Predicting how an episode of the HBO show The Rehearsal will end is nearly impossible. The pseudo-docuseries, in which the comedian Nathan Fielder stages elaborate exercises to help'or rather, 'help''ordinary people prepare for challenging interactions, tends to go down rabbit holes dictated by Fielder's fixations. A Season 1 installment found him supporting a man who wanted practice having a difficult conversation only for the focus to shift to Fielder rehearsing his own confessions. Another saw Fielder open an acting studio; by the episode's final scene, he's the one performing, pretending to raise a 6-year-old boy. The show's second season has been even twistier. This time, Fielder has chosen to conduct every 'rehearsal' as a way to solve what he believes is the primary reason for plane crashes: miscommunication. Each episode is meant to contribute to Fielder's theory that if captains and their co-pilots could just get along, flying would yield fewer accidents. He comes off as...
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