Holy crap, what is this? I checked out the first episode of this show after seeing some people posting about it on Facebook. It's the pilot episode for comedy set in Toronto. Let me start off by saying, seeing my hometown on screen is one of my favourite things and this show starts with an awesome montage of a morning commute through the city. I have no idea how they shot this, but it's a pretty sick opener.
The show is about three people who get hired to be Recruiters. I've gotten calls from Recruiters before, but have to be honest, have never had any idea about what they do. From the look of it, their work is pretty crazy.
The show kind of reminds me of what would happen if David Fincher made an episode of The Office and had swearing. It's really funny but dark too. I really like the look they were going for.
The show isn't all comedy. It actually gets kind of serious towards the end when the hero Alex needs to make a decision that, not going to lie, had me pretty engaged for a minute. There's an awesome scene in a bathroom with the villain that I won't give away, and an awesome shot in a hallway. It's pretty impressive when you consider it sounds like these guys didn't have much money.
My favourite characters are the office jerk who doesn't like any of the new people (his scene in the bathroom is my favourite) and the stoner roommate who comes looking for money. I've lived with dudes like that. He's only in one scene, but it's pretty spot on and legit hilarious. I don't miss living with that dude. The office idiot (I think his name was Simon), had a lot of funny parts too. I may as well mention the sassy HR guy as well. Another one scene character, but really funny.
There are two female main characters too. A good one and a not as good one. The good one is kind of boring but she hints at things that could make her interesting. The bad one (who puts the idea in Alex's head about what to do to the office jerk) is really funny. I dated a girl like her once. It didn't last very long.
I'll be honest, I didn't go into this with much expectation. A Canadian TV pilot made with no money doesn't sound very good, but I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed myself. I think they should try harder to focus more on the Recruitment stuff (I still have no idea what they do), but there are a lot of interesting characters and I'm excited to see where they will go next.
Can't wait for another episode. The web site says they are working on the next one, but doesn't really say when it's coming out. Hopefully soon. I'd recommend anyone who likes comedies or is from Toronto to check this out.