Party Down is perfect escapism to life before the pandemic

The New York Times

The three-season Starz comedy from Rob Thomas would probably look a lot different in a world with no catering. "Here’s the structural genius of Party Down," says Alexis Soloski. "It has the DNA of a workplace comedy in that it brings together people who would never know each other otherwise. But it’s also a hangout comedy in that the waiters work as little as possible. Because each episode takes place at a different party, it avoids the stasis, visual and otherwise, that workplace comedies induce. In just 20-odd minutes, the writers create an entire small world. Then move to the next."