Show Guide

The Pentaverate

2022 Netflix 26 min Comedy

6our take /10

5.2IMDb /10

The Pentaverate explores a secret society of five men who have been working to influence multiple major world events for as long as the Black Plague of 1347. Taking on the call to uncover the truth, a Canadian journalist finds himself at the center of the miss

Our Review

Mike Myers playing eight roles in a conspiracy comedy about a secret society of five men who’ve been steering the world since the Black Plague — and if that sentence thrills you, the show delivers exactly what it promises. Myers (as a Canadian reporter, a billionaire mentor, a conspiracy theorist, and more) investigates the Pentaverate after their newest member is murdered, and the whole thing plays like an Austin Powers-adjacent lark with SNL sketch pacing stretched to series length.

The supporting cast — Jennifer Saunders as the society’s enforcer, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Ken Jeong — commits to the bit. The jokes about the Illuminati-adjacent cabal are hit-or-miss in classic Myers fashion: when it hits, it’s very funny; when it misses, you’re watching a 59-year-old man do silly voices for an hour. Six episodes, one season, no sequel.

Verdict: Watch it if you’re a Myers completist. A bag of chips: enjoyable, forgettable, mildly salty.

Seasons

The Pentaverate — Season 1

6 episodes

After influencing global events for centuries, a secret society faces a dangerous threat from within. Can a Canadian reporter save them —…