Warning: SPOILERS for the Fits LA episode “He Knew” are forward!
Should you’re making a TV present a couple of regulation agency in Los Angeles that mainly represents individuals within the leisure business, that leaves the door open for numerous actors to seem as themselves. The Fits LA episode “He Knew,” which aired only a few days in the past on the 2025 TV schedule and may be streamed with a Peacock subscription, noticed The Workplace’s Brian Baumgartner mainly filling that function, however Patton Oswalt additionally received a while to shine. Nonetheless, as Oswalt shared whereas talking with CinemaBlend, there’s a giant distinction between his actual life self and his Fits LA self, although he additionally has an concept I like how how the latter may return to the NBC sequence.
Oswalt got here into the image on Fits LA when Lex Scott Davis’ Erica Collins and Alice Lee’s Leah Energy organized for Baumgartner to satisfy him. Whereas the 2 of them initially hit it off, issues went sideways when Oswalt advised Baumgartner he didn’t have what it took to be an Oscar-winning dramatic actor. It was later revealed that Erica advised Oswalt to intentionally rile up Baumgartner as much as check his dedication to perform this objective. In actual life although, Oswalt wouldn’t be up for doing this, as he advised me after I requested him how he reacted when he was advised he’d be tearing right into a member of The Workplace’s forged:
I am torn as a result of I do know the scene can be actually enjoyable, however that is not one thing that I usually do. I am simply not a really confrontational particular person, so it did really feel a bit bizarre. As enjoyable because it was, it did really feel bizarre.
Patton Oswalt received some strong digs in at Brian Baumgartner on Fits LA, like saying that Toby was funnier than Kevin on The Workplace and shouting “That’s what she stated!” as Baumgartner angrily left the room. However when you’re somebody who requires this type of manipulation from Oswalt in the true world, you’re out of luck. He made it abundantly clear to me later in our dialog that this isn’t a part of his repertoire, saying:
I would not have the nerve to tug it off to take a seat there and be strategically imply to somebody. It isn’t considered one of my abilities.
Finally this ploy ended up figuring out, as Erica Rollins revealed her true intentions to Brian Baumgartner, threw her full assist behind him and agreed to assist him get dramatic performing work. However what about Patton Oswalt’s Fits LA future? Effectively, after I requested him what sort of eventualities he envisions that will require him to hunt assist from Black & Associates, he advised me:
The model of myself that is in that present I feel is perhaps too bold for his personal good and perhaps desires to do this traditional ‘I wish to work outdoors my wheelhouse,’ perhaps to his personal detriment. He’s the traditional form of man that will use them to get him right into a scenario that he thinks he desires, after which he has to make use of them to get him out of that scenario. Yeah, I feel that is a traditional factor he would do.
You already know, that sounds an terrible lot like why Brian Baumgartner was introduced into Fits LA. Solely in Patton Oswalt’s case, perhaps he’s wanting do one thing outdoors of the leisure business, however his try doesn’t go properly and he wants the regulation agency to help him. Regardless of the case, Oswalt feels like he’s recreation to return to Fits LA, so if that occurs, hopefully the writers will take his concept into consideration.
For now, catch new episodes of Fits LA Sundays at 9 pm ET on NBC. For these of you trying to see extra of Patton Oswalt, his final movie look, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, may be streamed with a Netflix subscription. That’s additionally the way you’ll be capable to hear him reprising Matthew the Raven later this yr in The Sandman’s second and remaining season.