The real crime in season two of the Apple TV Plus mystery series is its lack of humor despite a spectacular cast
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Cast
Tiffany Haddish (Danner)Sam Richardson (Aniq)Zoe Chao (Zoë)John Cho (Ulysses)Paul Walter Hauser (Travis)Ken Jeong (Feng)Anna Konkle (Hannah)Poppy Liu (Grace)Elizabeth Perkins (Isabel)Jack Whitehall (Sebastian)Zach Woods (Edgar)Vivian Wu (Vivian)Ben Schwartz (Yasper)Jamie Demetriou (Walt)John Early (Detective Culp)Ike Barinholtz (Brett)Ilana Glazer (Chelsea)Dave Franco (Xavier)
Creators
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel Smith, Anna Lockhart, Anthony King, Brenda Hsueh, Katie Miller, Bridger Winegar, Justin Shipley, Nicole Delaney, Mike Rosolio, Jack Dolgen, Kassia Miller, Jordan Shipley
Synopsis
When a high school reunion's afterparty ends in a death, everyone is a suspect. A detective grills the former classmates one by one, uncovering potential motives as each tells their version of the story - culminating in the shocking truth.
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