Two friends go on a work trip and encounter unexpected challenges and local personalities as they navigate their assignment. Their efforts to adapt to unfamiliar surroundings highlights moments of humor, small-town culture and the unpredictable nature of work travel. As they troubleshoot problems, their experience leaves a lasting impression and offers new perspectives on their friendship.
Acting
Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal's chemistry is so natural it feels like found footage.
Direction
Storer somehow makes a 60-minute dramedy feel epic and intimate simultaneously.
Production
Gary, Indiana becomes a character—gritty, weird, strangely beautiful.
Director
Christopher Storer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in actual Gary, Indiana—a city so economically devastated it reads as post-apocalyptic without any set dressing.
This was filmed between The Bear seasons 2 and 3, originally conceived as a bonus episode before becoming a standalone prequel.
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