Brett
Detective Danner is questioning Brett about the murder of his wife. Brett tells him that he and his wife were having an affair and that she was killed because she found out. Detective Danner asks Brett if he knows who killed his wife, to which Brett responds with a no.
Brett arrives on time to the party and starts talking to Ned about the Fast and Furious movies. He mentions that there is nothing more important than family, and in this case, preserving his family and launching Operation Silent Savior. Detective Danner says “jamming the clam” which is a reference to Brett’s protective nature over Zoe. ..
Brett doesn’t see Aniq as a threat but does focus on Xavier. Challenging each other to a urinating contest, Brett outdoes his competitor but only riles things up further. In fact, Xavier even promises to sleep with Zoe too. This is where we catch up with Brett kicking off at the table. He’s also the one responsible for setting up the Brett/Zoe tribute video to play as well.
Xavier is trying to catch up to Zoe, but he’s stopped every which way. One obstacle is Chelsea, who seems to be planning her own plan against Xavier.
Aniq is trying to piece together what happened when Brett was killed. He finds more slips of paper in the bin and believes it may be from the killer.
Aniq had been keeping his daughter’s koala bear as a pet. He didn’t tell the others he was going to kill them after all, he was actually asking for the bear back. ..
Brett goes full-on action hero to break free from the lorry cornered by a couple of cars. He takes on the bear and destroys the shrimp stand, but Zoe refuses to be part of this. She heads back downstairs.
Brett decides not to fight Xavier after he learns that the celebrity’s hat was knocked off the balcony.
Brett speaks to Zoe downstairs and tells her that their divorce is over. He tells her that she’s free to hook up with Xavier now. She screws her nose at this though, pointing out that she has no interest in him romantically.
When Maggie shows up at the party, Brett makes an excuse and leaves. In doing so, he notices Chelsea getting chummy with Xavier and wanting to get him alone. Brett though, sneaks out the back door and manages to give Maggie back her koala. Brett has been sneaking out every hour to go and check on his daughter. ..
After interviewing Brett, Culp confronts Danner. As fate would have it, she doesn’t have clearance to lead this case. She’s only supposed to take witness statements. Well, with the Captain closing in, Danner urges Culp to help her out and eventually he does succumb and agree to play his part.
Aniq and Yasper are both worried about the handwriting on the revenge note. They think it might be the same as the handwriting on their necks. But they’re not sure who wrote it.
Xavier’s balcony is revealed to be a secret camera that is pointed right at him.
The Episode Review
In the second episode of The Afterparty, Brett’s perspective switches from the events of the first episode. This episode does well to keep things consistently over the top and dramatic.
The story is well-told and the weaving of the story makes it easy to follow. The details are well-construed and the story is easy to understand.
These small pieces of the story help The Afterparty stand out and the writing in this show has been really, really good so far. It’ll be intriguing to see how the third episode will play out and just whose perspective we’ll be shifting across to. Until then, The Afterparty continues to deliver the goods.
