4/22/2021
Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding star in co-creator Mike Schur s Peacock comedy about a small town with a distinct historical identity and the Native American reservation next door.
The seed of Peacock’s new sitcom
Rutherford Falls set in an upstate New York town next door to a Native American reservation emerged from conversations between Ed Helms and Michael Schur, but its spiritual origins may well have come from the comedy hitmaker’s
Parks and Recreation, too. Like that earlier series,
Rutherford Falls is a formally familiar show with a big, searching heart, that asks unexpectedly tough questions about how best to serve a community and foster a sense of belonging among its members. And like