The second season, though, drops some of the mockumentary-adjacent atmosphere and indulges a little bit more of the show’s goofier, dreamier side. Most of the show in those first few episodes is built around everyone reacting to the tornado of spectacular failure that Stath brings through the office nine times out of 10. The first season is locked into Stath’s inability to convince people, whether it’s prospective renters, professional rivals, or his own business-owner dad (Christos Stergioglou). It’s fun tracking the show as it evolves with Stath himself. (In case it isn’t obvious from the ease of their on-screen back-and-forths, Sophie and Jamie are real-life siblings, too.) Natasia Demetriou taps into a more subdued vibe here than on “What We Do in the Shadows,” playing Stath’s sister Sophie, who mainly splits her time between not-so-secretly pining after Al and a trying to start a pop music career. In a perpetual state of disbelief, Dean (Kiell Smith-Bynoe, who between this and “ Ghosts” already has a solid ensemble comedy resume) is the one Michael & Eagle employee most impervious to the constant wave of distractions coming his way. Al (Al Roberts) is the quiet MVP, observing from the sidelines while trying not to get in the way.

There’s the occasional overachiever Carole (Katy Wix) who’s still vulnerable to office nonsense. That kind of willful cluelessness puts him right at home with the rest of the staff of Michael & Eagle Lettings, the family-owned real estate business run out of a single-unit storefront. How ‘The Other Two’ Cameos Became New York’s Hottest Club Stath is not great at his job, but you get the sense that he might be halfway decent if he somehow just managed to channel all of his energies at the right target. The episode-opening montages find him taking customers through various London-area rental properties, flailing around when he’s not hyperfocused on the parts of the flat that aren’t worth the attention. Stath’s odd persistence is almost in a league of his own. He’s overconfident, a little petulant, and still hilarious in spite of himself. There’s something hypnotic about the opening credits for the first season of “Stath Lets Flats.” From the way that Jamie Demetriou fakes opening a door all the way through the multiple floating Stath Charalamboses at the end, that green-screen awkwardness is a pretty clear snapshot of where the title character is at the beginning of the series.

Where to Watch “ Stath Lets Flats”: HBO Max (the series originally aired on Channel 4)

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