I want to hear your thoughts on this. I still don't know what was fake and real, but this episode made me feel extremely uncomfortable.
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However, it's clear that the show recognized and tried to address what was clearly the exploitation of a fatherless child. I haven't fully formed my thoughts on this yet, but I feel like this show was a critique of reality TV and how it exploits the raw emotions of its participants for cheap entertainment. When shown with an innocent child who can't necessarily differentiate between what is real and what isn't, it becomes very obvious and very disturbing.
All in all this show was a work of art regardless, I can't tell if Nathan is a complete sociopath or was actually speaking to us when he was saying that it was all pretend. What a wild ride Jesus christ
Honestly think it was a masterpiece. It's a deeply cynical show that kind of eviscerates everything it touches in this weirdly earnest way. The concept of reality television, the idea of what Nathan is doing, almost every character in it—all of them are revealed as farcical in some manner, and morally confused at best. Best moment of the show for me is still when that guy had the emotional breakdown talking to his fake brother and then disappearing forever, but ended on a high with this episode.