"No, I better not look. I just might be in there," is sort of the plot of Primer.

I think the wheels start to fall off a little in the third episode, which consists mostly of the guys driving around and being shot down. They're certainly making a point of “look how many people don’t want to talk to us,” but the repetition of it starts to feel like they were struggling for material.
In episode 2 they note that “Pat’s not very good at interviews,” and even 8 years later they don’t really take steps to correct…