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Jason Alexander Joins Bickel's Microdosing Comedy Pilot

5/23/2026

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U.S. filmmaker David Bickel wrote and directed the half-hour indie comedy pilot “To Life.”
Natalie Lander’s anxious character gains the ability to talk to inanimate objects after microdosing hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Jason Alexander appears as a mental-health professional who recommends the microdose.
The cast includes Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, David Paymer and Danny Trejo.
Bickel described the tone as “Fleabag meets Search Party” and said no release date is set.

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Story summary

U.S. filmmaker David Bickel wrote and directed the half-hour indie comedy pilot “To Life.”
Natalie Lander’s anxious character gains the ability to talk to inanimate objects after microdosing hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Jason Alexander appears as a mental-health professional who recommends the microdose.
The cast includes Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, David Paymer and Danny Trejo.
Bickel described the tone as “Fleabag meets Search Party” and said no release date is set.