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Superstores fifth season finale was more abrupt than its cast and creators wouldve wanted.
But like every other TV show this spring,Superstores production schedule was affected by the coronavirus shutdown.
Police procedurals unfailingly start their episodes with dead bodies, and medical dramas inevitably rack up high death tolls.
But we already expect police and medical dramas to be intense and sad.
Nightmarish calamity is bread and butter forSVU.
Superstoreis a half-hour comedy about big-box-store employees.
It will changeSuperstorein ways that will feel massive, irrevocable, and terrifying.
Itll feel more like our actual lived experience of these last few months.
All of that is whySuperstoreis unusually well suited to pivot into pandemic storytelling.
But that alone isnt why I trustSuperstoreto do this well.
When Amy got pregnant,the show included a plotabout medical coverage and maternity leave.
But not all fiction will be able to ignore whats happening right now, nor should it.
When the time comes,Superstorewill be the only show I truly trust to get it right.
