‘Search Party’ Creators & Star Alia Shawkat Look Back At Genre-Bending Series, Tease ‘Polarizing’, ‘Fantastical’ Final Season – Q&A

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The twisting, turning and unexpected saga of Search Party will reach its final destination when Dory, Drew, Portia and Elliott return in the dark comedy’s last season, which premieres in its entirety on Friday on HBO Max.From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the comedy starring  Alia Shawkat took viewers on a wild ride that started with a true crime spin and veered into the realms of legal and psychological thrillers – all while comically handling the existential imperfections of young adult life and morality.

Now for its final lap around the course, Search Party taps into big tech, cult ideology, horror and sci-fi to gather all the threads into what Rogers thinks may be a “polarizing” and not-so-tidy finale.“I think the show ends in the same way that it always operated, which is to say that things are really complicated and it’s never about morality and it’s never about punishment or reward based on how you conduct life,” Rogers told Deadline. “It’s just about how complicated things are.”Season five picks up immediately after Dory’s (Shawkat) near-death experience of just barely escaping from the blazing remains of her kidnapper home.

With a new lease on life, Dory enlists Portia (Meredith Hagner), Drew (John Reynolds) and Elliot (John Early) on her next purpose – spreading love and enlightenment.

She teams with tech CEO Tunnell Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) to achieve her mission in the series’ final chapter that’s more surprising and twisted than those that came before.In separate interviews, Rogers and Bliss, and Shawkat spoke to Deadline about what fans of the cult favorite can expect in its final “polarizing” hours, how former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson played into Dory’s psychology, and what