Stath Lets Flats ditches the mockumentary format, but the workplace dynamics and grubby, low-to-midrange scrappiness of it feel direct from the U.K. The Office parallels are obvious and no doubt intentional. The office is staffed with plenty of distinctive, goofy characters - Carole (Katy Wix) is hypercompetitive and much more effective than Stath but also a bit of a mess Al (Al Clark) is sweet, awkward, and weedily tall Dean (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) hates his job and the agency and all the employees but is among the best agents. Stath’s sister, Sophie ( Natasia Demetriou), is equally incompetent and equally enthusiastic, especially in her efforts to chase her dream of becoming a professional singer and dancer.

If your brain doesn’t immediately parse the Britishisms in the title, the premise of Stath Lets Flats needs some explanation: Stath (Jamie Demetriou), an enthusiastic and incredibly incompetent young man, works for his father’s rental agency, where he helps people find apartments (flats) to rent (let). I watched both seasons in one day and then I sat and thought about why Stath Lets Flats is the first show in nearly 20 years to feel like a legitimate successor to The Office. So when I finally got a chance to sit down and do some work, I decided it was time to try Stath Lets Flats, a British comedy that had been on my list for a while, something that felt light and low stakes but also absorbing.

I spent the weekend trying to frantically scrape together some sense of order, which mostly failed. My family just moved, which is a harrowing situation with two young kids even if you’re not doing it in the middle of about a dozen overlapping global crises. My life has felt a little discombobulated lately. Natasia and Jamie Demetriou in Stath Lets Flats.

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