The sitcom is one of the most reliable formats in TV history for a reason. Situational comedy — characters stuck together in a recurring setting, same problems, same dynamics, episode after episode — works because it's built on comfort. You know these people, where they live, and what's going to set them off. That familiarity is the whole point. It's why people still rewatch Seinfeld and Friends decades later, and it's why a good sitcom, even a short-lived one, never really goes away.

When Prime Video confirmed that Off Campus Season 2 would center around Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn) and Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) instead of following the book order to Logan (Antonio Cipriano) and Grace (India Fowler), a certain corner of BookTok had opinions. In Elle Kennedy's series, The Mistake comes before The Score. Logan and Grace are supposed to be next. It’s canon, and canon is not to be messed with! Except showrunner Louisa Levy spent all of Season 1 quietly making the case for why the book order doesn't work for the series adaptation, and honestly, the evidence is hard to argue with.