That evening, Owen visits his wealthy Succession-like family for a bougie, heartless dinner. His brothers, which include Jed (Billy Magnussen), are too loud, too obnoxious, too entitled, and too preppy. He exists in the shadows of their world, partly by his own doing, and partly by the voice in his head's doing. Speaking of the voice, we realize here that the voice in his head is Jed, but a different hallucinogenic version of him. Let's call him Voice Jed, versus Real Jed. We meet Voice Jed before we meet Real Jed, which may cause you, like it did me, to do a double-take because of their varying appearance. Voice Jed exists to send Owen on missions. Missions for what? Unclear. For who? Also unclear. With what intention? Well, that's easy: To save the world. Owen is, in his head, a hero. A hero waiting for direction from the voice in his head. Owen is an extremely unreliable narrator, which makes this show unpredictable, and already a bit frustrating. Is the random woman calling him from his tiny, sad, and futuristic apartment a real person? Is his boss? Is the random man on the subway talking to him about his rent?
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