Barden and Sarah Start a Pandemic(2024)

Barden and Sarah Start a Pandemic is a comedy series following two burnt-out corporate workers who devise an outlandish scheme to engineer a second pandemic—their misguided shortcut to getting time off work. What begins as a desperate bid for a nap spirals into chaos as their half-baked plan spirals beyond their control. The show mines dark humor from the absurdity of workplace desperation and the unintended consequences of taking shortcuts. With satirical jabs at corporate culture and pandemic fatigue, Barden and Sarah Start a Pandemic offers a sharp, comedic take on what happens when exhausted employees stop playing by the rules. The series balances irreverent humor with the mounting fallout from their reckless decision, creating a premise that's both ridiculous and oddly timely.