Search Party (2016)

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Season 5
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Jade Budowski
    Jan 7, 2022
    100
    Search Party cements itself as a modern comedy classic. ... Once again delivering perfect performances and writing sharp enough to cut.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Saloni Gajjar
    Jan 5, 2022
    83
    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.
  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Jan 7, 2022
    80
    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.
  5. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Dec 29, 2021
    75
    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.

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. Falling_Man
    Jan 11, 2022
    5
    Search Party was always a bold and surreal comedy series that managed to shift genres while maintaining a consistent sense of dark humour andSearch Party was always a bold and surreal comedy series that managed to shift genres while maintaining a consistent sense of dark humour and absurdity in its tone. It also managed to ground its larger-than-life characters in the constantly shifting scenarios they got thrown into.

    Season 5, however, might have leapt a little too far, and I think they knew it. The main characters barely act like themselves, and it jumps into some genres which are hard to reconcile.

    Nonetheless, there is a part of me that really enjoyed the season as an elaborate prank. The writers had to know they were not only pushing the envelope, but inventing a humanoid android powered by moon cheese to shove it off the table full force with its mechanical baby toe.

    And because it goes to such extremes, and throws all rationality out the window, I have no choice but to accept this season as a dream, some sort of grand delusion with the events of the real story having ended somewhere in season 4 or early on in season 5.    … Full Review »
  2. Alienware
    Jan 10, 2022
    2
    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    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 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.    … Full Review »
  3. MetacriticOnur
    Jan 9, 2022
    6
    admirable
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    adjective
    worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
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