Search Partyweaves a thrilling mystery, but this new season pushes the show into darker territory.
Was that a big help when going through this season?
CHARLES ROGERS:I love this three-year plan thing thats started going around!
SARAH-VIOLET BLISS:I know!
Ad content continues below
Well lets start on that then!
Is that not the case here?
CR:It is and it isnt.
We still feel like we can make risky story choices that look towards the future.
We have afeelingof the overall arc of the show more than anything.
This season has a much darker premise and backbone to it than the first season.
Do you like the challenge in trying to find comedy in something as dark as murder?
To our surprise its been helpful.
The fact that its been darker has also made it a lot funnier.
What were you guys most excited about getting to explore in this new chapter of the story?
CR:I think more than anything Dory is such a big figure of denial.
They all are in different ways.
They all are representative of the types of denial that you see in people nowadays.
Thats where the irony rests this season and to us it was also the richest thing to explore.
Did you ever consider an angle to this season that started off differently?
SB:I think we always wanted them to cover up the murder.
But we definitely wanted this horrible thing to be hanging over their heads.
But people are always like, You guys musthateher.
Chantal is such a fun character because shes the price that theyve paid for the first season.
They were looking for her and now she wont leave their lives.
Its a lot of fun to just make her so bratty and obnoxious.
Talk a little on him finding that leadership position in the first couple of episodes.
CR:John Early gets to get crazy.
He really shows how far he can go.
Its a lot of fun.
Talk a little on Portia choosing to involve herself in this.
CR:We did, actually!
But it just felt too tricky in the end.
Itd be too much.
Whats going on in Drews head this season?
CR:Hes definitely in over his head.
I think we always want to play with a will they, wont they?
with Drew and Dory and just how perfectly mismatched they are.
Now they have to deal with a murder on top of that and how complicated that must be.
Whats your take on that?
Is there a certain character whose journey this season has you guys really excited?
All of these characters are going through a ton, but does anyone in particular stand out this season?
CR:Yeah, I think we had to find a way to deepen everyones storylines.
Thats a fun side of the season, so stay with it!
SB:I love working onWet Hotbecause its just so silly and fun.
Its such a world unlike any other.
Its a pleasure to be able to work on stuff like that.
This is how people will feel because of the language theyve learned through watching film…
The energy in the writers room alone is just a huge difference between shows.
After working through this season, how confident are you guys that you could successfully cover up a murder?
SB:Not at all!
CR:If anything this season shouldexposeour inability to pull off such a thing.
SB:I know.
Immediately I would be like, Im turning myself in.
I would rather go to jail for the rest of my life than have to deal with that guilt.
Search Partyssecond season premieres on November 19that 10pm on TBS, where it will air two episodes each Sunday
