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* PeepingTom: Felix recounts a boyhood story of filming a mysterious neighbor who never closed her blinds while undressing. Unusually for the trope, he was too prudish to develop the film. Oscar has no such scruples.

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* PeepingTom: ThePeepingTom: Felix recounts a boyhood story of filming a mysterious neighbor who never closed her blinds while undressing. Unusually for the trope, he was too prudish to develop the film. Oscar has no such scruples.
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After Felix complains about the dullness of yet another TV program, Murray dares him to try his hand at filmmaking. Felix, smitten with the idea, fixes on Oscar as his subject. The resulting bizarre shots even catch the attention of a filmmaker friend of Oscar's. However, Oscar realizes something very odd is going on...
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* BatmanGambit: After talking to multiple actors, Oscar finds out that they're all amateurs and every screen credit comes from films titled ''Last Tango in ____''. Realizing that the producer got Felix involved in making a porno film, he yells about a non-existent raid. As he predicted, this panics the actors, who flee.
* IllKillYou: Felix throws a death threat into his scene of a man confronting an enemy.
* LeFilmArtistique: Felix intends to make a ''cinema verite'' piece about Oscar's horrendous messiness, called ''Mondo Filth.'' This results in a bunch of shots of Oscar doing everyday things and more shots of messes he's made.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: InUniverse, Murray, fed up with Felix's criticizing of every program they've seen, says he should try to do better. He claims the new candidness comes from the group therapy sessions the station has been holding recently. Felix later repeats the story to Oscar, but claims ''he'' said it to himself.
* LovableCoward: Felix, attempting to give Oscar a course in method acting, shows him how he would do the scene of opening the door while a hated enemy is on the other side. He ends by flinging it open, snarling that he'll kill him. Murray, who was on the other side, immediately flees.
* PeepingTom: Felix recounts a boyhood story of filming a mysterious neighbor who never closed her blinds while undressing. Unusually for the trope, he was too prudish to develop the film. Oscar has no such scruples.

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