SummarySix caterers trying to make it as Hollywood stars are at the center of this half-hour project from Veronica Mars and Cupid creator Rob Thomas. Each episode of this Starz original will be set at a different catered event and will see hungry Hollywood wanna-bes move among the rich and famous. Season 2 is set to premiere on April 23, 2010.
Created By:John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, Rob Thomas
❮ Party Down
Season 3
Season Premiere:
Feb 24, 2023
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Universal Acclaim
81
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8.3
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
93% Positive
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Feb 23, 2023
100
The rare nostalgia trip that doesn't actually feel like it's lamely wistful for the past. The cater waiters are as stuck in the unhappy present as the rest of us, and their misery is our hilarity. That recognition of the passage of time and understanding what life is like in 2023 is the key to the new season's success.
Feb 16, 2023
100
The new episodes represent the platonic ideal of a series returning after a long absence: The old magic remains intact, but there are fresh new ideas in the mix, a sense of growth and evolution.
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8.3
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Jun 5, 2023
10
Just as strong as it was 10 years ago. I would have liked more than 6 episodes though as the original series had 10 episodes per season. It is very rare for a reboot to keep up such high quality.
Apr 16, 2023
8
Over a decade since it was cancelled, the Party Down crew (well, most of them) return with Ron still doing his best and ultimately failing to control his employees. It’s a shame that we only get six new episodes, but this long awaited return fares a lot better than the majority of revivals (Arrested Development, The X-Files, Heroes to name but a few), and more than lives up to it’s original run. Fingers crossed we don’t have to wait another thirteen years to see more new episodes!
Feb 16, 2023
88
The series deftly tackles timely issues with breezy reckonings, interrogating them—and laughing at them—but avoiding ham-fisted didacticism.
Feb 23, 2023
80
Party Down is a slow-burn piece of workplace comedy in which a bunch of losers occasionally win. There are laughs but few side-splitters. It’s endearing rather than explosive. Yet as with The Office (UK and US) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, there is something about the ensemble here that just clicks.
Feb 16, 2023
80
What might like look like standard-issue fare from the outside is actually packed full of ultra-premium ingredients meant to evoke complex emotional responses of joy, sorrow, melancholy, Schadenfreude, yearning, delight. Except unlike some of Lucy’s creations, which occasionally go so far that they’re barely edible, the new season of Party Down also manages to be astoundingly satisfying.
Feb 24, 2023
70
Fans of Party Down, whether you watched it in the pre-Instagram days or caught up on it just recently, will eventually enjoy the show’s third season, but they may have to wade through a few disappointing episodes first.
Feb 16, 2023
40
In order for its story to work, the characters have to be where we left them, which is not what almost any of them wanted. But it comes to feel dour, tonally unbalanced — a party one cannot wait to leave.
Apr 25, 2023
6
admirable
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worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
Feb 25, 2023
6
I saw the first episode and it was not as good as the old show. There is hope though.
