Admittedly, “Claire’s” is a peculiar conclusion for I Think You Should Leave Season 2.
The mix of comedy and sorrow is handled wonderfully by Richard Wharton’s hollow-eyed performance, though the humor is also heightened by the inclusion of a vocally irate middle-aged man who loudly insists that he doesn’t need to watch this video tutorial.
The juggling act of watching an older man recount his unhappy life, while a mid-life dullard claims that he’s well-aware of these ear-piercing formalities and a perplexed child watches these two very odd spectacles helplessly, results in one of the show’s boldest, darkest, but also most hilarious skits.
It’s a solemn, remorseful skit, one that’s initially focused on a nervous little girl watching an educational video about ear piercing at her local Claire’s before it takes a giant detour into the gravely dissatisfied life of Ron Tussbler, a 58-year-old wayward soul trapped in a loveless marriage, suffering from intense gastrointestinal distress, and filled with pangs of regret about the sad state of life.