But that also means that Dave has to give in to Rick’s mysterious methods, and take a closer look at his own.įirst, however, he has to meet him. Instead of Rubin, however, Dave meets Biff Wiff, an actor experiencing a fairly extraordinary career renaissance at this exact moment thank to both his appearance here and as Santa Claus in Season 2 of I Think You Should Leave. Additionally, he’s greeted by Adams (Ben Sinclair), an intermediary who attempts to open up Dave’s mind to the more existential obstacles he faces to getting back his writer’s block. Predictably, Dave uses humor to deflect Adams’ efforts to probe him, but he remains unsettled by a bearded eccentric working for the bearded eccentric he’s there to work with.
“I think we’ve made great progress,” says Adams. “I think tomorrow is the day.”Ĭonfronted by a semi-hairless version of himself, Dave listens as this alter ego plays not one but two absolute bangers featuring razor-sharp vocals. What’s interesting is the way that Dave still doesn’t get it. But after questioning if the lesson of this exercise is to simply be himself, or even more frighteningly, to become a better person, his doppleganger suggests, “how is that going to help you make better music?” And so, the artist who overthinks everything finally discovers what he never bothered to consider: maybe stop doing that. Suffice it to say that it’s never quite so easy to overcome anxieties and learned behaviors in real life as it is on television, even with the support and guidance of Rick Rubin.
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