It has been two full years since we last got a season of Mythic Quest. I have no clue what the future holds for this series, but it seems rather silly to wait that long for about five hours of television.
Anyway, we were treated to a little bit more this time around. Aside from the typical ten-episode season, the same day as the finale there was a four episode spin-off series released called Side Quest. I like that little play on gaming culture words and it at least added some more excitement to a regular season. To be perfectly fair, I don’t remember much of what happened in the third season of Mythic Quest. I believe that everyone ended up back there by the end of it, and we also have a couple of new character groups to explore.
It always seems to be Ian and Poppy, though Poppy this season seems to finally be trying to create some distance between the two of them. At least in her personal life. And she’s doing her best to keep that private, as well, though her new boyfriend, Storm, is rather quickly introduced to this mad bunch of characters. Ian is jealous. I think to any audience member watching, it’s clear he’s not just jealous of Storm taking away Poppy’s time from work. Work is the only thing these two have seemingly ever known, but it feels like there’s always a little bit more when it comes to Ian.
Actually, they are both kind of obsessed with each other, and as much as Poppy wants to try, she can’t help but be invested in Ian’s life even if he is incredibly selfish. She makes that pretty clear that that is her big issue with Ian this season, and it takes lots of failures before Ian knows the right thing to do. Add a pregnancy to the mix and things are a little bit more messy. There could definitely be a future storyline with where things left off, but as I said, who knows what the future holds for this series.
The rest of the characters this season feel a little bit disjointed, though I found all of their interactions more enjoyable. Poor, sad David is just trying to save face in whatever way he can, and for all of the steps forward he makes, he’ll always get blown back at least double any progress he manages to make. Rachel doesn’t exactly help him out that much either. Brad and Jo have latched onto Dana’s accidental success with Mythic Quest’s newest and most popular game, but their plan to leave Mythic Quest with a new game in tow blows up in their faces. They all end up back in the same life boat again by the end of the season, and if more is to come, it could be hysterical.
Nothing revelatory came with this new season, but it was still as an enjoyable of a ride as the others have been. I found myself more interested in the Side Quest episodes mainly because they were each completely different from one another. The first episode had the only real direct tie to the physical Mythic Quest HQ. That poor art director just wanted to take a vacation with his hot girlfriend! But the other three episodes all involved Mythic Quest in different ways. One episode was about a group of strangers waiting for the new Mythic Quest comic issue to be released, another involved a woman living out her dream playing Mythic Quest music in an orchestra, and the final was about how a group of friends connected by the game have grown apart. I’m not sure if there will ever be any more Side Quest episodes, but I think it was a fun little exploratory creative outlet!