LogFAQs > #969267783

I wanted to like the show. As you said, it had all the pieces for another hit like Superstore. Heck, Melissa Fumero's character is basically a blend of Jonah and Amy.

But the actual Blockbuster store takes a backseat to the obligatory forced romance/shipping plot that sitcoms have to have. Even in the pilot episode they are trying to get the two leads together in a will they/won't they plot. They rushed too quickly into that. They don't have any chemistry and I have no reason to root for them.

And the background character lines feel too forced, like they are just waiting to deliver them cause the script calls for it. The first scene of the show is a customer dealing with a breakup and every character has to get their two cents in within those first two minutes. It's not funny, just cringey.

I'm hopeful this show pulls a Parks and Rec and finds their groove after a lame first season. It really just needs some plotlines that better use the actual setting of the store instead of generic crap no one cares about. The only laugh I've gotten so far was the quadruple date.