Must Watch Series After The Afterparty Season 1: The American mystery comedy-drama which premiered on Apple TV+ on January 28, 2022, has already become a big hit with its thriller murder mystery spiced up by the occasional comedic tone.
The series centers around one single day when a murder takes place after a high school party. Each episode of the series deal with different perspectives of characters who were present that night.
This type is the example of a new sub-genre of whodunnit stories naming “the millennial whodunit” probing the questions of personal fulfillment, escape from daily lives on the way.
The series is directed by Christopher Miller. The cast includes Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Sam Richardson, Ben Schwartz, etc. If the release of this new mystery series has spurred in you the urge for such mysteries that glue you to your sit and force you to try to solve the mystery yourself, we have got you covered. Because here is a list of 7 TV Series that will satisfy your quench for suspense right away.
7 TV Series that you must watch if you liked ‘The Afterparty’:
1. Search Party (2016-2022)-
Number of Seasons: 5
This American sitcom tells the story of a group of friends who become entangled in a search for a missing young woman. The consequences of this involvement fall heavily on them. The series is set in New York City mostly.
It premiered on November 21, 2016, on TBS and ran for five seasons with the final season finally arriving on January 07, 2022. ‘Search Party‘ is essentially a black comedy. The cast includes Alia Shawkat, John Early, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner, and Brandon Micheal Hall.
2. The Flight Attendant (2020 – present)-
Number of Seasons: 1
Based on Chris Bohjalian’s 2018 novel of the same name this American comedy-drama deals with a murder mystery involving a flight attendant. Cassie Bowden spends a night with a passenger from her last flight in a hotel in Bangkok.
On the next morning when she wakes up with the hangover from the night before, she discovers the man’s dead body with his throat cut open. Unable to inform the police out of fear, she hastily cleans up the crime scene and joins the rest of the airline crew at the airport.
Later in New York City she is questioned by the FBI but is unable to piece together the incidents of the night while also suffering from hallucinations.
‘The Big Bang Theory’ famed Kaley Cuoco stars in the titular character. The show premiered on November 25, 2020, on HBO Max with a second season to be premiered in 2022.
3. Only Murders in the Building (2021 – present)-
Number of Seasons: 1
A suspicious death occurs in an apartment building of Upper West Side the Acronis. Three neighbors who share a common obsession with true-crime podcasts believe it to be murder where the police decided the death to be only suicide. Then the three start their own podcast while investigating the case.
The three neighbors are played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The series premiered on August 31, 2021, with a ten-episode first season on Hulu. It was renewed for a new season in September 2021.
4. Monk (2002 – 2009)-
Number of Seasons: 8
The hit comedy-drama mystery TV series revolves around Adrian Monk, a detective of the San Fransisco Police Department, who suffers from Obsessive Conclusive Disorder or OCD. After his wife Trudy, who was a journalist, was killed by a car bomb, he went through a nervous breakdown resulting in losing his job and confining himself in his house for several years.
Eventually, he becomes able to leave his house with the help of his nurse cum assistant Sharona Fleming and begins working as a private detective as well as a consultant for the police. But his OCD has now increased to a much higher level which makes it harder for him to work.
Tony Shalhoub stars in the role of Adrian Monk. The series premiered on July 12 2002 and ended on December 04, 2009, receiving eight Emmy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
5. Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004-2013)-
Number of Seasons: 6
Loosely based on the short stories of British crime novelist Agatha Christie, this British ITV television program features Miss Marple, though with much liberty. Miss Marple is a spinster living in a quiet little village who helps solve mysteries during her visit to friends and relatives.
The titular Miss Marple is played by Geraldine McEwan for the first three series and Julia McKenzie from the next series onwards. It premiered on December 12, 2004, and ended on December 29, 2013.
6. Happy! (2017-2019)-
Number of Seasons: 2
‘Happy!’ is an American live-action cum adult animated TV Series based on the comic book series of the same name by Grant Morrison.
Social outcast disgraced police officer Nick Sax comes across a blue, small, winged unicorn named ‘Happy’ that apparently only Nick can see. Happy inform him about the kidnap of her friend Hailey who according to Happy is Nick’s estranged daughter. After a phase of disbelief, Nick sets off with Happy to save the girl while discovering a global conspiracy of child trafficking, aliens, and sex cult.
Christopher Meloni plays the role of Nick Sax. The series premiered on December 06, 2017, and ended on May 29, 2019.
7. Good Girls (2018-2021)-
Number of Seasons: 4
The series centers around there Michigan mothers who are struggling through their lives. Tired of having difficulty making ends meet, they decide to execute an unlikely heist in a supermarket. But when after the successful robbery, the store manager recognizes one of the three women, they become entangled in more drama.
The crime comedy-drama premiered on February 26, 2018, and ended on July 22, 2021. The three women are played by Christiana Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman.
