SXSW Review: 'Angie Tribeca' Delivers Crazy Gags and Great Guest Stars -- Who Needs Depth?

14 March 2015 2:09 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »

Read More: Indiewire's 17 Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2015 "It's really, really stupid," is one of the first things comedy icon Steve Carell said today about "Angie Tribeca," the series he co-created with wife Nancy Walls Carell. But for everyone involved with the TBS comedy, which world-premiered at SXSW and will air this fall, that's seen as a good thing.  "Angie Tribeca" stars Rashida Jones as a hard-as-nails Lapd detective assigned yet another partner (Hayes MacArthur) to help her with her beat. In the first two episodes screened today at the Vimeo Theater, Angie and Jay Geils work together to stop a blackmailer and bust up a drug ring -- all while keeping a straight face during the most absurd of situations, from strapping on a crossbow to greet the day to performing some truly unnecessary parkour to capture a suspect. In the current age of relatively grounded comedies, "Angie Tribeca »

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