Nothing has changed since Party Down went off the air

polygon.com:

In 2009, Party Down felt like lightning in a bottle: an ensemble comedy starring some of the heaviest hitters in the industry, created by Veronica Mars genius Rob Thomas (no, not that Rob Thomas), alongside John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, and Paul Rudd (yes, that Paul Rudd). The show, which ran for two seasons on Starz, told the story of a group of cater waiters in Los Angeles, budding, embittered creative types struggling to make ends meet in a town that hates them. You had a pre-Parks and Recreation Adam Scott, with a post-Mean Girls Lizzy Caplan, alongside pre-Silicon Valley Martin Starr and post-Veronica Mars Ryan Hansen, not to mention a pre-Glee Jane Lynch and perpetual genius (and former member of The State) Ken Marino.

Party Down gained a dedicated cult following, but ended its run prematurely as its talent got scooped up elsewhere. I recall it being what felt like an ingenious discovery in the early days of streaming: my college housemates and I had never seen a sitcom that felt so in tune with our referential, silly sense of humor. It helped, too, that Party Down was not too plot-driven — like the sitcom days of yore, it was mostly about the vibes and the workplace, each episode focused on a different event. We rarely, if ever, saw the Party Down crew out of work, negating their existence outside of their menial jobs. This is the anxiety for many in the service industry: frequently degraded and often underpaid, these workers fear that their customers — their rude, insane, demanding customers — will never see them as anything more than that. Party Down’s ragtag group of caterers were delusional in their own sense, but never crazier than any of the people they worked for.

The show is now back for a limited