All language subtitles for The.Rehearsal.S01E05.WEBRip.x264-ION10.en

Who is it?

Oh, hi!

Hi. I'm here to see the doctor.

I'm Dr. Farts.
Come and have a seat.

Put your head down.
You're ruining my doctor.

Dr. Fart, I'm really sick.

Do you think you could help me?

Yes, I can help you with my farts.

With your farts? How does that work?

It will make you still alive.

Oh, that makes sense.

The farts aren't working.
I still feel sick.

Do you think it's cancer?

Maybe... Yeah.

So, what should I do?

Eat my poo.
It will make you feel better.

- Your poo?
- Yeah.

- You want me to eat your poo?
- Yeah, eat the poo!

Eat it!

It's poo.

Finish it. Eat all.

- Okay.
- It's crunchy.

Wow! I think I'm cured.

He always eats poo.

That's it.

- What do you think?
- Yeah.

I think that was pretty disgusting.

- It was his concept.
- Was it?

- Yeah.
- Oh, really?

- You don't believe me?
- No.

All right. Where is Adam?

Is he under this chair?

No.

Is he under this chair?

- There he is. There he is.
- No, no.

Ever since I turned Adam back
into a six-year-old

I was determined to take my duties
as a father seriously.

I realized that neither me nor Angela

would get anything
out of this rehearsal

unless we were both
fully committed to it.

Good, good.

So, I decided there would be
no other rehearsals besides this one.

- I win.
- What? Oh.

- You win?
- Yes!

I was all in on my family.

"The Holy Spirit came down
from Heaven in the form of a dove

and landed on Jesus.
Then God said, 'This is My Son.'"

Back when I first joined the family

Angela had expressed strong opinions
about Adam's education.

I'm considering a faith-based
home-schooling curriculum.

- What do you think?
- Yeah, sounds good. I...

If we had, you know,
like a Monday through Friday...

I was raised Jewish, and
I still do all the holidays and stuff.

But because Angela was
so passionate about Christianity

I thought I'd be open
to trying it her way.

"And a hundred million
stood to attend Him.

His clothing was white as snow.

His hair was like the whitest wool."

Yeah!

But when Adam was three

my parents drove down
to visit from Vancouver, Canada.

So, I invited them over for a picnic.

So, we're trying to raise him
together

- and doing our best so far.
- Okay.

- Experiencing the challenges.
- Okay.

I mean, there's definitely
a lot I don't know.

And I feel like she's been
very generous with...

Like, she's very knowledgeable.

Yes, I feel like
I get clarity and perspective

just from my relationship with God

and learning about God,
and what His Word says.

- What was the book you suggested?
- John 1:1.

- So, certain things...
- John 1:1.

- Romans 8.
- Certain things...

- Sorry?
- Romans 8.

Romans 8.

And after the meal, they cornered me.

I didn't realize that you were
raising the kid with her.

- Yeah, I am.
- Okay.

I mean, I kind of
came into it after her.

- So, you know, we're...
- Yeah. Well, I think that...

You know, there's nothing wrong

with talking about the things
that you've grown up with

the traditions you've grown up

and the values that you've learned,
also. You know?

At the time,
I didn't really understand

why my parents seemed to care

how I raised a fake child
with a fake partner.

But it's kind of her.
She's really into the...

this stuff, you know,
and I don't wanna overstep her.

So, sometimes you feel like it's just
easier to go along with things

rather than, you know,
deal with the tension.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

But my mom's tone made me realize
they had seen this before.

My relationship with Angela
was starting to parallel

real relationships
I had had in the past.

Can you go downstairs and make sure

the cookies are taken out
of the oven?

- Yes.
- Thanks.

- Right now?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- Make sure to use oven mitt.

I have a tendency to
let my partner take the reins

and make the decisions
as a way of avoiding conflict.

- Two more minutes.
- Two Okay.

And by not asking Angela
to raise Adam with Judaism too

I was falling into my old habits.

We love you, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

But this could be an opportunity
to change those habits

to practice getting what I wanted
without it turning into a fight.

So, I decided to wait
until wintertime

because I thought
discussing holiday plans

would be a good way
to ease into the conversation.

But it turns out winter
is very expensive to maintain.

So, I knew I couldn't put it off
much longer.

I guess, since it's winter...

should we talk about
our holiday plans at all?

Yeah. Christmas is really
important to me

and there's a lot I want to do so,
we should get started planning.

Sooner rather than later.

Yeah. And, I was just wondering if,
maybe we should...

or how you'd feel about
incorporating some Judaism

into Adam's life too.

Okay.

I had flown out one of
my Fielder Method graduates

to help me better understand
this woman I was living with

and navigate
this sensitive conversation.

Okay, I just feel like
this whole experience

was supposed to be about me

and now, all of a sudden, it feels
like it's becoming about you.

But in a real relationship

your partner might have
different feelings than you, right?

Yeah, but I know
that they'd be Christian.

But people change
their minds all the time, right?

Were you always Christian?

Exactly!

There could be
no flaws in my approach.

So, I constructed an exact replica
of our entire home

to get every detail right.

- Hello. Hi, there.
- So, come on in. This is Angela.

- Hi. How are you?
- This is Adam.

Hi, Adam.

I had the actress pose
as a new nanny I had hired.

So, she'd be able to secretly
observe Angela

and learn everything
about her primary.

Nathan and I are not...

- We were never...
- Okay.

These are the teas she uses.

This is her handwriting you see?

Do you find that
it's been healthy for you here?

Making my rehearsal as true as life.

Okay, well, now I feel like

you're just interested
in winning an argument

and not actually having
a conversation with me. So...

No, no. That' absurd.
No... This could be fun.

Hey, there's a lot of couples
that do different religions

in a relationship. It's very common.

Okay. Sometimes, when you set
your mind on something.

It feels like you've tunnel vision.

And then I don't feel
I have the space to object.

We're just... We're doing...
This is where... We're just talking.

Yeah, you're saying that
we're talking

but this is your project.

It's not like I really have a say.

I mean, you...

Did you know
that the term "fragrance"

can contain over a thousand...
a thousand manmade chemicals?

- Oh, really?
- It's really, you know.

Forever chemicals, but, yeah.

Sometimes, I actually boil,
boil a pot of like cloves

to, like, make the house smell good.

Cloves?

I thought you said clothes.

Smell of fresh clothes.

So, obviously, it's winter
and the holidays are coming up

and, you know,
it's like Christmas time.

And as someone who is a Jew and...

you know, could there be a path
to doing Hanukkah too.

And maybe even beyond that. You know?

Raising Adam with Jewish...
Judaism too.

- As a faith?
- As a faith, yeah.

I'm pretty much like
a "no" on the faith part 'cause...

Jesus is the Way,
the Truth, and the Life. So...

I'm not trying to get you
to compromise your beliefs.

I'm just... All I'm doing is saying,
well, is there...

Can I get a little bit too?

And then we do,
we do it all, all together.

We do both, you know,
however we need to.

I, unfortunately,
cannot participate in Judaism.

Because Judaism denies
that Christ came and died for us.

- So, I can't deny that.
- Well...

And I wouldn't raise a child
to deny that

'cause it's the truth.

I wanted everything
to stay as calm as possible.

Why don't we talk
about something else?

Oh, okay.

What's your favorite movie?

I love the movie Apocalypto.

- Have you seen it?
- Yeah.

I think Mel Gibson
makes really good movies.

- Oh, yeah, it's a classic.
- Yeah.

- He's one of my favorite directors.
- Right, right.

I like his camera technique
where he floats.

He's a little...

He just said, like...

Bad stuff about Jews and...

But things quickly veered off course.

You joked about eating feces

- He riffed it. So, I went with it
- With a child.

- No.
- What do you mean, "no"?

It's not appropriate.

- Do you know sketch comedy?
- Yes, I never said...

I watch Key and Peele.
I know sketch comedy.

Okay. So, you have to escalate
the sketch, right?

- Let me tell you something.
- If you start with fart, you...

This is adult subject matter.

- Do you wanna finish the dishes?
- Sure.

Okay.

Okay, you wanna take these?

Okay. Here, put the jacket on.

- Okay, awesome, have a great time.
- Okay.

- Bye.
- Bye.

As much as we all love
Mel Gibson as a director

he's not the director of this show.

And in this show, I get to decide
which religion gets featured.

What do you know about...

Jews?

What?

Judaism, Jews.

What is that?

There you go.

Okay.

This is a Kippah.

And it's a special hat
that's for Jews only.

You don't get one of these,
if you're Christian.

So, are you Christian or Jew?

- Jew.
- Jew. Okay, good.

There you go. So, you get one.

Pretty cool, huh?

I hadn't been to synagogue in years
because it's so boring.

- Hi. Shabbat Shalom.
- Shabbat Shalom.

But I couldn't help but feel excited

to reconnect with my faith
through the eyes of my son.

But Adam had a lot of questions.

And I found myself unable
to provide him with clear answers.

I don't know actually.

I think they're saying...

So, I decided the next step

would be getting him a Jewish tutor

since that's what I would do
in real life.

- I have a question.
- Yeah.

Was Jesus the first Jew?

Jesus? No, no.

The first Jew, his name was Abraham.

Hey. Okay, lean your head over.

I also needed to make sure
that Adam had his story straight

if Angela asked him any questions.

So, each day before we got home,
I quizzed him about what happened.

So, what did do you learn
at swimming today?

Oh, I learned to do a back stroke.

Oh, okay. So, you're looking up.
So, what color was the ceiling?

It was white.

And was there a lifeguard
at the pool?

- Yeah.
- And what was his name?

His name was Bob.

- Hi.
- Hi.

You're all wet.

It was really fun.

And my teacher was Ukrainian
and he had a blue swimsuit.

Oh, really?

- The lifeguard's whistle was red.
- Okay.

Good.

Yeah. So, okay, I think he should go
to his room maybe, now.

I think he's had a...

- Okay.
- Just a little tired, maybe.

- Yeah.
- Would he like a towel?

Yeah, yeah. I should get him.

Just they get so wet in the water.
The kids.

For the first time in a while

it felt like there was harmony
in our home.

- Hey, what do you want on there?
- I like that one.

- I want the spaceship one.
- Okay, hang it up.

We were both able to get what
we wanted out of raising this child.

We're going to feed the chickens.

Okay. This way.

"Under King Antiochus, many Jews
were afraid for their lives.

So, they were forced
to follow the King's orders.

This group was called the Maccabees."

Can you say, "Haa-nuh-ki-ah"?
Lemme hear.

"Haa-nuh-ki-ah."

That's right. Look how smart you are.

All right. Would it be okay if we use
the bathroom really quick?

- Yeah. Sure.
- Okay. Come on.

But when we started using
Miriam's shower after every class

Is that a good temperature?

She began asking questions.

- What happened to you?
- You know, it's just a little...

The shower accidentally turned on.
Then I slipped.

It's, I mean, it's okay. It's...

The woman I'm parenting Adam with...

she doesn't want him to be Jewish.

And so, I'm kind of having to do
it in secret a little bit.

Wow. I gathered that from
the questions that he asked me.

You know, he asked me,
if the Jews killed Jesus?

I mean, I talked to her about
wanting to, like, compromise

and be like, maybe we could do both?

And she thinks Judaism is kind of
an affront to Christianity.

And so, she doesn't want to do...

- And...
- Oh, I wouldn't stand for that, man.

Miriam was making me
feel like a bad Jew.

For centuries and centuries

the Christian people
were terrified of the Jews

because their religion was older

and, you know, the real thing.

And that's why they tried to kill us
for so many thousands of years.

So, for me, it wouldn't be okay.
You know?

You have to stand up to that.
You're 38 years old.

- You're not a kid. You know?
- Yeah.

And I was realizing
that being a Jewish father

was more complicated than I thought.

I heard your part.

I want to hear what she has to say
about her stand.

You want to talk to her?

Well, I could bring in
some of that knowledge

that I told you to study about.

Miriam wanted to talk to Angela
about how we were raising Adam.

And I thought that could
maybe be a good idea.

Do you need to rehearse at all?

Miriam knows more
about religion than me.

Maybe she could win her over.

- This is my friend Miriam.
- Hi, Miriam.

- Hi, nice to meet you, Angela.
- Nice to meet you. Pleasure.

So, you're very conflicted
about Judaism

being part of Adam's life.

So, can you tell me why or what...

I wouldn't describe the way
that I'm feeling as conflicted.

I might use a different word.

I might use...

I'm just against it. As a faith.

Okay.

Judaism denies that
Christ has returned yet.

What about the values of Judaism
and the values of Christianity?

Do they conflict
with each other, too?

Same values. Same values.

- Yeah. So, what's the deal?
- Yes.

- What's the deal?
- Yeah, what's the deal?

Why are you so persistent
about this... this one point?

Jesus Christ.

That's the deal. He is the deal.

- He is the chief cornerstone.
- You know what?

Forget about it. Forget about it.

- Forget about what?
- About all of it.

I don't do well with anti-Semites.

So, that's it.

I'm done with this.

You know. I think that's the end
of the discussion.

She's saying she's understanding,
but then she's insisting that...

- I have no hate towards anyone.
- You know, that...

I love Jesus Christ
and I won't deny him. That's it.

Okay. Maybe one day,
you'll understand

that the world does not revolve
around Jesus Christ.

Nathan likes to start fights.

There was peace in the household

until, you know,
he came with this and...

Who does it look like, likes to
start fights based on this today...

- And he likes to manipulate people.
- Did you read the Middle Ages?

It's hard for him to be honest.

You don't have to talk
about Jesus constantly.

Nathan has a problem with lying.

He lies a lot.

He does.

I found myself needing
a place to go from time to time

away from the house.

My replica bar set had been
sitting empty for months.

So, I recently obtained
an Oregon State's

special events liquor license

and built an 82-foot enclosed walkway

leading to the outside world.

For legal reasons, I couldn't use
the name Alligator Lounge

But I came up with a new name
that was even cooler.

The sign was enough
to attract a few locals

who had no idea this bar was
actually just a set in a warehouse.

I figured since it was here,
I might as well use it.

And it was cool to own my own bar
that HBO paid for.

I'm the Nate
from Nate's Lizard Lounge.

It was also a way of keeping some
of my acting students employed

in between roles.

I had been reviewing the footage

from the 16 cameras
I had installed in our home

because I was having
an increasingly difficult time

interpreting Angela's behavior.

We were having more disagreements

which was a good challenge
for a rehearsal.

You ate feces.

- You ate the child's feces.
- I did...

- Angela, it was a chocolate bar.
- I don't care.

But sometimes I couldn't tell
if we were arguing as co-parents

or if she was actually mad at me.

Are you aware that eating poo
is actually a satanic ritual?

- I... No.
- Like...

Maybe you should make a list for me
of all the things that are satanic

so that I know
when I'm doing something

how to avoid them.

I'm going to bring home oranges
from the grocery store.

And you're going to be like,
"That's satanic."

I had assumed
she was just really engaged

with this parenting rehearsal.

But when I started
reviewing the footage

from when I was out of town,
it painted a different story.

From the moment I left

Angela had completely
abandoned the notion

that she was rehearsing
for her future life as a mother.

There were no home-school lessons,
no gardening

and the fake order
she was supposed to package up

to simulate the future success
of her home business

ceased to go out

leaving the fake mailman
with nothing to pick up.

All the effort, I had put into
maintaining this delicate reality

had gone out the window.

So, what was Angela
actually doing here?

I'm just so confused.

You won't let me have
the experience I want.

But, I can't even tell
if you're invested in this yourself.

I'm as invested as I can be

but this is
all sort of absurd, right?

Swapping out the kids
through the window

aging them three years at a time.

It won't work if you don't try.

You have to want it to work.

Are you mad that I have been
caught up in my work

and haven't been prioritizing
our family life?

- Because if so, I'm sorry.
- Nathan! What family life?

You know we're not
your real family, right?

This is your work. All of this.

I was starting to lose track
of which version of myself

I was supposed to be
in these rehearsals.

But I wanted to know what Angela
was hoping to get from all this.

So, is this silly?

Or is it something
that I should take seriously?

It's silly and serious.

I mean, it's complicated.

Life can be
more than one thing, right?

Life's complicated
and why are you even here?

What's the real reason? Honestly?

Okay, well, why are you here? Huh?

Why are you doing this?

Are you, are you really
trying to help me?

Or am I the silly part
that you talk about, huh?

Is my life the joke?

Do you sit here with your friends
at the end of the day laughing at me?

No, you're not the joke. Not at all.

No, no one's the joke.

The situations are funny

- but interesting too.
- Oh, my god, shut up.

But this can be, like,
the opportunity to raise your kids

- in a rehearsal.
- Just shut up!

You're a liar,
because if this were real

you would have some sort of emotion

instead of standing there
like a rock.

Do you want to feel something?

Do you want to feel something real?

Yeah.

That's sad.

You never will.

No matter how hard you try...

you never will.

Okay.

Maybe we can try just a nicer version
of the interaction, or...

Okay. Yeah, we can do that.

- That was really good.
- Okay.

How are you doing?

I'm doing very well. Thank you.

How are you?

- Good.
- Good.

I was looking at some of the footage
from when I was away out of town.

I guess it seems like
maybe that when I'm not around

that, you know, you don't care
so much about

the reality of the experience,
yet when I'm here

you're very controlling about
what I can experience in it.

- Does that make sense?
- It definitely does.

I navigated through
a lot of situations that

you know,
were difficult and uncertain

and I wasn't given
a lot of direction.

I could have been a collaborator
with you on this.

More so than, than you let me.

Angela, a collaborator...
This whole thing is you.

- This is your ideal house.
- I'm talking about...

- I'm talking about psychologically.
- This is how you wanted

to raise the children.
This is everything.

But, I've never done this before.

- Yeah, and neither have I.
- No, no direction.

Neither have I.
And we figured it out.

And I feel like we still make
mistakes, but...

- Yes.
- We're doing okay.

So, originally,
I wanted the whole thing.

I wanted 0 to 18.

Yeah, we can still do that.

Yeah, but it's like...

Kind of almost like, I don't know.
I don't see an end in sight.

I don't know when we're gonna
get to the 18-year-old.

I don't know.

You know. And I think it's a good
time to bring closure to it.

Yeah, I think it's a good time.

Okay.

I... I feel incredibly blessed
to have been chosen for this.

And...

Yeah, thank you for all the work
you put in

to tailor this to my experience.

It's in... They did
a really excellent job with...

Down to the details. So, thank you.

Thank you so much.

- Yeah, thank you.
- It's very special.

- You're welcome.
- Thank you.

Thank you for being a part of it.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, definitely.
- Okay.

Take my...

Thanks.

- Oh, God.
- Thank you!

Thanks for this experience.

- Okay.
- I really appreciate it.

- Yeah.
- Daddy!

The woman who this rehearsal
was designed for was now gone.

So, what was this urge
inside of me to carry on?

Hey, buddy!
Can I talk to you about something?

What?

Your mommy's decided
to leave the family, okay?

- Why?
- I don't know.

But, hey! It has nothing
to do with you, okay?

Yeah.

You still got me, right?

Who am I?

Who am I?

Daddy.

Maybe doing this alone
is what I needed...

to sink or swim on my own terms.

It was time to stand up
for my own values.

And the values
of those who came before me.

We don't always get to choose
what happens in life

but we do get to decide
if we rehearse for it.

So she's gone.

- What?
- Yeah.

Congratulations, my dear!
What's gonna happen to Adam?

- I got Adam.
- You've got Adam?

- Yeah, he sleeps with me.
- She just left Adam behind?

- Yeah.
- Awesome.

- Yeah. Pretty good, huh?
- Yes!

- Come on in.
- We gonna make another Jew.

And hold it as we say the blessing.

Israel warned those civilians
that there was going to be a bombing.

They had time to get out
if they wanted to.

Today, we right away
blame Israel for everything.

And media is biased
for the Palestinians

- against the Israelis.
- Okay.

And that's how they present the news.

Yeah, what's your opinion
about Israel?

It's kind of a hot button issue
right now, isn't it?

- What?
- Israel.

You have a platform,
you should support Israel.

That's part of being Jewish,
supporting Israel.

So, I should say,
like my opinion or...

What do you think about
the Palestinian issue?

Well...

I mean, I mean, I...

I guess, I support...

I mean, it's tricky
because, I, you know

I know there's a lot of people
with strong opinions about it

- and I...
- You have a platform.

You should talk about
how beautiful Israel is

how important it is
in the whole Middle East.

- Okay.
- How we are a light to the nations.

How, in Israel, was invented
all kinds of medical advances

that help all the people
of all the world

and some of them don't even know
that they were invented there.

And then, that the Intel
and the microchips

and the computers,
and the medical advances

and all kinds of things
that we are to the nations.

These doughnuts are delicious.

In Hebrew, we call them "Sufganiyah".

- Sufganiyah. Right.
- They're not exactly Sufganiyah

because the Sufganiyah
are not sugar-coated.

These are just jelly doughnuts.

Translator: IYUNO