Over the last few months, audiences have been cheering on Tracy Morgan from the sidelines as he made his return to the world of television in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. Appearing as a man on the comeback tour of his life, the project follows Morgan’s titular character, who previously had it all as a pro football player before suffering a massive fall from grace. Over the first batch of episodes, which arrived as part of NBC’s midseason lineup, viewers watched as Reggie came to terms with the decisions he made during his lowest points and attempted to make it up to those closest to him.
Tonight, the Robert Carlock and Sam Means-created mockumentary crosses into the endzone with a two-episode finale that promises to perfectly round out what has already been an incredible season. Ahead of the bookend, Collider is excited to share a first look at the installment that also features performances from Morgan’s co-star Erika Alexander and guest stars Craig Robinson (The Office) and Heidi Gardner (Saturday Night Life).
Two rivals are clashing in our first look at the penultimate episode of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ debut season. Meticulously planning out their day — which involves a ribbon-cutting ceremony — devoted spouses Jerry (Robinson) and Tisha (Gardner) are ambushed by Reggie and Monica (Alexander), who have arrived to appeal to their better senses. Unfortunately, the beef between the rivals proves to be a little too strong, and Jerry quickly shuts down Reggie’s petition to help him enter the Hall of Fame, no matter how many amends the pro sports superstar says he has and will continue to make.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
Morgan and NBC have long had a good thing going since the comedian and actor first took the stage alongside a star-studded lineup of performers three decades ago on Saturday Night Live. In the years since, he, along with Tina Fey and **Alec Baldwin, **redefined sitcoms thanks to the seven-season-running favorite 30 Rock and now they’re back at it again with The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. In addition to the folks spotted in today’s sneak peek, the series also features the talents of Daniel Radcliffe (the Harry Potter film franchise), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), Jalyn Hall (The Crossover), Precious Way (The Killing Cove), Anna Camp (Scream 7), Corbin Bernsen (The Dentist) and more.
Check out our exclusive first look at the penultimate Season 1 episode of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins above.
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Robert Carlock, Sam Means