In the beginning, Search Party was a TBS comedy that plunged four millennial Brooklynites into a sort of Nancy Drew mystery. As protagonist Dory Sief, Alia Shawkat embodied the aimlessness of grads who’d entered the job market amid the Great Recession, trodding career paths that led only to dead ends. When a college acquaintance, Chantal (Claire McNulty), went missing, Dory—with the reluctant help of her boyfriend Drew (John Reynolds) and best pals Elliott (John Early) and Portia (Meredith Hagner)—turned amateur sleuth to satisfy her thirst for meaning and recognition. With its awkward humor, narcissistic characters and hipster-realist aesthetic, the show felt like a more self-aware successor to Lena Dunham’s Girls.Search Party depicts the lives of New York City resident Dory Sief, her passive boyfriend Drew Gardner, flamboyant show-off Elliott Goss, and flighty actress Portia Davenport. Serving as a contrast to the group is Dory’s ex-boyfriend Julian Marcus, a journalist whose blunt nature frequently puts him into conflict with others.[5]Search Party Season 1-5 Download
The first season focuses on the disappearance of Dory’s college acquaintance Chantal Witherbottom, whom Dory sets out to find, with Drew, Elliott, and Portia reluctantly joining her investigation. While her friends also deal with difficulties in their own lives, Dory focuses on her pursuit of Chantal, believing her to be in danger.The second season focuses on the death of Keith Powell, a private investigator who is killed as a result of Dory mistakenly believing him to be a threat to Chantal. As the group struggles to return to their normal lives, they also attempt to cover up Keith’s death, which affects them in various ways.The third season focuses on Dory and Drew being tried for murdering Keith, which Dory denies any involvement in, forcing them to battle against the evidence suggesting they caused his death. A media circus soon circles around the trial, while the friends have their relationships tested and Dory’s sanity gradually deteriorates.The fourth season focuses on Dory’s abduction at the hands of Chip Wreck, a psychotic man unhealthily obsessed with her. The abduction sends Drew, Elliott, and Portia searching for Dory as Chip attempts to manipulate Dory against her friends