| Side Quest | |
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| Composer | Takeshi Furukawa |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Producers |
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| Cinematography | Tarin Anderson |
| Editor | Elizabeth Praino |
| Running time | 28–34 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | March 26, 2025 |
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| Mythic Quest | |
Side Quest is an American comedy anthology television series created by Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney for Apple TV+. The series serves as a spin-off of the television series Mythic Quest and premiered on March 26, 2025. It received generally favorable reviews.
In an anthology format, each episode explores the lives of employees, players, and fans of the video game Mythic Quest .
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [1] | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Song and Dance" [2] | Todd Biermann | Ashly Burch & John Howell Harris & Katie McElhenney | March 26, 2025 | |
| 2 | "Pull List" [4] | Maurice Marable | Leann Bowen & Javier Scott | March 26, 2025 | |
Cast : Shalita Grant as Janae, Rome Flynn as Mike, William Stanford Davis as Earl, Bria Samoné Henderson as Cherry, Ramon Reed as Dominic, Leonard Robinson as Jared, Gary Kraus as Duncan [3] | |||||
| 3 | "Fugue" [5] | Todd Biermann | Ashly Burch & John Howell Harris & Katie McElhenney | March 26, 2025 | |
| 4 | "The Last Raid" [6] | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Ashly Burch & John Howell Harris & Katie McElhenney | March 26, 2025 | |
Cast : Van Crosby as Devon, Melanie Brook as Sorisana / Kelly, Alice Wen as Rory, David Andrew Calvillo as Seth, Justin Jarzombek as Freddie, Dash McCloud as Ben [3] | |||||
On December 15, 2022, it was announced that Apple TV+ ordered Mere Mortals, an eight-episode companion series created and written by Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney. The series features new characters and focuses on the lives of employees, players, and fans of the game Mythic Quest. The series was compared to the stand-alone episodes from Mythic Quest, such as "A Dark Quiet Death" and "Backstory!". [7] On November 14, 2024, the series was reannounced with its new title Side Quest and that it would consist of four episodes. [8]
In the series announcement on November 14, 2022, it was announced that Rob McElhenney and Derek Waters would reprise their Mythic Quest roles as Ian Grimm and Phil, respectively. Other actors announced include Anna Konkle, William Stanford Davis, Bria Henderson, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, and Shalita Grant. [8]
The first trailer for the series was released on February 28, 2025. [9]
All four episodes of the series premiered on March 26, 2025 on Apple TV+, the same day as the fourth season finale of Mythic Quest . [10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Side Quest has an approval rating of 92% based on 12 critics' reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. [11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [12]