The Resort

Despite its sometimes erratic pacing, it allows time for the viewer to really sit with the concepts being thrown at them, with each episode being just over thirty minutes in length. However, where the show really shines is with Harper and Milioti, their performances and chemistry as a couple trying to refind their love making viewers want to finish the show, to find out if amidst all these obstacles, their relationship might still succeed.

Apart from the glorious cast, the big draw of The Resort is the menacing-yet-luxurious aesthetic of the abandoned hotel. There is something so alluring about a deserted, possibly haunted hotel. ... In all honesty, with each episode coming in at around a half-hour, it’s a bit of a long set-up, but the pay-off is worth it.

Amid all the spectacle, the show does, finally, strike a thoughtful contrast between puppy love and the more mature variety, which it doesn’t make the mistake of overstating. But mostly it’s defined by small pleasures. ... Like any good vacation, The Resort flies by. You can tell you had fun because it’s over way too soon.

A show like this lives or dies by how clever the mystery at its centre turns out to be. While we will have to wait to see whether it lives up to expectations, this funny, fast-paced, knotty trip seems worth sticking with until the inevitably bitter – but hopefully not bitterly disappointing – end.

The plot is so crammed with these things that sometimes it stops making sense, but just carries us along to the next stage of the adventure. The easy chemistry between Milioti and Harper helps with this, as does the generous helping of comedy.

To its credit, the show’s confident trek forward also smooths down loose threads. The rapid twists and likable cast make the mystery a diverting watch that doesn’t waste any time getting started. As the dog days of summer drag on, The Resort provides a welcome respite of AC-sanctioned fun.

“The Resort” proves itself refreshingly eager to push itself to ask more questions and leave each episode on a note that makes it near impossible to stop watching.

Though the eight-episode season is about two episodes too long, The Resort's mystical conclusion delivers an unexpectedly emotional catharsis. As with most vacations, the journey is sometimes exhausting, but the destination is ultimately worthwhile.

In the end, kind of like “Search Party,” “The Resort” is as much about the people doing the searching as it is what they uncover. And Sinclair, Siara, and Esmail are happy to lean into the themes of the show over its plotting, willing to tell a story of redemption in a way that defies logic but embraces emotion. Who needs logic on vacation anyway?