Baron “Bear” Bailey (Michael Johnston) is in love with Nikki Freeman. He loves her as only a timid dope with a not-so-secret crush can love, unconditionally and irrecoverably. Nikki (Inde Navarrette) is Bear’s childhood friend and currently works with him at a music store alongside goofball bro Ian (Cooper Tomlinson) and arty alt-girl Sarah (Megan Lawless). (Said business is owned by Sarah’s dad, who is played by Andy Richter in a charmingly normie, semi-offscreen performance.) This twenty-something foursome seems to have a good dynamic going: They grouse about the indignities of retail work, commiserate about their uncertain futures, and unwind by stomping the competition at weekly bar trivia. A romance skeptic might ask why Bear would want to disrupt his friend group’s platonic equilibrium. However, it’s clear that Bear’s pining for Nikki is as discombobulating as it is unwavering. As