I just watched Finding Frances. It was incredible. There were so many layers of acting/lying. First, Bill is shown from a past episode where he was introduced as a Bill Gates impersonator. Later, we find out he was never a Bill Gates impersonator (so he was a Bill Gates impersonator impersonator?). He's in love with a woman he knew 50 years ago, and tells Nathan a tale of how the relationship was thwarted because his mom didn't like it ("I should've married her...everybody interfered"). It turns out the relationship was probably thwarted by Bill moving away and cheating on Frances. Meanwhile, Nathan starts a relationship with an escort, someone whose profession is to give people the illusion of a relationship. And we know Nathan never breaks character; his entire persona is a performance. "Nathan" falls for the escort. The cherry on top is when Bill falls for the actress who role-played Frances!
I had to go back and re-watch the beginning of the episode after letting it all sink in. The episode starts out meta, with Nathan and Bill recording DVD commentary for a Nathan For You DVD. It ends with Nathan telling Maci it would be cool to have a drone shot, followed immediately by the drone pulling back and showing all the camera crew around Nathan and Maci. I think the only genuine relationship in this whole thing was the one between Bill and his niece. Crazy.
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