There is no sign yet that Robinson and co-creator Zach Kanin are running short of complicating factors for this basic formula, and the difficulty of summarising each increasingly ridiculous situation is testament to that. Typically, the characters will make some error of judgment, get called out on it and then – instead of simply admitting fault and apologising – double down ad infinitum.
In good time, too: most episodes come in around the 16-minute mark. What is so mindblowingly delightful about I Think You Should Leave is how it takes frequent turns down the lesser-travelled route to hilarity, and unerringly reaches its destination. Fans learn to accept a certain hit-to-miss ratio. Yet most comedy that dares to stray from the beaten track does so at the risk of getting lost in the weeds. Its style of humour, while frequently labelled “wacky” or “out there”, also isn’t so far out that its lineage can’t be traced – indeed, Mr Show’s Bob Odenkirk and Tim & Eric’s Tim Heidecker both guest star.
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I Think You Should Leave is among the freshest and funniest TV comedies of recent years, but it isn’t that the premises are particularly innovative – pop culture parodies, office etiquette and bad dinner dates are all mainstays of sketch comedy. Or Biff Wiff as Santa Claus, if he was also a self-regarding actor promoting his latest ultra-violent vigilante thriller.
This season’s contenders for comparable cult status include Bob McDuff Wilson as a kindly business school professor with terrible table manners.
Watch the trailer for I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, season two
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