S06.E03: Floor Supervisor

[Aulty]

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With the floor supervisor position available, Jonah decides to throw his hat in the ring, much to Dina's chagrin. Glenn and Mateo struggle to find the right balance in their working relationship. Garrett tries to prove he's been in love before.

Original Air Date: 11/12/20

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by Aulty

[Vanderboom]

Oh Sandra. Never has the word "specific" been more bone-chilling. Like Garrett, I sort of want to know how specific Jerry is without getting into specifics. 

[MrWhyt]

was kind of expecting tony's girlfriend to be inappropriately young, what with the talk of her riding a skateboard and having oboe lessons. 

Mateo went mad with his moderate  amount of power:

[a relevant Kids in the Hall Sketch would be here if I could find it on the youtubes]

[BuckeyeLou]

I had some laugh out loud moments during tonight's episode.  All the inter-actions between the various employees were funny.  And Jonah is funnier without Amy.

[Irlandesa]

Yeah I really liked this episode.  Glenn is back as the bumbling store manager.  Amy was too much of a "voice of reason" on this show without the kind of character flaws that would make her a funny voice of reason. 

The rest have their moments of being reasonable but also genuine flaws that make them funny in the scheme of things like Jonah's overly enthusiastic wokeness, Dina's need to control, Garrett's cynicism, Sandra's indestructible optimism, Cheyenne's naivite and Mateo's snarkiness. 

The things that made me laugh in tonight's episode included everyone's reaction to finding out Jonah had Hooters make him a caprese salad (Cheyenne: That just made it worse), the woman trying to smell the candle through her mask, Sandra's "specific" comment and Jonah mentioning a recount and Cheyenne winning in a landslide. 

Something about this episode felt lighter.  I hate to say it because I like America Ferrera but the show is better without Amy.

Edited November 14, 2020 by Irlandesa

[Cotypubby]

2 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

the woman trying to smell the candle through her mask

I’d be lying if I said I haven’t done that exact same thing. 😂 

[AnimeMania]

I thought it was weird that the idea that Cheyenne had about staggering the starting times so that everyone wasn't standing around the time clock waiting to punch in was debunked by the next episode shown which said as soon as you enter the store the Zephra App punches them in.

It was an overall funnier episode, I can't understand when and why people are removing their masks. Not a lot of employees doing work in this episode.

[Harvey]

This was a really good episode, the writers team did a great job.

I don't like how obviously they are setting up Jonah and Nia though, like geeze. At least give us some mystery.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Harvey

[Kiddvideo]

4 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

I thought it was weird that the idea that Cheyenne had about staggering the starting times so that everyone wasn't standing around the time clock waiting to punch in was debunked by the next episode shown which said as soon as you enter the store the Zephra App punches them in.

Yep. Sounds like a way to needlessly introduce confusion as well. Am I working the 1-9 or the 2-10?

Not a fan of the episode. Dina's lies weren't funny. Matteo is funny when he snarks, but he was full bore asshole. Garrett is still in love with Dina? Glenn showed a moment's backbone, but he was a patsy before and after and will be again. Are they trying to make Cheyenne not an idiot? (Though she was a likeable idiot.) At first I thought good for Jonah for going for the job, but how can he possibly stay? His boss's boss tubed his chance to move up; his boss's boss's boss didn't do anything to keep it fair, and his colleagues don't respect him -- there's no place for him there. The humor for me is when someone sane and competent is ping ponging between absurdities not this. 🤷‍♀️

[Aulty]

I enjoyed seeing Tony again. As akward as the setup was for him to be adopted by Sandra and Jerry, in their way Sandra and Jerry have a lot of love to give and I am looking forward to them facing  all the challenges of going from zero to parents of a teenager.

Garrett & Dina - I am here for it. Dina was too much this week though.

Overall is was a good episode and I didn't miss Amy at all.

The scene with the customer smelling the candle through a mask was funny. Personally, I find Yankee candles (which based on the shape of the jar was the brand of the candle they used) so strong that I would have no problem smelling them through my facemask. Overall I think they have established a good mix of scenes where everyone wears a mask and those where they don't or take them off.

[Kip Hackman]

I thought it was a funny episode, but I missed Amy more than I thought I would. 

Not looking forward to the inevitable Garrett/Dina drama.

[cardigirl]

6 hours ago, Harvey said:

This was a really good episode, the writers team did a great job.

I don't like how obviously they are setting up Jonah and Nina though, like geeze. At least give us some mystery.

Who is Nina? 

 

[AnimeMania]

1 hour ago, cardigirl said:

8 hours ago, Harvey said:

This was a really good episode, the writers team did a great job.

I don't like how obviously they are setting up Jonah and Nina though, like geeze. At least give us some mystery.

Who is Nina? 

They might mean Nia, the Black lady employee with the very short hair.

[Girl in a Cardigan]

11 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

It was an overall funnier episode, I can't understand when and why people are removing their masks. Not a lot of employees doing work in this episode.

That was my one problem with the episode - inconsistent mask usage. In the past few, it seemed like they were very clearly wearing the masks in the store and not in the back. Fine.

But then in this episode, they have GLEN (of all people) pull his mask down to tell Carol about his fake fight with Jerusha and then Garrett's wearing a chin strap with Sandra's "kid" in the cafe (who isn't even wearing a mask at all, even though he was in the previous scene). I know that real store employees are probably tired of wearing masks and such, but IMO TV store employees have got to be modeling the correct behavior. If you're going to continue to acknowledge COVID, then do it right, please. The customers are supposed to be the idiots, not (all of) the employees.

It was nice to see Cheyenne come into her own a bit. I do love a good "pile on Jonah" bit, even though the Hooters thing was ridiculous. It's also hard to believe that Jonah would still have Facebook, but funny anyway.

[Irlandesa]

I didn't mind the inconsistent mask usage as I suspect that's probably close to reality behind the scenes.  But I don't know. I don't work in retail.  I think what threw me off is people would have the discussions behind the scenes without masks but the background players would be wearing masks. 

I also want to know if they do ADR for the dialogue when they're wearing masks.

[tennisgurl]

I miss Amy and America and its weird that she is gone, but I am really glad to see Glenn back as manager again. His bumbling well meaning goofiness is easier to play off for the other characters than Amy's long suffering only sane woman thing in a position of authority. I can buy that Amy would work up the corporate ladder, being one of the few people at the store who is actually competent without any super obvious quirk, and at times it worked as character growth, but as a comedy she works better as a jaded but resigned to her fate employee who knows she is better than this job but cant bring herself to care. 

This had some funny moments and lines, probably the best one of the season, which makes me feel bad because I do miss America, but...here we are. 

Poor Jonah, never a great feelings when your biggest supporter is Marcus. 

[iMonrey]

I have only a vague memory of Sandra and Jerry adopting that guy, what was the story behind that?

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I don't like how obviously they are setting up Jonah and Nia though, like geeze. At least give us some mystery.

Obviously? She barely registered with me, I thought she was just a day player so a new employee would have input. If they are going to pair her up with Jonah that went right over my head.

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 I know that real store employees are probably tired of wearing masks and such, but IMO TV store employees have got to be modeling the correct behavior. If you're going to continue to acknowledge COVID, then do it right, please. The customers are supposed to be the idiots, not (all of) the employees.

I think the show is doing a decent job of compromising here. They know we don't want to watch the actors in masks for the entire episode, we want to see their faces. This is a comedy after all and a lot of comedy comes from facial expressions. At the same time they are acknowledging the pandemic and mask usage. So if the mask usage is inconsistent that's why, and it's probably not too far off from reality. This is, after all, a store filled with goofballs and absurd characters. I don't think there's any expectation people in real life are supposed to model their behavior.

[Harvey]

52 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

 

Obviously? She barely registered with me, I thought she was just a day player so a new employee would have input. If they are going to pair her up with Jonah that went right over my head.

 

She is throwing around big words and social justice warrior propaganda just like Jonah often did in the earlier seasons. It's so off-putting. I don't turn on the tv to see something like that.

[Guest]

Ugh, seeing the writers launch right back into Dina/Garrett after the long-suffering Amy/Jonah debacle made me cringe. They have a huge uphill climb to convince me that asshat Garrett is suddenly her soulmate over the adorable vet - I'm not buying his abrupt love realization. And the vet...actually shares and respects her passions? This show is frankly abysmal at romance plots. The only well-executed romance was Jeff/Matteo, which the writers totally abandoned.

The gag of Sandra & Jerry adopting a nearly adult man is one of my favorite recurring bits. And Jerry being super unspeakably horny. 

[Irlandesa]

7 minutes ago, SnarkEnthusiast said:

The only well-executed romance was Jeff/Matteo, which the writers totally abandoned.

I think Jeff/Matteo and Dina/Garrett were both good until they absolutely destroyed both couples.  Amy/Jonah's ending was relatively tame compared to those two. 

[Cotypubby]

14 hours ago, Harvey said:

This was a really good episode, the writers team did a great job.

I don't like how obviously they are setting up Jonah and Nia though, like geeze. At least give us some mystery.

I didn't even realize there was a character named Nia.

There is nothing "obvious" about it. A Black woman uses "big words" so that means her and Jonah will be a couple? That's an, uh, interesting POV.

Edited November 14, 2020 by Cotypubby

[MisterGlass]

I agree on the mask inconsistency.  I'm okay with it if they are unmasked in the warehouse break room with the doors open.  On the floor while the store is open it I think they should be on.

I knew that Mateo would run mad, but I did laugh at the resolution was that he gets to sit in the storage closet and message all day.  Good for Cheyenne for having some real ideas.  They haven't advanced her character much in a while so this is a good opportunity.

Not sure what they have planned for Nia other than as a new employee.  They haven't rotated anyone in for a while and with Amy leaving it makes sense to add someone.

Not crazy about going back to Dina and Garrett.  They did work as a couple but plot wise that bridge was burned, and I like the vet.

 

[possibilities]

I am a Franchesca Ramsey fan, and I find her magnetic even when she doesn't really do much or even in scenes when she doesn't have any lines. I hope they make her character funny in a unique way, not just slot her in as a replacement Amy with a similar personality. 

I like the vet for Dina, too. The only problem is that he's not a store employee, so  it would be hard to work him in enough to really make the most of his character.

I like Garrett being in love with Dina, but I don't want them back together again, either. I think a broken-hearted Garrett might be enjoyable, though-- at least for a LITTLE while. I enjoyed seeing him try to act as an advisor to Sandra/Jerry's teen, and realizing he psucked at it. I would kind of like to sew what Garrett in love in a mutual and not-denying it way would be like. I imagine him changing his entire look. I don't even know what I mean by that. But the problem with shows that run a long time is, they need to develop the characters in a way that keeps things interesting, without making it seem like it's inconsistent. Garrett being 40 and suddenly realizing he's never been in a real relationship because he got his heart broken as a kid, as he told the teenager near the end of the episode? Somehow to me that has comedic potential. Also really enjoyed Sandra not being at all swayed by his denials. I like seeing her a little more on top of things lately. Making her a constant punching bag was really not funny to me. 

 

 

[TOWTooMuchTV]

7 hours ago, possibilities said:

really enjoyed Sandra not being at all swayed by his denials. I like seeing her a little more on top of things lately. Making her a constant punching bag was really not funny to me. 

 

 

I am liking Sandra so far this season, she's less cartoony and funnier. I think there's some good material to be had with Tony around. Maybe he will wind up working at the store? Would be funny to see him wind up mentoring Garrett in regard to his love life. My other take away from this episode is that I have always liked Cheyenne but I don't like when she gets extra "witchy" and hope we aren't in for a lot of that with her as floor supervisor. 

[Guest]

10 hours ago, possibilities said:

I am a Franchesca Ramsey fan, and I find her magnetic even when she doesn't really do much or even in scenes when she doesn't have any lines. I hope they make her character funny in a unique way, not just slot her in as a replacement Amy with a similar personality. 

I like the vet for Dina, too. The only problem is that he's not a store employee, so  it would be hard to work him in enough to really make the most of his character.

Garrett being 40 and suddenly realizing he's never been in a real relationship because he got his heart broken as a kid, as he told the teenager near the end of the episode? Somehow to me that has comedic potential. Also really enjoyed Sandra not being at all swayed by his denials. I like seeing her a little more on top of things lately. Making her a constant punching bag was really not funny to me. 

I like Franchesca too! And I know it's stereotypical, but I was thinking with Nia's shaved head they might make her a lesbian, lol. The writers might as well take a crack at fucking up a gay lady romance too. Equal opportunity toxicity!

If Cheyenne is still with loser Beau years after the actor left the show, I don't see why the vet couldn't have a similar occasional guest role, but the writers won't do that because now they need Dina/Garrett to fill the void of the central romance.

 I don't think Garrett has avoided real relationships because of eighth grade trauma - I think he was always a laidback "fuck it" type of guy who dated casually, developed real feelings for Dina, royally screwed it with Birdgate, and is now realizing both that she's the only woman he's ever loved and he probably can't get her back. Any excitement or nostalgia I would have for them is ruined by how terribly Garrett treated Dina after Birdgate and just him generally being an apathetic, selfish douchebag. He should pound sand, but now the writers have to pull them out of the dumpster fire to sell them as True Love and just hope that we'll overlook Garrett being a shitty person. Because that totally worked with Amy (heavy sarcasm).

Re: Sandra, Superstore has a fat woman problem. Any woman that isn't rail thin (Dina, Justine, Sandra) is an idiot and a horndog. Remember when Dina sexually harassed Jonah the entire first season? But then again, I also find their attempts to make Sandra less of a sadsack by making her petty and obsessive and scheming (all the union stuff last season) annoying. She doesn't need to be infantile or pathetic or an evil genius. I wish they'd just let her be a sweet, naive character instead of mocking her every episode. 

[Fostersmom]

I worked retail for 20 years, so I'm still a retail dork. I couldn't help but notice they had a shrink number and goal poster in the back of one of the scenes. Shrink is the loss percentage, so stolen, things your store was supposedly sent from the warehouse, but was never received, that sort of thing. Their current number was .98% but their goal was 100%. Yeah, that would mean your store actually LOST more. LOL! You want your shrink to go down, not up. Someone tried though, they just didn't understand what they were putting in the back ground (or math for that matter). If their number was .98%, so less than one percent, and their goal was 100%..... well your store would be closed because you just lost your whole inventory and then some! .98% would be an awesome shrink number for a store like theirs, and their goal would be like .95%. It's nearly impossible for a big box store to have a shrink that low, shipping errors alone account for that much. Dina's tactics might not be conventional, but she's obviously doing a good job. 

[Irlandesa]

2 hours ago, Fostersmom said:

Someone tried though, they just didn't understand what they were putting in the back ground (or math for that matter).

Or maybe that was the joke? 

[Kip Hackman]

4 hours ago, SnarkEnthusiast said:

If Cheyenne is still with loser Beau years after the actor left the show,

The actor who plays Bo never left the show, because he was never a series regular.  It's a recurring guest role. 

He has appeared in multiple episodes during each of the previous 5 seasons.    

[chaifan]

I also noticed the "shrink" poster, and thought it was a deliberate joke.  I think people behind the scenes are pretty smart about those sort of things.

Did anyone else think the conversation between Cheyenne and Dina, when they were at Cheyenne's counter, was dubbed over?  They sounded overly mic'd.  They were both wearing masks in that scene, and I can see how that may cause actual audio problems. 

I think the whole vote/recount plot was funny, especially given that this episode was filmed waaaayyyy before the election.  Maybe there are a few psychics in the Superstore writing room?

I am generally ok with how they're handling the mask issue on-screen.  But I think they could have/should have moved the Garrett/Tony conversation to an outside table so they could have that scene without masks.  That's really the easy solution for a lot of the one-on-one conversations with this show - they could reasonably take place on the loading dock, or out front of the store.  That would make me a whole lot more comfortable as a viewer. 

Garrett/Dina/Vet:  This is one love triangle that I think I could get behind.  The writers could satisfy a lot of people by getting the Vet in for a few more scenes, see Garrett get visibly jealous of him, and have Dina have to make a choice.  Whoever brings back her birds wins. 

 

 

[Lovecat]

On 11/13/2020 at 1:32 AM, Cotypubby said:

I’d be lying if I said I haven’t done that exact same thing. 😂 

Same!  I feel like a dope trying to smell something through my mask, but a criminal if I pull it down to get a sniff.

[chediavolo]

On 11/12/2020 at 10:49 PM, BuckeyeLou said:

I had some laugh out loud moments during tonight's episode.  All the inter-actions between the various employees were funny.  And Jonah is funnier without Amy.

I am glad Amy is gone. 

On 11/13/2020 at 1:32 AM, Cotypubby said:

I’d be lying if I said I haven’t done that exact same thing. 😂 

I just wait till the he aisle is clear & pull it down.  If I can’t smell it I don’t buy it