Full disclosure: while I have seen an episode or two of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, I am not familiar enough with the program to judge this program with that one. Having said that, this program is indeed a nice hybrid of three shows I do enjoy (The Office, Parks and Rec, Silicon Valley) with it's own flavoring as well. It took me a few episodes to get into it, but once I did, I was really hooked.
I think my favorite part of this show is the fact that it might be the best display of a plutonic friendship between a man and a woman that I have ever seen. Ian Grimm and Poppy Li might constantly be arguing and at each other's throats, but the mutual respect they have for each other and the deep bond between them is always evident no matter what. The best part, you can tell they love and care about each other, but romance is never forced and shoved through needlessly. It's about time Hollywood figured out how to write a realistic plutonic friendship between a man and a woman. They exist and there are many of them in 2021.
Also, the show is not afraid to take risks and write episodes completely different from the formula. A Dark Quiet Death, the Quarantine Special and Backstory are a few examples of this.
I'm not sure if this is truly what working at a video game studio is like, but now I can't help think of this show when I read about how video games are developed.
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