“My Controls”

• Creator: Nathan Fielder
• Starring: Nathan Fielder

Grade: A

Warning: This review of episode 6 of The Rehearsal will contain spoilers.

Episode 6 of The Rehearsal is the most audacious episode of television I’ve ever seen, transcending its premise to become a profound meditation on loneliness, while also being hysterically funny. I did not always view the season 2 finale this way; my first reaction was more apprehensive, more confused about what Nathan Fielder was trying to achieve. But after reading reviews, and listening to a podcast or two, of last week’s episode, I saw it from a different perspective.