Superstore Season 1 Field Guide Review 

The jingle plot point is explained in episode, there is a corporate contest where employees can enter their jingle. Also Bo (Cheyenne’s fiance) is also a high schooler.

Honestly the only parts of Superstore that you have to extend your disbelief is handling of some of the bigger character things that happen. The sheer insanity of the customers seems like the biggest exaggeration but no, people are animals.

I worked for target for a while and this show was cathartic for me. Theres one scene in season 2 where the backroom all quits and the front end has to unload the truck. The process they describe is an actual working unload process (dumbed down to a few steps) and its details like that that make the show so much more enjoyable to those with retail experience. Oh, and Garret is the announcements guy at customer service.

It’s always such a pleasant surprise when you expand your content

I really hope you watch the rest of the seasons and break them down ! I thought it was funny I was watching this while working at a big box store! lol thanks again!

a 40 min season 1 review about Superstore by Mulverine?!? my Thanksgiving wish was granted

Solid of you to jump to Superstore reviews - I’m with ya man!

Ok real quick before I forget, I want to address the formulaic thing - superstore is 100% formulaic, I actually think it's the last pure sitcom ever made (that I got to see, of course) - the hallmark of superstore is not in the way it plays with the medium, like Community did. What makes superstore special is just how funny and well written it is, imo. You really get to see this more as the show gets more episodes per season and more room to breathe (which is incidentally one of the things I absolutely detest about streaming shows, the maximum 13 episode season) - I think if you keep watching you'll develop an appreciation. Probably should have saved this til I watched the whole video but I hate when I forget to comment on something I meant to... ok back to the show

YEEEES! Didn't know I needed this, but thank you! Another awesome series that I really love, analised by one of my favorite youtubers.

I've been looking for Superstore retrospective content for a WHILE. Love your Office videos and glad you're expanding!!

The show gets WAY better in the later seasons

As someone who spent about 15 years in different areas of customer service including Best Buy, Target, and RadioShack, I find Superstore endlessly entertaining, relateable, and the random cut-away gags pure gold. The closest I've worked in an office is a call center for a few months so I really dont understand 95% of the Office. I've actually never been able to finish an episode. I know it's funny but just not as relatable as Superstore for me.

In terms of Set points and queries! The pilot episode was filmed at a redressed K-Mart in Burbank. When it was picked up to series they filmed on two soundstages with interconnected doors to make the main store. There is a good RU-vid video with the set designers talking about it. At the end of series 2 when they have the Tornado and the store is destroyed - they used the fact that they were having to be moved from the two soundstages they used at Universal due to demolition. So they wound it into the story. The outside of the store was a set constructed on a car park at universal. You used to be able to see it from Google Earth - it was at the far end of the lot - but it has been built on with new large soundstages.

I’m so happy you’re covering it his show. Good pick.

Bo and Cheyenne went to school together But im so glad you're doing Superstore! Such an underrated gem

I love this series just like if not more than the office so its great that you'll be covering it

As others have stated, Superstore is a series I've watched multiple times. But if you had asked me after the first season if I would enjoy the show THAT much, I'd have laughed. I watched it as it aired and I was working at Starbucks in the beginning, but the majority of that time, I worked as an online picker for a WalMart Supercenter. You'd like to think Superstore is a grand exaggeration, that asks you to suspend quite a bit of reality, but you'd be wrong. Literally, an old man died in line for our Customer Service desk at my Walmart! That's just one of many, many stories that seem unreal. I will admit, tho, yes, on several episodes, too many people are just straight up ditching work for other things (that are usually the storyline of that episode). But it's a sitcom, not a documentary.

thank u for doing superstore !!!

I got through the first season, i was surprised there was a follow up, i couldnt get into it after that point.

I really enjoyed your breakdown of this season. I really hope you watch and breakdown the rest of the show. This is one of my favorite shows after The Office.

It was nice to work on this with you.

I really liked that show. Was a pleasant surprise

Oh boy this is one of my favorite shows, even more than the office, I am very curious to see this!

Please more superstore

I love this showwww please watch the rest 😊😊😊

I like the idea of you reviewing a series during your first watch through but I think it's also a misstep. These videos will already suffer from having a smaller fan base than the office and I feel like the quality suffers from the lack of familiarity. Part of what makes the field guides so enjoyable is the clips/memes you spread throughout. Because you aren't as familiar with this show the clips you choose don't resonate as much. Hopefully you will stick with these videos if they aren't as popular and can potentially do a remake of episodes after you finish.

Here in the UK we had a show called Trollied which I at first honestly thought Superstore was an American remake of - set in a supermarket with a diverse set of wacky characters, a will they won’t they relationship and random vignettes featuring customers doing stuff sprinkled throughout. The last being almost exactly like Superstore. I was surprised to find out it was totally unrelated. Superstore is by far the better show btw, Trollied was broad and got broader as it went on and I stopped watching it. Loved Superstore though

While not a "workplace" comedy, per say... and also not a NBC show... I highly recommend "Ghosts" on CBS/Paramount +. Very similar to the Office, it's a British Sitcom turned American, and in my opinion, it's hilarious. Had a bit of a slower start, but by mid season 1, the hilarity is high. It's very well written, and the writing itself is INCREDIBLY SMART, it's very funny and every character stands out on their own with their own quips, quirks, and traits, etc. To me, it does have a similar vibe to The Office with its writing and comedic storylines. I'm not entirely sure how it could relate to a "Deeper Meaning" level of storytelling and setups, but if you like Schur comedies, I recommend it. While not written by him, I'm more than positive in thinking that there has to be writers who worked on both. It's that good.

Oh my goodness, I have so many thoughts on this I'm certain I'm going to forget some, ugh. But ok First thing, I think the big moment at the end is supposed to feel earned because Glenn finally decides to disobey corporate and give Cheyenne maternity leave, which is something the show built up to with the voicemails and whatnot, and the employees all saw that moment and then realized he was terminated for it. I think the moment is earned but I understand where you're coming from Second and related thing, you're going to be surprised at what a genuine political stance the show takes moving forward. While the union might also serve as symbolism for the "union of people who have your back" or whatever you said, it is also very much meant to be taken at face value. This show carves out a strong political perspective and how much you enjoy it will likely be directly proportional to how ideologically close you are to it on the political spectrum. Multiple plot points revolver around real world political issues and while they may also save as metaphors, Spitzer and Miller/Green are definitely also pushing an agenda, an agenda I am very happy to see pushed in the otherwise uninspired and watered down landscape of network television, where every message has to be one of self-improvement rather than societal improvement. Hopefully your views don't digress so much that you stop enjoying the show, but a lot of that comes later anyway Third, based on your take on the deeper meaning, I am SP excited for you to watch theAmy character develop, because it is really one of the most true to life journeys I've ever seen a character on TV take. Honestly I don't really love America Ferrara as an actress, her voice grates on me more than a little bit, but even that doesn't stop me from getting super invested in her journey. I can't wait for you to watch more. Fourth, don't sleep on "Discount Andy from American Auto" - I very much get the impression he wasn't meant to be a main character in the universe but just impressed the hell out of everyone to the point where he gets fed some of the best jokes, and was the one actor Spitzer brought to AA. Fifth, ummm yeah now I'm forgetting stuff I wanted to say. Shoot. Oh, yeah, obviously Dina can be compared with Dwight, as they do have a lot in common, but I think Spitzer was aware of this and went out of his way to make them very distinct characters - you'll see this more as Dina gets developed further. This was wonderful, I'm so glad you're watching this show, thank you for the vid - it's seriously like having a friend finally watch something I've been telling him to watch for years. Can't wait for you to watch more!!!

Have you seen Kim's Convenience? I usually recommend Superstore and Kim's Convenience when people ask for a good show to watch.

I started watching this show, but I lost interest around the 2nd season, I think. It is basically The Office in a retail setting, only not as good.

I watched the first two seasons but the third quickly went down hill

Regarding not getting political - I should tell you that you may need to break this rule! Superstore is a great show that does get quite political. It's similar to Parks and Rec in that way, though a little more overt.

I usually love your videos but it’s kind of insulting how you show you’ve obviously never worked retail and speak with it with such authority (I worked retail for six years including a very short time at Target). Also I hope you continue to watch the show and react because it’s kind of weird to make a video like this and just seeing the first season

I almost stopped watching season 1 because the character of Dina was so off-putting. She's creepy, obnoxious, and has no self-awareness. And none of these are in a funny way. I will say, they basically change her character a full 180° from the second season on. She's suddenly self-assured, has earned confidence, and is good at everything. She's far more tolerable and plays off the actor's strengths, but she veers far too close to being "female Ron Swanson" to me.

I don't like how you aren't in the video just your voice

I do like ‘Superstore’ as a show, but the problem is that as it goes on through the series, it’s obvious Amy is actually the main character, but she is actually remarkably unlikeable. She becomes horrendously self-centred, with her finding any way possible to bring any conversation to being about her. She doesn’t appreciate when people don’t include her in things, but she regularly excludes people from things. Take her out and it would be a much better show.

Superstore had potential to be a fantastic show. Too bad they ruined it with racism towards whites