[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Mythic Quest” Season 1, Episode 11, “Everlight.”]
When the Apple TV+ comedy “Mythic Quest” debuted its “Quarantine” episode in late May of last year, Rob McElhenney’s sweet ode to caring co-workers hit at the right time, with the right notes. Zany virtual bets and inventive Zoom experiments made the half-hour a joyful reprieve, just like much of the show that preceded it. But two months into stay-at-home orders, Poppy Li’s struggles with social isolation — and her co-creative director Ian’s recognition of her deteriorating morale — gave the episode an extra emotional wallop. Not only did anxious audiences need the kind of respite good comedy can provide, but they needed someone to acknowledge how exhausting all that lonely worrying had become.
Nearly a year later, “Mythic Quest” is back, with both a new season (set to premiere May 7) and a new bonus episode. “Everlight” is much more traditionally executed than its predecessor,...
When the Apple TV+ comedy “Mythic Quest” debuted its “Quarantine” episode in late May of last year, Rob McElhenney’s sweet ode to caring co-workers hit at the right time, with the right notes. Zany virtual bets and inventive Zoom experiments made the half-hour a joyful reprieve, just like much of the show that preceded it. But two months into stay-at-home orders, Poppy Li’s struggles with social isolation — and her co-creative director Ian’s recognition of her deteriorating morale — gave the episode an extra emotional wallop. Not only did anxious audiences need the kind of respite good comedy can provide, but they needed someone to acknowledge how exhausting all that lonely worrying had become.
Nearly a year later, “Mythic Quest” is back, with both a new season (set to premiere May 7) and a new bonus episode. “Everlight” is much more traditionally executed than its predecessor,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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