''I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'' is an American

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television series created by Tim Robinson and

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, with Robinson also starring in most of the sketches. The first season premiered on

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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. The series leans heavily on

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, with elements of

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Production

The series is executive produced by Robinson and Kanin; Lonely Island members

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and

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; and Alex Bach and Daniel Powell of Irony Point. Guest stars across all three seasons include Kanin, Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison, Conner O'Malley and

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alongside Samberg,

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, Kate Berlant,

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, Ayo Edebiri,

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, Brandon Wardell,

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. The first season premiered on April 23, 2019. 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

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. It was eventually released on July 6, 2021. The series was renewed for a third season on May 6, 2022, which premiered on May 30, 2023.

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2021)

Season 3 (2023)

Reception

Critical response

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, 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 Leave''s bazaar of surreal skits breathes new life into the world of TV sketch-comedy." On

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, the first season has a 72 out of 100 rating from four reviews. Ben Travers of '' IndieWire'' described the series as "demented" and "outlandish", but ultimately "pretty great". Fran Hoepfner of ''

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'' called the show "comedy perfection", writing that it is "silly, grotesque, loud, and absurd. What more could you want, really?" In a less positive review, Joel Keller wrote in ''

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'' that the series was "more miss than hit". In April 2021, ''

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'' 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." 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 Leave''s sophomore season dives deeper into Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's strange minds with manically delightful results." On Metacritic, the second season has an 87 out of 100 rating from 11 reviews. 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 Leave''s 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." On Metacritic, the third season has an 82 out of 100 rating from eight reviews.

Accolades

Live tour

In February 2024, it was announced that Robinson and Kanin would take the series on a national live tour, starting at the Beacon Theatre in

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in April 2024, and ending in May at the

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. The tour primarily featured unaired sketches performed live, as well as screening of extended versions of sketches from the series. Guests performers included Sam Richardson,

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, Patti Harrison, and

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References

External links

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