Definitely the least funny episode so far, but it somewhat makes up for it with an interesting plot and still continuing to switch up the genres for each story.
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i Feel more invest in this one
AvionPrince1621 May 2022
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The episode still have a boring side for me . With the jokes and stuff until 10 minutes but Chelsea and her story was way more interesting than the previous ones and clearly look more serious and. Implicate more the viewer . But still superficial .i clearly need to see more . And i enjoyed the atmosphere of the TV show who looked more colder and more psychological .But it was too much superficial . I enjoyed also the Revelations about the real goal of Chelsea and what she revealed at the end about something who happened again .look more intriguing but need to see more about it .
Not as good the previous two episodes
Kenjislamberry12 February 2022
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This episode's mind movie genre is a psychological thriller . Chelsea gets interrogated this episode . We find out she went to the reunion to revenge on Xavier for something he did to her in high school at a Saint Patrick's Day Party years ago. She planned to drug him with cocktail of drinks mixed with cat tranquilizer and then take photos of him naked to leak to tmz . It also revealed she is the one Brett had a affair with . After talking to Yasper about second shots . She decides to let go of her grudge and tells Xavier the drink she had given him is ruffed . She chooses to move on with her life and apologizes to Zoe for ruining her marriage . The episode ends with Chelsea accidentally implicating Aniq and making him a prime suspect again because of something that happened at the St Patrick's Day Party . This episodes theme doesn't work as well as the others . It takes psychological thriller genre them too seriously .
7/10.
7/10.
Apple has done it again
moviesfilmsreviewsinc8 March 2022
On The Afterparty Season 1 Episode 4, we hear Chelsea's story -- in what is the darkest (literally) offering of the season so far.
It's still funny, but the humor can be pretty grim, and comes mainly from Ilana Glazer's deadpan delivery. Here is a woman who has been traumatized and damaged (by what is still a mystery). Chelsea has squandered her potential and turned to drugs and alcohol. She's so miserable and paranoid and only has one goal -- revenge.
Every aspect of the production served to build up the suspense. There was heavy rain, introspective narration, moody cinematography, poorly-lit hallways, jump scares, blurred vision, and a tension-riddled score courtesy of Daniel Pemberton. It was unsettling to watch Chelsea's spiral, especially when she kept running into Brett, who was a total jerk. And then there was poor invisible Walt, who was just trying to get her keys back to her, but in giving her space, he actually terrified her even more. Several scenes took on new meaning as we saw them from Chelsea's point of view. In the confrontation with Zoe and Aniq in the hallway, Chelsea wasn't drunk at all -- she was trying to get Zoe alone to ask about the texts. Also, she was scared of whoever was following her, and there is safety in numbers. The following scene in the hallway with Brett made more sense from Chelsea's end. It does pose the question -- why did Brett leave the whole Chelsea affair out of his version of the events? Maybe because it would make him look bad? Throughout the episode, Ilana Glazer projected that strug-out, desperate vibe that is stereotypical of women in this genre, while still maintaining a dry sense of humor to mask her pain. The Afterparty definitely feels like one of those shows that will need to be rewatched in sequence again from the start once it ends, just to see all the clues and how everything was set up. It's all there, but there are so many possibilities. Whose stories will have been the most accurate, or will we ever know? Hopefully, the final reveal will come as a shock that also feels satisfying.
It's still funny, but the humor can be pretty grim, and comes mainly from Ilana Glazer's deadpan delivery. Here is a woman who has been traumatized and damaged (by what is still a mystery). Chelsea has squandered her potential and turned to drugs and alcohol. She's so miserable and paranoid and only has one goal -- revenge.
Every aspect of the production served to build up the suspense. There was heavy rain, introspective narration, moody cinematography, poorly-lit hallways, jump scares, blurred vision, and a tension-riddled score courtesy of Daniel Pemberton. It was unsettling to watch Chelsea's spiral, especially when she kept running into Brett, who was a total jerk. And then there was poor invisible Walt, who was just trying to get her keys back to her, but in giving her space, he actually terrified her even more. Several scenes took on new meaning as we saw them from Chelsea's point of view. In the confrontation with Zoe and Aniq in the hallway, Chelsea wasn't drunk at all -- she was trying to get Zoe alone to ask about the texts. Also, she was scared of whoever was following her, and there is safety in numbers. The following scene in the hallway with Brett made more sense from Chelsea's end. It does pose the question -- why did Brett leave the whole Chelsea affair out of his version of the events? Maybe because it would make him look bad? Throughout the episode, Ilana Glazer projected that strug-out, desperate vibe that is stereotypical of women in this genre, while still maintaining a dry sense of humor to mask her pain. The Afterparty definitely feels like one of those shows that will need to be rewatched in sequence again from the start once it ends, just to see all the clues and how everything was set up. It's all there, but there are so many possibilities. Whose stories will have been the most accurate, or will we ever know? Hopefully, the final reveal will come as a shock that also feels satisfying.
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