I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson explained

Image Alt:Title screen has a light blue background and the name of the show is in a retro light pink script.
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:18
Network:Netflix
Opentheme:"Big Flame (Is Gonna Break My Heart In Two)" by Doris Wilson
Runtime:16–18 minutes
Starring:Tim Robinson
Producer:Jay Patumanoan
Last Aired:present

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is an American sketch comedy television series created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, with Robinson also starring in most of the sketches. The first season premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2019, while the second season was released on July 6, 2021. The series was renewed for a third season in May 2022, which premiered on May 30, 2023.

Synopsis

Many of the sketches revolve around someone making an embarrassing mistake in a social or professional setting, then refusing to admit to it and instead stubbornly attempting to convince everyone that they are right and the people around them are wrong.[1] The series leans heavily on cringe comedy,[2] [3] with elements of surreal humor.[4] [5]

Production

The series is executive produced by Robinson and Kanin alongside Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone as well as Alex Bach and Daniel Powell of Irony Point. Guest stars across all three seasons include Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison, Conner O'Malley and Tim Heidecker alongside Samberg, Fred Armisen, Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett, Kate Berlant, Julia Butters, Ayo Edebiri, Will Forte, Paul Walter Hauser, Bob Odenkirk, Cecily Strong, Jason Schwartzman, Brandon Wardell, Fred Willard and Steven Yeun. The first season premiered on April 23, 2019.[6]

After the release of the first season, the series was renewed for a second season on June 19, 2019. Production on the second season was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was eventually released on July 6, 2021.[7] The series was renewed for a third season on May 6, 2022,[8] which premiered on May 30, 2023.[9]

Episodes

Season 3 (2023)

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 7.6 out of 10, based on 25 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "A gloriously absurd journey into the mind of Tim Robinson, I Think You Should Leaves bazaar of surreal skits breathes new life into the world of TV sketch-comedy."[10] On Metacritic, the first season has a 72 out of 100 rating from four reviews.[11]

Ben Travers of IndieWire described the series as "demented" and "outlandish", but ultimately "pretty great".[12] Fran Hoepfner of Vulture called the show "comedy perfection", writing that it is "silly, grotesque, loud, and absurd. What more could you want, really?"[13] In a less positive review, Joel Keller wrote in Decider that the series was "more miss than hit".[14] In April 2021, Wired contributing editor Peter Rubin wrote that he had become obsessed with I Think You Should Leave, having watched the whole first season at least 100 times. He wrote that the show's sketches tend to revolve around "a character who is gloriously, spectacularly wrong—yet refuses to budge, lest they be humiliated by copping to their own wrongness" and that thus the show "isn't just a distillation of our personal insecurities, it's a condemnation of facade. It's an antidote, in other words, to the internet itself."[15]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.8 out of 10, based on 30 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "A triumph of sketch comedy, I Think You Should Leaves sophomore season dives deeper into Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's strange minds with manically delightful results."[16] On Metacritic, the second season has an 87 out of 100 rating from 11 reviews.[17]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season holds a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8.1 out of 10, based on 24 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Now that I Think You Should Leaves rhythms have become a recognizable pattern, some of these sketches CAN'T hit, but most of them still CAN hit – and indeed they do, with quotable hilarity."[18] On Metacritic, the third season has an 82 out of 100 rating from eight reviews.[19]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)Result
Television Critics Association AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety ShowsI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson[20]
Writers Guild of America AwardsTelevision: Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch SeriesJeremy Beiler, Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and John Solomon[21]
Writers Guild of America AwardsZach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and John Solomon[22]
Hollywood Critics Association TV AwardsBest Short Form Live-Action SeriesI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson[23]
Television Critics Association AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch[24]
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety SeriesZach Kanin, Tim Robinson, Akiva Schaffer, Ali Bell, Alex Bach, and Alice Mathias[25] [26]
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama SeriesTim Robinson
Television Critics Association AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or SketchI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson[27]
The Astra Creative Arts TV AwardsBest Short Form Series[28]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsOutstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series[29]
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama SeriesTim Robinson
Artios AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Casting – Live Television Performance, Variety, or Sketch – Comedy, Drama, or MusicalLeslie Woo, Julina Baber[30]
Producers Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Short-Form ProgramI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson[31]

Live tour

In 2024, it was announced that the series would go on a national live tour - starting at the Beacon Theatre in New York in April 2024. Co-creator Zach Kanin will be joining, along with other guests yet to be announced.[32]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The best way to spend 15 minutes on Netflix: this SNL's alum new sketch show. Han. Karen. April 24, 2019. Polygon. April 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: 'I Think You Should Leave...' and the cult of cringe comedy. NME. 12 July 2021.
  3. Make America Cringe Again: CORN Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave". The New Yorker. 30 April 2019.
  4. Web site: I Think You Should Leave is Netflix's latest binge-worthy comedy. Beck. Kellen. Mashable. en. April 24, 2019. April 25, 2019.
  5. Web site: Netflix's New Sketch Show, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Is Brilliantly Weird and Uncomfortable. Paste. Garrett. Martin. en. April 23, 2019. April 25, 2019.
  6. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is stubbornly funny. April 24, 2019. Audra. Schroeder. The Daily Dot. en. April 25, 2019.
  7. Web site: 'I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. Will. Thorne. Variety. June 19, 2019. September 23, 2019.
  8. Web site: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE). Ethan. Shanfeld. Variety. May 6, 2022. May 6, 2022.
  9. Web site: I Think You Should Leave is coming back on May 30. The A.V. Club. Hughes. William. March 10, 2023. March 10, 2023.
  10. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 1. Rotten Tomatoes. May 7, 2022.
  11. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 1. Metacritic. May 7, 2022.
  12. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Review: Netflix's Demented Sketch Show Is Pretty Great. Travers. Ben. April 23, 2019. IndieWire. en. April 25, 2019.
  13. Web site: Tim Robinson's Netflix Sketch Show Is Comedy Perfection. Hoepfner. Fran. Vulture. April 25, 2019. April 25, 2019.
  14. Web site: Stream It Or Skip It: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson On Netflix, A Weird Sketch Show By The Former 'SNL'er. Keller. Joel. April 23, 2019. Decider. April 26, 2019.
  15. I Think You Should Leave Was Right About Everything . Wired . Peter . Rubin . April 23, 2021 . May 7, 2022.
  16. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 2. Rotten Tomatoes. May 7, 2022.
  17. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 2. Metacritic. May 7, 2022.
  18. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 3. Rotten Tomatoes. August 11, 2023.
  19. Web site: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: Season 3. Metacritic. June 5, 2023.
  20. Web site: Pose, Russian Doll, HBO Lead 2019 TV Critic Awards Nominations. Lesley . Goldberg . . June 19, 2019 . June 19, 2019.
  21. Web site: WGA Awards: Parasite and JoJo Rabbit Among Film Winners . Beresford . Trilby . Crist . Allison . Chuba . Kirsten . Lewis . Hilary . February 1, 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter . February 3, 2020.
  22. Web site: WGA Awards: CODA, Don't Look Up Win Best Adapted, Original Screenplays. March 20, 2022. Hilary. Lewis. The Hollywood Reporter. March 21, 2022.
  23. Web site: Verhoeven . Beatrice . July 7, 2022 . This Is Us, Succession, Severance Lead 2022 HCA TV Nominations . July 8, 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  24. News: Hailu . Selome . Abbott Elementary Tops 2022 TCA Awards . August 6, 2022 . Variety . August 6, 2022.
  25. Web site: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . July 13, 2022.
  26. News: Moreau . Jordan . Schneider . Michael . Emmys 2022: The Complete Nominations List . July 13, 2022 . Variety . July 12, 2022.
  27. Web site: TCA Awards: Succession and The Bear Lead Winners; Natasha Lyonne and Rhea Seehorn Snag Major Trophies. TVLine. August 7, 2023. August 8, 2023.
  28. Web site: 'The Boys', 'Yellowjackets', 'Abbott Elementary' lead 2023 HCA TV Awards nominations . Anderson . Erik . AwardsWatch . July 11, 2023 . July 11, 2023.
  29. Web site: 75th Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List . . July 12, 2023.
  30. Web site: Clark . Jason . January 12, 2024 . Wonka, Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Iron Claw, Across the Spider-Verse Among Artios Awards Film Nominees . January 14, 2024 . . en-US . January 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240114041809/https://www.thewrap.com/wonka-oppenheimer-barbie-iron-claw-spider-verse-39th-artios-nominees/ . live .
  31. Web site: Bergeson . Samantha . January 12, 2024 . PGA Awards 2024 Nominations: Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Past Lives Among Contenders . January 12, 2024 . . en-US . January 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112185857/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/pga-awards-2024-nominations-1234943176/ . live .
  32. News: Haring . Bruce . 'I Think You Should Leave' Tour With Tim Robinson And Zach Kanin Sets Dates . 8 February 2024 . . 7 February 2024.

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