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[logo chimes]

[electronic ticking]

[electronic beeping, ticking]

[computer booting]

[keys clacking]

[message chimes]

[chuckling]

[sinister music]

[messages chime]

[tense music]

- Hi. Sorry. Um.

Hello?

- Hi.

- Hi. Um.

I'm sorry, I can't
quite see you there.

Do you, um, do you
have a light or...

Hi. Yeah. I'm Emma.

Um,

Hi, uh, sorry.

Um, we at Therapals
really apologise

for that message you received.

Patient privacy is...

- Emma.]

- ...so important
to us, and I'm...

- It's fine, it's just an f up.

I totally get it.

You're, you're completely fine.

- You're the best.
Um. One second.

Sorry.

- So, Emma,

why don't you tell me a
little bit more about Arthur

with antisocial tendencies?

Is that what it is?

- Uh, you know, I...
I really can't say.

- You can say.

Independent?
[laughs]

What, is our guy a free thinker?

- You know, it's just a
confidentiality thing.

- Emma, confidentiality is over

the second that message
ended up on my screen.

Emma, want to answer me or
just keep texting other people?

- Great question, Leigh, I...

- Emma. Leigh?

Emma. You know my
personal information now?

Are you going to
leak mine next, Emma?

- I'm really sorry.

- What is your full name?

- Emma Mallory.

- Emma Mallory.

Good. Now let's have some fun.

Let's send some texts
to our friend Arthur.

What is your plan
with the neighbour?

- Put him in my closet, LOL?

Make him listen to me.

- Ask Arthur, do you spend
a lot of time online?

You're so clear over text.

What do you say?

- I dunno. Yeah. Haha.

- Online your tongue
can't get in your way.

Ask him if he has
anything sharp.

[keys clacking]

[messages chime]

I don't know, I have
kitchen scissors, LOL.

- Tell Arthur to
stick out his tongue.

[tense music]

- Okay, my hands
are shaking, LOL.

- Grab it tight.

And cut.

[messages chime]

- Frick! I'm not okay.

It's kind of hanging.

Help me!

It's off.

I'm not okay, LOL,
help me, Emma!

[Leigh] Not okay? [laughs]

- Why did you do this,
Emma Mallory?

[keys clacking]

My full name?

- You got me!
[laughing]

[message chimes]

[Leigh laughing]

[phone ringing]

- I'm fired! Oh my God!

[music intensifies]

[message chimes]

AJ?

Can you hear me?

Are we done?

Uh.

- I guess, um.

AJ?

- So how was I?
How do you think I did?

- Well, I'm already
getting Oscar buzz.

- Great, I can hear the
sarcasm through the screen.

A real actor thinks I sucked.

Wonderful. Thank you for that.

- No, Teddy, I, I
thought you were great.

Really.

- Right there, no, see
right there, I can tell.

I'm just trying to get better.
Any feedback...

- Teddy, I thought
you were good, it's...

one tip.

- Yeah.

- If you want to keep
the script on screen,

don't, you know, don't keep
looking in the corner like...

it just gives everything away.

- Did you see me do it?

How did you know
I was doing that?

Do you do that too?

- Sorry, sorry, okay, I'm here,

Can you guys hear me?

Hello? Testing.

Margot, Theodore.

Sorry, okay, Zoom era.

Um, no, no, that's fine.

Um. But no, I mean, okay.

First scene.

That was phenomenal.

Um, Theodore,
how are you feeling?

- Uh, just Teddy, uh,
but good.

Um, alright, I thought I
kind of sucked, but, I mean,

if you felt good about it, I
mean, it's whatever.

- First off, Teddy, like,
literally just hearing

the words that I wrote on a
page come to life through you,

that's like...

And Margot, I mean,

[clapping]

what can you even say, right?

- Oh, thanks.

- And I did actually want to say
that maybe you forgot a line

back on page three.

I wasn't sure if that
was intentional, or...

- Oh. No, I actually,
I don't forget lines.

I just improv.

- [scoffs] Oh, fun, improv.

No, no, I would
actually really prefer

if we stuck to the
script going forward,

but no, no, I mean,
that's, that's great,

that's great.

- Boss, do you have any,
uh, any feedback for me?

And I just, I honest...
honest feedback.

Anything I could
be working on or?

[loud banging]

You all right?

Or if you need a second,
feel free to take it.

- Uh, forget about it.

My house is a
little bit haunted.

Um, a couple of
ghosts in the house.

Um, no, no, it's not, but no, I
actually did maybe want to ask

about the little knife that
I saw you were playing with.

- Was that...
- Oh!

The knife? Yeah, all right,

well, I thought this
would be a good add.

I grabbed it right
for that last take.

It was my grandfather's,

and it started off as
like a big butcher knife

and they just used
it over the years.

It's kind of turning this
little rinky-dink kind of thing.

I thought it was kind of scary,
a little bit like, eek, eek,

I don't know, something
stupid like that,

but I thought it would
add to the character,

you know, a little, a little
Teddy flair to lay it, perhaps.

But if you don't like it,
we can scratch the idea,

I just wanted to
play around with it.

- I do maybe wish that you

brought it up with
me beforehand.

Family stuff a little touchy.

I am an orphan myself, so...

- I am so sorry.

I really... I had no idea.

My apologies.

- And it's fine,
you didn't know.

You didn't know.

- I would never... I'm so...

- And you didn't know.

And by the way,
it is Leigh, not Lei

- Oh!
- Leigh, Leigh.

- Okay. All right. Leigh,
Leigh, noted, okay, thank you.

- Sorry, I... not to interrupt.

I have a hard out in five or so.

If we could...
If you could wrap this up.

- Okay, well,
let's call it then.

Have a great night.

- Oh, uh,

AJ, AJ, how do I end
the screen share?

- Oh, yeah.

Um, okay.

Let me just, um, do...

Boom. Okay.

Screen share is ended.

Thanks so much for everything.

- Anything else?

Feel free to reach out.

- No, no, I really
appreciate you both.

- All right. Have a great night.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- All right. Thanks again.

- Bye.

- Okay, bye.

[mouse clicking]

Press webcam.

And. All right.

Hello to our Emma.

And there's our Leigh.

Great.

[eerie music]

Alrighty. So how are we feeling?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, yeah.

I get it, I get.

And let me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and
everything will be okay.

All right?

Mhm.

Totally. And it's
no problem at all.

I really appreciate you.

Um. Well, I love you so much.

Have a great night.

We'll talk soon.

Okay. Love you.

Bye. Love you, love you.

All right.

Bye.

Alrighty. So how are we feeling?

Um. Pretty good.

Uh, with reservations,
obviously.

I mean, you know, you know,
Leigh, he was kind of, like,

a little tight, right?

And Emma, was there
maybe an attitude?

I... I...don't wanna...

- Let me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and
everything will be okay.

All right?

- You're so right.

And you're so right.

[banging on door]
Hey, sorry, one sec.

- Totally, and it's
no problem at all.

I really appreciate you.

Um. Well, I love you so much.

Have a great night.

We'll talk soon.

Okay. Love you.

- I really love you, too.
- Bye, love you.

- Love you.
- Love you.

- All right.

- Love you.
- All right.

- Okay.

[knocking

- Okay. Hey there, champ.

Do you just want to
quickly ask if you could maybe

keep it down on the noise thing?

Sorry. Yeah, and...

look, our Emma and our Leigh,

they're good, but they're
really not clicking.

So maybe let's start
brainstorming edits

for the next draft.

And if you make good time on it,

maybe I can let you have
the TV in here, right?

You know, you can
watch some Abbott.

Mm? Maybe some of The Bear.

You like The Bear?

Okay, then, well, have
a great night, champ,

you're doing just some
excellent work in there.

Thanks.

[AJ sighs]

[eerie music]

Here's the day in the
life of an LA director.

First, wake up
with a bit of Java

before playing with my
best freakin' friend.

Then I jump into some meetings
before I hit the store,

AKA hit some traffic.

Freakin' love this
place and more traffic.

Then I hit the
beach with some pals

and returned to my second home,

the empty page.

Yeah, I'm a bit of a dork.

Then I work on characters
and call it a night.

[quirky music ends]

Here's the day in the
life of an LA director.

First, here's the day in
the life of an LA director.

And we're being shadow banned.

Now, that's...

That's awesome.

an LA director.

All right, well, I guess we
should introduce this, um...

One more?

I guess we should,
I don't know, introduce this.

One more?

Hey, there.

Uh, thank you all for watching.

Um, welcome to m...

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey.

Out out out out out.

Well, hey, um, guess I should
introduce this, you guys.

Um, I'm AJ Wilby, and
this is making content.

A peek behind the curtain

of the making of our
feature film, Content.

Now, I want to give
you an uncut look

at the process of directing,

I'm going to blur out what
I don't have the rights to,

but besides that, this
is all absolutely real.

I don't like that.

Do you like that?

I only have two
rules for directing.

Number one, have fun.

Most people like to save
have fun as their last rule,

as a fun little joke
on things, which is...

so my.... I say it first.

Um, and that's,
that's how I do it.

And then number two,
do whatever it takes,

no matter who gets in your way.

Do anything for your actors.

Anything.

While being kind, right?

You know, choose kindness.

I, I always say that.

And it's kind of a
rule of three for me.

Um, kindness.

[message chimes]

Okay.

[keyboard clacking]

All right, so,

act one of course,
we introduce our leads.

Now.

Margot, of course,
is a former child actor.

You know, modern family,
smarter than a fifth grader.

Um, apparently she almost
booked the kid sister part

in Hunger Games.

Um, almost.

And then, you know, she did
take a break for college.

So her IMDb lately, it's
Margot herself, you know,

is a bit irony pilled, maybe,

but Emma Mallory, her character,

she's this, like,
strong yet kind of shy,

but kind of, like,
really real, you know,

like final girl type,

uh, I would say only-child,
maybe former gifted kid.

And that's kinda...

Well.

LGBTQ plus

[pen scribbling]

Single. We can work with that.

We can work with that.

- Teddy Nielsen,
Phoenix, Arizona.

six foot auditioning
for the role of reporter

one through three.

- Okay, I guess on to
Teddy, Theodore, uh.

- Sir. Question.

Thank you.
Thanks for your consideration.

Once again, it's Teddy Nielsen,
uh, six foot Phoenix, Arizona.

Thank you.

- Teddy, um, you know, a bit
of a up and coming actor,

um, stars in the eyes.

Um, not LA-based and
a bit flyover statey.

Um, his character Leigh, you
know, he's all about, like,

manipulation and violence
and, honestly, trauma.

[Margot coughing]

I moved to Los
Angeles with nothing.

No connections, no parents
with Wikipedia pages.

I'm an orphan,

but what I did do is go to the
Netflix building every night,

and I would slash my own tyre.

Then I'd wait for
a suit to walk by

and go, hey, buddy, wait.

I'm so sorry, but would
you mind helping out?

And you know where that got me?

Netflix's top floor.

Mhm.

First, wake up
with a bit of J...

- Che method, part 12.

Che method, part 12.

I tell this to all my actors.

You don't know shit
about your character.

You know nothing.

Your scene partner does.

Do not commit to your character.

Commit to theirs.

Make your fucking movie.

No excuses.

Let's fucking go.

[keys clicking]

- Teddy.

Say what?

Come on.

[keys clicking]

[AJ clears throat]

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]

[Margot gasps]

- Oh God.

[AJ trying to whistle]

[keys clicking]

[music intensifies]

- In a way, religions were kind
of the first movies because,

you know, you go to the
theatre and you watch it

and you have the, the priest
or the rabbi, you know,

kind of, kind of as the actor.

And I don't care if your
God is Star Wars or Jesus,

um, you know, the
life or death stakes,

every movie has that.

Every movie can have that.

[Notification alert]

In a way...

[keyboard clacking]

- You want to know
how I got these scars?

My father was a
drinker and a fiend.

He suffered!

He suffered for you!

He fucking loved you!

He suffered!

He suffered!

- Be radically cringe.

If you're an actor, you
should fucking hate yourself.

Embrace your fucking cringe.

Che out!

Be rad...

[message chimes]

[keys clicking]

- It smells good.

- Yeah, yeah.

New recipe.

I just looked it up.

- Oh yeah?
- Mhm.

[keys clicking]

- Uh, you got a sec?

Can you take a break and
do your laundry real quick?

- I don't think that's
my stuff dude.

I did my stuff last week.

- Well, it's this week
and this is your laundry.

Um, I... no, that's
your shirt, dude.

That's your stuff.

- Oh, yeah, yeah,
I forgot, that's mine.

I just... my bad.

Uh, but in the future, though,
this is like our shared space.

- Mmm-hmm.
- We've got one kitchen.

- You're using it.

- Yeah, no, I'm...

[keys clicking]

[scoffs]

[message chimes]

[keys clicking]

[Teddy chuckles]

[keyboard clacking]

- Hey, AJ, how are you?

- Hey.

- Oh, no, what's...
what's wrong, baby?

- What's wrong baby?

- Wow.

Sorry I asked.

Come on, just talk to me.

- I mean, Emma and Leigh,

they
have been way off script lately

and the online discourse,
it's... it's insane.

- I mean...
- AJ...

- I don't even...

- What do we say
about negativity?

Feeling frustration?
Totally natural,

but getting angry?
That's a choice.

- I know, I know.

Oh, sorry, guys,
I'm in a session.

Other door please.

- I am... I'm so sorry.

I'm genuinely sorry.

- No.

Really, I'm the sorry one.

- And again, that's
just my two cents.

I'm just, just trying
to help out here.

Just trying to help.

- Listen, I just feel like
when you say that you're sorry,

you're, like, out-sorrying me
or I'm not sorry enough and...

- That's not my intent.

Hey, AJ,

sorry to bother you.

We've been hearing a lot of
noise from your room lately

at night time.

And just strange things
going on over here.

- Um, weird,

No, I mean, I'm
such an introvert.

I try and keep it down, I...

- Okay, yeah, I mean, we just
don't want a noise complaint.

- Totally. Totally. Totally.

- Let's go.

- Okay.
- I don't wanna fight with you.

- I know we're going.

[door closes]

[AJ sighs]

[knocking on door]

- Hey, champ.

Um, I think we need
to have a talk.

Um, this podcast that
we're, that we're doing,

that you're listening
to right now.

This could be IP.

This could be a
cinematic universe.

[phone ringing]

Hey.

Hello, Mr Bunce.

Hey, thanks for, thanks so much.

Can you hear me okay?

- Yeah. No, I can hear
you great, thank you.

You can...

You can hear me as well, right?

- Totally. Totally.

No. How are you doing?

Have you been watching
anything lately?

Oh, yeah.

Um.

Oh, uh, Game of Thrones.

Uh, I've heard that's good.

- And I did, though
want to grab you

to talk about the Che messages
that you're sending to Teddy.

They're... They're good,
they're solid.

I just kind of think
you need to push him

a little bit further, you know?

- Uh, but you, you
gave me the script.

Well, I mean,
let's not assign blame here.

- Um, yeah, no.

I just, I'm, I'm worried that
Teddy thinks

Goldberg.

that I am Che Goldberg.

- Oh, sorry, I'm so sorry,
I should have clarified.

Teddy is, like, super method.

He's like a live the
role kind of guy.

You know, he wanted
this, actually.

- All right then.

Yeah, sure.

I mean...

- No, no, you're all good.

Well, great.

Thanks so much.

All right. we'll
circle back soon, then.

Okay. Well.

- Oh!

[tense music]

- I really couldn't say,

it's, um, it's a
confidentiality thing.

- But you already violated
his confidentiality.

[AJ] Hey, cut, cut.

Sorry, sorry.

Oh, sorry.

That was really,
really excellent.

I think we might need
to grab one more.

Just go back to the
start of the line

and we'll take it
from there, okay?

- I really couldn't say,

it's, uh, it's
confidentiality thing.

- Sorry. But you...

- Cut, cut.

Oh my God.

Sorry. There was so much better.

And I still feel like we're
60 to 65% of the way there.

So, Margot, I think if you can
maybe just bring it up a bit.

- Yeah, um...

- Mr. Director,

do you just want me
doing the same thing?

- Yeah.

[AJ] It...Teddy, you're,
you're... I don't want...

I don't want to
get in your head.

You're excellent.

Um, so just keep
keep on keeping on,

and we'll... and we'll do
maybe 1 or 2 more, okay?

- It's a confidentiality thing.

- That ship sailed, right?

[AJ] Cut for a sec.

Um. Um.

Margot, um, are you feeling
good about that one?

- Um.

No. Uh, yeah,
let's do it again.

[AJ] Yeah, no, that'd be great.

Let's... let's do that.

And Margot, Margot, Margot...

do... let's... let's just
do it again now, okay?

While we still have that energy.

- Great. [clears throat]

I really couldn't say.

Um,

it's a confidentiality thing.

- Okay, you know what I think?

Let's take a quick five.

Let me join in here,
I think we...

yeah, um.

Hey, so all good.

So, uh.

Sorry. Mar...Margot

Are we...
Are we done?

I wasn't... what was it.

- Hey, uh, Mr. Director,

I was, so I kind of
brainstormed some

Lei Dorrin Instagram
material and...

- Uh, uh, Leigh Doerne.

Leigh Doerne Instagram
material, yeah.

So... so I'm thinking he's like

he's a dark and,
like, twisted guy.

So I have him following
factories, junkyards,

things like that.

Does that kind of work out?

- Oh yeah, no, totally.

And Margot, have you had any
headway making socials for Emma?

- Sorry. Um, I meant to.

I got caught up.

- No problem at all.

Doing what?

- Um.

Sorry, I just.

Busy week, you know.

- Busy, busy with?

So I was kind of thinking, guys,

as an exercise, we have
you to try do a conversation

as Emma and Leigh, you
know, like, in character.

- Yeah, absolutely, let's do it.

- Like live the role.

And so, I mean, just to start
with some like icebreakers.

Um, okay.

Emma, what's your biggest
regret and, and why?

- No,

thanks, um,
[laughs nervously]

Uh, sorry.

Uh, but, uh, living it,
the whole the method thing,

it's just really not for me,

but, but don't let
me stop you guys.

Uh, you two ladies have fun.

- Margot, I hear you,

and I really, really
respect your process.

Don't want to get
in the way of that.

But Emma and Leigh, right,

they're in this
twisted relationship,

I was kind of just thinking
the two of you should at least,

like, know each other, right?

What if I put you
in a breakout room?

Just the two of you,
talk it out,

I'll even Venmo you
the rehearsal fee.

Is that cool?

- So, wait.

Venmo, what, are you guys
getting paid for this,

or should I give...

- Whoa. Funny seeing you here.

All right, let's, uh,
let's get into this.

Give me...give me,
like, a second.

All right, Emma,

let's play a game of two
truths and a lie, huh?

- [chuckles] Sorry, sorry, um...

- What?

- Do we have to do this?

Can't we just, um,
I don't know, uh,

talk to me like a person.

- Like non-character.

- Where are you?

No, no no, no.

Like, where are you right now?

Like the Valley, West Hollywood?

- I'm...I'm in, um,
Phoenix right now.

I'm situated in Phoenix.

That's home base for me.

- Arizona. Very nice.

- Um, why are you doing this?

- I thought the getting
to know you might be nice.

- No, I mean Content itself.

You're the Margot Sholnick,

why are you doing this?

- I'm not a [indistinct] dude.

- Well, but you enjoy
acting, though, right?

The whole method thing that
AJ is trying to get us to do,

it seems kind of cool.

I mean, becoming Leigh,
I'm kind of into it,

trying it out.

- Listen, um, I don't
want to be a dick about it

with AJ and all, but it's...

living the role,

it's, it's...that's not real.

It was made up by publicists
to make actors seem

more mysterious and aloof.

And, uh, the general public are
imbeciles, and they believe it.

Not to yuck your yum, but.

[loud rattling]

Sorry, um...

- What was that?

- You all right? Or...

you can take a break.

Margot?

[door opens]

Margot?

Are you okay?

- I feel really bad.

This is all my fault.

- We don't do faults, do we?

- No.

- If you need to take a minute,

maybe we can cut or...

- Who is that?

- ...just...

- I don't know.

- Can they hear us?

- Hello?

- No. Sorry, I don't.

- Is everything all right?
- Oh, they can't.

- I don't even
know what that was.

- What is this?

- Do you ever feel like
somebody's following you?

- Hello?

- Okay. Can you...

- Just around?

- No.

- Okay. They can't see us.

- Not really, no.

- I'm listening.

- Never mind, um.

- Do you need me
to call someone?

- It's okay.

- I can call someone
if you need me to.

- I'm good.
- Do you want the chair?

- No, I don't want the chair.

- What were we talking about?

- What is this?

- Um.

- It was...

- Content, right?

- Oh, it's a show.

It's like one of those Hulu.

- It's...

- Yeah, Content is
a good pay cheque.

You know, but after this,
uh, I think I'm done acting.

This...

- Done?

- Eventually, I want to
create my own content.

- Oh, that's super cool.

Why? That's the coolest thing...

- Teddy, you're the only person
in the world that thinks that.

- I'm telling you...

- There is nothing more cringe

- than wanting to create...
- This feels very intrusive.

- ...your own art.

- Absolutely not.
- It's like, I don't think

- You're insane.
- We should be watching

- No, no, no.

- My actual advice
- a private conversation.

- if you want to move here is...

- They can't see us.

- Okay.
[loud rattling]

What was that?

- It sounded like it
came from the closet.

[Margot and Teddy
continue chatting]

- Well, go check it out.

- ...Straight to YouTube.

[indistinct]

- I've seen it before.
It doesn't end well.

- That doesn't sound like...

- Maybe, well maybe...

a couple of jackets falling.

- Maybe it'll make it to Toovie.

- No. Can you just look?

- Just, like, totally, maybe.

- So are you saying, like,
I should quit Content then,

or what's the underlying
message you're trying to.

[they gasp]

- I'd appreciate it if
you used the other door.

- No, I'm not saying
you should quit.

I'm saying....

I'm saying that you should....

- What was that?

- Yeah, I'm just doing a
director exercise thing.

- No, the closet.

I mean, we heard
something in there.

[AJ] Oh.

Weird. Um, wish I could
say more, but indeed.

- Let's just go.
- Yeah.

[AJ] Hey sorry.

- AJ.

- Um.
- Sam.

- One sec, okay?

Listen, I know that you're
really stressed out right now,

and, you know, you're
working on your little movie

and you've got a lot going on.

So if you need to talk to
anyone or you need anything,

please, just, you know,
we're around.

[AJ] Thanks.

Thanks very much.

- Our door's always open, okay?

[AJ] Thank you.

- Sam, come on.

- Just knock though.

[AJ] Appreciate it.

[Don] All right, baby.
Recording.

[gentle acoustic music]

[keyboard clattering]

♪ Standing close

♪ To the edge of the water

♪ From where I stand

♪ The view's different

[message chimes]

♪ Painting myself

♪ White, blue specks

♪ Now the wind's picking up

♪ And I just want
some peace of mind ♪

♪ Run, run, run, run,
run with your ghost ♪

♪ I'm so sick of changing
I wanna be alone ♪

- Hold up, hold up. Sam.

- Wait, I was just
in the middle of...

- I'm...

I got a text.

- What? From?

- The landlord.

[Don] Yeah.
[Sam] What the fuck?

[Don] I...I don't know.

[Sam] How would they find out
about Pepper?

- I don't know.

- It doesn't make
any sense at all.

[Don] Sam!

[door closing]

- Hey, champ, uh,

We have a couple new
updates for the script,

so I just wanted to clue you
in here a little bit, um,

[person grunting]

[Florence sighs]

[music in background]

- Hey, uh, you must be, um, uh,
Florence from Writely, right?

[Florence] Hi, yeah.

- Yeah, um, aunt
Flo's in town, huh?

[Florence chuckles]

- Um, yeah.

- You know, uh, just
come on back here.

- What's up, what's up,
what's up?

It's Che, back again,
looks good.

I'm here in New York,
you know,

final week before I
touch back into LA.

- I can't tell what
this movie is about.

Like, it has zero like,
framing in the trailer.

It has nothing.

No, I'm excited for it.

[laughter]

- This is Margot...

Sholnick, uh, for
my agent, Luanne.

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]]

In a meeting, I know, but could
you take a message for me?

Great, uh, yeah.

So I am moving towards
getting into directing.

So next in the lit world,
uh, that's gonna be.

That's gonna be great.

Mmm-hmm, thank you, bye.

[Cinemidiots host 1]
Have we talked Cunts?

[Cinemidiots host 2]
Yes, Cunts, I'm so excited.

I love Che's past work.

Looks like he's at
the top of his game.

[Cinemidiots host 1]
Che is already,

for lack of a better term,
popping off.

[phone ringing]

- Hey, Teddy.
Hey, How are ya?

- Hey. Mr. Director

Hey, how's it going, man?

- Really well, yeah,
how are you?

Out on the road, huh?

- Just hitting it.

Trying to get to Cali
as fast as possible.

- First taste of
that LA traffic, huh?

- [laughing] Yeah, just...

Yeah, just....

Just got to Courtside,
and it's, uh.

I wanted to ask you something,
if that's all right.

- Oh, um, yeah, shoot.

- I mean, Lei is just...

- Leigh.

- ... is just this
sadistic, cruel,

like a joke of a character,
almost, and I just...

I don't know if I'm gonna
be able to do that for you.

I just, I wanted to call.

- Teddy?
- Yeah.

- Tessy, you need to
get out of your head

because you are a
phenomenal actor.

Any director would
be lucky to have you.

- I appreciate that, boss.

- Watch out for
that traffic, huh?

[laughing]

- Yeah, all right,
sounds good, sounds good.

I'll see you when I get there.

- Of course.

- All right.
- All right.

- Talk soon, bye.
- Yeah.

- Hey, horror

with a bit of a social
commentary kind of thing.

Sorry, could we
maybe put that away?

Um, just a bit of discretion.

Kind of keep the ghost in
in ghost writer, you know?

[Florence] Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.

[AJ] No, no.

Love your samples.

You have such, like, an
authentic voice, you know?

[Florence] Thanks. I'm trying.

- Uh, so before we go further,
I do have an NDA for you.

Sorry. It's just...

- No, no, I get it.

Actually, I have a surgeon
coming up to get my lips sealed.

[AJ laughs]

- That's funny.

I have a little workstation for
you, you know, just back here.

I mean, look.

[Florence] Ooh!

You know, I thought
this was a pitch session

because, you know,
I usually work remotely.

- I really totally get that.

It's just that, you know,

it's so much easier to
bounce ideas in person.

[Florence] Uh-huh.

- I can double your rate.

[static hissing]

[Aj sucks teeth]

[keyboard clacking]

[knocking on door]

- Hey.

- Hello, hello.

- Wow. Good to see you, man.

- Of course!
- Mr. Director.

- In the flesh!

Mr. Leigh Doerne

Welcome to L.A..

- Or should I grab
anything out of..?

[door closes]

- And that's why I found
another Therapally.

- What are you talking about?

- I hope you enjoy
your treatment.

[loud banging

- I thought we were exclusive,
Emma Mallory!

[knocking on door]

[door creaks]

Whatever she's paying you.

It doesn't matter.

I can just... Hey, that's
a little bit too rough!

Just...I'm just telling you.

Oh! Oh my gosh!

Ow! ow!

[indistinct]

Ow! Ow!

- Hey!

[Teddy groaning]

[Teddy] Ow!

[Teddy coughing]

- All right, so, um,

how are we feeling on that one?

Pretty... pretty good or...
Margot?

Oh, yeah?
How are you doing?

- Teddy? Are you okay?

Did you... did you
actually hit him, AJ?

- Margot, I would
appreciate if you shared...

- What the fuck
is wrong with you?

...if you shared any
critiques via email...

- Guys!
- ...instead of...

- Can we?

- ...on set.

- Can we do another take?

- Wait, sorry, what?

- Can we do another take?

W...would you be able to hit me

with the bat again
on the next take?

[AJ] Yeah.

- It was just I was so scared

and I felt like
for a little bit, I...

...lost Teddy

and found Leigh.

- Okay, I'm totally ready to go

if you're ready
to go, like Margot,

are you, are you good?

Are you good to go for another?

Do you need, like, a
little crafty five or, um,

should we keep her going?

Margot?

We....?

Margot?

- Margot?

Here's your bat.

- Hey.
- Hi!

- Yeah. What's going on?

- Uh, I, uh, just about
finished the first draft, so.

- Oh, that's, that's,
that's totally...

- Hey!

[AJ] I...I'm sorry, but
do NDAs mean nothing?

[Florence] I'm sorry, I was
recording a TikTok.

Give me my phone back, please.

[AJ] Okay, then I'm gonna take
your face ID.

- No.
- Okay?

[AJ] Just show me your face.

All right, all right.

Okay.

- Oh, shit!

[Florence groaning]

Ah!

Fuck!

- Hi, AJ, I have
a story for you.

So you're on Jimmy Fallon
and you're being interviewed

and you are killing it.

Jimmy is laughing.

He is eating up your anecdotes.

He is slapping his knee.

And then what's this?

He's, he's slapping your knee,

and then he leaves
his hand on your knee,

and he looks you in the
eyes and he tells you, "AJ,

you are the greatest director
I have ever interviewed."

And then wait, who's...
Jimmy Kimmel?

And he says, "AJ, do
you maybe want to,

I don't know, host
the Oscars with me.

And you say, "Oh, I mean, I
that's a big stage, you know.

But I would consider it."

And the audience, they're
loving it and they are saying,

"AJ Wilby, we love you."

And you're like, "Oh, stop.

I mean, if you want to take
photos or selfies, that's fine."

But the important point
is that they love you, AJ,

and I love you and I will
never stop loving you.

Hey. Hey.

Sorry. Sorry.

Hey, um, I'm in a session.

I'm in a session.

[door closes]

Can you go around?

Thank you.

[footsteps tapping]

[keys clacking]

[messages chime]

[tense music]

[keyboard clacking]

[keyboard clacking]

[Teddy talking on phone]

- No, you literally said, let me
know when you get home safe,

so I'm going to let you
know I get home safe.

No, I'm gonna keep it...

No, you said literally let me
know when you get home safe.

Yeah, no Margs...

Margs...

- Margs?

- No, it's not Teddy,
it's Leigh.

Yes!

Just until the end.
How about that?

Yes, yes.

Yeah. Okay,

I'll let you know.

All right, yeah. Bye bye.

Bye.

- So, Marg's?
- Mr. Director.

- Dude, how the
hell are you, man?

Dude. Your tweet, uh,

so funny, so good.

- Yeah.
- Um,

it's just really so meta,
but, like, in this ironic...

If Deadpool meant, like, um,

- Yeah, totally,

um, so, wait, who
are you on with?

Who was, um...

- Margs, that was Margot.

Margot, sorry,

uh, we were thinking about maybe
getting some dinner tonight.

Maybe hanging out a
little bit, and, uh.

- Wait, so, sorry,
like, you and Margot.

Is there a little...

Something there?

- No, no, no.

Um. She's, uh...

No, she's...uh,

gay? She's gay.

- Well, but Emma is
a straight character.

Right?

- Okay.

- And did... sorry,

did she maybe mention
rejoining Content or..?

- We talked a little
bit about that.

Um, honestly, man,

I just think it's gonna take her
a little bit of time.

On that topic,

I did want to discuss
with you my involvement,

just relating to...

- Okay.

- You know, don't worry
about it right now.

Uh, while the sun's still out

I did want to check
out the neighbourhood,

- get a lay of the land.
- Yeah.

- Did you want to come
along at all or...

- No.

- All right, I'll be quick.
I'll let you know.

- Be safe, man, okay?

- All right, take it easy.
- All right.

- Bye.

[door closes]

[keys clicking]

[message chimes]

[drone whirring]

[drone whirring]

[message chimes]

[message chimes]

[tense music]

[birds chirping]

- Hey.

Hey!

Okay.

Hey!

Hey, buddy.

- Stop, stop, okay.

[Teddy] AJ?

- You passed the test.

Congrats, man.

Here, give me that.

Okay. You did great.

All right, come with me, Teddy.

Come on.

Hey, Teddy,

what are your thoughts on
found footage film history?

Now, of course, we have
our early masterpieces.

You know, our Man Bites Dog,

our McPherson tape,

our et cetera, et cetera.

You know, Cannibal Holocaust.
I mean, come on.

But the first truly
modern masterpiece

is The Blair Witch Project.

You know,
a bit of bread and butter,

but what people don't
often talk about

is Heather Donahue's
performance.

Let's take a look, okay?

Okay, so, Teddy, as you can see,

the actors, they were
really scared, you know,

so what the directors did,

they left them out in the woods
with no contact with anyone.

- Why were you watching me?

- Not like I was literally
in the middle of talking.

Come on, man, kind of rude.

So as I was saying,
the directors,

after they finished
filming Blair Witch,

they had the actors hide out.

You know, they had
them go missing.

So to the world, at
least, the movie was real.

You know, people
really thought...

- I gotta go pee, man.

Can I go pee?

- Teddy, I'm doing
this for you, okay?

Not for you.
For Leigh Doerne.

All right, just stick with me.

Let's. You know what?

Let's watch the first major
laptop movie, Unfriended.

I, I think you might
enjoy it, okay? Come on.

So the cool thing here, like,
during the middle of scenes,

the director would poke
the actors and, like,

keep them spontaneous
and scared.

And, like, during Silence
of the Lambs, you know,

Hopkins, he would make
fun of Foster's accent

and, like, you can authentically
feel like shit if you're like...

- Sorry, sorry, I'm here.

I'm...

If...[sighs]

Look, AJ, this methoding thing,

it's just...it's not
making sense to me, man.

We've been watching these
videos for hours now,

and it's just, I thought it was
funny accents during interviews

or pranking each
other on set,

or trying to pull from
your own life experiences.

And then, I mean,
you've manipulated me,

you've lied to me,
you've hurt me,

you've injured me.

And I greatly appreciate
all those times I really do.

But I just I'm not getting it.

I don't feel like
I've been methoding

and I just need some direction.

[AJ sighs]

- Teddy, I don't know
if I've told you this,

but I'm actually an orphan.

And when I was six years young,

my mother, she pushed my
father down the stairs.

And then she threw
herself down after.

And I was the one who found him.

That was actually really
kind of awkward for me.

But the thing is, I don't
let my boring personal life

get in the way of my content.

If you push Teddy deep, deep
down where no one can find him,

that's how you can
get to Leigh, right?

Right, man.

And now on to
Unfriended 2 Dark Web.

Here we go.

And like the thing
about Creep 2,

you know, is that it's
like a total inversion.

- So I was wondering.

- Yeah.

- What are these?

- Oh, the...

Yeah, the pink one.

I mean, cards on the table,
I use it to hurt people.

And the blue one,
it puts you to sleep, so.

No.

Oh, wait.

Teddy, what's, what's up man?

- No, not Teddy, Lei!

I'm Lei.

- Leigh, right?

-Leigh, I did I not
just say Leigh?

That's what I just said.

- Totally, man, tota...

What, what do you want?

- How long have you watching me?

- Hey, um, I really...

- How long have you
been listening to me?

- Dude, dude, dude, dude.

Dude, dude, dude, dude.

Dude, dude, dude,
dude, stop! Hey!

Hey, hey, hey.

It was for the movie.

It was for the movie, okay!

- Actually, actually, [laughs]
I should be thanking you.

AJ Wilby, without
what you did to Teddy,

You wouldn't have found me.

- Okay.

- I know why you used
the Che Goldberg account.

God!

Teddy was such a dumbass.

- Okay.

- Watch this.

[film reel whirring]

- I don't even have a
patient named Jason,

so I don't know what
you're talking about.

- You can't lie to
me anymore, okay?

I know things about you, Sarah.

I know where you live.

- Um, I really think we should
move forward with this session

and kind of really...

- 175 Seneca Avenue, 175.

I never crossed the line.

I'm just doing what
you did to me, huh?

- What happens in my sessions
are completely confidential.

- It's Content.

- I don't really follow.

- What we just watched, AJ.

It's literally content

I can understand the
manipulation and the spying,

but stealing ideas?

Stealing ideas, AJ.

I might have to take
your tongue for that.

- Hey, hey!

- Hold out your tongue!

Che Goldberg and I were
in film school together.

Che Goldberg and I, we were
in film school together, okay?

And we were put in a room,
and we became friends,

and we became best friends, and,

and I shared my idea
for it with him.

I shared my idea for Content,
and he stole it.

And I was really angry, too.

I was really angry.

But then I realised that
feeling frustrated is natural

but getting angry,
that's a choice.

And you got to choose
kindness instead, right?

- Well...

- I am being so silly.

I can't be Leigh without Emma.

- Yeah, um...

- I'm gonna help
her live the role.

- Okay.

- Hang tight, hang tight, AJ.

- Wait, wait.

Leigh?

[door slams]

[Florence sighs]

[message chimes]

[Florence grunting]

- Yeah.

[Florence grunting and panting]

[AJ grunts]

- Hey, Siobhan.

How are we doing today?

- Hi, yeah, can
you hear me okay?

- It, it is insane how well
I can hear you, actually.

- Great.

Well, I thought we'd go
down my general rundown.

You know, go over
characters and...

Mr. Wilby.

Can I ask,

why did you hire a
diversity consultant?

- Well, great question,

and honestly, for me, you know,
cultural authenticity,

it's kind of like a big
virtue for me, really,

my middle name in some ways

- Oh, really?

Um, so you didn't hire her

as some sort of
edgelord-type prank?

- I'm sorry?

You might be confused.

I'm actually,
I'm strongly left-leaning.

[Florence grunting]

- Really?

[scoffs]

[Florence screams]

Okay, then I...

I guess I am confused.

[Florence grunting]

Uh, you see, our team
saw your socials,

the whole I'm a
villain bit, you know?

Well, we were expecting
something else.

- Gotcha, gotcha.

Um.

Yeah.

- I...Mr. Wilby, I,
I can't consult here.

[Florence gasping]

- Because the script
is perfect already?

That's, like, really
too kind of you to say.

- Funny. No.

It's actually pretty empty.

Hollow even.

- Well.

- Look, if you have nothing to
say about society or sexuality

politics, that's fine.

- Siobhan, I hear you,

but I might add that there is
diversity behind the camera.

{Florence grunting]

- You're clearly using
a progressive exterior

to mask some sort of
ironic self-promotion.

- No, now, well, well, now.

Allegory.

- Allegory?

- So some people,
not, not me,

some people have
said that Content

allegorically, is a queer story.

And, and, and, and, and then
that's other people's words.

- Really?

- No, that's other
people's words.

- I've never...

[chain rattling]

[Florence groaning]

- Well, Siobhan, you know,
funny you asked that,

um, because I think that...

[whispers] Fuck.

[loud thud]

[footsteps tapping]

- Mr...Mr. Wilby.

- For the...

for the movie.

This is for the movie, bye.

- Oh my God, what's wrong?

What's wrong?

Oh my God.

- We gotta call someone.

- What happened?
[AJ] Cut!

-What happened?

[AJ] Um, yeah.

Can we get, like, one more?

Maybe just a little bit
more scared on that one?

- Is this a movie?

[AJ] Uh, yeah,
it's a little kind of

horror social commentary thing.
- I don't wanna be on camera!

- Come on.
- Yeah, it's...

Oh, sorry about that, guys.

Um, Florence, um, do you maybe
want to come back with me

and we can kind of
talk about things?

Hey, hey, hey.

Florence. Florence.

Florence. Hey.

Hey. Um.

Florence. Hey, hey, hey.

[Florence gasping]

Um, Florence, uh, you
want to maybe let me in?

Um,

look, I know every
creative partnership

has its difficulties, but,

I think we can really
work through this.

And you'll still get
credit on the movie.

No, I mean, in
memoriam credit,

but I think IMDb has
a space for that.

You know, maybe a
special thanks to.

Okay.

- Hey!

- Sorry! Oh my God, I'm sorry!

Oh my God.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

[Florence groaning]

Sorry

sorry, sorry.

[Florence screams]
Oh fuck!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Florence screaming]

Oh my God.

Oh my God!

Oh!

Oh!

[sighs]

[tense music]

- AJ! Dude, you gotta pay my
reps tomorrow or they'll...

Hey, AJ, it's Javon.

Law enforcement
will be contacted

if you don't pay our
invoice immediately.

Thanks.

- No. No, Papa.

No, no, it's for rent, Papa.

And so what if
it's for my movie?

So what if... no, I know.

No. You have.

No, I appreciate it.

Thank you.

No. I love you both.

Don't put mother on.

Don't put mother on.

[eerie music]

Hey. Hope you're
enjoying making Content.

Be sure to rate review,
Letterboxd, IMDb.

You know, as long as
you're positive, right?

No one's really nice anymore.

What's, um.

You know, what's that about?

I know things look a bit iffy.

This isn't about me
or Teddy or Margot.

It's about Emma and Leigh.

And they are right
where they need to be.

- Day in the life of
a serial unaliver.

Stalking the neighbourhood.

Pointy. More stalking.

Shopping time.

Bleach. Party supplies.

Quality time with my girlfriend.

Mmm. Coffee.

Making her happy
is so important to me.

I will do anything to protect
her no matter the cost.

Living my best life.

- So in a way, you sort of have
to let the actor direct himself.

[loud banging]

And scene.

Um, yeah, Leigh,

we were actually just
filming something here.

Leigh. Leigh, wait, wait.

We were filming something.

We were filming
something, Leigh,

it's, um. Teddy, Leigh?

[message chimes]

Hey, baby.

No. Come on, don't cry.

We... we can,
we can recast.

We can find new
actors, you know?

Exactly.

Because if you
believe in yourself,

you can do anything.

[sombre music]

All right. Love you.

[AJ sighs]

[menacing music]

[keyboard clacking]

Hi.

I just wanted to
reach out and say

I'm sorry I betrayed your trust.

I know it was for the movie,
but that's not more important

than our friendship.

I've sent you a Zoom
link for tonight

to discuss the terms of

me buying you out of your
contract for Content.

I just really want to see
you tonight and tell you

I'm sorry.

All right.

Talk to you, then, I hope.

[keyboard clacking]

[message chimes]

- AJ?

- Hey.
- Why are you here?

- Sorry, go on.

- No. You go.

- Great. So, did AJ
invite you to this?

Wait, are you still
living at AJ's, Teddy?

- It would appear so.

- Teddy. Come on.

- I'd prefer it if
you called me Leigh.

- Right, um.

[message chimes]

Who are you?

- Oh, no, it's Teddy!

Man, how the heck are you?

- What are you doing here?

- Who am I looking at?

- I... I saw you at the park.

- Yes you did.

And AJ told me the
scene went well, right?

- It doesn't.

- Oh, sorry.

No, um, you're doing the whole
method acting thing, aren't you?

It's, uh, it's Leigh,
Leigh, right?

- Oh, no, that doesn't that
doesn't make any sense, um.

- Hey, hi, hey, wait.

So you guys, all you guys
all work for the same idiots?

- Sorry. Same idiots?

- Sorry, same idiots,
did I stutter?

The podcast,
I'm just being the podcast.

- You're Che Goldberg, right?

I know you, you're Che Goldberg.

Yeah. You stole AJ's idea.

You stole Content.

- What the fuck?
Who is AJ?

Huh? Wait, are you guys
the Cinemidiots podcast?

- No. You know, AJ.

- The publicist told me this
was the Cinemidiots podcast.

Who am I talking to right now?

- AJ Wilby.

You went to school with AJ
and then you stole his idea.

That's... now you're here, I...

- AJ?

AJ.

Oh, like AJ Wilby

- AJ Wilby, yeah.
- From fucking school.

- I had one class with that
kid when I was a freshman.

He just, like, talked to
himself the whole time.

Didn't help at all.

Wait, you know that guy and
he told you I was his friend?

- Is this a setup, or are
you playing a game with us

right now, AJ?

- You knew him back then?

- Who are you?

- Well, Mr. Director?

- Why am I in here right now?.

- Hey, y'all.

Who wants to make a movie?

- Okay. Um.

Peace. It is good
to meet you guys.

Uh, talk to you later, bye.

- Uh, Mr Goldberg.

Um, you might want to
check your cloud folder.

The one where you've been
storing your feature C-words.

No? Uh, mm.

Um, any of y'all watching
anything lately or..?

- AJ, why are all these
people in this call AJ?

- Yo, where is my movie?

Where the fuck did
you put my movie?

What happened?

[AJ] uh, tut, tut, tut, tut.

- AJ? Okay, where did it go?

- Stick with me, and we're gonna
make our own movie tonight.

A horror movie
starring all of you.

If you could please
look outside your doors,

you'll find a box.

- You found my address?

Wilby, what is this?

How do you know where I live?

- I'm on an unpaid internship.

I'm not, I don't have
the time for any of this.

[AJ] Come on.

Now, please, everyone,
open up the lid

and scan the code underneath.

[tins rattling]

[eerie music]

Here's how I'm blackmailing

Margot Sholnick into
making content.

I just had to find
Margot's ex, Nomi,

and give Margot a chance
to reconnect with her.

[playful music]

So you'll see that right now,

Nomi is actually in
a bit of a pickle.

Margot, if you don't
wrap your scenes in time,

then poor Nomi
won't do too well.

Good luck.

- AJ.

- Here's how I'm
blackmailing Teddy Nielsen

into making Content.

Teddy was the only actor
to really understand

the AJ method and
find his character.

Your job is simple.

Stay in character

and that footage is
performance video of Leigh

instead of evidence
against Teddy.

Good luck!

- Hey AJ.

- Here's how I'm blackmailing

Che Goldberg into
making Content.

You stole my movie idea.

I hacked your iCloud, and
I'll delete your movie

if you don't play along.

Good luck.

Here's how I'm
blackmailing Pat Bunce

- Don't fuck with
my movie, please.

I could give you fucking
producer credit or EP.

Whatever you need.

- I need to resign
as an intern, please.

[AJ] Oh my God.

Alrighty, team, please take the
glass dropper out of your box

and use it to glue your
phone to your hand,

or we'll kill you off.

Oh, God, so, sorry,

so, like, if you die,

that means I do have to go
forward with your blackmail,

which is kind of not ideal.

So you might wanna, you know.

Great. Now just join via
that same zoom link and...

Yep. All right.

There's one.

Come on.

All right guys.

Yeah. There we go.

Thank, okay, okay.

Game plan for y'all.

I'm gonna give you a series
of Saw-esque challenges.

You know, you're gonna get
hurt or killed off one by one.

And then the final two survivors
will fight to the death.

Um. Any questions?

Emma, Leigh?

Mm?

- Understood.

- So for your first challenge,

I'm going to send
you an address.

If you look inside your box,

you'll find a mask and a weapon.

And now you actually have to
go to my old roommates place

and kill their cat.

And you might want to hurry

just because if
you get there last.

Well, um, we do have
to kill you off.

[tense music]

Yeah. Sorry.

Horror fans,
they love that body count.

All right, um.

All right, let's... come on.

Oh, great.

Perfect. Come on, Emma.

Okay, great.

Looking good.

So psyched.

- So...

Emma Mallory.

Hello? Emma Mallory?

[Emma] Seriously.

Teddy, shut the fuck up.

- No, no!

Shut the fuck up!

Leave. Leave!

Live the role, Emma.

[AJ] Hey, Mr. Goldberg.

Yeah. I just wanted to say
I'm a huge fan of your work.

- Thanks, man.

- Hey. Yeah, this is Arthur

with your home security systems.

Yeah. It's looking like
we're seeing a break in

through your doorbell camera.

Uh, yeah.

You'll want to do whatever
you can to protect yourselves

before the police get there.

All right. Bye.

[suspenseful music]

- Where the fuck am I?

Fuck! Oh, God.

Okay. Fuck.

All right, you got this.

You got this, Goldberg,

You got this, man.

Fucking pull through, Goldberg!

Could you just get
your shit together?

Where the fuck is this place?

Fuck!

Guys, I'm...

I'm looking for a cat.

[blow lands]

[Che coughing]

[eerie music]

- I got him, baby.

[Don] Oh, shit.

Well.

You didn't really
get him, did you?

- That's so demeaning.

[Don] Here.

[indistinct]

We should call the cops.

We should definitely
call the cops.

- Here, take the bat.

I don't want the bat.

- Sam.
[Sam] You hold the bat.

- Oh!

[Margot] Hey!

- Emma Mallory.

How nice to finally
meet in person.

- Dude, the fuck?

Let's go!

The fuck did you do, Teddy?

- Teddy? Who is Teddy?

Emma, what happened
to those people,

Teddy, never would
have done that.

Only Leigh.

Right, Emma?

- Fuck, am I late?

[AJ] Hey, y'all.

Great work and
I'm so sorry about Che,

but now it's time
for our second game.

[tense music]1

Emma. Emma.

Hey, Emma, could you please
turn your mic back on?

- Sorry, muted on accident.

I'm so bad at everything here

and as a Therapal.

- Oh.

Oh yeah.

Um yeah. Therapal.

- Stop it stop.

You're acting, you are
both acting right now.

You are not living the role.

- What do you mean, Leigh?

- No no no no no.

- Wait!

Come on.

Ignore him.

Find AJ's laptop.

[eerie music]

- Um, Margot, I
think I'm here now.

[Margot whimpering]

- Shit.

Shit, man.

- It should be in his bedroom.

- Of course, that's locked.

Jesus Christ.

All right.

[eerie music continues]

All right, let's do this.

[door closes]

- Look for Nomi.

What is that?

- Hey, Teddy.

Leigh?

Dude, is AJ still here?

Come on, buddy.

You gotta give me
something, man.

Okay. All right.

- Pat.

Pat! Pat!

- Foresight, Pat.

We really loved
working with you,

but,

you lost the last challenge.

- Yeah, but I mean,
that's his prop, right?

- Pat!

[Pat grunting]

[Pat] What?

What the fuck is that?

- Sorry, Pat.

I'm sorry.

Teddy, Teddy, you
know this is fucked.

Do something.

Teddy!

- Emma Mallory.

You're still my Therapal.

You understand me
better than anyone.

Leigh is a killer.

- Uh, Leigh, would you mind,

Would you mind just
help me out here?

Sorry. Just, come on,
come on, come on.

Just help me out with him, okay.

Great. Three. Two. One. Lift!

Okay!

Come on,

come on.

Get up there.

All right, all right,
all right, all right.

[computer chimes]

- Hi. Hi, I'm Emma.

[tense music]

- All right, so,
act one, of course.

I moved to Los Angeles
with nothing.

[music intensifies]

- That's right, Leigh.

Once I dispose of Pat's
body, you need to...

How does...

Who posted this?

- Hey, what's going on?

- No no no no no.

[messages chiming]

- Wait, Teddy, hey, I need
to tell you something.

- I'm done listening to you.

- Leigh.

Let me be real
with you for once.

Can I tell you a story
about my ex, Nomi?

I made a short film
and I put them in it.

We had this one real artsy
shot where her character vapes.

They don't vape.

So...

So I got them a fake one.

The shot looked like shit,
obviously fake.

She wasn't playing it right.

So between shots, I replaced
her vape with my real one.

So hard.

It looked perfect.

But later on set,
I got her a coffee

and she looked at me funny.

She smiled, but she
didn't drink it.

And when we got home,
I tried to hug her

and she pulled back.

The three weeks later

we split up.

[sombre music]

She never really
trusted me again.

See what I mean?

You're in a movie, man.

This shit's just not worth it.

[phone beeps]

- Hey, Emma.

So sorry for the
overnight shoot.

Geez, who posted...

Leigh, for your final challenge,

I need you to go to Emma's

and make her live
the role for good.

Okay?

Leigh, come on.

Dude! Whoa!

Oh, good.

Teddy. What the fuck was that?

- Sorry,

[Emma] Teddy.

[Teddy] Dammit!

[indistinct]

[blows landing]

Ah!

[combatants grunting]

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey hey hey, Teddy.

Teddy! Teddy.

Teddy. Teddy, Teddy.

- Oh!

listen to your character, okay?

[Teddy grunting]

Fuck, man.

Dude,

I didn't even know.

[combatants grunting]

Teddy. Teddy!

Stop it!

Leigh, Leigh!

Okay.

- No!

[Teddy panting]

Holy heck.

That was intense, huh?

[Emma laughs]

My heart's racing.

- Are you okay?

- I think so.

- Can you get Nomi, please?

- Yeah. Okay.

She's okay.

She's okay.

- What do we do with him?

[indistinct]

Hold still.

[AJ panting]

Hold still.

Hold still.

[Morgan] Wait.

[AJ groaning]

- Hold still.

[Morgan] Wait! Teddy!

[AJ groaning]

Wait! Sorry, Teddy.

I don't think that...

[scissors snapping]

Fuck! Teddy! Stop!

[AJ groaning]

Fuck! AJs an actor,
he's an actor!

Don't hurt him, Teddy!

Stop! Fuck!

It's a [audio distorts] Teddy!

Stop! Teddy, stop!

[AJ screams]

[AJ screams]

[eerie music]

Fuck! AJ's an actor.

He's an actor.

Don't hurt him!

Teddy! Stop!

Fuck! It's a movie!

Teddy! Stop!

Teddy! Stop!

If you want to keep
the script on screen,

don't you know, don't keep
looking in the corner like...

it just gives everything away.

If you want to keep
the script on screen,

don't you know, don't keep
looking in the corner like it...

it just gives everything away.

- The scene went well, right?

Oh, sorry.

No, the scene went well, right?

Sorry, Cinemaidiots, did
I stutter, the podcast?

- What were we talking about?

- What is this?

- Um, no, that's super cool.

Why?

- Be quiet.
[Morgan] Teddy, your'e...

- Yeah, yeah.

[eerie music continues]

I get it, I get it, and let
me stop you right there.

You were doing excellent.

Just stick to the script.

Get out of your head and
everything will be okay.

- The whole the method thing,
it's just really not for me.

Um, eventually, I want to
create my own Content.

Let me be real
with you for once.

- Can everyone
hear me all right?

- Mm.

- Awesome. All right.

AJ, I wanted to
ask you something.

Are you content with Content?

[laughter]

I had to ask.

- We did.

We had to ask.

- Great question.

Absolutely.

It wasn't easy.

But I'd say we're happy with it.

Yeah.

Hey, Teddy.

Hi.

It's Margot again.

Just checking in.

Uh, the premieres next week, so.

[eerie music]

- But seriously, AJ, what
you did with your tongue,

you went so method.

You gave up everything
for this role.

Even your own body.

I mean, that's some
serious acting, man.

- Hey, it's Margot again.

Again, look, totally
take your time.

But really, AJ's not mad.

And all the other actors.

I mean, you've never
met the real them,

and they'd love to
get to know you.

So think about it, please.

- Alistair Stone.

Six foot two, Los Angeles.

Hey. So I was emailing my
professor the other day.

- Hi. My name is Vaughan Suit.

I'm currently located in
Los Angeles.

I actually have a
surgery coming up

to have my lips sealed.

- Baby, I just feel
like it's all my fault.

- We don't do faults, do we?

- You're right.

What's that?

- Auditioning for
the role of director.

I want to give you an uncut look

at the process
of directing.

We'll blur out what we
don't have the rights to,

but besides that,
this is all absolutely real.

- Witherspoon's people
are looking at us to adapt

the Brunch Killers
for, uh, for Apple.

- Can't wait for that.

- Wow!

Can we talk about
Teddy Nielsen for a second?

So the question that
everyone's asking is,

did you go to far too
get that performance?

And where is Teddy now?

- Don't get me wrong,
he was fantastic.

Um.

We might not have known
how involved he'd get,

but at the end of the day,

it was all about helping
him live the role.

And we couldn't be happier.

The whole content team,

we can't wait to see
what he'll do next.

[music intensifies]

[tense music]