The Chair Company is, in many respects, the ultimate Tim Robinson vehicle: a collection of the star’s favorite fixations that invariably devolves into deranged, hostile madness.

Although an eight-episode half-hour HBO mystery series, Robinson’s latest, premiering Oct. 12, is an extension of his work on Saturday Night Live, Detroiters, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and Friendship: He plays a mild-mannered family man whose response to embarrassment proves exceedingly over-the-top. In this case, that reaction instigates a quest to uncover a supposedly wide-ranging plot involving office furniture. However, the end result is more of the same inspired lunacy that’s made its headliner a cult comedy hero.

Co-created by Robinson’s long-time writing partner Zach Kanin and directed b

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