The first episode was really good, and set the stage well, but this second episode was on another level. To link aviation and an American Idol-style show (within a show) at the start and have it make sense, and to then jump to Paramount+, and covering Nathan for You stuff, and then to bring it all home, all the while being about how to be a good person... it's all very deep and overwhelming, and so intricately put together in a way that shouldn't work, but somehow does.
This was both more uncomfortable than the first episode and much funnier. The German office scene has been the comedic highlight so far, and then it also gets really intense and heavy at one point. I don't know how Fielder does it.
I also don't know what's real and what's not, but I like going along for the ride. Whatever's staged and whatever isn't, it's always about human nature, and it's interesting and thought-provoking stuff either way.
