On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an 96% approval rating with an average rating of 7.55 out of 10, based on 26 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.I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Seasons 1-2.
On IndieWire, Ben Travers described the series as “demented” and “outlandish”, but ultimately “pretty great”.[7] Fran Hoepfner of Vulture called the show “comedy perfection”, writing that it is “silly, grotesque, loud, and absurd. What more could you want, really?”[8] In a less positive review, Joel Keller wrote in Decider that the series was “more miss than hit”.[9]
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.
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is an American sketch comedy television show on Netflix.[1][2] The show stars Tim Robinson, who also co-created, wrote, and produced the show.[3] The first season debuted on April 23, 2019.[4] Guest stars include Sam Richardson, Vanessa Bayer, Cecily Strong, Will Forte, Conner O’Malley, Steven Yeun, Andy Samberg, Fred Willard, Brandon Wardell, Patti Harrison, Tim Heidecker and Kate Berlant.
The series was renewed for a second season, but its release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Season 2 premiered on July 6, 2021