This sketch show mixes surreal humor, cringe comedy, and an everyman lead performer to craft an exploration of anxiety, status, and societal fear that still manages to make its audience laugh with joy. We talk about how and why the show was created, and whether it quiets or riles up our own anxieties.

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I Think You Should Leave

Sources:

• https://www.cracked.com/article_40892_is-i-think-you-should-leave-the-best-representation-of-anxiety-on-tv.html

• "Is Tim Robinson the funniest man alive?" Independent [Online], 21 Oct. 2025.

• "'I try to be repulsive': comedian Patti Harrison on why she likes to bait liberal audiences; The Ohio-raised star of movies and TV shows such as Shrill and I Think You Should Leave says comedy is a refuge from the impacts of being trans and that, right now, she's happy to be in the UK." Guardian [London, England], 16 Sept. 2022.

• Anderson, Sam. "The Virtuoso of Cringe." The New York Times Magazine, 11 June 2023, p. 20(L). Gale General OneFile,

• https://www.wired.com/story/i-think-you-should-leave-was-right/

• https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/i-think-you-should-leave-focus-group-oral-history.html

• https://collider.com/i-think-you-should-leave-tim-robinson-netflix-reddit-obsession/