Ben Wexler Reveals Favorite "The Comedians" Moment

[JamesG]

Trying to pick my favorite thing I’ve ever written is like trying to pick my favorite child…super easy. But enough about my kids. My favorite thing I ever wrote was the season finale of "The Comedians", which airs next month.

On its surface, "The Comedians" is a behind-the-scenes mockumentary about the making of a sketch comedy series for FX, but secretly what it’s really about is the burgeoning friendship between our two leads, Billy Crystal and Josh Gad — a friendship that suffers some major setbacks along the way.



In our finale, which takes place backstage as Billy and Josh tape the final episode of the show-within-a-show, the two men have to settle a simple dramatic question: “Are we friends or aren’t we?”

The episode has an urgency about it, as the guys quick-change costumes to go from one live sketch to the next, but also an intimacy — they’ve come to care pretty deeply about each other as they’ve worked together all these months, whether they want to admit it to themselves or not.



I’m biased, of course, but thanks to the beautiful performances of everyone involved, it’s a half hour of television that delivers both laughs and real emotion. I’m incredibly proud to have been a part of it.

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