The Afterparty is a murder mystery comedy series created by Christopher Miller. Starring Tiffany Haddish, the first season premiered on Apple TV+ on January 28, 2022.
As expected, it was a huge hit for the streaming platform and was quickly renewed in March 2022.
The second season, premiered on July 12, 2023 with episodes of the murder mystery show dropping weekly until the killer was finally revealed.
So with two very successful seasons under it's belt, the question now is when can we expect to see The Afterparty season 3?
THE AFTERPARTY SEASON 3 RELEASE DATE
I wish I had better news but all I can say for now is that Apple TV+ have left us a little bit in limbo.
The second season has just aired and with the writer's strike ongoing in the US, almost nothing is being confirmed with regards to tv show renewals.
And that include The Afterparty season 3. That said, it did take Apple TV+ a few weeks to renew the show the last time so maybe if we hang tight, good news will be on the way.
The only small issue may be the way the second season ended. It fast forwarded a full year giving us a glimpse into how the lives of our main characters turned out.
Does this mean the story has been wrapped up? Or will Christopher Miller be able to create another epic mystery for us to solve?
As always, as soon as we know – you'll know!
If you haven't seen the first season of The Afterparty, then you're missing a treat. As it is an Apple TV+ original, you can only watch it there.
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THE AFTERPARTY SEASON 2 STORYLINE
Before we delve into the season 2 recap, let's take a little look at season 1.
The Afterparty has a very unique premise. At a high school reunion afterparty, one of the guests is murdered. Tiffany Haddish is Detective Danner, who must solve the case that night, and in her sights are a number of suspects.
Each interview retells the night's events but in a different genre of movie-making. So one is told as a romantic comedy, another as an action movie, another in animation, etc…
Danner must then look for inconsistencies and identify the culprit. It's clever and funny and makes a change from the usual run-of-the-mill whodunnits.
Season 2 followed a similar path, however, this time the murder was committed at a wedding. Zoe's sister Grace got married but the groom was killed on the wedding night.
With a new list of suspects, Detective Danner (Haddish) returned to help Aniq (Richardson) and Zoë (Chao) solve the whodunnit by questioning family members, star-crossed lovers and business partners.
Hearing each suspect’s retelling of the weekend, they then figured out who killed the groom and why.
THE AFTERPARTY SEASON 2 CAST
There are quite a few players in The Afterparty. A few are back for season 2, tying the two seasons together. However, we also got a new batch of potential suspects.
So who are they?
Tiffany Haddish as Detective Danner, a detective investigating the murder of a groom on his wedding day
Sam Richardson as Aniq, an escape room designer
Zoë Chao as Zoë, Aniq's high school crush
Elizabeth Perkins as Isabel, the groom's mother
Zach Woods as Edgar, the murder victim
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird) as Travis, Grace's ex boyfriend
Poppy Liu as Grace, the bride and Zoe's sister
Anna Konkle as Hannah, Edgar's sister
Jack Whitehall as Sebastian, Edgar's business partner
Vivian Wu as Vivian, Grace aZoe's mother
Ken Jeong as Feng, Zoe and Grace's father
John Cho as Ulysses, Feng's brother
SEASON 1 EPISODE TITLES
There are 8 episodes in Season 1 of this comedy murder mystery, and nearly all are named after a character in the show.
- Aniq
- Brett
- Yasper
- Chelsea
- High School
- Zoe
- Danner
- Maggie
SEASON 2 EPISODE TITLES
There are 10 episodes in Season 2 of this comedy murder mystery, and nearly all are named after a character in the show.
- Aniq 2: The Sequel
- Grace
- Travis
- Hannah
- Sebastian
- Danner's Fire
- Ulysses
- Feng
- Isabel
- Vivian and Zoë
