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The Rehearsal is unlike any other show we’ve seen (watch trailer, runtime: 1:52).Part reality TV, part prank show, and part experiment, it’s hard to explain what exactly this Nathan Fielder creation is. Essentially, Fielder preps random people for some sort of important event by playing out every possible scenario that might go down and helping them get through each possibility.

Coming clean: The first episode is about a man who lied about his education to one of his especially emotional trivia team friends and wants to tell the truth. To do this, he reconstructs the bar where he will come clean and runs through all outcomes down to what drinks they order and what jokes to make.

That one’s pretty tame compared to the others. Later in the season, Fielder works with a woman who’s unsure about having children and goes as far as bringing in babies who quickly grow into kids to give her a taste of motherhood, including him taking on the role of the father eventually.

Is any of it real? We’re honestly unsure, and most fans aren’t sure either, with many heated online debates about the topic and its ethics. Maybe it’s about blurring the lines between fiction and reality in what seems, at the surface, to be a comedy.

Either way, it’s in a league of its own. The show’s grand setups made us wonder just how big the budget was for the production. Fielder is notorious for critically acclaimed work like Nathan for You, but this one takes the cake, and managed it without any press or promotion.

You can watch The Rehearsal on OSN+.

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