episode of The Studio continues to get beautifully meta with its own filmmaking, with Matt wandering around the studio lot in a shot-for-shot recreation of the infamous "motel sequence." Although not as tight as the previous two episodes, the focus on just one story thread means it's not as complexly plotted as The Studio's previous installments. The cast works great together, and Howard and Mackie each bring plenty of laughs. The Studio explores the concept of the "executive note" in a series of episodes. In "The Note," Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) is put in a dangerous situation as a studio head, giving notes to legendary director Ron Howard, who appears as a fictionalized version of himself. The episode revolves around Ron Howard's new film, Alphabets City, which impresses most executives but cannot be edited out due to Howard's emotional attachment to it. Matt's avoidance of confrontation leads to innocent attempts to delegate calls to his coworkers, who fail to break the news without annoying the director. Howard's portrayal of himself is one of the best parts of the episode, and his self-deprecating humor adds another layer to his character. He is considered one of the most polite people in tinsel town, but his disposition towards Matt contains a disturbing quality. Howard's passive-aggressive tone prevents Matt from simply saying, "Let's Cut the scene." The scene becomes a psychological battle when Matt loses the decision to cut the scene during a marketing meeting. After exhausting every option, Matt loses it in a marketing meeting when he yells out the critique harshly. Howard reacts in the worst way possible, starting to beat up Matt.

I'm not saying I wasn't satisfied with the first two episodes they certainly do reflect amusing goings on in the film industry, in as much as they also had some great and funny cameos. But none of them had Ron Howard. It's always great when Ron makes a comeback to acting. And playing an over the top version of himself is absolute gold! It will be hard to do better than this. And yes even though the rating score is higher in episode 2, I just didn't get why.

The Studio is one of the most interesting projects Seth Rogen has taken on since his departure from his mid-budget comedy run in the 2000s. Three episodes in and this has been an awesome time!

The camera work, acting, and comedic writing all work well, and haven't come with any filler so far. Ron Howard is a standout cameo here, and the boardroom sequence was hilarious and intense!

I do hope in the next few episodes we can break out of the business side of things, as I can sense a few repetitive character traits that might get stale after another 7 episodes. Thats hypothetical though. I highly recommend this show!

The only thing I was thinking throughout episode 3 was .. why did no one give him a note ? Jeez it was a waste of 40 mins of my life. Maybe they are laughing and this is a whole reversed psychology to see if someone had the balls to give Seth Rogen a note. Spoiler.. no one did. Not gonna watch the fourth sorry Seth and team this is my note. The episode should have ended after two minutes but instead they dragged it out and it wasn't even funny. I mean a little more depth, and less screaming. I was stressed in a "the bear" way but I never left my stress levels to laughter and even to liking or sympathizing with the characters. Sorry but no thanks.

The studio is such a risky show. This could've ended up being the worst things in the world, but instead we have such a comedic and entertaining show so far.

This episode keeps that hot streak with wonderful guests including Anthony Mackie and Ron Howard. So much build up for an ending that I definitely did not expect.

The one who makes me laugh the most is definitely Ike Barinholtz's character Sal. Every moment with him is hilarious and always makes me laugh.

The plot of a movie needing to shorten its length for money if it's not a superhero film, resonates with the real issues with movies today. Each episode is hiding underneath a true issue that's happening today with cinema.

This show delivers with both comedy and drama. If you wanted to watch this just for comedic reasons, it's hilarious. If you wanted to watch it for its drama, it's even better in my opinion.