After being promoted as a project lead, Ron falls down due to his office chair breaking. At first he tries to joke it off, but the work piles on, the expectations get higher, and all he can do is call The Chair Company. It leads him to an unexpected conspiracy that could be a combination of normal corporate bureaucracy, unfortunate coincidence, and stress-induced hallucinations, but the resulting journey is hilarious, cleverly combining Tim Robinson’s cringe comedic talents with a unique brand of thrill. The Chair Company is entirely unexpected, and that is why it might be one of the most original series airing right now.
"An unexpectedly expansive, even heartwarming, vision of cringe comedy."
— Molly Fischer
"The series features Robinson and Kanin pushing their sensibility to the edge, testing whether the anxious, combustible energy of I Think You Should Leave can hold steady in a longer, more fragile form. It mostly does..."
— Nicholas Quah
After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
WGA
2 nominations
