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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman TV Critic Jun 21, 2022 7:01 AM UTC  Maya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster in 'Loot' Maya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster in 'Loot'Apple TV+  by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman TV Critic Jun 21, 2022 7:01 AM UTC [Maya Rudolph](https://time.com/5906947/maya-rudolph-kamala-harris/) is the kind of star you build a show around. A warm, charismatic performer who has jokingly described herself as a “[2 3⁄4 threat](https://ew.com/article/2014/05/15/maya-rudolph-show-variety-nbc/),” the _SNL_ alum has pipes that can [belt out “Purple Rain”](https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/maya-rudolph-on-princess-her-prince-cover-band.html) and win Emmys for voicing [_Big Mouth_](https://time.com/5691210/big-mouth-season-3-review-premiere/)_’s_ Connie the Hormone Monstress. She also has a gift for physical comedy. Who could forget her [_Bridesmaids_](https://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/11/bridesmaids-kristin-wiig-review/) character sinking into the street, frothy white gown billowing around her, face registering every phase of humiliation as a wave of food poisoning hit? Yet it’s still bafflingly rare to see Rudolph, a household name who played a God-like figure in [_The Good Place_](https://time.com/5770162/the-good-place-last-good-sit-com-review/) and an Oprah-like figure in [_Up All Night_](https://entertainment.time.com/2011/09/14/tv-tonight-up-all-night-free-agents/), in leading roles. One notable exception was 2018’s _Forever_, a philosophically ambitious afterlife dramedy that cast her and Fred Armisen as dead spouses working through unfinished business in the Great Beyond. Now, Rudolph has re-teamed with its creators, Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, on _Loot_, an Apple TV+ comedy premiering June 24, about the jilted wife of a multibillionaire. Unfortunately, it’s a much safer and more conventional show than its predecessor. When we meet Rudolph’s Molly Wells, she’s swanning around on her new megayacht with her tech-mogul husband, John Novak (Adam Scott in toxic-nerd mode). That same day, she discovers he’s cheating with a woman half his age (Dylan Gelula). “I have been by your side for 20 years,” Molly screeches at him, incandescent with rage, in front of a crowd at her own birthday party. “I had sex with you when you had your weird body—before you fixed it with money!” The divorce leaves her with $87 billion, and after a rebound tour that’s more dance-drink-drugs than eat-pray-love, she’s summoned to the offices of her foundation by its executive director, Sofia Salinas ([_Pose_](https://time.com/6053227/pose-finale/) star [Michaela Jaé Rodriguez](https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/6150544/michaela-jae-rodriguez/)). “I have an office?” Molly marvels. Sofia just wants her to stop embarrassing the charity with the kind of intoxicated shenanigans that fuel tabloid headlines. But Molly sees a chance to give her life purpose—or at least clap back at her selfish ex—by throwing herself into work with the foundation.  Michaela Jae Rodriguez, left, and Maya Rudolph in 'Loot' Apple TV+ By the end of the premiere, _Loot_ has become an upbeat workplace sitcom in the mold of _Parks and Recreation_ (where Yang got his start) and Apple’s megahit [_Ted Lasso_](https://time.com/6081493/ted-lasso-season-2/). The ensemble is strong: _Fire Island_ breakout [Joel Kim Booster](https://time.com/6076062/time-pride-summit-2021/), as Molly’s loyal, emotionally numb assistant, pairs nicely with the hilarious Ron Funches, as a gregarious cousin of Molly’s who parlayed his family connection into a job. The ubiquitous Nat Faxon (whose recent credits include [_Gaslit_](https://time.com/6170831/gaslit-true-story-starz/), _Our Flag Means Death_, and [_The Conners_](https://time.com/5426408/the-conners-review-roseanne-spinoff/)), as kind, divorced-dad milquetoast Arthur, makes a fine will-they-or-won’t-they for Molly—though an eventual love-triangle plot immediately feels trite. The show struggles most in its attempts to set up a central tension between Molly’s high-spirited, spoiled naiveté and Sofia’s stern, mission-driven pragmatism. The parts are cast well; while Rodriguez sometimes appeared stiff in _Pose_, her uptight vibe contrasts well with Rudolph’s easy charm. But both are underwritten, in scripts that thoughtlessly deem Sofia’s prickliness as worthy of criticism as Molly’s blithe profligacy. Not every show about the ultra-wealthy needs to be as biting as _Succession_, but _Loot_ too often comes off as entirely toothless. A satire so clearly inspired by real people—[Jeff Bezos](https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217562/jeff-bezos-3/) and his ex-wife, the prolific philanthropist [MacKenzie Scott](https://time.com/6050873/mackenzie-scott-profile/)—should have something substantive to say about a world where they play outsize roles. _Loot_ takes that risk too late in the season, without earning it through insight into who Molly was before she became Mrs.John Novak. Scott is a novelist; if Molly ever had talents or dreams or convictions of her own, we don’t find out about them. That the show is still intermittently amusing is a credit to Rudolph’s generous portrayal of an overindulged woman flailing. Thanks to her and her castmates, it may well find its way in subsequent seasons, should Yang and Hubbard get a chance to right the megayacht. 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