HBO’s New Comedy Sequence Scores 100% On Rotten Tomatoes

HBO’s latest comedy sequence, The Chair Firm, debuts with an ideal Rotten Tomatoes rating. The present was co-created by Zach Kanin and Tim Robinson, with the latter additionally enjoying the protagonist, Ron Trosper. The co-creators beforehand labored collectively on the sitcom Detroiters and the sketch comedy I Suppose You Ought to Depart with Tim Robinson.

After an embarrassing incident at his job, Ron finds himself investigating an enormous conspiracy. The Chair Firm‘s critiques have been extremely constructive to this point, with ScreenRant‘s Sarah Moran hailing the sequence as “a conspiratorial thriller advised via the lens of cringe comedy, and it’s a pleasant mixture.”

On Rotten Tomatoes, The Chair Firm has debuted with a 100% crucial rating. The right score comes from 21 critiques, most of which reward the present’s originality, hilarious cringe comedy, and Robinson’s central efficiency. The crucial rating might fluctuate as extra are added following the HBO premiere.

A number of critiques emphasize that the brand new present builds on the themes and tone of a few of Robinson’s earlier work, together with his I Suppose You Ought to Depart sketches and his A24 darkish comedy movie Friendship, the place he starred alongside Paul Rudd.

On the identical time, many critics be aware that there isn’t a different present like The Chair Firm, making it really feel really genuine and a singular expertise price watching. Past the originality, the present can be described as feeling fairly offbeat and unusual at instances, which isn’t uncommon on the subject of Robinson.

The crucial response signifies that the sequence will delight Robinson followers who take pleasure in his distinctive taste of comedy, however it’s unlikely to win over those that take subject together with his over-the-top cringe comedy. The Chair Firm totally leans into this type and doesn’t shrink back throughout its eight-episode run.

Different reveals have debuted with an ideal Rotten Tomatoes rating, however it’s uncommon to take care of this as soon as a considerable variety of critiques are added. That makes The Chair Firm‘s 100% rating all of the extra spectacular, because it has managed to remain the identical even after 21 critiques.

It is being positioned as one among HBO’s greatest new reveals to look at, though this notion might change relying on the response from normal audiences. Robinson’s comedy has usually elicited a divisive response, and there could also be the same response to his latest present.

The Chair Firm will most likely not change into one among HBO’s hottest reveals, however it’s poised to be celebrated by these clamoring for extra of Robinson and those that go alongside for the journey. Premiering an hour after the crime drama Job on Sunday nights, Robinson’s sequence additionally offers one thing really completely different and refreshing, particularly after the extraordinary present that precedes it.

The Chair Firm debuts on October 12 at 10:00pm ET on HBO and HBO Max.