Genre: Murder mystery, Comedy
Created by Christopher Miller
Directed by Christopher Miller
- Starring:
Tiffany Haddish - Sam Richardson
- Zoë Chao
- Ike Barinholtz
- Ben Schwartz
- Ilana Glazer
- Jamie Demetriou
- Dave Franco
Music by: Daniel Pemberton
Executive Producers: Anthony King, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Producers: Michael Cedar, Bridger Winegar, Aubrey Lee
Cinematography: Carl Herse
Editors: Joel Negron, Nick Olah
Production Company: Lord Miller Productions, Sony Pictures Television Studios, TriStar Television
Distributor: Apple TV+
Plot: Four ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul; they embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but they may not be believed — and they may not be telling the truth.
Season 1 of The after Party was so well done.
Pros: This unique murder mystery based show was so funny. I loved how they took their time to interrogate each character in every episode & how each time it mentioned a different genre of film and everyone of the cast did a great job in their roles.
Cons: My only issue was that I watched it on my apple devices instead of on my main television set.
Casts & Crew:
- Tiffany Haddish as Detective Danner, a detective investigating Xavier’s murder
- Sam Richardson as Aniq, an escape room designer and the primary suspect, who attempts to use his escape room skills to clear his name
- Zoë Chao as Zoë, Aniq’s high school crush and Brett’s ex-wife
- Ike Barinholtz as Brett (season 1), Zoe’s ex-husband. It is later revealed he cheated on Zoë with Chelsea.
- Ben Schwartz as Yasper (season 1), Aniq’s best friend and Xavier’s former ska bandmate, who hopes to start a career in music.
- Ilana Glazer as Chelsea (season 1), a receptionist at a veterinary clinic who blamed Xavier for an incident at a St. Patrick’s Day party that resulted in her ostracization by the whole school. It is revealed that a past breakup resulted in her affair with Brett.
- Jamie Demetriou as Walt (season 1), a partygoer whom no one seems to remember
- Dave Franco as Xavier (season 1), a pop star/actor, Yasper’s former bandmate, and the murder victim, whose full name is Eugene Xavier Duckworth, Jr.
Recurring:
- John Early as Detective Culp, Danner’s partner
- Tiya Sircar as Jennifer #1, a pregnant mean girl
- Ayden Mayeri as Jennifer #2, another pregnant mean girl who goes missing upon Danner’s arrival.
- Genevieve Angelson as Indigo
- Kelvin Yu as Ned, Jennifer #1’s husband
- Everly Carganilla as Maggie, Zoë and Brett’s daughter
In addition, Christopher May and Miracle Laurie co-star as Mr. Shapiro and Quiet Heather, respectively, a science teacher and former student who, as a running gag, are caught having intimate relations in each of the stories.
Special guest stars:
- Channing Tatum as himself, who co-starred with Xavier in the Hall & Oates biopic.
- Will Forte as himself, who co-starred with Xavier in a dramatic film adaptation of the board game Hungry Hungry Hippos and was due to reprise his role in the sequel before Xavier’s death.
I recommend watching this show to those who subscribed to Apple TV+.
Rating: 9 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.