Blockbuster can't find its workplace-comedy footing

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Actually, maybe you don't want to make it a Blockbuster night

Timmy Yoon is the lovable manager of the last operating Blockbuster. He’s passionate about keeping the place open even as business dwindles. In typical Leslie Knope or Michael Scott fashion, his employees are pretty much like his family . He wants to keep the store afloat to ensure they’re taken care of. There’s not much to glean aboutthis store hasn’t been shuttered, which feels like quietly pushing a major plot point aside.

romance takes up a huge chunk of season one, and it’s sweet to watch even if Fumero and Park’s chemistry as a potential couple doesn’t shine through. They’re no's Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago, a previous role in which Fumero made a lasting impact. Here, she’s saddled with a mostly one-note character as a disheveled wife fighting to find her “me time.” Fumero is quite entertaining, but the script doesn’t do her justice.

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