O'Malley pointed out several inconsistencies and near impossibilities in the Soviet version. Despite the many obvious flaws and impossibilities in Hubert's confession, a scapegoat was needed. For Messiaen, this represented the "charm of impossibilities" of these processes. However, according to Ramaprasad Chanda, this identification results in "chronological impossibilities". The Greek text corrects the impossibilities but does not seem to represent an earlier version. The Impossibilities was nominated for a Gotham Award in the category of Breakthrough Short-Form Series. In 2015 he produced and acted in The Impossibilities alongside his wife, Kati Rediger. It goes well at first, but the relationship ends because of its impossibilities.