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. 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. Yet most comedy that dares to stray from the beaten track does so at the risk of getting lost in the weeds. Fans learn to accept a certain hit-to-miss ratio. 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. In good time, too: most episodes come in around the 16-minute mark. 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. 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. But get ready for such wonders as “the guy on the adults-only ghost tour who falls foul of the guide’s anything-goes policy”. Or “the road-raging driver who doesn’t actually know how to drive”, and is indignant that anyone would assume otherwise.
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