Season two of Peacock’s comedy Rutherford Falls released on June 16 and there was still plenty of hatred towards white people, unfortunately, albeit not quite as bad
Peacock's Newest Season of 'Rutherford Falls': White People 'Only...Act in Their Own Self-Interest' newsbusters.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsbusters.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rutherford Falls stars: Friendship stronger after tested by identity crises. Jana Schmieding and Ed Helms say the lifelong best friends they play on Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls will have an even stronger bond after their brief falling-out.
Reginald Cunningham
Sierra Teller Ornelas knows how to tell a story. She proved it over the last five years, working as a writer and producer for revered sitcoms like
Superstore and
Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now, the Navajo and Mexican American creative is turning to a story close to her heart as co-creator and executive producer of
Rutherford Falls. The sharp new Peacock comedy centers Native characters and challenges what we’ve come to accept as the American narrative.
Ed Helms stars as museum owner Nathan Rutherford, the namesake of a small northeast town where his family has lived for centuries. His unflappable reverence for this legacy makes him sensitive to even the slightest criticism, so when the city votes to move a statue of his ancestor from a dangerous location, he loses it. “It’s history,” Nathan nobly tells the mayor (Dana L. Wilson). “You can’t change history unless you have a time machine.” Meanwhile, his best friend Reagan Wells (Jana Schmieding),
Noble ambitions behind culture comedy, but we need more laughs
Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
By Brad Newsome
Save
Normal text size
Advertisement
Itâs too easy to miss brilliant streaming shows, movies or documentaries. Here are the ones to hit play on or skip.
Rutherford Falls â â â
Stan, from Friday
Ed Helms as Nathan Rutherford, Dana L. Wilson as mayor Deirdre, Jana Schmieding as Reagan Wells in Rutherford Falls, which boasts the largest Indigenous writing staff on American television.
Credit:Stan
Even as comedy best friends go, theyâre a slightly odd couple. Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms) is a proud descendent of the white âfounding fatherâ of a sleepy little town in upstate New York. Heâs a massive dork obsessed with his family history and with the little museum he runs to preserve it. Reagan Wells (Jana Schmieding) is a daughter of â and almost an outcast from â