Mythic Quest

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 80
  3. Negative: 21 out of 80
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  1. imconorirl
    Apr 6, 2020
    6
    As I made my way through this series, I think I waived back and forth about whether I was enjoying it or not. However, by the time that I got to the end I feel like I'd settled on feeling fairly positive about it.

    The characters are pretty well developed and I liked seeing a lot of these actors that I know from other popular series in this. They did a good job of being able to separate    As I made my way through this series, I think I waived back and forth about whether I was enjoying it or not. However, by the time that I got to the end I feel like I'd settled on feeling fairly positive about it.

    The characters are pretty well developed and I liked seeing a lot of these actors that I know from other popular series in this. They did a good job of being able to separate themselves in Mythic Quest from the characters they've become known for.

    There are some average episodes here for sure but they tended to be followed by a stronger episode that kept me watching. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next for this show.    … Expand
  2. kpaul
    Dec 3, 2021
    4
    Our show aims to be a classic reset comedy with the focus on the "fan boy/girl" community but doesn't have the guts to embrace key demographics.

    Mythic Quest is better labeled a comedy/drama. Unfortunately, the show doesn't inspire chuckles enough to be considered a comedy or endearing us to the characters enough to be considered a drama. The cast all have charming and great    Our show aims to be a classic reset comedy with the focus on the "fan boy/girl" community but doesn't have the guts to embrace key demographics.

    Mythic Quest is better labeled a comedy/drama. Unfortunately, the show doesn't inspire chuckles enough to be considered a comedy or endearing us to the characters enough to be considered a drama.

    The cast all have charming and great performers but the "jokes" aren't developed enough and are single-line zingers that don't add up to laughs. The brand of humor isn't consistent enough to be comforting and the B-story character's main traits of being diverse and woke isn't enough to invest us in the drama.    … Expand
  3. wobaso4125
    May 29, 2021
    5
    Rob McElhenney is serviceable, but the show is really carried by Charlotte Nicdao and Danny Pudi who deliver enormous returns on every moment of screen time. Other members of the cast like Jessie Ennis and David Hornsby put in solid work. These are solid-to-fantastic actors who are given some fun material to work with. Where the show takes a significant dip is the testers portrayed byRob McElhenney is serviceable, but the show is really carried by Charlotte Nicdao and Danny Pudi who deliver enormous returns on every moment of screen time. Other members of the cast like Jessie Ennis and David Hornsby put in solid work. These are solid-to-fantastic actors who are given some fun material to work with. Where the show takes a significant dip is the testers portrayed by Ashly Burch and Imani Hakim. There's a clear lack of effort in the scripting for these two characters and the scenes that center on them and the actors are simply not performing anywhere near the level of everyone else on the show. Burch is broad without ever being funny or believable (compare this to Nicdao who is astoundingly over-the-top without ever failing to deliver) and Hakim is so wooden it's hard not to question whether she has ever acted before in her life. Every moment spent on their characters is completely wasted, consistently detracting from the show and never even serving the plot particularly well. Everyone deserves better here. The characters deserve better writing and actors. The actors deserve roles more suited to their talents (VO for Burch and an Acting 101 course for Hakim). And more than anything, LGBTQ+ viewers deserve for the only not-straight characters in the show to not be the most lazily-written, incompetently-performed cardboard cutouts EVERY. SINGLE. TIME they appear on-screen. Literally everyone deserved better than this. That said, Nicdao and Pudi are just so downright fantastic that the show is still worth watching, but with rather significant caveats.… Expand

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Feb 7, 2020
    90
    Not only is it funny, but it sets itself up from the first minute as the next great workplace comedy, one that even gamers will like.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Feb 7, 2020
    60
    Mythic Quest often plays like a mild lark uninterested in pushing itself into truly gonzo territory. Once its protagonists’ quirks and hang-ups have been firmly established, the series is able to play off of those attributes to wittier ends. Yet even so, none of its central figures are distinctive enough to stand out from any number of like-minded comedy efforts.
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  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Feb 7, 2020
    70
    Though the characters are ill-tempered, the show comprises generally good-natured tales of competing egos and angry compromises.
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