On today's episode, we're giving you our breakdown and review of the studio episode three on Apple TV plus. We're gonna give you our scene by scene breakdown of the episode, the best characters and scenes from this episode as well, some of our favorite Easter eggs and funniest meta references that we got. At the end, we're gonna give you our review where we're gonna rate this on a scale of one to 10. All that and more on an on an episode of Unbeen started.
Matthew Kopfhamer:This is your one and only spoiler warning for the studio episodes one, two, and three. If you haven't caught up, now's your chance. Otherwise, we're gonna spoil it for you.
Alfredo Brown:What has made this show, or better yet, this episode, so good? Because I think we can all just agree we enjoyed it a ton. Jag, what made this episode so good for you?
Jagger May:I think we got to know a little bit more about our main character, about Matt Remick, but it wasn't with a long winded story. It was a literal story at an office meeting, and we got to see his reaction in real time. It's like they did show and tell. Like, Ron Howard tells a story, and then we hear it like a joke, and then we get to see his reaction of what that does to him. Because what he actually reminds me of is Michael Scott, dude.
Alfredo Brown:I'm really say that.
Jagger May:He wants to be liked so much that it's like a detriment to him
Matthew Kopfhamer:running Yes. Yes. And what I really love about that that I'm gonna say payoff of Ron Howard telling the the, like, the the note story is it comes after we hear Seth Matt's version of it where he's like, Ron Howard just tore me apart in front of all these big names and, you know, the the Coen brothers were there. And then you have Ron who kinda presents it in this, like, gentler way. And it's like, you know, it's who doesn't like a good fun story about your boss?
Matthew Kopfhamer:And it's like, you can see the Opie come out, and it's just like it's fantastic because from Matt's version He
Alfredo Brown:was still rude. He was very rude.
Jagger May:No. We're seeing a weaponized Opie. It's like that Yeah.
Matthew Kopfhamer:It's beautiful. It's beautiful. Because from Matt's perspective, he's like, that was the worst day of my entire life because I have no life outside of this work. And to Ron, it was just like, what a goofy and son of a bitch. Like, listen to the story.
Matthew Kopfhamer:So Yeah. I love that dichotomy between that.
Alfredo Brown:I love the Michael Scott reference that you've made here, Jack. Because that's exactly where I was with this show, is that it's actually become a workplace comedy that it doesn't need to be something that's like typical prestige TV where the story continues on and and it's it's so linear like that. Everything's been pretty self contained with these funny moments. And Matt cough. Excuse me.
Alfredo Brown:The, the reference that you just made here where Matt Remick says, it was the worst moment of my professional life. And since I don't really have a social life, it's actually just the worst moment of my life that felt like a Michael Scott thing. Super Michael Scott. Like, you know, I I love inside jokes. I love to be a part of one someday.
Matthew Kopfhamer:You know?
Alfredo Brown:That's where I felt with Matt Remick here.
Jagger May:The this was his like, was it, like, season two or three of The Office where they see him as a kid? He's just like, I wanna have kids. And and they have
Matthew Kopfhamer:no kids. Talking about a hundred friends.
Alfredo Brown:Yeah. Oh my god.
Jagger May:This was his moment kind of there.
Matthew Kopfhamer:That
Jagger May:was it. It I don't even think it's that bad yet. And that's another reason why I think it's brilliant. So let's ask the question here. Is this the modern office we want?
Jagger May:Like, everyone keeps saying a remake. Like, we made something different that feels like the office in spirit, but it's better.
Alfredo Brown:Well It's almost titled the same way. Yeah. It's not even called the it's the the studio. Like, The studio. There are so many of these premises that aren't the same.
Alfredo Brown:Like, you've got Ike Baronholtz as your Dwight. You you've got sort of the the EA in this that has come up a little bit more and is sort of friends with with, Matt Remick's character. So you have yourself your Pam Beasley because Michael and Pam end up being good friends towards the end of this thing. I I I think you've got a little bit of everything in this. It does feel very much like a modern day office, but a little
Jagger May:less office. Yeah. It's like prestige office.
Matthew Kopfhamer:The, yeah, without the mockumentary, like, framing. So they they give it more of a a sitcoms, like, traditional sitcom setting. But, man, it's so every line. I don't think there's a single line that I wasn't laughing at that came out of, like, Katherine Hahn's boy or mouth or fucking Patty by Katherine O'Hara. Oh my god.
Matthew Kopfhamer:The way she was, like Yes. Blowing up Ron Howard, and then she turns on a dime when she's talking to Matt. And she's like, no. It's all bullshit. I just need I'm on my own now, so I need to kiss everyone's ass.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Like, it's fucking incredible how they're doing this.
Jagger May:And Katherine Hahn is like Aziz Ansari in a lot of things, and that's, like, a fucking hilarious combo. You know? It's like it's like we got we we have, like, this matchup mashup of, like, Michael Sher workplace comedies, but, like, Prestige Apple Plus by by Seth Rogen. And I wonder you wanna talk about meta. I wonder how other people well, I guess a lot of people just respect greatness, especially with art.
Jagger May:They're like, wow. This is I made something cool. You made something cool too. But, like, I feel like Seth Rogen keeps raising the bar everywhere in television, man. Like like,
Alfredo Brown:I don't think Look at how many people wanna be a part of this. I think that this show's superpowers, its cameos, because we're seeing Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard. Yeah. Yes. So guys, before we go on, because we're gonna talk about everything that we loved about this show and do a little bit of a deeper dive into this.
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Alfredo Brown:Okay. So with that in mind, favorite characters from this episode and why? Cough, start us off.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Ron Howard, just because, seeing him go from, like, nice to dick to apologizing and then ending. We didn't talk about the ending, like, line from him where he's like, fuck me over again and I will end you. And it just ends at that. I was I was like, yes. Ron Howard, MVP of this episode, bar none.
Jagger May:Ron Howard, I I love the I I hope he comes back. I hope he's like this reoccurring antagonist because, like, he's really good at, like, big leaguing or big dickin', you you know, where he's just like, you're totally right, but, like, don't ever fuck with me again. You know? Like because, like, you you can't just apologize like a normal person. Like, hey.
Jagger May:We're friends.
Alfredo Brown:Right. You know?
Jagger May:You're gonna leave. You're gonna be like, hey. We're buddies. Right? Then you're gonna slap him in the nuts and leave.
Alfredo Brown:You know what? Now that you said the recurring character thing, like, it it's giving me a little bit of the vibes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Exactly what
Jagger May:I was about to bring up.
Alfredo Brown:Yes. And so, like, there's, like, elements of The Office, Entourage, and Curb Your Enthusiasm all into one VP. Like, I think they've just packaged this really, really nice. Jack, who's your favorite person?
Jagger May:To say Entourage at this point.
Alfredo Brown:Yeah. I think it's just the only other thing that I can what what else can we remember that is, like, Hollywood acting based like this?
Jagger May:BoJack Horseman. It's a hundred like, I know you guys all know. It's a % BoJack Horseman.
Alfredo Brown:Like yeah.
Jagger May:My favorite character, it it's I said it, man. Ron Howard came in. Like, Martin Scorsese was a part of the plot. Ron Howard is he's Carmi's chef. Like, that you know, like, Carmi has
Matthew Kopfhamer:a chef he
Jagger May:thinks about? Yeah. Ron Howard is that for him. So, like like, he he was bigger than almost everybody this episode, man. And as someone who loves Arrested Development, like, chef's kill.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Chef's kiss. Yes. Absolutely.
Alfredo Brown:I, you know, I was gonna say Ron Howard. But for the sake of just going in a different direction here, Anthony Mackie, for this cameo here and this. Like, I I know I said that I loved who he was just in this is my favorite Anthony Mackie. But him also, like, just kind of reiterating the theme that everybody in Hollywood is fake, and they'll turn on a dime at any second. And he's there blowing so much smoke up Ron Howard's ass about, oh, the Oscars, and it's so beautiful.
Alfredo Brown:You were so brave to put yourself out there, man. We got this. And the second he's behind closed doors, he's like, man, fuck this. And he fucking sucks. Like, he's losing it.
Alfredo Brown:Then they get back into the conference room. Anthony Mackie just turns on Seth Rogen's character again. It was just it was a lot of fun. We don't normally get to see Anthony Mackie in a comedic role. And when we do, it was maybe, a little too slapsticky in, like, the night before, and that's where he's worked with Seth Rogen, in in previous projects.
Alfredo Brown:So, I like to see him not trying to be overly dramatic as Captain America.
Jagger May:Yeah. You know?
Alfredo Brown:He just he seemed more in his element, man. Like, this made me really like him as an actor that much more.
Jagger May:Yeah. Like, I wanna see Anthony Mackie. Like like like, I'm not trying to take take the shield away from Captain America, but, like, a lot of these actors that get in the MCU, you're like, man, dude, if they let you spread your wings, no pun intended,
Alfredo Brown:so Soon. Soon. Alright. Best scene from this episode. I'm gonna start us off here because I think best scene for me is the 50 pound hat knocking Seth Rogen through the bar cart.
Alfredo Brown:It's just we never see Ron Howard without his hat. He takes it off for this one scene to throw and, like, that was from what I read, that was an improvised moment by Ron Howard to throw the hat. Like, that was his that was his choice to do it. And because, like, we all know, like like, the hat yes. Yes.
Alfredo Brown:Yes. The hat is, like, the thing that Ron Howard is known for. Like, that's what I was thinking of in White Lotus when Yes. Mhmm. Oh my gosh.
Alfredo Brown:What's what's
Matthew Kopfhamer:Frank puts the hat.
Jagger May:Sam Rockwell. Yes.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Yeah.
Alfredo Brown:Yes. When Sam Rockwell puts on the hat, Steve. Steve. Steve. Yeah.
Alfredo Brown:When he puts the hat, that's exactly what I'm thinking of. So for him to take, like, this iconic prop and to throw it at Seth Rogen, and then it just turns to this whole thing where he's crashing over the bar cart like before. And we don't really get, like, an ending. We just kinda get, like, a a change of scenery to the end of the day
Matthew Kopfhamer:Not true.
Alfredo Brown:Where we get the phone call.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Not true. What We get an ending. It's the motel sequence from Alphabet City. Did you like, Seth Rogen is doing the Alphabet City motel sequence at the end.
Jagger May:No. No. No.
Alfredo Brown:I I know that. I'm saying, like, in that exact scene in the conference room, we don't really have an ending of that. It cuts to that.
Jagger May:It cuts
Alfredo Brown:to Where Seth where yeah. We're we're Seth Brogan's doing that.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Which I fucking laughed my ass off because that's exactly what they were complaining about with Alphabet City, which once again, just like last episode when they were doing the Warner, and they they called it back. Like, this show is so
Alfredo Brown:cool. Again.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Yes. A bookend. Like, they keep doing these references to Hollywood insider stuff and filmmaking methods and just keep reinforcing it. So as Jack, I know you studied filmmaking in college, so you are a little bit more into this, but me as more of a casual, like, you know, I I read about it. I watch a lot of stuff about film.
Matthew Kopfhamer:To me, it just it it it makes me appreciate the effort that goes into this show and the writing and the setup and what they're doing to really reinforce these themes of Hollywood. So I'm I'm loving the show. I think my favorite scene, though, is probably the the opening scene when everyone's goes from super duper hype that they're gonna win some Oscars, and then they go immediately, oh god. This is dog shit. What are we gonna do?
Matthew Kopfhamer:Like, that
Jagger May:Yeah.
Matthew Kopfhamer:It that was great to me.
Jagger May:It was fun, and I get I get how some people like reaction videos because you felt like you're watching that with them, but it's, like, actually scripted to be funny and you're not seeing someone just fake shit, you know, except for for clicks. So I really enjoyed that. I I have to think my favorite scene is just the like, I think it was, like, act two. The the fact that you see all of them crumble under pressure immediately of our director. Just like, we're gonna go in there and say that.
Jagger May:We get in front of them. You're like I will say I don't I don't relate too hard because I have the fun spectrum where I just say shit. That makes me great at content, but horrible in meetings sometimes. Because I just be like, hey, dude. Boring.
Jagger May:You know, the the never snoring story.
Alfredo Brown:Here's your fucking
Matthew Kopfhamer:note. Boring.
Jagger May:Send Jack in for that shit, dawg. I'm a stone cold killer.
Matthew Kopfhamer:See, I I more relate with with with Matt Remick where he's like, I'm not gonna do it. I'm gonna do the note. And they're like, that's your one job. Do your one job. And it's like, nah.
Jagger May:Gonna So the only thing you do is say no?
Matthew Kopfhamer:Nah. Dude,
Alfredo Brown:I I am falling in love with Katherine Hahn's character so much. Every single there was a moment in this episode where she's just tearing this shit to part apart. She goes into the conference room, and she throws her incredibly long braid over her shoulder. She's like, Matt, I think you had a note, and just tosses it to him. And she's such a fucking saboteur.
Alfredo Brown:Like, that's who she is.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Never never ending boring or whatever. Or snory. Oh, never ending snory.
Alfredo Brown:Never ending snory
Matthew Kopfhamer:is great. Yeah.
Alfredo Brown:Nailed it.
Jagger May:And then she goes, nailed it. Yeah. That's why I said to she's totally Aziza and sorry, basically. She's Tom Haverford in spirit, and I love it.
Matthew Kopfhamer:Especially when she's doing the posters, like, yeah, we got some dope themes we wanna throw your way. And it's like, oh, god. Okay.
Alfredo Brown:Alright. Let's let's hop into the Easter eggs and meta references that we get from this. I know the first one we already talked about is collateral and and having Dave Franco and Anthony Mackie playing in those roles. Jag, what else do you have from this?
Jagger May:Well, give Matt his credit on, like, the big one where at the end scene, he's having his whole Anthony Mackie moment.
Alfredo Brown:Alphabet City moment.
Jagger May:This alphabet city moment. But I I don't know. Maybe this is getting too far into the bag or whatever. I have, like, a tinfoil hat on. But, Catherine O'Hara makes a point.
Jagger May:She's like directors and filmmakers. They put themselves into movies and put emotions into things that no one else can understand or perceive. I don't get into the celebrity drama thing, but Dave Franco and Seth Rogen built my teenage years. And their breakup was, like, a big deal after the me too moment. And in some ways, it's like putting or James Franco is putting Dave Franco in here like him putting Anthony Mackie's son, like his little, like, meta alphabet city.
Jagger May:I I I don't know. It feels weird. Like, are gonna put someone's brother in when Seth Rogen has basically said fuck you? And then we talk about how the theme of this is, like, we all put our bullshit into things, and it gets in the way. So is this him kinda dealing with his bullshit and maybe kinda moving on?
Alfredo Brown:Do you think that role would have been James Franco?
Matthew Kopfhamer:Yeah. Probably.
Alfredo Brown:I think that would have been the perfect
Matthew Kopfhamer:Or Baronholz. Creep bag. Yeah.
Jagger May:Yeah. Or Ike Baronholz. That would be that. You know?
Alfredo Brown:Yeah. Yeah. Koff, anything from you on Easter eggs and meta references in this one?
Matthew Kopfhamer:Damn. What was it? The part no. I lost it. Never mind.
Alfredo Brown:Good podcast thing right here.
Matthew Kopfhamer:You know, I'm all about the professionalism. No. What oh, Final Cut. That's what it was. Final Cut.
Matthew Kopfhamer:So directors having the power to basically override the studio and do whatever they want in a movie because they've gotten to that status. So, yeah, Final Cut being, like, almost like a a get out of jail free card for a director, where it's like, you can kinda do whatever you want. And if they say it doesn't gonna work, you'd be like, fuck you. I can do what I want. It's Ron it's Ron Swanson pulling out the card saying, you know, I do what I I can do what I
Alfredo Brown:Nobody just gives out get out of jail free cards. Those cost thousands of dollars, man. Another offense reference for you guys. I think my favorite meta reference from this is the characters telling Matt that audiences don't want three hour long movies unless there are capes in it, and it's a superhero movie, and that latest fucking Marvel movie that had that was three hours. And they have Katherine Han being the one that's saying that while Anthony Mackie is also in this.
Alfredo Brown:And just like the constant Marvel reference of, like, this is what people want. This is studios are gonna do three hours of this shit. That was the last three hour movie I saw was that that Marvel thing. And I I obviously, they're they're probably referencing Avengers there at that point. That was my favorite thing is, like, understanding where they're at in the zeitgeist of of movie studios.
Alfredo Brown:It was they did a good job of delicately handling that without totally shitting on Marvel in the same vein.
Jagger May:Mhmm. And it's like with The Brutalist too. Like, was a big like, The Brutalist is, like, four fucking hours or some shit like that. And, like, I'm gonna be honest. I am not gonna watch that movie.
Jagger May:It's about an architect. I'm can't.
Alfredo Brown:God, you couldn't have given us something any cooler for four straight fucking hours.
Jagger May:Exactly. It's like, I I need a gun or something. I don't maybe not the cape, but, like, something.
Alfredo Brown:Any nitpicks in this episode, guys?
Matthew Kopfhamer:No. It's really hard to find anything. I mean, it's such a tight story. I mean, there's no wasted screen time. There's no fat on this on this plot or on this story.
Jagger May:And what's crazy, it's like, for me personally, I know, like, I guess since we have no nitpicks, let's just go to ratings. For me, this is like an eight, which is less than what I had it. But, like, that's just because I just had way more fun with the other two. This needs to happen. Because what where we have this vapid story where we can get the problem of the week with that's kinda how Curb Your Enthusiasm is, where it's just the problem of the week, and you have this overarching movie that's getting made, essentially.
Jagger May:That's every season. It's hilarious. I'm not complaining about it. I would watch another one if he wasn't old as shit. What we got heart in this, where we actually are gonna start caring about Matt Remick.
Jagger May:And I think that's a level level of depth that Entourage tried. BoJack maybe goes too far and too hard for some people.
Alfredo Brown:Carl, how about you?
Matthew Kopfhamer:Yeah. No. I'm I'm loving this show. I'm gonna give it a 9.5 just because giving it a 10 feels a little too aggressive at this point because it's only three episodes in. But one of the things I really loved about this was the different usage of the camera angles and the camera styles.
Matthew Kopfhamer:So you could see when Matt's running around and like running through the office in a panic and like pumps into people, the camera's
Alfredo Brown:Constantly frantic
Matthew Kopfhamer:and following him. Yes. And then when he's sitting down at the it just pans around his exact like, it's just a creative usage of these camera angles that I'm appreciating as I watch these because it's not just a three camera setup like a traditional sitcom would be. It's a little bit more dynamic.
Jagger May:And here's where I will put my film hat on, dude. I I'm the dude who watches all the special features and all that. The best directors of photography right now and some of the best the best DP work I've seen has been in severance now and in this show. Whatever Apple is paying, they're putting every bit of those billions of dollars to work, baby. Making
Matthew Kopfhamer:it look nois. Yeah. Noise.
Alfredo Brown:Apple someone referenced it the other day. It's like, there's a what show on Apple has already been renewed for a second season? Something something brand new already got renewed for a second season. It's like, what show on Apple TV plus hasn't been renewed for a second season? Yeah.
Alfredo Brown:They haven't missed. Maybe their movies aren't quite there, but their shows, man. It's just
Jagger May:The the only show that I know is bad is, like, Foundation, and it's still pretty good compared to, like, a lot of shit. Pizza. Yeah. It's like it's like Raised by Wolves. If you like that, then Foundation's good enough for you.
Jagger May:But, like, that's the only show I hold that's bad, and no one even gives a shit because everything else has been bangers.
Alfredo Brown:This episode, I'm gonna give it an eight and a half because it was so it was so good. I think episode one did such a good job of blending story with introduction, and it felt so much bigger. And then episode two did a really fantastic job of giving us sort of that deep dive look into something and giving us a lot. This had some tension. Episode two gave us so much more tension.
Alfredo Brown:This is I'm trying not not to be pretentious and get into the themes of everything, but I think what was so cool about this episode was that it was just fun. And, like, it feels good to be able to watch TV and just have fun again. I don't feel like we've truly been able to do that since The Office, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, where you can get that cringe humor and just still enjoy yourself on a week to week basis. You don't have to feel like you're watching a mystery all the time or you're you know, I I have to tune into every episode for the story to be cohesive. This is as close as we're getting to classic sitcoms that we've been in a long time, And I'm just having fun, and that's good.
Alfredo Brown:Like, we should be allowed to do that again.
Jagger May:It's it's great
Matthew Kopfhamer:when a show is well made, smart, and fun. Yeah. Like, when you hit those three, it's like, we got you got something cooking on our hands.
Jagger May:Mhmm.
Alfredo Brown:Yeah. And that and I mean, that's where the studio is right now. Well, fellas, I think that's gonna wrap it up for us. That is the studio episode three. We're gonna keep doing this.
Alfredo Brown:And, listen, audience, we're gonna be honest with you. Okay? I'm saying this here in, the thirty fifth minute. We want to keep doing these for YouTube, but if we're not getting as many people watching it, we'll probably just switch this over to audio. So if you are not subscribed to the audio side of this podcast, what we're going to do is we're gonna keep this going on the audio side.
Alfredo Brown:Make sure you're subscribed over on Apple or Spotify. Okay? Because we're gonna be here because we think this show, the studio, even though there's not much going on on YouTube about it, we think this show is worth it. It's been a really good time. It's been a good hang.
Alfredo Brown:We're gonna keep doing this. Let us know in the comments what you think about the show, what you thought about this episode of Unbinged. And as always, we're gonna be back again with all of our other shows talking about Daredevil, White Lotus, Black Mirror, Last of Us, and or so much coming up. As always, for myself, for Jagger, for Matt, we wanna thank you guys for watching and listening all the way through. We'll see you next time.
Alfredo Brown:Bye.
