#Holly huntr series#
Six episodes into its second season, the series and its actors seem to have reached an ideal balance, though one actor remains far and above the best of the bunch: Holly Hunter, who plays Deputy Mayor Arpi, the foil to Danson’s self-absorbed and unprepared head honcho. Every episode offered a new mash-up or pairing of actors Vella Lovell, Bobby Moynihan, Mike Cabellon, and, of course, Holly Hunter, with some of the best (like “Respect in the Workplace” and “Hearts Before Parts”) placing them all together to great effect. Fey, Carlock, and their writers used this to their advantage, letting the rest of the cast bounce off each other in surprising ways. Perhaps recognizing this, the series began pairing the actor with a number of wonderful guest stars (Missi Pyle, Andie MacDowell, and, this season, Fran Drescher). This isn’t to diminish some of its early missteps, notably its inability to make Ted Danson’s mayor and his daughter, Orly (Kyla Kenedy), organically fit in with the rest of his rag-tag crew. But after revisiting the series, it’s easy to see just how much it actually worked right from the start. On first watch, its talented cast felt less like actual characters and more like broad sketches of people that had no real reason for existing with each other beyond “working together,” a trap that many a workplace sitcom falls into. Unlike 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-shows that felt fully fleshed out from the moment they began- Mr.
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