Really been enjoying season 1 but got to this episode and was floored. Beautiful standalone story which shows how publishers will meddle into studio affairs and explores the debate of creativity and success. Jake Johnson and Cristin Milioti were amazing in it as well. Even if you don’t want to watch the whole show, you should give this episode a chance as it’s very loosely related to the rest of the series.
Series 3 has a good one that compares Ian and Poppy’s childhoods leading to their meeting.
I really loved that one too!
The Season 2 C.W. Longbottom backstory episode followed by the closure for it later in the present was also fantastic. It’s a shame F. Murray Abraham was making people uncomfortable on set after multiple warnings and restrictions from interacting with certain cast members because those episodes made C.W. one of the most interesting characters in the show. I thought they tied things up extremely well though and am glad the rest of the staff can be more comfortable on set now.