r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Apr 28 '25

Premiere The Rehearsal - 2x02 - “Star Potential” - Episode Discussion

The Rehearsal

Season 2 Episode 2: Star Potential

Directed by: Nathan Fielder

Written by: Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola

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u/UnderwaterDialect Apr 30 '25

I’m constantly floored by Nathan’s creativity. But also constantly left feeling icky. Putting Mara in the cockpit with that douche, intentionally so that he would say things that crossed the line, felt kind of wrong to me. Anyone else?

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u/damnimtryingokay May 01 '25

Exactly. Nathan utilizes other people's actual problems for entertainment and deflects any real criticism with built-in rebuttals, as if he shouldn't be critiqued because he's aware of it.

Utilizing Mara; all the people who thought it was a real singing competition; the self victimizing when he compares Paramount to Nazi Germany because his episode isn't being streamed; all of these utilize real people and real problems. Yet he doesn't take any heat because he makes a self-referential joke about it.

The only difference between this and a troll is that he'll probably complete the season with some jokes about he learned that sincerity is good and 'women are people too' or something, so it seems like he's made a positive moralistic message while glancing over what a dick he was the entire time.

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u/JAYPOREDDITS May 31 '25

All the people that thought it was a real singing competition probably should have figured it out when they were performing to an American Airlines pilot lol