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I know Jerrod from his actual stand up career, before he did TV shows and things like that. He was good in Neighbors, etc. I enjoyed his delivery and style.

This however, is a cringe fest and a slog to get through. I thought he would be really chill and rational behind the scenes based on my exposure to him, but he actually turned out to be someone I don't like, I doubt I'll follow him after this.

I'm not sure about anyone else, but the majority of the show felt so extremely staged that it felt fake. I don't doubt some of this happened, but it feels like a recreation of the actual events for the majority of it. Most scenes make me actually cringe. Jerrod has such a poor attitude in almost all of this, rude and somewhat mean. Also, with Tyler, he kept pressing him even though Tyler gave him an answer already, and I'm sure before the filming when it actually happened. Jerrod keeps pressing him and if this was a straight guy doing this to a woman, it would be called out immediately.

Overall, not a recommend. I'd actually recommend Jerrod take a long hard look at the footage and ask himself if that's the kind of person he wants to be. He comes off like a spoiled queen when he's essentially just a run of the mill gay guy who has enough money that he should be out living his life and not mining his personal life for cringe that's better kept behind the scenes. I have a lot of gay friends and if any of them acted like he does towards other people, they wouldn't be a friend very long.

Daniel Craig delivers as always, and the other actors try, but ultimately it's just a bad script. Too many references to Covid and disposable pop culture that aren't going to age well. Too many convoluted twists and turns that think they are clever but really are just boring and lackluster. Reveals happen with no emotional payoff. It's barely even fun to watch, it's more of a chore to get through to see if it's really going to end as dumb as it starts. It feels like a low budget Netflix original but you can see the budget is way too high for the end product. The setting, actors, etc are all high dollar but completely wasted. Ed Norton is a great actor but they give him nothing to do here besides stand around and smirk. I'd say watch it only for Daniel Craig or if you are sick on the couch and might fall asleep halfway through. Two stars for Daniel Craig and maybe one more for the rest of the cast for attempting to play along.