Webdl: Party Down S03e04

Yes, you read that right. Gavin, having burned through his Rich & Famous money, is now pivoting to billionaire-funded art projects. The party is held at a dusty Mojave Desert airfield next to a rusty rocket replica that clearly cannot fly. It’s peak Gavin: all logos, no lift-off. While Henry (Adam Scott) tries to keep the guacamole from browning in 100-degree heat, Roman (Martin Starr) has a meltdown of existential proportions. The client’s son is a 22-year-old crypto bro named Chad (guest star Jack Quaid, perfectly obnoxious) who keeps referring to the catering staff as “legacy service providers.”

(Note: This review is based on the WEB-DL release, so we’re looking at pristine 4K catering trays and perfectly compressed audio of people sighing in disappointment.) The episode opens with the Party Down crew loading a beat-up van with shrimp cocktails and a dry ice machine. They’ve been hired to cater the launch party for “Odyssey Two,” Gavin’s (Ken Marino) harebrained follow-up to his failed soft-rock concept album about space colonization. party down s03e04 webdl

Party Down streams on Starz. This review is based on the S03E04 WEB-DL release. Yes, you read that right

Meanwhile, Kyle (Ryan Hansen) is convinced Chad is a secret CIA agent and spends the entire episode trying to get “extracted,” leading to a physical comedy bit where he hides inside a piñata shaped like the moon. The title, “To the Moon, Gavin!,” is a cruel joke. While Gavin dreams of escaping Earth, Henry is grounded in the most brutal way possible. We get a quiet scene where Henry steps away from the noise to call his daughter. She doesn’t pick up. He stares at the fake rocket, and Adam Scott does that thing where he looks like he’s about to cry but also laugh at the absurdity of it all. It’s peak Gavin: all logos, no lift-off