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Few TV shows have ever been more mindbending thanThe Rehearsal.
Lesley Manville and Lucas Bravo in ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’.Everett Collection
In simple terms, the six-part series is about, well, rehearsals.
Fielder brings in regular people with problems.
In his capacity as host, Fielder constructs elaborate simulated events around them.
Nathan Fielder on ‘The Rehearsal’.Allyson Riggs/HBO
He hires actors to play their loved ones.
(“It turns out winter was very expensive to maintain.")
And then he watches as the people contestants?
Lydia Rose Bewley, Richard E. Grant, Dakota Johnson, and Yolanda Kettle in ‘Persuasion’.NICK WALL/NETFLIX
live through tense situations over and over, preparing themselves for the actual events.
At least, that’s how things start.
But Fielder’s particular brand of logical insanity means there’s a twist every couple minutes.
Toccarra Cash and Phoebe Robinson in ‘Everything’s Trash’.Freeform/Vanessa Clifton
In the premiere, we see the comedian meet with the rehearsal subject in the man’s apartment.
Things spiral from there.
The creator’s participation in the rehearsals shifts unexpectedly, and emotionally.
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So why doesPersuasionfeel more like blasphemy than all the fizzyFire IslandupdatesandBeverly Hills teensthat preceded it?
The five episodes made available for review have a loose and casual charm.
And when the mean one turns up dead, Kya is suddenly in the position of defending her life.
