Pilot's Code

Not only is this show the funniest thing ever, but if he's truly talking to pilots, which I believe he is (I don't think they're all actors), all they want to do is talk to someone without getting their medical cert. Revoked. Nathan is doing what the FAA should be doing. On top of all that it's a known fact that many pilots flying today, right now, have undiagnosed, or a hidden diagnosed, mental health problem, but won't get treatment for it, for fear of losing their wings. And the only way they can get help, and feel better, is to talk to a comedian for an HBO show? What is going on in this world?

In a world of the same old reused sequels in cinema. This episode of the rehearsal was a gem. A perfect representation of who Nathan Fielder is and how his shows make the most disturbing things so hilarious and interesting. Thankful I am getting to watch this masterpiece when it is just coming out. Nathan Fielder is one of the greats.

I was pretty impressed with the story telling throughout the entirety of this episode. It starts from a pretty silly example and brings it to real world scenarios that with the perfect song choice causes a truly inspiring sequence of events. This was by far my favorite episode of the series.

Early on in Pilot's Code, there was a time when I thought maybe this season had lost the plot a bit. The cloning dog thing seemed kind of engaging, but it wasn't clear why it was appearing here... at first. It loops back around to aviation, and the reveal of Fielder's ultimate goal with this episode was unbelievably funny, disturbing, and probably impossible to forget.

I also think this episode somehow works as a more interesting biopic than Clint Eastwood's Sully, with Fielder trying to crack the code of a legendarily stoic and heroic figure from recent history. It's a bit like his attempt to find out what made one pilot/judge so affable last episode, but it goes so much deeper and gets a whole lot more weird.

It's Sully (2016), David Lynch, cloned dogs, and Flight Simulator thrown into a blender. I don't know how Fielder does it. I'm just so impressed.

This episode was so insanely good! There are at least 3 separate moments in this episode that are jaw dropping. I am amazed that a show like this has been given the budget to go do all the crazy and outrageous things that Nathan comes up with. I still can't believe the lengths they go to for a comedy show, & that one episode can be this good.

If you enjoy awkward comedy, dark comedy, reality shows, this episode is the pinnacle which all other shows need to strive towards. Nathan's dry delivery, and awkward communication only make the eccentric lengths that they go to, all the more remarkable. This is pure comedy gold!!!

After a potential scene regarding an alleged baby, the last thing in my mind in terms of expectations was to feel the way I felt in the final minutes of this episode. The comedy was shocking and obscure in the funniest way imaginable, yet this quickly turned into one of the most wholesome and inspirational collection of moments I've seen for any series. I'm not alone in this of course but Bring Me to Life is one of my favorite songs of all time that gives me much nostalgia (and life aha get it) and ironically enough I started to listen to it again on a regular occasion earlier this year. So the ending to this episode was very special to me not only for the song, but what the song possibly led to. I've somewhat avoided any discourse or behind the scenes of the series to get the full experience from the show itself, so for me I'm very blurred on what's real and what isn't. But if Nathan is the one who came to that conclusion, wow. Just wow. One of a kind. Captain Sully, you are him.