The Chair Company feels like someone took I Think You Should Leave, fed it protein powder, gave it a storyline, and then whispered “don’t hold back.” It is exactly the kind of bizarre, uncomfortable, spiraling-absurdist comedy that Tim Robinson fans (like you) eat up, because it operates on his core principle:
“What if the most unhinged person in the room never stops doubling down?”
Tone & Style
This show is weird—not “quirky,” not “eccentric,” but full-on Robinson-weird, where every scene starts normal and then plummets into a fever dream of screaming, denial, wildly misplaced confidence, and workplace meltdowns. And the best part?
It’s coherent. There’s plot structure… just barely… like scaffolding holding up a collapsing clown car.
Tim Robinson, as Tim Robinson
He isn’t playing a character so much as a variant of himself from a different multiverse branch where HR violations are spiritual.
Every line delivery is tense, cracked, and perfectly unhinged.
Every outburst feels like a natural law of physics in this universe.
If you loved him in:
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I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
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Detroiters
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or his SNL sketches that somehow survived censors
…then The Chair Company feels like his ultimate form.
Why Season 1 Works So Well
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The premise is stupid… but smart-stupid.
It treats office drama like world-ending crises, which is where Robinson thrives. -
The escalation is immaculate.
A small misunderstanding becomes a nuclear meltdown every episode. -
The supporting cast buys in.
Everyone plays it straight, which makes Tim’s unhinging even funnier.
Bottom Line
The Chair Company Season 1 is chaotic, brilliant, uncomfortable, and absolutely in the spirit of everything Tim Robinson does. If you go in expecting polished sitcom storytelling, you’ll be confused. If you go in wanting the exact flavor of comedy that makes you say,
“Oh my God, stop—why is he LIKE THIS?”
…you’ll be in heaven.