S1E1: False Start (Part 1)

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The pilot episode introduces Jacob Kane, a struggling actor grappling with the recent death of his father and extreme financial instability.

Key takeaways

• Jacob Kane is struggling to maintain his acting career following the death of his father in a car accident.
• Eli Reyes supports Jacob by buying him a single egg during breakfast.

Main topics

• Acting and auditions
• Grief and family loss

Notable quotes

I prefer to look at it as having artistic integrity.

Conclusion

A high-stakes introduction that blends character-driven drama with sud

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) Redacted is our weekly horror comedy series, airing Fridays at 9, 8 central. If you want to listen a day early, you can join us live on twitch.tv forward slash Athens music or support the Patreon, patreon.com forward slash the Redacted Unit. If you want to interact with the community and learn more about the behind the scenes and see the cast, visit the redactedunit.com forward slash discord to connect. All links in the description. Thanks for listening. Speaker 5 (0:29) Hey. Hey, mom. Yeah. Yeah, I know it's late. I'm sorry, I just wanted to call you before the police do. There's been an accident. No, no, I'm fine. A couple of scratches, but... Mom, are you sitting down? Yeah, I think it would be best if you did. Speaker 2 (0:57) It's Dad. Speaker 5 (0:59) He, uh, he was thrown from the car. He must not have had his belt on. Speaker 6 (1:07) Mom, Dad Speaker 5 (1:09) is... He didn't make it. Speaker 5 (1:17) Who was Speaker 2 (1:17) driving? Well, I Speaker 5 (1:18) was, but it's not my fault. Mom, it's raining, and the car just started sliding, and I... No, no, Mom, please. Mom, Speaker 2 (1:27) please, please don't go, Mom, please. Thank you, Jacob. That was great, but did you prepare any of the material we sent you? Speaker 5 (1:38) So I looked it over. I just don't think that it really resonated with the character. None of the dialogue really showed the gravitas that I think he deserves. Jacob, Speaker 2 (1:46) Jacob, we appreciate the care put into your craft, but production really has a singular vision for this character. Speaker 5 (1:54) Look, I get that there's a vision and all, but the lines that were sent to me were just so pedestrian. Speaker 2 (2:00) You are aware that the writer is sitting at this table, correct? Uh, hey. Speaker 5 (2:09) I am sorry. Look, I didn't mean anything by it. All writers have to start somewhere, right? Speaker 2 (2:14) Jacob, we can't use alternate dialogue. The script is locked. We need to hear the lines as written. If you could, please, just start again Speaker 3 (2:26) with Speaker 2 (2:26) the provided material whenever you're ready. Speaker 3 (3:18) Okay, so you didn't do the audition then? Speaker 5 (3:21) No, I did do it. Speaker 3 (3:22) It Speaker 5 (3:23) just wasn't what they wanted. They wanted some brainless nobody to recite their amateur script exactly as written. Okay, Speaker 3 (3:30) yeah, you mean like, I don't know, an actor then? Speaker 5 (3:32) Look, if they wanted an actor, I would have heard back by Speaker 3 (3:34) now. You do realize how pretentious you sound when you get like this, right? Like, you have to hear that, right? I Speaker 5 (3:40) wouldn't call it pretentious per se. I prefer to look at it as having artistic integrity. Okay, Speaker 3 (3:45) well, yeah, all of that. Whatever that is, it doesn't pay the bills, Jacob. And also, I don't think it's even possible to say per se without being pretentious. Look, Speaker 5 (3:56) I'm not going to waste my time reciting derivative bullshit for a part as an unnamed victim on some random crime show. That character Speaker 3 (4:03) could have come back in future episodes, and it would lead to more work. Uh, no. I read the script. That character is dead before the theme song plays. Okay, fine. Then, I don't know, have you given any thought to picking up some, like, side work or something? You know, to subsidize your artistic integrity, you know? Like a job? Yeah, like a job. I Speaker 5 (4:22) don't know, man. Speaker 3 (4:23) Look, I know it's rough, but you can have a day job and still make time for acting. I mean, look, my job never stopped me from doing music. I'm able to do both. Speaker 5 (4:33) Yeah, about that. What is it that you even do? Speaker 3 (4:37) Jacob, you know this. I'm in supply chain management. Speaker 5 (4:41) Right, yeah, I know we talked about it, but what does that mean? Speaker 3 (4:44) Is