I was referring more to the filming style. Starting in the Emmy lobby was the first time this series has not used the "raw footage" device to craft its narrative and while the switch is meant to signify a change to "the real world," this show has been so inside Hollywood and so "industry," as well as "fourth wall…

To be fair, Valerie ASKED Jane to do this for her. And here's another moment where The Comeback revels in complexity. Because Jane is doing her job and doing it well, which is in producing the best, most compelling documentary on Valerie's HBO comeback and subsequent personal life implosion. Jane may not be helping…

Also, vapid, brain-dead, mentally truncated America, you not watching The Comeback is why we don't get great shows like this one more often. It's insane to think that we're lucky to get another eight episodes of this in a decade, but Supernatural has been sucking wind for at least a decade now.

The switch from raw-footage construct to premium-cable cinematic style might have been the most meta thing this series (or any series) has ever done. I know it was done to take us out of the 'reality show' fake reality and into 'real reality,' but there was just something so on the nose about the stylistic choice…

"I know!"

I actually think that, in Jane's case, it's worse than that; remember, she was basically dragged back into this by Valerie. Clearly, Jane isn't looking for recognition as she uses the Oscar as a doorstop. I think she sees Valerie's story as interesting and worth being told…as what does Hollywood do to women…to THIS…

Sometimes I try to cast real-life actresses who might approximate the Valerie Cherish level of quick-and-short 1990s fame level. Jamie Luner or Brooke Theiss spring to mind. Or Robin Lively.

I also loved her throwaway reaction to Tyler's deadpan "it was a red light" in the car.

That's why that parking lot scene was so brilliant; you could see so much going on there with Valerie. This attempt at proper presentation, the anger and rage seeping through that facade, and her searching for the 'right way' to respond. When she FAILS at that (and I think it really kicks in on the 'nobody believed in…

Just a superb half hour of television. The parking lot scene ALONE was brilliant, but then, pretty much every other scene was, as well.

Perhaps where The Comeback is leading us is the idea that there's authentic Valerie (of which we've got snippets of, seeping through the mask,) and "on-camera, on-stage Valerie," which is the persona she projects to convey her "perfect" reality, and that Mark is (a) annoyed with having to deal with the persona Valerie…

It's a nephew!

LOL. Love your profile pic, BTW. We should date.

OK, since we're basically the 15 people who are actually watching this show, we should all meet in Vegas or something and celebrate our cultural superiority, amirite?

I think she took it because that scene reflected a crack in the "Valerie Cherish" facade, and the note clinched it. She took it to get the 'real' versus what Valerie wanted to convey as real. Honestly, I'm convinced that Jane's documentary on her will bring Val massive fame…and humiliation.

You also have to love that HBO is throwing snakes all over Valerie before she bakes in the desert, while Paulie G is in a tent getting massaged and pampered, just so the 'genius' can FINISH the series!

I'm on the fence here. On the one hand, I get the "jump through hoops for your big chance" mentality at work in Valerie here, and I admire that: she's not going to miss her shot.

I think we're heading for a finale where Valerie gets everything she thinks she wants, but loses everything she absolutely needs to get there. Which is to say that whatever HBO is doing with Seeing Red and now Jane's documentary is going to work and click for Valerie, but Mark is going to leave her and Mickey is going…

The scene with Gigi was fabulous (horrid fat suit fakeness aside.) That actress was conveying happiness for Valerie, sadness for herself, jealousy of Valerie's ascent into HBO-land, and general flibberty-bidget weirdness…while KUDROW was just brilliant there, showing how Valerie's fake public persona is hard to keep…

The show was great, but one nitpick: when the "invisible" plane landed on the roof, entirely and ridiculously visible to anyone who had eyes.