Corporate still feels relevant in its final season, even in the midst of a pandemic

The Hollywood Reporter

"There's no getting around the fact that a pandemic, when so many are unemployed and/or desperate to get back to work, is just about the worst time for a new season of a white-collar office satire to debut," says Inkoo Kang. "But Corporate's dystopian vision of capitalism seeping into every last corner of society — like exploiting the crisis of climate change as an opportunity to come up with more products that 'don't do anything but make customers feel morally superior for buying it' — feels sadly evergreen. Corporate may be the opposite of the comfort TV most of us currently are craving, but if you're in the mood for an icy splash of truth, it'll be waiting for you."

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• Co-creator Jake Weisman admits Corporate's final season is here to remind you how bad the office was: "Yes, I think absolutely," he says. I think that they’re having a grass-is-greener situation. I don’t think our show is going to make them want to go back, but they might just want to look at some office sets. I don’t think our show has ever made anyone want to join a corporation, but they might be like, 'Oh yeah, I remember a cubicle and how much I hated Tom. He chewed so loud.' But I don’t think that’s going to explode our ratings, I’ll be honest."