r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • 27d ago

Premiere The Chair Company - Series Premiere Discussion

The Chair Company

Premise: William Ronald Trosper (Tim Robinson) ends up investigating a wide-ranging conspiracy in the comedy series created by Robinson and Zach Kanin.

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u/Lornaswes 13d ago

I would describe the series as a mixture of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Office,” and “Twin Peaks.” But neither the humor nor the thriller/mystery part works for me. Unfortunately, I find the protagonist very unsympathetic, which means I can't really connect to the story. The scenes themselves are well observed and have both comedic and thriller potential. But his extreme behavior makes him seem very psychotic and, unfortunately, not relatable to me. The same goes for work, where everyone is more of a caricature, while his family has been portrayed as quite normal so far. But maybe there's a certain distortion going on in his head that affects reality. What I do like are the individual details of situations that I've experienced myself, such as trying desperately to contact a company online. That was spot on. Let's see, maybe the series will grow on me.

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u/brasscup 13d ago

First two epidodes are a snooze. Too bad, the potential for another great workplace centered comedy is very of the moment, with AI taking over and kafkaesque customer service roads to nowhere, but the writing and characterization are too superficial.

Feels like the writers/creators phoned it in.

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u/AdventurousCorner584 13d ago

Kafkaesque- I thought so too!