The special features Brett Gelman as a demented version of himself, along with several guests, who also play fictionalized characters of themselves.

Brett Gelman hosts a dinner party with Dale Dickey, Gilbert Gottfried, Alex Karpovsky, Fred Melamed, Alison Pill, and Lance Reddick.

It turns out to be a chimpanzee dressed in a police uniform, and everyone is relieved until a henchman informs Gelman that they are short a gun.

Gelman considered his character, which he developed on his Gelmania podcast and UCB performance of the same name,[1] exaggerated, yet somewhat identical, to his own.

[4] Woliner and Gelman were inspired by the works of Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, as well as Dinner for Five.

[2] Gelman chose to star the guests for their wide range of talent, calling Gottfried a "heartbreaking" drama actor despite being a comedian by trade.

[8] Sydney Bucksbaum of Zap2it wrote that viewers should watch it with an open mind, discarding expectations and inhibitions, because "you have never seen anything quite like this, and you probably won't ever see anything quite like it again".

[9] Bradford Evans of Splitsider called its pacing stand-out and its blending of horror and comedy exceptionally unique, writing that it was "genuinely suspenseful and frightening in parts".

[1] In LA Weekly, Liz Ohanesian compared its pacing to Eagleheart, making for plot twists "more bizarre than an audience member can anticipate".

When he reenacts scenes from his childhood on-stage with actors playing the part of his parents (Tony Roberts and Patti LuPone), the dinner takes a terrifying turn as suicide, incest, and drug addiction are revealed in Gelman's past and present.

[12] Gelman found that the dinner format made for a more traumatic environment once horror was introduced because of its inherent tranquility.