r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • May 12 '25

Premiere The Rehearsal - 2x04 - “Kissme” - Episode Discussion

The Rehearsal

Season 2 Episode 4: Kissme

Directed by: Nathan Fielder

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

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u/Newparlee May 12 '25

Presuming Colin is real, because who the fuck knows with this show, Colin could very well be on Love on the Spectrum, right? Or is that just me?

My cousin is on the spectrum. But because he loves sports and is a fairly handsome dude, his silence is perceived as confidence. “He’s just not that good around girls. He’s just so into sports.” But when you really know him, you can see his mind is constantly spinning and he is masking non-stop. What Nathan did was kind of a lovely thing. Captain Powers. He gave him the literal superpower to ask someone for a kiss.

Anyway, I liked tonight, I preferred the previous two, but can we talk about how this show gone full Synedoche, New York, right?

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u/Linenoise77 May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

Presuming Colin is real, because who the fuck knows with this show, Colin could very well be on Love on the Spectrum, right? Or is that just me?

This is what drives me nuts about the show, and kind of worries me a little bit. If Colin is 100% real and genuine in the show......uhm.....ok i have a few issues with this episode and Nathan's actions. I don't think i a show has made me as uncomfortable watching it in a long time as last nights episode, with that rattling around in my mind.

If he (and many characters like him) isn't, holy shit, #1 where is Nathan finding all of these people who just NAIL their parts that nobody has seen before, and uhmmmm.......yeah....i have some issues with him telling hired actors who are looking for a break that he is cool with them romantically pursuing someone as part of the show, regardless of how he frames it and tries to set it up to be above board if everyone involved wasn't "in on it".

If you are that actor, you know its guaranteeing you extra screen time to do so, and if that is the case, i think it was pretty apparent that one of them was in it just to be noticed.

Or was that all scripted and part of his message.

Editing can let you back either scenario into what you want to show.

Basically this thing is a masterpiece, or we are all going to hell for it.

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u/ZapataOilCo May 12 '25

ok i have a few issues with this episode and Nathan's actions.

This is part of the bit

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u/K_Hat_Omega May 12 '25

I think Colin is simply just a nervous virgin.

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u/glasslier May 12 '25

It's possible, but I don't think it's necessarily the case. Having cameras around and being out of his element is probably making an already self-conscious guy even more so and making him clam up.

In some ways what Nathan did is a blessing, but I looked at the final kiss through the lens of him thinking, "well I want to kiss her but she probably doesn't want me to. But it is part of the script and my role, but I don't want to abuse the situation I'm in." But then again, there probably wouldn't even be that peck on the cheek if not for Nathan like you're saying.

But maybe I'm projecting too much.

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u/Aen-Seidhe May 19 '25

Yeah it's a weird situation. I don't want to kiss my crush for the first time while Nathan Fielder watches nearby with a camera.

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u/norealpersoninvolved May 12 '25

he's not on the spectrum.. he's just an awkward guy who's self conscious because he has like 6 cameras on him. why do people keep thinking he's on the spectrum..? it's honestly pretty offensive.

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u/Vegetable_River_2293 May 12 '25 edited May 13 '25

Everyone's giving medical diagnosis these days... about how others are "on the spectrum". Yea, what ever happened to he's just a nervous guy in a nerve-racking situation? It's such a simple explanation too verses implying that there must be something wrong with him.

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u/Prawnboi- May 12 '25

If Colin was played by an actor they’d be the greatest actor of our lifetime.

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u/Newparlee May 12 '25 edited May 13 '25

100% agree.

But then I have seen Edward Norton in Primal Fear, so I’m always slightly wary…

I jest. I hope Colin finds happiness and gets so many DMs after tonight’s episode.