Overview
- The second episode, “Trousers,” is now streaming on HBO Max, with new episodes released on Sundays.
- Reviewers note a marginal step up from the premiere, praising added depth and humor while saying the show is still finding its balance.
- Steve Carell’s earnest turn is credited with grounding the father–daughter relationship that anchors the series.
- In a new interview, Carell and Phil Dunster describe a choreographed, high-energy wrestling scene that escalated so much a bed broke during filming.
- Storylines rooted in campus politics and tightening budgets continue to frame character conflicts and set up longer arcs for the ensemble.