Valley Forge Auto needs a prayer to stay open. It got Thomas Hayden Church.
On Netflix’s Tires, Will (Steven Gerben), an uncomfortable and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, attempts to grow his father’s business — if his cousin Shane (Shane Gillis), a shop mechanic, doesn’t destroy it first.
The first season of Tires saw Shane and Will collab on a new marketing idea: sell tires at cost, and upsell their customers on other services. For two screwups, it worked wonderfully — for a little while.
In season two, “Will and Shane rush to grow personally and professionally without fully realizing the cost of doing business,” according to Netflix. Also, that whole tires plan that titled the show may bring down the whole house of cards. Shane’s dad (Thomas Hayden Church), Will’s uncle, is here to save his brother’s/nephew’s/son’s business.
In the season two trailer, which The Hollywood Reporter can first share, Shane’s got a girlfriend, Will’s got “big time squirrel vibes” and the show has (a little bit of) Vince Vaughn. Shane’s dad has testosterone cream — and now Will is gonna have his “penis fill up with blood” whether he “like(s) it or not.” Oh, and together, Valley Forge Auto finally has some proper sexual harassment training. It… doesn’t go well.
Tires, based on a Gillis YouTube pilot, is created by Gillis, Gerben and comedian John McKeever, who also write the show together. Those three executive produce the series along with Brandon James for Rough House; Brian Stern and Kenneth Slotnick for AGI Entertainment Media & Management; and Becky Astphan. McKeever directs the series.
The Tires cast also includes Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox and Stavros Halkias; comedian Andrew Schulz guest stars.
Tires is the second production from Gillis and McKeever’s production company, Dad Sick Productions. Gillis’ standup special, Beautiful Dogs, was the first.
Watch the Tires season two trailer here: