The Afterparty

Name: The Afterparty
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz

Till death do they party.

The Afterparty (2022-2023)

Seasons: 2, episodes: 18

Average rating: 7.3/10 31 460

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Premiere

2022-01-28

Last episode

2023-09-05

Status

Canceled

Country

United States

Network

Apple TV

Production

Lord Miller, Sony Pictures Television Studios, TriStar Television

Genre

Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Website

https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.5wg8cnigwrkfzbdruaufzb6b0

Creators

Christopher Miller

Actors

Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou, John Early, Genevieve Angelson
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Christopher Miller, Anthony King

Producer

Aubrey Lee, Anthony King, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Jordan Shipley, Justin Shipley

Camera operator

Ross Riege

Composer

Daniel Pemberton

Editing

Nick Olah, Joel Negron, Marissa Mueller
Whole Team (31)

Short description

Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1 When a high school reunion's afterparty ends in a stunning death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story—culminating in the shocking truth.	8	2022-01-28	6.4
Season 2 In season two, a wedding is ruined when the groom is murdered and every guest is a suspect. Detective Danner returns to help Aniq and Zoë solve the whodunnit by questioning family members, star-crossed lovers and business partners, and hearing each suspect’s retelling of the weekend, each with th…	10	2023-07-11	6.5

What's left behind the scenes

There is a lot of green in the series, and this color hints at the killer. Jasper, played by Ben Schwartz, wears green both in the flashback and at the party.
The project concept first came to director and screenwriter Christopher Miller in 2012; he wrote the script while filming the action-comedy '21 Jump Street' (2012). Initially, Miller and producer Phil Lord planned to make 'The Party' a film titled 'Reunion' for Sony Pictures, with Miller serving as the sole director. Unfortunately, both were hindered by their commitments to other projects. When Miller returned to the concept, he decided to film it as a series, believing this format to be more suitable.
The Lord Miller Productions logo is combined with colored lines. If these are converted and decoded using the 'A1Z26' cipher, the phrase 'Damn, you cracked it' emerges.
During the filming of the series, Ilana Glazer (who played Chelsea) was expecting a child, so she had to be filmed using specific angles chosen to ensure her pregnancy was not visible to the viewer.
The colors of each main character's clothing correspond to the colors of the tokens in Cluedo (a classic detective board game first published in the UK in 1948).
The blonde wig that Maggie (played by Everly Carganilia) wears to play hide-and-seek with Brett (played by Ike Barinholtz) was borrowed from Dave Franco, who played Javier (from his collection of movie souvenirs). Similarly, the hat tried on by the detective played by John Early, and the crossbow that the character played by Zoe Chao accidentally fires, were borrowed from the board game Hungry Hungry Hippos (which appeared in the UK in the second half of the 20th century).