Working at a 'Superstore'

Superstore is an ensemble show highlighting the woes employees face working at a big discount department store, Cloud 9.

Newly employed, Jonah wants to impress the floor manager, Amy. Unfortunately for him she is not easily impressed. She tells him to reduce the prices of the electronics by 25% since they are running a sale. Clumsy Jonah, hits reprice instead of reduce! All of the electronics were ringing up as 25 cents. The store was in mayhem and everyone was trying to grab what they could. I know I would have definitely racked up. Assistant store manager, Dina who is super militant, shoots her shot gun in the air and alarms the customers the sale is now over. Just utter madness at this point but it’s funny.

Jonah has a slight crush on Amy and wants to get her to loosen up. I get the vibe Jonah comes from money or something, because he isn’t practical and he lacks common sense at times. Amy is constantly correcting him about a bunch of little things. Mateo is the other new guy but he is a brown noser. He is full of personality and I am excited to watch his character. Cheyenne is the young and very pregnant one. I am surprised she is working, as far long as she is.

Amy apologizes to Jonah for her crudeness. She explains the monotony of the job has gotten to her. She struggles to find the silver lining at work. During this conversation a burglar comes into the store with a gun and tells everyone to get down. Turns out the culprit is Cheyenne’s boyfriend and he breaks out into a flash mob and proceeds to propose to her. She says yes but the police arrives and arrests him.

This is a good first episode. I laughed a few times and I see the potential of the show.