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1 Episode
Dave Feral
THE STACKS is a short-form workplace comedy set in a small independent record store. The series follows a mismatched group of employees navigating daily retail frustrations, generational clashes, and the slow decay of physical media culture. Beneath the mundane routines runs a restrained, long-form mystery centered on a sealed interior door and unexplained deliveries that the staff reluctantly accommodates as part of “normal business.” THE STACKS is a short-form workplace comedy set in a small independent record store. A mismatched group of employees deals with daily retail frustrations, generational clashes, and the slow decline of physical media. Beneath the routine, small unexplained irregularities begin to appear, treated as logistical annoyances rather than dramatic events. The series uses dry, observational humor and restraint, allowing ordinary behavior and quiet unease to coexist without explanation.
1 Episode
THE STACKS is a short-form workplace comedy set in a small independent record store. The series follows a mismatched group of employees navigating daily retail frustrations, generational clashes, and the slow decay of physical media culture. Beneath the mundane routines runs a restrained, long-form mystery centered on a sealed interior door and unexplained deliveries that the staff reluctantly accommodates as part of “normal business.” THE STACKS is a short-form workplace comedy set in a small independent record store. A mismatched group of employees deals with daily retail frustrations, generational clashes, and the slow decline of physical media. Beneath the routine, small unexplained irregularities begin to appear, treated as logistical annoyances rather than dramatic events. The series uses dry, observational humor and restraint, allowing ordinary behavior and quiet unease to coexist without explanation.
1 Episode
2 min. 2 sec.
Episode 1 introduces The Stacks, a small independent record store where routine retail life is interrupted by a strange delivery. Episode 1 follows a normal day at The Stacks, a small independent record store run by a tired owner and a mismatched staff. When a heavy wooden crate is delivered and placed in front of a handwritten “DO NOT ENTER” door inside the shop, it becomes an awkward but mostly ignored part of the day. By closing time, something about the crate feels slightly off — though no one is ready to deal with it yet.