It's confusing to talk about this show because it's a show about making a show, so I'll refer to the show itself as the "outer" show, and the show they're producing as the "inner" show.
This second episode of Reboot was a total delight. The writing is so complex and tight, that most everything - every line, every scene, every expression - has meaning.
In this episode, we see the cast produce the first episode and go through the entire process: table read, rehearsals, revisions, and filming with a live audience. The main story revolves around "the last scene" where one character has "the moment" with his estranged adult daughter. It get written, and re-written, and ideas go back and forth between the show runner and her father (the producer) about what the last scene should be and if it should include popcorn. As the showrunner arrives to the live shoot, she is handed "red pages" (a revision) to the last scene by her father, and we, as the audience, get to see it acted out and it is perfect. That is, I applauded it was so perfect.
And then the "outer" show ends, and it's last scene includes lots and lots of popcorn.
Everything has meaning, whether it applies to the "inner" show or the "outer" show.
This second episode of Reboot was a total delight. The writing is so complex and tight, that most everything - every line, every scene, every expression - has meaning.
In this episode, we see the cast produce the first episode and go through the entire process: table read, rehearsals, revisions, and filming with a live audience. The main story revolves around "the last scene" where one character has "the moment" with his estranged adult daughter. It get written, and re-written, and ideas go back and forth between the show runner and her father (the producer) about what the last scene should be and if it should include popcorn. As the showrunner arrives to the live shoot, she is handed "red pages" (a revision) to the last scene by her father, and we, as the audience, get to see it acted out and it is perfect. That is, I applauded it was so perfect.
And then the "outer" show ends, and it's last scene includes lots and lots of popcorn.
Everything has meaning, whether it applies to the "inner" show or the "outer" show.
