It's the kind of show that keeps you on your toes, the kind of show that never reveals what direction it's headed in. Since Season 1, Search Party has gone to all kinds of audaciously dark places, boldly switching genres every season by adding in elements of crime thrillers and court dramas, and continuously upping the dramatic stakes all while retaining its signature sharp sense of humor. The satirical comedy stars Alia Shawkat as Dory, an aimless twenty-something living in Brooklyn who decides to assign purpose to her life by tracking down an old college classmate who has recently gone missing. Search Party originally aired on TBS, where it was generally ignored for its first two seasons, but thankfully, HBO Max rescued it from getting lost in the shuffle of cable TV. Īlia Shawkat, John Early, John Reynolds, and Meredith Hagner, Search Party Mark Schafer/HBO Max Three episodes will be available to start, with new episodes coming weekly. Superhero purists may scoff at this, but those who love muscles, violence, and perverted jokes will lap it up. The first episode starts off a little rocky, but by the time someone explodes and Cena is in his underwear near the end, it finds its groove. If you saw the surprisingly great The Suicide Squad (not to be confused with but of course it's going to be confused with the dud Suicide Squad), you know the tone of this, with Gunn riding the gross-out humor of The Suicide Squad into an origin tale of the best character from the film who wasn't a walking weasel and Cena showing off his magnetic star power as a doofus meathead. John Cena brings his The Suicide Squad DC Comics character Peacemaker - a buff guy who wants peace so badly he's willing to be extremely violent about it - to the small screen, with James Gunn writing all the episodes (it was a COVID "fun" project for him) and directing five of them.