Once more, the narrative intentionally blurs the line between what’s real and what’s scripted—at first, it seems that Willis has truly died, but when he opens his eyes, it seems to indicate that his death was yet another scripted scene in an episode of
Black and White. When Willis tells Turner that he “can’t do this anymore,” he means that he's done acting out roles. Note that the narrative specifies that Turner replies to Willis “off-script,” which hasn’t happened before. Up until now, it’s often been ambiguous what’s real and what’s scripted, perhaps reflecting Willis’s own confused identity. The decisiveness of Turner’s response here suggests that Willis is getting a better sense of who he is or wants to be—he’s not letting his characters on the show influence his sense of self any longer.