[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Rehearsal Season 2, Episode 6, “My Controls.”]
Did Nathan Fielder simply pull off probably the most bonkers stunt in TV historical past? The Rehearsal‘s Season 2 finale definitely posed the query because the comic piloted a Boeing 737 flight crammed with actors to additional look at communication within the cockpit.
Whereas Fielder spent most of The Rehearsal‘s second season observing pilots and their means to speak, even having HBO construct a duplicate airport terminal in a warehouse to analysis pre-flight behaviors, it turned out he was holding his largest wildcard near the vest.
About two years previous to the occasions depicted within the ongoing shenanigans seen in The Rehearsal, Fielder had been engaged on turning into a pilot. He initially struggled with touchdown, regardless of 120 hours of observe. He struggled a lot that he famous most of the instructors handed him round earlier than he finally managed to crack the metaphorical code.
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As soon as he managed to fly solo in a small airplane, Fielder continued to rise within the ranks, with the final word purpose of flying a industrial airplane. Whereas Fielder didn’t technically have the required hours to man a industrial flight with an authorized firm, he might technically fly a Boeing 737 with actors who weren’t paying to take part. (Pilots need to have round 1,500 hours logged to man a flight with paid passengers, and he had beneath 300.)
The issue? Fielder needed to discover a airplane that met the {qualifications}. As soon as he did, he handpicked his copilot from the Wings of Voice contributors, Aaron. It was revealed by Fielder that the copilot had goals of success in leisure exterior of his day job, making him a seemingly good match for his or her two-hour flight from San Bernardino to the Nevada border and again.
Through the flight, Fielder obtained to speak with Aaron as they examined his previously-introduced “First Officer Blunt” and “Captain All Ears” role-play situation. Ultimately, Fielder landed the airplane with applause from his passengers. The catch? Earlier within the episode, Fielder had seen a health care provider to handle his nervousness, worrying about filling out his paperwork correctly.
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He had his mind scanned for nervousness, and the physician hinted that it might additionally detect autism markers. As Fielder celebrated his victorious first flight on the Boeing 737 and listened to the Wings of Voice winner carry out Evanescence’s “Deliver Me to Life,” Fielder discovered a voicemail from the physician asking him to test in so he might obtain the outcomes from his scan. Fielder deleted the voicemail, which steered he wouldn’t observe up. In spite of everything, he accomplished the large flight with out situation, proper?
Within the closing moments of the finale episode, Fielder revealed that his piloting hadn’t concluded with that main first commercial-level flight, as he went on to take part in a program that relocated giant airplanes in several nations.
Changing into an authorized pilot at numerous ranges is certainly Fielder’s largest stunt thus far, and fan reactions poured in after the finale airing. See a number of the funniest (and typically very honest) reactions beneath, and tell us what you considered The Rehearsal finale within the feedback part beneath!
if I ship this to you it means I’m nearing unprecedented, inadvisable ranges of “dedicated to the bit” #therehearsal pic.twitter.com/zpAvjGkVR1
— low cost matt damon 🤠 (@lexcwins) Could 26, 2025
With the S2 finale, THE REHEARSAL has cemented itself as a number of the most monumental tv of the twenty first century.
A comedy, psychological thriller, journey of self-discovery, and public security marketing campaign all rolled into one. Merely nothing else prefer it. pic.twitter.com/p6nvg81Ofs
— Reiley Jackson (@Geekstache) Could 26, 2025
Unironically The Rehearsal finale pic.twitter.com/5OtayeyPcQ
— Daniella (@DaniellaMazzio) Could 26, 2025
nathan fielder deserves an Emmy for Committing to the Bit for getting his literal pilot’s license for #TheRehearsal pic.twitter.com/LOf3arBUeb
— hannah (@hannahnadcoh) Could 26, 2025
Why am I crying over a comic efficiently flying and touchdown a 737 Nathan fielder the genius you might be #TheRehearsal pic.twitter.com/q8YOZ0NpoO
— jillian (@heartstopperacd) Could 26, 2025
“We’re all simply individuals, at the back of an uber. Attempting to keep away from a clumsy dialog” #TheRehearsal
Quote of the yr. Give this man his award.
Bravo. Completely, Bravo. pic.twitter.com/hh7C5K926y— 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕘𝕠 🧦 (@EazyEthann) Could 26, 2025
nathan fielder after he flies a 737 only for the bit #TheRehearsal pic.twitter.com/t9MrJRjy2n
— kathleen (@kathleen_hanley) Could 26, 2025
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