Critic Reviews

The latest round of Tires has a marked increase in confidence, and the likable performances are more energetic this time around.

Some moments are refreshingly improvised, and there are even small instances of actors breaking character to laugh at an unexpected comment. This helps make Tires feel fresh, inventive, and entirely present, even if some of its subject matter can be considered reductive.

The auto-repair comedy has made a significant improvement from its rocky start, but don’t be ready to buy everything it’s selling.

The show is predictably uneven, but when it works it’s hilarious.

“Tires” sometimes feels like a very good idea for a recurring sketch — one that might not have needed to become a series. But it did, and if the result isn’t exactly groundbreaking, it matters, perhaps, that it isn’t trying to be.

It walks that fine line between mocking idiocy and being just plain stupid. I wouldn’t argue strongly with anyone who finds it irredeemably dumb, but I would also be lying if I didn’t admit to laughing at the fine line that Gillis and company walk here.

The result awkwardly straddles Gillis’ DIY ethos and grander aspirations, a visibly shoestring production distributed by the world’s largest streaming service. Concise, crass and sporadically amusing, “Tires” seems unlikely to propel Gillis into a new echelon of establishment acclaim.

At six sitcom-length episodes (the shortest runs 18 minutes), Tires has a small-boned feel even before getting to how flat the jokes are.

If you don’t find Gerben and Gillis’ juvenile, slightly retrograde brand of bro humor to be funny, that’s a recipe for tedium. If you do — and it can be amusing. .... But want for anything more, like emotional resonance or world-building or basic character development, and Tires is not your guy.

While we think there is room for Tires to grow into a decent and moderately funny workplace comedy, we don’t think there will be much of that growth during a six-episode first season. We may see a