This has a great cast and a great premise and is very cleverly written.
But, somehow, it just doesn't work.
As the jokes rolled out, I remember thinking how smart and witty they are, but I didn't actually laugh once - despite some of the jokes being really, really clever.
For some reason the parts of the episode just don't gel - it feels very procedurally generated.
In something like The Office you get the feeling that the characters have life, that they have a reason for being in the photocopy room or hanging around the loading bay
Here people have no real personality and just exist to set the next joke up, so you just don't care about anyone and after a while it feels like a sketch show stitched together with really weak thread.
You could chop up the episodes into chunks and mix them up and it wouldn't feel too different.
Nothing has any consequence or meaning - this sounds like I am taking this too seriously but it really does matter.
There is a great (on paper) episode where the working Joe has to deal with his old workers across the management\labourer divide.
There was so much to work with here but it was all over in a blink of an eye - sacrificing vital character development to squeeze in some dumb jokes from a disposable character.
I want to like this so much - but I am sure I will have forgotten about this in a few months.
But, somehow, it just doesn't work.
As the jokes rolled out, I remember thinking how smart and witty they are, but I didn't actually laugh once - despite some of the jokes being really, really clever.
For some reason the parts of the episode just don't gel - it feels very procedurally generated.
In something like The Office you get the feeling that the characters have life, that they have a reason for being in the photocopy room or hanging around the loading bay
Here people have no real personality and just exist to set the next joke up, so you just don't care about anyone and after a while it feels like a sketch show stitched together with really weak thread.
You could chop up the episodes into chunks and mix them up and it wouldn't feel too different.
Nothing has any consequence or meaning - this sounds like I am taking this too seriously but it really does matter.
There is a great (on paper) episode where the working Joe has to deal with his old workers across the management\labourer divide.
There was so much to work with here but it was all over in a blink of an eye - sacrificing vital character development to squeeze in some dumb jokes from a disposable character.
I want to like this so much - but I am sure I will have forgotten about this in a few months.