It was hard to mourn the loss of a big box store as it simply appeared that a big fish had inevitably been swallowed by the larger fish of a tech giant. So perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised that Superstore came to the same thematic conclusion in its series finale, “All Sales Final.” Unafraid to take harder swings at work-life in America, Cloud 9, which had been purchased by the tech company Zephra a couple seasons ago, would be closed down and turned into a fulfillment center as people continued to take their shopping online. I would simply tell people that if you liked The Office, you should really give Superstore a chance.

And still the show had an energy and personality all its own that it never felt like a retread. There are even beats and characters that are similar like how Dina ( Lauren Ash) is like a female Dwight Schrute with her insistence on authority and rules, or how the show even had a plotline to introduce a new female coworker that would delay the eventual coupling of leads Amy ( America Ferrera) and Jonah ( Ben Feldman).

The show was created by The Office alum Justin Spitzer, and it flows from the same kind of miserable workplace setting brings together misfits. I’ve always been surprised that Superstore has never received the same level of devotion as The Office.

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