The final season of Search Party, one of the queerest and campiest shows in recent memory, premieres this Friday, January 7 on HBO Max.
The dark comedy kicked off in 2016 as a murder mystery involving self-obsessed millennials. Over the years, Search Party has morphed into a satire of everything from over-the-top courtroom dramas to right-wing media and celebrity culture. One episode even features a Misery-inspired storyline starring Cole Escola as Chip, an obsessed fan who kidnaps the show’s main character, Dory (played by Alia Shawkat), and sometimes dons drag as his aunt (Susan Sarandon). Season 5 is more star-studded than ever, with Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Griffin, and the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, joining the Search Party family.
Ahead of Search Party’s final season, Logo spoke with co-creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers about some of the series’s campiest, queerest, and most unforgettable moments.
Watching Search Party and I'm like 'yeah, I would join Parker Posey's cult.' pic.twitter.com/CKBSa6EFoH
— Anna (@go_anna40) November 30, 2016
Charles: It literally came about because… This is boring, a boring story, but because we really just wanted her so desperately to be anything in Season 1. And Tony Hernandez who runs Jax Media, the company that makes Search Party, was having lunch with her that same day. And we were texting, saying, “Tell her, tell her, tell her to be in the show.” And she said yes. So that was probably one of the most exciting things that… It still feels like a dream that she was ever in Search Party. Because it was so early in the show, too. It’s hard to wrap my head around to this day. She’s everything you want her to be too.
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