Premiering Friday, July 28th on HBO, Room 104 is a 12-episode anthology series that all takes place in the same dreary motel room, with the story and stars changing from week to week. But that's not all that changes every episode - the genre changes as well.
Yes, viewers will see everything from heartbreaking drama to uncomfortable comedy to chilling horror to...an episode with no dialogue and its story all told through modern dance.
Creators Jay and Mark Dupless (Togetherness, Animals), along with directors Marta Cunningham and Sarah Adina Smith, appeared at the Television Critics Press Tour to answer questions about the new series, which Mark Duplass called the "Russian Roulette of Television."
"In this era of Peak Television where you guys have so much to watch...I don't know about you but we feel pressured to watch things," Mark said. "We feel bad when we're not caught up on shows. We want Room 104 to be your casual dating experience. You pop in for one episode, have some sex with that episode, and you don't even have to come back.
"We're the Tinder of television," Jay added.
"Everything happens in hotel rooms," Jay continued. "Literally everything happens. It is sort of this space of infinite possibilities."
At the same time, even though Room 104 tries on a lot of different types of experimental storytelling, Mark Duplass wanted to make sure we knew that the series wasn't just "how f***ing crazy things can get in a hotel room. It's also about how quiet and simple things can be dramatic too."
"Motels are sort of this in-between space," Adina Smith shared. "It gives you permission to be someone who you’re not. Also maybe someone you really are."
Episodes of Room 104 features stars such as Philip Baker Hall, James Van Der Beek, Mae Whitman, Amy Landecker, and more.
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at http://ift.tt/2aJ67FB.
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