"Ron is genuinely beset by absurdity, misfortune and other people's idiocy and selfishness, but always manages to react in a way that makes everyone around him conclude that he is the problem. Whereas Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm met the world's small annoyances in a rational but insensitive manner, Ron combats them irrationally and too sensitively. The opening scene sets the tone:"
"Ron is quite rightly vexed by a waitress crassly hovering over the family's table while his wife, Barb (Lake Bell), is trying to raise a toast to him. But by the time Ron has finished speaking to the young woman, he has got into a ridiculous argument caused by his refusal to accept that she never shops in malls, and has too aggressively insisted on boxing up half a devilled egg to take home."
Ron Trosper is a faithful office worker in small-town Ohio promoted to project lead for a mall build, and his big-day speech launches a series that begins as workplace comedy and expands into mystery/thriller. Ron is beset by absurdity, misfortune and other people's idiocy but reacts irrationally and oversensitively, causing others to view him as the problem. The show positions Ron as a stock Robinson protagonist who must bear the burden of being the only sane man in every room, trading rational-irritation beats familiar from Curb Your Enthusiasm for more extreme, unhinged responses to everyday slights.
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