Season 3 • Episode 4
LatestRick D'Andres strives to protect the Faulkner campaign from probing by FBI Agent Sidney Waverly, who has both a personal and professional vendetta against the Senator.
The series from Neil LaBute aims to examine "the human condition and relationships through a series of conversations between 11 people", whose lives are intertwined, unbeknownst to them. Each episode takes place in a restaurant and is a conversation between two characters. One of the character's storylines then will carry over into the next episode through a conversation with a new character. That character will then be featured in the following episode. The process will continue until the final episode.
Writing
LaBute's vicious dialogue cuts like a dinner knife
Acting
Two-person theater; every glance lands
Direction
Single-location tension that never escapes the table
Creator
Neil LaBute
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neil LaBute adapted this from his own stage play 'The Shape of Things,' keeping the theatrical two-hander format for television.
Each season uses a different city restaurant to mirror class dynamics—season one's upscale setting versus season three's diner fundamentally changes who's allowed at the table.
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