In the first episode of the new season of “Somebody Somewhere,” the poignant Kansas-set comedy that returned to HBO this week, Sam (Bridget Everett) receives a letter from her father, Ed.
Ed, a farmer, has charged Sam with feeding the chickens, mowing the lawn and cleaning out the barn.
Sam begins her chores, but when she finds Ed’s baseball cap, she begins to tear up.
In its quiet, fine-grained way, these episodes of “Somebody Somewhere” provide a eulogy in comedy form, with grief triangulated and transformed.
“We knew we wanted to dedicate the season to him,” Hannah Bos, a “Somebody Somewhere” creator, said in a recent video call.