Search Party (2016): Season 5

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E! | TBS | HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: January 7, 2022

Summary: The fifth and final season of the dark comedy finds Dory teaming up with tech billionaire, Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum).

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Suspense

Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E10. Revelation
Air Date: January 7, 2022
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S5:E9. Lamentations
Air Date: January 7, 2022
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S5:E8. Song of Songs
Air Date: January 7, 2022

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Jade Budowski

Jan 7, 2022

Search Party cements itself as a modern comedy classic. ... Once again delivering perfect performances and writing sharp enough to cut. Read full review

Saloni Gajjar

Jan 5, 2022

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. Read full review

Judy Berman

Jan 7, 2022

Search Party hadn’t jumped the shark so much as it had blossomed into the incredibly strange existential comedy it was always meant to be. Read full review

The Playlist Brian Tallerico

Dec 29, 2021

It’s as inconsistent as the show has ever been in terms of plotting and theme, but there’s also something riveting about its insane structure and ludicrous final episodes. Read full review

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truerock

Jan 16, 2022

I've completed watching all 5 seasons of Search Party.
Again, I find the casting to be among the best efforts I have experienced.
Casting directors Gayle Keller, Seth White, Cody Beke did exceptional work. The acting, directing, writing, costumes, makeup, etc all came together to resultI've completed watching all 5 seasons of Search Party.
Again, I find the casting to be among the best efforts I have experienced.
Casting directors Gayle Keller, Seth White, Cody Beke did exceptional work.
The acting, directing, writing, costumes, makeup, etc all came together to result in one of the most satisfying serious I have ever experienced.
I always find it hard to give comedies high ratings - but, I'm rating this series a 9 which I believe is probably the highest rating I have ever given a film of this genre.

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I am in the middle of season 3 and I have returned for the second time to raise my rating. I almost never rate any film - and definitely not comedies as high as a 9. The casting and directing of Search Party blows me away. This is one of the very few series I have rated as high as a 9. Acting and writing are solid 7s to 8s.

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Search Party is a sit-com involving a group of gen-z friends searching for a missing friend. I had never thought I would watch this series - but, it consistently gets favorable reviews - so, I watched season 1.

The casting is very good and makes me wonder why so many films have such bad casting.
Gayle Keller was the casting director and, in my opinion, she is one of the prime reasons Search Party is of such high quality. Seth White, Cody Beke continued the excellent casting in seasons 2 through 5.

Regardless, the good acting and good writing mesh well and make for some entertaining distraction.

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I'm halfway through season 3 and I came back to Metacritic to raise my rating from 7 to 8 - primarily on the strength of the directing.
But, the casting continues to empress me. In a scene near the end of season 3, episode 3 there is a meeting of 21 women. I re-watched the scene a couple of times because there was exactly 1 actor who was bad. She didn't have a speaking part - but, she stood out so much because she was surrounded by well cast actors. The bad actor was just sitting there doing absolutely nothing and almost ruined the scene.
I think casting directors think they can slip bad actors into a film and it won't make too much of a difference - but, it does.… Expand

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p1owz0r-

Jan 13, 2022

I thought it was a fitting end to a show of the like that we might not see again. Not only did they switch genres through mystery, to courtroom drama ,to psychological thriller, through to , but they kept the pitch dark writing and pitch perfect cast on point throughout.

The main four wereI thought it was a fitting end to a show of the like that we might not see again. Not only did they switch genres through mystery, to courtroom drama ,to psychological thriller, through to , but they kept the pitch dark writing and pitch perfect cast on point throughout.

The main four were outstanding again, especially Alia Shawkat in full cult leader mode. The guest stars continue to nail it - Jeff Goldblum, Trudie Styler and John Waters get added to the likes of Susan Sarandon, Christine Taylor, Ann Dowd and Busy Phillips.

Yes there were a few too many balls in the air by the end and a couple of storylines were dropped like red-hot potatoes, but it's brave, daring writing - not just more of the same like you get with 95% of the sitcoms on TV today. In my mind, this is right up there with The Good Place as one of the best sitcoms of the last five or so years.… Expand

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MetacriticOnur

Jan 9, 2022

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All_ButTrU4

Jan 8, 2022

its not he comedy we've gotten used to .i stretches belief beyond its usual parody leaving behind a vapid dark comedy that wastes its talented cast.

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Alienware

Jan 10, 2022

Awful season.
It was pretty clear what they were trying to say, but in my opinion they totally missed the mark.
I understand the willingness to match the world's current tone and trying to be snary with a parody of it, but when it falls into distasteful random **** the execution isAwful season.
It was pretty clear what they were trying to say, but in my opinion they totally missed the mark.
I understand the willingness to match the world's current tone and trying to be snary with a parody of it, but when it falls into distasteful random **** the execution is definitely not there.
What's even more aggreiving to me is that Season 4 had a pretty cool and nice ending for the show, that they had to waste with the post-credit scene and the whole Season 5 after that.… Expand

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crgnewcomb

Feb 23, 2022

Man, seasons 1-4 have their own hang ups, but are worth enduring because they felt incremental and contextual to the plot and characterization that came before .

Season 5, however, is completely ungrounded and unnecessarily goofy.

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nathmarks

Jan 11, 2022

bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

82
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E10. Revelation
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E9. Lamentations
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E8. Song of Songs
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E7. Book of the Wars of the Lord
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E6. The Gospel of Judas
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E5. Acts of the Apostles
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E4. Leviticus
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E3. Kings
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E2. Exodus
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
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  S5:E1. Genesis
  Air Date: January 7, 2022
Season 4

68
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2021
Season 3

78
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 25, 2020
Season 2

78
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 19, 2017
Season 1

81
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 21, 2016