Warning: The Rehearsal Season 2 spoilers ahead

In HBO’s The Rehearsal, comedian Nathan Fielder mixes humor with psychology as he tries to prove that you can rehearse for any upcoming event in your life, so long as you have the resources to put you exactly in the mindset you need to be. For Fielder, that usually means building sets that are accurate to real-life locations down to the crooked pictures on the wall and hiring actors to study (aka spy on) their real-life counterparts to ensure that everything is as lifelike as possible. While it’s already an ambitious ask, Fielder took it up a notch in season two when he asked himself and his audience: If we can really rehearse every single outcome in our lives, can we use this method to change the future? For instance, can we prepare ourselves so well that we can stop aviation disasters from ever happening again?

While ending all plan crashes probably seems unavoidable, Fielder does bring up a good point—many of these disasters could be avoided if there was better communication in the cockpit and if we had a way to prepare aviation crews for those pivotal moments when their teamwork could mean life or death. But the way Fielder goes about it—from starting a pilot-judged singing competition, recreating and living the entire life of Sully Sullenberger (yes, including infancy), to learning how to pilot a plane himself—might have viewers feeling like they’re getting an almost voyeuristic view into a Nathan Fielder fever dream. That being said, the show is full of hilarious quotes and profound insights that will have everyone wondering just how sincere Fielder is in his efforts—and how much good his ideas might actually do.

Here are the funniest and most thought-provoking quotes from The Rehearsal season 2:

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“Aviation safety is serious stuff. Was I really the man to do this? But as I continued immersing myself in the history of flying, I found something that changed my attitude a little. Nearly all the early attempts at inventing an airplane was seen by the public as a joke. No one believed the Wright brothers could do it, and no one took them seriously because the field of aviation at the time was considered comedy. Maybe every new idea is funny until it’s proven. Maybe a clown can change the world after all.” — Nathan Fielder

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“I’ve always felt that sincerity is overrated. It just ends up punishing those who can’t perform it as well as others. Some people are born great performers. They have the talent to effortlessly convince others they’re more than just a number. But for the rest of us, no matter how sincere we are inside, it’ll always be a struggle.” — Nathan Fielder

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“Without cockpit video, we can’t be sure what Sully was doing during those mysterious 23 seconds before he asked his first officer for help. But after the crash, Sully’s iPod was discovered submerged in the flooded cockpit, which he confirms in his book. It might be nothing, or just a hunch I have from living as him for so long, but the chorus for Evanescence’s ‘Bring Me To Life’ just happens to be exactly 23 seconds long.” — Nathan Fielder

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“We all want pilots to be perfect, but maybe in some instances, we actually want them to know that they’re not.” — Nathan Fielder

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“Out of any group of real people we’ve reached out to to be on one of my shows, to my surprised, we had the highest response rate from professional pilots. And more often than not, they were less interested in talking about aviation and more about themselves. After the interviews ended, many kept following up and wanted to talk again. I’m not sure what it means, but it’s interesting.” — Nathan Fielder

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“It was difficult at first to inhabit the mind of a baby. I know so much more than babies do, and it can be hard to forget all that stuff. So I tried not to fact that I was a 41-year old man and did my best to just be present in the moment.” — Nathan Fielder

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“I was realizing there’s this magical thing that happens when they say that they’re acting. It was like the concept of acting itself disarmed everyone in its presence, and the actor gets a free pass for virtually any behavior. Everything I’ve been trying to do just comes down to getting copilots and captains to just act on their true feelings, either speaking up about their feelings or admitting to your copilot that you might not know everything. These are feelings that every pilot already has but many struggle to act upon because they fear the consequences. Could the concept of acting give pilots a loophole to do the things they’re most afraid of?” — Nathan Fielder

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“It’s an honor to be here in front of the aviation subcomittee. You know, the last time I had to answer to a transportation authority was when I was caught m*sturbating on that bus, but in my defense, the driver did keep telling me to get off.” — Nathan Fielder

9.

“I started to wonder if they Googled me, because if they did, all they would have discovered was nothing but a man acting like a complete fool. Every public opportunity I’ve had in my life to convey sincerity instead turned into a joke. I couldn’t help myself, and now, when lives were on the line, it was coming back to haunt me.” — Nathan Fielder

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“There’s something freeing about flying all alone. You don’t have to rely on anyone else. And if you ever make a catastrophic error, at least the only person you’re hurting is you.” — Nathan Fielder

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“For many of us, the solitude becomes addictive, miles away from any other human. But when you’re alone with your thoughts for long enough, you start to get ideas—big ones.” — Nathan Fielder

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“No one is allowed in the cockpit if something is wrong with them. So if you’re here, you must be fine.” — Nathan Fielder