Television is a medium that allows for ambitious storytelling swings, but there’s one formula that rarely changes: the situational comedy. Sitcoms, with very few exceptions, are half-hour comedic shows with grounded premises, and most are still filmed with multiple cameras and a laugh track. Plenty of sitcoms have broken this pattern in the age of streaming, but only one show flipped the whole concept around by telling a dramatic, thrilling story that worked within the bounds of a sitcom.
