Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet also star in Charles Yu’s adaptation of his own acclaimed 2020 novel, about an unassuming waiter who gets caught up in a cold case involving his missing brother.

So goes the internal monologue of Interior Chinatown protagonist Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), who works as a waiter in Chinatown. While Willis' musings about his role in life could just be the result of aimless angst, they are actually 100-percent true.

Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown is a wonderfully mind-bending exploration of Asian-American representation in Hollywood brought down by one thing.

Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang) genuinely is a glorified extra in his own life, a background character in a police procedural who longs for the spotlight. Willis soon gets his chance after witnessing criminal activity that spirals well beyond what he bargained for,

"Interior Chinatown" is a visceral and biting satire of the minuscule and stereotypical roles Asian Americans had to play in American television while being an engaging neo-noir comedy. The bold liberties it takes fit the television medium pack a punch and only demonstrate Charles Yu's versatility as a creator. One of 2024's finest new shows.