Search Party (2016)

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Season 4
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Fletcher Peters
    Jan 12, 2021
    83
    Besides the first season spent looking for Chantal, Season 4 is Dory’s best arc yet. She’s still trying to find herself, and although it sounds counterintuitive, being trapped frees an untapped side of Dory.
  2. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Jan 7, 2021
    67
    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.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Jan 7, 2021
    63
    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.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Jan 14, 2021
    60
    The first half of the 10-part season is much more compelling than the second, which borrows a few too many twists from daytime soaps. But the initial five chapters are Search Party at its best, especially in its satire of showbiz and the media.
  6. Consequence
    Reviewed by: Blake Goble
    Jan 13, 2021
    58
    This is Search Party’s most-morbid season to be certain. It’s recommendable to die-hard enthusiasts of the show’s willy-nilly grotesqueries, but people looking for this fan fave’s true-crime comedy may feel like they’re searching for something missing themselves.

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User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. geewah
    May 5, 2023
    5
    So, so disappointing.
    This show could of been round off perfectly at the end of season 3, but instead the attempt to keep it going results in    So, so disappointing.
    This show could of been round off perfectly at the end of season 3, but instead the attempt to keep it going results in this rather dull and pointless season.    … Full Review »
  2. RonNM42
    May 3, 2023
    3
    The first 3 seasons of this show were very good, but the 4th season is painfully bad. The plot line of Dory's kidnapping and brainwashing isThe first 3 seasons of this show were very good, but the 4th season is painfully bad. The plot line of Dory's kidnapping and brainwashing is uncomfortable and not very believable. Chip is not very convincing as a villain. What is really terrible about the season is Dory's 3 friends who endlessly revive the thankfully forgotten technique that allegedly intelligent people behaving as stupidly as possible and screaming at the top of their lungs is supposed to be funny. It's not, but that's about all they do for the entire season. The other big problem is that too many scenes are drawn out far too long, as if the writers simply didn't have enough material to fill the time allotted. There are even a couple of songs that go on endlessly. The season has some moments, but far too few.… Full Review »
  3. MetacriticOnur
    Aug 19, 2021
    3
    bad
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    adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
    not good in any manner or degree.
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