The reviews lean warmly positive, and almost every one of them lands on the same name. Sinclair Daniel’s performance as Nella is the thing critics agree on: anxious, layered, and good at showing the loneliness and slow suspicion of being the only Black woman in the office. Ashleigh Murray draws praise from two reviews for sharpness opposite her. Most critics also find the workplace satire the series’ strongest material, and call the whole thing entertaining even when they are less sure what it adds up to.
The reservations cluster around the tonal mix. Several reviews say the comedy and the thriller never quite sit together, with the supernatural strand the weaker of the two and sometimes confusing. The spread is fairly narrow, but The Guardian is the clear outlier, arguing that the horror blunts rather than sharpens the show’s handling of anti-Blackness. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first season leaves plot threads hanging, which others treat as an invitation rather than a fault.