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- Though Season 3 does introduce a tormented, misunderstood catering chef, played by Zoë Chao, who believes that food is art and it “should change the way you think and feel,” the show doesn’t fetishize food or cooking at all.
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Mar 24, 2023 · After scarfing down an entire batch of Lucy’s ambitious sea-urchin appetizers, he’s feeling a bit under the weather. (Whatever happened to not eating the client’s food, hmm, Ron?) It turns ...
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By Emma Fraser
Updated: Feb 22, 2023 11:20 pm
Posted: Feb 22, 2023 11:13 pm
Party Down season 3 premieres on Starz on February 24.
Reboots and revivals are common, though all too often they’re clearly a cynical cash grab or an attempt to reignite magic that no longer exists. To my great relief, the long-awaited Party Down third season turns out to be neither of these things. It has been nearly 13 years since the last episode aired on Starz to dismal ratings, and yet the beloved cult comedy is firing on all cylinders in its return. This new batch of six episodes isn’t an exercise in rose-tinted nostalgia.
Part of the innate charm and endless humorous scenarios comes from a premise that remains perfectly simple: each episode takes place at a different event catered by the Party Down team, led by Ron Donald (Ken Marino). As with the original 20-episode run, these vary from Hollywood soirees to mundane shindigs hosted by non-industry people. But even the most boring theme becomes a playground for mishaps and misunderstandings that undoubtedly impacts customer satisfaction and deliver laughs. It doesn’t help that most of Ron’s team of cater-waiters want to crack into showbiz – whether in a performing or creative capacity – and enthusiasm for their current job is low. Ron’s vested interest has always been a staple part of the dynamic, and his desperation to succeed in the food service industry being at odds with everyone else has not got tired since we last saw these characters.
Party Down co-creator and now showrunner John Enbom has not messed with this winning formula, but this revival isn’t simply retreading steps taken more than a decade ago as fan service. The Los Angeles setting still offers a slice of hopes and dreams that can quickly become humiliating – but no less hilarious.
While I can’t get into the specifics regarding how everyone fits into this updated version of the service industry squad for spoiler reasons, let’s just say that some professional and personal setbacks have made it necessary. Henry’s (Adam Scott) motive for wearing the crisp white button-down shirt and pink bow tie uniform fit the path previously laid out, and suffice it to say, he is not having fun yet. “This is not how I envisioned my 40s,” he dryly observes. The beer commercial that made Henry so recognizable in the first two seasons is still referenced and is one instance of how deftly the series deals with various levels of fame.
The gags about working in this environment still resonate.
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Mar 24, 2023 · Turns out Lucy’s urchin guy sold her “hot urchin” (both in the sense that it was stolen and left out in a hot car), which gives Ron a nasty case of food poisoning with a side of what seems ...
Buy Party Down — Season 3, Episode 5 on Fandango at Home. Watchlist. Lydia, worried that daughter Escapade missed her childhood, plans a promotional event for her new movie; Ron schemes...
Feb 16, 2023 · “Everyone is so stuck on this idea of food being good,” she complains. “Food is art.” If the exposition weighs down the first two episodes a bit, both characters ultimately make solid ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · In Season 3, Episode 5, titled "Once Upon a Time 'Proms Away' Prom-otional Event," Ron gets food poisoning from eating urchins that've been sitting in a hot car for way too long thanks to...
Apr 3, 2023 · When Henry's vice principal arrives to shut down the "'Tis Pity" cast party, one of his many objections to the well-intentioned but ill-advised catered affair is that serving food on school ...
