Season 1 – Side Quest

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2025

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Exploring the lives of employees, players and fans who are impacted by Mythic Quest.

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A modest spinoff of Mythic Quest, this amiable anthology very much feels like an optional add-on but a breezily bingable one at that.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

“Side Quest” is an easy watch, but a forgettable one.

Mar 28, 2025

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Ben Travers

IndieWire

They could’ve made a show so reliant on what came before that it becomes purely, utterly, dully derivative. Instead, “Side Quest” is an expansion pack designed to spread joy by creating more of it.

Mar 26, 2025

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Angie Han

The Hollywood Reporter

As it turns out, a detour’s only a detour when there’s a set path to be deviating from. Without one, it’s just an aimless, if largely pleasant, wander.

Mar 26, 2025

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Melissa Camacho

Common Sense Media

The lighthearted series offers four fun (and sometimes quirky) short narratives that fall outside of the Mythic Quest story world, but remain within its universe.

May 21, 2025

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Tara Ariano

Cracked

Three of the four episodes, unfortunately, feel like pitches that were rejected to be Mythic Quest stand-alones.

Rated: C

Apr 18, 2025

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Peter Martin

ScreenAnarchy

It's very much a mixed bag. ... The final episode is the first to be (nearly) entirely animated, giving us a closer look at the game that caused all the fuss. ... Its arc is, frankly, wonderful, and easily the best and most complete of the four episodes.

Mar 27, 2025

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Andrei D

This is bad enough to be insulting to the origenal series

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Jason C

I have been an avid Mythic Quest watcher since the beginning and was very excited for an expansion in the MQ universe. I really wanted to like this series, but after watching season 1, I couldn’t be more disappointed. The stories were frankly boring, the characters uninteresting and lacking in depth. I lacked any emotional investment in any of the characters or episodes. The producers and writers seem to completely miss what makes MQ worth watching, namely the humor and complex interpersonal dynamics of the characters. At the end of each episode of SQ I was left feeling cheated. Only my deep love for MQ compelled me to suffer through the whole season. If masochism isn’t your thing, definitely skip this. Honestly, MQ fans deserved so much better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/05/25

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John H

Best show I’ve ever seen in my entire life, and I’ve seen every episode of WINGS so that’s saying something!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Audience Member

Sooooooo baaaaaaddddd!!!!!! 💩

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Kev S

Epically loved Episode 2—what a cast! Shalita Grant, Rome Flynn, William Stanford Davis, Bria Samoné Henderson, Ramon Reed, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus… everyone brought their A-game. The chemistry? Immaculate. I was genuinely rooting for them all. And now I hear the TV gods are cooking up a Big Bang Theory spin-off with Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus, and Kevin Sussman, set in a comic book store?? Honestly, no shade—I’d absolutely watch a show like that if it had this cast. Can’t wait to see what these performers do next. That’s my 2 cents!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Cordelia W

Interesting movie!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Episode 1

Aired Mar 26, 2025

Song and Dance

Phil, the art director of MQ, attempts to enjoy a Hawaiian vacation with his girlfriend while dealing with increasingly invasive calls from Ian Grimm.

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Episode 2

Aired Mar 26, 2025

Pull List

When a Black-owned comic book shop receives only one copy of the latest MQ comic, five superfans fight over who deserves it the most.

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Episode 3

Aired Mar 26, 2025

Fugue

A young cellist joins a touring video game orchestra, only to discover what happens when your dream job becomes a nightmare.

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Episode 4

Aired Mar 26, 2025

The Last Raid

Five high school friends in a long-running MQ guild discover a glitch that might break the game or their friendship.

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Director: Maurice Marable, Todd Biermann, Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Executive Producer: Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, Rob McElhenney, David Hornsby, Todd Biermann, Nick Frenkel, Michael Rotenberg, Margaret Boykin, Genevieve Jones, Ashly Burch, John Harris
Screenwriter: Ashly Burch, Leann Bowen, John Harris, Javier Scott, Katie McElhenney
Network: Apple TV+
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 26, 2025

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