it’s that Schwartz and showrunner Christopher Miller need to team up for a feature-length music

[Jin Wah]

The Afterparty is no different, focusing almost entirely on about a dozen characters attending their high school reunion and the afterparty at a nearby mansion. But where that limitation might cause other shows to quickly grow stale, this Apple TV+ murder mystery uses its small number of locations to help it bring a refreshingly fun stylistic approach to the whodunnit genre.

The Afterparty’s episodes all adhere to the same basic structure, and center around a high school reunion that ends with a pop star’s mysterious murder. Each episode focuses on one of the reunion’s attendees as they recount their version of events to a detective (played by a reliably charming Tiffany Haddish) who intends to solve the night’s murder. By jumping between each character’s perspective, The Afterparty takes a different approach in every episode. The show’s premiere (narrated by Sam Richardson’s nerdy Aniq) feels like a homage to a Richard Curtis-penned rom-com, another dips into animation, and Ben Schwartz’s episode adopts the style of a La La Land-esque musical. (If The Afterparty proves anything, it’s that Schwartz and showrunner Christopher Miller need to team up for a feature-length musical.)

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