Sometimes you sense that they’re more than assholes. No matter what, Robinson pushes all these roles beyond their one, very loud note and into a broader dimension. But there’s also variance in the title role - no one asshole is alike: Some are true jerks, hellbent on getting their way in the most obnoxious fashion, while others are just inescapable, caught in the wrong place with the wrong attitude. Usually, Robinson inhabits the person who everyone else wants to leave, but the co-creators shift his onscreen roles from sketch to sketch, allowing him to play the asshole, then let a guest star take over, or play the asshole, and then step in as an Average Joe bystander. It’s easy to see and appreciate Robinson’s commitment to each sketch as his seismic bellows somehow escalate from their earth-shattering initial pitch, but it’s his commitment to each character that resonates even longer. Robinson and Kanin balance each episode almost by volume. Tim Robinson in “I Think You Should Leave” Saeed Adyani / Netflix
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After trying to park too slowly for the infuriated man behind him, Robinson’s driver looks back and simply says, “I don’t know what any of this shit is, and I’m scared.” From there, the shouting continues, but it’s a tender moment amid the chaos, and it’s not the only one. But perhaps the most telling, teary character is just a guy who can’t drive. Still more are welling up inexplicably, like a friend at an awkward party desperate to keep the mood elevated.
Others have their feelings hurt, like an office worker who’s particularly proud of his fedora. Some are confused, like a ghost tour patron who can’t grasp what he’s doing wrong.
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Here, it’s worth noting (as TV Awards Editor Libby Hill pointed out) nearly every episode features one of Robinson’s characters crying. Similar questions of tone and intent pop up in the first episode, when Tim plays a prank comic whose inhuman latex disguise sends him spiraling into depression (though there’s still an unmistakably hilarious closer).
One episode features a nine-minute sketch - nine minutes! - and it comes soon after an opening short (featuring Paul Walter Hauser) that’s so sweet and innocent, I’m not sure it’s meant to be funny. Maintaining the 15-to-17-minute episodes and bringing back many favorite guest stars (Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison, and Tim Heidecker among them), “I Think You Should Leave” still bucks expectations with every new sketch, while stretching its structure in refreshing new ways. Season 2 keeps those grand curveballs coming.
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