Up to this point in The Chair Company , the show hasn’t touched much on backstory. We know the basics of Ron’s idealized home life, but I didn’t expect to see any flashbacks. It just didn’t feel like that type of show to me — maybe because each episode so far has nestled its bits of characterization within weird digressions and absurd gags as much as the actual ongoing plot.

But “Bahdl Harmon Birthplace (Disputed)” is the strongest episode yet — arguably the first to truly prioritize the central character study of Ron Trosper — and backstory is a big part of that. Credit the script by former SNL co-head writer and The Other Two co-creator Sarah Schneider, who deploys flashbacks to perfect use and delivers an absolute wallop of an ending.

Following the first of three dips into the p

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