I hate to start on such a bummer note, but I was watching Space Force last night.

It goes without saying that Netflix’s new algorithmically-conceived broad comedy from Office showrunner Greg Daniels is bafflingly dull and lacks any jokes more inventive than its star, Steve Carell, singing “Kokomo” by The Beach Boys while making a funny face. It was such a grim window into a stage of Carell’s career where he seems truly at a loss…