Suburgatory arrived with a simple premise — a single dad moves his teenage daughter from Manhattan to the suburbs — and quickly revealed itself as one of the most savage, warm-hearted sitcoms of the 2010s. Its superpower is dialogue that cuts like a Gilmore Girls exchange but with a meaner streak and more spray tan.

Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy anchor the show as a father-daughter duo who are equally out of place among the plastic lawns and helicopter parents of Chatswin. Levy in particular is a revelation: she makes Tessa’s sarcasm feel earned rather than performative, and her chemistry with Sisto gives the show its emotional spine.

Then there’s the suburb itself, populated by a murderers’ row of comedic talent. Ana Gasteyer, Chris Parnell, and Cheryl Hines all get moments to shine, but Alan Tudyk’s Noah Werner is the stealth MVP — a dentist so magnificently petty he deserves his own spin-off. The ensemble is so fleshed out that even the one-note characters eventually reveal hidden depth.

The biggest tragedy is that it ended a season or two too soon, just as the writers had fully figured out the show’s voice. The finale still lands, but you can feel the untapped potential. Watch it for the burns, stay for the surprisingly tender family story underneath.