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Critic Reviews
Nov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review:
The cast is exceptional, never carrying themselves as if they are above the often confused, petty, or weak characters they portray; Shawkat in particular is a revelation, at times channeling the doe-eyed distress of Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby. This is just a great show, refreshingly unafraid to twist the knife--a late-breaking candidate for best series of 2016.
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Nov 17, 2017
Season 2 Review:
Like a super-sized Columbo case, the culprits have already been identified, and they’re shockingly, hilariously tracking bloody footprints across New York City. They, and Search Party, seem like they’re in over their heads at the start, but it only gets better the deeper they go.
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Nov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review:
The production on Search Party is cinematic, with spot-on young-poor-people apartments and a score that sways—like the series itself--from light-hearted to menacing and back. The ultimate reveal, when it arrives, is extremely satisfying, even though it potentially upends everything that came before it.
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Nov 21, 2016Jan 5, 2022
Season 5 Review:
Search Party’s ambitious and implausible conclusion is emblematic of its main character in a way; it’s terrifying, fearless, and goes big because there really is nothing left to lose. There are some minor misses along the way, but the anarchy of the final season sharpens the show’s understanding of the zeitgeist.
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IndieWireJun 25, 2020
Season 3 Review:
“Search Party” remains a captivating case study in genre experimentation and cultural commentary. There are minuscule moments that serve up great jokes, sharp appraisal, or both, and it’s impressive to see how long the creators have kept us hooked on these antiheroes — especially now, when tolerance for contemptible leads is at an all-time low.
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Jun 4, 2020
Season 3 Review:
Search Party now fully embraces Dory’s sociopathic nature, and Shawkat brings a chilling element of detachment to her character’s burgeoning confidence. ... This time around, our black-hearted heroine won’t let anyone tell her what she actually did do, and it’s a thrill to watch.
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Jul 9, 2020
Season 3 Review:
We are not meant, I don’t think, to love or hate the characters, to identify with them or completely reject them. What we can do is enjoy watching as they veritably crackle with kinetic energy. The series remains at its best when it approaches its players’ individualized tics and gestures from a slight remove—its gaze amused, sometimes even a little sympathetic, but, in the end, thoroughly unsentimental.
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Jun 25, 2020
Season 3 Review:
Despite a masterful performance by Shawkat, it's a little difficult to square the guileless Dory of Season 1 with the sociopathic conniver that she has become by the start of Season 3. But that's ultimately a quibble with Search Party's thoroughly satisfying third season, which finds a middle ground between the satirical buoyancy of the series' first year and the mournful surreality of its second.
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ColliderNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Everything that Dory & Co. experience in Search Party is instigated by its central mystery, but each is also wholly its own story. It almost feels New Wave-y in how the group flits from one experience to the next organically, only briefly having to confront the deeper truths before them.
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Nov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review:
It's characters on the verge of stereotype in a genre piece that's on the verge of parody, but by the tenth episode I found myself invested in Chantal's disappearance and even if I didn't like all of the main characters, I found myself sneering at them in a way I think they'd respect.
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Nov 18, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Bliss and Rogers have crafted something special. They blend humor and suspense almost flawlessly over ten marathon-ready episodes, and their cast carries the quirkier parts with aplomb. Search Party is smart, surprising, and builds to a mightily disturbing first season coda.
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The PlaylistOct 5, 2020
Season 3 Review:
The new batch of episodes stumbles in places but there’s too much to like in terms of performance, sharp dialogue, and unpredictable plotting to dismiss it entirely. While it may have been stronger when it was more intimate, the writing really carries the season through any minor missteps, along with a refreshing willingness to present its characters in an unflattering light.
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Nov 20, 2017
Season 2 Review:
The writers of Search Party know what they’re doing. That’s not to say that season two is as exciting and satisfying as season one; I don’t think it is. But then, I may only be saying that because season two is a strong variation on something I’ve seen done before, in both TV and cinema.
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Nov 22, 2016
Season 1 Review:
While much of the show’s first season feel needlessly twisty and jerky, the way the mystery eventually comes together while allowing for sharp observations about the show’s characters speaks to Search Party being much more incisive--and worthy of a 10-hour marathon commitment--than it might appear at first glance.
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Nov 21, 2016
The PlaylistJan 7, 2021
Season 4 Review:
The momentum of the season really comes together when Drew, Portia, and Elliott are reunited with a purpose, finally allowing the show to feel like it did in those first two seasons again. It’s then that the fourth season of “Search Party” feels like it’s finally...sorry...found itself, and it really sticks the best season finale since the first year.
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Jan 7, 2021
Season 4 Review:
Drew, Portia, and Elliott’s early-season character arcs end up getting the short shrift once they band together to rescue Dory, but even if Search Party feels more disjointed than ever, it still boasts plenty of its trademark deadpan humor. The eventual wrap-up is more satisfying than any conclusion since season one, providing a sense of narrative and emotional closure.
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ColliderNov 18, 2017
Season 2 Review:
Search Party remains a weird gem for TBS, one that manages to be exceedingly clever and emotionally authentic all at once, with a tense story that begs to be binged. The problem is that in the aftermath of Dory’s search for meaning and Keith’s tragic end, it’s all gotten a little too real.
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Jan 13, 2021
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