All language subtitles for Rehearsal S01E05

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?

Um...

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?
- May... be... yeah.

- So, what should I do?
- Eat my poo,

it'll 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 it all.
- Okay.

It's crunchy.

Wow! I think I'm cured.

You always eat the poo.

That's it.

Wow. Wow.

- 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.

THEME MUSIC PLAYING...

All right, where's 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.

Woah!

I realized that neither me or 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..."

- Mm-hmm.
- "...and landed on Jesus.

Then God said,
'This is my son.'"

Mm-hmm.

Back when I first
joined the family,

Angela had expressed
strong opinions

about Adam's education.

I'm considering a faith-based
homeschooling 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 of the holidays and stuff.

But because Angela

was so passionate
about Christianity,

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

And 100 million stood
to attend him.

His clothing was white as snow.

His hair was like
the whitest wool.

- Whoa.
- 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...

Oh.

- Doing our best so far.
- Okay.

- Yeah.
- Experiencing the challenges.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

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.

- Mm.
- What was the book you suggested? Or...

John 1:1.

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

- Romans 8.
- Certain things could...

- 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.

- Yeah.
- So, you know, we're...

Well, I think that, um,
you know,

there's nothing wrong

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

the traditions
you've grown up with

and the values
that you've learned also.

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 kinda her...
She's really into the...

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

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 an oven mitt.

I have a tendency
to let my partner

take the reigns
and make the decisions

as a way of avoiding conflict.

Hmm...
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, uh...

winter, um...

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, um...

I was just wondering
if, um, maybe we should...

Or how you'd feel
about incorporating

some Judaism
into Adam's life too.

Um... 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.
- Come on in.

- This is Angela.
- Hi, there.

- This is Adam.
- Hi.

How are you... 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.

- Mm-hmm.
- You see?

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

Mm...

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.

- No, no. That's absurd. No, no.
- So...

This could be fun.
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 have tunnel vision.

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

We're just... We're doing... This
is what we're... 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 1000 nat...
A thousand man made chemicals?

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

Forever chemicals.

But yeah, sometimes I actually
b... boil a pot of like, cloves,

to, like, make the house
smell good.

- Cloves?
- Mm-hmm.

I thought you said clothes.

Smell of fresh clothes.

Um...

So, obviously it's winter
and the holidays are...

- coming up and, you know...
- Mm-hmm.

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...
uh, 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 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.

Um...

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, um...

I think he just said, like...

bad stuff about Jews and, um...

Hmm.

Hmm.

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 know...
- You have to...

I watch Key & Peele,
I know sketch comedy.

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

Let me
tell you something.

- So if you start with fart...
- 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.
- 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, um...

- Jews?
- What?

Judaism, Jews.

Mm... What is that?

There you go.

Okay.

This is a kippah.

And... 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?
- Mm... 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.

- 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.

Uh...
I don't know, actually.

Um... I think they're saying...

Uh...

So I decided the next step would
be getting him a Jewish tutor,

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

- Hello.
- Hi, this is Adam.

- I have a question.
- Yeah.

Um, 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?

Uh, I learned to do
a backstroke.

Okay, so you were looking up.
So what color was the ceiling?

Um...

It was white.

- And was there a lifeguard at the pool?
- Uh, 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?
- Mm-hmm.

The lifeguard's whistle was red.

- Okay. Um, good.
- Oh.

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

I think he's had a...

- Okay.
- He's a little tired, maybe.

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.

Okay, 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 "hanukkiah"?

- Let me hear.
- Hanukkiah.

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?

It was just
a little, um...

The shower accidentally
turned on, and then I slipped.

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

Um...

The woman I'm, um...

parenting Adam with, um...

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
"Did the Jews kill Jesus?"

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

- and be like, well, maybe we could do both?
- Mm-hmm.

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,
that wouldn't be okay, you know?

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

You're not a kid.

- Yeah.
- You know?

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.
- Mm...

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, um...

I'm just against it.

- As a faith.
- Okay...

Um, 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 here?
- Yeah, what's the deal?

Why are you so persistent
about 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?
- Okay.

- I'm not an...
- 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.

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

Okay. And 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.

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

- And he likes to manipulate people.
- What do you think?

You know that during
the Middle Ages...

- uh...
- 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 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. Yeah.

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...

- And I'm...
- 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.

- To smear... to smear...
- I'm gonna bring home oranges from the grocery store

and you're gonna 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.

Joshua.

Yeah.

There were
no home school lessons,

no gardening,

and the fake orders
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.

Wheee...

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. I...
- 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, huh?

What's the real reason?
Honestly?

Okay, well, why are you here?
Huh?

Why are you doing this?

For 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 one's the joke.

The situations are funny,
but interesting too.

- Shut up.
- But this can be...

Like, the opportunity to raise
your kids in... 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.

Oh...

Okay.

Maybe we can try a...

- just a nicer version of the entire scenario.
- Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, we can do that.

- That was really good.
- Okay.

- How're you doing?
- I'm doing very well, thank you.

- How are you?
- Good.

- Good.
- Um...

I was looking
at some of the footage

from when I was away
out of town.

- Mm-hmm.
- I guess it seems like

maybe 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.
- Oh!

- Does that make sense?
- It definitely does.

Mm-hmm.

Um...

I navigated through
a lot of situations that...

you know, were difficult
and uncertain,

and I wasn't given
a lot of direction.

Um, I could have been a...
A collaborator with you on this.

More so than...
Than you've let me.

Angela, a collaborator?
This whole thing is you.

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

I'm talking about psychological.

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 direction.

- Neither have I.
- No direction.

- And we figured it out.
- Okay, well...

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

- Yes...
- ...we're doing okay.

So, originally,
I wanted the whole thing.

- Uh-huh.
- I wanted zero to eighteen.

- 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.
- Uh-huh.

You know, and I think
it's a good time

to bring closure to it.

Yeah. I think it's a good time.

Okay. Um...

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.

Um, 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.

I'll take my tea.

Thanks.

Oh, 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, 'kay?

- 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.

- Chag sameach.
- Chag sameach.

So, uh... she's gone.

- What?
- Yeah.

Congratulations, my dear!

What's gonna happen to Adam?

- I got Adam.
- You got Adam.

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

- Yeah.
- Awesome.

- Yeah. Pretty good, huh?
- Yes!

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

And hold it
as we say the blessing.

Israel warned those civilians

that there was gonna
be a bombing.

They had time to get out
if they wanted to.

So the AP right away
blamed Israel for everything.

Media is biased
for the Palestinians

- against the Israelis.
- Okay.

And that's how they present
the news.

What's your opinion
about Israel?

It's kind of a... 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...
- Yeah.

...is supporting Israel.

So I should...
I should say, like...

um... like my opinion, or...

Well, what do you think
about the Palestinian issue?

Well, um...

I mean, I... I... I...

I... I... I guess I, um, support...

I mean it's... it's tricky
'cause, you know,

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

You have a platform, you
should talk about how beautiful Israel is,

how important it is
in the whole Middle East.

Yeah. Okay.

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

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.

Mm-hmm.

And then that, uh,
the Intel and the microchips

and the computers
and the medical advances

and all kinds of things,

that we are ohr la'goyim,
a light to the nations.

Yum, these doughnuts
are delicious.

Oh. In Hebrew,
we call them sufganiyot.

- Sufganiyot, right.
- They're not exactly sufganiyot

because the sufganiyot
are not sugar coated.

These are just jelly doughnuts.