I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonGenreCreated byStarringTim RobinsonOpening theme”Big Flame (Is Gonna Break My Heart In Two)” by Doris WilsonCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons3No. of episodes18ProductionExecutive producersProducerJay PatumanoanRunning time16-18 minutesProduction companiesOriginal releaseNetworkNetflixReleaseApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) -May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
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. The series leans heavily on cringe comedy,[1][2] with elements of surreal humor.[3][4]
The series is executive produced by Robinson and Kanin; Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone; 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 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.[5]
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.[6] The series was renewed for a third season on May 6, 2022,[7] which premiered on May 30, 2023.[8]
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [9]11″Has This Ever Happened to You?”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) 22″Thanks for Thinking They Are Cool”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Jeremy BeilerApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) 33″It’s the Cigars You Smoke That Are Going to Give You Cancer”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) 44″Oh Crap, a Bunch More Bad Stuff Just Happened”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) 55″I’m Wearing One of Their Belts Right Now”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) 66″We Used to Watch This at My Old Work”Akiva Schaffer, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonApril 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [9]71″They said that to me at a dinner.”Alice Mathias, Zach Kanin, Akiva Schaffer, Jeffrey MaxTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Patti Harrison, Brooks WheelanJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) 82″They have a cake shop there Susan where the cakes just look stunning.”Alice Mathias, Mike DivaTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) 93″You sure about that? You sure about that that’s why?”Alice Mathias, Zach Kanin, Akiva Schaffer, Zachary JohnsonTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Patti HarrisonJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) 104″Everyone just needs to be more in the moment.”Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John SolomonJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) 115″Didn’t you say there was gonna be five people at this table?”Alice Mathias, Zach KaninTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Patti HarrisonJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) 126″I need a wet paper towel.”Alice Mathias, Zach Kanin, Akiva SchafferTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Patti Harrison, Mike O’BrienJuly 6, 2021 (2021-07-06) No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [9]131″That Was the Earth Telling Me I’m Supposed to Do Something Great.”Alice Mathias, Andrew FitzgeraldTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Reggie HenkeMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30) 142″I Can Do Whatever I Want.”Andrew Fitzgerald, Alice Mathias, Fatal Farm, Akiva SchafferTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Patti Harrison, Gary Richardson, Brendan Jennings, Reggie HenkeMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30) 153″Cut to: We’re Chatting About This at Your Bachelor Party.”Andrew Fitzgerald, Alice MathiasTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary RichardsonMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30) 164″So Now Every Time I’m About to Do Something I Really Want to Do, I Ask Myself, ‘Wait A Minute, What Is This?'”Alice Mathias, Andrew Fitzgerald, Fatal Farm, Zach KaninTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary RichardsonMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30) 175″Don’t Just Say ‘Relax’, Actually Relax.”Andrew Fitzgerald, Alice Mathias, Steve Smith, Akiva SchafferTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Brendan JenningsMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30) 186″When I First Thought of This You Didn’t Even Have Hands Up There: You Were Just Walking Straight Up The Wall.”Alice Mathias, Andrew Fitzgerald, Fatal FarmTim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Patti HarrisonMay 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
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 Leave‘s 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 Leave‘s 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 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.”[18] On Metacritic, the third season has an 82 out of 100 rating from eight reviews.[19]
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Nominated [20] Writers Guild of America Awards Television: Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series Jeremy Beiler, Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and John Solomon Won [21] Writers Guild of America Awards Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and John Solomon Won [22] Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Short Form Live-Action Series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Won [23] Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch Won [24] Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, Akiva Schaffer, Ali Bell, Alex Bach, and Alice Mathias Nominated [25][26] Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Tim Robinson Won Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Won [27] The Astra Creative Arts TV Awards Best Short Form Series Nominated [28] Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Won [29] Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Tim Robinson Won Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Live Television Performance, Variety, or Sketch – Comedy, Drama, or Musical Leslie Woo, Julina Baber Nominated [30] Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Short-Form Program I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Nominated [31]
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 New York in April 2024, and ending in May at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.[32] 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, Seth Meyers, Lionel Boyce, Patti Harrison, and Paul Rudd.[33]
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson at IMDb
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson on Netflix