On some of his(her?) posts, he said he wasn't clear on exactly what was happening because he either didn't have audio with the scene or was watching them out of order.

So I assume it was some type of editing after the principal shoot was already done.

At least it somewhat prepared me to be underwhelmed. Though the writing this season was lowering the bar anyway.

Hey...welp...at least the temptation to go back and watch some of the early seasons won't be as strong.