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‘The Detour’ is a road-trip family comedy series that airs on the TBS network. Created and written by husband-wife duo Jason James and Samantha Bee, the show charts the spontaneous and hilarious journey of a family of four as they deal with the various, often unpleasant situations that arise in their lives. While true stress-free holidays are never enjoyed by them, they manage to remain as a close-knit family and spend season after season making us laugh.

Interestingly, the show is James and Bee’s own experiences on vacation, and TBS in 2014, ordered the pilot written by them. The pilot left TBS impressed, following which the network ordered a 10-episode first season in February 2015. Prior to the premiere of Season 1 on April 11, 2016, TBS, on April 6, 2016, renewed the show for a second season. Season 2 subsequently made its way to viewers’ screens on February 21, 2017, and it was followed by Season 3’s premiere on January 23, 2018. With fans of the show clamoring for a fourth season TBS renewed the show for Season 4 of May 11, 2018. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming season.

The Detour Cast: Who is in it?

The show revolves around the adventures and misadventures of the Parker family as they head towards Florida. Jason Jones himself stars as the patriarch of the Parker family, Nate Parker, while Natalie Zea plays the role of Nate’s wife, Robin Parker. The two Parker children, Delilah and Jared, are played by Ashley Gerasimovich and Liam Carroll, respectively.

Apart from the Parker family, Daniella Pineda plays Robin’s sister Vanessa Randall, while Laura Benanti plays Vanessa and Robin’s long-lost sister and USPIS Agent Edie Randall. Finally, Mary Grill plays Federal Agent Mary, thereby wrapping the main cast of the show.

The main cast members aside, the show has dozens and dozens of recurring cast members playing minor characters, including Phil Reeves as Gene, Jeffrey Vincent Parise as Carlos, Tom Amandes as Dr. Rob, Judge Reinhold as Davey, Maz Jobrani as Gupta, Jeff Blumenkrantz as Lars, Teddy Canez as Conrad, Donshea Hopkins as Chase, Marceline Hugot as Judith, Saverio Guerra as Paddy Greenberg, and Paloma Guzman as Carlita, to name a few.

In Season 4 of the show, we expect the main cast members to make a comeback and reprise their roles. As far as minor characters are concerned, we’re pretty sure that there will be some additions, but as of now, we don’t have any news on which new actors and actresses will feature in Season 4 of the show. We will update this section as soon as we get word on the cast of Season 4.

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The Detour Plot: What is it about?

‘The Detour’, if stripped down to its basics, chronicles the misadventures of the Parker family in different stages of their lives, with each season addressing one particular stage.

The first season of the show sees the Parkers taking a road trip from their house in Syracuse, New York to Florida for a family vacation. However, the Parkers’ road trip does not go as planned and they have to face one problem after another, including car troubles, run-ins with law enforcement, interference from locals, and unforeseen medical problems. Over the course of the season, we also get to know that Nate has an ulterior motive for taking the vacation to Florida, and that this motive revolves around some trouble he caused at his workplace before leaving for Florida. Owing to Nate’s crimes, which we are not specifying here, he also has to answer to law enforcement and endure interrogation.

The second season is much more static that the first one, and takes place when Nate and his family are back in New York. Nate has a new career, and his family is settled, but once again, the lives of the Parkers are interrupted by a series of unforeseen mishaps. This time, the mishaps centre around Robin’s past and her relationship with her father and currently wanted felon, J.R. Randall. Over the course of the season, the Parkers come under interrogation by the United States Postal Inspection Service as law enforcement agents headed by the pregnant Agent Edie try to extract crucial information from Robin in a bid to nab her father for his crimes.

After the events of the second season, the third season finds the Parkers taking flight to Alaska in a bid to outrun the law and their troubled past. In Alaska, they finally find a community of misfits where they decide to settle down for the time being and rebuild their lives. This rebuilding effort, like every other season, is interrupted by numerous unforeseen mishaps, and it is also complicated by Delilah becoming a young woman. As the Parkers try to cope with everything that comes their way, the season ends with an explosive finale that changes the entire game and sets the show up nicely for a fourth season.

Commenting on what lies in store in the fourth season, show co-creator and star Jason Jones recently told Metro, “Our daughter ran away last season. She was sick and tired of living with us, so she’s gone. So we’re basically spending the bulk of the new season looking for her. It’s basically a ‘where in the world is our daughter?’ kind of season. There’s an episode in Japan. There’s an episode in Iran. There are episodes in Russia. There’s an episode in Tibet. Actually, the very first episode spans three countries. It’s in Paraguay, Tibet and New Zealand… all in one episode. So yeah, this isn’t your average sitcom.”

In terms of reception, ‘The Detour’ has found favor among both critics and viewers. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first and the second season of the show enjoy great scores of 78% and 100% respectively. Among viewers, too, the show is quite popular despite its over-the-top moments and rather raw sense of humour, and it enjoys a good overall rating of 7.8/10 on IMDb.

The Detour Season 4 Release Date: When does it premiere?

The Detour Season 3 premiered on Jan 23, 2018. After its explosive conclusion, on May 11, 2018, TBS renewed the show for its fourth season. Filming for Season 4 was completed by Thanksgiving 2018. And the good news for the fans is that the fourth season is right around the corner. The Detour Season 4 is set to release sometime in June 18, 2019. Time to get excited!

The Detour Trailer:

Although TBS has not released a full-blown trailer for Season 4 yet, the network released a really nice promo for the upcoming season when it announced the renewal. We’ve attached it below for your perusal.

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